Chapter 48: Repulsion
To avenge Xiao Dapeng, few of the remaining hundreds of bandits would do so, but the temptation given by Miyamoto Takego made the bandits, who were still a little wavering, instantly excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Let's not talk about money and women, just being incorporated by the Japanese army is enough to make these bandits temporarily used by Miyamoto Takeshi, as long as they are incorporated by the Japanese army, they are no longer bandits, they are no longer chased by the government, they are also people who can wear official clothes,
In the perception of this gang of bandits, the Japanese army is strong, the national army has been defeated and retreated, and it is only a matter of time before the Japanese occupy China, and the sooner they are absorbed by the Japanese army, the better their life will be. The bandits who were bewitched by Miyamoto Takego loaded their respective chambers with bullets, and according to Miyamoto Takego's arrangement, they divided into dozens of groups to cover each other and rushed towards Tangcheng and them.
"Company commander, they're coming." The observation post set up by Tang Cheng shouted quietly, not only Tang Cheng, but even the soldiers who were leaning on the trenches wanted to get up and take a look. Niu Laogui's squad and platoon leaders walked through the trenches, pulling back those guys who wanted to probe out of the trench one by one, which didn't give Xiao Quan a chance to shoot them with a sniper rifle. Holding the telescope in one hand and the edge of the trench in the other, Tang Cheng quickly looked around, then immediately retracted his figure, and changed his waist to the next suitable position for looking.
Tang Cheng never thought that he would see things in this way one day, this was not from his own creation, but from Liu Goat's teaching, many officers and veterans on the battlefield would choose to use this way to avoid the opponent's sharpshooters. Although this posture looks indecent and looks like a coward, Tang Cheng Zhidao is facing a threat to his life, this kind of coward-like behavior can save his life.
The bandits who were beaten back made a comeback, but Sun Liansheng, who was watching the battle at the head of the city, was full of smiles, with the protection of the city wall and the backing of hundreds of soldiers under his hands, Sun Liansheng was not afraid of these bandits attacking the city at all. Tang Cheng's defeat will only make Sun Liansheng relieve the hatred in his heart, Sun Liansheng is actually praying in his heart that Tang Cheng's defense line can be broken by bandits, even if he can't control Tang Cheng, at least he can take the opportunity to sarcastically say a few words when Tang Cheng returns to the city after the defeat.
"Mortars? Tell him, no, there are not a few shells in total, the shells are gone, what is the use of me keeping those mortars. Tang Cheng sent people back to the city to find Sun Liansheng, but they were blocked by Sun Liansheng's men under the city, and the person in charge of delivering the message did not make the loss clear, so Sun Liansheng naturally refused the request of the second company to bring a mortar out of the city.
The bandits who were not intercepted by the opponent's fire rushed faster and faster, and when Tang Cheng poked his head out for the third time to look, the fastest group of bandits was only 50 meters away from Tang Cheng's trench. At Tang Cheng's signal, a light machine gun in the trench fired a string of bullets, and in the flying blood mist, some of the bandits who rushed to the front were shot and fell to the ground, and some were shot and screamed. "Baga, haven't these stupid bandits learned to dodge?" Seeing that the group of bandits had all fallen, Miyamoto Takeshi, who was holding a telescope from afar, scolded angrily.
Like Miyamoto Takego, Koizumi was also very angry, because he had already missed two shots in a row, and the opposing machine gunner he was targeting was too slippery, they didn't shoot more than twice in the same place at all, and basically changed positions immediately after hitting a tongue of fire, which made Koizumi, who had been looking for the opponent's machine gunner, very annoyed. Tang Cheng had more than one machine gun in his hand, but there was only one sniper on Miyamoto Takego's side, and Koizumi, who couldn't lock on to the opponent's machine gunner, couldn't stop the machine gun fire on Tang Cheng's side for a while, so the attacking bandits had to lie on the ground and temporarily stop attacking.
Xiao Dapeng's corpses were still scattered in front of the position, and the bandits who had temporarily stopped the attack simply used the corpses of their companions as cover to temporarily avoid the machine gun fire on Tangcheng's side. Although this method seems to be a bit passive, it does have an effect, at least Tang Cheng's machine gunners are helpless against the bandits who are hiding behind the corpses. "Poof" A machine gunner not far from Tang City slid down the trench with his head crooked, and the cloth soft military hat on his head could not better protect his head, and the bullet that hit him drilled a hole in his head.
"Stop shooting, stop shooting, put them in some more, finish them with grenades." Under Tang Cheng's strict orders, the machine gunners stopped firing and hid back in the trenches, and only Kuroko and his three bandits were still shooting in the position. Compared with the soldiers in the second company who have good marksmanship, the marksmanship of the four of them is even more outstanding, so Tang Cheng ordered that only Kuroko and them continue to shoot, if they can kill the sharpshooter of the Japanese army, maybe it will be better.
I don't know if it's his own delusion, Kuroko, who was moving quickly in the trenches, always felt a pair of eyes staring at him in the distance, and just before he could retract his body after killing a bandit, he heard a whooshing sound in his ear, and a bullet with a hot feeling flew past his left ear. "What's the matter" Kuroko who shrank back into the trench scolded secretly, stretched out his hand and rubbed his ears, the moment just now really made Kuroko a little scared, he was not afraid of death, but he didn't know where the opponent lost his life, it was absolutely unacceptable to Kuroko.
The other party's fire interception disappeared, and the bandits lying behind the corpse were overjoyed, this may be the difference between the rabble and the regular army, at first glance it was a trap, but the bandits couldn't wait to jump in. "Grenades, throw grenades." Seeing that the bandits were less than 30 meters away from the trench, Tang Cheng in the trench shouted and threw the grenade that had been pulled out, and anyone in the second company could throw the grenade 40 meters away, if it weren't for Tang Cheng being on guard against the possible Japanese army, he would never have put these bandits so close.
"Boom", "boom", "boom" grenades flew out of the trenches, and a continuous cloud of smoke rose from them, mixed with corpses and dirt that had been lifted up by the air. "Boom" "Boom" "Boom" Another wave of grenades flew out of the trench, taking advantage of the smoke brought by the explosion, Tang Cheng ordered the machine gun to fire, the front of the position was a flat field, if you want to go along the avenue to the county seat, you must pass through the position of Tang Cheng, in such a terrain, Tang Cheng's machine guns can play a more advantage.
Koizumi fired repeatedly, but the smoke from the grenade explosion seriously interfered with his vision, and he could only shoot the bullet at the place where the gun flame appeared, and there was a chance that he would not be able to hit. Miyamoto Takego's hand holding the telescope was already tightly clenched together, and the military telescope in his hand was also pinched by him, if possible, Miyamoto Takego might choose to personally go into battle to command those bandits to charge, but he couldn't, there were only a dozen imperial soldiers around him, and this person couldn't fight against each other.
"Let's withdraw, those bandits are finished, and no one can save them." Looking at the bandits screaming in the pool of blood and corpses, Miyamoto Takego reached out and rubbed his nose, and then ordered the Japanese soldiers who came with him to evacuate backwards. According to his consistent understanding of the Chinese army, the Chinese defenders armed with at least 4 machine guns would never be a garrison regiment, and those with such intensity of firepower could only be regimental units in the Chinese army, and Miyamoto Takego was not arrogant enough to use an infantry squad against a regiment of the Chinese army.
Miyamoto Takego planned to leave here quietly and leave these troubles, but it backfired because God didn't seem to be able to fulfill his wishes. When Yang Tianlei's horse bandits said that there were still five or six hundred bandits behind, Tang Cheng arranged a platoon of the second company to quietly lurk on the flank of the position, and when they exchanged fire with the bandits under Xiao Dapeng, a platoon full of 45 people had already circled to the slope where the patrol team killed Yang Tianlei.
A platoon of 45 people may not be able to intercept bandits with more than 500 people, but Miyamoto Takego only has 14 people under his hands, and the three-to-one ratio of troops makes Lao Tohoku, who commands a platoon, a little happy. A platoon is equipped with a light machine gun, plus three flower organs, in terms of firepower, the platoon of the old northeast is not lagging behind, compared with the squad of Japanese troops commanded by Miyamoto Takego, the row of the old northeast seems to have the upper hand.
Tang Cheng in the trenches didn't know at this time that the old northeast of the road had cut off the back road of this group of bandits, and he only had one thought now, taking advantage of the smoke from the grenade explosion to dissipate, and use machine guns to shoot as many bandits in front of the position as possible. You can't jump out of the trench to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, this is an order that Tang Cheng had given before the battle, so the soldiers in the trenches were just concentrating on shooting, and no one thought about rushing out of the trench to fight the bandits hand-to-hand.
The sound of gunshots, explosions and shouts of killing resounded outside the city, and even Sun Liansheng, who was not dealing with Tang Cheng, had stayed in the city since the beginning of the war, and everything on the battlefield was carefully watched by Sun Liansheng with a telescope. Sun Liansheng had to admit that Tang Cheng was stronger than himself in the war, and it was not a little stronger, as the heavy machine guns on the position began to join the battle group, the bandits who had lost the support of Miyamoto Takego began to retreat uncontrollably.
After losing Xiao Dapeng, the leader and several of the monkey organizers, the bandits began to flee in all directions, which would only care about fleeing for their lives, they no longer cared about the benefits that Miyamoto Takego had mentioned, and in the face of life and death, they finally chose to live instead of those illusory benefits. "Don't chase, just hold our position." Preventing someone from trying to climb out of the trench to pursue the bandits, Tang Cheng, who was physically and mentally exhausted, collapsed in the trench.