Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

So cool.

So happy!

The soldiers of the independent regiment cheered on the top of the mountain, expressing their heroic emotions to their heart's content. At the foot of the mountain, the brigade commander, regiment commander Ding Wei, deputy regiment commander Kong Jie, political commissar Zhao Gang, regiment commanders and political commissars of other teams, brigade staff, etc., also cheered wildly, like a group of innocent children!

The Eighth Route Army soldiers in the encirclement at the foot of the mountain, who had participated in the bloody charge, had tears in their eyes. Many of them could not help but burst into tears. They walked out of the trenches, knelt down in front of the dense corpses of their comrades on the hillside, and cried bitterly!

Two thousand cadres and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army sleep forever on this fiery, tough, and barren slope of Lijiaopo. Their heroic souls will always be there, their spirit will live on, their voices and smiles, and their infinite loyalty to the country and nation will live forever in the hearts of their comrades!

Under the command of cadres at all levels, the Eighth Route Army quickly climbed the hillside to collect the remains of the martyrs...

"Su Fei, Su Fei, Captain Su! Thank you, thank you!" Li Yunlong was also extremely excited on the top of the mountain. He grabbed Su Fei's hand, shook it hard, and tears flowed down his face!

Because of Su Fei, his independent regiment was able to easily capture the heavily guarded Japanese position at Lijiaopo at the cost of zero casualties!

If it weren't for Su Fei, his independent regiment would have suffered heavy losses if it wanted to consume and destroy the Yamazaki Battalion of the Japanese Army, not to mention being completely wiped out.

According to his idea, at least 300 soldiers would have to sacrifice their lives!

His tactic of trenches and grenade bombings might have given him enough time to prepare for the attack, but before he could even get close, he would be bombed and defeated by the Japanese counterattack.

For the first time, Li Yunlong respected Su Fei from the bottom of his heart and called him Captain Su!

In Li Yunlong's eyes, Su Fei has far surpassed his wisdom and talent!

This is full recognition.

He pulled Su Fei to go down the mountain and report to the brigade commander. In front of the brigade commander, he asked for credit for Su Fei. Li Yunlong wanted to explain in detail that Su Fei's tactics and the equipment he improved himself were unparalleled!

"Wait, Captain, do you mean we should retreat now?" Su Fei couldn't break free from his hand, which was as strong and powerful as an iron clamp!

Li Yunlong laughed heartily: "Of course we retreat, mission accomplished, the Yamazaki Battalion has been completely wiped out, the Japs' reinforcements are surrounding us from all sides, and with the assistance of several planes and a large number of artillery and tanks, they are about to break through our blocking line. After we sweep the battlefield, we will evacuate immediately, the sooner the better. Our blocking troops are under great pressure and are working very hard!"

Su Fei was thoughtful: "Captain, how about we fight another battle?"

Li Yunlong's smile suddenly stopped. "Huh? What are we fighting for? A desperate struggle? Aren't we suffering enough? What is our strategy? Independent guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare that doesn't slacken under favorable conditions, not this clumsy and cowardly offensive!"

It can be seen that Li Yunlong was very emotional about the superior's orders for this battle.

However, before Su Fei could speak, he quickly adjusted his position: "Retreat, this is the brigade commander's order!"

Su Fei looked at the mountains and blood-red peaks in the distance, as well as the remains of the Eighth Route Army soldiers scattered on the slopes illuminated by the setting sun. His heart surged with tears. "Commander, I suggest that we immediately deploy our forces on Lijiaopo and disguise them as the Japanese Yamazaki Battalion. The surrounding sniper forces should quickly withdraw and move to the outer lines, allowing the Japanese reinforcements to encircle this area. When the Japanese army gathers here, our original sniper forces and independent regiments will turn around and surround the enemy. My forces will be on Lijiaopo, with the center blooming. We will take advantage of the night to launch a surprise attack on the enemy, strive to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, and pursue the victory, leaving this main force of the Japanese without a single piece of armor!"

There is nothing special about this strategic conception. When that person gets emotional, he can be so arrogant. However, Su Fei's thinking is based on the tried and tested camouflage tactics and surprise attack tactics, which are all types of modern special operations.

Special warfare is not afraid of the enemy's troop strength or the sophistication of its equipment. What matters is whether you can make full use of your own advantages, play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses, and directly crush the enemy.

In Su Fei's view, the tactic of disguising the enemy is information asymmetry, which is also the thinking point of the informationization of modern warfare.

However, these things could not be quickly understood and agreed to by the Eighth Route Army and Li Yunlong, who valued martial ethics!

At the very least, this is a very risky gamble!

It does not conform to the Eighth Route Army's principles of employing troops.

The Eighth Route Army must fully utilize favorable conditions such as time, place, and people to defeat the enemy with absolute superiority, ensure safety and security, and accumulate small victories into big ones. Gradually strengthen ourselves, because the Eighth Route Army is small, weak, and poorly equipped, and cannot afford to lose!

So, Li Yunlong looked at Su Fei with an unreasonable look and pulled him forcibly.

Su Fei struggled to get away, so he ignored them. "Brothers and sisters of the Baijia Town Special Forces, listen to my orders and immediately hand over the task of cleaning up the battlefield to our comrades in the Independent Regiment. We will immediately start fortification work, repair the trenches and tunnels that collapsed due to bombing, and then dig more deeper and stronger tunnels to prepare for battle. Secondly, strip all the intact uniforms from the Japanese corpses and put them on ourselves! Also, while working, repeatedly practice the thirty Japanese sentences we taught! You must be proficient in them and know them exactly like the devils!"

Li Yunlong quickly let go so as not to interfere with the seriousness of Su Fei's order.

After thinking for a while, he sent someone down the mountain urgently to report to the brigade commander. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers of the independent regiment to have some people clean up the battlefield, and one company to connect one-on-one with Su Fei's Baijia Town troops to help repair and reinforce the fortifications.

"No, Captain Xiao Su, if the enemy attacks, it's not us, the Eighth Route Army. Their mountain artillery and infantry guns are much more effective than your iron cannons. We can't hold this place. It's very dangerous!"

Su Fei scanned the rocky, muddy, and cratered hillsides, the remains of Eighth Route Army soldiers buried in the thorn bushes. He gritted his teeth. Revenge, revenge! Strategically, we won this battle, but overall, tactically and in terms of casualties, we were utterly defeated! The attack zone at Lijiapo alone cost us two thousand Eighth Route Army soldiers. It was tragic, a nightmare, a massacre! We must avenge the devils, we must recover our losses. Even if he and the Baijiazhen troops were completely wiped out, as long as we could achieve victory with a large score, it would be victory!

"Captain, I didn't intend to defend it!"

Su Fei immediately started working on the construction and restoration of fortifications.

"Crazy, really crazy. Young people are so impulsive, am I too old?" Li Yunlong muttered to himself for a while, and immediately rushed over, ordering a battalion of the independent regiment to charge on Lijiaopo, changing the center of gravity, one company to clean up the battlefield, and two companies to assist Su Fei's Baijiazhen troops.

The brigade commander and a large group of senior cadres came in a hurry.

Su Fei reported to the brigade commander.

The brigade commander pursed his lips, his hands continuously tearing at the coiled horsewhip with force, his eyes narrowed.

This kind of fighting style, this kind of risk, this kind of desperate effort, facing the Japanese army's thousands of reinforcements that were far better equipped than the Eighth Route Army's, and the suppression from the sky, the brigade commander who was accustomed to mobile warfare since the Red Army era, had commanded a cadre corps, was experienced and had a strong heart, all hesitated for a moment.

"Are you sure?" asked the brigade commander.

Su Fei stood at attention and saluted, his confidence calm and resolute. As a modern soldier, his confidence comes not only from his knowledge, ability, loyalty and dedication, but also from his devout belief in the heroes of the older generation!

"Brigade Commander, you can retreat, but the troops in Baijia Town will not retreat. We must take advantage of the cover of night, camouflage, and the Japanese army's pride to launch a blitzkrieg-style assault. We strive to use the lives of our 150 soldiers in the shortest possible time to eliminate 300, 500, or even more enemy troops!"

The brigade commander's eyes were moist again. He quickly squatted down, tidied up the body of an Eighth Route Army soldier beside him, wiped the dust off his clothes, closed his frozen eyes, stood up again, saluted the corpses scattered all over the mountain, looked around, and said in a faint voice: "Come here, Staff Officer Wu, Section Chief Zhang, record and issue orders. All troops of the 386th Brigade will immediately break away from contact with the Japanese army after cleaning up the battlefield in accordance with the orders of their superiors. However, each regiment will leave a platoon of elite troops to hide nearby. When the time is right and they hear the signal, they will immediately attack and attack the Japanese army at night. After the main force evacuated 5 kilometers, they hid and waited. In addition, the independent regiment was allocated a main battalion under the command of Commander Su Fei. The rest of Li Yunlong's independent regiment followed the brigade headquarters and moved 5 kilometers east of the original command headquarters at the foot of the mountain. 00 meters in concealed standby, Ding Wei 28th Regiment, dispatched no less than one company of troops to lure the Japanese reinforcements to continue advancing, reach the foot of Lijiaopo Mountain, and break out in different directions... The key point of our army's operations is to take Lijiaopo as the core, use the night to offset the enemy's equipment advantage, and launch a raid and siege on the enemy, with the goal of defeating the enemy's large and heavily armed group and annihilating one part! The leaders of each combat unit should discuss and formulate detailed operational details and precautions based on the overall combat thinking to ensure that the overall combat strategy is not undermined. Comrades, this is a special battle, not a guerrilla war, not a mobile war, not an offensive war, but a mixed war, a total war. Although I will report to the division headquarters for approval, I don't care about the reply result, I just want victory..."

Very good!

Su Fei immediately explained his plan to all senior cadres in a concise and concise manner.

Everyone nodded frequently.

All supported!

Because, although the Battle of Lijiaopo was a victory, it was a pyrrhic victory. The victory was too unfair, too cowardly, and the cost was too high. If we only compare the casualties, the Eighth Route Army suffered an indisputable great and miserable defeat!

Get up from where you fall!

In our sad place, we killed the main force of the Japanese army!

The brigade commander made further coordination and detailed arrangements, and the troops took the orders and left.

Su Fei received support from Zhang Dabiao's troops of the first battalion of the independent regiment.

"Please give the order, Captain Su!" Zhang Dabiao waved a large machete commonly used by the Northwest Army with full energy, meaning that he was most suitable for night attacks and was willing to take the main attack mission.

Facing the veteran Captain Zhang, Su Fei's blood boiled!

He quickly summoned several company and platoon leaders to implement his combat intentions.

What he meant was to use the Baijia Town troops and Zhang Dabiao's First Battalion separately, with one occupying the top of the mountain and the other ambushing and attacking at the foot of the mountain.

After a few words, everyone decided on the plan. Of course, the Baijia Town troops, who were good at camouflage, would guard the top of the mountain. Regarding the issue of troop allocation, Zhang Dabiao suggested allocating a company to strengthen the Baijia Town troops, but was rejected by Su Fei.

The troops come from different sources, making command difficult, and assassinations by troops lurking at the foot of the mountain are even more dangerous.

The Eighth Route Army set up the trap in about half an hour.

Sporadic gunshots were heard in Lijiaopo, with occasional grenade explosions, shouts, and curses.

Some of the remains of the Eighth Route Army soldiers on the hillside were sorted out, and some were left behind.

At night, the mountain breeze blows across the mountains, bringing the summer-sown millet and persimmons that mature in autumn, the fragrance of chestnuts, as well as the strong smell of corpses and blood, and the lingering bitter smell of gunpowder.

In the darkness, the three Japanese reinforcements attacked desperately and even turned on searchlights to scan the enemy and confuse the vision of the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops. The Eighth Route Army seemed to be unable to cope and continued to retreat. An hour later, they broke out in different directions and left from the foot of Lijiaopo Mountain.

The Japanese army's precise rifle shooting skills, fierce grenade launcher firepower, machine guns, mortars and mountain artillery's ability to eliminate targets made the Eighth Route Army pay a heavy price.

With a chuckle, Japanese Lieutenant Colonel Higashino yanked his saber from the chest of the severely wounded, dying Eighth Route Army soldier and, with his high boot, slammed him in the head. He breathed a sigh of satisfaction. "Where is the Yamazaki Battalion? Where exactly?"

The radio station received no response, and the Japanese troops supporting from the north could only contact the other two groups, and soon they set their sights on Lijiaopo.

"Reporting to His Excellency, there are still gunshots in the Lijiaopo Mountains. In addition, the scouts have discovered that someone is shouting in Japanese."

More than 800 Japanese troops led by Lieutenant Colonel Higashino and more than 300 Imperial Army troops immediately advanced towards Lijiaopo. The other two routes, three Japanese companies led by Major Tsuruta and a battalion of Imperial Army troops, and two infantry companies, one engineering company and several Imperial Army troops led by Captain Kimura, after making contact, checked the map, confirmed the direction with the compass, and quickly arrived at the foot of the mountain.

After the giant searchlight was shone, the remains of the Eighth Route Army were seen all over the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, the Eighth Route Army tried to stop the attack but was quickly defeated. On the top of the mountain, the occupying army was built in a strong fortification, waving bayonets and rising sun flags.

"Lieutenant Colonel, we've officially contacted them. They're the main force of the Yamazaki Battalion. They say they've killed two thousand enemies after a hard fight, but they've also suffered heavy losses, badly damaged by the Eighth Route Army's special artillery. Although they still have over seven hundred men, most are seriously wounded. Major Yamazaki Yehei was killed in action."

"Excellent! No, come, block the foot of the mountain and establish the strongest defense possible. Be on guard against sneak attacks from the Eighth Route Army. Send Major Tsuruta and Captain Kimura to the top of the mountain to pay their respects to Major Yamazaki's remains. Also, resupply them with ammunition, food, and water."

After receiving the report from the scout, Lieutenant Colonel Higashino was extremely relaxed. The Yamazaki Battalion was still there, the rescue mission was successfully completed, and they could hold on tonight and leave smoothly tomorrow.

Listening to the shouting and gunfire of the Eighth Route Army in the distance at the foot of the mountain, he snapped his fingers in contempt.

Twenty minutes later, Lieutenant Colonel Higashino, Major Tsuruta, Captain Kimura, 50 baggage soldiers, and 20 infantrymen, carrying boxes of ammunition, food, and water, drove mules and horses to transport them to the top of the mountain.