Chapter 351: Wounded Soldiers Waiting for Death
On the northwest heights on Ho Chau, the 16th Regiment withstood the infantry attacks of the devils on the front line, and endured the suppression of the grenadiers, heavy machine guns and light machine gun fire of the devils; Gain time for the 13th Regiment in the back to build bunkers......
"Kill and give!" Yokoyama Jiro couldn't wait any longer, and the wing commander gave a death order, if the position was gained and lost; The good news sent out became a joke; Directly order the infantry artillery to approach the artillery to shell ......
A squadron of infantry ran under the cover of the infantry to advance to a position of 400 meters and began to fire at the point of machine-gun fire of the XVI regiment......
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The devil's infantry ran and began to fire, the only long-range fire mortar shells of the 16th Regiment had used up all the shells in the shelling just now, and now the mortar group had begun to withdraw to Wujiawa;
"Stop firing, machine guns shift positions; The infantry dispersed! He Jianye watched the shells explode in front of the trench, and the brothers who poked out their heads to shoot were hit by shrapnel one after another, and several brothers' heads were directly scooped by the shrapnel of the devils; shouted in heartache;
The more critical the moment, the more calm the forward commander must be, so that the brethren will have greater confidence;
With the support of the infantry artillery, the devil lying on the ground slowly bent down and stood up to attack again; The officers of the devils also knew that no matter how loud they shouted for command at this distance, they would only make the machine guns of the defenders of China open fire on the infantry, brandishing sabers, gesticulating, and slowly touching forward on the battlefield full of artillery.......
He Jianye slowly raised his head from the trench, shook the soil on the steel helmet, poked his head out and saw that the devil had entered a hundred meters, and immediately shrank his head;
"Heavy prepare! The rest of the brethren prepare grenades! Throw! He Jianye took out a grenade from the cloth pocket behind his back, and was the first to stand up and throw it towards the sky in front of him......
"Whoosh...... "Hundreds of wooden-handled grenades whirlpooled towards the charging devils;
"Boom, boom, boom......"
The large-scale explosion of the grenade caused heavy casualties to the charging devils, and the embarrassed devils could no longer care about the shouts of the officers, and the two squadrons of the charge had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and the devil infantry retreated down the hill in disarray......
"Yaga! Who ordered them to retreat! Yaga! Iino Kentensa scolded angrily, angrily throwing the telescope in his hand to the ground!
"Captain, the main force of the Chinese has reached the top of the mountain; We've lost the best time to support! Although the warriors of the Yokoyama Brigade did not show bravery, we still have a chance! After all, our main force has not been damaged, and the special ammunition is still enough to support the number needed to cover the position in one round. The third captain advised,
Just repelled the attack of the Shina people from behind, and now the third captain of the entire wing and the wing captain who persuaded himself to relieve the rage, seeing that the Yokoyama brigade suffered such heavy casualties, he could no longer let the anger stun the wing captain's brain, so he fought what the official Shina people wanted;
"Yaga! Then order the Yokoyama brigade to retreat! Kenten Iino ordered,
The Hengshan Brigade that launched the attack began to retreat, He Jianye and the brothers of the 16th Regiment also began to retreat, the 13th Regiment had already built two more lines of defense behind the broken first line of defense, and He Jianye left behind two Czechs and a large number of bullets and grenades; He led the brothers along the south and retreated back to the Wujiawa position......
The devils on the starting position looked very unscrupulous, looking at the sky, it was nearly two hours before it was dark, and the devils began to enjoy the field lunch box, swallowing the food in embarrassment; After the isolated 15th Regiment was repulsed, Zhou Qingxiang finally got the news of the reoccupation of the high ground, and looked at the battlefield form marked on the map with a frown......
"Pan Zhen, how are the brothers of the 15th Regiment? Have you eaten yet? Zhou Qingxiang asked,
"Not yet, the wounded are now being transported to the rear;" Pan Zhi said,
"Order the troops to eat immediately, the thirteenth regiment is facing the attack of a wing, the devil is following Wang Zhaohua to fight for consumption, Wang Zhaohua can't fight, we must be ready to support at any time!" Zhou Qingxiang sighed,
"Brigade commander, but we are isolated by devils! How to support? In the afternoon, you also saw that the devils have complete field fortifications; In addition, there are a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and the brothers will be sent to death if they go up! Pan Zhen frowned and said helplessly,
"Hmph, can a living person suffocate urine? Order the troops to set off to the south, bypass the mountain beam, pass through He Jianye's Wujiawa, and go up from the south! Isn't it just an extra hour of walking on the mountain road? Before it gets dark, let's go! Go get ready! Zhou Qingxiang ordered,
Now that they had made up their minds, they had to act immediately, and even the hundreds of people from the 15th Regiment and the 8th Brigade Headquarters, who had asked the brothers to settle their dinner with miscellaneous grain cakes on the road, a total of more than 3,000 people, went directly to the road, and the procession continued to pass through the groves and hills under the light of the sunset, and marched towards Wujiawa......
He Jianye, who returned to the Wujiawa position, did not have time to rest, and went to visit the wounded soldiers, in this hilly area, the front line with a lack of medical treatment and medicine was far away from the field hospital in the rear, and the seriously wounded were basically waiting to die when they were carried down from the position, He Jianye walked over one by one, looking at these brothers who followed him to fight for his life, the anger in his chest became heavier and heavier, and he turned his head to wipe a handful of tears, He Jianye ordered the transportation company commander Li Zhenlin,
"Draw your brothers out of the third battalion and send these wounded soldiers back to the rear!"
"Commander, I am afraid that the seriously wounded brother will not survive even a fraction; No one wants to leave a lightly wounded brother! Li Zhenlin shook his head and said, just now Li Zhenlin had prepared a stretcher, but these brothers were unwilling to die on the road, so they shook their heads and refused;
"Let Yang Shunsen come to the regiment headquarters." He Jianye turned his head and returned to the regiment headquarters,
Zhao Xitian's ammunition was replenished very quickly this time, not only rifle bullets and machine gun bullets were replenished a lot, but also grenade and mortar shells, looking at the list of ammunition replenished in the regiment headquarters, He Jianye shook his head and put it down;
"Signal Corps, send electricity to the division headquarters; The sixteenth regiment asked for mine replenishment, the more the merrier! It's better to get to the position before nightfall! He Jianye said,
"Yes;" The communications soldier saw that the regiment commander's face was not very good, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he sent a report directly to the division headquarters;
"Division commander, the sixteenth regiment asked for mines to be replenished, and said that the more the better, and it was best to transport them to the position before dark!" The chief of staff took the telegram and said to Zhao Xitian,
"We still have mines! Give him more, I read the battle report in the afternoon, the 16th Regiment is afraid that there are not many soldiers who can fight now, and there is no way to withdraw them, so the supplies should be looser! Zhao Xitian said,
"Yes, Commander; But there are not many mines in our warehouse, and there are less than five hundred......" Zhu Xilin said that he was stopped by Zhao Xitian here, and Zhao Xitian said directly,
"Give it all to him! Let the baggage troops send it over immediately! ”