There were "boom" and "boom" sounds from artillery in the distance, and then the shells exploded in the trenches of the 67th Army. Mud and water splashed, and the situation of the Northeastern officers and soldiers in the trenches could no longer be seen clearly.
Although the shells were only fired by Japanese mortars, the location where the officers and soldiers of the 67th Army were hiding still made the officers and soldiers in the county feel worried.
Normally speaking, trenches can of course be protected from artillery. People hiding in trenches and pressing their bodies against the trench walls can prevent shrapnel from hurting people to the greatest extent.
But there was water in the trench. When the trench was dug, the water was up to the waist. How could people shrink to the bottom of the trench? At this time, if you squat down, you are stabbing yourself in the water, and you can hold your breath for a while longer!
"Why don't we fire yet?" Little Dustpan asked in a low voice.
"I don't know, just wait!" said Mr. Wang, who was lying next to the little dustpan.
Shang Zhen and the others had already left the city and were lying in a foxhole filled with rainwater.
No one knows how the Japanese army in front of them approached the western suburbs of Songjiang County.
After all, the defensive position of the Sixty-seventh Army was too wide. The Sixty-seventh Army was like a fence, and the Japanese army was like the wild beasts in the mountains. There was always a place where the fence was not tight enough.
But at this time, there was only one battalion of Northeastern officers and soldiers in Songjiang County, and Shang Zhen and the others also received more important news. Army Commander Wu Keyong and military personnel also entered Songjiang County.
Logically speaking, as a military commander, you cannot place the military headquarters very close to the front line.
But as Lei Liang relayed, as the commander of an army, Wu Keyong wanted to show off to other armies, so it is understandable that senior commanders are close to the front line.
In order to ensure the safety of Army Commander Wu Keyong, Division Commander Chang En came down with all the people from the division headquarters. What difference did Shang Zhen and the other small soldiers have?
As for those who came out from the county town for reinforcements, they all hid in the second line of defense behind the trenches that were shelled by the Japanese army, which were only a few foxholes.
"Didn't we see a lot of troops when we were in the county this morning? Why are there only these few left now?" Little Dustpan asked in confusion.
"It's just like ordinary people living at home. No matter how rich they are, there are times when money is tight." Mr. Wang explained this truth in a simple way.
"This battle is not going to be easy!" Xiao Dustpan looked ahead, where another bomb exploded, and he saw a cloud of water mist in front of him. He didn't know what the casualties were among the soldiers in the trenches?
Thinking that the battle would not be easy, Xiao Dustpan turned to look at Shang Zhen.
At this time, Shang Zhen, who was not far from him, was observing with a telescope. Naturally, the little dustpan could not see Shang Zhen's expression.
Shang Zhen's eyes moved across the trench ahead. He had just seen a soldier trying to crawl out of the trench under the explosion of the mortar bomb.
However, the soldier only struggled a few times in the water and stopped moving. Shang Zhen saw that the trench was already faintly bloody.
As a veteran, Shang Zhen has learned to harden his heart. If hatred could kill the enemy, then the Japanese invaders would have failed long ago. Fighting requires blood and reason.
Shang Zhen looked into the distance again with his telescope.
Under the cover of mortars, the Japanese infantry had begun to attack.
Because they were far away, the scattered figures of the Japanese troops squirmed toward them in the open ground like insects.
Shang Zhen estimated that there were more than a hundred Japanese troops. He knew that despite the fact that the Japanese troops he saw in his telescope were in large groups, in fact, the distance between the Japanese troops was relatively large.
How should we fight this time? How can we survive the positional battle? This is a question that Shang Zhen has been thinking about.
The firepower of the Japanese army was not strong, and the covering firepower was only a few mortars. The number of Japanese troops was not large.
If the attack of this group of Japanese troops can be repelled, I believe that the rest of the Japanese troops will have no choice but to retreat.
Thinking of this, an idiom suddenly popped up in Shang Zhen's mind: "Think of it and survive."
So he turned his head and glanced to the left. A few dozen meters away from him, there was Lei Liang leading his own security company.
"Our people obey my orders!" Shang Zhen suddenly shouted.
He was giving an order now, and the shout was naturally very loud, and everyone around him looked at him.
Shang Zhen didn't know that just a few dozen meters behind him, the 108th Division Commander Chang En, who was also lying in the muddy water, was looking at him in surprise.
Immediately afterwards, Shang Zhenxin's order was issued: "Crawl forward and climb to the trench in front!"
With that he climbed out of the foxhole.
Naturally, this group of people only obeyed his orders, and the others climbed out without much desire to follow.
"Are you guys going to go?" Lei Liang shouted, while not forgetting to look back at his teacher Chang En.
This is a war. In a war, you must obey unified command. The division commander didn't even give an order. Why did you little soldiers go forward?
But Shang Zhen ignored Lei Liang's call. He crawled forward quickly, and so did his group.
There was mud and water everywhere, but Shang Zhen and the others climbed very fast, looking like loaches meandering forward in the mud.
"Be careful, don't get the gun into the sand!" Old Man Wang shouted while pulling his neck.
Water intrusion into the gun is not a big problem in the short term, and it can still be fired. However, the gun needs to be wiped dry after a battle. However, if mud enters the chamber, it will not work. It is easy to malfunction during shooting.
"Boy Shang, what are you going to do?" Mr. Wang asked Shang Zhen while crawling to the right.
"I guess the kid's bombardment should stop. It's better to go to the trenches than to the pits behind." Shang Zhen, whose face was covered with mud, replied.
Wang Laomao instantly understood what Shang Zhen meant, and he crawled forward desperately.
At least from his current position, he couldn't see the Japanese troops in front, but he didn't know if the Japanese troops coming in front would see them.
Mud poured into Mr. Wang's mouth, and Mr. Wang said "poof" but didn't take it seriously.
He felt funny as he crawled.
I am like a blind pestle crawling forward in the mud. Maybe I and others have fallen into the eyes of the Japanese army, but they don't know it, and they keep mumbling "You guys are clear." Looking at it, not looking at it!”
At this time, the commander of the 108th Division, Chang En, who was in the rear, also wanted to understand something.
There were still two mortars in the county, but Chang En originally planned to use those two cannons to counterattack the Japanese mortar positions. He had been observing the location of the Japanese mortar positions.
But he still couldn't find where the Japanese army had set up the mortar position. Now that he saw that Shang Zhen and the others were not far from the trenches ahead, and the Japanese army were also approaching, he suddenly understood Shang Zhen's intention.
After all, the trenches in front were just a series of trenches. Although there was water in them, the protection was better than the foxholes in the back. These foxholes were not deep enough at all, and most of the soldiers were lying outside.
If the Japanese infantry is allowed to rush through the trench, the Japanese mortar positions can be moved forward, so that their county town will directly face the Japanese attack!
"Order the machine guns on both wings to fire, order their mortars to fire a few shots at the Japanese infantry, and the people from the guard company also crawl to the trench!"
"Note" (Note: blind pestle, the Northeastern people's name for mole)
