Zhou Xiantang and others, who were still blocked in the store, only now finally believed that reinforcements were coming outside the store. Just out of caution, Zhou Xiantang did not order to rush out of the store, but chose to stay in the store and wait and see the situation before making any plans. The plainclothes agents scattered outside the store were suppressed by Tang Cheng and could not hold their heads up. The three injured agents who were regarded as bait by Tang Cheng still fell on the street and screamed in agony.
The other plainclothes agents had already figured out the attacker's intentions at this time, so they could only choose to ignore the sounds of their injured companions and huddled behind the cover. In Tangcheng on the rooftop in the distance, no more agents came out to rescue his companions, so he knew that these guys must have seen through his intentions. Now that his true identity had been revealed, Tang Cheng had no intention of remaining polite and fired three more shots to send the three unlucky guys to hell one by one.
After Tang Cheng had dealt with the three baits, he discovered that some unknown men in suits were coming from a distance. These men in suits moved very fast, but Tang Cheng, who was standing high, did not see any of them carrying weapons. This is a bit strange! Seeing these men in suits who rushed into this street without showing their weapons, Tang Cheng was filled with doubts. It was precisely because of this doubt in Tang Cheng's mind that he finally stopped shooting and planned to see the next move of these men in suits.
It turned out that Tang Cheng was wrong. After these seemingly harmless men in suits entered the street, they immediately merged with the plainclothes agents from before. By the time Tang Cheng reacted, some of the men in suits had already slipped out of their clothes. He drew out a rifle that was much shorter than the Japanese 38 rifle and fired towards Tangcheng. Except for the grenades equipped by the Japanese army, Tang Cheng did not know much about the other weapons and equipment of the Japanese army. If it were Zhang Jianghe here, he would definitely recognize at a glance that the short rifles used by those men in suits are the famous Type 44 rifles in the Japanese army.
The Type 38 rifles equipped in large quantities by the Japanese army were officially equipped with the Japanese army in 1905. At that time, they were equipped with the Type 38 rifles and the Type 38 carbine specifically for cavalry troops. But six years later, in 1911, the Type 38 carbine was eliminated by the Japanese cavalry. The reason for eliminating the Type 38 carbine is simple. The carbine has a shorter barrel than the Type 38 rifle, although its length is suitable for cavalry combat. However, the Type 38 carbine, which only shortened the barrel but did not adjust the rifling structure, seriously affected the effective range and the shooter's shooting accuracy.
In fact, the main reason why the Japanese cavalry troops actively eliminated the Type 38 carbine was because most of the officers in the Japanese cavalry troops at that time were descendants of nobles, and there were even so-called members of the royal family. These descendants of nobles and members of the royal family simply did not like the crudely designed Type 38 carbine, especially the shooting accuracy of the Type 38 carbine, which did not meet the requirements of the cavalry troops. Ever since, at the strong request of the cavalry troops, this type 44 rifle was designed.
Compared with the astonishingly long Type 38 rifle, the length of this Type 44 rifle is only 966 mm, and the total gun weight is only 3.3 kilograms. If the folding bayonet on the front of the gun body is removed, the Type 44 rifle The weight is about three kilograms. It stands to reason that when the barrel of the Type 44 rifle is shortened, the firing range should also be reduced, but this is not the actual situation, because the winding distance of the barrel rifling is higher than that of the Type 38 rifle. This kind of The firing range of the Type 44 rifle is 40 meters longer than the Type 38 rifle.
The short rifles used by the men in suits at the moment were the Type 44 rifles, and these men in suits, whose identities had not been identified by Tang Cheng, were all aristocratic officers of the Japanese cavalry. Tang Cheng was a little disapproving at first, but as men in suits started shooting with guns, Tang Cheng suddenly found that he seemed to be suppressed by the other party. The power and range of rifles will always exceed that of pistols, and the marksmanship of these noble officers is also really good.
Bullets were fired continuously on the edge of the roof. Tang Cheng changed positions continuously but failed to find a chance to fire back. Feeling helpless, he could only step back and then quietly slide down from the roof of the building along the rope that had been prepared. Tangcheng was suppressed and there was no movement. The pressure faced by Zhou Xiantang and others, who were blocked in a street shop, also increased exponentially. However, no matter how the Japanese and puppet agents shouted outside the store, Zhou Xiantang and others always remained silent, and everyone was ready to fight to the death.
The noble officers who were inadvertently involved in this matter quickly lost their previous interest after listening to the Japanese and puppet agents explaining the situation on the street. These aristocratic officers dressed in casual clothes had just returned from vacation in Japan. They only stayed in Shanghai for two days before returning to the cavalry unit of the North China Front to continue serving. When I got up early for breakfast, I heard that there were always attacks on plainclothes agents and military police in the concession. These aristocratic officers, who were very brave and fierce at heart, would go into the concession together to hang out when they had nothing to do.
Wandering around is just a superficial expression. They carry rifles and rifles with them, and they are simply here to cause trouble. By coincidence, they happened to encounter Tang Cheng attacking plainclothes agents here. When they heard the gunfire, they immediately rushed over to join in the fun. They originally thought that the attacker should be a master, but they did not expect that the attacker actually escaped, which made them feel very uncomfortable. They originally came to join in the fun, but when the attackers were gone, they retreated.
These arrogant noble officers still underestimated Tang Cheng. When he left Tang Cheng on the rooftop, he actually did not choose to leave. He just changed his position and prepared to compete with these noble officers in a real way. Tangcheng appeared again on the roof of a building, no more than 150 meters away from the noble officers in the street. Tang Cheng, who had already learned his opponent's gun skills, knew that he was not safe at this distance. But looking around, this is the only place that is most suitable as a shooting position.
The noble officers who were still in the street looked relaxed, but in fact, some of them were always paying attention to what was going on around them. As soon as Tangcheng placed the Garand rifle on the edge of the roof, he was immediately spotted by one of the noble officers, who immediately pointed in the direction of Tangcheng and shouted. Tang Cheng also reacted immediately, immediately pulled the trigger and fired two consecutive shots at the noble officers in the street. "Bang! Bang!" The two noble officers who were about to raise their guns were shot and fell to the ground one after another.
Someone around them was shot. The noble officers who had originally looked relaxed suddenly seemed to have changed. Some people knelt on one knee and fired in the direction of Tangcheng. Some people rushed over and killed the fallen ones who had been shot. Companion, drag him to a shop on the street to check the injury. Tang Cheng, who fired two consecutive shots, quickly changed his shooting position, and fired another two consecutive shots, knocking down two noble officers who were trying to save their companions. In the current situation, Tang Cheng firmly holds the advantage, and four people on the other side have been shot and fell.
People were shot and fell to the ground one after another, and the remaining noble officers were really pissed off. After their loud shouting, the plainclothes agents who had been huddled on the street could only rush out from the street with pistols in hand and began to run quickly in the direction of Tangcheng. The purpose of those noble officers was very simple. These plainclothes agents who were forced to show their faces were a group of baits, specially designed to attract the attention of Tangcheng.
But if Tang Cheng on the roof ignores these plainclothes agents, once they are approached by these plainclothes agents, these seemingly useless baits will be the biggest threat to Tangcheng. If it had been anyone else at this moment, facing such a situation, they might have flawed due to panic. But Tang Cheng was not an ordinary person. Although from the corner of his eye, he had noticed these plainclothes agents rushing out along the street, he did not divert his attention, but continued to shoot at the noble officers in the street.
Tang Cheng had been firing twice at the noble officers, but every time he fired a bullet, he would immediately change his shooting position. As the gunfire continued, out of the dozen noble officers in the street, there were soon only six or seven left. As the number of people continued to decrease, these noble officers, who were originally proud and arrogant, were really afraid this time. These people were assigned to a cavalry unit with few combat tasks. The family originally sent them to be gilded, but two-thirds of their companions died in one fell swoop, and the remaining people no longer knew what to do.
As the number of noble officers continued to decrease, the intensity of their firepower naturally weakened. Under this situation, Tangcheng's attack power became more and more powerful. The plainclothes agents advancing along the street towards Tangcheng, after experiencing extreme psychological struggle, finally successfully moved to a position less than fifty meters away from Tangcheng. As the distance between the attackers worsened and other plainclothes agents appeared again at the street intersection behind them, these originally frightened plainclothes agents finally regained their energy.
The plainclothes agents, who seemed to have been given a shot of chicken blood, secretly calculated the time it would take to cross the last fifty meters, and then rushed out in a swarm under the command of a small agent leader. But they didn't know that Tang Cheng, who was on the top of the building, had been paying attention to their movement distance with the corner of his eye. Seeing these little characters getting closer and closer to his position, Tang Cheng, who was reloading bullets on the roof, grabbed the two grenades beside him and threw them out from the roof one after the other. "Boom! Boom!" The grenade that fell from the roof exploded immediately. Although it did not cause any damage to the plainclothes agents downstairs, it also blocked their rapid advance.
