Chapter 384: Time is Ticking
In the dark, although the four Japanese soldiers standing guard on the wall of the landlord's house maintained a patrol posture, they continued to attack so far, seized the burning ditch, and then stood guard in the rain, always vigilant, even the iron body was tired. Bayi Chinese Network? ? ≥≈≤.=
As the night wore on, the Japanese began to yawn and turn a deaf ear to the gunfire inside and outside the village, as their troops watched the villagers from their pestles.
However, to the surprise of the Japanese army, a Chinese soldier slowly climbed the courtyard wall with the support of the human wall of his companions behind him, and the bright bayonet in his mouth looked particularly cold in the dark night after the rain.
Fighters from all four directions will perform their tasks in sync, and when one fighter climbs the courtyard wall, the fighters from the other three directions will also act. The first to move was the fighters from the southeast, because there was a light machine gun here that posed the greatest threat to them and the civilians in the courtyard.
The Japanese troops in the other three directions obviously did not relax their vigilance because of the exhaustion of the whole body, and when the soldiers climbed the courtyard wall, a little devil showed the situation and was about to take off his rifle from his back, but his hand stopped on his shoulder forever, and he could no longer take off his rifle.
The bright bayonet pierced the little devil's heart from behind, and the soldiers stabbed the bayonet into the little devil's body and then kept twisting the knife, trying to make the little devil die as soon as possible.
The people in the courtyard obviously also saw the movement on the courtyard wall, although it was common to see dead people in this era, but it was the first time to see a living killing, so the actions of the soldiers caused panic among the people in the courtyard.
After seeing the soldiers on the courtyard wall gesturing to him, the squad leader immediately rushed into the courtyard with the remaining two soldiers, who did not pay attention to the panicked civilians, but looked around vigilantly.
"You, stay and guard the gate, no one can go out of the courtyard without my order, you follow me!" The squad leader turned on the safety of the gun and began to approach the room in the courtyard.
There was no light in the courtyard, and a squad leader and a soldier began to search room to room to make sure that there were no Japanese troops lurking in the room.
By the time the squad leader searched the entire courtyard, the soldiers on the courtyard walls had been replaced by the soldiers he had brought. At this time, the squad leader took the soldiers to stabilize the mood of the common people.
"Folks, we are soldiers of the 33rd Independent Division, if you believe us, immediately move to the mountains outside the village!" The squad leader shouted at the people in the courtyard, the time was urgent, and he didn't care if the voice could be heard by the little devil.
The common people, who had just quieted down, heard the shouts of the squad leader and stirred again, but no one wanted to leave, just exchanged heads and ears, not knowing what was being discussed.
Seeing the appearance of the common people, the squad leader was anxious: "Folks, please believe me, we are really soldiers of the 33rd Independent Division, the little devil will be there soon, please be sure to leave the village as soon as possible." ”
No matter how sincere the words of the squad leader and how humble his attitude was, the common people still stood in place, unmoved, as if they did not know that there would be danger next.
"Squad leader, there's a little devil approaching us!" A fighter jumped off the wall and reported to the squad leader.
The squad leader frowned: "Take the soldiers to defend, and shoot when the little devil gets close to about twenty meters away from the courtyard wall." ”
With the order of the squad leader, all the fighters turned over and climbed onto the courtyard wall.
"Three babies, you stay!" The squad leader called a fighter to stay with him.
The little devil got closer and closer to the courtyard, and the atmosphere in the air was tense to the extreme, but the people in the courtyard were still unmoved, and they were still discussing something with each other.
"Sanwazi, if there are people willing to leave, you take them out of the back door, and then enter the mountain as quickly as possible, the safety of the people is handed over to you, after entering the mountain, you don't have to come back, just return to the station."
The squad leader patted Sanwazi on the shoulder, and then suddenly knelt down at all the people in the courtyard, and then kowtowed heavily.
The people in the courtyard were shocked by the sudden scene, and then they were just quietly stunned, watching the squad leader climb the courtyard wall with a gun on his back, and when they came to their senses, they looked at the thin little soldier standing at the front.
The third baby did not speak, but stood in place.
The gunfire outside the village is the protagonist, as if everyone has forgotten about the small-scale battles in the village, in which they are only a small part, but they are real heroes.
"Da Da Da"
At a distance of about 20 meters near the courtyard wall, the machine gun fired a long point, killing the two little devils at the front, and the gunshots rang out, and the people in the yard were in a commotion, and they were all in a hurry to run to the backyard.
"Grenades!" The head of the class shouted.
"Boom Boom"
The explosion sounded, and the little devil was stopped by the explosion, and at this time they understood that the courtyard of the landlord's house in front had been occupied by the squadron, and there were only about 20 people in the little devil who came, and half of them were killed in one face, so they could only retreat in a hurry and make other plans.
The battle lasted only two minutes before it ended, and there were only a few old men left in the courtyard who were shivering with fear, their legs and feet were not good, and the fear of the gunfire made it impossible to escape.
"Three babies, call a few fellows back and carry them away!" The squad leader shouted loudly to the back of the yard, at this time, half of the villagers had fled from the backyard, and the three children were maintaining order at the gate of the backyard.
Hearing the squad leader's order, the third baby immediately grabbed the two young people in front of him: "Big brother, can you help?" ”
"It's too late to escape, what help!" The two young men shook their arms vigorously and fled away from the courtyard.
Sanwazi is not very old in the army, this is the second time to participate in the battle, all the veterans in the army take special care of him, and suddenly faced the roar of his fellow countrymen, and he didn't know what to do for a while. However, he thought of the squad leader kneeling down to the villagers.
After hesitating for a moment, the third baby took a gun and blocked the gate of the courtyard.
The people who hadn't escaped from the yard saw that this little soldier was holding a gun to block their way, and instantly began to insult the three babies. Although Sanwazi is a qualified soldier, he has never faced such a scene, and he panicked for a while, and there was an insult to the 33rd Independent Division in the scolding of the common people.
Since standing in front of the door to block the road, the three babies didn't say a word, with the scolding of the people, the three babies took off the guns on their bodies, slowly put them on the ground, and then learned the appearance of the squad leader, and knelt in front of the people with a poof.
"Uncles, please help me!" The words of the third baby were still immature, but he still knocked his head down.
The villagers who were originally noisy immediately became quiet, and everyone just watched the three babies kowtow to them one by one.
"Child, get up, I'll help you!" An older grade man walked up to Sanwazi and helped him up, then put the gun back on his back, "Child, I'll go with you." ”
The third baby laughed happily at the fellow who helped him up, obviously forgetting the dizziness brought by the kowtow just now, and began to walk back with the fellow. A few young people were also upset, and followed the three children back to the front yard together.
At this time, the fleeing people no longer had any complaints, they were just busy hurrying with their heads against their heads.
Just when the three babies returned to the front yard and were about to help the old man with inconvenient legs and feet to transfer, the little devil attacked again. When the captain of the little devil in the east of the village heard the gunshots and explosions coming from the landlord's compound, he knew that the situation had changed, and immediately arranged for more than 20 soldiers under his command to come to support, and there were only ten little devils left by his side.
The Japanese soldiers who came to support and the Japanese soldiers who had just retreated were united, and immediately charged the landlord's compound again.
The "Da Da Da" machine gun spits flames and constantly suppresses the fire.
The little devil learned the lesson of the last time, and did not get too close, but kept shooting at the defenders on the courtyard wall in the distance, without the slightest intention of charging. Both sides are caught in a kind of equilibrium, and this balance can only be broken by peripheral factors, that is, the situation of large forces.
The Japanese captain was still mobilizing his troops to support him, and by this time most of his troops had withdrawn into the village, holding on to the courtyard of the village, and the outer position was only the entrance to the village.
"Why haven't you brought the people here yet?" The captain of the Japanese army shouted angrily, his defense line was precarious, and the squadron was not far from taking the village.
No one answered the angry question of the Japanese captain, because at this time there was only one staff officer left by his side, and the other soldiers were all engaged in the battle, and even the signal soldiers also picked up their guns to fight, but they still could not stop the fierce offensive of the first and third regiments.
"Old horse, there is still an hour to go, we must deal with the remnants of the enemy as soon as possible, if the little devil's reinforcements arrive, we will be in trouble then!" Hu Guoshan said.
At this time, they had been fighting for the burning ditch for almost two hours, and the longer the time passed, the greater the variables, and the Japanese reinforcements were getting closer and closer.
Ma Wanzhong saw the tragedy of the battle through the binoculars, they had taken the positions of the two flanks of the Japanese army an hour ago, but they did not expect that in an hour, they still did not completely occupy the position at the entrance of the village.
"The little devil's army is probably still 400 people left, but the terrain at the entrance of the village is too narrow, which is not conducive to the large-scale charge of the troops at all, we must knock out the firepower points one by one in order to let the troops charge, otherwise the casualties will be too great!" Hu Guoshan also knew that time was urgent, but the battle for the entrance of the village was too difficult.
"I led a company of soldiers to find a way to bypass the south of the village, and cooperate with the troops in the village to attack from behind the little devil!" Hu Guoshan suggested.