Although the water beneath him lying in the rice field was dirty and smelly, the high raised field ridge was a ready-made trench. Generally speaking, as long as he was not directly hit by a shell, he would be fine.
The few soldiers under my command were not stupid at all. They soon learned from me to lie down in front of the field ridge. The machine gunner even set up a machine gun and fired at the Vietnamese army position...
Later I found out that they were just following me as the squad leader. But just follow me. Why are you in such a hurry to shoot? All the Japs were hiding in the jungle, and we didn’t see anyone. That would be enough to start shooting.
What's the purpose? If it draws the enemy's firepower over...
Thinking of this, I quickly shouted to the machine gunner: "Stop! Stop...stop shooting!"
It took a lot of effort for the machine gunner to hear my voice, and he quickly stopped what he was doing and retracted his head, then looked at me blankly as if waiting for my order.
After a while, the machine gunner didn't see any movement from me, so he asked in confusion: "Squad leader, what should we do now? Give me the order!"
But what can I do? I am a squad leader, not a god! Do you still ask me to rush forward with such fierce bullets from the Japanese? Now I just ask that the Japanese’s bullets don’t hit my head.
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At this time, suddenly a cadre wearing a four-pocket military uniform and several soldiers ran up with his waist down, and then lay down on the ground to hide beside us.
"battalion commander!"
Only when I heard the exclamation of the bayonet did I realize that this was our battalion commander next to me...
Of course, the battalion commander had no time to pay attention to us little soldiers. He carefully poked his head out to look at the enemy's high ground, then waved his hand and shouted to a soldier beside him: "You! Rush across the open field in front and find the vanguard platoon.
Let them come back and cooperate with us to attack the Vietnamese army from both sides!"
"Yes!" The soldier beside him responded. Without saying a word, he rushed forward with his rifle in hand, but he fell in front of us just after running more than ten meters.
The battalion commander didn't say anything. He waved his hand and ran up to another one. This time he ran farther, but he only ran about thirty meters before he was knocked down. What hit him were several rounds of anti-aircraft machine gun bullets, and his whole body was covered in bullets.
The inertia caused it to fly up and then fall hard to the ground, immediately dyeing the field water red.
Then came the third and fourth.
Every time the battalion commander would wave his hand, he would come forward, but without exception, he would fall under the hail of enemy bullets after only running a few dozen meters. I was so frightened that I felt that the battalion commander's hand was urging me to die.
Talisman, one wave of the hand is a life, another wave of the hand is another life...
At this time, there was no one around the battalion commander, but he still waved his hand out of habit. He didn't see anyone coming up for a long time, so he couldn't help but turned his head and cursed at me: "You don't know what the hell I mean.
Is that so? Aren’t you going up yet?”
"Me?" It took me a long time to realize that the battalion commander was coming for me this time.
"Isn't it you or who is it?" the battalion commander scolded angrily: "Go and notify the sharp knife platoon immediately and ask them to cooperate with our attack! Don't you see that the soldiers are dying? Why don't you go up..."
"Battal Commander!" Looking at the four soldiers who fell in front, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva and said with difficulty: "If I can get through this, I will definitely go! But now I can't get through at all. I can't get through like this."
It’s just a waste of our lives as soldiers..."
The battalion commander couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and felt that what I said made sense. He couldn't help but raise his fist and hit the field ridge in front of him, and cursed: "Damn it! Where did this bitch go..."
"Batalion Commander! Where's the radio? Where's the walkie-talkie?" Xiao Shitou couldn't help but came up and asked.
"The radio station is broken!" the battalion commander scolded dejectedly: "The walkie-talkie can't make calls... Even after calling dozens of times, it still doesn't work!"
Later we found out that this was not actually because the walkie-talkie failed to make calls, but because the deputy commander of the ninth company who led the team was cowardly. He clearly heard the call on the walkie-talkie but did not answer. Instead of organizing a firepower counterattack to rescue the trapped comrades, he
However, he hid in a cave and then left the team without permission under the pretext of reporting the situation to the regiment headquarters. A few soldiers also followed him...
The soldiers no longer gathered on the road at this time, but scattered and ran in the rice fields. Some companies even spontaneously organized soldiers to charge towards the highlands of the Vietnamese army... But it was useless, the road had already given way to the Vietnamese army.
The machine gun firepower of the army was completely blocked, but the water and mud in the rice fields made it impossible for the soldiers to run fast. The Vietnamese army could easily knock the soldiers down on the way to charge...
The artillery unit also organized a counterattack. After all, they knew that in this situation, if they did not fight back, they would just wait for death, so they quickly set up mortars one after another and hit the enemy's position "dong dong dong..."
One shell after another, but the shelling obviously has no effect. First of all, I
We had no idea where the Vietnamese troops were hiding. More importantly, those mortars were set up in the rice fields. The soft and pulpy soil could not withstand the recoil of the mortars, and some of them were beaten.
As soon as one shell was fired, the base of the mortar sank deeply into the mud and lost its accuracy.
Then, before the soldiers could pull the mortars out of the mud and readjust them, the enemy's machine gun bullets and artillery shells came over in pieces...
"I'm a fucking Jap!" Seeing this, the battalion commander couldn't help but pull out the pistol on his waist and shouted: "I will fight with you..."
As he stood up, he was about to rush forward. I had good vision and quick hands and pulled him back. Other soldiers also hurriedly came up to help push the battalion commander back to the ridge of the field.
"Battal Commander! Don't mess around!" I advised: "Think of a way, there will always be a way! The soldiers are waiting for your orders..."
"A way? Think of a way to throw a ball!" The battalion commander had lost his rationality and shouted hysterically: "We will all die when we find a way!"
Seeing this, I quickly understood that I had to rely on myself now. Even if it was not for the soldiers, I had to find a way to give it a try for myself. Otherwise, when the soldiers were defeated, it would be the turn of us to hide in the fields.
There's an ostrich in there...
But what can be done about this?
Rush forward? That will only make us die faster.
Retreating? Obviously that won’t work either!
Follow the battalion commander's wishes to contact the Sharp Knife Platoon? This seems unrealistic. Not to mention whether we can contact the Sharp Knife Platoon, even if we can contact them and successfully pull them back to attack the Vietnamese army... However, the Vietnamese Japanese clearly intend to kill them.
If they let go of the ambush circle, wouldn't they be prepared?
Suddenly I saw a bamboo tube inserted next to the field ridge with water flowing downwards. I couldn't help but think. The paddy fields must need water for irrigation for a long time. If water is needed for irrigation, there must be canals... So I stuck my head out and followed the upstream of the water.
Looking over, I found a ditch covered with water plants on the left side. Then I looked up along the ditch. I couldn't help but feel happy. This ditch actually led all the way to the high ground on the left side of the Vietnamese army!
Seeing this, I couldn't help but shrink my head and said to the battalion commander: "Batalion Commander! I led the soldiers to sneak to the enemy's position. You wait below. When you hear the gunshots of the Japanese Japs, rush forward with your troops."
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"Go up to the enemy's position?" The battalion commander couldn't help but feel puzzled.
Time is life, so I didn’t bother to explain so much. I waved to the soldiers under me and led them to run along the field ridge towards the canal...
As the saying goes, even if you have never eaten pork, you have seen pigs walking. After watching too many war movies, I know that you should walk with your waist down when running. In fact, I don’t think you need to learn this at all, because who doesn’t think about their own life?
!Who can really charge at the enemy's bullets with no cover at all like what is depicted on TV and movies? I don't think such a scene will happen on the real battlefield, because in addition to sacrificing one's life in vain, the battle
The bureau won't be of any help either.
A few of us sometimes crawl forward and sometimes stand up and trot all the way to the left. When we should lie down and crawl slowly and when we should stand up and trot, it is actually very easy to distinguish. For me, this is completely determined by the height of the field ridge beside me.
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The canal is not far from our location, only about two hundred meters wide, but it still took us more than ten minutes to get there.
When I ran to the ditch and took a look, I couldn't help but cry out in pain... This thing was a little too shallow. If a person squatted down, his head would still be exposed. I think this is the reason why the Japanese were undefended against this ditch.
But I didn't hesitate at all. At this point, we had no way out, so we jumped in and lay down in the ditch... Fortunately, it was just enough for one person to lie in, and the sides of the ditch were densely packed.
The aquatic plants can also be a good cover for us, but what makes me a little painful is...the water in the ditch is a bit deep, which makes me have to raise my head high.
The few soldiers under me also jumped in one by one, and followed my example and lay down in the ditch.
By the way, when those soldiers followed me, I really felt an unusual sense of pride in my heart. Just a few days ago, I had the old man bossing me around because of my inheritance. Now it’s my turn.
It's time for me to order people.
But I also know that this kind of ordering people comes with a price, that is, you must lead them to victory. Otherwise, if you suffer a few more defeats, you will lose your prestige. This person is almost dead. Who else can I use?
go?
At this time, I didn't dare to think too much, so I turned around and ordered the soldiers: "Be prepared for battle. Let's sneak up to the enemy's high ground along this ditch, and then cooperate with the main force to take the enemy's high ground to me."
Come down! Do you understand?"
"Understood!" Although the soldiers said this, their eyes flashed with surprise.
I knew what they were thinking about. They all thought I wanted to use this ditch to escape, but they didn't expect that what I wanted was to attack...
The old man once said: Offense is the best defense!