Chapter 445: Open the City Gate to Welcome the Japs
Chapter 445: Open the City Gate to Welcome the Japs
"That makes sense. It seems that they are most likely the devils. But what if we kill the wrong ones? The 74th Army is an iron army against the Japanese!"
The battalion commander still looked worried.
Liu Zheng also broke out in a cold sweat.
After all, the 74th Army was an iron army that fought against the Japanese. If they killed the wrong person, it would be a big trouble.
But he still said it through gritted teeth.
"General Yuan has never lost a battle, and he relies on his sharp judgment. No matter whether they are the 74th Army or the puppet army of the devils, we must be prepared for battle. Notify the west and immediately send a company with two mortars, two Maxims, and more Czech machine guns to quickly move over here. Once we open fire, immediately bombard with artillery shells and launch a flank attack!"
"understand!"
The battalion commander quickly asked the signalman to contact the west city wall.
The people on the west side were not their brothers from the New Sixth Army, but a team of police officers and ordinary people.
When the chief of the police station heard the news, he personally led his own team and some civilians, a reinforced company of more than 200 people.
In order to support the troops in the south, the director brought two mortars and two Maxim rifles, as well as two Pheasant Necks and a large number of grenade launchers.
As for the southern city wall, although it had been blown to pieces by the Japanese field artillery and airplane bombs, with the concerted efforts of soldiers and civilians, a defensive position had been rebuilt on the wall.
The dilapidated city walls were piled with sandbags.
In some places there were bunkers built with sandbags, with a shooting hole inside, where Maxim hid.
The soldiers outside had received a lot of grenades according to orders.
These brothers have already unscrewed the caps of the grenades, and some have even tied four grenades together, ready to throw them at any time.
But these brothers hid behind the sandbags and did not stick their heads out to avoid being discovered.
The people coming forward were not from the 74th Army, but the Japanese and puppet troops.
Most of them are puppet troops.
Because the puppet soldiers can speak fluent Chinese, it is not easy to be exposed.
But in order to control these puppet troops, many Japanese devils were mixed in their ranks.
Similarly, these devils also changed into the uniforms of the 74th Army.
The Japanese leader was called Shoji Tanaya, the cousin of Captain Tanaya. He was very cunning and arrogant.
When I saw the dilapidated city wall, I saw that there were not many soldiers on the wall.
A sly smile appeared on his lips.
"Yoshi, it seems that their forces are mainly in the east. Even if they see through our identities, we can still kill them in one go!"
"Keep moving forward. Do not take even a single step back without orders. Otherwise, you will be shot immediately!"
He gritted his teeth and shouted at the pseudo-army commander beside him.
"Hi Yi!"
"Baga, don't say hi, say yes!"
Tanaya Shoji shouted in a low voice.
"Yes!"
The pseudo-army commander quickly shouted at the troops to speed up and move forward.
However, the pseudo-legion commander is also very cunning.
As the highest-ranking officer of this puppet army, he did not rush to the front, but stayed at the back of the team with their artillery.
If a fighting breaks out in front, he will not be killed immediately. Instead, he will have the opportunity to use his artillery to bombard the front with shells.
The puppet troops and devils in the front advanced quickly.
"Four hundred meters!"
The leader of the militia was sweating profusely and gave a warning in a low voice.
"Don't be impatient, don't make a sound, let them come first!"
"Notify the artillerymen in the back and have them prepare for battle! Notify the artillery observers that once the fire begins, have the artillerymen destroy the enemy's artillery positions first!"
"understand!"
The battalion commander quickly crouched down and went to the artillery observer to inform him to get ready.
"Three hundred meters..."
"Two hundred meters..."
All the artillerymen on the city walls and not far behind the walls were sweating profusely.
Because they are mainly composed of brothers from the militia, the others are mostly ordinary people, and there are even some child soldiers, old soldiers and female soldiers.
The regular troops only consisted of one battalion of the New Third Regiment.
Some people are still complaining about why the Third Regiment transferred the entire regiment here.
"One hundred meters!"
On the city wall, beads of cold sweat the size of beans appeared on the forehead of the militia leader and kept dripping down.
The third commander Liu Zheng gritted his teeth and said to him.
"Find a student soldier over here!"
"I come!"
Not far away, a student soldier rushed over with a rifle in his hand, crouching down, and two quadruple grenades hanging on his body.
"Stand up and ask them what unit they are from!"
"Why let him ask? He's still a student!"
The leader of the militia directly pressed down on the student's shoulders.
"Nonsense! I just want to make the devils think that there aren't many people here so that they can relax their guard!"
"Don't worry, my people will keep him safe!"
After Liu Zheng finished speaking, one of his men immediately came to the student and comforted him.
"Don't worry, if someone opens fire, I'll be your bullet!"
"No, Hiraiwa Castle is my home, I don't need you to be my bullet."
After saying that, the student suddenly stood up and shouted loudly towards the front.
"Stop, which part are you from?"
Hearing this, all the puppet soldiers and devils were startled and hurriedly stopped, each holding a rifle and aiming at the city wall.
"Damn it, put the gun down, put the gun down!"
The puppet army company commander at the front shouted loudly.
All puppet soldiers and devils put down their guns.
The puppet army company commander then shouted loudly towards the city wall.
"Brother, we are from the 74th Army! We have wiped out the Yamazaki Brigade, and we have come here specifically to help you defend the county town!"
"Ask them how many people came!"
Liu Zheng squatted beside the student and reminded him in a low voice.
"Oh, how many of you are here?"
"There are more than a thousand of us, and the main force is still behind. Open the city gate first and let us go in to rest. We brothers have fought many Japanese soldiers. Look at our clothes, they are all covered in mud. We have just been evacuated from the battlefield. There are still many wounded soldiers. Open the city gate first! How many brothers do you have here?"
The Japanese were also very cunning. In order to pretend to be the National Army, they even used some bandages and let the puppet soldiers cut their fingers and touch some blood to pretend to be wounded.
Moreover, the puppet army company commander was also very cunning and wanted to know how many defenders there were here.
"There is only one company, all of which are militia brothers, ordinary people and students in the city, as well as some child soldiers and female soldiers!"
The students quickly answered according to Liu Zheng's reminder.
"Oh, so that's it, ah, the little devil is too vicious, you guys open the door, there are so many of us coming in, we guarantee that we can help you defend the county!"
"Then come over. I'll arrange for someone to open the door for you and prepare dinner for you!"
When they heard that dinner was going to be prepared, all the puppet soldiers and devils immediately swallowed their saliva and ran forward quickly.
The student ran back for a while, then squatted down and ran to Liu Zheng.
He touched his rapidly beating little heart and spoke softly.
"I just saw a guy next door with a bandage smoking with his injured hand. He doesn't look like a wounded person at all!"
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