Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Seeing that his soldiers were unable to climb in, Major Hasegawa angrily shouted, "You idiots, keep climbing up."

"No matter what, you must rush into the warehouse."

The old Japanese soldier became anxious and said he was about to climb up a ladder himself.

Things had come to this point and Major Hasegawa had no other options. If he couldn't take over the warehouse, he would surely die.

So the old devil really tried his best, and shouted loudly: "Keep climbing up!"

"Rush into the warehouse and kill them all!"

Before he could finish his words, a grenade was thrown down from the upper floor and exploded in mid-air.

"Boom~!"

As a loud explosion sounded, Major Hasegawa had just climbed two meters high when he was blown away by the blast.

Grenade fragments hit the old Japanese soldier's body densely. Major Hasegawa was killed on the spot and fell unwillingly into the pile of Japanese corpses.

Li Guotao ran to the fifth floor in one breath and came to a shooting hole on the west wall. Other soldiers were constantly throwing grenades down.

There were simply too many Japanese devils below, and these beasts were trying desperately to climb up.

The grenade exploded a large area, but it could not completely stop the Japanese attack.

When the battle got to this point, all those Japs went crazy.

Li Guotao observed the situation and found that although the fighting was fierce, the situation was somewhat dangerous.

However, the soldiers in the warehouse were trying their best to stop the Japanese. Judging from the current situation, it would not be easy for the Japanese to break into the warehouse.

According to the current situation, the defenders can only fight to the death to stop the Japanese attack.

As the saying goes, one must face death in order to survive. Now the soldiers are ready to die. They are defending their positions and trying their best to fight with the Japanese invaders who are rushing in.

So according to this trend, there will be no danger in the short term.

Li Guotao was obviously relieved and continued to use every opportunity he could to kill the Japanese in the distance.

At the same time, the guards who were commanding the battle in the opposite building looked at the scene in front of him and his face became more and more ugly.

A Japanese officer nearby said: "The excavator was destroyed by the enemy, and our plan to open the West Wall has failed."

Konoe Xun was so angry that he slapped him.

"Bagayadee, I'm not blind!"

At this moment, a Japanese officer came over to report: "Report to the commander, Major Hasegawa has died."

"The locust army's attack was blocked and they are temporarily unable to enter the warehouse. The attacking troops suffered heavy casualties."

Jinwei Xun gritted his teeth and cursed: "A bunch of trash, all good-for-nothings."

"Isn't there a second plan? Implement the second plan immediately."

"Let's blow up the west wall first."

"Hayi~!"

A Japanese officer nearby responded respectfully and turned to convey the order.

At this moment, the Guards also realized that continuing to fight would only result in greater casualties and would be of no use at all.

The west wall must be blown up first, so that the Japanese can pour into the warehouse in large numbers. Then we can clear them out bit by bit and eliminate all the defenders of the warehouse.

As of now, that's all it can do.

After all, if they continued to waste time like this, the casualties would be too great and he would not be able to explain to his superiors.

Following the order from the Guards, the Japanese soldiers who were about to charge forward stopped and did not continue charging. Instead, they hid in a relatively safe place and waited for the opportunity.

At the Japanese position, a group of Japanese suddenly rushed out slowly. These Japanese gathered together, holding solid steel plates on their heads. The steel plates gathered together to protect the Japanese soldiers safely underneath. Like a giant turtle, they slowly crawled towards the warehouse.

Dense bullets fell and hit the steel plate array that was like a tortoise shell, making a clanging sound and splashing sparks.

A soldier saw this scene and couldn't help but say: "What kind of fighting method is this little devil? Is it a turtle formation?"

"The Japs can't climb up with such a heavy steel plate on their shoulders!"

The steel plate on the heads of the Japanese soldiers was very strong, but also very heavy. One Japanese soldier could not hold it at all, so it took two or three Japanese soldiers to drag a steel plate together.

It would be impossible for the Japanese to climb into the warehouse using a ladder carrying such heavy steel plates.

If we just use the steel plates to avoid the defenders' firepower and advance to the bottom of the wall, it doesn't seem to be of much use.

Because they will eventually climb up, as long as we guard the windows and gaps everywhere, the Japanese will not be able to enter the warehouse.

Li Guotao knew that things were definitely not that simple.

At this time, the Japanese turtle formation had already approached the wall.

The grenades thrown from above were also bounced off by the turtle shell, and the explosion did not cause much damage to the Japanese soldiers below.

Li Guotao ordered: "Notify each company to guard all windows and never let the Japanese climb up."

Chen Shusheng suddenly asked, "Staff Officer Li, what are the devils doing?"

"There seems to be movement!"

Chen Shusheng leaned against a wall, listened carefully, and then said, "The Japanese are smashing the wall."

"They must be stopped."

Li Guotao said: "When will they be able to break down such a thick wall?"

"Don't forget, they said they had to take over the warehouse within three hours."

"They don't have that much time to waste here."

Chen Shusheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he quickly reacted and said, "They are going to use explosives to blow up the wall."

"That would be even more troublesome. Once the wall explodes, we're done for."

This is indeed the case. After the Japanese approached the outer wall, they immediately began to drill holes in the wall, preparing to place explosives in the holes and blow up the west wall.

Li Guotao took out a small mirror, stretched it through the shooting hole, and observed the specific position of the Japanese turtle formation.

At this time, Chen Shusheng got angry, hung cluster grenades all over his body, and shouted: "I'm going to blow up these bastards."

"Don't be reckless!"

Li Guotao quickly stopped Chen Shusheng.

Chen Shusheng said puzzledly: "What should we do? We can't just let them blow up the outer wall."

"Guns are useless, and grenades can't kill these devils."

Li Guotao said: "Use Molotov cocktails and set it on fire."

“Can I do this?”

"It must work."

Just now, Li Guotao didn't allow people to use Molotov cocktails. In fact, he was waiting for this moment.

"Use the Molotov cocktail. Aim carefully and throw it down."

Following Li Guotao's order, Molotov cocktails were stuffed through the shooting holes and thrown under the wall.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

After the Molotov cocktail exploded, flames ignited and soon the area below was engulfed in a sea of ​​fire.

Li Guotao said: "The fire is not big enough. Keep increasing the fire and burn them all."

"Throw cotton and cotton yarn." The Molotov cocktails can be used later, so they cannot be wasted.

There is a large amount of cotton and cotton yarn in the warehouse, which can be used at this time.

Following Li Guotao's order, bales of cotton and cotton yarn were thrown down one after another.

These were all flammable objects, and once they fell into the fire, they immediately burst into flames that shot up into the sky.

The fire grew bigger and bigger, and the Japanese soldiers under the steel plates were soon ignited and burned into firemen.

The Japanese soldiers screamed in pain and didn't care about the steel plates anymore, they fled in all directions.

In order to blow up the outer wall, the Japanese carried a large number of explosive packs.

The fire quickly ignited the explosive packs.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

A violent explosion occurred inside the Japanese's tortoise shell, and the Japanese soldiers were instantly blown to pieces. The Japanese's tortoise shell formation was also completely destroyed.

As large amounts of cotton and cotton yarn were thrown down, the entire west wall was engulfed in a sea of ​​fire. The flames shot up into the sky and even reached the roof.

There were some Japanese soldiers hiding downstairs, and they were all burned to death.

A small number of other Japanese soldiers went around to the front and were all killed in the battle.

The subsequent Japanese troops had originally planned to wait until the west wall was blown up before launching an attack, but now they had no chance to go up.

Looking at the blazing fire, the Japanese soldiers had to temporarily stop their attack.

When the Guards saw this, he gnashed his teeth in anger and shouted, "Bagayalu, these damn enemies are so cunning."

"Once we take over the Sihang Warehouse, I will tear these bastards into pieces."

A Japanese officer asked hurriedly: "Sir, the fire is too big now. We can't attack at all."

Three hours passed by minute by minute, and Konoe Xun was angry and anxious.

He had no time to waste, the old devil gnashed his teeth and shouted: "Fire, mobilize all the artillery fire, aim at the west wall, and fire."

"Hayi~!"

Following the order from the Guards, the Japanese's flat-fire artillery and tanks continued to fire at the west wall.

Shells fell one after another, and violent explosions continued to sound.

The cotton that was not completely burned in the fire and the Japanese corpses were also blown away.

Therefore, the Japanese artillery bombardment was not only to blow a bigger gap in the outer wall, but more importantly to put out the fire as quickly as possible.

Because they had already boasted that they would take over the Sihang Warehouse within three hours, and now they didn't have much time to waste.

Okawauchi Denshichi finally couldn't sit still anymore and went to find Konoe Ken himself.

"Kinwei-kun, so much time has passed, can't you take over the Sihang Warehouse?"

The Guardsman also looked helpless and said angrily: "You should have seen that we have tried our best."

"But these damned enemies are too difficult to deal with."

Okawachi Denshichi said angrily: "No matter what, we must take over the Sihang Warehouse."

"There is still more than an hour left, so we must attack with all our strength."

"Even if it means paying a higher price, we must take over the warehouse."

Jinwei Xun gritted his teeth and said: "Don't worry, we will do our best."

At this time, with a round of artillery bombardment by the Japanese, the fire under the wall was basically extinguished, with only scattered small fires around. However, this did not affect the Japanese and they continued their attack.

The Imperial Guardsman immediately ordered: "Order the attacking troops to continue the attack."

"Capture the Sihang Warehouse for me at all costs."

"Hayi~!"

A Japanese officer nearby responded respectfully and turned to convey the order.

Following the order from Konoe Isamu, the Japanese launched another fierce attack.

A large number of Japanese soldiers carried ladders and rushed towards the Sihang Warehouse at all costs.

Because of the fire just now, all the previous ladders were burned.

At the same time, a large number of Japanese soldiers rushed out regardless of everything.

There were also some Japanese soldiers who, carrying steel plates, mixed in with the crowd and rushed to the west wall.

It was obvious that the Japanese were trying to repeat their old tricks, but this time they were even more desperate and used a two-pronged approach.

While continuing to send out large numbers of Japanese troops to attack, they also sent out engineers to break down the walls and place explosives in preparation for completely blowing up the west wall.

However, this time, the Japanese engineers carrying steel plates did not form a turtle formation and slowly advance forward like they did last time.

Instead, they dispersed among the crowd and rushed forward quickly.

It is obvious that the Japanese are just trying to save time.

It can be seen that when the fight got to this point, these Japanese devils were really getting angry.

Li Guotao killed a Japanese soldier in the distance with one shot.

At this time Chen Shusheng said: "They started again!"

"These bastards are addicted to being cuckolds."

Li Guotao sneered and said, "Then continue to burn it for me."

"We have enough cotton and yarn to cremate them all."

Following Li Guotao's order, Molotov cocktails were thrown down one after another, and then bags of cotton and cotton yarn were thrown into the fire again, burning violently.

A large number of Japanese soldiers were burned into flames before they could escape.

The outside of the west wall was once again engulfed in fire, and the attacking Japanese soldiers could not get close at all.

The guard was so angry that he shouted, "Go around to the front and attack from the front."

"Keep firing, put out the fire for me."

"Hayi~!"

They couldn’t get close to the West Wall, but the Japanese didn’t want to give up, after all, there was no time left.

So under the order of the Guards, the Japanese who continued to attack had to go around to the front and launch an attack from the front.

The Japanese soldiers, who were forced into a corner, quietly went around the front wall, set up a ladder, and began to climb up.

However, there were also soldiers defending the front, and the fire was raging on the west wall, so only a small number of soldiers were left on that side to monitor, and most of them were transferred to the front to provide support.

The Japanese soldiers threw grenades into the windows of the second and third floors while climbing up desperately.

Some windows on the first floor were also blown open by the Japanese, and a large number of them rushed in desperately.

But the defenders were well prepared and their intensive firepower blocked all the windows, making it not easy for the Japanese to rush in.

The battle became more and more intense. Luoyang Shovel carried the oil bottle on his back, picked up the flamethrower, aimed at a window and sprayed a tongue of fire.

A Japanese soldier who had just climbed up was instantly burned into a living person and fell down with a scream.

Then Luoyang Shovel hid beside the window and aimed the flamethrower at the bottom of the window. The flames instantly ignited the three or four Japanese soldiers hiding below, and their screams resounded throughout the battlefield. (End of this chapter)