"Squad leader, withdraw, there are too many Japs!"
Wu Laohai raised his gun and knocked down a Japs, then rolled up to Hu Delin and shouted loudly, "If we continue to fight, there will be no one left in our class."
Only then did Hu Delin realize that there were only four people left in his squad, and all of them had failed, and the rest had been sacrificed.
Wu Laohai was shot in the shoulder by a Japanese bullet. Fortunately, his skin was only scratched and no bones were injured. His face was filled with gunpowder smoke and dirt, mixed with the blood of an unknown person, and he was pressing down the bullet.
Into the gun.
In this battle, everyone tried their best. Even veterans like Wu Laohai killed eleven Japs, which shows how fierce the battle was.
In front of the No. 1 squadron's position, there were corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere, filling the entire city gate. So far, no Japanese soldiers have been able to break through their defense line.
"We are here at the city gate. If the Japs want to take over the city gate, then they can take away my eight and a half pounds." Hu Delin grinned and gasped. In such a short period of time, the Japs had already launched fourteen times.
During the charge, three hand-to-hand battles took place, and everyone's physical strength was greatly consumed.
"Squad leader, if this continues, we won't be able to hold the city gate even if we die!" Wu Laohai said anxiously, "There are so many more Japanese than us, and no matter how good their weapons and equipment are, there is no way we can defeat them.
ah!"
Wu Laohai was telling the truth. The Japs here had a steady supply of troops, and they also had the combination of light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers. They were much stronger than the first group.
Hu Delin gritted his teeth and continued to shoot at the Japs with his machine gun. He pinned the Japs at the gate of the city and was unable to rush over even if he wanted to. Then he shouted, "If you want to leave, you go, I won't leave."
"Okay, since you won't leave, squad leader, we will fight to the death with you." Wu Laohai spit out the tobacco in his mouth on the ground, lay down next to Hu Delin and raised his rifle, "There are no cowards in this squad."
"Yes, there are no cowards in this class!" Two other soldiers also hid behind the fortifications, raising their guns and shooting at the Japanese.
The Japanese machine gun fired again, and the bullet passed through Hu Delin's left arm, causing a shower of blood. He gritted his teeth and groaned, steadying the machine gun with his right arm, and continued to pull the trigger.
There was a muffled groan from beside him, and Hu Delin knew without turning his head that another soldier had been hit by a bullet and died. He couldn't care about it now, because the enemy was coming up again.
The machine guns were out of bullets and the rifles were out of bullets. In the end, only Hu Delin and Wu Laohai were left on the position, as well as four grenades.
Hu Delin's left arm was bandaged. He held a large knife in his right hand and leaned behind the bunker, breathing heavily. Cold sweat continued to drip down his forehead. It was obvious that he was enduring severe pain.
Wu Laohai rushed to his side, took out half a cigarette from his pocket, handed it to Hu Delin, and then took out a match, "Squad leader, take a sip, it will relieve the pain."
Hu Delin stretched out his mouth to catch the cigarette, and then took a puff. The smell of tobacco blended into his chest, making him feel that the pain was relieved.
Leaning on the bunker, Hu Delin relaxed his body. He felt that he was too tired. If he closed his eyes and didn't want to open them, he would probably die unknowingly.
With a self-deprecating smile, Hu Delin took two big puffs on the cigarette, then took it out of his mouth and threw it to Wu Laohai, "You kid, take a sip."
Wu Laohai caught the cigarette, but did not put it in his mouth. Instead, he looked at Hu Delin, and then brought the cigarette to his mouth again, "Squad leader, you better smoke, I have quit."
"When did you quit smoking? Why didn't I know?" Hu Delin asked curiously. He would never believe that Wu Laohai could quit smoking.
Wu Laohai chuckled, and then said, "I just quit, monitor, please don't tempt me."
"Shit, kid, just take it, my mother-in-law!" Hu Delin threw the cigarette butt to him, then stood up with a big knife and looked outside.
The Japs launched twenty-one charges in one breath and were tired, so they took this moment of rest. Hu Delin believed that after this moment, the Japs would launch a more violent attack.
At this time, Wu Laohai had finished smoking the cigarette butt and came to his side. Together they observed the movement outside and said, "Squad leader, when do you think our reinforcements will arrive?"
"Soon!"
""You've said it four or five times, how come you haven't even seen a person? Wu Laohai also doesn't believe Hu Delin's words. The main problem is that he said it several times, but he never did it once.
Hu Delin glared angrily and said, "Listen, the four gates of the southeast, northwest and northwest are filled with gunshots that sound like fried soybeans. We are just a group, and neither side is rich in manpower."
"Then what should we do?" Wu Laohai was a little discouraged upon hearing this, "Are we just waiting to die?"
"I said, as long as I am still alive at the city gate, the Japanese will not get past here." Hu Delin said seriously, "If I really die in battle here, then I will be worthy of the military uniform I wear.
." As he spoke, he looked at the tattered military uniform on his body.
Wu Laohai stopped talking and squatted behind the bunker holding his rifle and became silent.
At this time, the footsteps of the Japanese were heard again at the city gate. Hu Delin and Wu Laohai perked up and looked over there together. They found that there were especially many Japanese this time, and the entire city gate was crowded with them.
"This little devil knows that I am out of bullets." Hu Delin reached out and pulled the machine gun on the bunker to the ground, and cursed angrily, "If there are another hundred bullets, I will shoot down all these grandsons."
Wu Laohai tied the last four grenades together, then pressed them under the sandbags of the bunker, then tied all the fuses together, and finally tied the drawstring to a Japanese corpse nearby.
After looking at this booby trap, Wu Laohai nodded with satisfaction, "Even if I die, I still have to recruit a few more little devils to back me up."
"Okay, we brothers will have a good fight with the Japanese!" Hu Delin stood up with a big knife, and then stood side by side with Wu Laohai behind the bunker, waiting for the Japanese to arrive.
The Japanese were slowly approaching, and the bayonets on the Sanba Gaigai in their hands were flashing with cold light. They were very cautious, fearing that this might be an ambush.
"Come on, little devil!" Hu Delin raised his sword in his hand, Wu Laohai picked up his bayonet, and the two of them shouted and rushed out of the bunker.
When the Japanese saw that there were only two people, they did not fire. Instead, they rushed up and surrounded them, and then faced each other with bayonets in their eyes.
Hu Delin raised his sword and stood on the side of his face, staring at the Japanese with unblinking eyes, while Wu Laohai held his bayonet flat, ready to attack at any time.
The two sides faced off for a while, but the Japanese attacked first.
"Kill!" Hu Delin deflected the Japs' thrusts with the big knife in his hand, and then used his bow to knock down two Japs. Wu Laohai also stabbed one Japs down.
The two sides fought for a while, then separated again, and entered a confrontation again.
The Japanese looked at each other and seemed to understand that both of them were difficult to deal with, so they launched attacks at the same time. Seven or eight bayonets stabbed the two men from all directions, blocking all their escape routes.
Hu Delin's eyes widened, he raised the big knife in his hand, blocked left and right, and deflected several bayonets, but there were two more that he failed to dodge, and ended up piercing his weak side.
Blood spattered outwards along the wound, and Hu Delin's body trembled. He roared, swung the sword in his hand, and slashed the two Japs' throats horizontally.
The two Japanese soldiers pulled out their bayonets, and then the man fell to the back. Blood spurted out from his throat. It seemed that he could not survive.
Hu Delin staggered back a step, but before he could stand firm, there was the sound of a bayonet piercing his body and Wu Laohai's scream from behind.
"Wu Laohai!" Hu Delin turned around and saw four or five bayonets stuck in Wu Laohai's body. He picked him up. Blood was dripping down along the bayonets. Drop by drop fell to the ground.
Wu Laohai coughed, spit out a mouthful of blood, and finally moved the corner of his mouth, "People are here - at the city gate - there!"
"ah!"
Hu Delin became angry. He slashed wildly with the big knife in his hand, knocking several Japanese soldiers to the ground. His body was shaking so badly that it was difficult to even stand.
"People are at the city gate!" Hu Delin looked at only his own position and his crumbling body. He raised the sword for the last time, but the sword fell silently without being struck.
The body fell on his back, Hu Delin's vision became increasingly blurry, and finally he couldn't see anything at all.
When the Japanese saw that Hu Delin was not breathing, they rushed past him towards the first squadron's position. They had been delayed at the city gate for too long and needed to speed up.
The first squadron's position was already deserted, so the Japanese didn't pay attention. They just jumped onto the bunker and ran forward.
A Japanese soldier who was running at the front stumbled. He thought he had stumbled over a corpse, so he didn't pay attention and continued running forward. Behind him, a large group of Japanese soldiers rushed into the first squadron's position.
At this moment, the four grenades hidden under the sandbags were pulled out, and the fuse was not removed. At this time, white smoke was chirping under the Japs' feet.
Because he was just walking forward, no Japanese soldiers noticed that something dangerous was burning under their feet. When a Japanese soldier finally noticed, the grenade had already exploded.
These four grenades happened to be located where crowds of people gathered, and the casualties caused by this explosion were much greater than usual.
At the same time as the grenade exploded, a group of Northeastern Army soldiers rushed out from the corner of the street, led by a platoon, and they finally came to support.
"Fight, drive the Japanese back!" a platoon leader shouted loudly, then raised his machine gun and fired at the enemy while leading his men to cover them up.
The Japanese were once again pushed back to the city gate, and the First Platoon's position was taken over by the First Platoon!
Less than a minute after the Japs had placed the plaster flag, it was pulled down again and thrown at the feet of the soldiers.