Chapter 44: Counterattack

Reinforcements, there are many ways to express the meaning of this word.

A bowl of water in the desert, a bonfire in the snow, a rope for a drowning man, a hug for a homeless man.

Taken together, this is what reinforcements mean.

For Qin Zhiyuan and them, although the arrival of reinforcements was gratifying, they were also in a crisis.

If the Germans find that they can't get the gold back, they may blow up the tunnel and choose to burn the jade. Anyway, I can't get it, and it's not so easy for you to think about it.

In order to avoid a tragedy, Qin Zhiyuan immediately organized troops to counterattack.

The old rule, grenades open the way, light machine guns follow up with strafing, kill all the Germans in sight, eliminate all hidden dangers.

"Attack." After arranging the order of the attack, Qin Zhiyuan gave the order.

"Attack!" Lieutenant Garth, armed with a Lewis machine gun, personally joined the attack.

"Attack!" Although the results of the battle were brilliant, they were suppressed by the Germans for a whole day, and the soldiers who were suffocated in their hearts and waiting to vent in their hearts spoke in unison.

After killing four cans of canned beef in a row, drinking two bottles of milk, Zheng Dali, who had recovered most of his physical strength, took the lead, and before he could reach the intended attack position, two grenades came out of his hands and smashed on the wall of the tunnel to bounce in the other direction.

Violent explosions and heavy smoke exploded, Zheng Dali squatted around the corner, throwing grenades with both hands, and the explosion sound was from near and far, plowing the other direction of the tunnel.

Before the explosion could stop, Garth dodged out, the Lewis light machine gun in his hand roaring wildly, sweeping down all standing human bodies.

Then the Iron Arm Fist passed on to Cheng Feiming, and the next wave of grenades was thrown by him.

Chen Kangjian and Grace followed behind Garth, who was responsible for eliminating the hidden danger. The so-called elimination of hidden dangers includes both explosives and seriously injured Germans, who did not die or not, if they pulled the grenade on their waist before they died.

Chen Kangjian is a standard martial artist, which can also be called a rammer; Griff is usually silent, and as long as he appears, he will hit the nail on the head at critical moments.

These two people are the best people to rule out hidden dangers.

An ordinary person, face to face with a knife to kill another living person, not only has to face the eyes full of pleading and affection, but also listen to all kinds of absurd pleading and frequent moaning and struggling, ordinary people can't do it. But Chen Kangjian and Griff did it without mercy, and they were so neat that people had to suspect that the two of them had committed crimes before, at least they had seen blood on their hands.

Hu Tingfeng and Kim Tae-ho were followed by Chen Kangjian and Greif, who were tasked with searching for explosives. Kim Tae-wha claims to be the heir of the legendary Six Gates, and is good at tracing traces, analyzing and reasoning. Although there is a legend of six doors on the rivers and lakes, no one has ever seen the people of the six doors walking the rivers and lakes. However, after Hu Tingfeng made a mistake with Jin Taihe, he affirmed Jin Taihe's ability, and Qin Zhiyuan believed in Jin Taihe.

If Jin Tae-ho is really a six-door person, then the combination of these two people is very strange, one is a former catcher, the other is a former tomb robbery expert, and a standard bandit family.

Hu Tingfeng and Kim Tae-hwa's work was still fruitful, and after attacking less than 100 meters forward, the two of them had already found three smoking grenades, each time Kim Tae-hwa was quick to cover them with the German corpse next to the grenade, so that there were no major casualties.

Qin Zhiyuan saw all this in his eyes, and he was faintly uneasy in his heart. If possible, Qin Zhiyuan wanted to check the old background of these people and see what they had done before. But after thinking about it, Qin Zhiyuan smiled dumbly.

These people are all martial artists, the so-called "chivalry is forbidden by martial arts", then they have kung fu on their own, and they must not be too honest when they are in China, maybe they are because they have a case and are wanted by the local government and can't stay, so they are forced to join the labor camp. If you really want to look closely, it is estimated that there are not many innocent labor teams.

Huimin company carried out a strict physical examination when recruiting people, stipulating a variety of diseases, as long as there is one will not be recruited, the Republic of China in 1916, if it is an honest bottom people, limited to poor living conditions, more or less will have some diseases.

Just when Qin Zhiyuan's mind was open, Zheng Dali and the others had already crossed the C and B positions, and in the process, Garth was hit by a German soldier and was slightly wounded. Then in position A, where the Germans had returned at a heavy cost, two French machine-gun shooters were also hit, one killed and one seriously wounded.

Finding that the resistance of the Germans was strengthening, Qin Zhiyuan understood that the reinforcements had already engaged the Germans, and the critical time had come.

"Ian, those who organized you, it's time to charge." When it came time to fill in with human lives, Qin Zhiyuan's first thought was the French.

"Yes, sir." The infantry company commander Ian saluted, then turned around and shouted "For France", and the French infantry, who were already eager to try, immediately swarmed up.

The Germans were ill-prepared, and after they entered the tunnel, they always occupied the machine-gun position after paying heavy casualties when the French took the initiative to retreat, so the Germans were not prepared for the sudden attack of the French, and the defense was broken through instantly.

The MG08 heavy machine gun of the Germans is inconvenient to move, so the MG08/15 light machine gun was developed on the basis of the MG08, this light machine gun is very heavy, although it is much lighter than the MG08, but compared to the Lewis of the French and the M1909 Haqikes, the weight is still too large, and the production of the MG08/15 of the Germans is insufficient, the number of equipment is too small, and the only few are moved to the front line because they want to participate in the attack, and when Qin Zhiyuan began to counterattack, was killed by Zheng Dali's grenade early. So, when faced with the onslaught of the French, the Germans resisted like a ball of scattered sand, and retreated much faster than they could attack.

At the end of the tunnel is the mouth of the tunnel, now because the sky is dark, the sight there is not very good, fortunately, Qin Zhiyuan has ordered the power supply to be restored, and under the light of the electric light, he can barely see the situation clearly.

Although Ian's men were not very skilled in combat, fortunately they did not lose their courage, and the Germans were finally driven out of the tunnel under the frenzied attack of the French.

When a "hello" finally came from the mouth of the tunnel, everyone was boiling.

"Man, you've done a great job, that's admirable." A shiny British lieutenant colonel dressed in a neat and straight military uniform and officer's boots saluted Qin Zhiyuan.

"Thank you very much, Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, you have come at the right time. If it's a little later, you'll have to help us collect the body. Qin Zhiyuan returned the salute and expressed his gratitude at the same time.

"It's a pleasure to help you." After the British lieutenant colonel finished speaking, he led the way to the tunnel.

"Uh......" The lieutenant colonel was dumbfounded as he looked at the passage in front of him, which was almost completely blocked by corpses.

The lieutenant colonel could swear that he had never seen so many corpses in his life, in the same tunnel.