Section XXXVII

On the Japanese position on the other side of the "......bombardment," which had just fallen silent, the sound of artillery bombardment suddenly sounded, and immediately, on the position on the south bank of the Xiaoliu River, a burst of fire rose up, flames soared into the sky, and shrapnel flew away. But this kind of fierce shelling was like a stone sinking into the sea, and they got up to get any response, and those officers and men of the Nationalist army who stayed in the position remained silent as if they had not heard any sound.

"Boom!" Another cannon shot, another ball of fire, at the same time as this tentative attack, thick smoke drifted from the opposite bank, the speed was not fast, but the kind of overwhelming power was still terrifying. But in this case, the soldiers guarding the position did not make any movement, because they knew that with their strength, they could not change the situation, and there was no other way but to be beaten passively!

Lao Meng raised his head from the gap between the artillery attacks, at this moment, his face was covered with a strange shape, the position of his mouth was a round protrusion, there was a very elastic tube connected to the waist, there, there seemed to be a cylindrical thing, and there were transparent sheets on the position of the eyes, so that his vision could not be affected, this strange mask-like thing was the so-called gas mask of the Japanese army, which was the trophy they captured after defeating a squadron of devils yesterday.

In the words of Lao Meng, this is their row of family background, which is considered a reward for their victory, and what is unexpected is that these things come in handy every other day, which really makes people have to admire the vision of this old man.

Seeing that the entire position was shrouded in smoke and feeling the sound of explosions in all directions, Lao Meng tried his best to see the bridge deck more than ten steps away, but he didn't expect that under this thick smoke, four or five steps away, it was a blur, and it was useless to stare at it.

Lao Meng couldn't see the enemy, his attention was on the white smoke again, his body was not abnormal in this situation, listening to the coughing sound coming from not far behind him, he had a strange feeling in his heart, "This devil's thing, it's so easy to use?" Put on this thing, and you won't be afraid of poison gas? ”

Just as Lao Meng was pondering there, there was a movement in the place where the coughing sound was made, and the pillar withdrew from the forward position to the mound, and then turned over to the back of the hillside, the drifting smoke, it seemed that due to the lack of wind, did not follow, breathing in the fresh air, the pillar stopped coughing, and let out a long breath.

The stone had already reached the hillside, was looking at him with a solemn expression, and asked with concern, "Brother Zhuzi, why did you take such a risk?" ”

The pillar shook his head, signaling that he was fine, and after taking a deep breath, he said: "It's not poisonous gas, it's smoke, and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with it except for choking people." ”

When the stone saw his appearance, he immediately complained: "Brother Zhuzi, the old man left some gas masks to ensure that the firepower on the front line is sufficient, what if something goes wrong?" There are only so many people left in the entire Third Company, and they can no longer withstand the loss. ”

Zhuzi said: "I have counted, I have long heard Lao Xu say, it seems that the poisonous gas of the devil is not the same color, what can be wrong with such a white thing, I just tried it, we will meet in the future, and we also have experience in dealing with it, otherwise we will be covered by these ordinary smoke, and we will be scared to drop our positions and retreat, then this battle will not be able to fight." ”

Liu Wenfeng said anxiously at this time: "It's not good, the devil is going to take advantage of the thick smoke to touch it, we have to hurry up and go up to support!" ”

Everyone's hearts were cold, with Liu Wenfeng's words, but they thought of the devil's intention, although this smoke is not as good as poisonous gas, but the effect is not much worse, the defenders can not evacuate from the position, if the precautions are not set carefully, this smoke will come over, and the cough will be terrible, the devil only needs to rush like this at that time, not to mention the cough of a handful of snot and tears, just say that this kind of hand-to-hand combat that touches the close-quarters, most of the soldiers of the national army are invincible to the devil, this is the opportunity to win.

Shi Shi's heart moved, and he suddenly realized, does the devil's approach be regarded as maximizing their advantages? The more Shi thought about it, the more he felt that this was the meaning, the devil's fighting skills were strong, and there were more people than them, and after killing them, they couldn't resist it at all.

"The injured stay here, Brother Zhuzi, let's go down, and when the devil comes up, we'll go back." The stone thought for a moment, then ordered.

A few people originally thought that the stone was injured, and it was better to stay here, but looking at his appearance, and thinking about his strong skills, it was not good to say anything, this kind of situation of fighting to the death, one more strength, that is also an extra chance of victory, and can repel the devil's attack, this is all they think now.

At this moment, a gunshot rang out in vain on the position where the smoke was billowing.

......The sound of the gunfire was short, like a rockfall on a flat lake, rippling layer upon layer, and the sound of this gunfire seemed to ignite the fuse of the explosion, which immediately attracted a continuous burst of gunfire, especially the powerful firepower of the two light machine guns in vain, and suddenly even the smoke shrouded in the four was easily torn apart.

"駆けてきて!" In the thick smoke, a sharp voice sounded, and with this sound, the Japanese troops relying on the thick smoke, like evil ghosts who broke out of the cage, suddenly let out a burst of heavy shouts, and one by one they rushed straight to the enemy in front of them through the smoke.

But the impact of the Japanese army, immediately suffered a ferocious blow, the Japanese officer's shout, as if in the dark night lit a torch as obvious, in the smoke, the eyesight can not reach, but the sound is not affected, originally just by the impression of the machine gunner near the bridge deck, at this moment there is a sound positioning, suddenly the bridge mouth deflected, the gun body shook, is a series of whistling bullets straight away, and with the gunshot, there is also a terrible scream in the smoke. The other light machine gun was also unambiguous, and swept away at the screams.

The Japanese army couldn't understand how these soldiers could shoot calmly in this thick smoke, but although the rear team suffered a devastating blow, the cover of the smoke had an extraordinary effect after all, and the Japanese troops who touched it in front had already touched the front of the position at this moment.

However, they were shocked by what they saw later, in the stragglers' trenches, there were some soldiers wearing gas masks like them guarding, which was their last consciousness, at the moment when these people appeared, those people pulled the trigger mercilessly, and a rifle sound, mixed in the strafing of machine guns, was not prominent, but the killing effect was extraordinary.

Naturally, there were also Japanese troops who rushed into the position and the defenders were entangled together, but the Japanese army, which had lost its support, suddenly lost its strength when they found that the enemy in front of them was also in full formation, and in the face of two or three people's combined attack, it did not last long, and it was penetrated by several bayonets, which seemed extremely painful and tragic on this position.

The battle lasted for a short time, and the follow-up troops of the devils, as if they were suppressed by machine guns, retreated, and the vanguard troops were completely lost at the moment of contact, and the Japanese troops on the other side once again knew that these soldiers in front of them were a hard bone, and after many tests, they did not take advantage of it, and they had to give up their original plans.

As the battle ended, the smoke wafting from the opposite side also thinned, and finally gradually dispersed under the caress of the breeze, and then they took a long breath at the same time, but also saw a battlefield after a short contact. The results of the battle were beyond everyone's expectations, at the front end of the position, the devils left twenty or thirty corpses, most of them concentrated near the bridgehead, obviously they had a very good timing of their fire, it was when the enemy's main force wanted to touch the river, in that narrow bridge deck, there was no room to dodge at all, and in the face of machine gun fire, a large number of people fell for a while.

The stone returned to the forward position again, and at a glance he saw Lao Meng who had taken off his cover, under the silver moonlight, Lao Meng's rickety body looked old and weak, but it was this old man, in his absence, commanding a row of brothers, repelling the attacks of the devils again and again, and killing and wounding a large number of devils many times in the case of an absolute disadvantage in numbers.

"Uncle!" The stone shouted in admiration, but he didn't know what to say.

Hearing the sound of the stone, Lao Meng's body straightened up in vain, and said in surprise: "The stone is back, very good, very good, Xiao Shandong said that you were injured, how about it?" Is the injury serious? Would you like to take a good rest? Alas, I shouldn't have let you cross the river, so many of them have been trapped in that in the past, and we, the people, even the whole past, can't work, alas, this person is old, and he hesitates to do things, old, old! ”

Thinking of the bloody battle on the north shore, Shi Shi also palpitated, and immediately blamed himself: "Uncle, this is all because of my impulsiveness, which has affected other brothers, not only did I not rescue the company commander, but the brothers of the third class also suffered heavy losses." ”

"Has the company commander been martyred?" Lao Meng was stunned when he heard this, and then muttered: "Alas, the people of our third company, in the past half a month, it is almost gone, and the chief is only Camp Commander Zheng alone, my old bones, sooner or later, I have to throw them here!" With that, Lao Meng sat back in the trench, and the whole person looked tired again, obviously the news of the death of the company commander still gave him a big blow.