Tangcheng and the others escaped into the woods before the second round of low-altitude strafing by Japanese fighter planes. Compared with Tangcheng's Second Company, Su Datong's company, which was slower to respond, and the people with their families suffered much worse. The Japanese first
During their second round of low-altitude strafing, the one that attacked the Second Company was just one Japanese fighter plane. When they launched their second round of low-altitude strafing, there were actually two fighter planes. Those civilians who saw the Second Company being strafed by Japanese fighter planes had not yet waited.
When he opened his mouth, he was torn into pieces of flesh and blood by the barrages falling from the sky. Su Datong's soldiers suffered heavy casualties.
The target of the Japanese fighter planes was obviously the supply unit of the 30th Army. When they attacked Tangcheng, they were just an extra bonus. When they swooped down to attack the supply unit of the 30th Army, the Japanese fighter planes not only fired with machine guns, but also fired from time to time.
After dropping the bomb, the smoke that dispersed with the gas has obscured the entire stretch of the road. Ignoring the civilians and skirmishers who stumbled into the forest, Tangcheng, who had already reached the edge of the forest, only used his binoculars to observe the road.
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Judging from the reaction of the baggage troops on the highway, it seems that the officer who commanded the baggage troops had been in combat. The soldiers scattered on both sides of the road did not flee the road in droves, but temporarily organized several machine gun combat groups to play the role.
The role of the air defense force. Xu looked at the Japanese fighter planes that were not very high when diving. Most of the machine gun teams used Czech light machine guns. One soldier carried the machine gun's bipod on his shoulder and raised the machine gun at an elevation angle.
One soldier crouched or half-crouched to aim and shoot, and another soldier helped feed the ammunition or change the barrel.
The short-fire sound of the Czech light machine gun sounded like a hoarse crow, and the golden shells kept popping out of the gun like a miniature waterfall. However, these "infantry weapons" did not seem to have any effect on Japanese fighter planes.
It was too big a threat. Soon, a Japanese military plane roared over again, passing by less than thirty meters above the ground. At such a close distance, every detail of the lower part of the plane could be seen by people on the ground.
It is clear. The size, number of soldiers, main equipment, and miserable state of this anti-Japanese force on the highway and other details may have also come into the eyes of the Japanese pilots at this time.
"Don't stop, keep fighting for me. The ones who bring down the plane will be rewarded." The officer holding the pistol shouted on the road. The soldiers in the machine gun team also gritted their teeth and turned their guns to the enemy plane to dive.
They pulled the triggers in unison, and the machine gunner's body shook rhythmically with the roar of the machine gun. Another round of ultra-low-altitude passing, the Japanese fighter planes fired for a longer time this time, and the machine guns of the 30th Army
Chasing the two Japanese fighter planes, they opened fire violently. The recoil from the continuous machine gun fire caused the shooters and the soldiers with shoulder braces to assume a very weird and awkward posture. Many Japanese soldiers who scattered to avoid the air attacks also used their rifles in their hands.
They fired into the air, but the Japanese fighter planes flew away as if nothing had happened.
"Boom" "Boom" Japanese fighter planes dropped bombs again. Their bomb drop this time was very accurate. The bomb dropped from the fighter plane accurately hit the ammunition truck that was regarded as life by the supply troops. In a series of earth-shaking explosions
Amidst the sound, huge fireballs and thick smoke rose into the sky. The sound of machine guns counterattacking by the 30th Army's baggage troops on the road stopped. A series of explosions caused them to lose the ammunition trucks stranded on the road. Not counting the ammunition trucks stranded on the road, those who still used machine guns
The machine gun team that intercepted the Japanese fighter planes was also injured by the ammunition splashed by the explosion.
The fire balls and a series of explosions rising from the road made the Japanese fighter pilots ecstatic and destroyed the ammunition and supplies of the Chinese army. The mission of their flying team was completed. However, the imperialists' sense of honor made them
They still wanted to stay here for a while. Although all the bombs had been dropped, they still had ammunition for the machine guns. The Japanese fighter planes, which had completely controlled the air superiority, were also very interested in using the machine guns to kill the enemy.
After completing their bombing mission, the Japanese fighter planes once again climbed to a dive height, then hovered gracefully sideways, adjusted their posture, and dived down at a small angle again. They did not fire until they were only 50 meters away from the ground. This time, the rain of bullets falling on the ground seemed to be
A straight line drawn by an invisible hand, and the distance between the bullet points in the middle is more than twice as wide as the two on the sides. Each bullet point explodes like a small hand grenade. The trajectory is rapid along the direction of the aircraft's flight.
When it extended and touched the area where Japanese soldiers were scattered, the scene of flying mud turned into a mixture of mud and bloody rags.
The piercing sound of machine guns could not cover up the painful wails. The Japanese soldiers on the ground tried their best to shoot upwards with their weapons. The naked eye could even see that many flying bullets hit the Japanese aircraft. However, they once again
It flew away as if nothing had happened. Several consecutive ultra-low-altitude "performances" did not seem to satisfy the pilots of the Japanese fighter planes. They flew the fighter planes to climb unhurriedly. This time, they hovered for a little longer. Basically, they were the 30th Army's baggage troops.
It turned half a circle for the dot, and then launched a dive and strafing attack from the south.
After several consecutive dives and strafing rounds, the Japanese fighter plane, which had used up all its ammunition, finally pulled up its nose and flew away, leaving a mess around the highway. The surviving Japanese soldiers were beaten to death by a few planes, and all the surviving Japanese soldiers were disgraced.
, with endless sadness in their blank eyes. They were silently rescuing the wounded, or looking for comatose people who might have survived among the remains on the ground. However, the whereabouts of the officer commanding this heavy supply unit was unknown, and the situation looked really bad.
The Japanese fighter planes left, and Tang Cheng finally had time to sort out the affairs of the Second Company. That round of ground-to-air dive and strafing by the Japanese fighter planes caused the Second Company to lose more than a dozen men. The current Second Company, including the wounded, does not have enough 60 people.
"The situation is not good. One of our radio soldiers was killed and one wounded by the division headquarters, and the radio station was also destroyed. I asked the people in the 30th Army that it is only 6 miles from the Xiaojieling frontline position, and it is still far away from Macheng.
It's a long way, we may have gone in the wrong direction." Niu Laogui, with a sullen face, came over and whispered to Tang Cheng about the situation of the Second Company.
Tang Cheng finally let out a long sigh that he had been holding in his chest. Whether compared with the 30th Army's baggage troops or Su Datong Company, in the encounter with Japanese fighter planes just now, the Second Company suffered the least losses.
.But after listening to Niu Laogui's words, Tang Cheng realized that the current situation of Erlian was not very good, and it might be considered to be in a dead end. "Ask the brothers who can still move to cut branches and tie the stretcher with leggings."
, let’s take the injured brothers back to Macheng.” Tang Cheng designated his order as enough to send him to the military prison again, but he had no choice. If the Second Company fought the Japanese army like this several times, there would not be many people left.
"I think we should go with the people from the 30th Army for a while and withdraw to Macheng like this. Maybe we won't even be able to enter the county seat. The people from the 30th Army said that Macheng has long been occupied by troops from the 42nd Army.
"Niu Laogui does not have the courage to make a desperate move like Tang Cheng, but he is a veteran with many years of experience, and his understanding of military regulations and laws is far better than that of Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng came down and retreated to Macheng for the second time. In a sense, this
It's just that the deserters are afraid of fighting. If the people of the 42nd Army find out this, everyone will lose their heads.
Tangcheng appointed Niu Laogui to be right. After pondering for a moment, he nodded in agreement with Niu Laogui's suggestion. Lao Dongbei led his people to cut down trees in the forest to make stretchers, and Su Datong also led his people to the wild fields.
Looking for injured men who were still alive, only the common people who followed Su Datong and rushed out of the forest were ignored. Standing on the edge of the forest, Tang Cheng couldn't bear to see the miserable situation of the common people. He wanted to help, but Erlian didn't
He couldn't even take care of it. There was no spare manpower to help the common people who had ridiculed Erlian, so Tang Cheng could only retreat to the forest, out of sight and out of mind.
Use leggings and branches to make stretchers. The Second Company did this when they were in Macheng. There are forests here with small trees as thick as duck eggs. There are many dead bodies outside and there are enough leggings. Old Dongbei led a group of men under him
They were very busy. The Second Company hidden in the woods had made preparations to move early, but the 30th Army's baggage troops on the road moved slowly. Fortunately, the soldiers who were rummaging through the piles of dead bodies looking for survivors found their bodies.
Commander, under the command of the seriously injured colonel, the soldiers of the 30th Army finally sped up their actions.
Before the next batch of Japanese fighter planes arrived, the soldiers of the 30th Army, who had already been defeated, hurriedly set off on the road. Although the officers did not form a team, the soldiers were not without formation at all. The simple marching column seemed loose but still
Order was maintained, but the roar of trucks and a considerable number of soldiers were missing. There were also many injured people who needed to be carried on stretchers or supported by their companions. This team had a depressing and depressing atmosphere.
The team continued to march slowly along the road. The people of the 30th Army showed no surprise at the addition of the Second Company, as if this was what it should be. Everyone just focused on their way, and the only sound in the queue that stretched for hundreds of meters was the sound of footsteps on the ground.
There were only some cries of pain that were suppressed. The Second Company jumped in the middle and rear of the entire queue. Officers like Tang Cheng and Niu Laogui walked carefully while paying attention to the surrounding movements. As long as there was a sign that something was wrong, the Second Company would
The people would immediately rush down the road with a stretcher and hide in the wilderness.
Fortunately, Tang Cheng and the others' worries were unnecessary. After walking for more than half an hour in the queue that had temporarily gathered together, they still found nothing unusual. Gradually, Niu Laogui and the others also relaxed their vigilance. Only Tang
Cheng also used telescopes to observe the surrounding Tokyo from time to time. He did not believe that the Japanese army would really only fight positional warfare with Japan. The experience of Shanghai and Nanjing told Tangcheng that what the Japanese army was best at was not positional confrontation, but penetration and sneak attacks.
, if a Japanese army appears at this time, it does not require too many people, just a small group of Japanese soldiers can completely defeat this army that has lost its will to fight.