Chapter five hundred and seventy-first round battle (3)
Gunshots near the position suddenly rang out again, occasionally mixed with rumbling explosions, and the neighboring positions started fighting with the Japs again.
Every recruit brother lying in the trench was extremely nervous. They clutched the rifles in their hands tightly and stared at the smoke floating in front of them as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
In the drifting smoke, except for the corpses and debris lying in the muddy pond full of sewage, it was strangely quiet. There was a lively fighting around them, but there was no sign of the Japanese in front of them.
Recruit Luo Wencai also stared into the distance warily. A cold and heavy rifle was placed on the trench. A veteran and a recruit were lying three to five meters to his left and right. They were both as motionless as dead people at this moment.
"Steady, don't shoot without orders." The veteran's voice was as steady as ever, repeatedly reminding the nervous recruits.
Further away, the veterans who were promoted to serve as grassroots officers were not idle either, explaining tactical moves and essentials to the new recruits over and over again.
In such a tense and depressing atmosphere, the voices of the veterans were like a shot in the arm, gradually calming down the panicked and nervous hearts of the recruits. Although they were still scared, seeing the serious faces of the veterans, they immediately felt a lot more at ease.
The veterans were full of murderous intent and remained calm in the face of the gunfire like popping beans around them, which invisibly affected the recruits. With powerful veterans beside them, the recruits felt inexplicably safe.
"Boo-boo-boo-"
A sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded from their ears. The recruits all looked up and saw countless black things flying past at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye, seemingly with the force of thunder.
The new recruits looked horrified, and the veterans shouted: "The Japanese are firing! Hide in the trenches!"
The roars of the veterans rose one after another in the smoke, but the recruits were stunned for a few seconds before panicking and hiding in the trenches, while the Japanese mortar shells had already fallen.
"Boom - boom -"
The shell exploded when it landed on the position, and the ground trembled violently. The billowing black smoke and debris of the gun were thrown into the air in the orange-red flames of the explosion, and then scattered and splashed in all directions.
The flying explosive fragments and gravel and soil mixed with the hot breath hit the brothers' steel helmets, causing sparks to jingle and jingle, causing burning pain on their faces.
"Don't run around, hold on still!" The veterans' voices were interrupted by the roaring explosions, but their voices seemed to have a magical power that made the recruits subconsciously obey.
Recruit Luo Wencai held the rifle in his arms and huddled in a shell-proof hole sunk into the trench. He endured repeated tremors and his whole body was covered with mud.
Artillery shells trembled and exploded nearby, and the choking smoke instantly covered the position. In the thick smoke, some people were hit by the explosive fragments and let out shrill screams of pain. Some people held their heads and sobbed, which was suppressed and confusing.
"The devil is coming, go back to your place!"
As soon as the sound of artillery stopped, the voices of veterans rang out. Company Commander Su Er trotted in the trench and patted the shoulders of each recruit to remind them.
"Don't be nervous, let's see how the veteran fights." Su Er patted recruit Luo Wencai on the shoulder without stopping at all, leaving only a blurry figure of Luo Wencai's back.
"Get up, get up, the Japanese are already here!"
The angry voices of veterans could be heard amidst the choking smoke, and some frightened recruits were hiding in the trenches, their legs so weak that they could not stand up.
Recruit Luo Wencai dusted off the loose soil all over his body and got out of the artillery hole. He saw the veteran lying not far from him carefully sticking out half of his head to observe the outside of the trench, then retracted and
The rifle was set up in the trench.
The veteran looked at Luo Wencai, who was stunned and didn't move, and reminded him in a low voice: "The Japanese are coming, don't be stunned."
Only then did Rowan see the serious expression on the veteran's face. He reacted this time, grabbed the heavy rifle, climbed sideways to the shooting position, and put the gun up while breathing heavily.
In the hazy smoke, the outline of the Japanese's stocky and short figure could already be seen. The Japanese crouched forward, taking cover alternately with the bombed-out trenches and corpses.
"Bang——" Just as Luo Wen was nervously shaking the muzzle of his gun to aim at the figure in the distance, suddenly a dull gunshot sounded from the left side.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The dull sound of gunfire suddenly increased, and countless bullets flew towards the Japanese, but the Japanese were still 400 meters away, and the nervous recruits were all empty of bullets.
"Damn it, don't shoot without an order!" Soon the angry voices of the veterans came from the trenches.
When the Japanese heard the gunshots, they quickly lay down and hid themselves. The bullets fired back flew over the recruits' heads and splashed up a cloud of dust.
"ah!"
There were also recruits who were not well concealed and were hit by bullets, wailing and rolling in the trenches, but soon medical soldiers rushed over despite the hail of bullets.
The scolding of the veterans stopped the new recruits who were shooting randomly. They fired randomly in a panic. Instead of hitting the Japanese, they were met with bullets in return, and many people were injured.
The gunfire from both sides stopped, and the Japanese got up from the ground again, hunched over and came toward the position in an obscene manner.
The messy gunshots just now startled the Japanese, but the distance was too far, and the recruits' shooting accuracy was also far away, which exposed the recruits' firepower.
The Japs were all well-trained elites. The fire test of more than twenty people exposed most of the firepower of the defenders' position, and they successfully completed the mission.
A grim smile appeared on the corners of the Japanese captain's stiff lips. He had already judged the strength of the defenders from the messy and inaccurate firepower. This time, the troops who were replaced must be a group of troops without any combat experience.
A troop with combat experience would never fire indiscriminately to reveal their position when they were still four hundred meters away from the position. Since it was a troop with no combat experience, there was no need for him to be polite.
The Japanese captain swung his saber forward, and about two squads of more than a hundred Japanese soldiers opened a skirmish line and swooped over.
Seeing the Japanese soldiers rushing towards them, deputy battalion commander Qin Shou felt bitter in his heart. He originally wanted to train soldiers with Japanese soldiers.
But looking at the Japs' posture, it was a serious problem whether they could hold on to the first wave. I cursed the recruit who just fired randomly in my heart, and I must give him a severe lesson later.
"Get ready to fight!" Qin Shou's loud voice rang out on the battlefield, and both veterans and recruits were breathing rapidly.
The Japanese's steel helmets shone with a cold light, and their sharp bayonets were very cold. They jumped forward alternately like agile monkeys, and the corpses and obstacles on the ground did not hinder them in the slightest.
"Adjust the ruler to 100 meters."
The veteran's voice rang in his ears, and the recruit Luo Wencai began to adjust the shooting scale without hesitation. What happened just now made him realize that the veteran would not harm them.
"Ta-ta-da--ta-da-da--"
"Teng Teng Teng - Teng Teng Teng -"
The Japanese's light and heavy machine guns rang out, and bullets like splashing water rushed towards the defenders' position, puffing up countless mud mist.
Under the cover of machine guns, the Japanese infantry screamed and rushed over at a sudden speed.
"Hold still, don't shoot!"
Seeing the Japanese swooping towards them with ferocious looks, some recruits were so frightened that their hands trembled and they were about to shoot again. This time, the veterans shouted in a low voice in advance to prevent the indiscriminate shooting from happening again.