The War of Resistance

"You can't see how the shells are flying in the sky." A soldier said from the brigade headquarters, looking at the smoke and dust in front of him. The person who could ask such a question was undoubtedly a recruit.

"You can't see the difference. You can see clearly when it's dark. There are flashes of light in the sky. That's called ballistics." A veteran of the Northeast Army murmured with a cigarette in his hand.

He was very worried about the battle ahead, because he knew that the brigade commander was taking the lead on the front line, and that position was where the Japanese shelling was.

Even when the news first came from the front that the place was about to be lost, the Japanese army's shelling there was not as fierce as it is now.

As a veteran who served as an observation post, he knew that they were watching the smoke column rising in front from behind, but at the scene of the shelling, it was a feeling of destruction.

He was so worried that the cigarette burned until it burned his fingers, so he subconsciously threw the cigarette butt to the ground, but his eyes were still staring ahead.

At this time, the same was true at the hill that served as the commanding heights. Brigadier Liu Chengyi could only lie down against the steep slope.

Now his world has turned into chaos, and his ears are filled with the explosion of artillery shells. He tries to open his eyes, but all he can see is the endless smoke and dust, and he can only close them again. Eyes closed.

He felt the shell explode above his head, and the earth and gravel rolled down. He felt the shell explode dozens of meters in front of his right side, and the blown earth was mixed with the grass on the ground. It was thrown over his head again.

Liu Chengyi is the brigade commander. To be honest, he doesn't go to the front line to be shelled often.

During the civil war, no Chinese army on either side had such powerful artillery fire.

Moreover, civil wars are different from foreign wars. As long as one side really brings out large-caliber artillery, it only needs to fire a few rounds, and the other side will abandon the defense without saying anything about surrendering.

Of course, in this situation, the Northeast Army fought against the armies of other factions. Who called the Northeast Army rich at that time?

As for the battle with the Japanese army, he was in Ningyuan County a few years ago when he was bombarded, but he also had solid fortifications that time, unlike the field battles like now.

He didn’t know how many people could escape the bombardment this time. Liu Chengyi sighed in his heart. In the face of the Japanese bombardment, he, the brigade commander, was no different from the soldiers. Now he can only suffer. I hope Shang Zhen will let the soldiers Their method of hiding behind steep slopes works.

The Japanese shelling stopped after more than ten minutes.

It was originally a small hill with a small top area. The Japanese army felt that the artillery fire for ten minutes was no longer enough to "plough" the top of the mountain once or twice.

The shells stopped exploding, and the dust that rose into the air slowly fell. The sound of shouts from the Japanese army came from the distance, indicating that the Japanese army had launched another attack.

Liu Chengyi, who got up from the ground, also heard a groaning sound, and then came the shouts from Shang Zhen and the platoon leader below, who were counting casualties.

The casualties should be quite large, Liu Chengyi thought to himself, but then he noticed that right next to him, the old fool was getting up from the ground.

It stands to reason that Liu Chengyi is unlikely to notice an ordinary soldier.

But that refers to ordinary soldiers, and the boss is not ordinary.

Because Big Old Stupid is tall and strong like a black iron tower, and his title of "Big Old Stupid" is also easy to remember.

It's not surprising that Big Boss Ben got up from the ground. Everyone was hiding from the cannon just now.

What was strange was the old man's posture before he got up.

That was the first time Liu Chengyi saw someone lying down in such a weird posture.

The old man was holding his arms on the ground as if doing push-ups, but then he was kneeling on the ground. If his forehead hadn't left the ground, others would have thought he was kowtowing to the Earth God or the Mountain God!

"Hey, you stupid guy, what did you mean by lying down like that? I just saw you pouting there!" At this time, one of Liu Chengyi's personal guards asked.

But he wasn't done yet. He turned around and asked Gu Man: "You stupid guy is more interesting. Are you squatting there to surrender to the little devil?"

The guard was originally dissatisfied with Shang Zhen for arranging two big men to accompany them to protect the brigade commander, but before the bombardment, the big old man carried the chief of staff Li Xiang back.

It is said that peers are enemies, and the stupid behavior of the old man made him feel uncomfortable.

But now he asked why the old fool was poking on the ground in such a weird and inelegant posture, but that was implicitly ironic.

As for Gu Man's posture of hiding from the cannon, he also saw it, but he was squatting close to the mountain wall, and then clasped his hands on the back of his head.

That is actually an instinctive reaction of human beings. How could a person not instinctively protect his head with his hands when being bombarded?

In fact, not only Gu Man, but also brigade commander Liu Chengyi and Chief of Staff Li Xiangna also used their hands to protect their heads. Compared with Gu Man's hiding posture, it was just that the former was lying down and the latter It's squatting.

Fortunately this time, the guard directly mocked Gu Man for surrendering.

"No, Shang Zhen said, the Japanese cannons are powerful, and when you are prepared to be attacked by the Japanese artillery, you must not press your whole body to the ground.

In that case, the cannonball did not explode, but it might cause internal injuries! "The old fool explained.

When the old idiot explained this, the guard who had planned to continue to ridicule him was stunned, but the brigade commander Liu Chengyi secretly cried out in shame!

His majestic captain had forgotten this!

What kills people when large-caliber artillery shells hit the ground and explode is not just the fragments produced by the shell explosion, but also the ubiquitous shock wave.

When a person is lying on the ground, the shock wave generated by the explosion can be transmitted into the person's body and cause internal injuries.

And this kind of internal injury cannot be seen on the outside.

After being hit by large-caliber artillery, some soldiers just said they felt uncomfortable, but on the surface they didn't seem to have any injuries at all. However, after a day or two, the soldier would suddenly die suddenly!

Considering that he is a brigade commander, how could he forget such a thing? Instead, he was reminded by a soldier, and Liu Chengyi blamed himself.

In fact, this is really not Liu Chengyi's fault. In fact, he has never been bombed by the Japanese large-caliber artillery.

The Type 92 infantry artillery and mountain artillery used by the Japanese army are not of large caliber, so even though he has been in the army for half his life, he has no experience in this area.

He had only heard about it, but he didn't have a deep impression of what he heard. It was understandable that he would lie down on the ground in a hurry during the Japanese bombardment.

"That's the truth. However, the cannon used by the Japanese just now is not large-caliber. For large-caliber, the Japanese navy's large-caliber naval guns, or the large bombs dropped from the sky by planes!" At this time, it was the staff officer! Chang Li wanted to relieve Liu Chengyi.

The old man said "Oh" to show that he understood.

The old man was honest by nature, and he was not in the habit of arguing with others, so it would be hard for the guard to say anything.

At this time, someone was shouting on the mountainside. They were the platoon leaders of each platoon. They were reporting the casualties to Shang Zhen.

To Liu Chengyi's expectation, only two people from the three platoons were killed after being shelled by the Japanese army. As for the one who was still groaning, he was hit by the earth and stones blown up by the Japanese shelling.

What's happening here? Liu Chengyi was stunned for a moment, but then a military term popped out of his mind, that was "reverse bevel"!

When Liu Chengyi was about to say something, he suddenly heard a soldier shouting from the mountain: "The little Japs are coming, there are a lot of them this time!"