All-Out Offensive

As dawn broke, Lu Chen, exhausted from not having slept all night, stared intently at the Japanese positions. The Japanese had already begun their operation, and he saw many Japanese soldiers in khaki uniforms approaching the building.

bang bang bang! ! !

Immediately following this was a continuous barrage of gunfire.

"The fighting has begun!"

"Those damned Japanese devils."

"Sigh, with so few men, how can they possibly defeat the Japanese army?"

As dawn broke, many Chinese people had already gathered at the border of the French Concession to watch the battle on the other side.

He didn't forget to curse the Japanese devils' ancestors for eighteen generations while he was speaking.

"Brother Chen, you're still here?"

Lu Chen heard the voice behind him and immediately recognized it as Liu Jie.

Liu Jie came to Lu Chen's side. He had just woken up in the morning when he heard that they were fighting again, so he came to check on them. He didn't expect that Lu Chen would still be here.

"Yeah, I can't sleep, and since I have nothing else to do, I thought I'd take a look."

Lu Chen forced a smile, and Liu Jie lit a cigarette and handed one to Lu Chen.

Lu Chen took the cigarette, lit it, and coughed violently after just one puff. His head also started to feel dizzy.

"It's so bitter."

Lu Chen scoffed and, expressionless, started smoking like Liu Jie.

When they saw someone coming, the four rats scurried into Lu Chen's coat pocket, so no one noticed them.

"The Japanese army has started fighting again. If I had a gun, I would like to kill a few Japanese devils too."

Liu Jie leaned against Lu Chen, smoking and muttering to himself as he watched the Japanese soldiers being killed by bullets fired from the high-rise buildings across the street.

"Our military police's sugar daddy is Japanese, Xiao Jie. You want to kill your sugar daddy?"

Lu Chen looked at Liu Jie with a slightly joking expression and spoke.

Although Liu Jie said his life was his own, he still couldn't figure out Liu Jie's true nature, so he didn't dare to reveal too much to him.

"Wasn't it out of necessity? As a man, you should definitely resist in this situation, unlike those cowardly traitors!"

"I'm too weak on my own. At most, I can only take out one Japanese soldier. It's too much of a loss to trade one life for the life of such a beast."

Liu Jie took a few deep drags on his cigarette, flicked the butt into the river, and spoke with utter disdain for the Japanese army.

Lu Chen stared at him for a long time. Based on his interactions with Liu Jie over the past few days, Lu Chen could sense that Liu Jie harbored no goodwill towards the Japanese.

Perhaps because of his family, he did not join the army, but instead joined the military police at Da Hu's urging.

If there's anything less important that the rats can't handle, Lu Chen could consider entrusting it to Liu Jie.

Only after you completely trust him should you entrust him with important tasks.

"What is that?"

Liu Jie suddenly pointed to the other side of the river, and Lu Chen looked over.

The Japanese vanguard, having failed to break through the enemy lines, retreated back to their camp. What followed were Japanese soldiers wearing gas masks.

They carried a box on their backs and held a long tube in their hands.

"poison gas!"

Lu Chen inwardly cried out in alarm; seeing that they couldn't break through, the Japanese army had decided to use poison gas.

The building was already riddled with holes, but even so, the toxic gas could still reach the top floor. Without wind, it was impossible to deal with the toxic gas.

"Squeak squeak".

Just as Lu Chen was getting anxious, a tiny squeaking sound came from beside his feet.

"Rat Three?!"

Lu Chen recognized him at a glance as Rat Three. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he bent down, picked him up, and stuffed him into his pocket.

His task for Rat Three was to bite through the Japanese soldiers' gas masks. Now that he's back, it means the mission is complete.

Lu Chen's tense heart completely relaxed. Looking at the somewhat frightening Japanese soldiers wearing gas masks, he was somewhat looking forward to their reaction.

"Rat Two hasn't come back yet..."

Rat Two's mission is to find the weak point in the Japanese encirclement.

If the Japanese army had surrounded the entire building, and the area occupied was only enough for rats, they should have been back by now.

The Japanese poison gas squad had approached the building, and they had already raised the long, thin tubes that sprayed poison gas.

Silent and colorless, the Japanese soldiers began releasing the poison gas from a distance of several dozen meters from the building, and dared not get too close.

thump......

Just seconds after the poison was released, one of the Japanese soldiers who released the poison collapsed to the ground without warning. Then came the second, the third, and in just over ten seconds, the Japanese poison-releasing squad members all fell to the ground.

On their gas masks, there were several small tears in the thin fabric structure.

As the poison gas flew toward the building, it first entered their masks.

"I wonder what kind of poison it is, that someone would faint just from smelling it?"

Looking at the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground, Lu Chen wasn't sure if they were dead or unconscious, since he couldn't go forward to check.

More than ten minutes passed before a Japanese soldier wearing a gas mask stepped forward, took the gas mask off the fallen Japanese soldier, touched his neck, and shook his head in the direction of headquarters.

Lu Chen followed his gaze and saw that there was no one there; it must be inside the headquarters.

boom!

A gunshot rang out, and the soldier who stepped forward to investigate the cause was instantly killed, his head blown off.

The Japanese army then ceased its offensive, and Rat Two returned at that time.

"Squeak squeak".

We found a less crowded spot.

The rat squeaked twice, and Lu Chen calmly put it into his pocket. He then looked back at the crowd and left in the opposite direction.

Liu Jie was completely focused on the battlefield and didn't even notice that Lu Chen had left.

......

"You bunch of idiots! Couldn't you have checked your masks before they broke? You only brought this little bit of poison gas, and now you've left it all behind!"

Murakami Takashi was furious. He had fought many wars since he started the war against China, but none of them had been so difficult.

Not to mention that there were only a dozen or so people on the other side, while they had hundreds of people. He underestimated them and thought they would be easy to deal with, so he didn't even bring any heavy weapons this time.

"Captain, we didn't expect this either. The gas masks were all well-preserved, and we don't know how they got damaged."

Standing next to Murakami Takayuki was a Japanese soldier, a company commander, and in front of him were three or four Japanese soldiers, squad leaders.

The company commander answered him. He had made a solemn promise last night, but today, right at the start of the day, he had made such a serious mistake. His face was also extremely grim.

There was no gunshot, and the distance was so far, with trenches providing cover. The only explanation for this situation is that the mask was damaged.

"You idiot, don't you know? Then what am I supposed to do with you?"

Snapped!

Murakami Takaan slapped the company commander across the face without any mercy. The company commander covered his face and turned his head to the side, a vicious glint flashing uncontrollably in his eyes.

"Pass the word down: no more waiting! Launch a full-scale attack! Take them down within an hour!!"

Murakami Takayuki slammed his fist on the table and roared angrily.

"Hi!"

"Hi!"

The squad leaders almost bowed their heads to the ground, but when they met Murakami Takaan's gaze, they quickly turned and left. The company commander also agreed and followed behind them.