Chapter XVII: We Young Soldiers
The Japanese troops on the high ground saw that the defensive line had been breached, leaving a small group of wounded soldiers to break down, and the rest withdrew into Taunggyi Town. The soldiers of the Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info expeditionary force did not pursue, but began to clean up the battlefield and repair the fortifications left by the Japanese army.
I was a little embarrassed to look at the person who was surrounded by the crowd, my own battalion commander was treated as a small soldier by me, who the hell said that the GMD officer went out to jeep to walk, and he would only shout "brothers give me up" in battle.
"Uh, hello sir!"
Seeing this battalion commander Zhang come to me separately from the crowd, I had to get up.
"These are your brothers?" Camp Commander Zhang looked at the newcomers behind me and asked.
These newcomers were all lucky, and none of them hung up in the battle just now. Of course, there is no danger for them to hide so far away.
"Yes," I said, looking at the newcomers behind me with a bit of a headache.
"Platoon Commander Chen of the first company has just died in battle, and there are not a few people left in his platoon, so you can pick a few people to help me bring up the second platoon" Battalion Commander Zhang gave me a big surprise as soon as he came.
"Guaranteed to complete the mission!"
It's nice to have a decent name to lead the troops, and I don't have to worry about these newcomers being broken up.
There was only one squad leader and 10 soldiers left in the second platoon, and I merged them into a squad and handed them over to the surviving squad leader to lead, all of whom were acquaintances and he could call them. The newcomers were concentrated in the second class by me and handed over to Wang Li to lead, but she is also an "old man", the real name of the little P child is Lin Shi, and the veterans in the camp call him Xiao Shi, I asked him to come over and handed him over to Wang Li to take care of.
Battalion Commander Chen assigned me 12 recruits, and I looked at them because they were all sixteen or seventeen children. Among them, I chose a child named Li Hu to temporarily serve as the class leader of the third class.
It is not my turn as a platoon commander to clean up the battlefield, and our platoon has also divided into an area, which is relatively close to the center of the battlefield, and there should be a good harvest after cleaning. I kicked those recruits one by one to clean up the battlefield, and recruits who had never seen blood and dead people would never grow, and there wasn't much time for them to get used to it.
Little Stone was rummaging through the dead bodies excitedly, what glasses, pens, coins were his favorites. I was worried that some Japanese soldiers who were playing dead would hurt him, so I carried a gun and stood guard near him.
"We young soldiers, we young soldiers, loyal to the country and willing to sacrifice, tomorrow on the battlefield, tomorrow on the battlefield, kill all the devil robber soldiers, see how beautiful the national flag is flying......"
Little Stone sang an unknown song in his mouth, rummaging through the pockets of the Japanese corpses, like a hard-working little bee.
"Here you go"
Little Stone brought me a wooden box. I opened it and saw that it was a Japanese soldier's rice ball, and I happened to be a little hungry, so I picked up a rice ball and was about to eat it, but I saw a small stone secretly swallowing saliva. I put the rice ball back and handed it to Little Stone.
"You eat, I can't get used to eating the little devil's stuff," I turned to leave, ready to change my gun.
After all, Xiaoshi was still a child, and he ate it happily. I picked out a newer 38 cover, which I had never looked at before.
The Type 38 rifle is simple to operate and maintain, the bullet trajectory is stable, the accuracy is very high, and the slender body is also very suitable for bayonets. But it also has a lot of problems, the long body of the gun makes it not suitable for jungle and street fighting, the bullet fired has good penetration, but the lethality is insufficient, the bullet is not easy to roll after entering the human body, it is basically a shot with two holes, as long as it does not hit the vital point, it can not die on the spot. So the plot in TV movies that you can toss for a long time after being shot several times is still somewhat based.
"Let go of you bunny!" "Smack"
What happened behind me caught my attention, three soldiers were snatching the lunch box in Xiao Shi's hand, Xiao Shi would not let go, and one of them slapped Xiao Shi. Where can I endure it, and the people of Mader Laozi dare to fight!
"The little rabbit cub has a lot of strength!" The ruffian wanted to fight again, but I grabbed my hand.
"You dare to take care of Lao Tzu's affairs, are you tired of it?"
The ruffian was a little surprised at my prowess, this kind of thing is very common here, even if the officer sees it, he will not deal with it, as long as there is no death.
"It's greasy to live, Lao Tzu looks at you and is looking for death!"
I don't want to bother with it, just take these three Liwei. I collected some strength and knocked him down with one punch, and the remaining two saw that I dared to make the first move and rushed straight up. Of course, I didn't take them seriously if I dared to fight the Japanese soldiers, so I took them twice, and then punched one by one, and in just a few seconds, all three of them fell to the ground and snorted.
"Why, do you want me to ask you to go?" I was about to fight again, but the three ruffians hurriedly got up and helped each other and ran away.
"Does it hurt?" I asked, looking at the little stone with tears in my eyes.
"No... It doesn't hurt," Xiaoshi wanted to cover his face, but he couldn't block the clear slap print.
"Next time someone dares to rob you of something, report my name directly, Lao Tzu's soldiers won't be able to bully others!" After three times of strengthening, I have the confidence to say this.
The incident of Xiaoshi unexpectedly made my soldiers identify with me, after all, it is rare for a leader to dare to stand up for his subordinates. I used my time to give lectures to the soldiers of the second platoon, from the construction of fortifications to the deployment of battle formations, I taught all the life-saving skills I knew.
The desire of the soldiers of this era to learn was beyond my expectations, and they studied very seriously, even the little stones listened attentively, after all, they had a deeper understanding of war than I did.
In comparison, the newcomers disappointed me a little, Wang Li was not interested at all, Li Ming and Mi Ji and others were still pale, and the fear of death still filled their minds, and they may still be thinking about the corpses of those soldiers who died miserably.
I do my best to obey the destiny of heaven, and that's all I can do, I am a human being, not a god. I'd love to get all of them out, but I know it's impossible, I just want them to grow faster.
The battle came sooner than I expected, and in the afternoon an order came from the division that our battalion would join the siege sequence and attack the Japanese entrenched in Taunggyi. We are not the main attack this time, the main attack is another battalion, we are just harassing.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, we moved to the north of Taunggyi to await the order to attack. After waiting for about ten minutes, the artillery of the expeditionary force began to exert its might, and it is a little good to fight a war abroad, there is no need to worry too much, whether it is a residential house or not, as long as there is a Japanese fire point on it, it can be fired. The artillery company in our direction only fired a symbolic round of rapid fire, and the devil's point of fire was not seriously damaged.
"Up!"
As soon as the artillery fire stopped, Battalion Commander Zhang took the lead in rushing forward. I hurriedly followed with someone. Although it is a feint, it does not mean that it is enough to go up and shoot a few shots, we must put enough pressure on the defending Japanese troops so that they do not have the troops to support other places. Once there is an opportunity, a feint attack can also be turned into a main attack, which is the reason why soldiers are not tired of deceit.
"Da Da Da"
The smoke from the explosion had not completely cleared, and the sight of the Japanese machine-gun stronghold was affected, and the bullet landing point was somewhat chaotic. Hearing the gunshots, the newcomers quickly fell to the ground and lay down, which surprised me with the speed. The other soldiers were also mostly new recruits, except for a platoon that was still rushing forward, and the others were lying down in the same way.
"Hurry up! Staying here can only be a living target! ”
I was so anxious that I jumped to my feet and kicked them up one by one, which had a bad effect, and I got up here and there and fell down again.
"Tian You! What are you doing? Ignore them, bring someone to rush up for me! "The company commander in front was also furious when he saw us draining the chain.
"This is an open field, the devil will definitely shell it in a while, and if you don't want to die, you will rush up with me!"
I stopped paying attention to them. Some of the soldiers got up and ran after me, and about a dozen others were still playing dead.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"
As I expected, the devil's mortar quickly landed in the open field, and the soldiers were directly covered by artillery fire.
We left the open field and rushed into the town, taking shelter from the shells through the ruins of our houses. "Da Da" The Japanese machine gunners began to exert their might, and we couldn't raise our heads on our side.
From time to time, unlucky people were hit, and wounded soldiers cried loudly, but there were not as many medical soldiers as the American army, and they could be treated in time, and many soldiers could only wait in pain for the end of the battle.
"Wang Li, what are you doing?"
It may be an occupational disease, Wang Li, who has always been timid, actually dared to walk through the rain of bullets and bullets to treat the wounded everywhere, and she turned a deaf ear to my words. I had no choice but to call a few soldiers to protect her, and it would be good if I could save a few young lives.
"Mortars knock out those machine guns for me!"
Battalion Commander Zhang's voice came from the front, the heavy fire team began to assemble the mortar, and we began to shoot indiscriminately in the direction of the Japanese army to provide cover for the fire team.
"Boom" "Boom"
Soon several shells fired, and the house where the Japanese machine gunner was located collapsed, and the Japanese firepower weakened.
"Kill!"
Under the leadership of Battalion Commander Zhang, we rushed out of the hiding place and rushed towards the devil's array. Victory in the battle!