Inside the Zhonghua Gate, in a machine gun emplacement made of sandbags, a Japanese soldier took out two cigarettes from his bag, handed one to the Japanese soldier next to him, and put one in his mouth, and then struck a match.

"Murata-kun, why did they all go to the city to be happy, and we have to guard the city gate here?" The little devil Kuroki stomped his feet while smoking a cigarette, if he wasn't on duty, he really wanted to run to the next house to hide from the wind.

"But who made our 13th Wing without the Wing flag? Maybe after this battle, the 13th Wing will no longer exist. Murata shook his head.

"Isn't it our responsibility to lose the wing flag? It was the flag guards themselves who did not burn it, who would have thought that it would be snatched away by the China.

Did you see that? The people of the other wings who went into the city had gained a lot of good things, which should have been our 13th wing. Thinking of those comrades with bulging belts, Kuroki felt unwilling.

"You saw that they had robbed a lot of good things, and you didn't see the corpses that were carried out? It is said that the bodies of many people are still in the city and cannot be carried out.

That Xinjiekou has become a meat grinder, and the 36th Brigade has also suffered a lot of losses.

On the contrary, the gate of this city is not bad, and when the people go in and out, we can also get some good things, which is much safer than going to fight inside. Murata said with satisfaction.

"It's too cold in Nanjing, it's almost freezing to death, it's better to be in Kumamoto, it is estimated that Kumamoto's family is preparing things for the New Year!" Kuroki looked at his hometown in the east, a little nostalgic.

"Perhaps!"

At this moment, Murata seemed to hear something nearby, and before he could react, he saw a black shadow suddenly jump in and cut Kuroki's throat.

Murata's face changed drastically, and he quickly took out his pistol and was about to shoot at the black shadow, but his neck was strangled from behind.

Soon, Murata felt a cold sharp weapon plunge into his chest, but his hand pulled the trigger anyway.

"Bang!"

A crisp gunshot rang out at the gate of Zhonghua Gate, and then the Japanese troops inside and outside the gate were alarmed.

"Sir, I...

Seeing that it was exposed, the lost soldier looked at Wang Guangming and felt a little guilty.

"What are you doing? Call me! The gates must be taken! Wang Guangming scolded, and then rushed towards the building where the Japanese troops were stationed with a submachine gun.

With this gunshot, it also means that the battle for the breakout has officially begun.

After the spy company fired the first shot, more and more black shadows emerged from the nearby sewers and gathered in the direction of Zhonghua Gate.

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Brigade headquarters of the 36th Brigade of the Japanese Army.

As soon as Mitsuru Ushijima, who was the commander of the brigade, took off his clothes and rested, there was a fierce gunfire outside.

"Yaga? What's going on? Ushijima hurriedly opened the door.

I saw a young staff officer standing in front of the door, bowed and said, "Your Excellency the brigade commander, there are several forces of the Chinese army attacking the brigade headquarters. ”

"How many people are there in the Chinese army? What about firepower? Ushijima asked.

"There are mortars, light machine guns, etc., the number is unknown!"

"Nani? Pass the order down and let the surrounding troops immediately reinforce the brigade headquarters! Ushijima ordered.

After this incident, Mitsuru Ushijima couldn't sleep.

However, he soon discovered that the battle seemed to be fiercer to the south, and that side was in the direction of Zhonghua Gate.

Thinking of this, Ushijima was a little puzzled.

Soon after Ushijima sent someone to inquire about the news, the division headquarters sent a telegram asking him to immediately reinforce Zhonghuamen.

"Zhonghua Gate?" After learning that Zhonghua Gate was the target of the Chinese army's attack, Ushijima's face changed greatly, "It's not good, the people of China are going to break through." Send a telegram to the Okamoto Wing and ask them to quickly send troops to reinforce the Zhonghua Gate.

Then call the captain of the Kanda Wing and ask about the situation at Xinjiekou. ”

Ushijima didn't expect the Chinese army to break through tonight, although I don't know what the scale is, but it must echo the Xinjiekou side.

As for why so many Chinese troops are here, it goes without saying that it's that damn sewer.

Ushijima asked Okamoto to look for the plan, but he couldn't find it. As for people entering the sewers, hundreds of people were lost, but they were also unsuccessful.

After realizing that the Chinese army was going to break through, he hurriedly sent a telegram to the division headquarters with his analysis, and if the Zhonghua Gate could not be defended, the division headquarters needed to find a way to intercept it outside the city.

Even in Ushijima's view, it was somewhat difficult for the Sixth Division to block the breakthrough of the Chinese army in this dark light.

Therefore, in the telegram, he also made a suggestion to let the Dispatch Army Command transfer the Third Division to cooperate.

However, before the Japanese army headquarters could give an order, the Zhonghua Gate was lost.

"Quick, build a position inside and outside the Zhonghua Gate.

The 1st Battalion defended the streets to the north and held off the Japanese troops from the north. ”

"Yes!"

"The fourth battalion is responsible for defending the Zhonghua Gate position!"

"Yes!"

"The fifth battalion is responsible for capturing the Great Bao'en Temple outside the Zhonghua Gate!"

"Yes!"

"Chief of Staff Liu, you take the sixth battalion to capture Yuhuatai!"

"No problem!"

After the orders were issued, the various units deployed according to the orders, and then covered the breakthrough of the large army.

After learning that the Chinese army planned to break through the siege, the Japanese side also reacted quickly, in addition to letting the 6th Division be responsible for blocking it, it also ordered the 3rd Division to immediately reinforce and set up a blockade line south of Nanjing.

Soon after capturing Zhonghua Gate, Qiu Qingquan came to Zhonghua Gate with his baggage group, and then took the lead in breaking through to the outside of Nanjing.

No one knows how many people will be able to break through tonight, but there are five or six thousand people who have broken through from Xinjiekou and other places alone, not including those soldiers who are escaping from the security zone.

Tonight's Nanjing is called a mess.

In the security zone to the north, the Japanese army was preparing for the entry of Matsui Ishine, Asakanomiya Hatohiko and others, and began to clean up the hidden dangers in the security zone;

To the south, the Chinese army that broke through and the Japanese 6th Division fought fiercely.

It can be said that on this night, most of the city of Nanjing was plunged into the flames of war.

By this time, it was not the Japanese command at all levels that could stop it, and it could be said that it had become a pot of porridge.

Because there were still people in the safe area who escaped, Leng Jie also asked people to continue to guard the passage, and Yang Yi took the initiative to ask to stay and hold on.

As for Liao Yaoxiang, he did not choose to break through with Qiu Qingquan, but chose to stay at Xinjiekou, an important transit station.

"Sir, let's go, the Japanese have noticed our breakthrough! We have to break through as soon as possible! ”

Outside the Zhonghua Gate, seeing the city of Nanjing that was caught in the flames of war, Qiu Qingquan was a little hesitant, and Guo Qi and Li Jing next to him were anxious.

"Let's go!" Qiu Qingquan didn't hesitate too much, nodded, took a submachine gun, wore a steel helmet, and followed Guo Qi and Li Jing's troops and disappeared into the night.

According to the plan, the entire breakout operation was dispersed after leaving the city of Nanjing, so that the possibility of a successful breakthrough was greater, because the Japanese defense was very scattered.

On the contrary, they broke through together, and it was easy to be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese army.

And this night in Nanjing City, note that it was a sleepless night!