The wounded went back to us with his last little strength at the moment of falling down, his eyes full of expectation, as if he was saying to us: "Brother! I'll leave the motherland to you!"

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Chapter 49 Injured

The gunshots became increasingly rare, and gradually turned into sporadic few sounds.

However, the soldiers' nerves did not relax because of the scarcity of gunfire, because anyone knew that this meant that the little Japanese had broken through a line of defense and advanced towards us...

Five minutes!

There was nothing but a few sobs of children and the sounds of squeaking windows on the streets, and even the sound of roosters crowing disappeared at this time.

It should be said that this is not a very suitable battlefield, because there are residential houses on both sides of the streets, and there will naturally be people in the residential houses... So every grenade we fire will be cautious about. But what can we do? Now that Japan is invading our country, any battle is fought on our territory. In other words, this situation will not only happen now, but will continue in the next eight years of the War of Resistance!

Ten minutes have passed!

The Japanese army still did not appear, and the line of defense was not far from our line of defense. It is logical that ten minutes after the gunfire stopped should be enough for the Japanese to arrive in front of us, but they did not...

I was also surprised by this. Didn’t the little Japanese chase us? Didn’t they always look down on our army’s combat effectiveness? Then what are they waiting for?

Fifteen minutes!

At this time, I finally understood the reason why the Japanese army was late. More than twenty wounded men were covered in blood and tied up in various colors at the corner of the street. Although I didn't recognize them, it was easy to guess that they were soldiers in the first company. Behind them were little Japanese holding guns and bayonets to look at us.

Seeing this scene, the soldiers and I were stunned. It was obvious that the little Japanese attempted to use these wounded soldiers as cover to quickly break through the defense line of our army to achieve their goal of pursuing our army. Should we shoot or not? Everyone turned their attention to Company Commander Xu...

"Prepare for the battle!" Company Commander Xu gritted his teeth and ordered loudly. As a commander, he had no choice but to choose.

The soldiers raised their weapons in their hands, but no one was willing to shoot the first bullet, because standing between us and the little Japanese... are Chinese, comrades-in-arms who have fought with us, and brothers who share the joys and sorrows with us!

It is obvious that Company Commander Xu was in a dilemma at this time, so he had never issued an order to shoot, so he quietly watched the Japanese soldiers escorting our soldiers step by step towards our defense line...

The situation is extremely critical. If we let Japan move forward like this, anyone will know what will happen next.

Some people may say that we should not hesitate at this time, because no matter what, the wounded people who were taken to the front will not survive. Even if they are not under our hands, they will die at the hands of the enemy.

However, it is easy to say but difficult to do. It is the same as death, but it is still different from dying at the hands of the enemy or at the hands of our own people, and the difference is still very big... The main reason is that when we face these former comrades-in-arms, we cannot start. Killing the enemy on the battlefield is a hero, killing our own people? That is a crime!

Looking at our hesitation, the little Japanese, who had a great sense of success in their plan, showed a grim smile on their faces. They looked at us like they were looking at dead people, and pulled out the grenades on their waists to prepare for attack...

However, at this moment, a scene that no one expected happened!

"Brothers!" A wounded soldier with a broken arm shouted at us: "Shoot at us! Kill a few more Japanese to avenge us!"

"Let's shoot!" Another soldier also shouted to us: "Tell my family that I, Lao Zhao, died at the hands of the Japanese! We are another hero in 18 years!"

"Shoot!"

...

The other wounded people also shouted at us one by one. Everyone's face was so firm and calm, and everyone was holding their heads up, and none of them were hesitant at all.

What these soldiers don’t know is that the more they do, the less we can do it... If they pretend to be greedy and fear death, then we may not beg for mercy as soon as we get angry!

No matter how many of them were, they continued to push the wounded with bayonets and push the wounded forward. They were about to get close to the distance from the Japanese army to throw grenades. The wounded soldier who had broken an arm shouted to his comrades beside him: "Brothers! We can't be the shield of the little Japanese, we will fight with the Japanese!"

As he said that, he turned around and ran towards the Japanese... His only arm was tied by the Japanese, and the only one that could be used as a weapon was his head! The Japanese behind the wounded did not expect that he would resist in this situation. He was knocked to the ground without any warning...

"Ba Geyalu!" The Japanese man got up from the ground in a mess, and thrust the bayonet into the wounded's chest with a rifle!

The blood flowed down quickly. From my perspective, I could only see a little bloody tip on the back. Then the tip of the knife was quickly pulled back and turned into a blood hole... The wounded man used his last little strength to look back at us, his eyes full of expectation, as if he was saying to us: "Brother! I will leave the motherland to you!"

"kill!"

"Fight with the Japanese!"

...

More than twenty wounded soldiers rushed towards the Japanese bayonets and guns in front of us. Only a burst of gunshots and the sound of blades entering the flesh were heard. The brutal Japanese army did not hesitate to kill these wounded soldiers who had no ability to resist. In a short while, the streets were covered with corpses!

However, the Japanese army also lost their barrier. With Company Commander Xu's roar at the top of his lungs, the soldiers distributed near the city gate pulled the trigger and fired bullets full of hatred at the Japanese army.

The street space is limited, and the Japanese originally occupied the wounded men in front of us to cover, so several teams rushed up at the same time, which made their formation very dense. This was just a bargain. After a row of bullets, they only made the Japanese scream and howl. They threw down dozens of corpses and fled back to the corner.

"Bang bang..." My bullets followed the Japanese army all the way. Perhaps because I was condescending on the water tower, these guns were extremely accurate. Five bullets knocked down four Japanese soldiers, one of which knocked him down before the Japanese officer flashed into the corner.

Actually, I was wondering why I was so accurate. At that time, I didn’t aim much, and I couldn’t care about the three points and one line. I was angry just watching the wounded people die in the hands of the little Japanese, so I shot it out without thinking about it... Later I thought about it, this might be a kind of feel! Just like the box cannons used by Li Xiangyang on both guns, they didn’t use the sight of the sight, and they could not aim correctly!

The Japanese have stronger firepower than us, and it is even certain that their gunshot skills are generally more accurate than us. The reason for this is that the Japanese are all veterans who have experienced battle formations, and the other is that the 38th covers in their hands are far higher than those in Hanyang made in the hands of the soldiers.

But the advantage our army has is its geographical location. The street is only five or six meters wide, and the Japanese's troops cannot be expanded at all. However, we can use firepower to seal the Japanese in the street near the city gate. Especially the few people on the water tower have put a lot of pressure on the Japanese.

We can be assured to aim at the enemy on the water tower and shoot at the enemy in our sight. On the other hand, the Japanese army... but due to the elevation angle, it is difficult for them to pose a threat to us hiding in the water tower. Isn't that? In just a short while, the street intersection was filled with piles of Japanese corpses, but the Japanese were not willing to give up and rushed out one after another...

A gunshot from "Bang!" a Japanese army fell down.

This was a Japanese grenade. Perhaps because the street houses blocked the angle of the grenade launcher, he had to poke half of his body out of the corner of the street and put the grenade launcher. But just as he was about to load the ammunition into the grenade launcher, a bullet shot from my gun chamber ended his life.

"Bang!" Another gunshot.

This time, a machine gunner was solved. He obviously found us on the water tower, so he flashed from the corner with a machine gun and shot the water tower with a shuttle bullet...

Unfortunately, the water tower is made of steel and concrete. These machine gun bullets were hit by the fire and could only make a few white dots on it. Just when he finished firing a shuttle and wanted to retract and change the magazine, I pulled the trigger and killed his life.

"Bang!"

The third bullet hit a Japanese army hiding in the corner to aim at me. I guess he might be a sniper because I noticed the sunlight reflected from the scope on his rifle... In fact, it was because of this that I discovered his position in time and fired the first shot!

I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when I saw a bloody light bursting on the Japanese army's head, because I knew very well that if I fired a few seconds later or if the shot failed, then it was very likely that I would be the one who bloomed in my head.

"Retreat!" Company Commander Xu shouted to the soldiers: "Close the city gate and retreat!"
Chapter completed!