The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 220: Retreat! (Additional chapter 710 for the creator of the color shadow)

A little after three in the morning, the human body is most sleepy.

After a series of hard battles, the county seat of Teng County was continuously compressed by the Japanese army, and the defenders had only one-third of the area left to move around.

When Chen Tang's voice of "Everyone, please pay attention and rest for ten minutes" fell into his ears.

Even with Zanana's strong physique, she couldn't help but feel a sense of relief, and a thought came to her mind:
This kind of mentally tense battle was more tiring than a week of hunting alone in the dangerous primeval forest.

Even a tough guy like Zanana couldn't help but have such thoughts; the other twenty or so people in the team naturally behaved even worse.

After hearing Chen Tang's order, they lay down on the ground without paying any attention to the uneven ground in the ruins.

There is absolutely no mistake here! At this moment, the team led by Chen Tang, the wizard, and Zanana still has more than twenty people.

Unfortunately, with such a large number of people, their team was not always lucky and there were no casualties in the battle.

The actual situation is that not even half of their original Teng County police force is left.

The reason why they had so many people was that they encountered two groups of scattered Sichuan Army brothers during the mobile operations, and only after they incorporated them did they have more than 20 people.

Are you kidding! Today, we fought from day to night, and from night to late at night, but Teng County was still not completely occupied by the Japanese.

In order to achieve this, it is impossible not to die.

This achievement was achieved entirely by everyone fighting desperately with the Japanese. No one knows how many people died in the battle.

Just as Zanana was about to sit down and relax, someone patted her arm gently. Turning around, she found that it was Chen Tang, who was in charge of security, who patted her.

And he made a faint gesture in the night, which meant: someone is approaching, get ready for battle.

Seeing this, Zanana didn't know where she got the strength from, but she suddenly became energetic.

She quickly patted the wizard beside her, and the wizard patted a Sichuan Army soldier farther away; with this relay, everyone was notified and silently prepared for battle.

Soon after, they saw several people wearing Type 90 helmets and holding long Type 38 rifles in their hands moving carefully among the ruins.

But even so, no one opened fire rashly.

The main reason is that by now, the defenders in the city have basically replaced their old Sichuan-made Type 79 rifles, single-shot rifles, etc. with weapons captured from the Japanese and put on their helmets.

If you fire rashly, you might accidentally injure your teammates.

So before opening fire, Chen Tang used the communication method that the defenders had agreed upon before the war and imitated the chirping of crickets.

After hearing the sound, the figures immediately stopped where they were, and the one at the head of the group shouted softly:
"Don't shoot, it's one of our own."

Because the speaker's voice had a strong Teng County accent, Chen Tang and others finally put aside most of their worries. The wizard stood up and motioned for them to come over quickly.

When those people approached, the wizard couldn't help but yelled, "Mr. Zhou Tong, didn't you lead the people out of the city? Why are you still here?"

That's right! The person who came was indeed Zhou Tong, the county magistrate of Teng County. Judging from the way the people behind him were dressed, they should all be members of the security team.

However, including Zhou Tong, everyone looked extremely miserable at the moment; they were listless and covered in blood, not knowing whether it was their own or someone else's.

It’s normal to think about it. Such a battle is still too brutal for people like them.

But even so, Zhou Tong's eyes were still extremely bright, as if there was a ray of light in them.

He said calmly, "General Wu, you are joking. It is not only you soldiers who have the responsibility to defend the land. Although I am a civilian official, as the parent official of Teng County, how can I abandon the city and leave.

Since the war began, no Chinese local official has died for his country, so let me be the first one to do so."

Hearing the carefree and resolute tone in Zhou Tong's calm words, Chen Tang and others looked at each other for a moment, unable to even say a word of persuasion.

All I could do was ask the other party to wait for a few minutes and sit down and rest for a while.

*****
Not long after Zhou Tong and his companions sat down, Chen Tang noticed that some people were approaching, and there were as many as twenty or thirty people.

Just like last time, after everyone hurriedly prepared for the battle, Chen Tang made two "jiji" sounds, but those people did not react at all to the stab.

There was no doubt that the real devils were coming this time. Without hesitation, Chen Tang shouted "shoot!" and pulled the trigger. The moment his voice left his mouth, the others also opened fire with all their might.

Including Zhou Tong and others, they also grabbed a grenade from their bodies and threw it at the Japanese devils.

Thanks to the fact that a large number of Japanese soldiers were killed in the long battle, the wizard now has a Type 96 light machine gun in his hands, which means he has automatic firepower at hand.

Unfortunately, the design of the Japanese light and heavy machine guns during World War II was really hard to describe. They were only used to bully agricultural countries like China.

Compared with the disappointing Type 96 light machine gun, the Type 96 light machine gun has undergone some improvements and is more user-friendly.

However, there are still many problems such as the ammunition supply system, slow rate of fire, heavy weight and poor ergonomics, and its usability is quite limited.

Fighting in the dusty ruins of the city, the wizard had just fired two long bursts of shots when the weapon in his hand jammed.

With great depression, the wizard threw away the Type 1918 light machine gun in his hand and pulled out a DIY shotgun, which was a weapon modified by Mo Shuiyan using the barrel of the Mauser M anti-tank rifle.

During this process, he glanced at Zhou Tong.

However, he discovered a ridiculous situation. Perhaps he thought that the grenade could be thrown farther if he jumped, so Zhou Tong actually knocked a grenade on his helmet and jumped twenty or thirty centimeters high before throwing it out.

Good heavens! Doesn't this invisibly increase the probability of being shot?
Of course, Zhou Tong is not to blame for this; this man who has been writing all his life probably only picked up guns and grenades, these weapons of war, in recent days.

Seeing this, the wizard originally thought that after this battle, he must teach the opponent some tactical moves.

Even though he is a rookie, he is still better at fighting than the other party.

Unfortunately, the wizard had no chance, because Zhou Tongcai jumped up and threw the grenade, and a ball of blood burst out from his chest; after landing, he couldn't even stand still and collapsed to the ground.

"You little Japs, I'll fuck your grandpa." In the sudden surge of great anger, the wizard cursed and rushed towards the Japs with his DIY shotgun.

Behind him were Chen Tang, Zanana and other brothers, following with weapons in hand.

Seeing this, those who were shooting at them also rushed forward with bayonets.

When the two sides were five or six meters apart, the wizard pulled the trigger, and immediately hundreds of tiny iron sand particles covered the Japanese soldiers.

Although this thing can't kill people, the combat effect it produces is no weaker than that of a regular shotgun.

The only drawback is that loading the bullet is a bit too troublesome. It takes a long time to load the next bullet after firing one.

The Japanese second lieutenant who rushed to the front and brandished a samurai sword was covered by a cloud of fine iron sand. His face alone was hit by twenty or thirty bullets, one of which hit his fragile eyeball.

No matter how vicious the Japanese are, they cannot withstand this kind of damage.

The lieutenant threw away the samurai sword in his hand, covered his face with his hands and screamed.

The wizard stepped forward and kicked him to the ground, then smashed the 13.2mm caliber shotgun in his hand down like an iron rod.

He didn't stop until the Japanese second lieutenant was lying on the ground without even struggling.

A few minutes later, the battle was over. Looking at the sad faces of those surrounding him, Zhou Tong smiled and said calmly:

"Brothers! Don't feel sorry for me.

You may not believe it, but I have been dreaming these days. In the dream, when Teng County fell, I could only curse the Japanese soldiers as "Japanese pirates" and then jumped off the city wall to die for my country.

Now I have killed many devils with my own hands, but it is more worthwhile than committing suicide for my country...

Oh, right! Remember to tell Captain Hu for me that Zhou Tong and I, a weak scholar with the responsibility of defending our territory, will die here in Teng County.

However, there are actually not many officers in China who are as capable and skilled in fighting as he is. He has been able to defend Teng County until now. Zhou would like to thank him on behalf of the people of Teng County.

Tell him it's time to evacuate and keep his useful body to continue fighting the Japanese."

After insisting on saying the above few sentences, Zhou Tong died. There was no trace of pain on his dirty face, as if he was just sleeping...

(End of this chapter)