The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2408: Living Towards Death (XVI)
Shang Zhen and his men didn't have many grenades, only seven in total, and those were provided by Zhu Weiyan's camp.

However, considering that Zhu Weiyan was determined to launch a desperate attack on the Japanese troops on the mountain, with an attitude of either fish die or the net is broken, Shang Zhen did not hesitate to use these grenades. He had decided to use them all.

Now the rest of Zhu Weiyan's camp has begun to charge. Shang Zhen hopes to use these grenades to blow up the Japanese grenade launchers, so that the Japanese will not have to fire flares endlessly.

After the first grenade was fired, the soldier acting as an ammunition handler next to him stuffed the second grenade into the grenade launcher. How could he wait for the first grenade to explode?

After all, a grenade launcher is just a light mortar, so the initial velocity of the shell is naturally slow.

But just when the soldier next to Shang Zhen was about to let go of the grenade, the grenade launcher that Shang Zhen was holding suddenly tilted, and the grenade hit the wall of the grenade launcher with a "bang".

"Hey!" The soldier only had time to shout, he thought he had not placed the grenade accurately.

But at this time, a soldier on their side started shouting.

The soldier subconsciously raised his head and looked forward, and saw that the Japanese position was already brightly lit! The kind of dazzling white brightness!

In that bright light, one could clearly see the Japanese positions on the mountain where our soldiers were either shooting with their guns or fighting with the Japanese!

It was not surprising to see the enemy and us fighting each other, but what was the dazzling white light? The soldier was stunned at the time!

Instead, Shang Zhen yelled "Fuck!"

No one, including Shang Zhen, had expected that the first grenade he fired was not fake. To be precise, that grenade had the appearance of a grenade, but it was actually a flare!

The grenades are all the same shape. Shang Zhen didn't look at them closely during the day, and it would be even more impossible for him to tell them apart after dark. The appearance of the grenades is all the same, they just have different markings on the outside.

The soldiers in Zhu Weiyan's camp simply put the grenades in a wooden box. No one knew who was the careless one who put it in. He didn't tell anyone when he packed it, and he didn't tell anyone when he gave it to Shang Zhen and the others. So Shang Zhen actually mistook this flare for a grenade and fired it out, and it was the first one!
What is the difference between using flares as grenades? Of course, the lethality of flares is not comparable to that of ordinary grenades, as they are just the burning of white phosphorus or magnesium metal.

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that you have to fire the flares into the sky. The higher you fire them, the longer they will stay in the air and the better the lighting effect will be. When you fire an ordinary grenade, it will explode when it hits the ground, but then it will stop lighting when it hits the ground!
From Shang Zhen, the instigator to all the officers and soldiers present, who could have thought that such a thing would happen?
When Shang Zhen fired the flare, he felt that the light spot was a little different from an ordinary grenade, so he subconsciously tilted the grenade launcher, and the soldier also placed the grenade crookedly.

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the flare illuminated the Japanese position at a height of more than one person.

Can you imagine such a scene? The brightness is not even enough to light up a 300 degree light bulb in the dark!

It was like a little sun suddenly shining in front of everyone's eyes in the dark night.

Yes, it was right in front of my eyes, not in front of my eyes. The distance between them was no more than 20 meters! What kind of situation was that? It was really blinding!
Although the flare only flashed for a moment and then went out, its influence was still there.

For any officers and soldiers on both sides who saw the flare without any warning, even if the flare went out and the surroundings became dark again, it was only the physical world outside of them that they saw. But in front of their eyes, no matter whether they closed their eyes or not, they would still see the dazzling white light!

This is a physiological characteristic of human beings. Since they cannot see, they can only act according to their instincts. However, at this time, there is a group of people who are not affected by the flares, and this group of people is Meng Lingdong and his group!
No one knew how the soldiers below could have mistaken the flare for a grenade and fired it onto the position. It all depended on reaction at the critical moment of life and death.

But Meng Lingdong and his men had already stepped half into the woods. Although the flare exploded, they did not see it. All they could see were the Japanese soldiers behind the four light machine guns.

Their guns were already loaded, and some soldiers who did not intend to fire even raised the butts of their guns. How could they care about the flare?

Even if the sky outside the woods collapsed and the rivers flowed backwards, they had to destroy these Japanese troops in front of them first!

On the contrary, although the Japanese soldiers heard the movement beside them, they had no time to turn their heads before the sudden explosion of the flare "blinded" their eyes.

The sound of gunfire and the sound of a blunt object hitting the Japanese soldier's head with a gun butt rang out in this small patch of woods!
These Japanese soldiers in the woods were the most unlucky ones in tonight's battle. They were killed by Meng Lingdong and his men without knowing why!

What happened to the old soldier?
That's when you're not brave enough, but when you're brave enough, your adrenaline will still surge!
In just a moment, all the Japanese troops in the woods were wiped out by Meng Lingdong and his men!

Inside and outside the trench on the right, the Chinese and Japanese sides were either engaged in a chaotic battle or were confused by the sudden flare. Who had the time to care about what was happening in the woods?

This was exactly what Meng Lingdong saw when he rushed to the other side of the woods.

In the trenches, which were the main defensive positions of the Japanese army, the enemy and our side were already engaged in a melee. The Chinese soldiers mostly used box guns while the Japanese soldiers used bayonets, and some even wrestled with each other.

Meng Lingdong was about to lead his troops to charge the trench, but Ergou shouted in time: "There are Japanese hiding behind us!"

Behind? Meng Lingdong moved his gaze upwards or backwards. Only then did he see that there were Japanese soldiers behind the Japanese position!
There were also bushes and rocks there, and he couldn't see exactly how many Japanese soldiers there were, but he saw light machine guns mounted on the rocks and the barrels of heavy machine guns sticking out of the bushes!
Meng Lingzong had just seen the situation there when the flare hit the bottom and went out.

Fortunately, he saw it and immediately gave the order.

"Behind the trench, open fire!" The box gun in Meng Lingdong's hand started to fire.

As soon as his gun fired, the soldiers on his left and right also began shooting towards the back of the trench.

In order to defeat the Chinese army's sneak attack, the Japanese army not only deployed light machine gun positions on the flanks of the trenches, but they also deployed the last remaining heavy machine gun and several light machine guns behind the trenches.

The Japanese officer in charge was about to give the order to shoot.

They could imagine that the Chinese army would launch a surprise attack and engage in a night battle with them tonight, but they did not expect that the Chinese army did not attack from the front of them, but instead approached from the flank which was not conducive to concealment.

What they didn't expect was that they had already started hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese soldiers who had approached them, but in addition to this group of Chinese soldiers, there were actually more on the right wing of their Japanese army!
Battles are about life and death, and if you do anything to achieve it, then it will be full of variables.

Shang Zhen and his men mistakenly fired flares at the Japanese positions as grenades, which was a variable, and the more than 30 soldiers led by Meng Lingdong were also a variable in today's battle!
Never give up when facing hardship, there will be new life with perseverance!