Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 80 All doubts are cleared!
After sending away the wounded soldier who was not his own, Feng E took out the multi-grain cake from his clothes pocket and started to bite it bite by bite. He really couldn't swallow it, but he had to eat it. It was already past noon, and if he didn't eat something now, he would definitely not be able to hold on!
“Gurgle, gurgle…”
Taking out the water bottle from his back, Feng E took a big gulp of cold water, swallowed the multi-grain cake that he had chewed into a mush, and then continued.
"You should also hurry up and eat something! Let's see if Chen Hua will come back with new orders!" Feng E reminded everyone.
"Eat, brothers, eat, and finish quickly so you can work better later!"
Big Min reminded everyone, and then several people sat on the ground with their backs to each other and began to eat the cold multi-grain cakes with the cold water in the kettle.
"Feng E, there are still a few Japanese lunch boxes in the ruins where we piled up the spoils. I'll go get them. They taste better than the mixed grains!"
Liu Fu's eyes sparkled as he spoke to Feng E.
"It's not safe outside, just bear with it for now! We'll talk about it at night!"
Feng E shook his head and refused. Now they were deaf and blind and had no idea what was happening outside. If they hid here like ostriches, they might run into the Japanese if they went out.
“Boom, boom…”
There were sounds of explosions near them, and the brothers who were eating looked at Feng E eagerly. These brothers were very tired and wanted to take a rest. They were afraid that Feng E would order them to go out to fight immediately.
"You guys eat first, I'll go take a look!"
Feng E stuffed the last of the multi-grain cake into his mouth. He was too lazy to chew it and swallowed it carelessly, letting the multi-grain cake hurt his fragile throat.
"Fuck, where are the people?"
On the ruins, Feng E was lying in a pile of debris, watching team after team of friendly troops retreating towards the end of the street. A large number of Japs began to clear out the remnants of the ruins one by one. The artillery fire just now was launched by the Japs in an attempt to lure the Nationalist Army out of the ruins.
Feng E began to change his angle and saw several Japanese soldiers entering the ruins from different directions and began to search the ruins...
"Damn it, I can't stay here any longer! Retreat? But if I leave, I'll die!"
Feng E muttered to himself. He couldn't think of any way to escape. He didn't expect that the situation had changed drastically after he and a few brothers had been hiding here for less than half an hour.
In fact, it really cannot be blamed the brothers of the 11th and 60th Divisions for retreating. In the northwest of Luodian, the Japanese launched a frantic attack with the support of tanks, mountain artillery, infantry guns, mortars and other weapons. All participating troops suffered heavy casualties. The Japanese have now occupied a large area of Luodian. Now only a small area in the southeast of Luodian is still in the hands of the 11th Division, and the 67th Division has been driven out of the small hall in the south of Luodian by the Japanese.
"Brothers, it's bad, the Japanese are coming. At least four teams, more than sixty people are searching this ruin. We are ready to run away!"
Feng E slowly crawled back and said to the brothers who had just finished eating and drinking.
"Feng E, you decide how to do it!"
Big Min moved his lips, then swallowed back what he was about to say, and what he said was completely different.
"Let me tell you what I just saw outside. The Japanese are advancing in large numbers, and most of our friendly forces have already withdrawn from that street." Feng E said with a frown.
"Does that mean we can't retreat back to where we are?" Big Min asked.
"It can be said that if we go out now, we will be discovered by the Japanese as soon as we show our heads, and it is almost impossible to break through with just a few of us!" Feng E shook his head and said while staring at all his brothers .
After hearing what Feng E said, the expressions of all the brothers from several households became gloomy and their faces were full of frustration. Strangely, Feng E did not hear any curses, or even any words of complaint against Feng E, as if these brothers had already accepted their fate.
"By the way, what did you want to say just now?" Feng E asked the big guy Min.
Big Min was obviously hesitant to speak just now. In such a desperate situation, what else could he not say? Feng E was giving them a chance to vent their dissatisfaction!
"Feng E, brothers have all come through the battlefields of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. We have seen death many times, but this time it is our turn. No doubt, you decide how to do it, and we brothers will listen to you!"
Big Min gritted his teeth and encouraged Feng E in a firm tone.
"I mean, how come you guys..."
Feng E gestured with his hands. He wanted to know why these people's attitudes suddenly changed, and the change was so drastic.
"hey-hey!"
Big Min scratched his head embarrassedly.
"We are all criminals. After the battle of Luodian, everyone thought we were dead and would be put in jail by our superiors that day. But after these few battles, the brothers found that you are not bad and are one of us, so..."
"Don't worry, Feng E, if anyone dares to disobey me again, I will kill him! Just give the orders!"
Big Min patted his chest and said that he would not even blink an eye even if faced with danger.
"Okay, stop talking, pack up and get ready to go!"
Feng E pointed outside, hoping to avoid the enemy's search...
Groups of six or seven Japanese soldiers, at the sergeant's signal, marched into the ruins in battle formation, holding rifles and searching for possible remnants among the collapsed houses.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
"Da da da……"
“Boom, boom…”
South of the ruins, in the direction of the small street, fierce gunfire continued.
Apart from the sound of gunfire coming from outside, there was no other movement in the ruins. Even the sound of the Japanese army's boots trampling on the ruins could not be heard. It was not that there was no sound, but that it was covered up by the sound of gunfire outside.
“Puff, puff…”
The bodies of the fallen Kuomintang soldiers occasionally appeared, and the Japanese used bayonets to repeatedly confirm their death. There seemed to be no living creatures in the ruins, including broken and mottled walls, shattered wood, and scattered stones and rubble.
“Crack!”
“Bang, bang…”
The Japanese soldier's boots stepped on something, which caused a chain reaction in the ruins. A large pile of debris made a sound and poured into the ruins under the influence of gravity ...
"idiot!"
The Japanese cursed and took mad steps, his boots clanging on the rubble beside him as he tried hard to avoid the falling debris.
"Um?"
The rest of the Japs looked around vigilantly, thinking that it was a sneak attack by the remnants of the National Army.
"Swish, swish..."
The smoke and dust slowly dissipated, and the ruins remained ruins. No Chinese defenders were seen. A few Japanese soldiers, covered in dust and shaking off the dust on their bodies, continued to search forward.
