Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 589 Bloody!
The Jing'an Army's attack was resolute enough, almost charging on the edge of artillery fire.

However, Li Jiujin's second company was more determined, and entered the trench against the artillery fire.

The pace of more than 400 Jing'an troops stopped 50 meters before the first line of trenches.

The dense rain of bullets composed of submachine guns, shell guns, and rifles was only one of the reasons. The Chinese mortars suddenly began to lob the infantry in front of the field, which was the death of the Jing'an Army.

If you lie on your stomach, you may be able to escape the rain of bullets, but the mortar shells falling from the sky don't care how standard your posture is. As long as it is within its killing range, even people and guns will be overturned together. If you want to move forward, The bullet net composed of submachine guns and shell guns is simply not comparable to bolt-action rifles. For every meter forward, someone will pay the price with their lives.

In order to avoid hurting the front-line infantry, the artillery fire of the Jing'an Army had to stop, leaving only light and heavy machine guns and grenades to provide cover for the infantry.

To put it bluntly, the two sides began to fight consumption.

What is consumed is not only ammunition, but also human life. It depends on who can't bear this consumption first.

Li Shoushan's eyelids were twitching violently, and Shi Duyingjie's palms were also sweating non-stop. This was the best the Jing'an Army First Brigade could do so far.

This round of artillery preparation alone has already consumed one-third of the artillery shells carried by the Jing'an Army, but this is only the first day of fighting outside Guangde City. All the artillery of the brigade will become a decoration.

Even with the help of artillery, they are like this. What if there is no artillery?The Japanese army's major and hardcore traitors are beyond imagination.

Therefore, they can only stand up until the Chinese commander can't bear the consumption of ammunition or casualties.

Even if they are very clear in their hearts, there are trenches and fortifications on the Chinese side, and the casualty ratio of pure bullets is much smaller than that of their own infantry who are not covered.

At this time, Li Shoushan finally showed his ruthlessness. He not only sent the last infantry battalion of the 2nd regiment under his command to the battlefield, but also used his own guard troops as the supervisor team.

Just 500 meters behind the entire position, ten light machine guns were set up. Anyone who does not obey the military order to retreat will be killed!

Even a captain of an infantry company who was forced to turn around for help due to huge losses was mercilessly killed by the supervising team on the spot.

No matter how the First Brigade of the Jing'an Army is the capital for him to settle down, he has to fight this battle well in front of the Japanese master. Who made him boast in front of Major General Kunisaki because of his victory in the Battle of Si'an? It will definitely become the first imperial army to march into Guangde County. For this reason, Kunizaki, who was so happy, gave him all his guns.

Li Shoushan knew that it was not only encouragement, but also spur in disguise. If he could not fulfill his promise, there might be a bullet left for him in the pistol with an ivory handle.

Li Shoushan went crazy, and Li Jiujin in the trenches also gritted his teeth.

This defensive battle should be the most difficult battle he has encountered since the establishment of the second company. A group of second devils are even tougher than the regular Japanese army. Hundreds of people lie on the ground under the cover of their light and heavy machine guns and grenades Going up, relying on some bomb craters, stones, and wooden piles as bunkers and the second company in the trenches.

All kinds of light and heavy firearms in the trenches, mortars and heavy machine guns outside the trenches, including grenades, were all firing on them. The opponent visible to the naked eye lost more than a quarter in the half-hour fierce battle, even if it was the Japanese army. After the battle damage exceeds 20.00%, it will also retreat first, and then attack after bombarding with artillery.

Unexpectedly, the devils didn't know what medicine they had given their dogs. These dogs' heads were harder than their owners, and they just wouldn't retreat.

The three infantry platoons under the second company have reduced their personnel by more than 20 by this time, which means that each infantry squad has more than 2 casualties.

It’s okay to scare people with heavy casualties. Submachine guns and shell guns are very powerful in close combat, but their consumption is much faster than that of rifles. Even if an order has been given before, submachine guns and shell guns must not be fired continuously unless it is absolutely necessary, and the consumption of bullets is also extremely high. , Many submachine guns have only the last magazine left.

After the first break of the artillery fire, the Sichuan army battalion, which had re-entered the second-line trenches, had called for battle twice. Li Jiujin, who couldn't bear the ammunition consumption, finally ordered that five infantry platoons of the Sichuan army enter the first-line trenches. In addition, the remaining two infantry platoons retreated to the second-line trenches for a little repair.

It can not only let the soldiers drink a few sips of water and eat something to restore their physical strength, but also temporarily save some ammunition. If the battle is urgent, they can quickly enter the frontline trenches.

Although the five Sichuan army platoons had nearly 150 people, although there were a lot of people, the weapons in their hands were too bad. Soon, the Jing'an army felt that the firepower on the other side was much weaker, and they immediately started to move.

But courage is really contagious.

For two hours in a row, they hid behind and watched the bloody battle of the Second Company.

When the Sichuan army swore to leave Sichuan, the villagers along the road offered glutinous rice balls and rice wine to send them off. The straw-shoe soldiers singing military songs drank up the rice wine and smashed their bowls, shouting the slogan "the Japanese pirates will never be destroyed, and they will never return home".

The Sichuanese slogan of "Brother Pao, don't loose your belt" is deeply rooted in the bone marrow of every Sichuanese.

The guns are bad, they also have grenades.

"Brothers, the second devil is coming up, get ready to drop bombs for me!" The second lieutenant of the Sichuan army who was the first to lead his troops into the first-line trenches roared angrily, almost overwhelming the sound of fiery guns.

Frightened, the few Jing'an troops who were less than 40 meters away scrambled back.

But that was not enough to frighten most of the Jing'an army who were struggling to crawl forward.

For this wave of Jing'an Army who was rushed to the battlefield under the pressure of the supervising team, advancing is death, and retreating is also death, but if you die forward, you will still have to pay for your family, and if you die backward, you will die in vain. Maybe your wife and children will be killed by those The officials were bullied.

They are well aware of the ruthlessness of the officials in their own army. A second lieutenant platoon leader who was unwilling to order to shoot innocent people was hanged by Li Shoushan to the gate of the barracks and froze to death all day and night. Not to mention his newly married wife was also arrested. The head of the colonel occupied him, and when he got tired of playing, he was sold into a brothel.

The brigade commander Li Shoushan also praised the behavior of his subordinates, saying that those who did not obey the military orders should end like this.

The soldiers of the Sichuan Army lined up the grenades they were carrying one by one in the trenches, unscrewed the back cover, and waited for the order to drop the bombs.

"It's a pot, if I die, remember to take care of my baby!" A soldier shouted to the soldiers seven or eight meters away with a bitter face.

"Take care of your hammer, don't talk to me about frustration! Your baby is going to marry my sister-in-law, don't you dare to prepare a dowry?" The soldier replied angrily.

There was not much time for the soldiers to 'confess their funeral', and the second lieutenant platoon leader roared, "Vote!"

Instinctively, the soldiers lifted the prepared grenade, pulled the fuse, bowed their bodies, twisted their waists, fell forward, and then threw the smoking grenade forward.

Although I have tried my best to bow my body, trying not to expose part of my body outside the trench, but it is necessary if I want to cast far.

The bullets of the light and heavy machine guns used by the Jing'an Army for cover were as dense as raindrops, and each round of throwing, unlike these 'raindrops', did not depend on combat skills, but on luck.

Just in the first round of throwing, five or six soldiers fell into the trench with a scream.

There was another soldier who was even more miserable. Just as he raised his arm, before he could throw the grenade, his arm was hit by a series of heavy machine gun bullets. The arm was swept out in a cloud of blood, and it broke on the spot, and the grenade fell into the trench.

The soldier clutching his arm didn't even have time to cry out in pain. He glanced at the despair on the faces of other soldiers in the trench, closed his eyes, and threw himself on the grenade that fell at his feet.

"Boom!" The grenade lifted the soldier up like a doll, and the broken body rolled out of the trench.

"It's a pot!" The soldier who was still explaining his funeral to the fellow soldiers just now knelt down and cried bitterly.

Soldiers will never be able to see their younger sisters getting married.

The Sichuan army also went crazy, braving the hail of bullets and throwing at least half of the grenades in the trenches out.

That's nearly 400 grenades.

No matter how hard the Jing'an army is, it will melt under the flames of explosives.

In this wave of bombing against the rain of bullets, the Sichuan army lost nearly 20 people, but the Jing'an army was wiped out more than 100 people. The more ferocious and tenacious, the faster the death.

For the red-eyed Sichuan Army at this time, Li Shoushan's fight for consumption is just four words-'Welcome to consume'.

Sichuan native, not tall, not strong, his only hobby is to eat chili.

The harsh living environment and the eating habits of chili throughout his life have long given birth to the unique personality of Sichuan people, who are hardworking and fearless.

With a population of 6000 million, the blood spirit of the 600 million Sichuan people who chose to go out of the mountains to fight against Japan in the next few years is vividly expressed at this moment.

(End of this chapter)