The pouring rain perfectly covered up most of the sounds in the jungle, and at the same time, it also made the sight more and more blocked, and made walking on the already muddy ground even more difficult.
However, this heavy rain also has its benefits. At least Wei Ran feels that his upper body is cleaner. Another benefit is that it naturally provides a natural cover for the team with only 6 people left.
Under this absolutely uncomfortable rain curtain, the three-person machine gun team headed by the deputy squad leader and the three-person submachine gun team of Wei Ran, Hugo and Valoro covered each other, and followed the drifting wind little by little.
The nauseating smell of meat looks for traces of the enemy.
Soon, they saw piles of bonfires being lit under some lush banyan trees in the rain. Around these bonfires, there were still many people sitting indistinctly. The smell of fireworks and the smell of meat were...
Drifting from those campfires.
After some estimation, the six people who were divided into two groups felt their hearts sinking. There were at least a hundred or ten people here, which was almost the number of two full infantry squads.
It was obvious that it was impossible for the six of them alone to resist those demons that were eating human flesh.
"How could there be such a man-eating demon in this world?" Hugo put down his telescope and muttered to himself.
Wei Ran, who was also hiding under the palm tree, shook his head slightly and reminded in a low voice, "Although these people don't seem to be in good condition, they are well equipped with weapons and equipment. Especially the fourth bonfire on the right.
, there seems to be a mountain cannon there."
“Very close to the Kokoda Trail”
"We need to ask for help," Hugo said looking at Wei Ran.
"Let Valoro and the vice-captain go."
Seeing that the other party seemed ready to let him go, Wei Ran immediately recommended a better candidate, "You know, I used to be a machine gunner, and I can replace the deputy squad leader's work in the machine gun team."
"That's fine." Hugo nodded and braved the rain to carefully touch the edge of the machine gun group not far away.
Soon, the deputy squad leader and Valoro left the hiding spot quietly. Wei Ran also took the two machine gunners back slightly for more than ten meters, found a relatively high position, and hid on both sides.
Behind the plantains, trenches were dug in the rain with all kinds of things at hand.
Hugo, on the other hand, stayed there alone, hiding himself and continuing to observe the enemies.
Almost as soon as the heavy rain began to subside, Wei Ran and the two machine gunners dug out a trench that was barely big enough for three people to squat in. By the way, they also learned from whispers that one of the two soldiers was from Sydney.
, one from Canberra.
Not daring to rest at all, the three people hurriedly covered the trench with palm leaves and banana leaves cut from the surroundings, and then began to use lunch boxes or steel helmets to scoop out the rainwater accumulated inside bit by bit.
They dug out the mud and carried it to the distant grass with a backpack.
Before the rain stopped, the deputy squad leader ran back with two riflemen who were supposed to carry Brody, the war correspondent.
According to his explanation, he and Valoro caught up with the four riflemen who were taking Brody to hide from the rain halfway. After some discussion, he came back with two riflemen to support Hugo, Wei Ran and others.
, one of the other two riflemen guarded Brody and continued to hide from the rain, while the other followed Valoro back to ask for help.
After this explanation, the deputy squad leader took over Wei Ran's job and returned to the machine gun team he was responsible for. The two infantrymen who came with him also carefully touched the shivering Hugo under the leadership of Wei Ran.
He hid beside him.
As the rain gradually stopped, Wei Ran, who was hiding behind a big tree, could see more clearly that the situation of the Japanese around the bonfire seemed not to be good.
From time to time, the Japanese would leave the campfire, hold their stomachs and run into the distance and start scurrying away. It was obvious that they were also suffering from dysentery and diarrhea.
Wei Ran subconsciously looked at his crotch, and secretly rejoiced. Fortunately, he took some medicine before the heavy rain, and his condition was better, at least not like the uncontrollable thinning before.
However, although his intestines felt better, his forehead was still hot, and his limbs and torso were extremely cold because of the heavy rain. He knew that it would not be long before his body collapsed.
After retreating behind the big tree where he was hiding, Wei Ran took off his clothes, wrung them out and put them on again, then wrapped them in two banana leaves, curling up as much as possible to avoid losing body temperature too quickly.
In the midst of this increasing torment, as time passed by, the sky above our heads gradually cleared up and the sun emerged, and the rainforest where people were shivering from the cold just now became extremely hot in the blink of an eye, as if they had been thrown into a steamer.
Gradually, the sun above his head also began to shift to the west. Just when Wei Ran took out the kettle and threw another sulfathiazole for treating dysentery into his mouth, and was about to send it down with water, when something in the distance did not appear.
Without warning, I remembered the sound of Bren machine gun firing!
Wei Ran, who almost choked, dropped the water bottle in his hand and spit out the water he had just drank and the pill he had not yet swallowed. He picked up the submachine gun at hand and stuck his head out.
After such a short period of time, machine gun fire also came from the other direction. The Japanese who were hiding under the banyan tree around the campfire also lay down like weeds being cleared by a lawnmower. Followed by
Later, the machine gun team led by the deputy squad leader also began suppressive shooting.
Seeing this, Wei Ran immediately raised his submachine gun, aimed at a few Japs who were about to run in the direction of the mountain cannon, and pulled the trigger.
Almost at the same time, Hugo and others who had been waiting for a long time in the distance opened fire one after another, using their submachine guns to shoot at the panicked Japanese looking for cover.
Before a magazine was finished, these Japs also started to fight back. At the same time as they started to fight back, the machine gun team in charge of the deputy squad leader was the first to misfire!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Quickly looking at the direction of the machine gun team, Wei Ran suppressed the anxiety in his heart and continued to shoot the emerging enemies.
"Ding! Boom!"
Just when Wei Ran emptied a magazine, he clearly heard the sound of the grenade being fired and the explosion that followed. Immediately afterwards, the trunk of the big tree where he was hiding was also hit by a bullet.
The bullet from an unknown source left a scar as big as a bowl.
At this moment, the machine gun team in charge of the deputy squad leader started shooting again after a brief stagnation. The Japanese who just fired the grenade with a grenade was also beaten into a ball of blood mist.
But immediately after, the machine gun group once again fired a dense barrage.
Knowing that the situation of the machine gun team might not be good, Wei Ran changed the magazine of the submachine gun and immediately supported his weak body and rushed over under the cover of the surrounding vegetation.
He didn't have to take such a risk, but he knew that once one less machine gun firepower point was lost, there would be less suppression. Once those Japs took the opportunity to activate the mountain cannon, not only those around who launched the surprise attack would not be able to survive.
, those of them who are relatively closest to the enemy will definitely die, the first batch to die!
Being chased by several bullets fired at intervals, Wei Ran jumped into the trench of the machine gun team, but his heart sank. In such a short time, the deputy squad leader whose name he still did not know and the two machine gunners from Sydney and Canberra were
The gunmen have all been shot.
Among the three people, the deputy squad leader who was the least injured had his right eye socket torn open by a bullet, and most of his blown eyeballs were hanging outside the sockets. But the two soldiers had been hit on the bridge of the nose and head respectively.
Damn, I've stopped breathing at this point.
"do not move"
Wei Ran held down the deputy squad leader and gave him a shot of morphine as quickly as possible. Then he dragged the Bren machine gun into the trench, checked it and replaced it with a new magazine.
"Listen to me Victor"
The deputy squad leader grabbed Wei Ran and said, "Snipers, their snipers are hiding in the crown of the banyan tree, just to the right of the artillery."
"I'll fix it"
Wei Ran responded quickly. At this time, he didn't even care about treating the deputy squad leader's wounds. He picked up the canvas bag containing all the machine gun magazines in the team and threw it on his shoulder, then raised an eyebrow.
The bodies of his comrades who had been shot were poking upwards from the trench.
In the gunfire that was covered up by the crossfire, the skull of the young corpse from Sydney was pierced by bullets. Wei Ran immediately left the place with the Bren machine gun, changing his route irregularly, and finally hid in
Behind a big tree.
Holding the Bren machine gun in one hand and carrying the ammunition bag in the other, Wei Ran crawled away from the place under the cover of the bushes. He immediately found a stone covered by the bushes, set up the machine gun and pointed it at the door that was already occupied.
The mountain cannon began to adjust its direction.
Slowly moving the muzzle, Wei Ran aimed at the crown of the banyan tree on the right side of the mountain cannon and pulled the trigger.
"Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta!"
Amidst the rapid gunfire, Wei Ran fired short bursts again and again. Soon, he vaguely saw a figure jumping down from the tree.
"Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta!"
Wei Ran chased the opponent and fired four consecutive bursts until the figure running among the banyan trees fell to the ground and seemed to have thrown all the weapons in his hand. He then changed the venue with the machine gun.
Before he could find his position again, the mountain cannon finally fired with a "boom". With this bombardment, a machine gun position in the distance that had been strafing also died down, and the mountain cannon was also guarding
Before firing, Ran turned around and aimed at the position where he had just opened fire.
"boom!"
Just when the mountain cannon fired a shell at the position where he had just fired, Wei Ran, who had been waiting for a long time, pulled the trigger again, aimed at the two groups who were using grenade launchers, and started strafing.
Wei Ran emptied the magazine as quickly as possible. Wei Ran didn't even have time to glance at the Japanese who were swept away, let alone replace the magazine. He immediately left the place with the gun as quickly as possible and flew into a pool of water.
among.
"Wow!"
In the splashing water, a direct-aimed artillery shell also hit the position where the Weiran had just opened fire. It exploded the surrounding bushes with a "bang" and shattered the palm tree.
"Pooh!"
Wei Ran wiped his face, lay on his back in the puddle and changed the magazine first, then rolled to the side and placed the Bren in his hand, which had been cooled by the puddle, in an unobstructed position.
On the grass, he aimed at the gun mantlet and pulled the trigger!
"Da da da!"
After a short strafing session, Wei Ran immediately rolled and hid behind a tree as the artillery began to rotate and fire. Then he ran to the side carrying the leaking ammunition bag and machine gun, and in the sound of gunfire
Before the sound, he swooped into a puddle again.
There is no doubt that he is luring the Japs' only artillery to fire at him. Only if that artillery keeps firing at him and keeps turning can it create opportunities for more people!
However, when he pointed the still leaking Bren machine gun at the artillery again, he suddenly saw an explosion behind the artillery!
"boom!"
Just when the sound of the explosion reached his ears, he also saw that Hugo, Valoro and the two riflemen had reached a position less than 40 meters away from the mountain gate, and were swung round at this time.
Arm, you and I are throwing grenades in the direction of the artillery one by one!
grass!
Wei Ran's heart sank, he no longer bothered to curse these reckless men, he aimed at the Japs rushing toward their hiding spot and pulled the trigger!
Under his cover, grenades exploded one after another around the artillery. From the beginning to the end, no Japanese could get past the hiding place where Hugo and others were hiding.
The other two machine gun positions that resumed firing, after the artillery became ineffective, successively enveloped the remaining grenade group and the opponent's machine gun point.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Finally, the Japs in this dense forest launched another charge. In the surrounding jungle, people also ran out, either carrying submachine guns or carrying weapons.
Australian soldiers with rifles!
Throwing the Bren machine gun that had just emptied a magazine, Wei Ran picked up the Owen submachine gun he had been carrying on his shoulder and rushed out.
Just like the content of the eternal debate, if we say who is faster within seven steps, the 38-inch cap equipped with a bayonet will undoubtedly be ranked behind the pistol and submachine gun.
What's more, today's Wei Ran is no longer the junior brother he was when he first fought with the Japanese with bayonets in Teng County, so even though he hasn't come into close combat with the Japanese who are rushing towards him, he has already defeated two of them.
The magazine successfully took away the lives of four or five Japanese soldiers.
Almost as he was changing into the third magazine while running, the distance between the two sides also shortened to single digits.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
After four shots in a row, Wei Ran killed the two Japs who were charging towards him. While putting away his titanium alloy pistol, he raised the submachine gun that he had just changed the magazine again, squeezed the trigger, shook it left and right, and fired intensively.
It wasn't until the magazine was empty that he shouted to Hugo, who was still lying in the hiding place, and asked, "Hugo! How is the situation?!"
"Took a grenade"
Hugo, with most of his body soaked in the puddle, shouted loudly, "It seems that only Valoro and I survived! But there are wounds on his thighs and buttocks, and one of my feet is also injured!"
While Hugo shouted in response, Wei Ran also used his submachine gun with empty bullets to smash away the bayonet that was thrust at him. He released the submachine gun that had used up the spare magazine and rushed forward. The anti-Japanese broadsword suddenly appeared in his hand.
, and with a pop, he stabbed the devil across from him in the neck diagonally, and at the moment he cut open the artery, he pulled down hard, cutting half of the neck open.
"Bang bang!"
Two consecutive shots were fired at two other Japanese soldiers who were stabbing the Australian soldiers nearby. Wei Ran randomly selected one, and before its screams stopped, he cut off its front paw with a knife.
"Thanks!"
The young white soldier whose shoulder had been stabbed bloody by a bayonet shouted, and the spear of the Enfield rifle in his hand pierced the Japanese soldier's chest while it screamed.
"Bang bang!"
Wei Ran hit a Japanese soldier who was charging towards him with two more shots, and started a frantic hand-to-hand combat with the soldier behind him.
Gradually, the young soldier who was cooperating with Wei Ran was stabbed in the stomach with a bayonet and lost his fighting ability. Gradually, Wei Ran also emptied all the bullets in the magazine of the titanium alloy pistol. Gradually, his
His physical strength also began to fail, and he was stabbed through his right arm and left thigh by two bayonets that he could not dodge.
"Bang! Bang!"
Just as these two crazy-looking Japs were about to stab Wei Ran's chest with bayonets, two gunshots rang out from behind, and after the extremely clear and solid gunshots, the faces of the two Japs also burst out one after another.
The large mass of blood mist, and even their whole bodies, were transformed from a posture of slightly leaning forward to exert force under the huge kinetic energy, and turned into a buttocks and fell on their backs in the mud.
"then"
Before he finished speaking, an Owen submachine gun and two magazines were handed to Wei Ran. He grabbed the submachine gun and fired a strafing fan. Only then did Wei Ran have time to look, only to find that the person who saved him was lame.
Hugo with one leg!
At this time, he was holding a Winchester Model 12 trench gun and shouted loudly, "Stand up quickly, there are not many bullets in this gun!"
Hearing this, the panting Wei Ran immediately struggled to get up from the mud mixed with blood, stood next to Hugo, and fired a series of bursts at him from the side.
Hugo, who had only one leg to support his body, also tacitly leaned his body against Wei Ran's body, took out a magazine and held it in his hand to prepare for Wei Ran. At the same time, he fired from time to time to protect Wei Ran who was lying in hiding.
At the edge of the puddle, Valoro didn't know whether he was alive or dead.
"Give me your shotgun!" Wei Ran said, handing the submachine gun with the magazine changed to the other party.
Hearing this, Hugo did not hesitate at all, and exchanged the shotgun in Wei Ran's hand for the submachine gun in Wei Ran's hand. While firing, he handed Wei Ran the canvas ammunition belt slung over his shoulder.
After taking the shotgun and firing two bullets in a row, Wei Ran took the ammunition belt and hung it around his neck, then pulled out two copper-cased shotshells and stuffed them into the magazine.
Next, the two men cooperated with each other, covering each other and the people around them to push the front towards the banyan trees where the bonfires were still burning.
Gradually, the mountain cannon ran behind Wei Ran, Hugo and the young soldiers around him as the battle line advanced. Gradually, Wei Ran also saw the sniper whose legs were broken by his machine gun, and took advantage of the situation.
A precious 12-gauge shotgun paste was put into its face.
Gradually, the last few Japanese soldiers who were stubbornly resisting, with oil stains remaining at the corners of their mouths, were surrounded by the Australian soldiers in ragged clothes, generally wearing crotchless pants and pale faces, under a banyan tree.
Among the few remaining Japs, the one with the highest rank was a second lieutenant who was holding a bastard box and constantly pulling the trigger. However, it was obvious that there were no bullets in his pistol.
The other Japs, however, all used 38 guns. There is no doubt that they had already run out of bullets and were timid enough, otherwise how could they appear in this final encirclement.
"They eat people"
Outside the encirclement, Hugo was lame on one leg, holding an Owen submachine gun in one hand and an Enfield rifle he picked up from nowhere in the other. As he walked into the encirclement, he said with hatred, "The battlefield of Sydney Morning News"
Reporter Brody was almost eaten by them, as well as the tailor and his companions from the reconnaissance team. Among them, we know that there is a soldier named Jock. They have been eaten, and their bodies are not far away.
Hanging."
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As Wei Ran spoke, he put the empty shotgun on his shoulder, then took off his backpack, opened it, took out the camera and said, "This is war correspondent Brody's camera. I have used it before."
It captures what Captain Hugo just said."
"Kill them!"
Among the soldiers who formed the encirclement, a young white man who looked to be about 20 years old at most shouted excitedly.
"Kill them!"
"Kill them! Kill them! Kill them!"
Gradually, the shouts of the soldiers who formed the encirclement became unified, and the spear stabs still stained with blood were getting closer and closer to the frightened and desperate Japanese.
"puff!"
Among the angry young soldiers, one of them got excited and stabbed the Enfield rifle in his hand into the stomach of a Japanese soldier.
At this moment, as if they had received a signal, the surrounding soldiers almost subconsciously thrust out the spear thorns in their hands, piercing through the layer of khaki cloth, and then through the layer of sinful skin and fishy smell.
of organs.
Amidst the piercing sounds one after another, Wei Ran took a few steps back, handed the trench gun in his hand to Hugo, and motioned to Hugo to sit on the back of a Japanese corpse, squat down with difficulty, and inspect the
While talking about the other party's wound, he said, "Your foot is injured."
"Hit by a grenade"
Hugo let Wei Ran use a slender Mauser bayonet to cut the laces and take off his boots that were stained with mud and blood. Then, Wei Ran saw a wound about two centimeters long in the middle of the sole of his foot.
The wounds were not only on his socks, soles and insteps, but also on the soles and tongues of his boots.
"He probably won't die," Wei Ran said as he gave the other party a shot of morphine to relieve pain, "but it will definitely take a while."
"I know I know."
Hugo punched the trench gun that Weifan had just thrown over and the Enfield rifle he picked up from somewhere. He placed the empty Owen submachine gun across his knees, raised his finger and pointed in the direction and said, "Quickly
Go and see how Valoro is doing, he is much more seriously injured than me."
"I'll go right away"
Wei Ran stood up as he spoke, carrying the medical bag he borrowed from the war reporter, and limped towards Valoro's direction.
Along the way, he also saw corpses scattered all around. Among these corpses were Japanese soldiers, too-young Australian soldiers, and many indigenous soldiers.
In addition to the corpses, he also saw lunch boxes scattered everywhere. Some of these lunch boxes had some grass leaves and tender roots, some had a piece of translucent flesh skin, and some had human parts.
bone.
Enduring the nausea that kept rising, Wei Ran limped while walking while pointing at the soldiers around him, the lunch boxes and human bones scattered everywhere, and even the retching Australian soldiers and pressed the button again and again.
shutter.
It wasn't until he reached the small puddle that his lens was focused on the indigenous soldier Valolo, who had crawled out of the puddle and was breathing heavily.
"Valoro!"
Wei Ran called the other party's name. The indigenous soldier, who had scars on half of his face, raised a hand with difficulty to wave it as a greeting. At the same time, Wei Ran allowed Wei Ran to take a picture of him with the last piece of film left.
a photograph.
After hastily putting away the camera, Weiran gave Valoro a check.
Fortunately, apart from a few grenade fragments on his butt and thigh, his injuries were not serious.
But compared to him, the two riflemen who were still lying in the puddle had stopped breathing, and even their bloody faces had slipped into the puddle stained red with blood.
Without daring to pull out the shrapnel from the wound, Wei Ran temporarily stopped the bleeding for Valoro as quickly as possible, and then limped and stumbled towards the distant machine gun position in charge of the deputy squad leader.
However, when he arrived here, the deputy squad leader, whose name he still didn't know, had stopped breathing like the other two members of his machine gun team.
Sighing secretly, Wei Ran lay down on the edge of the trench with difficulty, helped the deputy squad leader forcefully stuff the broken eyeball back into his eye socket, and then helped them close their eyes before limping and stumbling back.
Arrive at the center of the battlefield.
Soon after, he, Hugo, and Valoro each lay down on a pair of units carried by indigenous soldiers and began to evacuate.
"We should take back Kokoda Airport next."
Hugo rested his backpack on his head, holding a trench gun and a submachine gun in his arms. "Victor, we might have the opportunity to go to Valoro and his tribe to recuperate. Do you want to go with us then?"
After saying that, Hugo didn't wait for Wei Ran to speak, then changed into dialect and said a few words loudly to Valoro, who immediately responded with a smile.
"Valoro agreed"
Hugo smiled and said, "How about it? Victor, do you want to go to their tribe to recuperate together? I can guarantee that it will be much more comfortable there than the field hospital."
"Then let's go together." Before Wei Ran could finish his words, everything in front of him was once again filled with intense white light.
