Section VII

In the early hours of September 1, 1937.

With the continuous increase of the national army and the Japanese army, the Battle of Songhu has entered the most critical and anxious time at this moment, every inch of land in this area is covered by artillery fire, and every advance and retreat of the enemy and us is wrapped in red blood.

The officers and men of the 3rd Company did not wait for the news of the merger of the 51st Division and the 58th Division into the 74th Army, and the loss of the front line finally allowed them to face the Japanese attack on the second day of arriving on this battlefield.

Lao Meng lay on the edge of the trench with a solemn expression, trying to look into the distance with wide eyes, but perhaps because he was too old, he always felt that there was a gray veil in front of him, which made his vision unable to extend in the dark night, only a few meters away, he was completely confused, and even the town in the distance could not be seen at all at this time.

In the vicinity of Lao Meng, Xiao Shandong, Zhou Wu, Tietou, Luo Fang, and Jiao Yuan were lined up, and in a slightly farther place, the machine gunner pillar and the deputy machine gunner Chen Daaxe were holding the light machine gun in their hands, concentrating calmly, and at the position close to the 2nd squad, the first squad leader Xu Qiang was paying attention to the movements in the dark night ahead, while listening to the situation of the company headquarters not far away, waiting for the order to attack at any time. In this case, the only person who is free seems to be the stone sitting in the trench next to Lao Meng, this "heartless" fellow, at this time, is still leaning on the wall of the trench and sleeping, and seems to pay no attention to everything around him.

Xiao Shandong glanced at the stone, and then swallowed a mouthful of spit a little nervously and looked around, the position was quiet, there was almost no sound, nearly a hundred brothers, before the bloody battle, none of them made the slightest sound.

Maybe it's because Xiao Shandong's age is too young to hold his breath, and after a while, he asked Lao Meng on the side suspiciously: "Uncle Meng, the front...... Is there really a devil? ”

Xiao Shandong's suppressed voice was a little sharp at this time, and his vocal cords had not yet fully developed, which made his voice less masculine and a little trembling, which sounded even more awkward.

Lao Meng didn't care, looked around, and then leaned close to Xiao Shandong's ear and whispered: "Don't make a sound, the devil has touched it, put the bayonet on it." ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to use a bayonet, Xiao Shandong's face turned green, this year, although he had also practiced splitting, stabbing, slashing and other moves, but the thought of fighting with those fierce gods and evil devils head-on, his whole body trembled even more, if it was dawn at the moment, Lao Meng might be able to speak, at this moment Xiao Shandong, his lips were a little purple.

In the company headquarters, Zheng Pusheng, the commander of the 3rd company, looked into the distance from the shooting hole with a little uneasiness, the devils don't know if it was deliberate or for what reason, the artillery fire in their direction had disappeared at this time, losing the illumination of the artillery fire, and the sky was covered by thick clouds, which made the earth look extremely dark.

With one hand on the pistol holster, the other hand touching his chin, the stubble like a steel needle became his only target at the moment, and the constant pain from his jaw, as if it could stimulate his head and keep him awake, became his only action at this time.

Watching the company commander spin around in a big fart, Wang Bao, the deputy company on the side, couldn't help but look at Staff Officer Zhang with a little worry, this is a senior officer at the level of a regiment commander who dares to reprimand him head-on, if some of the company commander's actions anger this uncle, it will really be over, if an officer like Staff Officer Zhang wants to get them, it is not much more troublesome than pinching an ant to death.

However, what made Wang Bao a little fortunate was that Staff Officer Zhang was carefully checking the map on the table with the very dimly lit kerosene lamp at the moment, and he looked so focused that he completely regarded the surrounding situation as nothing.

took out his pocket watch and looked at it, Zheng Pusheng stopped pulling out the stubble, frowned and said to Zhang Lingfu, who was still looking at the map: "Staff Officer Zhang, it's been 10 minutes, do you want to do it?" ”

"Calm down, let the devils in, don't let them have a little blood, and treat us as soft persimmons that are easy to pinch." Zhang Lingfu said lightly, his eyes did not leave the map at all, and he looked indifferent.

Wang Bao on the side seemed to have thought of something, and just wanted to speak, but he seemed to feel a little inappropriate, and suddenly closed his mouth again.

But Zhang Lingfu seemed to see the situation here, and asked, "Deputy Wang Lian has a different opinion?" ”

"Sir, although the officers and men of our unit have been trained for a year, most of them are on the battlefield for the first time, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for them to fully exert their combat strength." Wang Bao said a little uneasily.

"Good steel has to be tempered thousands of times, and the soldiers are all fighting for the rest of their lives, there is no face-to-face fighting, just by putting guns from afar, there will not be much growth, I don't believe that the troops of our 51st Division are all bad seeds that will collapse at the touch of a button, since the devil dares to come, we must have the pride of taking everything according to the order." As he spoke, Zhang Lingfu looked up at the two people in the command headquarters, buried his head in the map again, and occasionally drew lines on the map with a pen, as if he was gesturing something.

After waiting for five or six minutes in this embarrassing atmosphere, a muffled voice finally came from the quiet position, and then, without the need for them to command here, the dense gunfire suddenly rang out.

Zhang Lingfu, who was staring at the map with his eyes, raised his head in vain, and shouted in a firm tone: "Don't move the reserve troops, the 3 rows behind you throw *, you stay here to command, Xiao Zhou, Xiao Xu, go out with me to kill devils." ”

Facing the categorical Zhang Lingfu, Zheng Pusheng and Wang Bao had no chance to speak, and when they reacted, Staff Officer Zhang, who had pulled out his pistol, had already rushed out of the headquarters with two orderlies.

At this moment, on the position, finally tear off the quiet camouflage and become lively, I don't know which brother was the first to find the devil who rushed to the front, in the midst of the horror, almost instinctively stretched out the rifle that had already been hung with a bayonet, those who touched the devil seemed to be still proud of their night raid action, thinking that they could immediately enter the position of the people of China to carry out the massacre, where do you know, the slaughter has not yet begun, the god of death has come, the long bayonet, mercilessly pierced the shoulder into the body, in vain came the sharp pain, Let him let out a piercing wail.

The cry of the formation of "Da ......" is like a battle*, and the almost impatient soldiers of the national army who have been waiting are in full swing at this moment, and the tongues of fire gather a huge net, and whoever is caught in the net will herald the coming of death.

Xiao Shandong was already crazy at this time, in the moment just now, he found a huge body that pounced in the air, in the dark environment, he couldn't see the other party's expression clearly, but the burly figure was obviously much stronger than him, and he could vaguely see the cold glow from the tip of the opponent's gun.

It was a bayonet, a bayonet on a devil's gun, feeling the bayonet stabbing at himself without any emotion, Xiao Shandong was stupid, stunned, at this time he completely forgot that he still had a gun in his hand, and his gun also had a bayonet, and he screamed, it was completely the instinct of a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child to retreat back, wanting to avoid the death blow.

But as soon as he took a step back, he found that the trench was narrow, only a step wide, and he had retreated to the wall of the trench on the other side, and there was no place to go.

Xiao Shandong shouted frantically, and the sharp children's voice was extremely piercing, which suddenly made the surrounding group of people crazy.

"Xiao Shandong, shoot, shoot......"

"Little bean sprouts, run, ......"

"Boom" When the anxious voices sounded, Lao Meng, who had been paying attention to Xiao Shandong, had already adjusted his posture, and pulled the trigger when the devil was about to pounce into the trench, and at any time a heavy gun rang out, the volley body trembled in vain, and suddenly began to curl up involuntarily, which made the deadly bayonet deviate a lot to the left, and appeared next to Xiao Shandong with the fall of the body.

Xiao Shandong's whole person was almost paralyzed, and the life and death of life and death in an instant made his body suddenly break out like a spring, and at the alternation of summer, there were bursts of shivering, and a pair of eyes that were usually full of aura were full of fear at the moment.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

In the back of a row of trenches flew out of the *, in the case of the first line of firepower, this * became a perfect depth strike, powerful * flew out, and suddenly burst out in front of the position bursts of dazzling firelight, through the explosion, they could see the open space in front of them, scattered bodies, and with the explosion of painful screams, there were more inverted devils were smashed into the side, as the explosion sounded, the body was torn apart, and the severed limbs and broken flesh flew out.

While this attack had an extraordinary effect, the officers and soldiers of the 3rd Company also involuntarily gasped, and by the light of the explosion, they saw figures pouring out of the darkness and rushing towards them with great speed.

"Pillars, strafe, fire!" The first squad leader Xu Qiang was anxious, the devil who was close at hand made his eyes widen, what strength did his brothers have, he was clear, to put it mildly, this old and young, compared with the murderous devil, it was not enough to stuff people's teeth, once the melee started, where was the slightest chance of winning.

The light machine gun of the "Click-Click......" pillar sounded almost at the same time as the squad leader spoke, and in a burst of frantic strafing, you can see that the devils who rushed over were like leeks that had been cut, falling in pieces, in front of this powerful machine gun, the human body seemed extremely fragile, just an instant, the front of the machine gun position was completely swept out.

And Lao Meng's previous shot allowed Xiao Shandong to avoid the fate of being pierced by a bayonet, but because of this, a group of people who paid attention to Xiao Shandong's body were much weaker than other places in terms of frontal interception.

Xiao Shandong also regained his senses a little at this time, raised the gun in his hand, and wanted to fire, but when he saw a blur of figures scuffling together, it was very easy to hurt his own people, and when he thought of Uncle Meng's kind face, the familiar figure of Tietou and others, Xiao Shandong almost cried urgently.

I thought bitterly in my heart: "It's over, it's all over, because I'm alone, and everyone in a class is finished." ”