Tang Shengzhi walked out of the garrison headquarters, stood outside the commander's door, and looked at the smoke of burning documents wafting out of the office, Tang Shengzhi understood that his ambitious dream of defending Nanjing turned into a pile of black ashes. At this moment, Tang Shengzhi is dead. Unexpectedly, the 150,000 national army would flee after defending Nanjing for less than a month, and at this moment, Tang Shengzhi felt as if there were tens of thousands of knives killing his heart. He knew that as soon as he left, this ancient capital of nearly one million Six Dynasties would become a killing ground for Japanese invaders. Countless citizens will be turned into ghosts because they have lost the protection of the army.

His heart was dripping blood, and tears involuntarily overflowed his pale face that had been tormented by the war.

Although he was ordered to retreat, his heart was extremely heavy. He would rather die on the battlefield. He didn't want to retreat, the national army had guns and cannons in their hands, and the devils were not iron-clad. Why retreat? I don't know why Chairman Chiang made such a decision that disregarded the lives of hundreds of thousands of citizens.

Tang Shengzhi stood in the presidential palace of the national army and was reluctant to leave for a long time......

"Commander Tang, let's go! If you don't leave, it's too late! The guards kept urging.

After a long pause, Tang Shengzhi said angrily: "The war does not end today, but continues tomorrow; The war did not end in the garrison of Nanjing, but extended indefinitely beyond Nanjing, please remember today's shame and avenge today's hatred! Nanjing, only temporarily lost, we will come back. ”

Tang Shengzhi silently left the garrison headquarters with his staff.

Tang Shengzhi violated the oath he had made and left Nanjing. Tang Shengzhi led the army away, leaving millions of unarmed citizens waiting for the Japanese army to kill. Tragedy is about to happen, and the butcher is about to enter the city.

The sky was overcast, and the sun was dyed blood-red. It is constantly covered by black clouds, and stubbornly reveals a little white.

At this time, the surging Yangtze River became the life-and-death line of the military and civilians in Nanjing, and thousands of disorderly people flocked to the Xiaguan wharf. They put their last remaining glimmer of life on this Xiaguan wharf. As soon as the few ferries were about to dock, countless people rushed forward for their lives, but they ignored the warning shots of the soldiers trying to take the way. They have been relieved of their duties to defend Nanjing, and have become a group of people who have helped the officials to escape from the Nanjing slaughterhouse. For a while, the shouts, cries, and scoldings of the riverside and the cries for help of those who fell into the water resounded. There was no one to help them.

At this time, there was a small steamer parked at the naval pier of the coal port, no one dared to get on, and the soldiers on the ship wearing steel helmets drove machine guns, and those who dared to boldly move forward immediately fired unceremoniously. The ship was specially prepared for the Commander's Department.

At the beginning, in order to express his determination to live and die with Nanjing, Tang Shengzhi ordered that all ships, large and small, should be handed over to the 36th Division for strict guarding, and not a single boat was allowed to be kept, and those who violated the order were punished by military law. As a result, not even a single boat was left in the prefect's department. Later, when the situation in Nanjing became increasingly dangerous, it was the chief of staff Zhang Wei who strongly advocated that the ship should be left behind in case of accidents. This time, the officials of the Chief's Department are really thankful, thanks to this boat, everyone was able to escape death.

Most of the men and horses of the commander's department were on board, and seeing that the guns were getting closer and closer, they couldn't care about their commanders. Everyone shouted in unison: "Hurry up and sail, or no one will be able to leave." Several of Tang Shengzhi's old subordinates resolutely refused: "The commander has not arrived yet, so he can't drive the boat!" The two sides were in a stalemate for a long time, and it took a lot of effort and good words to convince everyone.

After waiting for an hour, I saw an adjutant accompany Tang Shengzhi to squeeze out of the crowd and stumble towards the boat. After a while, Luo Zhuoying, Liu Xing, and Zhou Wei also got on the boat under the escort of the guards. However, there was no figure of Deputy Chief of Staff Yu Nianci. After waiting for another hour, even Tang Shengzhi couldn't wait. Hurriedly ordered the ship to sail. At about 9 o'clock, the ship left the burning city of Nanjing and headed for the dark north bank of the river.

An hour later, the group went ashore in Pukou, and planned to run along the railway line to Chuxian in Anhui Province, but the Japanese Kunizaki detachment that crossed the river from Dangtu had already occupied the Jiangpu line on the north bank and went straight to Pukou to kill, so frightened that these defeated generals hurriedly chose the road and fled, and moved closer to Gu Zhu's department in Yangzhou along the road.

Tang Shengzhi suffered from dysentery and had not yet recovered, and coupled with the fright, he really couldn't walk. The adjutant found a cart stained with cow dung, and Tang Shengzhi took a look: "How can this car sit on?" There was no way, so I had to have a guard to help him stagger, and after walking for a while, Tang Shengzhi sat on the ground with his buttocks, unable to walk anymore, extremely embarrassed, extremely frustrated, and extremely sad. After a long time, Tang Shengzhi slowly raised his head and said to his adjutant, "Adjutant, is there a car?" ”

The adjutant cautiously pushed the cart forward, "Sir, it's still this car, I really can't find any other car." ”

Tang Shengzhi sighed: "I have led the troops for 20 years, and I have fought more than 100 battles, and I have never been embarrassed today." He had no choice but to put down the shelf, climb into the cart, and flee in panic under the push of the guards