The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 27 Reinforcements? (Please vote and read on)

...Many times, I clearly know that some tactics are quite vicious to the brothers, and can even be said to be some useless ideas.

But in order to win the battle, the brothers still had to do it.

There's no other way! Facing the Japs who have everything, the only thing we have is our lives. If we can't even sacrifice our lives, how can we possibly defeat these beasts like the Japs...

...Excerpt from Hu Biao's diary collection "Hu Shuo"...

Wang Peng smoked a cigarette without a filter until there was only a little bit of it left and it was a bit hot to the mouth, so he spat it out reluctantly.

He closed his eyes for a while again, as if savoring the wonderful feeling of smoking.

After spending several minutes like this, the only military professional on this position finally spoke:
"Hu Biao, drag me out now, drag me to a place about a hundred meters in front of the position, and put me somewhere among those corpses; then leave me a few grenades, the kind with wooden handles.

Oh right! Didn’t the Japanese suicide squad leave some explosive packs? It would be fine if they could just leave me one of those.

When the Japanese attack and walk past me, I will fire them and hit them hard. One shot should be able to kill many of them and relieve the pressure on you.

This trick seems to be what the Japanese used to deal with the Russians in the past. Now I will teach them a lesson~"

After hearing this, Hu Biao and others looked at each other, and finally understood what Wang Peng's method was.

He actually treated himself as a live mine, or an automatically triggered explosive pack. If the Japanese were caught off guard, they might suffer a great loss.

However, with the education they received, they simply could not accept such a cruel way of fighting that treated people as consumables.

As for why Wang Peng gave him a wooden-handled grenade, or a pack of explosives, it was because the Japanese used small melon-shaped grenades that needed to be hit with something before exploding.

By then, Wang Peng might not even have the strength to knock the melon against his chest.

Facing the hesitation of Hu Biao and others, Wang Peng cursed out loud: "I'm afraid I won't survive with such a serious injury.

Die slowly and painfully in the trenches, or go out and become a living mine, aren't they both death? The latter can drag a bunch of Japanese soldiers down with it before dying, which is worth it, cough cough cough... "

After he finished cursing, Wang Peng started coughing violently, and blood began to seep out of the bandaged wound on his chest.

"Okay~" Hu Biao gritted his teeth and agreed with difficulty.

As a result, the middle-aged baggage soldier who had just agreed to the plan and had previously explained the situation to Hu Biao also spoke up:
"Captain Hu, please take the trouble to have the brothers drag me out as well. Leave a few grenades behind as well. I want to take a few devils with me before I die."

Due to the rush of time, Hu Biao doesn’t even know the man’s name.

In the previous battle, he was injured in the face by a grenade that fell beside him, and even one of his eyes was blinded; now there is a lack of medical care and medicine on the battlefield, and he really won't live long.

After nearly biting his teeth to pieces, Hu Biao continued to agree: "Okay~"

Then he added, "Brother, what's your name and where are you from? As long as I, Hu Biao, am still alive, I will tell your family that you were a man and died bravely in battle."

Hu Biao's promise triggered a series of subsequent reactions.

Because several other seriously injured soldiers also asked to be used as live mines; so the voices of those who pretended to be free and calm rang out in the crowded company headquarters:

"Su Rui, from Jinhua, the same Jinhua who makes ham, lives in Shanyang Village in Lanxi. When we get there, whoever mentions the second son of the Su family will know it's me.

Please tell my two sons when you go there, and ask them to respect their grandparents and take care of their mother and sisters on their behalf in the future."

"Zhao San, from Xiwu Mountain in Tonglu..."

"I've remembered everything. As long as I, Hu Biao, don't die here, I will come to your house one by one in the future." After listening to the six seriously injured soldiers' last words, Hu Biao agreed.

Then, he grabbed Wang Peng's collar and dragged his body, which was like a puddle of mud, towards the rain outside.

He didn't even dare to say a few more words or delay for a moment.

Because he was worried that if he delayed even a little, he would not be able to harden his heart to do so.

Seeing this, Zhou Kun, Gao Yi, and Zhang Wei hardened their hearts and called three more baggage soldiers to drag Su and the other six seriously injured soldiers into the rain one by one.

During this process, they always felt salty in their mouths because the rainwater that flowed into their mouths was mixed with their own tears...

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At 9:02, at the command center in the small hall behind Luodian.

Zhu Cong, who was sent back by Hu Biao to ask for reinforcements, knelt down outside the command center and kowtowed repeatedly on the bluestone slabs, leaving a bloody mark on his forehead.

While crying, he shouted loudly:

"Commander, you must send some reinforcements to Commander Hu, otherwise the brothers will soon be unable to hold on and will all die on No. 7." When the voice reached the ears of Division Commander Li Shushen in the command center, it was like a knife constantly cutting his heart, making him feel very painful.

More than ten minutes ago, the guards brought up this soldier covered in mud, saying that there was an urgent military report.

Then, Zhu Cong introduced the dire situation that the No. 7 position was currently facing. Hu Biao, the cook platoon leader whom he had recently appointed, now needed reinforcements, ammunition, and artillery support, otherwise he would not be able to hold on.

Where would he get artillery support? The Japanese air force was very powerful, and the Nationalist artillery suffered heavy losses.

Position No. 7 is not qualified to use the remaining artillery fire.

Reinforcements! He happened to have a group of them, consisting of divisional staff, lightly wounded soldiers, defeated soldiers, grooms, etc., about three hundred people.

But now, the left and right wings are in a state of emergency due to the infiltration and penetration of the Japanese, and reinforcements are needed everywhere.

More importantly, the battle in Luodian has reached a critical moment, and that is the most important area; so he has actually made a decision on how to use this support force.

Anyway, he will not be sent to the No. 7 position, to Hu Biao, the cook platoon leader.

But the feeling of knowing that his men were doomed to die and being unable to save them made him feel extremely uncomfortable for a moment.

In the end, his military sense prevailed, and he instructed his guard company commander: "Send the reinforcements out immediately to reinforce Luodian.

Tell Captain Yin of the 401st Regiment that Luodian must be captured tonight.

This opportunity and combat time were won for them by other brothers and sisters who risked their lives."

After he finished explaining, his voice softened again: "Have someone take that little brother away, find a way to change him into dry clothes, and have something to eat."

Then, with a series of military orders, a support force set off in a hurry, but unfortunately their target was not position No. 7.

Hu Biao and his men at Position No. 7 were destined to wait for no reinforcements...

At 10:37 that evening, under the continuous heavy rain, Wang Peng lay motionless among the corpses like a dead man, biting his lips hard.

By this time, his bloodless lower lip had been bitten to pieces.

Because of the massive blood loss, Wang Peng was feeling waves of fatigue that kept coming over him, making him want to sleep desperately.

But he knew that once he fell asleep, he would never be able to wake up again.

Then when the Japanese attacked, there was no way to detonate the explosive pack or the fuse wrapped around his finger.

So he could only use the excruciating pain of biting his lips to fight the surging sleepiness that came like a tide, and kept telling himself in his heart.

"Wang Peng, Wang Peng, you can't sleep, you absolutely can't sleep~"

In this state, Wang Peng gradually felt his mind becoming hazy...

At 11:19, when Wang Peng felt as if he would not be able to hold on for the next second, he finally heard the sound of gunfire, and then a group of shirtless Japanese soldiers with bayonets rushed past him.

There was even a little Japanese soldier who stepped on his own stomach.

Damn it! After the kick pulled the wound, he almost cried out in pain all over his body. His muscles were so tense that even after pulling it, he couldn't pull the fuse.

It was precisely because of this that Wang Peng unexpectedly achieved greater results.

Because he slowed down for a moment, it was only then that he pulled the fuse. During this delay, Captain Oguri, who was said to be leading the charge, appeared, wielding a samurai sword.

Taking the lead in the charge is just talk, of course.

In fact, he was just following the team in the attack, and he had already made up his mind to hide a hundred meters away from the position to give orders.

So after Wang Peng pulled the explosive pack, even though the distance was dozens of meters, the shock wave blew the Japanese captain away.

He didn't die immediately, but the severe concussion damage to his organs caused him to lose his ability to command immediately.

By the way, he also took away a Japanese captain, three second lieutenants, and fifteen or sixteen Japanese soldiers who were guarding him.

But Wang Peng didn’t know this and didn’t want to pay attention to it.

After feeling that the fuse of the explosive pack had finally been pulled, he thought with relief: "Fuck! I can finally sleep peacefully. No one wants to wake me up..."

(End of this chapter)