Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 38 Night Attack (Part 2)!
Feng E sorted out his equipment, put the sniper scope on the rifle into his backpack, and then put the rifle on his back. He held the bayonet in his right hand, close to his forearm, waiting for the order to attack.
"Feng E, you're a good shooter, you provide cover!"
Lin Yuan nodded and told Feng E not to be the scout. In previous battles, the chances of a scout dying were very high. The Japanese were neither bandits nor domestic warlords. Their sentries were definitely a mixture of light and dark sentries. When you were touching a sentry, there might be a rifle pointed at your back.
"No need, I have practiced martial arts and I am pretty good with a knife!" Feng E performed some knife tricks with the bayonet and rejected Lin Yuan's kindness.
Accustomed to seeing death on the battlefield, Feng E hated the feeling of watching his brothers around him die while he was hiding behind.
"We don't need someone like you who can wield a knife. I'll go and you keep an eye on it for me!" Li Chenglin stared at Feng E's face and shook his head slightly, signaling Feng E not to be stubborn at this time.
"You don't need so many people to prepare. Two people in a group, three groups will spread out and sneak up, and the rest of the people will provide cover. Machine gunners and ammunition handlers should prepare their firepower!"
"You cover, I'll touch the whistle!"
"We'll be in groups of two, and follow the old rules."
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Soon, the three groups of people were ready after voluntarily forming teams. Not only Feng E, but also several brothers had not yet gotten their turn. It was because there were too few brothers left in the Death Squadron. With too many people keeping watch, there was no firepower for the assault!
Feng E did not take his turn to touch the sentry. He sat on the ground quietly, took out the sniper scope again and mounted it on the rifle.
"It would be nice to have a six-fold scope!" Feng E sighed inwardly.
The Mauser rifle in his hand only had a four-fold scope. In his impression, the original M1924 sniper rifle imported from Germany should be equipped with two scopes, a four-fold and a six-fold, as well as a set of special maintenance tools. However, the rifle he got only had a four-fold scope and no tools at all.
"Move the machine gun forward fifty meters and set up a firing point at the edge of the cotton field. Be careful to hide!"
Lin Yuan estimated the time and let the machine gun group go first. Although there were few people in the suicide squad, they still had two Czech machine guns, which were their firepower guarantee.
The machine gun team completed their preparations amidst the rustling and rustling. The time passed very slowly and the brothers felt like the days were passing by like years.
"Go!" Finally, Lin Yuan's voice was heavy as he gave the order to attack.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
A chaotic sound came from the cotton field. The brothers' movements seemed slow, but they were moving very fast. The six brothers who were on sentry duty bent over and crawled forward quickly on the ground with bayonets in hand. The group that crawled out first already had a target, and that was the Japanese soldier who was smoking not long ago!
Xima Zhai and Zhoujia Zhai are less than one kilometer away from Luodian Town. These two places are not big, but their locations are very important for the defense of Luodian.
There is a mound outside Xima's house, which is covered with weeds. In the weeds, a Japanese sentry is observing the surroundings vigilantly. In the farmland next to him, there are other Japanese soldiers squatting there. They cover each other and keep an eye on any movement around them.
Luodian was equally important to the Japanese. The Japanese deployed two squads to defend Ximazhai and reinforced it with two heavy machine guns. Together with the four Type 99 light machine guns and four grenade launchers already equipped by the two squads, the Japanese believed that they could defend against an attack by a regiment of Chinese troops. It was impossible that there would be no response and the Chinese army would raid and capture this place, because half of the Japanese in the two squads had not rested, and the other half who were resting were sleeping in the trenches with their clothes on. They were ready to engage in battle at any time!
The Japs are very disciplined, but they are also human beings. After fighting all day and standing guard in the middle of the night, they also need external stimulation to stay alert, and cigarettes have always been a standard item for the Japs.
"ah!"
The Japanese soldier who had just finished smoking yawned and felt much better. Apart from the rustling sound of the wind blowing through the crops, he didn't notice anything wrong.
"Um?"
The Japanese soldier lying in the grass suddenly felt something was wrong. The night wind behind him suddenly became stronger, which should not happen in the grass, because the air flow speed outside the grass did not change. It was possible that something had entered the grass, whether it was a human or a beast!
“Swish!”
The Japanese pulled out the bayonet from the bayonet sheath and swung it backwards while turning his head.
“Puff!”
The Japanese soldier who just turned his head felt a pain in his ribs, and a dark shadow had already crawled on his back.
"Well!"
The devil's scream was still in his mouth when a rough big hand covered his mouth!
“Puff, puff!”
His body was held down tightly, and the bayonet inserted into his ribs kept going in and out. The Japanese soldier was unwilling to give in, and his voice became smaller and smaller. Then his brain went black and he lost consciousness.
The rustling sounds in the bushes soon died down. The raiding brothers carefully put the two melon grenades hanging from the Japanese soldiers into their pockets, and then quietly crawled out of the bushes.
"call!"
Lin Yuan, who was watching from behind, let out a long sigh and waved his hand, signaling his brothers to follow slowly. All the brothers slowly crawled on the ground, trying to get as close to the Japanese position as possible!
"ah!"
The brothers who were on the raid found a Japanese sentry in the bushes. In fact, none of them knew the Japanese sentry was there. Soon, screams were heard. It was not known whether the brothers killed the Japanese or the Japanese killed the Kuomintang brothers who were on the raid !
"boom!"
"boom!"
While the screams were still echoing in the wilderness, the sounds of gunfire and grenade explosions began, spreading far across the wilderness.
"Follow me!"
Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and ordered loudly;
“Kill!”
Immediately, shouts and screams were heard from several other directions.
"The Chinese are attacking, quick, flares!"
Under the moonlight, the Japanese officer shouted loudly, asking the sleeping Japanese to quickly go to the battlefield.
“Chirp! Chirp!”
Several flares emitting pale light staggered up into the sky, illuminating the area around Xima's house as if it were daytime!
"Kill the Chinese!"
"Da da da……"
“ Boom boom boom …”
Light and heavy machine guns soon began to whistle, and bullets rained down on the charging brothers like rain.
"Puff puff……"
The brothers who were rushing in the front had no time to react and were shot into pieces by machine gun ammunition. They lay on the ground twitching.
“Bang! Bang!”
Veterans are veterans after all. Without any orders from the officers, they lay down on the ground one by one and started firing back with rifles!
"Machine guns, machine guns suppress the Japs' firepower! Feng E, shoot down the Japs' machine guns!"
Lin Yuan shouted anxiously. The Japanese's light and heavy machine guns made it impossible for the brothers to raise their heads. Even the machine gunners of the Czech machine guns did not dare to raise their heads to fight back!
