Chapter 5: The Bloody Battle at Luoyang Bridge

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  A Japanese infantry battalion had 180 men, including a 19-man battalion headquarters, a grenade discharger squad (three platoons), nine machine guns, and combat personnel of all levels. The Type 38 rifle used by the Japanese army was also superior to the Hanyang-made rifle used by the defenders.

  In terms of firepower alone, the defenders were not in the same league as the enemy, and their only advantage was that they occupied a favorable terrain.

  However, the Japanese army's grenade launcher was the greatest threat on the battlefield, with great power, light weight, easy to carry and simple operation.

  Grenade launcher: caliber 50mm, total length 413mm, barrel length 260mm, maximum range 700m, effective range 500m, lethal radius 8m.

  Because the grenade launcher is lightweight and portable, it can be carried with troops in a charge, and its power is great - in fact, the grenade launcher also has another name called "portable light howitzer", so it has a great lethal force against the defending army on the position.

  "Rat-a-tat, rat-a-tat..." The Japanese machine guns opened fire first, laying down suppressive fire on the position to cover the troops' charge.

  The sound of "zi zi..." bullets piercing the mud and flesh could be heard from the battlefield, and the defenders were temporarily suppressed by the Japanese army, unable to lift their heads.

  "Whoosh...whoosh...whoosh..." A black dot fell from the sky, it was a "Type 82 hand grenade" attack launched by a rocket propelled grenade.

  A loud, eerie howl rose from the front lines, and the Japanese charge began...

  The Japanese army launched a charge, but the defenders were suppressed and couldn't even lift their heads. Lin Feng, this new recruit, couldn't sit still.

  "Monitor, what to do?" Lin Feng was pinned down by the bullets flying over his head and couldn't lift his head from behind the embankment. He didn't notice the "watermelon" that had fallen on top of him at all. What he was worried about was whether the devils were going to rush up...

  Lin Feng had not finished speaking when "Boom, boom, boom..." a burst of flames and loud noises erupted on the battlefield. The hand grenade made from a gourd exploded upon impact, killing or injuring many soldiers.

  What's the point of fighting this battle! Lin Feng saw that things were going badly and retreated backwards, wanting to find an opportunity to escape...

  "What do you want to do?"

  A large hand grasped Lin Feng's collar and pulled him back.

  Lin Feng turned his head to look, it was the class leader. He was so angry that he shouted loudly in the midst of the "rumbling" explosion: "Do you want to wait for death? I haven't lived enough, can't even lift my head, how can we fight this battle? Just lying here waiting to be blown to death?"

  Wang Yuzhu didn't answer Lin Feng's question, and suddenly pounced on him, grabbing his head and pressing it to the ground. A loud "boom" echoed beside them...

  Lin Feng only felt his ears ringing, and after the explosion was over, he didn't see the class leader get up. His heart tightened as he thought to himself, "Wasn't he blown to death?"

  With a burst of strength, Lin Feng turned over and hugged Wang Yuzhu, shaking him back and forth: "Class leader, class leader..."

  "What's a ghost?" Wang Yuzhu shook his head and shook off the dirt on his head. "I'm not dead yet!"

  Lin Feng's heart finally put down, turned his head to take a look at the crater blown out beside him, the distance was too close, almost within arm's reach, a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he began to feel scared.

  Wang Yuzhu also took a glance at the crater and said, "We two brothers really have big lives, we didn't get blown to death!"

  It's true that these two kids are lucky to be alive, and the explosion just a few feet away didn't kill them. This is mainly due to Wang Yuzhu's rich experience and quick reaction. If Wang Yuzhu had been half a beat slower at the time, Lin Feng's head would have been blown off by shrapnel.

  "Alright, let's check our weapons!" Wang Yuzhu patted Lin Feng, "The platoon leader is about to give the order."

  After this commotion, Lin Feng had forgotten about his intention to escape. He honestly inspected his weapons, but he was still very puzzled - the enemy's firepower was so fierce, how could they cope with it?

  Suddenly, a fierce burst of gunfire erupted from the heavy machine gun position on the Luohe Bridge, with a deep and powerful sound that had a clear rhythm.

  During the previous bombardment, the light machine gun position at the north end of the bridge had been completely destroyed. The defenders knew that it was too exposed and not a place that could be defended for long, so they did not rebuild it. Instead, they re-established the two withdrawn light machine guns on both sides of the heavy machine gun position near the Luhe Bridge. As soon as the heavy machine gun fired, the light machine guns also roared to life.

  At one point, bullets flew out of the Luhe River position and poured towards the Japanese army like a storm, and the Japanese vanguard fell down in a large area...

  The heavy machine gun suddenly shifted its target, leaving only the light machine gun to suppress the Japanese charge. The heavy machine gun then swept the Japanese temporary machine gun position that had been set up on the ground...

  Several Japanese machine gunners were hit, and blood splattered on their bodies as they fell to the ground. The remaining machine gunners quickly ducked down, but the machine guns did not stop firing, only losing accuracy, either too far or too close, and had lost their suppressive effect on the Luhe River position.

  The pressure on the Luhe battlefield was suddenly reduced. At this time, no one had to give orders again. The soldiers raised their heads and fired their guns fiercely...

  "Take down the flag bearer first!" Wang Yuzhu shouted while firing and pointing at Lin Feng.

  The Japanese army's troops were interesting, with a medic flag on the sergeant's rifle, so experienced soldiers all knew that the flag bearer was the basic combatant of the Japanese army.

  Lin Feng heard Wang Yuzhu's pointing, and didn't answer. He aimed his gun at a Japanese army sergeant who was rushing forward and fired a shot. The sergeant fell to the ground with a loud noise.

  "Good marksmanship!" Wang Yuzhu praised, and with a "bang", he also fired a shot. A guy hiding behind the charging troops, holding a command knife, had his head burst out in a puff of red and white, and fell to the ground.

  Lin Feng's eyelids tightened, and he felt a bit resentful in his heart. He swept the corner of his eye and saw the grenade launcher team hiding behind the Japanese army. A joyful expression appeared on his face, and he aimed his gun, "Bang"!

  The target threw a hand grenade into the launcher and with a "thud" it shot towards the sky...

  I shot it today, didn't hit it?

  Lin Feng was furious, and while pulling the bolt to eject the shell, he loaded another bullet into the chamber. At the same time, he got up to take a kneeling shooting position...

  "What are you doing?"

  Wang Yuzhu was shocked and stretched out his hand to pull Lin Feng's ear...

  "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh" Several bullets flew over from where Lin Feng was just standing...

  "Are you out of your mind?" Wang Yuzhu glared at Lin Feng and scolded him.

  Lin Feng was also too excited just now, so he made an irrational move, which is a mistake that new recruits often make, and it's also the main reason why new recruits have a low survival rate on the battlefield. Now, with bullets whizzing past his body, the sound of "whoosh whoosh whoosh" as they cut through the air seems to be right next to his ear, only then did he start to feel afraid.

  After being scared, she was still afraid, but since the class monitor had saved her again, she couldn't not show any gratitude at all, so she forced a silly smile towards Wang Yuzhu...

  Wang Yuzhu saw Lin Feng still laughing at this time, and couldn't help but admire his opponent: "You damn it, this is not bravery in battle, it's stupidity!"

  Although Wang Yuzhu admired his courage, he couldn't help but speak out to reprimand him. Otherwise, if he let him act foolishly again, he might not have such good luck next time.

  The battle was extremely fierce, and the Japanese army this time mobilized a full-strength battalion to take down the Luhe River position in one fell swoop. Their determination is evident, and they will not retreat due to some resistance and losses.

  On the contrary, when the Japanese army encountered resistance, they were only slightly confused at first and quickly reacted, immediately organizing effective firepower and charging towards the Luhe Bridge in a scattered formation.

  The Japanese machine gunner who died in battle has been replaced by his deputy, and those who bowed their heads to avoid bullets also lifted their heads under the commander's scolding. A wave of bullets poured into the Luhe River position again...

  In positional warfare, grenade launchers are the most effective means of attack, "Rat-a-tat-tat..." continuously pouring hand grenades into the defender's position...

  "Grenade, grenade, the devils are charging, throw grenades quickly!"

  In a flash of fire and a hail of bullets, Pai Long let out a loud, hoarse shout.

  The Japanese army charged closer and closer, the heavy machine guns were forced to abandon their suppression of the enemy's machine gun positions, and they fired fiercely at the charging enemy soldiers.

  The Japanese army, which was about to rush up to the Luhe Bridge, suddenly suffered a more severe blow, and in the hail of bullets from light and heavy machine guns and the explosion of hand grenades, they fell one after another...

  "A burst of machine gun fire, a comrade fell to the ground with a bullet wound to the head. The ammunition bearer hastily dropped the ammunition belt in his hand, stretched out his hand to pull the fallen comrade to one side, took over the post and let out an angry roar, gritted his teeth and fired furiously..."

  Another machine gunner fell down, and someone quickly took over his position...

  One after another, the machine gunners fell down, and some even had three or four people fallen beside them, but someone always rushed to fill in, and the machine guns continued to roar...

  "Boom!" A loud explosion, a light machine gun position was overturned by a grenade launcher, the machine gunner managed to throw out the machine gun before the hand grenade exploded, but he himself was torn into pieces...

  A junior officer bent down and ran through the hail of bullets, picked up a machine gun that had been dropped on the ground, and fired at the Japanese charging troops.

  ……

  Too tragic!

  Too tragic!

  Away from the main enemy's focal point of contention, Lin Feng and his side suffered much fewer casualties, and the pressure was naturally smaller. Lin Feng even had time to sneak a peek at the battlefield's center - Luohe Bridge. He didn't need to look, but once he did, his mouth opened wide in astonishment.

  The battle has reached a white heat, with both the defenders and attackers fighting like mad.

  The attacking side vowed to take down the enemy's position in one fell swoop, even if only one soldier remained, they would not retreat!

  The defenders' eyes turned red, and even if the whole army died in battle, they would never give up!

  In this war, the only meaning of life is to pull the trigger and harvest others' lives, or wait for being harvested by others.

  The bridge was filled with the bodies of Japanese soldiers, which were blown into the air by the blast, and the charging troops trampled on the bodies of the fallen and jumped over the scorching shell craters, rushing forward in a desperate charge...

  The ground of the Luhe River was turned over several times by the grenade launchers, and the soldiers who were killed or shot dead had no one to clean up. Some were blown up again, blown into pieces, some were buried under the mud that was overturned by the explosion, and there were continuous casualties, continuously being blown up, shattered, and buried...

  Too shocking!

  That's not fighting, it's butchering!

  Lin Feng was shocked, but at the same time, a bloodthirsty impulse was involuntarily triggered within him. He turned his head to look at the place where the Japanese army's grenade launcher had caused the greatest damage to their own side, gritted his teeth, and rushed up the embankment...

  Wang Yuzhu was caught off guard and Lin Feng climbed up the embankment, shouting "Oh no!" in a low voice. When he tried to pull him back, Lin Feng flipped over and fell down to the other side of the embankment, disappearing from sight...