Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 47 It’s almost dawn!
After nightfall, cheered by guns and charges, the shouts of killing never stopped. The angry old soldiers charged bravely and shot calmly, and the Japanese positions fell one by one.
With the support of close-range artillery fire from heavy mortars and 77mm field guns, the 66th Regiment successively captured Xima's House, Zhou's House, and Pan's House. The 65th Regiment captured Gong's House and Li's House. The 33rd Brigade of the 11th Division was worthy of the title of the civil engineering pillar, as they could already see the ruins of Luodian!
"Brother, Luodian is just ahead. Let the give us a final hand and bombard it hard. We must capture Luodian before daybreak. This is the order of the division commander. Please!"
Hu Lian asked the artillery communicator with a heavy face, "Yes, a colonel is asking for a private first class."
The truth is that the artillery has already fired a lot of shells for their attack tonight. The National Army’s artillery is a treasure, and the shells are even more precious. He is now just praying that the artillery has not used up all the shells.
"Yes, sir! I'll call immediately!" The artillery signalman,
“Ding ding ding…”
A familiar beeping sound came from the radio. Hu Lian listened to the familiar movement and a smile appeared on his face, although he didn't understand what it meant.
“Ding ding ding…”
Around the radio station, several soldiers stood holding tarpaulins with candles lit under them. Under the dim candlelight, the signalmen were busy .
"Sir, the bombardment is expected to begin in five minutes, and the duration will be eight to ten minutes. This is the last support from the artillery. The Eighth Company must move its position before daybreak!"
The signalman was holding the telegram and reporting,
"Thank you, thank you, artillery brothers!"
"Special Agents Platoon!"
Hu Lian shouted loudly,
"Here! Captain, what do you want me to do?"
The spy platoon leader hurried over to show his presence.
The fighting was intense tonight, but the special forces platoon of the 66th elite force had never had a chance to go to the battlefield, and the platoon leader could no longer hold back.
"Take the brothers and send these three brothers back! If anything happens, you don't have to come back!"
Hu Lian pointed at the three artillery signalmen and said,
"Sir, we can stay. Give us a gun and we can go to the battlefield."
The signalmen refused, as they also wanted to go to the battlefield to kill the Japanese.
"Brothers, you guys will be very useful back at the artillery. At daybreak, the enemy's planes and artillery will dominate the world. Go back! Send them away!"
Hu Lian shouted,
"Captain of the First Battalion, after six minutes of shelling, the brothers of the First Battalion will begin the attack. Enter Luodian and occupy the foothold! Is there any problem?"
Hu Lian was sorting out the odds and ends on his body and asked the battalion commander who was following him.
The Second and Third Battalions had been attacking the front positions in turns, allowing the First Battalion to gather strength. He did this for this final attack, allowing the elite First Battalion to attack Luodian in one go.
"Captain, the First Battalion will complete the mission and attack Luodian. You don't need to send a supervision team. If we can't attack Luodian, none of the 500 brothers in the First Battalion will survive the attack and will die in Luodian!"
A battalion commander shouted loudly and saluted Hu Lian.
"Old buddy, I believe in you. You attack in the front, and I will lead the other brothers behind you. Go and get ready!" Hu Lian patted the battalion commander on the shoulder.
"Captain, take care! I'm leaving first!" The battalion commander gave a standard military salute, then turned around and strode away.
"Click! Take care, old buddy!" Hu Lian looked at the back of the battalion commander and returned a standard military salute.
In fact, it was not just the battalion commander, but even Hu Lian, who was determined to die.
We had no confidence in attacking Luodian this time. The Japanese had occupied Luodian for more than twenty hours, and we didn't know how many fortifications they had built. Even with artillery support, it would be a tough battle.
Zhoujiazhai, the position of the 8th artillery company.
"Brothers, the brothers of the 33rd Brigade have approached Luodian. After working all night, I know you are very tired. But now is not the time to rest. The infantry brothers are still waiting for our artillery support. I order everyone to prepare for artillery fire; target 341, 68, scale... five scales up..."
A naked artillery officer shouted loudly, ordering the exhausted artillerymen to continue firing.
Yes, these artillerymen are very tired now. It is really physical work for them at this time. They have to move all the heavy shells out of the boxes and stuff them into the gun barrels. And turning the crank of the cannon also requires the artillerymen to use all their strength to make the gun barrel move slowly.
"Captain, we are running out of shells. When will the follow-up shells arrive?..."
The quartermaster loudly reported the consumption of artillery shells. He couldn't wait until the last shell was fired before letting the officers know that there was no more ammunition!
"We have no more shells to supply. We will retreat after we finish the fight! Daybreak is almost here!"
The officer looked at the sky and muttered to himself.
The moon that had been pouring moonlight on the earth all night seemed to be disgusted with the killing on earth and was slowly hiding at this moment...
“Squeak…”
All the artillery guns were making squeaking sounds, and the artillery brothers were working hard to adjust the bombardment parameters, waiting for the bombardment to begin!
"Clang! Clang!" The sound of the breech block closing continued to ring out.
"A good one!"
"Good for the second gate!"
…
As the artillery shouted, the muzzle of the 77mm field gun of the 8th Artillery Company pointed south, ready to roar!
"Fire at full speed! Bomb those damn devils to death..."
"fire!"
"fire!"
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!"
Not only the 77mm field artillery, but the heavy mortar platoon of the 11th Division was also firing continuously to cover the attacking 66th and 65th Regiments. In the darkness before dawn, the landing shells kept blooming in Luodian like fireworks. In the rumbling explosion, mud and broken limbs kept floating in the flames.
"superior!"
The shelling was still going on. The officers and soldiers of the 66th Regiment, who had advanced to the vicinity of Luodian, launched an attack on Luodian under the order of their officers while the shelling was still going on.
The sound of gunfire resounded throughout the battlefield, and the brothers of the 33rd Brigade leaped forward and charged in company and platoon units amid the flames.
The Japanese in the Songhu area were mentally prepared for the Chinese army's night attack. The Japanese officers in Luodian roared and ordered the defensive troops to fight back desperately, trying to stop the attacking national army as much as possible and wait for reinforcements after dawn.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
"Da da da……"
“Boom boom boom…”
The shelling had stopped, but the Japanese's grenade launchers and the Kuomintang's cheap wooden-handled grenades continued to explode. The entire Luodian was divided by the 66th and 60th Regiments that broke in from the left and right. In the darkness, the Japanese had no idea how many Kuomintang troops had attacked, and the sound of gunfire was like popping beans.
