On 9 December, Ito commanded more than 2,000 Japanese troops to meet the most stubborn resistance of the Chinese army at Gwanghwamun Gate and inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army. He was so angry that he jumped in a trembling spirit, which he couldn't tolerate. He never dreamed that the national army would have such a strong resistance, and before that, he always compared his army to wolves and the Chinese army to sheep. It is normal for the Chinese army to be defeated, and his army can only win battles. The robber always has his survival logic, he can only rob other people's things. He can't be robbed.

Ito is crazy, all the Japanese troops are crazy. Their attacks on Nanjing were more intense and more frequent. Heavy bombers were used to drop thousands of kilograms of aerial bombs on Guanghuamen, the mountains shook, and the city walls were blown down in several places. This was followed by an attack of tanks, tanks and heavy artillery. Despite this, the 87th Division, which was waiting at Guanghuamen, repelled the Japanese attacks again and again with his flesh and blood and tenacious will to fight. Guanghuamun was still in the hands of the Nationalist army, and the Japanese army could not move forward.

All the Japanese troops attacking Nanjing, all the combat divisions and regiments were advancing towards the same target. Nanking became the common goal of all Japanese troops fighting in China. The combat commanders raised their sabers, roared loudly with violent, and frantically advanced toward Nanjing. The fierce artillery fire broke all resistance of the Chinese army, and groups of chariots and armored vehicles covered the infantry charge, and the Japanese troops who were advancing frantically swept towards Nanjing, and there were Japanese troops desperately advancing everywhere.

The hearts of almost every Japanese soldier and officer were filled with indescribable excitement. At this time, in the area south of Yuhuatai, Gu Shoufu's 6th Division and Suematsu Shigeji's 114th Division had completed the rendezvous, and according to the agreement, the 114th Division advanced to the south of Yuhuatai; The 6th Division advanced to the west of Yuhuatai, and its left flank occupied Dasheng Pass; The 16th Division advanced to the area of Qilinmen and Cangbomen; The 9th Division went straight to Guanghuamen and gradually advanced towards the Daxiao Field and Tongguang Barracks.

In front of them, the 66th Army of the Chinese Army had retreated to Dashui Pass, Yanziji was rectified, and the 74th Army had retreated to the inside and outside of Shuixi Gate and was reassigned to the city wall garrison. This also means that the Japanese army has compressed hundreds of thousands of troops of the Chinese defenders of Nanjing into the small area of Nanjing, forming a state of encirclement. To the north is the Yangtze River, and in the west, east, and south directions are the pace of the Japanese army's attack. The front of this arc of the Nanjing city wall could not resist for long, and the situation of the defenders of Nanjing was a foregone conclusion.

After a short fierce battle, the 9th Division of Kanazawa defeated the remnants of the Chinese army's covering troops. After capturing the line of Chunhua and Fangshan, the 68th Infantry Wing of Gifu under the command of Takashi Takasa, who was attached to the battle, advanced to the line of Takahashimon. The artillery fire was already able to bombard the city of Nanjing. The 114th Division advanced with its superior forces, and after more than two hours of firefighting, occupied the positions of the Chinese troops on the outer line of Yuhuatai, and pointed directly at the Chinese positions on this side from the Huashen Temple.

The 23rd Infantry Wing of Okamoto Shintoshi's Capital Infantry went straight to the Xizen Bridge, under the command of Major General Ushijima Mitsuru of the 36th Infantry Brigade, attacked the positions of the Chinese First Army on this line, and once it broke through, the 36th Infantry Brigade would go straight to the Shimonoseki River with the 45th Infantry Wing of the Kagoshima Infantry of Yoshiharu Takeshita. At this time, the 11th Infantry Brigade was under the command of Major General Tokutaro Sakai, with the 13th Infantry Wing of Kumamoto Infantry of Okamoto Hono Osaku and the 47th Infantry Wing of Oita Masanoshi Hasegawa Masanoshi Osa, attacking Yuhuadai, echoing the 114th Utsunomiya Division of Shigeharu Suematsu advancing from the flank, with the intention of attacking Yuhuadai.

The Japanese troops approached step by step, gradually clearing the defenses of the Chinese army on the periphery of Nanjing, and the Japanese troops advancing from the south, west, and east gradually tightened the rope around the necks of the Chinese defenders of Nanjing. Kumamoto's 6th Division captured Niushou Mountain, 15 kilometers from Nanjing, and defeated the resistance of Feng Shengfa's division of the 58th Division of the 74th Army.

In the direction of Yuhuatai, the 114th Division of Utsunomiya entered the Huashen Temple on the outskirts of Nanjing, preparing to join the 6th Division to attack the second line of defense; The Tiangu detachment has entered Zhenjiang, and the 13th Division is also advancing into Zhenjiang City, so it can be said that the loss of Zhenjiang is almost a foregone conclusion; The left flank Kunisaki detachment had advanced to the vicinity of Dangtu, and the 18th Division was advancing towards Wuhu after capturing Xuancheng.

The 9th Kanazawa Division, on the other hand, continued to advance with its pursuit team (commanded by Major General Nobuntoki Ide, commander of the 18th Infantry Brigade, and with the 36th Tsugar Infantry Wing of Hitomi Hidesansaku as the main body) after the main force of the division broke through the Chunhua line, and except for a part blocked by the 305th Division, a part of the Japanese troops on the left flank had already reached Gwanghwamon.

The 16th Division in Kyoto had completed preparations for the attack on Purple Mountain, and the 9th Infantry Wing of Katagiri Goro Osa, the 20th Infantry Wing under the command of Nonobu Nobuaki, and the 33rd Infantry Wing under the command of Wing Commander Sukejin Osa, continued to advance towards Shimoseki.

The frenzied attack of the Japanese army made the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties crumbling in the flames of war. Tang Shengzhi was not intimidated by the arrogance of the Japanese army, and strictly ordered all combat units not to take half a step back, swore to live and die with Nanjing, and the soldiers died on the battlefield with a smile, and swore to see the enemy to the king of Hades.