Chapter 18: Sneak Attack

With the gradual advance of the soldiers of the expeditionary force, the Japanese defenders began to retreat, and after leaving a few corpses, the Japanese retreated to the town. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

The dilapidated streets still bear the sight of the Japanese attack here, littered with broken tiles and discarded debris. On the corner of the street, more than a dozen corpses were lying quietly with their backs tied, their uniforms indicating that they were the defenders of the expeditionary force stationed in Taunggyi. As the man approached, a large number of green-headed flies flew up on the corpse. I was far away from that place, and I didn't want to lose my appetite for food.

"**** little devil!" The company commander spat and looked vicious.

We don't know the soldiers who fell there, but the same uniform, the same blood, makes it our duty to help them get it back.

"Kill all these little devils!" The company commander brandished a pistol and lowered his head to kill the Japanese position.

"Kill!" The soldiers swarmed away with their rifles.

The Japanese heavy machine guns began to strafe, and the collapsed buildings became their natural bunkers, and the cunning Japanese soldiers arranged the machine guns at two ends, forming a crossfire that knocked down a large area of the expeditionary force.

"Huzi is lying down!"

Battalion Commander Zhang waved his hand anxiously, and I knew that the company commander's name was Huzi. This bloody man rushed to the front of the line with a squad of soldiers, and was the first to be taken care of by the Japanese machine guns.

The street cleared by the Japanese army was not covered, and the tiger fell to the ground in a charging posture with a bloody column, and his bloody hand stretched forward, trying to grasp something, as if he was guiding us in the direction.

"Huzi!" With tears in his eyes, Battalion Commander Zhang got up and wanted to rush over, but the soldiers around him hurriedly pressed him down. The more than 20 soldiers at the front were all killed, and the streets of a foreign land were stained red with blood.

"Give me a row!"

I looked at Battalion Commander Zhang with some astonishment, continuing to attack in this situation would only make the soldiers die in vain.

"Battalion Commander Zhang! Calm down, you can't let your brothers die! I said anxiously, reminding Camp Commander Zhang, who was in grief.

"You dare to lay soft eggs on me?" Battalion Commander Zhang grabbed my collar and stared at me with bloodshot eyes viciously, and I looked into his eyes without flinching.

"You're afraid of death?" Battalion Commander Zhang touched the pistol holster on his waist with his hand.

"I'm afraid of death, and I'm even more afraid of a meaningless death!" I still hold on. Battalion Commander Zhang was like a deflated ball, his body suddenly lost his strength, and he looked around and watched their soldiers.

"Withdraw!" Battalion Commander Zhang spit out the word with a crying voice.

The soldiers of the expeditionary force gradually retreated, and the Japanese did not pursue, allowing us to return to the first line of defense. Battalion Commander Zhang turned his head step by step, looking at the tiger who had fallen in front of the Japanese defense line, and his outstretched hand.

Returning to the first line of defense, Battalion Commander Zhang let go of the grief in his heart and arranged for the soldiers to set up fire points and treat the wounded. The guns were still ringing in the direction of the main attack, and the battle seemed to be extremely fierce, and Battalion Commander Zhang's request to send armored troops for support was refused, and the division headquarters only agreed to send a heavy firearms team to help clear the Japanese machine gun point the next day.

The battle in the direction of the main attack was fought until 3 o'clock in the morning before it gradually fell silent, in order to "punish" my disobedience during the day, our platoon was arranged to be on guard, in the second half of the night I took the soldiers of the third shift to take over the post of the first shift, the second shift of the gang of newcomers died 3 today, two minor injuries, I really did not feel at ease with them, so I had to bring someone on the road myself.

The air at night was a little cold, I pulled up my neckline and shrunk my body, with me was a soldier named Zhou Qiang, he was the eldest child in the family, he joined the army in order to have something to eat, and sold himself for a good price of 4 oceans. These four oceans are enough for the family to change a half-sized calf, which is a good deal in his opinion.

"Shhhh We lit some bonfires in the far side of the street, and there was no one in the distance, and there was no sign of the Japanese troops. I was thinking I was having auditory hallucinations when I suddenly heard a soft "thump" sound. I picked up my rifle and loaded it, and walked to the house on the side of the street.

The unoiled wooden door made a tingling sound, and the sound I heard stopped. The first floor of the house is quiet, and it looks like it has been uninhabited for a long time, and there is dust everywhere. I walked slowly up the stairs, careful not to make a sound. "Knock" "Knock" The strange sound sounded again, and Zhou Qiang heard it clearly, and clenched the gun nervously.

I walked to the edge of the stairs and slowly leaked my head to see where the sound was coming from. A few black shadows tapped lightly on the wall, and one by one they took off the bricks and carefully set them aside, and in the dim light of the cloth-covered flashlight, they could see that there were more people on the other side of the wall, and the cold bayonets reflected the cold light. This group of Japanese soldiers secretly demolished the walls of people's houses and used this method to touch our defensive line.

I have to say that the cunning of the little devils, I didn't even think of such a good way. Seeing that the hole in the wall was getting bigger and bigger, I knew I couldn't wait any longer, so I motioned for Zhou Qiang to go down and inform the others, and I took out the grenade stuck in my waist. The delay of this kind of domestic wooden-handled grenade is very crumbling, and the error of one or two seconds is very common, so I pulled off the fuse and threw it after three seconds. The "dong" grenade fell to the ground with a loud noise, and several black shadows were so frightened that they stopped what they were doing and looked over with flashlights.

"Boom" grenades caused huge damage in the confined space, "Ah! The Japanese soldiers, who did not die on the spot, covered their eyes and rolled on the ground in pain.

"Snap Hook" "Snap Tick"

The Japanese troops on the other side of the wall began to shoot at us, and the bullets scattered the wall with ash everywhere. "Dong" saw that the sneak attack failed, and the Japanese army began to forcibly demolish and expand the hole. There were too many enemies, and if I didn't leave, I would be a fool, and I threw the last grenade to slow down their demolition process, and I hurriedly ran downstairs.

"Da Da Da", "Bang Go" and "Bang" began to appear on the streets, and the soldiers of the expeditionary force entered the defense line one after another and began to block the Japanese army.

"Boom" "Boom" The Japanese began to shell regardless of their own attacking soldiers, the houses on both sides of us resisted most of the shells but also brought new dangers, the falling wall bricks crackled down from our heads, frightening us to dodge in a hurry, several unlucky soldiers were smashed to the head bleeding, and the bullets that blocked the fire were much more sparse. Taking advantage of the confusion on the defensive line, the Japanese rushed into our defensive line, and the tragic hand-to-hand combat broke out again!

"Throw a grenade!"

In the darkness of the night, I don't know who shouted, and countless grenades were thrown at the crowd of Japanese soldiers attacking behind.

The explosion of the "boom" and "boom" grenades interrupted the Japanese charge, cutting off the continuous Japanese troops, and the Japanese troops who broke through into our defense line were powerless to be poked over by shining bayonets, and the precarious defense line was held.

"Smack"

Several Japanese soldiers poked out of the windows of houses on the side of the street, condescendingly attacking the soldiers of the expeditionary force who had nowhere to hide, and my shoulder hurt, and I was hit by a bullet.

"Rush in!" I couldn't handle the rifle with one hand, so I dropped it and pulled out the pistol. The soldiers of the expeditionary force kicked open the wooden door of the house and rushed in, and soon a dense burst of gunfire was heard from the house.

The battle lasted until the morning, when the day was completely bright, and the Japanese retreated with large numbers of corpses. We suffered many casualties in this battle, with more than 50 killed and more than 40 wounded. Plus more than one-third of the direct attrition during the day.

I came to the humble wounded with my bloody hands, Wang Li is now recovering from her daughter, she is the person in charge of this humble hospital, I asked her to stay here with stones, although it is not far from the front line, but the safety is much higher. Wang Li treated more than a dozen wounded in just one day yesterday, and is now very loved and respected by the soldiers, after all, no one can say whether there will be a day of injury.

"Why are you here? Your hand hurts? ”

Wang Li had just taken off her blood-stained apron when she saw me walking in. Noticing my hanging hand, I hurriedly came over to check, as soon as I entered the state, Wang Li was like a different person, no longer timid, no longer submissive. My injuries are not serious, the trouble is that the bullet is stuck inside and needs to be removed. The process of taking the bombs from the "hospital", which was severely short of medicines, brought me back to life, and the cold sweat that flowed directly wet my military uniform.

After a simple breakfast, the heavy firearms team supported by the division headquarters arrived with the order of the division headquarters, and we will continue to attack the second line of defense of the Japanese army, breaking into the town to support our comrades in the direction of the main attack, they encountered the superior armored forces of the Japanese army, and fell into a dilemma, which means that our position became the main attack, and the burden of taking Taunggyi fell on our heads with serious attrition.