China gunmen jumped up from bunkers and trenches and launched a counter-charge against the British army in front of them, followed by German soldiers and finally soldiers from the Allies.
The British attack team has been shaken, they have been scarred by a Grenade, and after a baptism of bullets, the casualties are very heavy. They never expected to encounter such fierce resistance.
"The narrow road meets the brave and wins!" Zhang Yiping cheered, "Tugen, a fool, has been sleeping all day. Today, he finally did a long-faced thing without wasting so much pie."
But this is a band in the British attack. After the British retreated, Tugen and others retreated back to bunkers and trenches.
At noon, the scorching sun scorched the earth, and the whole battlefield was as stuffy as a stove, and the smell of nitrosulfonic acid mixed with bloody taste stimulated people’s nasal cavity.
Sun Zhongyao came with army support. He came to Zhang Yiping’s shelter trench alone.
"The British counterattacked fiercely. We just lost some blocks and positions in the battle," Sun Zhongyao said. "Then we will carry out a counterattack to take back the lost positions."
"So far, I am satisfied with your tentative first division, and I hope to see your wonderful performance in the future," said Zhang Yiping.
From the pontoon bridge over the No.1 bridge, some tanks roared over, and from the bottom of those ruins, many new ones emerged again, with farmers’ helmets and heads, and a new round of attack came again
"It seems that the British want to take the initiative to attack like you," Zhang Yiping said.
"But I always feel that this is a bluff by the British. They attacked us, except confusing us and covering up their attempt to retreat. They also wanted to force us to retreat through this attack and keep us away from the No.1 bridge. When they retreat, they will not threaten the flank of the No.1 bridge."
"What do they build those pontoons on the river? "Zhang Yiping asked.
"These pontoons can either enter or retreat," Sun Zhongyao said. "I think it is these pontoons that are more likely to say that they have a large-scale retreat."
The gunfire rang violently again, both British and well-controlled, but this time, relatively speaking, the gunfire of the foreign corps was more fierce and completely overwhelmed the firepower of the other side.
The attacking British army issued a series of short cries, which echoed through the clouds and instantly drowned out the artillery explosion, but the flesh and blood could finally be steel, right?
The heavy artillery fire from the artillery position behind has stopped the enemy from attacking.
The enemy’s offensive has been destroyed and disintegrated by powerful artillery fire. They have managed to move on and the artillery fire has been played accurately. First, the British army raged for a while in front, then extended to the rear and rolled away like thunder.
It is estimated that when the artillery fire moves back more than 100 meters and extends forward, the first division will be temporarily prepared for a large-scale counterattack
As soon as a soldier jumped up from the bunker and bounced, he was beaten to pieces. Even one step forward, he fell to the ground, and then another soldier next to him spewed a bit of blood on his neck. He ran a few steps forward and the blood poured out of his neck like a water jet.
"Sniper" Zhang Yiping and Sun Zhongyao said in unison
The sniper in front of the attack by Hengda troops will eventually die, but many lives may be lost before he dies.
This is a crazy battlefield, personal safety has been ignored, and it is important to disappear more enemies.
Another shot flew in, and a soldier’s head was hit again, and he fell to the ground with his body straight in.
Zhang Yiping already knew the position of the sniper from the flight trajectory of these three bullets. He stretched out his rifle from the lookout and quickly hit a target 400 meters away from the side of the neck.
"It should be this." Zhang Yiping put away his gun until Zhang Yiping, who was shot abnormally, was no longer found.
Before the two sides entered the hand-to-hand combat against the attack, the British army could not resist it and quickly retreated backwards. The officers and men of the temporary division regained some important areas and jumped over to continue to charge forward.
This is a fierce battle, and people’s minds are as numb as machines. They forget to be tired, and their brains are all white. They keep rushing forward with the team, and they know that they are killing the enemy in front of them because they aim and throw rifles and grenades at themselves at any time. If they don’t kill them at this time, they will kill them in turn.
The soldiers were all in a group, and they felt that the mechanical feet were broken and scarred, and the black earth was red with blood. The sunshine bayonet was shining with light.
Soldiers from both sides tirelessly ran and dodged with guns and bombs, panting and panting, their lips were chapped, but their minds were like chaos at night after drunkenness.
After the charge, the bodies were left all over the place. The wounded British soldiers were dying in pain, groaning and making unbearable sounds. They wanted someone to pass by them, no matter what kind of person they were, they had to reach out and shout "Help … Help …"
However, the logistics personnel who followed the troops just looked at them numbly and died in their wailing.
A British soldier who didn’t follow the retreating troops saw the foreign soldiers chasing after him. He quickly raised his hands high and held a rifle in his hand, but the German soldier behind him slammed his face with a shovel. Another British soldier saw something bad and started to run not far, so he firmly inserted a spear into his back. He stretched out his arm and shouted and stumbled forward, and his back trembled until he fell into the pile of corpses.
In addition, a British soldier simply threw his gun, covered his eyes with both hands and lay down gracefully, but his piety did not get the sympathy he deserved. He stepped on his back with a big leather shoe, followed by the second and third steps … until he vomited blood and died …
In a blink of an eye, the officers and men of the temporary first division have chased the front of the British defensive position on the No.1 Bridge, and they quickly withdrew because they did not receive the artillery cover they ordered to take the "No.1 Bridge"
The British troops were successfully withdrawn without fighting back, and the shelling stopped for more than an hour. The officers and men of the first division were quietly lying in the bunker and panting in the ditch, and everyone was exhausted.
Tugen and Liu Yamin took part in the fighting directly, and after the fighting died down, they also returned to the trench covered by Zhang Yiping.
Tugen took back several canned foods in his arms, and one kind of beef was very delicious, so he ate it again.
This is the first time that he deserves that Zhang Yiping no longer thinks he is a foodie.
Chapter 44 The Battle of Orleans (sixty-two)
Although Zhang Yiping didn’t take part in the battle directly, he was always on the front line, and the tragic and cruel degree deeply shocked him.
Zhang Yiping and Sun Zhongyao’s Foreign Corps temporarily made up the first division’s bunkers and trenches. The soldiers of the health camp are carrying the seriously injured to the rear one after another, while the slightly injured soldiers are dressing up on the spot. They will also participate in the next battle.
There were no injured soldiers sitting quietly in the bunker next to the ditch. Some were already tired and sleeping, and some canned wooden spoons took out the food inside and slowly stuffed it into the mouth.
"This kind of canned corned beef made in Britain is not very good, but the front line is very popular. Foreign soldiers like it very much!" Sun Zhongyu said
Zhang Yiping frowned. He didn’t like it after eating it. He always felt that there was a bad smell, which was very disgusting.
"I thought it was eaten, but its taste has changed recently. The British cut corners very seriously. I always think it is made of dead mouse meat," Zhang Yiping said.
"We don’t think it’s rare, but it’s a rare good thing compared with allied soldiers. I heard that the diet in their original army was really poor and they often didn’t even have enough to eat … Sometimes German troops might launch a sneak attack because of a few cans …" Sun Zhongyao said.