Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 77 The real power of command (Part 1)!
Since setting out from Nanjing, the Death Squad composed of criminal soldiers has not really put up a good fight. In the Battle of Luodian, they obeyed orders and fought desperately. However, after the battle, more than 80% of them left forever, and those who died in battle did not get anything. In this battle, what was lost was not just a few hundred brothers, but the confidence of the remaining brothers of the Death Squad, the confidence to successfully get rid of the identity of criminal soldiers. In the eyes of these remaining people, they were just used as cannon fodder by those officials, and it was free cannon fodder at that.
"We are all men who have died several times. Once we make a promise, it cannot be changed. If anyone dares to rebel, don't blame me for twisting his head off."
Big Min roared fiercely, showing the value of a veteran.
"Um!"
All the brothers remained silent, but confirmed their choice in their hearts. Their eyes were full of determination and they were rejuvenated. They now felt that Feng E had the same status as them, so at least he would not treat them as cannon fodder.
It is unknown how many Japanese soldiers are attacking Luodian. Two Japanese squads and a tank were completely wiped out in the ruins where Feng E was. The unwilling Japanese soldiers regrouped their forces, and a reorganized squadron successfully swept the area. However, the following situation caused heavy losses to the Japanese soldiers again. The difficulty of taking Luodian far exceeded their expectations.
"General, a squadron of the 44th Regiment encountered obstacles again, with losses exceeding 40%. The Chinese army's resistance is very tenacious. Should we continue to increase our forces to attack?"
At the 22nd Brigade headquarters, Major General Yoshikatsu Kuroiwa was sitting in a tent watching the development of the battle. It took his entire brigade half a day to take over the tiny place of Luodian, so he had to re-examine the battle situation.
"Have the Chinese sent more troops? In addition to the 11th Division, what other unit is there?" Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu asked with a frown.
"So far, the number of the 67th Division has appeared again. They should be the remnants of the troops that retreated from Luodian last time."
A staff officer reported:
"Dispatch two squadrons, equip them with two tanks, and take over this area. We must drive the Chinese out of Luodian today!"
Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu ordered,
"Hayi!"
As an officer strode away, soon more than 400 Japanese soldiers armed to the teeth crossed the Qilian River under the cover of two tanks and headed straight for Luodian, which was filled with smoke.
Behind the tanks, two squadrons of Japanese soldiers were carrying a large number of grenade launchers and mortars, and more importantly, two Type 92 infantry guns.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
A large number of mortar shells fell in the ruins. The Japanese reinforcements arrived only two hours later and launched an attack without delay.
“Squeak, squeak…”
The teeth-grinding sound of tanks rang out again outside the ruins. The tank tracks rolled over the messy ruins. The Japanese infantry did not clean up the ruins. The tanks rushed towards the ruins regardless of anything. Behind them, there were a large number of Japanese infantry.
"beat!"
“Bang, bang, bang…”
"Da da da……"
The remaining infantrymen pulled the bolts of their guns desperately, and the remaining Czech machine guns also began to fire, and the violent rain of bullets hit the Japanese tanks.
“Dangdangdang…”
“Boom boom boom…”
Countless sparks were flying, but the tank was not affected by the will of these brothers. The engine roared and it rolled over the ruins regardless of anything. The machine gun on the tank kept spewing flames at the ruins.
"Captain, we can't hit them! The enemy's iron shell is too hard, our bullets can't penetrate it at all!"
A brother cried and roared helplessly.
"Stop fighting, organize a death squad and blow up the damn thing!"
The officers' shouts rang out. After the battle just now, they had few brothers left, but these people were not afraid at all. They silently prepared grenades, explosive packs and other things, lying in the ruins and waiting silently.
"The suicide squad stay here! The rest of you retreat and get the enemy tanks here!"
"Walk!"
Apart from the death squad, not many people could retreat. An officer and five of his men bent over and crawled back...
“Bang, bang, bang…”
The Japanese soldiers following behind the tanks would occasionally stick their heads out to shoot. Bullets whistled everywhere, the air was torn apart with a sizzling sound, and the rubble in the ruins flew everywhere. The newly formed suicide squad was trapped in the ruins and dared not move at all.
“Boom boom boom…”
“Squeak!”
The Japanese tank stopped two hundred meters in front of the ruins, with the turret rotating and the black muzzle pointing towards the ruins.
"Don't just run, shoot back to attract the enemy. We can't let the brothers in the suicide squad be exposed!"
the officer shouted, then stopped where he was and began shooting.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
"Da da da……"
The roars of Zhongzheng rifles and Czech machine guns rang out. They had just left their original position less than a hundred meters away, but had already entered Feng E's field of vision.
"Hmm? The devils are coming?"
Feng E jumped up with a start and looked in the direction where the gunshots came from.
“Puff…”
A remnant soldier who was lying down and shooting was hit by the Japanese bullet and lost his life right under Feng E's nose.
"Damn it, this won't work. If they keep running like this, none of them will be able to escape!" Feng E muttered and raised his rifle.
"ah!"
The soreness in his arms made Feng E feel a little overwhelmed. The hand-to-hand combat just now was too brutal, and his body could not be fully recovered by just one hour of sleep.
"boom!"
"Big Min, fire the machine gun. Don't save bullets. Shoot at full speed. Change the firing position once every half a magazine."
Feng E shouted loudly while shooting.
"yes!"
"Da da da……"
Over 400 meters away, Czech machine guns rained bullets at the Japanese. After traveling 400 meters, the bullets landed on the Japanese tanks, or whizzed past the Japanese and over their heads...
"idiot!"
The sudden machine gun fire made the Japanese officers angry. The ruins on which they had poured so much firepower turned out to be a bait for the Chinese. After the Chinese repelled the Imperial Army here, they actually ran away?
"Fortunately, we didn't run far. We retreated two hundred meters? It seems that the Chinese army didn't dare to give up too many defense lines!"
"Kill him!"
The Japanese officer talked to himself, and then ordered the tanks to continue the attack.
“Wuwuwu…”
The tank's engine continued to roar, and a squad of Japanese soldiers crossed the tank, bent down and moved forward to search the ruins.
"The Japs' Iron Turtle is coming, but there's a squad of Japs ahead of them, get ready!"
The death squad members who stayed in the ruins reminded each other, and then slowly crawled in the ruins one by one...
"Brother, I'm sorry!"
A member of the suicide squad turned over the body of a fellow soldier who had died in the ruins two hours ago, and pressed himself on top of it. He then brought over another Japanese soldier's body , and set up a scene of a fight to the death. He hid under the two bodies, facing the ruins...
Not only this one suicide squad member was doing this, all the surviving suicide squad members were doing this. They had already made up their minds that they would die and only wanted to blow up the Japanese tanks.
