Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 10 The Forgotten Warrior!
It was unknown how many of the more than 150 people in the Death Squad were still alive. The figures of the remaining soldiers running and hiding among the ruins appeared and disappeared in the smoke. Feng E no longer had the chance to care about others. He finally fainted amid a heart-wrenching vomiting sound. He fainted completely, as if he had become a corpse on the ground!
"Collect ammunition, prepare for battle, and officers alive report casualties."
Chen Sheng's voice came with the slowly dissipating smoke. The brothers who remained in the craters and ruins began to search the ground for corpses, picking up bullets and usable grenades.
Perhaps there were too many broken bodies around Feng E, hiding his body in the rubble, and no one noticed that there was an unconscious brother here.
The bombing by planes had stopped for more than ten minutes, and the Japanese reinforcements had not arrived yet, but this was enough time for Kobayashi's squadron to launch an attack. In his sight, there were only a handful of houses still standing!
"Kill him!"
Major Kobayashi roared and ordered the Japanese to start attacking.
"Captain, there is only one machine gun left, and more than 40 of our men have died."
The platoon leader with his yellow teeth bared was still there. After crawling through the ruins, he reported the latest situation to Chen Sheng.
"Tell the brothers not to gather in groups, hide in bomb craters and ruins, and wait for the enemy to come in before fighting!"
Chen Sheng shouted, trying to make his resistance last a little longer.
"The Japs are coming, open fire!"
“Bang, bang, bang…”
"Da da da……"
The sound of gunfire from the remaining machine gun and scattered rifle fire rang out, and several Japanese soldiers who had been advancing within a hundred meters with their backs bent fell down instantly. The remaining Japanese soldiers lay among the ruins and started shooting at the brothers of the Death Squadron.
"left!"
There were Japs shooting at us in front, but their usual tactic was to break through the middle and attack from both wings. No matter they were a squadron or a team, the Japs would always look for opportunities from both wings after being frustrated!
"There are devils on the right too!"
“Bang, bang, bang…”
The remaining soldiers hiding in the ruins and bomb craters fired desperately to stop the Japanese invaders!
On the road from Gujiazhai to Luodian, Han Yingbin and his Death Squadron were marching quickly.
"Boom, boom..."
A violent explosion occurred, and they were still five kilometers away from Luodian.
"It's Luodian, which was bombed by the Japanese. I hope Chen Sheng can hold out, at least until we arrive!" Han Yingbin muttered.
"Hurry up, we have to get there in an hour, run! Quick!"
Han Yingbin shouted loudly,
"Second Platoon, lead your men to retreat, retreat backwards, retreat into bomb craters and ruins to find cover, don't fight the Japs head-on!"
"Third platoon, be responsible for the cover. Everyone in first platoon, increase firepower and be responsible for covering the rear!"
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Chen Sheng kept shooting, and then commanded his remaining brothers to retreat while fighting. They had been exchanging fire with the Japanese for almost twenty minutes. He didn't know how many Japanese they had killed, but at least he had lost more than twenty brothers!
“Boom!”
The Japs' grenade launchers were firing grenades at the ruins and craters where there was returning fire.
“Crack!”
Three Japanese soldiers tiptoed through the northern part of Luodian. Not far from them was the place where Feng E fainted. The Japanese soldiers took a look at the broken body, shook their heads and left. They were not even interested in stabbing such a body with bayonets, not to mention that Luodian had not been taken yet!
"Fuck you, little Japs! Go to hell!"
The brothers around them kept falling down, and the remaining soldiers became angry, cursing and shooting, using shooting to vent their anger.
“Boom, boom…”
“Bang, bang, bang…”
“Da da da…da da da…”
“Puff, puff…”
The Japs were also howling and rushing towards Luodian. The sounds of grenades exploding and the roar of the Type 99 light machine guns never stopped . The Japs kept using the cover of machine guns and grenade launchers to clear out one ruin after another, then rushed into the bomb craters and stabbed to death the brothers who were unable to react in time!
“Bang, bang, bang…”
"Da da da……"
“Boom, boom…”
There were the sounds of rifle and machine gun fire, occasional grenade explosions, and bullets flying back and forth among the ruins of Luodian.
Chen Sheng, who was concentrating on shooting, felt a warmth on his face and a smell of blood rushing to his nose. He turned his head and found that the machine gunner lying next to him had been hit in the head by the Japanese. The machine gun also stopped roaring and drooped to the ground!
Chen Sheng was very angry and panicked. The number of his remaining brothers was decreasing, and the density of their firepower could no longer keep up with the frequency of the Japanese's leap forward charges. If even the only machine gun could not fire, they would be annihilated by the Japanese in the ruins in a matter of seconds.
"Machine gun, someone take over the machine gun and continue firing; hurry up!"
Chen Sheng roared and kept pulling the bolt, firing angry bullets at the Japanese, trying to stop the approaching Japanese.
"I come! "
A brother, holding his rifle, rolled over to the crater where the machine gun was.
“Da da da…da da…”
The machine gun began to roar again, and the few Japanese soldiers who had just shown up to charge were beaten back and continued to shoot among the ruins.
"Captain, we can't hold on any longer. Our brothers are almost dead! Let's retreat!"
The machine gunner shouted to Chen Sheng while shooting, "It's not that we brothers don't fight hard!" The firepower of the devils was too strong. The death squad of more than 150 people, now judging by the gunshots, I'm afraid there are less than 60 people left.
"No retreat! The battalion commander's reinforcements will arrive soon. We must die on the battlefield!"
Chen Sheng roared and continued shooting. His mission was to defend Luodian until reinforcements arrived or the order to retreat came.
"boom!"
The Japanese grenade launcher was in action again, and a grenade fell accurately into the roaring crater of the machine gun.
"Company Commander!" A platoon leader with bared yellow teeth raised his head from the ruins more than ten meters away and howled like a ghost.
Including Chen Sheng, the brother who had just taken over the machine gun shooting was knocked to the ground along with his machine gun by the Japanese grenade.
"machine gun!"
Chen Sheng moved his lips and crawled in vain on the edge of the crater, trying to get to the side of the machine gun. As for the machine gunner, blood was oozing out of his nose and mouth, his body was shaking, and he soon fell silent.
"Da da da!"
The machine gun was still roaring, but it was no longer the machine gun of the National Army brothers, but the machine gun from the Japanese Type 99 light machine gun. Without the suppression of the machine gun, the Japanese advance speed was obviously faster.
" Kobayashi, it seems that the Chinese have few people left after the attack by the Imperial Air Force. Should I lead all the squadron members to attack and occupy Luodian in one fell swoop?"
A Japanese officer followed Major Kobayashi and gave advice closely.
"Don't be in a hurry. I always feel that the Chinese have a backup plan. Even if we put all our forces into it, we can advance faster. But once the Chinese have a backup plan, we will suffer heavy losses. Let alone taking Luodian, I'm afraid we will all die here. Wait a little longer!"
Major Kobayashi stared at the southern part of Luodian. He always felt a little uneasy. In his opinion, Luodian is such a strategic road, and there shouldn't be so few people defending it. Even though the bombing effect of the aircraft is very good, it shouldn't be taken so easily!
