Four hundred and nineteenth chapter jade and stone burn together
It's just that although he maintained his position and did not finally collapse, opposite him, the Japanese army, who also fought to the death, had already laid many nails on his front, including one less than thirty meters away from his main position. Behind the simple fortifications made of the corpses of dead Japanese soldiers, each with the largest size and the same nail, there was a small squad of Japanese soldiers buried.
As for the few remaining nails, there are at least a dozen Japanese troops on each one. Under the cover of light machine guns and grenade launchers, these Japanese troops are firmly nailed to the front, and they have made all preparations for the resistance in front of them. The defenders, at the most critical moment, struck the most fatal blow in an attempt to annihilate all the resistance forces in front of them in one fell swoop and knock out the highest headquarters of the resistance on the battlefield.
Facing these nails that were nailed in front of him, the nearest distance was less than thirty meters, Li Mingqing did not have the strength to launch a tactical counterattack to pull them all out. He could only let them nail them there, and they might hit him at any time. The most fatal blow was helpless.
For Li Mingqing, the most terrible thing is not only that the Japanese army has hammered a lot of nails in front of his forward position, but also that he only has a heavy machine gun left with few bullets. At this time, because In the previous battles, when faced with a tidal wave of Japanese offensives, the idea of saving bullets had long been forgotten, and the small amount of ammunition had been used up.
Under the full suppression of the Japanese grenades, Li Mingqing lost another heavy machine gun during the battle. After an hour of fierce fighting, he only had one ammunition left. At this moment, there was no ammunition for the heavy machine gun. Although He sent out the few remaining veterans and took advantage of the few gaps in Japanese attacks to collect a lot of 77mm bullets from the Japanese corpses in front of the position.
Originally, he thought that the Japanese rifles were also of 77-caliber, and the Type 92 heavy machine gun in his hand should be able to be used reluctantly. However, when he got these bullets back, he discovered to his amazement that these 77-caliber rifles were also known to the Japanese. bullets, but cannot be used on his only remaining Type 92 heavy machine gun.
Originally, he thought they were all 77-caliber bullets, and they were all produced by the Japanese. The 77-caliber bullets used by these new Japanese rifle machine guns could be used with the Type 92 heavy machine gun. However, he wanted to get them, so he was sent out to collect them. The two veterans of the ammunition paid the price of one death and one injury. The more than a thousand rounds of 77 bullets collected, the 92 heavy machine gun could not be used at all.
Because the Anti-Japanese War has always paid attention to the universal caliber of light weapons and ammunition. Even if the calibers of firearms were very mixed before, at least the calibers should be unified as much as possible in one unit. If all the weapons are equipped with 79-caliber weapons, then all the weapons will be 79-caliber. Yes, if it is Japanese type 65 caliber, all weapons will be of Japanese type 65 caliber.
Except for heavy machine guns, which have relatively mixed calibers due to their quantity, the rest of the light weapons and ammunition are as versatile as possible. Even heavy machine guns with complicated calibers use Polish seven-nine calibers and Japanese seven-nine calibers as much as possible. Seven-caliber and French eight-millimeter machine guns are the three most abundant machine guns.
The remaining small number of Soviet-made caliber heavy machine guns, although the sources of ammunition are guaranteed, are not used as much as possible due to quantity reasons. He thought that not only the two kinds of 77-caliber bullets produced by the Japanese army are not universal, but the caliber is still the same. Exactly the same, the thousands of rounds of ammunition collected cannot be used by the Type 92 heavy machine gun.
Without the firepower support of the heavy machine gun, he didn't know if he could withstand another Japanese attack with only three French-made M1922 light machine guns. Moreover, these three remaining French There is currently very little ammunition left in the manufactured light machine guns. There is only one new Japanese light machine gun captured from the Japanese army, which still has relatively sufficient ammunition.
Looking at less than half of the troops remaining on the position, and then looking at Wang Deyao and the last company of troops beside him who were hiding behind him at this moment, Li Mingqing, who was already prepared for the worst, still did not open his mouth to ask for reinforcements. , he knew that at this point in the battle, Commander Wang had not yet sent reinforcements, because he believed that the most critical moment had not yet come.
Although he is a political cadre, Li Mingqing has already understood Wang Deyao's thoughts at this moment. Commander Wang is using himself and his subordinates as a blood tank specially for bleeding the Japanese army, so that he can weaken the combat effectiveness and military strength of the Japanese army as much as possible. , so that he can invest the new force beside him at the most critical moment to determine the outcome in one fell swoop.
Li Mingqing looked at the Japanese corpses scattered all over his position, and shook his head with a wry smile. His troops were indeed almost exhausted, but at least one squadron of Japanese soldiers fell in front of his position, but there were at least two more around him. The Japanese squadron, in other words, if they want to meet Wang Deyao's requirements, they have to persist.
But now the troops have been crippled, and all the light and heavy machine guns now have only three light machine guns with less than 100 rounds of bullets left. The grenades have also been exhausted. As for the six 60 shells that he reserved as his last weapon, As early as ten minutes ago, when the Japanese troops made their last charge, they had already exhausted all the troops.
If it weren't for the six rounds of 60 shells that I had left to use at the last critical moment, I am afraid that my position would have been lost ten minutes ago. However, the last bit of suppressive firepower has been exhausted. Now I can only rely on rifles and a few With the submachine gun still filled with bullets, can I still persist until the time Commander Wang demands?
Li Mingqing, who had personally participated in several hand-to-hand fights with the Japanese troops who rushed into his position, had already run out of bullets for the pistol in his hand. He disassembled the anti-Soviet TT pistol issued by his superiors when he was a company instructor, and took apart the pistol. After throwing away the parts, he picked up a captured new Japanese rifle, loaded a magazine, and fixed the bayonet.
He took off the document bag and took out a piece of paper to quickly record the names of every cadre and soldier on the battlefield. His memory was quite good. Regardless of whether they were sacrificed or alive, he recorded the names of each one. , he even wrote down the names of the two deserters who were shot dead by his own hands because they were too timid to move forward and wanted to be deserters.
He knew that the Japanese army's next attack would definitely be all-out. For him, if Commander Wang still believed that it was not the last moment and did not launch an attack, then there would be no next time for him. Although the company was put together, there was only one company under his real subordinates.
But in this battle, none of them refused to obey the command because they were not part of the same organization. Now, no matter which battalion or regiment they were in, they were all their subordinates, whether they were temporary subordinates or subordinates. As a true subordinate, he cannot let these soldiers of his become missing personnel and cannot even get the title of martyr.
As for the two deserters, Li Mingqing still recorded their names, which could be regarded as a small selfish move. Although these two people died under his own gun because they tried to escape, they were his soldiers after all. They wrote that their family members would receive preferential treatment from the local government because they became martyrs.
If word spread about the deserters, not only would their families be disgraced, but they would also be unable to receive certain benefits. Now Li Mingqing thought about it, if the situation hadn't been critical at that time, one person's wavering might cause the whole line to waver. In order to ensure the safety of the position, he also I won't be so cruel.
Two of his own lives fell to the point of his own gun. Li Mingqing also somewhat regretted that he had dealt with it too harshly. But now that the person was dead, he shouldn't get too hung up on the minutiae. It was better to look at the living person. Well, the families of these two recruits from Acheng who joined the army are still in the base area. By doing this, they can enjoy the treatment of martyred relatives, which can be regarded as a kind of compensation.
After writing everyone's names and checking carefully to find that there were no omissions, he did not call the walkie-talkie correspondent, but called the battalion clerk who was following him. Li Mingqing laboriously moved his left leg that was scratched by the Japanese bayonet. Zheng, handed the note in his hand to the clerk: "Send this to Commander Wang at the back immediately and tell him that I have tried my best. As for the rest, I can only say I'm sorry."
"These are all the names of those who have died or will be sacrificed here today. I have no way to hand it over to the higher-ups. I ask Commander Wang to hand it over to the superiors and local government after the battle. Tell Commander Wang that I will give it to you today." Together with all the brothers, if we persist until the end, victory will always belong to the Anti-Japanese Alliance and to us."
After forcing the note into the hands of the clerk who didn't want to leave, and driving away the clerk with red eyes, Li Mingqing grabbed the walkie-talkie operator, pulled the walkie-talkie off his back, and asked the operator to adjust the frequency. After reaching the frequency band for communicating with the artillery, take the microphone and call all the artillery directly.
Whether it is the 155 howitzers and 122 rocket launchers behind them that have been unable to fire because the two armies are almost all mixed together, as well as the 75mm field artillery and 150mm heavy mortars, they are still following the troops to charge and kill. At this time, the 107th rocket launcher and the regiment's 82nd mortar were rushing to nowhere.
He started calling directly in plain language, and reported his coordinates over and over again. In the previous battle, when the situation was critical, he did not dare to call for artillery support, because the battlefield was too chaotic, unless he used his own position as the coordinates , fire coverage is controlled within a distance of 200 meters around.
Otherwise, when the shells are discharged, they might fall on his left and right sides. He is still on the battlefield where the fighting is fierce, and if he is farther away, he doesn't know whether the supporting artillery fire will fall on his own head or the Japanese army's head. Well, this place is just a small core on the entire battlefield. Within a distance of 500 meters, there are still many places where fierce fighting is taking place.
And at this moment, less than a kilometer behind the Japanese army in front of him, there was the sound of gunfire. Five or six hundred meters away on both sides, there was also a fierce battle, and the sound of gunfire coming from them was even louder. The trend of getting closer and closer means that the troops with their own people over there are desperately moving closer to them, but it is a pity that they cannot wait until that time.
This is the reason why Li Mingqing never dared to call for artillery fire support no matter how tight the situation was, because he didn't know whether more of his own people or the Japanese army would be killed when a shell fell. The coverage of a one-two-two rocket launcher It was as big as a football field. If a shell missed, it would not only be the Japanese army but also our own people who would be unlucky.
The result of throwing a rat weapon is that all the pressure can only be shouldered by oneself. But now, since the position is about to be undefendable, there is nothing to worry about. With one's own position as the center, then the surrounding The accidental injuries caused by the brother troops who are still fighting fiercely will also be minimized, but it is possible for these people who are still on the position.
But the situation is pressing. As long as he can keep his position, inflict maximum damage to the Japanese army, and achieve the situation required by Wang Deyao, he doesn't care whether he will die together, and dying together is the only choice he can make at the moment, and it is also the only thing he can do, because he Clearly, the next attack will be fatal to you.