Chapter 39: The Most Epic Alley Battle

  At this time, sporadic gunfire and explosions had already begun to spread throughout the city of Fengtian.

  "Haha! I'm the cow!" Zhao Xiao Feng's mouth corner revealed a hint of smile, this time in Shenyang's alley battle, due to his timely preparation, it might become one of the most intense battles in modern history, and he might rise to fame through this battle! Shenyang has now become a veritable "city slaughterhouse".

  Gunsmoke and flames everywhere, the battle in Fengtian City is extremely tragic, unprecedented and unmatched.

  The originally arrogant Japanese soldiers attempted to flatten the city, which symbolized the highest commander of Manchuria, with their powerful military force, but soon they found themselves falling into a deep pit full of death.

  Under Zhao Xiaofeng's strict order of "not to retreat a single step", the anti-Japanese army relied on the complex terrain and numerous artificial buildings in the city, engaging in a desperate battle with the enemy.

  A room, a cellar, even a wall or a pile of rubble could trigger fierce battles. The Japanese army often paid a heavy price to capture the ruins and broken walls, only to have them retaken by the anti-Japanese troops in no time.

  The high ground on Tiandong Street changed hands as many as 21 times. The entire city of Fengtian was ablaze, with flames soaring and flesh flying everywhere.

  Now Zhao Xiaofeng can no longer move forward, and in front of him is a large team of Japanese soldiers. He wanted to go to the vicinity of Xiaoxi Gate to check the situation, but he had to choose to hide. Zhao Xiaofeng has observed carefully, on the opposite side of the Japanese army's position, a tall and burly Japanese lieutenant general with a face full of flesh is standing in the middle of the troops, observing the nearby battle situation.

  He was the highest commander of the Japanese army responsible for attacking the South Gate, Hirata Yukihiko, the division commander of the 2nd Division of the Kwantung Army.

  Looking at his own troops returning without success, while the number of exposed Chinese army firepower points was less than one-third of what it should be. Many Japanese had just rushed through an ambush, and gunfire began to ring out behind them again. Moreover, the Chinese army did not call for artillery or tank support, and the well-hidden Chinese artillery position had already brought huge casualties to his division!

  Of course, now Japanese people have not yet received news that Chinese artillery troops have already withdrawn from Shenyang.

  Hirata Yukihiko gritted his teeth and called Lieutenant General Motoyuki Hongo, who was in charge of commanding the attack this time, to his face. First, he rounded up his arm and gave him a big slap in the face, hitting the short-statured Hongo eastward and westward.

  "Bah!" shouted Hirakawa Kōkai: "You! You should be dead! Dead and gone! Order the troops to assemble at once! Form ranks! Let's make a thorough sweep this time!"

  "Hey!" Jing Mao couldn't bear the pain on his face and immediately wiped away the sweat on his forehead!

  "Order the troops! Assemble immediately! Tanks will lead the way, followed by soldiers in coordination to conduct a thorough sweep of Fengtian City!"

  Three consecutive days of attacks had already cost him five chariots, and this time Jing Mo brought out his last ten chariots.

  Upon hearing the news, Lieutenant General Rinshō Akamatsu of the 39th Mixed Brigade immediately arrived at the front line. This Rinshō Akamatsu was no ordinary person. When he learned that tanks were to be sent into the streets, his expression changed instantly. Urban warfare is what armored units around the world fear most. Even European heavy tanks had some weaknesses, but the thin bottom and top armor of Japanese tanks could not withstand the explosive power of cluster hand grenades or Molotov cocktails.

  "No way!" Lin Xiang Shilang said immediately.

  "General Hayashi Tadataka! Do you have any good ideas?" asked Hirata Yutaka seriously.

  "Commander, sir! Our war chariots are not suitable for alley battles at all! Moreover, the coordination between our infantry and war chariots is extremely poor. Often, infantry commanders, in order to reduce casualties or due to being defeated, cause the war chariots to lose their cover and become live targets for the enemy. Therefore, I advise Commander sir to change tactics!"

  "Humph!" Hirata Yukihiko shouted angrily: "Our Great Japanese Imperial Army is invincible! Advance! Those who retreat will be beaten to death!"

  Under the support of Hirata Yukihiko, this time Jing Mao will open all the last ten tanks of the Second Infantry Regiment and guide the infantry to start charging towards the city of Fengtian.

  Zhao Xiaofeng didn't realize the Japanese tanks were coming out until he saw them, "Great!" he exclaimed, immediately ordering his communications officer to bring up Huang Yuehai's last 200 plus mortars to the front line.

  But this time the Japanese army's attack came suddenly, and there was no warning at all. The shells and bullets fell densely in the hiding place of the Chinese troops like a storm, and the density of the artillery fire was far greater than any previous attack. In the basement of the small building in front of the position, Zhao Xiao Feng also experienced the feeling of the earth shaking for free.

  It seems that the Japanese have already tasted the sweetness of a major attack, and they have become complacent. The artillery fire was like a sharp-eyed destroyer, annihilating one by one the machine gun nests set up in ambush.

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  "Commander! Our casualties are too heavy!" Shi Li reported.

  "Hmm!" Zhao Xiao Feng nodded and said: "Soon! The Japanese will soon taste the flavor of being beaten!"

  Time passed minute by minute, and the Japanese had already stepped over Zhao Xiaofeng's head, rushing into the center of Fengtian City with a loud shout. Just as the Japanese artillery fire was about to spread, suddenly, 200 mortar shells fell into the dense enemy crowd, and more than ten tanks were silenced. A large number of Japanese soldiers were blown up, and then, at a rate of 20 rounds per minute, more than 200 mortars carried out crazy firing, from an initial angle of 45 degrees to 65 degrees, from 50 meters to over 200 meters!

  Those hidden mortars in the residential houses have now become the number one killer of the Japanese, with more than 3,000 attacking troops, and nearly half of them have been blown to death. The remaining 1,000 or so people immediately cried out and ran back, and poor Ben Tenkyo was also unfortunately hit by a shell after killing a retreating soldier, and even his intact body could not be found.

  As he heard the cheerful artillery fire, Zhao Xiao Feng hummed "The Rogue's Tune" with satisfaction, holding up his binoculars and gazing through the smoke and dust that rose from time to time at the increasingly close figures of the enemy.

  "Ha ha ha! My triumphant smile!!" Zhao Xiaofeng sang with abandon.

  "Hey! Commander! You're singing too off-key! Take a sip of water and try again!" Shi Li said with a teasing smile, handing over the water bottle.

  "Piss off!" Zhao Xiao Feng cursed: "When I sang karaoke, the whole room cheered! What do you know?"

  "What? What's with the karaoke?" Shi Li said strangely: "With a voice like yours! It sounds like a broken gong, as thick as a sewer pipe!"

  "What?" Zhao Xiao Feng almost spat out the water in his mouth: "Damn it! The enemy is about to retreat again! I'm not going to thoroughly disable them, but first, I'll make you disabled!"

  Joking aside, Zhao Xiaofeng saw the Japanese soldiers retreating like a tide and immediately shouted: "Fire!"

  In an instant, ten machine gunners hiding around immediately lifted the protective steel plates on their heads, set up their machine guns and started firing, "Rat-a-tat-a-tat..."

  As soon as the gunfire sounded, another ambush point 100 paces away also set up five machine guns. These two ambush points perfectly blocked the enemy's retreat route. The devils who were retreating like a tide immediately set up their machine guns and began to counterattack. Both sides immediately became entangled in fierce fighting.

  Hearing the intense gunfire in the city, Lin Xiangshi shouted "Not good! Order everyone to assemble, divide the troops into three routes and go to rescue the Second Division!"

  Heitaro Hirata was also startled by the intense gunfire, and he became frantic like an ant on a hot skillet. "Hachigata! Where did the Chinese army get so many howitzers from? We're done for! We're done for!" Now only one battalion of guards remained around him. Enraged, Heitaro Hirata immediately drew his command sword and shouted: "Charge! Kill all these Chinas!"

  At that moment, nearly 7,000 devils near the South Gate began to rush into the city in four directions. Looking at the approaching Japanese reinforcements, Zhao Xiao Feng revealed a brilliant smile and ordered: "The Flying Brigade will take immediate action! After completing this mission, you will immediately fly to Jinan Airport and merge with our air force! But remember, you are the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army's troops! You must always be prepared to receive the Northeast Anti-Japanese Army's telegrams. Once there is an opportunity, you must come back to support us. Never betray any party or government, nor surrender to Zhang Xueliang!"

  "Yes!" Zheng Shan, this determined Northeast Anti-Japanese Army warrior knew what he should do without Zhao Xiaofeng's reminder.

  But Zhao Xiaofeng was not at ease and reminded him again, he didn't want the pilots he had trained with great difficulty to be used by others! Moreover, in order for his own team to become stronger in the future, they must have their own pilots, otherwise how could they compete with the Japanese?

  In less than a minute, three of Zhao Xiaofeng's ambushed machine gunners had fallen, and Ah Lang, himself, and the communication officer all rushed up. They simultaneously picked up the machine guns dropped by their comrades and started another round of shooting.

  "Hold on!" Zhao Xiao Feng said: "Our plane is about to come and destroy their lair!"

  The Japanese army seemed to have discovered their intention, as if they knew that the Chinese reinforcements were about to arrive, more machine guns and several Type 92 infantry cannons turned around at the same time, aiming at the two blocking machine gun positions.

  "Ah!" Zhao Xiao Feng shouted, yelling: "Everyone take cover immediately!"

  The steel cover on his head immediately blocked the shooting hole again, Zhao Xiaofeng put down the machine gun in his hand and said: "Originally thought we could hold back the enemy for five minutes, but unexpectedly not even two minutes, the little devil's 92-style infantry cannon is really a good support for infantry, with a range of 2200 meters to 100 meters, almost invincible. Cough! I hope our planes won't lose!"

  Another ambush point soldier did not stop the firepower in his hand before receiving orders, although only three machine gunners were left now, and they were all deputy shooters. They still tenaciously swept towards the enemy's position.

  Now, except for one machine gun that was still controlling Zhao Xiaofeng's ambush point, all the other Japanese machine guns had adjusted their firing directions and were shooting at this ambush point.

  A machine gunner who had been seriously injured and had been unconscious for a while came to, he immediately struggled to get up, wiped the blood from his face, pulled over another machine gun, set it up on the mound and started firing fiercely at the Japanese army. The blood on his face almost blocked his vision, but he didn't care, relying solely on his intuition to fire, even so, he killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers.

  At this time, several bullets hit his shoulder and chest again with flying blood mist, his frail body could no longer pull the trigger! His body had completely parted with his soul, but he did not fall down. Like millions of unnamed martyrs, for the survival of the nation and the country, this strong Northeast soldier calmly dedicated his precious life, until death, no one knew his name.

  "Huang Yuehai's mortar battalion immediately provided artillery support, immediate artillery support!" Zhao Xiaofeng reported.

  Before long, Huang Yuehai replied: "The two troops on the enemy's flank are surrounding us from both sides, there is no way to go forward and support!"

  Just as Zhao Xiaofeng was despairingly scolding Zheng Shan, Zheng Shan's flying squadron had already appeared in the sky above Fengtian City. More than 40 fighter planes and bombers immediately roared towards the Japanese position, and the bombs on the planes that came roaring immediately made the exposed Japanese troops on both sides of the mortar battalion scream and howl.

  And the machine guns on the fighter planes were like devils that took people's lives, countless Japanese hid behind houses and broken walls, but the 27.7mm machine guns equipped on the plane shot out armor-piercing bullets, immediately turning them into beehives.

  Moreover, the artillery fire from the mortar position was like a muffled drum beating "Boom! Boom!" and each beat took away a group of Japanese soldiers' lives.

  Hayashi Shizurō saw that things were not going well and immediately dialed the phone of Honjō Shigeru, making a report on the battle situation in Mukden!

  "Fall back! All troops, withdraw from Mukden at once! We can't continue to fight these accursed Chinese in house-to-house combat!" Honjō Shigeru bellowed on: "Our homeland has already promised to send reinforcements to support the Manchurian front! If we just hold out for half a month... no, ten days, our relief troops will surely reduce Mukden to rubble!"

  "Attention!" Lin Xiang Shilang immediately announced the order of the Kwantung Army Headquarters.

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