Chapter 33: Republic of China: Starting from the First Class of Whampoa Chapter 33 Human Mount

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Protagonist:

Lv Muzhi

Chen Geng's Student Team Three was on the left suppressing the Merchant Corps Army's firepower; as the fastest runner among the students, Chen Geng was the first to engage the Merchant Corps Army.

Raising his rifle, he immediately shot dead a Merchant Corps soldier.

His teammate Guan Linzhen was not to be outdone, quickly catching up and opening fire on the enemy beside Chen Geng.

After the Merchant Corps Army's heavy machine gun adjusted its position, it moved behind the sandbags on the avenue and continued firing; its first targets were Chen Geng and the others who had already approached the left side of the Huangsha Avenue defensive line.

Chen Geng had just killed two enemies when the heavy machine gun fire pinned him down so he couldn't raise his head, forcing him to lie behind the field ridge to dodge bullets.

However, the Merchant Corps' heavy machine gun was relentless, determined to blast the field ridge apart with armor-piercing bullets, vowing not to rest until Chen Geng and Guan Linzhen were dead!

Rat-tat-tat-tat-tat~

The Merchant Corps' armor-piercing bullets swept wildly across the field ridge, blasting the soil three zhang high, and the thinner parts of the ridge were shot straight through by the heavy machine gun bullets!

"Not good! Staying here will eventually get us shot through by those Merchant Corps bastards!" Chen Geng shouted loudly.

"What do we do?!" Guan Linzhen hugged his rifle, hiding behind the field ridge.

"In a moment, we'll run left and right toward the drainage ditch; whoever the bullets chase is unlucky, and once we dive into the ditch we'll be fine!" Chen Geng said this without blushing or skipping a beat, accepting whatever the outcome might be.

"But..."

"No buts, I'll count three two one... three..."

"Huh, why did the heavy machine gun opposite suddenly go silent?!" Chen Geng was both surprised and delighted.

"Come back!" his teammate Du Yuming shouted from behind while raising his rifle to fire.

Chen Geng pulled a hand grenade from his pocket, pulled the pin, and threw it toward the front of the Merchant Corps Army's position; taking advantage of the dust kicked up by the grenade explosion, Chen Geng and Guan Linzhen quickly retreated.

"Did you take out the machine gunner opposite?" Chen Geng asked Du Yuming.

"Not me; it was Jiang Xiangyun and Lv Muzhi and the others whose heavy machine gun covered you!" Du Yuming pointed to two farmhouses on the right, each with a heavy machine gun placed on its roof ridge at some point.

Originally, at a distance of one kilometer, only the Merchant Corps' heavy machine gun was firing, and the rifles were just popping off a few shots here and there; once He Yingqin launched the total attack, the Merchant Corps Army's rifle firepower began to be fully deployed.

After the attack echelon entered the four-hundred-meter position, the Merchant Corps Army had already gone to full firepower.

Lv Muzhi, running behind while carrying a heavy machine gun, saw that the situation was wrong, immediately stopped halfway, turned into a farmhouse courtyard, and went up onto the roof with Huang Wei, Li Zhilong, and others, setting up the machine gun and opening fire.

Jiang Xiangyun, seeing this, also climbed onto the roof of another farmhouse and used a Maxim Heavy Machine Gun to suppress the Merchant Corps Army.

From the rooftop, looking down from above, they no longer had to worry about hitting friendlies.

Lv Muzhi, on the rooftop, immediately spotted Chen Geng and Guan Linzhen being suppressed by the Merchant Corps heavy machine gun; a burst of fire later, he directly mowed down the Merchant Corps machine gunner.

Since this heavy machine gun had no mount, after firing dozens of rounds on the roof ridge, the cylindrical Maxim Heavy Machine Gun barrel kept swaying, and shooting accuracy dropped significantly.

Lv Muzhi came up with a plan, glanced at the assistant shooter Huang Wei beside him, and felt somewhat reluctant.

But seeing many Worker-Peasant Corps Army soldiers in the vanguard falling, he could no longer worry about such things.

"Huang Wei! Come be a human mount; this roof ridge is too slippery, and the muzzle jumps too much!"

As soon as Lv Muzhi spoke, Huang Wei didn't think at all; he directly hoisted the Maxim Heavy Machine Gun barrel onto his shoulder, crossed his hands to press down on the heavy machine gun's body, reducing the amplitude of the muzzle jump.

Li Zhilong watched this scene from the side, licked his dry lips, and was also stunned; he immediately shouted at the soldiers passing by the residential houses, calling more people to help.

Rat-tat~ rat-tat-tat~

Lv Muzhi operated the Maxim Heavy Machine Gun to open fire, the direction of fire being precisely the main attack direction in the center, helping the attack echelon open a gap and realize He Yingqin's central breakthrough concept.

Huang Wei carried the Maxim Heavy Machine Gun barrel on his shoulder, his body feeling the strong vibration when the Maxim Machine Gun fired, and his hands could also feel the temperature of the barrel gradually rising.

He Yingqin and Liu Zhi, coming up from behind, saw this scene and swallowed hard—these students were too brave!

He Yingqin held up binoculars, observing the Merchant Corps Army's defensive line, especially paying attention to whether their machine gun firepower points had opened fire.

"Two o'clock direction, enemy machine gun firepower point!" He Yingqin spotted the target and loudly reminded them.

Lv Muzhi hurriedly turned the muzzle and fired toward the two o'clock direction, the right front.

Rat-tat-tat-tat~

"Nice shot! The enemy is silenced! Fire toward the center! Instructor Wu's Worker-Peasant Corps Army is charging, and they can tear through the defensive line in another two hundred meters~!"

Lv Muzhi gritted his teeth and fired recklessly.

He could feel that he had just killed at least ten-plus Merchant Corps soldiers!

Lv Muzhi had gone red-eyed with killing, his eyes searching for the enemy, his hands ruthlessly pulling the trigger, constantly switching between short bursts and long bursts.

Click-clack~

Lv Muzhi pulled the trigger, but the machine gun had no response.

"Out of bullets! Load bullets quickly!" As soon as Lv Muzhi shouted, Li Zhilong hurried over to reload.

During the reloading gap, Lv Muzhi suddenly remembered that Huang Wei was still lying beneath him serving as the heavy machine gun's human mount!

He touched the barrel; it was indeed hot to the touch.

Fortunately, this was a water-cooled heavy machine gun, with water cooling the barrel, so it wouldn't roast Huang Wei's hand.

"Find some clothes to bring up!" Lv Muzhi reminded them.

As soon as he spoke, five or six uniforms were instantly thrown onto the roof; Lv Muzhi roughly wrapped the barrel with clothes, isolating Huang Wei's shoulder, arm, and the heavy machine gun barrel.

Rat-tat-tat~

Lv Muzhi fired another ten-plus rounds; seeing Huang Wei in some pain, he asked, "Can you hold on? Want to switch someone?"

Calculating it, since Huang Wei became the human mount, Lv Muzhi had already fired over five hundred rounds.

But Huang Wei simply couldn't hear; the machine gun kept ringing by his left ear, and now Huang Wei's ears were full of tinnitus.

Lv Muzhi realized things were bad; Huang Wei was famously stubborn, and if he wasn't switched out soon, Huang Wei might not make a sound even until death.

Lv Muzhi certainly did not want his gun to claim a comrade's life!

Li Zhilong voluntarily took Huang Wei's position, pulled Huang Wei out, and lay down himself to serve as a gun mount.

Gui Yongqing and Zheng Dongguo of the Second Team went up to the roof to serve as assistant shooter and ammunition bearer, and would rotate with Li Zhilong in turn to serve as human gun mounts.

After Huang Wei emerged from under the heavy machine gun, he rolled straight from the roof down to the ground floor, landing in front of Chief Instructor He Yingqin, and then lost consciousness.

"Hurry and carry him to the back, find the best doctor to treat him! You must save this student!" He Yingqin widened his eyes, staring at Huang Wei on the ground: "With Huang Wei's spirit of self-sacrifice, how could the revolution fail?!"

He then looked toward Lv Muzhi operating the heavy machine gun on the roof ridge, and Li Zhilong, Gui Yongqing, and Zheng Dongguo taking turns as human gun mounts, and could not help but redden his eyes.

"Ah!"

A muffled groan came from the roof, and the heavy machine gun suddenly stalled.

Lv Muzhi actually rolled down from the roof, bringing down quite a few tiles with him.

"Hit?!"

He Yingqin's heart tightened—this was the Principal's old fellow!

Liu Zhi also quickly stepped forward—this was his bosom friend!