Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

"Oh no, the main force of the Eighth Route Army is charging. Retreat quickly, retreat!" The Japanese commander, Battalion Commander Noda, issued an order.

Soon, there was a full-scale riot on the Japanese side, and the devils on the ground got up and turned around and ran away.

Su Fei ordered a pursuit!

All the soldiers shouted together, killing, chasing, charging, and continued to attack with guns and bullets.

Amidst the billowing smoke, the Japanese army panicked and fled like rabbits. Su Fei's troops chased them for a while, but when they saw that the enemy had run to the edge of the county town, they immediately stopped the pursuit, returned to the battlefield, and quickly seized the enemy's supplies and ammunition.

Unexpectedly, the enemy discovered that there was no large force of the Eighth Route Army, and immediately returned in frustration to pursue.

There were about 70 Japanese troops and about 100 Su Fei's troops, with almost the same number of people.

If a real fight broke out, Su Feijun's precise shooting skills were no match for the Japanese army.

Su Fei immediately gave orders to search for the Japanese army's abandoned machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, etc., and crawl on the spot to shoot!

All of a sudden, ten machine guns roared, and more than a dozen grenade launchers and three mortars smashed down on the heads of the Japanese army!

The Japanese army was caught off guard and suffered more than twenty casualties. The rest were pinned to the ground and dared not move.

Hidden?

Can Su Fei’s troops just focus on cleaning up the battlefield?

Give the order to sound the charge again.

When the Japanese heard the military bugle call, they became frightened again and fled for their lives towards the county town.

Finally won!

It’s too thrilling!

Su Fei immediately ordered to collect the spoils, rescue the wounded, and retreat quickly!

Team members who have already sacrificed must be abandoned.

It took us half an hour to finish the cleaning and we retreated with full capacity.

There were too many things to carry, so they packed them up and dragged them with ropes. They also used the mounts of Japanese officers that they had captured.

After working ourselves to death, we finally returned to Baijia Town.

On the road, every household and every village was quiet and deserted. Many people heard the sound of gunfire and ran away for fear that the Japanese would run wild and harm the people.

However, the people of Baijia Town came out to greet them because the female soldier brought the news.

Everyone looked nervous, afraid of not seeing their families.

Su Fei gave the remaining weapons and ammunition to the villagers for transportation, and reorganized more than 30 people, more than 30 mules and horses, carrying five light machine guns and two mortars, to collect the bodies!

The families of the people are unwilling to accept that the bodies cannot be recovered.

When they returned to the battlefield, they found that the Japanese army was forcing more than 300 civilians to help collect the bodies.

Su Fei ordered machine gun fire and mortar bombardment.

The target was the Japanese. The civilians were terrified. They had never seen troops in camouflage uniforms before and were terrified: "Monsters, monsters are coming!"

The civilians ran away first, exposing the Japanese, who were only about thirty people.

The Japanese did not expect that the attackers would come again with such fierce firepower. They were indeed nervous about their camouflage uniforms and fled as well.

Su Fei's troops killed and wounded another seven or eight Japanese soldiers.

The bodies of the martyrs in Baijia Town were collected, and the vehicles driven from the county by the Japanese army were seized and harnessed to mules and horses to pull them back.

There was crying in Baijia Town.

A troop of more than 190 people set out, with 20 female soldiers taking the lead in transporting supplies and war horses back. The remaining personnel who participated in the battle numbered more than 170. The troops serving as bait suffered 35 casualties, and Su Fei's troops suffered 28 casualties. A total of 21 wounded were rescued and 42 were sacrificed.

However, the results of the battle were also extremely huge.

Using a militia guerrilla team of 170 people, they defeated two vanguard squadrons of the elite Yamazaki Battalion of the Japanese regular army, which was almost twice their number, and created an immortal legend!

About 230 Japanese soldiers were killed!

A total of 30 war horses, 5 mortars, 3 heavy machine guns, 12 light machine guns, 106 38 rifles, countless sabers, pistols, binoculars, military boots, belts, watches, and water bottles were captured. By the way, all the clothes on the devils were stripped off and brought back to be used as raw materials for camouflage uniforms.

The loot is piling up!

A meeting was held to announce the entire process of the operation. Su Fei admitted that he had underestimated the enemy. He had originally wanted to seize some guns and ammunition from the Japanese to train our troops, but he did not expect the enemy to suddenly increase its troops.

Su Fei praised all the participants in the war, expressed condolences and apologies to the families of the fallen martyrs, and decided to provide pensions and compensation.

The remains of the martyrs were gathered together for burial, stone tablets were erected, and all the tablets were placed in the ancestral hall for worship.

Celebrate our army’s victory!

A mere guerrilla unit of our army, using clever tactics, inflicted heavy damage on the elite field troops of the Japanese army in one fell swoop. They defeated the strong with the weak, achieved brilliant results, and seized a lot of spoils. How could we not celebrate?

The crying stopped and the whole town was filled with joy!

We exchanged 42 people for more than 230 Japanese devils. It was worth it. The people in our town are awesome!

The Japanese seized a large number of military notes, a small amount of looted silver dollars, some legal tender, border currency, etc., as well as rewards such as watches and military boots, which made the families of the martyrs ecstatic and extremely grateful.

It was an era of material scarcity.

Several seriously injured military horses were slaughtered and eaten for meat. The entire army and the entire town were given a few pounds of horse meat, and the families of the martyrs received twice as much!

After a good meal and a few drinks, what else is there to ask?

First, send someone to inform the independent regiment that the Yamazaki Battalion has entered the edge of the base area, and the follow-up troops are ready to attack deep into our hinterland at any time. Our Baijia Town guerrillas have already formally confronted them and interrogated prisoners, and we are certain of this.

Second, convene a meeting and interrogate the town’s leading figures to find out if there are any other issues so that arrangements can be made at any time.

Third, strengthen the military, expand the cavalry unit into a cavalry platoon, and intensify training.

Fourth, expand the army immediately and recruit soldiers from the entire town and surrounding villages.

Fifth, be prepared for war at all times and strengthen the town's underground tunnel system. Once a powerful enemy corps comes to retaliate, our army and civilians will hide in the tunnels for a long time and in safety.

6. In order to grasp the dynamics of the Japanese army, set up insiders to spy on important military intelligence of the Japanese army, and immediately send people to disguise as traitors, surrender to the Japanese army, and serve as the Imperial Army!

7. The Baijia Town guerrillas were renamed as the peripheral organization of the Eighth Route Army, the Anti-Japanese Death Squad Special Forces Battalion, because they had completely fought against the Imperial Army, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, and the Japanese Army. Not seeking the Eighth Route Army as their absolute backing would be tantamount to suicide!

Every word Su Fei said made sense, but no one objected.

Who wouldn't be in awe of this ruthless man who dared to challenge the Japanese army and win big with a small investment? Who wouldn't be afraid?

The patriarchs of the four major families looked at Su Fei with eyes full of flattery.

Su Fei is their supporter! Their lifeline!

That night, all the villagers in Su Fei and Xiaoyu's town hid in the underground tunnels, because the Japanese army had suffered such a great loss, how could they not retaliate?

He explained the strategy of using tunnels to ambush the Japanese army.

At the same time, under the cover of night, the war horses and other equipment were led out of the town, and the cavalry platoon was hidden in a nearby village. People were sent to notify the surrounding villages, large and small, asking the villagers to leave and hide as soon as possible and be careful of attacks from the Japanese.

At night, Su Fei and the cavalry platoon hid in a forest outside a village, 4 miles away from Baijia Town.

There were more than 30 captured military horses, and there were also many mules and horses raised in the town. The large animals could not hide in the tunnels, so they had to be pulled out.

In order to conceal themselves, all the mules and horses were covered with mud to cover up the smell of urine and their bits were tightened.

In the middle of the night, a large group of dark shadows passed by.

Su Fei knew that the Japanese troops were about to encircle Baijia Town.

Soon after the crowd passed by, fierce gunfire and artillery fire were heard from the direction of Baijia Town. The Japanese army bombarded the town with mortars and infantry guns, and flames shot into the sky.

Subsequently, the villages around the town also caught fire one after another and were set on fire by the Japanese army.

The Japanese army failed to retaliate against the villagers and could only burn down their houses to vent their anger.

Su Fei discovered that the fighter planes were coming.

He asked ten soldiers to guard the horses, and he and more than twenty other soldiers, dressed in Japanese military uniforms, carrying Type 38 rifles, fully armed, ran towards the villages.

In the village 400 meters away, the fire illuminated the entire village. The silhouettes of the Japanese army were clear, as well as many puppet troops and traitor militias.

They were quickly reaching the edge.

The Japanese and puppet troops were in chaos and no one was on guard.

In the past, they used 38-caliber bayonets to surprise attack the enemy and specifically targeted Japanese soldiers for assassination.

The fierce gunfire from the direction of Baijia Town, the crackling sounds of burning in the village here and the diffuse smoke could confuse people's minds and cover Su Fei's troops' sneak attack.

These team members and soldiers have already developed courage. Moreover, 42 villagers have already sacrificed their lives. Now, their own village nest has been attacked by the Japanese, and everyone's eyes are red.

With a killer like Su Fei and a protector like him, who would be afraid of the Japanese?

The Japanese soldiers were completely unprepared and were all killed with one sword.

Stab him to death in the back of the heart, and suddenly cut his neck and throat from the side.

They assassinated more than a dozen Japanese soldiers in succession. When they couldn't find any more Japanese soldiers, they attacked the puppet army.

More than a dozen puppet soldiers were killed.

Suddenly, the puppet army and the traitor militia were in chaos. Someone was looking for a Japanese officer and shouted "Taijun" loudly. As a result, he found a Japanese soldier's body in the dark shadow in the corner and started shouting.

Su Fei and others pretended to be shocked and angry, went over to check, and suddenly launched an attack, throwing the captured Japanese grenades over, killing more than a dozen puppet soldiers and traitorous militia and injuring many others. When the smoke cleared, several people fled, but were shot dead by them again.

The enemy in a village was killed, and they pocketed the captured enemy weapons, ammunition, and grenades, as well as a light machine gun and a grenade launcher. The rest was thrown into a dry well and hidden.

They left the village.

Go east and hide for a while. After a while, a group of people rush to reinforce.

Su Fei commanded his soldiers, and when the enemy passed the ambush position and reached the village, he was clearly illuminated by the flames and suddenly shouted, "Command!"

So cunning!

Su Fei shouted in Japanese and Chinese.

This fully confuses the enemy.

As a result, the enemies stopped and turned around to answer, some in Japanese, some in Chinese, and they were smiling.

shot.

20 rifles and one light machine gun fired together, knocking down more than a dozen enemies on the spot.

Su Fei even deliberately shouted loudly in Japanese: "Baga, what's the matter..."

The other soldiers also knew some Japanese and shouted at the top of their lungs. In this way, their voices would be distorted and the Japs would not easily detect the trick.

Sure enough, the Japanese soldiers over there rolled on the ground and shouted desperately in Japanese, saying that they were our own people, so don't fight them.

In this way, the Japanese and puppet troops over there did not dare to fire back and lost the opportunity. They were all killed by a fierce fire from Su Fei's troops.

Only a few wounded soldiers were still groaning in frustration, shouting in Japanese and the Imperial Army's language: "We are our own people, we are from the Imperial Army, ah!"

Su Fei's troops advanced and killed all the enemies with knives and guns.

Leave no one behind.

Su Fei meant that only if we desperately kill the Japanese army and weaken the strength of the Yamazaki Battalion can we reduce the danger of them invading the heart of our Eighth Route Army base!

Using the flashlights captured from the Japanese, they discovered that there was a Japanese class of thirteen people and a puppet army class of twelve people.

enough.

If we don't leave now and attack the enemy again, we will be discovered by the enemy and it will be dangerous.

They evacuated happily, carrying the captured weapons and ammunition, as well as the Japanese and puppet troops' boots, belts, water bottles, etc.

Go south, take the hardest road, and go around to where the cavalry horse is.

What Su Fei didn't expect was that while he was walking hurriedly, he suddenly heard an angry shout from the front: "Command."

It's Japanese!

Fortunately, he had asked loudly when he ambushed the enemy before, and he immediately answered in Japanese.

"Yaoxi!"

A group of people came out of the darkness. They were all Japanese soldiers. They asked Su Fei and others where they were going. The village ahead was in chaos. What happened? They were the outer blockade line. The Japanese commander-in-chief, Major Yamazaki Yehei, sent them to block the surrounding area after sending the punitive team to prevent the anti-Japanese elements in Baijia Town from breaking through and escaping.

So cunning.

The blockade line is so far?

Su Fei chatted with them, and while chatting, he also observed and listened to the number and position of the enemy. Su Fei told the soldiers to rest in stiff Chinese, so everyone lay down.

The Japanese commander of the ambush blockade point was a sergeant, Ono, who led a squad. By the way, after the Japanese army suffered a crushing defeat during the day, not only did the main force of the Yamazaki Battalion rush over at full speed, but Japanese troops from other counties and strongholds also rushed to reinforce. This sergeant Ono came from a county thirty miles away and was not familiar with the people of the Yamazaki Battalion. Otherwise, as soon as they heard his accent, they would know that Su Fei was not one of them.

Su Fei secretly rejoiced.

His soldiers were also smart, quickly finding and closing in on the enemy.

Su Fei told Ono that Captain Yamazaki asked the entire army to assemble. Now, a main force of the Eighth Route Army has infiltrated into the encirclement!

"Quick, let's go now!"

Ono was really stubborn. He believed Su Fei's Japanese and commands and asked all his men to come out and gather. Some of them actually came from the darkness around them. They were so cunning.

If Su Fei and others had taken action just now, those hidden Japanese devils would have caused them serious harm!

That’s enough for 13 people, a complete class.

Su Fei suddenly gave the order to attack, and with a "whoosh" sound, the bayonet pierced into Ono's chest. Ono groaned, dropped his rifle, and squatted down, hugging his chest.

The other soldiers also joined in and killed an entire class of enemies in seconds!

Fun!

It's so thrilling.

They dragged the enemy to a nearby place, stripped them naked and threw them into a manure pit in a fertile field. Then they quickly returned to the woods where the cavalry platoon was located with all the spoils.

Three classes of purebred Japanese troops, 39 people, and more than 20 puppet troops and traitor militia members were wiped out with zero casualties!

Three light machine guns, three grenade launchers, a mortar, 24 rifles, 18 miscellaneous rifles of the puppet army, and several pistols, sabers, and telescopes were seized!

Here, they dug trenches and individual pits in preparation for battle.

After waiting for half an hour, the loud bugle calls of the Eighth Route Army were heard around Baijia Town!