Chapter 1072 Fierce shelling
The reason why the Japanese did not rush to the front five attacks but retreated quickly was very simple, that is, they wanted to use this method to drag Li Feng and the others.
The Japanese artillery troops had reached the frontier of the town and could launch artillery attacks at any time, but they could not let the Eighth Route Army run away, so they could only use this method to hold the Eighth Route Army on the position.
Now that their artillery is ready, the Japanese infantry did not launch an attack, but instead looked straight ahead happily, because as long as the artillery attack was over, they would launch an attack immediately and would inevitably take down the Eighth Route Army's position in one fell swoop.
What they did not expect was that the Eighth Route Army had already thought of countermeasures. Although this countermeasures were very cold, no warrior opposed it.
One of the three matches was broken into short ones, and then one man grabbed them in his hand, and the other two were the first to draw them.
After those who won the short draw stayed, the rest of the people looked back from time to time, because when they got out of the air raid shelter, they might not be able to see them.
There are a total of 500 people on the main position, and more than 100 people were left this time. I don’t know how many people they will be left after the shelling is over later.
The fat man didn't dare to smoke, so he kept putting the cigarette in his mouth, and didn't lit it five or six times, because he would still have to demonstrate artillery protection later.
In such a drowsy air raid shelter, if you do not make a protective shelling posture, you may suffer internal injuries.
Boom boom boom boom!
The Japanese gun attack was indeed like an appointment, and soon arrived, and balls of gorgeous soil were blown out from their positions.
The whole earth was shaking. After Li Feng asked the soldiers to do their moves, he quietly looked at the door.
He hoped that a few of his brothers in the position could come over, at least that would greatly reduce casualties.
But after waiting for several minutes, I didn't see a single figure. No one retreated. They were all holding on the position.
"Damn it, you guys come here!"
The little fat man cursed bitterly, but it was these group of brothers that made him feel proud and proud.
Let’s take a look at the situation on the position. Before the shelling began, the veteran lies quietly by the trench.
Because they were not sure if this was a conspiracy by the Japanese. If the Japanese did not launch artillery attacks but instead used infantry attacks, it would be very dangerous if there was no warrior on the position to hold on.
So no matter what, there will always be people on the position, because when the Japanese launch an attack, they can withstand for a while and help the large troops re-enter the trenches to gain time.
When the artillery bombardment was launched, there was another violent tremor on the entire position, just like a ground dragon turning over. Several soldiers rushed over and hid inside after seeing the huge pits blown out of the cannon. This would have a greater chance of survival.
"Hurry, hurry up, you two go to that pit, why are the two melon babies so slow? Why do you think you are so fast when you eat, but you are running away and you are just a fool."
An old soldier asked two young soldiers to hide in the pit first, and then went to find other soldiers by himself, but just after walking out, a shell covered him up.
"Deputy squad leader!"
The two soldiers shouted anxiously, but the veteran did not respond to them. It seemed that there had never been such a person in this world.
There were also several soldiers who wanted to take the grenades to another place to prevent the Japanese artillery from detonating their grenades, but unexpectedly, just after rushing out a few steps, a cannon sound came from beside him, which shocked him on the spot.
The warrior's back was torn apart by a shell in an instant, and blood flowed over and the blood foam in his mouth couldn't help but spit it out, but his hand still grabbed the box of grenades because he wanted to save the ammunition well and could use it when the boss and the others re-enter the trenches.
But no matter how hard he tried, his body could not move forward at all. Finally, his hands fell on the ammunition box, his eyes fixedly staring at the ammunition box and his sacrifice.
Another veteran heard a scream and rushed around a corner, and then saw a recruit whose thigh was blown off, wailing there.
Seeing this, the veteran immediately came over, ignored the splashing soil around him and shrapnel flying around and rushed up with his helmet, then grabbed the warrior's shoulder and dragged him to a safe place.
After dragging for a few steps, two shells exploded on the high ground on both sides of them. The soil that flew up immediately buried the two of them. After a long time, they did not crawl out of the soil.
Some soldiers leaned against the shell crater and did not speak, but from their excitement, they could see that although they had experienced many shellings, they still had a nervous expression on their faces every time they experienced it.
However, this nervous expression is much better than those rookies who have just joined the army. Their nervousness is because they are afraid that their movements are not fast enough, rather than because they are afraid of being bombed to death.
A few more recruits were so scared that they screamed, then covered their heads and ran around. The veterans rushed up and suppressed them desperately, and then kicked them into the cannon pit.
"What's the name? Stay there honestly!"
A veteran pressed his helmet hard, and then after blowing it up, another explosion came from outside. A large wave of soil directly covered half of his body, but his body was not hurt.
Under such a thrilling shelling, the whole earth was shaking. It was necessary to have skills to keep running in the trenches, because in this case, many people would not stand firm at all and would fall if they didn't run a few steps.
It was not until the Japanese stopped shelling everyone let go of their hands covering their heads, then looked around and didn't notice it. After the shelling, they shouted into the trench:
"The Japanese artillery fire stopped, see how many living there are. The Japanese's first wave of charge will arrive soon!"
After several veterans dug out several people from the soil in succession, they found that there were only less than 80 people left on the position, which means that half of them were injured and killed in this shelling.
Before they could be sad, they heard the observers shouting, "The Japanese are here."
"Damn it, the Japanese are moving fast enough. As soon as the shelling stopped, they launched an attack!"
The veterans just wanted to ask what the Deputy Chief of Staff was doing and why he didn't come to command the battle, but before he could say it, a soldier shouted:
"The command center was blown up and the deputy chief of staff was buried inside!"
Hearing this sentence, the veterans were so anxious, but at this moment Li Feng appeared and led a large group of people to run along the trenches to their respective positions.
Bang bang bang bang!
Seeing this, the veterans did not care so much, but instead took the lead in launching a counterattack towards the Japanese rushing towards the front to block their attack and buy time for the large troops to take their place.
Chapter completed!