The first wave of the Japanese tentative attack was repelled by the second company, and the positions outside the Guanghua Gate were still very fierce, and the Japanese troops who took advantage of the night to sneak up did not take advantage, except for leaving a corpse in one place, the Japanese army did not seem to get any benefit. The barrage shuttling back and forth between the two sides slowly weakened until it disappeared, and the entire position of the Second Teaching Regiment returned to a state of silence except for sporadic gunfire, which made Xie Chengrui feel safe and comforted that the heavy machine guns and mortars deployed on the positions outside Guanghuamen did not participate in the return fire just now, as long as the Japanese army's tentative attack did not detect the location of these heavy weapons, the next time the Japanese army attacked, they would still be defeated.

"The Japanese army is coming, the Japanese army is touching" Tang Cheng had just pressed the bullet on his Mauser rifle when he heard the guard post at the front of the position shouting, and then saw the machine gun flames bursting from the position on the left side of the second company. The Japanese attack came very quickly, and the secret sentry lurking on the outer edge of the position only shouted twice and then went silent, if it hadn't been for the machine gun that fired first, the other positions might not have taken it seriously.

"Boom" "Boom" With the help of the fire after the grenade thrown from the left position of the second company, Tang Cheng found that the main target of the Japanese army in this round of attacks was the position on the left side of the second company, and more than 60 or so Japanese troops had already touched the front of the position but a distance of more than 20 meters, and were shooting at the defenders in the position with the help of the corpses of their companions.

"Grenades, grenades" The truth of "grenades, grenades" is cold in his lips, Liu Goat understands himself, and when he doesn't know whether there is a Japanese sneak attack in front of his position, Liu Goat commanded the soldiers in his company to throw a round of grenades at the outpost position on the left. Looking at the fragments of the corpse that were abandoned by Qi Lang in the firelight, Tang Cheng, who had been paying attention to the battle situation, felt as if he was collapsing, especially the intestines that fell everywhere like a long rope, which made him can't help but almost vomit.

It was obviously a big mistake for the Japanese army to choose a close attack for this ** attack, and the troops holding the position on the left side of the second company were the strongest company in the second regiment, not only were the veterans accounted for the majority of the personnel, but also there were 6 light and heavy machine guns alone. The Japanese soldiers who rushed in with 6 light and heavy machine guns suffered great casualties, especially Liu Shanyang's second company also helped throw a round of grenades, and there were very few Japanese soldiers who could touch within 5 meters of the trench alive, and none of them wanted to jump into the trench.

"Shelling, concealment" Biao Zi shouted and threw the stunned Tang Cheng into the bunker, and the Japanese army started a new round of shelling, and the position of the second company was also affected by the artillery fire from the Japanese because it was close to the position that the Japanese had just targeted. After a few rounds of shelling, Liu Goat's second company lost four more people. "It's over, the little devil is coming at us" Under the miserable white light of the flares, Tang Cheng, who was pulled up by Biaozi, looked at the front of his position, and dozens of Japanese soldiers who were hiding with the help of the crater were touching it.

"Wait for my order to open fire again" Under Liu Goat's hissing shout, the brothers in his company did not rush out of the ground to fight bayonets like other positions, but continued to hide in the trenches, waiting for the Japanese to approach before fighting. "Boom" "Boom" The shells fired by the Japanese army were still bombarding Liu Goat's position, and the Japanese soldiers who came to sneak attack just now felt that the firepower of the second company was not very strong, so they took this place as their breakthrough point, and wanted to take it here in one fell swoop. At least until the Japanese began to attack, their artillery fire was not going to stop.

The position of the second company was still silent under Liu Goat's command, which made the Japanese troops who touched it very uncomfortable, until they were still 20 meters away from the first trench of the second company, Liu Goat still did not open fire, and the Japanese army, who had already prepared for the attack, simply straightened up and began to run forward desperately. "It's now" looked at the Japanese soldiers who straightened their waists, a trace of coldness flashed in Liu Goat's eyes, the Japanese army was about to attack, "30-meter grenade, 30-meter grenade" Several veterans who had been preparing for a long time heard Liu Goat's shout and threw out the grenades in their hands.

There was no need for grenades at such a close distance, and the grenades thrown by Liu Goat were thrown directly behind the group of Japanese soldiers, "Fire, fire" In the shouts of Liu Goat and the veterans, the soldiers of the second company lying in the bunker pulled the trigger. The grenades thrown at the back of the Japanese soldiers exploded, and the flying shrapnel in the smoke of gunpowder had sealed the retreat of the Japanese troops, and at the same time blocked the sight of the Japanese machine gunners in the rear. The Japanese machine gunners, whose vision was obstructed, were unable to provide fire support to the attacking Japanese troops, so they had to lie on their stomachs and wait for the smoke to clear.

The grenades that exploded in the rear provided Tang Cheng with the position of the Japanese army, and the Japanese soldiers exposed to their sight in Tang Cheng were alive and well as gun targets, and Tang Cheng who used rifles only had to shoot at the Japanese soldiers who were straight up, and the Japanese soldiers who slipped through the net naturally had machine guns to deal with. After the machine gun was replaced with the third magazine, the Japanese troops who attacked outside the first trench retreated again, but the corpses they discarded this time did not have time to bring back, and Liu Goat's second company killed two more brothers, and only 24 of the 33 people he managed to piece together were left at this time, which could barely be counted as the formation of two infantry squads.

Just now, it was a battlefield where the two armies were fighting for their lives, but now it was silent, and the position was full of severed limbs and stumps scattered on the smoking scorched earth. Two Japanese armored vehicles were parked on the left and right sides of their position in Tangcheng, and the flames on their bodies were whirring in the night, which had been destroyed by the anti-aircraft artillery and were supported by fire from the city gates during the battle. The flame-blazing armored vehicles just lit up the two flanks of their position in Tangcheng, and the Japanese would not risk being discovered by the opponent's machine guns to storm them, so they were temporarily safe in Tangcheng.

The Japanese army retreated, but the soldiers on the position no longer dared to close their eyes, because no one knew when the next attack of the Japanese army would be, maybe half an hour, maybe an hour, maybe another shell would be dropped in the next second, and then a large number of Japanese soldiers would rush over with a howl. Tang Cheng, who was huddled in the bunker with a gun, fell asleep regardless of it, since yesterday, he has not closed his eyes again, and the extreme excitement made him not sleepy at all, he was not a timid person who stayed in the second company for the sake of affection, but when he really raised his gun and pointed it at the Japanese army opposite, he still had some unbearable feelings in his heart.

The artillery fire in the distance is still ringing non-stop, and you can see bursts of red light flashing in mid-air without binoculars, which is the Japanese army attacking other peripheral positions outside Nanjing, and the dense gunfire like fried beans is endless, and the soldiers lying in the bunkers can only hold their rifles tightly and listen to the movement outside the position, for fear that they will become the next person killed by the Japanese striker. The flares that rose from time to time in mid-air brought bursts of white dead light, and Mazi Face crawled into the first trench that had been blown into ruins with two auxiliary soldiers with quick hands and feet, and carefully groped for the corpses of the Japanese soldiers.

They not only served as night guard sentries, but also shouldered the task of collecting ammunition and equipment for the second company, bullets, grenades, 38 rifles, and everything that could be regarded as weapons and ammunition, they quietly peeled off the corpses of the Japanese soldiers and tied them to the hemp ropes they brought. One end of the long hemp rope was in the first trench, and the other end was in the hands of Qiu Jiangong and several of his veterans, so that when they withdrew from the pockmarked face, they could lighten the burden empty-handed, as long as they pulled the hemp rope back, the weapons and ammunition collected could be pulled back by the hemp rope.

Tang Cheng, who suddenly woke up from his sleep, watched the movements of the veterans coldly, but didn't say anything, these veterans all have their housekeeping skills to survive from the battlefield, if they are replaced by those supplementary soldiers, they will only stupidly carry the collected things and run back, as long as the sound alarms the Japanese troops hidden in the shadows, they will immediately attract a string of bullets or a few shells. And this method of the veterans can not only reduce the casualties of their comrades, but also find the fire point of the Japanese army for their own machine gunners, which is a method that can be thought of by individuals, and it can be regarded as a lot of benefits.

"Company Commander Yang, the regiment commander said that there is no extra manpower to supply your second company, and before your second company receives the order to retreat, no one can retreat to the city. There are only 24 people left in his second company now, and it is difficult to say whether they can hold out until dawn, and what they say about disobedience, even if Liu Goat has the heart to withdraw to the city, I am afraid that the brothers guarding the city gate will not let him in.

When Mazi crawled back with the two reinforcements, Liu Goat happened to eat half of his dry cakes with cold water. "I didn't get anything useful, I got a few fairly good rifles and a dozen grenades, machine guns and anything, I didn't see it" When Tang Cheng carried his rifle over, he was just in time for Mazi Face to take out a cigarette for Liu Goat from the pocket of his military uniform, and the cigarette case with a golden bat was seen to know that it was a Japanese cigarette, and he knew that it was a Japanese cigarette without asking, and these cigarettes that were still stained with blood were touched by Mazi Face from the corpse of the Japanese army.

The most in the second company are smokers, even after Tang Cheng arrived in the second company, the momentum of smoking is also much greater, Liu Goat and their veterans smoke to suppress the smell of corpses on the battlefield, and Tang Cheng is because of the hesitation and helplessness in his heart. I don't know when it started, Tang Cheng suddenly realized that this kind of life of bullets and bullets was not the life he wanted, it seemed to be too far from the life he longed for in the church, and he hadn't thought of Robert for a long time.