Chapter Seventy-Five: Scuffle (3)

The grenade that fell from the hands of the Japanese soldiers exploded, and Lu Yuan had already dodged on the side of the street under the pull of Schuhman, but on the contrary, several people on the Japanese side were hit by flying masonry debris. "Throw a grenade." Lu Yuan, who was kneeling on one knee with one leg, shot while shouting at Shuchman on his side, compared to Shuchman, who was wide and long-armed, Lu Yuan was more willing to greet the remaining Japanese soldiers with bullets.

Europeans do have a great advantage over Asians in terms of physical fitness, Shuchman can throw the grenade at a distance of thirty or forty meters just by throwing it with his hand, but if Lu Yuan throws the grenade at such a distance, Lu Yuan has to get up and stand up and run two steps to do it. "Boom" "Boom" The two grenades thrown by Schuhmann in succession fell to the ground and exploded, and in the smoke that rose from the explosion, the broken Japanese military uniforms and steel helmets could be faintly seen.

"Keep throwing, kill them, and we'll have a new supply of ammunition." Lu Yuan was overjoyed when he saw this, and then continued to shoot at those Japanese soldiers while slowly moving forward. In the end, the remaining 30 or so Japanese soldiers have become rats in the bellows, this one is blocked by Lu Yuan and Shu Heman, and the national army on the other end also seems to have suddenly changed their temperament, still fighting to the death.

As Lu Yuan moved forward and Schuchmann threw grenades incessantly, the choking smell of blood and dust in the streets became more and more intense, and in the end, more than 30 Japanese soldiers were left to rush into a shop on the side of the street with the help of the dust. "Throw a grenade, throw a grenade inside." Seeing that someone from the national army who took the opportunity to rush over tried to break into the store, Lu Yuan hurriedly waved his hand to stop it, and threw a grenade into the store first.

There was a "boom", and a large puff of smoke gushed out from the window of the store, but Lu Yuan, who was standing sideways outside the store, was overjoyed, and he had vaguely heard the screams in the store. Seeing that Lu Yuan's method was effective, several veterans of the national army who gathered around looked at each other, and immediately followed Lu Yuan's example and leaned sideways outside the store, laughing at each other, taking off the grenade on their waists, pulling off the drawstring and throwing it into the store.

In the full-view map opened by Lu Yuan, the Japanese soldiers who had retreated into the store did not seem to have the idea of breaking through the wall, but all of them shrank behind the wooden counter of the store. Lu Yuan, who knew all this in his heart, immediately gestured to the veterans of the national army, signaling that the remaining Japanese soldiers were all hiding behind the wooden counter, and the veterans of the national army who understood it immediately tied out a cluster grenade with leggings, and after two consecutive explosions, a veteran of the national army with a big waist and a round waist let out a low cry and threw the cluster grenade into the store.

With a loud "boom", the cluster grenade thrown into the store exploded next to the wooden counter, and the explosion of the cluster grenade instantly tore the wooden counter to pieces, and even the Japanese soldiers who were hiding behind the wooden counter were also injured by the cluster grenade. Lu Yuan, who was standing sideways, let go of his hands covering his ears, and rushed into the store with his rifle before the others could wake up.

The others outside the store who were still shaking their heads trying to wake themselves up only heard a rapid gunfire coming from the store, and after more than ten seconds, Lu Yuan, who had a strange smile on his face, had already walked out. Lu Yuan rushed into the store before the others, naturally in order to get the killing point, the Japanese soldiers who had been stunned by the bundle of cluster grenades were like lambs to be slaughtered, how could Lu Yuan let go of the opportunity to get the killing point so well.

"What is this brother called? Who are you? When Lu Yuan walked out of the store, a national army officer with gauze wrapped around his arm took the initiative to greet him. Lu Yuan laughed secretly when he heard this, and then made a gesture to Schuhman, took off the German-style steel helmet he was wearing on his head, and took out the white cloth with words written on it from his arm pocket and handed it to the other party. Lu Yuan's appearance is obviously Asian, and these national soldiers have all heard Lu Yuan speak Chinese just now, so the national army officer who has seen the white cloth shows a trace of suspicion.

However, after he looked at Shu Heman with Lu Yuan's signal, the suspicious look on his face immediately disappeared, and Shu Heman, who took off his steel helmet according to Lu Yuan's gestures, looked like a standard foreigner. "We are from the Huamei Trading Company, and the one over there is Mr. Schuchmann from Germany, and Mr. Schuchmann's uncle used to fight the Japanese in Qingdao, so Mr. Schuchmann does not have a good impression of the Japanese." Lu Yuan held back a laugh, lowered his voice and whispered in the ear of the national army officer.

"Huamei Commercial Bank took the lead in establishing an international security zone in the city, which is dedicated to sheltering civilians in the city, and we are guiding the route for the civilians in the city, and it is just a coincidence that we met you." Lu Yuan did not know the other party's own name, but told the other party about the security zone, and especially reminded the other party that the security zone would not accept soldiers.

"When we came out, we heard that the 36th Division of the National Army had blocked the Rujiang Gate, and if you couldn't pass through the Rujiang Gate, there would be no way for you to reach the Xiaguan Wharf and cross the river by boat. I don't know how your superiors gave the order, but I do know that your troops have already withdrawn from the line without permission, otherwise there would not be such a large number of Japanese troops in the city. Lu Yuan's words made the face of the captain of the national army show a trace of sadness, and Lu Yuan immediately understood, and it seemed that his guess was correct.

"So what do you do next? Will you retreat to Rujiangmen or continue to stay and fight? Lu Yuan put on his steel helmet again, and while talking to the captain of the national army, he leaned down and rummaged through the waists of the Japanese corpses for bullets and grenades. The Japanese army has planes, tanks, and artillery, and if you fight a positional battle with them, you will definitely suffer. But if, as we did just now, you make full use of the buildings in the city and use guerrilla and interspersed tactics to engage in street battles with the Japanese army, you may not be defeated by the Japanese army. ”

"Street fighting?" The captain of the national army subconsciously turned around and glanced at the soldiers under his command, the company of more than 100 people was only more than 60 people left at the moment, but looking at the corpses of Japanese soldiers scattered in the streets, there were more than 200 corpses. "We have received orders to fight to the death in the city, but my brothers have too much money in their hands, and we don't have enough troops." The young captain of the Nationalist Army immediately showed a hint of embarrassment, compared with the Japanese army, the weapons of these soldiers under his command were indeed not very good.

Lu Yuan immediately showed a little dependence, pointed at the Japanese soldiers in the street and said, "You are stupid, there are so many weapons and ammunition left by the Japanese army here, why can't they be used reasonably." There are more than 200 Japanese soldiers with weapons and ammunition, enough to arm your soldiers, could it be that your superiors have stipulated that you cannot use weapons and ammunition captured from the Japanese army? Here are three light machine guns and a large number of 38 rifles, I don't believe you can't see their value and role? ”

Lu Yuan spoke, but the movements in his hands were not slow, and he didn't have a lot of effort, and the two Japanese steel helmets that Lu Yuan picked up casually were full of bullets. After saying what he wanted to say, Lu Yuan no longer paid attention to the officer of the national army, but sat cross-legged on the side of the street with Schuhman, hurrying to fill the empty magazine. "Boss, in fact, you don't need to tell them so much, if they want to continue fighting, you don't need to say it, they will automatically switch to the weapons and ammunition left by the Japanese army, but if they don't want to, no matter how much you say, it won't work."

As a bystander, Schuhman could see it clearly, and he also knew that the reason why Lu Yuan said so much to the national army officer was mainly to encourage these national soldiers, but in Schuhman's opinion, the fact that these national troops could be chased by the Japanese army and flee in a hurry already explained the problem. Shu Heman's persuasion made Lu Yuan speechless, but he also knew that what Shu Heman said was not bad at all, because at this time, he had already seen that the officer of the national army had failed to persuade his soldiers.

It seems that only a few of the remaining soldiers of the National Army followed the officers of the National Army to rummage through the ammunition on the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, while most of the others chose to remain indifferent. Seeing this situation, Lu Yuan sighed secretly, no wonder the Battle of Nanjing was lost so quickly, the reason was that most of the soldiers in the national army had already been frightened by the Japanese army on the Songhu battlefield. In addition, the upper echelons of the Nationalist army took the lead in fleeing Nanjing, which also made the officers and soldiers in the Nationalist army who originally strictly adhered to military orders feel deceived, and if it were not for this, the defense of Nanjing would not have been broken by the Japanese army in just a few days.

A few minutes later, after Lu Yuan and Schuchman had loaded all the magazines, the officer of the National Army also completed the process of changing clothes with seven or eight National Army soldiers. "Everyone has their own aspirations, it won't help if you force them to stay, there are still many people in the city who are willing to fight to the death, as long as you are strong and brave enough, there will always be others to join you." Lu Yuan loaded the magazine, got up, and strode to the officer of the national army to persuade him.

The officer of the national army, who already had a mist in his eyes, immediately said to the soldiers of the national army who did not want to continue to stay in the city, "Everyone is not willing to continue to stay in the city, and I don't want to force it, there are already Japanese troops entering the city on the left and right, so let's buy some time for everyone to evacuate." When you cross the river, if you have time, burn some paper money for us people, but don't let us go down there and have no money to spend. ”

Everyone parted ways in this street full of Japanese corpses, and most of the national soldiers chose to go straight to Rujiangmen, only the national army officer with seven or eight national soldiers who were willing to stay, followed Lu Yuan and the two to continue to move in the direction of Zhonghua Gate, because only the gunfire around Zhonghua Gate was the most intense.