The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2401: Living Towards Death (Part )

When the three northeastern provinces were occupied by the Japanese army, people in the interior of the country cried out loudly for the loss of the three northeastern provinces.

However, how should I put it, there was a lot of noise but little rain. Many people shouted for the recovery of the three northeastern provinces, but the Nationalist government did not provide any support in terms of government actions. So apart from those passionate young people who spontaneously went to the Northeast to fight against the Japanese, no team from the interior went to help fight against Japan.

Of course, sometimes history is just a mess, with each person having his own reasons.

However, after the full-scale war of resistance broke out, the progress of the Japanese invaders was not fast but it was definitely not slow, and soon most of China was in full swing.

The people who were originally heartbroken over the loss of the three northeastern provinces were now visibly being shot at by the Japanese devils, so naturally they had no time to care about the three northeastern provinces.

Therefore, the vast majority of Chinese people today do not know that the three northeastern provinces have actually been resisting, but they have lost contact with the interior.

First there were anti-Japanese volunteers, mainly former members of the Northeast Army, and then there was the Northeast Anti-Japanese Allied Forces.

The Japanese army regarded the so-called Manchuria, or Northeast China, as its own backyard, so the later period of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army was naturally extremely difficult.

On a cold winter day, a general of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army who was being hunted by the Japanese army met a farmer who went up the mountain to collect firewood.

The peasants knew him, and some of them advised the anti-Japanese general to surrender, so the anti-Japanese general said a famous saying: "If everyone surrenders, will there still be China?"

Okay, that's a bit off topic.

"If everyone surrenders, will there still be China?" can also be extended to "If soldiers are afraid of death, will there still be China?"

Except for a few unlucky ones who were killed by the Japanese army, most of Meng Lingdong and the remaining soldiers retreated to the two wings under the cover of rocks and bushes.

It’s just that they didn’t launch a charge towards the Japanese positions on the mountainside. But in the end, someone still launched a charge, and this time with more troops.

Shang Zhen and the Japanese army's strategy of attrition finally worked.

No matter how many Japanese soldiers were killed by the sharpshooter Shang Zhen who quietly shot from behind, or by Zhu Weiyan's battalion which also kept shooting, the Japanese soldiers guarding Houersai still suffered a lot of casualties after all, and they had fewer bullets to fire downwards.

Without the suppression of Japanese firepower, Zhu Weiyan transferred the remaining two companies up, one company was responsible for cover and the other for attack.

The company responsible for cover would hide in the area with more rocks, while the company responsible for attacking would attack forward under the cover of the bushes in front.

"In order to capture Houer Pass, we have already lost a company. The brothers in that company are your role models!

But you are lucky, at least there are people among you who can see our victory flag flying over Monkey Pass!"

It was really difficult for Zhu Weiyan. In order to encourage the soldiers to attack forward, he actually came up with such a nice phrase as "the flag of victory is flying."

But Zhu Weiyan also understood that the fluttering flag of victory only encouraged the soldiers to be brave.

If this kind of words are used to encourage student soldiers to give up their pens and join the army to fight against the Japanese and save the country, it may be feasible, but if it is used to encourage these old soldiers, it will be impossible!

Old veterans, you have to show them the tough guy!

And what he said next was just that.

"See? The supervision team is right behind us! Those who bravely kill the enemy will be rewarded, and those who shrink back will be severely punished!
You also saw on the way here that none of the brothers in that company retreated. We all served in the army together. I hope you can also be like those brothers in front and move forward bravely!

Come on, attack first!" Zhu Weiyan gave the order to attack right after he finished speaking. Then the soldiers in that platoon bent over, holding their guns and began to advance under the cover of the bushes.

"Isn't the skirmish line a bit too dense?" Hu Sheng muttered in a low voice at the very back of Zhu Weiyan's camp. He was speaking to Shang Zhen.

All the members of Zhu Weiyan’s camp went up the mountain, and Shang Zhen naturally moved forward with his own people and some of Xiao Boji’s people as well.

Of course, the muzzles of Shang Zhen's guns were all pointed forwards. Although Shang Zhen would not let his men take over other people's business and charge forward, shouldn't they be able to provide fire support to Zhu Weiyan's battalion?

But how could he know that he and his people would become the villains that Zhu Weiyan told the soldiers about? Who told them to be the supervisory team?
This time the enemy and our side were too close. The soldiers responsible for providing cover in the rear were only one or two hundred meters away from the Japanese position, and the soldiers moving forward with guns were gradually approaching the Japanese army no matter how slowly they advanced.

Just as the platoon responsible for the attack came out from behind the rocks and appeared in the Japanese army's field of vision, the sound of gunfire from both sides rang out intensively.

One side won because of its larger number of troops, and the other side won because of its better terrain and accurate shooting. In such a shootout, after only ten minutes, the platoon that was attacking was crippled by the Japanese army. One soldier saw that there was no way to survive if he moved forward, so out of fear of death he turned around and ran back.

But just as he turned around and ran back, he was shot in the chest and back at the same time!

He had already turned around. The one who was shot in the back was of course shot by the Japanese army, and the one who was shot in the chest was shot by Zhu Weiyan!

"Anyone who dares to retreat will be subject to military law!" Zhu Weiyan shouted.

A merciful army is not fit for war. Seeing that the firepower of the Japanese troops ahead was becoming sparse, how could he be willing to fail at the last moment?
If we don't take down the monkey today, wouldn't it mean that all the soldiers who died in the previous battle died in vain? So at this critical moment, we must not allow anyone to retreat and disrupt the morale of the army!

As Zhu Weiyan shouted, not only the soldiers in their battalion, but also the people in the "supervision team" behind them all felt a chill in their hearts.

After all, this is an army and a war. This is not the place to show mercy.

But precisely because of this, it was impossible for Meng Lingdong to escape with those few remaining soldiers at the critical moment.
"One more platoon, no one is allowed to retreat. If there are only a few people left, shoot them on the spot. Anyone who retreats will be killed!" Zhu Weiyan shouted.

Zhu Weiyan was furious. In fact, he also understood that their 223rd Regiment was fighting the Japanese army in the front, but the division sent the 226th Regiment as the supervisory team. How could the 226th Regiment really shoot at their own regiment? This evil guy had to do it himself after all!

Under Zhu Weiyan's command, the second platoon went out again.

However, this time, after the platoon went forward, two more Japanese light machine guns were silenced in succession. From behind Zhu Weiyan’s battalion, soldiers shouted, “Our company commander shot us!”

"The Japanese can't hold on any longer! There will be a reward for the commander if we capture Houersai!" Zhu Weiyan's voice rang out at the right time.

But before Zhu Weiyan could finish his words, there was a sudden "dong dong dong" sound of firing from Japanese heavy machine guns in the front, and two heavy machine guns fired at the same time.

To be honest, the Type 92 heavy machine gun used by the Japanese army is actually not as good as the Maxim heavy machine gun used by the Chinese army in terms of intensive shooting.

How could Japan, an island country, have so many strategic resources? Saving is something that is ingrained in their bones.

Therefore, the Type 92 heavy machine gun is better at short bursts of precise shooting rather than fire coverage.

But this time, the Japanese army fired two heavy machine guns at the same time, and the area where the two heavy machine guns were firing was exactly the platoon that was attacking in a skirmish line.

Where the bullets flew, Chinese soldiers were seen being beaten to pieces, and some were even hit directly in the head by the Japanese heavy machine guns, and their heads turned into a ball of bloody mist!
"Where is the Japanese's heavy machine gun? Kill it for me!" Zhu Weiyan shouted, and when he looked again, he saw that the platoon that had just rushed forward had been scattered by the Japanese firepower.

In an instant, except for the soldier who was hit by bullets and fell in the open, the rest had disappeared. They had hidden in the bushes and dared not come out no matter what.