Section XXII

The Japanese stopped their advance about 200 paces away on the other side of the Xiaoliu River, and in a barren field, those tiny figures fell to the ground one after another, and the earthy yellow military uniforms merged strangely with the weeds around them, making it difficult to catch them. At the same time, the sound of artillery came from a little farther behind these Japanese soldiers, and listening to the sound one after another, it was easy to distinguish that the shells were sent out by three mortars, but because of the distance between them, they could not directly observe the Japanese artillery positions with the naked eye in this slightly undulating land.

Through the reeds, Shi faintly saw that there seemed to be mud flying where the Japanese troops were, and then listening to the whistling of the three mortars, he had a very strange feeling in his heart. Speaking of which, the attack formation of the Japanese army on the other side of the river, in fact, is not weak, standing on the hillside before, you should have taken a look, the enemy on the opposite bank has at least 2 squadrons, although the number is not much, but the devil's firepower is notoriously strong, under the same number, the combination of light and heavy firepower is several grades higher than they don't know, the most important thing is the continuous attack of three mortars, compared to people like them who have not even touched the artillery, it can be regarded as a world of difference, but, experienced that kind of stormy blow, After experiencing the experience of the Luodian defensive battle, and fighting to the death against the Japanese army under the attack of Japanese aircraft and artillery, looking at the current situation, it is really nothing. Could it be that the little devils want to destroy our positions with such an artillery attack? Shi Shi shook his head when he thought about it, this is unlikely, with such a large area, the three cannons can't be busy, plus there is a river to block it, if you want to attack, the price you pay will not be ordinary.

"Boom...... The shells of the "Boom ......" continued to fall on the flat ground, and shrapnel mixed with soil scattered and flew in all directions, and the mud and dust that rose up were accompanied by sulfur smoke rose into the air, making the originally refreshing sky lose its indifference to the wind and clouds.

"What do these devils want to do?" After carefully observing for a long time, Li Wenguang finally couldn't help the question in his heart and asked out loud.

"The devil doesn't want to attack!" Liu Wenfeng came to a conclusion with great certainty.

Li Wenguang saw the stone frowning and contemplative, so he continued: "The devil's attack has always been a wanton bombardment by aircraft and artillery. ”

"Platoon commander, could it be that the little devil doesn't want to attack at all?" Liu Wenfeng listened to Li Wenguang's words and suddenly spoke.

Shi raised his head, looked at the two of them, frowned and said, "No one knows this, what we have to care about is whether we can hold this position." ”

Li Wenguang said peacefully: "What the platoon commander said is right, no matter what tricks these little devils play, we just need to hold our positions and beat them back when the devils rush over." ”

Liu Wenfeng shook his head and said: "That's right, but platoon commander, in this way, our goal has been achieved, but the purpose of the little devils has also been achieved, they rely on a few hundred people plus three guns to contain them here, so don't you invest more troops in other places." ”

"Other than that, we don't seem to have any other choice, our platoon, the defensive position is so-so, but to attack the river, I'm afraid there is almost no chance of success." Shi shook his head helplessly, although he knew that what Liu Wenfeng said was reasonable, but he couldn't make any changes at all.

"Do you want to report the situation here to the company commander and battalion commander?" Liu Wenfeng hesitated for a moment and then said.

"Okay, monkey, you go and talk to the old man in the back, and let him send someone over." Shi thought for a while and said, although he knew that the company commander must have known the situation here, but as a commander on the front line, it is also his duty to report the battle situation on the front line in a timely manner, so that the commanders can understand the current battle situation in more detail.

Li Wenguang lowered his body and rushed towards the traffic trench, but his mouth was complaining: "Don't call me a monkey, my name is Li Wenguang." ”

"Doesn't it look like a monkey?" Liu Wenfeng said teasingly.

"Boom......" a cannonball, as if hearing their words, smashed hard at the front of their position, and large chunks of dirt were lifted up, smashing their heads and faces at their positions, immediately drowning out all the sounds. After avoiding the ferocious attack of the shells, Li Wenguang did not dare to stop any longer, and the speed of his advance in the trench was noticeably accelerated.

"Phew!" Liu Wenfeng spit out the dirt in his mouth vigorously, and scolded vaguely: "The little devil of the dog day, he only dares to use artillery bombardment, and he has a kind of rushing over to fight with a bayonet." ”

The movement of the stone was obviously much brisker than Liu Wenfeng, at this time, he had returned to normal, carefully observing the enemy situation in the distance, but when he heard the words in Liu Wenfeng's mouth, his face suddenly became strange, and he said incredulously: "The little devil is here." ”

Liu Wenfeng didn't expect that he would come to whatever he said, he was happy in his heart, and suddenly laughed: "Damn, come up now, that's sending you to death!" ”

The Japanese troops on the other side lowered their bodies and approached the riverbank, because of the cover of the reeds, their figures seemed extremely difficult to capture, accompanied by bursts of artillery fire behind them, in terms of the safety of the march, it was really a strong guarantee.

According to the practice of the stone for a period of time, the way to maximize the killing of the enemy is to put the devil over, get close to him, and then use a light machine gun and * to carry out powerful killing, and even if the enemy breaks through the position, he has enough confidence that he can take his brothers to destroy the enemy with a white-knuckle battle, but now the situation seems to be a little unclear, without understanding what tricks the enemy on the opposite side plays, in the case of the need to ensure the safety of the position, he still chose a more secure offensive.

The stone set up the rifle, and the dark barrel of the gun was pointed at the reeds that swayed in the wind, and after the reeds shook a small gap at random, his right index finger pulled the trigger steadily.

At a distance of about one hundred and fifty paces, the stone's accurate marksmanship has a very high hit rate, especially after his serious aiming, it is difficult for anyone to be spared, and with this gunshot, among the Japanese soldiers on the opposite bank who are quickly approaching the river, a figure suddenly overturned.

This sudden blow still made the Japanese troops on the opposite side seem to have some ups and downs, around the fallen Japanese troops, those advancing bodies instinctively lay on the ground, and after finding that the enemy on the opposite bank did not fire continuously, they continued to move forward, but this time, the people nearby had chosen to crawl on the ground to minimize exposure to the enemy's crosshairs.

However, this did not have much effect, and after a slight pause, the stone opened fire again, and a prostrate Japanese soldier suddenly collapsed after a shudder.

The purpose of the stone is very simple, since it is not to follow the previous tactics to kill and injure the enemy, the best way is to keep shooting when the range is reached, in the place where the Japanese army stopped before, in fact, he can already fire, but the distance is too far, under the cover of the reeds in front, the figure of the Japanese army is too difficult to capture, far less accurate than the current to ensure the accuracy of shooting.

Strange things happened at this time, after the stone shot the second enemy, those Japanese soldiers who were constantly approaching the riverbank, as if they had received some order, quickly retreated, the figure that rushed away, the strange and inexplicable behavior, made the stone's eyes widen, and he forgot even the action of shooting and killing the little devil.

"Boom......" A long whistling sound came from the other side.

"Platoon commander, get down." Just when the stone was extremely surprised, Liu Wenfeng on the side shouted in shock, and at the same time struggled to hug the body of the stone, and suddenly pounced, and the whole person was pressed on the body of the stone. As he moved, the long whistling finally ended, followed by a violent explosion.

The earth trembled, the power of the mortar would not have been like this, but the distance that was too close had this effect, and the violent explosion before they were ten paces away from this skirmisher's trench, if it were not for the cover of the trench, I am afraid that they would not have been spared.

The stone that was pressed under Liu Wenfeng was shocked, and the palpitations from the previous battle with the enemy on the plain surged in his heart, and he suddenly opened his mouth and shouted: "Crazy, dodge quickly, change places, change places." ”

Liu Wenfeng's reaction speed was extremely fast, and after hearing the sound of stones, he grabbed the rifle on the ground, turned over and crossed this trench, and after rolling on the ground several times in a row, he skillfully climbed into another section of the skirmisher's trench. And the movement of the stone was not slow, almost at the same time as Liu Wenfeng made a move, he also left his original position and avoided this place with a rolling crawl.

"Boom!" At the moment when they left, another shell fell, not much different from the landing point of the previous shell, but it was five or six steps forward, and it was precisely because of this that the skirmish trench they were in just now was completely abolished, and the powerful impact of the explosion directly lifted off a large piece of dirt and overturned the edge of the trench in front of it to the side.

The stone that had retreated to another section of the trench to dodge, his face was as pale as dirt, and he had a strange feeling, could the devil come this time specifically to deal with him? The messy shells before seemed to be completely deliberate by the devils, and this continuous attack was the real thing.

"Crazy man, flash quickly, stay away." The stone shouted, and then took advantage of the explosion to change places again.