Chapter 305: The Battle of the Ancient Mountain (7)
"Chase 。。。。。" Zhou Shiyu had to raise his voice again.
The fierce and continuous shelling of the Japanese army has caused hearing problems for all the people who dare to die, and even ordinary conversations have to be shouted at the top of their throats.
"Company commander, the platoon commander has died." The voices of the soldiers seated at the end of the line came from the sky.
Zhou Shiyu obviously saw him shouting with his mouth open, but his voice was as thin as a mosquito.
"Sacrificed?" Zhou Shiyu closed his eyes in pain.
Yes, he remembered that half an hour ago, the Japanese army had rushed to the position of only thirty meters away from the position at the fiercest point of the battle, and saw that the only remaining MG42 heavy machine gun shooter in the whole platoon was swept by the Japanese heavy machine gun, Zhan Datong resolutely rushed over and took the machine gun, and fired nearly 100 rounds of bullets in one breath to repel the Japanese invaders, but he was also shot by the machine guns hiding in the rear of the Japanese invaders, and the Type 92 heavy machine gun almost punched a hole in his chest with seven or eight consecutive bullets.
Without even saying a word, the veteran, who had been with him for at least three years, collapsed on the ground and died.
"Second Platoon Long 。。。。。。" As soon as Zhou Shiyu finished shouting, he closed his mouth.
The second platoon commander also died, because of the accurate marksmanship, after killing seven or eight Japanese soldiers in a row, he was targeted by the Japanese grenadiers, and two grenades exploded next to him in a row, blowing up the stout man who was 1.4 meters tall to only 1.4 meters, and the second platoon commander who was blown away with two calves and one arm was unwilling to drag the brothers down, and picked up the military thorn with his only hand and plunged it straight into his heart.
Zhou Shiyu didn't continue to shout, tears flowed uncontrollably down the corners of his closed eyes.
How could he not be sad? Three of his four infantry platoon commanders had been killed, and the only one was still lying in a coma with serious injuries in the innermost part of the tunnel. Of the sixteen brothers who followed him as deserters into the company of the daredevils, ten had already been killed in battle. Of the nearly 200 soldiers who were fooled into the death company by him in various ways, less than half can now breathe, and only a quarter can still move.
"Company commander, there is no observation post, all the brothers are here, there is not even a hiding place on the position, and let the brothers go up, then they can only deliver food to the cannons of the little devils." The platoon commander of the machine gun platoon came over and shouted in Zhou Shiyu's ear.
"Lao Zhang, you say, will the brothers blame me? Blame me for taking them to this point of no return? Zhou Shiyu looked back at the dozens of remaining soldiers of the Death Company, and the muscles on his face twitched again.
Without the observation post, he had 56 subordinates, not enough for 60 people.
"Company commander, no one will blame you, the brothers are all heroic, and there is not a single soft egg." The gun platoon leader shook his head.
"However, but I, Zhou Shiyu, let the brothers die for my own selfishness, and they all die, my heart hurts!" Zhou Shiyu closed his eyes in pain.
"No, company commander, let's not talk about our sixteen brothers, when we became deserters, we didn't shoot us, but let us make meritorious deeds, and now we can finally stop wearing the label of deserters, even those brothers who used to be bandits and robbers, they won't blame you. Today, all of us died here, and our sons or grandsons will erect a monument for us here, which will read, The Independent Regiment of the Second Division of the National Revolutionary Army dared to die and was martyred, martyrdom! We sinful people are content to have such a reward after death. What's more, Tuanzao also said that everyone who died in the war will have a subsidy of 200 oceans, and earn so much money for his father, wife and children at once, what are we not satisfied with? With a smile on his face, the commander of the cannon platoon yelled at the remaining soldiers, "Isn't it, brothers? ”
"Yes." The soldiers laughed in response.
It is also a rare pleasure to see the always strict company commander shed tears.
"Haha, that's pretentious." picked up his sleeves and rubbed them on his face a few times, and Zhou Shiyu also laughed. "Since the brothers are not afraid, then let's fight with the little devils of the dog day!"
"Lao Zhang, how many shells and explosives bags do we have now?" Zhou Shiyu asked.
"There are more than a hundred shells left, and more than half of the explosives bags have been dropped, and there are five or six left."
"Then call me out later, no need to stay, it's almost dark, I guess, the little devil is going to fight hard, whether you can stay until dark, it depends on this wave." Zhou Shiyu said resolutely.
"Yes." The platoon commander of the cannon platoon also agreed very simply.
If he is hit by the little devil, I am afraid that the six small cannons in his hand will never have a chance to fight again, and this time can only be a long time.
"Company commander, the regimental seat called, asking if we still hold on, if we really can't hold on, he will support with artillery fire, let us retreat from the river valley at night." The signal soldier hurriedly ran to report to Zhou Shiyu with a note.
Because of the distance, there was no telephone on the ancient mountain, but one of the only two radio stations in the whole regiment was placed in the Death Company.
Throughout the afternoon, Liu Lang had sent more than a dozen telegrams asking about the situation on the Gushan side.
"Retreat! It's already impossible, the little devils hate us to the bone, how can they let it go over there? I'm afraid that we were made dumplings before we even reached the bottom, and on the contrary, we were even affected by the brothers who came to meet us. Zhou Shiyu shook his head and said with a stern face: "Call back to the regimental seat, all the officers and soldiers of the Dare to Die Company are determined to serve the country with death, but there is one person who will never let a day of Kou set foot on the top of the ancient mountain, and also, please ask the artillery company to carry out artillery support for the designated area at the most critical moment of my Dare to Die Company." ”
Luo Wenyu Independent Regiment Command.
Liu Lang, who was holding Zhou Shiyu's callback, had moist eyes.
A lone army, facing two brigades of nearly 2,000 devils besieging for a whole day, with a casualty rate of up to 70 percent, if it were replaced by any national army, I am afraid it would have collapsed long ago, but the Dare to Die Company is still holding on.
Moreover, their request was only for the artillery company to shell the designated area at the most critical moment, which was hardly a request for support, but like the hero in a movie of the future republic, holding a walkie-talkie and shouting: "Shoot at me, shoot at me." ”
In fact, it is true that the cannon does not have eyes, and there is no laser guidance in this era, which can accurately measure the accuracy of the cannon to the range of several meters. Almost all artillery is killed by probability, and the error of tens of meters is considered accurate, although the designated area is 100 meters outside the position, but it is almost no different from blowing up yourself.
Even Zhao Ergou, who has always been confident and almost went to heaven, shook his head like a rattle after seeing Zhou Shiyu's reply, he didn't have the confidence to make every shell have eyes, if he sent the dare to die even to the sky because of his row of shells, then in this life, he will live in the shadow of accidentally injuring his comrades.
"This is an order, as long as I give the order to open fire, your two Bofors mountain cannons and those ten Japanese-style mountain cannons will give Lao Tzu all the artillery." Liu Lang looked at the ancient mountain shrouded in fire in the distance, and his face was like iron.
No one wants to slaughter their comrades-in-arms, even Liu Lang knows that when the signal soldiers of the Dare to Die Company knock out artillery fire to support a few characters, the officers and soldiers of the Dare to Die Company who are still alive on the Gushan position will definitely not exceed the number of five fingers. But Liu Lang had to do this, because only then could he find enough burial goods for these officers and soldiers who died in battle.
It used the lives of all the Japanese criminals on the ancient mountain.