After quickly killing the few Japs who stayed on guard on the Guangfu Road, Yang Deyu led a dozen veterans from Class 1 to quickly enter the first-floor hall of the West Building from the gate.
But I saw that the entire hall was in a mess.
There were Japanese corpses lying everywhere.
All the Japanese corpses had been burnt.
There is still a scorching heat wave in the air.
You can imagine how high the temperature in the hall was just now.
"Spread out. No matter life or death, take two more shots first."
Yang Deyu waved his hand, and a dozen veterans suddenly dispersed.
Anyway, they have plenty of bullets now, so there is no need to save them.
At this moment, a voice came from diagonally in front: "No need to bother."
Everyone looked up anxiously and saw the man leaning leisurely on the guardrail of the stone bridge.
Yang Deyu and dozens of veterans couldn't help but shrink their pupils. There was such a violent explosion just now, but there was no trace of smoke on this man's body? How on earth did he do it?
…
Yan Yan slowly walked off the bridge holding a 38-meter cap.
"The Japanese who entered the warehouse have already had their guns refilled."
"Hurry up and prepare for the second wave of Japanese attacks."
"Hurry up and bring in dozens more bags of flour."
After a short pause, Yan Yan said with a smile: "Try to bake it again."
"What? Are you using flour to bake Japanese soldiers?" Yang Deyu and the dozen Central Army veterans behind him looked at each other.
"Japs are not idiots. They have already suffered a loss once, can they suffer again? Isn't it too simple to think? Moreover, there is still an open flame left in the hall, and the flour will explode when exposed to the open flame!"
Yan Jun said: "The flour concentration will not explode unless it reaches the explosion threshold. When the flour concentration reaches enough, the sparks in the hall will almost be extinguished. As for the devils, believe me, if they are fooled once, they will be fooled twice." .”
Regarding the Japanese, Benedict had a very profound analysis in "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword".
In a nutshell, because Japanese people are deeply influenced by shame culture, they are extremely concerned about other people's opinions and evaluations. When they are counterattacked by other people's opinions and evaluations, they usually become extremely stubborn.
Stubbornness can be said to be engraved deep in the Japanese DNA.
Stubbornness is sometimes an advantage, but more often than not it is a fatal flaw.
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Tushi Kitaro fell into hysterical stubbornness at this time.
The collective death of Yamada's team made him feel unspeakable shame, especially the looks from Major Morita and the two staff officers made him feel like a thorn in his back.
So Kitaro Toshi became more stubborn than before.
"The collective loss of Yamada Squadron is certainly regrettable, but compared with the dignity of the Imperial Navy, the lives of more than thirty marines are not worth mentioning at all. Therefore, instead of shrinking from this, we must use greater efforts to Determination, an even greater momentum to continue the attack.”
Major Morita was no longer silent this time.
"Captain, I agree to continue the attack."
"But we must never attack in small groups again."
"You can't even march in formation under the illumination of searchlights!"
"Instead, we should launch attacks one by one, one by one."
"Judging from the exchange of fire just now, the information from the intelligence department is still trustworthy. The main force of the Chinese Army that was left behind at the Sixing Warehouse has indeed withdrawn. The only one who is stubbornly resisting is a small force of dozens of people."
"The most important thing is that the Chinese army only has one machine gun left."
"So, a detachment-sized attack is enough to solve the problem."
However, Major Morita's proposal was flatly rejected by Tushi Kitaro.
"Morita-kun, as I said just now, the battle of Sihang Warehouse is not a simple military war, but a complex propaganda war and political war. Therefore, we must not only seize the warehouse, but also demonstrate to the Western countries in the process of seizing the warehouse It shows the iron-blooded style of the Imperial Japanese Navy, so the speed must be fast and the momentum must be strong!”
Toshi Kitaro has completely taken advantage of the situation and insists on attacking in formation under the lights.
Because only by doing this can it be possible to turn bad things into good things and restore your reputation.
Only when the scene of the Turkish Division's attack under the lights was photographed by Western reporters and published in newspapers could the Japanese Navy's Shanghai Special Marine Corps restore its reputation.
In comparison, sacrificing just a few dozen soldiers is no big deal at all.
However, Major Morita firmly opposed it: "I will never allow soldiers to march in formation under lights. This is stupid!"
"Morita-kun, please pay attention to your identity." Toshi Kitaro's face fell instantly, "Remember, I am the captain of the 10th Battalion of the Imperial Navy's Shanghai Special Marine Corps, and you are just a brigade deputy. !”
Major Morita was speechless. Yes, he was just a brigade deputy.
…
Western reporters and military observers who gathered on the edge of the rooftop of the Bank of China building soon discovered that a larger number of Japanese troops were gathering towards Guangfu Road, and then began to march in formation.
While marching, they even started to sing the same song of cherry blossoms.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers marched in unison singing military songs, full of momentum.
"God, what are the Japanese doing? A retro queue from the flintlock era?"
"It seems that the Japanese commanders are determined to show us their majesty."
"The Japanese are really ridiculous. They don't care about the lives of soldiers at all for the so-called face."
"But then again, this is not unusual for the Japanese. It was like this in the Russo-Japanese War."
"If nothing else happens, this small group of Japanese soldiers will also be buried in Sihang Warehouse. The Chinese army will definitely send them another bomb, and then bang, they will all die!"
"No, no, I don't think so this time."
"The Chinese army will not have a second big bomb."
"You can't blow up the same enemy twice in the same place."
"I also think there is nothing wrong with the Japanese commander's choice this time."
"The explosion just now should be the last resistance of the Chinese army. If nothing else, the Sihang Warehouse should be empty at this time, so the Japanese army will definitely not suffer any more attacks this time."
"Yes, this time the Japanese's intention to show off their power will definitely succeed."
"Guess what will be on the front page of Yadong Times tomorrow?"
…
Foreigners only used it as a source of conversation, but the Chinese on the south bank of the Suzhou River felt even more humiliated.
Although it was already early in the morning, many Chinese people still gathered on South Suzhou Road to pay attention to the battle. Even though the Belarusian patrolmen of the International Business Group repeatedly drove them away, they could not be driven away.
Zhang Yifu is one of them, but he is on the balcony of a rented apartment.
Seeing dozens of Japanese soldiers singing military songs and marching along the Guangfu Road in neat steps, Zhang Yifu felt as if a big stone was pressed on his chest and he could hardly breathe.
Too arrogant, these little devils are too arrogant.
The little devils not only set up searchlights, but also marched in neat formations.
Do you really think that our Chinese army does not exist? When the guns of our national army cannot kill people?
After a while, the Japanese queue marched to the barricade in the southwest corner of Sihang Warehouse.
Immediately afterwards, the Japanese in groups of a dozen quickly climbed over the barricade, which was as high as one person.
As long as they climbed over the barricade in the southwest corner, the Japanese supporting firepower was no longer a threat.
However, the south-facing windows of Sihang Warehouse and the cigarette shop in the southeast corner were silent. The Maxim heavy machine gun that had been firing violently on the second floor of the cigarette shop a quarter of an hour ago remained silent this time.
"Shoot, shoot, shoot these beasts!"
In the darkness, bursts of crying pleading sounded.
Zhang Yifu also prayed silently in his heart, hurry up and shoot!
However, the Sihang Warehouse on the north bank of the Suzhou River is always silent.
It seems that the national troops in Sihang Warehouse have really withdrawn.
Ever since, a sigh sounded in the darkness on the south bank.
The last national army also withdrew, and Zhabei fell completely.
The Japanese also discovered this and immediately burst into loud cheers.
Accompanied by huge cheers, the Japanese poured into the gate of the west building crazily.
There was also a group of Japanese who rushed to the windows of the east building and the first floor of the cigarette shop, stabbed sandbags with rifles, and tried to break in through the windows.
Seeing the Japanese pouring into the west building of the warehouse through the door and windows, Zhang Yifu completely broke the defense. He immediately turned back to the room and took an old musket from the bedside, then returned to the balcony and fired a shot towards the opposite side.
Just where the gunshots were heard, the west building of the warehouse opposite suddenly exploded with a bang.
Streams of red flames violently sprayed out from the open doors and windows of the west building.
"Ah?" Zhang Yifu opened his mouth wide and stared at the west building of the warehouse filled with flames. What's going on? The west building of Sihang Warehouse was actually blown up by my shot?
