The intensity of the 1st company's counterattack does not mean that it can completely curb the momentum of the opponent's Japanese attack, especially after the Japanese machine guns and mortars also join the battle. The recruits who have only been trained in a hurry for two months cannot guarantee that they will survive the risk.
Even with artillery fire, they could hit the target accurately. Therefore, as the war continued, although the attacking Japanese army had obviously slowed down their advance, those skilled Japanese soldiers were still approaching the 1st company little by little.
position.
Soldiers from the 1st company were shot and fell one after another. In the exchange of fire with the Japanese army, they, who had only received simple training, did not take advantage. The screams and the wails of the shot soldiers were mixed with the sound of gunfire.
The position became even more tragic and chaotic. The smell of blood permeating the smoke reminded Tang Cheng of the battle outside Guanghua Gate. This was the first time Tang Cheng commanded a battle alone, and he commanded more than 0 troops. He didn't want to mess this up.
He fought a battle, but the menacing Japanese army did not seem to give him this chance.
"No way, let's retreat temporarily. If we continue fighting like this, our people will be almost dead before the little Japs rush to the position." More and more soldiers were killed and injured in the position, even Liu Yangyang had high hopes.
Sun He, the second platoon leader, could not hold on anymore. Sun He from the 74th Division escaped from Nanjing and wandered all the way to Mengcheng. Liu Yangyang directly left him in the 1st company as the second platoon leader. He also fought bloody battles with the Japanese in Nanjing.
If Sun He hadn't really been unable to hold on any longer, he would not have taken the initiative to propose a retreat to Tang Cheng.
"Tell Jiu Jin to take his people and retreat first. When they are ready, we will retreat back. Otherwise, none of us will be able to escape." Tang Cheng did not reject Sun He's proposal this time. In fact, he
He already regretted his wrong judgment. Even if Sun He didn't come to him to suggest retreat, he would issue the same order later. Letting Jiujin and his bombing team retreat first was a safeguard measure for Tangcheng.
Thirty meters back from the trench is the second trench prepared by Tangcheng. Jiujin and his bombardiers can easily throw grenades anywhere within 30 meters to provide cover for the retreating troops.
Jiu Jin, who was resigned to his death, still didn't want to retreat first, but Tang Cheng grabbed the front of his military uniform and scolded him, and then he took his bombardiers and wounded men and retreated to the next trench. "Pa" "Pa"
"Tang Cheng fired twice and brought down the Japanese flag soldier he had been staring at for a while, but he himself was almost hit by a bullet fired by the Japanese army. "Huh" Tang Cheng reached out and rubbed his neck, which was almost hit by a bullet.
, lowering his body to fill the magazine and press the magazine bridge.
"Boom" a mortar shell that fell into the trench exploded. Tang Cheng, who was squatting to fill the bullet, was pushed by the explosion air wave and hit the trench. Not only the rifle in his hand fell to the ground, but also Tang Cheng
Cheng himself almost fainted. Tang Cheng, who was shaking his head vigorously, turned over and sat up. Although he was not injured by the mortar shell just now, Tang Cheng's ears were buzzing, so much so that he could hear
No other sounds were seen, including the sound of gunfire and shouts of death on the battlefield at this time.
Tang Cheng's soldiers didn't know this. Some people thought that Tang Cheng, who was sitting in the trench, was injured. Some even thought that Tang Cheng, who disappeared from the position, had died in the battle and died under Japanese artillery fire.
"The company commander is dead. The company commander was blown up by the Japs' cannon." Someone shouted on the battlefield one after another. Tang Cheng's squad and platoon leaders tried their best to stop the shouting soldiers, but Tang Cheng was already dead.
The news quickly spread throughout the entire camp.
"Heizi, what should we do? Uncle An is gone and you are the head of the family. Make up your mind." Huang Fei, who was squatting in the trench and loading bullets into his rifle, shouted without raising his head. Heizi was raising his gun to shoot.
But Huang Fei knew that he could hear what he just said. Heizi was the child adopted by Uncle An. Before Qingyun Village was incorporated by the garrison, Heizi was the young master of Qingyun Village. Now that Uncle An is gone, Huang Fei and the others have
The Qingyun Village bandit who was still alive naturally followed Heizi's lead.
"What else can we do? Of course we have to fight these little devils to the end." Heizi's eyes were full of murderous intent, so much so that his whole face was distorted. "Uncle An died at the hands of these little devils."
Here, shouldn't we avenge him?" Gritting his teeth, Heizi pulled the trigger and shot an attacking Japanese soldier again. However, he was also targeted by the Japanese machine gunner, and a series of bullets were fired at him.
Forced, Heizi had to squat down and move to another shooting position.
"Boom!" Another cloud of smoke rose up not far from Tangcheng. Once again, he was pushed back by the air wave of the explosion. Tangcheng, whose ears were buzzing, miraculously recovered his hearing. "Pop."
"Pa" Two soldiers not far from Tang Cheng were shot and fell. The two guys were about to climb out of the trench and escape, but they happened to be looked at by Tang Cheng who stood up, so they gave him a shot without thinking.
They shot twice.
"Those who dare to avoid fighting will be killed without mercy. Those who abandon their robes and become deserters will be killed without mercy." Tang Cheng, who stared at a pair of blood-red eyes and carried a shell gun, shouted loudly in the trench, and was swept away by his eyes.
The soldiers who arrived did not dare to look at him. Under Tang Cheng's strong intimidation and the strong restraint of the squad and platoon leaders, the shaky position of the 1st company was never breached by the Japanese army. Although the Japanese forward soldiers had already attacked less than 70 meters away from the position,
meters, but they could never move forward.
"The 1st Platoon left cover, the 2nd Platoon and the 3rd Platoon evacuated backward first, taking away all the wounded, weapons and ammunition." After shouting, Tang Cheng finally calmed down. The newbies in the 1st Company now had the intention to retreat.
Reluctantly leaving them on the position will only increase unnecessary casualties. Instead of having people killed in the trenches later, it is better to order them to retreat now. Among the three platoons of the 1st company, there is only the 2nd platoon.
There were the most novices in the 3rd platoon, and they were also the two platoons with the highest casualties. In Tangcheng's retreat sequence, the 2nd platoon and the 3rd platoon were placed first by Tangcheng.
As the two platoons retreated along the communication ditch, the gunfire on the 1st Company position became much sparser. However, because of the presence of Heizi and the others, although the number of gunfire dropped, the accuracy was much higher. "The Chinese are top
Unable to hold on any longer, they began to retreat and ordered Hashimoto to attack immediately. I will kill all these Chinese people one by one." Kenichi Okamoto, who stayed behind to supervise the battle, gave the order for the front team to charge. In his impression,
, it is most appropriate to launch a charge when the Chinese army is retreating. It is very likely that it can break through the Chinese army's defense line in one go and trigger a major rout.
"Company Commander, the little devil is about to start charging." Amidst the dense sound of the board, the Japanese soldiers more than 60 meters away began to quickly get up and charge. Knowing that there were no machine guns on the Tangcheng position, Hashimoto, who directed the charge, did not
They did not let their soldiers spread the skirmish line widely. The dozens of Japanese soldiers who were almost crowded together looked full of murderous intent. The Japanese soldiers shouted the "board load" not only gave them courage and the fighting spirit to regard death as home.
, it also brought a lot of pressure to the 1st platoon on the position.
Bullets were fired like raindrops, and coupled with smoke and fireballs that rose from time to time, the 1st company's position had become a shooting range for Okamoto Squadron to pour ammunition. "Boom" explosions at extremely close range sounded different from those slightly farther away.
It was completely different now. The heat wave of the explosion came in an instant, and the tiny debris made the exposed skin sting. Seeing that Japanese soldiers wearing steel helmets were still pouring in, the Tangcheng in the position seemed to suddenly
He stared straight ahead as if he was possessed. The soldiers lying around him didn't know what was going on with Tang Cheng, and no one dared to ask him. The way Tang Cheng killed the deserters just now had already shocked the veterans of the 1st company.
And novices are as fearful of him as tigers.
Ten seconds later, Tang Cheng suddenly seemed to wake up from his sleep and shouted at the top of his lungs, "The enemy is coming, take all the bullets out of your guns and repel them this time."
Only by attacking can we retreat." Tang Cheng was not simply in a daze just now, he just suddenly remembered a record in Xie Bo's notebook. When encountering a huge disparity in enemy strength and an unfavorable situation, the commander must be careful and bold and not panic.
, as long as the command is proper, disadvantage can also become an important factor in causing the opponent to make mistakes.
From the beginning of the battle with this group of Japanese troops, Tangcheng's 1st company has been at a disadvantage. This is an indisputable fact. Although Tangcheng has ordered the other two platoons to retreat, he still wants to take the 1st platoon responsible for breaking up the rear safely.
Withdrawing, Tang Cheng suddenly remembered Xie Bo's words and suddenly had a bold idea. The 1st Company now gave the Japanese army on the opposite side the impression that it was on the verge of collapse. It was precisely because of this that the Japanese army suddenly launched a charge.
Tangcheng also wanted to take advantage of the Japanese army's contempt to realize its own ideas.
"Go and ask the bombardment team and the two platoons to come back quietly and be ready to attack at any time." It was Huang Fei who was pointed out by Tang Cheng. Although he didn't know why Hu Xiada in Tang Cheng gave such an order, Huang Fei was there
After receiving Heizi's hint, he still ran to the second trench according to the order. "Fire, fire, don't stop shooting. I said, you have to shoot out all the bullets in the barrel." Tang Cheng picked it up and dropped it.
The rifle in the trench, while pulling the bolt, walked around the trench shouting.
Tang Cheng, who was lying in the shooting position, was completely undisturbed by the bullets and shrapnel flying around him. His shoulders were like a rock and he pressed against the butt of the gun. He quickly pulled the bolt, shot, pulled the bolt, and fired. It was tens of meters away.
The khaki figures outside suddenly fell backwards. After all five bullets were fired, Tang Cheng squatted down slightly and quickly reloaded the bullets. In this way, he fired five bullets, and then five more, until Tang Cheng was on top of him.
He stopped when he could no longer touch the bullet bridge in his bullet bag.