Section VIII

A roar like thunder enveloped the entire Loess Mountain, followed by the dust and smoke that rushed to the sky one after another, and soon covered the nearby sky, so that the Loess Mountain area changed from sunny to cloudy in a moment, but the change in the sky is secondary, the real fatal is the debris produced by the explosion and the invisible shock wave, many brothers were not killed by the fragments, but were shocked by the blood from the mouth and nose, which really made them unable to prevent it.

From time to time, the screams of the soldiers of the national army sounded, the devil's artillery was too dense, from Songhu to Nanjing and then here, the sharpness and accuracy of the devil's artillery still did not change in the slightest, even if the equipment on their bodies had changed a lot, and even everyone was issued with steel helmets, but under this kind of offensive that was enough to shake the mountains, this level of change really did not have any effect.

Li Wenguang anxiously shrank in a crater and looked around, the constant splashing of mud and smoke greatly affected his vision, and after his gaze swept nearby, a helpless bitter smile suddenly appeared on his face. This loess mountain is really worthy of its name, it is completely made of loess accumulation, not only only a few bare trees on the mountain, but also not many stones, which makes them suffer enough to just arrive here and even have no time to arrange the position.

However, when Li Wenguang's gaze swept to the bottom of the mountain, his face suddenly changed and exclaimed: "Prepare for battle, devil, little devil is coming." ”

There was some movement on the lifeless mountain, and all corners covered by the mud suddenly shook their heads and appeared a steel helmet, and then everyone didn't care to clean the mud in their noses and mouths and looked down the mountain in a hurry, those people who were hunched and holding rifles were slowly climbing to the top of the mountain, but they were not devils.

This can make them boil for a while, the shells whistling above their heads are also ignored by them at this time, the devil's shelling for such a long time, but it makes them want to have a face-to-face fight with the little devil, it is better than being killed without even seeing the enemy, and now in the face of the Japanese charge, they emerged from the hidden place one by one, and set up their rifles at the edge of the crater, ready to fight.

"Boom" When the last shell exploded above the top of the mountain, the Japanese troops at the bottom of the mountain finally stopped slowing down, and in the sound of "banzai", the Japanese troops, who were already about to rush halfway up the mountain, suddenly exerted their strength and rushed towards the hillside at a speed that was almost like a wild run.

"Steady! Wait for the devil to come up and fight! Is the machine gun in a platoon still there? Although Li Wenguang is very young, in terms of combat experience, there is really no one in the entire company who can be stronger than him, except for the attachment of Xiaoshan, and his calmness and calmness are unreservedly displayed at such times.

Hearing his shout, a rough voice came from the side: "Company commander, we have four machine guns in a row." ”

"Okay, Wang Lao Liu, you give me a little steady, and listen to my orders before fighting." Li Wenguang was overjoyed when he heard this, and this was almost the first good news he heard after coming to Loess Mountain, which immediately lifted his spirits.

And just after he had said a few words, the devil rushed up from the middle of the mountain, and was only forty or fifty paces away from them.

"Rifle preparation...... Fire. Li Wenguang roared, and immediately pulled the trigger of the rifle without hesitation, and the Zhongzheng rifle suddenly let out a crisp sound, and the bullet crossed a distance of more than 30 steps as if it had eyes, and was ready to hit a Japanese soldier who was rushing upward.

At the same time, the depressed company of soldiers suppressed by the Japanese artillery also began a fierce counterattack, most of them were brothers who withdrew all the way from Nanjing, both psychological endurance and marksmanship were absolutely excellent, and because they saw the brothers around them continue to fall, the hatred for the Japanese army was far stronger than those who joined the newcomers, and in this extremely short-distance attack, just one round of shooting, it was to put down seven or eight devils.

"......Boom" several explosions resounded on the mountain peak, although its power was much smaller than the shelling just now, but the lethality was not weak at all, under this kind of close-range throwing, the accuracy of the * instantly caused the brothers of the company to fall several times.

The offensive on the top of the mountain suddenly stalled, and nearly ten rifles were lost at once, and the pressure of the Japanese troops below was also greatly reduced, and the sound of shouting and killing suddenly became louder.

How did the devil know that Li Wenguang's purpose of deliberately letting them up was for this moment, and when he saw that the Japanese army was approaching, there was a great posture of rushing up in front of him, he snorted coldly, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he immediately shouted: "Wang Laoliu, give me a hard beating, and kill the little devil." ”

The machine guns had already been prepared, and the four machine guns fired almost simultaneously after his order, and several rushing fire snakes instantly rushed towards the Japanese army with their teeth and claws, and in this extremely short distance, the Japanese army could not avoid it at all, and the people who rushed in front immediately fell down in pieces, and there was no chance to retreat.

The fierce fire on the mountain peak suddenly frightened the Japanese army, and seeing that the previous artillery coverage did not seem to have broken the enemy's defense system, the Japanese army immediately wanted to retreat in a hurry.

The sound of the explosion of "boom" * exploded beside the Japanese soldiers at this moment, and when the devils were uneasy, Li Wenguang mercilessly dealt them a ferocious blow, and with the help of the control area of the machine gun, the Japanese troops who were forced into a ball immediately suffered heavy casualties.

Where did the Japanese army who had been hit hard dare to stay any longer, the momentum that rushed up before and the embarrassment at the moment became a completely different contrast, and the Japanese troops who had not yet entered the range of the opponent's attack in the back were even more glad in their hearts, and the cruel reality that their comrades in front were almost dead also woke them up from the excitement of capturing Yongcheng at once.

"Don't fight, don't chase down, if you want to kill the devil, there will be more opportunities to stay, first hurry up and build a position, and give me a firm foothold. Before I came, I made a military order in front of the battalion commander, and until it gets dark today, no one in our company is allowed to withdraw from the Loess Mountain, and in the future, our battalion will fight, and the company will always have only the share of the rear. Li Wenguang saw the devil retreat, and he also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly shouted at the brothers who were waiting for the counterattack order beside him.

The situation just now is actually very dangerous, they have only arrived here for a short time, there is no fortification to rely on, the shelling of the devil is even more pressing, they can't even raise their heads, fortunately, the condescending geographical advantage has great convenience in this kind of bloody battle on the narrow road, so that the speed of the devil's impact on the position has been slowed down a lot, and from the situation just now, the devil's physical strength does not seem to be much better than them, this is finally a good news.

"Company commander, did the battalion commander really say that he wouldn't let us take the lead in the first company? If we can't do it in a row, do we rely on those bandit deserters in the second and third companies? The long line on the side, Wang Lao Liu, asked loudly unconvinced.

"What are you yelling about? Wang Lao Liu, you want to kill me! If the battalion commander hears this, it's not a big deal for you to get a few lashes at most, I'll make you miserable, and you have to shed your skin if you don't die! Li Wenguang scolded angrily when he heard this, and the joy of repelling the devil disappeared instantly.

Other people on the side also said: "Platoon commander, the battalion commander said that whoever wants to affect the unity of the first battalion will go back and forth from where!" ”

Wang Lao Liu suddenly scolded: "Heizi, you can fucking get you, you don't speak, who treats you as a dumb person, and I don't see you actively coming to fight devils, but you can bear it when you are idle." ”

Li Wenguang saw that the devils had all retreated, and immediately jumped up from the crater and shouted: "Okay, give me less nonsense, hurry up and start arranging fortifications, Wang Lao Liu, take care of the machine guns in your platoon, if something goes wrong, you will roll to the company headquarters and come to me as a servant." ”

Li Wenguang faced these guys who were much older than him beside him, but he was not stunned at all, and this command was also decent and clear-eyed, and under his shouting, Wang Lao Liu and the others, who looked fierce, really closed their mouths and began to hurry up to arrange the line of defense.

Glancing at the dozens of corpses left by the devils below the hillside, Li Wenguang estimated that the devils had been hit so hard that they would not come up again in a short time, so he walked to the side of the hill and shouted to the hill on the other side of the road: "Xiaoshan, how are you there?" ”

"Brother Monkey, we're fine, the devil didn't come up, can you still withstand it?" Across the road, the people on the two hills shouted like this.

Li Wenguang heard the voice on the other side, but he was furious and said: "Little bean sprouts, can you call a monkey too?" Why is it so big and not small! ”

Listening to this scolding, there was no sound on the other side, and I don't know if Xiao Shandong had nothing to say, or if he was not very happy with Li Wenguang's words, but fortunately, from the beginning to the present, there has been no movement on the mountain next door, and it can be seen that the focus of the devil's attack is not on their side.

Seeing this, Li Wenguang didn't say anything anymore, and turned around to repair his position with the brothers beside him, just here, there were too many things, and the tense situation made him dare not slack off in the slightest.

However, the calm on the top of the mountain did not last long, but only about a cup of tea, there was a sudden loud noise at the foot of the mountain, and then the whole hill seemed to tremble, so that a group of people who were busy hurriedly fell to the ground, and their mouths let out a burst of curses.

Although the devil's tentative attack just now suffered a big loss, the artillery offensive launched one after another was not only like avenging the Japanese army who had died before, but also obviously did not want to give you time to prepare, thinking that the next attack would take the lead, so this shelling was obviously more fierce than the previous attack, and for a time several peaks in the Loess Mountain were wrapped in artillery smoke and dust.