Chapter 20: Blocking the Reinforced Japanese Army (3)

  As soon as Yoshida Kōrō's words fell, a burst of gunfire rang out, followed by the deafening sound of cannons! Yoshida Kōrō was taken aback and asked: "Where is the cannon fire coming from? Where are the gunshots coming from?"

  The wireless radio-carrying devil ran to Yoshida Kōro's side, somewhat anxiously saying: "Report to Lieutenant Commander, the sound is coming from Yáng City, it can't be the arsenal..." The soldier's words made Yoshida Kōro take a deep breath, could it really be gunfire coming from the arsenal?

  Yoshida Kōtarō couldn't care less about the minefield in front of him and immediately ordered the signal corps to contact the Yangcheng Arsenal.

  "Report, we've lost contact with the Yangcheng Arsenal!" The communications soldier said somewhat anxiously. Yoshida Kōro cursed fiercely: "Damn those Chinese, those cunning Chinese actually think they can delay our reinforcements to Yangcheng, bah! Most of the minefields ahead should be fake, there's no main force of the Eighth Route Army nearby, they can't spare too much thought for us, our duty this time is to ensure that the arsenal doesn't come under threat. Order one squad to stay behind and guard the tanks, everyone else get on board, full speed through the first line, support Yangcheng Arsenal!"

  "Ah hai!" The communication soldier said with his head down, then turned and climbed up the carriage. Intense gunfire kept ringing out, Liu Yiming was stunned for a moment, saying: "Whose gunfire?" The other shook his head and said: "I don't know, judging from the sound, it should be the armory being attacked."

  Liu Yiming finally understood the meaning of Du Yi Xuan, and couldn't help but laugh: "High, really high!" Watching the large batch of Japanese trucks entering the first line of defense, Liu Yiming's heart was filled with joy, this time just a few landmines would be enough for them to drink a pot.

  The convoy had just finished its tail when the engine of the first car was blown up by a landmine. Liu Yiming shouted angrily, "Brothers, give me a fight, don't let a single devil go!" As soon as Liu Yiming's voice fell, a huge boulder blocked the devils' way. Immediately afterwards, gunfire erupted, hand grenades and small cannons rained down like rain, the devils didn't even have a chance to counterattack, nor did they have a chance to dodge.

  Shan Yixuan saw that the other side had finished, let out a cold hum, and shouted: "Brothers, fight!" In less than a minute, the battle was over, and they captured one tank and killed eight enemies! Shan Yixuan opened the tank cover, tried the engine to see if it could still move, and thought to himself that this good stuff couldn't be abandoned. He immediately took out his toolbox and removed the undamaged track from the other side and installed it on the damaged side. Several people watched as Shan Yixuan crawled back and forth under the tank, their eyes wide with amazement.

  A few minutes later, Shan Yixuan carried the toolbox into the tank, started the engine, and said quietly that this cross-era thing is different from non-cross-era things. I don't know if this thing is easier to drive than a tractor? The tank started moving, heading straight for the horizon, and several brothers were stunned for a moment before following behind the tank.

  The appearance of the tank made Liu Yiming, who was about to rush down the mountain, retreat again. Hu Zi pointed at the tank and said: "Big brother, that iron tortoise has been repaired..."

  When the devils saw hope, the tank ruthlessly opened fire on Yoshida Kōran. Immediately after a "boom", five or six devils were blown away. Yoshida looked at the cannon barrel aiming at him in horror, this time he was desperate...

  "Charge!!!" Liu Yiming saw that the tank had blown the devils into the sky, and he knew it was Shan Yixuan. He immediately led the crowd to charge down the mountain. The soldiers were defeated like a collapsing mountain, and more than 2,000 people were left with only five people in less than an hour.

  Dan Yixuan emerged from the tank, took a gun from his brother's hand, "bang bang bang..." Every shot hit the ghost's brow, Yoshida Koro opened his eyes and died with a terrified expression.

  Shan Yixuan looked at the ghost on the ground and asked worriedly, "Big brother, are any of our brothers injured?" The other shook his head and gave Shan Yixuan a thumbs up, saying, "Brother, big brother really didn't misjudge!"

  Shan Yixuan nodded and said, "Sweep the battlefield, those who are not dead will be replenished with two teams. Remove the bait mines in front, I'll go to Yangcheng to pick up Old Three and the others!" After speaking, he walked to a truck, lifted down an oil barrel from the car, and filled the tank with oil, saying: "These few vehicles, since they can't be driven back, just blow them up. Even if they're gone, they can't be left for the devils." Shan Yixuan pointed at the tank and said, "However, I want to drive this thing up the mountain!"

  Everyone looked at Shan Yixuan with admiration, this was a great battle where the few defeated the many, and such an example had never appeared in the entire city of Xuzhou.

  Shan Yixuan crawled into the tank, started the engine and drove forward. A few people had already dug out the bait mines, after the tank passed safely, several brothers hung the bait mines on the devils' corpses... (Damn, that's really bad...)

  The sound of gunfire kept coming from the Yangcheng Arsenal, and Shan Yixuan couldn't help but worry about the retreat of several people. He thought that he would step on the accelerator to the end, and the tank flew towards the Yangcheng Arsenal.

  Under the city gate, several puppet soldiers saw a tank with a speed of at least 50 kilometers per hour, and hastily pulled open the wooden blocks in front of the city gate. Several puppet soldiers had cold sweat on their faces, watching the speeding tank, and couldn't help but say: "Damn it, hurry up and reincarnate!"

  Shan Yixuan originally thought he would have to waste a cannonball to solve the problem, but unexpectedly, it was the enemy's treasure that came in handy. This guy is so powerful that everyone sees him and walks around him!

  On the arsenal's watchtower, Xiao Feng controlled the machine gun, firing intermittently, while another brother was in charge of sentry duty, and anyone who climbed up would be shot. When the enemy's watchtower was built, in order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from knocking out the high-altitude guards, a concrete fortification was specially built on the watchtower, making the entire watchtower as solid as gold, which is also why Shan Yixuan dared to send ten people to solve the problem.

  "The devils are getting more and more, we've already sacrificed two brothers, and I don't know how big brother is doing!" Xiao Feng saw his brother holding the flashlight being hit by bullets and falling down, a wave of anger rose in his heart, then he pulled out a hand grenade and threw it down, instantly five or six devils were blown up.

  "At this rate, the bullets will be used up soon, what to do? Now retreating is undoubtedly a dead end!" Xiao Feng's brother behind him said anxiously while being vigilant. Today's battle was fought smoothly, and the devils never had any advantage from start to finish, but this was not a long-term plan. The number of devils kept increasing, and after dawn, the devil's howitzer could aim at the lookout tower for attack. Xiao Feng and others' attacking momentum had slowly shifted towards the devils, and the devils were taking possession of a powerful attacking method.

  Xiao Feng anxiously looked at the old three who formed a crossfire with him, and the sound of gunfire kept coming from the opposite bunker. The devils were huddled together in fear. "Wait a little longer, just wait!" Xiao Feng took a deep breath, although their attacking position had been exposed, but for now, the initiative was still in the hands of Xiao Feng and his men.

  "What? The arsenal has been attacked?" Seiichi Teng stood up with a loud noise, glaring at several commanders.

  "Ah, under the cover of night, unidentified people killed our lookout and searchlight soldiers, occupied our high ground pillbox, and launched an attack on my unit before dawn. Since the enemy occupied the high ground, it was a sudden outbreak, and we had our solid lookout fortresses, we lost the initiative, resulting in extremely heavy casualties for our army." A lieutenant colonel commander said with his head down.

  Qingteng slammed the table in front of him, shouting: "Eight Gaha, order the Constitutional Guard, Police Bureau, and Imperial Cooperative Army to reinforce the armory immediately! Not a single mistake can be made at the armory, do you understand?" Qingteng's face was ashen as he glared at several people. His original anger had not dissipated due to Shan Yixuan, and now the armory had been attacked again. If anything went wrong at the armory, he would have to commit seppuku to apologize.

  "Understood!" Several people said, and they quickly turned around and left.

  At this time, the alarm sounded in the sky above Yangcheng, and the whole city of Yangcheng entered a state of combat readiness again. However, all this was too late, as the devils had built for themselves a seemingly impregnable fortress, which would also become their own tomb.

  Qingteng ordered the communication soldier beside him, "Get me Lieutenant Colonel Yoshida Kōrō, ask them when the reinforcements will arrive? Tell them that the safety of the arsenal is under great threat, order them to rush to the arsenal at full speed to support, and spare no effort to keep the ammunition and military supplies in the arsenal!"

  Yangcheng Arsenal is the largest supply depot in Xuzhou City. If Yangcheng Arsenal is destroyed, the devils' ammunition in the southwestern Shandong war zone will be tight, which is very unfavorable to the devils in southwestern Shandong and the entire Huabei war zone. Otherwise, Commander Lin would not have allocated a regiment to Qingteng Yimu for no reason.

  "Report, we've lost contact with Lieutenant Yoshida!" the communications soldier shouted to Aoi Ichinose. Aoi Ichinose furrowed his brow and asked, "What did you say? Lost contact?" Aoi Ichinose looked at the communications soldier in disbelief.

  "Hai!" the signalman replied.

  Seito Ichimoku sat down on the bench with a "thud", how could a team of over 2,000 people lose contact just because they said so? Even in a dull mind, it was clear what had happened. Seito Ichimoku stood up with a "whoosh" and shouted angrily: "Follow me to the armory!" As he walked out.

  At this time, the bustling Yangcheng Avenue returned to its appearance a few days ago. Every household closed their doors tightly, and only the noisy shouts on the road and the sound of devils' motorcycles passing by could be heard. The usually peaceful Yangcheng has become restless in recent days, all because of the appearance of one person.

  The tank's engine made Liu San jump, and he was considering whether to go up and reinforce Xiao Feng and others. When Liu San saw the tank speeding by so fast, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his back. Liu San hid behind the car and watched as the tank flew through the truck and then through the enemy's blockade line. Liu San cursed at the tank, "Damn it, Iron King is just domineering! If I knew how to drive, I'd go steal one too! What the hell are we going to do now? What if this truck gets hit by the Iron King as soon as it goes in? That would be terrible, brothers can't be saved, and I'll get killed too!"