Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 93: Natives!
The clouds in the sky slowly dispersed, and the accumulated rain seemed to have all poured out, and the drizzle that had been filling Luodian disappeared.
Yes, it disappeared suddenly, even the sun couldn't wait to show up, and bursts of white mist began to emanate from the earth, carrying thick water vapor, slowly rising into the sky, until it turned into nothingness again and drifted away in the wind.
Feng E didn't listen to Zhao Liang's advice in the end. Chen Hua, who hadn't completed the mission, didn't dare to return. Instead, he squatted in the individual bunker like his brothers, enjoying the sun's warmth on his wet clothes...
"In half an hour at most, this fog will disappear. Then it will be miserable!"
Feng E felt the sun in the sky, filled with melancholy, because the Japs had not reacted at all until now, which meant that they were also waiting for the fog to dissipate. Compared with the Chinese defenders, the Japs preferred to have a good line of sight so that their planes, cannons, tanks and other equipment could exert their power and bully the poor Chinese defenders.
“Buzz buzz buzz…”
A huge roar was heard in the gradually dispersing clouds. Looking up, the plane below the clouds gradually became clear in Feng E's eyes, and the plaster flag on the fuselage was shining with a dazzling light.
"The plane is here, life or death is up to fate!"
Feng E shouted loudly, and then he got on all fours like an ostrich, with his head lowered, quietly waiting for the bombing of the Japanese planes!
"Boom, boom..."
The sound of explosion of bombs landing on the ground was heard, and feeling the roar in his ears, Feng E discovered that it was not himself who was bombed, but the 67th Division to the west, and the direction of Tanjiaqiao further behind.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
Feng E was just happily thanking all the gods and Buddhas, but the bombing came immediately. The shells whistled through the air and slammed into the positions of the 31st Brigade , those positions that had been tested by the Japanese.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
The shells exploded as they hit the ground, destroying everything within the blast range. Grass and trees were broken, and the explosion stirred up earth and rocks all over the sky.
"Damn, the Japs are so rich! 120mm cannons, 105mm howitzers, 100mm..."
"Fuck, why is the 75mm one joining in?"
Feng E had no other options except praying to the gods and Buddhas to prevent him from being blown up. The only way he could pass the hellish time was to identify the possible caliber of the Japanese artillery shells.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
The Japs' infantry offensive tactics focused on artillery bombardment. As for the infantry charge, it only tested the courage of the attackers. Coincidentally, the Japs' militarist education made ordinary soldiers not lacking in courage.
“Cough cough cough…”
The intense bombing continued, and the pungent smoke, with the help of the shock wave, penetrated every pore and filled the entire battlefield.
"ah!"
With his mouth opened, Feng E shouted wildly. Now he was like meat on a sticky board, all he could do was wait and see when the enemy's artillery shells would come to take his life.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
The bombardment of large-caliber heavy artillery finally stopped, and it was ended by sporadic shells from 75mm mountain artillery. Feng E's ears were buzzing now, and he didn't notice that the shelling had stopped at all, and he was still roaring in his individual bunker.
The diffuse smoke and dust blocked Feng E's vision. He was now completely deaf and blind. The Japanese soldiers who were preparing to attack had already appeared 500 meters away. They bent over, took frequent steps, and began to rush towards the defense line of the 31st Brigade...
"ah!"
"My legs!"
"Kill me, I can't see; kill me..."
On the nearby positions, screams were heard everywhere. A large number of soldiers from the remaining infantry companies that had deployed a large number of troops on the front line were killed in the explosion. The fields were full of large and small holes, which were the traces left by the bombing by the Japanese artillery shells.
If someone took aerial photos, they would find that there were obviously more potholes on the position of the 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 62nd Regiment than in other places. It seemed that the Japanese still believed the speculation that this was the main position of the Chinese defenders. After all, they were used to using their own soldiers to measure the intensity of the defenders' firepower.
"Carry the casualties away, and the rest of you, organize your equipment and repair the fortifications. Hurry up..."
The company's position was not able to escape. Although it was only two hundred meters away, many shells still fell here. Zhao Liang had already climbed out of the trench and organized the soldiers to redeploy.
"I hope he can survive!"
Looking ahead at the densely packed bullet craters, Zhao Liang felt a chill on his back. If he had not followed Feng E's advice, there would probably not be many people left in the company.
"Squad leader, take your brothers to the front to see if Feng E is still alive? Bring him back to me, I want to see him alive or dead!"
Zhao Liang gritted his teeth and decided to send out his officers to see what was going on ahead!
"Yes!" The squad leader was a veteran. He led six of his fellow soldiers out of the trench and ran toward the bomb crater ahead...
“Hoo, hoo, hoo…”
Feng E, who was crawling in the individual bunker, was still panting heavily, but he had already raised his head because the roar in his ears was gradually getting smaller and his eyes could not penetrate the diffuse dust...
"call!"
Feng E leaned sideways and put his ear to the ground. This was the only way he could confirm whether the Japanese were still shelling.
"Fuck you! You finally stopped!"
Feng E muttered, raised the rifle in his hand, and put his eyes behind the sniper scope. In the hazy reality, his eyes penetrated the tiny dust flying in the air, and the ugly face of the devil four hundred meters away came into his eyes...
"Big guy Min, are you dead? If you're not dead, then get back to work!"
Feng E raised his head to the right, looking at the individual bunker of Big Min. They were lucky that the shells did not hit the individual bunker directly, but there were still many craters around them...
"What? What did you say?"
Big Min raised his head from the individual shelter, and as he moved, countless dried dust fell from his military uniform.
"The Japs are coming up, get ready to fire!"
Feng E pointed forward and tried his best to ruin his voice.
"Um!"
I don’t know whether Min Da Ge heard or understood Feng E’s actions. He nodded and moved the machine gun outside the bunker.
“Crack!”
Machine gun bullets flew up and his eyes were fixed forward.
"Um?"
"Erdan, are you dead?" He seemed to remember something and called out to his ammunition handler. In the explosion just now, he and the ammunition handler were separated to prevent the Japanese from killing both of them with one shot.
"I'm here?"
The ammunition carrier popped his head out from outside the individual shelter and reminded Big Min that he was still alive.
"How come you're so fast?" Big Min asked in surprise.
"Haha, I started crawling like this when the Japanese shelling stopped!" The ammunition man's face could no longer be seen. He was completely covered in dust and looked like a complete native. If it weren't for his eyes and occasionally exposed teeth, Big Min would definitely have thought that he had just escaped from underground.