Chapter Fifteen: Breaking Out of the Encirclement

  Just as the Japanese army launched an attack, Zhang Biao led three hundred soldiers to arrive, and Zhang Biao hugged a Czech-style machine gun and fired fiercely at the devils. Rat-a-tat! The devils fell down like wheat being cut. The devils who suffered a fierce blow retreated in all directions.

  "Charge! Don't retreat! Kill those Chinese!" a lieutenant commander shouted.

  At this time, Zhang Haisheng rushed to reinforce with several sharpshooters! The devils, under the scolding of the middle sergeant, rushed towards Zhang Biao and his men! Bullets flew back and forth, seeing the devils rushing up, Zhang Biao picked up the big knife behind him: "Brothers, come on! Kill those little devils!" Three hundred brave warriors behind him charged forward: "Kill!"

  Both sides quickly engaged in close combat! Zhang Biao's large knife was opened wide, and the devils who fought with him did not exceed three rounds before being beheaded by a single knife cut! At this time, Zhang Haisheng and others hiding in the dark were shooting and killing the devils with high bayonet skills! The soldiers' battle cries and the devils' bird-like voices shook the sky!

  The big knife chopped down towards the devil's head!

  At this time Zhang Biao roared again and again. The devils who died under his knife were at least a dozen! His body was covered in blood! But they were all devils!

  Although three hundred brave warriors were valiant, they were vastly outnumbered by the enemy! Some soldiers had just killed an enemy with a large knife when they were stabbed from behind by three or four bayonets. One soldier killed three enemies in a row before being pierced through the body by five enemies. With blood flowing from his mouth, he shouted: "You damned little devils! I'll fight you to the death!" He detonated the hand grenade at his waist! The five enemies and that soldier were blown to smithereens!

  However, the devils behind were still coming in a steady stream, and Zhang Biao's 300 men were gradually unable to hold on. Just then, Wang Tiehan led the special forces to arrive, hearing the familiar sound of submachine guns, seeing the devils falling down in front of him! Zhang Biao roared: "Brothers, reinforcements have arrived! Charge!" The big knife in his hand spun out a piece of inverted image, cutting down devil after devil!

  Wang Tiehan hugged his Czech-style rifle and shouted "Hurray!" as he opened fire on the devils, rushing to Zhang Biao's side and saying "Old Zhang, you've worked hard!"

  Zhang Biao rolled up his sleeves: "Less nonsense! The Master ordered us to hold this place for eight hours at all costs!"

  "Charge!"

  "Charge!"

  With the support of reinforcements, the warriors' morale greatly increased, and they chased after the retreating devils, firing fiercely!

  "It's done, don't chase after it!" Hurry up and build fortifications! Wang Tiehan said.

  Obata's major general, furious in the temporary command center: "Bastards! What are you eating?! Fools! So many people, yet defeated by a small number of Chinese! The face of the Great Japanese Imperial Army has been lost because of you!" After finishing, he slapped the two lieutenant colonels responsible for the attack several times.

  Two warrant officers bowed their heads: "Hai!"

  "Your Excellency! Normally, the Chinese would hide in the shadows and launch surprise attacks on us. This time, however, they are fighting to the death without retreating. There must be something very important to them there."

  "Oh! Yohei! The tighter the Chinese defenses, the more important it must be! Inoue-kun, I order you to lead your troops and capture the Chinese military stronghold!"

  It really was guessed by the devils, and behind Zhang Biao and his men was Du Yue's house! If they didn't hold this street, the devils would control Du Yue's house, and Zhang Mingyu's plan would be completely ruined! In that case, they might really have to fight until the last moment, just like the telegram said.

  As long as the command center of the Sixth Division is blown up, the devils will definitely be in a state of great disorder, and Zhang Mingyu and his men can take advantage of the situation to break through the encirclement. Therefore, the gain or loss of this street can be said to be related to the life and death of Zhang Mingyu and his subordinates.

  Due to the narrow streets, the Japanese army could only launch an attack with one or two small squads at a time. If their formation was too dense, they would become live targets for the Chinese machine guns. The only thing that posed a threat to the soldiers was the enemy's artillery, which could accurately bombard the Chinese army's positions because of their defensive stance.

  Lieutenant Colonel Inoue assembled over 1,000 devils, and his large unit was a full-strength one! They launched a fierce attack on the National Army's position. The devil's artillery started firing first, with shells raining down on the defenders' position, exploding and causing heavy casualties among the soldiers!

  Zhang Mingyu decisively issued the order, dispatching the artillery company to reinforce quickly! Soon both sides' artillery began a fierce artillery battle, with scarlet cannonballs whizzing through the sky. But how could the 85mm mortar possibly contend with the enemy's 120mm howitzer?

  The artillery suffered heavy casualties, and the devils began to charge. The four heavy machine guns placed on both sides of the street on the second floor opened fire first. Four crossed tongues of flame, the devils who rushed up fell down in pieces. The soldiers relied on the fortifications, braving the dense rain of bullets on their heads, stubbornly shooting out deadly bullets at the devils one by one.

  The devils' mortar team had just set up their cannon when they were shot down by the godly marksmen, and the crooked machine guns that were spitting out flames were extinguished by bullets that seemed to come from nowhere.

  The devils in front fell down, but the devils behind them still charged forward fearlessly, only to be shot down one after another under the dense firepower of our army! At this time, the defenders on this street were left with less than 200 people led by Zhang Biao, plus about 50 people brought by Wang Tiehan, and the blocking hands, totaling just over 300 people. Facing the devils' triple-strength fierce attack, the soldiers relied on sufficient ammunition to hold off the devils' attack.

  At this time, Zhang Mingyu really couldn't pull out troops to reinforce, because the Japanese army's Kuki detachment, which was attacking from the direction of Yijiangmen, was launching a fierce attack. Now there is only one guard platoon led by Li Gang left beside Zhang Mingyu.

  Although Zhang Biao and his men were firing fiercely, the devils still charged to the front of the position. Seeing the devils charging up, Zhang Biao shouted loudly: "Grenadiers, throw grenades!" With a loud whooshing sound, dozens of hand grenades with pulled strings fell into the devil's crowd, emitting blue smoke. Suddenly, there was a fierce explosion, and hundreds of devils were killed or injured. The remaining devils quickly retreated to the back, abandoning their companions' bodies.

  The Kobayakawa army, unwilling to accept the failure of their attack, concentrated their forces and launched another assault. This street became the bloodiest battle in the Nanjing campaign. Years later, General Zhang Biao recalled: "At that time, both Chinese and Japanese sides were killing each other mercilessly, the streets were piled high with corpses, it was a slaughterhouse! Both the attackers and defenders suffered heavy casualties!"

  Commander Inoue said to Commander Kobayashi, "Hokotate, due to the narrow streets, our troops cannot deploy, and each attack can only be carried out by one or two small teams. I suggest that we blow up all the buildings on both sides of the road, so that the Chinese army will not be able to withstand our attack!"

  "Baka! You fool! To blow all the buildings here to smithereens, what a waste of precious ammunition!" Major Kobayashi roared.

  "Hai" Inoue deeply understands his superior's temper, if something goes wrong, he'll be caught and scolded at night, and his own butt will suffer again! It turns out that Kobayashi Junichiro has a fetish for cutting sleeves.

  Lieutenant Colonel Inoue subconsciously touched his own ravaged chrysanthemum from last night! A thread of cold sweat involuntarily seeped out of his forehead!

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