From time to time, the Chengdongguan position in the night was lit up by flares fired into the night sky by the little devils outside the city. At the city gate, which was flickering in and out of light, Li Hexian counted his soldiers.

After a whole day of fierce fighting, not counting Wei Ran and Li Sui'an, the only person in his squad who still had fighting ability was a middle-aged man with a pipe and pot on his waist. The rest were dead and wounded and could no longer continue.

Fighting.

As for the remaining soldiers who survived the breach in the city wall, their original squads had basically filled the battlefield on the city wall, and were helplessly guarding the bodies of their comrades.

Soon, new reinforcements arrived at the Dongguan position, and the few surviving soldiers above and below the city wall were also reorganized and assigned to Li Hexian's command.

These survivors silently took off their armed belts and various box cannons from the corpses of their comrades, loaded them with bullets and then wore them silently on their bodies. Then they picked up the captured 38 caps, or the guns that burned with the blood of their comrades.

Old sleeves, made in Hanyang, even broadswords, grenades, etc.

The newly reinforced soldiers were busy repairing and strengthening bunkers in preparation for the next day's battle.

The busy night passed in a blink of an eye. Early the next morning, before the sun had fully risen, planes hovered above Tengxian County again. As aerial bombs fell to the ground, the little devils outside the city also began to attack.

shelling.

In almost a series of explosions, the towers of Dongguan City collapsed, and the defenders on the city wall suffered heavy losses under the indiscriminate bombardment from aircraft and artillery. The choking smoke that almost obscured the sight was filled with weak screams and despair.

cries, and many defenders gnashing their teeth and cursing.

In the bunker where dirt and gravel fell from time to time, Wei Ran seemed unmoved. He held a bayonet with a large cover in his hand and polished the tip of the bayonet on a broken brick on the city wall.

and cutting edge.

He had experienced such shelling in Stalingrad, on the Don River, and in Berlin. If it were just the fear caused by the explosion of the shells, the impact on him would be enough to treat him calmly, even if it could not be said to be insignificant.

But those compatriots who died tragically in the explosion, those mutilated corpses that were easily lifted into the air by the shock wave and heavily thrown on the scorched earth ground, made him completely suppress the anger and suffering in his heart!

There was a soft "click" sound, and Wei Ran, who was polishing his bayonet, turned his head subconsciously, and then his breathing became heavier. It was half of his arm that was still dripping with blood. His young fingers were only slightly thicker than a cigarette.

There is also a thin red rope tied to the wrist, and five copper coins with a metallic luster are attached to it.

Sticking the bayonet aside, Wei Ran opened the damp soil around him with red eyes, carefully picked up the arm and put it in. Covering it with soil one by one, he built a small grave for the child.

Wei Ran picked up the bayonet again and polished it hard on the broken bricks. The huge force left deep marks on the broken bricks. And in his mouth, he was mumbling something nervously.

.

Sitting next to him, Li Hexian and his cousin Li Sui'an looked at each other. The former silently took out a pre-rolled cigarette, lit it on a piece of wood next to him that was still emitting sparks, handed it to Li Sui'an, and then lit it towards Wei.

The direction raised his chin.

After Li Sui'an took the cigarette, he gently pushed Wei Ran's shoulder. The latter turned around like a wounded beast. After seeing the cigarette handed over by Li Sui'an who looked frightened, his eyes gradually softened.

Wei Ran took the cigarette tremblingly, brought it to his mouth and took a deep breath. The low-quality dry tobacco tobacco was extremely choking, which made him burst into tears and made him cough continuously.

In the end, the cough turned into a sob that was masked by the explosion.

Li Hexian sighed, took out two more cigarettes from his pocket, lit them, gave one to his cousin, and then leaned against the damp wall of the bunker and closed his eyes.

During the long wait, the more than 20 planes overhead dumped all their ammunition and flew away, and the sound of artillery outside the city gradually stopped.

But this rare silence was like a signal, so that no one needed to direct it at all. All the soldiers who were still alive shook off the dirt on their heads and shoulders, clenched their weapons and crawled out of the bunker, each walking towards their respective destinations.

position.

"It's a tank!" Li Sui'an shouted in fear.

Outside the gap in the collapsed city wall, more than a dozen tanks were lined up in a row, covering the little Japanese behind them as they rushed towards the gap they were guarding.

"Don't waste bullets!" Li Hexian stopped Li Sui'an who was about to fire, "Hit people! Our guns are useless against tanks."

"What about the tank?" Li Sui'an asked as he pulled the trigger.

"Put it closer and blow it up with a grenade!" Li Hexian said the cruel solution as a matter of course. But his cousin Li Sui'an obviously didn't know what this meant.

On the other hand, Wei Ran, after looking down at the grenades on his belt, continued to pull the trigger again and again, trying to kill as many enemies as possible before the tank rushed up.

But as those tanks got closer and closer, the suppressive firepower of these little devils became more and more intensive, so much so that several soldiers were knocked to the ground by machine guns before they had even had time to take aim!

Finally, the roar of the engine and the squeak of tracks crushing the ground got closer and closer. The first tank drove up the slope of the collapsed city wall, followed by the second and third! And behind them, more and more tanks gathered.

More and more little devils are coming!

"Grenade!"

Li Hexian roared and threw two grenades on the heads of the little Japs behind the tank.

Almost at the same time as the grenade exploded, the leading tank also began to fire. Although this shot did not hit everyone due to the angle, it caused the broken city wall above the head to collapse countless drills and turns, and everyone had to

Back off temporarily.

At this time, a soldier who had been recruited last night took off his armed belt, then pulled a jade pendant from his neck and threw it to Li Hexian, "Dazhou Wanyuan Zhang Zhong! Tell my mother, I didn't give it to her."

Shame on you!"

Before he finished speaking, the soldier had already taken off his cotton-padded jacket, wrapped the four grenades around him, held them in his arms and rushed out!

"You little devil! I will destroy you!" In a curse that abandoned life and death, a violent explosion sounded from outside the collapsed mouth!

However, before everyone could recover, the bombed tank was pushed into the gap by another tank behind it!

Without hesitation at all, another soldier who had taken off his cotton-padded clothes wrapped a grenade and rushed forward. But before he could reach the first tank that was still smoldering, the little Japanese who rushed up after the tank had already shot him.

Hit his chest!

"Hit me!" Li Hexian shouted, raised his gun and shot the little devil to death!

However, almost at the same time that everyone was fighting back, the wreckage of the first tank had been pushed down the ramp. After the second tank rushed in, it fired a shell at everyone!

With a loud rumble, the shells exploded beside several soldiers. Everyone affected by the explosion so close to them felt their ears ringing.

It was at this time that the soldier who was shot in the chest and whose name was not even left climbed to the edge of the second tank with difficulty, grabbed the still rotating track with his arms, and then braved the green

Yan's cotton-padded coat shivered and was stuffed into the gap between the tracks.

In a daze, Wei Ran seemed to see the soldier showing a satisfied smile through the smoke and dust. But then, with an explosion, the smile disappeared, and the tank also lost its movement...

"Hand... grenade! Blow it up for me!"

Li Hexian stood up unsteadily, held the pot-bellied box in one hand and walked towards the wreckage of the first tank. With the other hand, he pulled out the grenade from his waist, unscrewed the cover, bit the live wire with his teeth and yanked hard, rounding it.

The arm was thrown away.

Behind him, Wei Ran and others, including Li Sui'an, who was already dumbfounded, all imitated the former's example, holding up a gun with one hand and pulling out a grenade with the other and throwing it out.

However, even if they blocked the Japs and tanks behind them from the gap, they were unable to attack the enemies further away because the tanks behind them kept firing.

The grenades thrown in from time to time from outside also caused them heavy losses. In the end, they had to retreat to the gate of the inner city again, watching helplessly as the opponent climbed up the collapsed city wall on tanks!

Fortunately, the defenders on the city wall were still there. After a round of grenade explosions, the city wall was filled with the sound of pistols and shouts of death. At the same time, a team rushed out from behind the wreckage of the two tanks.

The little devil of the team.

For a time, grenades from both sides were coming back and forth, and the comrades around Wei Ran and the bullet box in his hand were getting less and less.

Finally, when all the bullets and grenades were used up and the second wave of Japs rushed out, Wei Ran found that only the Li brothers and a dozen soldiers he had not yet gotten to know were left around.

"Bayonet!" Li Hexian yelled, bending down to pick up the Sanba Gai he had just dropped.

The brutal stabbing began again. With yesterday's experience, Li Sui'an stood behind his cousin and Wei Ran from the beginning. This kid even deliberately left a magazine full of bullets!

It was this magazine that allowed the people who had no numerical advantage to temporarily gain the upper hand.

However, as Li Sui'an's pistol ran out of the last bullet and had to pick up an old sleeve, casualties finally enveloped them again.

Seeing another soldier fall, Wei Ran swung the 38 cap in his hand and smashed away the bayonet stabbed at him. At the same time, he let go, took out his pistol from the cowhide book and pulled the trigger.

Before the opponent could fall down after being shot, Wei Ran grabbed the opponent's collar with his right hand and used it as a shield. At the same time, he pulled the trigger at several little devils around him!

"Weiran! Behind the tank!"

Li Hexian roared, and Wei Ran reacted quickly and turned his gun, hitting the little Japs in the face who had already placed the machine gun on the wreckage of the tank.

"How many bullets are left?" Li Hexian asked after stabbing the kid who was fighting with him.

"Three" Wei Ran put away his pistol, pushed the body forward, and picked up the rifle he had just dropped.

"Keep it first"

Before Li Hexian finished speaking, he immediately met a strong little devil. However, he didn't expect that he would be pierced through the thigh by the opponent in just a few seconds!

When Wei Ran saw this, he didn't have time to think too much. He took out his gun again and pulled the trigger continuously, killing his and Li Hexian's enemies.

"Get away!" Li Sui'an shouted, pointed his gun at the gap in the city wall, and pulled the trigger.

However, the shot fired in this panic did not hit the enemy at all, and the latter had already pulled the trigger!

Amidst the harsh gunshots, Wei Ran, who was about to pull Li Hexian up, felt a sharp pain, and then watched helplessly as his right hand was suddenly broken into two sections below the elbow!

"grass!"

Wei Ran subconsciously ducked back, and then dense gunshots rang out from the wall above his head.

For a moment, the little Japs who almost surrounded them were shot one after another, and the machine gunner at the gap in the city wall also fell to the ground. Then, grenades were thrown one after another near the gap and exploded!

"Withdraw! Get back first!" A middle-aged soldier on the city wall shouted at the top of his lungs.

The people under the city wall were stunned for a moment, then immediately helped the wounded and ran behind the bunker of the inner city gate.

"Sui'an, find...find a rope and help me tie him to death."
To be continued...