Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"The fighting should have started in Fucheng." Liu Changshun said. Calculating the time, it was about time.

"Well, the fighting has basically started. Old Xu sent a telegram last night to inform us that the Japanese are about to reach Fucheng." Li Jin nodded.

In fact, he was not very worried about Fucheng. He had only one goal from the beginning to the end, which was to capture Nakajima Imao alive.

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In the floating city, in the trenches, many medical soldiers were treating the wounded. They were busy and sweating as they bandaged the wounds with gauze.

Chu Yunfei also came to the trench to check the situation. The engineers were rushing to repair the positions that were destroyed by the artillery shells.

"Commander." An officer came to Chu Yunfei.

"What are the casualties?!" Chu Yunfei asked.

"Twenty-five people were killed, more than twenty were seriously injured, and those with minor injuries were not included." The officer said with a serious expression.

In just half an hour, more than twenty people have died, and more than twenty are seriously injured. It is still unknown how many will survive.

"Well, rebuild the damaged position as soon as possible. The next wave of offensive by the Japanese will be coming soon." Chu Yunfei nodded and gave some instructions.

"Yes." The officer turned around and carried out the order.

Chu Yunfei returned to the temporary hospital in the city and checked on the wounded. Many of the seriously injured had lost arms and legs.

Although they had been bandaged, they still felt pain, especially the wounded who felt deeply traumatized when they looked at their missing limbs.

They could clearly feel that their hands were still there, but in fact, their arms were gone. Seeing this, Chu Yunfei walked out with a heavy heart.

"How are the wounded doing?!" Chu Yunfei asked a medical soldier.

"Commander, we have too little painkillers. Once the effect of the anesthetic wears off, the wounded will not be able to hold on." The medic replied.

They have anti-inflammatory drugs, hemostatic drugs, and anesthetics, but there are relatively few painkillers, so the injured have to bear everything on their own.

"Try to keep the wounded alive as much as possible." Chu Yunfei sighed. Faced with the shortage of medicine, he had no other choice.

Compared with other troops that were short of even anti-inflammatory drugs, the 358th Regiment was considered good, at least they still had a lot of anti-inflammatory drugs.

"I'll do my best." The medic nodded seriously.

Chu Yunfei returned to the city gate tower and began to observe the situation on the Japanese side.

More than ten minutes later, the Japanese launched an attack on the position.

Artillery shells fell into the position like raindrops. The new recruits of the 358th Regiment dodged quickly this time because they had experienced it once before and had gained experience.

After all, if you run slower, you can easily be killed on the spot by the shells. It is okay to die instantly, as there is no pain, but what is feared is being seriously injured and dying in pain.

Boom boom boom......

The shells fell into the position, blowing up dust and leaving craters.

After several rounds of attacks, the Japanese launched another charge. This time the number of attackers was far greater than the last time, and the soldiers defending the positions also felt the pressure!
Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

Boom boom...

The Japanese attack was fierce. Bullets from light and heavy machine guns were fired at the positions, and from time to time, Japanese artillery shells carrying grenade launchers were fired at the positions.

The battle was fierce, with soldiers being shot and falling down from time to time.

Chu Yunfei was standing on the walkway on the city wall, watching all this with an expressionless face. Although he felt sad, the war had already begun and it could not be stopped easily.

"Commander, why don't we let the artillery fire?" Fang Ligong couldn't help but suggest. Seeing so many Japanese soldiers rushing towards the position, he was a little anxious.

"Don't be in a hurry. It's not time yet. Has the artillery calculated the location of the Japanese artillery positions?!" Chu Yunfei asked.

All he wanted to know now was where the Japanese artillery positions were, and then fire to blow up the Japanese artillery positions. In this way, their pressure would be reduced.

"Commander, calculating the enemy's artillery positions is somewhat difficult for the artillery. Do you think they are Mu Jin's soldiers?" Fang Ligong was a little helpless. If their artillery could calculate the enemy's artillery positions, they wouldn't have to fight so hard.

As far as he knew, the only one who could quickly calculate the enemy's artillery positions was Mu Jin's artillery.

After all, they saw with their own eyes that the enemy's artillery, not long after the Japanese started firing, hurriedly calculated the Japanese's position and then blew up the Japanese's artillery positions in turn.

"It would be great if Mu Jin and the others were willing to teach us!" Fang Ligong sighed. They really lacked a method that could quickly calculate the enemy's artillery positions.

"Don't even think about it. Mu Jin won't tell us." Chu Yunfei shook his head. Things like this are confidential. How could they be handed over so easily?

"Yes, if you hand it over to us, it will be troublesome if the two sides become enemies in the future." Fang Ligong also shook his head.

"It's not just this problem. There may be Japanese undercover agents in our team. What should we do if the Japanese find out about this method? That would be even more troublesome." Chu Yunfei said.

Although the Japanese could also calculate their artillery positions, they could not do it so quickly. As long as they knew that it took time for the Japanese to calculate, they could move the artillery positions after firing a few rounds of artillery shells.

But if the Japanese speed up their calculations, their artillery shells might hit them before they can retreat, which would result in heavy losses.

"Damn it! Let me know who betrayed us. He must be killed!" Fang Ligong gritted his teeth in anger when he heard this.

At this moment, the Japanese fired again, and this time the shells landed on the machine gun positions.

Boom boom boom......

Many machine gunners, machine gun assistants, and loaders in the machine gun positions were blown away by the sudden artillery shells.

"Kill them!!!" A Japanese captain saw this, drew his command knife from his waist and gave orders loudly.

Although the enemy still has machine gun positions made of bunkers, many other machine gun positions have been destroyed. How can we not seize the opportunity and rush forward at this time?

"Damn it, let the artillery fire immediately. Let's have five rounds of bombing first. There's no need to wait any longer!" Upon seeing this, Chu Yunfei immediately gave the order. The Japs are now in high spirits. If they don't fire to suppress their momentum, there will be big problems.

"Yes!" Upon hearing this, Fang Ligong immediately ran to call the artillery position.

Soon, more than a dozen mortars at the artillery position began firing at the charging Japanese.

Boo hoo hoo...

Boom boom boom......

Shell after shell fell on the charging Japanese soldiers. After hearing the sound, many of them stopped rushing forward and quickly moved to avoid the attack.

Of course, only the old soldiers of the Japanese had more experience in dodging artillery shells, while the new recruits just ran around aimlessly and ended up being killed on the spot.

Five bombings in a row, dozens of shells fell, directly interrupting the Japs' charge. ………

On the hillside, the Japanese regiment commander was observing the situation on the battlefield with a telescope.

"See? We destroyed a lot of the enemy's machine gun positions in one go. Now they're in trouble!" The Japanese regiment commander raised his lips. Although he suffered a small loss at the beginning, it was not a big problem.

He firmly believed that the 358th Regiment would definitely not be able to stop them. After he annihilated the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in the city, he would attack other Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

"Captain, this 358th Regiment should be considered the elite regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. They should also have artillery, right?
What if their artillery has figured out our artillery positions and bombed the Japanese artillery positions? ” The Japanese lieutenant colonel frowned, worry appearing on his face.

"What are you thinking about? It's not so easy to train artillerymen who can calculate the artillery positions by the impact points!" The Japanese regiment commander disagreed. He didn't take the other party seriously at all.

Boom boom boom......

At this moment, there was another bombing sound in front of them, and the people who were bombed were their soldiers.

"Damn it, what's going on at the artillery position? Why did they blow up our people?" The Japanese regiment commander cursed. He thought there was something wrong with the artillery position and it blew up its own people!

"Captain, it seems to be coming from the floating city, not our artillery!" said the Japanese lieutenant colonel after a moment of hesitation.

"Of course I know. Do I need you to tell me?" The Japanese regiment commander responded stubbornly. He cursed, "Baka, immediately let the artillery calculate the enemy's artillery positions and make sure to blow up their artillery positions."

"Hi!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by the Japanese regiment commander.

"Pass the order, tell the soldiers to stop charging and retreat first, and at the same time tell the artillery to prepare to fire!" The Japanese regiment commander continued to give orders.

Under the current circumstances, if we continue to charge, there will easily be too many casualties.

"I understand!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded and left.

Not long after, as the flag signal soldiers conveyed the order to retreat, the Japanese soldiers who were still charging and attacking began to take turns to cover each other and retreat to the rear. This time, their charge had already broken through within a hundred meters.

"Damn it, the Japanese are trying to run away! Where are they running to!" When a soldier saw this, he was about to stand up and jump out of the trench to chase them, but was immediately held down by the veteran next to him.

"You kid are courting death! Are the Japanese running away? They are retreating in an orderly manner!" said the old soldier angrily.

Given their current situation, they still wanted to chase the Japanese and fight them. If they rushed out of the trenches, they would be giving up.

Suddenly, a sound of breaking air was heard and the old soldier's face changed.

"Hurry up and get into the anti-artillery cave!!!" the old soldier shouted loudly, and at the same time pulled the new recruits to run towards the anti-artillery cave. As soon as they got into the cave, a shell fell behind them, and the explosion blew a lot of soil into the cave.

The veterans protected the new recruits.

"Bah, damn it, you've got sand in my mouth." The old soldier turned over and sat aside, his face covered in dust.

"Squad leader, you, you are injured..." The recruit said with a trembling voice. He saw that the squad leader's back was stained with blood.

"Haha, fuck! I got hit again!" The old soldier then realized something was wrong. He just felt that he had lost feeling on his back. Now he thought that he was hit by the explosion. He smiled bitterly and suddenly felt that his life was slipping away and he had no strength left in his body.

"Medic, medic!!!" the recruit shouted in fear and wanted to go out to find someone, but the Japanese shelling continued!

"You kid, are you trying to kill yourself?" The old soldier used his last bit of strength to hold back the new recruit to prevent him from being killed in the explosion.

"This is my life. If you can survive, you must burn it for me in the future... burn it..." Before the old soldier could finish his words, his head drooped and he was completely dead. His eyes were still open before he died!

“Squad leader, squad leader…” The recruit couldn’t stop crying and his voice was choked with sobs!

"Fuck those Japs!!!!" The new soldier gritted his teeth, his eyes were red, and with endless murderous intent, he reached out and closed the old soldier's eyelids.

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Boom boom boom......

After several rounds of artillery fire, the Japs launched another fierce attack.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

Fierce gunfire once again rang out on the battlefield. From time to time, someone would be shot and fall, either the Japanese or the soldiers of the 358th Regiment.

Soon, the Japanese were within thirty or forty meters of the position.

The Japanese began throwing grenades towards the position, and the soldiers of the 358th Regiment were not to be outdone and also threw grenades at the Japanese.

Boom boom boom......

Explosions rang out, and many Japanese soldiers were killed on the spot.

"Fix the bayonets!" an officer shouted.

As the bugler blew the charge, the soldiers on the position rushed out of the trenches and began to kill the Japanese.

The Japanese also immediately turned on the safety of their rifles to avoid accidental discharge and killing their teammates during the bayonet fight. After all, the Type 38 rifle has strong penetrating power.

"Kill!!!" The soldiers roared and rushed towards the Japanese. Many of them had no bayonets, so they used machetes to attack the Japanese.

Ding ding ding…………

Puff puff………

The weapons of both sides collided, making the sound of metal clashing and the sound of bayonets piercing into human bodies.

The combat effectiveness of these devils is still very strong. Even though there are some new recruits among them, the combat effectiveness of these new recruits is much stronger than that of the soldiers of the 358th Regiment.

Because they have been training for much longer than these soldiers, the only thing they lack is combat experience.

It took almost three or four soldiers from the 358th Regiment to replace one Japanese soldier!
After the two sides fought for more than ten minutes, the Japanese began to retreat, leaving a lot of corpses on the ground.

The air was filled with the smell of blood, and there were pools of blood, which made people feel physically uncomfortable, but this was nothing to the two warring parties.

On the walkway on the city wall, Chu Yunfei watched this scene, gritting his teeth, wishing he could rush up and fight the Japanese with a bayonet.

"Even though these Japanese soldiers have a lot of new recruits, they are still better than our soldiers in hand-to-hand combat. It's really unfair!" Fang Ligong said with a serious expression.

He could tell which Japanese soldiers were new recruits and which were veterans.

"They eat so well, and their physical fitness is much better than our soldiers. Even if their combat experience is not as good as that of the veterans, it is still far beyond the reach of our recruits." Chu Yunfei replied.

(End of this chapter)