Chapter 20: The Bloody Battle of Huishan (Part 2)

  However, Zhang Haisheng and others hiding in the dark had long been eyeing the enemy's grenade throwers and machine gunners. With the crisp sound of the Type 99 rifle, those enemy grenade throwers and machine gunners were killed one after another.

  Zhang Haisheng fired a row of bullets, killing three devils' grenade soldiers and two machine gunners in a row. He began to aim his gun at the devil's military sergeant and the devil with a plaster flag on his bayonet, and the devils charged up the mountain with their Type 38 rifles, but were suddenly hit by a storm of machine gun bullets and hail-like hand grenades when they reached the middle of the mountain, causing heavy casualties. It was only then that the devils realized that the machine guns and grenade launchers behind them had all fallen silent, and not a single machine gun or grenade launcher could provide them with firepower support!

  Under a round of firepower from the independent regiment warriors, the devils who charged to the middle of the mountain left behind over a hundred corpses and were quickly beaten back.

  "Baka! Damn Chinas! Open fire and blast that mountain!" Colonel Yoshida bellowed.

  The 92nd infantry gun, the 38th field gun, and the 41st mountain gun, all 75mm cannons, were set up. The Japanese artillerymen busily loaded shells into the barrels, closed the breech, and pulled the firing cord. The cannons shook violently, spewing out fireballs that shot towards the mountain positions, exploding on impact and sending mud, sand, and rocks flying everywhere. Two machine gunners who failed to retreat were hit by shrapnel, their blood splattering all over the ground.

  The intense cannon fire suddenly stopped! Yoshida shouted: "Hachiga! Who told you to stop the bombardment, blast those cunning Chinese to death!"

  At this time, a gunner ran over and said: "Colonel, our shells have been used up." When Yoshida heard the news, he scolded again: "How can you use them sparingly! Without shells, how many more brave imperial warriors will be sacrificed!"

  Yoshida sent a telegram to the commander of the garrison in Nanjing, requesting air support. Half an hour later, the devils had not attacked! Zhang Mingyu was puzzled as to why the devils were not attacking. From morning till now, his troops had lost less than 20 men, while they had killed more than 500 devils and puppet soldiers! At this time, Zhang Mingyu's independent division still had plenty of ammunition, but there were still 4-5 thousand devils and over a thousand puppet soldiers below the mountain. If their ammunition was exhausted, then he and his over 500 brothers would be finished here.

  Suddenly, Zhang Haisheng, who had the keenest ears, said, "Master, I heard the sound of the enemy's plane!" Zhang Mingyu hastily shouted loudly, "Quickly hide in the anti-aircraft cave, the enemy's plane is coming!" "Damn it! No wonder the little devils didn't attack or fire artillery, it turns out they were waiting for their planes to arrive!" Zhang Biao cursed.

  The devil's six 89-style bombers and four new 91-style fighter planes dived down towards the mountain stronghold, like hailstones, bombs were dropped from the planes, the bombs landed on the mountain top, instantly the entire mountain became a sea of fire, the devils' fighter planes began their crazy strafing, some individual bunkers were directly hit by bombs, the soldiers inside were instantly blown to pieces, flesh and blood scattered everywhere!

  The devil's plane poured out more than ten tons of steel feces before flying away with a swagger!

  The devil officer under the mountain waved his command knife and shouted: "Kill!" Lai San, who had also woken up at this time, said to his subordinates, "The National Army on the mountain has been bombed to death by the Imperial Army's planes. The first one to rush up will be rewarded with five big oceans." With great rewards, there must be brave men. Upon hearing the captain's voice, a large group of puppet soldiers who wanted money but not their lives quickened their pace and rushed towards the top of the mountain.

  Zhang Mingyu saw this momentum and secretly sneered: "Good! You've come at a good time!"

  When the enemy was less than fifty meters away from the position, Zhang Mingyu took out his own pistol and aimed at the pseudo-soldier who was charging in the front, pulling the trigger, and with just one shot, he knocked that guy down the cliff.

  The sound of gunfire was the order, and the quiet mountain suddenly erupted like a volcano. Grenades rained down on the slope like locusts in the sky. The grenades, which had been tied with small stones by the soldiers, exploded into countless fragments, instantly blowing away a large patch of pseudo-military soldiers who were crawling up the mountain.

  The devils behind the puppet army also rushed up, and the "pa" sound of the Type 38 rifle echoed intermittently. The soldiers' various light and heavy weapons roared in anger, light and heavy machine guns, hand grenades. Together, they poured towards the devils, the sound of gunfire and explosions wove a beautiful symphony. On the mountain slope, flames flickered, and countless puppet army and devil soldiers rolled down the mountain slope one after another amidst the explosions and machine gun fire.

  Some warriors even lit up the explosive package and threw it down the mountain. A loud noise, a large number of devils and puppet soldiers were blown to pieces and blood was splattered everywhere.

  Zhang Haisheng and Ma Liqun led the sharpshooters in accurate shooting one by one from a distance, knocking out the puppet army's machine gunners, grenade throwers, and sharpshooters behind them one after another.

  Due to the extremely advantageous terrain, those devils and puppet army soldiers had a large number of troops, but they couldn't bring their strength into play at all. One group after another of puppet army and devils fell to the ground, and then another group of devils shouted in a bird-like language as they charged forward.

  Under the intimidation of the devils, Lai San had no choice but to shout at the top of his lungs: "Brothers, charge forward! The first one to charge forward will be rewarded with 30 silver dollars. Capturing a National Army soldier alive will be rewarded with 40 silver dollars, and killing one will be rewarded with 10 silver dollars. At that time, one silver dollar was worth a lot of money, equivalent to 100 modern-day yuan in terms of purchasing power, which is equivalent to 200 yuan today! Ten silver dollars were equivalent to 2,000 yuan today.

  Stimulated by the high bounty, the pseudo-army soldiers were all spirited and motivated, they advanced in waves, with the soldiers behind trampling on the corpses of those in front, rushing up to the top of the mountain like madmen. The devils followed closely behind them, pushing forward.

  Machine gun bullets were reaping the pseudo-military soldiers who were rushing forward, hand grenades were flying down like a swarm of locusts, throwing them at the most densely populated areas, and the pseudo-military was being killed in batches. Those who wanted money but not their lives were all dead, leaving only those who thought "money is precious, but life is more valuable". Now, no matter how loudly Lai San shouted, it was of no use, and the surviving pseudo-military soldiers rushed back like a tide, much faster than their attacking speed.

  The devils following the pseudo-army couldn't stop their feet and were also swept away by the tide of people rushing to the back. The machine gunners and grenade throwers who were lying on the ground were pushed backwards, and some even had their guns and grenade launchers squeezed away.

  The warriors of the independent division took advantage of this opportunity, throwing hand grenades and explosive packs into the most densely populated areas, instantly a large number of Japanese puppet troops disappeared from the mountain slope.

  Yoshida Taisha saw in the mountain that the brave Imperial Army was squeezed back by the pseudo-army, and he was so angry that he shouted: "Shoot those damn Chinese pigs to death!" The devils who received the order fired at the pseudo-army in front of them, and a large number of pseudo-soldiers fell down instantly. The living pseudo-soldiers saw their companions being killed and were furious, shouting: "You little devil, I'll fuck your grandma! You killed my brothers! I'll fight you to the death!" They also fired at the devils, although the pseudo-army's combat effectiveness was not as strong as that of the devils, and their marksmanship was not as accurate. However, the close distance made up for the technical gap, and many devils and pseudo-soldiers engaged in a fierce battle, with devils and pseudo-soldiers falling down from time to time.

  Zhang Mingyu saw the opportunity, still holding an unlit Hardman cigarette in his mouth, and shouted with both hands holding a submachine gun: "Brothers, charge! Specializing in hitting devils!"

  The warriors shouted the slogan "Specializing in beating devils" and followed Zhang Mingyu to charge down the mountain, receiving strong support from the independent division. The puppet army, which had suffered heavy casualties, opened fire fiercely at the devils, causing them to suffer heavy casualties and retreat. At this time, Zhang Mingyu shouted: "Puppet army brothers! Chinese people do not fight Chinese people, follow me to kill out! Kill those little devils! Charge!"

  The fake army was furious: "The little devils don't even take us as human beings! Brothers, kill!" Lai San roared.

  Soon Zhang Mingyu led the independent division warriors and more than 500 puppet soldiers to rush down the mountain, the defeated devils disrupted the devil's blocking troops, Zhang Mingyu led the troops to charge and fight fiercely, the devils were wounded as soon as they touched, and died as soon as they fought!

  The Japanese guards immediately protected the still-cursing Yoshida Daisa, who retreated. Zhang Mingyu led his troops to take advantage of the situation and break out! By the time the Japanese blockade troops arrived from other directions, Zhang Mingyu and his men had already killed their way out of the encirclement.

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