Chen Yanxin, deputy company commander of the eighth company and platoon commander of the third platoon, was also holding a telescope at the moment and laboriously searching for the follow-up troops of the Japanese army behind the mist.

In the early morning of the rainy season in Jiangnan, the fog is very heavy, even if it is a light fog, the visibility is about a few tens of meters, and after more than 100 meters, it is not clear to see.

Even if it is a telescope, it only closes the line of sight in a good weather environment, after all, it does not penetrate the fog, so there is no way to see the situation 200 meters away.

The observer troops at the outpost had long since withdrawn, and now the Japanese army's forward troops wearing gas masks were almost completely wiped out, leaving only the howling and tumbling wounded.

But what's going on with this follow-up unit, it hasn't come up, this makes Chen Yanxin very strange, is the enemy just attacking like this? Or can they sit idly by and watch the wounded soldiers of their own people?

In fact, the follow-up troops of the Japanese army at this time were completely confused, according to the usual procedure, after almost a few minutes, they would receive a signal from the front, and they just rushed over to accept and occupy the position.

But now, there was a sudden burst of violent bomb explosions ahead, followed by bursts of wailing, and their follow-up troops, especially the captain of the command, were at a loss like robots with faulty lines.

However, the command headquarters at the back immediately came with an order to launch a retaliatory attack, and only then did he come to his senses and command the troops to take advantage of the fog or poisonous gas to carry out another strong assault on the Qiangongling position.

The platoon commander of the fourth platoon of the eighth company, Luo Xian, was the first to notice the movement of the Japanese army, his fourth platoon was armed with a light mortar and a heavy machine gun, and they were in the best position of the whole company.

The early morning mist was slowly dissipating, and three hundred meters away, groups of Japanese troops rushed towards the position at the foot of the Qiangongling mountain in a straggler formation.

Taking advantage of the mist in the fourth platoon, it first used heavy machine guns to carry out intensive strafing of the 300-meter area, and at the same time, it also quickly reported the situation to the company commander.

The sound of gunfire is an order, the dog leg and Chen Yanxin were together, and immediately reacted, it seems that the follow-up troops of the Japanese army are coming soon, in order to prevent a large number of Japanese troops from occupying the first defense, the second platoon of the eighth company immediately rushed from the second defense position to the position of the first defense.

At the same time, in a platoon of the second defense position, in an area of 300 to 200 meters, machine gun fire was used to strafe and grenade attacks.

The second platoon was Yang Chengzu's troops, and at this moment, the combat platoon with more than 40 people rushed down from the second defense position, and soon arrived at the position of the first defense.

When I arrived, it was a mess, at least half of the devils of the squad were lying in a pool of blood, and there were less than five or six wounded soldiers left who were laboriously trying to save themselves and tie some kind of bandages.

As soon as the second platoon rushed down, they quickly eliminated the wounded soldiers and threw themselves into the trenches full of blood and minced meat, and everyone was happy and guilty at the same time.

I am happy that I killed so many devils effortlessly just now, and I am guilty that the bodies of the brothers who died in the Ninth Company were also blown up, but fortunately, most of these bodies were lying on the ground, and there was not much damage.

In fact, on the battlefield, there are many corpses of martyrs and enemies, which are used as machine gun mounts, as breastwork, as concealments, as pretenders, and even directly piled together to become trenches.

There was no way to deal with the remains in an emergency, and even in some gaps in the battle, there was no manpower or time to clean up the battlefield.

In fact, cleaning the battlefield is not as simple as cleaning in life, and it is also very dangerous, especially in the gap of battle, it is very likely to be attacked by the enemy again.

Therefore, many troops did not allow the soldiers to clean the battlefield even in the gaps of the battle, preferring to let the bodies rot and stink rather than go.

In Songhu back then, there were more such cases, Sangou experienced it personally, and some people were even worse, they could only watch their brothers or superiors slowly die and rot after being injured, and the maggots crawled out of their ears and nostrils.

At that time, both the enemy and the enemy were fighting like crazy, killing and wounding each other by any means, and the wounded soldiers in the middle of those positions became the bait of the opponent's sharpshooters, and they did not let go even at night.

On several occasions at night, both sides tried to touch the middle of the position and rescue their wounded soldiers, but it was difficult to succeed, and the Japanese flares were fired incessantly, and the cold guns of both sides were constantly fired.

Therefore, the veterans who have experienced those inhumane wars, there is nothing that cannot be accepted, and the thing of taking the body to do the fortifications is to silently recite the Buddha's name in their hearts and do it.

Of course, when the war is far from this position, it is necessary to clean up, the bodies of the martyrs are identified and buried, and the bodies of the enemy are buried.

This is necessary, after all, the decomposed corpses will infect a large number of germs, as well as the guns and ammunition on the battlefield, which are also part of the army's replenishment, and cannot be lost to the civilian population, so as not to be dangerous.

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At present, the follow-up troops of the Japanese army were more than 200 meters away from the foot of Qiangongling Mountain, and were attacked by the Chinese army's fierce guns, but most of them were only blind fire, and the casualties caused were not very serious.

The Japanese moved forward again, and the infantry guns and heavy machine guns in the rear also rang out, striking again at the hill that had already been destroyed.

The heavy machine guns of the eighth company had to move into the bunker when the enemy artillery came, and the mortars were also calculating the Japanese heavy machine guns to see if they could hit them.

Now, after several rounds of back and forth attacks, the Japanese heavy machine guns did not dare to move forward, and tried to stay within the limit of the firing range to avoid the mortar attacks of the Chinese army.

But this is difficult, paradoxical, after all, the range of mortars, especially in the mountains, is longer than that of heavy machine guns.

On the contrary, the infantry artillery is powerful and can crush these mortars and heavy machine guns, but it is not flexible enough, so in the current battlefield, the weapons that are mutually reinforcing are rotating to the maximum.

The Japanese army had the advantage of aircraft and artillery, but the Chinese army had the advantage of terrain and decisive death, and the two sides could not defeat each other at once, and the war was so stalemate.

However, as the defenders, as long as the Chinese army holds on, it is a victory, while the Japanese army is different, they are fighting far from the rear, facing the pressure of grain and ammunition transportation, as well as the pressure of combat missions.

The longer it dragged on, the more beneficial it was for the Chinese army, and the Japanese army now had to increase its firepower and fight at night, that is, because the situation forced it.

The 20th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade is now concentrating almost all its forces on the bank of the south bank of the Jinjiang River in a place of 20 miles, and is engaged in endless battles with the 51st Division, with the obvious intention of breaking through the 51st Division and breaking through the defense line in the southern part of Shanggao.

As long as this line of defense is broken, Shanggao will be attacked from many sides, including the Japanese 34th Division in the center and the 33rd Division in the north, they will have more room to fight.

Similarly, the Chinese army placed the elite 51st Division here, hoping that this main division could resist the attack of the Japanese army on the southern route and ensure the safety of the southern flank of Shanggao.