262. Fighting for the Dead
The devil's infantry guns, anti-aircraft guns, and tank guns opened fire almost at the same time, constantly firing at the heavy machine gun fire points of the national army, and the heavy machine gunners of the national army were the first to die soldiers.
In addition to these artillery, the Japanese army's curved guns, such as mortars and artillery grenadiers, also rained down on the bodies of the Nationalist light machine guns and ordinary riflemen, and the position was again a sea of fire and a rain of bullets.
The battle is extremely fierce, one side is determined to win, one side is resolute not to let go, people on both sides continue to fall, Sangou does not know how many injuries there are on his body, most people, as long as they are not dead, basically have more or less injuries.
The fire was suppressed, and the enemy rushed up, "Rush! Lao Hu himself rushed forward with a long knife, and saw that the battalion commander was charging into battle, and the soldiers of the whole battalion, regardless of what the reserve was, all pounced.
Sangou pointed the shell gun at the charging enemy, ran out of bullets in one go, immediately moved the rifle in his left hand to his right hand, clenched his hands tightly, and rushed forward with a platoon of people.
If there is a bayonet, they will fight to stab and kill, and if the bayonet is bent and broken, they will hit it with the butt of the gun, and they will fight hand-to-hand with their bare hands.
Maybe at this time, there is no way back, retreat is death, advance is death, it is better to rush forward, it is worth killing a devil.
These rural villagers, whose stabbing skills are not as good as those of devils, hug and fight with devils, poke their eyes, bite their throats, and hit whatever they can catch in their hands.
Fight, kill, only by killing the devil can you live, even if you live one more second, you have to kill the other party, even if you are killed in the next second, you have to insist on fighting.
Yang Songlin, the leader of the third squad of the second platoon, was stabbed to the ground by several devils, grabbed a few barrels with one hand, and pulled away the glorious bullet with the other.
Chen Jiabing, the leader of the third squad in the first platoon, was not big, he was pressed to the ground by a devil, choked his neck, and when he was about to die, he also pulled the grenade (glory bullet) hidden on his body, with a hideous smile on his face, and exploded with the devil.
On the battlefield, grenades that have died together continue to explode, like flowers in life, blooming in the last moments, releasing unyielding souls and letting out a final roar.
The small county town of Qingpu is surrounded by shouts of killing, hand-to-hand combat, corpses are piled up like mountains, blood flows like rivers, and the whole town is left with no tiles, only the scorched earth remains, and the miserable state is unbearable.
The sun is setting, the remnant sun is like blood, half of the sky is red, the wind is blowing, blowing the smoke bursts, that is the soul of the war dead, the unwilling soul, in a long time unwilling to leave.
The 306th Regiment was constantly attacked by a Japanese brigade and had to retreat to the northeast corner of Qingpu, with only one corner left, and the whole regiment suffered heavy casualties, and even the regiment commander Qiu Weida carried a gun to fight and kill.
finally survived until the evening, and the devils were also exhausted after a day of attack, so they stopped, giving the 306th regiment a precious respite.
Originally, night was a good opportunity for our army to counterattack, taking advantage of the enemy's superior equipment to exert its power, it could attack at night and recapture the positions lost during the day.
However, that was when the soldiers were relatively neat or there were reserves, and they could do a little bit of devils, but now that the whole regiment and even the regimental commander are in battle, where is the reserve, everyone is either dead or wounded, or extremely tired.
Even if they have the heart to kill the enemy at night, they have no strength to attack. But no matter how tired we are, we have to fight, we are tired, and so are the devils.
Take advantage of this opportunity, before you die, you have to do a dog day devil, anyway, stay up until tomorrow morning, the devil will continue to attack, basically no one can live, at most a few days to carry it, the difference between early death and late death.
There is another point, which the third battalion commander Hu did not say, that is, the regiment commander had just held a small meeting with several battalion commanders, and the 51st Division received an order from the military headquarters of the 74th Army.
The 306th Regiment left the 3rd Battalion to continue to defend the city, and the rest retreated at night and approached the main force of the 51st Division in Kunshan through Baihe Port. Qiu Weida's face was heavy, and he showed Hu Hao the warrant.
When the battle is fought to this extent, everyone understands the meaning of staying and clinging, which is one word - "death". But the military order is like a mountain, and it cannot be disobeyed, Lao Hu smiled miserably and said:
"Brothers, don't feel bad, let's go first."
Head Qiu collected a few packs of good cigarettes under the table and handed them to Lao Hu, and there was nothing good on him, only that.
Lao Hu knew that Qiu Donkey, who was usually "stingy", would not give so many good things, and today this old smoker actually gave him all the good cigarettes, obviously knowing what it meant, Lao Hu was not polite, and accepted them all.
This is something that the third battalion is going to exchange for hundreds of lives of the whole battalion, why not? It's not too little. Regiment Commander Qiu also felt very indebted to the third battalion, and asked Lao Hu:
"Lao Hu, you see if you need something, as long as I have it here, I will try to give it to you."
"Then leave more grenades for us, anyway, you don't have to bring such heavy ammunition with you when you retreat."
"Okay, then I'll leave the rest to you, except for the bullets and grenades that everyone must carry."
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"Wait, Lao Hu, it's really not good, just break through with the camera, if you talk about it, I'll help you carry it." Looking at Lao Hu's back after turning his head and leaving, Qiu Weida couldn't bear it and added a sentence.
Lao Hu paused slightly, stretched out his hand and waved his hand back, and walked away without looking back, knowing that Captain Qiu was a comforting word, and he didn't want to say goodbye to everyone crying, just like a girl.
Besides, retreating is a very dangerous thing, even more difficult than attacking, and whether the 306th Regiment can escape depends on whether its three battalions can withstand the Japanese attack tomorrow.
If the 3rd Battalion can bite and hold back the Japanese army for a day, Qingpu to Kunshan is more than 70 miles, and the 306th Regiment is lightly armed, it is estimated that it will be able to reach it in one day.
If the three battalions can't bite the Japanese army for a day, with the speed of the Japanese cavalry and chariots, they can catch up with the 306th regiment in half a day, wouldn't it be in vain that the three battalions were caught up by the Japanese army again, and they can't get rid of it, or it's equal to zero.
But can the third battalion withstand a day of the Japanese army? Looking at it today, a fully staffed 306th Regiment can barely withstand the attack of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, let alone a broken third battalion; Thinking of this, Lao Hu couldn't help but shake his head, he could only do his best.
Let's think more about tonight's sneak attack, Lao Hu returned to the battalion headquarters and called the three company commanders of the Seventh Company, Lu Kangqi, and Huang Longde of the Ninth Company to have a meeting together.
After explaining, at the end, Lao Hu opened his mouth several times, but there was no way to say that the third battalion would stay in Qingpu tomorrow to cover the retreat of the whole regiment.
After nightfall, the defenders of the positions on both sides of China and Japan were snoring like thunder, and the two armies fought fiercely for a day, extremely tired, although each of them arranged sentries, but the sentries were also very sleepy, and could not help but doze off non-stop.
The two sides seem to have agreed that everyone should stop playing tonight, sleep well, and continue to play tomorrow, and you really can't play again at night, and it will be difficult to play again.
When the time just arrived, all the 306 regiments were lightly armed, and the three battalions took the lead, and went to attack the devils at night, this episode, it is estimated that the audience has watched it many times, but for the national army, it is not that there is no creativity, but there is really no way.
In the past, there were often night attacks, but the devils were often bitten by snakes, and they must be on guard against the well ropes, so the precautions were appropriate, and the night attacks of the national army had a bit of a harassing effect, and the real results were not great.
Most of the records in the war reports were just a few people killed and a few guns captured. Like the sneak attack on the first night of Luodian, and the night attack of the Seventh Company and the Third Battalion last night, it can be regarded as a great result, and the sneak attack of more than 100 enemies is becoming less and less.
Tonight, it seems to be a little different, firstly, both sides of the battle are tired and full of wounded soldiers, and it seems that neither side can afford to launch another raid, so both sides seem to be relieved to go to sleep.