From time to time, the Chengdongguan position in the night was lit up by the flares fired into the night sky by the little devils outside the city. At the uncertain city gate, Li Hexian counted his soldiers.
After a whole day of fierce fighting, not counting Wei Ran and Li Sui'an, the only person left in his squad with fighting ability was a middle-aged man with a pipe and pot on his waist, and the rest were dead or wounded. He was injured and could no longer continue fighting.
As for the remaining soldiers who survived the gap in the city wall, their original squads had basically filled the battlefield on the city wall, and they were helplessly guarding the bodies of their comrades.
Soon, new reinforcements arrived at the Dongguan position, and the few surviving soldiers above and below the city wall were also reorganized and assigned to Li Hexian's command.
These survivors silently took off their armed belts and various box cannons from the corpses of their comrades, filled them with bullets, and then silently put them on their bodies. Then they picked up the captured 38-meter caps. Or old sleeves burning with the blood of comrades, made in Hanyang, or even machetes, grenades, etc.
The newly reinforced soldiers were busy repairing and strengthening bunkers in preparation for the next day's battle.
The busy night passed in a blink of an eye. Early the next morning, before the sun had fully risen, planes hovered above Tengxian County again. As aerial bombs hit the ground, the city The little Japanese outside also started shelling.
In almost a series of explosions, the towers of Dongguan City collapsed, and the defenders on the city wall suffered heavy losses due to the indiscriminate bombardment from aircraft and artillery. The choking smoke that almost blocked the view was filled with weak screams and desperate cries, as well as the gnashing teeth of many defenders.
In the bunker where dirt and gravel fell from time to time, Wei Ran seemed unmoved. He held a bayonet with a 38-inch cap in his hand and struck it on a broken brick that collapsed on the city wall. Polishing the tip and edge of the bayonet.
He had experienced such shelling in Stalingrad, on the Don River, and in Berlin. If it were just the fear caused by the explosion of the shells, the impact on him would be negligible, if not negligible. Enough to be treated calmly.
But those compatriots who died tragically in the explosion, those broken corpses that were easily lifted into the air by the shock wave and heavily thrown on the scorched earth ground, made him completely suppress the anger and suffering in his heart!
With a soft "click" sound, Wei Ran, who was polishing his bayonet, subconsciously turned his head, and then his breathing became heavier. It was half of his arm that was still bleeding. His immature fingers were only slightly thicker than a cigarette. There was a thin red rope tied to his wrist, and there were five copper coins with a metallic luster on it.
Putting the bayonet aside, Wei Ran opened the damp soil around him with red eyes. He carefully picked up the arm and put it in. Covering it with soil one by one, he built a child's arm. A small grave bag.
Picking up the bayonet again, Wei Ran polished it hard on the broken bricks. The huge force left deep cuts on the broken bricks.trace. And in his mouth, he was mumbling something nervously.
Li Hexian and his cousin Li Sui'an, who were sitting next to him, looked at each other. The former silently took out a pre-rolled cigarette, lit it with a piece of wood next to him that was still emitting sparks, and handed it to him. Li Sui'an then raised his chin in the direction of Wei Ran.
After Li Sui'an took the cigarette, he gently pushed Wei Ran's shoulder. The latter turned around like a wounded beast. After seeing the cigarette handed over by Li Sui'an with a trembling look on his face, His eyes gradually softened.
Taking the cigarette shakily, Wei Ran brought it to his mouth and took a deep breath. The low-quality dry tobacco pipe was extremely choking, and he couldn't help but shed tears. It made him cough continuously, and eventually the cough turned into sobs that were masked by the explosion.
Li Hexian sighed, took out two more cigarettes from his pocket and lit them. After giving one to his cousin, he leaned against the damp wall of the bunker and closed his eyes.
During the long wait, the more than 20 planes overhead dumped all their ammunition and flew away, and the sound of artillery outside the city gradually stopped.
But this rare silence was like a signal, so that no one needed to direct it at all. All the soldiers still alive shook off the dirt on their heads and shoulders, clenched their weapons and emerged from the bunkers. Climbing out, they each walked to their respective positions.
"It's a tank!" Li Sui'an shouted in fear.
Outside the gap in the collapsed city wall, more than a dozen tanks were lined up in a row, covering the little devils behind them and rushing towards the gap they were guarding.
"Don't waste bullets!" Li Hexian stopped Li Sui'an who was about to fire, "Hit people! Our guns are useless against tanks."
"What about the tanks?" Li Sui'an said. asked as he pulled the trigger.
"Put it closer and blow it up with a grenade!" Li Hexian said the cruel solution as a matter of course. But his cousin Li Sui'an obviously didn't know what this meant.
On the other hand, Wei Ran, after looking down at the grenades pinned to his belt, continued to pull the trigger, trying to kill as many enemies as possible before the tank rushed up.
But as those tanks got closer and closer, the suppressive firepower of these little devils became more and more intensive, so that several soldiers just emerged and were knocked to the ground by machine guns before they could take aim!
Finally, the roar of the engine and the squeak of the tracks crushing the ground got closer and closer. The first tank drove up the slope of the collapsed city wall, followed by the second and the third! And behind them, more and more little devils have gathered!
"Grenade!"
Li Hexian roared and threw two grenades on the heads of the little Japs behind the tank.
Almost at the same time as the grenade exploded, the leading tank also began to fire. Although this shot did not hit everyone due to the angle, it caused the broken city wall above the head to collapse and countless drills were fired. Turn, everyone who was smashed had to step back temporarilyretreat.
At this moment, a soldier who had just been added last night took off his armed belt, then pulled a jade pendant from his neck and threw it to Li Hexian, "Dazhou Wanyuan Zhang Zhong! Tell me! My mother, I didn’t embarrass her!”
Before he finished speaking, the soldier had already taken off his cotton-padded jacket, wrapped the four grenades around him, held them in his arms and rushed out!
"Little devil! I will destroy you like a fairy!" In a curse that abandoned life and death, a violent explosion sounded from outside the collapse mouth!
However, before everyone could recover, the bombed tank was pushed into the gap by another tank behind it!
Without any hesitation, another soldier who had taken off his cotton-padded clothes wrapped a grenade and rushed forward. But before he could reach the first tank that was still smoldering, another soldier rushed up after the tank. The little devil has shot him in the chest!
"Hit me!" Li Hexian shouted, raised his gun and shot the little devil to death!
However, almost at the same time that everyone was fighting back, the wreckage of the first tank had been pushed down the ramp. After the second tank rushed in, it fired a shell at everyone!
With a loud rumble, the shell exploded beside several soldiers. Everyone affected by the explosion close at hand felt their ears ringing.
It was at this time that the soldier who was shot in the chest and did not even leave his name climbed to the edge of the second tank with difficulty and grabbed the still rotating tank with his arms. Tracks, and then stuffed the smoking cotton-padded clothes tremblingly into the cracks of the tracks.
In a daze, Wei Ran seemed to see the soldier showing a satisfied smile through the smoke and dust. But then, in an explosion, the smile disappeared, and the tank also lost movement...
"Hand... grenade! Blow it up for me!"
Li Hexian Standing up unsteadily, he held the pot-bellied box in one hand and walked towards the wreckage of the first tank. He pulled out the grenade from his waist with the other hand, unscrewed the cover, bit the live wire with his teeth and tugged hard, twisting his round arm. Throw it out.
Behind him, Wei Ran and others, including Li Sui'an, who was already dumbfounded, all imitated the former's behavior, holding a gun in one hand, pulling out a grenade and throwing it out.
However, even if they blocked the Japs and tanks behind them from the gap, they were unable to attack the enemies further away because the tanks behind them kept firing.
The grenades thrown in from time to time from outside also caused them heavy losses. In the end, they had to retreat to the gate of the inner city again, watching helplessly as the opponent climbed up the collapsed city wall on tanks!
Fortunately, the defenders on the city wall were still there. After a round of grenade explosions, there were dense sounds of pistols and shouts of death on the city wall. At the same time, groups of little devils also rushed out from behind the wreckage of the two tanks.
For a while, grenades from both sides came and went. The comrades beside Wei Ran and the big gun in his handThe bullets in the belly box are getting less and less.
Finally, when all the bullets and grenades were used up and the second wave of Japs rushed out, Wei Ran found that only the Li brothers and a dozen people he had not yet met were left around him. warrior.
"Bayonet!" Li Hexian shouted, bent down and picked up the Sanba Gai he had just dropped.
The brutal stabbing began again. With yesterday’s experience, Li Sui’an stood behind his cousin and Wei Ran from the beginning. This kid even deliberately left a bullet filled with bullets. magazine!
It was this magazine that allowed the people who did not have an advantage in numbers to temporarily gain the upper hand.
However, as Li Sui'an's pistol ran out of the last bullet and had to pick up an old sleeve, casualties finally enveloped them again.
Seeing another soldier fall, Wei Ran swung the 38 cap in his hand and smashed away the bayonet thrust from the opposite side. At the same time, he let go, took out his pistol from the cowhide book and pulled the trigger.
Before the opponent fell down after being shot, Wei Ran grabbed the opponent's collar with his right hand and used it as a shield. At the same time, he pulled the trigger at several little devils around him!
"Wei Ran! Behind the tank!"
Li Hexian shouted, and Wei Ran reacted very quickly and turned his gun, hitting the man who had set the machine gun on the wreckage of the tank with one shot On the face of the little devil.
"How many bullets are left?" Li Hexian asked after stabbing the kid who was fighting with him to death.
While "Three" Wei Ran put away his pistol, he pushed the body forward and picked up the rifle he had just dropped.
"Keep it for now"
Before he finished speaking, Li Hexian immediately met a strong little devil. However, he didn't want to be pierced through the thigh by the opponent within a few seconds. !
When Wei Ran saw this, he didn't have time to think too much. He took out his gun again and pulled the trigger continuously, killing his and Li Hexian's enemies.
"Get out of the way!" Li Sui'an shouted, pointed the gun at the gap in the city wall, and pulled the trigger.
However, the panic shot did not hit the enemy at all, and the latter had already pulled the trigger!
Amidst the harsh gunfire, Wei Ran, who was about to pull Li Hexian up, felt a sharp pain, and then watched helplessly as his right hand was suddenly broken into two sections from the elbow down!
"Fuck!"
Wei Ran subconsciously hid back, and then dense gunshots rang out from the wall above his head.
For a time, the little Japs who almost surrounded them were shot one after another, and the machine gunner at the gap in the city wall also fell to the ground. Then, grenades were thrown one after another. There was a sudden explosion near the gap!
"Withdraw! Withdraw first!" On the city wall, a middle-aged soldier shouted at the top of his lungs.
The people under the city wall were stunned for a moment, then immediately helped the wounded and ran behind the bunker of the inner city gate.
"Sui'an, find...find a rope and help me tie him to death."
Wei Ran, who was shivering in pain, turned pale as he finished speaking. He took out a stick of morphine from his pocket and inserted it near the wound.
But although morphine could relieve the pain, it couldn't stop the bleeding at all. Li Sui'an looked around in panic, then hurriedly took off the shoulder strap of his armed belt, and with the help of another soldier, he tied it to death. Wei Ran's right elbow,
until the wound gradually stopped dripping blood, and the morphine began to take effect, Wei Ran noticed that Li Hexian was holding his stomach at this time, and his face was actually darker than his own. Not bad, and the cotton-padded jacket he was wearing was stained dark red with blood!
Struggling to move to Li Hexian's side, Wei Ran tore open the other person's cotton-padded jacket with difficulty, and then saw it! The wound was stabbed in the abdomen by a bayonet!
Without any hesitation, Wei Ran took out the last morphine from his pocket and stabbed it into Li Hexian's body. But at the same time, he also knew that the only effect of this morphine was. It just made him feel a little more comfortable, but there was no way to save his life!
"Sui'an"
Li Hexian waved and waited for the panic-stricken Li Sui'an to come over. He pulled out the big belly box from his waist and handed it over, "Go... to the Chengbeiguan position, find Han... Han platoon leader, and ask him to come over for support. He... he knows my gun. "
"Third brother!" Li Sui'an took the pistol with a cry, but did not move at all.
"Go! Li Hexian said weakly, "The sooner reinforcements arrive, the more people will survive." "
"You...you wait for me to come back! "Li Sui'an put the pistol in his arms and ran along the broken streets in the direction of Beiguan without forgetting his life.
Li Sui'an looked at the other soldiers around him, took a breath and continued, "Bunker There should be... there are also grenades in it, leave two for me, you... you go to the city wall to help! Go quickly! "
The remaining soldiers glanced at each other, silently took out a box of grenades from the bunker and placed it next to Li Hexian, and then saluted Li Hexian who was leaning against Wei Ran. He saluted, picked up the remaining grenades, and ran up to the tower.
“How did you do that trick? "Li Hexian shiveringly took out two blood-stained cigarettes, gave one to Wei Ran, and then asked the biggest doubt of the past two days.
Wei Ran sighed after hearing this, and leaned forward. There was a flame not far away, and after a moment of hesitation, a black matte pistol appeared in his left hand.
"I have never seen this gun before," Li Hexian said intermittently.
< p>"A pistol after more than eighty years?" Wei Ran answered truthfully."After more than eighty years?" Li Hexian was a little unconvinced at first, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, "Did we win?" "
"We won"
Wei Ran put away his pistol, leaned against the bunker, and looked up at the sky shrouded in gunpowder smoke, "We completely won. "
"Kicked out completely? Did the three northeastern provinces take it back? ”
"We have completely driven them back to their small island, and the three eastern provinces have also been taken back." Wei Ran said in as calm a tone as possible, "No one can bully us anymore."
"Common people. ..Can you eat enough and wear warm clothes?"
"Yes!"
Wei Ran replied affirmatively, "Wear whatever clothes you want and eat three meals a day of white flour, steamed buns and rice. , you can eat meat every day. Our country also has several fairy-like figures who help everyone not to be hungry, not to worry about getting sick, and..."
Listen to Wei Ran. Describing it faster and faster, Li Hexian looked down at his shriveled belly stained red with blood and his ribs protruding through the skin, and muttered with satisfaction, "It's so good..."
" Squad Leader Li, do you have any wishes?"
Wei Ran's question made Li Hexian, who had almost closed his eyes, wake up again. He flicked the cigarette in his hand and tried hard to block the wood with the grenade with his body. Box, pointed with his chin at a group of little Japs approaching in the distance, "Did you see that group of little Japs?"
"Yes," Wei Ran replied through gritted teeth.
Li Hexian smiled and said, "The one taking the lead is a colonel...you can do a trick for him."
"Is there more?"
< p>"And..."Li Hexian, who was becoming more and more unresponsive, thought for a while and said with a cry, "I want to eat glutinous rice balls...I want to eat...Ms. Zhou's cooking The glutinous rice balls... there are sweet-scented osmanthus sprinkled on them, but... they are so fragrant..."
Wei Ran was stunned for a moment, struggled to stand up and said, "Monitor Li, watch carefully. I'll do a trick for the short bastard opposite!"
"I'm watching...I'm watching..." While speaking, Li Hexian tried his best to take out the ammunition box hidden behind him. A grenade was tucked into the cuff.
Wei Ran bent down and picked up a large knife, holding it step by step towards the group of little Japs who rushed in. He raised the large knife in his hand with his remaining left hand, and raised his chin at the Japanese soldier opposite who had a command knife on his waist. "Thief Sun! Come here and show off!"
Perhaps it was this blatant gesture. Provoked, or perhaps because of the remaining half of Wei Ran's right arm, the Japs raised his hand to stop the soldiers beside him, pulled out the command knife from his waist, and after bending slightly, Ziva rushed towards the free and easy-looking man with a scream. Wei Ran's smile.
Seeing that the distance between the two sides was only four or five meters, Wei Ran suddenly let go of the sword in his hand, and at the same time a black pistol appeared in his hand!
"Bang!"
After a clear gunshot, a blackened bullet hole appeared between the eyebrows of the colonel holding the command knife, and the command knife in his hand was also burning. While putting the gun back into the cowhide book, it hit the stone road covered with corpses with a clang.
"Plop!"
A warm corpse fell straight in front of Wei Ran, and behind him, Li Hexian had no nostalgia for those little devils. Shooting at Wei RanAt this time, he simply pulled the firing line of the grenade hidden in his cuff.
Wei Ran, who fell on his back, listened to the deafening explosion in his ears, felt the shock wave of the explosion carrying him off the ground, and closed his eyes with satisfaction.