Chapter 3: The First Victory

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  Luohe Bridge Battlefield

  When the three rows rushed here, it was already around two o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, the position north of Luohe River had been completely lost, and the remaining troops also retreated to the south of Luohe River in time.

  A company of the Security Regiment guarding the first and second lines of defense, after repeated contests and fierce battles with the Japanese army on both sides of the Luohe River north of the two lines of defense, retreated with less than a full company; one battalion commander sacrificed heroically; the second battalion commander was seriously injured and has been sent to the county hospital for emergency treatment, his life or death unknown; the remaining platoon and squad commanders also suffered heavy casualties, with only a few left.

  The security team's camp was reorganized due to the needs of the war when recruiting and replenishing troops. The soldiers who joined the first and second companies were mostly old soldiers transferred from the third company, while the vacancies in the third company were all filled with new recruits. Suddenly, so many seasoned and capable veterans were lost, and the situation has become extremely grim.

  The most frightening thing is that two company commanders were killed and injured, which is a significant loss for the battalion-level combat unit. Fortunately, when the third platoon came to reinforce, the third company commander followed, otherwise this troop would have collapsed without the Japanese army's impact after losing its commanding officer.

  When the three companies arrived at Luohe River, according to the needs of the battle, all troops were reorganized into a reinforced company.

  The first row is still composed of elite soldiers drawn from the whole army, appointed as a suicide squad, equipped with short guns and big knives, ready to counterattack at any time; The second and third rows defend their positions; The fourth row serves as a reserve team, following the regiment's actions.

  The second and third echelons are deployed north of the Luohe River to form a defensive position, focusing on defending the Luohe River Bridge.

  Lin Feng and Class Monitor Wang Yuzhu lay behind the embankment not far from Luohe Bridge, quietly admiring the clear flowing Luo River.

  The Luohe defensive line is a natural cover formed by relying on the Luohe River embankment, and then repaired and reinforced to form.

  The river is actually not wide, less than ten meters, the water flows gently, clear and shallow, the deepest part is just below the chest.

  The embankments and trees on the open fields north of the Luo River have been cut down to create a clear field of fire.

  The fresh and beautiful scenery of Luoshui River will completely disappear after this project.

  "Hey, Lin Feng, be careful for a moment, the bullets don't have eyes, you little guy don't get too reckless!" Seeing the excited light on Lin Feng's face, Wang Yuzhu felt a bit uneasy, fearing that this young man didn't know life or death. When the fight started, in case he got too excited and forgot to hide, he would be killed instantly, so he reminded him once.

  Lin Feng felt a surge of frustration in his heart, thinking to himself: "Am I such an idiot? The scenery of the Divine State is so beautiful, the Chinese girls are so lovely, and I'm still so young. Who's that damn fool who wants to rush into reincarnation? I haven't lived enough yet!"

  Depressed and returned depressed, Lin Feng still responded to the class monitor with a sentence: "Don't worry, class monitor, I know."

  After finishing speaking, Lin Feng turned over, hugged the gun in his arms, and lay down on the ground. Then he asked: "Squad leader, you said the Japanese are really that powerful, even the Central Army can't stop them?"

  Wang Yuzhu curled his lip and said, "That's not something that can be stopped, it's just that there was no contact in the first place. They're not locals, why would they fight to the death for our sake?" After saying this, he let out a sigh and continued, "They are their own mothers, while our local troops are stepmothers. If they run away, that's called 'redeployment under orders', but if we follow them in running away, that's called 'desertion in the face of battle'."

  Wang Yuzhu asked, glancing at Lin Feng who was lying on the ground with a look of ease and comfort, "Aren't you afraid?"

  "What?" Lin Feng turned his head to look into Wang Yuzhu's eyes and said, "Are you afraid of death? Of course I'm afraid, my little heart is still 'thumping' and can't calm down. But what can be done about it? Being afraid doesn't help! Unless the class monitor has a kind heart and lets me run away!"

  Wang Yuzhu stared at Lin Feng's face for a long time, his eyes gleaming with spirit, as if he was looking at a prostitute who had been stripped naked.

  Lin Feng felt embarrassed and quickly turned his face away, returning to a prone position: "I'm telling you, class leader, what's with that expression? I'm not the Phoenix Maiden from Chunfeng Building."

  "Damn it!" Wang Yuzhu suddenly blurted out a curse, "You little brat is born to be a soldier, what a pity! If it weren't for the war being too intense, give me some time and I guarantee I can train you into a good soldier!"

  No way, even if it's a good soldier, it's still cannon fodder for those officers, which is not Lin Feng's wish.

  Wang Yuzhu sighed and continued to say with emotion: "If you can survive this battle, you will definitely become a high-ranking official in the future."

  "I didn't mean it like that!" Lin Feng hastily refuted, as if recalling something, a hint of infatuation appeared on his face. "My ideal is to marry a wife, have a bunch of kids, hehe... and if I can have three wives and four concubines, that would be even better..."

  "You're still talking about 'ideals', as if you're some kind of learned scholar, nitpicking and splitting hairs. Look at your own miserable state, and yet you've got three wives and four concubines? Can you even afford to keep one of them alive?"

  "You won't believe me even if I tell you!" Lin Feng rolled his eyes.

  "What don't you believe?" Wang Yuzhu asked.

  "I told you yesterday when you caught me, I am the young master of the Lin family, but who believes it?" Lin Feng said with a sullen expression.

  "Get out! You little scamp is as sly as a ghost, always talking big to deceive people. I'd believe you when pigs fly!" Wang Yuzhu said in anger.

  Lin Feng was about to retort when he heard someone shout: "The enemy is coming!" He hastily flipped over and lay down, stretching out his gun.

  "Everyone be alert, this is an exploratory attack by the enemy, not many in number. Keep calm and wait for them to get close before shooting. No one is allowed to fire without my order!" The squad leader's command came over.

  Just as Lin Feng was about to catch his breath, he saw a group of Japanese soldiers wearing yellow uniforms, led by a sergeant, slowly creeping up in a dispersed manner.

  Of course, Lin Feng did not understand the organization of the Japanese army and could not recognize that the one leading the Japanese army was a sergeant.

  Not to mention the Japanese army's, even his own team's organization, this new recruit doesn't understand.

  The defense of the Luohe Bridge, at the south and north ends of the bridge, two machine gun positions were set up with sandbags. The one at the north end was a light machine gun position, convenient for withdrawal, while the one at the south end was a heavy machine gun position, with more intense firepower, conducive to defense.

  As the Japanese army got closer and closer, Lin Feng, a new recruit who was fighting for the first time, couldn't help but get a little anxious, whispering: "Why aren't we allowed to fire yet? If we don't open fire soon, the enemy will rush over."

  Wang Yuzhu heard and said: "Calm down, what's the hurry? The squad leader is watching, when it's time to open fire, he will naturally give the order!"

  As the two men were talking, the Japanese vanguard had already approached within fifty meters of the light machine gun position at the north end of Luhe Bridge.

  With a loud "bang" of gunfire, a stern shout rang out: "Hit! Hit me hard!"

  A Japanese soldier, just about to throw a hand grenade at the light machine gun position, fell down with a burst of crimson blood flowers on his chest as the gun fired. The hand grenade exploded near their own people with a loud "boom", and two Japanese soldiers were blown into the air...

  The first shot on the battlefield was fired, and two Czech-style light machine guns suddenly protruded from the position, sweeping wildly at the Japanese army. The crisp sound of the machine gun "da-da, da-da-da..." rang out.

  Both sides of the Luohe Bridge opened fire at the same time, "Rat-a-tat-tat" a burst of chaotic gunfire...

  The entire Luohe River position, except for the heavy machine gun position at the south end of Luohe River, opened fire. The Japanese troops who were charging forward had not yet reacted when they fell into a dense web of firepower, falling down one after another like wheat being harvested by a sickle.

  In less than two minutes, this small group of Japanese troops was annihilated, and the security team did not suffer a single casualty.

  "Today, is this the invincible and unbeatable Kwantung Army of Japan?" Lin Feng spat disdainfully, throwing away the gun in his hand, and said angrily, "I thought I was going to have a fierce battle, but before I could even react, those bastards were all dead, and I didn't even get to fire a single shot."

  Lam Fung began to suspect that those fleeing Central Army troops were exaggerating the combat capabilities of the Japanese army in order to save their own lives.

  Wang Yuzhu flipped his eyes and said, "Can't you just be grateful that you're still alive? Why are you still complaining so much?"

  "This is just a probing attack by the Japanese army, aiming to test our defensive firepower deployment, in order to launch a targeted attack. They definitely won't use their elite troops, and the number of soldiers will be small." Wang Yuzhu explained to Lin Feng, "When the Japanese army attacks again, it won't be as easy as now. The battle is yours to fight, just don't get scared and wet your pants."

  Who gave you permission to hit me? Forget it, it's better if the Japanese army withdraws immediately, I don't want to fight.

  "Hey, squad leader, what's going on over there? Why have all the machine guns been withdrawn?" Lin Feng suddenly changed his expression, "All the machine guns are gone, what's the point of us fighting now? Are we retreating back to defend the county town?"

  "Green melon and egg!" Wang Yuzhu sarcastically said to Lin Feng, "The enemy has already figured out the deployment of the machine gun position, and will soon organize artillery fire, the machine gun position is the focus of the enemy's artillery attack, if we don't withdraw first, are we waiting to be hit by shells?"

  "Oh." Lin Feng understood a bit.

  Wang Yuzhu saw that Lin Feng was very open-minded, so he continued to explain: "Later, the Japanese army will first shell, after shelling, it will be the Japanese infantry following up with a charge. I estimate that the troops invested will not be small, and it will be a fierce battle."

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, in less than ten minutes, a sharp whistling sound rang out above their heads, "Whoosh——"

  Lin Feng heard the sound and looked up, only to see a black dot in the sky, with a sharp whistling sound rapidly falling down. He muttered to himself: "What is this thing?"

  "Artillery shell." Wang Yuzhu said casually.

  "Shell?" What? It's a shell! Lin Feng's face changed, and he shouted loudly, "Shell!" He hugged his head with both hands and fell to the ground...

  There is a saying that goes: new soldiers fear cannons, while old soldiers fear bugle calls.

  The meaning of this sentence is:

  When the artillery fired, regardless of the power of the artillery, the loud explosion sound of the shells could scare new recruits to death, while old soldiers were fine because they could judge the landing point of the shells based on the whistling sound emitted by the shells and would not panic like new recruits upon hearing the gunfire.

  Veterans are not afraid of guns, they fear trumpets.

  Veterans all know that once the charge is sounded, it's time to rush out of the bunker and sacrifice yourself in a charge. As long as the sound doesn't stop, even if you're dead, you can't stop advancing. This is a real-life experience of using your body to block bullets, there's no room for cleverness, and eight or nine times out of ten, it's hard to come back alive.

  In the artillery-intensive battles, the casualties of new recruits under cannon fire were far higher than those in shooting and close combat. The main reason for the casualties was the panic caused by the artillery fire, the more panicked they were, the less likely they were to find a suitable hiding place, and the easier they were to be killed or wounded.

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