The roar of cannons could be heard in the wilderness outside the woods.
Su Dangdang listened carefully and found out that it was a Japanese cannon. This kind of cannon has a low sound when fired, but the sound of the shell is loud when it explodes, so its power can be felt from a long distance.
The dull sound of cannons was mixed with the sounds of other weapons.
Su Dangdang was thinking about how to find the third camp as soon as possible when the sound of rapid horse hooves was heard on the road. Su Dangdang quickly got down, turned around, and flew deep into the forest. Before he had gone far, a horse
A big hand suddenly stretched out from the thorn and covered Su Dangdang's mouth tightly.
Su Dangdang's heart was suddenly lifted into his throat. He remained motionless in his original posture, not even daring to breathe.
The sound of horse hooves on the road gradually disappeared. The big hand covering his mouth was released, and Su Dangdang's cheeks that were red from holding back and the sudden veins on his neck calmed down. He turned around and found a pair of bloodshot eyes.
His eyes were staring at him. Judging from his clothing and collar insignia, he was an artillery second lieutenant of the National Defense Force. The second lieutenant glanced at Su Dangdang's armband and lowered his voice: "From the first company?"
Su Dangdang nodded.
"You were ordered to come to Duanchuan Bridge to show you the way?"
Su Dangdang nodded again. Suddenly he seemed to have remembered something and shook his head slightly. Just as he was about to explain, the second lieutenant overran him. He obviously didn't notice Su Dangdang's change: "Don't look for it.
The Third Battalion blocked several Japanese charges, and then directly launched a counterattack, breaking through the Japanese defense line! Just across the Duanchuan Bridge, a company was left to continue sniping at the enemy, waiting for our main force!"
The second lieutenant gasped for a few times and continued: "***, brothers broke out so quickly that the Japanese positions were broken into pieces. By the time the Japanese people regrouped their forces, our third battalion would have been far away.
This gang of gangsters showed up so fiercely that they left me here alone! Ah, by the way, there is a company of our defense forces on the other side of the bridge."
Su Dangdang suddenly felt like he was in the same boat at the end of the world, so he took courage and asked: "Sir, how did you fall behind?"
The second lieutenant sighed: "Don't mention it, it's all because of my injured leg."
Only then did Su Dangdang notice that the second lieutenant's right trouser leg was already dark red, and the half-exposed gauze strip was still bleeding drop by drop. The blood and muddy water mixed together, forming a black-red color at the second lieutenant's feet.
small puddle.
Su Dangdang quickly took out the bandage, and then untied the bandage on the lieutenant's right calf. In front of him was a palm-sized piece of blood paste, and a piece of flesh on his right calf was neatly removed from here. At a glance, he knew it was
It was chipped away by exploding bomb fragments. Su Dangdang bandaged the second lieutenant while listening to him tell the origin of the injury.
It turns out that this second lieutenant is from the mortar company of the Führer Division. Yesterday afternoon, he and several brothers in the battalion were escorting a truck containing mortars to the west. When they were approaching Duanchuan, they unexpectedly encountered a bombing. The truck
In order to avoid the bomb, it accidentally rolled over into a roadside ditch. All the brothers in the car were killed and the second lieutenant was also injured.
A large piece of flesh on his right leg was cut off by shrapnel. The second lieutenant endured the severe pain and snatched a mortar and a box of shells from the truck before the fuel tank exploded. Then he passed out from the pain. Wait.
When he woke up, it was already late at night. The troops had already left without a trace. The second lieutenant realized that he was alone, so he made preparations for fighting behind enemy lines. He first took out a bandage from the first aid bag he carried and gave it to himself.
He bandaged the wound, then limped into the depths of the forest, hid the mortar and artillery shells under a holly tree, and marked them. The second lieutenant arranged his weapons, a telescope, and a
A pistol and seven rounds of ammunition, plus the mortar and artillery shells, were all the equipment he had now.
Dawn came soon.
The sound of intensive horse hooves came from the avenue, followed by the sound of trucks rolling over the road, and then the uniform sound of big leather boots. The second lieutenant knew very well that the Japanese army was already chasing them.
Not long after, gunshots rang out in the fields a few miles ahead. The gunshots became more and more intense, and then cannons were fired. At noon, the second lieutenant was paying attention to the changes in the battle situation outside the woods, when suddenly the sound of horse hooves sounded again on the road, and then he saw
A guy wearing the same style of military uniform as him was shrinking towards his hiding place. He was surprised and happy. In order to prevent this guy from being frightened by his sudden appearance, he covered him with his hand.
mouth, this guy is Su Dangdang.
After Su Dangdang bandaged his wound, his dissatisfied stomach began to bulge again!
The second lieutenant smiled and took out two white-faced steamed buns from his arms. Su Dangdang took them and wiped them out with three strikes, five and two. After eating the steamed buns, Su Dangdang felt a little more strength in his body bones. He asked the second lieutenant.
: "Sir, tell me what to do now, I will listen to you!"
Don't panic, the Japs are exchanging fire with our troops, and their attention must be focused on the front of the bridge. There must be omissions on the sides and rear. Let's think of a way from there, maybe we can find a place to cross the river."
Su Dangdang nodded in agreement. He picked up the second lieutenant and put his right arm on his right shoulder. The second lieutenant listened attentively. The sound of gunfire was most intensive in the west and north, while almost no gunfire could be heard in the south. He
Pointing at the surface with his finger, Su Dangdang supported him and was about to take a step when he suddenly stopped him: "Wait a minute, I'll take you to the place where the cannon is hidden. Maybe we can use that cannon."
Under the guidance of the second lieutenant, Su Dangdang found the holly tree, identified the mark on the tree, and then the two of them headed south step by step.
At dusk, they reached the end of the woods, which was a wilderness with slightly undulating terrain. A narrow dirt road followed the terrain and walked intermittently through the wilderness. At the end of the dirt road, there seemed to be a village, swaying here and there.
There was still smoke rising from the mud hut.
"Where are we?" Su Dangdang asked the second lieutenant beside him.
"I can't tell you exactly where it is, but I once heard from brothers that there seems to be a branch of the river to the southeast of the bridge. The river there is relatively narrow. Local villagers often cross the river there. My legs are inconvenient and I have to
Why don't you find a high ground to explore the situation first?"
With that said, the second lieutenant took out the telescope and handed it to Su Dangdang.
Su Dangdang felt that what the second lieutenant said made sense, but there was a wilderness in front of him, and there was not even a higher hillside. Where could he find high ground?
He looked around the forest behind him and came up with an idea. He took the telescope and found a tall holly tree. The scarred trunk was his best support for climbing upward.
Climbing this kind of tree is a piece of cake for him. When he dug out bird's nests in his hometown, not to mention this kind of tree, even if it was a tall metasequoia, it wouldn't take half a cigarette to go back and forth from the bottom to the top of the tree.
effort.
He quickly climbed to the canopy of a tree more than ten meters above the ground. The branches and leaves in late autumn had not yet fallen off, which was his best disguise. He held up the telescope and looked into the distance. There was a faint bridge in the northwest.
Approximately comes into view:
Danchuan Bridge!
The west-slanting autumn sun spread the last trace of blood on the sparkling river. Only the water columns stirred up by stray bullets reminded Su Dangdang from time to time that this was a cruel battlefield rather than a beautiful picture.
Two pillars of black smoke were rising from the bridgehead on the west bank of the river, and under the smoke pillars were the blurred outlines of two tanks. Su Dangdang knew in his heart that this was a masterpiece of the squadron's combat artillery.
I heard from veterans that during the Battle of Russia, there were records of seven or eight Russian tanks stagnating in the face of a Chinese anti-aircraft gun. Su Dangdang knew very well how powerful this kind of gun was, as long as they were
, the enemy is helpless
Dozens of small black dots suddenly appeared in the field of vision, with waves behind the black dots. Su Dangdang adjusted the focus and realized that they were Japanese infantry paddling towards the other side of the river in rubber boats.
Su Dangdang raised the telescope, and a Japanese officer appeared in his field of vision. He was holding a command flag in his hand. Every time the command flag was waved downward, these mountain cannons roared once, and there was a fire on the beach on the west bank of the river.
Several native flowers bloomed immediately.
Obviously, this artillery unit provided artillery support to the Japanese infantry who were crossing the river.
"We must get rid of these bastards first!" Su Dangdang spat into the palm of his hand and came down from the tree in a few moments. He reported what he observed on the tree to the second lieutenant.
The second lieutenant was in a bit of trouble. Let's fight. There were only two of them. Including Su Dangdang's shell gun, there were only two short guys and three grenades. The opponent had dozens of people and they had all the guns and ammunition. Besides, he was still under attack.
If he is injured, once he is discovered, he may not even have a chance to escape!
If we don't fight, we won't be able to offend our brothers on the other side. Besides, if we let the Japanese cross the river, the troops on the other side will be put into a tough defense.
When he was hesitating, he glanced at Su Dangdang. One word was clearly written on the corporal's face: fight! So he suddenly thought: "Fight!" Su Dangdang's tense nerves were slightly relieved.
, you must know that the most valuable thing at this time is to be of the same mind. Isn't there a saying that "two people are of the same mind, and their strength can break gold"?
"Bring over the mortar and the box of shells!" the second lieutenant ordered.
"Okay!" Su Dangdang agreed and walked into the forest in a few steps. After a while, a mortar and a box of shells were placed in front of the second lieutenant.
"Since we want to fight, we should beat the Japanese troops crossing the river first. Even if we can't fight, the water jets stirred up can alert the bridge guarding troops on the other side that there is a Japanese sneak attack."
After all, the second lieutenant was a second lieutenant, and his battlefield experience and tactical skills were far superior to Su Dangdang. Then, he asked Su Dangdang about the approximate location and direction of the Japanese rubber boat, and then told Su Dangdang the sign language code for contact:
The pointing of the fingers represents the direction, the number represents the distance, and one finger represents ten meters. After everything was explained, the second lieutenant chose a low-lying place to set up the gun mount!