Chapter 19: Fierce Battle
After a round of fighting, the remaining twenty or so devils were destroyed. The position was in shambles, and the bodies of some devils were blown to pieces, and the scene was terrible.
The battle had just ended, and the follow-up devils had already rushed towards the position. They were originally part of the second echelon of reinforcements, but now they are the main attacking force.
The fighters entered the positions one after another, pulled up the bolts of their guns and quickly launched a counterattack. Two heavy machine guns were erected on either side of the third trench, and after being arranged, they quickly opened fire on the front to form a crossfire.
Looking at the front of the position, the devils of the squadron had also launched an offensive formation, launching a fierce attack on the position under the cover of machine guns and grenadier groups.
"Bang!" "Bang!" ββ¦β¦β
"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"
For a time, the two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle, and all kinds of gunfire were heard endlessly.
This was the first regular battle Xiao Zhan had experienced, and it was also the battle he didn't want to experience. Xiao Zhan was helpless, the devil reacted too fast and didn't give himself a chance to retreat into the city.
Bullets "swished" from above the position, howitzers continued to fall from above, and the troops suffered certain casualties. The devil's individual soldier quality and the cooperation between the arms are really not blown, but their casualties are not small.
"Brothers, hit hard!"
"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"
On the city wall, the fire of 8 machine guns never stopped, and they carried out an effective three-dimensional defense of the positions below.
The first wave of devils fell one by one, and the devils behind followed one after another, and the battle once entered the white deterioration.
At this time, Xiao Zhan was already difficult to ride a tiger, and he could only get the troops to withdraw to the city by repelling this round of attacks from the devils, and now all he could do was to keep sniping the opponent's machine gunners to relieve the pressure on the defense.
Above the position of the city walls, the mortar group, a lieutenant shouted: "Observer, what is the distance of the devil now!?" β
"90 meters!"
"Keep reporting!"
"85 meters!"
"80 meters!"
"Ready to throw!"
"75 meters!"
"70 meters!"
When the observer shouted 70 meters, the lieutenant shouted: "Release! β
"Bang~" "Bang~" "......"
The four 82mm mortars that had already been set at a distance were fired in four ways, and the grenades pierced the sky with a piercing sound, followed by a screeching sound.
"Boom-boom-boom-" "......"
There was a roar from a distance of 70 to 100 meters in front of the position, and more than a dozen shells fell from the air and exploded violently.
After several rounds of shelling, the attacking devils' attacks were blocked, and the casualty figures continued to rise. In terms of firepower from both sides, the enemy lost artillery, and the defenders had the upper hand.
Xiao Zhan pulled down the bolt of the gun, and while the enemy's position was in chaos and was suppressed by heavy fire, he shouted: "Hit hard!" β
"Bang! Bang! Bang! βββ¦β¦β
"Dadada" "......"
The position was full of firepower, rows of bullets flew frantically forward, and a large number of devils fell to the ground after being shot. The remnants of the devils were no longer able to launch any further attacks, and they bent down and fled in a hurry towards the rear. On the empty ground in front of them, only the corpses of nearly a hundred devils were left, lying on the ground horizontally.
"Clear the battlefield and evacuate with your brothers!"
In this rare spare time, Xiao Zhan gave the order to retreat. The wounded, the corpses of comrades, and the remaining equipment of the devils were all brought with them, and the team quickly withdrew to the city.
Zheng Binghao immediately led the guard platoon to answer and said, "Company commander, are you okay?" β
"It's okay, I was bitten by shrapnel."
"But...... Medic! Medic! β
The sleeve of Xiao Zhan's left arm was soaked with blood, and the bleeding had to be stopped immediately.
A nurse ran over with a medical kit to help Xiao Zhan check it.
The injury of the chief officer caused quite a commotion, and the surrounding soldiers followed.
After the nurse finished the examination, she said, "Sir, I will bandage you first to stop the bleeding, but you must go to the back and ask the doctor to take out the shrapnel and then sterilize and suture it." β
"What a big deal." Xiao Zhan didn't care, stretched out his hand and said, "Give me the alcohol." β
The nurse looked at a loss, Xiao Zhan increased the volume: "Give me the alcohol!" β
The nurse hurriedly handed over the alcohol and medical cotton to Xiao Zhan. Xiao Zhan soaked the medical cotton in alcohol, then sterilized the bayonet, and put the bayonet aside after it was finished.
"Company commander, what are you going to do? Let's go to the health post. β
"The devils will attack when they adjust their deployment, and they already know that we are under-armed and will not give us a chance to breathe."
Xiao Zhan ignored Zheng Binghao's advice, tore the wounded clothes, and then picked up the bayonet and thrust it hard.
"Squeak~squeak~" There was pain, and Xiao Zhan's teeth squeaked.
The bayonet stirred in the flesh a few times, found the shrapnel and aimed it in position, and pulled it up with force, and the shrapnel slipped out of the wound along with some flesh foam, and immediately blood flowed.
The nurse and the surrounding soldiers were stunned, Xiao Zhan was sweating profusely, and said to the nurse with a smile: "Miss nurse, if you don't bandage me to stop the bleeding, I will really die." β
"Oh~" The nurse came to her senses, disinfected the wound with alcohol, then took out the white medicine from the medicine bag and sprinkled it on the wound, and finally bandaged it with gauze.
The surrounding warriors had never seen anyone treat their wounds like this, and only heroes could do it.
From the beginning to the end, Xiao Zhan didn't let out a single shout, it was the pain of cutting flesh. Psychologically, the warriors developed a heroic worship of Xiao Zhan, and a series of victories gave them firm confidence in victory.
After bandaging, Xiao Zhan said to the nurse, "Go and help the other wounded, I'm fine." I'll stitch it up when the fight is over. β
After finishing speaking, Xiao Zhan stood up and said to the soldiers around him: "We eliminated more than two hundred devils just now, and we will destroy more devils later, okay!" β
"Good!"
ββ¦β¦β
Xiao Zhan's simple sentence made the morale reach an unprecedented high, which is the psychological effect of the hero.
The battle report from the front was quickly transmitted back to the headquarters of the Devil Wing, and the captain of the previous brigade threw the pot to the artillery, and the reason for the defeat was the lack of artillery support.
The devil seems to be accustomed to artillery support, and suddenly loses artillery as if he will not be able to fight.
It was Kondo's idea not to use artillery, but the devil brigade actually threw the pot at him, and Kondo blurted out: "Stupid guy." β
Ishiguro glanced at it and asked, "What did you say?" β
Kondo said, "I lost my words. However, the troops in front missed the best fighter, if we catch the fighter just now, Lanfeng is now ours. β
Ishiguro asked, "How do you say that?" β
Kondo replied, "The enemy has just a few troops, and most of them have been dispatched. If the forward troops launch a continuous attack and bite them, the enemy's fresh forces risk being bitten by us, or even eliminated. β
Ishiguro said: "We lack artillery support, the enemy occupies favorable terrain, and the position and the city wall form a three-dimensional crossfire, and our losses will be great. β
Kondo shook his head slightly and said, "Between offense and defense, the attacker's losses are already large. Your Excellency Dasa, you have found out that the enemy never confronts us head-on, and the reason is that there are not enough troops. Lan Feng is so important, the key to victory or defeat lies in time, even if it is 5 for 1 of them, we are worth it. Just now, there was a chance to destroy them, but the troops in front actually let the enemy into the city, and we will not have such an opportunity in the future. β
Ishiguro Sadazo felt that what Kondo said made sense, and the order given to him by Tsuchihara was that Lanfeng must be occupied before dark. If you continue to fight like this, you won't be able to fight for three days.
So Ishiguro asked Kondo to go to the front line, and he had full command of the battle against Lanfeng.
Ishiguro couldn't find an equilibrium in the war, but he found a good equilibrium in this regard.
Kondo is a proud protΓ©gΓ© of Tsuchihara, and the credit for the victory naturally has its own. Even if he fails and throws the pot to Kondo, Dohihara will not blame himself.