Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 81 The storm is coming!
The noise of the Japanese collapsing the ruins reached Feng E's ears very clearly. He and six brothers were lying in the ruins nearby, not daring to move. Feng E even took out his bayonet, ready to start fighting!
"puff……"
A large amount of rubble, wood and soil fell from the sky, completely covering the people in the ruins.
"Well!"
It seemed that some brothers were injured, but he still endured it, gritting his teeth and trying to persevere...
"Thank God!"
Feng E endured the pain in his back and finally saved his life. Unless the Japanese cleared out the entire ruins, their lives would be saved. I just don’t know if the brothers were injured?
On the ruins, the Japanese continued their search without stopping because of the sudden collapse of the ruins...
Several Japanese soldiers were half-crouching on the ground. One of them took out a grenade, smashed it on a steel helmet with a bang, and then threw it into a half-collapsed house. The Japanese didn't dare to go into the messy space inside , for fear that the house would collapse again and bury them inside!
"boom!"
Broken debris and smoke burst out.
“Squeak…”
The house made terrifying noises and seemed like it might collapse again at any moment.
"Go! It's going to collapse!"
The Japanese soldiers didn't bother to search the house any more. They just wanted to get away from the house. They bent over, held their guns, and left.
The ruins were not big, but several Japanese teams cleaned them up completely in less than an hour. They basically checked every ruin, but found nothing but ruins.
"The Chinese should have retreated to the other side!"
After receiving the report, the Japanese officer was busy guessing what was happening, then he waved to the logistics personnel, indicating that it was safe. A large group of Japanese soldiers carried the screaming Japanese wounded through the ruins and transported them to the field hospital behind.
Feng E successfully hid under the cover of mud and rubble, but now they could not move. They endured the mud in their mouths and noses, looking forward to the arrival of night.
What Feng E didn't know was that Chen Hua had come back again. When they were crossing the small street, they encountered the attacking devils. The two brothers were now lying in the ditch beside the street, also praying for darkness...
In the southern part of Luodian, Colonel Zhu Zhixi, commander of the 401st Regiment of the 67th Division, was ordered to rush to Luodian for support and counterattack Luodian from Xiaotangzi with the 398th Regiment.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
The 398th and 401st Regiments gathered all the remaining mortars and bombarded the small hall desperately, trying to destroy the enemy's defenses before they could break up at night.
“Kill!”
The officer roared and led a large number of soldiers to launch a charge. This was the tragedy of the Chinese army. In the offensive operations, except for the pitiful cannon fodder cover at the beginning, they could only rely on the charge of brave soldiers and the lives of human beings to force the Japs into hand-to-hand combat, and then take down the position by exchanging lives.
“Go, go…”
"Da da da……"
“Bang, bang, bang…”
Under the cover of machine guns, the brave soldiers kept charging forward. Soon, the soldiers of the two regiments drove out less than a squad of the Japanese devils from the small hall. The officers continued to order the soldiers forward and rushed into the southern part of Luodian Town, engaging in street fighting with the Japanese devils.
"Captain, please ask for artillery support. The enemy's machine gun position is too tricky. Our brothers have suffered heavy casualties and cannot attack!"
An officer with a bandage on his head ran back with his back bent to report the latest situation to Zhu Zhixi.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
At this time, the Japanese support arrived. Mountain artillery, infantry guns, and mortars fiercely bombarded the positions that the National Army had just captured. Large groups of brothers were blown into the sky in the ruins.
"Damn it, there is artillery support over there, and our mortars are out of shells!" Zhu Zhixi was angry and yelled at his battalion commander.
"Captain, let's retreat! Retreat to the small hall and attack again at night! The enemy's firepower is too strong, our brothers are dying in vain!"
“Captain…”
The officers under his command could not bear the huge casualties and all gave advice to Zhu Zhixi.
"Guard Company, follow me!" Zhu Zhixi shouted, and decided to lead the guard company to charge personally. In his mind, the battle line should be advanced at least 400 meters, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the division commander.
“Go!”
The regiment commander personally led the guard company up, and the brothers at the front line roared, bent over and charged towards the Japanese.
"Da da da……"
“Boom boom boom…”
The roaring sounds of the Type 99 and Type 92 rifles continued. The Japanese machine gunner's ferocious face was roaring and he kept pulling the trigger of the machine gun.
"Puff puff……"
The brothers who were charging were covered in blood and fell convulsively on the ruins. The brothers behind them tried to crawl on the ground through the machine gun fire area and use grenades to kill the Japanese.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
The Japs' grenade launchers and mortars began firing, pouring shells onto the ruins. Amid the flying shrapnel, the soldiers' screams could be heard from among the rubble.
five minutes later……
"Captain, we can't fight! Let's retreat! Let the Japanese attack!"
Deputy head of the group Wang Hualin's lips were trembling as he tried to persuade Zhu Zhixi. He was so heartbroken!
As the deputy regiment commander, he had seen dead bodies before, but such a fast death rate really shocked him. In the previous charge, an entire company was wiped out in less than ten minutes. With this rate of attrition, their regiment would be wiped out after only a few charges.
"Hey! Retreat, let the brothers retreat back to the small hall."
Zhu Zhixi sighed helplessly, then ordered the troops to retreat.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
The brothers of the 67th Division withdrew from the street fighting, and the Japanese pressed on, bombarding with mortars and grenade launchers, approaching the small hall step by step, trying to drive the 67th Division out again...
"Hold on, this is our last position, we must defend it!"
The commanders of the two regiments did not stay behind, but personally guarded the second-line positions and directed the battle nearby!
"Da da da……"
“Bang, bang, bang…”
The firing sounds of the Czech machine guns were intermittent, but the firing sounds of the Hanyang and Zhongzheng rifles did not stop. After all, the 67th Division was not the most loyal of the loyal. The Zhongzheng, as the best rifle of the National Army, did not have such a large production volume. On the Anti-Japanese battlefield, more brothers still used the Hanyang rifle, and even in the wrong places, the old sleeves and single-shot rifles were still used in large quantities.
At this time, the 33rd Brigade was in the southern part of Luodian, building a defense line along the Luoliu Highway to block the Japanese attack. The 31st Brigade had not yet returned to the base, and the 33rd Brigade, which had suffered heavy casualties, was no longer able to attack.
No one knows when the wind stopped over Luodian, dark clouds continued to gather, and the air was terribly stuffy. In this dull atmosphere, the Japanese artillery bombardment made the Chinese army brothers even more depressed, like a big stone pressing on their chests.
"The storm is coming, and God is helping us!"
Ye Peigao pointed at the dark clouds in the sky and a smile appeared on his face.
"Brigade Commander, I will ask Zhu Dingqing and Hu Lian to make preparations. We must drive the Japanese out of Luodian tonight!" The deputy brigade commander understood Ye Peigao's meaning and strode towards the front line.
