In Lushun City, the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army was quiet.
This is the hinterland controlled by the Japanese army, and the encirclement and suppression of the anti-Japanese forces was particularly severe. Therefore, the anti-Japanese forces on the Lushun Peninsula were very weak and almost no action was taken.
Over time, the vigilance of the Japanese troops here has been significantly reduced, and they are far less aware of the crisis than the Japanese troops in Fengtian and Tieling areas.
The Japanese troops in Fengtian and Tieling, especially those near Huxiaoling, have always been conscientious. There is such a ferocious tiger lurking next to them, it is strange that they can sleep peacefully.
It's almost dawn, and this is the darkest moment before dawn, which is commonly known as the time when Tieguai Li steals the pot. Although it can't be said that he can't see his fingers, it's almost there.
At the gate of Lushun City, the gate was tightly closed. There was a Japanese soldier every dozen steps on the city wall, walking back and forth along the city wall with a 38-meter cap, but he looked a little listless.
A dozen puppet soldiers huddled under the battlements, playing cards under a dim lantern. They didn't look like they were here to guard at all, but more like they were on vacation. The sound of yelling could be heard far away.
The two Japanese soldiers around them turned around to look at them from time to time. In fact, their palms were a little itchy, but because of the strict discipline of the army, they did not dare to leave their posts without authorization.
It was quiet outside the city, and not a single sound could be heard. It was late winter or early spring, and everything on the earth had not yet revived, so naturally you could not hear the chirping of insects and birds.
The two Japanese soldiers walked back and forth countless times before they felt sleepy and couldn't help but yawn.
After rubbing their eyes, which were a little unable to open, the two Japanese soldiers came together and lit cigarettes, hoping to refresh themselves.
At this time, a Japanese sergeant walked out of the tower. He saw the two smoking Japanese soldiers at a glance, and ran over angrily, kicking each of them, "Baga!"
The two Japanese soldiers quickly stood at attention and shouted respectfully to him, "Hai."
After kicking the two men, the Japanese sergeant grabbed two cigarettes from their hands that had only been smoked for two puffs. He turned and walked towards the tower, putting the cigarettes into his mouth as he walked.
"This bastard." Looking at the sergeant walking away, the two Japanese soldiers cursed bitterly, but they had no choice but to swallow their anger and continue patrolling with their rifles in hand.
While the Japs were wandering listlessly on the city wall, a few shadows appeared outside the city close to the city wall. These people moved quickly and like the wind, and jumped under the city wall in the blink of an eye.
He pressed his body against the city wall, raised his head and looked at the Japs on top of the city. He waved to the leading man in camouflage camouflage, and then led the way towards the city gate.
The gate of Lushun City is also made of wood, half a foot thick, covered with copper nails, and looks very strong.
When they arrived at the gate, the leading soldier made moves towards several soldiers. The soldiers understood, took out several high-explosive bombs from their backpacks, and stood on the gate.
After the high-explosive bomb was fixed, the tall soldier at the head set the detonator, then turned around and led those people to evacuate the place and disappeared into the darkness.
In the boundless night, a bright red dot flashed on the detonator, and a slight beeping sound continued to sound, but because of the open space outside the city, no one could hear it.
Finally, when the time reached zero, I heard an earth-shattering explosion at the city gate. Two hard wooden city gates were blown up and flew towards the city, smashing the unworthy Japanese positions inside the city gate to pieces.
, not even a single heavy machine gun was hit and flew out.
--boom--!
The sound of sniper rifles rang out, and the Japs patrolling on top of the city were called out one by one by the snipers lurking in the dark, and fell to the top of the city. As a result, several Type 92 heavy machine guns on the top of the city suddenly
Lost control.
"Oh my God!" The puppet soldiers who were playing cards were so frightened that they held their heads and huddled under the protective wall, not daring to move. Their bodies were all trembling, almost as if they were sick.
The Japanese were stunned. They didn't even notice where the enemy was, but people kept getting hit and fell, which filled their hearts with fear.
"Calm down, calm down!" The sergeant who snatched the soldiers' cigarettes ran out, waving his sword and shouting, trying to suppress the panicked Japs.
In the darkness, a sniper on a big tree turned his gun on him, and then suddenly pulled the trigger.
A bullet flew out of the darkness, crossed a distance of several hundred meters, then penetrated into the head of the Japanese sergeant, and then flew out from the back of the head, bringing out a soft white thing, like tofu.
Seems like.
Without saying a word, the Japanese Army Commander raised his command knife and quickly collapsed to the ground as if his body had been ripped out of bones.
Without his pressure, the Japanese soldiers became even more panicked and basically lost control of the city.
"Come on!"
Li Wengong and the others had long been lurking less than three hundred meters away from the city gate. At this time, they jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the north gate of Lushun City.
The Japs finally woke up from their panic. Some machine guns on the city wall fired. However, because it was too dark and they were nervous, the Japs' shooting accuracy was really poor. Only two soldiers were hit by the machine guns and fell down. The rest
People continued to rush forward.
With a bang, the Japanese machine gun on top of the city turned into a ball of flames, and a shoulder-mounted rocket launcher sent him flying to the west, taking down the machine gun by the way.
With the assistance of these weapons, Li Wengong and Zhou He led their troops to quickly approach the city gate.
At this time, the Japs in the city gate regained their composure and began to shoot outwards, blocking the city gate. Li Wengong and others were blocked from the outside and did not rush in several times in a row.
"Grenade, prepare!" Zhou He leaned on the stacks on both sides of the city gate, turned around and shouted. The soldier behind him immediately pulled out the grenade from his waist, then unscrewed the cover and pulled the fuse.
Zhou Heyi stood up and pulled out the fuse of a grenade. After holding it in his hand for three or two seconds, he threw it inside and said, "Explode."
Swish, swish, swish, grenades were thrown in like raindrops, falling all over the city gate, and a lot of them also fell on the enemy's position, making it too late for the enemy to pick them up.
The explosions came one after another, covering the entire city gate hole. Thick smoke spurted out from the city gate hole, as if the city gate turned into a big chimney.
Before the smoke cleared, Li Wengong and Zhou He rushed in with their soldiers, shooting while rushing, knocking down the unprepared Japanese troops one by one.
They were already a little dizzy from being blown up by the grenade, and the smoke made them almost suffocated. So when the smoke dissipated a little, they realized that the enemy had already rushed forward.
Li Wengong held a light machine gun and fired a few bursts at four or five Japanese soldiers. Then he shouted to the soldiers, "Don't be reluctant to fight, charge." After saying this, he took the lead and rushed into the city.
Behind him, his regiment and Zhou He's independent fifth brigade rushed in like a tide, and they all rushed into the city from the city gate.
The streets in the city are relatively simple, with three horizontal and three vertical streets. The Japanese Kwantung Army headquarters is located at the intersection of the second horizontal main street and the third vertical street. It is also the only place Li Wengong and others must pass on this action route.
Holding machine guns, Li Wengong and Zhou He rushed to the front, followed by soldiers holding automatic rifles. Everyone rushed forward while shouting, and all the Japanese who blocked the way were knocked down.
The Japs happened to be resting at this time, and most of them were fast asleep in the barracks. If they were awakened by gunshots, it would take some time to rush over, so Li Wengong and the others had to pay attention to the Japs' patrols.
The Japanese patrols were easily wiped out by the soldiers. The team rushed forward without any pause, and they arrived near the Japanese headquarters.
"Shoot!" came a shout, and then saw the two machine guns placed by the Japanese at the entrance of the headquarters starting to fire. The soldiers at the front were unable to dodge and fell into a pool of blood. The soldiers behind hurriedly stopped.
, looking for cover and hiding.
Li Wengong and Zhou He observed it and saw that the Japanese headquarters occupied a tall courtyard with twelve steps in front of the door. On the roadside in front of the steps, the Japanese built two machine gun positions and an infantry position with sandbags.
At this time, a small group of Japanese soldiers were huddled in the position, holding on and resisting.
"Solve the battle as soon as possible and don't get too entangled with the Japanese." Zhou He reminded Li Wengong, worried that he would be happy and forget about business.
"Don't worry, I know what business is." As Li Wengong spoke, he called out to the two soldiers.
Both soldiers carried a fuel tank on their backs, held nozzles in their hands, and wore heat-insulating fire-proof suits on their faces and bodies.
"Give me a hard time, my grandsons." Li Wengong pressed the helmet on his head hard and pointed at the group of Japanese soldiers who were stubbornly resisting.
The two flamethrowers received the order, took two steps forward, reached a hiding place, and then raised the nozzles.
When the switch was pressed, a stream of blazing flames spurted out and instantly enveloped the Japanese defensive position, including the machine gun position.
These flames were so fierce that they burned wherever they touched, whether it was people, machine guns, or sandbags, and the entire entrance to the headquarters became a sea of flames.
In the sea of fire, the Japanese soldiers struggled wildly and howled, but to no avail. The flames had super strong adhesion, and it was almost impossible to get rid of them until everything was burned out.
The enemy's shooting stopped immediately. They couldn't protect themselves now, so they still had the ability to resist.
"The Ninth Company stayed behind and joined the brothers to capture the Japanese headquarters. The rest of the troops quickly passed through Lushun City and headed to Lushun Wharf Warehouse." Li Wengong gave the order, and then led people to rush through the gate of the headquarters. They were rushing to Lushun Port.
At the dock warehouse, there was only ten minutes left, and they did not dare to delay at all.
Zhou He ordered a detachment to stay and cooperated with the Ninth Company to capture the headquarters, which was no longer garrisoned by many people. He and Li Wengong led the troops towards the south gate.
As long as they exit the South City Gate, not far ahead is Port Arthur, and they will have completed their mission.