Outside the south gate of Yuguan City, soldiers from the Ninth Brigade of the Northeast Army were on duty.
Usually there are two soldiers from the Northeast Army here, but due to the recent frequent provocations by the Japanese, the number of soldiers here has been increased to four, and the shift interval has also been changed from four hours to two hours.
Holding his rifle and leaning against the crenel at the city gate, Wu Laohai took out a cigarette from his pocket, then struck a match with a hiss and lit the cigarette.
Taking a deep breath, Wu Laohai felt that his whole body was extremely comfortable. It felt like he was thrown out of the sky, surrounded by clouds, and like a heavy smoker who hadn't smoked for a long time and finally got it.
It's like a pack of cigarettes, and it makes you feel thirsty in your bones.
"Comfortable, so damn comfortable!" Wu Laohai blew out a smoke ring, then opened his eyes, and suddenly found a head parked less than three inches away from him, with a pair of big eyes staring at him.
Look.
Startled, Wu Laohai almost threw the cigarette in his hand at the big face, but then he realized, isn't this the monitor?
"Squad leader, are you here?" Wu Laohai hurriedly stood up straight, then saluted the visitor, quietly extinguished the cigarette in his hand on the bricks, and put it back in his pocket.
The big head retracted back, revealing the whole body. It was Hu Delin, the monitor of Wu Laohai's class, standing in front of Wu Laohai and his friends with his hands on his hips.
Wu Laohai and others knew that their squad leader had a bad temper, so they hurriedly stood at their respective sentry posts, held their rifles and held their chests high, looking decent.
Hu Delin touched the beard stubble on his chin and looked at these four people. There were still a few people behind him. This was the entire class of his class. "Malebas, you all stand guard for me. If something happens to me,
One shot will kill all of you idiots."
"Yes, squad leader!" Wu Laohai and others responded in unison, and then they did not dare to be too casual.
Hu Delin was also very aware of Wu Laohai's disengagement just now, but this phenomenon was too common among local warlords and could not be controlled, so everyone turned a blind eye.
However, people like Wu Laohai are all veterans. Although they are a little worse in discipline, their combat effectiveness is still unambiguous. After all, they are veterans who have been in the military for many years and have been hardened.
If you want to be a good veteran, you must have excellent combat skills, otherwise no one will want you in other armies. Although these veteran greasers don't stay long in any army, they all do well.
He just has some real skills.
Hu Delin led his men to check the guard post at the city gate, and just as he was about to turn around and go back, he heard a sudden burst of gunfire from the direction of the station.
"Where is the shooting going on?" Hu Delin quickly pulled out the shell gun, then looked around, and soon found the location where the gunfire came from, "Malebazi's, it turns out to be a kid."
"Squad leader, what kind of guns are you putting at the station in broad daylight?" A soldier asked in a low voice beside him, but Hu Delin gave him a look. "Ask me, who can I ask?"
The gunfire from the direction of the station became more and more intense, and soon after, a group of Japanese soldiers were seen running from the direction of the station, heading straight for the city gate.
Hu Delin raised the rifle in his hand and shouted, "Whoever is coming, stop, or you'll shoot."
"Baga, we are the Japanese Imperial Army garrison. Someone assassinated Imperial soldiers at the station just now. They have been beaten away. We suspect that they ran into the city, so we should get out of the way immediately and let us in." A Japanese sergeant walked out of the team.
, shouted towards the city gate.
Hu Delin frowned and shouted, "This is the Northeastern Army's security area, you can't go in."
"Get out of the way, or we will shoot." The Japanese sergeant shouted, raising the Nambu pistol in his hand.
Seeing that the Japanese were about to take action, Wu Laohai and others raised their guns almost simultaneously and aimed at the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side.
The two sides faced off, and for a while the group of Japanese soldiers gave in. They put away their guns and retreated, but they did not leave too far, and instead ran towards a residential area not far from the city gate.
"Squad leader, what do the Japanese want to do?" When the soldiers saw that the Japanese had retreated, they relaxed and asked Hu Delin in a low voice.
Hu Delin's face was serious, with no intention of relaxing at all. He shouted, "Please be alert. I'm afraid the devils are not malicious this time. There will be excitement later."
Under the watchful eye of the Northeastern Army at the gate of the city, the Japanese soldiers occupied the common people's house, then moved ladders to the roof and mounted machine guns on it.
The muzzle of the machine gun was pointed in the direction of the city wall. It goes without saying that the purpose of this was obvious. The soldiers all became alert. On the one hand, they ordered people to go to the city to report, and on the other hand, they watched the Japanese soldiers warily.
At this time, another group of Japanese soldiers rushed over and joined the group just now. Now there was a small group of Japanese soldiers outside the city gate, which was several times more than the Northeastern Army at the city gate.
"Squad leader, what should we do?" The soldiers looked at the Japanese troops and their hearts skipped a beat. Wu Laohai and other veterans had already smelled the danger in advance.
Hu Delin looked at the increasing number of Japs and said in a deep voice, "Why panic? In the worst case, we will start fighting with the Japs. There is nothing to be afraid of."
"That's right, squad leader, the worst we can do is fight with the Japanese!" people shouted, and the crowd was excited.
At this time, a rumbling sound came from the distant horizon. Hu Delin and the others felt that the ground was shaking slightly. They looked around and saw several Japanese chariots approaching from the direction of the station, with plaster flags on the front of the vehicles.
It's particularly eye-catching in the sun.
"Damn it, Malebazi, it seems that the Japanese are serious about it." Hu Delin spat and shouted to the soldiers, "Quickly, close the city gate!"
If nothing unusual can be seen at this point, then Hu Delin's head is either dumber than a pig's, or it was pinched by the door.
Wu Laohai and a few others hurriedly pushed the city gates together. The heavy city gates creaked and closed together.
At this time, the two squads of the second platoon of the Ninth Company to which Hu Delin belonged also arrived. They quickly helped Wu Laohai and others close the city gate, and then used sandbags to block half of the city gate from the city gate opening.
After doing all this, Hu Delin led his squad to the city wall and looked at the Japanese on the opposite side.
While they were closing the city gate, the Japanese outside the city had already assembled a squadron of troops and were busy behind several chariots. They moved several ladders and tied them together with ropes.
, forming a ladder.
"The Japs are about to attack the city!" the second platoon leader, who is from Tangshan, Hebei, spoke with a Tangshan accent, staring at the Japs busy, "Everyone is ready to join the battle at any time."
"Yes!" The soldiers all cheered up after hearing this. They had been holding back for a long time. They were not afraid of the Japanese being fierce and stubborn, but they were afraid that they would not be allowed to take action.
There was a loud crashing noise, and the soldiers crouched behind the fortifications of the city wall, extending their guns from the firing holes in the crenels, and pointed them at the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side.
At this time, the Japanese's ladders had been prepared, and there were not one but three ladders. A group of Japanese soldiers carried the ladders and rushed toward the city wall. In front of them were the chariots leading the way.
Da da da da da, the machine guns mounted by the Japanese on the houses opened fire first. There were a total of six crooked machine guns mounted on the houses. When they fired together, someone on the city wall was suddenly hit.
"Fire!" the second platoon leader gave the order, and the Northeast Army's machine gun on the city wall also opened fire, and they started shooting at the Japanese. Bullets flew back and forth for a while, and smoke was everywhere.
"For the Great Japanese Empire, charge forward!" The Japanese soldiers carrying the ladder rushed forward and set up the ladder on the city wall. Then a group of Japanese soldiers who took off their shirts and wrapped white cloths around their heads climbed up the ladder one after another.
, and went straight to the top of the city.
Seeing the Japs crawling towards the top of the city, the soldiers stretched their guns out of the city wall and started shooting at the Japs. Japs kept falling from the ladders and fell to the ground motionless, but immediately more Japs rushed up from behind.
took his place.
With a muffled thud, the Japanese grenade launchers began to attack. As each Type 92 grenade was launched, some machine gun positions on the top of the city exploded, and several machine guns suddenly went silent.
Booms of gunfire rang out below the city. At this time, the Japanese soldiers responsible for covering the Japanese siege began to suppress the firepower on the city, which immediately put a lot of pressure on the city.
The Japanese tanks also started, rumbling towards the city gate. Seeing that they were planning to hit the city gate, the long tank gun hit the city gate heavily, and the city gate filled with sandbags suddenly shook.
After a while, a dozen sandbags rolled down from above.
Without knocking it open, the tank immediately took two steps back, and then continued to ram forward. It hit the city gate again, and several more sandbags were knocked loose.
The Japanese chariot kept retreating, then rammed forward, hitting the city gate one after another. The city gate covered with copper nails was now scarred, and impact scars and falling metal could be seen everywhere.
Moreover, the most important thing is that with the impact of the Japanese chariots, the sandbags blocking the city gate have loosened a lot, which has obviously made it possible to open a gap in the city gate. Although it is only the size of a finger now, as they continue
The impact will become larger and larger until finally a passage is opened for people to enter and exit.
At that time, the Japanese soldiers following the chariots will swarm in and occupy the city gate.
The second platoon leader also discovered this situation. He shouted to Hu Delin, "Hu Delin, take your first squad to block the gate of the city for me, so that no Japanese can come in."
"yes!"
Hu Delin responded, turned around and shouted to his class, "Class 1, follow me." After saying that, he jumped off the city wall first and ran straight to the city gate.
Wu Laohai and others fired another shot outside the city, then picked up their rifles and followed Hu Delin down the city wall. They had sacrificed one soldier so far, and only ten people were left.
"Block the city gate for me, don't let a Japs rush in." Hu Delin shouted while holding a pistol.