Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Nanjing, the headquarters of the China Expeditionary Army.

"Jingle Bell--!"

The shrill ring of the telephone was like a death knell.

This will completely awaken this heavily guarded power center from its dead silence!
"Report! Guanghua Gate outpost under attack! Outnumbered and outgunned, requesting backup!"

"Report! A massive explosion has occurred at Warehouse No. 3 at Xiaguan Wharf! Flames are shooting into the sky!"

"Report! The city defense command headquarters has been attacked by unidentified armed men!"

Emergency reports came in droves, like snowflakes, flying from all directions of Nanjing to Hata Shunroku's desk!
Hata Shunroku, who had just entered a light sleep, was urgently woken up.

As he quickly donned his uniform and entered the brightly lit operations room.

He was greeted by a crowd that remained calm despite the chaos.

These elite soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire truly deserve the name of elite.

Unlike the staff officers of the city defense command and the military police command, who were shouting at the top of their lungs.

The staff officers of the Chinese Expeditionary Army Headquarters remained calm, as if nothing had happened.

They were simply trying to figure out how many enemies there were and from where they had infiltrated this impregnable city in the most effective and direct way possible!
Although there were a few shouts, they were harmless.

Hata Shunroku took the report from a staff officer.

The locations of the attacks were marked in red ink.

His eyes swept rapidly across the map.

The docks, train stations, government buildings, military police garrisons, and even the various city gate checkpoints.

All the locations that were attacked exploded like fireworks in every corner of the city.

It seemed to have no pattern, yet it successfully drew the attention of all the mobile forces in the city!
"Commander, it is clear that this was a well-planned operation. The simultaneous attacks covered almost the entire city, and all of them were important targets."

"Clearly, their real target must be of very high priority, and it is very likely that it is the General Headquarters of the Expeditionary Army."

Hata Shunroku nodded and quickly fell into a state of deep thought.

So where is their real target location?
The headquarters of the expeditionary force could not possibly be breached by a small elite enemy force.

He naturally wasn't worried about his own safety.

A terrifying thought struck Hata Shunroku's mind like lightning once again!
He suddenly raised his head, and a look of terror flashed in his cloudy old eyes. Hata Shunroku stared intently at the place on the map that he had deliberately ignored.

That's the time.

A operations staff officer hurried along: "Commander, the Military Police Headquarters is emphasizing that Fumin Hospital was also attacked."

Fumin Hospital in the west of the city was also attacked!
Just as I feared, this happened!
Hata Shunroku couldn't help but mutter angrily, "These bastards."

obviously.

From the very beginning, this elite squad was not targeting him, their commander-in-chief!

It wasn't aimed at any conspicuous targets!
Their goal has always been the same!
It was to thwart their plan of divine punishment and holy war.

Destroy their bacterial production facilities and transit points.

Fortunately, Fumin Hospital was merely a bacterial transfer base for the Rong 1644 Unit, not a true production base, much less the garrison of the 1644 Unit.

A wave of relief mixed with lingering fear instantly soaked through his military uniform.

Although Hata Shunroku also did not support bacteriological warfare, it was, after all, Japan's only hope for a comeback, and bacteriology was their only research area where they were ahead of the world.

As for poison gas, the Japanese aren't even good enough to cover the expenses of Western countries.

His advance precautions, though misdirected, were misguided.

But at least it put the entire city's defense system into operation.

What I fear most is that my momentary lapse of judgment almost extinguished my brother's hopes of turning the tide.

"Immediately connect me to the Military Police Headquarters! Connect me to the City Defense Command!"

Hata Shunroku's voice, hoarse with shame and indignation, sounded slightly shrill: "I order! Commander Kobayashi will be in full command of tonight's city clearing operation!"

"The city defense forces, the military police, all forces must obey his command!"

"Hai!"

"Sack, tell Kobayashi-kun!"

"The most elite mobile forces must be immediately deployed to the west of the city to annihilate the enemy attacking Fumin Hospital at all costs. There is one of the most important research facilities of our great Japan."

"As for those Chinese agents causing trouble all over the city, they're nothing but attention-grabbing flies!"

"Drawing some troops should be enough to surround and annihilate them."

"However, it must be emphasized that none of these Chinese who dare to cause trouble should be let go!"

"Better to kill the innocent than let the guilty go free!"

With Hata Shunroku's order issued.

The Japanese army's efficient and brutal war machine was instantly activated to its fullest extent!

Those Military Intelligence Bureau action groups scattered throughout Nanjing, launching attacks like eggs hitting rocks.

In an extremely short period of time, I felt an overwhelming sense of pressure, as if my life was about to be over!

The Wang Jingwei regime's police force, which had been scattering and fleeing, suddenly stopped its retreat.

Squads of heavily armed Japanese military police, emerging from the barracks like packs of wolves, surrounded them from all sides in the narrow alleyway!

In addition, even the guard division of the Wang Jingwei regime received orders for coordinated defense from the city's garrison.

As the earliest former Kuomintang troops to defect to the Wang Jingwei regime, the Peace and National Construction Army did indeed have several capable units.

Of course, that's a story for another time.

Let's return to the battlefield.

The fire from the light machine guns blocked all the agents' escape routes in almost an hour!
These men were unwilling to hide in civilian homes and bring potential disaster to their fellow countrymen.

"Da da! Da da~!"

"Boom! Boom!"

"Brothers! Let's fight those Japanese devils!"

Accompanied by mournful roars, a brief but intense street battle erupted in the dark night of Nanjing, only to quickly subside.

The agents of the Military Intelligence Bureau fought to the very last moment.

They used their own flesh and blood to buy the most precious, and final, crucial time for the main force to launch their attack.

Sacrifice has value.

……

Meanwhile, in the west of the city.

The last few hundred meters of the street leading to "Fumin Hospital" had long since become a slaughterhouse of blood and fire!
Xu Hu and his special commando team, like a group of demons emerging from hell, charged forward with unstoppable momentum!
"Rocket launcher! At the three o'clock position, that machine gun emplacement! Bomb it!"

A commando skillfully pulled out a Type 31 rocket launcher from behind his back, knelt down, and hoisted it onto his shoulder!

“Whoosh—Boom!”

On the windowsill of the two-story building on the street corner, a Type 96 machine gun that had just begun to roar, along with the machine gunner who had half his body sticking out, was instantly blown into the air!
Without hesitation, the rocket launcher operator casually tossed aside the empty steel pipe in his hand!
Then, continue charging forward with your submachine gun slung over your shoulder!
This disposable weapon is simply a godsend in urban warfare!
Disposable after use, requiring no consideration of recycling or refilling.

The design concept of the Type 31 disposable rocket launcher takes the words "simple and brutal" to the extreme!
It doesn't involve much technology; it's just a simple launch tube, and its core lies in the warhead.

Even if it were captured by the Japanese, it would take time to replicate it.

In this war that concerns the fate of the nation.

The Japanese army today has little need for anti-armor and assault capabilities.

Mass production of this weapon will only further strain their already limited and precious war resources!

"Grenade!"

"suppress!"

Xu Hu took the lead, hiding behind a broken wall, and suddenly threw a black egg-shaped grenade at a makeshift barricade made of sandbags in front of him!
"Boom--!"

Amidst the muffled explosion, the Japanese military police behind the barricades, who were preparing to retaliate, were struck as if by an invisible giant hand. Their bodies jolted violently, and blood instantly gushed from their mouths, noses, and seven orifices!

These new offensive grenades are well-suited for use in such combat environments.

It is efficient, simple, and virtually impossible to be thrown back.

The well-trained assault team seized the opportunity and leaped out from behind their cover like tigers! "Rat-a-tat-tat-tat—!"

The dense hail of bullets instantly tore the few Japanese soldiers who were not quite dead to shreds!

The battle was brutal, yet incredibly efficient—it was outrageous!

"Boom——!"

With the last rocket launcher, the heavy iron gate of "Fumin Hospital" and the fortifications behind it were blown to pieces!
Xu Hu took the lead, carrying a submachine gun that was still emitting smoke, and was the first to rush in!
"Group 1, guard the main gate! Group 2, clear out the remaining enemies inside the compound! Groups 3 and 4, follow me! Target: the main building!"

His orders, brief and clear, reached the ears of every team member amidst the chaotic gunfire!

The hospital courtyard was in complete chaos.

The Japanese doctors and researchers in white coats, surrounded by guards, scurried around like headless flies, screaming in terror.

"Da da da!"

The assault team's guns spat fire mercilessly, felling any enemy who tried to raise their guns in resistance!
The battle was one-sided.

These "researchers" who usually only know how to experiment on living people, and the guards responsible for watching over them, are no match for this group of battle-hardened elites who have fought their way out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

In less than five minutes, the entire courtyard was cleared!
Xu Hu kicked open the carved door of the main building, and a stench of formaldehyde and blood hit him!

"Search separately!"

"Seek out all high-value targets!"

"Laboratory! Archives! Don't miss a single one!"

The team of more than 30 members immediately split into smaller groups.

Like the most agile hunting dogs, they charged towards every corner of the building!
"Report! We've discovered a document storage room! It's full of Japanese research materials!"

"Report! A large number of operating tables and human dissection tools have been discovered!"

Reports came in one after another!
However, Xu Hu's brows furrowed even more deeply: "Destroy all the documents, and plant a bomb in the operating room."

"Yes!"

These are all just the periphery, appearances and disguises.

The real core laboratory has not yet been found!

"Captain, we've searched all the rooms; it shouldn't be inside the main building."

"basement!"

He roared at his teammates beside him, "It must be underground!"

"Find quickly!"

The soldiers began searching again for gaps in the walls, looking...
Finally, deep inside a room with a sign that read "Pharmaceutical Warehouse".

One of the team members discovered an iron door disguised as a shelf!
"boom!"

Without any hesitation, the team member stuck a C-2 explosive directly onto the door!

Amidst the deafening explosion, the iron gate was blasted inwards and flew away!

A stronger, more foul-smelling, and even slightly sweet, rotten smell of air gushed out from behind the dark door!

When the team members turned on their powerful flashlights and illuminated the long, downward staircase behind the door, everyone was so shocked by what they saw that they gasped in astonishment!
That is a stairway to hell!
On both sides of the steps are huge glass containers that look like aquariums.

The container was filled with all sorts of disgusting human organs!
At the end of the steps, in that huge underground space, rows of metal shelves were neatly arranged with thousands of glass petri dishes incubating bacteria!
Various unknown, bubbling liquids flowed slowly through a complex network of pipes!

This is the heart of the Fumin Hospital transfer center of the Rongzi 1644 unit!
There must be other exits here as well.

"Check all the gas masks, and the demolition team, plant the explosives immediately!"

Xu Hu's voice trembled slightly, not from fear, but from extreme anger!
The team members quickly took out the high explosives they had prepared in advance from their backpacks and placed them on every load-bearing column and key equipment in the laboratory!

"Set everything to five minutes from now. Everyone, evacuate immediately!"

"Yes!"

Meanwhile, in an alley in the south of Jinling City.

The final gunshots gradually faded into silence.

Tu Jun, the captain of the Jinling Station action team of the Military Intelligence Bureau, leaned against a wall riddled with bullet holes. A broken Japanese bayonet was stuck in his chest, and blood had already stained his entire chest.

His brothers' corpses lay scattered all around him.

They successfully held off a Japanese company here for more than twenty minutes.

"Boss. Boss."

A faint shout came from the corner.

Young agent Xiao Ma, clutching his arm that had been pierced by a bullet, jogged toward him with a slight struggle.

He was the only survivor besides Tu Jun.

Tu Jun slowly turned his head to look at his most capable subordinate.

In his memory, although Xiao Ma was a good shot, he always resisted going on missions as an action team member.

Tu Jun assigned him to intelligence work, but he became the best intelligence officer in Jinling Station.

Tonight's performance was indeed the most heroic.

That's why he was lucky enough to survive.

Thinking of this, Tu Jun chuckled softly.

Also.

How could the best students in a training program not have some skills?
Director Dai would never send an incompetent person to Nanjing.

Thinking of this, Tu Jun forced a grim smile onto his perpetually blood-stained face: "Little Ma, I underestimated you before. You're tougher than me, you must have taken down quite a few Japanese devils, right?"

"Boss! We've taken down seven, but we have to retreat!"

Tu Jun shook his head. He glanced at the already cold faces around him; every single one of them was so familiar, many of them even his classmates and subordinates who had followed him for years.

"Walk?"

His voice was weak yet filled with determination: "So many brothers died tonight, how can I, as the eldest brother, have the face to live on?"

Tu Jun's words were filled with a determination to die.

Xiao Ma's eyes were filled with tears: "As long as the green hills remain, there will always be firewood to burn. As long as you are here, Jinling Station will be rebuilt sooner or later."

Tu Jun remained silent, but tremblingly pulled a small bronze seal from his pocket and stuffed it into Xiao Ma's hand.

“Xiao Ma, listen to me, this seal represents the communication authority of Jinling Station.”

His eyes became extremely serious: "Find a safe house and hide there. You know where it is."

"Wait."

"Wait until the storm passes, and until the higher-ups send people to reactivate Jinling Station."

“You are the last promising talent left in our Jinling Station action team.”

Done.

With his last bit of strength, he pushed away the little horse that tried to help him up.

Tu Jun heard the footsteps of Japanese soldiers in the distance, as well as the barking of hunting dogs.

The little horse's lips trembled; it wanted to say something but was too overwhelmed with grief to speak.

He hesitated for a moment, then gave a military salute, covered his arm, and disappeared into the night.

Tu Jun leaned against the broken wall, his front blouse stained with blood, gazing southeast.

As footsteps and barking dogs drew closer, he reached for the grenade at his waist, and a familiar accent suddenly rose in his throat.

"The pavilion in the misty rain, where pen and inkstone are now discarded—"

"The sword is drawn; slaying jackals and wolves!"

"Brothers' blood stained the alleys of Jinling"

His trembling finger pointed to the bodies of his fallen comrades scattered on the ground, his voice choked with emotion: "Their souls follow the flames, illuminating the great river!!!"

The Japanese soldiers surrounded them, and Tu Jun slowly pulled the fuse of the last grenade hidden behind his back.

"Boom——!"

The towering flames instantly illuminated the dark alleyway as bright as day, lighting the way home for the dozens of loyal souls. (End of Chapter)