Chapter 42 The Battle of Nanjing

At two o'clock in the morning on December 12, 1937, the Nanjing Defense Headquarters.

"Generals, yesterday at noon, the chairman of the committee called me, and the content of the call was 21 words, and the chairman said so; If the situation cannot be held for a long time, the camera can retreat in order to organize and counteroffensive. What do the generals have to say? Tang Shengzhi leaned back in his chair after speaking.

"Everyone, I'll say a word to Liu Xing. At present, the combat effectiveness and morale of the troops withdrawn to Nanjing are far inferior to those of the Songhu operation, and our main outer position belt was lost after only two or three days of defense, and the Fukou position was not firmly established, and the Japanese army broke through the city wall one after another in the main direction, and the Japanese army forced the city wall, and deeply felt that the situation was grim; Moreover, when the Japanese army had already crossed the river near Tu, the situation in Nanjing was even more critical. In order to prevent the more than 100,000 defenders of Nanjing from being surrounded and annihilated by the enemy, my opinion is to retreat and, as the chairman said, to counterattack at the right time. ”

If Liu Xing hadn't been taken to Nanjing by General Xu Kang, he would have run to Wuhan with the remaining torpedo boats.

"I agree with Deputy Commander Liu." It was Gui Yongqing, the head of the teaching team, who spoke.

"If you retreat to Jiangsu, it will be gone, and how can the Nanjing government say give up. What the principal said was that he could not retreat on time, and now there are 13 divisions of my Nanjing garrison, plus more than 140,000 people in each department, and there are only 60,000 or 70,000 Japanese troops on the opposite side, more than twice the strength of the enemy, so how long has Nanjing been defended? ”

Yu Jishi was the first phase of Huangpu, who served as the commander of the Nanjing garrison and the director of the chamber of attendants, and was Chiang Kai-shek's favorite general.

"What my senior brother said, my 103rd Division is ready to be martyred in Nanjing, the Japanese army in North China from Beiping all the way down, the Japanese and Chinese Front in the land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang wantonly burned, killed and looted, when I withdrew from Jiangyin, I encountered more than 100 people in the whole village slaughtered by the devils, I wish to take the brothers to catch up and kill all the devils. Now we have to withdraw from Nanjing, and how to explain it to the country, the people, and the heart. Dai Zhiqi was already choked up when he spoke.

No one refuted what Dai Zhiqi said, even if Dai Zhiqi was only a major general, but the 103rd Division fought from more than 10,000 people to more than 1,000 people, and still fought against the Japanese army on the Nanjing city wall, which was Dai Zhiqi's confidence and his grief.

"General Dai is right, but now our problem is whether to withdraw or not, and when the Japanese occupy it, will we take it back?"

Deng Longguang's 156th Division and 103rd Division guarded the troops of Zhongshanmen together, and they were the backbone of the Cantonese system, Dai Zhiqi was not easy to refute.

The next meeting was the main battle of the Whampoa faction and the main retreat of the bosses of each faction, and the young people finally couldn't fight these old foxes, and decided to cover each other's retreat on the 14th.

The headquarters of the Central China Front of the Japanese army outside Nanjing, at twelve o'clock in the evening of the 12th.

"Kanda-kun, tomorrow's general attack must break through the Nanjing city wall in one fell swoop, and give the people of China a profound lesson." Matsui Ishone said.

"Hi" Kanda stood up and bowed ninety-degree.

The terrible thing about Japanese devils is that they can hide the heart of a hungry wolf behind a hypocritical face, and the smiling tiger is always the most hurtful.

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The devil was just like Zhang Ziwen thought, there was not much movement throughout the night, and Zhang Ziwen, who had been lying on the city wall all night, did not hear a single cannon sound.

"Brother Wen, Brother Shen sent someone to inform us that at one o'clock at noon the day after tomorrow, we will pass through Chengxian Street, cross the Rujiang Gate and retreat to Pukou, and retreat to Huangpi, Hubei Province to rest."

Hearing Xiaobao's news, Zhang Ziwen was so frightened that he squirted out the porridge he had just drunk in his mouth.

"What?"

Zhang Ziwen snatched the document in Xiaobao's hand, although Zhang Ziwen didn't want to admit it, the seal of the division headquarters couldn't be faked.

The handwriting is Dai Zhiqi's handwriting, on which the Nanjing Garrison Command decided to abandon Nanjing on December 12, the 26th year of the Republic of China, and at that time, the 156th Division covered for the 103rd Division, and the 103rd Division was the first to retreat.

"Why didn't Nanjing keep it? Why don't you keep it? Gave up the national capital, Tang Shengzhi of the dog day ......"

Zhang Ziwen stood up angrily and said loudly, and before he finished speaking, the old pole covered Zhang Ziwen's mouth and pulled him to sit down.

The people around heard the first sentence Zhang Ziwen said, and they didn't seem to know the news yet, looking at their eyes, Zhang Ziwen remembered that he was scolding a general just now, but fortunately, the old pole pulled himself up, otherwise it would be a big disaster.

The brothers were discussing Zhang Ziwen on the side, so they could only pretend that there was no such thing, and after a while, Wan Shijiong came over.

"Xiaowen, I heard that your emotions are very big, if you don't keep Nanjing, you won't keep it, we are just small people, and the final decision is still to listen to the top, I didn't tell the brothers because I was afraid that the brothers would lose their momentum of seeing death as home, so it would be easy to be overwhelmed by the momentum of the devil."

Zhang Ziwen's first thought was that he hit me with a small report, but Wan Shijiong didn't pursue Zhang Ziwen and didn't investigate.

"What, not convinced?"

Wan Shijiong has such an momentum, facing him is like facing a big man bigger than March, and he can't tolerate you saying no.

"Nope"

Zhang Ziwen said these two words helplessly, but he wanted to say in his heart that you are the chief, what you said is.

"None? It's good if you don't, wait until I withdraw from Nanjing, if I don't die, you don't die, Lao Tzu will make you the battalion commander. ”

Wan Shijiong patted Zhang Ziwen, stood up and took the guards to see the city defense, Zhang Ziwen didn't understand what was going on, he was already planning to die in battle, the headquarters came to order a retreat, and Wan Shijiong also said that he would be promoted.

"Camp Commander Zhang~"

Zhang Ziwen looked left and right to see if there was no such person, and only reacted when he saw the old pole laughing, this old guy still dared to make fun of himself.

The devil didn't come up until noon, the southwest direction was in full swing, and the Purple Mountain Taiping Gate was also inseparable, but the Zhongshan Gate did not move. The Tongji Gate, which also belonged to the 156th Division, was almost broken by the devils.

After lunch, Wan Shijiong came directly to discuss the situation in Nanjing with Zhang Ziwen, Zhang Ziwen felt that there must be something wrong with Wan Shijiong, he went through the back door, and there were only a few company commanders of soldiers, and Wan Shijiong, a colonel from a professional class, actually came to discuss with him, which was incredible.

He took the map and first asked Zhang Ziwen about the location of the enemy and us, which was clearly marked on the map, and Zhang Ziwen had to say it. Although Zhang Ziwen went through the back door, he stayed in the division headquarters for more than half a year, and he still knew how to use the map sand table, which was taught by a Huangpu born when he was the chief of staff of the division headquarters, and was later transferred out to be a regiment commander.

"Then you can analyze for me why the devil didn't continue to attack Zhongshan Gate today."

Zhang Ziwen took the map and looked at it, there was not much difference from Lao Shen, but the place name was much clearer.

"It was the 16th Division of the Japanese Army that attacked us, and at the same time he also attacked the area around the Purple Mountain, so it can be said that the Japanese troops in the area of the Purple Mountain are all the 16th Division. Today, the Japanese army is attacking Taipingmen and Purple Mountain, and I think the reason why the Japanese army did not attack Zhongshanmen is that there are not enough troops and are in the process of mobilizing troops. Judging by the markings on the map, it is highly likely the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army. ”

After Zhang Ziwen said his thoughts, Wan Shijiong nodded.

"The analysis is good, then now the 6th Division is attacking ......"

Before Wan Shijiong finished speaking, in the direction of Zhonghua Gate, a fierce cannon sound sounded, and the devil's plane came from the east and pounced on the area of Purple Mountain and Guanghua Gate.

"I'll tell you later, I'll call the division headquarters,"

Wan Shijiong threw the map to the guards and hurriedly went down the city wall, as if he was in a hurry.

The devil's bomb is the same as not asking for money, desperately throwing it at Zhonghua Gate and Purple Mountain.

"Be careful, the devils bombarded the whole city, and the artillery planes were used. Only Zhongshan Gate doesn't fight, the devil must want to clench his fists and give us a hard time. ”

The old pole reminded Zhang Ziwen of this, Zhang Ziwen asked Xiaobao to tell everyone to be smarter, Zhang Ziwen thought about it, and took advantage of the fact that the devil did not come up, and asked Xiaobao to take someone to get Lao Wang and them to Lao Shen. With such a strong firepower of the devils, if they attacked on a large scale and the city walls that had collapsed in three places, more than 200 people would definitely not be able to withstand it.