Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 85: Luodian fell (Part 1)!
No one dared to charge under the fire of heavy machine guns, the power of which had been proven as early as World War I, unless the enemy had run out of bullets.
"Captain, the casualties are in. More than 400 of our brothers have died in the bombing and hand-to-hand combat!"
A tired officer reported to Zhu Dingqing, the commander of the 65th Regiment.
"I think the situation is similar with Hu Lian. Let the brothers hide on the spot and rescue the wounded. I'll go find the brigade commander!"
Zhu Dingqing sighed, shook his head and walked towards the brigade headquarters.
"Replenishment? How can I provide you with reinforcement? Look at my guard company, half of them are gone, and I haven't even provided any reinforcements!"
As soon as Zhu Dingqing stepped into the brigade headquarters, he heard Ye Peigao's roar .
"Brigade Commander, since we set foot on the Songhu battlefield until now, our regiment has suffered more than half casualties! If we don't replenish them, the veterans of the 66th Regiment will be exhausted, and then our combat effectiveness will be gone!"
Hu Lian had a sad face and stayed at the command center without moving.
"Zhu Dingqing, come in if you are here. I was looking for you! Tell Hu Lian, is the 65th Regiment better than them? Why can't you, Hu Lian, fight anymore? Look at Captain Zhu?"
Ye Peigao pointed directly at Zhu Dingqing who had just entered the room and began to teach Hu Lian a lesson.
"Commander, I..."
Zhu Dingqing was just about to say that he also wanted to add something, but he was interrupted by the brigade commander before he could say a word.
"No need to say anything else, hurry back and reorganize the team. The Japanese have calmed down, it's our turn. Damn, the Japanese are crazy, they actually attack at night! I have to teach them how to fight at night."
Ye Peigao cursed and didn't let Zhu Dingqing speak. He directly drove the two regiment commanders out.
"Old Zhu! Your casualties are not serious? You don't need any more? When did you become so tolerant?" Hu Lian asked Zhu Dingqing angrily.
"Brother Hu, do you think I had a chance to speak after I entered? I only managed to say half a sentence before the brigade commander chased me out..."
The two regiment commanders left the brigade headquarters, chatted for a while in front of the brigade headquarters, took two deep puffs of their cigarettes, and then rushed into the pouring rain.
"Brother Chen, in this situation, are you going back to die?"
In the ruins beside the small street, Chen Hua and a brother were trembling. They saw the Japanese attack with their own eyes. From the battle to the Japanese retreat, they dared not move. Sure enough, the Japanese defense line was full of heavy machine guns. If the two of them dared to go over, they would probably be shot into sieves.
"Damn it, do you think Feng E and the others are dead? Did they escape after the Japanese launched such a large-scale search?" Chen Hua and this brother were talking in each other's ears amidst the wind and rain.
"I don't know. If we escape, we should come back. Let's go back over there and wait!"
The brother pointed to the 33rd Brigade's defense line across the alley.
"Walk!"
After hesitating , Chen Hua realized that there was no way he could cross the line of fire to find Feng E. Staying here was also very dangerous, so he might as well go back behind the defense line and wait.
The nine men of the Death Squad returned to the 33rd Brigade's defense line from two directions. The storm was so fierce that their footsteps were perfectly hidden and no one knew they were back.
“Boom boom boom…”
“Chirp, chirp…”
On the defense line where the two sides were facing each other, the Japanese's heavy machine guns were firing aimlessly at the rain curtain, and occasionally a pale flare was launched into the sky. The Japanese were afraid that the 11th Division would launch a counterattack in the rainy night. This kind of weather was beneficial to the attacking troops because they could sneak into the defense line unscrupulously and then defeat the defenders one by one with bayonets.
"The devil is so fucking rich!"
Feng E was lying in a bomb crater, his feet were full of rainwater. In less than an hour, the violent rainstorm had filled all the bomb craters with water.
"Now is a good time to attack. The Japanese fired flares, which proves that they have no intention of attacking. When they stop firing flares, that will be dangerous. Keep an eye on them. If the flares are gone, call me!"
Feng E said this and then closed his eyes in the heavy rain. He was eager to get some rest...
"What? The Japs are firing flares all the time?"
At the 33rd Brigade headquarters, Ye Peigao also received the news and sat on a stool, pinching his teeth.
"How are the brothers doing?" Ye Peigao asked.
"The battle just now consumed the remaining strength of the brothers. Now it's raining so hard. If we stay in the ruins and bomb craters any longer, I'm afraid that more than half of them will fall ill tomorrow. The ginger soup from the kitchen team can't be delivered now!"
The staff officer knew what Ye Peigao wanted to know and answered with a frown.
The Japs' flares seemed to be free and were constantly launched into the air. In this situation, Ye Peigao knew that attacking would be suicide, but if they dragged it out any longer, the brothers' strength would be exhausted in the storm, and they would not be able to attack even if the Japs stopped firing flares, not to mention that they had to guard against the Japs' attack.
"Commander, why don't we retreat? One kilometer back, there are our well-equipped field fortifications, and the brothers can take shelter from the rain and recover their strength!"
The chief of staff hesitated and gave suggestions on behalf of Ye Peigao.
"Wouldn't that mean Luodian would be completely lost? We are already on the edge!" Ye Peigao said.
"The 67th Division in the south is still guarding the small hall. It has not been completely lost yet. When the rain stops and the brothers recover their strength, they can fight back. In addition, after daybreak, the 31st Brigade should also return to the base. By then, we will have more capital in our hands. It is still unclear whether the Japanese can hold on to Luodian!"
"Well, connect me to the division headquarters!"
Ye Peigao thought for a while and finally made up his mind.
Xiaotangzi, in the storm, the Japanese launched another attack. Lieutenant Colonel Wang Hualin, deputy commander of the 401st Regiment, died in the bloody battle, and the Xiaotangzi position of the 401st Regiment was lost again.
"What? The little hall is lost?"
At the 67th Division Headquarters, Lieutenant General Li Shusen looked at the officer who came to report in shock.
"Yes, the Japanese launched an attack in the rainstorm, and the brothers were caught off guard. Captain Wang was killed in the bloody battle!"
The officer with a bandage on his head lowered his head, and Commander Li's expression was obviously not good.
"Damn it! Close combat and night combat were originally our army's magic weapons. Now we are being attacked by the Japanese. Are we still not able to fight back?" Li Shusen was pounding the table with his hands, thinking...
"Order: All the remaining people from the 398th Regiment, the Guard Battalion, and the 401st Regiment, follow me and attack. We must capture Luodian. The Japs want to fight at night, and I will fight them to the end! Dang!"
General Li Shusen slammed his fist heavily on the wooden table and spoke viciously.
“Kill!”
In the storm, the Japanese in Xiaotangzi had no time to set up a new line of defense, and they didn't even have time to clean up the battlefield. The commander of the 67th Division, Lieutenant General Li Shusen, personally led his troops to counterattack in the rainstorm. In the storm, the Japanese faced a huge advantage in manpower and could not hold on at all, and retreated in embarrassment!
"Chase them for me, drive them out!" Lieutenant General Li Shusen stared at the helmet, waved his pistol and continued to chase...
