Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 72 Morale
The sound of gunfire continued in Luodian. The Japanese had not stopped their attack since morning. They gradually swept across most areas of Luodian. After receiving support from the 67th Division, the 11th Division managed to stabilize its defense line and continued to fight with the Japanese in the central part of Luodian.
The remaining criminals of the Death Squad huddled in the ruins of the courtyard. No one spoke a word. They all hung their heads and let their bodies lie on the ground.
" Zilla!"
Finally someone struck a match and lit a cigarette, followed by the second, the third...
Until the end, everyone had a cigarette in their hands. Of course, Feng E didn't light it at this time. He was concentrating on tying his leggings. The previous fight had loosened his leggings!
"Feng E, would you like one?"
Chen Hua handed over a cigarette. Feng E looked at the cigarette box on the ground. It was obvious that the cigarettes came from the Japanese. These people did not leave anything behind when they cleaned up the battlefield.
"Can't you take turns to smoke? With this smoke, if the Japanese fire a shell, we'll all be doomed." Feng E frowned and said,
"Come if you want! You'll die sooner or later anyway!" Big Min said nonchalantly.
"Commander, do you think we can still survive?" Liu Fu, a cigarette between his lips, asked in a lifeless voice what all the brothers wanted to ask.
"I don't know. I don't know if I can survive. I just know that if the devil wants our lives, we have to pay with our lives."
Feng E paused and began to answer.
In the sky above Luodian, the sun seemed to be unable to bear the killing on the ground and was quietly hiding in the clouds.
“Click, click…”
After Feng E spoke, no one spoke. Everyone's smoking frequency increased significantly, and a cigarette was almost burned to the end...
Feng E knew that he had to do something at this time, otherwise the remaining people would be useless.
"Come on, everyone, report today's results, mainly how many devils we killed by the Qilian River."
Feng E took out the list wrapped in oil paper from his arms and slowly spread it out...
In the battle with the tanks just now, they had killed a certain number of devils. Feng E was now wondering if he could even out the number of heads of those dead brothers...
"Big Teeth killed three devils, but he died..."
"I killed one, not counting the one just now..."
…
Amidst the buzz, everyone slowly reported their results. Feng E added his own and calculated them in his mind.
"It's not enough! We still need twenty-seven!"
Feng E said,
"Since the river, we have lost more than 20 brothers. I promised you that I would let every one of you go free, not counting ours. The heads of these 20 brothers alone are not enough!"
Feng E slapped the roster, looking melancholy...
"Feng E, why don't you take care of the living first? Are the ones we have enough?"
Wang Jun suggested with a worried look on his face,
"It's not enough. I alone will kill a hundred Japanese devils." Feng E retorted as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Besides, I promised you that you are the ones who are alive now. If anyone dies in battle tomorrow, you will be treated the same way. Even if you go to the underworld, you will not be able to face those dead brothers!"
Feng E said with a look of disdain,
"What should we do?" Chen Hua asked.
"It's not dark yet. Darkness is when we report casualties and count the results of the battle. You guys take a break, I'll find a solution!"
Feng E grabbed a few of the devil's grenades, picked up his rifle and slowly stood up...
"Feng E..."
"Hmm? What's the matter?" Feng E turned around and asked.
Chen Hua moved his lips, not knowing what to say. Wanted to go together? But the battle just now had already made them lose their fighting spirit, and they really didn't want to go out and face the enemy's tanks and machine guns.
"Be careful! We're waiting for you here!" Chen Hua managed to say this after a long while.
"Oh, right, the Japanese grenade launchers and Type 99 rifles, if you know how to use them, try them out now, otherwise you won't be able to use them when the time comes!" Feng E said, pointing at the pile of spoils.
"I've played with this stuff when I was in the Northeast Army. I'll teach you!" Big Min finally spoke up.
"Okay! Once you learn it, it will be useful!" After Feng E finished speaking, he crawled out of the small space formed by the ruins of the quadrangle...
"Da da da……"
“Bang, bang, bang…”
After leaving that small, self-deceiving space, the sound of gunfire from the Luodian battlefield entered his ears...
"Is it so close?" Feng E muttered, then turned to the right, bent down and started running...
In Feng E's memory, their current location was less than a hundred meters away from the small street that they could not step into. The fact that they could hear such clear gunshots here proved that the Japanese had occupied the entire northwest area of Luodian and were approaching the southeast direction of the 33rd Brigade's last position.
In fact, this was caused by the lack of battlefield information. In Ye Peigao's mind, he had already anticipated this situation!
Just two hours ago, he received a telegram from the division commander Peng Shan: the 292nd Brigade of the 98th Division was frustrated in its attack in Nanchanggou, and was attacked by the Japanese troops in Youjialou and Shenjiaqiao. The situation was critical, and he had to dispatch the 31st Brigade to rescue, so the Japanese reinforcements in Luodian were expected.
"Five rounds, fire five rounds here!"
Feng E set a goal for himself. He experimented with the best time for sniping in the ruins and watched how many bullets he had to fire without being discovered by the enemy.
"Five hundred meters, that's a bit far!"
Feng E was muttering to himself. The Japanese soldiers in the sniper scope were bending over and squatting to shoot from time to time. Opposite them should be a fully-strength company of the National Army, because there were two Czech machine guns supporting the defense line.
"boom!"
Feng E still fired.
"puff!"
The bullet missed the target and hit the ruins next to the Japanese. Feng E shook his head and pushed the bullet again.
"You never learn your lesson!"
Feng E muttered to himself and continued shooting. Perhaps the Japanese thought that the bullet came from the ruins they were attacking and did not have any suspicion towards Feng E at all.
"boom!"
"puff!"
The second shot finally hit the target. In Feng E's sniper scope, the Japanese soldier was hit in the abdomen and was lying on the ground wailing.
"No matter what, whether you live or die, this is still my head!"
Feng E muttered to himself and began to turn his gun towards the other devils...
“Bang, bang, bang…”
"Three."
After firing five bullets, Feng E muttered, and began to run forward with his back bent. He was still a little far away, five hundred meters away, and the Japs were still moving. It was a little difficult to make every shot fatal.
The Japanese's counterattack was very sharp. Basically, the entire 11th Division was attacking Luodian. The importance the Japanese attached to Luodian, a hub, exceeded the expectations of the National Army. So as long as you believe in your ability to survive, you will not have trouble finding the Japanese on this battlefield...
