Kong Zhaoqiang and Rena also joined the battle, and they used the same weapons as Browning light machine guns and Colt pistols, all of American-style equipment. At the beginning of the www.biquge.info Burma War, the United States equipped this expeditionary force with a lot of American-style equipment, from weapons and ammunition to medical supplies, all of which were the most advanced, which was more than two grades higher than when it was at home. For the first time, the Kuomintang army was on par with the Japanese army in terms of equipment, and even surpassed the Japanese army in some aspects.

The weapons and equipment of the remnants of the scrivener box are world-class, and in order to make them fight a good blocking battle, the division headquarters gave them the best army equipment. From firearms to sabers, grenades, binoculars, and even military hats, uniforms, military boots, medicines, and more, they are the best. It can be said that it is armed to the teeth, which is a cut above the equipment of the Japanese army. It was with its powerful firepower that the scrivener box held out for more than 20 days in the face of an enemy ten times its size.

Now the scales of victory were beginning to tip in favor of the Japanese, and their reinforcements arrived, bringing with them ample ammunition. Shells fell on the positions with a whistling sound, stirring the earth and stones inside and outside the trenches like ploughs.

The Japanese soldiers who rushed to the front were less than 150 meters away from the position, and their hideous expressions could be seen clearly. The scrivener shot the other man down, and soon a second and third rushed up. Lu Shuting and Zhao Yunlai then put down the ones behind, and more Japanese soldiers charged over. The Japanese soldiers used simple bunkers to encroach on the position little by little, and rushed forward without knowing whether they were alive or dead. At the critical moment, Kong Zhaoqiang's Browning light machine gun was dumb, and the barrel was overheated, making it unsuitable for further firing. The biggest drawback of this gun is the lack of a barrel that can be quickly replaced. When the barrel is hot, it can only stop.

Later, Gong Daniu's Thomson-style submachine gun was also dumbfounded, and a whole box of bullets was exhausted, and the little monkey responsible for carrying the bullets was suppressed behind a boulder by the enemy's fire, unable to provide reinforcements to Gong Daniu.

The two blocking weapons went out, and the Japanese soldiers hiding behind the bunkers screamed and charged like crazy.

The scrivener scolded grandma and ordered to stop shooting, with a grenade! The others realized and threw away their guns one after another, threw off their arms and threw grenades wildly outside the position.

The power of the grenade was no less than that of the Japanese army's small steel cannon, and it was intertwined into a firepower in a zone of several tens of meters in front of the position, temporarily suppressing the enemy's offensive. Fortunately, at this time, the Thomson submachine gun resumed firing, and the Browning light machine gun also began to spray tongues of fire.

The scrivener's heart loosened, and he shrank into the trench and gasped for air. Lu Shuting and Zhao Yunlai also shrank in the trench with a disgraced face, and the remaining ammunition could not last for ten minutes, and everyone had a boulder in their hearts.

The scrivener looked up at the sky, the dark clouds were rolling overhead, and the only thing that could save them might be this dark cloud overhead. He never believed in ghosts and gods, but at this time he also secretly prayed: "God, hurry up and make a heavy rain and pour these rabbit cubs to death!" ”

The rainforests of northern Myanmar have already entered the rainy season, and it rains almost every day at noon, but it is only a matter of time sooner or later. The scrivener and his comrades-in-arms used to hate the rain, the rain in the Savage Mountain was short and concentrated, and the heavy rain seemed to be the water pouring down from the sky, and the water could accumulate to knee-deep within half an hour. But at this time, how he wished that God would rain as hard as possible.

A bolt of lightning struck the rainforest from the dark clouds, and the clouds pressed down like a black curtain. There was no wind, but a shrill whistling sound could be heard in the distance, and the whole forest became more and more irritable.

"Company commander, it's saved!" The little monkey shouted excitedly.

"Less nonsense, resist first!" The gun in the hands of the scrivener has no intention of stopping.

Gong Daniu and Kong Zhaoqiang also came to their senses, and two light and heavy machine guns suddenly erupted into tongues of fire. The flesh of the Japanese soldier bloomed in the tongue of fire, and the blood mist splattered. God doesn't seem to like blood and tries to wipe it off with a torrential rain. It's just that there are too many corpses, and the rain is dyed red. God was angry and let the rain fall louder and heavier, and the stagnant water covered the corpses and diluted the blood, and the pale red blood rushed down the mountain.

The rain of Savage Mountain was irritable and wild, and the scrivener side had learned it, and the Japanese soldiers had also learned it, it was an irresistible, murderous rain that was far beyond their understanding of rain. The scrivener led the brethren to retreat quickly to the cave, and he did not have to worry about the enemy taking advantage of the opportunity to take the position, and the torrential rain would drown out all the efforts of the other side.

In the cave, everyone was pale and silent in the rain outside. The battle just now was too sudden and too tragic, but fortunately there was no attrition. The scrivener box allows the little monkey to count the ammunition in stock. The results came out quickly, with three grenades and more than 250 rounds of various bullets. The scrivener smiled bitterly, even if the Japanese soldiers lined up to let themselves fight, these few bullets were not enough.

It is impossible to hold on any longer, and we must find a way out. The scrivener announced two ways of retreat in public: first, go to the depths of the Savage Mountain and go north to find the large army of Commander Du Yuming; Second, bypassing the enemy's position and going back, following the route of Commander Sun Liren, went west to India. There is no third way other than that. The stakes are high, and the scrivener should listen to everyone's opinions.

After a moment of silence, Lu Shuting was the first to speak, he advocated going to the depths of Savage Mountain to find a large army. After all, they all came out of the 96th Division, and it was only right to follow the division commander Yu Shao and the army commander Du Yuming. As for going to Sun Liren, Lu Shuting resolutely opposed it - first, Sun Liren's new 38th Division and Yu Shao's 96th Division did not belong to the same army in the first place, and there was no reason to follow the troops of outsiders; Secondly, Sun Liren ignored the orders of Commander Du Yuming and insisted on retreating to India, which was tantamount to treason.

After listening to Lu Shuting's words, the scrivener did not immediately express his position, and asked who had different opinions. The rest of the people all lowered their heads and remained silent, it was a matter of life and death, and no one dared to express their position at will. In addition to the scrivener box, Lu Shuting's position was the second highest, and no one dared to express his opinions casually except him.

Seeing that no one expressed his position, the scrivener showed his opinion: he did not advocate going to the depths of the Savage Mountain, because going further would be a point of no return. For so many days, they had been shuttling to the edge of the Savage Mountain, watching one comrade after another fall, bloodthirsty leeches, mysterious infectious diseases, dense swamps, and infested beasts...... Everything is deadly, and this is simply a place where the devil lives, and people should not come in. What's more, this is only the edge of the Savage Mountain, and if you go further inside, the ghost will know what will be terrible. Although it is not a foolproof strategy to go to Sun Liren, it is better than going to die.

The scrivener chose a completely opposite path to Lu Shuting, and after he expressed his attitude, he paused for a moment to give everyone some time to think. It was so quiet in the cave that only the sound of rain outside. Still no one spoke. The scrivener reminds everyone that they must make a choice before the heavy rain stops, after which the enemy will charge quickly and it will be too late.

Lu Shuting stroked the two Colt pistols in his hand, which were two polished and very bright pistols, which could only be worn by officers at or above the regimental level in China. But here, a small platoon leader like Lu Shuting can also have it, and it is two. If he can return to the country alive, these two guns will be enough for him to show off for more than half a year, and raise his eyebrows among petty officers of the same rank.

Lu Shuting said while fiddling with the pistol: "I firmly disagree with going back, the country is in the north, and it is only right to go north." His voice was not high, almost drowned out by the sound of rain, but it revealed an unmistakable tone.

dared to blatantly confront the scrivener, and only Lu Shuting could do it, in fact, he had been singing against the scrivener for so many days. Of course, he has the capital to sing the right play, don't look at him as a platoon commander, one level lower than the scrivener, but in terms of structure, they have no direct affiliation: the scrivener is the commander of the 3rd company, and Lu Shuting is the platoon commander of the 1st company and 1st platoon, although they all belong to the 4th Battalion of the 288th Regiment of the 96th Division in terms of organization, they are two different companies.

The commander of the 288th Regiment is Lin Zeming, who died in the Battle of Pingmanna after entering Burma, and since then the 288th Regiment has become a motherless child, and the most dangerous, dirty, and tiring work on the battlefield has been handed over to them. When Du Yuming led the whole army to retreat, the 288th Regiment had always been responsible for the task of blocking and covering, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. After entering the Savage Mountain, the number of troops was seriously reduced, and many companies were sacrificed as a formation. More than 20 days ago, the scrivener box and Lu Shuting's 4th battalion were responsible for blocking the Japanese troops who were trailing, and they stopped fighting and fighting along the way, causing heavy casualties, some died in battle, some died of infectious diseases, and some drowned in swamps. In the end, only a few soldiers remained who survived now: Scrivener, Lu Shuting, Little Monkey, Kong Zhaoqiang, Zhao Yunlai, Gong Daniu and the Englishman Rena.

The scrivener stared at what Lu Shuting wanted to say, opened his mouth and gave up, with Lu Shuting's attitude towards himself these days, what he said was in vain. But if Lu Shuting chooses to go on, Savage Mountain will eat these people to the point that there are no bones left.

"Platoon Commander Lu, Savage Mountain is where the devil lives, and the brothers go in and die for a lifetime. We are responsible for the lives of our brothers. The scrivener still couldn't help but remind the other party.

Lu Shuting still fiddled with the pistol, raised his head and sneered: "Hehe, I did this because I was responsible for my brothers." What's wrong with heading north home? Follow Sun Liren and live to India, what can you do, is that home? ”

The scrivener snorted angrily: "Go home? When people are gone, what kind of home! ”

Lu Shuting put the pistol into his waist and said coldly: "No matter how you go, my brothers and I must go home." ”

"You ......" The scrivener couldn't bear it anymore, and landed on Shuting with his finger and almost had a seizure. The scrivener himself forgot that he was actually holding a gun in his hand, and the action of pointing at Lu Shuting turned into a gun pointing at Lu Shuting.

Lu Shuting refused to show weakness, and quickly pulled out two pistols from his waist with both hands, aiming them at the head and heart of the scrivener.