Tang Shengzhi came to the Yuhuatai command post and couldn't help but gasp when he saw that the command post had been blown up beyond recognition. If it hadn't been for Xiao Jian arranging for him to transfer, he might have been shattered. At this moment, Xiao Jian took the Falcon Special Combat Team and the Military Police Regiment that Xiao Shanling had just transferred, waiting for Tang Shengzhi's arrival.

At this moment, Liu Genlai, who was covered in blood, also came to Yuhuatai. However, he was followed only by two soldiers with gauze on their heads.

"Where's your soldier?"

"It's all here."

Xiao Jian didn't expect Liu Gen to come to a battalion and leave the three of them. ”

Liu Genlai was reporting the battle to Xiao Jian. Xiao Jian held his hand tightly and said, "Genlai, it's good." Then he said to Liu Gen: "Genlai, the situation is urgent, join our special combat team." ”

"Good!"

At this moment, Tang Shengzhi walked up to Xiao Jian and said to Xiao Jian, "Yuhuatai will be handed over to you." ”

Xiao Jian gave Tang Shengzhi a military salute and said loudly: "Please rest assured, the commander is in the position." ”

With Xiao Jian here, Tang Shengzhi was relieved. Holding Xiao Jian's hand, he said: "Yuhuatai is the gateway to Nanjing, and it has a great responsibility!" ”

"Rest assured, Commander! People are in the position! ”

"Good! That's what I want. ”

As soon as Tang Shengzhi's words fell, the hum of a Japanese bomber came from the sky, and after a while, long and sharp aviation ** spit out from the belly of the plane. "Boom, boom, boom......" cannonballs poured down on Yuhuatai like a torrential rain. The guards immediately took Tang Shengzhi and hid in a huge crater and escaped.

"Boom, boom, boom......" The Japanese heavy artillery roared again.

Tang Shengzhi pushed away the guards, picked up the binoculars and walked out of the bunker.

"Commander, danger!" The guard shouted.

"There is no safe place in Nanjing today, don't worry, the Japanese artillery can't hit me." He is a general who came out of a hail of bullets. By listening to the strange roar of the cannonball, you can determine the distance of the cannonball.

Tang Shengzhi took a telescope and walked under an ancient pine tree to observe the Japanese attack on Nanjing.

He found that this time the Japanese army actually used heavy bombers to dump thousands of kilograms of aviation ** on Guanghuamen, the mountains shook, and the city walls were blown down in several places. This was followed by an attack of tanks, tanks and heavy artillery. Despite this, the 87th Division, which was waiting at Guanghuamen, repelled the Japanese attacks again and again with his flesh and blood and tenacious will to fight. But there were heavy casualties.

Groups of chariots and armored vehicles covered the infantry charge, and the frantically advancing Japanese troops swept towards Nanjing, and there were desperately advancing Japanese troops everywhere.

"Commander-in-Chief! In the area south of Yuhuatai, Tani Shofu's 6th Division and Shigeji Suematsu's 114th Division had completed their rendezvous, and according to the agreement, the 114th Division advanced to the south of Yuhuatai; The 6th Division advanced to the west of Yuhuatai, and its left flank occupied Dasheng Pass; The 16th Division advanced to the area of Qilinmen and Cangbomen; The 9th Division went straight to Guanghuamen and gradually advanced towards the Daxiao Field and Tongguang Barracks. In front of us, the 66th Army of the Chinese Army has retreated to Dashui Pass, the area around Yanziji has been rectified, and the 74th Army has retreated to the inside and outside of Shuixi Gate and has been reassigned to the garrison of the city wall. This also means that the Japanese army has compressed hundreds of thousands of troops of the Chinese defenders of Nanjing into the small area of Nanjing, forming a state of encirclement. To the north is the Yangtze River, and in the west, east, and south directions are the pace of the Japanese army's attack. The front of this arc of the Nanjing city wall has not been able to resist for long. Deputy Commander Luo Zhuo's tone was heavy.

"Go on!"

Luo Zhuoying continued: "After a short fierce battle, the 9th Division of Kanazawa defeated the remnants of the Chinese army's covering troops. After capturing the line of Chunhua and Fangshan, the 68th Infantry Wing of Gifu under the command of Takashi Takasa, who was attached to the battle, advanced to the line of Takahashimon. The artillery fire was already able to bombard the city of Nanjing. The 114th Division advanced with its superior forces, and after more than two hours of firefighting, occupied the positions of the Chinese troops on the outer line of Yuhuatai, and pointed directly at the Chinese positions on this side from the Huashen Temple. The 23rd Infantry Wing of Okamoto Shintoshi's Capital Infantry went straight to the Xizen Bridge, under the command of Major General Ushijima Mitsuru of the 36th Infantry Brigade, attacked the positions of the Chinese First Army on this line, and once it broke through, the 36th Infantry Brigade would go straight to the Shimonoseki River with the 45th Infantry Wing of the Kagoshima Infantry of Yoshiharu Takeshita. At this time, the 11th Infantry Brigade was under the command of Major General Tokutaro Sakai, with the 13th Infantry Wing of Kumamoto Infantry of Okamoto Hono Osaku and the 47th Infantry Wing of Oita Masanoshi Hasegawa Masanoshi Osa, attacking Yuhuadai, echoing the 114th Utsunomiya Division of Shigeharu Suematsu advancing from the flank, with the intention of attacking Yuhuadai. The Japanese troops approached step by step, gradually clearing the defenses of the Chinese army on the periphery of Nanjing, and the Japanese troops advancing from the south, west, and east gradually tightened the rope around the necks of the Chinese defenders of Nanjing. Kumamoto's 6th Division captured Niushou Mountain, 15 kilometers from Nanjing, and defeated the resistance of Feng Shengfa's division of the 58th Division of the 74th Army.

In the direction of Yuhuatai, the 114th Division of Utsunomiya entered the Huashen Temple on the outskirts of Nanjing, preparing to join the 6th Division to attack the second line of defense; The Tiangu detachment has entered Zhenjiang, and the 13th Division is also advancing into Zhenjiang City, so it can be said that the loss of Zhenjiang is almost a foregone conclusion; The left flank Kunisaki detachment had advanced to the vicinity of Dangtu, and the 18th Division was advancing towards Wuhu after capturing Xuancheng.

The 9th Kanazawa Division, on the other hand, continued to advance with its pursuit team (commanded by Major General Nobuntoki Ide, commander of the 18th Infantry Brigade, and with the 36th Tsugar Infantry Wing of Hitomi Hidesansaku as the main body) after the main force of the division broke through the Chunhua line, and except for a part blocked by the 305th Division, a part of the Japanese troops on the left flank had already reached Gwanghwamon.

The 16th Division in Kyoto had completed preparations for the attack on Purple Mountain, and the 9th Infantry Wing of Katagiri Goro Osa, the 20th Infantry Wing under the command of Nonobu Nobuaki, and the 33rd Infantry Wing under the command of Wing Commander Sukejin Osa, continued to advance towards Shimoseki. ”

After listening to Luo Zhuoying's report, Tang Shengzhi knew that the general trend had gone. He could only answer with silence. The defense of Nanjing was proposed by itself, and the only way to fight to the end was to fight to the death.

He knew that the frenzied attack of the Japanese army had made the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties crumbling in the flames of war. Tang Shengzhi was shocked. If Nanjing does not increase its troops, it will be a matter of time before the city is broken.