Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Chapter 400 A bloody battle in the four lines!
Li Guotao went on to say: "What we need to do now is to defend the Sihang Warehouse with all our strength and take advantage of this opportunity to consume a large number of the Japanese troops."

"Only when we hurt them and scare them, and they know how powerful we are, will they stop attacking, and only then can we ensure that the Sihang Warehouse will not be lost."

Although the Japanese said they would take the Sihang Warehouse at all costs, once they discovered that the losses were far beyond their imagination, the Sihang Warehouse became like a bottomless pit, constantly swallowing up their soldiers, and most importantly, there was no end in sight.

Then they would have to reconsider whether to continue the attack and whether it was worth paying such a huge price.

At this time, the Japanese should consider whether they can use other methods to seize the Sihang Warehouse.

Captain Xie nodded and said, "In that case, now we can only fight the devils to the death."

"No matter what, you have to guard the warehouse for me. We must not let the Japanese get in."

"Yes!"

At daybreak, a large motorboat rose up in the concession and slowly flew over the Suzhou River, overlooking the Sihang Warehouse from above.

Those sitting here are military observers from various countries in the concession.

The Battle of Shanghai has long attracted worldwide attention, and countries around the world have sent military observers to Shanghai to watch the battle.

As the main force of the Chinese army withdrew from the Zhabei area, the fighting in the urban area was basically over, with only the Sihang Warehouse still holding out.

So now the Sihang Warehouse has become the focus, and these foreign observers naturally would not miss this big show, so they rushed over early, sat on the airship, and occupied the best viewing positions.

From the airship, you can look down and see the entire situation around the Sihang Warehouse.

Not only these Western observers, but also a large number of people crowded on the south bank of Suzhou River, overlooking the situation in the Sihang Warehouse.

These people have different thoughts. Some are really worried about the situation, while others are simply here to watch the fun.

The riverside was already crowded with people, who stretched their necks and waited eagerly for the big show to begin.

On the Japanese position on the opposite bank, Konoe Xun hid in a relatively safe place, staring fiercely at the Sihang Warehouse opposite.

A Japanese officer walked over quickly and said respectfully: "Report to His Excellency the Commander, all attacking units are ready for battle, and the Marines have also entered the attack position."

"Yoshi~!"

The Guards nodded in satisfaction and said, "Let's get started!"

"Hai!"

The Japanese officer responded respectfully, turned around and ran to convey the order.

The order to attack was quickly passed down.

The direct-fire artillery and tanks on the Japanese positions were the first to open fire at the Sihang Warehouse.

A rumbling sound of artillery fire rang out, and shells hit the west wall of the Sihang Warehouse one after another. Violent explosions continued to sound, and clouds of dust rose from the building.

"here we go!"

"The Japanese have begun to attack."

On the huge airship, all the foreign observers couldn't help but cast their eyes towards the Sihang Warehouse.

And bursts of shouting broke out from the crowd on the other side.

"The Japs are starting to attack!"

As the explosions continued, large numbers of Japanese infantry and marines were rapidly approaching the Sihang Warehouse.

Amid the rumbling sound of the motor, a modified large excavator slowly drove towards the Sihang Warehouse.

Konoe Xun heard the noise and took a look at the huge excavator.

The Japanese officer next to him introduced: "Sir, this excavator has been modified and is fully capable of digging through the west wall and opening a larger breakthrough."

"This way, the locust army can rush into the building more easily."

"As long as the main force of the locust army can successfully enter the building, we can gradually clear out the enemies inside."

"Yoshi~!"

Jinweixun nodded with satisfaction and said, "But we only have three hours. No matter what, we must take over the Sihang Warehouse in three hours."

"All troops must go all out and race against time to capture the Sihang Warehouse."

"This is a matter of the empire's reputation, and we must not allow it to be lost."

"Hayi~!"

The Japanese officer responded respectfully: "Please rest assured, Commander, we will definitely be able to capture the Sihang Warehouse on time."

At this moment, the Guards were also full of confidence. In his opinion, judging from the current trend, taking over the Sihang Warehouse would definitely not be a problem.

A large number of Japanese soldiers gradually rushed towards the battlefield, and the sound of their artillery fire stopped.

The Japanese soldiers who rushed the fastest then quickly approached the building, set up a ladder, and prepared to climb up.

Some Japanese soldiers quietly crawled around the wall of the building to the front, preparing to climb in through the window to launch a sneak attack.

At this time, the warehouse defenders also began to fight back, using all their firepower to prevent more Japanese soldiers from approaching the building.

However, this time, the Japanese soldiers were like crazy. Even though people kept falling on the road of charge, more Japanese soldiers soon rushed out from behind, regardless of everything and continued to attack.

Li Guotao shot and killed the approaching Japanese soldiers while observing the situation outside.

Captain Xie also went to the front line to command the situation. After observing the situation, he concluded that the focus of the Japanese attack was still on the west wall.

Captain Xie turned to the first company commander Shangguan Zhibiao and ordered, "The second floor is in your hands. You must guard it and never let the Japanese climb up."

"Yes!"

Shangguan Zhibiao responded quickly, turned around and ran away.

Regimental Commander Xie then said to Captain Yang: "Everyone, get involved in the battle. No matter what, you must stop the Japanese attack for me."

Captain Yang vowed: "I will complete the mission."

The defeated soldiers gathered in an open space in the building.

At this time, Zhu Shengzhong ran over and shouted, "All of you deserters, go to the battlefield and fight the devils."

Yangguai said somewhat dissatisfiedly: "Don't we have a number now? Temporarily organize us into a squad, and don't call us deserters anymore."

Zhu Shengzhong said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, your reputation is not given by others, but earned by yourself."

"If you want to wash away the infamy of being a deserter, then go to the battlefield and kill the enemy for me. Use your own abilities to wash away the shame of being a deserter."

"If you can kill a few more devils, I will obey you."

Yangguai said unwillingly, "Then we'll see."

"Everyone follow me to kill the devils, get moving."

Listening to the sound of gunfire outside, Duanwu was still somewhat nervous.

Yangguai stuffed a gun into Duanwu's arms and shouted, "Quick, everyone, move."

Duanwu hesitated for a moment, but finally gritted his teeth and stood up with the gun in his hand.

Yangguai then walked up to Laotie, who was currently leaning against a concrete pillar in a daze.

Yangguai went up to him and kicked him, cursing, "You coward, hold the gun and stand up."

"Believe it or not, I'm going to stuff you into the sack again."

Then he stuffed the gun into his arms.

At this moment, the battle had broken out in full swing and the Japanese launched a desperate attack.

The defenders of the warehouse also all went out and rushed to their battle positions, ready to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese.

Li Guotao shot and killed a Japanese squadron leader in the distance and quickly retreated.

At this time, he noticed a large excavator that had already driven under the building. Li Guotao couldn't help but curse, "Damn it, we must blow up this big guy."

Chen Shusheng next to him said, "Grenades won't work. That big guy has protection in front, so we can't blow him up at all."

"It can only be blasted!"

Li Guotao said: "I'm going to kill that big guy, you guys continue to guard here."

"Yes!"

At this time, Li Guotao saw Xiao Qiyue and Xiao Hubei next to him and ordered, "Carry the oil bottle and follow me to the basement to blow up that big guy."

"Yes!"

Xiao Qiyue and Xiao Hubei, holding a flamethrower oil bottle, followed Li Guotao and ran downstairs.

When they were going downstairs, Duanwu and his friends were about to go upstairs when they ran into Xiao Hubei.

Duanwu immediately grabbed Xiao Hubei and shouted, "Xiao Hubei, are you okay?"

Xiao Hubei quickly shouted: "Brother~!"

"Let's go~!"

Li Guotao couldn't help but urge, saying that there was no time for idle chat at this moment.

Duanwu was also dragged away by another soldier. As he walked, Duanwu shouted, "Little Hubei, be careful and take care of yourself."

Li Guotao took the two of them down to the basement. At this time, the excavator had already begun to hit the building, attempting to demolish the wall of the first floor.

Li Guotao quickly rushed to a window, where clouds of dust continued to flow in.

The giant excavator was outside, ramming into the wall, raising a huge cloud of dust.

Li Guotao observed secretly and felt that this position was not very good, so he changed to another window.

Li Guotao looked back and shouted, "Bring that pole over here."

"Oil bottle, grenade."

Xiao Qiyue quickly handed over the oil bottle.

Xiao Hubei also hurried over and picked up a bamboo shoulder pole next to him.

Li Guotao quickly untied a legging, and then quickly tied the oil bottle and grenade to one end of the carrying pole.

Li Guotao took a deep breath, took the tied carrying pole, moved closer to the window again, and took a look outside.

Then Li Guotao quickly raised the carrying pole and pulled the fuse of the grenade.

The grenade was emitting black smoke, and Li Guotao threw the carrying pole out of the window with force.

"Let's go~!"

Li Guotao pulled Xiao Hubei and Xiao Qiyue, who were still in a daze, to a safe place and huddled in a corner.

The shoulder pole with the oil bottle tied to it fell under the excavator and the grenade exploded with a loud bang.

"Boom~!"

There was a loud explosion, the oil bottle shattered, and the fuel inside was instantly ignited.

With a loud "boom", flames rose into the sky. The raging flames instantly engulfed the entire excavator, and the Japanese soldiers inside were instantly burned into firemen.

Moreover, the excavator was also set on fire. Not long after, the fuel tank exploded, and the giant excavator was completely destroyed and turned into a pile of rotten iron, no longer able to function.

Li Guotao took a look at the burning excavator outside and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Let's go! Go back!"

Li Guotao did not dare to delay and immediately pulled Xiao Qiyue and Xiao Hubei and ran upstairs.

At this time, the west wall was already crowded with Japanese soldiers, and a large number of them were scrambling to climb up the ladders.

The soldiers guarding the second and third floors hid in the distant fortifications and continued shooting at the Japanese soldiers who were climbing up.

Intensive gunfire continued to ring out, and the Japanese soldiers who climbed up were shot dead one after another and fell down from the building.

At the same time, grenades were continuously thrown down from the building and landed among the Japanese crowd below.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

Violent explosions continued to ring out, and the Japanese soldiers were blown to the ground one after another.

Major Hasegawa, the leader of the assault team, hid in a relatively safe place under the building and shouted loudly: "Bagayaka~!"

"Be careful of the enemy's grenades, keep attacking~!"

"No matter what, capture the warehouse for me."

"Hayi~!"

But this time, the Japanese went crazy. Even though they suffered heavy casualties, they refused to retreat and continued to launch fierce attacks.

Seeing the grenades falling, some Japanese soldiers hurriedly picked up the grenades and threw them far away.

Some people who did not have time to throw the grenade would use helmets, steel plates or other objects to suppress the grenade as much as possible to reduce its power and avoid causing greater casualties.

What's worse, seeing that they couldn't find anything to press down the grenade, some crazy Japanese soldiers simply lay on the grenade and pressed it down with their bodies. Although they would be killed by the explosion, they could ensure that the Japanese soldiers around them would not be harmed.

In short, at this moment, these Japanese devils were all crazy and continued to attack.

However, the defenders upstairs soon discovered that this was not a solution.

The second company commander shouted loudly: "Delay the grenade for three seconds before throwing it. Blow these beasts to death."

Under the command of the company commander, the soldiers tried to delay for a few seconds before throwing grenades.

In this way, the grenade exploded almost as soon as it hit the ground, giving the Japanese no chance to react.

Some grenades exploded directly in the air, instantly killing a large number of Japanese soldiers.

For a moment, the battle became more intense. The attacking Japanese suffered heavy casualties, but they were still unable to break into the warehouse.

In addition to the west wall, a small number of Japanese soldiers also went along the outer wall of the building, went around to the front, and attempted to climb into the warehouse through the window to launch a sneak attack.

However, there were soldiers guarding every window on the first floor, and they would shoot if they saw the Japanese crawling in.

Seeing that the situation was not right, the Japanese mobilized a number of ladders and set them up under the front windows. They climbed up from the front and tried to enter the second and third floors through the windows.

Captain Xie could only give orders to strengthen the guard of the windows on the second and third floors to prevent the Japanese from climbing up.

Duanwu followed Yangguai to the second floor for reinforcement. A grenade fell nearby and Duanwu was so scared that he quickly hid behind a concrete pillar.

"Boom~!"

A violent explosion was heard. Duanwu was gasping for breath. Suddenly he noticed some movement and quickly turned his head to observe.

I saw a Japanese Marine soldier climbing to the window, with half of his body exposed.

The Japanese soldier also noticed Duanwu and quickly raised his gun.

Duanwu was so frightened that his face turned pale. He quickly raised his gun and pulled the trigger without thinking.

"Bang~!"

With a crisp gunshot, the bullet hit the Japanese soldier in the chest. The Japanese soldier leaned back and fell down.

"Ah~!"

Duanwu let out a roar of fear, and as he vented his anger, the fear in Duanwu's heart seemed to dissipate a lot.

(End of this chapter)