Fu Zhiyong's military police unit was almost exhausted at this time, and this ace unit of the national army, armed to the teeth, was bombed by more than 50 Japanese bombers overnight, leaving more than 200 people, and the brothers of an entire battalion under Fu Zhiyong were almost wiped out in their sleep, if it weren't for Fu Zhiyong and a few soldiers who had not returned from patrolling outside, it was estimated that they would have been boiled by Japanese bombers.

You must know that more than 600 light infantry of two battalions of their military police unit defeated the attack of 20,000 people of the Japanese ace division of the first division, and with the fierce support of Japanese aircraft and artillery, they destroyed more than 1,000 enemies and suffered only more than 50 casualties.

Fu Zhiyong's battalion was forced to withdraw from Guanghuamen on the order of Chairman Chiang the day before, and it was blown up in such a mess before it could fight with the Japanese army...... But there were only seven people left.

Fu Zhiyong and the gendarmes who were lucky enough not to die were originally prepared to fight to the death with the incoming Japanese army with the determination to die, but they received the retreat order to abandon Nanjing as soon as they replenished their weapons and equipment, so the equipment of their military police units was the most neat in this rout.

One MP28 submachine gun, two Mauser 98k sniper rifles, and seven Mauser military pistols imported from Germany are 20 fast and slow machine shell guns (originally there were only two, which Fu Zhiyong specially asked the quartermaster department to provide when receiving equipment, which was used when fighting desperately with the Japanese army in close street battles, this imported German military pistol is flexible in close combat, and the lethality of the bullet is relatively large), Mauser 98k sniper rifle bullets are 125 rounds each, The MP28 submachine gun ammunition was 180 rounds each, the Mauser military pistol ammunition was 200 rounds each, plus other items specially equipped by the military police, military rations, grenades, first aid kits, and so on, a whole large backpack, each of whom weighed almost 30 pounds.

When Fu Zhiyong received the order, he still kept an eye on it, and the soldiers could not leave the weapons and ammunition at any time, so before leaving, he specially explained that none of the soldiers under him were allowed to throw away their weapons and equipment, and on the basis of the original ten grenades, five grenades were subtracted, but they carried two more days of military rations, so that once the retreat failed, they would have the ability to continue to fight the little Japanese devils, and they would not die......

Two hours later, Fu Zhiyong and the seven of them finally slowly approached the first-line defensive positions of Hongshan and Laoshan, and the positions of more than a dozen villages along the line had been completely occupied by the Japanese army.

The sandbags and dirtbags that were originally used to defend against the invading Japanese army were moved to the other side of the trench by the Japanese devils to defend against the Chinese troops rushing out of the city of Nanjing.

"Battalion commander, no, this is already the third village, and all the trench positions along the line have been blocked by the Japanese army, so it's too risky to rush over like this!" The officer with the rank of lieutenant slowly climbed to Fu Zhiyong's side, frowning and saying in frustration.

"The enemy opposite us should be the 65th Wing of the Yamada Detachment of the 13th Division of the Japanese Army, and the 33rd and 38th Wings of the 16th Division. Fu Zhiyong straightened up the German-style helmet that was somewhat blocking his vision and said.

"Well, battalion commander, there is some truth in what you said, the main positions on Hongshan and Laoshan must be the focus of the enemy's defense, in order to prevent us from desperately counterattacking, they will not send heavy troops to defend such an important strategic commanding height, plus the positions of more than a dozen surrounding villages are so scattered...... The enemy's defensive position in a village at most has only one squadron of defensive forces, and if we give it a go, we still have a chance. After thinking for a while, the lieutenant officer nodded in agreement with Fu Zhiyong's opinion, and then looked at the five heavily armed and sturdy soldiers behind him, and the hope that was about to be extinguished was suddenly ignited again, and he couldn't help but clench the submachine gun in his hand and said affirmatively.

"You're wrong, there's at least one brigade of Japanese troops stationed in the village position opposite us." Fu Zhiyong slowly narrowed his eyes and shook his head and said.

"Huh?" The lieutenant officer looked at Fu Zhiyong with some confusion, and couldn't understand what Fu Zhiyong meant when he said this.

"The three villages near the forefront of Nanjing City are the main offensive launch points of the Japanese army on the north side, so naturally we have to garrison heavy troops, as long as we pass this defensive baseline, those villages behind will be garrisoned by a Japanese squad, and it is even possible that no troops will be sent to garrison them." Fu Zhiyong took out a piece of military rations from his waist bag, tore off the wrapping paper on it and took a bite, explaining to the lieutenant officer next to him while chewing slowly.

"Well, so what do we do now?" The lieutenant officer nodded and continued to ask.

"Tell the brothers to rest for a while, eat something to replenish their physical strength, we will start in the middle of the night, we must pay attention to concealment, those Japanese devils on the other side are not iron, this Nanjing City is already their mouthful of fat, they also have to rest and take Nanjing City in one go, now at this time, the side of the Xiaguan Wharf is their main direction of attack......" Fu Zhiyong glanced at the empty trenches on both sides of the village in the distance, and said in a deep voice with firm eyes.

"It seems that the battalion commander, you are right to decide not to go to the Shimonoseki pier, and I will go and inform the brothers to rest in place." After the lieutenant officer answered, he slowly crawled back.

Fu Zhiyong was waiting at this time, he was waiting for the reaction of the Japanese army on the other side, whether to take advantage of the chaos in the city to attack overnight, or to wait until dawn to launch a full-scale general attack, after all, the noisy Nanjing City is like a fried pot, even if it is crawling more than ten miles away, it can also listen to the chaotic sound of escape.

If Fu Zhiyong had come to command the Japanese army, he might have ordered the vanguard to rush up to capture the prisoners, but what Fu Zhiyong didn't know was that the Japanese Kunisaki detachment and a part of the 13th Division had already crossed the Yangtze River in advance, and were rushing at full speed to the Jiangpu and Pukou areas, the only way for the Chinese army to retreat. Going to Shimonoseki Pier is really a dead end.

Once the elite troops of the national army of more than 100,000 do not have the command of their superiors, they are like a group of tigers without teeth, and even the soldiers with weapons in their hands dare not easily return fire at the Japanese army that is coming, and this is the sorrow of the national army troops.

The Japanese army is also based on this deployment considerations, so they are so fearless not to rush to attack, they are also worried that if they launch an attack at this time, the Chinese army will fight desperately against the water, which will cause unnecessary heavy losses, after all, the total number of troops dispatched by Japan is here, and if one dies, there will be one less, and it will not be replenished at all in a short period of time, which will greatly affect the next offensive strategic deployment.

Fu Zhiyong glanced at the time on his watch, it was almost half past nine in the evening, and he was going to start the operation at two o'clock in the second half of the night, if it went well, they would be able to touch the Japanese defense line in half an hour, so that they would have at least more than three hours to pass through the enemy-occupied area before dawn to reach a safe area......

December 13, 1937 at 2 o'clock in the morning

"Are you ready, brothers?" Fu Zhiyong looked at the six subordinates who came over and asked in a low voice.

"It's all ready, the battalion commander, you can give the order." The lieutenant officer nodded and replied softly.

"Liao Peng, you and the three brothers will carry the equipment in the back and follow up slowly, I will take Zhang Dali and Yu Hua up first, if we are discovered...... Hurry up and find another way to break out, and remember, don't come to save us, don't put all the brethren in for us. Fu Zhiyong said while looking at them, and slowly unloaded the military backpack on his back and put it on the ground.

"Battalion commander, I'll take someone there, the brothers still have to rely on you......" The lieutenant officer named Liao Peng was the lieutenant officer, and when he heard that Fu Zhiyong was going to personally lead someone to touch it first, he immediately said with eagerness and worry.

You must know that the risk of infiltration is very large, the slightest carelessness will alarm the enemy, and as long as there is an enemy who makes a sound warning, then they will definitely die, such a large open area in front of them, even if you want to hide, there is no place to hide, you can only wait to be beaten into a sieve by dense bullets.

"Liao Peng, you don't need to say it anymore, I've already decided. Just now I have been observing the situation on the other side, the Japanese army is consolidating the defense of the position, it seems that they are not going to discredit the night battle tonight, and now at this time they also have a squad in charge of guarding, and there are not many people left in the position after such a long defensive line is deployed, just such a small number of manpower is pediatric for us. Fu Zhiyong also unloaded the Mauser 98K sniper rifle and put it on the backpack and continued.

"That'...... Battalion commander, be careful. Liao Peng saw that things were irreversible, so he had to nod and agree.

"Don't worry." Fu Zhiyong said confidently.

Then Fu Zhiyong took out the camouflage net from his backpack and draped it on the German coat on his body, and the extra satchel water bottle and the bullet box of the Mauser 98K sniper rifle were also removed one by one, trying to lighten the weight and reduce the friction and collision between the equipment, while the other two soldiers were also doing the same thing silently with their heads bowed.

"Let's go!" Fu Zhiyong waited until the two soldiers were ready, then calmly pulled the bolt of the MP28 submachine gun, pressed the bullet into the chamber of the gun and ordered, and after finishing speaking, he took the lead in touching the edge of the woods.

At this time, the sky was already very dark, and the thick smoke and pungent smell of fireworks almost covered the moonlight, which provided a good cover for Fu Zhiyong and them......

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