Chapter 28: Bloodbath Slaughter

  At 3:00 am on September 20, 1931, under the cover of this dark night, Zhao Xiaofeng ordered his troops to launch the most intense artillery bombardment in history.

  300 large-caliber artillery shells fired in succession, causing the entire Mukden to tremble, and the cannon fire illuminated half of the sky. The scorching flames made people feel a little frightened.

  Outside Fentian City, Japanese Major General Hishikari Takashi and Staff Officer Colonel Sakaki Seishiro were discussing the attack on Fentian tomorrow.

  Suddenly, a burst of deafening cannon fire broke the silence on the battlefield. As waves of smoke rolled in, Ryōma Sakamoto immediately picked up his command sword and angrily shouted at Saitō Hajime: "The Chinese have gone mad! How dare they attack us! Order the troops to counterattack at once!"

  "No!" Sakai Seizaburō immediately stopped him: "Your Excellency! Absolutely do not be impulsive, listen to the movements of Fengtian, they have obtained weapons from the Fengtian Arsenal and Artillery Factory!"

  "What?" Ryota exclaimed in surprise: "Have they already used the weapons from the armory within the castle?"

  "Hmm!" Sakaki Seishirō nodded and said: "The factory outside the east gate has been emptied! Our people didn't even get half a thing!"

  "Get it back! Get it back!" Ryota shouted.

  "General, we need to retreat immediately, the enemy's artillery fire is too intense!" Sakakibara Seishirō urged.

  "Hmm!" Just as Ryota was about to speak, a loud explosion occurred next to the command center. He helplessly patted off the dust on his body and shouted at Sakakibara Seiro: "Retreat! Retreat!"

  The makeshift fortifications set up by the Japanese army outside Fengtian City were instantly blown up by artillery fire, and soldiers fell one after another in a pool of blood. The military camp was suddenly thrown into chaos, with Japanese voices shouting and cursing, mixed with the scolding of officers, filling the entire camp.

  More than 3,000 surviving Japanese troops immediately began withdrawing under the command of their officers.

  Suddenly the artillery attack stopped, and Ryota Shimizu, who was leading the escape at the front, immediately stopped in his tracks and shouted: "The Chinese have run out of ammunition! Everyone return to their positions!"

  Those Japanese soldiers who were still in a state of shock and were about to retreat saw the small western gate shaking with loud rumbling sounds.

  "Tanks! Tanks!" The Japanese had already heard what that sound was. This time they attacked Shenyang City, not to mention planes, even tank support didn't exist, so as soon as they heard the enemy's tank sounds, many soldiers immediately ran away with their legs lifted.

  "Boom! Boom!..." The tank's artillery fire landed on the enemy's position, and the mortar fire followed soon after. Now the Japanese were like a flock of sheep waiting to be slaughtered, under Zhao Xiao Feng's invincible artillery fire, they didn't even have a chance to resist, abandoning their armor and retreating quickly, just as swiftly as they had arrived.

  Under the alternate cover of tanks, machine gunners and mortars, more than 500 soldiers led by Zhao Xiaofeng continuously fired at the enemy's rear, recklessly slaughtering and reaping their lives.

  Two hundred 65 light machine guns spewing out angry fire tongues, like a tongue of flame sweeping towards the Japanese soldiers who were rushing forward.

  Taking advantage of the Japanese army's retreat, Zhao Xiao Feng led everyone to throw countless grenades into the enemy's position like hailstones, explosions erupted one after another, the rumbling sound mixed with the "rattling" of machine guns, as if playing a most exciting victory melody on the battlefield.

  "Impossible! Impossible!" Ryota Mochizuki could hardly believe his defeat would come so suddenly. "Hold on! Hold on!" he yelled, ordering the second battalion to cover their retreat as he led his soldiers back to the second line of defense.

  He ran and cursed: "The Chinese have gone mad! This pack of mad dogs!" In fact, he had not yet discovered that he was now being chased by the Chinese like a stray dog.

  Sakaki Seishirō was also suspicious, "Are they Chinese? Why did their tens of thousands of troops abandon resistance and flee in disarray without firing a shot, but just as the Great Japanese Imperial Army was about to win a great victory, they suddenly encountered this group of Chinese people's tenacious resistance?"

  Sakai Seizaburō was not convinced, Hishikari Takashi was not convinced, and their soldiers were also not convinced. They always thought that the Japanese army was the best in the world, and Chinese soldiers could not withstand them, but the fact gave him a loud slap in the face.

  Rhombus cut Long turned his head, and was still able to see the Chinese soldiers' upright machine guns, grenades, mercilessly taking the lives of Japanese soldiers.

  In Zhao Xiao Feng's eyes, the Japanese resistance was simply suicidal. They actually thought they could use their flesh and blood to block the pursuit of his invincible tanks.

  In this battle, Zhao Xiaofeng annihilated nearly two thousand Japanese soldiers. By dawn, not a single one was left alive. Zhao Xiaofeng had already given the order that all Japanese must be put to death! He had handed over the camera's operating method to Zhao Zhenfan, who was using his own camera to capture every detail of the battlefield.

  "We won! The Japanese troops at Xiaoxi Gate have all retreated!" The soldiers and civilians in Fengtian City were eager to report the victory, and heard: "Our Northeast Anti-Japanese Army sacrificed more than 100 people, while the Japanese killed more than 2,000 people!"

  The whole garrison and even the entire Shenyang were stirred up. Many civilians rushed to the recruitment office to sign up, wanting to join the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army.

  Before dawn broke, Zhao Xiao Feng personally led the soldiers to clean up the battlefield. After more than an hour of busy work, the soldiers returned with a full load.

  Looking back, Zhao Xiaofeng found that the city gate was crowded with people, and everyone was welcoming the return of the anti-Japanese heroes. At the city gate, more than a thousand traitors and Japanese were concentrated there.

  Seeing the commander had arrived, everyone fell silent. The mountain cat stepped forward and said in a low voice: "Commander! Among the Japanese, there are still six young and beautiful girls, I've sent people to take care of them, these people can be executed!"

  "Hmm!" Zhao Xiao Feng knew the true nature of these bandits, they wouldn't let go of beautiful Japanese women, besides, Japanese people can massacre and rape our Chinese sisters, why can't we do the same? That's their point of view.

  "Heh heh! Even if I'm free, I'll go take a look to see if there's any good stuff?" Zhao Xiao Feng thought to himself. At this moment, his heart felt a bit of pleasure, because it was filled with anger! He even thought that one day when he led the army to Japan, he would let the soldiers slaughter them wantonly! This was the mind of an assassin.

  "That's Zang Shiyue!" The mountain cat pointed at the middle-aged man in casual clothes.

  "Kill!" Zhao Xiao Feng stared at Zang Shi Yi, who already had white temples, and said coldly. He now ordered his subordinates to kill these people not just for slaughter, but to intimidate those Chinese who wanted to surrender to the Japanese, he wanted them to know that surrendering to the Japanese was also death! A cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

  More than 800 Japanese residents in Fengtian and more than 200 traitors lost their lives on this piece of Chinese land at Xiaoxi Gate, most of whose crimes were provided by Zhao Xiaofeng's agents.

  At this time, Huang Xiansheng suddenly rushed out and said: "Commander!"

  "Huh!" Zhao Xiaofeng wondered secretly, why Huang Xiansheng always called himself Commander Zhao, what's wrong with him today?

  Actually, Huang Xiansheng had already seen Zhao Xiaofeng's ability. In the Northeast Army, there was no one with Zhao Xiaofeng's courage and wisdom. So, following Zhao Xiaofeng was not wrong. From Zhao Zhenfan's change, Huang Xiansheng already knew his own future path.

  "What's up, Director Huang?" Zhao Xiaofeng asked.

  "No! From now on, Commander, please call me by my name. I am no longer the Director of the Police Department starting today!" Huang Xiansheng said as he tore off the epaulets from his uniform.

  "Great!" Zhao Xiaofeng exclaimed excitedly: "With the help of Brother Huang, our Northeast Anti-Japanese Army will be like a tiger with added wings!"

  "Commander! This is a government telegram! This is a Communist Party telegram!" Huang Xiansheng handed the two telegrams to Zhao Xiaofeng's hands.

  Zhao Xiaofeng looked at the telegram in his hand and couldn't help but frown, Huang Xiansheng immediately said: "Today I have been using the radio to communicate with the outside world, hoping to arouse the indignation of the nation, forcing Chiang Kai-shek and Zhang Xueliang to resist Japan, but unexpectedly there was no effect at all, only **encouraging our Northeast region's war of resistance.

  Zhao Xiaofeng took a look at the **Central Committee's Declaration on the Japanese Imperialist Invasion of Northeast China**, which condemned the Nationalist government's policy of non-resistance to Japan and called on people across the country to learn from the example of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army in resisting Japanese imperialism.

  Chiang Kai-shek's telegram only stated "Appoint Huang Xiansheng as acting mayor, fully responsible for Shenyang affairs. There was no expression of concern about the September 18th Incident, nor any indication of support for the war of resistance.

  Zhao Xiaofeng handed over the telegram in his hand to Zhao Zhenfan with a cold expression, saying: "The government does not resist Japan, we cannot be cowards!"

  "Right! We are all men of blood! We don't play the coward!" Zhao Zhenfan said immediately.

  "Commander! What should we do next?" Huang Xiansheng asked.

  "Hum!" Zhao Xiaofeng clenched his fist and waved it, saying to the soldiers and civilians present: "As long as the Japanese do not retreat, we will definitely beat them into disability!"

  "Oh! Oh!......" The scene immediately boiled up.

  At this time, a team of medical personnel came out from the city, led by a military doctor with the rank of colonel. He stepped forward and saluted: "Commander Zhao! We are the Tianjun Military Medical Team reporting for duty. We hope to contribute our strength to the fight against Japan!"

  "Great!" Zhao Xiaofeng immediately stepped forward and pulled the military doctor's hand with a smile: "You are really timely rain! May I ask your surname?"

  "Below is Fang Zhengwen, the director of Fengtian Military Hospital!"

  "Director Fang, you've worked hard, and I'll be troubling you more often from now on!" Zhao Xiao Feng immediately said politely.

  "Where!" Fang Zheng heard and immediately humbly said: "Saving lives and treating injuries is our doctor's duty, let alone serving our own loved ones!"

  Suddenly, Zhao Xiaofeng saw a familiar figure in the hospital's crowd, "Ma Xiaoling!" Zhao Xiaofeng actually shouted out loud.

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