Chapter 8: Fairy from the Sky
At dawn, Hu Tiande sent people to replace Liu Zhengfeng and Wu Erdan.
Although Liu Zhengfeng didn't feel sleepy, he still went back to the rear of the position to catch up on his sleep. He knew that humans could not stop the laws of nature.
He fell asleep quickly, and in his dream, he dreamed that his novel at a certain point became a hit, with millions of collections, ranking on the top ten bestseller list, and money flying in like snowflakes.
Just when he was feeling happy, a deafening burst of cannon fire woke him up and quickly brought him back to reality.
Liu Zhengfeng climbed up and quickly ran to the top of the mountain. He saw that the position in front of him was filled with smoke. The smoke was billowing and the screams of pain were chilling.
I saw artillery shells whizzing in and explosions one after another. Soon the Japanese artillery fire extended and the entire position was hit, leaving the ground in a mess.
The earth seemed to be shaking, and Liu Zhengfeng's face changed color. This was a combined attack from the 105mm howitzer and the Type 92 infantry gun. The power was extraordinary. The Japanese devils were going crazy.
He lay flat on the ground. It was the Japanese artillery bombardment time, and he would not be stupid enough to run to the position and get bombed.
After half an hour, the Japanese artillery fire finally stopped.
Liu Zhengfeng knew that the Japanese infantry was about to start an attack, so he quickly ran towards his own position.
There were wailings everywhere on the battlefield, blood and flesh were flying everywhere, and there were human body branches, broken arms and legs everywhere. Even though Liu Zhengfeng had waded through a sea of blood, his stomach still twitched.
"If you are alive and breathing, get to the front line! The Japs are preparing to attack."
"Count the number of people in each class and row."
Company commander He Ming's eyes were red and he shouted at the top of his lungs.
Liu Zhengfeng crouched down, walked through the smoke-filled trench, and found squad leader Hu Tiande.
After a while, Wu Erdan also arrived at the front of the position.
Hu Tiande cursed: "Damn it, if it weren't for you two, I would be left alone."
Liu Zhengfeng's heart sank, knowing that two more people in his squad had been killed in the Japanese artillery attack just now.
"Hu Tiande, how many people are left in your class?"
Third platoon leader Xue Qingshan came over at some point.
Hu Tiande stretched out three fingers weakly.
Xue Qingshan frowned and glanced at Liu Zhengfeng.
"It's good that he's not dead. Get ready to fight."
"yes."
Hu Tiande watched Xue Qingshan leave and began to arrange the positions for Liu Zhengfeng and Wu Erdan to fight.
Liu Zhengfeng did not follow Hu Tiande's arrangement and pointed to a big rock at the rear left.
"Squad leader, I think my combat position should be there."
Hu Tiande frowned, followed Liu Zhengfeng's gaze, glanced at the big rock, and frowned.
"Are you the monitor or am I? I think you are afraid of death, so you hide so far away? You behaved well last night, how come you are like before all of a sudden?"
Liu Zhengfeng said firmly: "Squad leader, please believe me, I can kill the enemy better there."
Hu Tiande sneered, "That big rock is at least a hundred meters away from here, and the enemy is about two hundred meters away. Can you still hit the enemy?"
Liu Zhengfeng raised the Type 38 rifle in his hand and said, "Type 38 rifle, effective range is 460 meters, more than 1,000 meters still has lethality."
Hu Tiande frowned. He had seen the Type 38 rifle on Liu Zhengfeng last night, but he forgot to ask, "Where did this thing come from?"
Liu Zhengfeng smiled and said, "We seized it yesterday. Squad leader, can you please believe me?"
Hu Tiande suddenly remembered what He Ming had told him, that he didn't need to care about him and just need to pay attention to his performance, so he nodded.
"Okay, okay, you can do it ."
Liu Zhengfeng grinned, picked up his Type 38 rifle, and ran behind the big rock.
This place not only avoids the firepower of the frontal position, but also the terrain is more than ten meters higher than the position, making it an ideal sniping position.
However, if the Japanese army discovers our position, we will be vulnerable to their fire attack. Let's just wait and see.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army began to attack.
Liu Zhengfeng lay on a big rock, looking down from his high vantage point, overlooking the entire battlefield.
He was sad to find that his company did not even have a machine gun. It was said that there was originally a Czech light machine gun, but it was blown up by a Japanese grenade launcher yesterday.
The Japanese army set up machine guns at the foot of the mountain. Two Type 99 light machine guns and one Type 92 heavy machine gun began to fire crazily to cover the attack of the infantry, which was about the size of a squadron.
The firepower of our dozens of Hanyang-made rifles was too pitiful. How could they stop the Japanese attack?
The Japanese army advanced quickly and was less than 200 meters away from their own position. The machine gun position also moved forward with the advance of the infantry and was within Liu Zhengfeng's firing range.
Liu Zhengfeng loaded the bullet into the gun and put his right hand on the trigger. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, he suddenly saw two groups of grenade launcher gunners running out from the front line of the Japanese army.
The barrels of these two grenade launchers are relatively short, and they should be the Taisho 10th type grenade launchers. Their range is less than 200 meters, but their power should not be underestimated. Liu Zhengfeng immediately gave up the machine gunner and aimed at one of the grenade launcher gunners instead.
In the sky, the sun hides in thin clouds, and visibility is good.
The distance is less than three hundred meters.
Southeast wind level one.
Air dry.
Liu Zhengfeng opened his eyes wide and pulled the trigger decisively.
The bullet whizzed away like a fairy from the sky and accurately hit the main gunner's head. Blood splattered out and the main gunner fell to the ground and died.
Taking advantage of the Japanese army's panic, Liu Zhengfeng quickly shot and killed another main gunner.
At this time, the Japanese commander also discovered Liu Zhengfeng's position and shouted to the machine gunner to shoot at Liu Zhengfeng.
Dense bullets swept over like a rainstorm, hitting the big rocks, bang bang bang... the stone fragments flew everywhere.
Liu Zhengfeng had already retreated, curled up into a ball, and gasped for breath.
Taking advantage of the opportunity when the Japanese machine gunner changed the magazine, he quietly crawled more than ten meters to the right, changed his position and shot the enemy.
Hu Tiande witnessed with his own eyes the two grenade launcher gunners being shot dead, and then the Japanese machine guns fired crazily at the big rock. He immediately realized that the two Japanese soldiers were killed by Liu Zhengfeng.
He had suffered a lot from the enemy's grenade launchers. Yesterday, two soldiers in his class were killed by the Japanese grenade launcher shells. Now the Japanese main gunner was killed and the grenade launcher was misfired. He was so happy in his heart.
But two more Japanese soldiers soon came out to replace the two main gunners who were killed, set up the grenade launcher, and prepared to load the shells.
Hu Tiande's heart trembled, and he quickly raised his gun and aimed. When he was about to pull the trigger, the two grenade throwers were suddenly shot and fell to the ground one after another. The time interval between them was extremely short, just a blink of an eye.
At this time, the Japanese commander suddenly shouted something frantically, and the Japanese light and heavy firepower all fired frantically at the position above Liu Zhengfeng.
Hu Tiande was stunned for a moment, then suddenly grinned, his heart bursting with joy.
"Good boy, you really have some skills."
