Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

Return to the Independent Regiment.

On the way, Wei Dayong was extremely grateful to Su Fei and thanked him many times, saying that he was his savior. In the future, if Su Fei had any problems, he, Wei Dayong, would be willing to help him.

Political Commissar Zhao Gang criticized Wei Dayong, saying that although the Eighth Route Army also had personal grudges, more attention should be paid to the collective honor and feelings, and it should be the Eighth Route Army that saved Wei Dayong.

"You are a member of the National Army. If you are willing to return to the National Army, we are willing to give you travel expenses. If the journey is particularly far, I am willing to give you my warhorse to ride." Political Commissar Zhao Gang said.

Wei Dayong looked at Su Fei and said, "Commissar, I am willing to stay and repay you. I am just a soldier and I only know gratitude and resentment. After hearing what you said, I am grateful to Captain Su and the entire Eighth Route Army. I am willing to join the special forces company."

That’s great, Su Fei was very proud.

The headquarters of the independent regiment was full of joy. Some people were dancing the yangge and some were setting off firecrackers to welcome the new commander Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong came, not alone, but with a class, and brought 200 sets of cotton-padded clothes in a cattle cart.

As soon as Su Fei and Zhao Gang arrived, Captain Kong Jie immediately welcomed them and introduced them to Li Yunlong.

When Li Yunlong heard that the elegant intellectual in front of him was Political Commissar Zhao Gang, he hurriedly shook hands with him. However, after shaking hands, he ran straight to Su Fei and gave him a bear hug: "Su Fei, Su Fei, I missed you guys so much at the bedding factory!"

The welcoming ceremony held by the Independence Regiment was grand!

This is Captain Kong Jie's sincere welcome to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, and it is also his way of venting his dissatisfaction and showing his abilities!

He and his independent regiment were not depressed or had low morale. Instead, they were extremely excited.

The entire battle process was introduced carefully and in detail.

Li Yunlong laughed heartily. "Comrade Kong Jie, tell me, since you've made meritorious service while serving your sentence and recovered the losses, should I return to the clothing factory?" The brigade commander had instructed me to replace you as regimental commander, and you to work as a worker at the clothing factory! I was dismissed and transferred because I disobeyed orders and broke through the encirclement without authorization. You, on the other hand, lost the battle. Now, you've won the battle again, and against the elite of the elite Japanese troops. You're quite impressive, don't you think?

Kong Jie asked, "You also think I was good at fighting later, right?"

Li Yunlong chuckled and said, "Aren't we from the New 1st Regiment here to support you?"

Captain Kong Jie was stunned and a little frustrated, but he immediately gave a thumbs up and began to praise Su Fei's achievements. He admired him sincerely.

"A strong general has no weak soldiers. Now, I am returning Su Fei and his special forces company to you. I think he is much more capable than me! Well, it's okay, I have to go."

Li Yunlong patted him on the shoulder. "Stop talking nonsense! The Independent Regiment is my, Old Li's, world. This is the will of the Brigade Commander. But who doesn't know your abilities, Kong Jie? That little devil, Colonel Yamamoto, is well-equipped and has unique tactics. Of course, he's not easy to deal with. You've done a good job. How about, Old Kong, if you don't mind being wronged, stay and be the deputy regiment commander?"

Kong Jie was stunned and deeply moved. For him, being able to fight was a great blessing! Going back to work in a clothing factory would be more painful than killing him.

"Li Yunlong, you finally beat me!"

This is promised.

Have a welcoming banquet to wash away the dust!

Captain Kong Jie once again praised Su Fei's ability, saying it was simply amazing!

Li Yunlong said, "How can I be bad at promoting such a capable person, someone I personally promoted?"

Clinking glasses with Su Fei, Li Yunlong suddenly looked sad. He poured himself a glass of wine and was filled with emotion. He said that he had also been to Maicheng, and that frontal breakout was actually a mistake, and the price was too high. Apart from anything else, the guard Hu Zi sacrificed his life to blow up the enemy's heavy machine gun firepower point. He was really a hero!

Kong Jie suggested a minute of silence for Comrade Hu Zi.

After the moment of silence, Li Yunlong was still emotional and his eyes were wet.

"If it weren't for Hu Zi's bravery, perhaps our New 1st Regiment really wouldn't have been able to break out of the encirclement."

The scene was so depressing!

Su Fei called out to the outside, asking Wei Dayong to come over. "Captain, this comrade has just arrived from the Japanese stronghold. He was originally from the National Army. He's very loyal and suits your temperament very well. He's also very skilled in martial arts. How about he serve as your guard?"

Wei Dayong listened to Su Fei's words very much. When he heard this, he stood at attention and saluted Li Yunlong: "I am willing to obey your orders, sir."

This made Li Yunlong laugh: "Hehe, I'm not Chu Yunfei, this is not the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, we are all comrades, there is no official position, at most I am a leader!"

After the cocktail party, Su Fei left.

He told the company commander of the guard unit, "Our special forces company is out on reconnaissance to prevent the Japanese special forces from launching a surprise attack. We must strike first."

In fact, Su Fei found that the wine at the party was really shabby.

No meat dishes, no white flour buns, no good wine!

The Eighth Route Army was short of supplies and life was extremely difficult.

Every day I eat dried sweet potatoes and black beans, but I still feel hungry. I eat wild vegetables. Some of them are not poisonous, but they are bad for human health. After a long time, I can't defecate and have to pick them out with my hands...

Almost all the cadres and soldiers were malnourished. Last time, they looted a large amount of food from the Japanese stronghold, which improved the food and they also handed some of it over to the brigade headquarters, which made all the cadres and soldiers very grateful.

He wants to go to the Japanese and puppet troops to seize the spoils!

Now, the Japanese army was frightened, and Colonel Yamamoto's troops were hiding in training new recruits. With no chance of annihilation, they could only turn their attention to other places and gain some results as a greeting gift to Regiment Commander Li Yunlong and Political Commissar Zhao Gang!

More than 30 miles northeast of Hanzhuang stronghold is Baijia Town, and 15 miles north of Baijia Town is Wanjia Town. There is a cavalry battalion of the National Army stationed in Wanjia Town, which has 200 horses, 150 cavalrymen, and a company of infantry. It is a big piece of fat meat.

This Nationalist cavalry battalion rarely fought in battles and was the darling of the Nationalist army. But once a battle began, they were ordered to retreat. This was a sheer waste of social resources and undermined the war of resistance!

Li Yunlong would not allow this idle cavalry battalion to exist!

However, Su Fei thought differently.

Li Yunlong was currently busy reorganizing the Independent Regiment and couldn't take care of Wanjia Town. Su Fei couldn't move the Nationalist Army's cavalry battalion without authorization, as he wasn't strong enough.

His plan was to take the initiative, attack aggressively, and quickly expand the strength of the special forces company. After all, a special forces company of more than 30 people was too embarrassing in terms of both number of people and equipment!

The good equipment was intercepted by the independent regiment, and what he got was at most a mortar with 6 shells, a grenade launcher with 4 grenades, 3 light machine guns, and 120 bullets each, which was equivalent to the amount of ammunition carried by a single Japanese rifleman!

Attack, attack, expand territory and power.

"Company commander, Baijia Town is the territory of a wealthy man named Meng Zhanqiang. This guy has connections with both the black and white worlds and has connections with the National Army, the Japanese Army, and the Imperial Army. He hates our Eighth Route Army and has attacked our rural cadres. During the last Japanese raid, he colluded with the Japanese and puppet troops and killed more than a dozen of our Eighth Route Army family members with a guillotine in one breath. He is a traitor with heinous crimes!" someone introduced.

Of course Su Fei knew, "Let's go!"