Agents of the Republic of China

Li Shiqun let out a long sigh. After these days of ups and downs, his mind has become extremely tenacious. Although he knew that the situation in Wuxi was beyond his control, he subconsciously wanted to fight again.

The Japanese army had broken through the east gate, and Tang Shengming's troops were still fighting hard against the defenders at the south gate. The other two gates were also harassed by small groups of troops, so there shouldn't be a problem. The main attack direction of the opponent should be on the east side.Thinking of this, Li Shiqun immediately ordered Xie Yunchao to mobilize part of the troops from the other two city gates and rush to the east gate battlefield, trying to drive the Japanese army out of the city again.

Xie Yunchao was a little hesitant. Unlike Li Shiqun, he knew far more about his army than Li Shiqun. Of the 2-strong Qingxiang troops, a considerable part of them were transformed from the original Communist troops, including troops from various factions, which were transformed into the current establishment through unified reorganization.It should be said that the ability of soldiers to fight alone is good, but it cannot be denied that the time to become an army is too short, and they have not undergone much experience. They have only participated in some small-scale rural clearing battles. There was really nothing to show for it. It was just that an outsider exaggerated the capabilities of this army, which led Li Shiqun to the conclusion that it was still capable of fighting.

"Big brother", Xie Yunchao approached Li Shiqun, and did not address him by his official title as Li Shiqun usually asked, but also to remind Li Shiqun as much as possible. "I know the background of the army. After today's bloody battle, the soldiers were terrified by the Japanese artillery fire. The enemy is the Japanese Army's Class A Division. We can't leave our old background in Wuxi City. Without Jiangsu , we still have Zhejiang, but without the army, we can just... ".

Xie Yunchao didn't say it clearly, but Li Shiqun also knew what he meant.He looked around, waved to Huang Jingzhai and Xia Haoming, and the four of them walked to a secluded place, and then Li Shiqun said quietly: "I understand what Yunchao means, but we can't fight now. Although Wuxi is not a military important place , but it is the first battlefield for us to compete with Nanjing and the Japanese. I might as well tell you Lao Di, Chen Gongbo is already on his way to Hangzhou. Mr. Wang left Nanjing to go to Japan to mediate this matter. Zhou Fohai and his colleagues flirted with the Chongqing side, and what they wanted was to get rid of Mr. Wang and us. We have no way out, even if there is a cliff ahead, we will We're going to the end!"

Seeing the sad expressions on the faces of the three subordinates, Li Shiqun quickly explained: "The reason why I insist on fighting again is because before I came to Wuxi, I had already sent someone to contact the Americans, and the news I got back Not bad, the Americans have promised to support us, and all we can do now is funds and equipment. Therefore, for the assistance of the Americans, we have to fight a justifiable battle, which not only shows our strength, but also proves our strength. value. Do you understand?"

Li Shiqun's words made everyone recover a little bit, Xie Yunchao took off his shirt cursingly, "Damn it, work hard, let's fight vigorously, Little Japan is not superhuman, we can mobilize With more than 1 troops, I don't believe it can't stop these thousands of Japanese!"

"Artillery Battalion, pull out all our equipment, I can't do it, listen to my order, all the artillery shells will concentrate on bombarding the Japanese position at the city gate. One regiment, when the shelling is over, immediately take back the position. This battle will not progress. Retreat, those who retreat will be killed without mercy!"

Xie Yunchao's roar echoed throughout the battlefield.

After conquering the east gate, Yamada Kaiji was busy counting the troops, and when the result came out, he almost vomited blood. The 5000-man army lost more than 600 soldiers at once in the battle for the city gate, and more than 200 people were seriously injured, which was equivalent to losing nearly one-fifth of their combat power.These are veterans who have survived many large-scale battles, but now they are all lost in Wuxi City, and Yamada Kaiji hates them so much.

Originally, Tang Shengming's Imperial Association Army was intended to take the lead and act as cannon fodder, but he did not expect to turn his army into the main force of the siege by accident. Such a sacrifice is really unacceptable.

But the matter is not over yet, the other side is still waiting in full swing, and the other gates are still under fire, but there is no progress.

The sound of "咻咻" suddenly came from the sky that had been quiet for less than half an hour. Yamada Kaiji suddenly changed his face and ordered loudly: "Bombardment, quickly hide!"

However, there was no time to dig foxholes and other facilities on the position, so the soldiers had to get into the trenches and temporary positions of the Qingxiang troops before, but how could such proposed fortifications withstand the full-force bombardment of the artillery units on the opposite side?Cannonballs bloomed all over the position, and the Japanese soldiers who had nowhere to hide had to watch the shells fall to the top of their heads. Even Yamada Kaiji was blown away by the blast of the shells, and he took several officers to drag him into the city gate. in an underground bunker.

The continuous bombardment lasted for 10 minutes, and Yamada Yuji finally woke up from his coma. Looking at the officers around him, he knew what kind of attack his troops were under without asking him, and the casualties were definitely rising in a straight line.

Yamada Kaiji couldn't help but his eyes were tearing apart. At this time, Yazawa Shinichi, Yuan Jianfeng and others also got in in a panic. As for Huoyan and Lao Quan's troops, they had already left the battlefield and rushed to the South Gate and Tang Shengming, Lin Xiaotang met and went.

"Yazawa-kun, what's wrong, why haven't your subordinates done anything yet?" Yamada Kaiji asked loudly.

Yazawa Shinichi and Yuan Jianfeng looked at each other in blank dismay. Urakami's special forces had been gone for nearly an hour, and it was unknown how far they had gone.

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Urakami's troops put on the uniforms of the Qingxiang troops and have entered the depths of Wuxi city in batches.The soldiers of the special forces are proficient in Chinese, and the Qingxiang troops were in chaos because of the fierce battle before, so no one noticed that the enemy sneaked in at this time.

But it was not easy to find the command center of the Qingxiang troops.The original task of the special forces was to intercept and kill Li Shiqun halfway, but somehow they participated in the siege battle, not to mention the loss of more than 20 soldiers, and even this infiltration mission was carried out without preparation.There is no map of Wuxi City, no precise location of the opponent's command center, and no insider support, so this operation has been in a state of blindness from the beginning.

After searching the entire city for an hour, the battle ahead became more and more intense, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing could be heard from far away.Urakami was so anxious that he finally risked being exposed and grabbed two "tongues" to find out the exact location of the headquarters.

A group of people quietly approached the former city hall of Wuxi in the center of the city. Not far from here was the former headquarters of the 21st Division, and now it has become the headquarters of the Qingxiang Army.

After Li Shiqun arrived, the black shirts took part in the defense of the headquarters after a short rest.Fighting all the way, the black shirt army lost nearly half of its troops, and now there are only more than 100 people left. Including the original guard company of Xie Yunchao, the guard force of the headquarters is about 500 people.

Urakami carefully observed the panorama of the entire headquarters. It was undeniable that the defenses were extremely tight. If he attacked directly, not only would his small army of 80 people suffer heavy casualties, but the main officers of the headquarters might escape.After some consideration, Urakami decided to wait for a while before taking action, because the sky was getting brighter, and it was estimated that the guards in front of the command department would change their guards soon, which might be a good opportunity.

Urakami observed quietly, silently memorizing the passwords to and from the security forces in his heart.It wasn't until the sky turned pale that he led a small team and secretly followed a patrol force of more than ten people.

In a secluded corner, Urakami led his men to wipe out this squad, and all of them lurked in front of the side gate of the headquarters. The troops here were relatively weak, and all of them were Qingxiang troops, and their combat effectiveness was relatively weak.

As expected, within a short time, a detachment came out from the headquarters to change the guards in front of the gate. The troops prearranged by Urakami resolutely started the attack. The offensive was extremely fierce, causing chaos inside the headquarters.The black shirts came to support from all sides, and the two sides fell into a fierce battle.

Seeing that the time had come, Urakami rushed out swaggeringly with his subordinates, shouting the password, and ran to the headquarters.The soldiers at the side door subconsciously wanted to stop them, but when they saw that they were soldiers wearing the same military uniform as themselves, they hesitated. At this moment, Urakami led the men, pulled out the dagger he carried with him, and wiped out the side door neatly. sentry.

So Urakami drove straight into the headquarters with his people.

The headquarters was already in chaos. Xie Yunchao was talking to the officers of the frontline troops to direct the attack, but the sudden gunshots made him startled, and then someone reported that Shishi was not attacked.

Xie Yunchao didn't dare to neglect, and immediately ordered all the guards to go to the main entrance to resist, while he himself went to the room next to the command room, trying to persuade Li Shiqun, Huang Jingzhai and others to take shelter in the backyard for a while.

Xia Zhiping had just fallen asleep in the guest room, and after running around all night, she couldn't bear it any longer. Li Shiqun was always by her side to take care of her, which made Xia Zhiping feel at ease.

Hearing the gunshots, Xia Zhiping sat up from the bed in a jerk, Li Shiqun said a few words of comfort, and before he could go out, Xie Yunchao and others broke in, "Director, there are enemies infiltrating and launching an attack on the headquarters." , you go to the back and take shelter for a while!"

Li Shiqun looked at a few of his subordinates, "Why panic, aren't they still the Japanese special forces? The brothers from the black shirt army are all here, and they can't take advantage of it!"

Before the words fell, there were already intensive gunshots in the yard.