Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

A desolate little village was discovered eight miles north of Xinzhuang. Outside the village, the bodies of Chinese civilians slaughtered by the Japanese devils could be seen everywhere. They had been frozen stiff in the cold wind of late autumn, their bodies were black with blood, and their expressions were of fear and anger. There were also the remains of some Eighth Route Army martyrs.

The absence of corpses of Japanese soldiers and puppet troops indicated that the enemy had already cleaned up the battlefield.

"Gunshots, enemy! There are enemies over there!" the soldiers warned.

After observing with a high-powered telescope, Su Fei discovered some Japanese and puppet troops searching the village.

Wherever there are enemies, there may be the Eighth Route Army!

Su Fei led more than 30 cavalrymen and galloped over at the fastest speed.

At this time, monks Wei Dayong and Li Yunlong were hiding in an abandoned house in the village and were discovered by the Japanese army.

Fresh footprints!

Listening carefully, there is the sound of heavy breathing.

There are wounded soldiers!

Several Japanese soldiers tiptoed over, conducted a careful investigation, and quietly threw a grenade through the large hole in the wall.

After losing it, the devil turned around, smiled sinisterly, and snapped his fingers.

Wei Dayong, the monk who was taking care of the seriously ill Li Yunlong, was exhausted. Otherwise, he would have been able to hear the footsteps of the Japanese sneak attack.

In the fierce battle of Daxinzhuang, the independent regiment suffered heavy losses under the siege of the enemy with superior forces and equipment. They then broke out in different directions. Li Yunlong happened to have severe malaria. Sometimes he was so hot that he was roasted on charcoal fire, and sometimes he was so cold that he fell into an ice cellar. He looked dazed and had completely lost his combat effectiveness. He could only be carried by Wei Dayong.

Wei Dayong's physical strength and energy were severely depleted.

The sound of the grenade falling to the ground and the crackling sound of fire made Wei Dayong jump up like lightning. He picked up the grenade and threw it out as fast as possible.

Boom! The grenade exploded as soon as it left the wall. The air-burst bomb blew the two overconfident Japanese soldiers into pieces, and they fell to the ground, unconscious.

The Japanese and puppet troops behind them also dodged and fired at this side.

Bang, bang, bang, bullets hit the wall, sparks flying everywhere, and some bullets shot into holes in the wall, penetrated into the soil, or ricocheted.

This is not okay!

Not to mention that the enemies are surrounding you, even the ricochets of bullets can threaten the lives of both of you at any time.

Wei Dayong was a veteran and knew how dangerous the situation was. He immediately dragged Li Yunlong to a safer place and then quickly got out of the gap in the house on the other side as agile as a monkey.

Time waits for no one, we must attack to defend!

He rushed out and saw two puppet soldiers coming over. After turning the corner, the three of them were almost face to face.

The two puppet soldiers immediately raised their rifles and were about to shoot.

The puppet army's rifles had no bayonets, and the two guys looked like heavy smokers in the countryside, very thin and frail.

Wei Dayong grabbed a puppet soldier's rifle and rammed it forward. Bang, knocking both soldiers to the ground. He seized the opportunity to grab the rifle and smashed it hard into one soldier's head. The heavy old barrel was powerful enough to cause a bang! The head exploded, and the soldier fainted.

The other puppet soldier was so scared that he quickly raised his hands and surrendered.

"Sir, spare your life!"

Wei Dayong rolled on the ground and fired in front of him. Bang, a Japanese soldier who came over had a bloody hole in his face blown by the bullet, and fell on his back!

Li Yunlong had just recovered from the trembling in the ice cellar and his mind became clearer.

A bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Ruined.

I'm done!

Today, his father, Captain Li Yunlong, is going to die here!

It’s fate! Hahahaha.

He took out his pistol tremblingly, and there were only two bullets in the pistol.

The last two bullets.

However, the enemy's shouts outside were very arrogant and noisy, and there were a large number of them, at least a squad of Japanese devils and a platoon of puppet troops!

Wei Dayong rushed out!

He didn't even have the strength to sit up!

He hit his nose hard with his left hand, and thick blood flowed out of his nose instantly. This strongly stimulated the nerve center, making his consciousness clearer, and the lieutenant regained strength!

"Hey, listen up! Squad one, move left, squad two, move right. Outflank the enemy and eliminate them!"

There was no illusion that the Japs could be completely scared away. Neither the Japs nor the puppet troops were stupid. They just hoped to temporarily alarm the enemy so that Wei Dayong could kill a few more enemies or break through!

He shouted over and over again until his voice was completely hoarse and his eyes were too weak to open.

The Japanese and puppet troops were horrified by the diagnosis fees.

In the narrow courtyard, Wei Dayong used his rifle as an iron rod and knocked down four or five Japanese and puppet soldiers in a few seconds. The screams of the Japanese and puppet soldiers and Li Yunlong's shouts made the Japanese and puppet soldiers frightened and angry, and they hurriedly left the courtyard and returned to the street.

Wei Dayong jumped onto the wall and looked around for a few times, then hurried back to the room: "Captain, let's go."

He tried to carry Li Yunlong on his back, but Li Yunlong broke free: "Don't worry about me, I can't do it anymore, you break out quickly, whoever can get out is the best!"

Wei Dayong grabbed his arm again, but Li Yunlong shook it off.

Wei Dayong was helpless, so he slapped him on the neck, knocking him unconscious. He carried him on his shoulder, kicked down the loose brick wall, and rushed outside.

He listened carefully and found out that the Japanese and puppet troops were in the south, so he ran to the north, jumped over several dilapidated and low earthen walls, rushed to the street behind, and quickly retreated.

Bang bang bang.

The Japanese and puppet troops surrounding the street immediately opened fire, and bullets whizzed over Wei Dayong's head.

Wei Dayong huddled under the courtyard wall, panting heavily: "You damned little Japs, Er Gouzi, come over here one by one and fight me if you dare!"

The Japanese and puppet troops laughed heartily, kept firing, and taunted: "Tubalu, come out, come out. Hahahaha."

Wei Dayong was furious. He clenched his fists and suddenly picked up a few lumps of earth from the ground. Using the sound detector, he threw them at the nearest Japanese and puppet troops, "I'll kill you with grenades."

The Japanese and puppet troops fled in panic.

Li Yunlong regained consciousness, exerted all his strength, raised his pistol, and pointed it at his temple, his teeth chattering: "Monk, hurry up and leave! If you don't leave, I'll shoot!"

"You? Captain!" Wei Dayong burst into tears.

The hero's end!

Even the person he admired most, Captain Li Yunlong, became like this!

Wei Dayong nodded. He wanted to rush out and fight the enemy fiercely, kill, kill, kill a few more devils to avenge the commander and himself. The last time he was captured, it was the National Army, who were stunned by the artillery fire. This time, it was the Eighth Route Army. He would rather die than surrender and must not fall into the hands of the devils!

He was about to explode, shout, and charge into the enemy…

Woo-doo.

Bugle sound!

It was the Japanese army’s bugle call, the assembly bugle call!

Wei Dayong was startled and Li Yunlong grabbed his ankle: "Don't move!"

What he meant was that Wei Dayong should rush out from somewhere else where it would be safer.

Wei Dayong no longer cares!

He jumped onto the wall and rushed out again.

At this moment, he was stunned.

I saw the Japanese and puppet troops leaving the street one after another, rushing to both ends and leaving.

gone?

The Japs and Er Gouzi actually left?

what happened?

The bugle call was blown from the south of the village. The devil's bugle call summoned all the Japanese and puppet troops in the deserted village.

More than 10 Japanese soldiers and more than 30 Ergou soldiers immediately gathered outside the village. At the same time, they left a few Japanese soldiers to guard the surrounding area to prevent the remaining Eighth Route Army soldiers in the village from escaping.

"Hayi, Captain, no no, Major!" The Japanese soldiers looked at the galloping cavalry coming towards them, and the sergeant hurried forward to greet them.

Su Fei was swaying leisurely on the horse's back, but he was actually very panicked inside. Who knew whether Li Yunlong and Wei Dayong, or Political Commissar Zhao Gang, had been killed by the enemy!

"Yaoxi, why did you shoot?" Su Fei asked in fluent Japanese.

The Japanese sergeant hurriedly explained the situation, "There are at least five Tubalu in the village, and they are resisting stubbornly!"

Su Fei breathed a sigh of relief: "Yaoxi, leave this to us. I know that there is an important Tubalu commander here who must be captured. Gather your troops and assemble!"

Su Fei waved his hand, and more than a dozen cavalrymen, in groups of two, rushed towards the village.

The Japanese sergeant immediately blew his whistle to call back the guards.

Hehe, actually it’s not necessary.

Su Fei smiled faintly: "Sergeant Xiaosong, how many Tubalu have you killed? How many Chinese civilians? How many Nationalist soldiers?"

The Japanese sergeant immediately became proud, "I killed four Eighth Route Army soldiers with a sniper, hacked to death 12 disobedient Chinese civilians with a knife, and beheaded two Nationalist soldiers..."

Su Fei then asked other Japanese soldiers, pretending to commend them for their meritorious service in the search.

The Japs vied with each other to tell of their own exploits, and even the puppet army platoon leaders and below boasted shamelessly about how they slaughtered the Eighth Route Army and ordinary people.

"Yaoxi, you have done a great job. Check the guns and remove the bullets. You can rest now. We cavalry will do the rest and you will get half of the credit!"

The Japanese sergeant was overjoyed and ordered all the Japanese and puppet troops to empty their magazines and line up with their guns on their backs.

When the enemy was fully positioned, Su Fei gestured, and more than 20 cavalrymen rushed behind the enemy. Some cavalrymen were on Su Fei's side. The Japanese sergeant felt strange: "Major, you?"

Su Fei smiled faintly: "I am from the Chinese army, not some shitty major. I am a soldier of the cavalry regiment of the special operations brigade of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. I am here to settle accounts with you!"

Xiaosong was shocked and immediately reached for his pistol. At this moment, a cavalryman from the special operations brigade nearby flashed his sword and chopped off his entire right hand.

"Ah!" The Japanese sergeant screamed like a pig being slaughtered, jumping and jumping!

All the devils woke up instantly and started loading bullets.

Su Fei drew his saber, rushed towards the enemy, and chopped off a devil's head with one blow! Blood debt must be paid with blood!

The cavalry soldiers worked together to chop all the devils and puppet soldiers into pieces!

Those damned Japanese devils and the idiots are all gone.

Even if Ergouzi, who has blood on his hands, cries and begs, it’s no use!

Over there, the cavalry also dealt with the enemy's guard soldiers.

Entering the village, Su Fei shouted loudly: "Captain Li Yunlong, Captain? Wei Dayong? Monk?"

Everyone gathered around the village and shouted together.

Inside the courtyard wall, Li Yunlong and Wei Dayong looked at each other and smiled bitterly. "Monk, we're doomed this time! The enemy knows who we are. Monk, if you can break through, then do it. I won't live anymore. I'm the commander of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. How can I be humiliated by these little devils? Monk, run!"

Wei Dayong chuckled, "What the hell are you doing? Captain, don't worry. I won't kill any more devils before I die... Eh? Su Fei? That's Su Fei, right? Captain, listen, is that Su Fei's voice?"

Li Yunlong pricked up his ears in horror.

"Captain, monk, don't shoot. We are from the Eighth Route Army Special Operations Brigade."

Li Yunlong sneered, "Fuck you! Pretending to be from the Eighth Route Army, you've learned bad habits from that head-chopping guy Su Fei... Su Fei? I think it's Su Fei, right?"

Wei Dayong hurriedly peeked through the gap in the courtyard wall. Seeing a group of Japanese cavalrymen made him grit his teeth secretly, until the first cavalry officer continued to shout and turned around, and he saw his face clearly!

Shouting all the way, Su Fei and others walked through three streets and finally saw someone.

Wei Dayong jumped onto the courtyard wall and said, "Hey! Japs!"

When Su Fei heard the familiar voice he had been expecting, he immediately exclaimed, "Stinky monk! You idiot, are you deaf?"

Ride forward on horseback.

Finally we met!

When they reached the wall, they saw Li Yunlong lying on a haystack, covered in mud, in a state of great distress, with a dazed look in his eyes and a sallow complexion. Su Fei was so distressed that he quickly squatted down and said, "Captain, we are here to rescue you."

Li Yunlong was helped to sit up, leaning his back against the wall, and laughed heartily: "Get lost! Do I need your help? Who am I? The commander of the independent regiment! I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice! You little brats! Haha, where are you from? How many of you are there?"

Su Fei quickly reported the situation.

what?

Li Yunlong and Wei Dayong were both stunned and couldn't close their mouths for a long time!

A cavalry regiment? They wiped out a cavalry regiment of over a thousand Japanese soldiers? Now the main force is still there, a cavalry battalion plus Sun Desheng's cavalry company, coming to search and rescue?

When Li Yunlong raised his thumb in ecstasy and wanted to speak, his neck suddenly tilted and he fainted.

I have exhausted all my strength.

Su Fei knew the situation and had made preparations. He took out the rice porridge and steamed buns packed in the Japanese cans and the canned food seized from the Japanese. He fed the rice porridge to Li Yunlong, and the steamed buns, canned food, and dried horse meat to Wei Dayong.

Wei Dayong grabbed the buns and ate them one by one, choking and coughing repeatedly.

Clean up the battlefield.

Wei Dayong didn't know the exact location of Political Commissar Zhao Gang, but he knew the direction.

Su Fei immediately used a walkie-talkie to contact Sun Desheng and his cavalry battalion commander, gathered his troops, and assembled in the Zhaojiabao area.

Li Yunlong woke up and his legs were tied to the saddle. Wei Dayong rode on the same horse with him and a rope tied around his waist.

"Su Fei, you kid, stop talking. I owe you my life this time! I'll pay you back this favor later!"

Su Fei said, "Captain, do you think I'm an outsider? Besides, your life was saved by the monk. Without the monk, you would have been in danger long ago."

Li Yunlong held onto Wei Dayong tightly with both hands, bouncing violently on the horse's back. "Yeah, I'm not thanking you. You're my soldier, someone I promoted. If you can't come and support the independent regiment in combat, I'll come back and settle the score with you! Haha."

Li Yunlong started crying as he spoke.

Wei Dayong, Su Fei, the cavalry soldier Sun Desheng who served as a guide, and Su Fei's cavalrymen could not help but burst into tears.

Outside the village, in the fields, the remains of military and civilian martyrs are everywhere. This is a time of sharing weal and woe...