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Chapter 214: The battle to clear the city

In Fushun City, thousands of Japanese troops are storming the defensive positions outside the city of Duli 1st Division and Duli 10th Division reinforcements.

There were tongues of fire flying back and forth like small meteors everywhere, and dense bullets whizzed by. From time to time, someone was shot and fell down.

Of course, more of them are the Japanese army on the offensive side.

In a forest about ten miles west of Fushun, Noda Cuckoo was pacing back and forth anxiously in a makeshift headquarters.

Several high-power radio stations next to him were beeping non-stop.

"General, the Chinese army has invaded the north gate of Shenyang and is currently expanding its occupied area. The south of the city is also engaged in a fierce battle." Suddenly a communications soldier took off his earphones and stood up to salute and reported.

Noda Cuckoo stopped, raised his hand and said: "Send a message to Commander Shunroku Hata. We were strongly blocked by the China Army in Fushun. We are currently working hard to attack. Please persist."

The communications soldier saluted, sat down and quickly sent out the message...

Noda Cuckoo looked at the night sky outside and sighed without trace. He didn't know what the final outcome of tonight's battle would be, but he knew that if he couldn't break through the Fushun Northeast New Army's blockade before dawn.

Then his 60,000-strong army will face annihilation.

"Commander!" Noda Cuckoo suddenly shouted outside.

"Sir, what are your orders?" A Japanese communications soldier stepped in with a rifle on his back, stood upright and saluted.

"Order the attacking troops to capture Fushun before dawn and open up a way for the imperial army to move in!" Noda Cugu said in a serious voice.

"Hai!" The Japanese messenger suddenly lowered his head, turned around and walked away quickly.

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In Fushun City, Huang Xiansheng and several of his subordinates were braving the rain of bullets and boarded the top of the West Gate.

In the position outside the city, the flares rising from time to time have illuminated the entire night sky as bright as day.

Huang Xiansheng could clearly see groups of Japanese troops launching wave-like charges towards their own positions regardless of life or death.

All kinds of light and heavy firepower on the own side's position suddenly opened up, and the dense rain of bullets intertwined into a rain of death fire like chains of life-eating fire.

Under the crossfire, the attacking Japanese fell in pieces.

"Master, Commander-in-Chief Zhang is calling!" At this time, a communications adjutant hurried up to the city with a message in hand.

"Read it!" Huang Xiansheng ordered without looking back.

"This is the main force of the Japanese army escaping from Shenyang. We must intercept it with all our strength at the foot of Fushun City. The main force of our new army is clearing out the remaining Japanese invaders in Shenyang. The air force will give you air fire support after dawn. Please hold on until the main force completes the encirclement. "To annihilate the enemy in Shenyang and achieve a great victory, Zhang Xinghan, commander-in-chief of the Northeast New Army." The communications adjutant finished reading quickly.

"I know, call the commander-in-chief back. I, Huang Xiansheng, will be here. There will never be any problems in Fushun City. Please rest assured!" Huang Xiansheng waved his hand to indicate.

"Yes!" The communications adjutant saluted, turned around and left the city.

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In Shenyang City, the Japanese Army Headquarters.

"Your Excellency General, Chief of Staff Noda and the others are in trouble in Fushun, but Chief of Staff Noda said that they will capture Fushun as soon as possible and open up a way for evacuation and transfer." A Japanese major who stayed behind saluted Shunroku Hata.

"I understand." Shunroku Hata nodded solemnly and asked, "How is the situation outside?"

"The Chinese have invaded the city from the north and west and are advancing to the southeast. The imperial army is trying its best to resist. The position outside the city towards the south gate is already in danger. It is estimated that they will not be able to hold on for long." The Japanese Major replied tremblingly.

Shunroku Hata closed his eyes in despair, and immediately mobilized 60,000 troops. The strength comparison between the imperial army and the Northeastern New Army in Shenyang instantly changed from basically equal to an absolute disadvantage.

Moreover, after so many days of fierce fighting, and now with no way out, the Japanese army in Shenyang had been depleted in both morale and spirit to a relatively low level.

The combat effectiveness is no longer the same as before the war started. Now it is just relying on the spirit of Bushido to fight to the death.

Shunroku Hata understood that the last moment was coming soon and it wouldn't be long.

After waving to the major, indicating for him to leave, Shunroku Hata lit a cigarette again and began to wait quietly for the last moment to arrive.

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"Come on!" Ge Quanwu, commander of the 1st Regiment of Duli's 10th Division, holding a machine gun and leading his men at the north gate of Shenyang, was charging into the city fiercely.

After the Battle of Guanjiapu, Zhang Xinghan quickly added soldiers to Ge Quanwu's regiment.

Since the other two main regiments of Duli's 10th Division were all deployed to Fushun, Ge Quanwu's regiment was once again dragged onto the battlefield.

With the assistance of the tank regiment of Duli's 10th Division, together with the friendly forces of Duli's 2nd Division and 4th Division, they broke into Shenyang City from the northwest two directions and were responsible for clearing out the remaining Japanese enemies in the city.

Ge Quanwu led about a company of infantry to attack southeast along a street.

They had just advanced a few hundred meters when black machine gun muzzles suddenly protruded from several residential windows and walls in front of them, followed by the harsh roar of machine guns.

Tongues of flames formed a dense network of crossfire. Several soldiers in front of Ge Quanwu were unable to escape and were shot on the spot and fell into a pool of blood.

Ge Quanwu quickly rolled on the spot, and the soldiers who followed him fell down one after another, and hid in the ruined buildings on both sides of the street.

Ge Quanwu observed and found that the Japanese had deployed at least three heavy machine guns and four or five light machine guns in the house in front, forming a dense crossfire that blocked their path forward.

He immediately turned around and shouted: "Artillery, give it a bloody blast!"

More than a dozen grenadiers and artillerymen who followed the army set up their own 50mm grenadiers and 60mm mortars.

Although these two light weapons have small calibers, they are easy to carry and are most suitable for use by company and platoon-level troops as attack firepower.

Each division and regiment of the Northeast New Army has a large amount of equipment.

Not long after, two 60mm mortars and four 50cm grenade launchers were set up one after another.

The first to fire were four grenades, which were much simpler and more convenient to operate than mortars.

"Boom, boom, boom..." With a few muffled sounds, four small grenades whizzed and landed near the enemy's two heavy machine gun fire points, exploding with a bang.

The firepower of the two heavy machine guns suddenly stopped, but before the smoke dissipated, they began to roar again.

Obviously, the Japs have reinforced the buildings, and ordinary small grenades cannot do anything to them.

"Boom..." There were two more muffled sounds. Two mortars also fired.

"Boom..." Two deafening explosions sounded almost at the same time. The dazzling fire instantly swallowed up the two Japanese machine gunners together with their machine gun bunkers, and a crooked light machine gun went silent.

"Good job, keep fucking that son of a bitch!" Ge Quanwu said loudly and excitedly.

The main gunner began to adjust the two mortars to fire at Zhu Yuan. After several consecutive shots, the Japanese light machine gun bunkers were destroyed one by one.

But the heavy machine gun bunker was helpless. Although the bullet rain composed of three heavy machine guns had some blind spots.

But Ge Quanwu understood that if he attacked and charged like this, the casualties would definitely be considerable.

"Commander, I'll lead my men and charge forward. Let's blow it to pieces." A captain officer was a little impulsive.

"No, there is no need to sacrifice the lives of many brothers for these little devils. Wait a moment and find two tanks to help us. Go quickly!" Ge Quanwu was breathing heavily.

"Yes!" The captain and company commander quickly took the order and stood up, hunched over and left quickly.

"Fire cover!" Ge Quanwu picked up the machine gun in his hand and opened fire violently. The hot bullets hit near one of the enemy's heavy machine gun firepower points, and the broken masonry and stone from the wall suddenly fell off.

The submachine guns, rifles and machine guns in the hands of other officers and soldiers also opened fire. The dense bullets suddenly hit the streets, causing dust and smoke to billow and sparks to fly.

Several machine gunners even lay on the ground, set up general-purpose machine guns, and began to use the shooting blind spots of the Japanese heavy machine guns to fire short bursts at the Japanese shooting holes.

Under the cover of fire from his comrades, the captain and company commander ran smoothly along the side of the street, ducking and running towards the way he came.

Several artillerymen also opened fire from time to time. The explosions blocked the enemy's sight, so they had to fire blindly and frantically.

Not long after, Ge Quanwu and his soldiers heard a deafening roar of engines behind them.

They hurriedly looked back and saw two beams of bright and dazzling lights coming over them. The light on their eyes hurt, and they had to lower their heads to avoid it.

"Regiment seat, this is our tank. The tank is coming up." A soldier in the corner shouted excitedly at the top of his lungs.

Soon, two No. 4 tanks arrived one after another. The captain jumped down from behind one of the tanks and quickly ran to Ge Quanwu's side.

"Regiment seat, two iron pimples from the first battalion of the tank regiment were stopped by me!"

"Good job..." Ge Quanwu, with the help of the ammunition man, changed the barrel of the general machine gun in his hand and said: "Get ready to charge."

At this time, the Japanese's three firepower points had discovered the two tanks that had suddenly arrived. For these two huge uninvited guests.

The Japanese soldiers were deeply afraid, and the machine gunner went crazy and poured all his bullets on the leading Panzer IV tank.

The dense bullets hitting the tank did nothing but emit a series of dazzling sparks.

Under attack, the tank crews no longer needed Ge Quanwu's orders, and the main gunner began to adjust the muzzle under the command of the commander.

The two parallel machine guns on the tank also began to fire back violently, and two dazzling tongues of flames rushed towards the enemy's firepower.

Soon the tank guns were aimed at the enemy's most popular firepower point.

"Boom..." There was a muffled sound, and a 75mm armor-piercing bullet whizzed towards one of the Japanese machine gun fire points, wrapped in flames.

"Boom..." There was a loud noise, and the armor-piercing bullet easily penetrated the fortifications built by the Japanese. The scorching high temperature and the explosion shock wave caused the death of several Japanese soldiers inside the firepower point instantly.

Then, the tank crews followed the same pattern and easily took out the other two Japanese firepower points.

Seeing that the obstacle had been removed, Ge Quanwu jumped up and shouted sternly: "Brothers, charge at me!"

"Charge, kill!" Hundreds of officers and soldiers immediately poured out from both sides of the street and rushed forward following Ge Quanwu.
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