You were tasked with guarding the Sihang Warehouse, and you ended up with a German-equipped division

Chapter 27: Swift Assault, Sticky Bombs Make Their Debut

At Yoshizumi Ryosuke's command post, looking at the dying defenders of the Sihang Warehouse, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

As soon as their troops opened fire, the enemy at Sihang Warehouse immediately returned fire.

Shouldn't these enemies have laid down their weapons and retreated to the concession long ago?

That leaves only one explanation: the enemies left behind at Sihang Warehouse were already prepared for battle.

Was it to cover the troops crossing the bridge?

But the enemy didn't know that they would break their promise and open fire on the Nationalist soldiers who had laid down their weapons.

Even the General Headquarters and the Expeditionary Army Headquarters were unaware of this.

At that very moment, a flash of light suddenly appeared on the west side of the Sihang Warehouse.

That was the flash of a grenade exploding.

As for the gunfire, it was drowned out by the dense gunfire around the Sihang Warehouse and could not be heard at all.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke picked up his binoculars and looked towards the west side of the Sihang Warehouse.

"No, the enemy is feigning an attack on one side while secretly advancing on the other! Reinforcements must be sent to the west immediately!!!"

Yoshizumi Ryosuke roared.

But it was too late; the small Japanese squad of only a few dozen men had already been scattered.

With the support of a large number of submachine guns and countless hand grenades providing fire cover, their attack was unstoppable.

Two Japanese squads behind them received orders and ran to reinforce this area.

They were running down the street when they suddenly heard footsteps.

As a flare went up, the Japanese soldiers saw that the people running towards them were all wearing Japanese military uniforms and looked rather disheveled.

These Japanese soldiers subconsciously assumed that those were troops that had been defeated by the enemy.

"Stop! We need to stop these guys from breaking through!!!"

The leading Japanese platoon leader shouted at the "Japanese soldiers" in front of him.

But as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly saw that those who were sneaking away with their heads down were not holding Type 38 rifles, but... submachine guns!

Wang Dayong picked up his PPSh submachine gun and decisively pulled the trigger at the Japanese squad in front of him.

The dozen or so people around him also took almost the same action.

"Kill these bunch of worthless bastards!!!"

Wang Dayong cursed loudly as he pulled the trigger.

"Da da da!!!!"

The roar of submachine guns echoed through the night, and golden bullet casings clattered to the ground.

These Japanese soldiers hurriedly dispersed to the flanks.

Before they could even organize their firepower, gunfire erupted from their flank.

That was the infiltration force led by Lin Yongzhi, which had been operating on the flanks.

Faced with the fierce barrage of fire from both sides, the Japanese squad struggled to cope and was quickly forced into a courtyard where they were unable to move.

Li Jianghe and his men, who broke through the encirclement, completely ignored the Japanese soldiers' interest.

They have only one task at hand: to break through, to break through at all costs.

Forward, forward without regard for anything else.

A large number of submachine guns were concentrated at the front for use, along with hand grenades.

As for heavy weapons such as artillery, Li Jianghe directly stored them in the system warehouse.

This system warehouse, though not very large at the moment, is more than enough to hold a few 45mm cannons.

Looking through his binoculars at the area of ​​fire that stretched westward, Yoshizumi Ryosuke knew the situation was dire.

These guys move too fast.

"Armored units, give chase! Pursue those damned bastards immediately!!!"

He shouted furiously.

The Japanese armored forces, which originally planned to attack the Sihang Warehouse, immediately changed direction upon receiving orders and pursued Li Jianghe's breakout troops.

On the west side, Li Jianghe led his troops westward along the Suzhou River and soon arrived at Fuxin Flour Factory.

This was a flour factory founded by the Rong brothers, but many of the factory buildings were destroyed in the war.

A rumbling sound came at that moment.

That was the roar of Japanese tank engines.

Long Wenzhang ran over and shouted at Li Jianghe:

"Battalion Commander, the devils... the Japanese tanks are here!"

"These lumps of iron can run faster than a person."

Yang Ruifu cursed, knowing that if these tanks caught up with him, it would be difficult to break through again.

"Battalion Commander Li, I'll hold them off with the brothers of the First Battalion. You continue to lead the main force to break through."

Li Jianghe glanced at the time on his wristwatch and said:

"In half an hour, run west and meet up with us."

"yes!"

After saying this, Yang Ruifu shouted:

"The first battalion, stay behind!!"

The soldiers stepped forward without hesitation.

In the previous breakout operation, Li Jianghe's Third Battalion was at the forefront, and now they would take the initiative to cover the rear.

Japanese tanks quickly pursued the enemy to the vicinity of the flour mill, but just as they arrived, gunfire suddenly came from the side, and grenades were thrown at the same time.

Upon seeing this, the Japanese soldiers decisively changed direction and rushed towards the flour mill.

The fierce battle resumed, but this time, Yang Ruifu was not without any effective anti-tank weapons.

When Li Jianghe's troops left, they left behind sticky bombs specifically designed to deal with tanks, as well as Molotov cocktails and even thermite.

The seven or eight Japanese tanks were pursuing at a very fast pace, but no infantry followed.

Even so, these Japanese tanks showed no fear whatsoever.

They concluded that if the enemy broke out, they would inevitably abandon their heavy weapons, especially anti-tank guns that could pose a deadly threat to tanks.

In the eyes of the Japanese army, infantry without anti-tank guns were lambs to the slaughter.

Sure enough, after storming into the factory area, the Japanese tanks began to indiscriminately fire their machine guns and tank cannons at the soldiers resisting inside the factory.

These Nationalist soldiers were indeed unable to resist and could only retreat in defeat.

Upon seeing this, the commander of the Japanese tank squadron immediately let out a disdainful sneer.

"Pursue them! Leave no one alive! Kill them all!!!"

"Boom!!! Rat-a-tat-tat!!!"

As the Nationalist soldiers scattered and fled, the Japanese tanks and machine guns roared and their cannons boomed.

Compared to before, when they attacked Sihang Warehouse, they were almost unable to play their due role. These tank crew members felt that the feeling of chasing and killing enemy infantry was what they tank soldiers should enjoy.

Instead of attacking the Sihang Warehouse, which was equipped with a large number of anti-tank guns and reinforced concrete buildings as fortifications, without artillery support.

Just as these Japanese tanks were pursuing the scattered Nationalist soldiers, soldiers suddenly emerged from the darkness on the side of the factory.

Holding sticky bombs, they charged out from the flank, a blind spot for Japanese tank drivers and commanders, where it was difficult to see the enemy in the darkness on the side.

After attaching the sticky bomb to the surface, the soldiers promptly rolled away.

"Boom!!!!!"

A loud explosion suddenly rang out, and the Japanese army's fragile armor plates were naturally unable to withstand the enormous power of the sticky bomb.