The night had completely shrouded it, but the raging fire at Jieshou illuminated half of the sky in red.
The gunfire was no longer as intensive as it was at the beginning, and it was easy to break into the ruins. There was no longer any organized resistance in Jieshou Town, only sporadic resistance.
Jieshou Town is close to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Although it is not as prosperous as Huaiyang and other ancient important towns, it is still quite large.
If the Japs relied on infantry to sort them out, they would quickly eliminate the resistance in these streets and alleys.
It's a pity that the little Japs were too arrogant and used heavy firepower to bombard Jieshou into a charred ruin. Instead, these ruins became a hiding place for the surviving Chinese officers and soldiers.
Although fires were burning in many places, there were still many dark blind spots, and the surviving brothers hid in these dark ruins and opened fire on the Japanese who climbed up the ruins.
"boom!"
With a flash of gunfire, a tiptoeing little devil paused and immediately slipped into the ruins with a crashing sound of rubble.
The remaining members of the Japanese fighting group quickly fired back in the direction of the gunfire. The bullets penetrated the broken wall and sent smoke and dust flying everywhere.
But the Japanese fired several shots without any response. It was pitch black over there and nothing could be seen.
The few Japanese soldiers did not dare to act rashly, and waited for more than a minute before gesturing to each other. Two Japanese soldiers aimed at the front and relied on debris for cover, while the other two Japanese soldiers circled around and outflanked them.
"Puch!"
The Japs on the left side were looking at the place where they had just fired, but as soon as they crossed the wall that had torn off the roof, they suddenly covered their mouths with their big hands and pierced their necks with a sharp blade.
The Japanese wanted to struggle, but the guerrilla brother who had already been ambushing him was very vicious. Before the Japanese could make a sound, he had stabbed the Japanese's throat with a gleaming bayonet.
The corpse of the Japanese soldier slumped down softly. The brother gently put the corpse of the Japanese soldier down, took off the bullet box and grenades from the Japanese soldier's body, and quietly touched the two Japanese soldiers who remained in the same place.
The other Japanese soldier who took a roundabout route managed to get back to the shooting point more than ten meters away without any danger. He took off the grenade on his body, knocked it on his helmet, and immediately threw it out.
"Boom!"
The ground shook violently, and an explosive fireball wrapped in gunpowder smoke rose from behind the broken wall.
The Japanese didn't wait for the smoke to clear, and rushed behind the broken wall with a bayonet, but there was nothing behind the broken wall.
Just when the Japs were about to turn around and report to the Japs who stayed behind that they were safe, an explosion of flames rose up from where they started, and the two Japs who stayed behind were blown away.
"Bagaya road!"
The Japanese roared and was about to rush back with his bayonet in hand. However, after stepping on the rubble and rushing out for more than ten steps, a gunshot rang out. The Japanese paused, as if he was drunk, and staggered forward again.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly slipped and fell into the ruins.
At this time, a guerrilla brother quickly ran out of the darkness behind the Japs, rushed up to the Japs, and stabbed him severely several times.
"Huh! Huh!"
The bayonet made a tooth-piercing sound as it penetrated the flesh, and soon the Japanese soldier who was shot died.
Another brother also walked over from a distance with pieces of captured possessions hanging all over his body. The two looked at each other and got into the dark ruins next to them.
The explosions and gunfire here attracted the rest of the Japanese combat groups, and two Japanese combat groups rushed over quickly.
However, they did not see even a single figure of the guerrilla officers and soldiers, but they found five bloody corpses of their own people.
In just a few minutes, an elite combat team was killed quietly, which sent chills down the backs of the Japanese soldiers who came over.
They thought they had won victory after defeating the defenders' organized resistance, but little did they know that the real battle had just begun.
Several Japanese charges and shellings killed most of the defenders in Jieshou Town.
Especially among the militiamen who fought back later, 90% of them were killed, but those who survived did not leave. They wanted to stay and take revenge.
At first, these survivors thought they were the only ones who survived, but with the sound of gunfire and explosions, they learned that there were many people alive, which made them feel happy.
Their number was small, and together with the officers and soldiers of the third battalion of the guerrillas, there were less than a hundred survivors, but they caused even more headaches for the Japanese.
Now there is no defense line in Jieshou Town, and there is no so-called front and rear. Therefore, the survivors did not deliberately defend a certain location, but kept changing places and started a hide-and-seek battle with the Japanese.
This caused the Japanese who rushed into the ruins to lose their target, because the guerrilla officers and soldiers were in the ruins and were constantly moving.
The Japs who entered the ruins soon had to exit, because fighting in such dark ruins was just looking for death, because you didn't know whether your enemy would shoot you from the front or the back.
Jieshou Town is an important stronghold stuck between Gaoyou and Baoying. The Japanese are bound to capture it because they want to use it as a transit point for supplies heading north to attack Baoying.
But the current situation is that they cannot capture this place in a short time, because the ruins restrict the deployment of large troops, but if small troops enter, they will continue to be consumed.
"Surround Jieshou Town!"
After fighting for a day, Captain Yamazaki no longer had much patience and ordered his troops to encircle the enemy.
Soon, the Japanese bombardment of Jieshou began again. The rumbling shells blew everything into powder and many blocks were razed to the ground.
The Japanese soldiers were very angry, that is, the strong will of the Chinese to resist had stimulated their nerves. They considered themselves to be the ones with the strongest will to fight, but now they were challenged.
The Japanese artillery fire was like a plow, covering all areas of Jieshou Town once again. Japanese Captain Yamazaki believed that no one could survive such a bombing.
But the Japs miscalculated. Their artillery fire did cause casualties to the survivors in the town, but there were still people alive in the town, but including the seriously wounded, there were only less than fifty people.
At this moment, most of these people gathered together again following the sound of gunfire during the battle. The enemy's shells landed near them and exploded continuously. They also kept moving in the fire, and did not stay in place and let the enemy explode.
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The Japanese artillery fire was still too weak, and infantry artillery and mortars could not cover the entire town at once. They could only bomb the remaining areas one by one to give the brothers in the town a chance to survive.
Most of the returning militiamen were killed, and many of their bodies were blown to pieces, but this did not scare the survivors.
The commander of the third battalion, Shen Biao, is still alive, but he is covered in blood. Except for the adjutant and more than a dozen brothers, the third battalion has ceased to exist in name only.
"The Japanese attack is about to start again. We have attracted the Japanese. You break out from the west. There is a canal over there. You can survive by jumping into the river..."
Seeing Xiao Yan, Zhang Baozi and the others, who were gray-headed and covered in blood, Shen Biao told them to retreat.
"What about you?" Xiao Yan looked at Shen Biao and asked.
Shen Biao looked at himself and the brothers behind him, paused and said, "We are soldiers. We have military orders to keep the Japanese south of Jieshou. We have not completed our mission. We will fight until the last moment..."
"But you are different. You don't have to stay here to die. You have already killed so many brothers. I accept this love. You can retreat as soon as possible."
"Bullshit, it's amazing that you guys are soldiers. I worked in the security group back then, so I'm half a soldier. How can I be a deserter!" Zhang Baozi said cursingly.
"Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. Today, resisting foreign humiliation is a matter of loyalty and loyalty for thousands of years. My Xiao family usually builds bridges and pave roads in the village, and distributes grain and porridge in lean years. How can I stay out of the Japanese invaders?" !”
Although Xiao Yan's glasses were shattered, he still couldn't change his polite tone.
"I'm the king of guns. If I become a deserter, how will I live in the future? I won't leave!"