85: Chapter 85 Strong Attack

At night, the Japanese did not attack.

However, Wang Ye and his men did not lower their guard.

Those on night watch and patrol kept their eyes fixed on the outside.

To prevent the Japanese from sneaking in under the cover of night.

The next morning.

The Japanese launched an attack, and Wang Ye looked into the distance.

He discovered that the Japanese had dispatched tanks.

Infantry followed behind the tanks, advancing toward The Warehouse.

"Some of you, get to the top floor and fire from there! Don't let the Japanese rush over!" Regimental Adjutant Xie Jin shouted inside The Warehouse.

He then came to Wang Ye's side. "Wang Ye, take a portion of your company to the top floor."

"Yes." Wang Ye nodded.

He quickly led his Chinese Soldiers to the top floor of The Warehouse.

This warehouse had five floors; on the ground floor, apart from a few firing slits, the doors and windows were all reinforced with sandbags.

This was to prevent the Japanese from blowing up the doors and windows to enter The Warehouse from the ground floor.

As long as the Japanese could not get inside, they had no way to occupy The Warehouse.

Regimental Adjutant Xie Jin also knew that it was highly likely the Japanese would be wary of the nearby International Settlement.

Although their defensive mission was arduous, it was not hopeless.

At the very least, they did not have to worry about being bombed by the Japanese's heavy artillery and aircraft.

Wang Ye arrived at the top floor, where the view was expansive from such a height.

Because it was daytime, Wang Ye could see the landscape all around.

Apart from the International Settlement opposite, everything behind him was a wasteland, a scene of desolation.

Darkness had become the backdrop of the scene; as far as the eye could see, it was desolate and uninhabited.

Looking down, the Japanese tanks were in the lead.

The Japanese soldiers followed behind the tanks.

However, since they were on the top floor, it was of little use for these Japanese soldiers to hide behind the tanks.

When the Japanese tanks drew closer, Wang Ye saw those Japanese soldiers.

"Fire!" Following the order, several machine guns crossed fire, pouring a hail of bullets down onto the Japanese below.

For a moment, the Japanese were sent scrambling in panic.

Bullets rained down onto the tanks.

The clanging sounds rang out incessantly.

The lucky Japanese soldiers hid behind the tanks and were not hit by the bullets.

But many more were unlucky; five or six Japanese soldiers had nowhere to hide and were riddled with bullets.

Although the Japanese tanks had advanced, they were not very effective.

Their cannons could only strike the walls of the ground floor, but could not penetrate them.

At most, they only chipped off some plaster; it was not very effective.

This warehouse was a reinforced concrete structure, solid and easy to defend but hard to attack.

As long as there were no internal issues, the defenders inside could hold out for a long time.

Throughout the morning, the Chinese Soldiers repelled several waves of Japanese attacks.

The Japanese's large-scale assault failed.

They couldn't even see their enemy, yet many were killed or wounded.

Unless they brought up heavy artillery, they could not cause any substantial damage to the defenders of Sihang Warehouse.

Seeing the Japanese retreat, Wang Ye breathed a sigh of relief.

The intensity of the Japanese attack was not high, but it put immense pressure on Wang Ye.

At noon, except for the Chinese Soldiers on guard and reconnaissance duty, everyone else was eating lunch.

Inside The Warehouse, they had prepared enough supplies to last for several months.

As long as a single person remained, they would hold their ground in The Warehouse.

In the afternoon, Wang Ye returned to his combat position on the top floor.

He gazed into the distance and suddenly spotted traces of the Japanese.

Looking closely, it seemed the Japanese were pulling something.

Wang Ye stared for a while and realized that the object looked like a cannon.

Before he could be sure, a cannon blast shattered the surrounding silence.

A shell struck the second floor of The Warehouse, sending a large chunk of concrete crashing to the ground.

Seeing this, Wang Ye felt a surge of nervousness.

Had the Japanese started using heavy artillery?

Subsequently, the Japanese continued their bombardment.

Every cannon blast made Wang Ye's heart hammer in his chest.

Wang Ye could feel the vibrations of the shells striking the walls of The Warehouse.

In the livestream room, the audience was also very nervous.

Previously, the Japanese had only used infantry to attack; now that they were using cannons, the viewers were truly breaking into a cold sweat for Wang Ye.

"Damn, the Japanese are using cannons. Are they really not afraid of hitting the nearby International Settlement?"

"I heard that the one next door is the International Settlement belonging to the other two major powers in the game, the United Kingdom and United States. Although I despise this International Settlement, at this moment, it has indeed provided help to the streamer and his men."

"If it weren't for this International Settlement, those Japanese would definitely have bombed them with aircraft and heavy artillery."

"What they are using now should be a small-caliber direct-fire gun, but don't worry too much; this gun still cannot blast through the concrete walls of The Warehouse."

"That's easy to say, but who knows if the Japanese might use heavy artillery? They dared to use poison gas shells to attack the city before, so how could they not dare to use heavy artillery here?"

Wang Ye had no time to pay attention to the chat stream; his entire focus was on the Japanese bombardment.

However, after a long while, the Japanese artillery still had not breached the wall of The Warehouse.

Only then did he calm down; the Japanese must not be using any large-caliber heavy artillery.

Otherwise, the destructive power would be much greater.

As long as the Japanese did not use heavy artillery, he had nothing to worry about.

The fierce artillery fire here attracted the attention of the people in the International Settlement across the river.

They watched as the shells struck the walls of The Warehouse.

This was their first time seeing a real battlefield at such close range.

They knew that the defenders inside The Warehouse were troops of their Huaxia.

At that moment, they hoped that the defenders inside The Warehouse could hold out.

On the shore, a man looked toward the opposite bank.

Ever since the Japanese's tentative attack began yesterday, he had been watching from this side.

Today, with the Japanese's large-scale assault, the sounds of gunfire and artillery echoed throughout the area.

Even from several kilometers away, one could hear the commotion.

The sun hung high in the sky.

But the dark clouds of war loomed over the land.

In the morning, he could see the figures of the Japanese from afar.

The Japanese had launched several waves of attacks, leaving behind many corpses.

At this moment, the sound of the direct-fire guns ceased.

The Japanese launched another attack.

The man watched as the defenders on the top floor constantly fired at the Japanese below.

For a moment, the sound of gunfire was deafening.

The battle raged from afternoon until evening, and the man stood there the entire time without moving.

The defenders' resistance was extremely tenacious, and the Japanese's bombardment never ceased.

After one wave, they would send infantry up; if the infantry couldn't take it, they would resume shelling.

By evening, the Japanese stopped their attack.

After a long time, the cannon fire did not resume.

The man left the spot.

On the other side, Wang Ye took a sip of water.

The afternoon of fighting had left him exhausted; under the scorching sun, he couldn't stop for a single moment.

"Company Commander, there's a situation! There are Japanese over there!" Suddenly, a voice called out beside Wang Ye.

Wang Ye heard this and immediately stood up.

"Where? Shu Sheng?"

Wang Ye asked immediately.

A young Chinese Soldier next to him hurriedly pointed into the distance.

Wang Ye looked in the direction he pointed.

Sure enough, a squad of Japanese soldiers was rushing straight toward them.

They seemed to be carrying something on their backs.

Wang Ye frowned slightly, not knowing what they were up to.

These Japanese were all infantry, and there were no tanks leading the way.

When they drew closer, Wang Ye saw clearly what they were carrying.

"That's an explosive package! Don't let them get close!"