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In the city of Nanjing, above the Zhonghua Gate, more than a dozen blue sky and white Japanese military flags belonging to the national army appeared.

Zhonghua Gate, as a gateway to defend Nanjing City, is open at the moment, and it seems that there is no defense.

Such a strange scene, when the Japanese army's iron cavalry was about to step into the city of Nanjing, became more and more unbelievable.

The supreme commander who led the team to Zhonghua Gate this time was the commander of the Japanese division, Tani Toshio, and Yanagawa Heisuke followed.

When the communications troops at the forefront returned to report the latest situation at Zhonghua Gate, Yanagawa Heisuke and Gu Shoufu were stunned on the spot.

The gate of Zhonghua Gate is open, and all households are open, and there seems to be no garrison garrison, only a military flag belonging to the national army is inserted high in the sky above Zhonghua Gate, fluttering in the wind, which is particularly conspicuous.

The situation is incomprehensible, Gu Shoufu and Yanagawa Heisuke, the two generals who conquered the south and the north, were all confused at the moment, and they didn't know what the intentions of the defenders of the China Gate were.

"Yanagawa-kun, what do you think?"

"General, the power of our Imperial Japanese Army is unstoppable, and there are not a few people in this national army who are afraid of death, isn't it that the defenders of this Zhonghua Gate fled for their lives?"

Of course, this is only a possibility, and as a well-known general of the Japanese army, Yanagawa Heisuke naturally can't just have this brain.

He continued: "Or maybe they are suspicious soldiers who want to confuse us and then kill us by surprise."

"Hmm!"

Gu Shoufu nodded, "I have some understanding of Chinese culture, in their history, there was a wise man named Zhuge Liang who used soldiers like a god, and he once used a similar strategy, which seems to be called the empty city strategy. ”

"Empty City Plan!"

Yanagawa Heisuke obviously also knew this period of China's history, and soon smiled disapprovingly: "Otherwise, I said that the Chinese are stupid, and in the face of the absolute strength of our Imperial Japanese Army, what kind of empty city plan is just self-deception."

Division commander, you give the order! Once our army is pressed, any conspiracy will be defeated. ”

"No, Yanagawa Jun, for the sake of the general, you should be cautious, and you must not be careless.

In this way, you send a squadron into the city in advance to test the situation, and the army follows behind, ready to support. ”

"Hey! The general is wise! ”

…… Zhonghua Gate, a squadron of 100 people of the devil gradually touched it.

The little devils were very cautious, and no one dared to be careless when facing a life-and-death crisis, but no matter how sharp their eyes were, they didn't notice the nearly 100 pairs of cold eyes that were hiding not far away and staring at them.

"Gangzi, are you sure?"

"Hehe, brother, don't worry, these three artillery squads are run by me, and they are all veterans of a hundred battles, and firing cannonballs is as familiar as using your left and right hands.

As soon as we attack, this devil squadron will be crushed by us in an instant. ”

"Good!"

"But Guangwei, we don't have many shells, and the artillery squad will have no combat capability after this sneak attack, which means that our regiment has no strongest firepower.

Is it worth it just to deal with a squadron of devils? You must know that with the firepower of three artillery squads, even a devil brigade can blow him up. ”

Lu Guangwei was stunned, he didn't expect Dong Gang's worry to be here, he patted Dong Gang's shoulder very boldly, and said meaningfully:

"You, you still don't know who our head is?"

……

When the 100-man devil squadron finally arrived inside the Zhonghua Gate, and saw that there was no one around, their hearts were relieved, and it was the time when their vigilance was the most reduced.

Sting!

The huge iron gate of Zhonghua Gate, which had been built to defend itself against the enemy, closed with a creak.

This was followed by a flood of cannonballs, which instantly drowned the squadron of devils who rushed in.

The violent roar exploded for several minutes, and the huge iron gate of Zhonghua Gate shook continuously.

As for the army of devils outside the city, they were also taken aback by this sudden scene.

"Yaga! Charge and attack the Zhonghua Gate! ”

"Wait!"

Tani Shoufu terminated Yanagawa Heisuke's order, "Yanagawa-kun, judging from the artillery fire just now, how many defenders do you say there are in this Zhonghua Gate?" ”

Yanagawa Heisuke was stunned for a moment, he was also carried away by anger just now, and he couldn't help but feel a palpitation when he thought about it carefully.

"Division commander, judging from the firepower, there should be several artillery squads superimposed, is there a guard corps in it?"

"No, I'm afraid it's not more than that. And we also underestimate the number of artillery pieces in the hands of the enemy.

It's just a squadron, but they use such heavy artillery fire, aren't they afraid of wasting?

You know, our army hasn't even entered the city! ”

"Division commander, you mean ......"

"Yes, according to my preliminary estimate, the garrison strength of this Zhonghua Gate is at least about one brigade, and it is even equipped with a large number of heavy artillery fire, and the ammunition is sufficient.

Liu Chuanjun, if this battle still adopts the means of attacking from the main gate of Zhonghua Gate, judging from the artillery fire of the defenders in Zhonghua Gate just now, I am afraid that the casualties of our army will be very heavy, and it will delay a lot of time! ”

"What did you decide to do, commander of the division?"

"Artillery fire, blow up the Zhonghua Gate for me!" Gu Shoufu suddenly raised his voice and said coldly.

…… Time passed to one o'clock in the afternoon of the 12th, and Gu Shoufu's army took the Zhonghua Gate directly after forcibly pulling out the Yuhuatai position.

But he didn't expect that it would be delayed for more than two hours at this weak Zhonghua Gate, and he hadn't even seen the shadow of half of the defenders.

At the very moment when Tani's order was given, all the heavy artillery of the two divisions of the Japanese army roared together.

Dense shells pierced the sky and bombarded the Zhonghua Gate and the walls of the Zhonghua Gate.

This bombardment that resounded between heaven and earth lasted longer than ever, and it roared for nearly an hour.

It is naturally impossible to completely blow up the Zhonghua Gate, but the thick city wall of the Zhonghua Gate has been blasted out of several big holes by the crazy artillery fire of the devils.

Partial walls have even begun to collapse, leaving large vacancies.

"Kill!"

Yanagawa Heisuke gave the order to charge, and took advantage of the smoke that had not yet dissipated after the artillery fire to launch a charge towards the Zhonghua Gate.

After spending so much time, even at the expense of using a large amount of artillery fire, Yanagawa Heisuke had already held back a lot of energy in his heart, and decided to eliminate all the defenders who were cowering behind the Zhonghua Gate as soon as possible.

But in an instant, he was forced, and he was dumbfounded with Gu Shoufu, who followed up.

An invisibly loud slap slapped Gu Shoufu in the face fiercely, and he did his best, where is there still the shadow of half of the defenders behind this Zhonghua Gate.

All of them, from generals to tens of thousands of Japanese troops, were all played by Han Xin and others.

Thinking of the nearly two-hour effort and the bombardment of pride, Gu Shoufu only felt a turbid breath of anger born from the bottom of his heart.

"Kill, step on the Zhonghua Gate, and slaughter all the defenders!"

(To be continued)