Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2710: The Tiger's Mouth Post fell!

As Nakamura looked on in horror, the bullet pierced through his chest, leaving a pool of blood.

Nakamura collapsed to the ground weakly. Perhaps he never dreamed that he would die in this impregnable Tiger's Mouth Outpost!

At this time, with Nakamura's death, the morale of the Japanese soldiers who were fighting stubbornly dropped greatly. They were at a loss in shock and were very confused.

They didn't know whether to continue to persevere or give up the Tiger's Mouth Post.

However, at this moment, Duanwu made the choice for them.

There is an old Chinese saying that goes "eradicate all evil".

From the very beginning, Duanwu never thought of letting these Japanese and puppet troops go.

In just over ten minutes of fighting, most of the Japanese and puppet troops were killed or wounded, and the remaining ones were just trying to put up a desperate fight.

Under the intensive firepower of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces, the Japanese only launched sporadic counterattacks, and the three machine gun positions on the city wall were always under pressure.

Duanwu seized the opportunity and quickly cleared the Japanese and puppet troops on the ground.

He held a submachine gun and moved nimbly across the battlefield. Every Japanese or puppet soldier that caught his eye would be shot down by him in the next second.

Duanwu's movements were smooth and fluid, as if every movement had been engraved in his muscle memory.

As a result, during the Dragon Boat Festival raid, the number of Japanese and puppet troops inside the Hukou outpost decreased rapidly.

At this time, the anti-Japanese fighters on the top of the cliff began to parachute with the help of ropes, and the entire battle situation was completely crushing.

Perhaps when the Japanese built the Hukou outpost, they never thought that someone would launch an attack from the top of the cliff.

Of course, they had thought about it, but they felt that the machine gun positions on the city walls and on the ground could fully handle it.

But unexpectedly, their enemies not only climbed up the cliff, but also crossed the thorn forest that was like a mountain of knives, and launched an attack at dawn when they were least alert.

So when all the impossible became possible, the Hukou Whistle Post was completely destroyed.

All the Japanese soldiers were killed in the battle, and only about twenty puppet soldiers who were not restrained by the Japanese soldiers escaped.

Duanwu occupied the Hukou Post and ordered everyone to clean up the battlefield immediately. He took Li Ergou to find a breakthrough on the walls on both sides of the Japs Hukou Post and blew it up.

However, the city wall built by the Japanese was much stronger than expected. It was not made of ordinary bricks, but pieces of bluestone from the mountains.

This kind of stone is much harder than red bricks, and even a cannon may not be able to break it.

Moreover, the thickness of the city wall is also amazing. It is more than three meters wide at the top and at least seven or eight meters wide at the bottom.

Duanwu and Li Ergou observed carefully along the city wall, fearing that they would miss any valuable clues.

The wall of the Hukou Outpost is so strong that it is beyond imagination. If we don’t find its weak point, even a ton of explosives may not be able to blow it down.

"Ergou, what do you think?"

Duanwu asked Li Ergou helplessly.

Li Ergou smacked his lips, also with an embarrassed look on his face: "Captain, the solidity of this city wall is beyond imagination. I know this bluestone, it is the hardest stone in this mountain. I don't know where the devils got so many stones from?"

Duanwu said: "Why ask? It must be the devils who forced the villagers to do it. Wait!"

At this moment, Duanwu suddenly thought of something.

Bluestone is the hardest stone in this mountain, and it is estimated that the two walls of the Hukou Outpost require at least several hundred tons of stone.

Could the Japanese get so many stones in such a short time? This was obviously impossible.

Thinking of this, Duanwu's eyes lit up and he said, "Ergou, use a rope to lower me down and take a look."

Li Ergou asked in confusion: "Captain, what are you going to do?"

Duanwu didn't have time to explain, but said, "Just do it."

"Yes!" Li Ergou found a rope, tied one end of the rope to Duanwu's body, and the other end to Li Ergou himself.

Duanwu climbed down the city wall, then lay on it, digging along the cracks in the bluestone with a bayonet.

The soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield saw this and asked in confusion: "Captain, what are you doing? Why are you lying on the wall?"

Another soldier asked, "Did you find any treasure?"

"Maybe. The captain's eyes are like a pair of sharp eyes."

"That's right, maybe we've found the gold bars hidden by the Japanese again!"

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A group of soldiers were speculating wildly.

But unexpectedly, Duanwu really found the treasure at this time.

But it was not a gold bar, but after he removed a piece of bluestone, he saw mud.

Sure enough, just as Duanwu guessed, if such a thick city wall was made entirely of bluestone, how much would it take?

Therefore, it is impossible for the Japanese to use bluestone to build the city walls.

Since we can’t use bluestone all the time, what did the Japanese use?

Duanwu guessed it was mud.

And sure enough, Duanwu guessed correctly that the Japanese used mud.

The next step is easy. Just pry off the bluestone at several important supporting positions of the city wall, bury explosives and detonate them, and the two city walls will inevitably collapse.

Thinking of this, Duanwu immediately asked Li Ergou to pull him up, and then asked the soldiers to use Duanwu's method to pry down the bluestones at several points on the city wall and bury explosives inside.

The explosives were ready-made, as they were in the ammunition depot of the Japanese Hukou outpost.

These explosives may be used by the Japanese to defend the city.

Perhaps the Japs imagined that the enemy would attack the city from the west and reach the city. At this time, the Imperial Army would ignite the explosives and throw them down the city wall, killing all the enemies.

The Japanese had a very good idea, but unfortunately, they encountered Duanwu who fell from the sky and the anti-Japanese fighters who were equipped with automatic weapons.

Thus, the impregnable Hukou outpost fell, and Duanwu found a flaw in the city wall.

Time passed minute by minute. After cleaning up the battlefield, the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces soldiers all left from the west gate in horse-drawn carriages with supplies.

Duanwu, Li Ergou, and the remaining Anti-Japanese Allied Forces fighters were carrying out the final finishing work.

All the explosives have been buried, and all that remains is the final wiring work.

Duanwu repeatedly confirmed the fuse under the east city wall, and then ordered to blow up the east city wall first.

Originally, Li Ergou suggested detonating both city walls at the same time because they only had one detonator.

But Duanwu was afraid that something might go wrong with the east city wall.

He also thought that if the east city wall was not completely destroyed, he would blow it up again, since the Japanese still had a lot of explosives.

But if the western city wall is also blown up, it will be difficult to blow up the eastern city wall.

So Duanwu left the west city wall behind, connected the fuse to the east city wall, and pressed the detonator.

Boom!

With a loud bang, the east city wall collapsed, stirring up a cloud of dust.

When the smoke and dust cleared, the explosion effect was even better than Duanwu had expected.

Although it is impossible for the entire city wall to turn into a pile of rubble, which is simply unrealistic, the main body of the wall has completely collapsed.

Duanwu was very satisfied and immediately ordered Li Ergou to take the detonator and the two of them ran outside the west city wall.

Once the western city wall is blown up, the battle at Hukou Outpost will be completely over!

(End of this chapter)