On the river bank, Wei Ran, who served as the acting deputy company commander, was hiding in the trench, guarding a basket of carefully selected red dates and studying the grenades that Zhao Jinyu had just sent.
This full bag contains nearly ninety grenades, and the terrible thing is that almost 30 of them are deadly poison gas bombs!
"Why are these different?"
Zhao Jinyu, who sent the grenades over, squatted aside, holding a few big red dates and eating them while pointing at the gas bombs and asked curiously.
"I don't know. When the Japs come, go over and ask them." Wei Ran glanced at the Japs gas mask placed at his feet and replied.
Naturally, this gas mask was also seized, along with these gas bombs. He could even tell from the markings on these gas bombs that they were basically filled with corrosive poisons such as mustard gas and Lewis gas.
However, there was no need to explain these at this time. He would rather not know, so that there would be surprises when used.
"Too"
Zhao Jinyu nodded, sat down against the damp trench and said, "Lao Bai and Han Huyuan left just now."
"Um"
Wei Ran nodded, took out his camera from his pocket, and took a photo of the grenades and grenade launchers arranged.
"Why are you doing this?" Zhao Jinyu asked in confusion.
"it works"
As Wei Ran spoke, he raised his camera and pressed the shutter again toward the soldiers in the trench on one side.
After hearing this, Zhao Jinyu stopped asking any more questions, stood up and walked away along the trench. After all, he was the acting company commander and was responsible for this section of the defense line.
"Take that gas mask"
Wei Ran pointed at the two gas masks that the other party had just sent and reminded, "I just taught you how to use them. Keep them with you."
Zhao Jinyu listened to the advice, picked up the random roll that belonged to him, and stuffed it into the gap between the Nine Dragon Belt and his body.
After pressing the shutter towards the opponent's back, Wei Ran put away the camera and looked towards the other side again.
This flooded river is not very deep, less than one meter at most, but its width is almost more than a hundred meters.
In particular, the silt trapped inside and even the silt at the bottom of the river are enough to block wheeled trucks. Unfortunately, although the river is wider, its depth and flow rate are still a bit different.
Wei Ran couldn't help but think that if its flow rate was higher or its depth was deeper, it might be able to block the Japanese tanks as well.
But...
It can block cars, tanks, and infantry, but can it block aircraft and artillery? Can it block poison gas bombs?
He could figure it out, but who among the soldiers around him couldn't? But even so, these cavalrymen who were about to start fighting trench warfare were still making serious preparations for the battle.
Withdrawing his gaze, Wei Ran, who held the rank of deputy company commander, sat down against the trench. He picked up the Japanese carbine and the gun oil can that had been seized not long ago, and began to clean and maintain them carefully. He also waited for fear that
The Japs had already begun to kill in their direction.
However, what no one expected was that the wait would end on the morning of the third day.
In these three days, the trenches were deepened, widened and lengthened, and even the idle cavalry took the time to dig long and narrow bunkers for their beloved horses.
"The devil is coming!"
In the morning fog, one of the sentries responsible for the alert was the first to issue an early warning.
For a moment, accompanied by various clattering sounds, everyone who had been sleeping soundly in the trench slowly stood up with their rifles raised, and looked towards the other side of the river outside the trench.
However, due to the obstruction of the morning fog, Wei Ran could not see the enemy on the opposite side for a while.
"In the reed nest opposite!"
The sentry not far from Weiran reminded in a low voice, "I just saw someone running from Erdaodi to the back!"
"Conceal yourself well and be prepared for Japanese bombardment."
As he spoke, Wei Ran knelt down, picked up a grenade, and carried a bag of four instant explosive bombs.
Long ago, he had received instructions from Ma Jintao to fire at any time when he discovered the enemy. What's more, this was trench warfare and not a surprise attack. Since the enemy was discovered, he had to inform the surrounding friendly forces of anything he said.
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Cat bent down along the traffic ditch and ran to a trench specially used for throwing grenades. After setting up the grenade, the probe aimed at the distance and decisively stuffed a grenade trigger into the grenade.
The firing trigger was moved.
"Boom!"
The moment the first grenade was fired, Wei Ran immediately stuffed the second grenade into the grenade.
"boom!"
When the first grenade exploded next to the reed swamp, the second grenade had already been fired.
Before the round exploded, he immediately took the remaining two grenades in the grenade and ran away.
Almost as soon as he returned to the trench where he had been hiding through the traffic trench, the Japanese on the opposite side did not fight back.
Through the morning mist pushed away by the shock wave, Wei Ran could relatively clearly see what seemed to be a broken and unfortunate ghost lying in the reed swamp.
"These two shots are amazing!"
A cavalryman raised his thumb and exclaimed, "I just saw with my own eyes that the second shot was hitting the reed swamp, and I even heard the screams of the Japanese inside."
"Shh-"
Wei Ran made a silent gesture and reminded in a lowered voice, "Everyone except the sentries should hide, the Japanese are probably going to start an artillery strike."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the trenches immediately hid their bodies, curled up with weapons in hand and got ready.
Sure enough, less than five minutes later, accompanied by the rumbling sound of artillery, the mortar shells fired by the Japanese hit the trench line one after another, especially the grenade launcher position specially prepared by the Weifang.
The big guys in the trenches were well hidden and the losses were not too big. As for the grenade positions, there was no need to worry.
It was a piece of free land specially selected by the guards. It was quite far away from the trenches, the cavalry horses and even the command post.
In other words, as long as the Japanese don't mind wasting artillery shells, let them blow it up.
After the brief bombardment, the commander of the horse regiment in the distance immediately blew his whistle. The people who were originally hiding in the trench also immediately wiped the sand off their bodies, picked up their weapons and pointed them at the enemy who began to emerge on the other side of the river bank.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At the same time, Wei Ran once again picked up a bag of grenades and ran along the traffic trench to another grenade position prepared in advance.
"Did it show up?" Wei Ran asked loudly after stuffing an instant explosive bomb into the grenade.
"It's dangerous! Fight quickly!" Zhao Jinyu, who was dozens of meters away from him, shouted.
Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately pressed the firing trigger.
"Boom!"
With an explosion, the instantaneous grenade flew out instantly, and Wei Ran stuffed the second grenade into the grenade barrel just like before.
After firing four grenades in succession, Wei Ran glanced at a few reeds planted randomly not far away and was not in a hurry to use those gas bombs.
Amidst the continuous explosions, the guards ran away and returned to the original place along the traffic trench.
Because of the several rounds of artillery shells just now, the Japanese who were preparing to charge were knocked upside down and began to shrink, but those Japanese tanks waded over alone.
At the same time, the Japanese artillery also began to fire.
Amidst the rumbling sound of artillery, the Japanese tanks were getting closer and closer. Seeing that they could no longer deceive the opponent into launching targeted artillery strikes, the enemy simply hid in the traffic ditch and prepared to throw grenades at random soldiers.
"Old Liu! Why are you here?" Wei Ran didn't expect that the soldier he grabbed at random turned out to be Old Liu from the cooking class.
"I don't know how to kill people on horseback, so where would I be if I weren't here?"
Lao Liu replied matter-of-factly, holding in his arms a Liao 13-type rifle he got from who knows where.
"Come here and help me"
Wei Ran couldn't help but hand over the bags of grenades he was carrying to the other party.
"How to do it?" Lao Liu said, already putting the gun aside, spitting in his hand and rubbing it, and he was ready.
"Pull this out and put it into the enemy's grenade. Don't turn it upside down with the pointed end facing out."
Wei Ran covered him up once, then took a cautious look, knelt down again and said, "When I tell you to run, run immediately without delay."
"Why!"
Lao Liu responded excitedly, and hid aside under Wei Ran's command, getting ready with a grenade with the safety pin removed.
"Boom!"
The first grenade had just been fired, and Lao Liu inserted the second one without any command. Wei Ran immediately lowered the grenade barrel slightly and pulled the trigger again.
"Boom!"
In less than a second, the second grenade flew out almost at the same time as the first one exploded.
At the same time, Zhao Jinyu, who was the acting company commander, was also hiding in the traffic trench, pulling a soldier who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old to help, and used a grenade to pour the captured artillery shells on the opposite side.
This was something they had discussed before the war started. For both Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu, trying to knock down a moving tank with a grenade was tantamount to a dream, but taking advantage of the opponent's opportunity to fire, they could kill the Japanese infantry as much as possible.
No problem.
During the intensive and generous work of the two of them, although the Japanese tank had already cut diagonally across the slow-flowing flooded river and was about to drive ashore, the Japanese following behind it, especially the section responsible for Wei Ran's regiment, were only a few meters away.
It was extremely difficult to cross the river under the attack of two grenades.
After firing two bags of grenades in a row, Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu also pulled their helpers out of the traffic trench in no particular order at the same time that the Japanese artillery stopped.
"Lao Liu, just hold this for me!"
As Wei Ran spoke, he handed the grenade to Lao Liu, while he picked up the Japanese Type 44 carbine and aimed it through the shooting hole at the Japanese Type 97 tank that was about to land.
However, he did not pull the trigger, so he turned the muzzle of the gun helplessly, passed by the Japanese who were crossing the river with their guns raised behind the tank, aimed at the Japanese machine gun that was firing on the other side, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!"
After the gunfire, which did not attract any attention at all, the machine gun on the other side of the river suddenly misfired. Weifan immediately loaded the gun, aimed at the same position, waited for a second or two, and pulled the trigger again.
After the gunshot, the Japanese who had just pushed away his companion's body and was lying behind the machine gun before he had time to touch the trigger was shot in the collarbone, vomiting blood and lying on the machine gun.
At the same time, several Japanese tanks had already driven ashore!
Almost at the moment when these tanks were rolling over the trenches, a few brave cavalrymen either stuffed the stones they had prepared long ago into the gaps between the road wheels, or wrapped the smoking tanks in rags.
The cluster grenade was thrown onto the tank.
At the same time, many machine gun fire points that had been patiently firing began to fire in unison amidst Ma Jintao's whistle blowing hard, and they quickly harvested the Japanese infantry who had walked through the middle of the river and had no place to hide!
"Toot! Toot! Toot! Toot—!"
There was another whistle mixed with the explosion of grenades, and the machine gun team that had been firing immediately stopped shooting and changed positions to avoid the enemy's grenade strikes.
Also under the command of this whistle, the few artillery pieces of different calibers in the cavalry regiment also fired at the remaining Japanese tanks that were about to land ashore with almost direct aim.
This is the only way they, including Wei Yan, can think of to fight back. As for the best Molotov cocktail at this time...
Even if they could find earthenware jars to replace wine bottles, they wouldn't be able to scrape together enough fuel to make Molotov cocktails.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
After a while, the Japs' grenade really began to exert force. Upon seeing this, Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu in the distance immediately took their helpers and hid in the grenade position that had been bombed by the Japs, and fired at the opponent.
He threw a grenade, completely ignoring how many Japanese tanks had not been destroyed.
While he was throwing grenades one after another, Wei Ran also gritted his teeth and looked at the soldiers who were holding cluster grenades, and even holding rocks and logs as they rushed towards the remaining Japanese tanks!
It was a brutal collision of flesh and steel. Some grenades had not had time to be thrown on the tank body, and the man holding the grenade fell down. Some stones and wooden bars had not yet been inserted into the gaps in the tank tracks. Holding them and launched
The charging soldiers also fell.
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until...
Until the cluster grenade exploded the fragile armor of the tank, until the hard stone and tough wooden bars blocked the track.
Until a soldier climbed onto the tank without fear of death, or pressed the smoking grenades on the tank with a wet blanket. Some soldiers who had been shot simply pressed the grenades with their bodies.
Until...until those grenades exploded one after another through the not-so-thick armor.
Under such a desperate attack, the first round of the attack ended hastily. The Japanese abandoned a few tanks and hid behind the river embankment.
Taking this opportunity, Wei Ran, who had already run back, quickly directed the soldiers in the trenches to change positions to avoid the bombardment. He himself also took Lao Liu, who wanted to see the tank, into hiding.
"I brought you some more jujubes."
Old Liu took this opportunity to say, and at the same time reached out and took out a handful of big red dates from his pocket and handed it to Wei Ran, "Take it and eat it. I have picked them one by one, and I will make sure that none of them are bad."
Taking the large handful of red dates and putting them into his pocket, Wei Ran thought for a while and said, "Uncle Liu, you should go back now and go back to the station to get some food and drink for everyone."
"That won't work, why do you want to drive me away..."
Before Old Liu could finish his words, along with the rumbling sound of artillery, the Japanese on the other side of the river opened fire again and fired artillery shells. This time, they aimed at the few artillery pieces that the cavalry regiment already had!
"It's not time yet..."
Wei Ran muttered secretly, anxiously waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to maximize the effect of those gas bombs.
The bombardment, which was much longer than the last time, ended, and a new round of Japanese charges began. This time, the Japanese clearly chose to "bet everything" with a push.
Suddenly, more than a dozen tanks covered the infantry behind and began to charge. The machine guns and grenade launchers on the other side also began to suppress fire, suppressing the cavalry in the trenches to the point where they could not even raise their heads.
Listening to the roar of the engine and the creaking of the tracks getting closer and closer, Weiran calmly lit a cigarette and took a deep puff, then picked up a pack of cluster grenades.
Almost as soon as the tank emerged from the trench above his head, he pulled the firing wire and gently threw the pack of grenades onto the engine grille.
Taking advantage of the slope caused by the front of the tank tilting forward as it ran over the trench, the pack of grenades slid down into the gap under the butt of the turret.
At the same time, Wei Ran had already thrown the other two ignited grenades out of the trench, and he himself rolled and hid in the corner connected to the traffic trench.
"boom!"
In the dull explosion, the tank's turret was overturned, and the tank chassis also stalled.
"Boom!"
Under the cover of exploding grenades, Wei Ran already held a box cannon with a 20-round magazine in one hand and pulled the trigger at the Japanese who had already run to the edge of the trench.
At the same time, the machine gun fire that had been suppressed just now also took the risk of being called out by the grenade, and opened fire again amidst the whistle blown by Ma Jintao, killing the Japanese infantry behind the tank.
"Tum! Tum! Tum!"
Sure enough, before each machine gun position could replace the empty magazines with new ones, the enemy on the opposite side fired grenades one after another!
"It's poison gas! It's poison gas!"
Just when Wei Ran noticed that the explosion of these grenades did not seem to make much noise, someone not far away let out a horrified roar. Almost at the same time, Wei Ran also saw the poisonous mist rising!
"Wear a mask! Wear a mask! If you don't have a mask, run!"
Ma Jintao not far away, Zhao Jinyu a little further away, and Wei Ran all issued orders immediately, and then put on gas masks as quickly as possible.
"Run! Run!"
Wei Ran screamed at Lao Liu, he didn't have a gas mask.
Hearing this, Old Liu stood up in a panic and ran away along the traffic ditch.
However, before he could completely run away, a gas bomb hit him around him. Immediately afterwards, Lao Liu began to cough violently, then strangled his own neck with his hands, and stumbled to his knees.
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Wei Ran clenched his fists vigorously, but Wei Ran, who had already put on the gas mask, did not leave. He came to Lao Liu with a bag of gas bombs, patted the opponent on the shoulder, and adjusted the range according to the distance determined in advance.
He shot back the gas bombs one after another with an expressionless face.
Soon, the roar of machine guns sounded in the direction behind him. The Japanese who were wearing masks and preparing to occupy the position were knocked to the ground by the firepower of the second line of defense. Like the surrounding cavalry who had no time to run, they began to cough violently.
Hard breathing and uncontrollable vomiting.
Wei Ran, who was busy firing poison gas bombs, didn’t need to look closely to know that the red bomb coming from the opposite side was the red bomb known as "Red No. 1". The main poison inside was diphenyl, which can cause continuous sneezing, tears and vomiting.
Arsine cyano.
Its toxicity is slightly weaker than mustard gas or Lewis gas, but even so, it only takes up to thirty seconds to render a person incapable of fighting.
He fired half of the gas grenades towards the other side in succession. When Wei Ran finally stopped, Liu, the old man from the cooking team who fell next to him, had stopped breathing.
"Old Liu, thank you for the jujube. I have avenged you."
Wei Ran muttered through the gas mask and helped the other person close his bloodshot and swollen eyes. Then he stood up carefully, moved to a shooting hole and looked towards the other side, looking at the warning sign he had made with his own hands.
And the yellow poisonous fog of revenge, and the painfully struggling Japanese in the fog.
This sudden poison gas battle brought both parties to the fire into a stalemate. The retreating cavalry did not know what happened. They only knew that their acting deputy company commander had not withdrawn from the trenches and did not know whether he was alive or dead.
The Japanese soldiers on the opposite side also had no idea what was going on with the poisonous gas bombs they had just fired. It was really their first time encountering a poisonous gas attack.
The poisonous mist formed by the explosion of fifteen or six mustard gas bombs in a row spread all over the place under the influence of the wind. In the trench behind the second embankment where they were hiding, the moment the poisonous gas drifted over, a large tragic sound was heard.
Screams and wails of pain.
"It turns out you bitches also know how painful it is..."
As Wei Ran spoke, he stuffed another gas bomb into the grenade in his hand and got ready. These gas bombs were seized from the Japs, and he had to return them all to them.
