Chapter 203 Powerful Counterattack
Chapter 203 Powerful Counterattack
"Report! Report!" A panting soldier stumbled into the headquarters of the Sixth Division.
"What a panic you are in!" a short and fat officer slammed the table and roared.
"Report to the commander, the Chinese, that group of Chinese are rioting!" the soldier stammered, his face full of horror.
"What?!" The captain stood up suddenly, his fat face full of disbelief, "What did you say?!"
"The Chinese in the city, they..." The soldier was so frightened that he couldn't speak coherently, "They killed several of our patrols!"
"Baka!" The commander grabbed the soldier by the collar and said, "Tell me clearly what's going on!
"The people in the city got weapons from somewhere and suddenly attacked our patrol team. Many soldiers were killed by them!"
The voice of the Japanese pirate soldier trembled, as if he had seen some terrible scene.
"Impossible!" The commander pushed the soldier to the ground. "Those Chinese are weak lambs to be slaughtered. How could they..."
"It's absolutely true, Captain!" The soldier knelt on the ground, crying, "Please send troops to suppress it!"
The captain's face turned pale, and he paced back and forth with a fierce light flashing in his eyes.
"Baga! How dare a bunch of lowly Chinese people resist the Japanese Imperial Army!" He stopped abruptly and said through gritted teeth: "Pass my order, immediately assemble a squadron of troops and follow me to wipe out these rioters!"
"Hai!"
At the same time, the same scene was taking place at the headquarters of the 9th Division stationed in the important military zone of Jinling City.
"What did you say? The Chinese people are rioting?!" The division commander Hasegawa stood up suddenly, and the teacup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered.
"Hai!" A signalman knelt on the ground with a pale face, "Reporting to the division commander, there have been many incidents of Chinese civilians attacking our soldiers in the city, and dozens of imperial soldiers have been killed!"
"Baka!" Hasegawa slapped the table, shaking the folders. "These Chinese dared to openly resist the Japanese Imperial Army. They are simply courting death!"
"Mr. Division Commander, do you want to send troops to suppress the rebellion immediately?" the chief of staff asked cautiously.
"Of course we must suppress them!" Hasegawa roared, "Pass my order, immediately assemble a large team and ruthlessly kill all the Chinese who resist in the city!"
"I want to let them know that the price of resisting the Japanese Imperial Army is death!"
"Hai!"
Two elite Japanese pirate troops arrived at the scene with great momentum. They were determined to completely wipe out the people of Jinling who dared to resist.
However, when they arrived at the street where the riot had occurred, they found that it was already empty.
"Where are the people? Where did all those Chinese hide?" A Japanese pirate team leader looked around, his eyes full of confusion.
"Baga! Search! We must find them even if we have to dig three feet deep into the ground!" the captain of the Japanese pirate squadron roared.
The Japanese pirates, holding bayonets, searched house by house like a group of vicious wolves.
However, what they didn't know was that the city of Jinling had already turned into an invisible giant net.
And they are the prey in the net.
Under the advice and organization of the Twelve Beauties, the large number of rebellious people were broken up into small groups.
Under the leadership of underground party members, they began to disperse to the streets and communities where the Japanese pirates were stationed and patrolled, just like the guerrillas in their hometown, to carry out assassinations and sabotage.
Just when the Japanese pirates relaxed their vigilance, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Several defenseless Japanese pirates fell to the ground, and their blood instantly dyed the ground red.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"Baga! They're there! Fire!"
The Japanese pirates soldiers frantically searched for the enemy's traces, but what awaited them was an even more fierce attack.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Several Molotov cocktails, homemade grenades and grenades captured from the Japanese pirates were thrown into the ranks of these Japanese pirate soldiers in turn.
Gunshots and explosions rang out one after another, and the ancient capital of Jinling, which dates back to the Six Dynasties, once again became a melting pot of blood and fire.
This time, however, the roles of hunter and prey have been reversed.
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"Quick! Quick! Over here!"
At this moment, a dark shadow was moving through the alley, followed by several staggering figures.
"Brother Daniu, I, I really can't walk anymore..."
A young voice sounded weakly, and there was a hideous wound on his leg, with blood staining his trouser leg red.
"Hold on, we'll be there soon!" The man known as Da Niu gritted his teeth, lifted the young man's arm and quickened his pace.
Behind them, the Japanese pirates were chasing them frantically.
The shouting, cursing and gunshots mixed together, like a death spell.
"The one in front is the Qing Yu Tang that Miss Jiang mentioned!" Daniu pointed to a medicine shop not far ahead, with a gleam of hope in his eyes.
"Bang!" A bullet flew past Daniu's scalp and left a deep bullet hole in the wall behind him.
"Go in quickly!" Da Niu pushed the young man into the pharmacy, turned around, raised a homemade gun, and pulled the trigger at the pursuing Japanese pirates.
"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and a Japanese pirate fell to the ground.
"Brother Daniu!" A young man exclaimed in the pharmacy.
"Don't worry about me! Go!" Da Niu roared and opened fire again to cover the retreat of others.
In the back hall of the drugstore, a secret door quietly opened, revealing a secret passage leading underground.
"Hurry! Everyone hide inside!" A middle-aged woman in black clothes called out anxiously, her face full of anxiety and worry.
Under the reasonable planning of Jiang Shiyuan and Shen Yifeng, the wounded among the people would be secretly transferred to the basement of the nearby Qingyu Tang for treatment, where there was sufficient supply of hemostatic and anti-inflammatory pills, powders, pastes, pills and medical supplies.
"Is it safe here?" an old man asked tremblingly, his face full of fear.
"Don't worry, old man, it's safe here." Mei Xiang, the female shopkeeper of the Qing Yu Tang branch, comforted him, "We have stored sufficient medicine and food here, enough for everyone to hold on until it is safe."
"Thank you, thank you..." The old man was grateful and tears flowed down his face.
"This is what we should do." Meixiang said, helping the old man to the side to rest.
In the secret room, the flickering candlelight illuminated the weather-beaten faces.
Here are the elderly, the weak, women and children, as well as men who were injured while bravely fighting back against the Japanese pirates.
They are all survivors of this catastrophe. At this moment, they are warming each other in this underground secret room and praying for the arrival of dawn.
In response to the Japanese pirates stationed in various streets, the Twelve Beauties and the underground party members, together with the people of the counterattack team, used their familiarity with the terrain of Jinling to adopt guerrilla warfare.
"Report! A large number of Chinese guerrillas were spotted in the west and south of the city!" A Japanese pirate signalman rushed into the Sixth Division's headquarters in panic.
"What?!" The captain stood up suddenly, his fat face full of shock, "Where did these Chinese come from?!"
"Report to the commander, they are numerous and very familiar with the terrain. Our soldiers have suffered heavy losses!"
"Baga! How dare a bunch of rabble act so rampant!" the commander roared, "Pass my order, mobilize all the troops immediately and wipe them out completely!"
"Hai!"
As for the troops stationed near the major city gates of Jinling, government agencies and military strongholds, Jiang Shiyuan and Shen Yifeng, together with members of the Military Control Commission, chose to poison nearby water sources.
"Reporting to the division commander, the water sources in the north and east of the city have been poisoned by the Chinese!"
"All our soldiers stationed there who drank the water convulsed and bled from all seven orifices and died."
In the headquarters of the 9th Division, a communications soldier knelt on the ground with a pale face.
"What?!" The division commander Hasegawa stood up suddenly, and the saber in his hand fell to the ground with a crisp sound.
Then he asked with a slightly trembling voice: "How many soldiers have we lost in total?"
"About... five thousand people..."
"Damn! These cunning Chinese!" Hasegawa gnashed his teeth and said, "Immediately send people to strictly guard the nearby water sources and investigate the people who poisoned them. I will tear them into pieces!"
"Hai!"
As the night deepened, Jinling seemed to have turned into a ghost town again, falling into an eerie silence.
However, behind this silence, an even more violent storm is brewing...
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