With the ear-piercing scream of the artillery shells sliding through the air, there was an earth-shattering explosion on the position.
The ground trembled again, and concrete fragments rained down on Shota Ishida's helmet and shoulders.
A long time after the explosion, Shota Ishida barely had the strength to pick up the rifle next to him. His whole stomach was churning from the explosion just now, and he was in unspeakable pain.
Looking around, the others were not much better than him, leaning against the mound and gasping for air.
After another round, it was quiet. It was so quiet. The others were not much better than him. They leaned against the wall and gasped for air. They planned to check their small wounds... I don’t know how long it took.
It seems like five hundred years...
Shota Ishida is a senior soldier in the 13th Regiment of Imamura Detachment. As a veteran who has been in the army for four years and has actual combat experience, Ishida's combat experience is undoubtedly very rich, but for some reason Ishida is not able to do it step by step.
When he went to the sergeant, both the sergeant commander and the squad leader in the team had a very bad attitude towards him, suppressing him intentionally or unintentionally.
It has been two days since the 13th Regiment attacked the 236 positions in front of them, but during these two days, they made no progress except harvesting corpses one after another.
In Ishida's view, the future of the Thirteenth Regiment, like the position in front of them, had long been hinted at by the terrain and weather conditions in front of them. In front of them was a narrow road sandwiched between a mysterious mountain on the right and a yellow mud lake on the left.
Moreover, due to the Chinese side's Yangtze River breaching operation, the lake water began to rise, and the width of the defile did not exceed 3,000 meters. In front of the defile, from left to right, the highlands such as Wugui Mountain, Shasha Nao and Zhushuxia were lined up like lumps. Here,
Behind the first-line high ground, Yuping Mountain with an altitude of 500 meters is blocking it like a wall. It is expected that this lump-like first-line highland and most of Yuping Mountain and its surrounding highlands are covered with bunker positions entangled with barbed wire and cleverly covered up.
of skirmishers.
But what makes Ishida feel even worse is that the Chinese artillery fire is even more violent than the imperial artillery fire. The 155-caliber artillery shells fall almost one every second. Ishida feels that every time a shell falls,
His own heart also beat violently. Countless companions were torn to pieces by exploding shells, and those who were lucky were transported as wounded after losing an arm or a certain part.
"Get ready to fight! You two go to the left and guard. If you need support, call out."
Squad leader Kameda was lying on a piece of rubbish and talking dully.
The Chinese soldiers began to sweep away with firepower again. From time to time, shrapnel and splashed soil fell into the foxholes from outside.
"Your Excellency, Captain, the Chinese soldiers have begun to launch a counterattack!" a soldier shouted loudly.
"This Xu Dan is here again, are they bothered?" Captain Kameda shouted in distress.
In fact, not only Captain Kameda, but also all the Japanese soldiers around had a trace of fear and fear on their faces.
It is quite rare for fear as a negative emotion to appear in the soldiers of the 6th Division, who are always known for their bravery, but it does happen.
As the old rival of the 300 Division, the Sixth Division's understanding of the 300 Division can be said to be one of the best among Japan's millions of troops.
From the Battle of Nanjing to the Battle of Wuhan, they fought many times. But every time the Sixth Division could not get any advantage. In the impression of the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division, China's 300 Division was like a
The ferocious and brutal beasts will only continue to devour the lives of the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Division.
Anyone who has fought against the 300 Division understands that fierce artillery fire and rain of metal bullets are the characteristics of the 300 Division. They never skimp on ammunition, and they can pour countless artillery shells against a position that is only guarded by a small team.
and bullets. When Imamura's team set out from Guangji, it was fully equipped with fifty-eight people. The battle lasted for less than two days. There were only twenty-four people in Imamura's team, and the remaining people were not
After returning to the embrace of Amaterasu, I was lying in a field rescue center more than 500 meters away from them.
"Maybe it's my turn next!"
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Someone shouted from the front, and Ishida Shota recognized that the other person was speaking Chinese. After living in China for nine years, Ishida also understood some simple Chinese.
The Chinese infantry began to press in. They kept firing at the place with mortars and automatic weapons. The dense rain of bullets and shrapnel once hit Ishida and others unable to lift their heads.
"Fight back quickly. Fight back!"
The roar of Captain Kameda sounded around him, but Ishida just lay silently in the pit without moving. He was already an old bird and knew very well that his place was now the focus of Chinese soldiers. If there was any slight movement, he would be
It attracted an overwhelming rain of bullets. Only an officer like Kameda, who had just graduated from the sergeant academy, would issue such a stupid order so recklessly.
"If Captain Shuijing is still there, he will definitely let us hide first." Ishida couldn't help but mention his former captain, but he just thought about it. The former captain was summoned to Yasukuni by Amaterasu yesterday.
Enjoy the incense at the shrine.
Ever since yesterday I saw Captain Shuijing died in pain with his throat half-stretched by the Chinese shrapnel, and his companions around him died one after another, Ishida has had very pessimistic thoughts in his heart, maybe he will never be able to return to his hometown.
?
This is the first time that this thought has appeared in Ishida's heart so strongly since he was a soldier. After Captain Shuijing died, this thought became stronger and stronger. Now after seeing such a fierce attack by the Chinese army, Ishida felt this thought for the first time in his life.
Having the urge to turn around and run away
"Baga, Ishida, what are you doing? Why don't you shoot?"
A voice sounded next to Ishida. Shota Ishida turned around and saw that the newly appointed Captain Kameda was squatting behind him and looking at him fiercely, with a pair of small eyes that almost touched the back of his head.
Ishida swallowed and said: "Captain, the firepower of the Chinese is too fierce, and it is very dangerous to counterattack now!"
"Baga Yalu, you coward!"
Seeing that Ishida dared to question his order, Captain Kameda became angry. He pulled out his command knife and put it on Ishida's neck and roared: "I order you to fight back immediately, otherwise I will chop you!"
When the surrounding soldiers saw the furious Kameda, they all looked over in surprise. Several of the veterans even showed contempt. This Kameda was such a loser. He wanted to execute a veteran at this time. He didn't want to.
Do you know that the consequence of doing this is to collapse the morale of the entire team?
Looking at Kameda with bloodshot eyes, Ishida said tiredly: "Kill me. I would rather die by your sword than be snatched away by the Chinese."
"just kill me!"
Ishida almost shouted the last sentence.
"Bagaya Deer!"
Feeling that his majesty had been challenged, Kameda's eyes flashed with murderous intent. He stood up abruptly, raised his command sword high with both hands, and was about to chop it down at Ishida.
"Da da da……"
Suddenly, a hail of bullets swept over, beating Kameda into a sieve with half of his body exposed, and streams of hot and fishy liquid sprayed onto Ishida's face and body. Although Kameda was beaten into a sieve
, but what is strange is that his body miraculously stood with a knife in both hands, and it took a long time before he slowly fell down in a strange posture.
"The squad leader was beaten to death!"
A soldier suddenly shouted loudly, his voice full of trembling. As soon as Kameda died, the team immediately began to panic, but the two remaining sergeants in the team began to argue. One said that he would attack Huaxia forward.
The soldiers rushed out, and one said that the team's strength was greatly reduced and that it should retreat and wait for reinforcements.
Just as the two were arguing, several mortar shells fell, covering their team.
When the smoke cleared, Ishida slowly opened his eyes and found that the two sergeant commanders were also unlucky to fall in a pool of blood.
"Kill!"
"Charge up and kill them all!"
The shouts of death from the front are getting louder and louder, and the gunfire is becoming more intensive.
"Ishida-senpai, what should we do?"
The remaining dozen or so Japanese soldiers looked at Shota Ishida eagerly. Now all the officers in the team were dead, only Ishida, a private, had the highest rank.
Ishida bit his lower lip and shouted: "What else can we do? Retreat! Everyone retreat!"
After saying that, he was about to retreat back with the remaining dozen soldiers, but before he could run a few steps, the two soldiers in front were swept to the ground by a row of bullets.
"No, we are surrounded!"
A soldier shouted in panic.
Ishida looked around and saw that there were gray-green uniforms of Chinese soldiers everywhere and rain of bullets flying everywhere. The depression where he was was already surrounded by people, and it was estimated that they would rush down before long.
"Senior Ishida, what should we do?"
In Japan, where seniority discrimination is very serious, Ishida, who has more than four years of military service, is undoubtedly their backbone at the moment.
"what to do?"
The corners of Ishida's mouth tilted upward, and he raised his eyes and looked around. He found that the soldiers around him were looking at him eagerly. He said impatiently: "What's the point of asking me? If you want to die, just break out, or else
Let’s have a collective caesarean section.”
"Ah...this..."
The surrounding soldiers fell silent. The question of survival or death was very harshly placed in front of them.
"I don't want to die!" A recruit suddenly cried.
"Baga, if you don't want to die, just surrender to the Chinese!" Ishida cursed angrily.
"surrender?"
These Japanese soldiers were stunned for a moment. They did not expect that this word that they would never think of would actually come out of Ishida's mouth.
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