There are not many Japanese soldiers, about fifty or sixty people per squad, but the Japanese are well-trained and well-equipped. Under normal circumstances, the strength of a squad is comparable to that of a battalion of Chinese defenders, and even has a slight advantage.
Li Tiezhu and his group of dozens of broken troops were entangled by a small group of Japs. Both sides were not on the same level in terms of firepower distribution and combat literacy. Li Tiezhu and his group suffered heavy losses in just one encounter.
"Platoon commander! Platoon commander, let's withdraw quickly. If we don't withdraw, we will have to explain here!" Seeing that the Japanese soldiers had rushed over, the Gui army soldiers who were weighed down by bullets and could not lift their heads shouted at Li Tiezhu.
"Retreat whatever you want! I'll raise my head and fight! If anyone calls for retreat again, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Li Tiezhu put his Czech light machine gun on his shoulder and kept turning the muzzle. The bullets extended horizontally from left to right, puff puff.
The floating soil on the ground was splashed by bullets in an attempt to block the advancing Japanese soldiers.
Li Tiezhu issued a death order not to retreat. The Gui soldiers lying on the ground gritted their teeth and could only step forward and pull the bolt of their guns to shoot at the Japanese.
Bullets were flying in the dark night, and the Japanese soldiers were shooting accurately. Gui Army soldiers were continuously hit and died, and several injured were huddled on the ground and wailing. The situation became increasingly unfavorable.
The Japanese's three crooked light machine guns kept suppressing them. After Li Tiezhu finished firing a magazine, he had to lie down again. A grenade exploded near him. Two Gui soldiers were blown away and rubble was thrown away.
The dust covered Li Tiezhu.
As soon as the machine guns on their side stopped, the Japanese lying on the ground began to take turns to cover and rush forward. He touched several empty magazines, and Li Tiezhu was so anxious that he broke into a cold sweat: "Hurry up and give me the ammunition clip!"
"Platoon leader, we have no more magazines."
When Li Tiezhu heard this, he unluckily threw the Czech light machine gun in his hand to the ground. Without ammunition, it was no better than a fire stick.
He picked up a dead soldier's 79 rifle, fumbled for the bayonet and hung it on: "Anyone who has no bullets, please fix the bayonet for me and prepare to charge!"
The Guangxi people have never lacked brave men. The fact that their six divisions charged against Japanese artillery fire is enough to prove their bravery, but sometimes rigid tactics can be fatal.
Li Tiezhu never thought of retreating. In his heart, the position is more important than anything else. If they lose the position, their faces will be disgraced, they will be ridiculed by friendly forces, and they will lose the face of the Guangxi people. Therefore, he wants to regain the position. Although there is a huge disparity in strength, he may
He is not afraid of death. Death on the battlefield is the best destination for a soldier!
The remaining dozen or so Gui soldiers had all used up their bullets and lay on the ground silently attaching bayonets to their rifles. They wanted to survive, but Li Tiezhu was the platoon leader and the platoon leader refused to let them retreat, so they had no choice but to fight.
The gunfire subsided, and the Japanese soldiers also discovered that Li Tiezhu and the others had fired all their bullets. A Japanese second lieutenant screamed several times, and more than 20 Japanese soldiers straightened up from the ground and rushed towards the ridge where Li Tiezhu and the others were hiding.
"Brothers! Are you afraid of death?" Li Tiezhu glanced at the Japanese who were getting closer and closer, and asked the remaining dozen or so Gui soldiers loudly.
"Don't be afraid!" The voice of the soldier next to Li Tiezhu was loud and high-pitched. After following Li Tiezhu for a long time, he had an aura of unwillingness to admit defeat in his bones.
But the rest of the Gui Army soldiers answered much softer. Although they said they were not afraid, they were secretly scolding Li Tiezhu in their hearts. They were not Li Tiezhu's subordinates in the first place, and now they are in bad luck.
Li Tiezhu had to pull them up on his back when he was about to die, but soldiers regard it as their bounden duty to obey orders. Even if they were scared to death, they could only obey the orders. They were the leading soldiers and Li Tiezhu was the platoon leader.
"You haven't eaten or something. If anyone wants to be a coward, get out of here right now! It will embarrass our Gui army!" Li Tiezhu heard the sparse voice, and cursed that iron is not as good as steel.
"I'm not afraid! Even if I die eighteen years later, I will be a good man again!" A Gui Army soldier was aroused by Li Tiezhu's words. His face turned red and his neck became thick, and he opened his mouth across his neck.
"If you die, you must die, and if you die, you must have someone on your back!" Someone said through gritted teeth as he stared at the Japanese who were charging towards him.
Now it was impossible to leave even if they wanted to. The dozen or so soldiers of the Gui Army, whose legs were trembling, were heartbroken and decided to risk their lives. They would all die anyway. They wanted to die in an upright manner on the way to the charge instead of on the way to escape!
The Japanese soldiers charged forward in a skirmish line. Their facial expressions looked a bit ferocious under the dim light, and the shining bayonets glowed with a cold light, which made people feel heart-stopping.
The Japs' attention was always focused on that ridge. The Chinese defeated soldiers hiding there were out of bullets, so the Japs soldiers were emboldened, arrogant and arrogant, and rushed straight over.
In the eyes of the Japanese soldiers, they are strong men with weapons, while the Chinese defenders are children with fire sticks. Although they are large in number, they are just a mob at best. They have never taken it seriously. They are very arrogant, but they also have the capital of arrogance.
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But sometimes arrogance has to pay a price. They kept staring at the ridge where Li Tiezhu and others were hiding, completely unaware that there were Chinese people behind them.
Even if one or two Japanese soldiers who were charging forward heard the movement behind them, they did not look back, thinking they were one of their own.
Yang Ling half-crouched down, the rifle in his hand was already loaded. He leveled the rifle and put the figure of a Japanese soldier who was leaping forward into the crosshairs.
Snapped!
Light smoke came out of the muzzle, and the bullet rotated at high speed and penetrated into the back of the Japanese soldier fifty meters away. The Japanese man who was running forward staggered, as if he had been pushed from behind, and fell forward to the ground.
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Before the rest of the Japanese soldiers realized where the gunfire came from, a row of guns rang out behind them. The bullets penetrated the flesh and hit the soil. The Japanese soldiers were stunned and hurriedly fell down.
"Charge!" After Yang Ling used up two bullets, he rushed out without hesitation, not forgetting to smash out the only remaining grenade while rushing.
Four or five grenades exploded one after another, and the Japanese soldiers were shrouded in smoke. Some were injured and wailed, while others shot randomly into the darkness.
"Brothers! Come with me!" Li Tiezhu shouted, stood up from behind the ridge where he was hiding, and rushed towards the Japanese in the smoke.
Yang Ling also rushed into the smoke with dozens of remaining soldiers. In the darkness, the Japanese soldiers were attacked from both sides.
Yang Ling ran into a Japanese soldier wearing a steel helmet. The rifle in his hand was thrown horizontally, and the wooden butt of the rifle hit the Japanese soldier on the chin. With a bang, the Japanese soldier screamed and was knocked to the ground.
Within a few seconds of the Japanese soldiers rolling around and howling miserably, Lao Wangtou, who was following Yang Ling, slashed hard with his saber, and the Japanese soldiers' screams suddenly stopped.
Facing enemies from both sides, the remaining Japanese soldiers knew something was wrong and immediately fled into the fields on both sides. The black Yang Ling and the others stopped after chasing them for more than 100 meters. Yang Ling still understood the principle of not pursuing the enemy when they were desperate.
In this way, they still killed nearly thirty Japanese.
"Hurry up and collect weapons and ammunition, and retreat quickly!" As soon as the gunfire rang out here, the rest of the Japanese pursuers would definitely pounce like wolves smelling fishy smell. In order to avoid being surrounded by the Japanese, Yang Ling was not willing to stay longer.
The soldiers who followed Yang Ling were quick and agile. They only searched for weapons, ammunition and dry food. They did not want anything else. They completed the search in just a few minutes and were ready to continue running.
But the trouble Yang Ling and the others encountered was not from the Japanese, but from the friendly forces they rescued.
More than a dozen Gui soldiers pulled the bolts of their guns and blocked Yang Ling's retreat, with their guns pointed at them.
"I said what's wrong with you, you white-eyed wolves, we just rescued you, why do you turn your back and deny me? Are you trying to grab weapons or food? Just tell me!" Lao Wangtou looked at more than a dozen people wearing masks.
Gui Jun, wearing a British-style steel helmet, spoke without any pain in his heart.
Li Tiezhu looked at the group of defeated soldiers with a dark face and said coldly: "I am Li Tiezhu, the platoon leader of the 174th Division! Now I order you to stop escaping and go back to regain the position! Otherwise, military law will be ruthless!"
Lao Wangtou looked familiar at the figure standing in front of him, and he was immediately happy when he heard Li Tiezhu announcing his home: "Hey, let me tell you, Platoon Leader Li, when did you become the commander of the team?"
Li Tiezhu also recognized Lao Wangtou and Yang Ling, and blushed. He waved his hands and said, "Don't talk nonsense. The commander did not issue a retreat order. You are retreating without permission. I have the right to stop you!"