When Su Xin heard the gunfire, she realized that it was probably an enemy sneak attack.
This is because of the experience of being attacked by Japanese soldiers last time.
After hesitating for a moment, Su Xin ordered all the machines to be shut down. She didn't know that the Japs already knew the location of the arsenal, and was worried that the noise from the machines would attract the Japs.
The workers gathered together with a "wow" sound and asked all kinds of questions:
"Director Su, what's going on? Why are there gunshots?"
"Are the Japanese coming?"
"Their target must be the arsenal!"
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Su Xin was at a loss for a moment. She had never dealt with such a problem before, and she suddenly encountered it and didn't know what to do.
It would be great if Xiao Dongbei was here, he would definitely know how to deal with it.
But... Xiao Dongbei should be fighting the Japanese outside now, so of course he cannot come back at this time.
Su Xin took a deep breath to calm herself down and thought, what would Xiao Dongbei do if he were here?
He will...
Then Su Xin suppressed the fear in her heart and comforted her: "Comrades, don't panic! The gunshots came from the rear, where are the troops from Xiaodongbei. They will not let the Japanese come over!"
With that said, the originally tense atmosphere immediately relaxed a lot.
Su Xin secretly cursed, the name Xiao Dongbei can still scare people, will it scare children into crying in a few years?
But of course she would not say these words. She calmed down and then ordered: "Comrades, if the Japanese really come over, we can't just surrender, we should make some preparations!"
"Director Su is right!"
"This is an arsenal, with many weapons!"
"That's right, we need to arm ourselves and cooperate with the soldiers to fight the Japanese!"
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So the workers all moved out the equipment from the factory one by one, those with guns and those with bullets, and then under the command of Su Xin, they built a simple fortification with obstacles in the cave to prepare for the battle.
preparation.
Therefore, when Wang Xuexin led several soldiers into the cave, they were all shocked.
Each of those workers was holding either a rifle or a grenade, and a few actually carried rocket launchers... My dear, if you shoot a round in the hole, aren't you afraid that the tail flame will ignite the munitions and cause a chain explosion?
"What are you doing?" Wang Xuexin ordered: "Put away the equipment!"
"Wang...Wang Xuexin?" Su Xin shouted in surprise and joy.
She was holding a large 38 cap on the wooden table when she saw several people bursting in from the smoke, and was hesitating whether to pull the trigger!
Wang Xuexin stepped forward and saw that Su Xin actually put down the wooden table as a bunker. He was angry and funny for a moment. Are you using the Japanese submachine gun as a toy? You can't even penetrate the wooden table?
Wang Xuexin did not hesitate and ordered in an unquestionable tone: "Everyone is here. Non-combatants are all hiding in the cave. Try to move flammable and explosive items inside as fast as possible!"
Su Xin was startled by Wang Xuexin's fierce look, and it was like she was a completely different person during the fight.
But when I think about it, it feels normal. Time is tight on the battlefield and there is no time to explain anything.
So she quickly organized the workers to retreat deeper into the cave according to Wang Xuexin's instructions.
After finishing, Su Xin took two front boxes filled with bullets and stuffed them into Wang Xuexin's hand and said: "Original bullets, be careful!"
Wang Xuexin said "hmm" and threw the bullet box to Wang Zhisheng next to him.
When the workers were almost evacuated, Wang Xuexin gestured to his subordinates to disperse and prepare for battle.
Taking refuge in a cave to fight is actually not a good choice.
The reason is that the cave is considered "indoor". Although the space is large, it is filled with various machines and equipment. The long gun will inevitably bump and be unable to be used inside, but the submachine gun in the hands of the Japanese does not have these problems.
What's more serious is that submachine guns have amazing firepower sustainability, but the long range of rifles cannot be used here, so they are likely to fall into a passive situation of being beaten.
But there is nothing that can be done about it.
Wang Xuexin could not just watch the arsenal being occupied and blown up by the enemy.
After thinking for a while, Wang Xuexin ordered the soldiers to retreat more than ten meters.
The reason for this was that Wang Xuexin could imagine what tactics the enemy would use to attack the cave.
First there will be a row of grenades, and then a submachine gun will charge in with high firepower output.
If the soldiers are too close to the cave entrance, the first wave will lose their combat effectiveness due to bombardment with grenades.
Sure enough, the next second I heard a "clang" sound of grenades hitting stones outside the cave, and then several grenades with green smoke were thrown in.
"Get down!" Wang Xuexin shouted urgently when he came, and heard a loud "boom".
Wang Xuexin found that he had underestimated the power of a grenade exploding indoors after all. Its destructive power was not only the shock wave, nor just the shrapnel, but also the sound enclosed in the room.
At that moment, Wang Xuexin clearly felt that his eardrums were being squeezed inward violently, and then he could no longer hear anything, and his reaction became sluggish.
On the other side, several Japanese soldiers rushed into the cave entrance and fired wildly into the cave.
Bullets hit the rocks around Wang Xuexin one after another, and the fragments of bullets shot up caused pain on his face.
At that moment, Wang Xuexin and the soldiers almost lost their ability to resist. One soldier reluctantly got up and tried to raise his gun to fight back, but was immediately beaten with holes all over his body.
This is an unchangeable helplessness. It is difficult for a rifle to compete with a submachine gun at close range.
Wang Xuexin didn't think much, he lit two grenades and threw them out...
Since grenades are so powerful indoors, they should be shared with everyone.
There were two muffled "boom boom" sounds, and indeed there were far fewer bullets.
Then Wang Xuexin took out the box cannon from his waist, stood up suddenly, and shot out a shuttle with a bang.
The horizontal grip was used, and several Japanese soldiers who had not reacted were knocked to the ground on the spot.
"Retreat!" Wang Xuexin gave the order and led the soldiers to retreat deeper into the cave.
The enemy's firepower was too strong, and Wang Xuexin hoped to use the corners of the cave to resist the firepower.
But this is obviously not a long-term solution.
Because it is not difficult to imagine that the Japanese will launch another wave of grenades and submachine gun attacks.
The cave is only more than thirty meters deep, and there is no other exit. If you keep retreating like this, you will be cornered before long.
The actual situation was more serious than Wang Xuexin thought, because the cave only had two corners. When Wang Xuexin and others retreated to the second corner, they found that the place was crowded with people, including Su Xin.
When they saw Wang Xuexin and others retreating here, they seemed to realize something, and they all looked at the blood-covered soldiers with horrified faces.
Then Wang Xuexin knew that they had no choice but to retreat.