Chapter 12: Meaningless Death
Although the Japanese army retreated, I still didn't dare to relax my vigilance, who knows if there will be a return to the carbine. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoMaybe the Japanese army was hurt, and there was still no trace of them until dawn, and I let go of my hanging heart, and I couldn't support my tired eyelids anymore......
The hot sun scorched my face, and when I opened my eyes, I didn't know who covered me with a military coat, and my face was hot and painful, and I touched it with my hand, and touched a handful of dried blood and crystallized salt.
I got up and went to the river to wash my face, and I was stunned by what I saw. There were countless corpses of Japanese soldiers floating in the river, the water was still a rich red color, and the stench of internal organs and blood came to the nostrils.
"Vomit"
I wiped the corners of my mouth, and it seemed that this face could not be washed.
"Haha... Look at our butcher, he was frightened by his work "I turned around and saw Joseph accompanied by a laughing colonel.
"Hello sir!" I hurriedly stood still.
"Relax, Lieutenant Colonel Joe and I have come to see our heroes." Joseph looked at me with relief.
"Hello Corporal Tian, no, no, maybe it's time to call you Sergeant Tian soon, I have to say that you and your guys have done a great job!" Lieutenant Colonel Joe looked at me, especially on my face for a moment.
"Thank you, sir, for the compliment, it's all thanks to the efforts of my brothers," I still stood.
"Later, the second platoon will come up to replace you, and you will take our heroes back to the camp to rest, and there will be a new mission in the afternoon," Lieutenant Colonel Qiao said with an appreciative look at me.
After Lieutenant Colonel Qiao left, I learned from Joseph that the entire 5th Regiment had been attacked last night, and that the main direction of attack was on us, and because of the reminder of our gunfire, the 5th Regiment was prepared and knocked out several Japanese troops who were preparing to infiltrate. The Sixth Regiment next door was miserable, and it was actually touched by the Japanese army less than 50 meters away from the regiment headquarters, and several of the regimental staff officers were killed.
After dealing with the inspection by my superiors, I returned to the team, and was greeted by warm applause and a cry of joy. I took a look, and there were basically a few minor injuries, but Wang Qiang and the other two soldiers were missing. My heart sank.
"What about the others?"
The cheering crowd fell silent, each with their heads bowed and not speaking, and the eyes of several soldiers began to redden.
"You'd better go and see for yourself," Jiang Yitao said with a heavy face.
In a bush not far from the machine-gun position last night, three corpses lay silently, two soldiers with a hole the size of a date in their foreheads. Wang Qiang's eyes were wide open, and he was holding a burnt cigarette butt in his mouth, and a bullet hit him in the chest, staining his military uniform red. I reached out and removed the cigarette butt from his mouth, but I didn't expect that I would unfortunately say that they died on this cigarette.
Last night, Wang Qiang and the two main and auxiliary shooters of the machine gun left the defense line without authorization, hiding here to smoke, and when the Japanese army attacked, the snipers killed them as soon as they were exposed. I threw the cigarette butt away and pointed at Wang Qiang's dead eyes.
"Why don't you listen? Did you die meaningfully? ”
Wang Qiang's eyes looked at the sky blankly, and he seemed to be a little unwilling and remorseful.
I hid in the shade with my eyes closed, and my soldiers looted the belongings of the dead Japanese soldiers while their replacements had not yet arrived. I didn't stop it, it seems to me that it can exercise their courage and stimulate their enthusiasm to fight.
"To you, I apologize to you for yesterday's incident, I got the tip of the horns" Jiang Yitao threw a Japanese katana next to me with some hesitation, sat down and said.
"What's the matter? Why don't I remember? I feigned a blank look. Sometimes a man knows that he is wrong and should save some face for him, so that everyone is better.
"Hehe, thank you" Jiang Yitao hammered me and smiled.
On the way back to the regiment headquarters, the soldiers were all smiling happily, and it seemed that they had gained a good harvest. The black soldier who had beaten Carl was smiling so happily that I saw him playing with a gold tooth in his hand, and I don't know which hapless man it was.
We had a hot meal at noon, and the logistics office prepared some extra rice and canned food for us, which whetted my appetite. The soldiers were also spitting and eating, but no one touched the canned meat, and it seemed that the tragic post-war scene still affected them.
In the afternoon, our mission was easy, and last night's unlucky Sixth Regiment was assigned to the pathfinding mission, and we just followed them out to let out the wind. After walking for two hours, the 5 regiment in front stopped, and it is said that the Japanese bunker was discovered. The artillery observers were in front of the artillery mirror and in the rear, while we were bored chatting and playing in the back.
"Woo" "Woo"
A few shells crossed our heads, and I had only one reaction in my mind - bad!
"Get down!" I hurriedly threw down one of the fighters next to me and shouted.
Fortunately, my soldiers hadn't thrown away all their vigilance, and they all lay down as soon as possible. And the soldiers of the 5th Regiment in front were miserable, the shells fell just near them, and several American troops were lifted high and torn to pieces.
This time the commander of the 5 regiment was completely loaded, and the observers reported the wrong coordinates, which even alarmed the General Headquarters. I can only be glad that the shells were fired by destroyers, and if the battleship fired the guns, the killing range of a football field would be enough to reimburse a dozen of us.
This is the end of this expedition in a hurry, back to the camp, the men are all herding sheep, you can't expect too much from these loose soldiers. I should be satisfied that they are completely at my command when they fight, and I am not worthy of this wicked person as to the time of repair.
The next morning, a piece of news alarmed all American troops on the island. The U.S. fleet in the open sea encountered the main Japanese fleet, which meant that it would be difficult for us to receive fire support and supplies from the Navy for a long time. I asked the soldiers to bring more supplies, although we are still in short supply, but it is much better than other companies, and it is said that some of them have run out of food.
I didn't expect that our worst need would be clean drinking water, and the Japanese army destroyed many water intake points, which directly led to our lack of water. In order to get out of this predicament, we were ordered to find a way to take the airport so that we could air deliver supplies. This life-and-death task was entrusted to our 6 regiment.
We set off before we had time to have lunch, our squad was at the rear of the team, there was basically no danger, it seemed that the regiment headquarters took good care of our team that had given them enough face, and the task of "going to thunder" was not handed over to us. The front was lively, and we were leisurely as if we were on a tour.
The Japanese troops on the island were not sufficient in the first place, which would be even more clumsy, and it was estimated that there would be no major battles ahead. The team followed the traces left by the troops in front of me into a meadow, and I suddenly stopped, I realized that something was wrong here, and I always felt that there was some danger lurking in the lush grass.
"Onboard!"
Four Japanese soldiers covered in grass suddenly got up less than ten meters away from me, and I didn't have time to warn, so I quickly pulled out my pistol and shot down the nearest Japanese soldier with one shot.
"Ahh
A soldier couldn't react and was stabbed through by a Japanese bayonet, and the Japanese soldier skillfully picked up the bayonet, and the internal organs flowed out, watching the soldier convulsively clutch and die in pain while holding his stomach. Jiang Yitao was kicked down by a Japanese soldier, and the bayonet stabbed at him like a maggot on the tarsal bone, and I hurriedly took aim.
"Click"
The disadvantages of not paying attention to maintenance are apparent, and the pistol actually jammed at the critical moment. Jiang Yitao grabbed the bayonet with his hand, blood flowed down his arm, the bayonet was still getting closer and closer to him, and I smashed the pistol in my hand as a hidden weapon on the face of the Japanese soldier, making his movements stagnate. Then I flew forward and threw him down, and Jiang Yitao, who had recovered from it, grabbed his rifle and stabbed the Japanese soldier in the chest.
After all, there were only four Japanese soldiers, and the relieved soldiers shot them one after another. The attack, which resulted in the death of a soldier, was a wake-up call for all of us that there is no safe place on this island.