356. Upper Shogunate

The most troublesome thing is that the river in the west is all the way to the plains and river washing, and there are almost no topographical advantages to borrow.

These nearly 1,000 people, all with light weapons in their hands and no heavy weapons, were almost sent to death when they attacked devils with heavy firepower in the plains.

I had to go the opposite way and rush back to the city, but this idea must not be said now, because the current troops are very loose and are all improvised.

Everyone has just escaped from the city, and now you have to take everyone back to kill them, and it is estimated that as soon as the order is given, most of them will be dispersed.

If you insist on it any longer, it is estimated that there will be a mutiny, direct infighting, and when the last bit of strength of everyone is there, the seventh company of more than 40 fellow villagers will be scattered, wouldn't it be more dangerous.

Therefore, the three dogs immediately made a decision and led everyone downstream, because from the side of the coal port, when they came to the pagoda bridge, they would immediately go to Shangyuanmen and Shogunate Mountain, where there were permanent military bunkers and forts, and the 36th Division of the Overseer Army was stationed on them before.

Shogunate Mountain, is the north of Nanjing, the south bank of the Yangtze River is a rare hilly mountain range, the main peak Lao Mountain is more than 190 meters high, west of the Yuan Gate, east to Yanziji, is facing the Yangtze River's straw shoe gorge, up to ten miles of road, belongs to the relative terrain of the dangerous place.

Sangou now has no choice but to pull the team up to the Shogunate Mountain, and the company of Tienon guards the Shangyuan Gate to the foot of the Shogunate Mountain, which belongs to the outpost troops, and if they encounter a strong enemy, they will gradually retreat to the Laoshan Mountain.

The company of doglegs leaned in the direction of Yanziji, and the main forces were deployed around the Dharma Cave, defending according to the danger, and sent the vanguard to the Wulong Mountain Fort not far away to be on guard, paying close attention to the position of Qixia Mountain, whether there was an enemy attacking.

Xiucai's company, mainly deployed in the direction of the main peak of the Shogunate Mountain, Laoshan Mountain, facing the city of Nanjing, paid close attention to the development of the situation in the city of Nanjing, and also paid attention to the enemy's artillery units in the direction of the Purple Mountain, and it was very likely that the Shogunate Mountain would carry out a suppressive artillery bombardment.

Niu Gu and Sangou's own two companies guarded the main peak of the Shogunate Mountain, Laoshan, and at the same time served as a reserve to reinforce the troops in other positions at any time.

The first company of bamboo poles is a machine gun company, followed by radishes and large potatoes, big potatoes are responsible for the machine gun platoon, and radishes are responsible for the mortar platoon.

Now it's the blind cat that has met the dead mouse, there is a battery on the shogunate mountain, equipped with two Surothong machine guns, it turned out that when the 36th Division retreated, it was ready to take these two guns away, but because there were more people and fewer ships, this kind of artillery occupied the place, so it had to be abandoned.

It was supposed to be blown up, but when he received the order, several artillery commanders burst into tears, and at the last moment, the artillery commander was reluctant, and volunteered to take a few of his subordinates and stay, ready to live and die with the battery.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese army did not come now, but waited for the three dogs and their large troops, but the two artillery commanders were very happy, and finally had hope, I thought that a few of them were ready to die for the country.

Sangou was a few of them in the machine gun company of the bamboo pole, which belonged to the machine gun platoon, and the bamboo pole was also overjoyed, and finally had such a powerful cannon hit.

However, Sangou strictly ordered the machine gun company not to fire artillery at will, and must not expose its heavy firepower and position too quickly, otherwise the warships on the river and the planes in the sky are not vegetarians, and there may be heavy artillery from the Purple Mountain Battery, which can teach everyone how to behave in minutes.

The command system on the shogunate hill was not damaged, and the telephone could connect to the surrounding positions, some of which were still permanent fortifications, and there were groups of hidden forts.

The dogleg called and said that all the artillery of the outpost Wulongshan Fort had been destroyed, and there were already Japanese troops around the fort, and the outpost unit had also had an encounter with the Japanese forward, so they had to retreat back and go back to the forward position on the Shogunate Mountain.

Sangou's heart sank, he didn't expect the Japanese army to come so quickly, the Wulongshan Fort had Type 88 anti-aircraft guns and 70 mountain guns, and the Japanese army did not have aircraft artillery, so it was difficult to get this kind of heavy firepower battery.

It seems that the main force of the Japanese army has already come, but fortunately they have taken the first step to go up the Shogunate Mountain, if they are one step late, let the Japanese army go up the mountain, everyone estimates that they are all pressed under the mountain now, and they can't advance or retreat.

In addition, the loss of the Wulongshan Fort means that there are no more cannons blocking the river, and once the Japanese warships have completed demining, they can freely enter and exit the Yangtze River.

Once the warship enters the Yangtze River, it will immediately use large-caliber naval guns to bombard the Shogunate Mountain by the river, and I will go to the planes, and there will be warships on the river in the north, and heavy artillery on the Purple Mountain in the south.

I hope I can survive a day today, and it will be easier to do it at night, Sangou looked at some fragments of guns on the Purple Mountain, and also hoped that the teaching team over there could give a little more strength and carry it for another day.

Alas! After a long whistle, the Japanese warships really drove in, but there were still many people on the river in small wooden boats, wooden planks, wooden rafts, wood, door panels, etc., and some were floating and sinking in the crossing.

What is hateful is that the enemy ships are rampaging on the river, strafing in all directions, and countless people are killed, knocked over, and drowned, the river is stained red with blood, and the bodies of the victims continue to flow down the river, downstream.

There are too many people who have been killed, panicked and fallen into the river, and many people are too busy to take care of themselves, unable to save each other, and can only watch their compatriots die.

The three dogs shouted in a hurry, and asked the Surotong machine guns to fire at the enemy warships, and the gunners shook their heads sadly, saying that Surotong could hit the enemy's low-flying planes, and it was simply itchy to hit the warships, and it was useless at all, but would be retaliated by the counterattack of the naval guns.

Do you just watch your own people being slaughtered like this? No, even if you attract warships over, Sangou resolutely ordered the cannonball.

"Boom... Rumble... Rumble! ”

Su Luotong's machine gun had to reluctantly fire at the warship on the river, and the 20mm small cannon was actually just a big bullet, which was child's play for a warship.

The Japanese warships felt that they were being provoked, turned their guns, and faced the Shogunate Mountain, which was a burst of artillery bombardment, and the naval guns with a caliber of more than 120 suddenly made the Shogunate Mountain tremble, and the whole seat was covered with artillery fire and smoke screens.

can't fight like this anymore, although Niu Gu didn't blame Sangou, he knew that Sangou saved people's hearts, but he didn't save people like this, relying on this little belongings alone, he lost all of them, and he couldn't save a few people.

Su Luotong had to obediently stay still, and after the Japanese warships vented their anger, they found that there was no more cannon fire on the shogunate mountain, and some began to use shipboard machine guns to strafe the refugees and Chinese soldiers on the river.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the Japanese planes also came to join in the fun, and also strafed the unarmed soldiers and civilians in the Yangtze River and on the shore.

In fact, the three dogs didn't know that at this time, the biggest officer who died on the riverside in the defense of Nanjing was General Xiao, deputy commander of the Nanjing Military Police and director of the Capital Police Department.

General Xiao saw that the Japanese pursuers were fierce, so he commanded the stragglers who had not crossed the river to retreat to both sides, and personally led the gendarmes to cover and direct the gendarmes to fight fiercely with the pursuing enemy, and finally committed suicide after being shot and unwilling to be captured.