Lin Rui is right, in the 14-year history of the Anti-Japanese War, there are too many battles that are still fought knowing that they will be defeated.

There are too many people who know that they will die, but still resolutely rush to the battlefield, live and die with their positions and comrades, and fight with the enemy to the last moment.

This is not only a matter of life and death for the Chinese nation, but also of the dignity of Chinese soldiers.

When it comes to life and death for a country and a nation, there will inevitably be a group of people who put life and death aside and shed their blood for her.

Lin Rui is such a person, and so is Yu Weiguo, so Lin Rui's words resonated strongly with him, and Lin Rui's gaze also had more respect from within.

The Japanese shelling lasted about forty minutes before it gradually stopped.

The 40-minute heavy bombardment leveled almost the entire Lion Grove Fort.

Whether it was the independent brigade of the Guangdong Army or the defending troops of the tax police regiment, they all paid a lot of casualties in this shelling.

However, this casualty can be endured and must be endured.

After the devil's artillery bombardment began to extend, Lin Rui took the lead in rushing out of the semi-embedded bunker, followed by Yu Weiguo and several other grassroots officers.

Lin Rui glanced around at the position filled with gunsmoke and flames, and immediately ordered Yu Weiguo and the others: "Everyone, please return to your command position immediately, the devil is likely to attack me again." ”

"Yes! Good! Yu Weiguo and the others responded violently, and immediately turned around and left.

Lin Rui also came to a section of the position dominated by the officers and soldiers of the third battalion, walked on the trench at the forefront, and reminded his subordinates in a deep voice: "Brothers, cheer me up, the little devils are likely to attack again and prepare for defense." ”

Hear Lin Rui's voice. Zhou Weihan came out of a bunker and complained to him: "Yingzuo, the little devil's artillery fire is too fierce, the position here is not vulnerable at all, Old Zhou and I were almost buried alive." ”

Lin Rui glanced at him who was unkempt, waved his hand and said, "Okay, don't complain, the little devil will come up when he says it, and prepare me to meet it." ”

Almost as soon as Lin Rui's words fell, a backbone veteran of the third battalion suddenly pointed to the front of the position and screamed: "Camp, it's a devil!" ”

Lin Rui immediately leaned down, lay down in the trench and looked forward, through the pervasive gunsmoke, he saw countless devils, who were swarming towards his position in groups with guns.

As far as the eye can see, there is a large area of black pressure, and the mountains and fields are full of devils.

Lin Rui immediately picked up a Mauser 98K rifle, opened the safety and skillfully pulled the bolt, while shouting at the top of his voice: "Brothers of the third battalion, the enemy is coming up, ready to fight!" ”

Under the urging of Lin Rui's roar, the officers and soldiers of the third battalion who survived under the fire of the devils quickly entered their respective combat positions, took out various weapons and aimed them at the outside of the position, and prepared for battle.

At this time, the Japanese army had repelled the counterattack of the national army in Chuanshakou and other places, and captured Chuanshakou, but there was only the Lion Forest Fort left, and Baoshan County and other places could not be captured.

Against this background, the commander of the 12th Infantry Wing, Anda 23 Zuo, naturally did not want to delay.

Ignoring his own three brigades, all of which suffered heavy casualties and the soldiers were sleepy, he forcibly sent his 3rd Infantry Brigade to charge the Lion Forest Fort again after the artillery fire covered the attack.

Trying, taking advantage of the unstable foothold of the defenders, they broke through in one fell swoop and captured the Lion Forest Fort.

As mentioned before, before Lin Rui and other reinforcements from the 2nd Regiment of the Tax Police rushed to the Lion Forest Fort, the Japanese army had already captured more than half of the positions in the Lion Forest.

Lin Rui and the others won the white-knuckle battle this time and recaptured some positions, and the two sides basically accounted for one-half each.

Therefore, the devil's offensive position was not far from the forward defense line that Lin Rui was defending.

Therefore, it didn't take long for the devils to stop their artillery fire before they swarmed and appeared in Lin Rui's sight.

Two hundred meters, one hundred and fifty meters...... Lin Rui took the lead in lying in the trench, quietly calculating the distance between the devil's attacking troops and himself.

It didn't take long for the devil to finally enter within a hundred meters, and Lin Rui had already aimed at a devil soldier with a plaster flag hanging on the muzzle of a gun in advance.

AS HE DECISIVELY PULLED THE TRIGGER, A SCORCHING 7.92MM RIFLE BULLET WHISTLED OUT OF THE CHAMBER, SPINNING AT HIGH SPEED WITH A PIERCING SOUND OF BREAKING THE AIR, AND ACCURATELY HIT THE DEVIL JUN CAO AT A HUNDRED METERS POSITION.

The devil soldier Cao, who was leading the soldiers to charge, was shot in the forehead, and the whole person paused, snorted, and when blood spilled from his forehead, he fell straight forward and fell to the ground.

After Lin Rui finished the first shot, he immediately pulled the bolt again, and at the same time ordered sharply at the top of his throat: "Fire!" ”

The officers and men of the third battalion, who had been preparing for a long time, as well as the officers and men of the independent brigade of the Guangdong Army around them, all pulled the trigger one after another.

For a while, on the originally silent position, gunfire erupted, and hot tongues of fire erupted from all over the position, turning into a dense network of criss-crossing firepower, and shooting head-on at the devils of the 12th Infantry Wing.

Whoosh, poof, poof! Under the dense bullets, the ghost soldiers were shot one after another, and they fell down screaming one after another.

Seeing this, the Japanese troops behind raised their guns and fired back, fiercely firing at the defenders, while scattering in all directions, pulling their skirmish lines even more scattered, and continuing to speed up and advance forward.

Lin Rui held his breath, raised his gun again and aimed at a devil senior soldier, his finger pulled the trigger, the Mauser rifle in his hand, the body of the gun slammed, the muzzle flame flashed, and a bullet turned into a streamer and flew towards the devil senior soldier.

Sou! Burst! After a short period of high-speed flight, the bullet hit the target accurately, and the devil's senior soldier screamed and fell to the ground with his feet facing backwards.

In the rear of the Japanese army, in an inconspicuous bunker, the commander of the 12th Infantry Wing, Anda 23, was surrounded by adjutants, holding binoculars to watch the attack of the 3rd Infantry Brigade.

Seeing that the defenders of the Lion Forest Fort still had such dense and strong resistance firepower, Anda Twenty-three's face became solemn, and he said with displeasure: "These damn China pigs are really tenacious, and they can still retain such combat power under such a fierce land and sea fire bombardment of our army." ”

An adjutant next to him said: "Sir, according to the 1st and 2nd brigades, the opposite branch of the army seems to have received reinforcements!" ”

"Humph! A group of pigs with broken backbones, no matter how many they are, there is no need to worry! Anda Twenty-three said disapprerovingly: "Inform the 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigades, let them be ready to attack at any time, and take the 3rd Brigade to defeat the opposite China Army in one fell swoop and completely capture the Lion Forest." ”