Chapter 30: The Explosion in Silence

(...The Japanese like to bring the captured Kuomintang troops to the people or behead their heads in front of the troops where the captured soldiers are located. Sometimes they will dismember the captured soldiers in front of everyone. They think that such atrocities can shock the people and scare other troops, but they are wrong. After reading it, we only understand one thing: we would rather be crushed to pieces than be captured!... Excerpted from "Grandpa's Anti-Japanese War Diary")

The battle on the morning of the 29th made the people in the concession feel so heartbroken: the Sihang Cang not far away was covered by flames, dust and smoke. They could not see the heroic Kuomintang soldiers fighting back when they were invincible. They could not see the struggle of the last soldiers who were fearless. They could only see the Japanese blindly firing fires, and the warehouse was already in danger...

After the Japanese cut off the connection between the concession and Sixingcang, they suddenly thought of a trick: Didn’t you make us worry about the concession and dare not fire? Now see if you dare to fire at the concession! The Japanese actually used the concession and pulled two Type 92 infantry cannons to a place about one hundred meters away from the eastern wall of Sixingcang before the concession boundary!

This is why Cao Xiaomin saw that the east wall was bombarded like purgatory. The Japanese devils actually set up positions in front of the concession's warning sandbag, with no cover!

After confirming that the Kuomintang army did not dare to open fire on the concession, the Japanese stopped attacking in the other three directions near noon, and only fired several shots on the concession side by accident.

Maybe it was because I hoped that the Kuomintang army would fight back, or maybe it was because I wanted to see the last side of the martyrs. There were more and more Shanghai citizens near the Sihangcang line in the concession, with more than 30,000 people. At this time, tens of thousands of Shanghai citizens came to the south bank of Suzhou River, and they were actually escorted by the Japanese as audiences!

"Okay! I didn't expect that Xie Jinyuan, a leader of the regiment, died for his country, and nearly 100,000 people saw him off!" Xie Jinyuan couldn't help laughing after watching the audience on both sides of the southeast at the shooting port: "I was afraid that I would not die and prepared explosives to blow up the warehouse. Later, the Japanese used up all the explosives. I didn't expect that the Japanese had prepared so many shells for me, so I was happy!"

"We just didn't dare to fire at the concession, so we fought so hard?" Cao Xiaomin saw the situation on the other side after the Japanese were basically ceased, and found that hundreds of Japanese were standing on the edge of the concession defense line without any restraint, pointing fingers and laughing.

"What's the solution?! Did you shoot at the concession for hundreds of Japanese? Even if we ignore international influence, there are still tens of thousands of ordinary people there!" Xie Jinyuan was helpless. After a morning battle, there were no soldiers without injuries in Sihang Cang. He was gunshot wounds on his left shoulder and forehead, and he was also in a critical situation...

"If I were this regiment commander, I would definitely order the fire at the concession..." Cao Xiaomin was indignant and was still muttering to himself: "After lunch, I guess the Japanese will pull all the artillery in the remaining directions here. Just one or two volleys will be finished..."

He saw Xie Jinyuan closing his eyes and resting, ignoring his rebellious words, "I'm the leader of this regiment...". Xie Jinyuan shouldn't be able to hold on anymore. Cao Xiaomin thought. He had suffered a gunshot wound on the forehead, which was not as simple as ordinary abrasions and bleeding. Usually the shock wave of the bullet will cause a shock to the brain at the same time. He knew that it was a dizzy and painful feeling. It was obviously stable, but as soon as it shook, it began to rush into the sky.

Xie Jinyuan could not command anymore. He just held on to make the soldiers feel relieved... When Cao Xiaomin thought of this, he looked at Yang Ruifu, Deng Ying and Tang Di who were also injured and had fallen asleep in many places... Is there no way to imagine?

...The Japanese like to bring the captured Kuomintang troops to the people or the troops where the captured soldiers are located to behead them. Sometimes they will dismember the captured soldiers in front of everyone. They think that such atrocities can shock the people and scare other troops, but they are wrong. After reading it, we only understand one thing: we would rather be crushed to pieces than be captured! ... Cao Xiaomin knew that he was about to become the target of the grandfather's memories of the War of Resistance and War by the Japanese to show his compatriots to his compatriots to show them. It is obvious that this time the Japanese wanted to kill the four soldiers who were inspiring the morale of Shanghai and China in the most brutal and humiliating way in front of the people of Shanghai.

The Japanese wanted to use the concession to knock them down with one shot and one shot. They even forced Shanghai citizens to come to see them. Could it be that they could succeed? Cao Xiaomin was unwilling to be willing to die. Although he had the idea of ​​seeking death, he was unwilling to be slowly ravaged and killed by the Japanese in front of their compatriots!

After lunch, a large group of Japanese soldiers dragged two 120mm field guns, two 75mm mountain guns and four Type 92 infantry guns. They carefully passed through the area where the Kuomintang army might have fired, but were not attacked by a single bullet. Maybe the Chinese gave up, maybe the Chinese were all shocked to death... But this was a moment to show the majesty of the Japanese Imperial Army to all Shanghai citizens, and this artillery fire performance was unsavory.

The Japanese were holding cigarettes and laughing exaggeratedly, crossing the British trenches. This time they deliberately dragged the cannons a little back so that the cannons could shock the British and ordinary people in the concession when they opened fire. Because of the experience in the morning, when these Japanese devils came to the defense line of the concession, they were not worried about being shot by the Kuomintang army. Among them, there were many middle and low-level officers from various departments. These Japanese devils who deliberately came to entertain the fun of the people in the concession from time to time and made vicious appearances and sometimes made funny moves to laugh at the crowd.

The grief and angry people were silent one by one, and a silent force was gathering in the dark. The people always looked at each other with the people around them, with a kind of hope in their eyes...

The Japanese cannons were set up, and then they slowly moved the shells. I don’t know if it was because many spectators came, and these artillery soldiers wanted to show off on purpose or for some reason. Their actions were dragging and everyone was joking with each other, but the officers often chatted with them. At this moment, in front of the defense line of the concession, more than 2,000 Japanese were gathered. In addition to the troops of the Sixth Division who were deliberately transferred to attack Sihangcang, there were also many officers from the 101st Division and the 9th Division who were beaten very badly by the 88th Division. The highest rank was actually a naval general!

The sun was poisonous and hot in the sky, but people were standing on the ground. Every Chinese with sweat and cheeks looked at the clown-like Japanese, and his expression became more and more strange. The invisible force condensed by tens of thousands of people in the concession that was about to break through the sky suddenly exploded!

"Lying down!" With a loud shout, thousands of people fell to the ground in a moment!

The order was Shi Meihao and Lei Xiong who were sent to the concession hospital earlier! The ones scattered among the crowd were actually a group of very young Chinese people, Yang Huimin, who contacted the Shanghai Chinese Boy Scouts!

Although the officers and soldiers in Britain and Italy were not sure what was going on, they were all soldiers and they all reflexed their heads back into the fortifications...

"Tengteng...! Dadada...! Ce Ce Ce... Bang! Bang!... Bag hook!..." Suddenly, all the cracks in the Sihang Warehouse that were exploded, all the arranged shooting ports poured out all the firepower like a volcanic eruption!

Who said that you can't shoot in the concession!? This is China!

After Cao Xiaomin fell asleep with Xie Jinyuan and Yang Ruifu fainted, he contacted the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce through a phone call that he could not be cut off and found Yang Huimin and directed this scene!

Shi Meihao and Lei Xiong, who were originally in the concession hospital, came out to take charge of command, and thousands of boy scouts were mobilized to be responsible for contact orders; the notice was issued quietly. Although tens of thousands of Chinese people who were suppressed and breathless, they believed that the immortal fighters in the Sihang Cang, who were also silent and depressed, would explode! The effort of a lunch was all arranged, and the moment the Japanese arrived!!

Who said there are many traitors in China?! Who said that the Chinese are not united?! Tens of thousands of people are one, and no one can’t help but rush to the point of issuing orders!

All the weapons that were originally defending in four directions opened fire and swept towards the two thousand Japanese troops who were completely unblocked. Bullets as dense as raindrops swept everything in front of the British trenches! The Japanese, who were still showing off their power a moment ago, had no chance to cry for their parents at this moment, and were hit by the rain of bullets swept over!
Chapter completed!