Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

Using radio and walkie-talkie communication, all troops, in a size of more than 100 people, were ordered to break out as quickly as possible to avoid being bombed by enemy aircraft in a large-scale assembly and suffering unnecessary losses.

In addition, after such a long time, no matter how stupid the Japanese army is, they will find something strange. Our disguise is unlikely to be effective. In future battles, we must be prepared for head-on bloody battles.

Li Yunlong and Political Commissar Zhao Gang both agreed with Su Fei's order.

What made them even happier was the walkie-talkie. They had never used a walkie-talkie before, nor had they seized one. The Japanese had only recently started to equip this thing on a large scale.

Within a 5-kilometer radius, multiple troops can keep in touch instantly!

Of course, this is beneficial to our army, but it is also more beneficial to the enemy. The enemy's encirclement and interception will be more intense! The battle will be more brutal!

Su Fei asked Li Yunlong and Political Commissar Zhao Gang to speak to the commanders of each unit in turn, explain the situation, encourage and motivate them, and point out the main direction of action.

Chenjiayugou is located in a valley. The Su Fei troops who broke out from the right wing were intercepted by the Japanese army. The firepower of two heavy machine guns and more than five light machine guns instantly turned our vanguard soldiers into sieves.

The troops are now commanded by Su Fei alone, while Political Commissar Zhao leads a hundred or so people and keeps a distance behind.

Su Fei immediately ordered his troops to stop advancing and observed through a high-powered telescope. He found that the Japanese were very cunning and had tightly blocked the road.

There are also enemy hidden troops and firepower points on the hillsides on both sides.

Li Yunlong accompanied the troops, though still tied to his horse. He had regained much of his energy and spirit. He injected himself with quinine, a drug the squadron's doctor had brought with him, and it was working well. "Kill! Tell the brothers to charge! Fire the artillery! Bombard them! Wang Chengzhu, Zhuzi, Zhuzi..."

Wang Chengzhu has been sacrificed for several days!

Su Fei ordered the artillery to scout the enemy and destroy the exposed firing points!

At the same time, he ordered the cavalry to dismount and fight on foot, forming a dispersed formation of threes, expanding the front, coordinating with each other, and approaching the enemy.

More than 10 soldiers died one after another.

Blood stained the pebbles and soil on the ground red.

However, the Japanese army's light and heavy machine guns were quickly exposed and became sitting ducks. They were bombarded directly by Su Fei's troops' direct-fire infantry guns, mortars, and even grenade launchers, and were blown into pieces!

One by one, the Japanese machine gun teams were blown away.

It’s not about the technical level of the special operations brigade’s artillery, but about having enough artillery shells!

If one shot doesn’t work, shoot two shots. If two shots don’t work, shoot three shots!

I have plenty of ammunition!

At the critical moment, Su Fei gave the order to attack me hard at all costs!

Now, Su Fei’s troops have an absolute advantage in artillery fire, so we won’t be polite.

He believed in blitzkrieg and quick decisive battles. The faster the speed, the greater the victory. Even if the cost was high, he could still harvest a large amount of unconsumed weapons and ammunition from the enemy. It was worth it!

All the artillery fire was directed at the Japanese firepower points. Stones broke, shrapnel flew, sand and stones flew, and the sun and moon lost their light!

Amidst the billowing smoke, the Japanese army was smashed to pieces like porcelain!

Then, Su Fei gave the order to extend the artillery fire, which blew the Japanese soldiers on the mountain artillery into a panic and forced them to flee. The enemies in Chenjiayu Village were also bombarded by artillery shells, and their houses were on fire!

"No retreat, no retreat!" Lieutenant Shimazu, the captain of the Japanese machine gun squadron, roared in frustration.

A standard machine gun squadron, with more than 170 people, is a large combat unit.

Eight heavy machine guns!

An ammunition squad, two firing squads, a squadron headquarters, several rifles and pistols, three grenade launchers, and two mortars. They originally thought of ambushing the Eighth Route Army here and wiping out all the remaining Eighth Route Army troops with zero casualties. Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army actually had artillery firepower as heavy as a mountain!

The cannon is the truth!

His proud heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, light machine guns, etc., in the face of dense artillery fire, were completely like oriental geishas being madly crushed by giants! They were weak and had no ability to resist!

He was very cunning. After his superiors informed him of the situation of the surrounding blockade strongholds, he knew that a large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers were disguised as Japanese soldiers and were active. The ones coming from the west must be the local Eighth Route Army!

His accurate judgment made him very proud. He made full preparations and even sent people to contact with flag signals, inviting the Eighth Route Army in Japanese uniforms to pass quickly.

Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army was even more cunning. They only sent scouts here to ask the Japanese army to assemble their troops and accept the inspection of the Major.

Of course Shimazu could no longer tolerate this. Knowing that the Eighth Route Army was extremely alert, he had no choice but to order the shooting. Machine gun bullets rained down, smashing those scouts into pieces!

He expected the Eighth Route Army to launch a mindless charge, a massed charge, because after a hard battle, the Eighth Route Army units were extremely short of ammunition or even had used up all of it. What was the difference between a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers holding fire sticks and unarmed primitive people?

They fantasized about having a great massacre and strangling hundreds of Eighth Route Army soldiers!

Under the command of Captain Shimazu, the Japanese ammunition squadrons in the trenches rushed towards the machine guns, trying to take over the battle, but more shells flew over and tore them to pieces.

Lieutenant Shimazu was completely desperate.

Are you just going to sit there and wait to be blown up?

"Kill, Imperial warriors, charge, load, load!"

More than 40 remaining Japanese soldiers were forced to launch a death charge, firing as they charged, hoping to scare off the Eighth Route Army or inflict heavy casualties on them.

Huh? Infantry group?

I'm fighting against the infantry cluster!

Su Fei's cavalry used more than a dozen light machine guns as submachine guns, firing at the Japanese army and knocking them all to the ground.

All the Japanese weapons and ammunition were seized.

Four of the eight heavy machine guns were taken away by horse-drawn small vehicles, and the remaining four were left to the rear guard to strengthen firepower.

Su Fei’s troops continue their assault!

Political Commissar Zhao Gang's troops arrived shortly afterwards, occupied Chenjiayu, cleaned up the battlefield, and thoroughly cleared it out, acting as a rearguard.

The Japanese pursuers were spotted behind us!

They quickly dug and expanded the Japanese trenches on the hills on both sides and concealed them.

Four heavy machine guns were also set up and concealed.

A large number of Japanese soldiers' corpses were stripped of their clothes and thrown into the ravine, or dressed in the clothes of more than 30 Eighth Route Army soldiers.

From the outside, everything was quiet after the war.

After seeing the ruined village littered with corpses, the Japanese reconnaissance cavalry checked the empty hillside and sent a signal. More than 30 Japanese cavalrymen and more than 50 infantrymen advanced in a mighty force, urgently chasing the Eighth Route Army. They believed that the Eighth Route Army had broken through and escaped, and that the Shimazu Company had left behind only corpses, and the main force had already gone in pursuit.

When the Japanese army entered the valley of the mountain village, suddenly, intensive fire was fired from the top of the mountain.

Some Eighth Route Army soldiers came down from the top of the mountains on both sides and used machine gun cross fire on the hillside to block the enemy's retreat.

In the ruins of the village, soldiers also used fortifications to shoot at the enemy.

There were plenty of bullets! The Eighth Route Army soldiers were required to fire the most bullets at the enemy as quickly as possible!

Don't aim, just shoot in the general direction.

The Japanese troops were wiped out before they could fight back due to the strafing of 4 heavy machine guns, the firepower of 6 light machine guns, and the shooting of dozens of rifles.

90 enemies were killed, 3 light machine guns, several rifles and a large amount of ammunition were seized!

Black Bear Ridge.

The Japanese army has mobilized infantry to form a tight blockade, with infantry stacked up in layers and cavalry supporting in the rear. The Japanese army even mobilized aircraft to bomb at any time!

The cavalry reconnaissance squad sent by Su Fei was also a suicide squad. They carried five wounded Japanese soldiers on horseback as hostages for observation. They quickly discovered the enemy's situation and observed many Japanese positions and firepower points with two high-powered telescopes.

Within a range of 1500 meters, Su Fei's artillery set up and fired at the Japanese army. The reconnaissance scouts quickly hid and served as observation posts to report to the artillery at any time.

The Japanese army discovered the scouts and knew that the main force of the Eighth Route Army would inevitably arrive. In order not to alert the enemy, they hid temporarily. Every time they thought, the Eighth Route Army would take the initiative.

The walkie-talkie played an extremely important communication role, allowing the effectiveness of Su Fei's artillery attacks to be corrected at any time!

The Japanese infantry were decimated. A cavalry platoon charged, firing from over a dozen light machine guns, quickly strangling the Japanese. Reinforcements from the Japanese cavalry were also mostly killed. Scouts continued to direct the artillery fire, blasting the enemy cavalry to the ground, leaving only two escaping.

Once again, a large amount of weapons and equipment of a Japanese infantry company was seized!

When two Japanese planes flew over, the Eighth Route Army on Black Bear Ridge, with the help of the surrendered puppet troops, showed the contact signal cloth and deceived the enemy.

Huangtu Ridge.

A Japanese infantry battalion intercepted!

Unable to contact the Japanese troops in Black Bear Ridge, an infantry battalion of the 34th Division knew something was wrong and hurried to reinforce.

They occupied Huangtu Ridge and blocked Queen's Ditch, a necessary passage.

Two direct-fire infantry guns were set up at a distance, along with two 75mm mountain guns. Two infantry companies dug trenches, quickly linking them up using the fortifications and bunkers built by a Japanese squad and a puppet company. The remaining two infantry companies and other companies served as reserves.

"The remnants of the Eighth Route Army were able to pass through several checkpoints in a row, which shows that they have a large number of people. However, they are short of ammunition and must have consumed a lot of energy. This time, our 277th Infantry Battalion must seize the opportunity to completely eliminate them!" The battalion commander, Major Minamiji Saburo, had a serious look on his face. There were heavy troops guarding the area. If he couldn't stop the Eighth Route Army, how would he explain to the regiment commander?

"The Eighth Route Army must be completely wiped out at any cost and at any means!"

While shouting slogans, the Japanese army stepped up the construction of fortifications.

Six mortars were also set up on high ground early on, ready to fire at any time.

"Major, the Eighth Route Army disguised themselves as our army and made a long-distance attack. They have extremely powerful firepower, many cannons and machine guns, and a lot of ammunition!" The two escaped cavalrymen reported to Major Nanci.

Major Nanci comforted them, but he was very disgusted in his heart. These two deserters actually boasted about the powerful artillery of the Eighth Route Army in order to shirk responsibility?

If the Eighth Route Army's artillery was as strong as that of the Japanese Army, then it should be the Japanese Army that suffered a crushing defeat, not the Eighth Route Army!

The iron wall encirclement and the comb-like hunting have almost wiped out the main force of the Eighth Route Army in this area. Where can the powerful main force of the Eighth Route Army still be found?

At a distance of more than a thousand meters, Su Fei's troops and the Japanese army had already seen each other.

The biggest challenge was that the Japanese army was blocking Queen's Ditch with heavy troops. If they could not get through, the Japanese army would chase them from behind and attack them from both sides. Su Fei's troops might not be able to break through and might even be wiped out.

After hearing this, Li Yunlong could no longer lie down and directly participated in the command.

Su Fei led the vanguard company and used artillery to carry out long-range bombardment on the Japanese army. The mountains on both sides of the narrow Queen's Valley and the front Hengling Huangtuling were suddenly engulfed in flames, and the densely ambushed Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties.

Even Major Minami was shot in the left arm by shrapnel when he was careless.

The Japanese army immediately retaliated with artillery fire.

Su Fei sent his men to continue advancing, approaching the enemy, climbing the mountains on both sides, observing the enemy from a high vantage point, and reporting to the artillery in the rear in a timely manner using walkie-talkies.

The two sides engaged in artillery battles for twenty minutes. Because most of the Japanese troops were gathered on both sides of the exit of Queen's Ditch and the interception point of Huangtuling, despite the fortifications, they were still badly hit by artillery shells.

In desperation, the Japanese army was forced to retreat and all retreated to Huangtu Ridge.

Su Fei's artillery was in multiple places behind him. The infantry guns, mountain guns, and mortars were not in the same place, but relying on the forward reconnaissance, they could all bomb the Japanese army relatively accurately.

The Japanese army suffered a great loss. During the retreat, they were intercepted and killed by the outposts' shouts and intensive artillery fire.

The reinforced infantry battalion of 1,200 people returned to Huangtu Ridge, with more than 120 of them killed and only more than 360 left.

Major Minami was extremely angry. After bandaging his left arm, he continued to command the battle, ordering artillery fire again to cover the infantry while strengthening fortifications.

The Japanese army retreated, but Queen's Ditch was still tightly blocked by the Japanese army and impassable.

The Japanese artillery fire was also very tenacious and it was never over!

Li Yunlong rode to the front line and ordered the cavalry to organize a charge, rushing to the bottom of Queen's Valley at all costs, breaking through smoothly to the south or north along the ravine, and then attacking the enemy from behind.

"Charge, charge, charge! This is the only way! Brothers, the most critical moment has arrived! I am Li Yunlong, follow me and charge!"

Li Yunlong suppressed the disease with an injection of quinine, and then wielded his saber, unstoppable.

Su Fei forbad him to charge. "Listen, artillery, artillery, as fast as you can, fire all your shells at the enemy's Huangtu Ridge. Mortar teams, those with insufficient range, advance immediately. The enemy's Huangtu Ridge position is 1,100 meters away! Move forward 300 meters immediately, to your maximum range of 1,700 meters!"

He also mobilized some soldiers, armed with grenade launchers and carrying grenades, and attacked forward in a dispersed manner. When they reached 800 meters, they climbed the mountains on both sides and continued to advance to 400 meters to shoot at the enemy.

After the radio station contacted Sun Desheng, Su Fei was overjoyed. Sun Desheng had successfully broken through the middle!

"Immediately dispatch the cavalry company to attack the enemy troops at Huangtu Ridge from behind, attacking them from both front and back, and strive to annihilate the enemy completely."

Su Fei's artillerymen were sweating profusely and had almost used up all their mountain artillery and infantry artillery shells. On Huangtu Ridge, the Japanese no longer resisted or struggled.

The mountains were stained with blood and body parts were scattered everywhere.

Major Minamici, with more than 250 remaining soldiers, including more than 100 puppet troops, ran towards the northeast crying bitterly.

He never dreamed that his infantry battalion would be directly wiped out by the Chinese army's artillery fire.

If he had known this, he would not have made such a hasty plan, but would have only built simple fortifications and arranged a dense personnel structure.

"Kill!" Su Fei rode his horse at full speed, leading the cavalry vanguard company to step over the corpses and blood of the Japanese soldiers and rushed up to Huangtu Ridge!