Chapter 23: Shooting in the Wheat Field (2)

  As soon as Li Weiming arrived at the forest, Xu Liang swung his left hand in the air and then aimed again, pulling the trigger "bang". A devil next to a haystack fell to the ground, followed by 68 bullets flying towards their respective targets almost simultaneously. 20 enemies were knocked down instantly, including 10 "fixed targets" near the road who were all hit, some of whom were hit by two bullets at the same time. At the beginning of the war, the quality of the devils' soldiers was relatively high, and under sudden attack, the surviving devils immediately fell to the ground, rolling around to find cover, including two devils who were injured and fell to the ground also started firing back on the spot. The crowd cutting wheat scattered like a nest, some were knocked down by the remaining devils. Others lay still on the ground, not daring to move.

  As soon as the gun fired here, a gunshot also rang out immediately in the south, and the sound of hand grenade explosions also came over.

  Xu Liang ordered: "Stop firing and take cover!" He then said to several excellent marksmen, "Let's wait for these five devils to get up and run away before we shoot again!"

  Just as I was about to send someone south to check on Li Weiming and the others, the person sent back by Li Weiming arrived: "Report, three horse-drawn carriages of devils have come from the south, with a total of 13 devils, and they are also carrying a submachine gun."

  "Xiao Wang, quickly lead the direct team and the first company to reinforce Li Lianzhang!" Xu Liang gave orders while firing his gun, "Bang!" A ghost soldier who was running towards the southern forest fell to the ground with a thud.

  The rest of the devils quickly lay down in the wheat field and fired blindly towards the green canvas. The two wounded devils also struggled to pull the trigger, firing one shot at a time to the east.

  Xu Liang was deeply worried that dragging it out would be disadvantageous, but he also didn't want to mistakenly harm the ordinary people, and couldn't help but feel a bit anxious. Ni De Ping said: "Deputy Commander, I'll lead the men in a charge over there and finish off those few remaining guys."

  "No, that would result in unnecessary casualties."

  A horse-drawn carriage without a driver rushed from south to north and stopped in front of Xu Liang and others. There was only one Japanese corpse holding a submachine gun on the carriage. Ni De-ping raised his hand and fired a shot, and the frightened horse galloped forward for several steps before falling down. The carriage lay across the road.

  Machine gun fire broke out in the south.

  At this time, behind a ghost child lying on the ground, a worker suddenly jumped up and swung the sickle in his hand to cut off the ghost child's neck. A ghost child next to him saw the situation, stood up, held up the bayonet and stabbed at the peasant. Xu Liang and Liang You Tian's two guns rang out simultaneously. The ghost child charged forward, the bayonet pierced into the ground, and the corpse did not fall immediately. The other two wounded ghost children lying on the ground were hacked to pieces by the peasants' sickles.

  In the willow forest, Xiao Wangzi led his men in a charge, at this time there were no more living devils in this wheat field.

  Li Weiming led the way, circling around. From the green canvas tent, they headed south to a position parallel to the willow forest, where they found a small river ditch about two or three meters wide. There was a stone slab bridge on the road. The patch of willows was actually part of the river embankment, about two meters higher than the wheat field, which in the flat plain was considered a small hill. Liu Fen had just exited the green canvas tent and was about to head north when Li Weiming grabbed him. Li Weiming went down into the ditch, crawled under the stone bridge, and then poked his head out to quickly observe both sides of the road. He hastily retreated, pointing at a soldier: "You, go back and report to the deputy regiment commander, three big trucks with 13 devils have arrived from the south, carrying a submachine gun. Remember?" "Remembered." "Go quickly! Be careful to hide!" The soldier crouched down and followed the green canvas tent back to make his report.

  "Liu Fen, you take one person and hide in the willow forest along the river ditch. Just pay attention to blocking the devils that the deputy regiment commander didn't eliminate, don't rush out casually. This is an order, listen carefully and go quickly. Zhang Lin, you take four people and hide 50 meters south of the green awning, when you hear gunfire, throw hand grenades at the devil's big cart. The rest of you follow me to guard both sides of the small stone bridge."

  At this time, Li Weiming, who was left on the bridge, had a total of four people. In terms of combat experience, Li Weiming was one of the top two in the Fourth Guard Regiment. At present, he had fewer men than the enemy they encountered, and their firepower was also at a disadvantage. The individual military quality and training level were not as good as those of the enemy. In an instant, he arranged for the sudden enemy situation and the predetermined task. Li Weiming thought that once the battle started, he would first take out the machine gunner on the first car, and absolutely could not let the enemy's machine gun fire, after firing, Xu Liang would definitely send reinforcements, and it should be no problem to eliminate these devils.

  The enemy's vehicle is getting closer and closer, 50 meters, 30 meters. Li Weiming is getting anxious: Why hasn't the other side fired yet? He dares not look out to observe again, in case he is discovered by the enemy. What if the enemy reaches the bridgehead? They can't fire first, that would ruin Xu Liang's "shooting plan". Should they hide under the bridge and wait for the enemy to pass by?

  Finally, the first gunshot was heard. Almost at the same time as the 68 guns fired in unison from the north, Li Weiming emerged from under the bridge, less than 20 meters away. With a single shot, the devil holding the machine gun on the first large vehicle fell into the car. These devils reacted quickly enough, swiftly jumping down from the vehicle. One of them was quick enough to return fire at Li Weiming while moving, and the 6.5mm bullet entered through his left shoulder and exited from behind. The impact force sent Li Weiming falling backwards into a small ditch, with fresh blood flowing out from his shoulder. At this moment, five hand grenades exploded, followed immediately by another five.

  The frightened horse pulled the damaged first cart across the bridge. The horses of the two carts behind were blown to the ground by hand grenades. A soldier came over with a look of panic to help Li Weiming, who struggled to get up: "Hurry and shoot, hurry and shoot, I'm fine!" Crawling to the riverbank, he saw Zhang Lin leading four soldiers charging from behind the enemy, one hand holding a rifle, the other wielding a big knife, exuding a fierce killing intent. The four soldiers followed closely behind him with bayonets at the ready. The remaining six devils had some injuries as well. Seeing Zhang Lin and his men approaching, they all put down their rifles and bayonets, and charged forward to meet them. Li Weiming secretly cursed his bad luck, knowing that his soldiers hadn't received much training in close combat, while the enemy was very skilled in this area. When he saw Zhang Lin putting away his rifle, he couldn't help but feel annoyed: "This young man really doesn't know the ferocity of the enemy, why not just shoot? Why bother with bayonets?" He wanted to open fire, but was afraid of hitting his own men, and thought about joining in with a bayonet, but his left shoulder was burning, and he couldn't muster any strength in his left arm. Just as three soldiers beside him were about to charge out, Li Weiming shouted loudly: "Hold your positions! Take cover!" The implication was that Zhang Lin's side should open fire without worrying about friendly fire.

  At this moment, the devil in front of Zhang Lin stabbed him fiercely. Zhang Lin dodged to one side, grabbed the barrel with his left hand and slashed the knife along the rifle to the right. The devil let out a loud cry as his left forearm was severed, and the gun fell into Zhang Lin's hands. With a lift of his left hand, the rifle flew out and stabbed into the chest of another devil behind him, the butt still shaking back and forth. The severed hand of the devil in front thudded to the ground, while the body of the devil behind crashed down with a thud. At the same time, the body of the severed-hand devil was pierced by two bayonets from behind, and his cries ceased abruptly.