At Dongguan in Teng County, the exchange of fire between the two sides continued into the afternoon. Up and down the city wall, and inside and outside the city wall, were filled with wailing wounded and cold corpses.
However, when the setting sun was blocked by the walls of the inner city, the roar of propellers sounded again from the sky, and at the same time, the artillery outside the city began to roar. And this time, their targets all seemed to be aimed at Chengdong Pass in Teng County!
The sound of explosions, shelling, and inaudible screams filled everyone's ears, but this time, no one including Li Sui'an ran away. They all stayed in their respective positions, holding on to the shells. The bombing of the planes continued to pull the triggers towards the enemies outside the city.
However, as explosions continued to sound around them, fewer and fewer comrades were still able to fire back. Even the company commander was lying in a pool of blood.
The command of the remaining soldiers was handed over to Li Hexian, but he also did not issue a retreat order. Instead, he directed everyone to repel the first wave of attacks and repelled the second wave. Attack until they only have about thirty people left, the third wave of little devils have already rushed in through the opened gap!
The grenades have long been used up, and most pistol bullets only have at most half a magazine left. Even some surviving recruits like Li Sui'an had run out of their pistols an hour ago. of ammunition.
When these people used up the last bullets, Wei Ran, who was about to take out his gun from the cowhide book, heard Li Hexian standing not far away shout, "Big knife!"
p>After hearing this, the remaining 20 or 30 people immediately drew out the large knife that had been carried on their shoulders, shook off the coarse cloth wrapped on it, and were ready to fight hand-to-hand with those little devils who were several times their size. .
"Kill!"
Li Hexian roared and rushed forward with the sword in hand!
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Those Sichuan and Shu men, as well as Wei Ran, who had long been red-eyed, waved their swords and rushed forward without hesitation. Towards the rising Japs.
Although Wei Ran has never practiced bayonet fighting, he was surrounded and beaten by the female students almost every day at the Hongqi Forest Farm, and was trained alone by Culp. Now his fighting ability is not weak at all.
Seeing a little Jaap subconsciously raise his feet and take a lunge, Wei Ran, almost before he raised his gun to stab, swung a large knife and gave the opponent's gun barrel a hard knock with the back of the knife, which was as thick as the head of a chopstick. , after swinging away the sharp bayonet, he lifted it up fiercely, and directly cut a long wound on the opponent's right arm from the elbow.
Before the other party could scream, Wei Ran had already let go of the handle of the knife, and struck the opponent's crotch with one knee, and the second hit his chin.
Having dealt with the first one easily, Wei Ran picked up the 38 cover that had been equipped with a bayonet in the opponent's hand, turned around and faced the second Japanese who rushed over.
It was still a flirtation, and at the end there was a stab. With both sides using cold weapons,When the lengths were equal, the 38 cap in Wei Ran's hand pierced directly into the opponent's chest. Then he turned the butt of the gun and pulled it back, easily dispatching the second kid. Wei Ran's left hand suddenly appeared. A pistol was pointed at the Japanese in front of Li Sui'an and he pulled the trigger again.
After the crisp gunfire, Li Sui'an, who had already fallen to the ground, saw a ball of blood exploding from the ear of the little devil who was grinning and preparing to plunge the bayonet into him, and was then carried away by the bullet. He fell to his side.
Putting away his pistol, Wei Ran quickly ran to Li Sui'an, pulled him up and shouted, "I'll protect you, you load the other gun. If any Japanese come over, I'll be the first to do so." Fight, load the bullet and shoot immediately!"
"Okay! Okay!" Li Sui'an hurriedly bent down to pick up the rifle and began to put the bullet into the chamber.
At the same time, Wei Ran also faced the third Japanese. Almost as soon as the weapons in their hands collided, Li Sui'an behind him pulled the trigger in time.
The panic shot hit the little devil in the thigh. Wei Ran reacted quickly enough. After taking a step back, he stabbed forward forcefully and stabbed the opponent in the chest.
He didn't care whether it was a foul to shoot while bayonet fighting, and he even forgot to think about whether the shot he just fired would penetrate and injure someone else. And Li Sui'an behind him was a recruit who was on the battlefield for the first time, so naturally he didn't expect this at all.
The unruly cooperation between these two was quite effective, especially after Wei Ran consciously moved in the direction of Li Hexian and pulled him into the group, even more so in a three-on-one situation. opponent.
But even so, the number of little Japanese on the opposite side was twice as many as theirs, not to mention that many soldiers had already died under the opponent's bayonets.
Seeing that the remaining less than ten people were forced under the city wall, the rest of the Japs also rushed into the gate of the inner city, and the guards fired fiercely and stabbed them at the right opportunity. He entered the chest of the enemy on the other side, turned the butt of the gun hard, and then raised his foot and kicked the enemy hard when he screamed. He took out his gun again, pointed it at the Japanese who besieged them, and tapped the trigger again and again!
In the crisp sound of gunfire, the Japanese who were busy stabbing fell to the ground one after another, and the few Japanese who had rushed into the inner city gate also stopped, turned around and squatted down, and began to give Load your own rifle with bullets.
Almost at the same time that Wei Ran fired the trigger at those Japs, intensive gunshots also came from the direction of the inner city. Those Japs who had just rushed in immediately screamed and lay on the ground. .
Wei Ran breathed a sigh of relief, and then he noticed that the cotton-padded clothes on the right side of the ribs had been cut open by a bayonet, and yellow-white cotton also emerged from the damage.
After touching it, it didn't seem to hurt him. He then removed the pistol magazine and took a look, and then found that the magazine was empty.
Pulling the slide, the last bullet jumped out. Wei Ran caught it and put it into the magazine and into the gun, and then pulled it again.On the top of the slide, he put the pistol into a cowhide book.
"It's really yours! It's like a magic trick!" Li Hexian came up with a big 38-inch pestle and patted Wei Ran's shoulder hard, and then the ribs were cut with a bayonet because of the involvement. He grimaced at the wound.
"Third brother, are you okay?" Li Sui'an asked nervously. He was almost the best protected, and was surrounded by Wei Ran, Li Hexian and others throughout the whole process.
"It's okay, just a skin injury."
As he spoke, Li Hexian looked around. Not counting Wei Ran, Li Sui'an and himself, the only ones left alive were Five. Almost all of these five suffered injuries, and the most serious one among them had a bayonet stabbing him through both thighs.
Before they helped each other into the inner city gate, a group of soldiers had already ran out of the city. After seeing the few survivors, they quickly helped the injured people away. Entered the inner city.
Before he could pass through the city gate hole filled with corpses, Wei Ran was stunned. In just one day, the inner city had become a ruins, and the stone slab had already made ruts. The road was densely covered with large and small craters and broken corpses. Most of the buildings on both sides had only bare walls. Further away, in the center of the city, there was a raging fire.
What made him even more dizzy was that the Chinese medicine shop where the wounded were lying last night was gone. Far away, he could even see the hospital bed pressed by the beams. And a fire-lit Chinese medicine cabinet.
Walking in despair on the stone road full of corpses, Wei Ran’s fists clenched tighter and tighter. The corpses under his feet, the injured and wailing civilians and soldiers around him, and the survivors who were crying and searching for their families in the ruins. Or, all of this was like a blunt bamboo stick poking into his eyes and throat inch by inch, causing tears to flow down his face, but he couldn't cry at all.
In the doorway illuminated by the setting sun, Li Hexian looked at Wei Ran's back and sighed silently. Then as if he thought of something, he reached into his pocket and took out the money he had left on the city wall in the morning. When I picked up the bullet casing, I couldn't help but think of the terrifying scene I saw at that time.
After hesitating for a long time, he finally put the shell casing into his pocket again, turned around and walked back a few steps alone. After searching for the spot where Wei Ran once stood, he finally found it. A shell casing from a 9 mm paris bullet was picked up.
As night fell, the fighting that lasted all day finally stopped. Wei Ran, who found nothing on the ruins of the Chinese medicine shop, also returned to the position at Chengdongguan in despair.
"Eat something!" When Li Hexian saw Wei Ran coming, he immediately handed over the food and drinks left for him in advance. There was even a boiled egg in the bamboo basket covered with a piece of coarse cloth. .
But Wei Ran just picked up the celadon teapot in the basket, filled the coarse porcelain bowl with warm tea, and drank it in one gulp.
Seeing that Wei Ran was not in the mood to eat, Li Hexian shook his head at his cousin who was about to say something.He pointed at the wooden box not far away and said casually, "Since you have no appetite, let's replenish some ammunition in advance. This little devil might come up again.
Wei Ran remained silent. He nodded coquettishly, walked to the ammunition box, opened a pack of Mauser pistol bullets, and loaded the bullets one by one into the magazines of the big belly box.
Almost front and back. , Li Hexian also came over and sat down next to Wei Ran. Then he took out a heavy paper bag from his pocket and handed it to Wei Ran.
Wei Ran took it without knowing why. Opening the paper bag, he was surprised to find that there were 10 9mm handkerchief bullets inside!
Seeing that Wei Ran was silent, Li Hexian smiled casually, "A fellow platoon leader of mine has a 90-mm bullet!" The son was obtained from a foreigner when he was a comprador. I spent twenty taels of tobacco to get these bullets from him. "
"You..."
Li Hexian stood up before Wei Ran finished speaking, walked back, waved his hands and said, "Nothing, thank you for saving Sui install. ”
Wei Ran opened his mouth hesitantly, but finally silently accepted this precious gift.