The squadron leader Xiaojiazi roared at the top of his lungs and ordered the artillery to fire and blow up Zhou Weiguo's lead vehicle.
Because once the leading vehicle is destroyed, the destroyed vehicle can block all the trucks behind it. As a result, the Chinese defenders will definitely be frustrated and unable to reach Baijia Town on time.
Once Baijia Town is lost, they will retreat into the city, and the Chinese reinforcements will be helpless.
I just didn't expect that at this time, just when the Japanese squadron leader was shouting at the top of his lungs and ordering to fire, gunfire suddenly came from behind them, and a Japanese artilleryman who was preparing to fire was also shot and fell to the ground.
The Japanese officer was surprised, and when he looked back, he realized that the west city gate had opened, and less than twenty Chinese defenders came out of the city.
They were the defenders of Xicheng. Although they only had less than one platoon of troops, when they saw the Japanese blocking reinforcements outside the city, they still rushed out regardless of their own safety.
They ran on the unprotected gravel ground, firing at the Japanese artillery.
However, their shooting skills were average. Twenty soldiers fired from a distance of less than 100 meters but only hit two Japanese.
With their strength, facing the Japs Hard Steel head-on is a complete courtship of death. But at a time like this, who can stay out of it?
Their brothers and comrades-in-arms were still fighting bloody battles at the East City Gate, South City Gate, and North City Gate. The number of their casualties made each of them extremely sad.
One battalion, plus the original garrison, there were less than one-third of the survivors of the two battalions. The people in the city formed a volunteer army, fighting the Japanese invaders with swords and spears.
They can't wait any longer, because only when reinforcements enter the city can those surviving comrades and brothers survive.
So they rushed out desperately and fired continuously at the Japanese artillery.
The Japanese squadron leader was completely irritated. He ordered the artillerymen to turn their guns and fire at the defenders who attacked them, and assembled six Japanese artillerymen and a machine gunner to shoot wildly at the defenders.
In the face of the powerful firepower of the Japanese, the twenty Chinese defenders were unable to resist. Five soldiers fell on the charging road under the machine gun fire of the Japanese.
The remaining soldiers charged under the Japanese artillery fire and shuttled quickly among the Japanese bullets.
Someone would fall every second. But they had no time to ask whether their comrades were still alive, but continued to charge despite the enemy's bullets.
They couldn't compete with the Japanese in terms of marksmanship, but at this time, they dared to compare their lives with the Japanese.
After suffering eleven casualties, the defenders rushed into the Japanese artillery position, and the two sides fought hand-to-hand with guns.
The Japanese squadron leader was followed by artillerymen with average combat experience, and the two sides were evenly matched in the fight.
But the Japanese squadron leader was very brave. He pulled out his sword to block the bayonet of a defender, and then slashed the soldier's hand along the barrel of the defender's gun.
The sharp steel knife directly cut off the defender's left hand. The severe pain caused the defender's body to freeze on the spot.
The frantic Japanese squadron leader stabbed the Chinese defender in the chest while the defender could not move.
The Japanese officer was very proud and was about to draw out his sword to kill another Chinese defender, but unexpectedly at this moment, his sword could not be drawn out.
It turned out that his knife was firmly grasped by the Chinese defender with his only remaining right hand, and red blood seeped out and dripped from the gap in his right hand, just like a broken string of beads.
"idiot!"
The Japanese squadron leader roared, but at this moment, his lower back hurt. It turned out that another soldier took the risk of being attacked by the enemy and attacked the Japanese squadron leader from behind.
Phew! Phew!
But at the same time, the Chinese defender who assassinated and wounded the Japanese squadron leader was also stabbed in the back with two bayonets.
The bayonet penetrated his abdomen, and the defender vomited blood.
But at this moment he was laughing, and the Chinese defender whose chest was stabbed by the Japanese squadron leader was also laughing.
Both of them looked miserable, but at this moment, they were smiling so brightly.
They fired grenades at the same time, and with a huge explosion, the entire Japanese artillery position was completely silenced.
Zhou Weiguo's convoy thus broke through the Japanese defense line.
Zhou Weiguo sat in the passenger seat, shot the remaining Japanese artillery, and saluted the fallen defenders who fell to the ground.
Because without them, he and his truck would probably have been killed by the Japanese artillery fire.
But when he turned around again and looked at the driver beside him, he found that his posture and eyes had never changed. He was staring ahead, and the three ferocious bullet holes on his chest were still bleeding slowly.
"Xiao Wang!"
Zhou Weiguo roared, but the other party showed no reaction at all.
The driver Xiao Wang died, but even at the last moment of his life, he did not forget to hold the steering wheel and step on the accelerator.
The car is still speeding, but the driver has died.
Zhou Weiguo slowly closed his eyes, and two lines of hot tears welled up from the corners of his eyes.
He said to Xiao Wang: "Your car has been driving so well. We are about to enter the city. I will take you to kill the Japanese."
The defenders of Xicheng looked at the lead truck full of bullet holes and the reinforcement soldiers who died on the truck, and saluted one after another.
There were only eight of them left, and the rest rushed out of the city, and they all died on the Japanese artillery positions.
Zhou Weiguo also saluted the defenders on the city wall in the car, because it was because of them that Baijia Town was still in the hands of the Chinese.
Meanwhile, a second truck, a third truck, a fourth, a fifth, a sixth,...
Trucks entered the city one by one, adding courage to the officers and soldiers defending the city. They stared at these battle-hardened reinforcements, then quickly divided into two teams and ran along the city wall toward the north and south gates.
Because they know that the battlefield outside the West City is not the most brutal. The most brutal ones are the gates of the North City, South City, and East City.
The three city gates have been in emergency for a long time, and it took them a long time to send reinforcements.
There was only one platoon of defenders guarding the west city gate, with a total of forty people. Twelve of them had rushed to support the south city and north city gates before.
Originally, they wanted to go, but their platoon leader said that West City was the gateway for reinforcements to enter the city and must not be lost. So twenty-eight of them guarded the West City Gate.
When the Japanese army detoured towards the West City, they even thought that the Japanese were going to attack the West City Gate, but they did not expect that the Japanese did not stop at all when they arrived at the West City, but went to block the reinforcements.
The two squad leaders who were guarding the city were anxious in their eyes. Of course, they could have waited at the city gate, so that no one in their two squads would be killed or injured.
But now that the war has reached this point, can anyone really remain indifferent?
As a result, only eight people were left on the city wall. The rest left the city and attacked the Japanese artillery positions, buying a lot of time for reinforcements to enter the city.
At this time, their mission had been successfully completed, so the eight people on the city wall immediately divided into two teams to support the South City and the North City respectively.
Maybe this time they will see each other again forever, but they still have no hesitation! . . .