Chapter Twenty-Four: The Might of the Veteran

Tang Cheng didn't know that only a small number of the more than 30 bullets he fired hit the target, and the rest were all shot into the air, and it was precisely because of his poor shooting accuracy that Tang Cheng could survive until now. The Japanese army would never allow the opposing sharpshooter to roam around them, but Tang Cheng did not belong to the ranks of sharpshooters, because he was just a good guy with bad marksmanship.

After commanding the grenadier to bombard the crater where Tang Cheng was hiding, the Japanese officer who commanded the battle found that the gunner who should have died in the grenade bombardment was still alive, but then found that the marksmanship of this gunner was extremely bad, and the imperial soldier who was hit by him was only injured and temporarily withdrew from the white-knuckle battle, and only three people were really shot by him. Curiosity about Tang Cheng made the Japanese commander order to abandon the continued bombardment of the crater, and to deal with such battlefield recruits, there was no need for Langfei grenades, only a bayonet was enough.

If we can't take this street as soon as possible and open up a passage, those overseas Chinese self-defense forces who follow the Marines to launch an offensive are likely to fall into the pursuit and encirclement of the regular Chinese army, after all, in the current urban area of Shanghai, the regular Chinese army has already taken the lead. There were still 9 soldiers on the other side struggling, and in a few minutes, the battle would be over, and the Japanese commander smiled and waved his arms, and the Japanese soldiers surrounding the national soldiers raised their rifles in unison, their bayonets shining strangely in the sunlight.

One, two, three, under the frantic stabbing of more than a dozen Japanese soldiers, the nine soldiers of the Nationalist Army who were surrounded by the regiment fell to the ground one after another, and they were already injured before the white-knuckle battle, and they could not even lift the rifles in their hands, and could only watch the bayonets of the Japanese soldiers pierce into their bodies. "Bang" and "Bang" two gunshots, the two Japanese soldiers who were stepping forward to stab were shot and fell to the ground, and the Japanese soldiers who were gathered together instantly fell to the ground and looked around looking for the gunman's position, and "pop" was another gunshot, and a Japanese soldier who raised his body to find the gunman's position fell down with blood on his head.

The gunfire came from the left hand side of Tang Cheng, it was the ambulance soldier of the company, the ambulance soldier who had broken one leg by the grenade grenade fired by the Japanese army was not dead, and there was another seriously wounded man in the company who was shooting along with him. Tang Cheng just wanted to die when his thigh was grazed by a bullet, he couldn't imagine how much perseverance the ambulance soldier with a broken leg had to endure that pain, anyway, Tang Cheng couldn't do it himself, he seemed to be born a master who was afraid of pain.

Before the ambulance soldiers could get their fourth bullet out of their chambers, the Japanese grenadiers who had already locked on to them fired grenades, and as the smoke rose, the fragments of the rifles were scattered all over the ground, and a shallow pit full of blood appeared where the ambulances were lying down. "Ah" Tang Cheng, who didn't dare to shout, gritted his teeth and clenched his rifle hard, the battered position was full of floating soil, not to mention grenade grenades, even if you stepped on it, you could step out of a pit, there were many shrapnel and bullet shells in the floating soil, after these things collapsed by the impact of the explosion, the lethality was no less than that of real shrapnel, Tang Cheng knew that the ambulance and the seriously wounded man were finished.

"You little devils, die, grandpa will reward you with a melon to taste." A shout suddenly erupted from among the four Nationalist soldiers who had survived from the bayonets of the Japanese army, and a thin Nationalist soldier rushed into the crowd of Japanese soldiers with a Japanese-style grenade emitting green smoke in his hand. There was a "boom" sound, and there was no time to dodge the Japanese soldiers helplessly watched the grenade explode in front of them, and the battlefield of the stabbing that the Japanese soldiers had the advantage in just now had become a bloody hell, and at least five Japanese soldiers were hit by the shrapnel and fell to the ground in all directions.

"Boy, you have to remember that when you encounter veterans on the battlefield, you would rather walk around them with your face, and don't underestimate unarmed veterans, because veterans are not people, they are all guys who have already pinned their heads to their trouser pockets and dared to drag you to die at any time." This is a sentence that Tang Cheng said when he was invited to the barracks by Xie Bo, Liu Goat said after drinking, Tang Cheng at that time still felt that Liu Goat was drunk about this, but now he understands the meaning, the veteran is indeed not afraid of death.

"Killing one is enough, killing two earns one." Another soldier of the Nationalist army holding a grenade rushed into the middle of the Japanese army, and the smoke raised by the "boom" was mixed with fragments of military uniforms, and four more Japanese soldiers fell, and there were less than six Japanese soldiers who were still alive, but there were still two Nationalist soldiers who were staring at them with dead eyes. The two soldiers of the national army, whose eyes were red and had been stimulated by the smell of blood, smiled fiercely and slowly raised their arms, both of them holding a Japanese-style grenade emitting green smoke in their palms.

Also as dumbfounded as the Japanese army is Tang Cheng lying in the crater, the ghost knows where these soldiers of the national army came from, these Japanese-style grenades, why didn't they use it when they were surrounded by Japanese soldiers just now. "Boom" and "Boom" After two explosions in a row, several howls of pain sounded on the battlefield, that is, the Japanese soldiers who were not killed were howling miserably, and all the soldiers of the national army who participated in the white-knuckle battle were all killed, but the Japanese army was not happy, and none of them could stand up, only two Japanese soldiers whose legs were blown off screamed and struggled on the battlefield with blurred flesh and blood.

The Japanese officer commanding the battle was stunned, and what he had expected was to suddenly turn into a lose-lose situation. The squad he commanded was ordered to open the passage in front, but until now, the squad under his command was only left with the main and auxiliary machine gunners, two grenadiers and two first aid soldiers, and if you count the two wounded soldiers with broken legs and his own second lieutenant officer, his squad was only 9 people left at the moment.

The second lieutenant of the Japanese army angrily pulled out his command knife and cut off a piece of wood beside him, although his team had completely annihilated the defenders of China on the opposite side, but now this situation was not what he wanted to see. A commander without soldiers can only be a bare-bones commander, and he is a second lieutenant in the regular army, so should he recruit those expatriate self-defense members who can't even shoot a gun into his own squad? It's a big joke.

Tang Cheng, who was crouching in the crater with tears on his face, naturally didn't know about these things, and he was still immersed in the series of suicide bombings just now and didn't wake up. Tang Cheng's impression of the Nationalist army has always been to block the road, loot people's property, and rob people's daughters, although these are all things he heard by chance in the teahouse, but he followed Robert from Peking to Shanghai on the way, and he did see some people who were bullied by the soldiers of the Nationalist army. The crying and helplessness of those people made Tang Cheng tired of the national army since he was a child, and Robert gave him an American-style guidance and education, which was the reason why Tang Cheng refused Xie Bo's recruitment in the first place.

But Tang Cheng's heart was now a little shaken, and after more than two days with this miscellaneous army, Tang Cheng had only experienced a short two days from the initial confusion and cold disdain to the current shock. The desperation and helplessness of everyone when they drew the life and death lottery made Tang Cheng hate this ragtag army, but the figure of the squad leader holding the explosive bag and rushing to the Japanese tank Tang Cheng still remembers it vividly, plus the company commander's eyes that refused to close before he died, the ambulance soldier who had to shoot to provide cover for the fighting brothers, and the four national soldiers who died with the Japanese soldiers holding grenades, all of which made Tang Cheng almost out of breath.

"A soldier should serve the country, a soldier should move forward bravely, and a soldier should die on the battlefield." Tang Cheng still remembered what Xie Bo had said to him. Xie Bo was the most military officer he had ever met, especially what Xie Bo said, which made Tang Cheng's blood boil at that time, and he almost agreed to stay in the barracks. In the two days of fighting, a ragtag army suffered casualties, which made Tang Cheng deeply appreciate the cruelty of the battlefield that Robert said, and at the same time subverted Tang Cheng's perception of the national army.

When Tang Cheng was squatting in the crater and stunned, there was movement in the Japanese position opposite, and the Japanese second lieutenant who commanded the Japanese squad walked towards this side with his six men. The two Japanese soldiers who were blown off their legs and screamed again and again were out of breath, that is to say, the Japanese soldiers who were still alive had been sharply reduced from 9 to 7, and the battlefield full of lifeless air made the face of the Japanese second lieutenant ugly, whether it was him or his 6 subordinates, they forgot about Tang Cheng crouching in the crater, and what they had to do now was to determine whether there were still alive Shina soldiers on the position of the defenders of China on the opposite side.

"Huh?" Tang Cheng almost screamed out in ecstasy, his numb legs made him twist his body involuntarily, the hard object on his back waist made him happy, and the barge gun he picked up was still pinned to his back waist. After crawling back from the battlefield full of dangers, Tang Cheng still fiddled with it, but fortunately, remembering Liu Shanyang's professor, Tang Cheng spent a lot of time finally figuring out this method of loading bullets for the shell gun. Every bullet was carefully wiped clean by Tang Cheng's back, and after a night of sleep, Tang Cheng actually forgot that this shell gun was still pinned under his clothes, which was indeed great news for Tang Cheng, who had run out of bullets.

“1、2、…… 5、6、7.” Tang Cheng poked his head out of the side of the Japanese corpse that served as cover and carefully counted the Japanese soldiers who came over, there were 7 in total, and the leader also carried a command knife on his waist, this should be the Japanese officer that Company Commander Xie said. While Tang Cheng counted the number of Japanese soldiers, he secretly prayed that there were still living national troops on his own position, and the shell gun had been carried by Tang Cheng in his hand, and he was ready to shoot at any time.