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

Chapter 81: Japanese Warplanes Bombing, Nationalist Soldiers Charge Forward Amidst the Flames

After saying that, he led his reserve team and charged straight into the street ahead.

At the front, a soldier shouted:

"Battalion Commander, let's retreat! The Japanese air fire is too intense; the brothers are going to be burned to death!!"

Lin Yongzhi's gaze was resolute, and his voice was icy.

"Don't retreat! The Japanese are right across the street. If we retreat, they'll immediately press on. Nanjing isn't that big; where can we retreat to?!"

Just then, Wang Dayong rushed over and shouted to Lin Yongzhi:

"Old Lin, the commander has ordered us to charge forward!!"

"forward?"

Lin Yongzhi was stunned for a moment.

Wang Dayong laughed and said, "You country bumpkin! The Japanese are bombing this area. Let's charge forward into the Japanese-occupied area and entangle ourselves with their ground troops. Let's see if the Japanese dare to keep bombing then!"

These words were like a wake-up call, and Lin Yongzhi burst into laughter.

"The commander is indeed smart, much better than you, you idiot."

After saying this, he called on his soldiers to charge at the Japanese troops ahead, braving the bombing by the Japanese air force.

Wang Dayong followed after him, cursing and swearing.

"Who are you calling a bastard? You son of a bitch, explain yourself clearly!!"

In the block ahead, Kiyoaki Yoshikawa was leading more than 500 Japanese soldiers, waiting for the bombing to end.

The Japanese soldiers were quite pleased with themselves as they looked at the streets shrouded in aerial bombs and incendiary bombs.

"I'd like to see if incendiary bombs can burn these indestructible Chinese soldiers to death."

"Hmph, see those white phosphorus bombs? They reach temperatures of over a thousand degrees Celsius; they can burn through iron, let alone a person! Unless the enemy is harder than steel!"

"With the air force bombing so fiercely, won't the attack turn into clearing out enemy corpses?"

"That would be so boring, but I like things to be a little boring. The enemy's firepower was really fierce before."

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As the Japanese soldiers chatted amongst themselves about the situation in the streets ahead, Yoshikawa Kiyoaki suddenly frowned.

Through the observation hole, he saw what appeared to be figures moving about in the smoke-filled streets ahead.

"What's going on?"

Just as Yoshikawa Seimei was wondering what was going on, a sharp whistling sound suddenly came from that moment.

That was Wang Chengzhu's artillery battalion, with 46 cannons, simultaneously covering the street where Yoshikawa Kiyoaki and others were located.

"Captain, watch out!!!"

A soldier shouted and tackled Yoshikawa Kiyoaki to the ground.

"Boom!!!"

Several rounds of artillery fire were fired simultaneously, and hundreds of shells fell into the streets in an instant.

Wang Dayong and Lin Yongzhi led several hundred soldiers who, at this moment, directly charged into the Japanese-held area under their own artillery fire.

The Japanese soldiers who had just been hit by artillery shells had just gotten up from their bunkers or the ground when they heard a series of rapid footsteps coming from ahead.

"Thump thump thump!!"

The sound was dense and rapid, getting closer and closer.

The next moment, amidst the lingering smoke, rows of Nationalist soldiers, their bodies blackened like demons in the night, charged towards the Japanese troops, carrying submachine guns and rifles.

"Da da da!!!!"

The submachine gun, blackened by smoke, roared, and scorching bullets burst from its cold muzzle.

"Pfft pfft!!!"

The bullet pierced the chest of the Japanese soldier. These Japanese soldiers never expected that the enemy, who were repeatedly bombarded by the air force, would not retreat but instead launch a counterattack against them.

"Boom!!!"

Those were the explosions of hand grenades.

Many Japanese tanks parked in the streets were directly attached to their surfaces by the sticky bombs of the engineering squads before they could even start.

"boom!!!!"

With a deafening roar, the high-explosive material attached to the sticky bomb, like the claws of a giant beast, instantly pierced through the armor plate.

Even the crew members inside the vehicle were burned and torn apart by the high temperature and shockwave from the explosion.

The attacking troops surged forward like a torrent.

Wherever they went, there were burning tanks and Japanese soldiers whose bodies were pierced by submachine guns.

Yoshikawa Kiyoaki was also caught off guard. He had just gotten up from the ground when he heard a burst of gunfire, explosions, and screams coming from the smoke ahead.

"Hold the line! Machine guns, prepare to fire!!!"

He hurriedly shouted.

But at that very moment, over-caliber warheads were launched into the air.

It was the Panzerfaust 60, which directly bombarded the streets in front, making it impossible for the Japanese troops there to mount an effective defense, thus facilitating the subsequent attacking forces to rush over directly.

"Boom!!!"

The 100mm warhead is enough to destroy a tank, exploding upon impact and creating a shockwave and shrapnel that engulfs the entire city.

Before Yoshikawa Seimei could even get up from the ground, the second round of bombardment followed, then the third, and the fourth.

When the bombardment finally ended, Yoshikawa Kiyoaki got up from the ground, only to find that in front of him, there was an enemy covered in blood and with a blackened face, who was already charging towards him.

"Machine guns, fire!!!"

He frantically brandished his command sword, but his own machine gun positions remained completely silent.

The relentless bombardment from the Panzerfaust 60 had completely silenced several machine gun positions.

Only bolt-action rifles opened fire at this moment.

However, most of the soldiers charging towards them were equipped with submachine guns.

It is obvious which side has stronger firepower.

More than 500 elite Japanese soldiers finally collapsed completely and fled to the rear.

Kiyoaki Yoshikawa was also swept backward by the soldiers, but before he could run far, soldiers suddenly attacked from the flank.

Those were the soldiers led by Lin Yongzhi, who took advantage of the Japanese army's confusion to directly outflank and surround the group of Japanese soldiers, cutting off their retreat.

"Hold on!!! We'll be safe once we retreat to the rear blocks!!"

Yoshikawa Seimei shouted, but the next moment, a burst of bullets swept towards him.

"Pfft pfft!!!! Crack crack!!"

The sound of a bullet shattering his skull rang in his ears.

Yoshikawa Seimei suddenly felt his body become light, then quickly heavy, until he completely lost his balance and fell to the ground with a thud.

He realized that the cracking sound he had just heard was the sound of his skull being pierced.

The MG42 machine gun deployed on the flank had now become a scythe of death, firing wildly at the retreating Japanese soldiers.

"Hiss hiss hiss!!!!"

That terrifying roar was like the roar of a chainsaw; the bullets that flew out weren't cutting down trees, but reaping lives.

Upon hearing the intense gunfire from within the city, Tani Hisao assumed the battle was progressing smoothly and awaited good news of the enemy's defeat.

He was eating lunch at the time, putting the freshly made sushi into his mouth.

But at that moment, Shimono Kazuho suddenly entered the command post and said:

"Your Excellency Division Commander, our forward troops have suffered a rout, and the enemy has only ceased their attack after recapturing two city blocks."

The company lost at least 12 tanks and armored vehicles, and suffered over 300 dead.

"What?!"

Hisao Tani's face darkened, and the sushi he was about to eat fell to the ground.