Chapter 72 Engineer's Diary (Part 2)
Back at the position, Zhao Yan and Li Zihan quickly pressed the corresponding detonator. One of the anti-tank mines exploded suddenly, overturning the Japanese tanks trapped in the anti-tank trenches. They soon caught fire and burned again. However, the other anti-tank mine did not explode. Li Zihan pressed them several times, but still did not respond.
"It must be that the wires were blown up." Zhao Yan said and jumped up from the trench.
"Be careful, platoon leader." Li Zihan could only pick up the rifle to give Zhao Yan a weak fire support, because the 306th Regiment's position was greatly expanded at this time, and the engineer platoon responsible for detonating anti-tank mines was at the forefront of the position. At this time, there were only two of them left in the entire engineer platoon, and there was no third soldier within fifty meters nearby.
The Japanese army on the opposite side quickly determined Zhao Yan's intention. Various infantry support firepower and the front-firing machine guns on the remaining two tanks were spitting out firepower. Zhao Yan had to check the wires and could not make any tactical avoidance. Soon, Zhao Yan was shot and fell into a pool of blood. His chest and abdomen were shot almost at the same time.
"Platform leader!" Li Zihan remembered the care of the platoon leader after joining the army, and tears burst out from his eyes.
"Zihan, if I die, remember to send a letter to my hometown." Zhao Yan turned around and smiled faintly at Li Zihan, then kicked the ground with his legs, and continued to climb forward while checking the wires.
Li Zihan gritted his teeth and pressed the detonator hard.
A grenade fell from the sky. After the explosion of the smoke, Zhao Yan's legs below his knees disappeared, and the broken part was even more bloody and fuzzy. Even Zhao Yan, a tough guy like steel, couldn't help but scream in a scattered manner in the severe pain, but after the scream, he still gritted his teeth and continued to crawl forward with his elbows.
Finally, Zhao Yan finally found the disconnection.
The Japanese army also realized the danger. The light and heavy machine guns, vehicle-mounted machine guns and grenade launchers opened fire frantically, smashing the ground beside Zhao Yan to splash everywhere. Zhao Yan held one end of the wire with his left hand and then stretched out his right hand to pull the wire with the other end, a round of bullets rushed over, almost sweeping his right hand to the shoulders and breaking it.
"Ah..." Zhao Yan screamed shrill again. The heart-wrenching pain almost made him faint, but he still held on with his tenacious will. He first bit the wire in his left hand with his mouth, and then freed up his hand to hold another wire. The moment the two wires were tied together, a huge explosion sounded in front of him.
Zhao Yan wanted to look up and see the scene of the Japanese tank being blown away, but he couldn't raise his head anymore. A strong sleepiness came like a tide, one after another, father, mother, and child were unfilial and could not see him off. Zhao Yan sighed in his heart and finally fell into endless darkness.
"Platform leader, platoon leader..." Seeing the platoon leader swallowing his last breath not far ahead, Li Zihan couldn't help but let out a heart-wrenching wail, but soon, he didn't care about being sad for the platoon leader, because the Japanese engineers had destroyed the remaining anti-tank trenches in front, and the remaining two tanks had passed through the gap.
"Little Japanese, go to die!" Li Zihan smiled grimly and pressed down the other two detonators one after another.
Qiu Weida and Xu Shijiu set up double traps for Japanese tanks. Not only were mines buried in each anti-tank trenches, but anti-tank mines were also buried in the gaps between each two anti-tank trenches to ensure the destruction of Japanese tanks. Although the Japanese tanks escaped the anti-tank trenches, they still failed to escape the mines between the anti-tank trenches.
"Boom, boom!" After the huge explosion, a Japanese tank was blown off and its tracks fell into its nest, while another Japanese tank was directly detonated by the fuel tank and was completely swallowed by the rolled flames.
The four Japanese tanks that were put into the attack were blown up one after another, but the Japanese attack did not end. Rows of Japanese soldiers opened up sparse scattered lines. Under the cover of supporting firepower, they held a shaky bayonet and silently crushed the positions of the engineer platoon step by step.
Li Zihan has passed the initial tense stage and has entered a state of almost numbness or mechanicality. He constantly pulls the bolt, pushes the bullet to load, aims, shoots, then pulls the bolt, pushes the bullet to load, aims, and shoots. After firing five bullets, he pulls the bolt to press the bullet into the chamber.
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers charged forward silently, while Li Zihan shot silently.
Behind Li Zihan, there was still silent on the main position of the 306th Regiment, no people were heard, no light and heavy machine guns, and no grenades were thrown out. It seemed that he was the only one left in the entire national military position. Li Zihan was unaware of this, just shooting, shooting, and shooting again...
The Japanese army also judged from the gunshot that there were only a few people on the opposite side, and their shooting skills were not very good. When the gunshots were heard, no one was shot, so they began to straighten their backs and walked forward slowly. They did not charge at a distance of fifty meters. They just held a bayonet and crushed forward slowly, trying to destroy their opponent mentally.
After Li Zihan finished his last bullet, he also pulled out his bayonet and stuck it into the seat groove. Then he stood up from the trench with a bayonet. He stared coldly at the Japanese soldiers pressing over in a fan shape, waiting for the final hand-to-hand battle. Li Zihan had been afraid of death, but when death was really about to come, he found that it was not that scary.
At this moment, Li Zihan suddenly found that the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side had all retreated the bullets in the gun chamber. What is the little Japanese going to do? He can also get rid of bullets when fighting with him alone?
However, Li Zihan soon realized something. When he looked back, he saw that one after another of the Kuomintang soldiers were standing up from the trench with a cold face, all of them were murderous. Most of them had just been touched quietly with the cover of the traffic trench.
Then, the officer who was leading the army waved his arms, and more than one hundred soldiers of the National Army rushed up. Li Zihan roared and rushed towards the Japanese soldiers opposite with a bayonet.
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The flying smoke faded from Mr. Li's eyes, and his thoughts returned to reality.
"In the battle between Gu Jiazhai, the tactics of our 306th Regiment are very clear." Mr. Li said while filling the tobacco pipe with tobacco pipe, "It is to weaken the lethality of Japanese artillery fire by increasing the depth of the position, and wait for the Japanese army to launch an attack on the infantry, and then use a small amount of troops to restrain it, and then enter the suicide squad to fight with the enemy in hand-to-hand combat."
"Hand-hand combat?" Xiao Qi couldn't help asking, "I heard that the Japanese army's hand-hand combat is very strong?"
"No, that's a rumor." Mr. Li waved his hand and said disapprovingly, "In the Battle of Shanghai, those Japanese soldiers were no match for us in hand-to-hand combat. Most of our Central Army are veterans who have experienced many battles, but most of those Japanese soldiers are new recruits. How could they be our opponents?
Especially in the Battle of Gu Jiazhai, our 306th Regiment almost won by bayonets. The Japanese infantry corps had more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers, and almost let our regiment be disabled. Especially our Independent 19th Brigade, that was really amazing. When it comes to bayonets, there are really few troops who can compete with our 19th Brigade."
Xiao Qi said indefinitely: "The Central Army fights bayonets so powerful."
"Of course, the 59 German-armed divisions of our Central Army were not a fan of the past, and their combat effectiveness was really strong." As he said that, Mr. Li's eyes suddenly dimmed again, and he continued, "But it's a pity that when the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing are over, there will be few veterans left. From then on, the combat effectiveness of the Central Army will not be enough."
Xiao Fang said: "Old man, tell us the story of the 19th Brigade."
"The 19th Brigade, it's a long time to speak." Mr. Li sucked two droughts of dry cigarettes, his eyes became blurred again, and he whispered, "I hadn't joined the 19th Brigade at that time, but Captain Xu and the veterans of the 19th Brigade saved my life. If it weren't for them, I would have died at the Gu family house."
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"Kill!" Li Zihan roared angrily, and a sudden stab at the Japanese lieutenant opposite.
However, the Japanese lieutenant only used a saber to gently lift it, and Li Zihan's bayonet slid against his shoulder. The Japanese lieutenant turned his wrist and cut the saber towards Li Zihan's neck. However, Li Zihan lost the center of gravity because he used too much force. At this time, he not only couldn't avoid it, but he couldn't help but staggered to meet him.
Seeing that the Japanese lieutenant's saber was about to pierce Li Zihan's neck, a bayonet suddenly came out of the oblique stab. With the guard on the bayonet, the Japanese lieutenant's saber was barely held. The next moment, a long leg flew over from behind Li Zihan and kicked the Japanese lieutenant's abdomen. The Japanese lieutenant took two steps back and fell to the ground.
Before Li Zihan could come to his senses, a tall figure had already risen and rode on the fallen Japanese lieutenant. The bayonet in his hand suddenly rose and fell, and there was a blood hole in the throat of the Japanese lieutenant. When he got up again, the agile figure turned around and glared at Li Zihan.
"You new recruit, remember to stabilize the center of gravity next time you fight for bayonets!"
The words were still in his ears, and the agile figure was already holding a short bayonet and pounced on the next Japanese soldier. Li Zihan looked down at the Japanese lieutenant again. He saw that his mouth was wide open, but he could no longer breathe. Balls of blood foam were spraying out from the wound on his throat, and his eyes soon dimmed.
A Japanese soldier suddenly rushed towards Li Zihan with a bayonet. Li Zihan subconsciously used the bayonet to gently slid it against his arm. The Japanese soldier's bayonet was obviously a recruit. As a result, the center of gravity was unstable due to excessive force. He staggered into Li Zihan's bayonet and pierced it through his mouth, which penetrated the back of his head.
This was the first time Li Zihan killed someone, and he was killed at close range. He was a little confused for a moment, but the Japanese soldiers would not show mercy to Li Zihan because of this. Taking advantage of his confusion, another Japanese soldier rushed over with a bayonet and stabbed him in the abdomen.
The agile figure turned around again. When Li Zihan reacted, the Japanese soldier who was sneaking into a pool of blood had fallen. The agile figure smiled at Li Zihan and said, "Boy, you have a good understanding."
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Chapter completed!