Bright Sword: An eight-year-old boy led a group to fight the Japanese invaders

"The problem now is that I'm not sure whether the group that attacked the POW camp was the so-called children's group, but we will soon be able to determine their location!"

Hashimoto's decisive words finally made Shiota's face look a little better. "Can you really confirm the whereabouts of these prisoners of war?"

"Yes, Lord Yantian!"

"Yoshi, I'll give you one night. Tomorrow morning I will bring the empire's best troops to capture all the prisoners!"

"Hey!"

After a day of fermentation, the news of the explosion in the prisoner-of-war camp had spread throughout northwest Shanxi. The first to receive the news were the Eighth Route Army.

The brigade commander looked at the map with a grim expression. The Eighth Route Army had just moved and all the troops were resting, but winter was not over yet.

Because of the Japanese's large-scale raids, all the troops were short of food and cotton clothes. The brigade commander wanted to get some from the Japanese all day long.

The chief of staff outside the door pushed the door open and walked in. He poured a cup of hot water to warm himself up, then looked at the brigade commander's sad face and said happily,

"Brigade Commander, stop frowning all day long. Let me tell you something happy!"

The brigade commander put the pencil in his hand, which was less than the length of his thumb, on the table and poured himself a glass of water. The winter in northwest Shanxi is really cold.

"My Chief of Staff, all our troops are now short of cotton clothes and food. Can you tell me something happy? Have you found food or cotton clothes?"

The chief of staff put the cup on the table and said helplessly, "I didn't find any food or cotton clothes, but the Japanese took advantage of our anti-encirclement and suppression efforts some time ago to build a prisoner-of-war camp in the mountains of Ping'an County.

It is said that this prisoner-of-war camp held not only the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Nationalist Army, but also our Eighth Route Army soldiers.”

"How come I didn't know about this?" the brigade commander asked in surprise. He was an intelligence genius, and the Japanese had built a prisoner-of-war camp right under his nose and actually tricked him into it.

"The Japanese took advantage of our anti-mopping-up operation to secretly build it, otherwise how could they have kept it secret?

But you don't have to worry now, because I just got the news that there was a huge explosion in the prisoner-of-war camp this morning. The guy could hear the explosion from miles away.

The smoke from the explosion alone rushed into the air and could be seen from a distance. It was said that the Japanese squadron guarding the prisoner-of-war camp was completely wiped out, and later the Japanese squad that went to investigate the situation was also killed.

I don’t know who did this, it’s really well done!”

The brigade commander walked to the map and looked at it for a long time, then looked up and said, "Our troops are not in that direction, and we don't have that much explosives, so this was most likely done by the Nationalist Army!"

"I think so too, but we have to keep a close eye on the movements in that direction during this period of time. The Japs will definitely not give up!"

The commander of the New 1st Regiment, Ding Wei, soon received news from the brigade headquarters. Because the New 1st Regiment was the closest unit to the prisoner-of-war camp, he looked at the letter in his hand and for some reason thought of Wang Ye.

At the same time, Chu Yunfei of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army also received the news, "Commander, which unit do you think did it? The Japanese prisoner-of-war camp is not easy to attack, and it was taken down quietly without our knowledge!"

Chu Yunfei looked at the map and said, "No matter which unit it is, keep a close eye on the Japanese over there. If they make any moves, report to me immediately. I have a feeling this matter will not be easy. It looks like a storm is brewing!"

Fang Ligong immediately reported, "Commander, your intuition is very accurate. The Yantian Battalion under the Third Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese has arrived at the Huting stronghold. Their goal is to find the troops that attacked the prisoner-of-war camp!"

"Yantian Battalion? Is it the unit that was beaten to a pulp by the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army during the recent sweep?"

Chu Yunfei asked with some disdain.

Fang Ligong replied with a bad face, "Commander, the Yantian Battalion is still very powerful. Last year, they wiped out a regiment of our Shanxi Suiyuan Army. Their strength should not be underestimated!"

"I know what happened last year. That regiment was made up of newly captured villagers with no combat experience. If this Yantian Brigade encounters my 358th Regiment, I will definitely let them know how powerful my 358th Regiment's artillery battalion is!"

Chu Yunfei looked down upon the behavior of those above him who captured able-bodied men and threw them directly onto the battlefield without any training, but unfortunately he was in a low position and his words did not matter.

Fang Ligong advised, "Please calm down, Commander Yan has repeatedly ordered us not to clash with the devils without his order.

If we engage in a firefight with the devils without permission, our superiors will definitely blame us!"

Chu Yunfei looked at Fang Ligong deeply and sat back silently.

Wang Ye didn't know that the Japanese were thinking about him. Now the troops have returned to the mountain village, but there is a big problem in front of him, that is, there is not enough place to live.

There was no other way, so he exchanged some tents and managed to get by.

Before it got dark in the afternoon, all the battalion and company commanders came to the meeting. Wang Ye first welcomed the new members of the children's group, and then said,

"On the way back today, all the squad leaders have been selected. The most important issue now is the issue of weapons for the children's group.

My plan here is to have 6 Type 98 rifles or Type 3K rifles, 43 MP60 assault rifles, and a Type small cannon per squad.

Each platoon is reinforced with a firepower squad equipped with three heavy machine guns.

Each company was reinforced by a firepower platoon consisting of three Japanese 90mm mortars.

Each battalion is reinforced with a firepower company consisting of 9 Type infantry guns of the Japanese!"

It’s not that Wang Ye is unwilling to use good ones, but merit points are really short, and many places in Jin are mountainous and forested, so the Japanese infantry artillery is very practical.

Wu Gang sat next to Wang Ye, his hands shaking as he held the water. He listened to Wang Ye's words as if they were spoken by heaven. Such firepower configuration was much higher than that of the Japanese troops of the same level.

If all these weapons could be fully equipped and the soldiers became proficient in using them, he would dare to lead a battalion to fight against the Japanese army.

The person who felt the most about weapons here was Zhao Shengzheng, who was originally from the Sichuan Army. After Liu Anren's death, the entire Sichuan Army became a child without a mother. No one wanted them, and they were despised wherever they went.

They had no weapons and no ammunition, but Liu was like this. They used their flesh and blood to fight the Japanese and never gave up.

Coming to the children's group now was originally a helpless move, but who knew that Wang Ye would give him endless surprises.

Zhao Shengzheng stood up with tears in his eyes and assured Wang Ye, "Captain, as long as you equip us with weapons and ammunition, we will attack the enemy wherever you say!"

Wang Ye also stood up and answered solemnly, "Please rest assured, all weapons will be available tomorrow morning!"