The First Part of National Humiliation: The Lonely City's Bloody Battle Chapter 15: A Narrow Road Encounter

  Although Song Yuanhang volunteered, Dai Anrui still ordered the 1st Battalion of the 599th Regiment to cooperate with the Special Operations Company to retake the station's cargo yard.

  The troops that recaptured the goods yard have not yet reported back, and the Japanese 55th Division, supported by a heavy artillery regiment, launched an indiscriminate and fierce attack on all defensive positions of the 200th Division.

  At this time all positions were in a state of emergency, Dai Anlan, who was already unable to cope with the situation, was deep in thought, trying to figure out the main direction of the Japanese army's attack!

  Song Yuanhang, who had returned to the Garrison Command, was paying close attention to the news coming from the warehouse. He deeply understood the destructive nature of special warfare and was now at a loss as to how to deal with this Japanese special forces team that had infiltrated the ancient city. The best way to counter special forces is to use special forces, but Song Yuanhang lacked a well-trained and well-equipped elite squad at this moment.

  Just as Song Yuanhang was about to send a battalion of gendarmes to support the warehouse, Wang Da, the combat adjutant of the 200th Division, arrived ahead of time. Since the location of the 200th Division's field hospital had been discovered by the Japanese heavy artillery regiment, Wang Da, following Dai Anlan's intention, moved the field hospital to the underground warehouse of the gendarmerie headquarters.

  At the same time, Wang Da also brought a bad news to Song Yuanhang, that is, one regiment and one company of the troops who went to surround and annihilate the Japanese army's special small team had a fierce battle with the Japanese army at the cargo yard for nearly two hours and returned in defeat! The casualties exceeded 300 people, and the accurate intelligence they brought back was that the Japanese army was almost fully equipped with submachine guns, and it was not just a small team. Their number was approximately between one hundred to one hundred and fifty people.

  Song Yuanhang suddenly inhaled a breath of cold air, his first thought was that the 131 highland without side wing shield was in danger!

  "Order Xu Tu'an to assemble a company and bring 10 sharpshooters."

  Song Yuanhang himself took a quadruple leather bullet bag and tied it to his chest, taking down an M1928 Thompson submachine gun from the gun rack. He was going to lead the team up to 131 high ground to confirm the situation.

  Song Yuanhang's actions made Xu Tuan first stunned, and then he grabbed two steel helmets and ran to catch up with Song Yuanhang.

  Upon arriving at the courtyard, Song Yuanhang found that many wounded soldiers and vehicles from the 200th Division's field hospital had already arrived. He ordered Xu Tu'an to stay behind and organize troops to help the hospital quickly restore medical order and settle the wounded.

  The military situation is urgent, and the words that were originally thought to boost morale were forgotten by Song Yuanhang. At this time, a figure appeared in front of him, and it was actually her? Didn't she go to the expeditionary army headquarters? After a moment of joy, there was more worry.

  In a moment of urgency, Song Yuanhang suddenly grabbed the female doctor who looked very much like Hu Na and asked loudly: "Didn't you return to the Military Department? Why are you back again?"

  The female doctor, disregarding the blood all over her body and face, suddenly swung her arm and said to Song Yuanhang without looking at him: "My duty is to rescue the dead and heal the wounded. Where there are casualties, that's where my post is! Get out of the way and don't get in the way!"

  Song Yuanhang was taken aback for a moment, then grabbed a male medical officer by the shoulder and asked: "What's the name of that girl just now?"

  The male doctor was about to push Song Yuanghai away, but suddenly saw the military police badge on Song Yuanghai's arm and said impatiently: "Wang Wen from the surgery department!"

  "Wang Wen!" Song Yuanhang muttered to himself before turning around to chase after the troops! Xu Tu'an, who was standing on the side, had seen everything and grabbed hold of Liu Mengzi, the captain of the guards: "If anything happens to the Chief of Staff, you won't be returning either!"

  Don't worry! You'd even ask me about losing a single strand of hair.

  Song Yuanhang led his troops to abandon the rapid advantage of motorized marching, but instead chose to reinforce Hill 131 on foot. When passing through the outskirts of Hill 131, Song Yuanhang discovered two Ford trucks that had been blown up by landmines and were burning on the side of the road, with dozens of Chinese soldiers' bodies scattered near the wreckage.

  Song Yuanhang signaled the troops to hide and began to carefully observe the situation on Height 131. At this moment, Height 131 was like a boiling pot, with intense gunfire ringing out in front of and behind the position, especially in the communication trenches behind the mountain, where dense hand grenade explosions kept erupting from time to time.

  At this moment, the 2nd Battalion of the 598th Regiment stationed at High Ground 131 is in a precarious situation. The Japanese 112th Brigade's fierce attack on the front line has made the position extremely dangerous. A group of Japanese soldiers wearing National Army uniforms suddenly appeared from nowhere, not only unexpectedly occupying the command bunker and cutting off the connection between the 2nd Battalion and the Regimental and Divisional Headquarters, but also infiltrating every corner of the position!

  In the trench warfare, the M1928 submachine gun used by the Japanese army brought huge casualties to the defenders! However, relying on the changing terrain of the trenches, the defenders who were familiar with the terrain successfully suppressed the attack of Ryūsei Ichidan's unit after suffering heavy casualties and sealed off the two exits leading to the central command bunker with explosives.

  "Enter the trenches in squads and use as many hand grenades as possible to drive the Japanese out!"

  Song Yuanhang led the guard class to launch a charge, and the 50-meter charging distance almost made Song Yuanhang's lungs explode. He only realized that his current body was no longer his own, and finally, Song Yuanhang, who almost fell into the trench, pulled the trigger amidst the chaotic footsteps.

  The earth stirred up by the bullets flew wildly, and two Japanese soldiers wearing Chinese military uniforms but with sheepskin boots on their feet yelled as they fell to the other end of the trench.

  Chinese soldiers who entered the trench immediately locked down the trench with firepower! Next, Song Yuanhang took out two No. 24 wooden-handled grenades and pulled the strings at the same time! After a 2-second pause, his arm swung forcefully and threw them into the turning point of the communication trench.

  Just before the explosion, Song Yuanhang discovered three oval-shaped hand grenades flying out from around the corner! Take cover!

  Song Yuanhang shouted loudly as he flew and fell to the ground, with a loud muffled sound. As Song Yuanhang felt the ground tremble, his left shoulder suddenly had a numb feeling, which quickly turned into a rapidly spreading pain and scorching heat.

  Just as he was about to struggle, Liu Mengzi and another guard immediately pressed him down, tore open the back of his clothes, and used a bayonet to pick out the scorching bullet from his flesh.

  With a sigh of relief, Song Yuanhang grabbed the submachine gun and crossed over the two Chinese soldiers' bodies, which were emitting smoke and had blurred flesh. He flipped into the trench, crawled for tens of meters in a low posture, and then jumped into another trench! After continuous gunfire, Song Yuanhang shouted to his own soldiers to follow up.

  Five Japanese soldiers hiding in the bend were blown up by hand grenades, three of them died on the spot, and the other two who were stunned were shot into a beehive by Song Yuanhang.

  Song Yuanhang bent down to pick up a Japanese corpse and dragged it around the next corner, suddenly pushing the body out. At extremely close range, at least three angles of gunfire erupted instantly, but soon the Japanese discovered that they were shooting at their own people? In an instant, the gunfire stopped abruptly. Taking advantage of the momentary astonishment of the Japanese, Song Yuanhang sprang out and lay down on top of the Japanese corpse, firing a sweep shot while pressing the trigger. The narrow alleyway in the trench caused four Japanese soldiers from two shooting directions to be hit.

  Just as Song Yuanghai was about to replace the magazine, a Japanese soldier with an inverted dagger suddenly pounced on him and knocked him to the ground. The iron-like hand clutched his throat, and the dagger stabbed fiercely towards his chest.

  A sharp pain hit his chest, and Song Yuanhang's vague consciousness realized that he was done for this time!

  Liu Mengzi rushed over and after killing the Japanese special envoy, he picked up Song Yuanhang and shouted in a changed tone!

  Song Yuanhang, who was experiencing severe chest pain, did not notice that he was rapidly losing his life? He let out a sigh of relief after picking up the dagger, only to find that the little devil's dagger had just pierced the magazine of the assault rifle, and the 2mm thick magazine had almost been pierced through. Song Yuanhang sucked in a breath of cold air as he looked at the deformed magazine.

  At this time, the Japanese special forces occupying the command fortress discovered the gendarmerie who had been ambushing from behind. They shifted their firepower and under the intense fire of the Japanese army, the last two squads of gendarmes were unable to cross the 50-meter open space and all fell during the assault advance.

  The 2nd Battalion of the 598th Regiment, which had discovered the arrival of friendly reinforcements, immediately organized a counterattack with about half a company of troops. The battle instantly entered a white-hot stage, and both Chinese and Japanese soldiers understood one thing: if they did not annihilate each other, then death would be their own fate.

  No one urged or embellished it, no tragic feelings, war is so cruel, being killed or killing others, just that simple!

  Under the command of Song Yuanhang, Chinese soldiers quickly recaptured three traffic trenches. After killing dozens of Japanese soldiers, hand grenades were finally used up! As the Japanese retreated, the personnel fighting in the trenches became more dense. In the narrow trenches, Chinese and Japanese soldiers almost shot at each other with their guns pointed at each other.

  The M1928 Thompson submachine gun used by the Japanese army and the Chinese constabulary were of the same model, firing 11.3mm caliber bullets that had a terrifying killing power at close range, with compound wounds causing casualties to bleed to death in a very short time.

  The brutal and bloody fighting nullified the Japanese army's individual combat skills and quality, soldiers from both sides who had killed until they saw red were quickly exchanging lives, the will of two nations was competing in the trenches!

  At the most fiercely contested entrance to the main tunnel, soldiers from both sides packed into a trench less than two meters wide under the leadership of their officers. Chinese soldiers were desperately pushing forward, while Japanese troops were stubbornly fighting back without retreating!

  Time seemed to have stopped at this moment? The soldiers in front fell down, and the ones behind immediately squeezed up and fired, shouting, scolding, and groaning voices formed a "Death Concerto"! In the dense close-range firefight, no one could escape.

  The last blood-soaked gendarme lieutenant leaned against the wall of the trench, staring at the Japanese lieutenant who had been shot multiple times and was still trying to muster his last strength to raise his gun and fire.

  "Bang!" The Japanese lieutenant's submachine gun fell to the ground and then heavily landed on his comrade's corpse.

  The lieutenant's mouth curled up into a victorious smile, his body tilted to one side, and with a thud, he fell to the ground!

  At this moment, Ryūsei Ichimaru was stunned by the fearless and dauntless spirit of the Chinese soldiers. Withstanding such a strong and even crazy attack made Ryūsei's blood run cold.

  Looking at the special forces he had cultivated, bleeding on the battlefield, Ryūsei suddenly felt a heart-wrenching feeling. This was blasphemy - these fallen soldiers were the future elite of the Empire! They shouldn't have died in the trenches without dignity or value.

  "Fall back!" The order given by Yagyu Ichimonji made several squad leaders beside him momentarily stunned.

  "Let's save some blood for the Kamikaze Special Punishment Squad, we can't let ourselves be defeated because of someone's incompetence!" Yanagisawa's pale face had already started to turn gray.

  The M1928 Thompson submachine gun is essentially the same as the M1A1, but with a few minor differences. The M1A1 has a shorter receiver and barrel by 9 cm (3.5 in) and weighs about 1 kg (2.2 lb) less than the M1928. It also uses a simplified "L" shaped cutout in the buttstock for the drum magazine, rather than the "U" shape of the M1928.