Xu Guoren, Yao Ziqing, Niu Dagen and the rest split up and led their men to defend the city gates and walls.
Xu Gensheng and Zhang Jinhu followed Xu Guoren. The three of them brought about 600 Dragon Shadow soldiers to the intersection between the south gate and the west gate. Xu Guoren said to Zhang Jinhu,"Brother Hu, you take half of the brothers to the south gate. Gensheng and I will go to the west gate.”
"Alright, don't worry. I'm here, and the city is here!" Zhang Jinhu gladly accepted the order.”
After saying that, he led the three hundred soldiers along the street full of ruins and headed south of the city.
Xu Guoren and Xu Gensheng led the remaining 300 people to the west gate. Soon, they joined forces with the sentries left by Yao Ziqing near the city wall. They relied on the ruins of the collapsed buildings to defend.
Xu Guoren brought Xu Gensheng to a high point near the city wall. It was originally a three-story building that had been blown up by the Japanese artillery, but it was still higher than the city wall.
Standing on it, he could clearly see the situation outside the city. The night was very wide, and it was very suitable for Xu Guoren to command the battle here.
Of course, it was more beneficial for Xu Guoren to display his personal ability.
"Gensheng, bring a few people and get more stones and wood to build a circular fortification here. We'll fight the Japanese here later!”Xu Guoren held up a telescope that he had seized from the Japanese. While observing the outside of the city, he instructed Xu Gensheng.
"Alright! Brother!" Xu Gensheng quickly replied and brought a few soldiers to act according to the order.
Not long after, Xu Guoren found traces of the Japanese army through the binoculars. He saw a large number of Japanese infantry approaching Baoshan City in the wilderness outside Ximen City.
"Gensheng, the Japanese are about to attack. Pass on my order, everyone prepare to face the enemy!”Xu Guoren immediately ordered.
"Yes, sir!" Xu Gensheng gladly agreed and quickly ran down the collapsed building to convey the order.
"The Japanese even used tanks. It seems that they are really determined to win this time!”Xu Guoren found that among the Japanese attacking crowd, there were several tanks rumbling forward and couldn't help but be surprised.
Brother, what's a tank?" Xu Gensheng asked curiously.
"It's just an iron bastard. The outside is made of steel. Ordinary bullets can't penetrate it at all! It's driven like a car!" Xu Guoren gave a simple explanation and instructed,"Go, bring some men and bring me one of the Type 92 Infantry Cannons we seized. Also, send two to Vice Captain Niu. Captain Niu knows how to use them.”
"Yes, sir!" Although he didn't know why, Xu Gensheng still firmly carried out Xu Guoren's order.
Xu Guoren came to a heavy machine gun position. Before the artillery was pulled over, he personally acted as a heavy machine gunner. He held a Type 92 heavy machine gun and opened fire at the Japanese attackers outside the city.
At this moment, the enemy was still 1,500 meters away. Although rifles and light machine guns could not reach this distance, it was within the effective range of heavy machine guns. However, this distance was usually used as a symbolic cover fire.
Very few Machine Gunners could maintain their standards at such a distance and accurately shoot to kill the enemy.
However, Guoren Xu was different. He had extraordinary talent and ability in shooting.
Therefore, he first fired a short-range shot to determine the trajectory of the heavy machine gun.
He quickly began to fire long and short bursts.
Tut tut... the Type 92 heavy machine gun began to emit a dull roar.
A series of concentrated bullets flew towards the Japanese soldiers thousands of meters away. The Japanese soldiers probably did not expect that the Chinese army would open fire at such a distance, and that someone would be able to hit them.
Therefore, even though they heard the faint sound of heavy machine guns, they did not take it seriously.
Until a dense barrage of bullets came flying over and hit several Japanese infantrymen who were advancing with guns, killing them in one shot.
The Japanese were shocked. Some of the Japanese officers began to order the troops to change their formation as if they were facing a great enemy. They scattered and advanced at full speed.
At the same time, they summoned their own heavy machine guns, artillery, and tank cannons to fire back.
However, the heavy machine gunners of the Japanese did not have Xu Guoren's ability. In addition, Xu Guoren was shooting one person at a time and was hiding in the bunker in the city. He was not like the Japanese who attacked the crowd. It was loud and obvious.
Therefore, the retaliatory fire of the Japanese basically missed.
The bombardment of the tank cannons basically hit the city wall and the buildings in the city. Finally, Xu Gensheng led the artillery to pull up the two Type 92 infantry cannons seized from the 68th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army.
Xu Guoren stopped shooting and ordered the heavy machine gun position to move immediately. He quickly came out of the bunker and came to the side of the cannon. He instructed a few artillery soldiers to quickly push one of the cannons onto the city wall.
Then, Xu Guoren personally took on the role of the main gunner, skillfully and accurately adjusting the shooting elements. After everything was done at the fastest speed, Xu Guoren said in a deep voice,"reload the shells!"
An artillery soldier was immediately ordered to load a shell weighing several kilograms into the barrel. Xu Guoren personally pulled the firing rope.
With a muffled boom, thick smoke bloomed from the tail of the cannon, enveloping Xu Guoren, Xu Gensheng, and the others.
A cannonball shot out like a shooting star, leaving a long trail of dazzling flames in the sky as it rapidly flew towards a Japanese tank that was moving nearly a kilometer away.
Boom! With a loud bang, the tank was hit by Xu Guoren's shot, and it immediately burst into flames. Not only did the explosion destroy the tank, but it also killed all the Japanese armored soldiers inside. The aftermath of the explosion also knocked down more than ten Japanese infantrymen who were attacking with the tank.
On the city wall, Xu Guoren, Xu Gensheng, and the others were all blackened by the smoke, but the latter cheered excitedly and said,"I hit it, I hit it."
Xu Guoren grinned, revealing his pearly white teeth. He said in a deep voice,"Quick, reload the cannonballs!"
As he spoke, he quickly got busy and locked onto the second Japanese tank.
Soon, the second cannonball was fired, and this time, it hit the target accurately!
The artillery shell shot into the tank from the bottom of the tank. The huge shock wave directly pierced through the entire tank from the bottom. The Japanese inside were blown into pieces, and the seven or eight Japanese around the tank also screamed and fell.
After two tanks were taken out by the defenders, the commander of the Japanese attack force was almost mad. He roared and urged their artillery and cannoneers to find Xu Guoren's location and destroy him.
However, Xu Guoren had already led the soldiers to change their position with the artillery and aimed at the third Japanese tank!
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