Chapter 782: Artillery Ensign
The roar of cannons could be heard in the wilderness outside the woods.
Su Dangdang listened carefully, it was a devil's cannon, this kind of cannon had a low sound when fired, but the cannonball exploded loudly, so its power could be felt from afar.
In the muffled sound of cannons, mixed with the sound of other weapons.
Su Dangdang was thinking about how to find the third camp as soon as possible, when the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the road, Su Dangdang hurriedly lay down, turned around, and flew into the depths of the forest. didn't go far, a big hand suddenly stretched out from the oblique thorn and covered Su Dangdang's mouth tightly.
Su Dangdang's heart was suddenly lifted to his throat, and he maintained his original posture motionlessly, not even daring to penetrate the atmosphere.
The sound of horses' hooves on the avenue faded away. Only then did the big hand covering his mouth let go, and Su Dangdang's cheeks and the abrupt green tendons on his neck that had been suffocated just now calmed down. He turned his head and found a pair of bloodshot eyes staring at him, judging from the dress and collar badge, this was a ** artillery second lieutenant. The second lieutenant glanced at Su Dangdang's armband and lowered his voice: "A company? β
Su Dangdang nodded.
"Ordered to come to Duanchuan Bridge to show the way?"
Su Dangdang nodded again, suddenly he seemed to remember something, and shook his head slightly, just about to explain, but was robbed of the conversation by the second lieutenant, he obviously didn't notice this change in Su Dangdang: "Don't look for it, the third battalion blocked several Japanese charges, and then directly launched a counterattack, which has broken through the Japanese defense line!" Just across the Duanchuan Bridge, a company was left behind to continue sniping the enemy, waiting for our main force! β
The second lieutenant gasped a few times and continued: "Fuck, the brothers suddenly rushed so fast, and the positions of the Orientals were scattered, and when the Orientals regrouped their forces, our three battalions had already run away, and these dogs were so sudden that they left Lao Tzu here alone!" Ah, by the way, there's a company of defense on the other side of the bridge.
Su Dangdang suddenly had the feeling of being a bird with the end of the world, so he had the courage to ask to break: "Sir, how did you fall behind?" β
The second lieutenant sighed: "It's not me, it's all my injured leg." β
Only then did Su Dangdang notice that the second lieutenant's right trouser was already dark red, and the half-exposed strip of gauze was still dripping blood, and the blood and muddy water were mixed together, forming a small black and red puddle under the second lieutenant's feet.
Su Dangdang hurriedly took out the bandage, and then untied the bandage on the second lieutenant's right calf. In front of him was a palm-sized piece of blood, and a piece of flesh on his right leg and stomach had been removed from here, and at a glance he knew that it had been cut off by a burst of bomb. Su Dangdang bandaged the second lieutenant while listening to him tell him about the origin of the wound.
It turned out that this second lieutenant belonged to the mortar company of the FΓΌhrer's division. Yesterday afternoon, when he and several brothers in the battalion were escorting a mortar-loaded truck westward to Duancheon, he did not want to be bombed, and the truck accidentally overturned into a ditch on the side of the road in order to avoid the bombs, and the brothers in the car were killed and the second lieutenant was also wounded.
A large piece of flesh on his right leg had been sliced off by shrapnel, and the second lieutenant endured severe pain and snatched a mortar and a box of shells from the truck before the fuel tank exploded, and then fainted in pain. By the time he woke up, it was already late at night. The troops had long since disappeared, and the second lieutenant, realizing that he was alone, prepared himself to fight behind enemy lines, took out a bandage from his first-aid kit, bandaged himself, and then limped the mortars and shells into the depths of the woods, hid them under a holly tree, and marked them. The second lieutenant sorted out his weapons with him, a telescope, a pistol, and seven rounds of ammunition, plus the mortar and shells, all he had now. β¦,
Dawn soon came.
There was a dense sound of horses' hooves on the avenue, followed by the sound of trucks running over the road, and then the sound of large leather boots stomping on the ground in unison, and the second lieutenant knew very well that the devil's brigade had caught up.
It wasn't long before gunfire rang out in the fields a few miles ahead, and the gunfire grew more and more intense, and then the cannon rang out. At noon, the second lieutenant was paying attention to the changes in the battle situation outside the forest, and suddenly the sound of horses' hooves sounded on the avenue again, and then he saw a guy wearing the same style of military uniform as him was shrinking towards the place where he was hiding, he was surprised and delighted, in order to prevent this guy from being frightened by his sudden appearance, he covered his mouth with his hand, this guy is Su Dangdang.
After Su Dangdang finished bandaging his wound, his uncompetitive stomach bulged again!
The second lieutenant smiled, and took out two white-faced buns from his arms, and Su Dangdang took them and eliminated them by dividing them by two. After eating the bun, Su Dangdang felt that his body bones had a little more strength, and he asked the second lieutenant: "Sir, what do you say to do now, I will listen to you!" β
Don't panic, the devils are exchanging fire with our troops, and our attention must be focused on the front of the bridge, there must be omissions in the flanks and rear, let's think of a way from there, maybe we can find a place to cross the river. β
Su Dangding nodded in agreement, he picked up the second lieutenant, put his right arm on his right shoulder and listened intently, the gunfire was most dense in the west and north, and the gunfire was almost inaudible in the south, he pointed to the guide surface, Su Dangdang was about to take a step, and was suddenly stopped by him: "Wait, I'll lead you to the place where the cannon is hidden, maybe we can use the cannon." β
Su Dangdang, under the guidance of the second lieutenant, found the holly tree, recognized the mark on the tree, and then the two of them touched it south step by step.
At dusk they touched the end of the woods, a slightly undulating wilderness, through which a narrow dirt road passed intermittently, at the end of which it seemed to be a village, and smoke was still rising from the crooked mud houses.
"Where have we been?" Su Dangdang asked the second lieutenant beside him.
"I can't say exactly where it is, but I've heard from the brothers that there seems to be a river on the southeast side of the bridge, and the river is relatively narrow, and the local villagers often cross the river from there, so I don't have a good leg, why don't you find a high ground to find out the situation first?"
As he spoke, the second lieutenant took out his binoculars and handed them to Su Dangdang.
Su Dangdang felt that the second lieutenant's words were quite reasonable, but there was a wilderness in front of him, and there was not even a flat hillside, where could he find high ground?
He looked around at the forest behind him, and with an idea, he took the binoculars and found a tall holly tree, the scarred trunk of which was the best way for him to climb up.
Climbing this kind of tree is a trivial matter for him, and when he digs a bird's nest in his hometown, not to mention this kind of tree, even if it is a tall metasequoia, it will not be half a cigarette to play back and forth from the bottom of the tree to the top of the tree
He quickly climbed to the canopy of a tree more than ten meters above the ground, and the stumps of late autumn had not yet fallen, which was his best disguise. He held the telescope and looked into the distance, and in the northwest direction, a bridge loomed into view:
Tangawa Bridge!
The autumn sun slanting to the west paved the last trace of blood on the sparkling river, and only the jets of water stirred up by stray bullets reminded Su Dangdang from time to time that this was a cruel battlefield rather than a beautiful picture.
Two pillars of black smoke rose from the bridgehead on the west bank of the river, and under the pillars of smoke were the vague outlines of two tanks. Su Dang knew in his heart that this was the masterpiece of the squadron's combat defense artillery.
I heard those veterans say that in the battle of Russia, there were seven or eight Russian tanks in the face of a Chinese war defense gun and hesitated, Su Dangdang knew very well the power of this kind of artillery, as long as they were there, the enemy was helpless...,
Dozens of small black dots suddenly appeared in the field of vision, and there were waves behind the black dots, Su Dangdang adjusted the focus, only to find that it was the devil's infantry rowing across the river in a rubber boat.
Su Dangdang raised the binoculars, and a Japanese officer appeared in his field of vision, holding a command flag in his hand, and every time the command flag waved downward, these mountain cannons roared once, and a few earth flowers would immediately bloom on the beach on the west bank of the river.
It is clear that this artillery unit is providing artillery support for the devil infantry who are crossing the river.
"These debris must be destroyed first!" Su Dangdang spat into the palm of his hand, and came down from the tree in a few clicks. He reported to the second lieutenant what he had observed in the trees.
The second lieutenant is a little difficult, let's fight, there are only two of them, including Su Dangdang's shell gun, there are two short guys and three grenades in total, and the other party is dozens of people, guns and ammunition are readily available, and he is also injured, once he is discovered, I am afraid he will not even have a chance to run!
If you don't fight, it seems that you can't stand the brothers on the other side, and besides, if you let the devils cross the river, the troops on the other side will fall into a difficult defense.
When he hesitated, he glanced at Su Dangdang, and there was clearly one word written on the corporal's face: Hit! So he turned his heart sideways: "Fight!" Su Dangdang's tense nerves were slightly relieved, you must know that the most valuable thing at this time is to be united, isn't there a saying that "two people are concentric, and their benefits are gold"?
"You bring that mortar and that box of shells!" The second lieutenant gave the order.
"Okay!" Su Dangdang agreed, and after a few steps into the woods, a mortar and a box of shells were placed in front of the second lieutenant.
"Since you want to fight, you should first beat the devil's river-crossing troops, even if you can't fight, the stirred water column can also alert the bridge guards on the opposite bank that there are devils sneaking attack."
After all, a second lieutenant is a second lieutenant, and he is more than a step above Su Dangdang in terms of battlefield experience and tactical play. Then, he asked Su Dangdang about the approximate location and direction of the Japanese rubber boat, and then told Su Dangdang the sign language code of the contact:
The pointing of a finger indicates the direction, the number indicates the distance, and one finger represents ten meters. After everything was explained, the second lieutenant chose a low-lying place to erect a gun rack! Clear