On the afternoon of December 10, the Japanese army first launched an attack on Guanghua Gate, guarding Guanghua Gate was the second regiment of the first brigade of the teaching corps, the Japanese army occupied the Tongguang barracks in Daxiaochang, shelled Guanghua Gate, Xie Chengrui's command relied on the city wall to fight back, and the commander of the regiment, Lieutenant General Gui Yongqing, ordered the artillery regiment to enter the city immediately, set up a position in the Ming Imperial Palace, and supported the Xie regiment. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Japanese planes, wild mountain artillery and tanks continued to bombard Gwanghwa Gate fiercely, the castle tower was blown up, the battlements of the 80-meter section were blown flat, and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 10th, the Japanese army advanced to the line of the moat.

At 5 o'clock, the 9th Brigade of Japanese Engineers blasted the remnant wall at the southeast corner of Guanghua Gate, and more than 100 Japanese soldiers rushed into Guanghua from the sandbag bunker fortifications of the city gate that had been penetrated and collapsed.

Gwanghwamun became the first place to be broken through by the Japanese army.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the Japanese death squad rushed into the city gate cave outside Guanghua Gate.

The Battle of Guanghuamen was regarded by the Japanese army as the day when the Japanese army broke through the defense line of Nanjing, and the Japanese news media hyped up that "the long-awaited Japanese army with the sun flag flying at the head of Nanjing has finally arrived." So the whole country went crazy.

The Chinese defenders who defended Guanghuamen fought fiercely with the Japanese with a large number of cluster grenades, machine guns and rifles, and in just a few hours, the entire company and battalion of Nationalist officers and soldiers were killed, and finally returned to the city gate and blocked the gap in the city wall. Only a few Japanese death squads remained in the cave of the outer city gate.

Late at night, Xie Chengrui personally led his soldiers to transport gasoline to the arrow tower in the outer city, poured gasoline into the city gate hole and threw fire.

Or before it was extinguished, Regiment Commander Xie ordered to open the city gate and led the soldiers to counterattack, completely annihilating the Japanese in the city gate cave.

Not far from Tongji Gate, on the afternoon of the 10th, the city wall fell in an instant under artillery fire, and the soldiers of the 259th Brigade fought to the death with the Japanese army, but finally lost their positions because the gap was too large.

At dusk, the 259th Brigade and the 261st Brigade counterattacked at the same time, and the 253rd Brigade Commander Yi Anhua personally led a reinforced regiment to the northeast to intersperse the enemy formation, and Brigade Commander Chen Yiding led two reinforced battalions of the 261st Brigade to attack from north to south.

The Japanese advance was sandwiched between the city wall and the 259,261 brigade attack, and the Yi Chen forward was sandwiched between the Japanese advance and the Japanese support.

On the 11th, the Japanese army attacked Yuhuatai at the key Zhonghua Gate in an attempt to gain the commanding heights.

On Yuhuatai is the position of the 88th Division, the 262nd Brigade on the right flank, and the 264th Brigade on the left flank.

From the past 9 days, the Yuhuatai position on the 10th was constantly attacked by the Japanese army, and the two brigades resisted to the death by virtue of the terrain, and did not lose an inch of land.

On the 11th, the Japanese army mobilized heavy artillery and aircraft to bomb Zhonghua Gate and Yuhuatai.

The 262nd Brigade was annihilated in the early morning of the 12th, and the company commander Major General Zhu Chi was martyred (formerly the commander of the 528th Regiment) The 264th Brigade held the road on the afternoon of the 12th, the position was lost, the brigade commander Major General Gao Zhisong was killed, and the Japanese army fully occupied Yuhuatai.

On the 11th, the Japanese 6th Division and the 114th Division attacked Zhonghua Gate on a large scale, when Yuhuatai was in the hands of the 88th Division, the Japanese army's offensive was repeatedly frustrated, and a large number of tanks were forced to attack the mortar and the 37th battle anti-aircraft artillery so that they could not enter the city gate at all.

But heavy artillery and aircraft bombardment in the afternoon inflicted heavy losses on the defenders.

As soon as Yuhuatai was lost on the 12th, the Japanese artillery could directly hit Zhonghua Gate on Yuhuatai.

Chen Zhi, the commander of the 302nd Regiment of the 51st Division of the 74th Army, who was assigned to the 88th Division to guard the city gate, was martyred, but General Sun Yuanliang led the rest of the troops to defend the city gate.

At the same time, Guanghua Gate was broken through by the Japanese army again, and the commander of the regiment Xie Chengrui personally led the soldiers to use the fire of more than ten machine guns to annihilate all the second entry into the city, and re-plugged the gap with sandbags.

Chen Fei's battalion was transferred to the city tower by General Sun after the Zhonghua Gate was bombed by heavy artillery and aircraft.

In front of the Zhonghua Gate, a large number of tanks, infantry constantly attacked the tower, the Japanese infantry carried ladders, followed behind the tanks, and the soldiers on the tower braved artillery fire to constantly shoot at the Japanese troops below.

Zhonghua Gate is different from Guanghua Gate, Guanghua Gate is a composite urn city, which has a double defensive effect inside and outside the city, while Zhonghua Gate is a single city tower, there are many shops outside the city tower, the city gate is blocked by a large number of sandbags, and the Japanese army can only take a ladder to climb the city tower.

But to get close to the city wall, you have to cross the Qinhuai River.

At noon on the 12th, part of the Japanese army crossed the Qinhuai River, under the cover of artillery fire, climbed to the head of the city, the defenders and they started a desperate struggle, some soldiers of the 47th Wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army climbed up to the city, and immediately, the four companies led by the Tang soldiers at the head of the city attacked the Japanese army from all directions, and the thick smoke of gunpowder was mixed with the sound of bayonets passing through the flesh, the sound of beatings and the groans of the wounded.

A section of the city wall between the Zhonghua Gate and the Shuixi Gate was blown up, the Japanese army climbed up with a rope, and the 306th Regiment of the 74th Division of the defending army immediately organized a death squad to counterattack, killing all the Japanese soldiers, and in the fierce battle, Liu Lizi, deputy commander of the 306th Regiment, and Hu Hao, the battalion commander, were both shot and killed.

In order to completely take the Zhonghua Gate, the Japanese army dispatched a large number of tanks and concentrated artillery fire to bombard the vicinity of the city gate, and the city tower was gradually blown up in the artillery fire.

A large number of Japanese troops poured into the city.

"Throw explosive packets, cluster grenades, fast~fast~" Chen Fei shouted.

For a while, 9 cluster grenades rained down on the gap.

The Japanese army was blown to the ground, with severed limbs, internal organs, and heads, all over the place, but the Japanese still wanted to rush into the city and fight the defenders hand-to-hand.

At this time, many lightly and seriously wounded of the 306th Regiment crawled to the gap, holding explosives and cluster grenades and rushing into the formation of the Japanese invaders.

The battle was extremely tragic and tragic, due to the reinforcement of the independent battalion, although the Japanese army repeatedly broke through to the city and dispatched tanks, large-caliber artillery and other heavy weapons, but never took the Zhonghua Gate.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon of the 12th, the commander of the Nanjing garrison convened a meeting of the commanders of all armies and divisions, and the commander, Tang Shengzhi, ordered a retreat.

Chen Fei received a call at half past five and ordered him to retreat.

Chen Fei immediately called the mouse and said: "The headquarters has retreated, immediately notify the companies, retreat~~~"

There were many soldiers from the brother army at the head of the city, who saw that the independent battalion was about to withdraw, and they also followed.

"Ding San Bray, it can be dragged a little, fast~~~" Chen Fei said.

Chen Fei led nearly 1,000 soldiers from the independent battalion and fraternal units to rush to the Xiaguan wharf.

When he came to the gate of Jinling University, Chen Fei looked at it and thought, it's over, it's densely packed with people, when will it be at the Xiaguan Wharf, and the Japanese army will come up soon.

"Old crooked, go ahead and see what the situation is, quickly~~~" Chen Fei said.

This pitch black is full of people, and Chen Fei can only inform the troops to enter the playground of Jinling University to wait for the crooked information.

"All companies, pay attention to vigilance, the brother troops are quickly organized into each platoon, and the action is fast!" Chen Fei said loudly.

At this time, there was another fierce gunfire from the Zhonghua Gate.

"Hey~~~ There are still troops, aren't they withdrawn? How can there still be resistance? Chen Fei said strangely.

In less than ten minutes, Lao Crooked came back: "Battalion commander, I can't get through, the 36th Division guarding the next pass has not received an order to retreat, so I won't let it go." ”

"Old steamed buns, come here!" Chen Feidao looked at him and said, "Is there a way?" ”

The old steamed bun pulled Chen Fei to the side and said, "There is a big tobacco house next to the Hanxi Gate, and they have a tunnel leading to Mochou Lake in order to smuggle opium. While the Japanese army has not yet entered the city, you can rush over, and I have hidden a lot of bamboo on the Yangtze River, so I can cross the river. ”

"Grandma's, old fox, I have already prepared the back road, go ~~~ to Hanximen." Chen Fei said happily.

When the troops passed through the intersection of Zhongshan North Road and Zhongshan East Road, Chen Fei was stopped by Tang Bing.

"There's a warehouse next door, and I've gone up and picked up the equipment." Tang Bing said.

"Let's go~~~ and get the equipment!" Chen Fei said.

The warehouse was rented by the Nationalist Government from the German Siemens Power Plant, and there was a squad of 14 fighters in it.

The separate battalion rushed into the warehouses "take weapons and ammunition, take weapons and ammunition!" Chen Fei shouted.

When Chen Fei entered the inside, there were Czech ZB-26 light machine guns, 30 pieces, and all of them were 30-round magazines, 10 82 mortars, and some military uniforms, which were uniformed. What made Chen Fei happiest was that there were still twenty boxes of canned beef.

"Old Zhangtou, hide these things." Chen Fei said.

"What's that?" The old man was puzzled.

"You can throw anything, these twenty boxes of things can't be missing, I'm looking for a few soldiers for you to take together." Chen Fei said.

"Okay, don't worry." Old Zhang Tou said.

At about ten o'clock, the independent battalion rushed to a wine house next to the Hanxi Gate, which was actually an opium house

The restaurant is relatively large, divided into three floors, and there are elegant rooms.

Zhao Liu pushed open the door and led people to rush in, there were only three people in black inside, and they were immediately controlled by Zhao Liu.

The old steamed bun called the three people to explain the situation, and gave the three of them a big bag of ocean, the three of them immediately took the old steamed bun to the back of the utility room, opened the broken cabinet in the utility room, and saw a big hole, "This tunnel can lead to Mochou Lake, and you can pass through it in an hour if you are fast." ”

Chen Fei also came in at this time, and when he saw this big hole, he immediately said, "Is this place spacious?" ”

"It's okay, this dark passage has been there for a long time, and our boss saw a house bought through an authentic passage, and then we reinforced." Humane in black.

"Okay, rat, call the reconnaissance platoon." Chen Fei said.

After a while, the old man came over, and Chen Fei said: "You take the reconnaissance platoon to go first, control the other exit, and if there is a situation, send someone to report immediately." ”

"Yes!" The crooked man was ready to go immediately.

"Tang soldiers, the first company, the second company go first, the heavy machine, the artillery platoon, the cooking, the center, the third company and the fourth company follow, remember not to mess up, pay attention to the soldiers of the brother troops who follow over." Chen Fei said.

"Don't worry, it's basically all incorporated into each company, damn, it's a strong man now." Tang Bing smiled helplessly.

"Report, report!" Liu Xiaomei panted and ran over to Chen Feidao.

"What's the situation?" Chen Fei looked at Liu Xiaomei and said.

"Battalion commander, the Military Commission has sent an urgent telegram to our battalion to the Permanent Fortification Office of the Presidential Palace of the National Government to find a confidential secretary of He Wenjuan and escort him out of the city." Liu Xiaomei said.

"Ah, why did the Military Commission only ask us to find this He Wenjuan?" Chen Fei was very strange.

"Maybe now only our battalion of the Central Army in Nanjing can keep the radio open." Liu Xiaomei said.

"This presidential palace is so big, and there are so many permanent fortifications, how can you find it? Damn it! Chen Fei said angrily.

"Near the government office building!" Fang Min also quickly ran in.

"Damn, bad luck! Tang Bing, you take the troops to hide here or in the tunnel, I will take Ding San and them to go, if you can't come back before dawn, I may be trapped somewhere, you don't come out to look for it, just wait here, I will take advantage of the chaos to come back after dark. Chen Fei said.

"Battalion commander, I'll go, you're the backbone of the whole battalion!" Tang Bing said.

"Don't fight, it's decided!" Chen Fei waved his hand and said, "Liu Xiaomei go together!" ”

"I'll go too!" Fang Min said.

"Don't make a mess, Liu Xiaomei is good and can do business, I may be able to use her." Chen Fei said with a dark face.

Chen Fei walked out of the utility room, came to the hall, and talked to the four company commanders about the situation.

"Ding San took his brothers and came with me." Chen Fei looked at Ding Sandao.

"Yes!"

All the company commanders wanted to go with Chen Fei, but they were all stopped.

A total of 48 people in the third platoon of Ding, plus 7 people from Chen Fei and the guard platoon, a total of 55 people, opened the gate and set off.

Nanjing was under heavy shelling by the Japanese army, and everywhere was in flames and ruins.

Chen Fei and Ding San are familiar with the original Nanjing road, but now they can only move forward by imagination.

"Move fast! Don't be left behind, hurry! Fast! Chen Fei urged the soldiers all the way forward.

At this time, the guns of Guanghuamen were loud, and the original 66th Army and 83rd Army of the Guangdong Army received an order to retreat, and the troops and soldiers directly counterattacked and broke through at Guanghuamen, which caught the Japanese army off guard, although the 83rd Army suffered heavy losses in the breakthrough, but more than 30,000 people still fought their way out of the encirclement.

At this time, Chen Fei was leading his subordinates to quickly approach ~~~, the office building of the National Government of the Presidential Palace