The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 71: Change of Defense? (Please read and vote)
...None of the brothers who had suffered poison gas attacks from the Japanese during the battle looked good even after they survived.

It is a relatively good situation if herpes appears on the head, face and back of the hands and the skin and flesh are rotten.

Many brothers even became blind, developed tumors and deformations in their joints, and were completely disfigured, forcing them to retire from the army and making their lives extremely difficult.

However, only a very few people become those wounded soldiers in movies and TV dramas who eat and free meals and act like scoundrels.

Because they said that compared to those brothers who died from the poison gas, they were actually very lucky to be alive until now...

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

"Damn it! It's finally getting dark."

Looking at the sun that was about to set completely in the sky, Hu Biao said this in a relieved tone.

As soon as the voice fell, Huang A'di, Chaozi and others on the side sighed; they seemed to be saying, "You are right, absolutely right."

The reason why they have such a unified performance is this.

That timely downpour lasted for about an hour; almost as soon as the rain stopped, the Japanese artillery bombardment began.

The shelling had not yet ended when the Japanese planes came out again and joined the attack on the small position.

At that time, Hu Biao and his men could only squat in the anti-artillery hole where the water had accumulated above their knees after a heavy rain, hoping that no large-caliber artillery shells or aerial bombs would fall on their anti-artillery hole.

Maybe it was because of the long battle in the rainy night at Position No. 7 last time that the root of the disease was left.

Hu Biao squatted in the deep water, feeling a biting chill in every bone of his body. However, he felt extremely grateful for the heavy rain.

Mainly him, and the faces of every living brother in the position.

At this moment, there are red spots, rashes and pustules of all sizes, which look quite scary.

These skin injuries were all corrosive damage caused by contact with the corrosive meson gas.

It was the result of the heavy rain washing their skin in time. If it weren't for this timely rain, the condition of their faces would have been even worse.

It is possible that Hu Biao's handsome face will suffer a devastating blow.

If their luck was even worse, their lives would be in danger; they could count themselves blessed by God for having such an outcome.

Then, after a fierce bombardment by artillery and aircraft, at about 4:30 in the afternoon, the Japanese launched another attack.

What to do? Of course, the old way.

All the brothers who were still able to move on the position took action, lying in the muddy trenches, waiting for the Japanese troops to advance to within 100 meters of the position, and then the two sides would engage in battle.

Using various weapons in their hands, they tried every possible way to kill the Japanese who tried to rush up.

Or in other words, he was killed by the Japanese in the process.

During this process, Hu Biao and his friends looked up at the sky countless times. The sun appeared again after the rain. It can be said that even when he was dating his girlfriend, he had never been so eager for the sun to set early.

Because when we were dating, after sunset we would just go out for dinner or watch a movie.

But in today's Battle of Shanghai, except for some special circumstances, the Japanese, whose aircraft and artillery fire are limited, generally will not launch an attack at night.

It means that as soon as it gets dark, the Japanese's crazy attacks will stop.

It means that they finally survived, and it would be best if they could live one more night.

Now the sun has finally set. Hu Biao has been like a spinning top all day long. It feels like someone has pulled out the valve core and all the strength in his body is rapidly draining away.

He sat down in the trench with most of his body soaked in mud, and the mud and water splashed all over the place.

But even so, Hu Biao still shouted: "Brothers who are still alive, listen up, now start counting to see how many brothers are still alive, 1~"

After Hu Biao took the lead in counting, the numbers representing the brothers of the third company who were still alive on the battlefield after a day of bloody fighting began to ring out one after another.

The number stopped when it reached 22.

But now, there should be at least 23 people still alive in the battlefield; because when AT, the white-collar worker, wanted to continue with the number 23,

Suddenly, he started coughing violently like a tractor, coughing up tears and snot. There was no way! AT must have inhaled the muon gas, which caused some damage to his respiratory tract and lungs, so he would cough violently from time to time.

In response to the young white-collar worker's plight, the only thing Hu Biao and others could do was to take out the precious oral penicillin and let AT take two pills in one breath.

As for whether penicillin is effective for such injuries, they don't know, they can only say that they hope it is effective.

Oh right! Also, let me share the results of Hu Biao and his men's hard-fought day.

Not counting the wounded soldiers who were dragged down with them when the Japanese retreated, there were at least 300 Japanese soldiers and two tanks lying in the open space in front of the position.

Among them, the Japanese crew members are still hiding in the overturned Type 89 tank and have not all died.

It’s not that they didn’t want to escape, but when the Japanese were bombing and shelling, these unfortunate crew members were afraid of being accidentally injured and didn’t dare to run.

Once there is no bombing and artillery fire, Hu Biao and his men will not allow them to escape even if they want to.

After one unlucky guy was killed by a volley of bullets from Black Star as soon as he showed up, the rest have been hiding in it.

However, Hu Biao and his men had no intention of using Molotov cocktails or explosive packs to kill these devils; rather than giving them a quick death, it would be better to let them continue to suffer...

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Hu Biao sat down in the mud and was so tired that he wanted to lean against the sandbag behind him and fall asleep.

But after thinking about the responsibilities he shouldered, he still had to find a way to cheer up.

From his jacket pocket, he pulled out a pack of Japanese "Asahi" cigarettes, which were wrapped in oil paper so they were still dry, and a box of matches.

I smoked three cigarettes in a row in one breath, trying to refresh myself and warm my cold lungs.

There was no other way! As long as he turned his head, he could think of too many things on the battlefield, waiting for him, the booger-sized commander Hu, to arrange and deal with.

But now to talk about the most important thing, he first had to go to see Captain Xiang to confirm a key point:
Can the 804th Regiment at the Dunwu Temple position exchange defense with friendly forces tonight?

If we can switch defense, then everything will be fine.

All you have to do is explain clearly to the friendly troops who are taking over the position the various key points of position defense and how to deal with the various tactics of the Japanese before evacuating.

If we can't switch defenses, then there will be a lot of problems.

There are only 23 people who can move on the position now. With this number of people, they will definitely not be able to continue to hold the position tomorrow; it will even be difficult to resist an attack.

Taking into account the Japanese's methods, we have some understanding after suffering a lot of losses today, so we must have more defensive forces tomorrow, and the regimental commander must give him no less than one company of reinforcements.

In addition, there needs to be enough 7.92mm pointed bullets for light and heavy machine guns.

The 7.63mm caliber bullets used in submachine guns need to be replenished, and wooden-handled grenades are also necessary.

The fortifications almost needed to be rebuilt because the fortifications repaired last night were almost all flattened today. In the last battle, many people in the third company were lying in the bomb craters and firing.

The seriously injured in the temple also need to be sent down overnight. I hope there are still many brothers who have not died.

Oh right! I need to quickly cook something to eat, and also prepare some dry food for later use.

Because they had no time to cook today, fortunately there were still Uncle Sam's canned beef, but now there were only a dozen or so left, which was not enough for tomorrow's consumption.

In short, if they still have to hold on during the day tomorrow, they will have to be busy all night...

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