Southern guerrilla warfare: I led the Red Seventh Army Corps to amassed a million troops.

He didn't rely on his eyes to aim, but rather on his senses to clearly feel an extremely intense hatred on the city wall.

"Most likely, some of their relatives died at our hands..." Zhou Zeyuan understood, his eyes turning cold. He would show no mercy to such an enemy filled with deep-seated hatred.

He steadily raised the gun, guided by his emotions rather than his vision, slightly adjusted the muzzle, held his breath, and pulled the trigger!

"Bang!"

A crisp gunshot shattered the pre-battle silence, carrying far into the night sky. On the city wall, a dark figure fell to the ground.

"Ignite it!" Old Wei roared.

In an instant, six blazing white flames erupted from the rear of the gasoline drum! Then, "Boom!!! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Six enormous, dark shadows, trailing wisps of smoke, streaked across the night sky and hurtled toward the East Gate!

First volley!

Violent explosions rang out almost instantly!

Four explosive charges landed at the foot of the city wall outside the city gate, sending up clouds of mud and rubble!

One of the explosive charges flew too far, over the city wall, and landed somewhere inside the city, causing a chaotic commotion of screams and the sound of something collapsing.

The most deadly thing was that there was also a bomb that landed right above the crenellations of the city wall above the East Gate!

"boom!!!"

In that instant, it seemed as if a small mushroom cloud rose above the city wall!

Bricks, stones, broken wood, and severed limbs mingled with the smoke and soared into the sky! The Kuomintang soldiers standing on that section of the city wall didn't even have time to scream before they were blown away by the violent shockwave!

The violent explosion and terrifying sound stunned the entire garrison at the East Gate, as well as all the enemies along the nearby section of the city wall!

This deafening roar in the dead of night, like a thunderclap from the apocalypse, startled countless Kuomintang soldiers who were still dreaming, causing them to jump out of bed!

The military camp instantly descended into chaos. Many people didn't even bother to put on their clothes and shoes, running out naked, thinking that the sky had fallen and the Red Army had already stormed in!

In the city center, Lu Xingbang's headquarters and residence.

The division commander was also awakened from his sleep by the earth-shaking explosion. His heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to jump out of his throat!

He didn't even have time to put on his pants; he just threw on a coat and rushed out the door barefoot.

The courtyard was in complete chaos. Many soldiers, also disheveled, were running around like headless flies, shouting in terror, "It's terrible! The Red Army has entered the city! The Red Army is bombarding the city with heavy artillery!"

Before Lu Xingbang could recover from this sudden attack, the second salvo of flying thunder cannons came immediately!

The deafening explosion shook the entire county once again!

This time, at least three explosive charges hit the East Gate tower and the surrounding walls!

Lu Xingbang was so shocked that his eardrums ached and he felt dizzy.

But he was a veteran after all, and he instantly judged from the force of the explosion that it was definitely not an ordinary mortar or mountain gun!

The power of this explosion is equivalent to that of a heavy artillery shell with a caliber of at least 100 millimeters!

Even many of the Central Army's elite units couldn't afford heavy artillery of this caliber, so how could the impoverished Red Army possibly possess it?

Moreover, judging from the continuous explosions, the enemy had at least five or six such heavy artillery pieces firing simultaneously!

A chill ran from the soles of my feet straight to the top of my head! The Red Army not only had heavy artillery, but it also seemed determined to break through the city!

He scrambled back into the house, trying to grab the phone, trying to urge his brother Lu Xingrong again, trying to call for help from anywhere he could!

Just then, his guard battalion commander scrambled in, his face covered in cigarette ash and terror, his voice trembling:

"Commander! Something terrible has happened! The East Gate... the East Gate has been blown open by the Red Army! A huge breach has been blown open! The Red Army... the Red Army is about to storm in!"

"What?!" Lu Xingbang's vision went black, and he almost fainted. "The Red Army... really had heavy artillery?! You saw it with your own eyes?!"

"It's absolutely true!" the guard battalion commander said, his voice trembling with tears. "I saw it with my own eyes. A shell flew over the city wall and landed in the city, directly collapsing a house! The soldiers who escaped said that Regiment Commander Zhao was killed by a sniper shot from the Red Army. Now everything is in chaos."

Without a word, the battalion commander grabbed Lu Xingbang's arm: "Commander! Let's go! As long as we're alive, we can always fight again! We don't need to fight the Red Army to the death here! If we don't leave now, it'll be too late!"

Lu Xingbang was well aware of this principle, but all the wealth he had amassed over half his life was in the city!

In such a rush, how can we possibly move it?

At that moment, he was filled with remorse and cursed Jiang Dingwen a thousand times in his heart.

I should never have listened to that bastard's nonsense! He clearly wanted me and the Red Army to fight to the death so he could profit from the chaos! I was so blinded by greed that I believed his lies!

He was dragged out of the room by the battalion commander of the guards and several of his cronies. The night wind made him a little more awake.

Suddenly, he broke free, turned and rushed into the house, yelling, "There are two more boxes under my bed! Quick! Bring them with you! They're my lifelines!"

The confidants dragged two heavy boxes out from under the bed. They were so heavy that it took several people to move them.

Fortunately, a carriage had been prepared in the courtyard. After the two large boxes were loaded onto the carriage, the group, surrounding Lu Xingbang, desperately squeezed towards the north gate amidst the increasingly chaotic flow of fleeing soldiers.

At this moment, the city is completely out of control.

At the breach in the east gate blasted open by the "flying thunder cannons," the vanguard of the 7th Red Army Division surged in like a flood bursting its banks, rapidly expanding to both flanks and engaging in fierce firefights with the enemy forces attempting to plug the breach.

More Kuomintang troops lost command and their organization was disrupted. They tried to escape the city through the west and north gates like headless flies.

Lu Xingbang and his group were fortunate to have caught a good opportunity, as the fleeing soldiers helped them divert the Red Army's intercepting fire.

His trusted guards, who were usually well-fed with silver dollars and opium, stood by him in this critical moment of life and death, fighting their way through the chaos to protect him.

However, the two boxes of gold and silver jewelry that he did not forget to take with him before leaving eventually became a burden under the Red Army's rapid pursuit.

With a burst of gunfire, the horses pulling the cart neighed and fell to the ground, and now no one could take the two large boxes away.

With the Red Army pursuers close at hand, Lu Xingbang had no choice but to abandon the car in order to escape.

No matter how good money is, you still need to be alive to enjoy it.

Besides, the box only contains disposable wealth; the majority of his wealth consists of fixed assets.

It's absolutely not worth risking your life for some gold and silver!

On the other side, after the main force of the 7th Red Army Division entered the city, under the command of Zhou Zeyuan, it quickly took control of key locations such as government offices, warehouses, telegraph offices, and military camps.

Most of the Kuomintang troops were already frightened and collapsed at the slightest touch, surrendering in rows and companies.

With timely guidance from underground party comrades who had infiltrated the city, the Red Army precisely targeted Lu Xingbang's private residences, businesses, and secret warehouses.

In less than an hour, the main resistance within the city was eliminated, and the situation was basically stabilized.

When Zhou Zeyuan, led by his underground party comrades, entered the armory that Lu Xingbang had set up in the basement of a large mansion in the west of the city, even with his extensive experience, he couldn't help but gasp in shock!

The beam of a flashlight illuminated the deep underground space, where hundreds of brand-new wooden crates were neatly stacked.

Dozens of light and heavy machine guns of various models were piled on top of the boxes, as well as several Shanghai-made 82mm mortars that looked to be about 80% new!

"Good heavens... that old bastard Lu Xingbang has been making a fortune over the years!" Zhou Zeyuan's eyes gleamed in the darkness, like a dragon that had spotted gold coins.