Chapter 2 The sudden battle
When I read about the history of the Kuomintang's escape in the face of the Japanese attack, I would only laugh at them for being useless. However, now when I faced all this, I realized that I was even better than them...
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Chapter 2 Sudden Battle
"Little brother, you're new here!" Just as I was stunned, a veteran walked up to me and handed me a pot of water: "Give it, there is no wine here, just use water to suppress your shock!"
I looked at the veteran gratefully, took the kettle and poured it into my mouth a few times. Only then did I realize that I was really thirsty, so I started to drink it endlessly. After drinking it, I returned the kettle to the veteran and thanked him, and my mind became clearer.
"Little brother!" The veteran took the kettle and turned the lid on his body and hung it while comforting me: "You're not used to it! It's okay, it'll be fine in a few days! Look at Sui and the others..."
As he said that, he glanced at the soldiers sitting next to me and continued, "They are all newcomers, and our troops are almost the same as you..."
"What?" I was stunned when I heard this and asked, "Brother, are you saying... most of our troops are recruits?"
"If the military training team is not a new recruit, then what else?" the veteran nodded and responded.
"Um!" I pretended to understand and nodded. In fact, I didn't even know what the military training regiment was. I wanted to ask but was worried that the veteran would be suspicious, so I could only pretend to understand.
Later I learned that the military training group was actually a recruit battalion, but the name of the National Army was more written.
"Brother!" Then I asked with lingering fear: "You said we are all new recruits, so why do you fight with the little Japanese..."
I hate the Japanese, but I also know that the little Japanese attacking our country in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War were all trained veterans, so now it is a bit weak when I hear that most of the troops I am in are recruits.
"What are you talking about?" A soldier who was as thin as a monkey rushed to say, "What do you mean to fight with the little Japanese? If we don't fight, can the little Japanese let us go? Besides, the little Japanese bullies us, can we swallow this tone?"
"That's right!" the others also continued, saying: "The little Japanese is too bullying, and at worst they can fight with them!"
"If you can kill one, you will make a profit if you can kill two!"
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Someone even shouted at me: "I said, "Brother, if you don't have the crops, go home and farm, don't be embarrassed here!"
For a moment, I became the target of public criticism and didn't even have time to explain. While I was embarrassed, I couldn't help but feel a little strange. Didn't the national army escape if they met the Japanese? Why did I see a different scene now?
"Get it..." In the end, the veteran came up to relieve me of the siege. He waved at the others and said, "Why do you say so much? Do your own thing!"
After the others dispersed, the veteran said to me earnestly: "Brother, don't listen to them. If we join the army, we can save our lives when we go to the battlefield! Tell you, the platoon leader who was holding the pistol next to you just now, the surname Chi. I am the squad leader, the surname Hu, just call me squad leader Hu. I will get to know the others in the future! Now prepare first, the Japanese will attack soon!"
"What? The Japanese still want to attack? Just now... didn't you fight just now?" After hearing this, my nerves all over my body couldn't help but collapsed again.
"Just just now, it was just the Japanese firepower reconnaissance!" Squad leader Li casually said: "The real attack has not begun yet!"
I didn't come back to my senses after hearing this for a long time. Firepower reconnaissance is so terrible. What would the real attack look like?
I'll find out soon.
"Wow..." A sharp and harsh air defense alarm sounded in the air, and followed by the "rumbling" sound of thunder in the sky. Everyone looked in the direction where the sound came, but the summer sun shone so hard that we could see nothing.
"Scatter! Leave down! Leave down quickly..." The platoon leader of the Chi platoon stood up and waved his orders at us: "The Japanese plane is here, look for a hidden place!"
At this time, the soldiers realized that the war had come to us again, so they quickly made preparations. However, their performance was different. Some hid in the house, some were lying in the trenches, and some even held rifles in front of the sky, as if they wanted to use rifles to shoot planes...
As expected, they are all recruits! Looking at this scene, my heart became heavier.
The rumbling sound was getting closer and closer. I couldn't even think about lying into the trenches as the command of the platoon leader... I heard a series of harsh roars in the air, followed by a "boom" sound, and gravel and soil rushed towards me like a tide. For a moment, explosions, machine guns, screams, and the whistling of the planes sounded like a piece of shock... The sound of vibrations from the ground made me feel like I was standing on a volcano that was about to erupt.
I don’t know how long it took, but the outside world finally calmed down. I stood up tremblingly, but I was shocked to find that the platoon leader was still waving and shouting at us, but I could hear nothing except a buzzing sound in my ears...
Just as I was guessing what the platoon leader meant, a sharp whistling came from the sky, and then a sea of shells exploded near us. I was so scared that I hurried back to the trenches again and didn't dare to move.
I, who came from the History Department, knew very well that aircraft and cannons were common techniques used by Japan in wars. They did this not only to use aircraft and cannons to destroy our fortifications, but more importantly, to show us these modern weapons and make our army afraid and destroy our army's fighting will in order to achieve the goal of defeating others without fighting.
In fact, there were indeed many such situations in the early days of the War of Resistance. After the Japanese slaughtered the plane and cannon, the national army that defended fled in panic, and then the Japanese army occupied our defense zone without any effort...
In some ways, I still hope that the troops in front of me can flee like other national troops, so that at least they can give me a breath... However, what makes me regret is that they did not, not, but instead showed unprecedented high combat sentiment, such as the few around me... from time to time in the artillery fire, they would poke their heads out to observe the enemy situation!
Then I quickly understood that I remember Platoon Leader Chi told me that today was July 28, which is only twenty-one days away from the July 7 Incident. What does this mean? This means that Japan has just launched a full-scale war and will join the army at this time. I am afraid that it is all people who are full of hatred and intend to fight with Japan on the battlefield. Of course, this military training team will not be exceptional!
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but complain secretly. If this continues, my life will be over? No, I don't want to die just like this. I must do something! But what can I do? I am just a college student. It's not an exaggeration to say that I am powerless on this battlefield...
Just when I was in a dilemma, with a strange cry, the Japanese army rushed into our positions from the fields outside the military camp in groups.
It was the harvest season. The crops and sorghum in the rice fields grew more than half a person high. These were originally the fruits of the hard work of our people, but now they have become good cover for the Japanese army. The little Japanese rely on them to safely drill under our noses before launching an attack on our defense line. However, there is nothing we can do about it. It is obviously too late to cut crops at this time.
There were Japanese soldiers all over the mountains and fields, and countless people were covered with disguises, with bayonets in their hands, and their eyes were glowing like beasts. Just looking at them, I was scared to my legs. If it weren't for the fact that there were people everywhere in front of me and behind me, I thought I would turn around and run away!
It’s funny to think about it. When I read the history of the Kuomintang’s attack and fleeing in panic, I only laughed at them for being useless. However, now when I faced all this, I realized that I was even better than them...
It can be seen that I am not the only one who is afraid of in the army, because I saw a considerable number of soldiers looking around at other people's reactions. After all, they are all new recruits, and the gap between ideals and reality is still very big. It is already very good to be able to stick to this point!
"Be ready for battle!" Platoon leader Chi waved his cell phone while roaring in his slightly hoarse voice.
The soldiers set up various weapons in the trenches, and I couldn't help but find a place to set up a rifle. I was about to aim but suddenly remembered that I had no bullets anymore. When I was anxious, I asked the warrior who was full of beards beards beside me: "Brother! I don't have bullets anymore, do you have any extra money to share with me..."
The soldier looked at me incredibly, then rushed to the ammunition box behind him and replied dissatisfiedly: "Take it myself... When did it take me to find out I have no bullets!"
I couldn't help but blush. Without saying a few more steps, I ran to the ammunition box and grabbed the bullet and stuffed it into my pocket. I also grabbed a few grenades.
He hurried back to the trench and crushed bullets for the rifle and set up a rifle to shoot, but was stopped by a bearded scum.
"What are you doing?" The bearded bastard shouted at me without any hesitation: "Didn't you hear the order from the platoon leader? Don't shoot, put the enemy closer before firing!"
"Oh!" I nodded and responded. I had to admit that I was already a little indifferent to those Japanese soldiers, so I didn't hear the orders given by Platoon Leader Chi.
Looking at the Japanese army opposite the gun through the rifle's sight, they still rushed towards our position one by one with their guns, shouting viciously in their mouths about something I don't understand...
Is all this true? I asked myself again, I really went back seventy years ago and became a member of the National Army?
Chapter completed!