139: Chapter 139 Hope in Despair

These soldiers who entered the city did not stay for long; after witnessing scene after scene of tragedy.

They withdrew from Jinling City.

It went without saying that the civilians in the city had undoubtedly been massacred.

They dared not imagine how many ordinary civilians had been murdered by the Japanese.

Just from what they saw along the way, there were hundreds.

Yet, they had only walked through a few blocks.

Jinling City is vast; it is not limited to just these few blocks.

This was only on the outskirts of Jinling City; if it were in the city center, the densely populated area, how many corpses would there be?

In the Command Post outside the city, General Huang Wei was waiting for news from the dispatched soldiers.

There were over a hundred soldiers sent out.

They were divided into ten squads, with ten men in each squad.

They entered the city, heading toward various parts of Jinling City.

Soon, Adjutant Chen ran in from outside the tent.

He ran to his side.

"General, two of the ten squads sent out earlier have returned."

"Hmm, did they bring back any news?"

"This..." Adjutant Chen hesitated upon hearing this.

General Huang Wei saw this and waved his hand.

"Speak, it must be bad news, right?"

"Yes, the news brought by the two squads is bad news."

"They saw a large number of civilian corpses in the city; these civilians had suffered inhuman torture before their deaths. According to their estimates, the city should be covered in the corpses of ordinary civilians. The Japanese are massacring the civilians in the city on a large scale."

Adjutant Chen was repeating the words of those squad soldiers; he did not know exactly what they had seen that caused them to fall into such total silence.

When the Chinese Soldiers recounted everything they saw in the city, expressions of rage appeared on their faces.

General Huang Wei's expression darkened upon hearing Adjutant Chen's words.

Just hearing these words, he could imagine what a terrifying scene it was in the city.

"Enter the city." General Huang Wei said slowly, issuing the order.

Staying outside the city was not a solution; by entering the city, they could at least utilize the city walls and buildings to conduct urban warfare.

Given the current situation of the Training Corps, urban warfare was the best choice.

It could conserve ammunition.

Following General Huang Wei's order, thousands of Chinese Soldiers marched toward Jinling City.

They did not encounter any Japanese soldiers in the direction they entered the city.

Perhaps there were other Chinese Defenders in the city, and the Japanese were concentrating their forces to eliminate them.

Or perhaps, the city was already empty, and the Japanese had withdrawn.

The first Chinese Soldiers to enter the city saw civilian corpses everywhere; these bodies were mutilated.

One look was enough to know they had been tortured to death.

Seeing these scenes everywhere, their eyes all turned red.

They had not expected that the Japanese would actually massacre civilians.

Men were decapitated and dismembered, women were unclothed, had their organs cut out, and had suffered inhuman torture before dying.

They walked on the streets, all without speaking.

The sight left them speechless, forcing them to endure the discomfort in their hearts.

They hardly needed to think to know it was a massacre by the Japanese.

The city had fallen; the city was being slaughtered.

In their memories, these two terms were things often done by ancient foreign invaders.

But when these things actually appeared before them, they could not believe it.

All of this deeply shocked their nerves.

Unforgivable.

They had forgotten that this was a game, or rather, they had never treated this as a game from the very beginning.

General Huang Wei also saw all of this.

All the high-ranking officers saw this, and they fell silent.

They saw the rage in the eyes of the Chinese Soldiers.

All of this made them feel sorrow in their hearts.

The audience in the livestream room felt the same.

They suddenly thought of the game CG for this DLC.

"We do not fear sacrifice, nor do we fear loss. But we fear that the people we protect will be raped and plundered by the enemy; we fear that our children will not see tomorrow's sunrise."

Peace is never begged for; it is defended.

If not for these patriotic Chinese Soldiers shedding their blood and sacrificing their lives, peace would not come out of thin air.

Dignity only exists above truth.

And truth is gained through sacrifice and struggle.

Therefore, after the Chinese Soldiers entered the city, facing these scenes.

They were speechless, with raging fires of anger burning in their chests.

Whether they were ordinary soldiers or officers, they all held their breath.

They now longed to see the Japanese and send them all to hell.

Fighting soon broke out.

Such a large-scale unit entering the city was soon discovered by the Japanese.

The Chinese Soldiers on the front lines exchanged fire with the Japanese vanguard.

The Chinese Soldiers moved through the city, continuously intercepting the Japanese.

Their marksmanship was like a ghost; wherever the Japanese were, their bullets followed.

They had fired countless bullets on the training grounds.

In the eyes of the Japanese, everyone's marksmanship was like that of a sharpshooter.

Amidst immense rage, they unleashed unprecedented potential.

Even the wounded were unwilling to do nothing.

They all held guns or grenades, hiding in these buildings, either launching sneak attacks or throwing grenades at the Japanese.

Some even dragged the Japanese down with them to die together.

At this moment, they had only one thought in their hearts: to kill every last one of these Japanese.

The battle in the city was on the verge of breaking out.

The remaining Chinese Defenders who had been hiding in various parts of the city heard the sounds of battle and all spontaneously walked out.

They gathered together without prior arrangement, holding their guns and walking toward where the sounds of battle were coming from.

They were all Chinese Soldiers who had remained in the city.

When the city fell, all the various armies had retreated in a panic.

Some withdrew, while others remained in the city.

However, as the Japanese searched the city extensively for Chinese Soldiers, they could no longer hide.

Most importantly, the Japanese used the excuse of searching for Chinese Soldiers to continuously commit massacres in various places.

They did not even spare the civilians.

These hidden Chinese Soldiers watched as Chinese Soldiers who had voluntarily surrendered were taken away by the Japanese.

Some were even executed on the spot.

Even if they surrendered, they would still die.

Some of these soldiers tried to resist, but they were quickly dealt with.

The withdrawal of the main force had long since caused them to lose their backbone.

They did not know how much longer they could survive in the city; perhaps the next moment they would be found by the Japanese and killed.

Now, this sudden large-scale battle commotion immediately attracted these soldiers.

At first, they could not believe it, thinking it was just a small-scale skirmish.

But as the sounds of machine guns and explosions continued to ring out.

And they were ringing out from all directions.

They instantly understood that another unit had appeared in the city and was engaging the Japanese.

Being able to create such a battle commotion meant that this unit must have a significant number of people.

Hearing this commotion, those Chinese Soldiers who were still struggling to survive in the city and were unwilling to die like this all walked out of their hiding places and rushed toward the direction where the sounds of battle were coming from.

They wanted to join forces with this unit.

If this unit were also eliminated by the Japanese, then there would be absolutely no hope left for Jinling City.