Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

There is no way, who made the Japanese army have advanced equipment?

The only way is to change clothes.

Su Fei ordered the cavalry battalion and the newly joined soldiers to change into Japanese military uniforms and advance quickly towards Zhuzui Ridge.

There are quite a lot of casualties.

Looking at the casualty list, Su Fei frowned.

After the three Japanese planes carried out aerial bombing, they also carried out machine gun and aircraft cannon strafing, and all the sturdy stone bunkers on Zhuzui Ridge were blown away!

This prompted Su Fei to change his mind about the next stage of the battle.

Originally, he wanted to lead the entire army westward to reinforce the independent regiment, but now he changed his strategy and divided the troops into three combat battalions. He led one battalion westward, and the remaining troops fought guerrilla warfare in this area.

Considering that the Japanese army would focus on bombing this place, and even transfer the heavy troops in the iron wall encirclement here to completely surround and eat them, Su Fei ordered the two battalions to break out to the east after guerrilla fighting, break through the siege, return to Baijia Town, return to their original base, and join forces with Kong Jie Infantry Regiment in the county to continue fighting.

Su Fei's troops were ordered to carry more ammunition and one hundred rifles to provide timely supplies to the remnants of the independent regiment.

Time was urgent, so they acted immediately. The two cavalry battalions quickly left Zhuzui Ridge and headed northeast and southeast respectively. The vanguards all wore Japanese military uniforms!

Su Fei and Sun Desheng's cavalry company marched quickly in all directions.

After walking more than ten miles west of Shilipo, we encountered Japanese pursuers, a squad of infantry.

Su Fei will not indulge the little Japanese!

Because their equipment has been greatly improved!

Five walkie-talkies were seized from the Japanese army and distributed to three companies, plus Sun Desheng's company, which also had one. Three radio stations were seized, one was assigned to Sun Desheng, and personnel were dispatched to operate them. There were also high-definition telescopes, and each company commander, deputy company commander, and platoon leader had one!

The Type 97 mortar captured from the Japanese army in Liunan Village was given to Sun Desheng to strengthen the firepower.

As the vanguard company and guide company, Sun Desheng reported the news to Su Fei. Su Fei immediately ordered artillery fire coverage!

We will never engage in close combat with the Japanese with bayonets and let them gain the upper hand.

Two Type 97 mortars, with a caliber of 90 mm and a range of 3800 meters, can fire various types of ammunition. They were originally equipped with the Japanese infantry battalion and were captured in Liunan Village without being used.

"Yes, I will resolutely obey the instructions of the brigade commander!"

Sun Desheng shouted into the walkie-talkie.

The soldiers of the cavalry company were so proud!

They knew how to operate this simple thing, but they didn't have it before. After seizing it, Su Fei looked at the information equipped by the Japanese artillery team and explained it to everyone.

First test shot. Buzz!

The Japanese infantry squad was beginning to panic. Using a high-powered telescope, the squad leader was shocked: "The Eighth Route Army has returned? Were they not wiped out?"

The deputy chief was quite astute: "The Eighth Route Army was stopped by our army and had to flee back. If we block this place, they will be completely wiped out!"

More than 50 Japanese infantrymen, also a powerful combat group, were immediately deployed.

A small-caliber mortar with a range of more than 1000 meters, and three light machine guns, two of which are the latest Type 96 light machine guns, which imitate the Czech type. Their performance far exceeds that of the Type 96 light machine gun. They have abandoned the clip and use a 30-round magazine with an effective range of 800 meters.

Three grenade launchers.

The Japanese army's firepower was quite strong. The squad leader wanted to wait until the Chinese cavalry company reached a range of 500 meters before launching a fire attack, including artillery and light machine guns. It was estimated that the Chinese cavalry company would be defeated and most of them would be killed or wounded.

Unexpectedly, at a distance of one thousand meters, the Japanese army was waiting with a sinister smile. Suddenly, everyone looked at the sky and the blood in their bodies froze!

"Baga! Ninety-gun!"

The Japanese infantry knew about this kind of thing, and it was only available at the battalion level.

Didn’t the Chinese cavalry company run out of bullets and only have knives?

Boom, they deviated from the Japanese infantry squad.

All the Japanese soldiers looked at the squad leader, their hearts beating faster and they were at a loss.

The squad leader shouted, "It doesn't matter. The Tubalu only have one shell! They are trying to scare us!"

Just as he finished speaking, a huge artillery shell flew over and hit their heads, blowing the squad leader, his subordinates, and four Japanese soldiers into the sky, turning them into a rain of flesh and blood that flew all over the sky.

The Japanese army was furious and immediately retaliated with mortars and machine guns.

At this time, more artillery shells flew over, 90mm shells and 60mm shells, covering the Japanese army.

Among the 55 Japanese soldiers, only one soldier limped and rolled into a ravine, temporarily escaping his life.

Sun Desheng immediately brandished his saber and charged first: "Cavalry Company, attack, attack!"

At the site of the explosion, several wounded Japanese soldiers woke up from coma, opened their eyes with difficulty, and immediately grabbed their weapons to resist, but were immediately trampled into meat paste by the iron hooves of the cavalry!

When Su Fei arrived at the front, Sun Desheng came over to greet him immediately, "Brigade Commander, Commander Su, the cannon you gave me is so useful! It's so exciting."

That is, Su Fei reinforced him with an artillery platoon and a machine gun platoon!

The cavalry company of the independent regiment expressed their gratitude and praise. If it were not for Su Fei's firepower unit leading the way, the cavalry company would have paid a heavy price, right?

Continuing forward, they turned a corner and encountered a group of Japanese troops. The vanguard scouts immediately sounded the alarm and opened fire, and Sun Desheng's vanguard reinforced company immediately used artillery and machine gun fire.

Their firepower suppressed the Japanese army in an instant.

The Japanese army suffered countless casualties and fled in panic. The cavalry company immediately charged and pursued them.

In the narrow valley, the Japanese army had nowhere to escape. A few smart ones climbed up the hillsides on both sides of the mountain to resist, but most of them were chased and bombed by Su Fei's army's artillery fire while fleeing, and were blown to pieces, leaving them unable to resist.

Another infantry squad of more than 50 people.

More machine guns and mortars, grenade launchers and more ammunition were seized.

Su Fei's army suffered only 4 casualties in two battles.

The morale of all officers and soldiers was greatly boosted. They cursed the devils in crude Chinese dialect, with smiles on their faces.

The third encounter with the enemy was different. The Japanese had built fortifications and strong bunkers. This was the gap through which Sun Desheng's cavalry company broke through, and now it was blocked by the Japanese again.

Su Fei received the news through the walkie-talkie and ordered the large force to advance slowly. When they arrived at the vanguard company, after observation, he found that although the Japanese army had strong fortifications, they had no heavy firepower!

The Japanese army may have an infantry company of about 180 people, with two or three heavy machine guns, which were set up proudly on the battlefield!

There are indeed quite a few other light machine guns.

More than ten.

However, the Japanese army did not have mountain artillery, infantry artillery, or artillery such as the 90-mm cannon. At most, they had the 60-mm mortar.

Attack immediately.

The artillery company of Su Fei's unit set up a Type 92 infantry gun and fired directly at the enemy's machine gun fire point. Two Type 90 guns fired indirect fire, and the sky was covered with snow!

Da da da.

Explode, blast, blast!

After more than eighty artillery shells were fired, the Japanese positions were filled with smoke and dyed red with blood.

Su Fei ordered the infantry to launch a charge, using the principle of three-three, with the team using a sparse formation over a width of more than thirty meters.

The artillery fire continued and six mortars also joined the battle.

On the Japanese side, Infantry Major Zhanmi was so shocked that his jaw dropped: "When did the Eighth Route Army's firepower become so strong?"

The bunker was shaking constantly, with stones and dust falling. A soldier who was observing through the observation hole was blown away and screamed, falling backwards. His face no longer looked human.

The Japanese machine gunner was blown to pieces by a direct-fire shell.

The Type 92 heavy machine gun stood alone in a pool of blood.

Some simple fortifications were blown down and the soldiers were buried inside. When they climbed out, they were seriously injured.

How is this fight going?

Major Zhanmi hurriedly urged the telecommunications personnel to send a message to their superiors, requesting support from the Army Aviation to bomb the valley in this area.

However, the telegraph operator cried out: "Major, the transmitter is broken! It cannot be used."

Major Zhanmi immediately turned on the walkie-talkie and telephone line, but unfortunately, the telephone line was blown off, the walkie-talkie was shaken by the sound of the artillery, and the walkie-talkie itself was of shoddy quality, so it was impossible to hear clearly.

The Japanese blockade points and fortifications were prepared against the Eighth Route Army, and the threat of artillery was not taken into consideration at all. Therefore, the overall structure was very simple. As long as the light machine guns could not penetrate them, even if the fortifications were very good, it would be quite difficult to dig trenches in the rocky mountains. As a result, once the indirect 90-meter artillery shells flew over, the Japanese army could hardly avoid them.

When more than 30 Eighth Route Army soldiers rushed over, they found that there were only a few Japanese troops left. At least 20 Japanese soldiers had escaped from the stronghold and fled for their lives.

Most of the Japanese fortifications were destroyed, and the casualties turned into fertilizer and dying idiots in the smoke and mud!

After occupying the position, the Eighth Route Army soldiers fired at the fleeing enemy's backs. Two light machine guns fired and 30 rifles fired. The Japanese army was soon wiped out.

Su Fei's troops occupied this place and seized all the Japanese equipment and ammunition.

It is indeed good, 12 light machine guns, including 8 of the latest Type 96 machine guns, two Type 92 heavy machine guns, 9 grenade launchers, and 8 mortars.

What the Japanese army regretted most was probably not taking the initiative?

They knew that Su Fei's troops were well-equipped and had been using heavy machine guns and mortars, and might have been able to kill or injure dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers, or even more.

The inertia of thinking and the inherent understanding of the Eighth Route Army's equipment killed these arrogant beasts!

After using artillery fire many times, Su Fei's artillery platoon also received considerable training!

Now, Su Fei has regretted carrying a hundred rifles and ammunition? Why bother? There are Japanese soldiers everywhere on the road giving us gifts.

There are so many that it’s a headache!

There were also more than 30 war horses brought by the Japanese officers, as well as draft horses and pack horses for transporting ammunition, but many of them were killed or injured in the explosion, so they could only eat their meat!

Su Fei ordered that all captured enemy uniforms, which were mostly intact, be taken away, and all personnel be disguised.

Even forward Sun Desheng is no exception.

More than a dozen high-powered telescopes were seized and equipped to the cavalry reconnaissance personnel!

"Captain Sun, where might the independent regiment be located?" Su Fei asked.

Sun Desheng said: "The final location is Xinzhuang. I don't know if the regiment commander and political commissar have broken through the encirclement."

After saying this, he was extremely anxious and had a crying voice.

Su Fei was also very nervous and comforted him, "Good luck will come to those who are lucky. Let's go, our destination is Xinzhuang!"

The cavalry company was very familiar with the terrain in this area, so they sent out several soldiers to act as guides. To the west, the area was open, with many roads leading to Xinzhuang. Su Fei ordered the cavalry battalion to quickly combine its modules and reorganize into three-by-three units, which consisted of a cavalry platoon, a machine gun platoon, and an artillery platoon, forming a combined company. Together with the baggage squad composed of Sun Desheng's other soldiers, they set off.

Sun Desheng was on the left, Su Fei was on the right, and there was a cavalry battalion commander in the middle.

Three combined companies communicate using radios and walkie-talkies.

Su Fei's troops arrived at Xinzhuang the fastest.

More than twenty miles away.

Along the way, they encountered many groups of Japanese and puppet troops for inspection and interception, and were killed instantly.

The machine gun was wrapped in a cloak. The devils didn't know how powerful it was, so they questioned a few suspicious Japanese cavalrymen. Just as they were about to interrogate them, they picked up the machine gun and opened fire!

Used as a submachine gun!

A large number of small checkpoints are completely vulnerable.

According to the walkie-talkie, the other two routes were intercepted by a large enemy force and were in battle.

Su Fei quickened his pace and found that Xinzhuang was in ruins and the entire village had been burned down.

High-powered telescopes were used to search everywhere, but no traces were found.

The ground and the wilderness were littered with the corpses of Eighth Route Army soldiers. There were at least three hundred bodies of civilians massacred by the Japanese devils, and some were blown to pieces by artillery shells. All the soldiers were extremely sad and vowed to take revenge.

"Brigade Commander, over there, the enemy!"

Someone reported it.

Su Fei ordered the troops to prepare for battle.

Soon, the devils came from a distance, more than 40 cavalrymen and more than 20 puppet cavalrymen, moving very fast and getting closer and closer.

The machine gun platoon requested to fire, but was stopped.

Now, a machine gun platoon has 16 light machine guns and 1 heavy machine gun.

"Which unit are you from?" the Japanese cavalry asked loudly after arriving.

Su Fei asked him the same question.

When the Japanese officer heard Su Fei's pure accent, he no longer had any doubts and said that they were a cavalry squad from a certain infantry battalion of a certain regiment of the 47th Division.

The Japanese cavalry lined up to rest, and the puppet cavalry also lined up behind them, forming a very strict formation.

They said that after the decisive battle, the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment had been completely defeated and almost wiped out, but there were still remnants fleeing everywhere. They went south to track them but to no avail, and suspected that they were hiding somewhere and the remnants of the Independent Regiment had attacked again and were hiding in Xinzhuang.

The Japanese officer is quite smart.

Su Fei said that he was from Colonel Jiangkou's unit of the 4th Cavalry Brigade, chasing the remnants of the Independent Regiment's Cavalry Company, and pointed to the distance: "Listen, there's a sound! It might be there!"

The Japanese cavalry squad leader listened carefully, and many Japanese cavalrymen also turned their heads away.

Su Fei blew the whistle and issued the order for a raid!

In an instant, the cavalry and machine gun platoon behind Su Fei raised their wrapped machine guns and fired fiercely at the Japanese cavalry. The other cavalry also fired with rifles!

The Japanese soldiers were instantly covered in blood and fell dead one after another.

The puppet cavalry who turned and fled were shot and shouted at, and then surrendered obediently.

After interrogating the puppet soldiers, Su Fei still had no idea which village Li Yunlong and his guards had gone to?

"Cavalry Company, split up and search. Remember, search the village! We are wearing Japanese camouflage, so when you enter the village, shout loudly!"