Volume 1 Deserter's Bloodbath Chapter 97: One man’s position!
The brothers who fell into the trenches undoubtedly became names on the list of casualties, and the Japanese heads that Feng E had accumulated were also completely consumed.
"boom!"
Seeing his brothers fall at the last moment, Feng E climbed onto the trench without waiting for his sore legs to recover, pulled the bolt, loaded the bullet, and pulled the trigger.
"puff!"
The bullet pierced through the right ear of a Japanese soldier who was the ammunition handler of the Type 99 light machine gun. The violent impact force caused the entire left ear of the Japanese soldier to disappear, and a large amount of blood splattered in the air through the sniper scope.
“Boom, boom, boom…”
"Da da da……"
“Boom boom boom…”
At this time, dense gunfire sounded on their left and right. The Japanese had broken through the 30th Brigade's first-line positions and were approaching the second-line positions.
"Feng E, what should we do now? Should we let the heavy machine gun fire?"
Zhao Liang ran over. In his impression, the heavy machine gun had been silent for so long that if it fired a wave of fire at the Japanese at this time, the arrogant Japanese would definitely make them pay the price.
"How many brothers do we have?"
Feng E asked casually as he pushed the bullet up. At this moment, the only things in his eyes were the Japs on the opposite side . If the Japs continued to shoot at him, Feng E was confident that he could make them all lie down here.
"Even among the group that went out and your brothers, thirteen were killed and eleven were injured. There are still more than sixty brothers!"
Zhao Liang was stunned for a moment and replied.
The reason why there are more than sixty brothers left is that they are not in the core area of the bombing, otherwise they would have been wiped out by now.
"Hurry up and ask for help. The Japanese on the other side are not trying their best. They are waiting for artillery support. Once the gunfire on our left and right stops, I'm afraid we will face siege from three sides."
Feng E answered Zhao Liang's question, then started running in the trench with his gun. He had just fired three shots here and only killed one Japanese soldier. The Japanese soldier had discovered him, and the bullets from the rifle were getting closer and closer to him. He was the only one shooting on the position, and if he didn't move, he would have to face the Japanese soldier's grenades!
"It's not that easy to lose our positions on the left and right. The first-line position is just a cover. There are a lot of reserve troops behind the second-line position! We are not under attack, so how can I ask for reinforcements?"
Zhao Liang chased after him, shouting loudly.
"If we don't lose the defense, we will also have to face the enemy's artillery fire. The enemy may send more troops. I'm afraid we will be chosen as a breakthrough point by the enemy. By then, none of us will survive!"
Feng E found a new position and climbed on top. He didn't rush to shoot, but was carefully looking for a target. He didn't plan to shoot the Japanese machine gunners now, because the Japanese machine gunners were all hiding!
"Then I'll try!"
Zhao Liang felt his body tense. The enemy's strength was about the same as his own. If it was true as Feng E said, that the enemy didn't try their best, he was afraid that he would not be able to stop the enemy with artillery support.
Zhao Liang's only messenger ran back to the regiment headquarters in the rear, bringing Zhao Liang's request for help. This is the Chinese army. Not every position in the large position of Tanjiaqiao has a telephone. Most of the time, they rely on the judgment of the commander, or wait for the Japanese to attack before sending reinforcements.
"Tell Zhao Liang that the 4th and 7th companies on their left and right have suffered heavy casualties, the 5th and 6th companies are holding the second-line positions, and the 8th and 9th companies only have one platoon. Without reinforcements, we must stop the Japanese attack!" Regimental commander Yu Ziwen roared in the command post and sent the soldiers who were going back to the command post to ask for reinforcements.
"Captain, the First Company is worried that they can't hold on. Should we ask the Second Company to advance 200 meters forward? This way, if the First Company's position is attacked, they will be ready to provide support at any time!"
The battalion commander couldn't bear it and gave careful suggestions.
"Captain of the First Battalion, put away your little thoughts and tell Zhao Liang to hold his position. The Japanese on the opposite side of them have no artillery support and are in a much better position than the positions on their left and right!"
Yu Ziwen frowned and retorted to the battalion commander.
"There are no reinforcements, so let's hold out until dark!"
With an expression that was exactly what I expected, Zhao Liang once again found Feng E running around in the trenches.
"Do we have enough anti-gun holes?"
Feng E asked,
"enough!"
Zhao Liang nodded. All grassroots officers were fully prepared for the bombing!
"Let all the brothers get into the cave! Give me the whistle!"
"Big Min, leave the machine gun behind and follow them into the cave!"
Feng E frowned and said,
"What do you mean? You ca n't stop ! They are only 200 meters away from the position!" Zhao Liang reminded.
"These devils are waiting for their artillery support. According to the devil's nature, they will not attack before the bombing! When they can't hold on any longer, I will blow the whistle!"
Feng E stopped shooting and squatted in the trench, staring into Zhao Liang's eyes and said.
In the previous battles, Feng E had seen too many Japanese artillery bombardments. Most of his brothers died on the way to the anti-artillery holes. As long as they entered the holes, there were very few casualties, as the Japanese artillery shells were not lucky enough to hit the anti-artillery holes.
"We have too few brothers. If we continue to waste our strength in vain, we won't be able to withstand even one attack and won't be able to wait for reinforcements from the regiment!"
Feng E reminded Zhao Liang.
"Okay! The heavy machine gun officials can fire at any time. I'll keep an eye on it. If the Japanese attack, I will order the heavy machine gun to fire immediately!" Zhao Liang patted Feng E's shoulder, reminding Feng E to be careful.
"Don't worry, I'm not useless. The heavy machine gun fortification brothers dug a semi-underground bunker with wood and sandbags on top. It won't be so easy for the devils to destroy it!"
"Everyone, get into the anti-artillery cave and go!" Zhao Liang said and gave the order.
After Zhao Liang gave the order, the people of the company ran very quickly, carrying ammunition boxes and rifles, and quickly ran towards their own bunkers. Feng E was the only one left in the entire position.
"Little devil, let's play slowly!"
Now the entire position belonged to Feng E. He moved irregularly in the trenches, looking for every opportunity to shoot and kill the Japanese.
“Shit!”
Unfortunately, after several Japanese soldiers died, they retreated into bomb craters and individual shelters. Feng E was holding a rifle, not a grenade launcher or mortar, and he had no way to deal with the Japanese soldiers who did not show their heads.
"Captain, the mountain artillery squadron will provide fire support in five minutes. In addition, the battalion headquarters has provided two infantry artillery pieces, which will arrive in about ten minutes."
Six hundred meters away, at the starting position of the Japanese attacking squadron, a Japanese soldier reported to their squadron leader.
"Yoshi! The Chinese on the other side are very smart and have retreated! But under the artillery fire of the Empire of Japan, they still cannot escape the fate of being annihilated!"
"Miki Squad, Matsushita Squad, get ready, set off in five minutes, and reunite with George Squad before the bombardment ends. The squadron headquarters will advance with the heavy machine gun squad and infantry artillery after they launch the attack! We must capture the opposing position in one fell swoop!"
The Japanese squadron leader was imagining the effect of his detour to the left and right after capturing the position, as if military merit was already beckoning to him.
In fact, the Japanese overestimated the opposing defensive company. In their estimation, the Chinese defenders could defend so leisurely against a squad's probing attack, which meant that there must be at least a complete battalion on the position.
