Chapter 50: Forging A Bloody Path (Part 1)

  "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"

  The devil set up on the wall of the watchtower also opened fire, three crooked light machine guns simultaneously turned around and swept towards Luo Xiang and Sun Dong, bullets whizzing past the two men's ears, bricks and stones flying everywhere!

  Luo Xiang pulled Sun Dong and hastily squatted behind a Taihu stone, unable to move forward for the time being!

  "Captain, the enemy's firepower is too strong, we can't charge over there!" Sun Dong shouted loudly after removing the empty magazine and replacing it with a full one.

  Luo Xiang's micro-bursts of long and short shots combined, the charging devils were forced to crouch on the ground again. He also shouted, "Don't worry, we have Jiang Dahai, these devils won't be rampant for much longer!"

  As expected, Luo Xiang's voice had just fallen when a crisp sniper rifle shot rang out from the bell tower of an abandoned Christian church not far away. The Northeast corner sentry tower's devil machine gunner lowered his head and fell onto the cover, with a small blood hole the size of a finger on his forehead!

  The deputy sheriff was shocked, stretched out his hand to pull open the machine gunner who had been shot dead, grabbed the machine gun, and before he could pull the trigger, a bullet pierced his chest, with great force sending him flying backward, smashing through the railing behind him, and tumbling down from the watchtower!

  Several hundred meters away, Jiang Dahai raised his head from behind the sniper scope, and in his usually narrowed eyes, a cold light flashed. He lowered his body again, and the crosshairs locked onto the other two Japanese machine gunners on the watchtowers!

  Six bullets, not a single one was wasted. The three watchtowers of the devils were all paralyzed. Six corpses fell in different postures on the watchtowers and on the ground. Fresh blood dripped down from the floorboards, quickly forming a large pool on the ground.

  After clearing the machine gunner in the watchtower on the wall, Luo Xiang and Sun Dong's pressure was greatly reduced. As for why only Jiang Dahai took action, while Lang Peng and Han Yang in another watchtower did not take action, it was because Luo Xiang planned to use them as a trump card to catch the devils off guard!

  The misconception in people's minds is that the four watchtowers on the wall have all been cleared by the enemy, so they will relax their vigilance and neglect Lang Peng and others inside. When the time is right, Lang Peng will suddenly strike, absolutely becoming a nightmare for the Japanese army, making them regret it!

  Without the suppressive fire of the devils' machine guns on the wall, Luo Xiang and Sun Dong regained the initiative. The three rifles had strong firepower, pressing down the devils who tried to charge forward but were forced back, basically unable to advance a great distance!

  After a fierce battle, the enemy's offensive momentum was frustrated. Luo Xiang shouted to Sun Dong and threw out a smoke bomb, "Sun Dong, retreat!"

  With a loud bang, a thick smoke burst open in the yard and spread to all sides, filling more than half of the yard with dense smoke that was so thick you couldn't see your hand in front of your face!

  Coughing and choking, the Japanese garrison suddenly fell into a state of panic. They had never experienced this kind of weapon before, although the Japanese army also had biochemical troops, but that was a special unit in the Japanese military, and it was not equipped within the Japanese garrison. So this sudden appearance of thick smoke made the Japanese grab at random, and they became disordered!

  Ikeda Ichiro saw the situation and hastily fired several shots into the sky, then shouted "Don't panic, everyone guard your positions and block off the Chinese people's escape route!"

  With the Chief of Staff speaking, those Japanese military police gradually calmed down. They followed Sakata's instructions to untie the towel, wet it with water from the kettle, cover their mouths and noses, and then nervously stared at Luo Xiang not far away!

  The thick smoke didn't last long, and soon dispersed in the wind. The courtyard gradually cleared up, and the Japanese garrison's line of sight also became clear. However, they found that Luo Xiang and Sun Dong, who were originally surrounded by the wall, had disappeared, leaving behind only a pile of shell casings!

  "What the...?!" The commander of the Japanese military police's 1st platoon, who was in charge of the pursuit, kicked away several shell casings in anger and bellowed, "Search for them! They must be hiding somewhere nearby!!"

  At his command, the Japanese military police dispersed and began a search in the artificial hills, trees, and houses around.

  Sakata Ichiro, the chief of staff, walked quickly to the artificial hill by the wall and looked down at the shell casings, then lifted his head to gaze at the iron wire mesh on the wall.

  "Mr. Sakata, what have you found?" Captain Inukai Ken of the Japanese Kempeitai battalion walked over and asked, seeing Sakata's thoughtful expression.

  Sakata raised his hand and pointed at the iron wire mesh on the wall, saying, "Captain, look! They must have escaped from there!"

  "What?!"

  Huang Jianwen heard this and looked up at the iron fence, but didn't find any problem, so he asked Sakata Ichiro again, "There's nothing wrong with it, it's still intact!"

  "Captain, take a closer look!" Sakata said, breaking off a branch and pointing to the lowest strand of barbed wire on the fence. "The iron color here has been cut and then reconnected, so it looks normal at first glance!"

  "How could that be? If they cut the wire mesh, wouldn't the power go out? How could the substation not have any reaction at all?" Inukai Ken couldn't help but feel a little skeptical of Sakata's reasoning.

  Sakata smiled slightly and said, "That's because they first used a copper wire to connect the two ends of the electric net together, then cut off the iron wire. This way, the electricity won't be interrupted, and afterwards, it can be reconnected!"

  "What a cunning Chinese!" When Sakata said that, Inukai Ken also saw the copper wire running parallel to the iron wire and couldn't help but exclaim, "I have to say, the other side is really formidable!"

  "Yes, these two Chinese seem to have received professional special tactical training, they should be the special forces of the Chinese! Sakata is indeed a former instructor at the Japanese Army Officer School, and his thinking is quick and his judgment is astonishing!"

  "I think they should have kept a trump card, so the first team that chased out will probably be at a disadvantage!" Sakata guessed Luo Xiang's plan again, but unfortunately, he was always one step late.

  His words had barely fallen when the light machine gun in the sentry post on the wall suddenly fired, but it was not aimed at Luo Xiang outside the wall, but at the Japanese garrison's first squad who were chasing out of the gate!

  The commanding terrain, with only a few dozen meters of distance, allowed the Type 96 light machine gun to exert its power to the extreme. A burst of bullets was fired, and outside the gate, a group of Japanese soldiers fell to the ground!

  After firing all the bullets in the machine gun, Lang Peng let out a low shout and slid down the wall with Han Yang, who was holding a rope that had been prepared earlier. Before he left, Han Yang also pulled the string of a hand grenade and stuffed it under the machine gun.

  Both feet landed on the ground, Lang Peng and Han Yang turned around and ran, rushing towards Luo Xiang and Sun Dong who were hiding at the corner of the street!

  With a loud crash, behind them, the watchtower was blown away, leaving only half of the wooden stake stuck there!

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