The War of Resistance

There were cannons of "Boom" and "Boom" in the distance, and then the shells exploded in the trenches of the Sixty-seventh Army, splashing mud and water, and the situation of the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army in the trenches could no longer be seen clearly.

Although the shells were only fired by Japanese mortars, the location where the officers and soldiers of the 67th Army were hiding still made the officers and soldiers in the county feel worried.

Generally speaking, trenches can of course protect against guns. People hiding in trenches and sticking their bodies against the trench wall can prevent shrapnel from hurting people to the greatest extent.

But there is water in the trench, and when the trench was dug, the water reached waist level, so how could people shrink to the bottom of the trench? At this time, when people squat down, they will plunge into the water, and they can hold their breath for a while!

"Why don't we fire?" the little dustpan asked in a low voice.

"I don't know, just wait!" said Old Mao Wang who was lying with the little dustpan.

Shang Zhen and the others had already left the city, and they were also lying in the rainwater-filled foxhole.

No one knew how the Japanese army in front of them approached the western suburbs of Songjiang County.

Thinking about it, the defensive position of the Sixty-seventh Army was too wide after all. The Sixty-seventh Army was like a fence, and the Japanese army was like wild beasts in the mountains.

But at this time, there was only one battalion of officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army in Songjiang County, and Shang Zhen and the others got a more important news. Army Commander Wu Keyong also entered Songjiang County with his military personnel.

It stands to reason that as a military commander, it is impossible to place the military headquarters very close to the front line.

But as Lei Liang said, as the leader of the first army, Wu Keyong wanted to put on a show for other troops to see, so it was understandable for the senior commander to approach the front line.

In order to ensure the safety of the army commander Wu Keyong, the division commander Chang En brought all the people from the division headquarters down. What's wrong with Shang Zhen and his small soldiers?

And those of them who came out of the county to reinforce, all hid in the second line of defense behind the trenches bombarded by the Japanese army, that is, some of the few foxholes.

"When we were in the county this morning, didn't we see that there were still many troops? Why are there only so few left now?" Little Dustpan asked puzzled.

"It's like ordinary people living at home. No matter how rich they are, there will be times when money is tight." Old Mao Wang explained this truth in a very simple way.

"It's not a good battle this time!" The little dustpan looked ahead, where another bomb exploded, and there was a cloud of water and mist in front of it. I don't know what happened to the soldiers in the trench?

Thinking that the battle is not easy to fight, Little Dustpan turned to look at Shang Zhen.

At this time, Shang Zhen, who was not far away from him, was observing with a telescope, so the little dustpan naturally couldn't see Shang Zhen's expression.

Shang Zhen's eyes flicked across the trench in front of him. He just saw a soldier trying to climb out of the trench under the explosion of the mortar shell.

It's just that the soldier just struggled a few times in the water waves and then stopped moving. Shang Zhen saw that the trench was already faintly blood-colored.

As a veteran, Shang Zhen has learned to harden his heart. If hatred could kill the enemy, then the Japanese invaders would have failed long ago. Fighting requires both blood and reason.

Shang Zhen looked into the distance again through the telescope.

Under the cover of mortar fire, the Japanese infantry has already begun to attack.

Due to the distance, the scattered figures of the Japanese army squirmed towards them on the open ground like insects.

Shang Zhen estimated that there were more than one hundred Japanese soldiers. He knew that despite the fact that the Japanese soldiers he saw in the binoculars were all in one piece, the distance between the Japanese stragglers was relatively large.

How to fight this time, how can people like myself survive the positional battle? This is the question that Shang Zhen has been thinking about.

The firepower of the Japanese army is not strong, and the covering firepower is only a few mortars. The number of Japanese troops is not large.

If this attack of the Japanese army can be repelled, I believe that the rest of the Japanese army can only retreat.

Thinking of this, an idiom suddenly popped up in Shang Zhen's mind called "do something to die and then live".

So he turned his head to the left and took a look. A few tens of meters away from him was Lei Liang who was leading his guard company.

"Our people obey my orders!" Shang Zhen suddenly shouted.

He was giving an order now, and the shout was naturally loud, and everyone around looked at him.

Shang Zhen didn't know that just tens of meters away behind him, Chang En, the commander of the 108th division who was also lying in the muddy water, was looking at him in surprise.

Immediately afterwards, Shang Zhenxin issued an order: "Crawl forward and climb to the trench in front!"

With that, he crawled out of the foxhole.

And their group naturally obeyed his orders, and the others crawled outside without thinking too much about following.

"You go haha?" Lei Liang shouted loudly, and at the same time, he didn't forget to look back at the teacher, Chang En.

This is a war, and you have to obey the unified command in a war. The division commander didn't even give an order, so why did you small soldiers go forward?

But Shang Zhen ignored Lei Liang's call, he crawled forward quickly, and so did his group.

There was mud and water everywhere, but Shang Zhen and the others crawled extremely fast, looking like loaches meandering through the mud.

"Be careful, don't get the gun into the sand!" Old Mao Wang shouted, pulling his neck.

The problem of water entering the gun is not a big problem in the short term, and it can continue to shoot, but the gun needs to be dried after the battle, but if the gun chamber enters the mud, it will not work, and it is easy to break down when shooting.

"Boy Shang, what are you going to do?" Old Wang asked Shang Zhen while crawling to the right.

"It is estimated that the bombardment of the little devil should stop. It is better to go to the trenches than to the pits behind." Shang Zhen replied with his face covered in mud.

Old Mao Wang understood Shang Zhen's meaning in an instant, and he crawled forward desperately.

At least from his current position, he couldn't see the Japanese army in front, but he didn't know whether the Japanese army coming in front would see them.

Some mud was poured into Wang Laomao's mouth, but Wang Laomao didn't take it seriously when he said "Pooh".

He felt amused as he crawled.

I am like a blind pestle crawling forward desperately in the mud. Maybe people like me have fallen into the eyes of the Japanese army, but they don't know it, and they keep muttering "You guys are clear Look, don't look!"

At this time, Chang En, the commander of the 108th division who was behind, also wanted to understand something.

There are still two mortars in the county town, but Chang En originally planned to let those two guns counterattack the Japanese mortar positions. He had been observing the positions of the Japanese mortar positions.

It's just that he couldn't find where the Japanese army set up the mortar positions. Now that Shang Zhen and the others were not far from the trench ahead, and the Japanese army was also approaching, he suddenly wanted to understand Shang Zhen's intentions.

After all, the front trench is a row of trenches. Although there is water in it, the protection is better than the foxholes behind. These foxholes are not deep enough at all, and most of the soldiers lie outside.

If the Japanese infantry were allowed to rush through that trench, then the Japanese mortar positions would still be on the premise, so that their county town would directly face the Japanese attack!

"Order the wing machine guns to fire, order their mortars to fire a few shots at the Japanese infantry, and the guard company to climb to the trench!"

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