Rebirth of the Republic of China: The Rise of China

Life and death

"Reinforcements, our air reinforcements have finally arrived..." Under the joint attack of the Japanese air force and artillery, Commander Shen Kaiyun, who could not lift his head at all, could finally raise his head to observe the specific situation of the fighting airspace above his head.

Seeing the Japanese bombers that have been arrogantly over the position, they are like lambs, one after another being destroyed by their own fighters.Until the last Japanese bomber was destroyed over the position, dragging a long thick smoke, it quickly hit the ground.The head of the group, Shen Kaiyun, who had been tense for more than ten minutes, finally relaxed.

Of course, air reinforcements are only the beginning.A fighter regiment from HNA just came to the battlefield. Because of the air threat of the Japanese Army Aviation Corps, the artillery group of the National Defense Army who had been hiding in the rear and did not show up quickly showed its ferocious fangs and began to pour shells at the artillery positions exposed by the Japanese army.

All of a sudden, the position of the Tenth Regiment of the National Defense Forces, which was still full of gunfire and bomb explosions, suddenly became deathly quiet.

Just when the head of the regiment Shen Kaiyun didn't know why, the sound of shell explosions suddenly sounded from the Japanese army's position, which immediately woke him up.

Facing Huang Longxiang, the chief of staff who was also inexplicably surprised and relieved, he said excitedly: "The artillery, it's our artillery... The artillery has finally left, we are saved..."

The voice fell, perhaps because it was stimulated by the smell of blood and gunpowder smoke on the battlefield.The excited facial expression of the head of the regiment, Shen Kaiyun, returned to calm after less than five seconds, and then, facing the chief of staff beside him, he ordered eagerly: "Chief of staff, the shelling and bombing are over. No accident, the little devil's The offensive is about to start. Hurry up. Immediately order the troops to enter the frontline position, the position was blown up. Just use the bomb crater, no matter what, we must block the first round of the Japanese offensive... In addition, immediately count the casualties of the troops just now, be quick….."

"Yes, group seats..."

"Are there any living brothers? Get up all the living brothers. The little devil is about to attack. Enter the position immediately..."

"Brothers of the second company. Join hands with each other, and immediately put on your weapons and enter the position. The attack of the little devils has begun..." The order of the regiment leader Shen Kaiyun has just spread on the smoky position. The orders of the officers at all levels, roars, It began to sound on the battlefield.Soon, it was still a quiet battlefield just now, and figures began to shake back and forth, as well as the sound of various weapons colliding.

The head of the group, Shen Kaiyun, was not idle either.He casually picked up a semi-automatic rifle that was blown to his side by the bomb, and loaded the bullet.Then he untied the bullet belt from a sacrificed subordinate and quickly tied it on his body.Just like an ordinary soldier, he quickly touched the front line along the trench.

"Quickly. Pay attention to concealment, don't make a sound... quickly approach the Chinese position... everyone, prepare the grenade..." The regiment leader Shen Kaiyun just stretched out a semi-automatic rifle from the position.Then when he stretched out his head and looked towards the front of the position still shrouded in gunpowder smoke, there was a faint burst of Japanese.Suddenly it reached Shen Kaiyun's ears.

The cautious head Shen Kaiyun quickly put his ear to the ground.

There was a sound of chaotic footsteps.It came to the ears without any accident.Relying on his rich battle experience, Shen Kaiyun can definitely judge that at least one regiment of Japanese attacking troops has already touched the distance less than 100 meters away from him silently.Ten seconds at the latest, the grenade thrown by the other party can blow up himself, including the subordinates who have been continuously gathered in the front line around him, to the bone.

Colonel Shen Kaiyun, who couldn't help but sweat on his forehead, glanced at a company of subordinates who had already gathered around him.Quickly raise the gun to aim straight ahead, regardless of whether it is aimed at the target, pull the trigger continuously, and shoot all the bullets in the gun chamber to the Japanese attacking formation at the fastest rate of fire.

Of course, while shooting, Shen Kaiyun did not forget to give an order: "Brothers, the little devil has already touched me. Concentrate your firepower and hit me hard to block the little devil's attack..."

Intensive and chaotic gunshots rang out. Because of the cover of thick gunpowder smoke, although the regiment leader Shen Kaiyun could not see the situation a hundred meters away from the front of the position.However, the screams of devils not far away and the sound of counterattacks from various weapons still clearly and unmistakably affirmed Shen Kaiyun's judgment just now.

"Such a powerful counterattack firepower can only be possessed by at least one infantry regiment of the Japanese army... You little devil really thinks highly of me, Shen Kaiyun, and used an infantry regiment for the first attack..." Shen Kaiyun, who knew the Japanese army's deployment on the opposite side, Not only did his face not show any joy, but it became even more gloomy, and he muttered to himself in a dignified tone.

Sensing the increasingly dense Japanese counterattack firepower above his head, the regiment leader Shen Kaiyun quickly replaced the semi-automatic rifle with a magazine in his hand, and then ordered loudly to a guard next to him: "Go to the back immediately and order the whole regiment to return Brothers who can participate in the battle, immediately enter the position... There are too many little devils, if our interception firepower cannot be strengthened, even if the king of heaven comes to help us, it will not be able to stop so many little devils from attacking, go quickly..."

After finishing speaking, he raised the rifle again, loaded the bullets, and fired a shuttle of bullets directly in front of the position.

The more than 100 subordinates lying in the simple trenches like myself also seemed to feel unprecedented pressure.A soldier, like a machine, completely ignores the bullets flying across his head, and repeats an action mechanically: load the bullet, pull the trigger, change the magazine...continue to load the bullet, aim...

As time went on, more and more fighters from the rear joined the fight and began to counterattack.And the gunpowder smoke that blocked everyone's view also began to dissipate slowly.

With the help of the telescope, the Japanese army's dense offensive formation, which had advanced to 80 meters away, finally appeared in front of Commander Shen Kaiyun for the first time.

Looking at the densely packed Japanese army slowly pressing towards the position like locusts.The worried expression on Shen Kaiyun's face became even stronger. While continuing to pour ammunition into the front of the position with the semi-automatic rifle in his hand, he roared loudly amidst the rain of bullets flying across: "Brothers, concentrate your firepower and continue to increase your firepower output!" , You must stop the little devil. If you let the little devil go forward another 30 meters, everyone here will be finished..... beat, give me a hard hit..."

The smoke cleared.The officers and soldiers of the Tenth Regiment of the National Defense Forces defending the position can aim and shoot more accurately, and the Japanese army who is responsible for covering their colleagues to attack has more than [-] heavy machine guns.It can also maximize the power of suppressive firepower.

Although the more than [-] officers and soldiers of the ten regiments gathered on the front line fired ammunition forward desperately, but.The rain of bullets still couldn't stop the fearless Japanese attacking troops.Seeing that the densely packed Japanese attacking troops were about to enter the grenade throwing range, beads of sweat kept coming out of Captain Shen Kaiyun's forehead again because of nervousness.

Just when Shen Kaiyun was preparing for the final blow with the Japanese army.A burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded from behind.Afterwards, the anxious voice of Huang Longxiang, chief of staff of the regiment, reached Shen Kaiyun's ears.

"Tuan Zuo, I'm back. This is the last remaining member of our tenth regiment... I brought all the general-purpose machine guns left in the whole regiment. I don't know if it will be useful..."

"Universal machine gun..." Shen Kaiyun quickly looked behind him as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

Almost half of the infantry company's subordinates, carrying general-purpose machine guns and carrying ammunition boxes on their shoulders, quickly rushed to the front line along the traffic trench.The chief of staff of the regiment, Huang Longxiang, was also no exception. Holding a general-purpose machine gun, he quickly rushed towards Shen Kaiyun's position.

He set up the general-purpose machine gun very skillfully and took out the metal bullet chain from the ammunition box.Insert the machine gun into the magazine, load the bullets, and start pouring ammunition at the Japanese attack formation that is getting closer and closer in front of you.

As the first general-purpose machine gun began to let out a piercing roar, the second.The third... a total of 22 general-purpose machine guns, all joined the war in just ten seconds.

More than 20 sudden machine gun flames.Like timely rain, it finally changed the worsening situation on the battlefield.

The Japanese army was advancing at an unstoppable speed just now.was quickly contained.Not only that, there were dense Japanese attacking troops.Under the harvest of dozens of flames, it was like the harvested wheat, which was swept to the ground in pieces and turned into corpses.In a blink of an eye, a wall of corpses appeared in front of the Japanese attacking formation.

Faced with such heavy casualties and the sudden increase in blocking firepower of the division's blocking positions.The Japanese attacking troops, which had suffered more than half of their casualties in a few minutes, finally received the retreat call.Like the tide, it quickly disappeared from the battlefield.

Looking at the more than 1000 corpses left by the Japanese army in front of the position, Commander Shen Kaiyun, who had been on tenterhooks since the beginning of the Japanese attack, finally breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed his body and mind.

Sitting in the trench with his back completely weak, he asked the chief of staff Huang Longxiang who was also relieved beside him, and asked eagerly, "Chief of staff, have all the losses of the troops been counted? How many people can continue to fight...."

Chief of Staff Huang Longxiang's relaxed facial expression became serious again.Facing Shen Kaiyun, he replied in a deep voice: "Regiment, during the 15-minute firepower preparation, my ten regiments suffered more than [-] casualties. So far, only the last [-] or so people are still able to continue to participate in the battle. …”

"More than eight hundred people, that is to say, we have a full regiment of 3000 people, and only the last quarter of our troops are left..." Although Shen Kaiyun had already prepared himself, he was still intimidated by this astonishing number. With a big jump, he asked Chief of Staff Huang Longxiang with an expression of disbelief.

"Yes, Tuan Zuo..." Huang Longxiang affirmed.

Seeing that Shen Kaiyun hadn't reacted from the heavy casualties of the troops in front of him, Huang Longxiang, the chief of staff, continued to speak: "Sir, as long as there is only one person left in the whole regiment, our tenth regiment will not die... But, I'm worried The little devil will not give us this opportunity. The tens of thousands of Japanese troops surrounded by tens of thousands of Japanese troops in Tonghua will not let go of this excellent opportunity to break out of the unprecedented fierce firepower for 15 minutes, and let us lose more than half of the ten regiments... So , I thought that we must prepare for the next round of Japanese attacks, and at the same time, immediately request reinforcements from our superiors and resolutely hold our positions."

"The Chief of Staff is right..." Commander Shen Kaiyun, who had reacted, affirmed.

"We not only need to hold the position, but also prepare for the second attack of the Japanese army. We must also exhaust all means to leave some seeds for our tenth regiment... In this way, the chief of staff will leave two infantry companies to defend the position. Because of the rapid dispersal of the troops, collect all available weapons and ammunition around the position. Especially machine gun bullets and grenades, as many as there are. Once the Japanese army really fights for their lives, these things will be consumed the fastest. We must Make sure before the arrival of reinforcements. The troops have enough ammunition to fight...."

Boxes of bullets, grenades.Under the collection of more than [-] officers and soldiers, they were quickly brought together to the front line

And at this moment.Everyone's position began to tremble slightly unknowingly.At the same time, a faint roar began to come from the front of the position.

"Tank, it's the little devil's tank... The group, the little devil has dispatched the tank..."

Facing the exclamation from the observation post, Shen Kaiyun, who was squatting in the trench, quickly stood up, raised his binoculars...

Through the increasingly sparse gunpowder smoke in front of the position, at least fifty Japanese light tanks were seen.They lined up, exhaling black smoke, and suddenly appeared in front of Shen Kaiyun.As for behind the tanks, at least 3000 Japanese elites were densely dispersed.

"This should be all the tanks in the hands of the little devil..." Captain Shen Kaiyun, who faced so many tanks for the first time, muttered to himself with a look of shock.

Huang Longxiang, the chief of staff who hurried over, quickly lay down next to Shen Kaiyun, and said with a distressed face: "The group seat is right, the number of almost two tank brigades should be all the tanks directly under the two divisions of the Japanese army." ..... Damn it. I really didn't expect that the little devil would keep such a trick. It seems that our ten regiments are in danger this time..."

"Whether it's dangerous or not, you'll know after you fight it..." Compared with Huang Longxiang's pessimism.Head Shen Kaiyun, who experienced the victory just now, has a lot of confidence.

Under Huang Longxiang's gaze, Shen Kaiyun pointed to the dwindling little devil fighter planes above his head, and said: "From the current battle situation, we can get air support and ground artillery support in 10 minutes at the latest. So. We Just hold on for another 10 minutes, and the final victory will belong to us..."

finished.Without waiting for Huang Longxiang to react, he directly ordered: "Chief of Staff, order all machine gunners and all general-purpose machine guns to replace them with armor-piercing bullets. The protective armor of the little devil tank is very thin, and it cannot stop these armor-piercing bullets at all. As long as we can We successfully ate up the little devils tank unit, and the remaining infantry, with the firepower in our hands, there is no threat..."

"Yes, group seats..."

On the battlefield where the bullets were flying, the Japanese army's more than 50 light tanks were very powerful, but with a hit rate of more than 90.00%, they still caused at least 150 casualties to the Tenth Regiment.Of course, the fate of more than 50 tanks ended after they really entered the effective range of armor-piercing projectiles.

There were more than 50 tanks, none of which broke through the 60-meter line of defense from the beginning to the end.In the end, they all turned into piles of useless scrap iron, docked in front of the position.

"Replace all general-purpose machine guns with ordinary ammunition. As long as the little devil dares to cross the wreckage of the tank, he will hit me hard..." After destroying the Japanese tank, Shen Kaiyun ordered with a relaxed expression after a long sigh of relief.

In his eyes, as long as there is no tank that can rampage in the rain of bullets, the final victory will definitely belong to him.

However, the unpredictable battlefield still exceeded his expectations.Although the Japanese tanks were destroyed, a pile of iron lumps piled up in front of the position happened to be the best bunker for the Japanese attacking troops.Coupled with the height of the tank wreckage, the Japanese army could lie behind the tank and shoot bullets at their position condescendingly.

Under Shen Kaiyun's shocked gaze, dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns with barrels much thicker than ordinary light and heavy machine guns, and even anti-aircraft machine guns, were quickly caught on top of the tank wreckage by the Japanese army.Then, with his fastest rate of fire, he condescendingly poured ammunition on the ten regiments' positions to suppress their own firepower.

Dozens of wrist-thick tongues of flame just shot out from the roof of the opposite tank, a series of dense screams, and then sounded from around, and reached Shen Kaiyun's ears.Looking around, an earthen wall in front of the soldiers could not stop the large-caliber bullets and machine gun shells fired by the Japanese army.In just the blink of an eye, hundreds of subordinates were shot and fell to the ground, or were killed directly, or were seriously injured, lying in the trench with heart-piercing screams.

The head of the regiment, Shen Kaiyun, was just about to yell at the Japanese army for being despicable, when the chief of staff, Huang Longxiang, who was lying beside him, suddenly threw himself into the trench.Then, I saw a string of thick bullets shot at the position where I was just now, blowing dust into the trench above my head.

The more than 400 officers and soldiers remaining in the first-line positions, facing this unprecedented firepower attack, squatted in the trenches with pale faces, not daring to show their heads.

Thousands of elite Japanese soldiers who had been following the tank did not miss this rare opportunity. The blocking gunfire on the Ten Regiment's position had just stopped, and the densely packed Japanese attacking troops, like a flood breaking a bank, quickly passed through the wreckage of the tank. There was a gap between them, rushing towards the ten regiments, getting closer and closer...

80m….70m….

In a blink of an eye, the densely packed Japanese attacking troops were about to rush into the grenade throwing range.

As the shouts of killing from the Japanese attacking troops got closer and closer to him, Commander Shen Kaiyuan's confident facial expression just now had turned pale at this moment.Facing the dignified Chief of Staff Huang Longxiang next to him, he said with a desperate expression: "Could it be that today is really the end of the Tenth Regiment of our National Defense Forces, and the end of Shen Kaiyun..."

Just after finishing speaking, a firm expression suddenly appeared on Shen Kaiyun's face, and he said with a murderous look: "No, I, Shen Kaiyun, will never just be captured without a fight. Even if I die in battle, I will drag a little devil to my back."

After finishing speaking, at this critical juncture of life and death, he shouted an order to his subordinates behind him: "Brothers, all of you are ready, grenades are ready, and all rifles are equipped with bayonets... After hearing the order, put the guns in your hands Throw all the grenades out to me, and fight hand-to-hand with the little devil. Even if our tenth regiment is wiped out, the little devil will have to pay a heavy price..."

"The regiment is right, even if you die, you have to die well... Brothers, prepare grenades and bayonets. There is not a single coward in our ten regiments. They are all hard-working men. They fought with the little devil..." Chief of Staff Huang Longxiang, It also exuded a strong murderous aura in the first place.Facing the remnants squatting in the trenches, he shouted loudly... (To be continued..)