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

Ding Wei couldn't help but ask, "Captain Wang, may I ask, how many people are there in your battalion?"

"An infantry battalion has 800 people, and the number of people in other battalions is uncertain, depending on the equipment!" Wang Ye answered casually.

Ding Wei reluctantly accepted that 800 people were not a lot. That was not right. "Captain Wang, I remember the last time I came here, you only had more than 2000 people.

Are they all placed in the three infantry battalions? What about your artillery battalion? Didn’t you bring the cannons this time?"

Wu Gang explained, "Captain Ding, what you know is old news. The Children's Corps has now expanded to 5000 people, and all the troops are basically fully staffed!"

"5000 people? My goodness, isn't that the same as the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, a completely reinforced regiment?" Ding Wei asked in surprise.

"I really didn't expect you to develop so fast. No wonder you dared to attack the county town. If I had 5000 people, the New st Regiment would be able to go anywhere in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army!"

Li Yunlong was also surprised. He was now curious about the weapons and equipment of the children's group.

"Political Commissar Wu, since the discovery is about to begin, can we go to the front line to take a look?"

"Let's go together tomorrow!" said the brigade commander. He didn't want to cause trouble for the children's group. After all, they were here to observe.

At 5 o'clock the next morning, before it was fully light, everyone in the regiment had already eaten breakfast and rushed to the front line.

At 6:30 in the morning, Wang Ye led the regiment to a valley 5 kilometers south of Pingyang County, which had been prepared in advance by the Third Battalion.

"Captain, you are finally here. The attack time is about to start. I thought you were too late."

When Wang Daben saw Wang Ye, he quickly ran over to greet him.

"Da Ben, why don't you quickly organize the troops and wait for me? I tell you that the troops of the other two battalions have arrived at the designated location. You can't hold me back, okay?"

"Yes, Captain, don't worry, I will go back right away!" Wang Daben didn't expect that the young master would cause trouble for him as soon as he arrived, so he ran away quickly.

The troops of the three infantry battalions had already approached the county's defense circle. Just after dawn, the Japanese patrol climbed up the city wall. The situation outside made them look gloomy.

The devil's headquarters,

"Sir Captain Noda, something big has happened!" The Japanese captain Komura ran over and shouted.

Noda hadn't gotten up yet, but Komura's anxious shout woke him up from his sweet dream, "Xiba, what are you yelling about so early in the morning?"

Outside the gate, Xiaocun kept shouting, "Captain Noda, the enemy's troops have already approached the county's defense positions and may launch an attack at any time!"

"What?" Noda woke up completely.

Ten minutes later, Noda and his captain climbed up the city wall. They looked at the children's group position in the distance with fear.

Noda roared, "Can anyone tell me how the enemy on the opposite side dug out the trenches in just one night? Didn't our patrols and scouts have any warning at all?"

The Japanese captains all lowered their heads and kept silent. Who could have thought that the enemy attacking the county town would be so radical?

The main reason was that the Japanese had little experience of being besieged. After the Third Brigade was established, it came to northwestern Shanxi, and the troops here had basically never besieged a county town.

Yokota Takenosuke asked carefully, "Noda-kun, the enemy has now surrounded Pingyang from the east, south and west. Do we need to retreat from the north?"

"Retreat?" Noda seemed to have heard a big joke and couldn't help laughing. "Why should we leave? I don't believe that the troops in northwest Shanxi can occupy the county town under the heavy guard of the empire.

Immediately issue an order to have all the Imperial Army leave the city and take up defensive positions. They cannot return to the city until the enemy retreats.

Lieutenant Colonel Komura, arrange your men to go out and supervise the battle. If anyone is found to have left without permission, shoot him immediately!

The Imperial warriors are defending on the city walls and in the bunkers!"

"Hey!"

Noda watched his men busy giving orders. He stood on the city wall and looked at the children's group's position in the distance without saying a word.

Yokota Takenosuke suggested, "Colonel, do we need to report the enemy's situation to General Sasaki?"

Noda felt a little unsure because they only knew that the enemy was called the Children's Corps. They didn't know how many soldiers there were, what were their weapons and equipment, and whether they had heavy weapons.

He had no idea, especially yesterday afternoon when a regiment of the Imperial Army was completely wiped out in more than two hours. This combat effectiveness shocked Noda.

"Go back to the headquarters and report to General Sasaki immediately, and tell him that the enemy may launch an attack at any time!"

What Noda didn't know was that when he gave the order, Wang Su was watching him through a scope on the opposite side of the battlefield.

Although the distance was too far to see clearly, Wang Su intuitively felt that it was a high-ranking Japanese official.

Children's Corps Temporary Headquarters,

Wang Erde was reporting the Japanese intelligence to Wang Ye, "The Noda Regiment in Pingyang County is an infantry regiment with very few artillery.

The entire regiment had only ten Type 92 infantry guns, which were scattered among three battalions, and the regiment headquarters had only four.

As for the Imperial Army Division, its weapons and equipment were basically captured by the Japanese from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. It has even fewer artillery and its combat effectiveness is very low. "

Wang Su sneered, "The Japanese have only so many heavy weapons in one regiment. How did they defend the county?"

Wang Ye looked at the time, "7:15, start the attack!"

Soon, all the battalions received the attack order. Wang Daben looked at the county defense position excitedly.

After waiting for a long time, it was finally today. The Third Battalion was fully staffed in the shortest time. This time he finally had a chance to show his abilities.

"Everyone, the order to attack has been issued. I don't care how you fight, you must be the first to capture the opposite position and advance to the city wall.

Attention, artillery company, wherever support is needed, we must attack immediately!"

"Yes!"

"Check the clock! It's 7:01 in the morning. Attack in 11 minutes. I want to let these traitors and the devils on the city walls know how powerful the Children's Corps is!"

"Yes!"

As time passed, the solemn and murderous atmosphere on the battlefield became more and more serious. The Japanese soldiers on the opposite side seemed to have sensed it, and the battlefield became quieter and quieter.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The quiet and eerie atmosphere was finally broken by the bombardment of small steel cannons from the companies of the Third Battalion.

The Japanese's Type 90 mortar has a long range and is powerful enough, and is a company-level heavy firepower weapon for the Children's Corps.

The Japanese soldiers did not expect that the children's group would fight in the same way as the Japanese soldiers. They started the battle with artillery fire, and the Japanese soldiers who could not dodge in time were directly blown away.

There were only three rounds of shelling, and each company was very careful because the Japanese artillery positions in the city had not yet appeared. What if they were found by the Japanese artillery?

So after firing three rounds, the artillery of each company immediately moved their positions. At the same time, the assault troops of the third battalion took advantage of the time when the Japanese invaders were avoiding the artillery fire.

They have advanced to a position 100 meters ahead of the enemy's position.