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

Chapter 34 Destroys Japanese artillery positions and kills a Japanese colonel.

A large number of Japanese soldiers on the position were engulfed by the shockwave of the exploding shells. The violent shockwave tore their bodies apart like the claws of a beast.

Screams and explosions filled the air, turning the entire sky a crimson red.

Serikawa Hide, standing at the front of the position, looked at the position behind him engulfed in explosions, lying prostrate on the ground, still not understanding what had happened.

Could it be that some foolish soldier mishandled the shell and accidentally triggered its warhead?

But he quickly dismissed that possibility. He heard a sharp whistle, which was probably enemy artillery bombarding them.

But how is that possible?

The enemy troops were all fleeing towards Nanjing, and the enemy forces on the other side were not equipped with artillery, so it was impossible for them to know the location of their artillery positions.

The shells fired by these cannons appear to have come from behind.

Are there still Nationalist army soldiers fleeing behind?

Impossible. Even if they did, where would they get so many cannons?

Just as Hideki Serikawa was pondering how to respond, the explosions gradually subsided.

However, the position was already in a mess, with many artillery pieces destroyed and others overturned to the ground by the strong blast wave.

Even in areas where no secondary explosions occurred, many soldiers were killed or injured due to the surrounding explosions.

Just as Serikawa Hide was about to give the order to organize the defense, the buzzing sound came again.

The buzzing sound was much clearer than before.

Soldiers on R70 motorcycles, operating MG34 or MG42 machine guns, began firing at Japanese artillery positions.

They fired as they advanced, the motorcycles quickly rushing into the artillery positions thanks to their excellent maneuverability.

At this moment, the Japanese artillery positions were littered with dead and wounded soldiers. Even those who were lucky enough to survive were brought down to the ground by the dense machine gun fire.

On the back of the motorcycle, the commando soldiers directly stuffed thermite into the Japanese artillery.

Once activated, the thermite began to emit a large amount of light and heat, enough to burn through the barrels and mechanisms of Japanese artillery, rendering the Japanese artillery completely unrepairable.

"Counterattack! Organize a counterattack immediately!!! Don't let them get close to the artillery!!"

Hideki Serikawa knew very well that losing these artillery pieces would greatly reduce the firepower of the entire Ninth Division.

Dozens of Japanese soldiers around him launched an attack under his command.

Meanwhile, the machine gunners riding in the sidecar of the motorcycles were operating their machine guns, firing at an extremely high rate of fire as they moved.

The resulting firepower was so tight that it was extremely difficult for Japanese soldiers to approach the position.

Japanese artillery regiments were mainly equipped with cannons, with very few rifles and machine guns.

The subsequent explosion of the shells left them powerless, and it was too late for them to organize a counterattack or defense.

Just as Serikawa Hide was pondering what to do, a rustling sound suddenly came from behind him.

Long Wenzhang and Lin Yongzhi, leading over a hundred soldiers, maneuvered to the front of the Japanese artillery positions and began a pincer attack.

When Serikawa Hideyoshi looked around, he realized that there were only four or five Japanese soldiers left beside him.

"Hold them off."

He shouted and began to run wildly toward the command post not far away.

But at that moment, a barrage of gunfire erupted.

The soldiers of the 3rd Regiment, armed with MP submachine guns, pulled the triggers in this direction.

Serikawa Hide hurriedly lay prostrate on the ground, but the hundreds of soldiers had already pressed forward and were closing in on them.

Long Wenzhang led the charge, and the soldiers followed suit, roaring as they advanced.

With overwhelming firepower and superior numbers, those four or five Japanese soldiers were quickly overpowered and fell to the ground.

Upon seeing this, Serikawa Hide let out a desperate roar and swiftly drew his katana from his waist.

But at that moment, he saw a man with thick eyebrows and bloodshot eyes charging at him with a submachine gun.

"bring it on!!!"

Serikawa Hide shouted and charged toward Long Wenzhang.

Ke Long kept in mind Li Jianghe's earnest teachings.

Seven paces away, the gun is fast; within seven paces, the gun is both accurate and fast!

Forget about Bushido spirit, let the submachine gun in my hand do the talking.

"Da da da!!!!"

The only response to Serikawa Hide was the flying bullets from submachine guns.

Serikawa Hide's body convulsed as bullets left several holes in his body.

After killing Serikawa Hide, Long Wenzhang's assault team showed no signs of stopping and continued to attack the Japanese positions.

Caught between two attacks, the Japanese army, already lacking weapons and stunned by the bombing, began to suffer a widespread rout.

At the 9th Division headquarters, Yoshizumi Ryosuke was monitoring the attack from the direction of Xinzhuang.

But the sudden, violent explosion at the artillery position made him turn his head and look at the area shrouded in explosions and flashes in the darkness.

"What's the situation at the artillery position? Did a shell detonate? Or was it attacked by the enemy?"

He asked in a cold voice.

Chief of Staff Hiroshi Nakagawa hurriedly picked up the phone to inquire.

After a long pause, the call was finally connected. Before the soldier could say anything, he was hit by a flying bullet. After that, all that could be heard through the receiver were gunshots, explosions, and the hum of motorcycles.

"Attack! The artillery position is under attack by the enemy!!"

Nakagawa Hiroshi looked up and said.

This made Yoshizumi Ryosuke's pupils shrink, wondering where the enemy on the other side would have any extra troops to launch an attack.

Did they attack from behind?

"Send a large brigade to provide support!!!"

Yoshizumi Ryosuke turned around and said that he had a bad feeling. The explosion was too loud, and the gunshots coming from the dark night were too frequent.

Either the attacking enemy forces were numerous, or the enemy forces were equipped with a large number of machine guns and submachine guns.

Thinking of this, Yoshizumi Ryosuke pictured the Sihang Warehouse in his mind.

The Chinese army that broke through the encirclement was also equipped with a large number of submachine guns and machine guns, and there was a type of machine gun that resembled the German MG34, with an extremely high rate of fire and fierce firepower.

On the artillery position, Li Jianghe and his men had already charged up. The Japanese soldiers there were either dead or fled, and all the artillery pieces were destroyed.

However, Li Jianghe saw some good things: a large number of field guns and mountain gun shells piled up behind the position that had not yet been detonated.

Without any hesitation, Li Jianghe stored the shells in the system's warehouse.

There were more than 20,000 rounds.

Unfortunately, he had limited troops and was unable to encircle and annihilate this Japanese army.

So in those ten minutes or so, they only killed more than 300 Japanese soldiers, but they received 23,000 merit points as a reward.

Among the Japanese soldiers killed was a Japanese colonel.

During Long Wenzhang's charge, he mistook the enemy soldier for some unknown Japanese soldier and casually fired a shot.

Upon closer inspection, it was discovered that the man held a high rank; he was Serikawa Hide, the commander of the 9th Mountain Artillery Regiment.