Under Lu Cao's order, the 1st Company of the Second Battalion began to attack the Japanese troops in front.
By this time, Shang Zhen had also joined Wang Laomao and the others.
Naturally, Lu Cao would not order King Shang Zhen and the others to charge, so they became bystanders for the time being.
"The officers of the 691st regiment are better than those of other regiments!" Mr. Wang said as he saw that the company only sent out one platoon of troops and rushed forward in a skirmish formation.
"That's what us instructors do well!" Ma Erhuzi said from the side.
"I don't dare to take credit for this." Mr. Wang retorted.
The platoon of the first company pulled the skirmishers into formation, which meant that the infantry did not use human sea tactics, but spread out and charged forward.
This avoids the concentration of enemy firepower due to too dense personnel.
Of course, when Shang Zhen and the others were serving as instructors for the 691st Regiment, they also told the officers and soldiers that they must not rush up in a swarm during a charge. The Japanese's marksmanship was very accurate.
However, they didn't know whether the platoon used this offensive formation because of what they said.
"That won't work either. The Japanese's marksmanship is too accurate." Shang Zhen expressed worry.
Sure enough, when the dozens of soldiers who rushed out were only more than 100 meters away from Shang Zhen and the others, the Japanese army opened fire.
The gunshots of the Japanese army were sparse, unlike the Chinese army where soldiers fired platoon guns at the command of an officer.
But in the sparse gunfire, Shang Zhen and the others saw that the Chinese soldiers rushing up kept falling.
At this time, the Japanese light machine gun rang again.
They were all short bursts of "da da da" sound, and within the sound of the short bursts, another Chinese soldier fell down.
"It's impossible to fight like this. We'll all be beaten in a short while. It's better to lie on the ground and crawl forward and shoot at the Japanese." Shang Zhen said.
In later generations, there was a live video shot by an American reporter of the Northeastern Army's resistance against Japan. It showed that 14 people were killed in 30 seconds. At that time, the charge was not at the front line, so you can imagine how tragic it was at the front line.
Just as Shang Zhen spoke, the platoon he saw had more than 30 soldiers, and now only half of them were left!
"Don't we have heavy machine guns in this town?" Shang Zhen turned around and asked a soldier from the first company.
"I heard that there were originally three heavy machine guns, but the Japanese army's random bombings, or maybe the heavy machine guns were damaged in the three days." The soldier said.
Shang Zhen frowned and looked at the soldiers who were charging forward. Now there were less than half of them, only seven or eight left.
How can this be done? Shang Zhen's brows were already knitted into knots.
Now the battalion in the town cannot pose a threat to the Japanese army without heavy machine guns.
I don’t know what the first battalion in the town was thinking. Maybe they didn’t get news of the breakout, or they were blocked by the Japanese army and couldn’t break out of the town.
After thinking for a moment, he simply took out his binoculars and carefully observed the terrain ahead, hoping that he could come up with a good idea. At this time, he noticed a soldier hiding behind a mound of dirt that was less than a person tall.
The soldier was shooting at those ahead with his rifle.
Under the observation of the telescope, the soldier fired three shots in succession, but when he fiddled with the gun bolt for the fourth time, Shang Zhen saw his body lying on the mound. It was obvious that he had also been shot. .
"Er fool, give me your grenade!" Shang Zhen shouted.
"You want a grenade? The grenade can't hit there." Erhanzi asked as he approached Shang Zhen.
Shang Zhen ignored Erganzi, but turned around and shouted: "Brother Huzi, follow me. The two of us ran behind that mound, did you see it?"
Once they heard what Shang said, people behind him knew what Shang Zhen meant. He was going to use a grenade to help!
"When is it the commander's turn to take action in person?" When Er Hanzi came over with the grenade and the ammunition box, he was snatched away by Guan Tiedou.
Guan Tiedou held the grenade in one hand and the ammunition box in the other, and ran forward with his waist bent.
And another soldier named Tietou rushed forward with a rifle.
For a moment, Er Jiazi was stunned with eyebrows and eyes stunned as he was robbed.
Guan Tiedou and Tietou were both selected by Shang Zhen and others when they were in the 7th Brigade.
Every soldier has his own sense of honor.
After Guan Tiedou and the others joined, they were not less angry with veterans like Wang Lao Mao Qian Chuan'er.
Who calls Mr. Wang, Qian Chuan'er and others with seniority? Sometimes when they train people like Guan Tiedou, they act like teachers.
Guan Tiedou and the others were angry, and they were so full of energy that they had to show off whatever they had to say to show Mr. Wang and the others!
Guan Tiedou knew that veterans like Mr. Wang cherished their lives, and he cherished his life too, but he knew that if he wanted to stand upright in Shang Zhen's team, he had to do things that Mr. Wang and the others couldn't do or didn't want to do!
"Hey!" When the veterans lying next to Shang Zhen saw Guan Tiedou and Tietou rushing forward, they naturally became uneasy.
These veterans led by Shang Zhen, including Shang Zhen himself, all have this characteristic. They are unwilling to defend their positions and are not willing to charge. However, they must not allow latecomers like Guan Tiedou to despise their dignity.
"Fuck, I'll come too!" Hu Zhuzhu said first.
But no matter how tough he was, this time he finally remembered that he couldn't make the decision on his own in a battle. He was about to climb up but in the end he glanced at Shang Zhen.
"Come up there, haha? There can be two people hiding behind that mound!" Shang Zhen said angrily.
As a result, the veterans who came first, including Shang Zhen, became spectators, while Guan Tiedou and Tiedan, who rushed out, became the protagonists of this battle.
"I'm embarrassed this time!" Ma Erhuzi muttered in a low voice, causing the others to blush.
The word "Dou Ke Ke" in Northeastern dialect here means to be embarrassed.
Originally Shang Zhen planned to rush up by himself, but Guan Tiedou said, how could it be the commander's turn to do this in person? Then Guan Tiedou rushed up and left these old people here to hang out. Are you embarrassed?
But at this time, Shang Zhen didn't care what Mr. Wang and the others thought, he kept staring at Guan Tiedou and Tietou.
"Get down, you two!" Suddenly, Shang Zhen shouted without caring about the surprised expressions of the officers and soldiers of the 691st Regiment next to him.
But at this time, Guan Tiedou and Tietou, who wanted to show off their skills to Mr. Wang and the other "teachers", were still rushing forward, but they didn't even notice Shang Zhen shouting.
But at this time, Wang Laomao and the others also saw that something was wrong.
At this time, all the soldiers in the platoon of the First Company of the Second Battalion had fallen to the ground. No one knew whether they were all killed.
So at this time, only Guan Tiedou and Tietou rushed forward. In this way, on the battlefield where no one else was standing, they appeared so conspicuous, so lonely, and so heroic. If the Japanese army came towards them, Two shots, then, it is so tragic!
Is this what veterans do?
Although brave, he is brave, but he is like two silly roe deers!
