Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

Su Fei's troops arrived at a position 2000 meters west of Zhuzui Ridge. They had a cavalry company and a machine gun company, all cavalry. Moreover, they were followed by a large number of military horses, including the horses of noble Anglo-Arab generals and officers, and the Anglo-Norman horses of ordinary cavalry. There were more than 300 of them, which were mighty and majestic.

A Japanese infantry squad immediately went to intercept!

The Japanese cavalry squad of more than 50 people 1500 meters below the hillside were shocked and angry.

Surprisingly, the imperial army retreated!

In front, about fifty imperial cavalrymen were fleeing in a panic, a terrible sight. Many soldiers were covered in blood, and some were lying on their horses, obviously seriously injured.

What’s infuriating is that the Chinese army and the Eighth Route Army cavalry are actually chasing after them!

The people of the Empire's Fourth Cavalry Brigade were actually no match for the Eighth Route Army Cavalry?

Wow ya ya ya!

Lieutenant Takemiya, the leader of the Japanese cavalry squad, was filled with grief and anger. He immediately gathered the patrolling cavalry and led the soldiers to charge forward. "Rescue our warriors and defeat the Chinese!"

They didn't know that those defeated Japanese soldiers were actually soldiers from Su Fei's Cavalry Company in disguise.

Su Fei didn't want this to happen.

However, the first principle is to efficiently annihilate the enemy and cherish the lives of soldiers!

A cavalry platoon disguised as an enemy, fled in front, confused the enemy, and could successfully approach the enemy and launch a surprise attack!

It can also prevent the Japanese reconnaissance soldiers along the way from launching sudden attacks and causing heavy losses to our army.

By doing this, even the risk of being a vanguard is saved.

Why not?

They moved aside the defeated and blood-stained cavalrymen and protected them behind them. Lieutenant Wu Gong and others all held guns and faced west, ready to shoot.

Times are different.

The cavalry's tactics had changed long ago. Instead of fighting right away, they mainly used rifles and only used sabers to chase down fleeing soldiers.

At this moment, Lieutenant Takemiya and his Japanese cavalry suddenly heard a burst of intensive roars of Type 99 light machine guns, and felt a surge of powerful force pushing them hard from the side and rear, and they flew into the sky!

The sky was spinning, the sun and moon were dim...

That was a cavalry platoon, with 20 cavalry company soldiers and more than 20 machine gun company soldiers. They raided the rear of the Japanese army, using more than 10 machine guns to fire at close range. In a short assault and blitzkrieg tactics, they wiped out all the Japanese troops within 3 seconds.

More than fifty war horses and a complete set of equipment! Easy to get!

Continuing to move forward, all changed into camouflage uniforms, revealing the true face of the special operations brigade cavalry regiment.

Just in time, the remnants of the Japanese army retreated!

That was the second wave of attacking Japanese troops, the remnants in the west. They were originally transport soldiers or engineers. Under the command of Captain Kudo, they were divided into three teams and carried out auxiliary attacks in three directions. In the end, they were shot down by the dense firepower and crazy blasting tubes of the defenders on the mountain.

The soldiers of the machine gun company immediately spread out on horseback, surrounded and shot, and the soldiers of the cavalry company also stepped forward and fired with rifles.

After a fierce battle, Su Fei's troops wiped out more than 20 retreating Japanese remnants with only 4 casualties.

The defenders on the mountain discovered the situation in the west and knew that the brigade commander had returned victorious, so they immediately sent out a signal flare.

Two cavalry companies and one artillery company hidden in the east immediately set out and attacked in three directions.

It took them more than ten minutes to run more than 4,000 meters and arrive at the foot of the mountain. They intercepted the Japanese squad that had failed in the attacks from the south and east and was rescuing the wounded and digging trenches. A cavalry company attacked the northeast direction of the Japanese army. Several artillery soldiers jumped off their horses and bombarded the Japanese army with mortars. The cavalry charged forward frantically.

At the foot of the mountain on the north side, the Japanese army had only about 200 soldiers left. They were trembling and at a loss. Two commanders were killed one after another. The Chinese defenders on the top of the mountain were so strong that they could only be trapped and wait.

I hope that Colonel Eguchi Tsuhachiro can return from the west, take command of the entire army and make arrangements.

Su Fei's troops had bypassed Zhuzui Ridge from the west and launched an attack on the enemy. The Japanese army responded hastily, relying on the trenches built at the foot of the mountain to fight back.

The Japanese army also used trucks and other objects as obstacles.

The troops led by Su Fei did not launch a charge, but dismounted and fought on foot, sticking to the enemy.

To be fair, the remaining troops and the ambush troops in the east did not coordinate well and did not launch an attack in time. Perhaps the battle was over before Su Fei's troops returned.

The defenders on the top of the mountain suppressed the enemy with artillery fire, and the smoke and dust billowed, making it almost impossible for the Japanese to resist.

At this time, the cavalry company on the east side charged and rushed directly behind the Japanese army. By the time the Japanese army noticed it, they had already been trampled madly in the crowd and trenches by the cavalrymen who were riding horses and waving swords.

The battle was extremely fierce and crazy.

The cavalry's iron hooves trampled countless Japanese soldiers, and their sabers flew across the necks and heads of the Japanese soldiers again and again.

A few Japanese soldiers knew that they could not escape the cavalry's attack, so they fought back desperately to the end. Most of the Japanese soldiers instinctively relied on trenches and trucks to hide, or fled to the north.

flight?

Ineffective against cavalry!

Su Fei's troops also ordered the cavalry company to launch a charge.

Everywhere there were scenes of cavalry companies waving sabers to drive away and chase the Japanese army. The Japanese soldiers fled, full of energy and at an astonishing speed, like little rabbits on the ground. However, they were easily caught up by the cavalry of the special operations brigade and their heads were chopped off one by one!

Some of the Japanese soldiers let out shrill and desperate cries before they died or after being caught up.

All the Japanese soldiers were hacked to death.

Anyone who doesn't kneel down and surrender will be killed!

The Imperial Army was very smart. They knelt on the ground, raised their rifles, and shouted for mercy.

The battle is over, and the second echelon of the Japanese army commanded by Major Koga was completely wiped out!

There were more than 600 Japanese soldiers, and not a single one escaped.

In a battalion of more than 400 Imperial Army soldiers, all the soldiers below the battalion commander surrendered except those who were killed.

They were terrified by the firepower of the special operations brigade. "I didn't expect the Chinese army to have such powerful guns and artillery! They must have grown up!"

Su Fei had no time to celebrate the victory. He immediately inquired about the remaining artillery shells of the artillery company and the captured Japanese artillery shells. He also interrogated the puppet soldiers and read the Japanese combat logs and telegrams he had found.

Upon learning that there were still some Japanese troops in Liunan Village, they immediately mobilized a cavalry company, a machine gun company, and an artillery company to form a northbound group, replenish ammunition, and set off.

The Japanese warehouse on Zhuzui Ridge made the mortars of Su Fei's artillery company quite comfortable and they had enough ammunition.

On the way, they encountered Sun Desheng's troops.

Although Sun Desheng's troops were dressed in Japanese uniforms, the scouts sent by Su Fei contacted them and did not delay the time for the reunion.

Su Fei had to express regret.

"I'm sorry, we wiped out all the Japanese and didn't leave any for you. I'll make it up to you next time."

Sun Desheng laughed triumphantly.

He waved his hand and several sacks behind him opened. Inside were Japanese officers, a lieutenant, several second lieutenants, a corporal, and a sergeant.

Behind a village and a forest, there was a large pile of Japanese corpses, at least 40 people, as well as some horse-drawn carriages and trucks. They belonged to the Japanese army's baggage train, which was heading south to deliver supplies and was intercepted by them.

"Comrade Xiao Su, Commander of the Brigade, following your orders, we tricked the Japs badly with our dog-skin suits. When they got close, they started grumbling to our guides. We stepped forward and slapped them hard. They got angry and started arguing with us. We got pissed, so we started fighting. No one on our side was hurt, and we're all safe and sound. It was such a relief! Haha."

Sun Desheng was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

However, the two had a disagreement on the next step. Sun Desheng asked Su Fei to immediately lead the troops west to reinforce the independent regiment, while Su Fei wanted to go north to eliminate the remnants of the Japanese army in Liunan Village. No matter how Su Fei explained, Sun Desheng would not listen, like a stubborn donkey, "Commander Su, our independent regiment is in great danger and must be rescued immediately! If you don't want me to, I will take my men back!"

Su Fei had no way to deal with such a stubborn donkey.

There is really no way to describe Sun Desheng’s feelings and loyalty towards Li Yunlong and the Independent Regiment!

Su Fei thought about it and asked them to go to Zhuzui Ridge to receive the important equipment captured from the Japanese army, such as at least fifteen light machine guns and five to eight mortars, and then return after strengthening the firepower.

Sun Desheng finally agreed.

Su Fei led his troops and quickly arrived at Liunan Village.

This battle was beyond Su Fei's expectations.

I originally thought that it would take a hard battle to drive the enemy out, but unexpectedly, the Japanese army came out directly to kill.

More than three hundred cavalrymen!

After a brief reorganization of the formation, they launched an attack on Su Fei's troops.

In fact, the four cavalry squadrons of the 1st Regiment of the 4th Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army had been completely wiped out!

These are other troops, including two machine gun squads, a logistics unit, an engineering unit, etc. They all belong to the cavalry regiment and most of them have military horses.

Before receiving orders from Colonel Eguchi Tsuyohachiro and the Koga Battalion, Lieutenant Inaba, the captain of the quartermaster squadron in charge of the garrison troops in Liunan Village, could no longer hold back.

Fierce fighting in the southwest and in the south, in his view, were all the Japanese army advancing rapidly and destroying the Chinese troops one by one.

This Chinese cavalry from the north should be the most elite cavalry unit that escaped by chance.

Running this way means they have no way to retreat!

Liunan Village is a blockade stronghold on the inner defense line surrounded by an iron wall. Any Chinese troops passing through here must not be let off.

In Lieutenant Inaba's mind, the Japanese army used the Iron Wall encirclement tactics, concentrated a force far exceeding that of the Eighth Route Army, and was chasing the Eighth Route Army everywhere. The Eighth Route Army had no chance of victory and could only keep fleeing.

This is a fleeing Chinese army. Even if it is reinforcements from somewhere else, we cannot let them go.

Although in his eyes, these Chinese troops had high morale and were well-equipped, it did not matter. As long as his troops could hold on, the Japanese troops in the south and southwest would come to support and encircle and annihilate the Chinese troops.

If he had not attacked and the Chinese cavalry had outmaneuvered and escaped, Colonel Eguchi Tsuyahara and Major Koga would have certainly held him accountable in the future.

In addition, the quartermaster troops have always been rookies in the Japanese army and have the lowest status. It is an honor for him and a very rare opportunity for Major Koga to let him serve as the commander. He must not miss the opportunity to show his ability.

Su Fei immediately ordered his troops to form a battle formation.

The first row is the cavalry company armed with rifles and sabers, the second row is the machine gun company armed with light machine guns and sabers, and the third row is the artillery company.

Take a defensive stance.

Since the enemy is about to attack, we should encourage them more and we must show weakness.

Furthermore, doing so can cover the deployment of machine guns and artillery fire!

Su Fei's cavalry unit is not just a group of cavalrymen who charge without thinking, but a composite unit that pays more attention to firepower coordination than the Japanese army.

The soldiers of the artillery company jumped off their horses, set up the mortars and machine guns, measured the distance, installed them, and adjusted them.

The Japanese cavalry has already charged over.

Lieutenant Inaba let out a roar, and the Japanese soldiers drew their swords and charged towards Su Fei's troops.

"Onboard, onboard, onboard!"

More than 300 Japanese soldiers.

At home, in the stronghold of Liunan Village, there were only a few Japanese soldiers watching the battle, and there were also military reporters recording and filming. In their perception, their Imperial Army warriors would definitely win this battle, and it would be an extremely exciting, glorious and spectacular victory. They wanted to take more pictures of the legendary scenes to publicize the bravery of the Imperial Cavalry.

There were also a few Japanese comfort women and geishas who also wore kimonos, heavy makeup, and had pale faces like monsters. They held paper fans in their hands and performed in a pretentious manner, wishing the imperial army a powerful military force.

Su Fei felt a little regretful.

Our troops are too few and are equal to the enemy's.

I underestimated the enemy, thinking that the remaining enemy troops were all trash like baggage soldiers, huddled in the stronghold and dared not come out. I only needed to throw artillery shells to drive the enemy out, and then use the cavalry company to chase and kill them, and that would be it!

Unexpectedly, there are more than 300 military horses here, and all the members of the Japanese cavalry brigade can mount their horses and charge!

Fortunately, the enemy is now too careless and too self-righteous.

The enemy's stupid moves are even worse!

Haha.

The Japanese army charged fiercely and with terrifying momentum, but Su Fei's cavalry company had been tested over time and had absolute trust in Su Fei's command. How could they be afraid at all?

They also raised their sabers and shouted again and again.

But when the enemy came within 300 meters, they immediately put down their sabers, picked up their rifles, and fired at the fastest speed.

38 rifle, five rounds in the magazine, all fired.

They also kept an eye on all directions, tightened their formation into teams of three, and widened the gaps around them, exposing more than 20 machine guns of the machine gun company.

Ta-ta-ta-ta!

The soldiers of the machine gun company would not be stingy with any bullets. Unlike the Japanese, they were very stingy in fighting and only dared to fire three times in a row, not daring to let go of their firepower completely.

After two rounds of attacks, a large number of Japanese soldiers fell down!

A cavalry company of more than 110 people fired more than 500 bullets and was able to kill and wound more than 80 Japanese soldiers!

More than 50 Japanese soldiers fell off their horses.

The machine gun fire directly caused more than 100 Japanese soldiers and horses to be killed, wounded or fallen!

In addition to the horses that were shot, more than half of the Japanese troops were killed.

In the plain area in the southeast corner of Liunan Village, the Japanese army suffered a heavy loss!

It doesn't matter. This is how cavalry in the era of hot weapons pay a price first and then get it back. If Su Fei's troops were all infantry, even if there were only 50 Japanese cavalrymen left, they could be defeated and killed!

The Japanese army rushed to the front!

War horses are galloping and sabers are flying!