Chapter 52: One Shot Shits Out
Heyuan County Town Japanese Gendarmerie
“It’s been a whole day, and you still haven’t found any clues about the Eighth Route Army heavy cannons!”
Hirata Ichiro’s gaze was extremely terrifying, glaring at the key personnel of the gendarmerie in front of him.
“Captain, heavy cannons are the lifeblood of the Eighth Route Army; they guard them very tightly…” A key personnel frowned, not finishing his sentence.
Slap!
Hirata Ichiro slammed his palm hard on the table, berating: “Baka, those two huge gaps in the county town are our shame! I don’t want any explanations; I want clues about the Eighth Route Army’s heavy cannons!”
All the key personnel lowered their heads one after another, their faces full of shame.
“Baka, lift your heads! You are all excellent gendarmerie key personnel; don’t let me see you looking so dejected!” Hirata Ichiro slammed the table hard again, roaring like a wounded beast: “Commander Shinozuka has already issued orders to the Fourth Brigade and Ninth Brigade; the encirclement troops are assembling, just waiting for us to hand over the clues about the Eighth Route Army’s heavy cannons…”
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
…
Before Hirata Ichiro could finish speaking, the sound of mortar and grenade launcher explosions suddenly came from outside the meeting room.
Immediately after, there was the intense gunfire of light and heavy machine guns.
Hirata Ichiro and all the Japanese invaders in the meeting were instantly stunned. What was going on? Had someone come to attack the city again?
A puppet army battalion commander quickly ran over and reported to Hirata Ichiro: “Sir, Sir, bad news, the Eighth Route Army is attacking the city again!”
The Eighth Route Army is attacking the city again!!!
These words were like a heavy bomb dropping into the meeting room; Hirata Ichiro and these Japanese invader key personnel were all dumbfounded, their faces full of disbelief.
Didn’t you Eighth Route Army just attack the city last night? You’re coming again tonight?
Do you really think our Imperial Army is a soft persimmon, easy to bully!
“Baka, is it really the Eighth Route Army?” A Japanese invader key personnel shouted at this puppet army battalion commander.
“Yes, it looks like the same group of Eighth Route Army from last night…” The puppet army battalion commander’s words trailed off.
Hirata Ichiro angrily rebuked: “Baka, did you look carefully?”
The same group of Eighth Route Army from last night—this was simply too insulting!
Last night you looted all the money and still weren’t satisfied; now you’re coming again tonight. Do you really think this county town of mine is a vegetable market, where you can come and go as you please!
“Sir, I looked carefully; I also saw the Eighth Route Army’s heavy cannons.” The puppet army battalion commander nodded. “It’s probably that same group from last night!”
“You’re sure you saw the Eighth Route Army’s heavy cannons?” Hirata Ichiro couldn’t help but feel a surge of joy.
That’s right, a surge of joy!
Last night, the Eighth Route Army brought heavy cannons right to our doorstep, and we failed to seize that immense fortune.
Tonight, the Eighth Route Army has delivered that immense fortune again; this time, no matter what, we must seize it!
“Sir, bad news, the Eighth Route Army has already broken in through the gap at the North City Gate.” At that moment, another puppet army battalion commander rushed over to report. “Their target is heading straight for the gendarmerie.”
A Japanese invader key personnel immediately said to Hirata Ichiro: “Captain, the Eighth Route Army is coming for us. We should evacuate right away…”
Slap!
Hirata Ichiro slapped this Japanese invader key personnel hard across the face, roaring: “Assemble all the gendarmerie’s troops! Spare no effort to hold them back. This time, we cannot let them escape again!”
Immediately after, Hirata Ichiro roared at the communications officer: “What are you standing there for? Send a telegram to the Ninth Brigade and Fourth Brigade right now, tell them to dispatch troops to aid us immediately.”
“Yes.” The communications officer immediately sent the telegram.
Hirata Ichiro added: “Also, the strongholds around the county town—send reinforcements from them immediately. This time, if we let the Eighth Route Army escape again, I won’t be as lenient as I was last night!”
“Yes.” Someone immediately went to relay the orders.
“Gendarmerie warriors, the Eighth Route Army has once again delivered heavy cannons right to us. If we let them slip away this time, we will have no face to face the Emperor. Take your weapons and follow me!”
Hirata Ichiro brandished his commanding sword, quickly assembling all the gendarmerie’s troops, and proactively moved to meet the attacking Eighth Route Army.
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei smoothly broke in through the gap, heading straight for the Dayue Warehouse next to the gendarmerie.
But then, a group of several hundred Japanese invaders came charging from the gendarmerie side.
Seeing this, Li Yunlong immediately cursed: “Damn it, looks like I can’t save this cannon shell after all.”
Li Yunlong quickly maneuvered the Hell Cannon for aiming and lit it without hesitation.
Boom!
The Hell Cannon roared, and the shell whistled toward Hirata Ichiro’s position.
“Baka…”
Looking at this strange and massive shell, Hirata Ichiro’s pupils contracted instantly. He seemed to have made a fatal mistake!
This Hell Cannon shell exploded in the midst of the gendarmerie troops. In the darkness, a massive fireball erupted, lighting up the night sky!
Instantly, dozens of Japanese invaders were torn to dust by the enormous power of the explosion, and countless Japanese invaders were hurled into the sky by the powerful shockwave, falling back down like dumplings.
Even more terrifying were the countless iron beads and nails shooting out in the darkness.
Their lethality was no less than heavy machine gun bullets; they skewered many Japanese soldiers like candied hawthorns, turning them into sieves.
Hirata Ichiro was lucky because the shell exploded in the middle of the crowd, and he was at the front of the group, on the edge of the shell’s lethality.
Of course, Hirata Ichiro was also unlucky.
He was not spared.
Two nails obligingly took care of him: one shot into his right eye, the other into his rear end.
Perhaps someone might question how it hit front and back.
Perfectly normal.
This was a street; the nails ricocheted off the brick and stone, altering their trajectory.
“Ah, baka…” Hirata Ichiro let out a hellish scream, one hand covering his eye, the other covering his rear.
“Captain, the captain is injured! Hurry, hurry, get the captain out of here, quick!”
This single Hell Cannon shell directly shattered the morale of these Japanese invaders in the gendarmerie.
The fighting spirit in their hearts was instantly destroyed.
The power of this Eighth Route Army cannon was simply too overwhelming for ants like them to withstand.
The remaining few Japanese invaders immediately carried Hirata Ichiro and withdrew rapidly.
Some of the wounded soldiers on the ground were also carried away.
But there weren’t enough hands; the lightly wounded Japanese soldiers could only desperately crawl backward, their faces full of terror.
Most of the county town’s resistance forces were puppet army; seeing their gendarmerie masters blasted to shit with one shell, their will to resist immediately collapsed, and they withdrew along with them.
Just like that, the entire county town was quickly yielded to them.
Seeing this, Li Yunlong cursed loudly: “Damn it, why didn’t this bunch of sons of turtles yield the city last night!”
If you had yielded the city last night, I would’ve hauled the sugar back yesterday and wouldn’t have to go through this trouble again tonight.
