The devil squad leader on the opposite side saw that the artillery position had been blown to pieces, and it was no longer what it looked like, and his subordinates were also left with only about 20 imperial soldiers left by the New Fourth Army who came to attack, and thought that it would be better to die if he went back, so it was better to fight with the New Fourth Army in front of him here, so that he could still get a reputation for dying in battle.
More than twenty little devils all stared at blood-red eyes, and under the desperate howl of the devil squad leader, they rushed towards this side desperately, Lao Liu and the others had already withdrawn with the dead brothers on their backs, and what remained was more than ten artillery brothers brought by Zhang Ercheng, plus Lao Zhang, a total of thirteen heroes.
Zhang Ercheng took twelve heroes to stick to the position to cover Lao Liu and they retreated to the back, and those little devils on the opposite side also rushed over desperately, and the soldiers on both sides launched a bloody battle here, there was no shouting, only the dull "poof" sound of bullets penetrating the human body, and the fluttering sound of bayonets piercing into the body.
The little devil and Zhang Ercheng were all red-eyed, and no one refused to let go of each other, they stabbed with bayonets when they ran out of bullets, and they used their teeth to fist when they bent bayonets, Zhang Ercheng's artillery brothers fought braver than infantry, and in the hand-to-hand duel against devils, although the number was nearly half less, they did not have the upper hand at all.
The brothers hacked three or four little devils to death one after another, and a burst of big knives slashed hard, and even forced the twenty little devils to retreat temporarily, and the devil squad leader was depressed, retreated to the front of the position and gasped, planning to rest for a while and wait before coming.
Zhang Ercheng took this opportunity to count the number of people, only five of the thirteen heroes remained, and except for his own bruised skin, most of the remaining four were scarred, and one brother was pierced in the stomach by the little devil's bayonet, and his intestines flowed to the ground, lying on the ground and moaning in pain, seeing that he couldn't be saved.
Zhang Ercheng hurriedly took out his first-aid kit and wanted to bandage this brother whose intestines were bleeding all over the place, but the brother shook his head and stopped him: "Battalion commander, leave me alone, I know my injuries, it's useless, it's useless to bandage, the blood has already flowed so much, don't waste time on me, you guys retreat quickly, while the little devil hasn't continued to attack." ” Zhang Ercheng's eyes were hot, and he almost shed tears, so he hurriedly hugged the brother's shoulder: "Brother, don't say that, we will definitely take you back, big man, hurry up and help the handle, we will carry this brother to evacuate" A big man next to him hurriedly came over, and made a simple stretcher with Zhang Ercheng to lift the seriously injured and dying brother, Zhang Ercheng shouted: "Brothers, let's go, the brothers behind are responsible for blocking the little devils who caught up."
Zhang Ercheng and the big brother lifted the wounded brother and left, while the rest of the brothers carried the bodies of the sacrificed comrades on their backs, and retreated in the direction of Shen Jiabang while shooting at the little devils chasing after them.
In the process of retreating, Zhang Ercheng's two brothers who were in charge of the broken back were killed by the little devils who caught up, and the little devils who caught up were desperately chasing and screaming in the words of the devils, which meant that the devils should not all kill the retreating New Fourth Army in front of them, but capture them alive.
In the face of the dense flying bullets, Zhang Ercheng, who was carrying the wounded brother, was bitten by the devil's bullet on his left arm, Zhang Ercheng looked sideways and saw that the bullet had penetrated the upper part of his left arm, and the blood was gushing out, dripping to the ground, but he didn't have time to bandage the wound, so he gritted his teeth and carried the wounded brother forward with the pain and the big man behind him.
The brother who was carried by Zhang Ercheng and them suddenly turned over and pulled out a twenty-shot box cannon from his back, and before Zhang Ercheng and the big man behind him could react, the brother used this box cannon to shoot himself in the head, and he broke himself.
He didn't want to be dying and drag down the retreating Zhang Ercheng and them anymore, so he solved himself and let the brothers run faster.
Zhang Ercheng turned his head suddenly, and found that the brother who was flowing out of his intestines had been sacrificed with a blur of flesh and blood, and his throat was sore, and he couldn't control the emotions he had endured anymore, and shouted at the big man with his throat: "Why are you looking at him, you didn't see him when he pulled out his gun."
The big man said aggrievedly: "Battalion commander, I didn't notice that he would suddenly get up and take out your spear, and when I saw the reaction, the gunshots were already thinking, and it was too late."
Zhang Ercheng was angry and resentful in his heart, and he worked hard to carry this injured brother for so many miles, and now he still let this brother commit suicide for himself, although he knew that even if this injury could be carried to Shen Jiabang, there was no health company, this brother who even had intestines flowing out, and the blood was about to run dry was unlikely to have a chance of survival, but now he committed suicide with the pistol he hung on his waist, which could not but be said to be a failure for Zhang Ercheng.
Watching his subordinates die in front of him like this, but he had no way at all, the frustration in Zhang Ercheng's heart at this time could not be described in words.
Looking at the little devil who caught up behind, Zhang Ercheng simply didn't retreat to the back, stopped and said: "Brothers, I think we have to stay here today, I couldn't take you out, I'm sorry for everyone, so let's do it, I'll stay to stop the little devil who caught up, the three of you quickly retreat in the direction of Shen Jiabang, it's too late, don't be grinding."
If I can return to Shen Jiabang alive, tell the brigade seat that I have not disgraced the Independent Brigade and the New Fourth Army today. ” When the three brothers heard that Zhang Ercheng was going to stay alone, they refused to leave, so angry that Zhang Ercheng took out two 20-shot box cannons and yelled at them: "You fucking hurry up, if you don't leave, I'm going to shoot."
The three brothers just didn't move, and the big man stepped forward and grabbed the two box cannons in Zhang Ercheng's hand: "Battalion commander, if you want to die, let's die together, we can't leave you alone." ” The other two injured brothers also insisted on staying and fighting with the little devil with Lao Zhang, Zhang Ercheng had no choice, so he had to leave these three brothers and divide the only remaining ammunition for everyone, intending to eliminate a few devils, pull the grenade string and die with the devil.
At this critical moment, suddenly there was a dense burst of gunfire in front, Zhang Ercheng's ears were bright, and he immediately heard that it was the sound of Czech light machine gun fire, and the sound of the cannon was the sound of the 60 mortars he usually used, yes, it must be our team coming, brothers, we are saved When the eldest man and the other two wounded brothers heard this, they picked up the weapons in their hands and shot out the bullets in one go, and then threw the grenades that were about to be used to die with the little devils at the devils who were fleeing in a hurry as they were being attacked from behind.
A large number of soldiers of the New Fourth Army led by Ge Sanmin rushed over outside the woods in front, shouting slogans such as surrendering their guns and not killing them, and treating the prisoners preferentially, and rushed towards these dozen or so little devils who were at a loss for what to do and desperately drilled with all kinds of rifles.
The dozen or so devils who resisted stubbornly were quickly beaten into a hornet's nest by Ge Sanmin and their random guns, and the devil squad leader was still unwilling to fall down after being shot several times, Zhang Ercheng picked up a big knife and rushed forward, slashed at the devil's head, and directly cut off the head of the devil squad leader, rolling down to the ground and gurgling.
Zhang Ercheng threw away the big knife, and sat on the ground with a weak buttocks, and the big men also sat on the ground like him and gasped.
Ge Sanmin ran over and said, "Lao Zhang, why are you here, it is possible that the Shen Jiabang position in front of you has been lost, and the devils have captured it."
Ge Sanmin was anxious, if Shen Jiabang was captured by the little devils, it would be troublesome, and it would not be so easy to capture it again.
Zhang Ercheng took a breath on the ground and said: "Lao Ge, our side was not captured by the little devils, we came out to blow up the devil's artillery position, and brought out a total of more than thirty brothers, and now there are only seven or eight left, and one has been withdrawn." ” Ge Sanmin was relieved a lot when he heard that Shen Jiabang's position was still under the control of his own team, and immediately took Zhang Ercheng and them to quickly rush to the direction of Shen Jiabang, and met Ding Ning and them on the way.
Ding Ning listened to Zhang Ercheng's report, and felt that the current Shen Jiabang position was under a lot of pressure on Commander Wang, and they had to rush to reinforce immediately, otherwise they might be broken by the little devil wing with superior firepower in one fell swoop.
Subsequently, Zhou Wu also arrived with his brothers, and said: "Lao Ding, Xiao Wang, who ambushed the Takeda squadron over there in Shaziji, they are also rushing over here, you and Lao Ge immediately rush to Shen Jiabang together, reinforce Commander Wang, attack from the flank of the devil's wing, disrupt the devil's offensive formation, don't chase after it, quickly return to the position to hold on, so as not to fall into the devil's trap." ” Ding Ning immediately rushed to the Shen Jiabang position with his brothers with Ge Sanmin, and when he marched less than two miles away from the position, he found that the devil wing that was storming the position had already attacked most of the fortifications, and a large number of little devils had crossed the moat and rushed into those fortifications.
Seeing that Shen Jiabang's position was about to be lost, Ding Ning was anxious, and hurriedly ordered Ge Sanmin to interview with him to enter the battle, and hit the devil's back flank, so that these little devils completely drove out of Shen Jiabang.
Commander Wang, who was fighting hand-to-hand with the little devils in the trenches, saw that two teams of people suddenly rushed behind the devils, and shouted at the top of their voices: "Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived, kill, drive these little devils back." t1706231537: