Chapter 367: The Role of Superstition

The soldiers of the pistol regiment in front, at this time the tide entered the trenches of the Japanese.

One by one, the surviving Japanese soldiers in the trenches jumped out of the trenches, shouting loudly, not believing that the Fruit soldiers who had been beaten by them could make such a fierce charge.

"Bang Bang ......"

In Jinling City, it is worthy of being the most elite unit of the Guo army at this time, and the box guns in these troops are all imported from Germany. In this kind of close-range night attack, these pistols, which are loaded with wooden boxes as butts, become semi-automatic rifles.

It is a pity that at this time, the effective lethality is only more than 200 meters, which cannot cover the main engagement distance of the infantry from three to four hundred meters like the HP90 short assault rifle.

However, in hand-to-hand combat, this super-programmed pistol regiment, which used a lot of box guns, immediately gained the upper hand.

The body of the 38 type is nearly 1.3 meters, and the bayonet almost reaches 1.7 meters. No one can calmly turn around in the trenches, and when engaged in hand-to-hand combat in the trenches, facing the semi-automatic shooting of box guns is a fatal shortcoming.

In a relatively open place, a broadsword will not be an opponent for a bayonet, after all, an inch long and an inch strong. However, in trenches, tunnels, and street battles in narrow terrain, a rifle with a bayonet is comparable to a burning stick compared to a broadsword.

What's worse is that the soldiers of the Guo Army are like a collective transgender, and they will never engage in counterfire or hand-to-hand combat when they can use porcelain grenades. They will only throw grenades, and then rush forward with the smoke from the grenade explosion.

Therefore, after the front-line trenches were occupied by the soldiers of the pistol regiment who rushed in, the passage to the other trenches was immediately covered with earthen porcelain grenades.

At this time, both the Japanese grenadiers and artillery had all lost their effectiveness. In the dark, especially when there are one's own men entangled with the enemy everywhere, then the artillery almost completely loses its value.

Not to mention the Japanese, even when the people's army was "battering the 17 countries," as long as they pounced on their positions and entangled with the enemy, the US artillery would still be helpless.

Deliberately blowing up one's own people with the enemy during the shelling, regardless of the discussion of human nature, the deliberate killing of one's own soldiers is undoubtedly subject to court-martial.

However, hand-to-hand combat did not break out here as the Japanese expected, after all, the semi-automatic fire of box guns was much more effective than bayonets.

As more and more soldiers from the pistol regiment poured into the battlefield, a gap was made in the hastily established infantry defense line of the Japanese 18th Division. As the pistol regiment advanced in depth, the soldiers of the gendarmerie regiment poured into the position and quickly advanced towards the flank attack.

Soon after, the defense line on both flanks of the gendarmerie regiment was established, but in fact, it was only according to Zhang Sixing's explanation, digging some individual potholes, and borrowing part of the defense line formed by the trenches that he said was his own.

Everyone knows that it won't be long before the pursuing troops of the 6th and 9th Divisions of the devil who get the signal may appear at any time.

Soon after, as the troops on both flanks of the military police regiment gained a firm foothold, the 1st and 2nd regiments of the Jinling Breakout passed with dozens of cars equipped with protection.

At this moment, the defensive line on the west side of the Zhonghua Gate, occupied by the troops of the 1st Brigade of the Teaching Team, had already ushered in a tentative attack by the infantry of the Japanese 6th Division that had already rushed into the city.

"Shoot, don't let the devil get close to ......"

The officers of the training squad roared, and in the fortifications built by the gendarmes, the machine guns swallowed the bullet belts and ejected one bullet case after another in the incessant "click" of fire.

Under the illumination of the "Kong Ming lantern" in the sky, shadowy figures appeared in the minefield.

A slight noise rang out at the feet of the figures, followed by shrill screams and curses, and the sound of gunfire throughout the city could not be suppressed.

"Bullet thunder, hateful, bullet thunder ......"

By the way, please don't think that the bullet mine that shone in the Vietnam War was invented by the white-eyed wolf, which was mass-produced in the British arsenal during World War II.

The only problem is that no one knows how to disperse these small mines.

As all the troops outside the city gate spread out on both wings, the Zhonghua Gate also poured out a long line of refugees like a jet.

The young men of the common people, carrying bullet belts and rifles, maintained order, and they were mixed with the members of the gendarmerie training regiment and the communications battalion, and they were the last protective force of the entire refugee camp.

They carried rifles, muzzles turned away from the people, protecting their loved ones.

At this moment, because of the prestige of the "Four Elements Demon King", no one made a noise. All that was the crying of children and the sound of hurried footsteps.

Young women and older men, with straps around their necks, carried wounded people tightly covered with quilts. Behind them was the blocking force set up by the teaching team.

According to Zhang Sixing's order, only when there were no more people at the city gate could the teaching team retreat.

Outside the city gate, on both sides are two super-organized regiments, guarding the two wings of the Jinling Breakout Regiment. They went from one regiment to six regiments, and now there is a seventh regiment that has split from the teaching regiment. At this moment they were arranged on both flanks outside the city gate to defend against the flank attacks of the Japanese.

Wandering among them were the motorcycle corps of the armored company and the cavalry regiment of the teaching brigade, which was responsible for conveying orders and killing any individuals or troops who retreated without orders.

In the "Four Elements Demon King", except for carrying out orders, no one is allowed to talk and move around. Especially tonight, when everyone lives and dies, there are really only two choices of "life or death".

At the head of the Zhonghua Gate, Zhang Sixing was replaced by Zhou Zhenqiang, the brigade commander of the teaching brigade.

He could see the soldiers of the pistol regiment in front of him, crushed to the ground under the fire of Japanese artillery and heavy machine guns. The soldiers of the charging pistol regiment fell in rows, and even the flag bearers of the national flag and the military flag both fell to the ground.

Yet no one retreated, not a single person fled from the battlefield.

Zhou Zhenqiang, who has led the troops for many years, knows that this is from military law, and if he retreats, he will be killed by the soldiers in the back row. What's more, the one who sets the iron law, charges with them.

On the battlefield, all officers will learn to shout "follow Lao Tzu" together.

When the charging troops were "crushed" to the ground by the sudden onset of shells and heavy machine guns, bombs would fall from the sky and explode on the Japanese front.

Even when he saw the bomb explode, Zhou Zhenqiang raised his telescope and looked for it in the sky. However, apart from a few slow-flying eagles, there were no other flying units to be seen.

Could it be those eagles, could it be that the "Four Elements Demon King" is really the same as the legend, can invite mountain gods, land, eagles, and werewolves?

Perhaps in other countries, such a legend is rarely believed, but in the Chinese army, where nine adults are illiterate, this legend is widely believed. Even to some extent, this is a huge bonus to the morale of the troops.

Just like now, the legend of the "Four Elements Demon King" has brought great encouragement to these soldiers who broke through the siege.

Although the soldiers of the Guo Army who were defeated from Songhu to the Battle of Jinling were inevitably a little frightened when facing the Japanese soldiers.

But now they are led by the "Four Elements Demon King", the king who has repeatedly defeated the Japanese division.

Especially when he said the phrase "follow Lao Tzu", then at least tonight, these people who broke through were fanatical and not afraid of casualties.