The 386 Brigade in Bright Sword and in reality
In the anti-Japanese TV series "Bright Sword", there is a "food chain", that is, the 386 brigade is older than Li Yunlong, the leader of the independent regiment, and Li Yunlong is greater than the "Heavenly King Laozi". It can be seen from this that the brigade commander who led the 386 brigade was even more powerful than the Heavenly King Laozi. So how good is the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in "Bright Sword" in the real history of the War of Resistance?
The prototype of the 386 brigade in "Bright Sword" is the 386th Brigade of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army. This unit was originally the 31st Army of the Red Fourth Front, and was one of the ace units of the Eighth Route Army. The brigade commander of the 386 brigade in "Bright Sword" is based on Chen Geng, the founding general of our country.
Records of the 386th Brigade
As one of the most famous generals in New China, the 386 Brigade he led was naturally not a weak brigade. The biggest achievement of this unit was the one-time killing of more than 120 large and small officers of the Japanese army. In October 1943, Okamura Ningji, the supreme commander of the Japanese army in North China, came up with one
Iron roll sweeping tactics forced the Eighth Route Army to compress its base areas.
This tactic was carried out very thoroughly, and it also caused great trouble to our army. So the triumphant Okamura Ninji organized a tour of up to 180 people to pat Okamura Ninji's ass in the name of study. As a result, after receiving the information, General Chen Geng immediately estimated the only way for the Japanese army to pass. So he sent the 16th Regiment of the 386th Brigade to ambush the Japanese army.
When the 16th Regiment arrived at the location, it found a brigade of Japanese officers, so it wrapped Japanese dumplings with light and heavy weapons and grenades. In three hours, more than 120 Japanese officers were killed, including 6 officers of the rank of Major Commander, and the remaining more than 100 officers were all squadron leader-level figures. Major General Hattori Naoto, led by the Japanese army, directly committed suicide on the spot when he saw this tragic situation. After this war, the command system of the Japanese troops stationed in North China was briefly paralyzed, and our army also cracked the Japanese army's sweep.
The 386th Brigade, as the Eighth Route Army operating in Shanxi, basically fought guerrilla warfare. Therefore, the 386th Brigade basically fired a shot today and immediately retreated before the Japanese side did not react. When the Japanese let their guard down, they immediately came up and fired another shot. The Japanese army unconsciously lost many battles in front of the 386 brigade, and these battles accumulated and gradually caused the disadvantage of the Japanese army.
Attitude of the Japanese army towards the 386 brigade
There is also a scene in "Bright Sword", that is, the Japanese armored vehicle has the livery of the "Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade". This is actually a real thing, but the livery on the Japanese armored vehicle is "dedicated to the 386 Brigade". At that time, the Japanese army in Shanxi suffered a lot of losses under the 386 Brigade, so this group of Japanese troops hated the 386 Brigade to the bone. In the later stages of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, when the Japanese army in Shanxi caught our correspondent, he would inevitably ask him if he was the 386 brigade.
After the formation of the 386Th Brigade in 1937, the 386th Brigade has always been a nightmare for the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi, and the situation of having one less comrade-in-arms around them from time to time has also made them live in fear and uneasiness. From the attitude of the Japanese army towards the 386 Brigade, it can be seen how much the Japanese army in Shanxi at that time hated General Chen Geng and his 386 Brigade. We can also get a glimpse of the whole picture and see how much the 386th Brigade at that time suffered from the Japanese army on the anti-Japanese battlefield.