Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Li Guotao walked to the front of the warehouse and looked at the concession on the other side of the river, where there were still lights, wine, women, singing and dancing.

What Li Guotao was thinking was, how great it would be if the whole country could be as peaceful and stable as this!
Unfortunately, this wish cannot be realized in the short term, but it will definitely be realized in the future, and China will surely become more prosperous in the future.

The next morning, just after daybreak, hundreds of soldiers gathered on the rooftop.

Captain Yang shouted, "Stand at attention!"

All the soldiers immediately stood at attention, as straight as pine and cypress.

Captain Yang said loudly: "Report to the commander, excluding the defense guards and the wounded and sick, the total number of people in the battalion is 345."

"Take a break!"

"Yes!"

"Take a break!"

All the soldiers stood at ease, their movements in unison.

Captain Yang then shouted loudly: "Please ask the regimental commander to give you a lecture."

Captain Xie looked at the soldiers in front of him and shouted loudly: "Brothers of the 88th Division!"

"Those sitting there are military observers from Western countries."

Captain Xie said this while pointing at the airship floating in the distance.

“Behind me are our own compatriots.”

"We're not just here to defend ourselves against the Japs."

"We are still showing them that the Chinese are still here and the Chinese soldiers are still standing here."

"We, the soldiers, have not retreated a single step."

"As long as we are here, Songhu will not fall."

"Northeast China has fallen, North China has fallen."

"But now, because of you, Songhu still exists."

“Raise the flag!”

"Yes!"

Following Captain Xie's order, the flag that the girl had risked her life to deliver was slowly raised and fluttered in the sky above the Sihang Warehouse, rustling in the wind.

All the soldiers looked solemnly at the flag fluttering in the wind.

This scene quickly attracted everyone's attention.

Not only the Western observers on the airship, but everyone else saw the rising flag.

The streets in the concession near the Sihang Warehouse suddenly became lively. More and more people flocked to the riverside to look at the flag flying on the roof of the opposite building.

Several Western reporters couldn't help but sigh while taking photos.

"Oh my god! They actually raised the flag at this time. Isn't this a slap in the face of Japan?"

After the flag was raised.

Captain Xie shouted loudly: "Fire for our fallen comrades."

"Yes!"

A row of soldiers immediately raised their rifles and fired into the air.

Bursts of crisp gunshots rang out, attracting more people's attention to the situation here.

"China will not perish!"

"The Chinese nation will not perish!"

"Long live the Chinese nation!"

"The Chinese nation will win!"

The soldiers shouted excitedly, with the voices getting louder and louder.

Cheers also rang out from the crowd on the other side of the river, and for a moment the entire street was boiling.

……

At this moment, the Guards also received the notice and came to a frontline position, looking at the flag flying above the warehouse in the distance.

The guard was furious and cursed with gnashing teeth: "Bagayadee!"

"These guys are looking for death!"

A Japanese officer warned: "Colonel, the enemy may be deliberately trying to provoke us."

The Guards cursed with gnashing teeth: "I don't care what these bastards are doing. What they are doing is a great insult to us."

"Send the order immediately and order the troops to prepare for an attack. No matter what, you must capture the warehouse for me."

"Also, report this situation to the headquarters immediately. We request support and the use of heavy artillery."

"Hayi~!"

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

Following the order from the Guards, the Japanese soldiers on the front line immediately began to prepare to attack the Sihang Warehouse.

At this moment, the Guards no longer cared about causing greater casualties and vowed to capture the Sihang Warehouse at all costs, because it was related to their honor.

Soon the headquarters called back.

The Japanese officer quickly ran up to the guard and said, "Report to the Colonel, the commander has rejected our application to use heavy artillery."

"But we are ordered to continue the attack."

"And the commander said they would send fighter jets for support."

“Even if we can’t take the warehouse, we must take down that flag and let those hateful enemies, and even the whole world, see that their resistance is ultimately ineffective.”

Konoe-kun was a little angry at first, but when he heard that aircraft support had been dispatched, he frowned slightly and asked, "Commander, have you dispatched aircraft support?"

The Japanese officer explained: "We sent fighter planes, and machine gun fire can completely destroy the flag."

"Your Excellency the Commander still has some concerns, mainly about the large gas tank. If it explodes, the consequences will be disastrous."

The Guards gradually calmed down and cursed, "Bagayalu, these hateful enemies are so cunning that they chose such a place with this intention. Do they think we dare not do it?"

The Japanese officer said, "Colonel, calm down. Anyway, at this time, there is no need to make trouble for such a small place and such an enemy unit."

"Our enemies now are the Chinese. It is not wise to offend and anger the Western powers at this time."

Although Konoe Ken was somewhat angry, he was forced to accept this reality.

Jinweixun gritted his teeth and said, "Pass the order. Once the supporting plane arrives, the infantry will immediately launch an attack. Take this opportunity to capture the Sihang Warehouse for me."

"Hayi~!"

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

Jin Weixun looked in the direction of the Sihang Warehouse and said with gritted teeth: "I just don't believe that we can't take down a small Sihang Warehouse."

In order to capture this warehouse, the Japanese paid a heavy price in casualties.

However, after fighting for several days, they still failed to capture the warehouse and suffered heavy losses instead, which made the Guards extremely angry. Now he hated this unit in the warehouse. If he was really given a chance, this old Japanese would definitely tear the defenders in the warehouse into pieces without mercy.

But he will never have such an opportunity in his life.

"Buzz~!"

A loud roar of motors was heard, and soon a Japanese plane flew over the Sihang Warehouse, circled in the air and observed the situation.

At this time, a shrill air raid sirens sounded in the concession, and the military and police on the streets began to remind people gathered on the riverside opposite the Sihang Warehouse to evacuate as soon as possible.

The Japanese plane suddenly appeared, and the soldiers on the rooftop quickly dispersed. Most of the soldiers moved into the building.

Shangguan Zhibiao ran to the side of Commander Xie and said, "Commander, the Japanese are attacking."

Captain Xie had expected this result and said, "Everything will proceed as planned. One platoon will be left behind to guard the flag."

"Yes!"

Shangguan Zhibiao responded quickly and passed the order on.

The Western observers in the airship were all horrified when they saw a Japanese fighter plane flying past the airship.

"These damn Japanese people actually sent out a plane."

"Look~! The Japanese on the ground have also launched an attack."

"It seems that these guys are really enraged. Now the defenders in the warehouse are in trouble."

"What I am more worried about now is whether these Japanese people will do something crazy after being provoked."

"just in case……"

"I think it's safer if we go higher."

"Those guys shouldn't be that bold."

"After all, that's more than 500,000 cubic meters of gas! They shouldn't care about their own casualties!"

"From what I understand, those Japanese are just a bunch of lunatics. They are bold and reckless, and they can really do anything."

"Look, the plane is heading for the roof of the warehouse. They should be launching an attack."

……

"Buzz~!"

Amid the intense roar of the engine, the Japanese plane quickly locked onto the flagpole in the center of the roof.

"Bagaya Deer~!"

The Japanese pilot cursed angrily and then dived down in a plane.

Although he also discovered that someone had set up a machine gun on the roof and was ready to shoot.

However, it is not an easy task to shoot down a plane with these ordinary machine guns.

On the one hand, it was difficult to hit the plane because it was moving too fast.

Secondly, the plane is not made of paper and has a certain degree of protection. Even if it is hit in ordinary places, it will not cause fatal damage to the plane.

Therefore, if you want to shoot down a plane with an ordinary machine gun, it basically depends entirely on luck.

Of course, there were also cases where planes were shot down with light machine guns or even rifles, but those were extremely rare cases, and it was only through sheer luck that they were able to shoot them down.

This Japanese pilot was also experienced and arrogant, so he naturally did not take the light and heavy machine guns on the roof seriously.

"Chirp~!"

With a shrill whistle, the plane dived down quickly and headed straight for the flagpole.

"Da da da~!"

Two blazing tongues of fire fell from the sky and landed directly on the roof.

This plane is the Japanese Type 7.7 fighter, equipped with two mm heavy machine guns in the nose.

At that time, it was considered the most advanced fighter plane of the Japanese.

As you can tell from the name, the Type 1936 fighter, according to the Japanese naming convention, this fighter was developed in .

Because this year was the 2596th year of the Japanese divine warrior era, this fighter was named Type fighter.

Many of the devils' weapons are named after this divine era.

For example, the Type 2592 infantry gun was produced in the year 1932 of Shenwu, which is AD.

The famous Zero fighter was manufactured in the year 2600 of the Shenmu era, which was 1940 AD, hence the name Zero.

Of course, it was still 1937 and the Zero fighter had not yet been born. Even the Type 1938 fighter was not officially put into service until .

So now the Type 96 fighter should be the most advanced fighter plane of the Japanese on the battlefield.

Of course, not all weapons and equipment are named according to this rule.

The famous Type 38 rifle was named so because it was designed in the 38th year of the Meiji era.

Two soldiers who were firing light machine guns into the air were unable to dodge and were hit by the rain of bullets from the air. Blood and flesh flew everywhere and both of them fell to the ground, dying heroically. Even their light machine guns were destroyed.

Dense bullets hit the base of the flagpole. Since the flagpole was temporarily built with wood, it was hit by machine gun bullets and immediately became shaky.

"Om~!"

The plane roared past the warehouse.

At this moment, behind the flagpole, on the east side of the warehouse roof, in a fortification built with sandbags, a black muzzle of a gun was pointed diagonally into the air.

The muzzle of this gun is obviously much thicker than that of an ordinary machine gun, because it should actually be called an anti-aircraft gun.

This is a 20mm caliber light anti-aircraft gun/machine gun.

At this moment, the anti-aircraft gun suddenly opened fire.

"Dong dong dong~!"

A dull cannon shot was heard, and a string of shells flew out quickly.

As soon as the Japanese planes appeared, Li Guotao hid in this fortification.

This is the only anti-aircraft gun of the warehouse defenders. Last night, Li Guotao and several soldiers deployed the gun and piled sandbags around it as cover.

Although it could not block all the bullets because the Japanese planes were in the sky after all, these sandbags did have some effect. More importantly, Li Guotao made some camouflage so that the Japanese did not notice the anti-aircraft gun at the beginning.

By the time the Japanese discovered it, it was too late.

Moreover, there is no doubt about Li Guotao's strength. He fired at the right time and was very accurate.

Two consecutive shells hit the Japanese plane, causing two holes in it. The plane flew away staggeringly with black smoke coming out.

The Japanese pilot was experienced and tried hard to control the fighter plane to save it.

But the plane had suffered a fatal blow and could not be saved.

No matter how skilled he is, it will be of no avail.

Sure enough, the Japanese plane didn't fly far before it crashed down from the sky. Because the flying altitude was not high enough, the Japanese pilot didn't even have the chance to parachute, and he went to hell along with his beloved fighter.

"Boom~!"

There was a burst of fire in the distance.

When the soldiers on the roof saw this scene, they cheered excitedly.

"The Japanese plane was shot down!"

"The Japanese plane exploded!"

At the same time, Western observers in the airship also saw this scene clearly.

"Oh my God! They shot down the Japanese plane."

"They really shot it down. It seems that the Japanese planes are not that good!"

"That was Japan's latest Type 96 fighter, and its performance was pretty good. The main problem was that the guy was too arrogant. It was flying so low, so it was not surprising that he was shot down. If he had been more careful, the anti-aircraft gun might not have been able to shoot it down so easily."

"Well done! They deserve it. That plane just flew past us, which was obviously a provocation. Now, they've been shot down! They deserve it!" (End of this chapter)