Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 791

At around eight o'clock, the Japs launched an attack.

The Japanese artillery positions began to fire shells at the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army positions.

Boo hoo hoo...

Boom boom boom......

One shell after another formed a parabola and fell into the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's positions like raindrops, and the explosions continued.

The soldiers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army hid in the anti-artillery holes in the trenches.

However, many soldiers did not enter the anti-artillery caves in the first time, so they were killed or injured by the explosion. Blood was spilled in the trenches, mud was splashed, pits appeared on the ground, and many fortifications were directly destroyed by artillery shells.

The unlucky soldiers who were hiding in the anti-artillery cave were also hit by a shell that fell into the cave entrance, and several soldiers in the cave were killed on the spot.

"Medic! There are wounded here!" an officer shouted.

The sounds of explosions and wailing filled the entire position.

After several rounds of bombing, the Japanese soldiers launched a charge towards the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's positions.

"Come out and return to your positions! Don't fucking hide! The Japs are coming to attack us." The moment the artillery fire stopped, a battalion commander of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army shouted loudly.

Let the soldiers hiding in the anti-artillery caves return to their positions and launch a counterattack against the Japanese.

Bang bang bang…

Da da da………

Faced with the Japanese attack, the soldiers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army opened fire to fight back, and many of the Japanese soldiers who were charging fell on the way.

When the other Japanese soldiers saw the soldiers around them fall down, there was no fear in their eyes and they continued to charge towards the position. They were well-trained and would immediately perform tactical evasion after firing a shot, while reloading their guns and firing again.

Da da da………

"Fuck you, little Japs!!!" The machine gunner at a heavy machine gun position was shooting wildly at the Japs in front of him with a Maxim heavy machine gun.

A Japanese soldier was hit in the thigh by a bullet, and his thigh was broken directly. He fell forward, bleeding profusely. Other Japanese soldiers also tried to dodge and were suppressed by the firepower of the machine gun.

"Baga! Grenade launcher, blow up that machine gun position for me!" The Japanese lieutenant in charge lay on the ground and gave orders to the Japanese soldiers in the rear.

Soon, after seeing the location of the machine gun position, the Japanese artilleryman stopped and took out the grenade launcher he was carrying.

Under the cover of other Japanese soldiers, the Japanese artillery used a grenade launcher to aim at the machine gun position more than 200 meters away.

boom!
As a shell was fired, it accurately landed on the machine gun position and exploded. Several soldiers in the position were blown away and fell to the ground dead on the spot.

The same scene was happening at other positions. As soon as the Japanese locked onto the machine gun, it would be bombarded by the grenade launcher's shells immediately!

Fortunately, some of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's machine gun positions were not within the range of the enemy's grenade launchers!
Bang bang bang…

Da da da………

The area was filled with the sound of gunfire, and soldiers fell down every second.

The Japanese were very powerful, their marksmanship was accurate, and they were good at tactical evasion. It was basically impossible for the soldiers of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army to kill a Japanese with one shot.

"Damn it! The Japanese's shooting skills are so damn accurate!" In the command post far behind, a brigade commander was watching the battle situation on the position with a telescope. Seeing his own soldiers being shot and falling to the ground from time to time, he couldn't help but curse.

"This battle is really difficult to fight. The Japs' weapons and equipment, as well as their combat effectiveness, are far stronger than ours. Now is the first round of attack, and the Japs haven't sent planes over for bombing yet." The deputy brigade commander at the side couldn't help but speak up.

There were only two battalions of the Japanese enemy defending this direction, but it was still very difficult.

The positions in other directions are probably not much better than theirs.

"I don't know what the commander is thinking. Why not just retreat? Why does he have to fight the Japanese head-on?" Brigade Commander Tang Jiushan sighed. He felt heartbroken when he saw his soldiers being killed from time to time.

Most of the soldiers in their brigade were new recruits with no combat experience at all. They started off by engaging in a positional battle with the Japanese. How could the casualties not be heavy?

The Japs were stronger than them at positional warfare and could mobilize planes to bomb them, so it was very difficult for them to defend.

"We can't just retreat. If we run away without firing a shot as soon as the Japanese arrive, we will lose face!" The deputy brigade commander responded. He felt that it would be embarrassing to run away directly.

"You can't eat face, preserving strength is the most important thing. Look at those soldiers, they are all teenagers.

Watching them fall one by one, don't you feel sad? "Tang Jiushan sighed.

"They are all here to defend the country. If they don't stand up, who will protect the country?" said the deputy brigade commander.

Now is a critical moment, and we need these young people to charge into the battlefield and fight the enemy to the death. Only in this way can we have a glimmer of hope of winning.

"You said so." Tang Jiushan nodded and said nothing more.

More than an hour later, under the heroic counterattack of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army soldiers on the position, the Japanese finally chose to retreat temporarily.

At this time, there were many wounded soldiers lying in the trenches. Some of them were injured by the Japanese artillery shells, and some were shot.

Medical soldiers shuttled back and forth in the trenches, treating the wounded. They simply stopped the bleeding and bandaged the wounded, then carried the seriously injured away on stretchers.

As for the lightly wounded, they still have combat capability and their wounds have only been simply bandaged. Next, these lightly wounded will be needed to continue fighting.

"Lao Wang, I can't make it anymore. If I die in battle, please help me send this letter to my parents. By the way, please also help me send back the death pension!" A soldier covered in blood fell to the ground and spoke weakly. He took out a written suicide note from his arms and handed it to the soldier next to him.

The soldier's face was covered in blood, his chest was rising and falling weakly, and he was already in a dying state. It was not difficult to tell that he was very young, only in his teens.

"Don't talk nonsense! You will be fine! Medic! Medic!!!" Lao Wang scolded with red eyes. He covered the boy's wound with both hands, but the blood could not be stopped and kept seeping out from between his fingers.

"Lao Wang, I just killed two Japanese devils. Isn't that awesome?!" The young man couldn't help showing off even though his voice was weak.

"Awesome! Very awesome!" Lao Wang complimented with a choked voice, his eyes filled with tears.

"That's right, I have always been, very..." Before the young man could finish his words, his head drooped and he was completely dead, and the letter in his hand fell to the ground.

"Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu!" Old Wang looked at the boy who had lost his breath and felt extremely sad. He held the body of his comrade and his tears finally couldn't stop flowing.

"You bastard, I told you not to come, but you just wouldn't listen. How am I supposed to explain to your mother?" Old Wang kept crying and nagging, his voice choked with sobs.

Finally he picked up the bloody letter and put it in his arms. Two soldiers carried Xiaoliu's body away.

Half an hour later, the Japanese launched another attack on the position.

Boom boom boom......

Artillery shells once again rained down on the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's positions.

As the bombardment ended, the Japanese launched another charge. After the artillery bombardment, the infantry charged forward. This was the Japanese's usual tactic.

Bang bang bang…………

Da da da………

The battle was about to break out, and the two sides engaged in battle. This time, the Japanese attack was obviously more fierce than the last time. After more than half an hour, the Japanese rushed directly to a distance of less than 50 or 60 meters from the first position.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

Puff puff………

At this distance, the bullets of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's soldiers could also cause damage to the Japanese.

From time to time, some Japanese soldiers were shot and fell down.

When the Japanese rushed to a position about thirty or forty meters away from the position, many Japanese soldiers took out their grenades and threw them at the position.

Similarly, the Shanxi Suiyuan Army soldiers in the trenches also threw grenades at the Japanese.

Boom boom boom......

Explosions continued to be heard, and both sides suffered casualties.

"Damn it, everyone put on bayonets, buglers, blow the charge, and kill these bastards for me!" A battalion commander shouted the order, his eyes firm and a machete in his hand.

As the charge sounded, many soldiers jumped out of the trenches and rushed towards the Japanese in front.

Puff puff......

A soldier fought with the Japanese with bayonets, but the Japanese pushed his bayonet away in two strokes and stabbed him in the chest with the bayonet.

The soldier vomited blood, endured the pain, and walked forward holding the Japanese bayonet. He pulled the grenade at his waist and smoke came out.

This scene frightened the Japanese soldier so much that he dropped his gun and ran back.

But how could the soldier let the Japanese soldier get away? He pulled out the bayonet, rushed towards the fleeing Japanese soldier, and hugged him in one leap.

boom!
With a loud explosion, the soldier and the Japanese soldiers died together!

On the battlefield, every soldier was extremely brave. Although their fighting ability was not as good as that of the Japs, they were no worse than them in terms of bloodiness.

Every soldier, even if he dies, must leave scars on the devils to create opportunities for later soldiers to kill them.

The gunfire had stopped, leaving only the sounds of fighting between the two sides and the collision of cold weapons. From time to time, someone fell down and died, either a soldier or a devil. Both sides were engaged in a bloody battle.

Tang Jiushan's eyes became moist as he watched this scene.

"The country is weak and needs young people with more blood! They are all great!" Tang Jiushan murmured.

.........

On the Japanese side, Endo Ichirō was looking at the battlefield with a telescope.

"The courage of these Chinese soldiers is no less than that of our imperial soldiers!" Endo Ichiro couldn't help but praise them.

He saw through the telescope that some Shanxi Suiyuan Army soldiers would take their people with them before they died, even if they had to.

At this point in the fight, they seemed to no longer care about life or death, they only cared about whether they could kill the enemy in front of them, even at the cost of their lives.

"Indeed, it's a pity that it's useless. Their combat effectiveness is far inferior to ours!" The Japanese captain of the regiment also agreed.

"Sometimes, strength is a huge gap that cannot be made up by bloodiness. In the Battle of Songhu, weren't the Gui army also very bloody?
But so what? Tens of thousands of people are still powerless against the imperial aircraft and heavy artillery." The Japanese commander continued.

"I always thought that the soldiers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were pretty weak, so they kept avoiding us. I didn't expect that when the real fight started, they were really good." Endo Ichiro had not been optimistic about the opponent before.

Now it seems that he didn't think enough. Although the other party was hiding, he still had some tricks.

"Well, they are just not bad, but they can't be compared with us." The Japanese regiment commander still had an arrogant tone. He had never looked down upon this unit.

"Pass the order down, let the soldiers withdraw!" Endo Ichiro gave the order. Close combat should not be fought for too long and will consume too much physical strength. Otherwise, there will be heavy casualties.

"Hi!" The Japanese regiment commander nodded and immediately went to convey the order.

Soon the Japanese began to retreat.

The soldiers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army once again held their positions!

.........

At dusk, when the sun sets, fiery clouds cover half the sky, and the mountains and forests are dyed red.

The battlefield was filled with smoke and many soldiers were carrying bodies to avoid affecting subsequent battles.

Some new recruits sat on the ground with their backs against the trenches, smoking their pipes and watching the bodies of their comrades being carried away before their eyes.

During the two days of fighting, the new recruits experienced too many life and death situations, from the fear at the beginning, to the sad tears when watching their comrades sacrificed in front of them, to the numbness now.

The war forced them to grow up.

War is always cruel and it takes countless lives.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Commander Xu took the report of casualties and handed it to Commander Yan again.

"Commander, these are today's casualty statistics." Commander Xu had a serious expression on his face.

Commander Yan took it, took a look at it, and put it down.

Today's casualties are three or four hundred fewer than yesterday.

"The new recruits are now gradually adapting to the battlefield. They will no longer be frightened and at a loss because of the Japanese bombing." Commander Xu said.

As expected, casualties decreased after the new recruits began to be put into combat.

But it was only a reduction, and the gap between them and the Japanese was still huge.

"Well, after this war, they will become veterans." Commander Yan nodded. Sometimes, if the troops want to become stronger, they must fight, not just train.

"Most of the new recruits who died in this battle were teenagers. They performed very bravely." Commander Xu praised the soldiers.

"Of course. Young people are the least lacking in blood. If their fighting power is equal to that of the Japanese, they may not be our match in bayonet fighting." Commander Yan nodded in agreement.

The future needs these young people to support it. Whether it is construction or fighting, we cannot do without them.

"No one is allowed to be greedy for the death pension for these new recruits. Whoever dares to be greedy will be killed!" Commander Yan spoke slowly, his tone full of murderous intent.

In the past, some people had actually been greedy for the death pension, but he was too lazy to care. But this time, he would not allow anyone to be greedy for the pension.

"Don't worry, Commander. I will pass on your order!" Upon hearing this, Commander Xu quickly made the promise.

"Go and send a telegram to Chu Yunfei immediately, urging them to set off quickly and come to our support!" Commander Yan gave the order hastily.

He didn't want to delay any longer. The longer he delayed, the more of his soldiers would die.

"Yes!" Master Xu nodded, turned and left.