Cai Jiheng is polishing the **** with bricks and stones with some staff officers of the military department.

The quartermaster found hundreds of rounds of 82 mm **** in the ammunition depot, the last of the shells in stock. The devil knows how these 82-mm shells got in, the mortars of the 10th Army had a maximum caliber of only 81 mm, and the mortars could not be fired if they were so large that they could not be fired. And for the officers and soldiers who fought on the position, **** is simply more valuable than gold. Sun Mingyu, chief of staff, decided to mobilize the staff officers and logistics personnel of the military headquarters to process these shells, and as long as the belt of the shells was worn off by one millimeter, the shells could be brought back to life.

Cai Jiheng was the most idle idler among the miscellaneous personnel of the military department, and the temporary job assigned to him by Commander Fang was an air liaison officer, and only when the planes of the Sino-US joint air force were in the air, Cai Jiheng would use radio to contact the pilots and guide them in air support for the defenders' positions. As far as the defenders of Hengyang were concerned, there were not many times when there were air force planes to assist in the battle, and the pilots of the mixed regiment of the Chinese and American air forces were very busy, and their number of planes was not large, so they had to increase the combat time, and they had to take off more than three times a day, coming and going in a hurry, sometimes they were bombing the iron bridge of the Yellow River in Henan in the morning, and in the afternoon they went to Hengyang to bomb the Japanese artillery position. As the fighting became more and more intense, the pilots of the 14th Air Force and the mixed regiment of the Chinese and American Air Forces suffered more and more casualties, and only the 26th Squadron of the 3rd Brigade, where Cai Jiheng belonged, had more than one-third of the pilots killed or wounded, and people died almost every day.

Cai Jiheng has lived in anxiety every day since he was forced to land in Hengyang, he is eager to return to the army to participate in the battle, but he can't leave for a while, Hengyang has been surrounded like an iron bucket, every soldier of the defenders must be used carefully, how can there be troops to cover Cai Jiheng's breakthrough.

In fact, according to Cai Jiheng's thoughts, he would rather carry *** to the forward position to participate in the battle. Hand-to-hand hand-to-hand hand-to-hand combat, close-range shooting, assault and counter-assault...... These battle scenes greatly stimulated Cai Jiheng's nerves, which was even more exciting than the pilot's aerial dogfight. But after all, all he could do now was grind the cannonballs with bricks. A few days ago, when he asked Fang Xianjue to return to the rear, he was scolded by Fang Xianjue: "You are not allowed to go anywhere, stay honest with me, otherwise I will discipline you well for your brother!" ”

Cai Jiheng was listlessly polishing the cartridge belt, he had already sharpened more than a dozen shells in the past two days, and his hands were worn out. Cai Jiheng believes that he has made a certain contribution to the defense of Hengyang, and now he needs to consider how to return to the rear base. He heard all the conversation between Fang Xianjue and Cai Jigang just now, and Fang Xianjue proposed to take a small boat down the Xiangjiang River at night, so that he could drift out of the Japanese blockade line without knowing it. This is a brilliant idea, although there are Japanese motorboats patrolling the Xiangjiang River, but the vast river cannot be blocked by a few motorboats, unless the devils set up a net to block the entire Xiangjiang River. Cai Jiheng thinks that there is no need to take a small boat, just hold a wooden plank and go into the water, anyway, the river flow speed is very fast, and you can float to Hengshan County in less than an hour to go ashore, this method is really worth trying.

A lieutenant of a communications corps in the military headquarters stood at the door of the communications room and shouted: "Captain, I just received a call from the Air Force, and our plane is about to enter the air." ”

Cai Jiheng perked up, and hurriedly stood up and said, "I'll go to the top of the building immediately, how many are there?" ”

The lieutenant replied: "It is said that it is a formation of P-40 four-planes, and it will be over Hengyang in five minutes." ”

Cai Jiheng rushed to the roof of the central bank in three steps and two steps, and just after adjusting the frequency of the radio station, a formation of four P-40E fighters was already flying over his head with a strange roar.

Cai Jiheng picked up the microphone: "Hey! I'm a crocodile, I'm a crocodile, who's leading the team today? ”

Wang Haiwen's voice came from the radio: "I'm a Finnish knife, I'm a Finnish knife, crocodile, are you okay?" ”

"I'm still alive, but I'm fucking uncomfortable, brothers, okay?"

"011 and 018 left yesterday, and the rest are fine!"

Cai Jiheng's heart sank, and the 3rd Brigade sacrificed two more pilots, 011 and 018 are the code names of Fan Changxia and Zhao Ziyi.

"Crocodile, I saw Shen Xingyun, she's fine, she's just worried about you."

"Oh, tell her I can't die, I'm alive and well, I just miss her so much."

"Understood, I will convey it to her, please rest assured!"

Cai Jiheng was silent for a moment and said: "Finnish knife, Finnish knife, just these few people today?" There were fewer people. ”

Wang Haiwen replied: "That's the case, recently the devils have repaired Hengyang Airport, their fighter jets will take off at any time, we have allocated some manpower to deal with them, and intercept these bastards over the airport. Crocodile, I've seen the anti-air identification board, I need to get to work, where to start? Please instruct! ”

"Finnish knives, Finnish knives, do you pay attention to Area 5, is there any movement there?" Cai Jiheng found a coordinate point on the city defense map. According to the coordinates calibrated in advance, the No. 5 area is outside the north gate of Hengyang City, according to intelligence, the Japanese army's 100 mm cannons and 150 mm ** guns are set up on the artillery positions at the north gate, and these heavy guns pose a great threat to the defenders.

"Crocodile, crocodile, I see the target, these bastards are busy, but...... The targets are too scattered, and we only brought eight bottles of 'white flower oil', which I am afraid will not be able to clean up. Wang Haiwen's voice was choppy in the midst of the intense noise.

"White Flower Oil" is ***[1]

Wang Haiwen believed that the Japanese artillery positions were too scattered, and eight 500-pound guns could not fully cover the Japanese heavy artillery positions.

Cai Jiheng became excited: "Okay, this thing is a good thing, let the devil taste the taste of 'white flower oil'!" ”

He has seen the killing effect of white phosphorus *** in American military education films, which is very amazing. When it explodes, it forms clouds, leaving no one within a radius of 150 meters, and its killing effect is extremely brutal. Once the white phosphorus particles come into contact with the human body, even if they are only the size of broad bean grains, they will immediately burn through the skin and flesh, penetrate deep into the bones, and melt the skin and flesh into the bones, which is almost impossible for others to extinguish. The most effective way is to immerse yourself in water to isolate the air and lower the temperature. For the burn area, only immediate surgical treatment can be carried out, and all the tissue at the wound site will be removed.

Cai Jiheng looked at the group of planes hovering in the air and said: "Finnish knife, Finnish knife, this is already a big meal, I'm so content, let's work!" ”

Cai Jiheng saw the group of monsters screaming and diving down in turn, and then pulled up at a large angle and drilled into the clouds. Soon a sky-high flame rose outside the north gate, turning the sky red.

Wang Haiwen's voice came from the microphone: "Crocodile, crocodile, the 'white flower oil' has run out, good guy, looking down from the air, it looks like a goddess scattering flowers, but it's enough for a devil to drink a pot." Crocodile, crocodile, we also have some dry food (machine gun ammunition) to help you clean up before leaving. Say, where do we start? ”

Cai Jiheng calculated in his heart that there were 24 large-caliber machine guns installed on the four P-40 fighters, with 300 rounds of ammunition per machine gun, a total of 7,200 rounds of ammunition.

"Finnish knives, Finnish knives, from your position, where is the most lively down there?"

Wang Haiwen replied: "I see that except for the east, the other three directions are very lively, just like fireworks on the Chinese New Year's Eve." ”

That's right, to the east of the city is the Xiangjiang defense line defended by the 190th Division, and there is no fighting in this direction, while fierce fighting is going on in the west, south, and north. So where is the support most needed? Cai Jiheng summed up the battle situation in the past two days and believed that the front line of Wuguiling, Tianma Mountain, and Yueping Mountain should be under the greatest pressure.

"Finnish knives, Finnish knives, please pay attention to area 8, clean up there, pay attention to the anti-air identification board, are they in place?"

"See, very clear, good fellow, these devils seem to be dying, surging up in waves...... Crocodile, crocodile, we went down ......"

"Finnish knives, Finnish knives, pay attention to fireworks (anti-aircraft fire), don't eat all the dry food, maybe you have to use ...... on the way back," Cai Jiheng reminded.

Cai Jiheng transferred the call to the Yue Pingshan command post of the 8th Regiment of the 3rd Division: "Hey! I'm Captain Cai Jiheng, the Air Liaison Officer of the Military Department, who are you? ”

A hoarse voice came from the microphone: "I am Major Chu Zhongyue, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 8th Regiment, what are your instructions?" Please! ”

"Battalion Commander Chu, please report on the battle situation of my air support."

"Well done, I knocked down more than a hundred devils in the first round of dives, what a beautiful job! Our planes began to dive again...... The ground was like a boiling pot, densely packed with bullet impact points, the devils fell down again, the enemy's attack was completely collapsed, and all the officers and men of our 8th Regiment asked for credit for the pilot! Thank you, Air Force brothers! "The roar of aircraft engines and the sound of dense machine-gun fire could be heard over the microphone.

Cai Jiheng saw the group regrouping over the city, and Wang Haiwen was saying goodbye to him: "Crocodile, crocodile, we're leaving, I'm afraid we won't be able to come tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, there's no way, we are short of manpower, take care!" ”

"Finnish knives, Finnish knives, say hello to the brethren for me! Just say that I miss them, and if conditions permit, come to see me more, bring more 'white flower oil' and 'dry food', and I thank you on behalf of all the officers and men of the 10th Army! Cai Jiheng looked at the sky with his eyes blank, and felt a warmth in his heart.

The four planes shook their wings together a few times in the air, as if they were saying goodbye to their comrades, and then disappeared into the horizon......

Due to the long-term inability to attack the Yueping Mountain position, the exhausted 133rd Wing was withdrawn from the position for rest, and Yamada Keiichi found that the entire 133rd Wing had less than 400 people left. Before withdrawing from the position, Wing Commander Hei Lai Dasa ordered all the troops to line up, as if he had something to say. After these days of fighting, the soldiers who were still alive had also lost their human form, everyone was ragged, their faces were like ashes, and most of the soldiers were staggering and unsteady. These are the remnants of the 133rd Wing after the fourth replenishment.

The 133rd Wing, which had just withdrawn from its position, was again attacked by an air attack next to an artillery position, causing heavy casualties again.

The group of several hundred people was lined up in a single column, pulling out a kilometer long in front and back, and Keiichi Yamada was walking at the back of the line, when he heard the muffled sound of cannon coming from the front, which was so loud that his eardrums were almost burst.

Tadaichi Sasaki told him that there was an artillery position ahead, and that a few days ago he had passed by and saw that the emplacements were full of 150 mm guns.

Keiichi Yamada covered his ears and said, "No wonder the cannon sound is so loud that it makes people's ears unbearable." ”

Tadaichi Sasaki spat out "phew" and said, "What's the use of that?" I have seen with my own eyes that this kind of heavy artillery fired thousands of shells at the positions of Zhangjiashan and Yuepingshan, and it stands to reason that there should be no more living people on them, but as soon as our infantry approaches, they will immediately be attacked by a large number of hands. ”

As the two were talking, they heard a sharp air raid siren from the artillery position, and the soldiers on the march immediately fell to their stomachs. Keiichi Yamada saw four P-40 fighters painted with shark mouth patterns, and swooped down from the sky one after another, throwing a few black dots under the wings, and in the blink of an eye, small parachutes opened on the black spots......

Tadaichi Sasaki shouted, "It's an umbrella bomb!" ”

Before he could speak, those umbrella bombs exploded in mid-air, and a fireball similar to fireworks appeared in the sky, which was shaped like a large white octopus, and countless thin tentacles spread out below, scattering hundreds of orange fireballs, the fireballs dragged a long white trail, accompanied by a large amount of white mist, and a dense fire rain fell from the sky like a heavenly maiden, and a terrible scream suddenly sounded on the artillery position......

At this time, Keiichi Yamada smelled a strong smell similar to garlic, he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly shouted in horror: "Oh my God, ***, hurry!" Go and save people! ”

Keiichi Yamada knew *** because his best friend, a fellow Osaka countryman, died under the attack of ***, and his death was horrific. He then consulted the relevant technical personnel, and learned that this is a new type of *** that can produce lethal high temperatures, when the bomb body is detonated, the scattered incendiary agent is glued with white phosphorus material, white phosphorus can spontaneously combust at room temperature, thereby igniting the thermite material, causing violent combustion. The combustionist also adds a viscous substance, which can make the incendiary stick to the human body and equipment, causing the greatest killing effect.

When Keiichi Yamada and Tadaichi Sasaki rushed into the artillery position, they were stunned by the tragic situation in front of them: it became a sea of fire, the human body, the fortifications, the soil, and even the cannons made of steel were burning, the ammunition depot set up on the anticline of the position was also detonated, the medicine packs and shells were exploding one after another, shrapnel flew sideways on the position, and fireballs flew into the sky like signal flares......

What's even more terrifying is that hundreds of soldiers who were hit by white phosphorus fragments rolled in pain on the ground, wailing hoarsely, and Keiichi Yamada held down a soldier and wanted to bandage him, but found that once those white phosphorus blocks the size of broad beans touched the skin, they were like concentrated sulfuric acid splashing on a sponge, and they instantly burned holes in the flesh. The white phosphorus scorched with white smoke and drilled deep into the muscles like a drill, until the bones were still burning......

Keiichi Yamada shouted helplessly, "Water, water, who has water?" ”

Tadaichi Sasaki turned pale with fright, and he cried out, "Yamada-kun, here...... There is no water here......"

Keiichi Yamada reluctantly put down the soldier: "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I can't save you!" ”

After a while, the screams gradually subsided, and the position was full of dead soldiers, and the corpses took on all kinds of terrible shapes, and one corpse was still intact, and the clothes were clean, but the head had completely turned into a skeleton. The other corpse had an intact upper body, and its legs had turned into charred bones. Even more terrifying was the corpse of an artillery lieutenant, whose abdomen was burned with white phosphorus, leaving only a vertebra connecting his upper and lower body......

This air raid caused the death of nearly 300 artillery and infantry, and the original target of the Chinese Air Force was the artillery position, but the 133rd Wing did not have a long eye, and passed by the artillery position at this moment, so more than 100 soldiers not only became backs, but also died extremely tragically, so it seems that the luck of the 133rd Wing is really bad.

Hei Lai Dazuo gathered the team with a blushing face, and ordered the military flag to be raised in front of the queue, he walked a few times in front of the queue in silence, and the soldiers also looked at the wing commander in silence, Hei Lai Dazuo finally stopped walking, he coughed, and was about to speak, but his mouth opened, but he didn't say a word...... Suddenly, Hei Lai Dazuo turned backwards, knelt down with a "plop" in the direction of Yue Ping Mountain, and cried loudly.

This cry didn't matter, all the soldiers fell to their knees, and the queue erupted in bursts of earth-shattering cries and wails, and Hei Lai Dazuo cried out the names of the fallen officers one by one, and kept hitting the ground with his head, so that his forehead was bloody.

In the procession, Keiichi Yamada also cried, he looked up to the sky and wailed, tears streaming down his face, weeping bitterly for himself, for his brother who died in battle, for his elderly parents, and for the countless dead souls who had passed away.

Originally, when he was withdrawing from his position, Heilai Dazuo had officially announced that the whole wing would rest for three days, but in fact it was only one day off, because the 133rd wing had run out of food, and if it didn't think of a way, it would really be hungry.

Since the beginning of August, the battlefield situation in Hunan has shown some changes, and under Chiang Kai-shek's strict orders, the reinforcements of the Nationalist army from all walks of life are slowly approaching Hengyang from all directions, and although the Japanese reinforcements from all directions are desperately blocking and effectively stopping the advance of the reinforcements, they have obviously felt more and more pressure, after all, the Chinese army has an overwhelming advantage in numbers.

As the war in northern Burma and western Yunnan was progressing smoothly, and the pressure on the U.S. 14th Air Force and the Sino-US Joint Air Force to support the expeditionary force was reduced, Chennault finally breathed a sigh of relief, so he mobilized part of his air power to carry out large-scale air raids on the Japanese army's water and land transportation lines in the Hunan battlefield, and seized most of the air supremacy.

Under such a battlefield situation, the situation of Yokoyama's 11th Army was getting worse and worse, Hengyang could not be attacked for a long time, and the heavy casualties of the troops had reached the point where it was unbearable, and the fierce and frequent air raids by the Sino-US joint air force caused great losses to the materials transported by the Japanese army to the theater, and the water and land transportation line from Wuhan to Changsha and Hengyang was full of destroyed and burning vehicles and shipwrecks.

For Yokoyama Yong, the battle in Hengyang has reached the last moment, and the 11th Army has paid a heavy price for this small city, and it must not be abandoned at this time. Of the limited supplies that the transport sector has painstakingly transported to the front, ammunition, ordnance and medicine for combat use are the first to be secured, and the second is food. Yokoyama had no choice, the troops had no food, and they could also use the means of fighting to feed the war and seize it from the residents of the occupied areas, but if the ammunition supply was not continued, the front-line troops could not hold out for even a day, and the soldiers had to fight with bayonets.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, Second Lieutenant Matsui conveyed the order from above, and the task of the 10th Squadron today was to go to the countryside to collect grain, as for where to collect it, the above did not say, the implication was that each squadron would watch and do it by itself, and go wherever it was possible to find food.

Keiichi Yamada thought, what is "collecting"? In fact, it's robbery, the commanders are very slippery, and they will never say the word "robbery" from their mouths, only the ambiguous expression of "collection", whatever you want to understand.

There were still more than 80 people in the 10th Squadron, which was the number after merging and regrouping the remnants of the two squadrons, and the squadron leader was still Second Lieutenant Matsui. Keiichi Yamada's 5th squad had nine men after the merger, and most of the veterans before the battle began, except for Saburo Nobuno and Tadaichi Sasaki, had already suffered casualties, and the current soldiers were all merged from other squads.

As soon as the soldiers heard about the collection of grain in the countryside, they were excited, and in their opinion, it was an outing. According to past experience, once in the countryside, the commanders at all levels will show great tolerance and do not restrain the behavior of the soldiers, and for the soldiers, the days without military discipline are like carnival festivals, and everyone can do whatever they want, and this kind of good thing is not very common.

The target of this operation was identified on the map by Second Lieutenant Matsui, a relatively large village southwest of Hengyang City, about ten kilometers from the city. Keiichi Yamada carefully looked at the military map of 1/50,000 and found the name of the village, which was called Tan Jia Chong.

"Matsui-kun, why did you choose Tan Jiachong? It's about ten kilometers from our station, don't you think it's a bit far? Keiichi Yamada asked suspiciously.

"Yamada Juncao, it's not just our wing that is running out of food at present, other wings are also collecting food everywhere like us, I think there are people in the suburbs of the city who have already taken the lead, we can't find another grain of food, we can only expand the search range to ten kilometers away." Matsui explained.

"Matsui-kun, such an action can easily lead to the loss of control of the soldiers, before the action, should we emphasize the issue of military discipline?"

"I don't think it's necessary, these days of continuous fighting, the soldiers are very hard, I think they should be relaxed, after all, we are in the period of recuperation, and it is not appropriate to restrain the soldiers too strictly." Matsui unceremoniously vetoed Keiichi Yamada's proposal.

The 10th Squadron marched on foot for two hours from the troop station to Tanjiachong, a distance of ten kilometers. For field troops, if it were in peacetime, this distance would be nothing at all, but today it is very difficult. The soldiers had exhausted their physical strength to the limit in the battle, and they had not had time to recover, and the result was that the house leaked and rained, and tens of thousands of soldiers on the Hengyang front encountered the problem of running out of food. Under the fierce bombardment of the Chinese and US air forces, the limited amount of grain transported to the front line was distributed to each soldier, but only four or two meters a day, and this amount of food could hardly maintain the survival of the soldiers, and most of them were malnourished and their physical fitness was seriously declining.

In the past, the troops always lined up in four neat columns, but today there is no queue to speak of, and the hungry soldiers are staggering and supporting each other, and the line is sparsely stretched for a kilometer.

Keiichi Yamada also felt dizzy and weak, and he fell at the back of the line.

A large village finally appeared in the distance, and those houses with blue tiles and whitewashed walls reflected the typical characteristics of Hunan dwellings, and this kind of building mostly used stilted buildings to wear buckets, horse-head gables and other techniques to form a changeable shape. Its gable is made into a "horse-head wall", which rises above the roof and is stepped with the slope of the roof.

Second Lieutenant Matsui ordered the troops to stop advancing, he observed it with a telescope, then opened the map to determine the coordinates, and he announced that the village in front of him was Tan Jiachong. The squadron leader was a guy with a chicken feather as an arrow, and this was supposed to be a common robbery, but he took care of it as a military operation. The team was still two or three hundred meters away from the village, and he ordered all the soldiers of the 10th Squadron to put their rifles on their bayonets and start a battle formation search and advance.

Keiichi Yamada saw that many soldiers had secretly loaded their bullets without receiving orders...... He didn't feel that his heart sank, and he seemed to smell a trace of blood, this village called Tan Jiachong was afraid that it was going to suffer today.

According to the estimation of Second Lieutenant Matsui, most areas of Hunan Province can be planted with double cropping rice, and some areas can be planted with three crops of rice, and the harvest period of early rice should be in early July every year, and at the beginning of August, it is the time when the harvest is over and the grain is put into the warehouse.

The peasants, who were working on the threshing floor, suddenly spotted the approaching Japanese soldiers, and they threw down their farming tools in panic and fled, when the Type 96 light machine gun in the hands of the spearhead fired, and the bullets swept towards the crowd in a fan, and the peasants fell one after another...... After all, this is not a real battle, the opponent has no fierce machine-gun fire, there is no overwhelming hand**, and the unarmed peasants can only be beaten. For many days, the soldiers of the 10th Squadron had had enough of their anger in front of the Yueping Mountain position, when the pent-up anger in their hearts burst out instantly, and they howled and opened fire as they rushed into the village in groups......

Keiichi Yamada and Second Lieutenant Matsui were the last to enter the village, and Matsui of course had his own considerations when he walked last, and this was the method used by many officers of the Japanese army in their actions against civilians in the occupied areas, anyway, he did not directly order the massacre of civilians, let alone instruct soldiers to rape women, and even if he was investigated from above in the future, he could shirk his responsibility and say that it was the behavior of individual soldiers.

"Yamada Juncao, I know that you are a Buddhist and don't like to kill, and I understand that. But you have to know how to lead soldiers, this is an art, the discipline of soldiers must be relaxed, too strict soldiers will hate you, once you are hated by soldiers, you will suffer at a critical moment. If the management is too lax, you will not be able to establish your authority, and the execution of orders will be greatly reduced. Therefore, the person leading the troops must understand what should be managed and what should not be managed, and in some things, he can also open his eyes and close his eyes......" Matsui seems to be imparting experience.

Keiichi Yamada could only be treated in silence, he could not express his views publicly, so that there was no benefit except for danger to himself. Although Matsui is only a second lieutenant, he is an officer after all, and according to the strict hierarchical concept of the Japanese army, he must absolutely obey the will of his superiors, and he is not allowed to have the slightest doubt or refutation.

Keiichi Yamada knew that these soldiers who had survived the brutal battle were full of fear, depression and perversion, and that once they were freed from the shackles of military discipline, they would turn into a group of fierce and bloodthirsty beasts, and there was nothing they would not dare to do.

A vacant lot at the entrance of the village is piled up with various bags and containers of rice, a few shirtless soldiers are surrounding a stone mortar to make rice, and several other soldiers are ** a pig, skewering pieces of pork with rifles and putting them on the fire to barbecue. These days, the soldiers are crazy with hunger and are now in a hurry to eat a full meal.

Despite his mental preparations, the brutality of the soldiers still stunned Yamada, and the main street of the village was littered with corpses, and blood was splattered on the streets and courtyard walls. Judging from the wounds on the corpses, almost all of them were directly stabbed to death with bayonets, and there were many corpses with different heads and mutilated limbs, which at first glance were hacked to death with sabers. According to the regulations of the Japanese army, there were only commanders [2]

Only those of the above ranks have the right to carry swords, and it seems that both the commander and the commander of the 10th squadron were involved in the atrocities.

In a courtyard facing the street, the noise of soldiers could be heard, and among them there were women screaming hoarsely.

When Keiichi Yamada walked into the courtyard, he saw a naked peasant woman, her body tied to a door panel with the character "big", a soldier lying on top of the peasant woman and raping her, and beside him was a group of impatient and eager soldiers, who were urging the rapist to hurry.

What shocked him even more was that in the open space in front of the farmhouse, there were still two corpses of young women, their abdomen had been cut open, their internal organs were bleeding all over the ground, the whole body was almost soaked in a pool of blood, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

Saburo Nobuno and Tadaichi Sasaki were also in the crowd waiting for rape, and they had even taken off their pants and shamelessly ** their lower bodies. As soon as they saw Keiichi Yamada, the two hurriedly put on their pants and saluted him, and Saburo Shinno said flatteringly: "Yamada-kun, I'm sorry, we haven't been in contact with women for a long time, it stands to reason that we finally found a woman, and it should be enjoyed by the chief first......"

His words fell, and Keiichi Yamada gave him a hard slap, and Saburo Nobuno was stunned. Keiichi Yamada didn't want to speak anymore, he turned and walked towards the courtyard gate, only to find Second Lieutenant Matsui standing in front of the courtyard gate and staring at him scrutinically.

Keiichi Yamada couldn't help it, he bowed to Second Lieutenant Matsui and said, "Sir, I have something to say!" ”

Second Lieutenant Matsui nodded: "Yamada Juncao, I know what you have to say, you think this is a bit cruel, don't you?" ”

"Yes, I don't think it's necessary to kill civilians at all, isn't our task to collect food? Why go on a killing spree? Now the soldiers are not only killing, but also raping, this ...... This is just too much. ”

Second Lieutenant Matsui smiled coldly: "Yamada Juncao, don't you think that civilians are also a war resource?" Destroying the enemy's war resources will shorten the duration of the war. Besides, can you testify for me that the order to kill civilians was given from my mouth? No, never, this is the act of individual soldiers, we can understand that this is an act of self-defense against the rebels. As for women...... I don't think it can be called rape, maybe it's a way for soldiers to love the opposite sex, they need the comfort of the opposite sex, I think it's understandable. ”

Keiichi Yamada couldn't help but burst into tears: "Sir, if you think that civilians are also war resources and need to be eliminated by military means, then there are 40,000 people in China, can we kill them?" Sir, we are men, not beasts......"

Second Lieutenant Matsui sank his face, opened his bow left and right and slapped Kei Yamada in the face or two: "Yaga, who are you talking to?" ”

Keiichi Yamada stood up straight, looked ahead and said, "I'm sorry, sir, I don't want to offend you, but I stand by my opinion. ”

Matsui was furious, he took a step forward, opened his arms and slapped Keiichi Yamada more than a dozen times in a row......

Keiichi Yamada didn't move, his cheeks gradually turned purple, his eyes were swollen to the point that only a thin slit remained, and blood continued to ooze from his nose and mouth......

Man Tang arched out of the soil in a daze, just now the explosion of a large-caliber cannonball buried Man Tang sturdy alive, all relying on the desire to survive, he used all his strength with his hands and feet, and finally arched through the soil layer more than two feet thick and drilled out.

Mantang moved his limbs and checked his body, but fortunately, he was not injured. He just felt a splitting headache, some nausea and wanted to vomit, which was shocked by the air wave formed by the explosion, and it should be fine.

It was already the fourth day, the Japanese offensive continued, and the positions of the 3rd Company had long been unrecognizable. The outer trench in front of the position, which was more than ten meters deep, was almost flattened by artillery fire, and the vegetation on the position was all removed by artillery fire, exposed with reddish-brown soil, and the newly dug 1.5-meter-deep communication trench and individual bunker before the battle started have also disappeared, and the remaining soldiers of the 3rd Company can only rely on the craters to shoot, and the only thing that remains unchanged is the strong smell of corpses everywhere.

Man Tang gradually regained his hearing, he heard a short burst of light machine gun fire very close, Man Tang immediately judged that this was the light machine gun of the iron pillar firing, this shot was too familiar, it seemed that the iron pillar was still holding on to the bunker. Mantang decided to go to the bunker to see the iron pillar, looking at this posture, today is a bit unbearable, before he dies, he must see the iron pillar anyway.

The bunker was crowded, the shells in front of the shooting holes were piled up like a hill, and the iron pillars simply lay on the thick layer of shells to shoot. The secondary shooter lay quietly on the side, a bullet was hit in his head, half of the heavenly spirit cover was lifted, and the white ** mixed with red blood splattered on the wall.

The biggest shortcoming of the ZB-26 light machine gun is that the magazine capacity is small, the magazine with a capacity of 20 rounds is exhausted in the blink of an eye, and the iron pillar is about to change the magazine, only to see someone next to him skillfully unloading the empty magazine, and inserting the new magazine with a "click". Tie Zhu squinted at it, and it turned out to be his brother full of people.

Tie Zhu shot two short shots and asked, "Brother, is there something wrong?" ”

Mantang picked up the empty magazine and pressed the bullet and said, "It's nothing, I just want to see you." ”

Tie Zhu pulled the trigger and shot a long shot: "Brother, I'm fine, don't worry about it." ”

"Can my brother not be worried? Look at today's posture, I'm afraid that our brothers won't survive, and my brother wants to see you again, that's it. ”

Tie Zhu looked outside the shooting hole, stopped shooting, and closed the insurance: "The devil has retreated, we can take a breath!" ”

Man Tang tilted his body and sat on the pile of bullet shells, he sighed and said: "Alas, anyway, I can't hide from it today, if we want to die, our brothers will die together, and there will be a care on the road." ”

Tie Zhu looked up at his brother and muttered in a low voice: "Brother, you can't die, our mother is still there, our brothers are dead, who will feed our mother?" ”

Tears flowed down the hall, and he wiped his tears with his sleeve: "Brother, don't you mention whether our mother can succeed?" When I mention our mother, I want to desert. ”

"Brother, the company commander and Brother Baowang are good to us, I'm sorry for us if we run away, if we catch up with a bad commander, we'll run away early, don't you say? Brother, there's something I haven't been thinking about, what do you say the country is? The chiefs always say that we are fighting for the country, but the chiefs don't understand what the country is. ”

Man Tang scratched his scalp and shook his head in confusion: "I don't understand, in the past, our family was two days late in paying taxes and food, and the chief of the security was not a nose and a face, which made our father panic, I always thought that the chief was the country, but then I thought it was not right, if the chief was really a country, then why should our brothers fight for him?" Oh, I pay taxes and food, and I tuck my head into the belt of my pants to fight for him, what can he do for us? Why didn't he care when we starved? In this way, the chief security officer is definitely not a country, he is at most an errand for the country. But where is the country? We can't touch it and can't see it, and you have a hard time living a life, and you don't have a place to look for it. When the country encounters difficulties, it should look for us, and we will not be able to do it if we don't go. Let's just say that this is a war, won't you make it? If we don't fight and don't wait for the country to do it, the company commander will have to shoot us, alas, this thing is really ...... It's quite winding. ”

"I can't even figure it out when you're a brother, and I'm even more confused when I'm a brother. If it weren't for the Tong family to take me in and raise me as a son, I would have died early, and then I heard someone say that the Yellow River embankment was picked up by our own people, saying that it was the Yellow River that was picked up to fight devils. This is strange, what are you doing in the Yellow River? The devil recruited you, but my family didn't recruit you? Brother, what is this...... The state did it, right? ”

Mantang put the magazine code full of bullets next to the machine gun: "Forget it, we don't want to, it's a bad fate anyway, I don't know what the country is, I just admit a reason, it's the devil who killed our father and sister, let's fight the devil just to take revenge, that's it!" ”

Suddenly there was a loud gunfire outside, and Kong Dachuan's shout came from afar: "Brothers, the devils are coming, all copy the guys for me, and prepare for battle!" ”

Tie Zhu pulled the bolt and said, "Brother, you go, be careful." When will my machine gun stop sounding, that is, your brother is gone, you have to find a way to go home, our mother can't be left alone. ”

Mantang slapped the back of the head of the iron pillar: "Fart!" If you beat you up again, we'll go home together, or we'll die here. ”

Tie Zhu looked back at Mantang, his eyes were red, and he whispered: "Brother, it won't last long, there are still more than 200 bullets, and the bullets are gone, I have to leave if I don't leave, anyway, I don't want to go to the prisoner camp again!" ”

The hall wiped a handful of tears, and without saying a word, he hardened his heart and got out of the bunker.

The Japanese attack was the same as usual, there were no new tactics, or 100 people were arranged in an echelon of multi-layered skirmishers, and the first echelon was followed by the second and third echelons, and the first echelon was killed and wounded by the defenders at any time. For several days, the Japanese had been using this rolling attack tactic, which was not unusual for the defenders. But Mantang had an ominous premonition at this time, the position of the 3rd Company was about to be lost, first of all, there was not much ammunition left, and the infantry ammunition and hand ** had been consumed; The second is the consumption of soldiers, and now the whole company is less than 20 people, including the company commander Kong Dachuan. The veterans knew that if they did not receive ammunition and reinforcements, the position could be lost at any time.

Everyone knew in their hearts that the defense of Hengyang was coming to an end, and the reinforcements would definitely not be able to be counted on, and they would never come. The 10th Army was like a wounded giant, although the wound was not fatal, it was consumed by blood loss every day, and the bullets were one less and one was missing, and the soldiers were killed and wounded one less by one, and there was no replenishment. If this continues, even the strongest giants will die of exhaustion.

At present, the only two light machine guns in the whole company are about to run out of ammunition, and the shooters can only use short bursts to block the fire of the Japanese skirmishers, and the light machine guns are the backbone firepower of the infantry squad and platoon, and once the backbone firepower is missing, the firepower composed of the remaining dozen or so rifles in the whole company is insignificant. The Japanese skirmishers approached the front line in the next step of the defenders' sparse fire interception......

Zhang Baowang gathered all the hands in the ammunition box into a pile and was assigning hands to the soldiers, including some two or four bundles of cluster hands**.

Mantang took four of them himself, and handed them to Sun Xincang, Sun Xincang pouted and said, "I don't want to, I'm playing with guns, what do you want that thing for?" ”

Ma Lao Wu first took a two-bundle of bundles**, he thought about it, and replaced it with a four-bundle, he unscrewed all the lids, hung the fire ring outside, and then put the bundlers** into a grass-yellow satchel and carried it on his back. Mantang recognized this kind of satchel, which was collected by Ma Lao Wu from the corpse of the Japanese army, and no one else took it seriously, only Ma Lao Wu, an old money fan, took everything as a treasure, and he collected several of this kind of satchel.

The whole hall saw that Zhang Baowang's waist belt was full of hands that unscrewed the lid**, and the fire wire hung on his chest.

Man Tang asked in a low voice: "Brother Baowang, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhang Baowang replied: "Just in case, this is the last hand, I don't want to be a prisoner anymore." ”

Kong Dachuan looked at the enemy and ordered in a low voice: "All pay attention, prepare to drop bombs!" ”

The Japanese skirmish line had already entered a distance of 50 meters, and Kong Dachuan shouted: "Drop the bomb!" The soldiers threw their hands in a lying position, and the Japanese soldiers fell in the explosion, but the Japanese soldiers behind still continued to rush up regardless of casualties, and the defenders' second round of hands ** exploded within a distance of 10 meters in front of the trench, and the flying shrapnel formed a barrage of killing, and the Japanese soldiers fell more than a dozen, at this time the defenders had no chance to throw out the third round **, and the swarming Japanese soldiers had jumped into the trenches with bayonets, and the national soldiers were forced to enter the white-knuckle battle.

Company commander Kong Dachuan has said many times that for the national army, fighting bayonets is only a last-resort counterattack, and this kind of white-knuckle battle must be avoided if it can be avoided; in large-scale white-knuckle battles that occurred in the past, the casualty ratio between the Chinese and Japanese armies was generally 3:1 or 2:1, so the gains and losses in white-knuckle battles with the Japanese army outweighed the losses.

But today's white-knuckle battle is afraid that it is unavoidable, a large number of Japanese soldiers have already rushed into the trenches, and the tip of the bayonet has reached the tip of the nose, and it will not work if you don't fight. Company commander Kong Dachuan took the lead in jumping out of the trench with a spear, and a spur knocked down a Japanese soldier, and he shouted: "Brothers of the 3rd Company, we have no way out, today Hengzhi is a death, and when he is dying, he will pull a few cushions on his back, and kill one less one!" ”

The soldiers knew that it was the last fight, and instead of fear, there was no sense of fear, but the blood contained in their bodies, and they howled, jumped out of the trench with their bayonets and strangled with the enemy.

Mantang was dominated by an emotion, and more than forty days of brutal fighting were enough to mutate a mentally normal person and lead to a collapse. He was tired of this life, his endurance had reached the limit, and if the meaning of life was to fight endlessly, then Mantang would rather choose death and never sleep without trouble.

Mantang howled and stabbed a Japanese soldier, due to his lack of experience, his bayonet was stuck in the opponent's ribs, and it was difficult to pull it out for a while, Mantang twisted it vigorously before he laboriously pulled out the bayonet. At this moment, Mantang received a heavy blow to the back of the head, and he fell to the ground......

The Japanese soldier who attacked Mantang did not intend to capture the prisoner, he just stood too close to Mantang, and he didn't have time to use the bayonet, so he crossed the ** and smashed Mantang, and then raised the bayonet to kill him, but unexpectedly, a bayonet poked in the oblique stab, hitting his weakness, and the tip of the bayonet pierced out from the other side of his body without hindrance, and the Japanese soldier fell without screaming.

This is Zhang Baowang's doing, he has always been worried about Mantang's safety, in his eyes, Mantang is not a soldier, just a farmer with brute strength, letting such a person participate in white-knuckle warfare is simply a child's play with human life, so Zhang Baowang has been distracted and concerned about him in the fight.

Zhang Baowang's actions brought trouble to himself, three Japanese soldiers rushed over and surrounded him in the middle, Zhang Baowang was fearless, and actually took the initiative to attack the other party. He maintained a strong fighting power in the first three minutes, moving and flashing, and his footwork was nimble, and he seized the opportunity to kill the killer, stabbing three Japanese soldiers in succession.

Zhang Baowang's strong combat effectiveness attracted the attention of the Japanese soldiers, and a Japanese lieutenant made a gesture to his soldiers, so the four Japanese soldiers formed a semicircle to cut off Zhang Baowang's retreat, they held bayonets and did not attack, but kept changing positions. The lieutenant stood in front of Zhang Baowang in a half-squatting position, clenched the command knife with both hands and nodded to him, meaning to ask him to strike first.

Zhang Baowang looked around and understood in his heart that this lieutenant wanted to duel with him alone, and it seemed that this was a kendo master with rank. Zhang Baowang has no interest in this kind of duel, he is not a brave and ruthless person, his performance on the battlefield is nothing more than to do the duty of a soldier, before receiving the order to retreat from his superiors, he must stick here, as long as he can hold the position, Zhang Baowang does not care about any form, if he has a *** in his hand at this time, he will not hesitate to fire to destroy these devils, where is there any interest in playing this duel game with the enemy?

But fate did not give Zhang Baowang too many choices, the bullets of the barge gun on his body had long been exhausted, and he only had a medium formal rifle with a bayonet on it and no bullets in the magazine. Either lay down your arms and surrender, or engage in a duel. Of course, Zhang Baowang was reluctant to consider the former, he had been a prisoner because of his momentary weakness on the battlefield, and had endured the humiliation and torture after being captured, but this must not happen again. If he lays down his arms and surrenders now, even if he survives, he will live in a nightmare of regret for the rest of his life.

Zhang Baowang's courage and assassination skills are not a problem, his shortcomings lie in physical strength, especially for more than a month, the defenders' logistical supplies have been cut off, and the soldiers rely on salt water bibimbap to satisfy their hunger, and their physical fitness has seriously declined, so they are at an absolute disadvantage in white-knuckle warfare.

Zhang Baowang picked up his rifle and stretched out his bayonet in a preparatory stance. The bayonet reflected a dazzling glow in the summer sun, and he nodded coldly to the Japanese lieutenant that he could begin.

The Japanese lieutenant was as agile as a leopard, his footwork was nimble, he advanced and retreated freely, and the saber in his hand danced vigorously, and he was indeed a well-trained kendo master. Japanese kendo is not a simple technique, it has a profound philosophical connotation, contains the wisdom of Eastern philosophy, pays attention to the high consistency of qi, sword and body, is very practical in technology, there are almost no fancy moves, emphasizing preemptive strike or counterattack to win, and more importantly, emphasizing spiritual strength, requiring practitioners to have a calm attitude and the ability to calmly resolve crises without being alarmed.

As soon as Zhang Baowang and the Japanese lieutenant fought, they felt the weight of the other party and knew that they were not opponents. The Japanese lieutenant's saber whirlwind slashed at him more than a dozen times, but it did not collide with the opponent's bayonet, and his blade often struck from unexpected angles, as long as the opponent made a defensive gesture, the blade suddenly changed its tactics and slashed at the opponent from another angle. Zhang Baowang seemed to be in a hurry under the other party's stormy attack, and his physical strength was obviously weak, and he was panting heavily. Zhang Baowang knew that he would not last long, and that he would have to fight back, even if the certainty of victory was zero, and he would try to inflict heavy damage on his opponent before he died.

Zhang Baowang was a heart, he completely gave up the defense, and turned to the offensive in a lose-lose way, so it really worked, the Japanese lieutenant's saber slashed diagonally towards his face, Zhang Baowang did not dodge, but stabbed forward violently with an arrow, the opponent was shocked, and quickly dodged sideways, Zhang Baowang's bayonet grazed the left rib of the Japanese lieutenant, and suddenly his clothes were torn and blood was splashed, and the Japanese lieutenant's face showed a painful look......

Zhang Baowang's face was diagonally opened from left to right by the opponent's blade, and a long wound was opened, and blood gushed out in large quantities, flowing down his cheeks like a stream.

At this point, this tragic fight is almost over, because neither side will give each other a chance, the Japanese lieutenant's blade flashed, Zhang Baowang's right arm was cut off shoulder to shoulder and flew out, and the passing blade deftly reversed direction, cutting off Zhang Baowang's neck with great explosive force, his head rolled out far away, and his headless body did not fall......

The Japanese lieutenant smiled and withdrew his saber, and gently pushed the headless body, and suddenly there was an explosion with a "boom", and the lieutenant and the four Japanese soldiers behind him were thrown five or six meters away by the shock wave, and everything fell silent......

Zhang Baowang pulled the four hands on his chest at the last moment**.

As soon as the white-knuckle battle began, Ma Lao Wu was in danger. He was forced to scramble by a Japanese soldier several stabs in a row, and he finally dodged several deadly attacks from the opponent with a dodge block, but still did not get out of the predicament. Ma Lao Wu, who was cornered, couldn't help but be wild, he howled and threw away his rifle, pulled out two "Southern 14" pistols from his belt, fired the bow left and right, and knocked down four Japanese soldiers who tried to approach him in a row, so angry that the Japanese soldiers around him screamed, they were cursing this guy for being too unruly.

Ma Lao waved two pistols with five teeth and claws, and waved two pistols exaggeratedly, as if to warn the Japanese soldiers: Don't come near me! The Japanese soldiers also saw that as long as they didn't get close to this guy, he would never take the initiative to shoot, and his hysteria was not necessarily out of anger, but more out of fear.

[3] Eventually, a Japanese soldier got impatient and secretly pressed bullets into his rifle

, wanted to kill this guy with teeth and claws, but Ma Lao Wu was as cunning as a fox, and he would never allow anyone to threaten his life. Before the Japanese soldier could push the bullet into the chamber of the gun, he ate a bullet in the head......

These two "Southern 14-style" pistols were obtained by Ma Lao Wu by turning over corpses and picking up foreign children after each battle. In fact, what he likes is the cowhide holster of this pistol, and the cover of the holster adopts a circular convex drum surface hard-shell styling style, which looks like a Wang Ba cover from a distance, which gives it an indecent colloquial name "****". Ma Lao Wu collected these two pistols for another reason that was not humane: he planned to find an opportunity to desert and escape. These two pistols are his private property, and of course he has to take them with him when he deserts, firstly, to have a self-defense weapon on the road, and secondly, to sell them for money when he returns to his hometown. There was a rule in the ranks of the national army that weapons captured after the battle should be handed in. Ma Lao Wu took advantage of this loophole, isn't the battle not over yet? It seems that these two pistols are left right, otherwise with his two strokes, he would have to let the devil stab him into a sieve.

Ma Lao Wu jumped into the traffic trench and retreated step by step with two pistols, so that the Japanese soldiers did not dare to approach. He retreated to the bend of the trench, and his body flashed, out of the sight of the Japanese soldiers. Ma Lao Wu's almost scoundrel behavior made several Japanese soldiers grit their teeth with hatred, they were about to chase Ma Lao Wu, but were stopped by the Japanese squad leader, saying that an enemy sniper was found on the high ground, causing many casualties among the soldiers, and asked them to surround the ** striker, these Japanese soldiers had to temporarily let Ma Lao Wu go and go to carry out the mission.

At this time, Ma Lao Wu's will to fight had completely collapsed. He really doesn't like war, and he can't figure out what this war has to do with him. Ma Lao Wu was also a figure in ten miles and eight towns before he became a soldier, and he had young men and brothers, scoundrels, although he did not dare to provoke big things, but there were often small things such as eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, cheating, etc. It is no exaggeration to say that Ma Lao Wu, who grew up in the countryside, really can't figure out the difference between leeks and wheat seedlings, and he has never done farm work when he is so big. Ma Lao Wu misses those carefree days very much, it was the ultimate in life, and he didn't change it for a county magistrate.

really responded to that sentence: people are unlucky, and they will hit their heels when they fart. If it weren't for this plague pig, Ma Lao Wu wouldn't have gone out to hide from the disaster, and if he didn't go out to hide from the disaster, he wouldn't have been caught, and if he hadn't been caught, he wouldn't have been able to go to this ghost place to fight. Ma Lao Wu was originally alive and well, why did he want to fight? Not to mention that it is for the country, which is something that cannot be seen or touched, even if it is for the sake of parents, it is not worth it. A few days ago, Ma Lao Wu's head was smashed on a bench by an iron pillar, his thinking entered a state of chaos, and his plan to desert was also put down. Now that the opportunity has come, the battle has reached this point, I'm afraid that no one can take care of anyone, if you don't run at this time, when will you wait?

Since ancient times, there has been such a group of people in China's rural society, who were born in the countryside and have been farmers for generations, but this kind of people are rebels of their own class, they hate manual labor, do not like the traditional way of life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset, and do not agree with the traditional ethics of Gangchang. They have their own way of life, keen to walk the streets, steal chickens and dogs, and their personality is characterized by clever tongues and cheeky faces. In order to prove his sincerity, he curses and swears at every turn, but there is never a day to fulfill it. To borrow a sentence from Princess Tiejing in the Peking Opera "Shilang Visits the Mother", it is called "swearing to play in vain". China's rural society also has a unified name for this type of people, called "second-rate people". Whenever there is a sign of upheaval or revolution in a society, such people are always active participants and, often, because of their participation, push the situation that could have been calmed down to the extreme. Therefore, it is not unreasonable to say that they are the promoters of the progress of history.

Ma Lao Wu made up his mind, and now the position has become a pot of porridge, it is the best time to desert, and the two **** at hand also gave Ma Lao Wu a strong courage, he decided that whether he met the devil or Kong Company Commander, anyway, today is a meeting of the Buddha **, meeting the devil and killing the demon, whoever stands in the way will kill whom.

Ma Lao Wu used the traffic trench as a cover, bent down and moved quickly, as long as he slipped to the anticline of the small high ground, he could break away from the position from behind. Ma Lao Wu turned around a bombed-out machine gun fortification, and there was a fierce fighting sound in front of him, and he saw Kong Dachuan, who was covered in blood, being crushed by three Japanese soldiers, Kong Dachuan's face, shoulders, and chest were full of knife wounds, and he struggled desperately and fought...... Ma Lao Wu hesitated, he was thinking about whether to go over to help the handle, even if the company commander is no longer a thing, he is also a Chinese, this point of consciousness Ma Lao Wu still has.

The exhausted Kong Dachuan found Ma Lao Wu, his eyes lit up, and he shouted hoarsely: "Ma Lao Wu, I can't do it, hurry, throw your hands away!" ”

Ma Lao Wu subconsciously took off the satchel containing the cluster hand**, put his hand in and grabbed the fire ring and hesitated, he didn't know what to do, this thing is not fun, if he throws it over, I am afraid that Company Commander Kong and the devil will have to go to the sky together.

Kong Dachuan saw that Ma Lao Wu was hesitating, so he scolded: "Ma Lao Wu, I am your mother!" What are you waiting for? I command you, throw bombs at me! Hurry up ......"

Ma Lao Wu's spirit finally collapsed, and he howled with a crying voice: "My day your mother!" Throw it away......"

He pulled out the ring of fire and threw out his satchel vigorously...... With an earth-shattering explosion, Ma Lao Wu was swept seven or eight meters away by the hurricane-like shock wave, and was planted headfirst into a crater......

The explosion woke Man Men from his coma, and he tried to get up in a daze, but he fell down in a daze. He dragged his rifle over and pulled the bolt to check the chamber, only to find that there were no bullets in the chamber, and he threw away the rifle in frustration and closed his eyes resignedly.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Not far away, there was a burst of rifle fire, and Man Tang looked up and found a dozen Japanese soldiers gathered on the small high ground, who were trying to approach a crater, but were hit by bullets fired from the crater. The shooter unloaded his shell with great speed, with short intervals between shots, and no missed shots.

The hall smiled, this must be Sun Xincang, no one in the whole company has this ability except him.

The Japanese soldiers did not dare to come forward on the ground, threw a few ** into the crater, and stood up with confidence after the explosion of **, but the shooter actually appeared in another crater two meters away, a gunshot rang out, and another Japanese soldier fell on his back after being shot in the head, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers were forced to lie down again, and no one dared to step forward again.

Mantang looked around, and found that the Japanese army had basically occupied the position, the resistance of the national army had stopped, and the follow-up troops of the Japanese army in front of the position were constantly crossing the bombed outer trenches, and it seemed that the brothers of the 3rd Company had already suffered casualties, and Mantang stuck his head in the soil and cried silently.

He remembered that the company commander Kong Dachuan, the platoon commander Zhang Baowang, Tie Zhu, Ma Lao Wu and other brothers, were all killed? If they were still alive, the devils would not have been able to stand on the ground so easily. Only Sun Xincang is still resisting, but he can't hold out for long, even if he is not killed by the enemy, his bullets will run out sooner or later, this is just a trapped beast fighting, and it won't play a role.

The house began to think about what he should do. He only has an empty gun in his hand, he lacks the capital to fight hard, and he doesn't want to be a prisoner, he has learned the brutality of the Japanese, and he can't be a prisoner anymore if he is killed. Mantang slowly crawled into a bomb crater and put his hand in the dirt to find it, hoping to find a hand**......

Suddenly, he heard someone coughing in the crater next to him, and when he looked around, he found that the gray-faced Ma Lao Wu was crawling out of the crater slowly.

Man Tang asked strangely: "Ma Lao Wu, why are you here?" ”

Ma Lao Wu spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm, wiped his face with his hand and scolded: "Damn, I didn't expect these four bundles of guys to be so powerful, I almost killed Lao Tzu, no, Lao Tzu just came from a daze." ”

Mantang said: "Old Five, Xincang is surrounded by devils, let's think of ways to save him." ”

Ma Lao Wu shook his head and said, "Bullshit! Lao Tzu doesn't care about anyone, life and death have a fate, and everyone bears their own responsibility. Just now I was planted headfirst into the crater, like his mother's rice planting, who cares about Lao Tzu? ”

Fierce gunfire suddenly came from behind the position, and the Japanese soldiers who were besieging Sun Xincang retreated one after another. Mantang saw a national soldier with a light machine gun appear on the small high ground, the number of which was about a reinforced company, and Sun Xincang also jumped out of the crater to join the charging team.

Mantang let out a long breath, and it seemed that the regimental commander had used the last reserves to counterattack.

"Da Da Da!" "Da Da Da!" Suddenly, the sound of Czech light machine gun fire was heard from the forward position, and the Japanese soldiers who were crossing the outer trench fell like leeks. The hall was full of spirits, oh my God, the iron pillar is still alive! There was no one else but him......

The fire point of the iron pillar was destroyed by a shell just now, the ammunition hand was blown to pieces, the iron pillar and the machine gun were lifted out of the fortifications seven or eight meters away by the air wave, he spit out the sand choked into his mouth, and when he tried to get up, he found that his left leg did not obey the call, a piece of shrapnel the size of a silver dollar hit his calf, the leg bone had been broken, and only a little flesh and skin were left in the thigh, and a large amount of blood soaked the pants. He didn't feel any particular pain, just felt that his entire left leg was numb and there was a strong burning sensation.

Tie Zhu tore open his pants and grabbed a handful of soil paste on the wound, and the bleeding speed of the wound immediately slowed down. He muttered to himself, "Damn, this leg is finished!" He found the machine gun and checked it, and found that the barrel was bent by shrapnel and was basically scrapped, he threw away the machine gun and climbed in the direction of the outer trench, he remembered that there was a wooden cover under the ridge seven or eight meters away in front, and when the cover was lifted, it was a secret passage, which led to a secret bunker that had not been activated, and the bunker was originally built to provide sidefire to the position, and the firing hole of the bunker was on the same level as the outer trench, and when it was not activated, the firing hole was also camouflaged, and it was easy not to be discovered. Before the battle began, Iron Pillar placed a spare light machine gun in the bunker, along with five magazines full of bullets.

It took Tiezhu ten minutes to climb into the secret bunker, the road had almost exhausted all his strength, and he knew that he was losing a lot of blood, and if he couldn't stop the bleeding effectively, he might not be able to hold out for ten minutes. However, it doesn't matter, Heng Zhi is a death, why don't you pull a few more devils on your back before you die? Five magazines was a hundred rounds, and he didn't want to waste them.

The iron pillar pulled open the camouflage plate on the perforation, and saw that the Japanese soldiers were retreating one after another, just exposed to his gun, he gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger, "Da da da!" The machine gun shook and screamed......

After the first round of long point shooting, the iron pillar paused slightly, the scene in front of him became more and more blurry, and the dizziness became more and more intense, he knew that this was the result of excessive blood loss, he shook his head vigorously, trying to make himself more sober, and pulled the trigger again......

Damn it, I can't get over anything at this level today, I'm destined to go, anyway, it's a single, I don't have anything to worry about, I can't even remember what my biological father and mother look like. I lived to be 16 years old, a poor boy, there are not many more of you in this world, and there is no less of you, so I patted my ass and left. The only thing I can't let go of is my brother, cousin Man, you live well, as long as you live well, my brother is happy with Lord Yama.

Two lines of tears slowly flowed from Tiezhu's eyes, and he changed the magazine and continued to shoot......

The machine-gun fire of the iron pillar cut off the Japanese troops behind, and also stopped the Japanese soldiers who retreated from the position, those Japanese soldiers were red-eyed, they held the ** from different angles and tried to approach the bunker, but they were all knocked down by the short point shot of the iron pillar.

Mantang secretly prayed in his heart that as long as the iron pillar held out for a few more minutes, the situation would be greatly improved, and the reinforcements would immediately occupy and consolidate the position, and Mantang was most worried about whether the iron pillar's machine gun still had ammunition.

Just thinking so, the sound of Tiezhu's machine gun stopped abruptly, and Mantang's heart sank suddenly, and the worst result appeared, Tiezhu really ran out of bullets. Man Tang struggled desperately to get up, wanting to rush over to help Tie Zhu, but his legs were weak and he fell to the ground again......

The two Japanese soldiers took the opportunity to approach the bunker and stuffed the two ** into the shooting hole, but as soon as they turned around, ** was stabbed out by the iron pillar again, which exploded behind them, and the two Japanese soldiers were blown down. Man Tang could see that this was a recruit who had just been replenished by the Japanese army, and he had not received much training, let alone combat experience, otherwise he would not have done such a stupid thing.

At this time, a Japanese soldier with a ***** on his back rushed up and aimed his flamethrower at the bunker......

"Mantang, are you still alive?" Sun Xincang ran over with a gun. The whole hall shouted hoarsely: "Xincang, hurry, shoot quickly!" Hit the devil who carried the jar, the iron pillar was in the bunker ......"

Sun Xincang was stunned, his face changed, and he quickly raised his gun to aim...... It was too late, and the Japanese soldier's flamethrower spewed out a ball of flames with a "bang", and the long tongue of fire rushed straight into the bunker through the shooting hole......

The iron pillar in the bunker felt only a ball of flames rushing towards him, and viscous, burning napalm splattered on his body, his face, chest...... It's burning everywhere. In the raging fire, intense, unbearable pain spread throughout the body, like countless knives cutting themselves. Tie Zhu used all his strength to tear his liver and lungs and shouted out the last sentence: "Brother, the next life...... Be your brother ......."

Almost at the same time, Sun Xincang fired, and a bullet pierced the fuel bottle on the back of the Japanese flamethrower, who was instantly wrapped in flames, and he howled with flames all over his body, stumbled a few steps and fell to the ground.

"O iron pillar, my brother......" the whole house cried and howled, and crawled forward desperately.

A captain of the Nationalist army led a group of soldiers with a light machine gun to rush up, and the tongue of fire from the machine gun swept away in a fan, and the remaining Japanese soldiers around the bunker were shot and fell. The Maxim heavy machine guns that had just been erected on the high ground also opened fire, and the large group of Japanese infantry on the outer trench was swept away, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers retreated.

Man Tang and Sun Xincang rushed to the bunker desperately, only to see flames and smoke coming out of the bunker's shooting hole, the entrance had been burned, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of gasoline and burnt human flesh. The two of them cried and desperately peeled off the clay layer and logs and straw mats above the bunker, their hands were covered with blood, and their arms were blistered. The captain shook his head regretfully, waved his hand to his soldiers, and everyone opened the bunker, extinguished the flames, and pulled out the charred corpse of the iron pillar.

Sun Xincang knelt on the ground, kept hitting his head against the charred log, and his face was full of tears: "Tiezhu, my good brother, this blames me!" If I had shot a few seconds earlier, you would have lived, but my Sun Xincang is useless, useless......"

At this time, the whole hall calmed down, and he stroked the corpse of the iron pillar, but there was not a single tear on his face. The corpse of the iron pillar that had been burned into a charred shape had shrunk to one-third of the size of his life, and the longevity lock that had been hanging around his neck with him into Tong's house had melted into a charred and twisted copper lump.

Mantang took off his military uniform, wrapped the body of the iron pillar, and hugged it tightly to his chest. He had witnessed too much blood and death for months, and his nerves had long been numb, but the death of the iron pillar still brought him a strong stimulus. His heart was devoured and torn apart by pain, but his tears had long since dried up.

This is fate, in the 27th year of the Republic of China, the Yellow River Huayuankou burst the embankment, and the monstrous flood sent Tong Mantang a brother with a different surname, what a good brother this is, although there is no blood relationship, but he and Mantang are brothers and sisters, and they share the work in the fields. In the thirty-first year of the Republic of China, Henan ***, Tie Zhu endured hunger, secretly saved his share of rations to his sister Cuihua, and then picked up a bucket to water the ground without saying a word, and finally was starved and fainted by the river...... Where can I find such a good brother in the whole world?

Man Tang put the corpse wrapped in the iron pillar tightly to his face, he was thinking, the iron pillar is gone, and it is not interesting to live by himself, so it is better to leave with his brother like this!

The captain came over, patted Mantang on the shoulder, and said, "This brother, I have just received an order from the division headquarters to let us abandon the second-line positions and withdraw into the city to participate in street fighting, I see...... Let's bury this martyr on the spot. ”

Mantang shook his head and only said one word: "No!" ”

Sun Xincang persuaded with tears on the side: "Brother Man, the troops are about to retreat, we can't take the iron pillar with us, so let's bury it." Let's make a mark, and when the battle is over, if we are still alive, we will come back to find him and send him home!" ”

Mantang still shook his head, still one word: "No!" ”

The captain was on fire, and he gave a tough order: "Someone! Give me enforcement, bury the body! ”

Several soldiers rushed up and grabbed Mantang's body, forcibly snatched over the iron pillar, Mantang went crazy, he shook his shoulders sharply, and the two soldiers were thrown far away and fell to the ground. The man who lost his mind shouted and pulled out a hand** and roared: "Brother, wait for me, brother will go with you ......."

He shouted as he unscrewed the lid of his hand**...... The soldiers were startled, pounced and overwhelmed Mantang, desperately snatching his hand from him**.

The hall struggled and let out a wail: "Sir, I beg you, this is my brother, you can't snatch my brother away!" Sir, I can't explain to my mother......"

The captain's eyes were also red, and he turned his face away without a sound, unable to bear to look at it again.

The soldiers quickly dug a pit more than a meter deep, put the body of the iron pillar in it, and began to cover the earth.

Man Tang only came to his senses at this time, he no longer shouted, but calmly requested: "Sir, I don't make trouble anymore, let these brothers let me go, I want to burn a few pieces of paper to send my brothers on the road, okay?" ”

The captain waved his hand, and the soldiers let go of the room.

At this time, Ma Lao Wu appeared like a ghost, his eyes were also a little red, he patted Mantang and whispered: "Mantang, I have searched around, there is nothing here except dead people, where can I find paper?" Ma Lao Wu untied the belt around his waist and took off his military shirt: "Come, burn this gown and see off the Tiezhu brothers!" ”

Sun Xincang also took off his shirt and said: "Brother Man, count me as well, burn it together, give it to Tiezhu, Company Commander Kong, and Brother Baowang to see them off!" ”

The house looked at them gratefully: "Thank you! It's still his own brother who thinks about it thoroughly. ”

Man Tang stood on the edge of the dirt pit, lit the military uniform in his hand and raised it high. The coarse cloth uniform slowly burned, the hands of the full hall gradually turned black in the flames, and the smell of burnt flesh filled the air. At this time, Mantang suddenly burst into tears, and he shouted with tears in his eyes: "Tiezhu, my good brother, you go all the way, my brother will see you off...... Company Commander Kong, Brother Baowang, brother is seeing you off......"

[1]

It is an incendiary munition, also known as thermite***, in which triethyl thermite, which can increase the combustion temperature. The bomb can be used to burn substances that are difficult to burn with ordinary combustion materials, and is characterized by its ability to fully burn in a small space or with little air density, and the temperature of general combustion can reach more than 1000 degrees Celsius, which is enough to destroy all living organisms within an effective range.

[2]

During World War II, the ranks of non-commissioned officers in the Japanese army were divided into three ranks, Cao Chang, which was equivalent to a sergeant squad leader; Jun Cao, equivalent to the deputy of the sergeant class; Captain of the corporal, that is, the corporal combat team leader. Cao Chang and above are officers, warrant officers, second lieutenants, lieutenants, lieutenants, etc.

[3]

When preparing for white-knuckle warfare, the Japanese infantry had to withdraw the bullets in the chamber of their guns in accordance with the regulations, and the main reason was to avoid accidentally injuring their own people. Because the 6.5×50mm bullet charge of the Type 38 rifle is large, the penetration of the projectile is extremely strong, and the close-range shooting can often penetrate three or four people.