"What's going on? Why is Nanjing so noisy? ”

Hatohiko, who was also about to sleep, was woken up by the sound of guns and cannons in Nanjing City in the distance, and hurriedly came to the courtyard, and saw the fires in Nanjing City, he was also a little puzzled.

After a while, Mamoru Iinuma hurriedly ran over, wiped the sweat from his forehead and reported, "Your Royal Highness, it's not good, the Shina army in the city is attacking Zhonghua Gate and attacking the headquarters of the 36th Brigade. ”

"Nani? What is the Chinese army doing at this time? Hatohiko Asaka said in confusion.

"According to Major General Ushijima's guess, it may be that the Shina army wants to break through." Mamoru Iinuma replied.

"Breakout? Ordered the 6th Division to find a way to hold the Zhonghua Gate, and if the people of China were allowed to escape, the king would settle accounts with them. There was also the 3rd Division to send troops to reinforce the 6th Division. Hatohiko of Asakamiya ordered.

"Hey!"

"Also, the north side of the city is a safe zone, right? What's going on over there? Hatohiko pointed to the fire in the north of the city, and was a little puzzled.

Soon he knew what was going on, and for a long time the Chinese army was in a riot that was part of the security zone, and was fighting fiercely with the 16th Division.

"Tell the 16th Division to fight a quick battle, and order the 9th Division to immediately enter Nanjing City to suppress the riot of the Chinese army!" Hatohiko Asaka Gong decisively ordered.

"Your Highness not!" Hearing that the other side was going to reinforce the 16th Division at this time, Iinuma was in a hurry.

Reinforcement of the 6th Division, he can understand, after all, the situation outside the city is better than inside the city, it is not so complicated.

But inside the city is very complicated, not to mention that both divisions are not familiar with the terrain, and there are so many Chinese troops in the security zone.

Wouldn't it add fuel to the fire if the 9th Division was also driven in at this time?

Thinking of this possibility, Mamoru Iinuma hurriedly persuaded, "Your Royal Highness, the situation in the city is complicated now. Moreover, there are many Chinese troops in the security zone, and entering the city at this time is tantamount to putting the two divisions in a very troublesome situation.

Our army is not familiar with the terrain of Nanjing, and when it fights in the city at night, the losses will increase.

At this time, the 16th Division should be ordered to shrink its forces and wait for dawn. At that time, the main force of the 9th Division was sent into Nanjing City, and the 16th Division could be used to clear out the resisting Chinese army in the city. ”

"Confused!" Hatohiko of Asakanomiya scolded, "The people of Shina are already preparing to break through. At this time, if the Zhina people who do not stop the security zone will have more Zhina people break through at that time, and the empire's strategy of capturing Nanjing will outweigh the losses at that time.

The empire must not only occupy this capital of China, but also destroy the elite troops of China in the city.

Moreover, Commander Matsui will arrive in Nanking tomorrow, and if these threats are not eliminated in advance, do you want the planned ceremony of entering the city to be ruined by the Shina people? ”

"Your Royal Highness, but..."

Before Mamoru Iinuma could continue to explain, Hatohiko of Asaka Palace became a little impatient, "Stop talking nonsense, carry out this king's order!" ”

"Hey!"

Mamoru Iinuma reluctantly accepted this order.

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"Sir Liao, there is constant gunfire in the security zone, and I suspect that many friendly troops are fighting the Japanese army!"

Seeing the fire on the other side of the security zone, a captain hurriedly reported to Liao Yaoxiang.

Liao Yaoxiang came to the window facing the security zone, looked at the situation with a telescope, and found that as his subordinates said, he also saw many soldiers escaping from the security zone.

He put down the binoculars and ordered, "Send a battalion of soldiers to meet it, since the Japanese army doesn't care about the safe zone, we don't care about it at this time, and try to pick up the brothers in the safe zone as much as possible." ”

"Yes!"

Liao Yaoxiang had several improvised battalions in his hands, and the number was more or less, but fortunately, the people in command were more obedient to his command, and there was no situation like Li Jing, Guo Qi and others opposing Leng Jie.

At this time, Xinjiekou gathered a lot of routs, in order not to let the Japanese army affect the breakthrough, Liao Yaoxiang did not follow the previous plan and just defended Xinjiekou.

In addition to the basic defense, he also sent a lot of troops, with companies and platoons as units, to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army and divert the attention of the Japanese army.

When he came, the Japanese army was also a little confused, and the situation in the city was even more chaotic.

Of course, the security zone was even more chaotic, and Hatohiko Asakanomiya not only did not order the 16th Division to stop operating, but instead transferred the 9th Division into the city.

Because of the actions of the Japanese army, many people in the security zone realized the purpose of the Japanese army, and began to fight back and find a way to escape from the security zone.

Not many began to fight the Japanese, but by the end, nearly a third of the routed troops in the security zone had joined the melee on their own initiative or under duress.

Of course, the routed soldiers who did not have enough weapons and ammunition were no match for the Japanese army, but the Japanese army was not familiar with the terrain and suffered a lot of losses.

In the end, even Leng Jie didn't expect that in the second half of the night, tens of thousands of rout soldiers would escape from the safety zone.

Rabbits are still biting when they are in a hurry, let alone people.

"Sir, there are still two hours before dawn, if you don't retreat, after dawn, the Japanese army is likely to surround you!" After looking at the time, Daniel Zhang hurriedly came to Leng Jie.

"How many brothers have broken through?" Leng Jie asked.

"I don't know, but there should be tens of thousands. However, this is just leaving the city of Nanjing, and the Japanese army must still have a blockade on the periphery, and I don't know how many will be able to successfully break through in the end! Daniel Zhang sighed.

"Who is willing to break through with us?" Leng Jie looked at the soldiers around him, but it was too dark to see how many.

"We originally thought that there might be more than 1,000 people, but it seems to be a bit much, and many officers and soldiers think that you can save them, so they are willing to break through with us.

It probably adds up to two or three thousand! Daniel Zhang didn't know how many people there were, there were too many main people, and it was a big night, who would count them one by one.

"Two or three thousand!" Leng Jie was a little surprised, although there were still hundreds of civilians in the middle, he still felt a little honored, "Since they chose to follow us to break through, then take them, let's take them home!" ”

Before this, thousands of people had broken through, but they were all scattered, with thousands of people at most and dozens at the least. As for how much you can break through, it depends on luck!

In general, as long as you leave Nanjing City and stay away from Nanjing City, even if you can't break through, you can hide for a while and find a way to get out later.

"Send a report to Director Liao and them, let them prepare to break through!" Leng Jie also decided to break through, so Liao Yaoxiang and the others should retreat.

"What about us, sir?"

"Daniel Zhang, you and Li Yu will break through with a large army according to the predetermined route, and I will leave two battalions to join you after Director Liao and them break through!" Leng Jie said.

A few minutes later, after receiving the telegram from Leng Jie, Liao Yaoxiang immediately ordered his subordinates, "Tell Yang Yi to get ready, and prepare to break through in twenty minutes!" ”

"Sir, the brothers of the safe zone?" Someone said in a hurry.

"Good luck to them!"

Liao Yaoxiang shook his head, the Japanese army has already begun to counterattack, and the counterattack is very strong, if they don't break through, they may have to stay here forever.

"Execute the order!"

"Yes!"