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Soon, a few grunts sounded out as a few soldiers walked out of the room.
The company commander glanced at them and then continued to look outside. When many Japanese people passed by their building and reached the front, his hand holding the revolver became a little nervous, and his gaze became sharper.
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
"Boom ~"
Suddenly, a grenade exploded in front of them.
Hearing the explosion, the company commander's spirit was lifted. He immediately waved his hand and four soldiers carried a Vickers heavy machine gun to the door. Two other light machine guns also arrived at the door. When the Japanese were attracted by the explosion in front of them, they quickly set up the light and heavy machine guns and started firing at the Japanese on the street.
At the same time, grenades were being thrown down from the second floor.
Amidst the heavy machine gun fire and grenade explosions, countless Japanese fell to the ground and died.
In less than ten minutes, a squadron of over 200 Japanese soldiers had all died.
After that, these soldiers did not clean up the battlefield. Instead, they quickly carried their weapons and left through some alleys.
A few minutes later, when another search squadron arrived, they could only see corpses all over the ground.
This kind of attack kept appearing in the city. The First Battalion firmly adhered to Zhang Wenbin's theory. They would never fight head-on. If they could win, they would fight. If they could not win, they would run.
If you leave after acting tough, by the time your other troops arrive, you won't be able to find me there.
However, this tactic had a prerequisite. First, one had to be familiar with the surrounding terrain.
Secondly, they couldn't fight on the bustling streets. They had to fight on the older streets.
This was because the bustling streets, especially the ones at the back, were relatively wide. The surrounding buildings were large, but there were not that many or that complicated. The Japanese could easily surround them.
There were only these ancient streets and alleys. These were well-built. The buildings were not big, but there were many of them. There were also many alleys. The terrain was very complicated, and the line of sight was not wide. It was not like the bustling streets, where the line of sight was wide.
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However, at this time, Zhang Wenbin was also following the troops to retreat and fight guerrilla warfare in the streets and alleys.
He had no choice! They had seized one of the 9th division's flags, and the 9th division was chasing after them relentlessly.
The other divisions were taking things slowly, afraid of heavy casualties. Only the 9th division was fighting for their lives.
It didn't matter if there was an ambush in front of them or not, a large number of troops were pressing down on them. Even if there was an ambush, they had to fight head-on. In short, they had to snatch back the flag.
"F * ck! Did this Japanese take medicine? They're all chasing after me so fiercely."
Zhang Wenbin stopped and panted heavily as he spoke unhappily.
"Regiment Commander, we seized their regiment flag and even ate a whole regiment. It would be strange if they would let us go.”
Cheng Yi Yun, the commander of the 4th Battalion, chuckled.
Now that the other infantry battalions had dispersed, only the 4th Battalion was tasked with protecting Zhang Wenbin.
"Alright, give the other infantry battalions a signal. Tell them that the dog-walking operation will continue. Don't fight the Japanese head-on. Try to lure them towards the Yuhuatai. Don't lead them in the direction of Qixia Mountain.
Also, tell them to pay attention to the location of the Japanese's headquarters. It would be best if they could find their headquarters.”
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At this moment, Prince Asaka was in his command post, receiving two generals.
The first was the 18th division's major general Niu Dao, and the second was Major General Guo Qi Deng, who was also the 5th division's 9th regiment's major general regiment commander.
The two of them had returned today after completing their mission.
"Lord Niu Dao, Lord Guo Qi, you have done well in this battle. They had completed their strategic goal and taken down Pukou and other areas.”
Prince Chao Xiang smiled at the two of them.
"Ha ~ Yi ~ Being loyal to the empire is the duty of our soldiers!”
The two old devils quickly lowered their heads and shouted.
After laughing at Prince Xiang for a while, he continued,"The warriors of the empire have put in a lot of effort to take down Jinling. However, because the warriors are too tired, I decided to dedicate Jinling to the warriors for a period of time to let them relax.
It just so happens that your 18th division and Guoqi division have returned. Let's join this celebration and let the warriors relax.”
In this time and space, a large number of Jinling citizens had fled because of Zhang Wenbin. However, there were always some people who would not run away. He always thought that the Japanese would not do anything to him.
Currently, there were close to 200,000 people in the city. Compared to the previous population of two to three million, or the historical population of 700,000 to 800,000, it was much smaller, but there were still quite a number.
Lieutenant General Niu Dao hesitated for a moment before saying,""Your Highness, I heard that there is a Chinese army in the city. Do you need our Eighteenth Regiment to join in and destroy this Chinese army first?”
"No need! Last night, the warriors of the dynasty were too tired, and it was night time, so they ran rampant. But now, the warriors of the dynasty had recovered their energy, and it was daytime, so they could not cause any trouble.”
Prince Chao Xiang waved his hand nonchalantly.
"Ha ~ Yi ~ Thank you, Your Highness!”
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What Prince Asaka didn't know was that in a building outside his command post, two people in civilian clothing were looking over with a pair of binoculars.
"Something's not right here. There are too many antennae. There were twelve antennae in front and back. Moreover, it seemed to be a little big, and the Japanese people coming in and out of the area were more frequent. There were a lot of phone lines.”
One of them put down his binoculars, licked his lips, and said with a glint in his eyes.
The other person looked at him and said in unison,"This is probably the location of the Japanese's headquarters. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many antennae. Just now, he saw a Japanese lieutenant general and a Japanese major general enter. It seemed that they were not the owners of this place. They had waited for the announcement before entering.”
"Let's go! Go back and report to the battalion commander. We found the Japanese's headquarters.”
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"What is it? Found it? So fast?"
Zhang Wenbin received a telegram from the 1st Battalion. When he learned that he had found Prince Chao Xiang's command post, he was stunned for a moment. He did not expect to find it so quickly.
"The scouts of the 1st Battalion were originally prepared to set up an ambush in that area. In the end, when they were investigating the specific terrain, they found the Japanese headquarters. They saw many radio antennae there, probably used by high-power radio stations.
In addition, they also saw the major generals and lieutenant generals of the Japanese walking in. Only then did they confirm that it was the headquarters of the Japanese.”
Fourth Battalion Commander Cheng Yiyun said to Zhang Wenbin.
"Give me the map!"
Zhang Wenbin immediately said.
A map was immediately placed in front of Zhang Wenbin.
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