The defenders on the Zhonghua Gate were fighting the Japanese with their lives, not only attacking the enemy with bullets, grenades and masonry, but even stacking the corpses of their comrades on bunkers for protection. The defenders, especially those who reinforced the bunkers, were lightly wounded, and those who could shoot and could shoot were placed in the shooting holes or in the forts to deal with the Japanese soldiers who might climb up and turn in at any moment. In the face of such a desperate battle of the officers and soldiers defending the city, and in the face of such a scene, even the Japanese army with high morale would be terrified.

"Boom!" "Boom!" …… There was another round of shelling, and the shells from the Japanese army fell on the position, turning over almost the entire ground, and the continuous explosions made the smoke of gunpowder rush into the air in the dark night. How many shells were fired that night? I'm afraid that even the Japanese army itself can't figure it out, the artillery wing directly under the division of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army is already the fifth cluster shelling, but every time the Japanese army charges, they find that there are still people resisting on the position, and how many Chinese soldiers are there on the defensive position in front of them?

The officers and men of the 51st Division in the ruins of the city tower had to hide in bunkers made of brick and stone bags and corpses, guarding against devils who might climb up from outside the city, and at the same time relying on these fortresses built on the city walls to avoid the broken bricks and stones flying everywhere. From time to time, mortar shells would hit directly into the masonry fortress, and the officers and soldiers hiding inside would be blown to a bloody pulp.

During the day, the Japanese attack was completely frenzied, under the cover of mortars and grenadiers, long ladders were built up to the city tower one by one, and the siege troops in sight were like attacks in the era of cold weapons. The attacking devils were completely dead, they were naked, with grenades strapped to their bodies, and they didn't look at the grenades thrown from the castle tower, they just lowered their heads and climbed up. Not only did they attack the main position on the top of the towers, but they also targeted the firing ports on the walls; Many devils climbed up desperately, as if just to throw a bundle of grenades into the firing holes, and when the grenades were thrown in the back, they were often torn off the city wall by the blast of the air and screamed and fell into the crowd of besieging people.

When a grenade is thrown into the city, it explodes and shoots a spark from the firing port in the wall, leaving a smoke in the wall; That one shot will not come out for a long time...... The shattered corpses in the passage were trampled everywhere, and everyone who lived was deaf, some temporary, and many who were permanently deaf.

On the morning of December 11, the main forces of the 114th Division and the 6th Division of the Japanese 10th Army continued to attack Yuhuatai, and the second line position of the 88th Division was destroyed again, and the defenders were forced to hold the core position. The right flank of the Japanese 114th Division began to attack the Zhonghua Gate, and after the gate was destroyed by artillery fire, a small number of Japanese troops broke into the city for a time, but were annihilated by the troops of the 88th Division guarding the city wall. The Japanese infantry then under the cover of the tank, tried to rush across the Changgan Bridge in front of the Zhonghua Gate, Qiu Weida commanded the infantry to aim and shoot, destroying 2 Japanese tanks, at 14 o'clock, a corner of the Zhonghua Gate was collapsed by Japanese artillery fire, the Japanese army swarmed in from the gap, Li Tianxia, the commander of the 153rd Brigade of the 51st Division, led the 306th Regiment to start a white-knuckle battle with the intruding enemy, and wiped out the intruding enemy.

The officers and soldiers of the 306th Regiment are desperately guarding the section of the position that was destroyed by Japanese artillery fire during the day, and on the position full of ruins, the soldiers can only use rudimentary weapons and cover to fight for their lives with the attacking Japanese troops. "Boom!" There was a loud bang, and a thick smoke mixed with various debris and choking people suddenly rose with the explosion, and three or four national soldiers who were hiding behind the bunkers were carried to the ground by the air waves. In a narrow space, the explosion of large-caliber shells can stun and deafen most of the people affected, and those who faint often inhale a lot of smoke when they are unconscious, and they can never wake up again.

Once some stunned soldiers wake up and get used to the dim sight, they continue their inner cries in their silent world. Or they are all over the ground looking for their weapons, or they are staggering to their feet against the wall and continue to fight, they don't know why they are fighting at that moment, fighting is just an instinctive reaction.

A sharp whistle sounded, and the attacking devils retreated like a tide, and before the people in the position could react, another round of artillery fire fell. A soldier fell to the ground on his back, his eyes wide open and his mouth wide open, as if trying to get some air. His intestines were exposed, and there was a large bloody hole in his chest. The corpses piled up next to him no longer made him feel afraid. On the contrary, there is a strange sense of intimacy, and I even want to go up and touch the corpse, because I will soon become one of them.

The Japanese attacks were so frequent that there were now less than half of the men on the entire 306th Regiment's position, and the soldiers in the positions who went out to reserve were only sparsely lurking in bunkers, only to wait for the Japanese to reach a distance where they were sure to kill before grenading or shooting. The 306th Regiment is subordinate to the 74th Army, although the current 74th Army has not yet won the title of Anti-Japanese Iron Army, but the soldiers of the 306th Regiment do not see the dense artillery fire like other units will collapse, they actually welcome those artillery fire, which means that the Japanese army will not rush over, not to mention that they have long put life and death aside.

The Zhonghua Gate was hot, and most of the other positions in Nanjing were also like this, and the defenders were fighting the Japanese army with their blood and lives. The defenders fought fiercely, and the Japanese army was also not happy, and the Japanese army that won the victory in the Songhu battlefield was like a rainbow, chasing north from Shanghai all the way to Nanjing, and the Japanese troops had won countless victories, but they did not expect to encounter such a tragic battle outside Nanjing.

However, the Japanese army was still glad that before the Battle of Nanjing began, the Japanese army had already assigned a number of small units to disguise themselves as refugees and sneak into the city of Nanjing, and in addition, they had broken through the city defense of Nanjing several times during the day, and now there were many Japanese troops in the city of Nanjing who broke through the city defense and infiltrated into the city. Unbeknownst to the besieging Japanese, the Chinese defenders would order the withdrawal of their troops from Nanking the very next day, and they were now simply waiting for the Imperial forces that had infiltrated the city to cause complete chaos in the city.

The Japanese attack did not stop even after nightfall, and the night sky of Nanjing City was almost red by the flames of war, and the thick smoke in the sky seemed to be pressed down at any time. The rumbling of cannons continued, as if they were getting closer and closer, and a small group of people in the city bypassed what they thought was dangerous and ran all the way to the southern city. As they came out of a small alley and were about to cross a road, they suddenly found a bunch of armed people resting at the exit of the alley.