Chapter 33 Nanjing

"Xiaobao sent someone to inform the Sixth Company that our battalion was about to retreat, so that the Sixth Company was ready. At the same time, go and tell the old pole to bring everything with him, and send two people to help. ”

There is only one destination when you retreat to the station, is the battle already fought to this point? The 103rd Division, with less than 3,000 men, had to defend Nanjing, which now has more than 100,000 people.

"Company Commander Zhang, the battalion commander ordered your company to be the vanguard and retreat immediately."

Lao Shen's correspondent ran over to inform Zhang Ziwen, who immediately arranged for the Ninth Company to retreat.

"Old pole, scatter out in one row, set off immediately, two rows and three rows and make a team and then set off, and the destination is Zhenjiang Railway Station."

Even if it is in the city, you can't be careless at this moment, the city wall on the south gate is long gone, and no one knows if the devil has touched it.

At 9:05 a.m., the Ninth Company arrived at the train station, and the brothers guarding the train station were gone, and the station was crowded with people, and the brothers of the Ninth Company did not enter for a long time.

Seeing that the time had passed a quarter of an hour at nine o'clock, if the retreat was delayed, Zhang Ziwen would have to be responsible.

"If you don't want to die, get out of the way of Lao Tzu."

Zhang Ziwen took a powerful machine gun and shot it into the sky, and the crowd stopped, but then there was a panic in the crowd, some rushed out, some squeezed into the station, and the scene was chaotic. Zhang Ziwen forgot that people's desire to survive can surpass everything.

"Dada~"

The old pole snatched the machine gun from Zhang Ziwen's hand and swept it into the station, but fortunately, it was swept on the roof and no one was injured.

"Give me all out, wait for our arrangement, or die."

The old pole shouted at the panicked crowd with a dark face, this time the bullet hit the roof, and the falling thing from the machine gun really hit them, and they all stopped at once.

"Go in and keep the gates."

Taking advantage of the stunned people, Zhang Ziwen hurriedly asked the brothers to rush in, seeing that the people were always afraid of the guns, Xiaobao led people to start combing the crowd, and the station stopped.

Several people died because of the panic stampede, and one of them was trampled to the color of the earth, and if it wasn't for a brother who tripped and fell, he would not have known that there was a corpse.

At half past nine, Lao Shen rushed over with the brothers of the sixth and seventh companies, and with the strength of the three companies, the entire railway station began to have its proper order. The train has taken away a cart of people who fled to Nanjing, but is Nanjing really safe? The 103rd Division has to withdraw to Nanjing to defend Nanjing, and at this moment Nanjing is not much better than Zhenjiang, Zhenjiang has only been attacked once so far, and the Japanese army has gone to so many planes in Shanghai? can only run to Nanjing.

The division headquarters seems to have come to order again, and the division headquarters correspondent is talking to Lao Shen about something.

"From now on, martial law will be imposed at the station, all people will exit the station, and violators will be severely punished."

As soon as the division correspondent left, Lao Shen shouted with the loudspeaker at the station, Zhang Ziwen knew that it was necessary, but it was also ruthless.

Before Lao Shen finished speaking, the brothers of the Sixth Company pulled up the cordon and drove the people out of the station, but who was willing to give up the opportunity to escape, when the people heard Lao Shen's words, someone immediately rushed to the cordon, seeing that the situation began to become uncontrollable, Zhang Ziwen hurriedly ran to Lao Shen's side and grabbed the horn.

Now I want the people to leave the station only to tell them that Nanjing is not safe, Zhang Ziwen didn't tell them just now because they said that they will definitely not believe it, and now the division headquarters has no choice but to try, otherwise I don't know how many people died.

"Everybody stop and listen to me."

Hearing Zhang Ziwen's words, most of the people stopped, but some people continued to storm the cordon. Zhang Ziwen was just about to say another word, bang, the gunfire sounded next to him, he looked back and saw that it was Lao Shen who fired a shot at the sky, and then the people all stopped, because they heard the gunshot, the brothers in the back row had already pushed the bullet into loading, and Lao Shen motioned to Zhang Ziwen for him to continue.

"Folks, I know that you all want to leave Zhenjiang, but have you ever thought that if you flee to Nanjing, will Nanjing really be safe?"

Hearing Zhang Ziwen's words, some people began to think about it, after all, the Jiangsu Provincial Government left Zhenjiang and crossed the river to the north.

"Nanjing is the national capital, how can it be that there are more than 100,000 troops who are not safe, Zhenjiang is not safe, you soldiers do not fight devils, but use guns to us, you are still not the National Revolutionary Army? We pay our taxes to make you point your guns at us? ”

Zhang Ziwen followed the voice and looked over, it was a middle-aged man, the brothers beaten by the 103rd Division were gone, and now there was still blame for the 103rd Division for not resisting, and the more than 10,000 brothers of the 103rd Division only fought more than 2,000 and less than 3,000 people, remembering what the dead brothers and the man said just now, and the people below still echoed it, Zhang Ziwen felt angry and powerless.

"Look at the people in front of you, they have been going to Jiangyin from Hubei since mid-August, and they have been guarding Jiangyin for three months, and if you look at them, a beggar is better dressed than them. Now Zhenjiang is also our brother who is blocking the devils, and we are blocking the devils with our lives, what do you want? ”

Zhang Ziwen shouted with all his strength, and the shouting was hoarse, and it was quiet under Zhang Ziwen's words that he heard.

"My 103rd Division, more than 10,000 people set off from Hubei, do you know how many more people there are now? There are more than 2,000 people, and now I don't know if there are 2,000 people, do you still want to accuse us, tens of thousands of brothers have shed their blood in Jiangnan, is not enough? ”

The crowd had quieted down, leaving only Zhang Ziwen's voice echoing, spreading farther and farther, not knowing if it could reach Jiangyin.

"Now we are emptying the station to defend Nanjing."

Speaking of this, Zhang Ziwen looked back at Lao Shen, and Lao Shen nodded before continuing.

"Jiangbei is safer than Nanjing, and now Nanjing is fighting a war, which is no better than Zhenjiang, so hurry to Jiangbei while the city is not broken. You can't go to Nanjing here, our division commander has ordered martial law, you better go to Jiangbei to cross the river by boat, there are many boats in Zhenjiang, don't worry about no one crossing. ”

Hearing Zhang Ziwen's words, people began to walk out of the station to Jiangbei Wharf, and with the person taking the lead, the crowd began to leave the station.

A little girl walked over with a doll in her arms, her parents didn't stop her, the guards looked at Zhang Ziwen, Zhang Ziwen nodded, and the guards let people over.

"Big brother, can I ask you a question?"

The little girl's parents were wearing suits and two people helping to carry the luggage, and she looked like a rich man, and the little girl was also gorgeously dressed.

"Big brother, what do I ask you about, my mother said that it was rude not to answer others."

Children always speak sweetly, and Zhang Ziwen forgot to answer her for a while.

"Yes, what do you want to ask, kid?"

"I want to ask the big brother, when can I drive the Japanese out, Niuniu's friends were all killed by devils."

The little girl's tears began to flow down, Zhang Ziwen had no younger brothers and sisters for him, and he didn't know what to do for a while, so he could only pick her up.

"Don't cry, don't cry, my brother assures you that the Japanese will be kicked out soon."

Sure enough, when he picked up the child, he stopped crying, but looked at Zhang Ziwen seriously.

"Really, is it true that the big brother Japanese will be kicked out soon?"

"Yes, definitely, big brother doesn't lie, big brother assures you."

"Nalagogo"

The little girl stretched out her hand, Zhang Ziwen handed her hand to pull Gougou, found that her hand was too dirty and wiped her clothes.

"Big brother, Niuniu is leaving, Mom and Dad said let Niuniu ask questions, don't be naughty."

The little girl struggled to let Zhang Ziwen let her go, and ran back, and his parents gave Zhang Ziwen an apologetic smile.

Zhang Ziwen thought about driving the devils out, and there were 40,000 people in China, but now they were wantonly bullied by the Japanese bandits. This generation of soldiers is not afraid of death, but they are afraid of death.

In the early morning of the 8th, the sound of Zhenjiang artillery resounded in the sky, and the entire 103rd Division retreated. Zhang Ziwen stepped on the train with a chaotic consciousness, leaving only two security regiments and fort units in Zhenjiang to garrison, and Zhenjiang fell at noon on the 8th.

On December 7, the Japanese army, with the strong fire support of artillery and aviation, began to launch a full-scale onslaught on the main position of the first line in Nanjing. At the same time, the 66th Army was ordered to use one force from Tangshan Town from south to north, the 41st Division to move from north to south from Wulong Mountain, and the 36th Division Reserve 2nd Regiment with a chariot company from west to east from Qilinmen to carry out a combined attack on the enemy who had broken through to Hutang and Dahu Mountain. However, due to the fact that the follow-up troops of the Japanese army had already entered the battle from the breach, the Tangshan Town position of the 66th Army and the Qixiashan position of the 41st Division were both fiercely attacked by the Japanese army, so the attempt to attack on three sides could not be realized, and the reserve 2nd Regiment of the 36th Division was transferred to the west and south of Dongliu to resist the attack of the Japanese army that had occupied Fuxing Bridge, and the Japanese army had already attacked the periphery of Nanjing.

In order to consolidate the defense line of Nanjing, Tang Shengzhi mobilized the 103rd Division, the last garrison force on the periphery of Nanjing, into the city, and the fall of Zhenjiang represented that Nanjing now only has Pukou, which is only across the river.