Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

retreat.

After successfully inflicting heavy damage to the enemy, Su Fei, with his cavalry and newly added infantry and artillery, quickly left the Shotai Railway, which the Japanese army regarded as its lifeline, and returned north to his original base.

His troops, consisting of light cavalry, light infantry, and light artillery, are suitable for sneak attacks, ambushes, long-range raids, guerrilla warfare, and mobile warfare, but are absolutely not suitable for frontal decisive battles unless they are coordinated with other troops.

If a large group of Japanese troops came to sweep, with a large number of field artillery and mountain artillery, tank units, or aircraft groups to bomb, his troops would be vulnerable!

The 81 rifles and 35 howitzers were used to deal with the Japanese lightly armed forces.

The last time we annihilated the main force of the Japanese 41st Division, it was not a head-on battle, but a sneak attack!

By utilizing mobile warfare, they killed a large number of enemy infantry regiments, and then launched a surprise attack from behind, first killing the enemy's artillery and command posts with weak guards. That was a blatant stab in the back!

Have a safe trip!

They returned safely to the Hudun stronghold and several surrounding towns and county towns.

The Japanese army was frightened and retreated with heavy troops, not even daring to send out troops to pursue and search.

After returning to the base, he met with Political Commissar Zhao Gang, Xing Zhiguo, Shen Quan and others, and held a meeting to convey the battle report. Everyone was surprised again.

The capture of 6 mountain cannons, more than 10 infantry cannons and even more mortars greatly increased the strength of this cavalry unit.

The total number of troops exceeded 4,000, including a 2000-man cavalry unit, a 1000-man artillery regiment, and a 1000-man infantry regiment. The entire force was called the Northwest Shanxi Light Cavalry Guerrilla Column.

Zhao Gang was appointed as the political commissar of the column, responsible for daily work. Xing Zhiguo, Shen Quan, Duan Peng, and Su Fei himself each actually commanded a regiment.

Su Fei has actually handed over the troops to Political Commissar Zhao.

However, Chu Yunfei arrived just as Su Fei returned.

He rushed over with a cavalry company and angrily asked Su Fei: "Brother Su Fei, you are so disloyal. Are you leaving the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army completely now? Are you completely joining the Eighth Route Army?"

Su Fei welcomed them warmly and ordered a banquet to be prepared. The horse meat banquet was all from killed Japanese military horses. The meat was of high quality and very rare.

"Commander Chu, you've been promoted to deputy commander. Congratulations. Here, I have a Japanese lieutenant general's sword and some documents for you. The military exploits are yours, and this is a great achievement. We risked our lives fighting on the front lines, and the credit is given to you. Isn't that fair? Besides, our troops no longer rely on you, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, for pay. It's because of your cooperation in the war of resistance and your compromise!"

Su Fei ordered the sword of the killed Japanese independent mixed brigade commander, telegrams, letters, materials, etc. to be brought to Chu Yunfei.

Chu Yunfei sighed: "Jinsui Army, Jinsui Army, in order to firmly grasp this talent, it turned out to be... What a pity!"

The two drank, and Chu Yunfei repeatedly persuaded Su Fei to return to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. The honor of being the deputy commander of the group army is something that many people dream of but cannot obtain!

"Su Fei, you are actually a professional soldier. Your repeated transitions are not due to religious beliefs or for promotion or wealth, but to serve the country. I admire you very much. Otherwise, I recommend that you join the government's direct army, where you can have better development opportunities!"

Chu Yunfei still refused to give up and wanted to win over Su Fei.

When he was moved, tears welled up in his eyes.

"Now you are my brother-in-law! I can't bear to see you and the Eighth Route Army be captured by the Nationalist government after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War..."

Su Fei smiled faintly.

He also respected Chu Yunfei, as he was a professional military officer, but he had no idea about the political development trends.

He didn't have the heart to refute. Anyway, he would never listen. He had absolute confidence in the government he had joined!

"Brother Chu, what you said makes a lot of sense. I heard that the expeditionary force was recently defeated in northern Burma and their whereabouts are unknown. The Allied Air Force is searching for them. I'm also willing to go there to fight. I promise you! However, I need to wait a while before going. Also, since I married your sister, for safety's sake, I must return to the Eighth Route Army. Do you understand why?"

Chu Yunfei was stunned. The gentleman was overjoyed, but also horrified. He stared at Su Fei for a long time.

"Su Fei, do you mean that our Chu family must hedge their bets? You are too scheming. I admit that I underestimated you before!"

"Okay, I'll wait for your news. When the time comes, I'll use the relationship between teachers and students at Whampoa Military Academy to recommend you to the Nationalist government's direct troops to go to northern Burma!"

After seeing Chu Yunfei off, Chu Yiyi was also called over by him to speak. "Sister, you are very lucky. Although you are just a concubine, your future husband is no ordinary person. Not only is he much stronger than your brother on the battlefield, he also understands weapons and equipment research and development, and even more so, politics! You must follow him well and be his good wife. Don't throw tantrums."

Chu Yiyi felt a little sad and confused, but she smiled sweetly at Su Fei.

In her eyes, Su Fei's military achievements were already astonishing.

Leading hundreds of cavalrymen, he galloped back and forth for thousands of miles, annihilated 6 Japanese soldiers, killed a brigade commander, and seized countless spoils. He was truly a hero. The man who was covered up was a husband, what a blessing it took several lifetimes to cultivate!

She used to know that he was a playboy, but now she realized that he was very reliable and honest. He had captured so many beautiful Japanese female stars, noble women, journalists, military doctors, and maids. She saw with her own eyes that they were all very beautiful, but he didn't even lift a finger!

This is a true gentleman!

I will not marry anyone else in this life!

After seeing Chu Yunfei off, Su Fei explained the details of the meeting to Political Commissar Zhao Gang. In his eyes, since he had broken with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and returned to the Eighth Route Army, he must seriously and strictly adhere to principles and discipline. Political Commissar Zhao was always his old superior.

Political Commissar Zhao's expression was solemn and serious. "Comrade Su Fei, I'm going to address you as such now. However, I suggest that this unit still use the name of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. It's correct for you to give the victory and merit to Chu Yunfei. As long as it's due to the War of Resistance and the United Front, we should suffer a little loss. However, you must learn from your experience and lessons. You can't let people think that your second joining of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was a scam to obtain the arsenal!"

Su Fei admitted his mistake and raised the issue of the captured Japanese female star and princess, military doctor and reporter, and asked the political commissar to be in charge and carry out the political and ideological transformation work.

Political Commissar Zhao Gang pointed at Su Fei and said, "You, come up with the difficult questions!"

Su Fei planned to rest for a few days and let Political Commissar Zhao train another batch of troops that were about to go into battle.

Two days later, a telegram came from the 386th Brigade, and that afternoon, Li Yunlong arrived at the Su Fei Light Cavalry Training Column.

Brigade Commander Chen appointed Su Fei as the commander of the column, Li Yunlong as the deputy commander, and Zhao Gang as the political commissar to take charge of the entire column.

After meeting, Li Yunlong pouted and looked Su Fei up and down, looking very aggrieved: "You have grown up, haven't you? You actually climbed over my head! It's true that if a tiger doesn't show its power, you will think it is a sick cat!"

The political commissar, Xing Zhiguo, Shen Quan and others all burst into laughter.