Chapter 757 The last twenty minutes (please subscribe!)
the last twenty minutes
"Boom..." A violent explosion sounded on the battlefield. Battalion Commander Li Shengda, who was lying in the trench, patted the dust that fell on himself and said to the instructor beside him.
"Instructor, how many times have we repelled the enemy's attacks... Why haven't the reinforcements from the regiment arrived yet? How many people are left in our first battalion?"
"This has just been the enemy's fifth squadron-scale attack that we have repulsed. If nothing else goes wrong, the next attack will be coming soon... As for the reinforcements from the regiment, the street order just now will take at least twenty minutes. The first
We need reinforcements to arrive..." the instructor said helplessly.
"What, twenty more minutes...how many people are left in the army..." After a brief shock, Battalion Commander Li Shengda immediately asked the question he wanted to know most at this moment...
"There were 215 people in the whole battalion before the battle. So far, only more than 120 people are able to continue fighting. Among them, there are still many lightly wounded people who cannot stand on the firing line and hold on to the position.
"However, after half an hour of continuous fighting, we don't have much ammunition in our hands... The entire battalion of light and heavy machine guns combined has only the last six left..." The instructor quickly explained the situation he had just learned.
reported.
"These soldiers who have just joined the army are all good. Let me tell you, if we hold on until the reinforcements arrive, we can survive. If the little devil breaks through our position, then there is only one result left for us, and that is
The entire army was killed... Therefore, if we want to get off the position alive, the only thing we can do now is to block the enemy's offensive and hold on until reinforcements arrive..."
"Instructor, tell the soldiers that in the next battle, I must save ammunition and not shoot uncontrollably like before. All light and heavy machine gunners are prohibited from firing without my order..." Li Shengda said very decisively
commanded.
"Yes, battalion commander..."
"Batalion Commander, the little devil is coming up..."
Hearing the reminder from the company commander next to him, Li Shengda quickly raised the telescope in his hand. Three hundred meters away in front of the position, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers were driving away the Imperial Army of about 300 people. Dozens of heavy soldiers were behind him.
Under the cover of machine guns, they quickly rushed towards the position.
"The stubborn little Japs asked the Imperial Army to take bullets for them. After the comrade troops and the Japanese and puppet troops entered two hundred meters, all the riflemen selectively shot at the little Japs and the Imperial Army officers. When the enemy entered
Fifty meters later, all light and heavy machine guns opened fire together to resolutely repel the enemy's attack...
"Bang bang bang..." A sparse sound of rifle shooting, covered by the sound of heavy machine gun shooting, began to sound on the battlefield. Of the more than 400 Japanese and puppet troops, almost every few meters forward, one person would fall to the ground.
on the way.
Of course, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers are not vegetarians... The hail of bullets fired by dozens of heavy machine guns clings to the edge of the trenches, constantly suppressing the counterattack firepower on the position. Some sharpshooters are also in front of them.
Under the cover of the Allied Forces, he half-crouched on the ground, raised his rifle, and began to fight back...
Intense firepower came and went, and within a few minutes, the battalion lost dozens of soldiers again, and had to stop this meaningless counterattack. It squatted in the trench, waiting for the next opportunity to counterattack.
"Battal Commander, the enemy's firepower is so dense that the soldiers can't even lift their heads... And the enemy's grenade launchers are like they have eyes. As long as there is a little movement on our position, they will be
It will attract at least one grenade attack... We can't continue fighting like this. If we continue like this, before the reinforcements arrive, all of our more than 100 people will be handed over here..." The instructor looked desperate.
said.
"Damn it, if we were in the Northeast Field Army, I would have fired a barrage of artillery fire and blown up their light and heavy machine gun grenades to the west..." He clenched his fists and glanced at the distance in front of him that was getting closer and closer to him.
The Japanese and puppet troops, Battalion Commander Li Shengda cursed fiercely.
"Battal Commander, we don't have one right now... what should we do next?" the instructor asked with an anxious look on his face.
"What to do, the old way... We are not as good as the Japs in terms of firepower, so we will engage in close combat with them... Order the troops, prepare grenades, machine gunners, and be ready to fire. This time, I will put the enemy thirty meters away
We will fire again from the position... As long as we disrupt the Imperial Army in front, the more than a hundred little Japanese blocking the Imperial Army will be completely exposed to the range of our machine guns..." Li Shengda ordered with a murderous look on his face.
road.
However, at this moment, Li Shengda obviously underestimated the determination of the hundreds of Japanese and puppet troops in front of him...
The failure of several consecutive attacks made Major General Kaohsiung, who was commanding the operations behind him, almost furious. He showed no mercy to the commander of the retreating troops and directly shot them. In order to prevent the troops from returning halfway again this time, not only did they send
He recruited the elite of a squadron to suppress the battle. More importantly, he also dispatched his own personal guard squadron as a supervising team to shoot and kill any Japanese troops who dared to retreat. The Imperial Association Army...
"Throw grenades, machine gunner, hit me hard..." From the blocking position, a loud roar sounded. The six light and heavy machine guns that had been hidden for a long time, almost at the same time, fired at the little Japs who were right in front of them.
An airtight net of bombs was sprayed out. Of course, more than a hundred grenades flew out of the trenches immediately. They drew a perfect arc in the air and quickly moved towards the dense formation of the Japanese and puppet troops.
Flying over...
"What's going on? With such an intensive attack, more than 300 Imperial Army troops did not retreat..."
After the smoke cleared, only dozens of corpses of Japanese and puppet troops were left in the large position in front of them. The remaining Japanese and puppet troops exited the grenade throwing range and lay on the ground. The camp was not defeated as I imagined.
Chief Li Shengda once again had a puzzled look on his face and couldn't help but exclaimed.
However, before he could react from the shock, the exclamation of the instructor next to him reached his ears again.
"Batalion Commander, the enemy is coming up again..."
"Little devil, I can't do anything today... Machine gunner, please save your bullets and hit me hard. Rifleman, keep throwing grenades. You must suppress the enemy's offensive. You must not let them break into the position."
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Seeing the Japanese and puppet troops in front of him, whose strength was several times his own, Li Shengda knew clearly that if the enemy were allowed to rush into the position and engage in hand-to-hand combat with him, then with an absolute advantage, he would have only one way to die. What's more,
The important thing is that the troops with less than a hundred people around them are, after all, newly transformed captive soldiers. Although they are qualified warriors when shooting with rifles, they may not be qualified warriors in hand-to-hand combat. Thinking of this,
A strong thought immediately emerged in Li Shengda's mind, that is, he must not engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy in front of him.
"Yes, battalion commander..."
Under the counterattack of the soldiers regardless of the consumption of ammunition, the Japanese and puppet troops, who had lost nearly a hundred people, were finally pinned down to a position of fifty meters and began to shoot at each other. At this moment, Li Shengda seemed to have collapsed, with a pale face.
, and then sat in the trench panting.
"Battal Commander, this group of enemies, I don't know if they took the wrong medicine, but they refused to retreat after four battles. Now, although the enemies are temporarily suppressed, I believe that they will attack again in a few minutes at most.
Come up. I just took a quick look and found that there are less than sixty people left who can continue to fight. If the reinforcements don't arrive, we will really all be stuck here..." He was also panting.
The instructor said with a look of despair.
"I understand. Tell the soldiers to be prepared for hand-to-hand combat at any time..." After letting out a long sigh, Li Shengda had to make a decision that could collapse the battlefield of the first battalion at any time.
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"Battalion Commander, the heavy machine gun is out of bullets..."
"Battal Commander...the light machine gun is out of ammunition..."
"Battal Commander, I have no more bullets...and no more grenades..." Within a few minutes, the gunfire that was still intensive on the blocking position slowly became sparse. There were only a few dozen people left in the trenches.
The officers and soldiers all looked eagerly at Li Shengda beside them, waiting for the battalion commander's decision...
"Brothers, we are in position. Now I order everyone to fix their bayonets and prepare for hand-to-hand combat..."
In the trenches with a solemn atmosphere, the dozens of surviving soldiers slowly pulled out the bayonets emitting gleams of cold light from their waists, stuck them on the muzzles of their guns, and waited for the last moment to come.
"Tick-tock...tick-tock...Comrades, charge..." However, just as everyone was holding the rifles in their hands tightly and preparing to rush out of the trench, a loud charge horn sounded to everyone.
in the ears…..
"Battal Commander, we are saved. The reinforcements have finally arrived..." Upon hearing the very timely sound of the charge horn, a line of tears appeared on the instructor's face, and he said excitedly.
"Yes, the reinforcements are finally here. Our battalion is finally saved, we are saved... The whole battalion is here, charge with me, avenge the sacrifice of our comrades. Brothers, charge, kill the Japanese,
Revenge..." A look of excitement appeared on Li Shengda's face. Battalion Commander Li Shengda held the rifle in his hand tightly and roared loudly. Then, accompanied by the loud sound of the charge horn, the first one jumped out of the trench and approached the front.
Nearby, the Japanese and puppet troops, which had slowly fallen into chaos, launched their final counterattack...