Chapter 203

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Protagonist:

Lv Muzhi

"Three hundred meters... two hundred fifty meters... two hundred meters..." Battalion Commander Yang Fu reported the distance in a low voice beside Xie Jinyuan.

"Open fire!"

With Xie Jinyuan's order, the Sihang Warehouse instantly erupted with a terrifying roar!

The Japanese felt that the Sihang Warehouse before them was like a great bell, booming and tolling the funeral knell for themselves.

Rat-tat-tat—!

The 20mm cannon roared first, armor-piercing shells like red-hot iron nails viciously boring into the lead Type 89 medium tank.

One Type 89's hull couldn't withstand several hits, its armor was punched with several holes, and the nearby Japanese infantry could hear the screams of the tank crew inside.

The 37mm anti-tank guns also fired from holes dug in advance upstairs on the building, bombarding the tanks below.

With a bang, one shot directly pierced the Japanese tank.

Almost simultaneously, all the heavy machine guns spat out tongues of fire.

The MG34's high-rate-of-fire barrage swept toward the infantry behind the tanks like sickles, while the M2 heavy machine gun's 12.7mm large-caliber bullets mercilessly struck the armor of the Type 95 light tank, making a terrifying clanging sound, and some bullets tore through the armor, drilling straight into the tank, leaving the Japanese inside either dead or wounded.

The Japanese tank cannon fired a shot at the Sihang Warehouse building, unexpectedly leaving only a shallow small pit on the wall.

"Eight Gua! The enemy's firepower is too fierce! The infantry is suppressed!" A Japanese squadron leader hiding behind a tank roared in panic.

"Engineers! Demolition team up! Blow up those firepower points!" Ying Sen Xiao, watching from the rear with binoculars as the attack was frustrated, immediately issued new orders.

Several Japanese engineers carrying explosive packs tried to approach the warehouse under the cover of tanks and smoke, but as soon as they rushed out of cover, they were felled by precise point fire.

"Regimental Commander! Frontal assault losses are too great! Request artillery support!" The frontline commander ran over begging.

Ying Sen Xiao looked at the Concession less than 60 meters from the Sihang Warehouse, then looked at the Locust Army corpses all over the ground in the distance, gritted his teeth, stamped his foot: "I can't worry about so much anymore! Approve artillery support! Order the mountain gun squadron, add several Type 92 infantry guns, move to the west side of the warehouse, avoid the Concession direction, direct fire! Knock down that building for me!"

Soon, several Type 92 infantry guns and Type 41 mountain guns were pushed by the Japanese to several hundred meters west of the warehouse, their cannon muzzles pointing straight at the Sihang Warehouse walls.

"Enemy artillery spotted! West side, one o'clock direction!" The rooftop observation post immediately discovered the Japanese movement.

The Sihang Warehouse was in the city with many buildings; the Japanese artillery had to get closer to fire, otherwise their view would be blocked by other buildings and ruins, but since the Japanese artillery was directly aiming at the Sihang Warehouse, the Eight Hundred Warriors inside could also discover the Japanese artillery.

The Japanese artillery did fire several shells with direct fire, but the damage to the Sihang Warehouse building was not great.

"Want to play direct fire?" Xie Jinyuan was prepared, "Machine gun group, target the Japanese artillery position! Suppress them for me!"

"Received!"

At two pre-set firing ports on the west side of the warehouse, the dark muzzles of 20mm machine cannons extended out, and after a slight adjustment, they unleashed a rapid volley at the Japanese artillery position just set up!

Boom boom boom boom boom boom!

The 20mm machine cannon shells splashed like water, splashing toward the Japanese artillery position.

The shells landed precisely among the Japanese artillerymen, instantly causing chaos, men and horses overturned, the gunners either dead or wounded.

"Eight Gua! How did they react so fast?!" The Japanese artillery squadron leader stared dumbfounded; before he could fire several rounds, his own position had already suffered a destructive strike.

"Withdraw! Withdraw quickly!" The surviving Japanese artillerymen crawled and scrambled, dragging the remaining guns back.

Ying Sen Xiao saw the artillery also suppressed, nearly vomiting blood with rage. "Have the airmen arrived?! Call for air support! Let the planes dive-bomb!"

Not long after, the roar of engines came from the sky, three Japanese Type 96 carrier fighters howling over.

Out of concern for accidentally injuring the Concession, they had to lower their altitude, diving back and forth to attack and strafe in the east-west direction.

"Japanese planes are coming! Anti-aircraft positions ready!" Xie Jinyuan loudly ordered.

On the Sihang Warehouse rooftop, two temporarily constructed anti-aircraft positions were equipped with two quadruple 20mm Oerlikon aircraft cannons, and several MG34 and M2 heavy machine guns were arranged, all raising their muzzles.

"Open fire!"

With the anti-aircraft commander's order, the rooftop anti-aircraft fire net was instantly woven!

Rat-tat-tat! Boom boom boom boom! Bang bang bang bang!

The quadruple Oerlikon aircraft cannons emitted a terrifying roar, the MG34 machine guns and M2 heavy machine guns opened fire on the Japanese fighters diving in the sky.

Across the Suzhou River, the Xia Guo people who had heard the news had long since crowded the area.

The people originally let out lamentations when they saw the Japanese planes approaching, but when such fierce anti-airfire erupted from the Sihang Warehouse rooftop, everyone was first stunned, then burst into earth-shaking cheers!

"Good hit! Good hit!"

"Warriors! Hit them hard! Beat these damn little Eastern Ocean devils down!"

"Quick look! Smoke is rising over there!"

Under the gaze of countless eyes on both banks, a Type 96 carrier fighter that dove too fiercely was continuously hit on the wing and fuselage by 20mm machine cannons, immediately breaking apart in the air, turning into a fireball falling toward the Huishan Wharf direction, causing another round of cheers from the people across the bank.

Another Japanese plane, seeing this, wanted to pull up, wanted to escape but couldn't!

Finally trailing thick smoke, it flew crookedly toward the north side, but ultimately crashed in Zhabei.

"Eight Gua! How is the Chinese army's anti-aircraft fire so strong?!" The pilot of the sole remaining Japanese plane was scared out of his wits.

Seeing his companions shot down one after another, the last Japanese pilot, to avoid deadly fire, desperately maneuvered the plane through various evasive actions, finally becoming dizzy and low-level skimming into the Concession, almost brushing past the rooftops!

"Not good! The Japanese plane is charging over!"

"Run!"

Inside the Concession, the crowd originally watching the excitement saw a Japanese plane trailing black smoke; some squatted down covering their heads on the spot, some scattered and fled, the scene extremely chaotic.

The Japanese pilot was also terrified; if it caused an international dispute, he would be finished, desperately pulling the control stick, the plane barely brushing past the tops of several buildings on the edge of the Concession, the huge airflow even overturning some stalls, before finally barely pulling up and fleeing in a hurry.

Although the plane did not crash in the Concession, this terrifying low-altitude scene had already frightened the foreign residents and garrison troops in the Concession quite badly.

"Damn it! These damn Japanese!" Major General Simaisi witnessed the whole process from a tall building by the Suzhou River; the airflow from the plane passing by blew Simaisi Major General's Mediterranean hairstyle into a mess.

"Damn Japanese, do they want to blow us all to heaven?! Immediately arrange a condemnation of the Japanese army!"