Tang Cheng, who stopped shooting, realized that he had actually used all the bullets on his body, but he couldn't remember how many enemies he had hit. Tang Cheng's madness deeply stimulated the people in the 1st platoon, especially the bandits who were recruited from Qingyunzhai by Kuroko, and under the strong counterattack of the 1st platoon, the attacking Japanese army never broke through within 50 meters of the 1st Company's position, but the 1st Platoon of 70 people was left with less than 40 people.

The Japanese temporarily stopped the attack, and the gunfire on the positions of the 1st Company also stopped, and both sides needed a little time to heal their wounds. Tang Cheng rummaged for bullets on the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and Huang Fei, who went to the second trench to shout, also turned back, followed by Jiujin with a nervous face. "These guys are indeed much worse than the people in the second company, we only settled the wounded in the back, and there were several guys in the 3rd platoon who wanted to escape, but they were all tied up by me with belts and leggings, if it wasn't for the 2nd platoon commander to stop me, I would have buried those guys alive." Seeing Tang Cheng, the tension on Jiujin's face dissipated slightly, but the chatter continued.

Tang Cheng looked at Sun He, who was returning with Jiujin, and after receiving Sun He's affirmative eyes, Tang Cheng suddenly smiled, and someone brought a pillow when he was really sleepy. "Bring those guys who want to be deserters, and tell your people to be hidden, and without my orders, you can't expose your position and show your body, even if all the people on the battlefield are dead." Sun He was confused by Tang Cheng's order, and it was better to bring the deserters back, maybe Tang Cheng was to kill and deter the other soldiers, but the soldiers they brought back had been hiding their heads, why was this?

"Don't guess, just wait for my orders." Tang Cheng grabbed a few rummaged bullet bridges and left with a smile, this was the first time Tang Cheng showed a smiling face after the battle, but it made Sun He feel that Tang Cheng was confident at this time. Unlike Sun He's steadfastness, the other squad leaders who rushed over later were very puzzled and even complained a lot about Tang Cheng's order, they had already been ordered by Tang Cheng to withdraw to the second trench, but before they could heat their butts, they were ordered to return to the battlefield, this is not a joke.

"Shut the damn up, although Company Commander Tang is younger than all of us, who among you dares to stand up and say that he commands the 1st Company to fight with the little devils?" Sun He looked around unhappily at his chattering companions, these guys had become accustomed to defeating battles and being routs, and they didn't look like soldiers at all. "The company commander said that he wanted us to be on standby, everyone waited, I think he should have a way to deal with the little devil."

"Nine catties, gather all your short guns for me, I'll be useful." Tang Cheng, who was talked about by Sun He, was squatting in front of Jiujin and whispering. Unlike the other soldiers in the garrison, the selected grenadiers were not equipped with rifles, and the short guns captured from the Li family's fast rifle team and bandits were distributed to the bomb throwing team by Liu Goat, and four of the 15 shell guns were 20 rounds of fast and slow guns, and in Tang Cheng's new plan, these shell guns that used magazines to feed ammunition were the key to success or failure.

"Kuroko, come here." Jiujin was busy concentrating his short guns, and Tang Cheng, who was squatting on the ground and not moving, was beckoning to the sunspot not far away. The sunspot who was squatting down to reload the rifle didn't know why Tang Cheng called himself, but he still rushed over, "I know that your people in Qingyunzhai have good marksmanship, and you are all good at using short guns, I will pull out some veterans and combine them with your people in Qingyunzhai in a while, and after I send out the signal, you must shoot the bullets in these short guns in the shortest and fastest time, of course, the accuracy must be guaranteed." ”

The position of the 1st Company was 200 meters wide, and Tang Cheng certainly did not expect to be able to bring all 200 meters into the range of gunfire with only 15 short guns, but Tang Cheng also gathered the short guns on those squad and platoon leaders, and used a total of more than 20 short guns to control the 200-wide position, although it was still a little thin, but this was already the best that Tang Cheng could do. "You guys with short guns spread out in the position, don't stand too close and don't go too far, after listening to me shout to fire, you should shoot the bullets in the magazine as quickly as possible, and when the grenade thrown by the bombardier team explodes, you change the magazine and continue shooting."

The temporary gunners who were gathered together by Tang Cheng were a little apprehensive, how could they hear Tang Cheng's words mean that they were going to fight hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army to play hedging. Tang Cheng didn't care about their private thoughts, and explained a few words to these improvised gunmen, and Tang Cheng crouched down and poked out his rifle again. There were far fewer bullets fired from the 1st Company's position, probably because they wanted to save shells, and the mortars of Okamoto's squadron had long ceased firing, and the soldiers on both sides were now only firing with rifles, and occasionally heard the sound of Japanese machine gun fire.

The ceasefire of Japanese machine guns and mortars was extremely beneficial to the 1st Company, which made the panicked soldiers of the 1st Company feel a little relaxed, but then the weapons that the Japanese put into the battle surprised Tang Cheng. In Tang Cheng's mind, the kind of dexterous and light grenadier that can be operated by one person is far more dangerous than the mortar, although the range and lethality of the grenadier is not as good as that of no mortar, but it is better to be able to change positions anytime and anywhere, and the grenadier can use a Japanese grenade instead of a grenade to continue to bombard after the grenade is exhausted.

"2 platoon commander, you are a veteran and a person who has fought in Nanjing. I'll give you 50 people, and after we start fighting with the attacking Japanese soldiers on our side, you take those 50 people to rush over and mix with the Japanese army on the flank. Tang Cheng called Sun He aside and revealed a small part of his plan. Just this small part is enough to make Sun He's liver tremble, this is to take the rest of these people in 1 company to fight the Japanese army, Sun He can't think of where Tang Cheng came from with such confidence.

"Don't worry, listen to me." The Japanese army temporarily stopped the attack, giving the 1st Company a moment of respite, Tang Cheng pulled Sun He to sit in the trench, took out a cigarette and smoked it. "That's how I planned, when the Japanese attack for a while, I won't fight first, and when the Japanese attack within 50 meters of us, the sunspots and their good marksmanship will fire first, and I want them to think that we have no one anymore. The Japanese are arrogant by nature, and they often boast that a squad of Japanese soldiers can defeat a company of the national army, so they should despise us. ”

"When the Japanese attack is within 30 meters of us, I will let those deserters leave, and their appearance will irritate the Japanese army even more at a certain distance, so that they will think that we cannot hold it and have begun to retreat. The Japanese were targeting the county seat, so they wished we would break up, and at this time, the spear team I had prepared would fire at close range first, while the bombardment team would throw grenades. Keeping the range between 30 and 50 meters outside the trenches within the range of the grenade, the attacking Japanese troops were cut in two, so that they could not cooperate with each other. ”

Sun He lowered his head and smoked, but his mind was quickly deducing according to Tang Cheng's narrative, "When we start here, we will attract all the attention of the other party, you take the opportunity to rush over and mix with them at this time, only by mixing with them in close quarters, their machine guns and mortars will not be able to exert their strength, otherwise just fighting firepower, our 1st Company will not be the opponent of the Japanese army." ”

There were gunshots on the position one after another, Tang Cheng threw the cigarette butt in his hand and reached out to pat Sun He's shoulder, "This battle may be a battle to the death, the key is your speed, as long as you and the Japanese army behind you are mixed together, these attacking Japanese soldiers will be panicked, if our two sides cooperate properly, it should not be difficult to repel these Japanese troops." In fact, Tang Cheng didn't have much confidence in his own heart, the reason why he was so calm was just to give Sun He some encouragement.

After several rounds of bombardment by the Japanese using grenadiers, the Japanese troops who were lying on the ground and crawling forward continued to attack, and with Tang Cheng's deliberate release of water, the Japanese finally penetrated within 50 meters of the position of the 1st Company. The Japanese soldiers who advanced on the cat's waist showed their accurate marksmanship, and the 1st platoon, which originally had 40 people left, was already less than 30 people still fighting, and as the Japanese army gradually approached, Tang Cheng watched Sun He move to the flank.

Tang Cheng's command became more and more incomprehensible to those veterans, why Tang Cheng forced them to stay in the anti-artillery hole when the position was already in danger, and why he had to transfer 50 people to the flank of the position when the Japanese army was pressing. These too many questions made the veterans in the anti-artillery hole look panicked, but Tang Cheng didn't have time to pay attention to them now, Tang Cheng who was shuttling back and forth in the trenches was obviously the busiest person in the entire position.

The position of the 1st company was still insisting on fighting back only a few bandits under Kuroko, and then there were Tang Cheng and several squad platoon leaders, and the sudden much weaker counterattack made the attacking Japanese troops begin to be suspicious, they were afraid that this was another trap set by the defenders of China. After several temptations, Hashimoto, who commanded the attack, finally concluded that this was not some trap of the Shina defenders, but that there was really no one on the other side.

"Untie their ropes and give them the guns." After running out of the last bullet in the chamber, Tang Cheng pulled out the two shell guns on his waist, and at the same time ordered Jiujin to let go of the deserters who had been escorted, and let the deserters run backwards with their weapons. "I'll only give you a number of ten, and when I count to ten, I'll shoot, and if you don't want to die, run away." In the face of these deserters who were facing each other, Tang Cheng put the shell gun in his hand flat, and seeing that Tang Cheng didn't want to shoot them on the spot, these surprised deserters ran away.