Chapter 198: Gunshots Begin at Dawn
The night is dark, and the singing up and down the small boundary ridge is gradually quiet.
The lights in the headquarters of the grassland detachment were dim, and Yada Daisa was writing alone, the tip of the pen was beating on the yellowed paper, and the font of Yan and Juanxiu jumped on the paper:
…… After being trapped for two days, he finally had to be fed this morning, and it was easy to defend and attack...... However, after days of hard fighting, physical and mental fatigue, and at night when the fighting was a little resting, the officers and soldiers enjoyed themselves and sang to their heart's content, and their hearts were very happy!
You can finally sleep peacefully tonight!
I hope that tomorrow's war will go smoothly, drive Wuhan for a long time, and triumph as soon as possible!
(On the night of September 25, Showa 13, on the battlefield of Xiaojieling in China)
Putting away the pen and closing the notebook into his arms, Yada Daisa slowly got up, stretched his limbs, and smiled at the corner of his mouth...... Today's work is over, and you can sleep peacefully!
The snoring on the position of the grassland detachment gradually sounded, and after the little devil sang, he fell asleep peacefully with ease and satisfaction.
On the edge of the left flank position, the three sentry posts formed a triangular momentum, and the distance between the two was only 300 meters, and the sentry position in the center of the city was protruding, facing the position of the nameless mountain, and the person in charge of this sentry was the Beiyuan squad.
In the sentry, the bonfire was dim, full of laughter, and a group of little devils talked about tonight's songs, looking excited.
Second Lieutenant Kitahara sat quietly by the campfire, writing in his diary by the light of the fire: ...... The folk songs of Kyoto are still so beautiful, but when will they return to Kori when they are tired......
After writing the last stroke, Second Lieutenant Kitahara gently closed the worn-out notebook and looked up at the moon on the horizon, the moon was crooked, and the night was cold...... At this time of year, the night in Kyoto is even more beautiful!
"Ensign," Warrant Officer Konishi walked over, pulled out a cigarette and handed it over, "It's been a long time since I've seen you write in a diary." ”
Second Lieutenant Kitahara took the cigarette and smiled slightly, "Today...... It's worth writing about. ”
"Smack", Warrant Officer Konishi lit a cigarette for Second Lieutenant Kitahara, "Because of those songs?" It's exciting! ”
Second Lieutenant Kitahara took a puff of cigarette, slowly exhaled a string of smoke rings, and nodded with a smile, "This is the charm of the song!" ”
"Yes," Warrant Officer Konishi nodded, his face a little more emotional, "Although the singing voice of the Shina people is sad, it can also make people feel excited!" ”
Although he didn't know Chinese, he could hear the rhythm of those songs.
"Hehe," Second Lieutenant Kitahara smiled noncommittally, "I'm a little tired after singing!" ”
Warrant Officer Konishi understood, "The second lieutenant has worked hard, let's rest for a while!" ”
"Well," Second Lieutenant Kitahara nodded, snuffed out the cigarette butt, leaned into the corner, and closed his eyes, "Then it's hard Konishi-kun!" ”
He was tired, and after a while he was snoring.
Warrant Officer Konishi silently finished his cigarette, and his eyelids began to fight, and his spirits were lifted, and he could hear the surrounding voices dissipate at some point.
Everyone's tired!
Get a good night's sleep when you're tired...... Tonight, too, the people of China are tired......
Thinking like this, Warrant Officer Konishi also collapsed by the campfire in a daze.
If one day you feel tired, sing to your heart's content!
Once you're done, you'll be able to fall asleep!
This is Li Siwei's personal experience, that's why he suddenly proposed to sing!
Around dawn, even the crescent moon was much dimmer, the sky and the earth were dark, and the snoring on the position of the grassland detachment was like thunder, one after another!
The three sentry posts on the left flank position, the bonfires are about to end, and the little devils are already drowsy.
"Click......
"Click......
In the twilight of the fire, the barbed wire shook lightly a few times, and the light crunch sounded in the night wind, and was muffled by the thunderous snoring.
After a while, a series of black shadows rushed into the sentry, walking silently, like ghosts!
Deadly ghosts!
"Uh......"
"Uh......"
There was an occasional muffled grunt, and soon it was quiet again, but there was a hint of blood in the air, and the snoring was much lower!
As written in his diary, Yada Osa slept soundly.
In his dream, he felt as if he had returned to Kyoto, a large mansion with white walls and blue tiles, and cherry blossoms blooming in the courtyard. There is a table under the cherry blossom tree, and Reiko is making tea, with beautiful movements; Dalang and Yoshio are playing under the tree, overflowing with joy; Mieko sat quietly at the desk, carefully watching her mother's movements, and learning the tea ceremony attentively...... A warm current swells up in the bottom of Yada Daisa's heart and flows all over the body, this is the taste of happiness!
"Bang bang bang...... Rumble ......"
The picture shattered in an instant, the earthquake trembled, Yada Osa was startled, suddenly turned over and sat up, cold sweat pouring down.
This is not Kyoto, it's a battlefield!
"Boom ......"
The explosions continued, and the skyrocketing flames reflected the sky and shone into the tent!
"Yaga!" The angry scolding of the Shobo Major General resounded outside the tent.
Yada Osa came back to his senses, hurriedly grabbed his saber, and rushed out of the tent.
"Bang ......"
"Da Da Da ......"
Gunfire erupted.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack ......"
A terrible roar resounded in the night sky!
On the small boundary ridge, all the soldiers were also awakened and looked down the mountain.
"What's going on?" On the left flank position, Division Commander Chi rushed out of the air-raid shelter with a submachine gun, "The Japanese invaders are attacking again?" ”
"No, no," Commander Mo pointed to the fire under the mountain, his face full of excitement, "the friendly army has raided the position of the little devil...... What a big movement, it should end the artillery position of the little devil! ”
"Really?" Master Chi hurriedly looked down the mountain, only to see the fire on the little devil's position, and hurriedly waved his submachine gun, "What are you waiting for?" Fuck it! ”
"yes, fuck it!" All the soldiers raised their weapons one after another, rushed out of the trenches, "Kill, ......"
"Bang ......"
"Da Da Da ......"
On the right flank position, the officers and men of the 30th Division also killed the hillside!
At dawn, the night was like ink, the fire under the small boundary ridge was soaring, the guns were like rain, and the shouts of killing were everywhere.
Beneath the nameless mountains, a team lurks quietly outside the barbed wire.
"Cannon," Liao Heiniu waved his spear, his face full of excitement, "The whole army will press it, and you will win!" ”
Li Siwei shook his head solemnly, "You can't win!" ”
"Cannon," Liao Heiniu was anxious, "fight hard, there is hope!" ”
"Calm down!" Li Siwei glared at him, not without regret, "It's really an opportunity to be a day earlier!" It's a pity ......"
It's a pity that too many brothers died under the gas bombs of the little devils, and now this little force ...... Even if you press it all, you have no chance of winning!
"Bang ......"
"Da Da Da ......"
The gunfire approached.
"It's coming!" Liao Heiniu wanted to say something, but Li Siwei interrupted him loudly, "Ready to answer!" ”
"Bang ......"
Huang Hua rushed out with a team of brothers, and more than 200 meters behind them, Shi Meng and the third battalion had already laid a defensive line to stop the little devils who were catching up, and they were in a ball, but when they saw bullets flying sideways, people kept falling.
"Whew...... Bang ......"
On the left flank, a signal flare rose into the sky and exploded, shining green.
"Whew...... Bang ......"
Immediately afterwards, a signal flare was also raised on the right flank, which exploded into a cloud of red light.
Shi Meng's heart was relieved, and he roared, "Cover for the Ninth Company, and the others will withdraw!" ”
After roaring, he took the brothers of the seventh and eighth companies and ran away.
"Bang ......"
"Da Da Da ......"
The Ninth Company stubbornly stopped the pursuers.
"Whew...... Bang ......"
Soon, a green flare rose from the rear.
"Bang ......"
Wang Liugen pulled the trigger, stood up suddenly, and roared, "Withdraw ......"
"Poof......
Before he could finish speaking, he shook and fell limply to the ground.
Jiang Yudi fired the last bullet, turned around and was about to leave, but when he saw Wang Liugen falling, he was shocked, pounced, and held him, "Company commander......"
Wang Liugen roared weakly, "Let's ...... go"
"The company commander is injured," Jiang Yu roared, carrying Wang Liugen with a short body, and stumbling towards the gap in the barbed wire.
"Protect the company commander," one brother yelled and leaned over.
"Protect the company commander," more brothers leaned in.
"Protect the company commander," the roar resounded through the night sky, and the brothers tightly guarded Jiang Yu's back, desperately stopping the swarming little devils.
"Turtle's," Shi Meng heard the roar, and with a wave of his spear he smashed into the barbed wire, "Answer the Ninth Company!" ”
Liao Heiniu also heard the roar, stood up suddenly, picked up his spear and rushed out, "The second battalion, rush with Lao Tzu!" The little devil of the dog day, dare to be rampant......"
Li Siwei also heard the roar, and his heart tightened...... Wang Liugen was shot!
Li Siwei hurriedly picked up his spear and was about to rush up, but saw that Jiang Yu had already carried Wang Liugen out of the barbed wire.
Li Siwei hurriedly greeted him, "Where is the injury?" ”
"I don't know," Jiang Yu roared without stopping, "Doctor! ”
"Military doctor, military doctor......" Li Siwei also roared, "Ruolan, Wu Ruolan......"
"What's wrong?" Wu Ruolan ran over panting, covered in blood and sweating profusely, "Which one is injured?" ”
"Our company commander!" Jiang Yu hurriedly bent down and slowly put Wang Liugen down, "Doctor Wu, take a look at him......
Wu Ruolan hurriedly leaned over, took a brief look, and shook her head, "The bullet is still in the stomach, and it must be operated ......on immediately."
"Quick," Li Siwei's heart sank, and he yelled at Jiangyu, "Quick, send it to the rear......"
"Yes," Jiang Yu hurriedly went to hug Wang Liugen.
Wang Liugen opened his eyes, weakly blocked Jiang Yu's hand, and squeezed out a smile at Li Siwei with difficulty, "Tuan...... Long, I'm ...... Mo Shi ......"
As he spoke, he raised his hand with difficulty, but his hand could no longer be raised, "Yes...... Smoke ......"
Li Siwei stiffened, his nose was sour, "Lao Tzu doesn't want to smoke, Lao Tzu wants you to live...... Send him away! ”
"Smoke ......" Jiang Yu found a box of cigarettes in Wang Liugen's pocket, and the cigarette box was stained red with blood.
Li Siwei snatched the cigarette from Jiang Yu's hand, and looked at Wang Liugen with red eyes, "Dog's day, give Lao Tzu a life...... If you live, Lao Tzu can smoke! ”
"Hmm......" Wang Liugen's voice was weak, but there was a smile on the corner of his mouth.
The brothers of the two supply companies ran over with stretchers, Jiang Yu hurriedly carried Wang Liugen on the stretcher, and the three of them escorted Wang Liugen and left in a hurry, disappearing into the night.
Li Siwei turned his head suddenly, picked up his spear, turned around and rushed to the battlefield, "Turtle'er, baring your teeth with Lao Tzu!" ”
With the response of the second battalion, the third battalion successfully withdrew from the barbed wire fence and was about to continue to retreat, but Li Siwei's roar was heard in the night sky, "Hit Lao Tzu, hit hard, and run out of ammunition!" ”
Running out of ammo?
Everyone was stunned and their spirits were lifted, such an order had only been given twice, the first time was in the Nanshan Canyon outside Lu'an City, and the second time was here!
"Bang bang bang...... Woohoo...... Bang bang bang...... Boom Boom Boom Boom ......"
The mortar company that was on standby roared angrily, and the shells bombarded the pursuing little devils one after another.
"Da Da Da ......"
The four heavy machine guns in ambush roared loudly, and the bullets rained down like flying locusts.
"Bang ......"
All the soldiers also turned around one after another, constantly pulling the bolt and pulling the trigger...... Shoot all the bullets!
The little devils who came after him were suddenly beaten to pieces and fled in all directions.
"Regiment commander," Sun Dali gathered from the right flank with the brothers of the first special service company and the supply company, and went straight to Li Siwei's side, raising his gun to join the battle group.
Li Siwei hurriedly waved his hand, "You guys gather a battalion and an engineer company, and immediately rush back to the position to cover the retreat of the brothers!" ”
"Yes," Sun Dali agreed, turned around and left, "The secret service is going with Lao Tzu!" ”
It turned out that the three parts of the detachment infiltrated the positions of the grassland detachment, killing people, setting fires, touching artillery positions...... When the explosion of the little devil's artillery position sounded, the three troops broke through the same way.
The three battalions in the middle broke into the deepest position, eliminated the artillery positions of the little devils, and encountered the most fierce pursuit when retreating, and the other team successfully withdrew from both flanks.
After a short time, Sun Dali and the troops who had rushed back from the left flank converged and hurriedly withdrew to their positions.
Soon, the mortar was dumb, and Ji Kui hurriedly withdrew with his brothers to the mountain.
Immediately afterwards, the heavy machine gun was also dumb, and Li Li Shaolong hurriedly retreated to the position with the machine gunner.
In the end, the 2nd and 3rd battalions also began to withdraw to the nameless mountain, and surprisingly, the little devils did not catch up!
Naturally, Major General Kuada would not kindly let these despicable sneak attackers retreat safely, but he had the heart to pursue, but he had no troops to adjust!
The little devil was awakened from his dream, and he fought in a panic, and finally organized a powerful chasing army, biting the third battalion all the way, but he didn't want to chase to the edge of the position but was beaten to pieces!
At this time, the defenders of Xiaojieling took advantage of the situation to counterattack, and the 87th Division in the northwest also launched an attack on the right flank of the Caochang detachment...... The grassland detachment was attacked on three sides and was already too busy to take care of itself!
As soon as the gunfire on the left flank stopped, and the enemy on the front and right flanks gradually retreated, Major General Kusaba breathed a sigh of relief!
The day had broken and under the morning light, the position was in a mess, green smoke was curling, the corpses of the dead soldiers were scattered, and the wounded soldiers were wailing!
Looking at all this, Major General Kusaba stood on the spot, speechless for a long time.
"Major General," Yada Daisa, whose left arm was wrapped in bandages and stained with blood, slowly walked up to Major General Kusaba and called softly, "You...... Okay? ”
Major General Kusaba slowly raised his head and looked at Yada Daisa, his face full of bitterness, "Last night...... Shouldn't sing......"
Yada Osa was stunned, his face full of doubts...... Shouldn't you sing?
On the small boundary ridge, a cadre of generals held binoculars and looked at the position of the grassland detachment from afar, some people looked excited, and some people were full of regret!
In the nameless mountain position, Li Siwei sat in the air-raid shelter, smoking silently, and there was a smell of blood in the smoke!
"Da Da Da ......"
Miao Zhenhua came in a hurry, "Regiment Commander, Company Commander Wang......"
"What's going on?" Li Siwei stood up suddenly, "Are you awake?" ”
Miao Zhenhua was stunned, "Doctor Ning said that he can wake up!" ”
"Oh," Li Siwei relaxed, sat back on his ass, and muttered to himself, "Rou'er said that if she can wake up, she will definitely wake up!" ”
"Commander," Miao Zhenhua hesitated, "Li Sanguang...... His situation...... Not good! ”
Li Siwei's heart tightened again, and he stared at Miao Zhenhua deadly, "Is he seriously injured?" ”
Li Sanguang was turned out of the pile of dead people by him, and he had two injuries, but he didn't hurt the point!
Miao Zhenhua hesitated slightly, and his voice lowered, "Maybe I'm scared!" ”
"Holy shit!" Li Siwei stood up suddenly, "Cowardice!" Lao Tzu wants to see his cowardice! ”
"Captain!" Miao Zhenhua hurriedly dissuaded, "He...... After all, it's a recruit......"