But in the blink of an eye, they had already left more than twenty corpses on that street. The blood that flowed from the corpses of the Japanese soldiers dyed almost the entire street red.

The remaining Japanese troops, after stabilizing the situation of the ranks a little, began to organize a counterattack.

They originally thought that the people left behind in the Sixing warehouse should be just a group of remnants of the defeated army, and they would be easy to deal with.

Therefore, the squadron leader commanded by the Japanese army on the front line did not immediately report the situation to the rear at this time, but directly took the strength of a squadron and began to attack the Sixing warehouse head-on.

Behind the Sixing warehouses is the Suzhou Creek, and on the other side of the Suzhou Creek is the public concession. This Japanese army could only attack from the front.

The Japanese heavy machine guns and light machine guns, after they were set up, began to roar at the four rows of warehouses.

Bullets were fired at the walls of the warehouse, but there was no way to penetrate the walls of the reinforced concrete structure. The warehouse, which was used for the bank, was as strong as a military fortress, and the heavy machine gun bullets of the Japanese army hit it, and only a layer of dust was dropped.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers who had just occupied the Zhabei area were arrogant and launched a charge against the Sixing warehouse.

"Fire!!" Deputy Regiment Commander Xie Jinyuan, holding the Mauser pistol in his hand, shouted while shooting at the Japanese troops outside.

At this time, the soldiers of the first and third battalions were also extremely indignant when they saw those Japanese soldiers, and they shot at the Japanese soldiers below in the shooting holes above the windows.

The entire four-row warehouse has a total of six floors. The main entrance on the first floor has been sealed, and the windows are filled with sandbags, and dozens of shooting holes of various sizes are arranged.

The soldiers of the 1st and 3rd Battalions, just behind these shooting holes, fired wildly at the Japanese troops.

And the upper layers are also about the same defensive arrangement. The light and heavy machine gun bullets of the Japanese army either hit the reinforced concrete walls or sandbags, and it was difficult to hit the Nationalist soldiers hiding behind the shooting holes.

On the contrary, it was the Japanese soldiers who charged, because in front of the Sixing warehouse was an open street, and there was hardly any cover that could provide them with cover. Therefore, these Japanese soldiers could only charge with their waists down and shoot under ferocious fire.

Just as they finally approached the Sixing warehouse, the soldiers hiding on the rooftop lit the Molotov cocktails filled with napalm one after another, and threw them directly from the roof to the Japanese soldiers below.

The Molotov cocktails, shattered, and the napalm that flew out along with the glass shards carried the fire around. The Japanese soldier next to him was wrapped in napalm in a blink of an eye, and his clothes and hair were all set on fire, and he directly became a burning man, and began to roll on the ground while screaming.

However, these napalm are so viscous that they cannot be extinguished even if they roll on the ground.

Instead, these flames burned in more places and caused more damage.

Dozens of Molotov cocktails, thrown from the rooftop at the same time, landed on the side of the Japanese soldiers, forcing them to temporarily stop the assault.

But stopping the assault meant they had to endure light and heavy machine gun and rifle fire on the streets without any cover. In particular, the soldiers of the third battalion were equipped with a large number of flower machines, and against those Japanese troops who were close at hand, they fully exerted their suppressive ability at medium and close ranges.

With a dense rain of bullets and Molotov cocktails that kept falling, these Japanese soldiers had no choice but to retreat after dropping more than 20 corpses.

At this time, the squadron leader of the Japanese army realized that although the enemy who was safe in this warehouse was already alone, he still had a very high fighting spirit and a tenacious will to resist.

He didn't dare to be negligent, and immediately reported the situation encountered in the Sixing warehouse to the rear command.

At this time, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army in the Zhabei area, Matsui Ishone, who was originally planning to inspect occupied Shanghai, suddenly heard gunfire in the distance, and realized that the battle might not really be over.

It didn't take long for him to get the news that Yoshishi Takeda had been killed, and that one of their squadrons had suddenly been attacked by enemy troops at the Sixing warehouse, killing and wounding more than forty people.

This was tantamount to a slap in the cheek for Matsui, who was about to celebrate the victory.

He immediately said: "Order the troops around the Sixing warehouse, immediately organize the troops to attack, and at the same time notify the rear fleet to use naval artillery bombardment!" A small warehouse will not be an obstacle to the occupation of Shanghai by our great Japanese empire. ”

As he spoke, he smiled relaxedly.

As a result, the staff officer beside him immediately reminded Matsui Ishine at this time: "Your Excellency, division commander, I'm afraid this is inappropriate." ”

"Wrong? What's wrong with me purging the remnants of the enemy? Matsui asked.

The staff officer hurriedly shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's not that it's inappropriate to purge the remnants of the enemy, it's that it's inappropriate to use naval guns. ”

These Japanese staff officers have written down the location of almost every important building in Shanghai, and naturally they know the location of the Sixing warehouse.

"Tell me?" Matsui asked.

The staff officer immediately explained: "That four-line warehouse has its back against the Suzhou Creek. On the other side of the Suzhou Creek is the British and American concessions, and if we take the liberty of using heavy artillery bombardment, the shells fired by the heavy artillery will not have long eyes, and if any of them fall within the British and American concessions, killing and injuring those British and Americans, it will definitely cause unnecessary international disputes. ”

Although the Japanese army was arrogant and domineering at this time, in this era, Britain and the United States can be said to be the absolute hegemons. Japan is still reluctant to offend these two countries lightly.

If the shells of the heavy artillery units really missed and landed in the British and American concessions, they would have killed so many British and American expatriates by the way. Having offended these two countries, His Majesty the Emperor is afraid that he will let him, the commander of the division, go home and farm.

So he thought about it for a while, and then said: "Then use direct-fire artillery to bombard at close range, and at the same time, the aviation units, do not use heavy aerial bombs, so as not to miss and kill the British and Americans." ”。

Subsequently, Matsui Ishone's order was quickly conveyed.

The squadron leader of the Japanese squadron, which had just been frustrated in the attack, had already begun to apply to the Japanese fleet in the rear for fire support from naval guns.