The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 470 Taking Down the Watchtower (Part 1) [Two Chapters Combined]

Unfortunately, after splitting into two groups, one group rushed towards the left and one group rushed towards the right hilltops. Only the group on the left hilltop managed to break into the Japanese pillbox.

The group that rushed toward the pillbox on the right hilltop was spotted by the Japanese and their puppet troops beforehand.

The root cause is the height and weight of the male members of the time traveler team.

According to historical records, the average height of men in Hebei Province during the Republic of China period was approximately 168 to 171 centimeters, which was the highest average height in the country at that time.

Even so, when Hu Biao and his group of transmigrators mingled among the puppet troops and rushed towards the pillbox, they still stood out somewhat.

After all, modern people have better nutrition, so they are naturally taller and appear more robust.

Especially members like Hu Biao, Hei Xing, Shi Zi, and Da Shou, who are over 1.8 meters tall, or Huang A Di, who is a fat man weighing over 200 kilograms.

Even as they were running around, they deliberately bent their backs and hunched their shoulders.

As they drew closer, the incongruity in their height and build continued to attract the attention of the Japanese soldiers and their collaborators.

Once they notice you, a little careful observation will reveal more things that seem amiss.

This leads to more suspicion, ultimately resulting in a series of terrible consequences.

Then the question arises: the teams that rushed towards the left and right hills at the time both had members who were either 1.8 meters tall or weighed over 200 kilograms, so why was the right hill discovered first?

After being discovered by the Japanese, how did that group react, and what happened next?

All of the above can only be explained one by one.

First, let's talk about the situation on the left hilltop where Lieutenant Kobayashi and the other Japanese soldiers were located, which was undiscovered...

"Hu Biao, rip my clothes off, quick."

When Annie caught a glimpse of a potentially disastrous situation out of the corner of her eye, she quickly came up with an idea and hurriedly told Hu Biao this.

But the next second, Hu Biao let out an "ah" sound, looking quite conflicted.

Upon hearing the familiar voice, trusting Annie, he grabbed the hem of her floral cotton-padded jacket and was about to rip it open.

But just as he was about to exert force, he suddenly realized:

No way! If I just rip it off like that, even if my girlfriend's upper body isn't completely naked, it will still expose a lot of her private parts.

These contents were not to be seen by the Japanese soldiers and their collaborators.

Even his fellow time-travelers felt cheated after seeing this; the men's generosity wasn't in this area, was it?

So this isn't just a question of whether Hu Biao believes in his girlfriend or not; it's a question of whether he, as a man, is at a disadvantage and whether he's willing to accept it.

Realizing the problem, he immediately loosened his grip, unable to continue tearing.

After witnessing this scene, Annie felt a mix of joy and anxiety; her emotions were incredibly complex.

Well, the reason she made such a strange request to Hu Biao was because she had no other choice.

More specific cases are like this.

The Japanese built similar strongholds on the two hilltops, with the main structure being a two-and-a-half-story pillbox and two small bunkers on either side of it.

The pillboxes and bunkers were all built with sturdy blue bricks and cement, providing excellent protection.

They have numerous firing ports and can provide mutual fire support, making them a small fortification complex.

Beside these proper fortifications, there were five or six shacks, presumably kitchens, toilets, shower rooms, sleeping quarters, and similar places.

According to available information, open flames were generally not permitted in standard Japanese pillboxes.

Therefore, during non-combat periods, the kitchens were placed outside the pillboxes.

Surrounding all these buildings, the Japanese had dug a trench about thirty meters away.

The trench was more than three meters deep and four meters wide, with a very steep angle that made it almost impossible for people to climb. The edge was also covered with barbed wire.

The only way to quickly cross this trench is to cross it normally via a suspension bridge.

Faced with the above situation, the attackers on the left hill, namely Hu Biao, Annie, Huang Adi, Thug, Old K, Shizi, and Old Che, were a group of eight.

After they mingled with seven puppet soldiers, they continued to advance while shouting.

They crossed the suspension bridge smoothly, easily breaking through the Japanese trench defenses.

But just as the group had hurriedly crossed the suspension bridge, and were about thirty more steps ahead, they were poised to storm into the Japanese pillbox and blockhouse.

Annie didn't even have time to breathe a sigh of relief after passing through the first line of Japanese defense.

Out of the corner of their eye, they inadvertently spotted some very dangerous crises brewing, which could erupt at any moment and plunge them into trouble.

Because on the top of the pillbox, a veteran Japanese soldier was sticking his head out and staring intently in their direction.

Even from this distance, Annie couldn't see the details of the Japanese soldier's facial expression, let alone know that it was Hu Biao, whose 183-centimeter height had aroused the Japanese soldier's suspicion.

But after a moment of unease, a surprisingly accurate intuition struck him: something's wrong! The Japanese must have noticed something amiss.

What to do? In a flash, Annie came up with a solution:
To attract the attention of that Japanese soldier, to make his mind go blank for a moment, or to make him have no extra thoughts to suspect some of the flaws they have revealed.

In summary, the idea was to have Hu Biao rip open his clothes to show off his impressive physique, leaving the naive Japanese soldier dumbfounded.

Actually, Annie doesn't think there's much of a problem with this operation, even if it's a bit excessive.

The main thing is that she wasn't completely naked under her floral cotton-padded jacket; she had what she needed, but it wasn't all exposed. Overall, her outfit was actually similar to a slightly bolder bikini in a modern world.

Besides! In the modern world, she's a professional model.

She has also worn more revealing and daring outfits on the runway or in photoshoots.

Unexpectedly, Hu Biao, being a grown man, was unwilling to show it to anyone, even at this level, and simply couldn't bring himself to do it.

Annie was actually quite happy that her husband cared about her so much.

At this crucial moment, she couldn't think of a better way to distract the Japanese soldiers and their collaborators than to do this.

Knowing the catastrophic consequences that would ensue if the Japanese soldiers and their collaborators discovered something amiss, Anne made up her mind in a very short time:

Let's do it! Do it yourself.

As for what to do if your own husband gets angry because of this, you can coax him slowly later. You can't just throw him away and not want him anymore.

With this thought in mind, Annie quickly grabbed the arm that Hu Biao was holding onto her collar with both hands, and with a subtle force, it looked as if Hu Biao had accidentally torn open her floral cotton-padded jacket in his haste.

The scene that unfolds is so stunning that even modern people would be amazed and momentarily lost in thought.

In an era before bikinis even existed, these Japanese soldiers and puppet troops, mostly from peasant backgrounds, had never witnessed such an explosive scene.

They were immediately stunned, and some of the younger ones even had nosebleeds.

This naturally included the Japanese veteran who poked his head out from the top of the pillbox.

He probably hasn't even remembered his own surname or given name yet, so how could he possibly recall what strange things he had seen before, or what doubts had arisen in his mind?

And so, Annie was pulled forward by Hu Biao.

During the process, the genuine, trembling motion that occurred as they ran successfully attracted the attention of both the Japanese soldiers and their collaborators.

Even though a few Japanese soldiers and puppet troops had recovered their senses after a short while, it was too late. Hu Biao, who was almost bursting with anger, dragged his girlfriend forward and rushed into the pillbox through the open gate.

After rushing in, Hu Biao planned to wait until more of his comrades rushed in before launching a sudden attack.

While he was at it, he closed Annie's open floral cotton-padded jacket.

Just then, a burst of gunfire, likely from a Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun, came from a nearby hilltop.

This made Hu Biao realize something—damn it! There wasn't time to close his floral cotton-padded jacket.

AT and the other veterans also realized that the group on the opposite hill had been exposed for some reason; they had to take action immediately, otherwise they would be in trouble once the Japanese on this side realized what was happening.

The group of veterans all pulled open their half-closed shirts.

They pulled out the hidden short-barreled shotgun and pistol, thus taking the initiative to strike.

The two men, AT and thug, each carrying a shotgun, rushed into the pillbox. But when they reached the entrance, they realized they were somewhat superfluous.

Because Hu Biao and Annie, who rushed in, had already opened fire.

Amidst the 'bang bang bang' of gunfire, Hu Biao had already fired three shots from the front and back with his shotgun.

In the current confined environment, the power of the No. 12 shotgun shell can be described as insane; each shot is like a fan-shaped spray of steel balls, capable of taking down several people with a single shot.

Before the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops on the first floor could react, they had already been hit.

In particular, a Japanese lieutenant who was nearby was sent flying backward, with large chunks of flesh and blood flying out of his body; this flesh and blood splattered onto the inner wall of the pillbox behind him, immediately becoming sticky and sticky.

At first glance, it looks as if flesh and blood were used as paint to coat the wall with a layer of putty.

Anyway, after Hu Biao fired three shots, AT and his henchmen found that the five or six puppet soldiers and three Japanese soldiers who had gathered on the first floor had all been knocked down.

Few were killed outright, but all of them were completely rendered incapacitated.

The Japanese soldiers' reaction speed was actually quite good. When the second shot rang out on the first floor, a private first class was carrying a Type 38 rifle and was about to come down the stairs to provide support.

But Anne was much faster than him.

As Hu Biao drew his gun, she showed no intention of closing her cotton-padded coat first.

With his chest exposed, he pulled out a pair of Browning pistols from behind his back, and with a swift motion, shot the Japanese private first class who had just peeked out with two shots.

Let it tumble down the steep wooden stairs, making a 'clattering' sound all the way down.

And when AT and the thug rushed in, they were certainly not superfluous.

After discovering that all the Japanese soldiers on the first floor had been taken down and the Japanese soldiers on the second floor had been temporarily blocked, they immediately made some textbook-perfect responses.

He dropped the shotgun in his hand and quickly picked up a Czech light machine gun and a Type 38 rifle from the ground.

He pointed the gun at his head and opened fire without the slightest hesitation.

Especially when the sound of footsteps and impacts came from above, the Czech light machine gun that AT was holding immediately fired several bullets.

The main reason was that after the two of them rushed in, they discovered some fatal flaws in the internal structure of the pillbox.

The floor slabs used to separate the first and second floors are not the cast-in-place concrete commonly found in modern worlds, nor are they even the old-fashioned precast slabs.

It was actually just a layer of pine wood, which offered very limited bulletproof protection.

This pine board, which is not thin, might not be penetrated by a 12-gauge shotgun shell, but it would have no problem with a full-power rifle bullet.

Therefore, they are not making a move immediately.

Are we supposed to wait for the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops above to react and open fire on them in advance, or throw grenades down in a ricochet manner and give them a good beating?
Amidst a series of gunshots, the thug wielding a Type 38 rifle pulled the bolt and chambered the third bullet.

Old Car and Cross, two newcomers who had just transmigrated this time, finally realized what was happening.

He had already called upon four puppet soldiers, who also rushed into the first floor of the pillbox.

They imitated the AT and the thugs, raising their Hanyang rifles and firing at the wooden planks above their heads.

Not long after, the AT machine gun emptied its two magazines of forty rounds, and the other men's rifles also ran out of five rounds each.

By now, the pine planks overhead were riddled with bullet holes.

In some of the gunshot wounds, beads of blood are now congealing and dripping.

While AT and the others were busy changing magazines or loading bullets into their rifles, Annie, at Hu Biao's signal, had already picked up a small melon grenade from a Japanese soldier's corpse.

She pulled back the safety pin, tapped it on the helmet of a dying Japanese soldier lying on the ground, and then held it in her hand for two or three seconds.

He found an angle and bounced it up to the second floor.

The melon grenade exploded violently the moment it hit the wooden planks on the second floor.

In the confined space, the power of the melon grenade explosion was naturally more intense; even the thick pine boards above their heads shook violently during the explosion.

Some of the wooden planks even developed cracks as they creaked.

Dust and blood droplets rained down on them, densely covering their heads.

In the immediate aftermath of the explosion, Hu Biao, shotgun in hand, had already rushed up the steep stairs to the second floor.

Seeing this, Annie and the others naturally followed suit.

When they rushed to the second floor, they found the ground covered with Japanese soldiers and puppet troops amidst the flying dust, more than they had expected.

It seems that after discovering that the enemy had infiltrated, the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops on the rooftop rushed down to the second floor in a panic, intending to attack the first floor together and drive the enemy out of the pillbox.

As soon as they came down, they were met with a barrage of fire from AT and others through the floorboards, and Annie threw a grenade at them, causing them to suffer heavy losses immediately.

Of the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops lying on the ground today, a considerable number are still alive.

Unfortunately, he could only lie there groaning in pain, too weak to even sit up, let alone fire a gun.

In an instant, Anne threw away the pair of pistols she was holding, picked up a Type 96 machine gun, and fired at the wooden planks above her head.

The others who followed immediately understood the significance of Annie's actions and joined in, creating countless more bullet holes in the pine planks separating the second and third floors.

Hey! Since this tactic of firing through the floor is so effective, why not keep replicating it?

In short, the saying that fortresses are always breached from within is absolutely true, and pillboxes are also more easily breached from the inside.

Once Hu Biao and his men successfully infiltrated the pillbox, this tough nut, which our army had previously struggled to break even with ten times the manpower, was destined to fall.

The only problem is that Hu Biao feels he paid too high a price.

After climbing the steep stairs a bit, I peeked out and saw that the two Japanese soldiers and three puppet soldiers on the roof were now lying on the ground, on the verge of death.

That means there's no one left standing in this pillbox.

Even so, Hu Biao was still extremely agitated. He turned around, reached out, and closed the open front of Annie's floral cotton-padded jacket one by one.

He wanted to curse Annie, but the words wouldn't come out.

He could only swallow back the words he wanted to say to Annie, and instead roared in a murderous tone, "Check the fallen Japanese soldiers and puppet troops, and shoot any one of them who is still breathing."

Seeing this, Annie smiled like a little fox. Even men have their moments of jealousy, and at least at this moment, she found Hu Biao genuinely adorable...

(End of this chapter)