Chapter 17: A Helpless Night

This fire did work, it illuminated the open field in front of the three companies' positions within a range of more than a hundred meters, so that the devils were temporarily suppressed on the edge of the firelight and could not advance.

But since the offensive has begun, the devil has no intention of giving up, let alone having a numerical advantage. The grenadiers were brought in and began to bombard the fire. Although he knew that this fire would be extinguished sooner or later, the devil did not intend to wait.

A series of explosions appeared around the fire, and finally a grenade hit the fire, and suddenly splashed a burst of firelight, and a field of fireworks appeared in the flat ground, if it were not for the battlefield, everyone would be amazed.

"The fire is out! what can I do?" said the big man, looking at the scattered sparks on the ground.

Wang Lao picked up the bullet again: "If there is anything to see, continue to fight." When he saw the place where the gunfire was flashing, he shot back at that position, and after putting the gun, he quickly shrunk and came up again after a few breaths. ”

There was no fire, and the surroundings suddenly darkened. The tongues of fire from the devil's machine guns began to salute the city, and a dozen tracer ballistics kept passing through the open field. Hu Yi aimed at a continuous tongue of fire position, fired a shot, but did not respond, quickly pushed the bullet, aimed a little back, and fired again. The tongue of fire of the machine gun finally stopped, but it sounded again in an instant, and instead swept back towards Hu Yi's side, and the bullets were indiscriminately embedded in the surrounding ground, popping.

Hu Yi reluctantly retracted his body behind the ridge, more than a dozen machine guns, at least four of which were heavy machine guns. This is at least a squadron of devils in front of you, and I don't know how many there are behind. Although this is the first wave of attack, and the devil has not yet approached, Hu Yi feels that the three companies cannot bear it, and the Western Front will be lost.

Wu Gui leaned against the window, listening to the sound of his head crackling behind the wall and being hit by stray bullets from time to time, and he was very helpless. This hellish night is the best cover for the attack, there are too many devils, so they rely on the two Czech-style blind fights of the three companies, and the devils have to rush over sooner or later. Street fighting? Just rely on the twenty or so people in your hand, a matter of minutes. Raised his hand and pointed to the signal soldier next to him: "Hurry up and go to the battalion commander and ask for reinforcements." Fuck it!"

Mortar shells and mountain artillery shells fell from time to time, illuminating the alleys in flickering light and darkness, sometimes accompanied by smoke and dust, and the sound of rubble hitting the tiles. From time to time, the signal soldier fell and got up again, his body was scratched by shrapnel in several places, and his military uniform was wet. Panting for breath, he finally saw the battalion headquarters, but he was dumbfounded.

The house where the battalion headquarters was located had half collapsed, and the fire inside was still blazing, illuminating the ruins around it.

The signal soldier casually grabbed a figure who was running by: "Where is the battalion commander? Where is the battalion commander? The third company needs support!"

"The north has been lost, and the battalion commander has taken a platoon to fight a counterattack. ”

In the firelight, the signal soldier let go of the hand holding the opponent, turned around woodenly, and ran in the direction of the third company......

Boom - after another explosion, the machine-gun sound on the left side was gone. The dust on the roof shook with the explosion, and it fell down with an uproar, falling all over Wu Gui's body. Wu Gui shook his head, wiped his face, and shouted: "Why did the machine gun stop! Keep fighting for me! You two go over and take over the machine gun!"

After finishing speaking, there was no reply, and when I looked back, the two soldiers behind me had fallen in a pool of blood and did not move. Wu Gui drilled through the bomb hole, through the smoke of gunpowder, and came to the machine gun position on the left. Seven corpses had accumulated near the machine guns, and the last person to replace them had also died on the machine guns. Wu Gui dragged the corpse away, climbed up to the position by himself, and spewed out a string of fire tongues again.

Under the cover of artillery fire and machine guns, the devils of the Western Front, sometimes bent on their waists, sometimes prostrate, gradually approached.

Through the muzzle fire that flashed from time to time, the devil had already noticed the position of the bunker in the third row, a machine gun was aimed here, and the five people in the third row were huddled in the bunker behind the ridge and couldn't raise their heads.

"The devil is coming, it's too late if we don't run back!" Zhao Yong shouted first.

Wang Lao also ran out of ideas for a while: "This time it's really burning eyebrows, Xiaohu, let's withdraw to the city first." ”

Hu Yi's gun had just been emptied, and he was pressing bullets into the chamber of the gun. "You can't run back, this distance of fifty or sixty meters, we will be reimbursed for a point shot from behind. Even if you are lucky enough to run into the city, you won't survive. There has been no movement in the north for half a day, and it is estimated that it is over. ”

"My Chief Hu, that's better than waiting to die here? It's really too late to leave again, haven't you changed your mind and plan to die for the country?" Zhao Yong asked anxiously.

It wasn't until the fifth bullet was also pressed into the chamber of the gun that Hu Yi opened his mouth again: "Big man, remember to bring those two shovels, and I will take the lead in a while, and they will all follow, and run to the river in the south." Silly boy, when you run, your cat bends down, don't be afraid, be fast, be sure to follow. ”

The silly boy nodded without saying a word.

Zhao Yong opened his mouth wide: "What? Running sideways? Isn't that just running in front of the devil's eyes? That ......"

Hu Yi waved his hand decisively: "Don't talk nonsense, if you want to run back, you can go back." Are you all ready?"

In the night, five figures suddenly appeared behind the ridge, and the cat rushed to the river bank with his waist bent.

The devil in front of him had already approached the cover more than ten meters away, and suddenly saw a vague figure rushing out, instinctively reacted, and fell down with a bang, and then raised his gun and put it away.

Fortunately, this is a sideways run, the target is moving horizontally fast, the light is dim, and when it is caught off guard, the devil in front can only shoot a row of guns indiscriminately, and the machine gunner behind does not dare to shoot lightly, because if he fires, the trajectory will sweep over his own people in front, and he can only stare and look stupidly, until the figure approaches the shore and goes out of his own area, and then he shoots over.

The riverside is a gentle slope, lower than the open land, and somewhat muddy. Hu Yi ran to the bottom of the slope to a mud pit in one breath before stopping, and then Zhao Yong rushed down, followed by the big man and the silly boy, and Wang Lao stumbled and almost rolled down the last one.

Hu Yi dragged the shovel from the big man's hand and ordered in a low voice: "There's no time to rub it, you four hurry up and lie down in this mud puddle, quickly." ”

The four of them climbed into the pit in a daze, and Hu Yi grabbed the shovel and began to bury it. In fact, it was not buried, but a layer of mud was pasted on the four people and covered them.

When he buried Wang Lao for the last time, Hu Yi's arm was suddenly grabbed by Wang Lao: "Ahem, Xiaohu, leave a thought." As he spoke, Wang Lao picked up the pocket watch and stuffed it into Hu Yi's pocket.

"Brother Wang, what are you doing here? I'm a good water nature, maybe I'll be back in a while. Time was pressing, Hu Yi didn't delay much, and quickly raised a few shovels of soil, which probably covered Wang Lao's pick. He threw the shovel into the river, then picked up his rifle and dripped into the river step by step, until the river reached his chest, then he turned around, picked up the gun, and aimed at the dark riverbank.

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