Chapter 34 Defending Nanjing

Zhang Ziwen didn't know how he got off the train, and after getting off the train, the fourth battalion was arranged in a school, and the students of the school had withdrawn westward, so Zhang Ziwen slept on the empty bed left by the students until noon, during which the cannon outside Nanjing did not stop.

On the 8th, the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, which was originally in the Huzhou area, rushed to the area west of Moling Town with a forced march, and spread out on the left flank of the 114th Division, participating in the attack on the outer positions of Nanjing. After two days and one night of fierce fighting, most of the fortifications on the main defensive areas were destroyed by Japanese artillery and aviation fire, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties. At the same time, the 26th Brigade of the 13th Division of the Japanese right flank repelled the 111th Division of the 57th Army and occupied Jingjiang, the Tiangu Detachment had entered Zhenjiang, the Kunisaki Detachment of the Japanese left flank had advanced to the vicinity of Dangtu, and the 18th Division was advancing to Wuhu after capturing Xuancheng.

For this reason, the Nanjing garrison commander led by Tang Shengzhi issued an order of "Wei Shen Zuo Zi No. 28" to deploy the defense of the last position in the city outline. Its main contents are;

"The troops on the right are holding the line of the Great (Dai) Mountain in Banqiao Town; The 74th Army held the line from the stronghold in the area of Niushou Mountain to the Heding Bridge; The 88th Division held on to Yuhuatai; The 87th Division of the 71st Army held the line from Heding Bridge to Children's Lane, with the 88th and 51st Divisions on the right and the Teaching Corps on the left; Teaching the corps to hold the Purple Mountain; The 2nd Army Corps held the line of Yangfang Mountain, Wulong Mountain and Wulong Mountain Fortress; The 36th Division held on to the area of Red Mountain and Shogunate Mountain; The 66th Army assembled near Dashui Pass and stood by; The 156th Division of the 83rd Army and the 1st Regiment of the 36th Division covered the retreat on the line of Qinglong Mountain and Longwang Mountain. ”

At the same time, the gendarmerie was also ordered to teach the 2nd Regiment to defend the position of the city wall from Shuixi Gate to Hanzhong Gate and the position of the embankment of the Shangxinhe River outside the city, the 2nd Regiment of the Military Police to defend Qingliang Mountain in the city, and the 10th Regiment of the Military Police to defend the Ming Palace Airport in the city.

At twelve o'clock at noon, after eating, Lao Shen came to inform Zhang Ziwen that he would lead the team to gather to the playground at one o'clock, and Dai Zhiqi would give a lecture.

Fortunately, the playground was large enough, and there were six phalanxes, which meant that there were only about 2,000 brothers who survived, and the maximum number of people in each phalanx was no more than 400. There are two battalions directly under the division, four battalions of the 618th Regiment, the fourth battalion has always acted alone in Zhenjiang, and the fourth battalion is also the smallest number, with only more than 200 people left.

"Brothers."

Hearing Dai Zhiqi's speech, Zhang Ziwen hurriedly came back to his senses.

"More than 14,000 of my brothers from Guizhou came out of Guizhou years ago, and now we have only 1,782 brothers left."

Hearing Dai Zhiqi talk about casualties, Zhang Ziwen's eyes began to turn red uncontrollably.

"Some people may ask, Dai Zhiqi, why do you have to say it when you take us to death? Let me tell you, what did the more than 10,000 brothers who died die for? Die for the country. I, a student of the second phase of Dai Zhiqi Huangpu Branch, why don't I go to the Central Army and have to go back to the Guizhou Army? I don't want to take our Guizhou children to death, but I want to take the brothers to protect the family and the country, you all see in your eyes, how did the devil treat the villagers in Sudi, if we don't resist me, Qiandi will be like Sudi, if we don't defend the country, how can we protect our family? Tell me why you came out of Guizhou? ”

"Defend the country and the family."

The voice of defending the country resounded throughout the campus, drifting far away and lasting for a long time.

"Brothers, the names of the more than 10,000 brothers who died in Zhenjiang are sent to Master He, and together with the names sent to me and you, our pensions will be distributed to their respective relatives in advance. Commander Tang has already said that he will live and die with Nanjing, do our Guizhou children have the courage to do so?"

"Yes~"

Zhang Ziwen shouted out this word vigorously, as if he wanted to release the emotions in his heart.

"Nanjing is the capital of our country, and we must not let it fall. We must fight to the death with the Japanese devils and live and die with Nanjing. ”

Dai Zhiqi threw away the microphone and shouted vigorously the sentence of fighting to the death with the Japanese army and coexisting with Nanjing.

"Fight to the Death......"

There were 1,782 people on the playground, screaming.

Zhang Ziwen thought that the 103rd Division would immediately go to the city to participate in the defense of the city, but he didn't expect Dai Zhiqi to directly send two oceans to each brother on the spot.

In the afternoon, Zhang Ziwen took Xiaobao to find the telegraph office and sent a telegram to his family's shop in Guiyang.

If the son is not filial, he will be loyal to the country, if he does not return, he hopes that his parents will understand.

These sixteen characters have spent all the money on Zhang Ziwen and Xiaobao, since the 103rd Division left for Jiangsu, there has not been a letter to the family for three months, and Zhang Ziwen has written three letters to the family and I don't know if it has reached Duyun's parents. Now there is only one way to send a telegram to comfort one's heart.

As soon as the telegram was sent, Zhang Ziwen seemed to see the tears of his father and mother, for the country and his family, Zhang Ziwen could only be unfilial.

Zhang Ziwen and Xiaobao walked on the streets of Nanjing, the devils did not know when they began to bomb Nanjing, the roads were full of traces of bombs, and I don't know how many houses had collapsed and how many people had died.

At dinner, Lao Shen and his people sent a machine gun, five boxes of ammunition and four boxes of grenades, which replenished the ammunition of the ninth company with a base number, which meant that the 103rd Division was about to face the Japanese devils again.

After breakfast the next day, Lao Shen asked someone to send a message. Our army was broken through the outer positions last night and retreated hastily, and the Japanese took advantage of the situation to follow and pursue, so that some of the reconstructed positions had not yet been firmly occupied, that is, the Japanese broke through. By dawn on the 9th, the 16th Division of the Japanese Army Shanghai was dispatched to the area of Qilinmen and Cangbomen; The 9th Division advanced to the Guanghua Gate and occupied the Daxiao Field and the Tongguang Barracks; The 114th Division of the 10th Army advanced to Yuhua Tainan; The 6th Division advanced to the west of Yuhuatai, and its left flank occupied Dasheng Pass. Now the 60th Army of our army has retreated to the area of Dashuiguan and Yanziji for rectification; The 74th Army retreated to the inside and outside of the Shuixi Gate and was reassigned to the garrison of the city wall.

This is another dose of life-threatening medicine, can't the brothers of the 103rd Division breathe a sigh of relief?

At twelve o'clock at noon, the whole city raised the air defense alarm, Zhang Ziwen hurriedly hid in the room, found that there was no explosion, and came out to find that there were pieces of paper in the sky.

"Company commander, look, Xiaobao picked up one and handed it to me."

Zhang Ziwen looked at the words written on it with a letter of persuasion, and hurriedly took a closer look.

It is written in the book of persuasion that a million Japanese troops have swept through the south of the Yangtze River, and the city of Nanjing is under siege...... Therefore, on behalf of the Japanese army, this commander advises your army to open the city of Nanjing peacefully, and then dispose of it according to the following methods.

The reply to this advice should be handed over to the sentry line on Jurong Road on Zhongshan Road at noon on December 10. If your army sends a representative of the responsible person of the commander, the commander is also prepared to send a representative to sign the necessary agreement with you in relation to the reception of the city of Nanking. If no reply is received within the specified time, the Japanese army will have no choice but to begin an attack on Nanking.

At the end of the article, it is signed "Commander-in-Chief of the Great Japanese Army, Matsui Ishine".

"Xiaobao, tell everyone about it."

Zhang Ziwen handed this letter of persuasion to Xiaobao, and Zhang Ziwen felt that it was ridiculous and unreasonable for the Japanese army's letter of persuasion. The capital of the country fell, and the Oriental Japanese invaders dared to persuade them to surrender before the battle, which was an insult.

Xiaobao read it to everyone according to the paper and explained it to everyone.

"Phew, what's four? The tone is very big, there is our 103rd Division in the devil Nanjing, and we will enter when we say it? ”

came vigorously and made Zhang Ziwen laugh.

Others also echoed, and all of a sudden, it seemed that the 103rd Division had become an unstoppable mountain, and it turned out that the 103rd Division had not been beaten back except for He Zhizhong, the deserter division commander, even if there were only more than 1,000 people left out of more than 14,000 people.

Zhang Ziwen felt that it was a good thing for the devils to persuade them to surrender, there were two possibilities, one was that the devils could not bear their casualties, and the other was that the devils easily broke through all the way from Shanghai to Nanjing, and the devils underestimated the enemy, no matter what kind of defense of Nanjing was good.