Lower door.

The defenders fought to the death.

However, the devil's firepower was too fierce, and the marksmanship was too accurate, and many of the defenders who shot from the arrow stacks under the rain of bullets were unfortunately shot and died, and blood was spilled on the city.

More dense bullets rained down on the city walls, splashing pieces of broken bricks and debris down.

Under the suppression of the powerful firepower of the devil's raiding force, the defenders were beaten so that they could not lift up at all.

Taking advantage of this time, the vanguard of the Japanese army immediately launched an assault on the city gate.

More than a dozen devil demolition soldiers divided into three groups, holding a few explosive bags, and advanced towards the main city gate and the two auxiliary city gates next to it.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! ——”

At the same time as a series of explosions sounded, a series of fierce fires and waves of qi suddenly erupted from the main city gate cave and the two auxiliary city gate caves.

In the dazzling firelight, the three wooden gates wrapped in iron sheets were blown to pieces.

Fragments of wooden planks of various sizes were scattered all over the city gates.

"Warriors of the Empire, attack, strike!"

"Kill the chicken! Kill the chicken and give! ”

Under the orders and command of some grassroots devil officers, thousands of devil soldiers suddenly rushed into the open city gate like a tidal wave that broke the embankment.

After entering the city, the Japanese raiding force immediately divided into two lines.

The marines followed the climbing roads on both sides of the tower and climbed the city wall to pursue the defending troops; The 149th Infantry Wing advanced directly along the streets into the city of Nanjing.

By the time Luo Youqing and Song Yinguo arrived, the Japanese had already advanced hundreds of meters along several streets.

"Oh no, it looks like the lower gate has been lost!" Luo Youqing was shocked when he saw this.

"Sir, for the sake of today's plan, we have no way out but to drive these little devils out of the city!" Song Yinguo immediately took a flower machine machine gun from the soldiers of the guard battalion beside him, and ordered with an awe-inspiring expression: "36th Division, rush up for me!" Drive all these dog-day little devils out of the city and throw them into the Yangtze River to feed the fish! ”

"Rush, kill!" The 36th Division is one of the most elite German divisions, although the most elite veterans have basically been wiped out in the Songhu battlefield, and now these soldiers are replenished by the reserves, but their combat effectiveness is far beyond that of the ordinary country. Army troops.

Therefore, in the face of the hideous Japanese troops not far in front of them, they were not afraid at all, they roared angrily, held their weapons, and followed their army commander and division commander Song Yinguo to launch a counter-charge against the Japanese army.

When the two sides met as enemies, they were very angry, and immediately a fierce exchange of fire broke out in the streets inside the lower gate.

The 36th Division led by Song Yinguo is the country. The most elite unit in the army.

In particular, Song Yinguo's guard battalion was almost equipped with a submachine gun, which had a large caliber and a fast rate of fire.

In close combat, the power is not something that a rifle can match.

This point, even the 6,000 devil elites who raided Nanjing are incomparable.

In addition, the 36th Division was not at all weaker than the Japanese raiding force in terms of strength.

Therefore, as soon as the fire was exchanged, the powerful firepower that erupted from the 36th Division gave the devil a head-on blow.

"Da Da Da!"

"Tubu! ——”

"Bang!"

"Bang bang bang! ——”

The dense rain of bullets poured out like water, and immediately killed and wounded a large number of the oncoming devil raiding troops.

"Yaga!"

"Defend, counterattack! Heavy fire suppression! ”

"Kill the chicken!"

"Kill the chicken and give it! ——”

Seeing the powerful firepower displayed by the 36th Division, those little devils who got carried away and thought that Nanjing was within reach came to face it squarely.

Under the timely command of officers at all levels, a large number of devil infantry began to spread along both sides of the street, relying on the buildings on both sides to launch fierce fire with the 36th Division.

The devil machine gun team set up light and heavy machine guns one after another to suppress fire.

The grenadiers also scrambled to set up their grenadiers and launched a brazen artillery attack on the defenders.

Suddenly, the entire urban area near Xiarumen burst into artillery fire for a while, and people on both sides of the enemy and us were constantly injured or even killed.

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"Your Excellency, the Imperial Army's attacking forces have been stubbornly resisted by a large number of defenders in Xialumen City! This Chinese garrison was not only numerous, but also well-equipped and had great firepower!

Not only do they have a lot of automatic weapons, they even have a lot of grenadiers!

At the moment the offensive is blocked.

Request for tactical guidance! "On the Shimonoseki wharf, a devil herald hurriedly ran to Nakamura Kazuki and Tatsuhiko Tsuda, who had just landed on the shore, and bowed their heads to report.

After listening to this, Nakamura Kazuki thought for a while, adjusted the deployment, and said: "Order the 149th Infantry Wing to continue to attack from the front!"

In addition, the marines divided into two routes, along the city wall and both sides of the city to attack in a roundabout way, and strive to control the entire city of Nanjing in the shortest possible time! ”

"Hello!" The herald paused heavily, then turned and ran away.

Tsuda Tatsuhiko on the side said with some puzzlement: "Sir, at present, this branch army near Xiarumen should be the last defender in Nanjing City, why don't we concentrate our forces to defeat it so that we can completely occupy Nanjing City, but instead divide our troops?" ”

Nakamura Kazuki said earnestly as he walked: "Tsuda-kun, you only know one thing, but you don't know the other. Although the troops in Nanjing City were very empty, the elite troops such as the Zhina Teaching Corps and the 87th and 88th Divisions were stationed in Purple Mountain, Niushou Mountain, and Qixia Mountain outside Nanjing.

If we can't take Nanjing in time, then these elite troops of the Zhina Army will definitely return to Nanjing.

At that time, with our current strength, it will be difficult to occupy the whole of Nanjing!

It might even end in failure!

Therefore, we need not rush to annihilate the resistance in this city.

Instead, they should quickly raid the headquarters of the Chinese army in the city, as well as important target points such as city walls and city gates!

In this way, the initiative of the war will be firmly in our hands! ”

In the end, Nakamura Kazuki also clenched his raised right fist heavily, and the corners of his mouth inadvertently showed a cold smile that was not easy to detect.

Because once the conspiracy succeeds, he will become the greatest contributor to the empire's destruction of China, and there is no one!

At this moment, another communications soldier hurried to report with a radio on his back: "Report sir, I just received a telegram in clear code, which shows that the agents of the Nanjing branch of our special high school have successfully attacked and occupied the Nanjing garrison headquarters of the China Army!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Nakamura Kazuki was pleasantly surprised when he heard it, Rao was a little uncontrollable with his concentration, and hurriedly asked, "Did you catch Tang Mengxiao and the others?" ”

The devil communication soldier shook his head and said, "The telegram said that Tang Mengxiao and the others took advantage of the chaos to escape!"

However, the agents of the Special High Division have successfully controlled the radio and cipher books of the Chinese army, and sent a message that shook the hearts of the Chinese army according to the original plan. I believe that it will not be long before the effect will be highlighted! ”

Kazuki Nakamura is one of the most important participants and planners of this operation, and it can even be said that this operation was completely proposed and carefully planned by him!

Hearing this, Nakamura Kazuki couldn't help but nod with satisfaction, and instead ordered, "Yo Xi! Immediately notify the marines, divide a part of the troops, quickly intersperse with the garrison headquarters of the Chinese army, and meet with the agents of the special high division, so as to plan for everything! ”

"Hello!"

One of the heralds paused heavily, turned and ran away quickly.

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On the other side, after Deputy Commander Luo Youqing learned that the headquarters had been attacked and the commander-in-chief Tang Mengxiao and others were missing, the whole person instantly stood on the spot.

"It's over, it's over! It's all over! ”

An adjutant said urgently, "Sir, what now?" It seems that the city of Nanjing can't be defended, and even the commander-in-chief has run away, or we should also withdraw! ”

After Luo Youqing settled down, he said with an extremely solemn expression: "There are still so many people in Nanjing City who have not been evacuated, we are leaving, what should these people do?" ”

The adjutant was speechless.

After a while, another adjutant suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind and suggested: "Sir, this Yang Jingyang Regiment Leader, isn't he leading his troops to aid Nanjing City?"

Or if you consult him, with his resourcefulness, he may be able to come up with a good solution. ”

Originally, Luo Youqing wanted to report the news to Wuhan immediately, but he thought that with the clear message sent by the devil agent, Wuhan should have received the news.

Moreover, as far as the current situation is concerned, even if it is reported to Wuhan, it may not be able to give any good policy.

So, he became a horse doctor, agreed to the adjutant's proposal, and immediately ordered the signal corps to send a telegram to the Tiger Regiment.

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At that time, Yang Jingzheng led the vanguard of the Tiger Ben Regiment to run all the way to Pukou.

After receiving the clear code message sent by the devil, he was also like being struck by lightning, and almost fell directly from the warhorse.

And at this moment, a telegram from the old governor Luo Youqing also came.

According to Yang Jing's previous urine nature, he didn't have to think about it, he must have turned around and ran away immediately, and the farther he ran, the better.

Nanjing, go to an egg!

Anyway, the sky won't be able to crush him.

But now it is different from the past, what he carries is not only his own honor and disgrace, but the honor and disgrace of thousands of soldiers of the entire Tiger Regiment!

And the honor and disgrace of the whole of China!

At least 100,000 people in Nanjing have not had time to evacuate.

Therefore, even if Nanjing has become a tiger's den in Longtan, he must go.

After thinking for a while, he immediately proposed to the old commander Luo Youqing that he apply to the Wuhan side to reorganize the city defense headquarters and unify the command of all troops in the garrison theater.

Only in this way can the collapse of the forces be stopped in time.

"Mother's Xipi's!"

After learning of the situation in Nanjing, the chairman of the committee was shocked and angry, and he hated to devour Tang Mengxiao alive.

Chen Cixiu and others were furious, and they admonished the chairman of the committee one after another: "Commission, now is not the time to investigate responsibility, the top priority at the moment is to stabilize the situation and strive to ensure that Nanjing is not lost." ”

Although the chairman hated Tang Mengxiao and others to the core, he was not carried away by anger, so he quickly made contingency arrangements.

Luo Youqing was officially appointed commander-in-chief of Nanjing's urban defense, and he was ordered to immediately set up a headquarters to save the situation.

At the same time, Yang Jing was appointed as a tactical adviser to the garrison.

After receiving the appointment order, Luo Youqing immediately called back to Wuhan to express his determination.

We must do our best to save the defeat of Nanjing, and never let the Japanese army occupy Nanjing easily!

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However, no matter how quickly Luo Youqing, Yang Jing and others reacted, the situation really went in a bad direction, and it was out of control.

When Luo Youqing officially took over as the commander of Nanjing's urban defense, he planned to exercise his right to send a telegram to the 2nd Army Corps, the 74th Army, the 103rd Division and other units according to Yang Jing's proposal, ordering them to hold forward positions such as Jurong and Zhenjiang and not to retreat without authorization.

The response was that all the above-mentioned units had already complied with the previous telegram order of the garrison headquarters, took the initiative to retreat, and returned to Nanjing.

After the Devil's Special High School occupied the garrison headquarters, the first telegram and the second clear-code telegram were issued separately.

Xu Kecheng, Yu Liangzhen, He Zhizhong and others were shocked when they learned that Nanjing was attacked by the Japanese army from the waterway.

In addition, he received a callback order from the headquarters.

Yes, where do they still have the heart to hold the front line?

Without the slightest hesitation, they immediately ordered a retreat.

However, before they could begin to evacuate, the opposing Japanese troops launched an attack first.

Misfortune is not a single line, but blessing is incomparable!

Just when the situation was in a mess, another thunderbolt fell again.

They also received a clear message from the agents of the Devil's Special High School, and learned that even the headquarters had been occupied by the Japanese invaders!

At this point, Xu Kecheng, Yu Liangzhen, He Zhizhong and others were shocked at the same time, and they no longer had the intention of resisting, and led their troops to retreat west of Nanjing.

If it weren't for the fact that on the way to retreat, they received telegrams from Wuhan and the new city defense commander Luo Youqing.

They had already left the Nanjing battlefield directly and retreated to the mountainous areas of southern Anhui for temporary refuge.

However, after receiving the order, it was impossible for them to return to their original line of defense.

Because, as soon as they retreated, the Japanese army was like a fly smelling, and immediately took the opportunity to occupy Zhenjiang, Jurong and other places.

Luo Youqing had no choice but to order them to retreat to Qixia Mountain and Purple Mountain.

At the same time, he also ordered the Teaching Corps, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, and other units to speed up their efforts to return to the defense of Nanjing, and strive to recapture the lost Xiarumen and Xiaguan Wharf in the fastest possible time.

Completely drive this surprise attack of the Japanese army out of the city of Nanjing!

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After making these arrangements, Luo Youqing immediately led the guard regiment back to the headquarters, and at the same time ordered the 36th Division to continue to defend against the Japanese in the urban area near Xiarumen.

On the other hand, in order to expand the results of the battle, after the headquarters of the 3rd Division and the 102nd Division captured the Zhenjiang fortress, Matsui Ishine, an old devil, immediately dispatched a fully formed infantry wing, and rushed to Nanjing via the Yangtze River waterway under the coordinated transportation of the Navy's Third Fleet, so as to enhance the strength of Nakamura Kazuki's roundabout sneak attack force.

At the same time, the Japanese troops captured China in order to take. The results of the battle in the capital city of Nanjing, without even doing the work of consolidating the results, they waved their troops and went straight to Nanjing.

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