The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 594 A Bizarre Battle (Bonus Chapter for Private Letter to the Helmsman)
Fifteen minutes later, in the southeast corner of Xiangyin City, a scene that looked incredibly magical, or rather, bizarre, appeared.

Meanwhile, in other areas of Xiangyin City, the sounds of gunfire, shouts of battle, and explosions continued unabated.

At that time, Chen Tang, Ji Shouxing, Zhang Lingfu, and others were still fighting with the remaining Japanese soldiers, leading a group of Nationalist soldiers.

Even these surviving Japanese soldiers, knowing they were about to be wiped out, became increasingly frenzied.

Scenes of soldiers clutching open grenades and explosive charges, charging towards the Nationalist army, intending to drag more of their opponents to their deaths, also occurred from time to time.

This made the battle several minutes more intense than before.

But here in the southeast corner, apart from the sound of the night wind rustling the treetops, there was no other sound; it was eerily silent.

In the maddening silence, two large groups of people stood facing each other, separated by more than two hundred meters.

The large group on the left consists of just over five hundred Japanese soldiers.

They were lined up in a neat row, with the officer brandishing a samurai sword at the front; behind him, the Japanese soldiers each carried a Type 38 rifle with a bayonet attached.

Hundreds of sharp bayonets reflected a chilling gleam under the bright moonlight.

On the right side opposite these Japanese soldiers, there was naturally Hu Biao and his group of about 1,100 people; they were also lined up in neat rows, with officers in front and soldiers behind.

In terms of weaponry, the selection is undoubtedly somewhat chaotic.

Besides the Type 24 rifles, Hanyang rifles, and Type 38 rifles equipped with bayonets, many people also carried long knives; these long knives came in all sorts of styles, including broadswords, Miao knives, Dong knives, and Yao knives.

Even in Huang Adi's hands, there is a bone-chopping knife that he obtained during his last time travel.

The blades of hundreds of large swords, reflecting the bright moonlight in the sky, resembled a galaxy fallen to the ground, exuding a cold and deadly beauty.

The reason for this situation is quite simple.

Naturally, it was Kanda Masatane, the Japanese lieutenant general and division commander, who finally agreed to Annie and the others' suggestion, and the two sides were about to engage in a hand-to-hand battle.

Under these circumstances, knowing what they would face next, the more than one thousand people on both sides remained silent and began to line up in the open space.

As for whether anyone took the opportunity to fire a shot during this process and easily killed their opponent on the ground?

No! Neither the Nationalist army nor the Japanese army fired a shot.

Perhaps foreigners who see this scene will find it quite unbelievable, exclaiming that these people are stupid or have lost their minds.

It can only be said that these foreigners will never understand this kind of Eastern way of thinking...

After glancing at the ground, Hu Biao couldn't help but mutter, "After being watered with blood, the plants on this land will definitely grow exceptionally lush next spring."

Then he raised his arm high and chopped a hand chop towards the Japanese soldiers, leading his brothers forward.

Seeing this, the Japanese soldiers on the other side also began to move closer.

For a moment, apart from the heavy sound of footsteps, no one spoke, making the deathly silence even more intense, almost to the point of driving people crazy.

This situation only changed when the two sides, walking towards each other, reached a distance of about sixty meters.

Hu Biao and his men, along with Kanda Masatane, the Japanese soldier, seemed to sense that their soldiers' spirits and emotions were stretched to the limit, on the verge of breaking.

Almost simultaneously, someone shouted, "Kill!"

In an instant, a scene like a volcanic eruption unfolded, with everyone on both sides shouting "Kill!" in unison, releasing all the pent-up repression they had been enduring.

That enormous commotion completely drowned out all the gunfire and explosions in the entire city of Xiangyin.

It was in this single word 'kill' that the people on both sides brandished their long swords and held their bayonets, charging madly towards each other.

The once neat formation was completely disrupted, and no one maintained the formation anymore.

At this moment, everyone on both sides had only one thought in their minds: rush forward and kill the opponent in front of them.

That's right! When Kanda Masatane, the Japanese lieutenant general, charged forward, a clear look of hesitation appeared on his face.

It wasn't that he chickened out or was afraid of dying at this moment, but rather that he couldn't decide which of the two targets, Hu Biao and Annie, to choose from among the charging opponents.

The former, Hu Biao, a man nicknamed the Tiger of Shanghai, would become an empire hero if killed.

The latter, Annie, was the woman who had just directly attacked him with her words, almost making him furious. He wished he could kill her.

So now he's faced with a difficult choice: should he eliminate his most valuable target or simply vent his anger?

A very short time later, Kanda Masatane made a decision:
He chose the latter, brandishing his katana and charging towards Annie. Regarding this old Japanese devil's decision, one can only say that the Japanese are truly petty bastards who forget the greater good for small gains, and are vindictive and vindictive...

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In fact, Kanda Masane made the right decision by sheer luck.

If he were to choose Hu Biao, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand even one move from this guy who had been upgraded multiple times by a mysterious being and had never stopped training in the modern world, whose strength far surpassed that of ordinary people.

Sure enough, Hu Biao charged forward first.

Facing a Japanese major holding a sword above his head with both hands, about to unleash a 'Great Uppercut Slash' that was destined to be swift and deadly, he made no attempt to dodge.

He simply lowered his body and pushed off the ground with both legs, and rammed into the other person with his shoulder.

With the speed suddenly increasing, the Japanese major, seeing the danger, hurriedly swung his military knife, but before it reached eye level, Hu Biao's shoulder struck his chest.

Even though Hu Biao had never learned Xingyi Quan or practiced moves like "Iron Mountain Lean".

However, relying on his brute strength, the damage caused by this collision was even greater than that of an expert in Xingyi Quan.

With a crisp 'crack', the Japanese major, whose ribs had been broken countless times, was sent flying backward.

They knocked over two Japanese soldiers behind them in succession, and the three of them rolled around in a heap before finally stopping.

At this point, Hu Biao had already begun to wield his broadsword.

There's not much to say about swordsmanship; the main focus is on speed and strength. And just by doing these two things, you're deadly enough.

In the blink of an eye, several Japanese soldiers nearby were cut down, and his men were no match for him.

If Kanda Masatane had recklessly charged forward, he would probably have been taken down in a single encounter.

In contrast to Hu Biao's impressive performance, Huang Adi and Dali had their physical fitness comprehensively improved significantly fewer times.

But that doesn't mean their performance in this close-quarters combat was that bad...

There is an old saying in Chinese martial arts: "An inch longer, an inch stronger."

This clearly illustrates that long weapons have a greater advantage in battlefield combat.

So here comes the crucial question: when the Japanese Type 38 rifle was fitted with a bayonet, its length reached 1.666 meters, making it almost like a spear.

The cleaver in Huang Adi's hand, even without the handle, has a wide blade that is only about twenty centimeters long. The difference in length between the two is astonishing. Isn't Fatty going to suffer a great loss?

All I can say is that Huang Adi may look honest and kind, but he's actually a cunning fellow who's even more shrewd than a monkey once he gets involved with Mao.

He had already thought of this point. Since he still dared to bring up the cleaver and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese, he must have had his own ideas.

Specifically, when a Japanese private first class saw an exceptionally agile and nimble fat man about to rush to his side.

Stop immediately, bend your left leg and straighten your right leg, holding the rifle with both hands.

After using the strength of his waist and back, he would thrust the bayonet in fiercely.

This assassination move sounds simple, but the Japanese private had practiced it countless times and developed it into a muscle reaction, making his movements incredibly fast.

Even if the eyes see it, the body cannot react in time.

But just as the Japanese soldier was about to thrust his bayonet, Huang Adi opened his mouth and, in a high-pitched voice, shouted in an incredibly eerie tone:
"Meow, meow~"

Good heavens! Such a bizarre commotion stunned the Japanese soldier, who naturally forgot to thrust his bayonet forward; by the time he realized what was happening, it was already too late.

Huang Adi's cleaver had already slashed down, severing his neck in one blow.

Then Huang Adi continued forward, charging like a wild boar into the crowd of Japanese privates, who were caught off guard.

At this close range, the saying goes that the shorter the cleaver in his hand, the more dangerous it becomes.

With each swing of the cleaver in his hand, large amounts of blood splattered, causing a Japanese soldier to scream and fall to the ground.

Of course, Huang Adi was not without injuries during the battle.
But when a Japanese soldier finally seized the opportunity and used his bayonet to stab a sizable wound in Huang Adi's back, Huang Adi felt nothing, as if the flesh wasn't his.

He turned around, took a step forward, and killed the Japanese soldier who had just injured him.

No! Even after being injured, Huang Adi wasn't completely unchanged.

Unfortunately, the specific change was that he started uttering those lewd words like "da me" and "ya ma die," and his tone became increasingly unsettling to the other Japanese soldiers...

(End of this chapter)