The capture of Shu Zhou City could be declared prematurely!
At the division command post, Xiao Yun's heart completely relaxed after learning that the guard company had successfully blown up the city wall.
There were only half a battalion of Japanese troops left in Shu Zhou City, along with a cannon company, an anti-tank company, and other Japanese troops from the regimental headquarters.
The cannon company had already been wiped out by the artillery battalion during the previous artillery bombardment.
During the attack on the city, a large number of Japanese troops were also eliminated by the powerful artillery and machine gun fire.
The remaining Japanese troops, at most, numbered only a hundred or so. Even with the anti-tank company, they wouldn't stand a chance.
Xiao Yun had three full regiments under his command, one of which was a fully-equipped regular regiment with over 2500 troops.
In addition to the guard company, which was fully equipped with submachine guns, there was also the artillery battalion to assist.
Even in street fighting, these Japanese troops were no match for the 399th Division!
And indeed, upon learning that the city wall had been blown up, the Japanese regimental commander, Nakamura Ichiro, immediately dispatched all the troops he could muster. Even the anti-tank company was sent out.
The Japanese anti-tank company had three platoons, each equipped with two 37mm anti-tank guns.
This was a direct-fire cannon similar to a tank gun, and it had been completely useless in the previous artillery bombardment.
Now, they were deployed by the Japanese at key street intersections within Shu Zhou City, surrounded by layers of sandbags, serving as fixed gun emplacements.
However, these anti-tank guns, used as fixed gun emplacements, did not achieve the intended effect of inflicting heavy casualties on the Eighth Route Army soldiers, as Nakamura Ichiro had hoped.
They had only fired a few rounds before the artillery bombardment ceased after the troops surged into the city. All the 37mm anti-tank guns were destroyed by the 399th Division's artillery battalion, which was dispersed among the various attacking units.
The soldiers of the 399th Division, like entering a realm without resistance, quickly surrounded the Japanese command post, used mortars to blast open the door, and charged in.
Seeing that the situation was hopeless, the Japanese regimental commander, Nakamura Ichiro, ordered the regimental staff to burn important documents and the regimental flag before committing seppuku.
Although he did not want to die, if he were captured, his family back home would likely suffer greatly.
Before his death, he could only hope that the higher-ups in the Japanese military would show mercy to his family in consideration of his seppuku.
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"Haha, Old Kong, look, here's a big fish, a Japanese Da-Zuo! Unfortunately, this old fellow committed suicide. Otherwise, I'd have carved him up alive!"
Li Yunlong kicked open the door to the Japanese command room and saw Nakamura Ichiro, his belly bleeding profusely, lying on the floor, his breath already gone.
"Okay, Old Li, don't mind this old Japanese. Remember the task the division commander assigned to us?"
Kong Jie kicked Nakamura Ichiro's body to make sure he was dead, spat a mouthful of phlegm on his face, and then said to Li Yunlong.
"Of course I remember, how could I forget the orders of the division commander, our elder! Let's go, gather the spoils of war with the soldiers, especially pay attention to machine tools!"
Li Yunlong fastened his Mauser pistol to his waist and led the soldiers into action, and Kong Jie did the same.
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"It seems Shu Zhou City has been taken. Let's go, my esteemed political commissar, let's go into the city and take a look!"
Less than an hour after the general attack began, only sporadic gunfire could be heard within Shu Zhou City.
Xiao Yun's face lit up with a smile as he said to the political commissar Wang Yan, who was standing beside him.
Wang Yan's expression was filled with excitement: "Old Xiao, this is truly groundbreaking in the history of China's War of Resistance!"
"Haha, we've been making breakthroughs long ago, didn't the annihilation of a full regiment on Niu Jiao Peak set a precedent?
Trust me, Old Wang, the 399th Division will continue to break new ground, until these little devils are completely eradicated.
One day, we'll even plant the Han flag under Mount Fuji and gallop through Tokyo, enjoying cherry blossoms!"
Xiao Yun spoke from the heart. He did not want the Japanese to return to their homeland intact, as they did in the original timeline.
Some of them even became wealthy businessmen with their ill-gotten gains, soaked in blood.
Those Japanese who had committed heinous crimes in China, none of them could be spared. Blood debts could only be repaid with blood!
Those Japanese war criminals, who escaped trial in the United States out of self-interest, especially the heinous Japanese Emperor, who was only sentenced to 7 years for his crimes, this time, Xiao Yun would make them regret coming to this world!
Political Commissar Wang Yan just took Xiao Yun's words as wishful thinking about a bright future, and in fact, this was something he often did himself.
The current situation of the War of Resistance was quite grim. Even though the 399th Division seemed to be fighting the Japanese smoothly, and even recaptured a large city.
But other areas remained in a state of great turmoil. This was a real existential crisis!
Forget about not letting a single Japanese escape, or even galloping through Tokyo and enjoying cherry blossoms.
If they could just drive the Japanese out, Wang Yan would be content, feeling that he had died without regret!