Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 6 The Devil is Coming
In fact, the company commander also knew that without complete field fortifications, if the Japanese really came, with only more than 150 people, even the veterans would not be able to hold out for more than half an hour.
"No matter what, let's all go into town and find a sturdy house to use as shelter! Put the machine guns on the roof and block the entrance to the town! Quick!"
The company commander looked at the dark town behind him. There was no resident. If the Japanese hadn't come, he would have been reduced to a soldier at most. If the Japanese came, this would be the life-saving shelter for his brothers!
"One row, east! Two rows, west! Three rows, find cover on both sides of the road; spread out, don't gather in groups!"
The company commander was obviously a veteran. He must have experienced fierce street fighting and knew that in street fighting, the troops must be dispersed in order to have flexible defense. If they all gathered together, the town would probably be lost after a few shells from the Japanese!
"Bang, bang..."
The sound of smashing windows continued to be heard, and the brothers who rushed into the houses used the butts of their guns to savagely destroy the houses so that their shooting range would be clear enough.
"Feng E, Li Chenglin, the two of you go upstairs!" The platoon leader shouted loudly, baring his yellow teeth.
The first row was on the east side, and the platoon leader led a squad of brothers into a two-story building on the east side of the town. The first floor was made of blue bricks, and the second floor was built purely of wood. The brick wall on the first floor was relatively thick, and the brothers savagely destroyed several windows on the first floor.
“Dengdengdengdeng…”
There were continuous footsteps sounds on the wooden stairs against the wall. Feng E and another brother rushed to the second floor. The second floor was basically made of wood. It was estimated that the house was built twice.
“Crack!”
While Feng E was still in a daze, Li Chenglin had already smashed open the two windows on the second floor. Looking out of the windows, the avenue and cotton fields in the north of the town were within their sight.
“It’s a great place to shoot a black gun!”
Li Chenglin muttered and began to move the tables and windows on the second floor, trying to make the wall in front of him thicker. He was creating a shelter for himself!
"Yes! It's easy for us to see the enemy, but it's even easier for the enemy to see us!"
Feng E sighed, shook his head and sat down; in Feng E's mind, this guy was a living coffin, and when the Japanese fired their weapons, the first ones to be killed would definitely be the two of them.
“Bang, bang, bang!”
Li Chenglin knocked on the wooden wall on the second floor, making a crisp sound.
"Fuck, even a rifle can penetrate this wall, what can I do? Shall we go down?"
Li Chenglin stopped his busy work and sat down on the ground in dejection. Only now did he understand that the platoon leader with yellow teeth was simply sending himself to death!
"Why don't you try? The company commander and platoon leader are both angry now. If they kill you for disobeying military orders, don't blame me for not reminding you!" Feng E said indifferently.
"What should we do?" Li Chenglin asked.
"What should we do? Let's try our luck! It's not necessarily safe down there. If the Japanese really open fire, this town will be reduced to ruins. What's the point of trying so hard?"
Feng E recalled the noise they felt on the road. That kind of heavy artillery could not be stopped by human power. If it fell into this small town, it would be a devastating blow to the hundred or so people there!
" Kacha , kacha... Little brother, what have you done wrong? How come you are sent to the Death Squadron at such a young age?"
Li Chenglin asked casually while loading bullets into his Zhongzheng rifle.
"Desertion," Feng E answered simply. His hands were not idle either. He was taking out a scope from the small bag on his back and carefully installing it on his rifle.
"Fuck, you weren't executed on the spot, you're lucky enough! My name is Li Chenglin, I'm from the Northeast Army, and I killed two people for a bite of food. Damn, I have to kill twenty enemies and go through two bloody battles to be exempted from punishment. I don't even know if I can accomplish this before I die. What about you?" Li Chenglin chatted enthusiastically, looking very familiar.
"One hundred enemies and three bloody battles," Feng E replied with a frown.
"Fuck, little brother, you're awesome!" Upon hearing this, Li Chenglin realized that the other party was even more miserable than himself. If he were in this situation, he would probably choose to die early and reincarnate soon!
"Little brother, how many times have you been on the battlefield?" There was silence on the second floor for dozens of seconds. Li Chenglin noticed that Feng E didn't speak, and then asked.
"It's my first time on the battlefield!" Feng E's answer was still simple.
"Then how did you become a deserter?" Li Chenglin's surprised voice sounded.
"I am a student of military academy!" Feng E stopped here, his eyes seemed a little empty.
"Oh! I see. You are really bullshitting. Why are you a deserter from the military academy? I didn't ask you to charge into the battlefield..."
The two people upstairs were chatting intermittently. Li Chenglin was talking most of the time, and Feng E only replied occasionally. However, this Northeastern man did not seem to have any intention of stopping, until shouts were heard from the dark town entrance.
"Who? Which department?"
The hoarse and loud voice of the sentry who went forward rang out at the dark entrance of the town. His voice could probably be heard within a radius of fifty meters. Ever since the members of the Death Squadron entered the house, no sound was heard from them.
"boom!"
A crisp response broke the silence with the sound of wind tearing through the air, hitting the houses at the entrance of the town, bringing up a pile of mud. Most of the houses in the town had walls made of clay and thatch, which the Japanese rifle bullets could not penetrate!
"The devils are coming!"
The sentry's shrill voice rang out, and then he lay on the ground and crawled back using his hands and feet!
“Bang, bang, bang…”
“Da da da…da da…”
The sounds of rifle fire and the roar of Czech light machine guns suddenly became loud, and the howling god of death began to shuttle through the dark night sky. Although the sky was already turning pale, no one could see anything now!
“Bang, bang, bang…”
“Da da da…da da…”
The Japs were not fools either, and the roars of Type 38 rifles and Type 99 rifles followed closely.
"Puff puff……"
Bullets flew back and forth in the night sky, shattering tiles, penetrating window frames, or embedding in clay walls, occasionally hitting blue bricks and stones, creating sparks.
"ah!"
Less than ten seconds after the gunshots rang out, screams were finally heard inside and outside the town, and casualties finally occurred.
The first company of the Death Battalion had just arrived at Luodian, and the Japanese who had passed through the Chuansha defense line were also in a hurry, without any heavy weapons. The Japanese intelligence showed that there was no national army defense here! Unexpectedly, no one was prepared. In the stunned expressions of both sides, the battle unfolded in the exchange of fire. The difference was that the brothers of the Death Battalion had a bunker after all, while the Japanese could only lie on the field to resist!
"How many devils are there?"
The roar of the company captain sounded, and he was now eager to know how many enemies they would face.
"have no idea."
"Stop firing the machine guns and bring the devils closer before shooting. Riflemen, don't shoot if you're not sure. We don't have many bullets!"
The company commander, Chen Sheng, was so anxious that his face turned pale. Each member of his death squad only had 50 rounds of ammunition. If they wasted them in the exchange of fire, what would they do when daybreak came? Would they start a bayonet fight right from the start?
