It was finally dark. If it weren't for the smell of gunpowder smoke still lingering between the sky and the earth, people would think that the sound of gunfire during the day was just an illusion.
But at this time, whispers came from the darkness.
"Our new company commander's marksmanship is really good!" Soldier A said.
"What's a good idea?" Soldier B asked.
"In the afternoon, he shot at the little devil, and I was always there to help him find the target with a telescope." There was a hint of pride in Soldier A's tone.
"You still have the nerve to say that? Your marksmanship has always been the best in our company, but you have fallen to finding targets for the company commander. How beautiful are you?" Soldier B disagreed.
"If our skills are inferior to others, then our skills are inferior to others. There is no comparison between our marksmanship and that of the company commander!
Besides, I was watching through the binoculars. Our company commander did kill six or seven little Japs.
You have to know that those little Japs are also sharpshooters among the Japs. They can hit a target with a rifle from five to six hundred meters away. Do you think I can do it? "Soldier A was already full of praise for their company commander.
This naturally aroused dissatisfaction from Soldier B.
The company commander they were talking about was of course Shang Zhen.
Although this time it was a positional battle, Shang Zhen would never just defend passively.
According to Shang Zhen's explanation to the soldiers, the little Japs should have guessed that we are always hiding on the back of the mountain, and we can't always stand firm here.
The first time we hid behind the mountain, the little devil didn't know the details and was careless. If we ambush the little devil again, the surprise will be gone!
You know, when Shang Zhen and the others suddenly showed up to shoot at the Japanese army after the Japanese shelling, the attacking Japanese army was only more than fifty meters away from them.
If it weren't for Shang Zhen's strong firepower and accurate marksmanship, and the Japanese army was attacking the mountain, they might have had to fight with bayonets. At this point, the brigade commander Liu Chengyi didn't even know that Shang Zhen had put the Japanese army there because he never looked over. Fighting at such a close distance!
Therefore, Shang Zhen's method after the second artillery attack by the Japanese army was exactly the opposite of that of the first close-range attack. Instead, he attacked the Japanese army when he saw it from a distance. He used this piecemeal approach to snipe the Japanese army.
He ambushed the soldiers with good marksmanship in the guard company at different points on the battle line. When he saw the Japanese troops coming this way, he started shooting, and then he would change places after shooting.
As for whether other soldiers killed several Japanese soldiers, Shang Zhen didn't care. In fact, he only used those soldiers as suspects, and the real killer was himself.
As a veteran and an expert with guns, Shang Zhen is very aware of the deterrent effect that a sharpshooter with almost perfect accuracy can have on one side.
What happened next was just as Shang Zhen expected. The Japanese army was really afraid of his marksmanship.
When the enemy and we are more than one mile apart, it is actually very difficult to capture the disguised gunman hiding in the mountains.
The flame produced by the muzzle of the Type 38 rifle is very small when it is fired. It is basically impossible to capture the flame and smoke. As the shooter on the defensive side, he has disguised himself so that it is so easy to be discovered by the opponent.
In fact, let alone the rifleman, as long as the distance is far enough, it is not easy to detect a Maxim heavy machine gun under strafing conditions.
But this is the situation in summer. If it is winter in the north, since the Maxim heavy machine gun is water-cooled, it means that water needs to be added to the barrel to cool it down. After shooting, the barrel becomes hot and red, and the water hits the barrel. It will turn into water vapor, and that water vapor can easily reveal the location of the machine gun.
In any case, Shang Zhen finally made the Japanese army fearful of their marksmanship, and because of this, he won the respect of Soldier A.
In the end, the Japanese army did not organize any more large-scale attacks, and even changed the target of the bombardment, presumably to pick "soft targets".
In other words, the Japanese army believed that it was unwise to consume too many troops here.
In fact, judging from the current situation between the enemy and ourselves, it is extremely disadvantageous for the defending 51st Army.
They were in a hurry after receiving the order. They only established two extremely simple defense lines at the designated locations. The soldiers had very few shovels and nothing to dig bunkers with, let alone the so-called permanent fortifications.
If the Japanese army is compared to a stream of water, if there is a high mountain in front of it that cannot pass, then it will naturally flow to low-lying areas. There is no need for them to hang themselves from a tree!
But no matter what, Shang Zhen successfully used the "drag" tactic to hold his position and minimize his own casualties.
Now that it was finally dark, it stands to reason that the Japanese army was unlikely to fight at night, but Shang Zhen ordered his soldiers to be divided into several groups to guard the front line at the foot of the mountain.
The soldiers felt that what Shang Zhen said was reasonable. This hill was the commanding heights of this area. During the day, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties, and they could guess that they were hiding on the reverse slope in case they came around and attacked.
And now Soldiers A and B are one of the groups sent by Shang Zhen to be on guard. In the same group is a veteran from the guard company, but the veteran just listened to them and remained silent.
"Brother Li, if we are told to stay here, we will stay here, but the company commander takes that old fool and the others to the front?" Seeing that Soldier B was told that there was no movement, Soldier A asked again Veterans from the same group.
The old idiot has become famous in the guard company this time. His figure is like a black iron tower but he is also very skilled. It is difficult for the soldiers not to remember him!
"Who knew they were going to Gaha?" Soldier B had just been speechless by Soldier A. He felt a little embarrassed and didn't have a good attitude when he spoke.
"It should be to harass the Japanese devils." The veteran named "Brother Li" answered.
"I saw that each of them brought several grenades. Don't you want to take advantage of the darkness to throw grenades at the Japs?" Soldier A ignored Soldier B's continued question.
People have different temperaments and temperaments. Soldier B is the one who doesn't like others, and he also has a bad reputation when he talks. However, his brother is the platoon leader of their platoon, and Soldier A doesn't easily fall out with him. That’s all.
"If they don't throw grenades, why are they throwing them there?" Brother Li said.
"How far can the grenade be thrown? I don't believe they dare to touch the kid's nest. They might as well bring a grenade." Soldier B continued.
"You know nothing!" At this time, before Soldier A could say anything, the veteran was rude to him.
As a veteran, he has capital. He has a life-long friendship with Soldier B's brother, their platoon leader. He trains Soldier B as if he were training his own younger brother. When he gets angry, he will say "little bitch" or "little bitch". When his brother heard the cry, he just laughed.
"Using a grenade or a gun will reveal your position, but using a grenade will not." After the training, the veteran was indeed a veteran, but he directly guessed Shang Zhen's intention, "Who knew that old fool could handle this How far can thunder be thrown? The furthest I know is seventy or eighty meters, but looking at the old fool, it seems that it should be thrown further than this!"
"Seventy or eighty meters?" Soldiers A and B had the same attitude this time. Both of them were a little unconvinced. They could only throw the grenade forty or fifty meters each, and it had to be With a run-up.
When the veterans were about to say something more, they heard a few explosions from the Japanese side, and then the "click-click" sound of Japanese light machine guns.
The three soldiers were shocked and looked over.
The terrain where the three of them were now was still relatively high, so they saw the traces of bullets streaking through the night, which were tracer bullets fired by the Japanese army.
"It's bad, weren't they discovered by the Japs?" Soldier A was worried.
Soldier B was also worried, but the words coming out of his mouth turned into: "Who told them they stink!"
"You little bastard, don't talk anymore!" The veteran finally got angry with Soldier B.
"Why?" Soldier B was still confused.
"Be careful, those veterans brought by the company commander will beat you up. If the day comes, don't say I won't hold you back!" the veteran said angrily.
Soldier B was silent.
The sound of machine guns in the distance was still ringing, and the veteran watched from a distance for a while and then said: "Company Commander and the others are fine."
"How do you know?" Soldier A didn't understand.
"The Japs' machine guns were firing blindly, not in one place at all, so they couldn't have discovered the company commander and the others," the veteran judged.
Soldier A also looked at the direction in which the stream of light was shooting in the night. As expected, there was no pattern at all.
"Hey, I just said that our company commander Shang is awesome!" Just as he was looking good, he heard another explosion, and then the Japanese light machine gun went mute!
