On the river bank, Wei Ran, who served as the acting deputy company commander, was hiding in the trench, guarding a basket of carefully selected red dates and studying the grenades that Zhao Jinyu had just sent.

This full bag contains nearly ninety grenades, and the terrible thing is that almost 30 of them are deadly poison gas bombs!

"Why are these different?"

Zhao Jinyu, who sent the grenades over, squatted aside, holding a few big red dates and eating them while pointing at the gas bombs and asked curiously.

"I don't know. When the Japs come, go over and ask them." Wei Ran glanced at the Japs gas mask placed at his feet and replied.

Naturally, this gas mask was also seized, along with these gas bombs. He could even tell from the markings on these gas bombs that they were basically filled with corrosive poisons such as mustard gas and Lewis gas.

However, there was no need to explain these at this time. He would rather not know, so that there would be surprises when used.

"Too"

Zhao Jinyu nodded, sat down against the damp trench and said, "Lao Bai and Han Huyuan left just now."

"Um"

Wei Ran nodded, took out his camera from his pocket, and took a photo of the grenades and grenade launchers arranged.

"Why are you doing this?" Zhao Jinyu asked in confusion.

"it works"

As Wei Ran spoke, he raised his camera and pressed the shutter again toward the soldiers in the trench on one side.

After hearing this, Zhao Jinyu stopped asking any more questions, stood up and walked away along the trench. After all, he was the acting company commander and was responsible for this section of the defense line.

"Take that gas mask"

Wei Ran pointed at the two gas masks that the other party had just sent and reminded, "I just taught you how to use them. Keep them with you."

Zhao Jinyu listened to the advice, picked up the random roll that belonged to him, and stuffed it into the gap between the Nine Dragon Belt and his body.

After pressing the shutter towards the opponent's back, Wei Ran put away the camera and looked towards the other side again.

This flooded river is not very deep, less than one meter at most, but its width is almost more than a hundred meters.

In particular, the silt trapped inside and even the silt at the bottom of the river are enough to block wheeled trucks. Unfortunately, although the river is wider, its depth and flow rate are still a bit different.

Wei Ran couldn't help but think that if its flow rate was higher or its depth was deeper, it might be able to block the Japanese tanks as well.

But...

It can block cars, tanks, and infantry, but can it block aircraft and artillery? Can it block poison gas bombs?

He could figure it out, but who among the soldiers around him couldn't? But even so, these cavalrymen who were about to start fighting trench warfare were still making serious preparations for the battle.

Withdrawing his gaze, Wei Ran, who held the rank of deputy company commander, sat down against the trench. He picked up the Japanese carbine and the gun oil can that had been seized not long ago, and began to clean and maintain them carefully. He also waited for fear that

The Japs had already begun to kill in their direction.

However, what no one expected was that the wait would end on the morning of the third day.

In these three days, the trenches were deepened, widened and lengthened, and even the idle cavalry took the time to dig long and narrow bunkers for their beloved horses.

"The devil is coming!"

In the morning fog, one of the sentries responsible for the alert was the first to issue an early warning.

For a moment, accompanied by various clattering sounds, everyone who had been sleeping soundly in the trench slowly stood up with their rifles raised, and looked towards the other side of the river outside the trench.

However, due to the obstruction of the morning fog, Wei Ran could not see the enemy on the opposite side for a while.

"In the reed nest opposite!"

The sentry not far from Weiran reminded in a low voice, "I just saw someone running from Erdaodi to the back!"

"Conceal yourself well and be prepared for Japanese bombardment."

As he spoke, Wei Ran knelt down, picked up a grenade, and carried a bag of four instant explosive bombs.

Long ago, he had received instructions from Ma Jintao to fire at any time when he discovered the enemy. What's more, this was trench warfare and not a surprise attack. Since the enemy was discovered, he had to inform the surrounding friendly forces of anything he said.

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Cat bent down along the traffic ditch and ran to a trench specially used for throwing grenades. After setting up the grenade, the probe aimed at the distance and decisively stuffed a grenade trigger into the grenade.

The firing trigger was moved.

"Boom!"

The moment the first grenade was fired, Wei Ran immediately stuffed the second grenade into the grenade.

"boom!"

When the first grenade exploded next to the reed swamp, the second grenade had already been fired.

Before the round exploded, he immediately took the remaining two grenades in the grenade and ran away.

Almost as soon as he returned to the trench where he had been hiding through the traffic trench, the Japanese on the opposite side did not fight back.

Through the morning mist pushed away by the shock wave, Wei Ran could relatively clearly see what seemed to be a broken and unfortunate ghost lying in the reed swamp.

"These two shots are amazing!"

A cavalryman raised his thumb and exclaimed, "I just saw with my own eyes that the second shot was hitting the reed swamp, and I even heard the screams of the Japanese inside."

"Shh-"

Wei Ran made a silent gesture and reminded in a lowered voice, "Everyone except the sentries should hide, the Japanese are probably going to start an artillery strike."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the trenches immediately hid their bodies, curled up with weapons in hand and got ready.

Sure enough, less than five minutes later, accompanied by the rumbling sound of artillery, the mortar shells fired by the Japanese hit the trench line one after another, especially the grenade launcher position specially prepared by the Weifang.

The big guys in the trenches were well hidden and the losses were not too big. As for the grenade positions, there was no need to worry.

It was a piece of free land specially selected by the guards. It was quite far away from the trenches, the cavalry horses and even the command post.

In other words, as long as the Japanese don't mind wasting artillery shells, let them blow it up.

After the brief bombardment, the commander of the horse regiment in the distance immediately blew his whistle. The people who were originally hiding in the trench also immediately wiped the sand off their bodies, picked up their weapons and pointed them at the enemy who began to emerge on the other side of the river bank.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At the same time, Wei Ran once again picked up a bag of grenades and ran along the traffic trench to another grenade position prepared in advance.

"Did it show up?" Wei Ran asked loudly after stuffing an instant explosive bomb into the grenade.

"It's dangerous! Fight quickly!" Zhao Jinyu, who was dozens of meters away from him, shouted.

Hearing this, Wei Ran immediately pressed the firing trigger.

"Boom!"

With an explosion, the instantaneous grenade flew out instantly, and Wei Ran stuffed the second grenade into the grenade barrel just like before.

After firing four grenades in succession, Wei Ran glanced at a few reeds planted randomly not far away and was not in a hurry to use those gas bombs.

Amidst the continuous explosions, the guards ran away and returned to the original place along the traffic trench.

Because of the several rounds of artillery shells just now, the Japanese who were preparing to charge were knocked upside down and began to shrink, but those Japanese tanks waded over alone.

At the same time, the Japanese artillery also began to fire.

Amidst the rumbling sound of artillery, the Japanese tanks were getting closer and closer. Seeing that they could no longer deceive the opponent into launching targeted artillery strikes, the enemy simply hid in the traffic ditch and prepared to throw grenades at random soldiers.

"Old Liu! Why are you here?" Wei Ran didn't expect that the soldier he grabbed at random turned out to be Old Liu from the cooking class.

"I don't know how to kill people on horseback, so where would I be if I weren't here?"

Lao Liu replied matter-of-factly, holding in his arms a Liao 13-type rifle he got from who knows where.

"Come here and help me"

Wei Ran couldn't help but hand over the bags of grenades he was carrying to the other party.

"How to do it?" Lao Liu said, already putting the gun aside, spitting in his hand and rubbing it, and he was ready.

"Pull this out and put it into the enemy's grenade. Don't turn it upside down with the pointed end facing out."

Wei Ran covered him up once, then took a cautious look, knelt down again and said, "When I tell you to run, run immediately without delay."

"Why!"

Lao Liu responded excitedly, and hid aside under Wei Ran's command, getting ready with a grenade with the safety pin removed.

"Boom!"

The first grenade had just been fired, and Lao Liu inserted the second one without any command. Wei Ran immediately lowered the grenade barrel slightly and pulled the trigger again.

"Boom!"

In less than a second, the second grenade flew out almost at the same time as the first one exploded.

At the same time, Zhao Jinyu, who was the acting company commander, was also hiding in the traffic trench, pulling a soldier who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old to help, and used a grenade to pour the captured artillery shells on the opposite side.

This was something they had discussed before the war started. For both Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu, trying to knock down a moving tank with a grenade was tantamount to a dream, but taking advantage of the opponent's opportunity to fire, they could kill the Japanese infantry as much as possible.

No problem.

During the intensive and generous work of the two of them, although the Japanese tank had already cut diagonally across the slow-flowing flooded river and was about to drive ashore, the Japanese following behind it, especially the section responsible for Wei Ran's regiment, were only a few meters away.

It was extremely difficult to cross the river under the attack of two grenades.
To be continued...