The barricade fortifications of Zhonghua Gate.

Howitzer shells rained down on the gate tower of Zhonghua Gate.

Bang!

Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the deafening explosion, the city tower built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty suddenly collapsed, and the historical monuments were completely turned into a pile of ruins!

With a look of pity on his face, Liang Shanhao sighed: "Hey! How many historical treasures of the Chinese nation have been ruined by these little devils who have suffered a thousand knives! ”

With the same long sigh, a soldier crouching beside Liang Shanhao shouted: "According to the professor of our history department, this city tower must be more than 600 years old, and it was destroyed by the artillery fire of the little devils!" It's so distressing! ”

Nodding, Liang Shanhao shouted in a deep voice: "Nanjing City is the ancient capital of the Ming Dynasty, every brick and tile here is the mark of the Han nation, and the damage caused to us by the war is immeasurable!"

Yang Yiming, who was also squatting near Liangshanhao, also picked up the conversation: "Tuanzao, we can only blame our country for being too backward to protect these treasures!" Our defenses are too weak to defend ourselves against these beasts armed to the teeth! ”

Looking at a 150 mm caliber heavy cannon raising a blazing fireball on the city wall, Liang Shanhao said: "Hey! If you fall behind, you will be beaten! Our country's military and economic strength is really too backward, and now we can't take care of it so much, the most important task at present is to save ourselves and eliminate the devils! Only in this way can we protect those Chinese territories and ordinary people who have not yet been poisoned by devils! ”

With a slight bow to Liang Shanhao, Yang Yiming shouted: "Well, what Tuanzuo said is right, the top priority is to survive this asymmetrical war first." Only when the gun is hard can we have the confidence to defend the country. ”

While the two were talking, six 240-millimeter heavy artillery shells exploded at a section of the Zhonghua Gate in Nanjing.

Bang!

Bang! Bang!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The seven-story high, three-storey-wide Ming city wall collapsed with a bang, and a 30-meter-wide gap came into view of the soldiers of the 1 Supplementary Brigade.

More than 400 fighters hidden behind the barricade fortifications invariably pinched a cold sweat.

The power of this heavy cannon is too frenzied, far greater than the power of 150 mm caliber.

Staring at the bursts of fire rising from the tower of Zhonghua Gate, Camp Commander Xiong couldn't help but gasp: "It's still a clever plan, if it weren't for your insight into the opportunity and let the brothers retreat to the barricades in advance, our 108th regiment would have to cancel the number!"

Wang Daniu shouted: "The group seat is simply Sai Kongming, if it weren't for the group seat to take precautions, we are afraid that we would have been here a long time ago!"

With a disapproving face, Liang Shanhao advised: "All of them, take the weapons in your hands, the little devil will soon rush in through the gap!"

As soon as the words fell, a soldier with a beard shouted: "Brothers, don't listen to the surnamed Liang to send him to death, our military seat has already run away!" The city of Nanjing is about to be lost! ”

Another young soldier of the Supplementary Brigade asked: "Who did you listen to?" When did it happen? ”

The bearded soldier opened his voice and shouted: "A fellow countryman at the garrison headquarters told me in the morning that some senior officers ran away first!" These officials have no conscience! ”

Hearing this, the fighters of the 108th Regiment and the other two regiments were in an uproar.

When the 88th Division replenished the brigade, there was a phenomenon of wavering in the morale of the troops.

Suddenly pulled out the Browning pistol on his waist, and Brigade Commander Hua, who was standing not far away, fired a warning shot: "Who said that the military seat ran away!" Who dares to bewitch the army, Lao Tzu killed him! ”

Liang Shanhao was silent, because the military commander of the 88th Division really ran away!

At this time, another soldier with a wound in the head had the courage to shout: "Brothers, I have also received the news that those division commanders and military commanders have run away to Rujiangmen, don't listen to these officials, they don't care about the life or death of us soldiers, and if we continue to fight, none of us will want to go home alive."

Aiming the pistol at the soldiers who took the lead in making trouble, Brigade Commander Hua was furious: "Bold! Are you still a Chinese soldier? Have you forgotten that you want Nanjing to live and die together! You just watched Nanjing fall into the hands of devils! ”

With a look of indifference, the soldier smiled bitterly: "Haha! The officials themselves have run away, dare to ask the chief what qualifications do we have to swear to live and die with Nanjing? ”

Hearing this, the hundreds of fighters of the supplementary brigade were once again in an uproar!

"Brigade, let's get out of here!"

"Travel! My little daughter-in-law is still waiting for me at home! I don't want her to be widowed! ”

"Travel! I want to go home! My wife is still waiting for me at home! ”

"Travel! Let us go! We have less than half a regiment left, and there are still thousands of devils outside the city, and we are doomed to lose this battle! ”

……

Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!

Raising the Browning pistol and firing three shots into the sky, Brigadier Hua Pinzhang shouted: "Not bad! Commander Tang had already made a retreat plan last night, and the retreat was a sure thing, but at present, our brigade has not received an official order! No one is allowed to retreat! Otherwise, don't blame the bullet in my hand for being merciless! ”

As soon as the words fell, a devil shell exploded near the left of Brigade Commander Hua Pinzhang!

Brigadier Hua Pinzhang fainted suddenly.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the soldiers of the supplementary brigade scattered like birds and beasts, and fled in the direction of Rujiangmen with weapons.

I heard that there are boats on the side of Rujiangmen, and I heard that there are no devils at the Xiaguan Ferry, and I heard that ......

In fact, these rumors are unreliable.

At this time, the descendants of the eight original reserve regiments of the first regiment held all MP40 submachine guns to block the way of this group of routs.

Sweeping a shuttle of bullets at the heels of a group of routs who had lost the will to fight, Liang Shanhao roared sharply: "Brothers, if you want to run, I will not stop you, I can understand your current mood!" But I have a request! ”

A fierce-looking platoon commander in the rout shouted: "The surname is Liang, what do you mean?" Don't you want us to go? ”

With a smile on his face, Liang Shanhao shouted in a muffled voice: "I won't stop you from leaving, these commanders who escaped from the battle really chilled our brothers who were fighting the front line, but I, Liang, am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

Raising the muzzle of the gun slightly, the fierce platoon commander shouted coldly: "Then do you want the brothers to die with you?" Captain Liang, it's all at this juncture, there's no need to be so serious! ”

Lowering the muzzle of the MP40 submachine gun, Liang Shanhao smiled slightly: "Brother, don't worry, you can go, can you leave the grenade, my eight brothers will continue to fight the devils, try to delay the speed of the devils to occupy Nanjing City, and provide cover for the other brother troops."

Suddenly stunned, the fierce-looking platoon commander opened his voice and shouted: "Brothers, leave all the grenades for Lao Tzu!" Walk! ”

Seeing that the soldiers of the supplementary brigade had almost run out, Liang Shanhao shouted: "Thunder, how many people are there in your platoon?"

Thunder shouted: "The devil's bomb killed more than half of the brothers, and just now I ran away with this group of routs, and now I am the only bare-pole platoon leader!"

Looking at the fifty or sixty wooden-handled grenades, Liang Shanhao groaned and shouted, "Let's go!" You kid is very good at playing with explosives, and these grenades are handed over to you! All the places that can be arranged in Zhonghua Gate are covered with Lao Tzu! ”

Nodding heavily towards Liang Shanhao, Thunder opened his voice and shouted, "Yes!" Don't worry! ”

As soon as the words fell, nine of the soldiers in the rout ran back.

A veteran of the Sichuan army shouted: "Liang Tuanzuo, I'm not leaving, I'm following you, I'm going to continue to fight with the little devil to the end!"

This veteran of the Sichuan Army is the remnants of the Sichuan Army contained by the Supplementary Brigade.

Looking at the old Sichuan army veterans, Liang Shanhao asked loudly, "Why don't you go?"

The veteran of the Sichuan army spoke in an authentic Sichuan voice: "I was originally from the 145th Division, the army of Commander Rao Guohua, the division commander was martyred in Guangde, I don't want to be sorry for the old folks in Shuzhong, I don't want to be a deserter and embarrass the Sichuan people!"

At this time, several other soldiers who were also remnants of the Sichuan army also shouted: "If you want it, our Sichuan army should not desert!"

The history of the Anti-Japanese War says that the Sichuan people have never lost the country, and today at this last juncture, Liang Shanhao can be regarded as having experienced it with his own eyes.

With a solemn look on his face, Liang Shanhao said with a straight face: "The Sichuan army is strong, the brothers of the Sichuan army are all good, big bull, take the brothers to arrange the position!" Get ready to stop the devils entering the city! ”