Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

Clerk, staff officer, and also the company commander of the third company of the first battalion?

All the cadres and soldiers were stunned.

Comrade Goudan, a rookie with a cloth wrapped around his head and who wets his pants during battle, the internet celebrity of the New 1st Regiment, is actually appreciated and valued by the regimental commander?

Even Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the main battalion who announced the order, had to suppress the countless questions in his mind.

Yes, Comrade Su Fei performed outstandingly and eye-catchingly in this sniper battle. He dared to fight the Japanese with bayonets and was smart and flexible. He killed several Japanese soldiers. He can be named a combat hero, an advanced model, and can also be promoted to company commander. However, it is too much for him to join the main battalion as a company commander and also serve as a clerk and staff officer!

He didn't know why Li Yunlong valued Su Fei so much.

The squad leader of the artillery squad and the famous pillar were the first to applaud.

At the critical moment, Li Yunlong issued a death order, was about to lose his temper, and proposed an impossible task. It was Su Fei's words that relieved the artillery squad leader of the heavy burden and made Zhuzi go all out. He really destroyed the Japanese command headquarters and killed the old Japanese soldier Sakata Nobutsu, making a great contribution.

Others must obey orders even if they do not understand. This is the principle of the Eighth Route Army and all people's armies.

"Okay, come on, come on! Goudan, no, Comrade Su Fei, come on!"

Wow!

There was warm applause. Nearly 200 cadres and soldiers of the new regiment applauded together and congratulated warmly.

"Comrade Su Fei, as a clerk, staff officer, and company commander, please express your stance and tell us how you will do your work in the future and how we can cooperate with you." Zhang Dabiao said enthusiastically, pulling Su Fei to the front and raising one of his hands to express his absolute approval and support.

Of course, he still felt a little uncomfortable.

He had worked hard to follow Li Yunlong, fought dozens of battles, killed countless enemies, and made great achievements. After so many years, he was finally promoted to battalion commander. Now he was acting in charge of the affairs of the New 1st Regiment. However, Su Fei, a rookie and a well-known coward, took on several roles in one battle and was almost comparable to him!

Unbalanced!

Other cadres and soldiers were even more dissatisfied.

Even the artillery squad leader and Zhuzi were not convinced.

The coward who was just a joke yesterday is now climbing over my head. Isn't this too sudden?

Su Fei didn't think too much about it.

It is very challenging to be awarded these three positions.

So glorious!

From now on, I am a real Eighth Route Army soldier.

Simple, lovely, brave, and kind! The mainstay and hope of national liberation!

"Comrades, hello everyone. Thank you for your warm applause. I also thank Commander Li for your recognition of me and Battalion Commander Zhang for his support. Facing the brightly colored military and party flags, these towering mountains, and the rippling valleys, I solemnly swear to perform my duties, to excellently, satisfactorily, and overfulfill the tasks assigned to me by my superiors, and to better serve the cadres and comrades of the New First Regiment!"

Su Fei drew a few strokes on his left hand to let everyone know what the characters were. He then wrote several characters with his bare hands.

Most cadres and soldiers don’t know him.

Su Fei said, "This is simplified Chinese. It will be the common writing system of our new China in the future. It's concise and clear, easy to recognize and write. I plan to teach everyone all of the more than 3,000 commonly used characters in a few months!"

what?

All the cadres and soldiers exclaimed in surprise and looked at each other. Zhang Dabiao even gasped: "What a great intellectual! Incredible! Captain Li has a sharp eye!"

Zhuzi was a little curious: "Goudan, ah, no, Comrade Su Fei, you just mentioned New China, what is New China?"

Su Fei said without hesitation: "Eight or ten years from now, we will defeat the Japanese and the domestic reactionaries and build our own independent, free, fair, and prosperous new country!"

No one spoke anymore. Everyone calmed down and listened carefully to Su Fei's speech.

Countless warmth and respect have surged in my heart.

Su Fei also had some ideas about the work of staff and company commander, such as intelligence, manufacturing some new weapons suitable for mountain warfare, and within half a year, he would strive to strengthen the third company of the first battalion under his command and build it into a powerful main force with more than 200 people and all Japanese equipment!

Zhang Dabiao, other battalion commanders, company commanders, artillery squad leader, Zhuzi and others were all secretly amazed!

Su Fei's eloquence, temperament, ability, style, motivation, and level make him a true leader and cadre. Doesn't he seem very similar to the regiment political commissar who previously worked with Captain Li?

Although his last company work was a bit boastful, it was still very inspiring, exciting, and exciting!

Hua Hua Hua.

There was constant applause and cheers.

After the show, Zhang Dabiao handed over the third company to Su Fei.

"Comrade Su Fei, I have complete confidence in you now. You will definitely be able to lead the Third Company well."

Stand at attention, salute, count!

In front of Su Fei, there were only seventeen cadres and soldiers!

This is all the troops from the third company of the first battalion of the new regiment.

This time, the New 1st Regiment, which served as the rear guard, suffered heavy losses in the counter-mopping-up operation!

The company commander, instructor, and platoon leaders of the third company were all killed. Among the seventeen cadres and soldiers, there were only two squad leaders, one deputy platoon leader, and one deputy squad leader.

Weapons and ammunition were also in short supply. For seventeen people, there were only seven rifles, four pistols, a dozen grenades, and a total of 57 rifle bullets.

The foundation is too weak!

The battle is so brutal!

The deputy platoon leader said that before the battle, the third company had more than 2 cadres and soldiers, four light machine guns, and two grenade launchers. Due to the consumption of bullets in the battle and the urgency of breaking out, they had to advance lightly, and all the light machine guns and grenade launchers were buried.

"Company commander, let's take a break first. I'm just too sleepy and haven't slept well for several days and nights. How about you let us go to bed first?" The deputy platoon leader made a cautious suggestion.

Of course!

Su Fei agreed.

The cadres and soldiers immediately stood at attention and saluted, then dispersed and returned to the dormitory in an orderly manner, and soon began to snore loudly.

A soldier was on duty holding a rifle, standing straight, with alert eyes and very responsible.

The new regiment is really well-trained.

Su Fei was not sleepy.

He has a lot of things to do in a short period of time.

First, the intelligence from the Japanese special forces under Colonel Yamamoto Ikki must be immediately reported to the independent regiment commander Kong Jie, who must take it seriously.

Second, we must attack the Japanese immediately, achieve considerable results, and boost morale! Only in this way can we win the true recognition of the cadres and soldiers and establish prestige.

Third, propaganda and organization, recruiting soldiers, obtaining sufficient weapons and ammunition, and expanding the troops.

It would take some time for Li Yunlong to be called back to the independent regiment after he started working at the clothing factory. Even if someone took charge of the independent regiment, he would only call on Zhang Dabiao, and he might not have the opportunity to follow Li Yunlong. Therefore, he no longer had any illusions and could only do his own job conscientiously.

After a little thought, he walked to the communications team of the regiment headquarters and asked to speak to the commander of the independent regiment, Kong Jie.

The telecommunications chief's smile froze. "According to organizational regulations, this must be handled by the regimental commander. If the regimental commander is absent, the responsible Battalion Commander Zhang Dabiao will do. You must discuss this with Battalion Commander Zhang. Otherwise, you will not be able to violate discipline."

You know what, the Eighth Route Army really sticks to principles.

He said a lot, but nothing worked.

Come back to find Zhang Dabiao immediately.

"What? The Japanese organized a special forces unit with super combat effectiveness? Holy crap, you believe that? Haha!" Zhang Dabiao was completely incredulous and opposed reporting this to the Independent Regiment. Now, the New 1st Regiment had been singled out for criticism by the entire army for violating headquarters orders, and the regiment commander had been dismissed and investigated. And they were supposed to provide intelligence to the Independent Regiment. How could they believe it? Not only would we be embarrassed, but we would also make Commander Kong Jie laugh out loud.

Su Fei was angry!

Also have an idea!

"Comrade Zhang Dabiao, the temporary person in charge, I have a problem with you. Can I report it to my superiors?"

Zhang Dabiao's eyes widened, his fists suddenly clenched into eagle claws, and a murderous aura emanated from him, as if it were tangible. "Okay, according to procedure, you should report this to the regimental commander. Now that the position is vacant, I'm in charge of the regimental commander's affairs. You can report this to the brigade commander!"

This is easy to handle.

Su Fei immediately went to the telecommunications department and asked the section chief to connect the brigade commander with the call.

"What? Reporting Captain Zhang's problems? You? You're going too far, aren't you? Are you kidding me? Internal conflicts among the people, problems between comrades, can be solved at cadre meetings..."

The objection was invalid, and the section chief could only connect the phone.

It's really hard to get in touch by phone.

Finally got through.

The telecommunications chief's hand was shaking as he held the phone, because the matter was too serious. Wasn't this exposing the New 1st Regiment's dirty laundry?

"Are you a cadre of the New 1st Regiment? Are you reporting problems to the person in charge? What?" The brigade commander's magnetic voice was very majestic and surprising.

Su Fei gave a detailed account of the top-secret intelligence that the Japanese special forces were about to infiltrate the base and decapitate our Eighth Route Army headquarters. He also gave a basic description of the approximate number of Japanese special forces, the performance of their equipment, and their combat effectiveness. He asked the brigade commander to order all the troops, especially the commander of the independent regiment, Kong Jie, to take it seriously. Tactically, they should not fight the enemy to death, because they would be no match for them and would suffer heavy casualties!

The brigade commander attached great importance to it, repeatedly asked about the source of the information, expressed his gratitude, and said that he would make proper arrangements.

"Su Fei? Is he the young cadre that Li Yunlong recommended to me? This guy's courage and skills are extraordinary!"

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After completing the intelligence report, Su Fei felt much more relaxed and immediately confessed the content of the "information" to Zhang Dabiao.

Zhang Dabiao was originally furious, but when he heard this, he felt embarrassed.

"You are really fooling around. You scared me. I thought something was wrong with me."

Dinner was dried sweet potatoes and wild vegetable soup. Each person could only eat half a bowl of dried sweet potatoes, and there were only a few grains of millet in the wild vegetable soup. Even after being blanched in water, the wild vegetables still tasted bitter.

No salt water!

That's for the wounded in the hospital!

Life is so hard.

Su Fei asked about the food and was moved and sighed when he learned that the food was quite good.

"Company commander, you are so strange! Are you from a wealthy family? Don't you know what the situation is like here?" Several cadres and soldiers joked.

Su Fei blushed.

He changed the subject and asked carefully about the surrounding situation, the base, the Japanese army, the puppet army, etc. Su Fei also took the time to learn a few simple Japanese sentences from several soldiers and spoke it fluently immediately.

By the way, when the troops killed Sakata Nobutsu, they captured a Japanese translator, who was invited by Su Fei to be a Japanese teacher and teach all 17 cadres and soldiers of the third company.

Su Fei brought up a much-needed topic and asked the translator to translate it into Japanese so that everyone could learn from it.

In order to ensure that the translator would not do anything bad, Su Fei did ideological work seriously and said that as long as the translator could teach these cadres and soldiers, he would be rewarded for his meritorious service and would be released to go home or join the Eighth Route Army.

According to the rules of the Eighth Route Army, traitorous translators must often be repeatedly screened, investigated, and severely punished, because they are not considered regular prisoners. You are a traitor and an insider, and you must be severely punished.

The translator was very happy to have hope, but the cadres and soldiers were very unhappy: "Company Commander, we are learning from a traitor like him? Learning the Japanese bird language? Is there any use for it? Pah!"

Su Fei cannot leak military secrets!

Because he had already planned a battle plan, a long-distance raid on a Japanese stronghold 30 miles away. The best method was disguise and surprise attack, and knowing Japanese was the best condition.

After a bitter battle, the New 1st Regiment and the 1st Battalion's 3rd Company were extremely weak and in dire need of supplies, food, ammunition, firearms, and morale. However, they simply did not have the strength to engage in immediate military action and fight the enemy.

Sneak attack, surprise attack, disguise, at the lowest cost.

Since the Japanese army was able to carry out an infiltration and sneak attack by Yamamoto Ikki's special forces, why don't we imitate them?

Su Fei wants to transform the third company into a special forces unit. There are seventeen people, plus he is eighteen in total. The Eighteen Arhats will come out immediately to stir up the situation in Taihang!

Only by achieving quick results could he attract more attention, and only when Li Yunlong was transferred to the independent regiment could he be summoned to assist.

If learning Japanese was his idea, it definitely wouldn't work.

His prestige is not enough.

Military operations cannot be leaked either, otherwise, if this traitorous translator does something bad and teaches the wrong thing, it will be disastrous.

No one knows what is right or wrong!

"This is the order of the brigade commander. I spoke with him on the phone. He must have his reasons for asking us to do this. It seems that he means that our company will have an important task to do. For example, transfer to the brigade headquarters as a political cadre to be responsible for the resettlement of Japanese prisoners of war? By the way, Mr. Translator, you must be serious when you teach us. We will take you with us when we go to the brigade headquarters in the future. If there is a problem during the verification, you will be in trouble!"

To appease the cadres and soldiers, and to coerce the translator with both soft and hard tactics!

For two consecutive days and nights, except for the necessary eating, sleeping and toileting, Su Fei led everyone to learn Japanese from the translator. They were already able to converse fluently and their accents were 80% similar.

He also led everyone to imitate the Japanese devils' words, deeds, fighting postures, catchphrases, etc.

On the third day, in the morning, in broad daylight, the rising sun was as red as blood, shining with thousands of golden rays. Su Fei set out with his troops. In name, it was an external training operation, but in fact it was a military operation.

"From now on, we are no longer the officers and soldiers of the Third Company of the First Battalion of the New First Regiment, but the Third Detachment of the Yamamoto Advance Team organized by the First Army of the Japanese Army stationed in Shanxi. Our goal is to attack the Hanzhuang stronghold on the edge of the Japanese base area!"