Bright Sword: From Soldier to Brigade Commander

"Hurry, hurry, we are ambushed by the enemy, counterattack immediately, counterattack!" Lieutenant Colonel Yoshida Matsudaira, commander of the 4th Battalion of the 9th Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, shouted at the top of his lungs, threw away his saber, snatched the rifle of a dead Japanese soldier beside him, and fired at the top of the southern mountain in a standard standing position.

The air was thick with smoke, and the exact position of the enemy on the top of the mountain could not be seen at all. We could only shoot based on our hearing.

Big beads of sweat fell from his face, and his heart curled up, making every heartbeat crazy and rapid!

How could there be an ambush by Chinese troops?

Moreover, the firepower is so fierce?

Under the large-scale mopping-up operation and the iron wall encirclement, the Chinese army suffered a brutal blow and suffered heavy losses. Commander Okamura and Commander Yoshio Shinozuka's army both found suitable tactical methods, focusing on the attack, using a sledgehammer to crack a nut, and learning from Germany to conduct special paratrooper warfare and aircraft bombing, blitzkrieg coordinated with tanks, relying on abundant ammunition supplies and absolute advantages in artillery and other equipment, killing the Eighth Route Army and making the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army flee in a panic. Many bases were wiped out and turned into no-man's land. The enemy became scattered soldiers and braves, hiding everywhere. How could there be such a strong enemy here?

What Lieutenant Colonel Yoshida couldn't let go of was that this ambush was simply a disaster!

Absolutely not.

The vanguard troops have passed safely and smoothly, and they will conduct a thorough search.

The sound of gunfire just now was the signal for the vanguard troops to chase and kill the enemy, right?

Not only that, he also used a telescope to see with his own eyes that the vanguard troops defeated the enemy, crossed the Queen's Ditch, rushed up the Huangtu Ridge, and passed safely.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it..." Lieutenant Colonel Yoshida fired three shots in a row, feeling that it was meaningless, and was so angry that he yelled at the Chinese quintessence.

The main force of the Japanese Yoshida Battalion, two infantry companies, the battalion headquarters, a machine gun squad, an artillery squad, and the logistics company, marched into the bottom of Queen's Valley and were about to split into two groups to climb up the gentle slope to Huangtu Ridge, where the battle took place.

The Japanese army was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses.

They were completely exposed to the firepower of the Eighth Route Army Special Operations Brigade.

Two heavy machine guns, six light machine guns, four mortars, a grenade launcher, and other equipped infantry, according to Su Fei's orders, seized the opportunity to attack the enemy's second wave of main forces!

Originally, their ambush was very dangerous and unreliable. If the Japanese army advanced normally, they would send troops to search, not only conducting fire reconnaissance, but also sending people to climb some hillsides for observation. The problem was that Su Fei had already set up a deception method, letting the cavalry squad directly exchange fire with the enemy, attracting the enemy and luring the enemy to Huangtu Ridge.

Now that the Japanese vanguard has passed, are the follow-up troops still worried about safety issues?

Now, the special operations brigade soldiers on the top of the mountains on both sides are fighting extremely frantically.

Condescending and reckless!

The machine guns formed a crossfire, sweeping wildly at the enemies in the middle of the valley, killing them one by one and in groups, making them roll all over the ground and bleed!

The enemy was panicked, angry, and in pain, and made all kinds of strange noises.

Wherever there were dense crowds of enemies, artillery shells and machine-gun fire flew over them.

The enemy has absolutely no place to hide!

Those who tried to hide behind the rocks at the foot of the mountain were immediately strafed by oblique fire from the opposite side, with nothing to shelter them from.

The soldiers of the special operations brigade are of complex composition. There are soldiers from the machine gun and artillery companies of the special operations brigade, as well as rescued veterans of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, and some are rescued ordinary people. They come from all corners of the country, but they have only one strong belief, to destroy the enemy and avenge their fallen comrades and compatriots.

Everyone fought with their best efforts and made the best use of their weapons.

Because the ammunition boxes on the top of the mountain have been piled up and opened, no other personnel are needed. One heavy machine gun and one light machine gun do not require any other attached ammunition soldiers, only two machine gunners are needed!

Most efficient!

They also have a strong sense of tactics. For example, they would first attack the enemy's artillery, such as mortars and grenade launchers, light and heavy machine gunners, and strafe the enemies near these weapons to prevent the enemy from using these things to counterattack them.

Also pay attention to focusing on the middle and back to drive the enemy to run forward.

This gave the enemy a misunderstanding, making them think that they could turn defeat into victory by rushing to Huangtu Ridge and occupying the high ground.

Indeed, one-third of the enemy's troops had already entered the bottom of the ditch and climbed up Huangtu Ridge, and the special operations brigade's ambush only then began the surprise attack.

Driving the enemy away and giving them a chance is not only about driving the enemy to the iron hooves and sabers of the Su Fei Cavalry Company, but also about giving the enemy some hope, like surrounding them on three sides and leaving one behind, so that the enemy's fighting will collapses and they have a chance to slip away or even counterattack.

In the first wave, in just a few seconds, hundreds of Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded in the valley!

Bullets from 8 light and heavy machine guns poured down like a torrential rain, shells from 4 mortars and grenades from a grenade launcher also exploded, and dozens of rifles were ready to fire at any time!

Some soldiers even threw grenades down. Because the height was between 500 and 800 meters and there was a slope, they needed to be thrown as quickly as possible, creating the effect of air-burst bombs, which exploded above the enemy's heads and were more effective in killing.

They also had simple blasting tubes that Su Fei asked them to make. They took out a large amount of explosives from some captured enemy shells and grenades, enriched them, laid fuses, and threw them at the enemy. They could explode a large area at a time!

They also made a few cluster bombs!

Some pebbles and a large number of Japanese bullets were gathered in an ammunition box, and explosives and fuses were set up. Some used several grenades as detonators, which were lit and thrown down. When they hit the Japanese crowd below, it was like a thunderclap that could directly blow away several, dozens, or even hundreds of Japanese soldiers!

The grenades, explosives, bullets, and gravel that exploded formed a terrifying killing radius, clearing out all enemies within a radius of dozens of meters!

In Su Fei's belief, fighting is a quick decision, it is the output and suppression of firepower!

Not only that, the soldiers on the mountaintop also rolled the large rocks they had prepared long ago down the mountain. Over 50 rocks rolled out in succession. These things were truly ruthless, their bullets never missed their target, and they treated all beings equally!

Hell Summoner!

In this way, under the suppression of the hexagonal firepower of more than a hundred special operations brigade soldiers, the main force of the Japanese Yoshida Battalion suffered more than 500 casualties in one minute in the narrow valley.

Tragedy, bloody tragedy.

The end of Japanese Bushido!

The so-called precision shooting technology of the Japanese army has no conditions to be put into use!

Lieutenant Colonel Yoshida Matsudaira was lucky. His battalion guards tried their best to protect him. He ran quickly across the valley and ran to the foot of Huangtu Ridge in the east. However, he suddenly despaired.

Because, on the top of the mountain, the Japanese soldiers who were climbing were rolling down one after another!

Machine guns roared, blood rained, and the Japanese soldiers fell down in groups like ants being poured with boiling water.

Finished!

Lieutenant Colonel Yoshida felt sad, but he still shouted instinctively, urging the officers and soldiers to fight back.

The Japanese army fired rifles at Huangtu Ridge to cover the infantry. Then, the Japanese army divided into two groups and rushed to the river ditches on the north and south sides of the turn, trying to extend the front line and find more opportunities for breakthroughs and climbing.

Some Japanese troops also rushed forward through two winding and gentle passages.

Su Fei's cavalry company arrived at Huangtu Ridge. Except for more than ten cavalrymen holding guns and guarding on both sides, the rest of the personnel appeared on the cliffs of the mountain, looking down at the enemy and carrying out strafing and bombing.

All the grenades that could be used were thrown down, and ten light and heavy machine guns were used to fire fiercely. When the shooter was killed, another one would take over immediately.

Rifles were fired at the enemy, and mortars were fired at the enemy.

The right time, right place and right people!

Su Fei’s troops have taken over!

From a high vantage point, they struck hard at the enemies huddled in the narrow valley, giving full play to the performance of their weapons.

Wherever the machine gun fire reached, the Japanese soldiers twitched, rolled over, and fell dead, with red blood and white brain matter splattered everywhere!

There were screams, pleas for mercy, curses, and the sound of gunfire, and the valley was soon covered with smoke!

All the Japanese troops climbing up were destroyed by firepower and were completely wiped out.

The terrain here is too important and too conducive to ambushes.

Once, Su Fei felt that shooting was not satisfying and he couldn't see the enemy's target clearly, so he used the big rocks on Huangtu Ridge to hit them. There were indeed many round rocks here, eroded by wind and rain, and exposed on the yellow soil. He kicked them hard a few times, and more than a dozen rocks as big as heads rolled down.

Immediately, we heard the Japanese devils' shrill screams, which were very loud.

At the same time, the special operations brigade troops on both sides of the mountain top also found that the enemy in the valley had basically disappeared, so they turned to shoot at the bottom of the easternmost part of the ravine, hitting the enemy's back.

After more than ten minutes, the Japanese troops in the valley gradually lost their voice.

Su Fei's troops on the top of the mountain and on the ridge stopped their attacks and sent a small number of personnel down to conduct reconnaissance and search.

A dead silence!

The bodies of Japanese soldiers were everywhere, and the wounded were seriously injured and dying.

Many wounded Japanese soldiers were driven to extreme despair, or driven to death by pain, and committed suicide by shooting or drawing their swords.

There were only a few Japanese soldiers who dropped their weapons and stood there stupidly, like wooden ants. That was the mental state of people who were completely desperate. They were waiting to die!

Trucks and motorcycles rolled over on the side of the road, littered with Japanese soldiers' bodies and bullet holes.

Dozens of military horses twitched helplessly in the valley, kicking their legs, raising their necks, and then drooping them down weakly.

There were still dozens of lucky military horses, some slightly injured, strolling around and nibbling on the old autumn grass.

Only in the ravine south of Huangtu Ridge, there were a few Japanese soldiers hiding. They put up a stubborn resistance and shot and killed one of our soldiers, but were then shot into pieces by machine guns.

After counting, there were more than 870 intact Japanese military bodies, most of which were Japanese soldiers, with only a dozen or so bodies of puppet soldiers suspected to be guides.

Two puppet soldiers were also captured. After they were injured, they used other corpses to cover themselves up. They had long ago announced to the search soldiers of the special operations brigade that they were Chinese.

These corpses, plus the more than 150 people from an infantry company annihilated on Huangtu Ridge, are all there!

Su Fei quickly collected the enemy's documents and combat logs, interrogated the prisoners, and was so surprised that he was speechless when he learned that the enemy was a complete infantry battalion.

He originally thought that the enemy had at most two infantry companies, and that it would be a great achievement if he could destroy one and then severely damage another. Unexpectedly, he caught a big fish.

Completely annihilate an entire enemy infantry battalion in one go!

Only a dozen enemy vanguard cavalry escaped!

Great victory!

However, Su Fei was also worried. How could he take away so many spoils?

We immediately tried the Japanese trucks. They were all OK. Eight trucks could be started and took away the newly captured enemy weapons, including two infantry guns, two mountain guns, nine heavy machine guns, 38 light machine guns, 15 mortars, one 37mm anti-tank gun, and a large amount of ammunition.

All the enemy's horses that could be taken away were tied to the back of the carts and taken away.

The cavalry's horses were used to carry the captured rifles and bullets, grenades, military boots, binoculars, sabers, etc. After looting everything, Su Fei's troops set out from Queen's Ditch, heading south and climbing the gentle slope to Huangtu Ridge.

Looking at so many weapons and ammunition, especially so many sophisticated artillery pieces, as well as poison gas bombs with skulls painted on them, various high-explosive bombs, and white phosphorus bombs, Su Fei and all his brothers in the special operations brigade were shocked, uneasy, and frightened.

If we confront the enemy head-on, my troops will probably be wiped out in less than half an hour.

……

Just as I was about to set off, something broke down.

There was a dull roar of an airplane engine in the sky!

Enemy planes are coming.

Su Fei immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing and to spread out on Huangtu Ridge. Anyway, they were all wearing Japanese uniforms, so he ordered the soldiers to spread out the captured Japanese air defense communication information!

Su Fei had known about this thing for a long time, and the two puppet army prisoners also understood it and helped.

The three Japanese bombers circled for a while and actually started communicating.

Walkie-talkie: "What's going on? What's going on with Yoshida's team? Please answer if you hear me!"

Su Fei and others had already opened the letter and were waiting. They immediately told them in fluent Japanese that they were from the Yoshida Battalion, but the battalion commander had died in battle, and the ambushed Eighth Route Army and Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had all been wiped out, but their army had suffered heavy losses.

The enemy plane is gone!

Su Fei breathed a sigh of relief and was about to return when suddenly, a cavalry on guard sounded the alarm: "Enemy, enemy!"

Su Fei turned his head and saw that the enemy had indeed appeared. There were more than a dozen Japanese infantrymen who had just climbed up Huangtu Ridge, looking suspicious.

"Fight, everyone fight."

All the soldiers quickly used machine guns to fire at that direction. The Japanese suffered heavy casualties and rolled down.

Su Fei thought of a question. The combat log clearly stated that the Yoshida Battalion had a strength of about 1190 men. How could the number of people killed not be enough? 870 plus 150 was only less than a thousand. And the enemy had just hidden and dodged!

This is a mountainous area, it's very easy to hide hundreds of people.

In the later stages of the Menglianggu Campaign, the remnants of the 74th Division actually hid 7000 people in a small ravine!

When Su Fei and his entire army returned, they found that many Japanese soldiers had come out from the bottom of Queen's Ditch, under the cliff of Huangtu Ridge, and from some caves to the north!

Immediately use more than 20 machine guns to fire and block the enemy, and then use more than 20 machine guns and 6 mortars to bombard!

This firepower is crazy!

After more than ten minutes of fighting, all the enemies were wiped out.

Eight Japanese soldiers surrendered voluntarily, and they suffered a complete mental breakdown.

The remaining 164 bodies were found!