mtl008 Chapter 245: Battle of Pingdingshan (7)
Chapter 245: Battle of Pingdingshan (7)
On the flat top mountain,
Ge Sixi sat in the shell pit, waiting for the arrival of dawn. He was on duty tonight!
He really wanted to fire a few random shots into the night, but that was against discipline!
After all, the comrades were all sleeping in the cave, and there were only three sentries left outside!
Ge Sixi is considered a veteran, with 8 months of military service. He is a man who is willing to use his brain!
He collected a batch of empty cans, found some branches and thin ropes, and inserted the branches 50 meters in front of his crater. He tied the ropes to the branches, and then hung the empty cans on the ropes. He also put a bullet shell in the can!
It was the middle of the night.
Ge Sixi was so sleepy that his eyelids were drooping. He quickly took out a pack of compressed biscuits, broke off a small piece, put it in his mouth and started chewing.
The sweetness can excite his brain, and the sleepiness is finally alleviated a little!
He stood up and looked forward. The bonfire that was burning in front of the position had gone out at some point.
It was pitch black all around again!
Ge Sixi squatted down again and continued to eat his biscuits!
Suddenly, a crisp clicking sound reached his ears. It was the sound of the cans he had arranged being hit!
Ge Sixi's hair stood on end. Without thinking, he took out a grenade, pulled the fuse, knocked it on his helmet, and threw it directly towards the can!
There was a loud bang, followed by several screams!
With the help of the fire from the explosion, Ge Sixi saw a scene that horrified him. It was full of Japanese soldiers, some of them were only a few dozen meters away from him!
Seeing that his whereabouts were exposed,
With a scream, the Japanese army began a mad charge towards the hilltop!
Ge Sixi picked up his rifle and fired only two shots, and a Japanese soldier rushed up to him and stabbed him in the chest with a bayonet!
The pit was in a mess.
An exit to the south.
Soldier Rosen was frightened as soon as he came out.
Dark,
The trenches were crowded with people.
He kept talking in Japanese which he couldn't understand!
He hurriedly ran to a place with fewer people, but was pushed and cursed at by someone!
The second soldier who came out, Bai Mingguan, yelled,
"Rosen, why are you running so fast?"
Before he could finish his words, several rifles opened fire at him!
A Japanese soldier yelled,
"There's a hole in the ground, there's a hole in the ground!"
The flashlight shone over and a light machine gun was set up at the entrance of the cave, firing a burst of shots into the cave.
The three soldiers squeezed in the pit passage all fell in a pool of blood!
Rosen was surrounded by Japanese troops, and the entire Pingdingshan Mountain was occupied by Japanese troops!
After the initial panic,
Rosen calmed down instead. He thought that he was going to die anyway, so he might as well take a few people with him!
Taking advantage of the chaos, Rosen took out a grenade and threw it towards the entrance of the pit!
With a bang, the grenade exploded in the densely packed Japanese army, knocking down 6-7 people.
The Japanese soldiers outside thought it was a grenade thrown from the pit and shouted, "Scatter, scatter!"
The Japanese soldiers in the trenches jumped out one after another.
Several flashlights illuminated the pit entrance.
Grenades were thrown in one by one!
Rosen looked at the Japanese troops around him and didn't know what to do, so he just followed one of them and ran around. Fortunately, he was wearing a Japanese helmet and his vision was poor at night, so he was not exposed!
When passing by a shell crater, Rosen jumped in and lay flat on the ground!
On the flat top mountain,
Major Saburo Kanai, the second battalion commander of the Kwantung Army's 4th Independent Garrison, laughed.
The so-called elite 8th Regiment was unable to capture the position even after all the troops had fought, but his second-line battalion managed to capture it!
"Send a message to Commander Shimizu. Our troops have occupied Pingdingshan! The enemy has built a tunnel and is resisting in it. Our troops will soon wipe out the remaining enemies!"
Kanai Saburo ordered proudly.
Although his Second Battalion is a second-line force, its combat effectiveness is not weak. The unit was just formed in Shiga Prefecture this month, and all of it is composed of reserve soldiers who have been trained for more than one year!
Pingdingshan, Cave No. 3,
After a fierce battle!
17 people from the fourth squad have been killed!
With tears in his eyes, Sun Wei gave orders to the soldiers to pile up the bodies of their dead comrades in the passage and block the entire passage!
On this side, there is a Type 96 machine gun mounted.
Machine gunner Feng Yi held the gun handle with tears in his eyes.
About 10 meters away from him,
The piles of corpses.
From time to time, muffled noises erupted from behind the corpse.
The Japanese soldiers threw grenades crazily.
With every explosion, the pile of corpses would shake.
The flesh and body parts of comrades were flying everywhere!
In the pit,
Sun Wei was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan!
There are five holes, four of which have been discovered by the Japanese.
What’s even more tragic is that the telephone lines were also cut off by the Japanese army, and they became an isolated army!
Soldier Liu Ziming received an important task. He had to go out from Cave No. 5 at the back of Beishan Mountain and run to the field artillery position of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces to report the news and request artillery coverage!
Two Type 92 infantry guns are also hidden in this cave, which can be used to block the entrance and exit roads of Tokyo town, and to suppress the enemy forces attacking from the south!
But now, the cannon was lying in a hole, and the entire mountain was filled with enemy troops. It was too dangerous to push the cannon out!
Liu Ziming walked to the entrance of the cave. He bent down and listened to the noise outside. Fortunately, he did not hear any enemy's voice!
He walked out quietly.
I looked around and it was pitch black.
From time to time, bursts of cheers could be heard from the top of the mountain!
Liu Ziming took a few steps quietly and started running down the mountain at an accelerated speed!
As he ran, the sound of footsteps began to sound!
A roar came from behind, "Dale-ga!"
Liu Ziming's heart skipped a beat and he thought, Oh no, it's the Japanese!
He ran even faster now!
With a click, the bullet hit his leg!
Liu Ziming staggered and fell to the ground!
He turned his head and looked behind him!
Several Japanese soldiers ran towards him, one of them holding a torch!
Liu Ziming hurriedly reached out to grab the gun, but found that the gun had been thrown far away! It was so dark that he couldn't see where it was!
He couldn't help but close his eyes in despair and reached out to pull out a grenade. He thought to himself that it didn't matter if he died, but it would be a sin if the last hole was exposed!
With a bang,
A column of smoke rose from the middle of several running Japanese soldiers.
A shell flew from nowhere and landed among the Japanese troops.
Liu Ziming watched helplessly as several Japanese soldiers fell down!
Then, there were continuous explosions on the mountain, and shells hit one after another!
Liu Ziming was surprised and delighted. He quickly crawled towards the entrance of hole No. 5 to prevent himself from being accidentally hit by a shell!
On the top of the mountain, Rosen took advantage of the chaos among the Japanese and threw the last grenade!
Then, he hugged his head and lay on the ground, not daring to move!