Let's go back to the Japanese army.

As early as two o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army had basically completed the encirclement of Nanjing.

Among them, the 16th Division captured Zhongshan Gate, the 9th Division captured Guanghua Gate, the 3rd Division captured Wuding Gate and Tongji Gate, and the 6th Division captured Zhonghua Gate!

However, whether the 6th Division captured Zhonghua Gate first or the 9th Division captured Guanghua Gate first became a confused account.

Until the Hayakawa team, who was in charge of the 6th Division's pathfinder, entered the castle through the Zhonghua Gate, the newly arrived division commander of the 6th Division, Shiro Inaba, was still arguing with Yoshizumi Ryosuke of the 9th Division over the radio.

Inaba Shiro said that yesterday evening, before it was dark, an infantry squadron of the 23rd Infantry Wing of the 6th Division had already occupied a small section of the city wall between the Zhonghua Gate and the Shuixi Gate, so their 6th Division was the first unit to attack Nanjing!

However, Yoshizumi Ryosuke called back and said that as early as two days ago, an infantry squad of their 9th Division had successfully planted the Rising Sun Banner on the Guanghua Gate.

The two old devils sent no less than twenty telegrams back and forth for this matter!

It was not until six o'clock in the morning of the 13th that the commander of the 10th Army, Hatohiko Asakanomiya, made a final judgment and decided that the 6th Division was the first main division to attack Nanjing! The reason for Hatohiko Asakamiya was that although the 9th Division had planted the Rizhang flag on the Guanghua Gate two days earlier, it had not been able to hold it!

Yoshizumi Ryosuke refused to accept it and brought the lawsuit to Matsui Ishone.

Matsui Ishine didn't want to carry it with Hatohiko Asakanomiya because of this matter, so he immediately asked Tsukada to send a telegram to the whole army in the name of the Central China Front Headquarters, announcing that the 6th Division was the first unit to attack Nanjing!

After receiving the telegram from the Central China Front Headquarters, Shiro Inaba laughed three times.

However, Shiro Inaba soon couldn't laugh anymore, because the Hayakawa squad that entered the city to explore the way was actually wiped out, and a Type 95 tank guided by the chariot detachment was also destroyed.

After receiving the report, Shiro Inaba still didn't believe it!

"Nani?" Shiro Inaba's eyes widened, and he stared at Shigetoku Shigeta, the chief of staff of the 6th Division, who had also just arrived, in disbelief, and said, "Hayakawa squad collective jade shattering? ”

"Hello!" Shigeta Shigede paused and said, "Division commander, it seems that the information provided by the secret service is wrong, and the Chinese army in Nanjing City has not lost the will to resist!" ”

"Yaga!" Shiro Inaba said angrily, "Are all the people in the secret service pigs?" ”

In fact, Shiro Inaba and Shigetoku Shigeta are really colleagues who have wronged the secret service.

Because intelligence work has great limitations, especially in terms of timeliness, it is easy to have problems!

Don't talk about the little devils, even the military commanders have no way to feed back the information they hear to the above in time!

The reason is not complicated, because after the withdrawal of the Military Command Bureau from Nanjing, only one radio station was left in the international security zone, and other agents had to report the information to the liaison station in the security zone before it could be sent to Wuhan through the radio, but in this process, it was easy to delay due to objective reasons of one kind or another.

For example, last night, the spies of the military command had already discovered the 367 Regiment, but because several entrances to the international security zone were blocked by the rout, the spy personnel were unable to enter the security zone and could not transmit information in time, so until now, Chairman Chiang and the high command have not known that the 367 Regiment has entered Nanjing.

The military commander is still like this, and the Japanese spies lurking in Nanjing can be imagined!

At this time, the brigade commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade, Tokutaro Sakai, suddenly said: "Division commander, the information provided by the secret service should be correct, the Hayakawa squad should have been ambushed by sporadic soldiers!" ”

"Sporadic soldiers?" Inaba Shiro said, "Can the sporadic soldiers make a squad of the imperial army collectively shatter the jade?" ”

"Hello!" Tokutaro Sakai paused, "There is an idiom in Shina called the trapped beast to fight, which means that the besieged beast is often able to burst out with unprecedented combat power in a desperate situation where it knows that there is no hope of escape!" Most of the Chinese troops trapped in Nanjing have laid down their arms and hid in the international safety zone, but there are always exceptions to everything, and I believe that there will be a small number of Chinese troops who are unwilling to give up resistance, and this group of Chinese troops will inevitably be trapped in a desperate situation, which is also the only reason why the front army headquarters has repeatedly reminded us that we cannot enter the city at night! ”

"Soga!" Shiro Inaba nodded, "It's really possible." ”

Shigeta Shigetoku said: "If it is really as His Excellency Sakai said, it is just a small number of trapped beasts of the army, then it is not a big problem, one infantry squad is not enough, and another infantry squadron will be sent!" ”

"No, an infantry squadron is not enough!" Shiro Inaba waved his hand and said, "Send a brigade!" ”

Speaking of this, Shiro Inaba turned back to the commander of the 13th Infantry Wing, Okamoto Hoyuki, and said, "Okamoto-kun, just leave this task to the glorious 1st Brigade." ”

Okamoto Hoyuki paused and said, "Hai! ”

……

At the same time, the Japanese army camp outside the Zhonghua Gate.

More than 700 devils from the 13th Brigade of the 1st Infantry Wing were enjoying sake.

These more than 700 bottles of sake were given by the commander of the 10th Army, Hatohiko Asakanomiya, as a reward for the 1st Infantry Brigade to be the first to attack the city of Nanjing.

Of course, there is more to it than that!

These sake are just hors d'oeuvres!

Although the more than 700 devil soldiers were exhausted, they still fought their spirits one by one, drinking and joking with each other.

Many devils are already looking forward to the end of the Sino-Japanese War, when they can return to Japan and be with their beloved woman!

Therefore, man is a very complex animal, and it is difficult for you to connect these soldiers who are longing for life in front of you with those murderous demon kings who wantonly killed on the way from Jinshanwei to Nanjing not long ago.

When he was making a noise, he suddenly saw Wing Captain Okamoto Hoyuki walking over with a saber on his shoulder.

At that moment, the devils of the 1st Infantry Brigade stood up one after another and saluted Okamoto Hoyuki.

The captain of the 1st Infantry Brigade, Kazuhiko Shishi, even trotted to Okamoto Hoyuki.

"Captain!" At ten o'clock, Kazuhiko paused and said, "Is there a new combat mission coming down?" ”

Although he was too tired to do so, he was still looking forward to being the first to enter Nanjing City as the vanguard of the 6th Division, which was not only an honor, but also a tangible benefit!

What are the benefits? The first army to enter Nanjing will be able to divide the wealth of Nanjing City first!

Nanjing is the capital of China, and even after a few months of large-scale transfers, it is entirely conceivable that the wealth left in the city of Nanjing is still an astronomical amount!