Section 71

The fighting near Jiqingmen gradually subsided in this strange situation, except for the corpses lying down on the street and the painful sound of the wounded still lingering around, compared to the entire boiling Nanjing City, it seemed quite peaceful, but the smell of burnt smell in the four corners was still stimulating everyone's nerves, constantly warning them that a moment ago, there was a bloody battle here.

Yokozo Nagano stretched out a finger to support the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and then turned his head to look at the city gate in the distance strangely, frowning slightly, and muttering in his mouth, but the voice was too low, and the people on the side didn't know what he was talking about, so they could only look at the city gate in the distance one by one, waiting for the order to attack at any time.

The gatehouse was shrouded in darkness and faint firelight, looking hideous and terrifying, I don't know why, when I saw this tower, the Japanese soldiers on the side all had a feeling of shock, this feeling had also appeared when they fought before, every time it was almost nine deaths, it was really lucky to survive, but this time, this feeling of uneasiness was stronger than before, and the people here seemed to be unusually hesitant.

"Even a squad didn't dare to fight back, and the courage of the people in China became smaller and smaller." Yokozo Nagano thought for a long time before finally speaking.

"Nagano-kun, did our situation here be discovered by the Shina people?" Inoue Kurago, who was on the side, thought about it and said, the feeling of uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger, which made him gradually retreat, but in front of the squadron leader, he didn't dare to show it at will, and now he could only knock on the side a little bit.

Nagano Yokozo nodded and said, "This is very likely, after all, it is the territory of the Shina people, and they are more familiar with this place than anyone else." ”

Inoue Kurago's heart was shocked and suddenly changed color: "In this case, Nagano-kun, it is better for us to retreat a little, there are many troops of the Zhina, in case a detour surrounds us, I'm afraid the situation is not good." ”

Yokozo Nagano, who has always been cautious and cautious, sneered at this moment: "It would be good if the people of Shina really outflanked our rear, I'm afraid that they will cower on the castle tower and defend it." ”

Inoue Kurago glanced at the squadron leader strangely, and suddenly nodded in understanding.

I only heard Yokozo Nagano continue: "It's just a small team of troops that attacked, and the other party didn't even react, did they see through my strategy?" Or are there not many troops left on the city gates by the people of China? Really afraid to do something? After saying that, he suddenly said with a pale face: "Inoue-kun, let Tanida's team continue to attack in the direction of the city gate." ”

Although Inoue Kurago felt that it was inappropriate to act rashly before figuring out the enemy's strength, he thought that the squadron leader had never fought a battle that he was not sure of, and now that the defense line of the Shina people had been broken through, and the friendly forces were constantly entering the city to sweep away the last remnants of the enemy, he responded with a "hi" and respectfully ran to convey the order.

The offensive, which had been stalled for a moment, resumed with the order of Yokozo Nagano, and the raging flames of battle were rekindled in front of the Jikei Gate, but the next action of the national army really puzzled the Japanese army, and after a short contact, the national army, which had previously dealt them a lot of blows, retreated without hesitation.

In the darkness, the vacated street not only did not make the Japanese army feel the excitement of winning the battle, but there was an indescribable weirdness, and the team leader who led the team stopped decisively and reported to the squadron leader after chasing out dozens of steps and still not encountering resistance.

This time, Yokozo Nagano decisively ordered to continue the attack, and it seemed that he had seen through the actions of the national army that was just a reaction after insufficient troops, but the other three squads hidden around had never received the order to attack, and had to hide quietly in the dark, anxiously watching the actions of friendly forces.

The tall city wall stood in front of the Japanese army like a moat, looking at the castle tower as if it was opening a bloody mouth, coupled with the enemy's previous abnormal behavior, the uneasiness in their hearts became more and more intense, but under the squadron leader's constant orders to attack, thinking that there were three other squads behind them, they finally gritted their teeth and rushed towards the city gate.

In the darkness, three or four machine guns rang out without warning, followed by the sound of rifles that had disappeared in front of them before, and the sudden sound of guns instantly intertwined into a net of fire in front of the city gate, mercilessly putting the net of the Japanese soldiers in it, and suddenly, the screams of the Japanese soldiers who rushed wildly became one, and the Japanese soldiers who were covered by the fire and wind fell as many as seven or eight people in an instant.

The deputy squadron leader Inoue Kurago, who was following behind to observe the situation, was taken aback for a moment by this sudden counterattack, these people were decisive and ambushed, the previous retreat should have been to attract them over, but after being surprised, he was overjoyed, listened carefully for a while, and after distinguishing that the enemy's firepower was no more than a small team at most, his previous worries disappeared.

"Nagano-kun, it seems that the troops of the Shina have fled, immediately capture this gate and let the friendly troops pass, and before dawn, we can completely occupy the Kyoto of the Shina people." Inoue Kurago, who hurried back to report the situation, immediately reported excitedly after seeing the oncoming squadron leader, as the previous troops occupied the gate of the enemy's Kyoto, this is a great merit, in the face of this possibility of changing his fate, Inoue's voice trembled greatly.

Yokozo Nagano also nodded, and seemed to agree with the deputy's opinion, but when he was about to give the order, he seemed to think of something, and after being stunned for a moment, he suddenly frowned and said: "Send the Iyama team as well, tell Iyama and Tanida to capture the city gate at all costs!" ”

Although Inoue Kurago was a little puzzled why the squadron leader hadn't thrown the entire squadron up until this time, when he thought that judging from the firepower, the enemy at the city gate might not even have a small team, and he also felt that there were so many people, after all, the enemy's main force had withdrawn, and the people who stayed behind could be so powerful, and how many times the strong attack was basically a matter of nine out of ten.

Seeing Inoue Kurago hurrying to deliver the order, Nagano Yokozo pondered for a while and then said to a deputy beside him: "Let the Kawakami team guard our rear, expand the scope of vigilance, and report any situation in time!" ”

A Japanese soldier on the side of "Hi" immediately answered, turned around and was about to leave, but he heard Yokozo Nagano order: "In addition, tell Matsumoto Kojiro that the teams on both wings are back and ready to reinforce the battlefield ahead." ”

On the tower of Jiqing Gate, looking at the Japanese army that had increased its troops again, the stone lay on the head of the city with a cold face, but there was no reaction, as if the attack in front of him had nothing to do with him, but if you look closely, you can see that his eyes narrowed slightly, and there was a faint flash of murder.

Looking at the crowded Japanese soldiers on the street, the pillar next to the stone was a little frightened and said: "Stone, the devil has increased his troops again, should we do it?" ”

Shitou said without looking back: "First a squad, seeing that we have added a few more machine guns here, then another squad was added, and the two squads of the devils add up to almost equivalent to one of our companies, but Brother Zhuzi, the little devils have been fighting with them for so long, when did you see them acting in a squad formation?" ”

Zhu Zi nodded and said: "Yes, devils generally use a squadron as a combat unit, especially in a big scene like today, they will not easily divide their troops, and there should be half of the troops behind." Speaking of this, Zhu Zi couldn't help but be taken aback, and then smiled bitterly: "Stone, you don't still want to eat these devils in one bite!" ”

The stone said word by word: "It's just a squadron, not once or twice, only when the devil hurts, they don't dare to come over easily." ”

"But the stone, the devil's forces are too open, we don't have enough manpower to surround us, if we give up the city gate and choose to counterattack and counterattack, in the case of blocking the retreat of the devil, the situation is really hard to say." Zhu Zi said with some puzzlement, obviously not very optimistic about the practice of stones, but starting from Luodian, the guy in front of them, who was regarded as an "idiot", gave them shock and puzzlement again and again, and now they don't dare to draw conclusions easily.

Shi smiled coldly and said: "Brother Zhuzi, you just wait to see a good show, how can there be a cat that smells fishy and doesn't leave saliva, since the devils dare to come up, their lives, I will accept them unceremoniously." Let Xiao Shandong go and tell Gao Da Hammer to fight steadily, only the two of them will deal with the attack of the devils, and I will not give them any help. ”

Hearing this, Zhuzi was immediately surprised and said: "Stone, isn't this too risky, the devil has almost a company, how can he withstand it with just two squads?" ”

At this time, Shi changed his previous appearance of being quite obedient to persuasion, and shook his head categorically and said: "No matter how big the price is, we have to eat this devil, and if we don't use thunder to repel the devil's attack, we have no chance to retreat at all, Brother Zhuzi, don't you really want the brothers of the whole company to die here, why do those commanders let us be cannon fodder, we have to stay honestly?" ”

"Stone, you are crazy, if you let people hear this, you will be shot." The pillar said in shock.

"Shot? The battalion commander listens to the order, right? Company Commander Zhou listens to orders, right? Squad Leader Xu, Uncle Xu, and Chen Daaxe all obey orders, right? Those who listen to orders are dead, stretching out their heads is also death, shrinking their heads is also death, why can't we make plans for our own lives, I don't want to let the brothers around me go to death so inexplicably! Stone said through gritted teeth.

And Zhuzi looked at him dumbfounded, as if after the death of the battalion commander, the kid in front of him was completely like a different person, which made him feel extremely strange.