"Takahashi! You coward! Are you still trying to lie to me? ”

"No, no, no, it's true."

Takahashi Tamori shook his head desperately and pointed to the side of the city wall: "Okamoto Daisa!" You see, our wounded soldiers are still there, and they are not attacked by the Chinese army, which means that there must be no one inside. ”

Taro Okamoto saw that the other party was talking so seriously, so he turned his head to look.

The Chinese army must have planted bombs when they left, so that our soldiers could be wounded. Those who flee are cowards, and if they don't run away and continue to attack, they will find that there is no one on the walls.

Takahashi Tamori continued to analyze.

When Taro Okamoto heard what the other party said, he carefully observed the movement on the other side of the castle wall.

He looked through the binoculars to see what was going on, his brow furrowed, and then tightened.

Although he did see the wounded soldiers screaming and no one else there, because he had been in the hands of the Shina army many times before, he guessed that the Shina army might have deliberately led them to rescue them instead of killing the wounded soldiers.

Taro Okamoto was suspicious by nature, and when he thought of that situation, he hesitated.

"Takahashi Tamori! Give you a chance to atone for your sins. You personally lead the team to attack, and if you succeed, you will move. Otherwise, you will be loyal to the emperor. ”

After a long while, Taro Okamoto withdrew his gaze, stared at Takahashi Tamori angrily, and called the other party directly.

"Hay!"

When Takahashi Takamori heard this, his tense heart suddenly relaxed.

Although it is necessary to charge, it is better than disemboweling now. Therefore, he immediately stood up, straightened his messy military uniform, regained his complexion, and drew his sword.

However, just as he was about to order the soldiers to charge together, he rolled his eyes, turned to Okamoto Taro and said, "Okamoto Daisa! Can you order the artillery to bombard again before I charge? ”

Taro Okamoto stared at the other party fiercely, and then the artillery team came to the side of the residential area and bombarded directly into the city wall.

Simply did not care about the life and death of the wounded soldiers on the city walls.

In the deafening explosion, inside the wall of Zhonghua Gate, clouds of gunpowder smoke rose again.

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Around noon on December 12, the Japanese troops besieging the city of Nanjing launched a fierce attack after the order was issued by the front headquarters.

Under the heavy artillery bombardment, the city walls such as Guanghua Gate, Tongji Gate, and Zhonghua Gate collapsed in many places, and a Japanese army broke into the city from the gap under the cover of artillery fire.

The Nationalist troops stationed in those places withdrew one after another, including the third battalion of the 262nd Regiment of the 88th Division with Zhao Zilong and Wang Zhong.

At that time, a large number of residents of the city fled to the refugee area in the north of the city to escape the shelling and Japanese troops, and crowded the streets with the retreating stragglers, and the order in the city began to fall into chaos.

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When Zhao Zilong and Wang Zhong ran out of the Zhonghua Gate city wall and came to Zhonghua Avenue, they saw that it was full of people.

There are national troops of various units, and there are also ordinary people who have to flee the war in a hurry.

Those trucks and rickshaws are stuck on the road.

Ordinary people dragged large and small suitcases, large bags and small bags.

The cries of adults, the cries of children, all kinds of voices are mixed together.

When Zhao Zilong saw this scene, he couldn't help but be shocked.

But he knew that because he had asked the officers to swear an oath to obey the retreat order in advance, he thought that not so many troops should go to the Shimonoseki side.

This time, Zhao Zilong overestimated the ethics of those officers, and also underestimated their greed for life and fear of death.

Although at last night's banquet, the officers kept saying that they would obey the order to retreat.

However, in fact, half of the officers still led the troops to withdraw ahead of schedule, and even a few of them crossed the river and left first, without notifying the troops at all.

At their own discretion, most of the army commanders and division commanders who crossed the river at Xiaguan did not start the retreat at the time specified in the order.

Immediately after the adjournment of the meeting, they deployed their troops and retreated. And some units were withdrawn before receiving orders.

For example, Commander Wang Jiu of the 87th Army, Commander Shen Congnian, and Brigade Commander Hu Qi crossed the river first, regardless of the troops.

In particular, those officers knew that Tang Zhixin took the lead in evacuating, so they all thought that the other party had arranged a small ferry to cross the river, so they led their teams to rush to Xiaguan over there, causing a squeeze.

When Zhao Zilong and the others passed by the temporary ambulance station, they saw that several tents had been dismantled and all the personnel had been evacuated.

Zhao Zilong couldn't help frowning.

When he informed Wu Xin and the others to evacuate before, he knew that Li Xiaoling had returned to Xinkou Street Hospital.

Now in this situation, he can't help but feel a little worried in his heart, worried about whether Xinkou Street is also overcrowded, and even more worried about Li Xiaoling's safety.

"Brother, where are we going?" Wang Zhong saw that Zhao Zilong was stunned, and immediately asked.

"Brother Wang! Can we go to Xinkou Street Hospital first? Zhao Zilong came back to his senses and immediately asked.

"Okay."

Wang Zhong also understood what Zhao Zilong meant, so he nodded, turned to everyone and shouted, "Brothers! You guys line up, you can't leave it behind, let's go to Xinkou Street Hospital first, and then find an opportunity to rush out of Nanjing City. ”

"Camp! The streets were full of people, and it was difficult for more than 100 of us to get through. Why don't I take you down the alley? At this time, Zhang Long proposed.

"Okay, lead the way." Wang Zhong immediately urged.

The national troops of the third battalion of the 262nd Regiment, under the leadership of Zhang Long and Zhang Hu, the two old Nanjingists, lined up in columns, one after another, and drilled into the alleys with seven bends and eight turns, and rushed to the direction of Xinkou Street.

Zhao Zilong followed at the back of the line, observing the surrounding environment as he ran.

Now not only are the streets and streets full of people, but also some alleys and alleys are also running around from time to time.

Looking at the panicked faces, Zhao Zilong's heart was always tense.

He knew that if those people did not withdraw from Nanjing City today, a disaster would await them.

"Brother Zhao! Brother Zhao! ”

When Zhao Zilong followed the troops, he had just come out of the crowd in a small street and walked towards an alley in front of him, when he heard a shout from the left.

He turned his head to look, and saw a sturdy middle-aged man in a gray cotton coat running in front of him.

Zhao Zilong looked at it, and it turned out to be Lang Tie.

"Brother Zhao! It's good to find you. Without waiting for Zhao Zilong to speak, Lang Tie said a little excitedly.

“……？” Zhao Zilong couldn't help but be stunned.

"Brother Zhao! You didn't come to me yesterday, and now I brought it. ”

As he spoke, Lang Tie took out a cloth bag from his baggage and opened it, revealing six silver steel needles about three inches long.

"Brother Lang! How did you end up here? Zhao Zilong suddenly asked with some surprise.

"Brother! What are you doing? ”

Before Lang Tie could answer, Wang Zhong ran over from the alley, and when he saw that Zhao Zilong hadn't followed, he came over to look for him.

"Brother Wang!" At this time, as soon as that Lang Tie saw Wang Zhong, he immediately shouted.

"You are?" Wang Zhong couldn't recognize the other party for a while, and couldn't help but glare.

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