The 5th Division had been fighting near Zhenjiang, after the loss of Jintan, Zhuang Jihua went to Moling Pass to take over the position of the 74th Army, the 74th Army withdrew to Nanjing due to heavy casualties, and after the Japanese occupied Lishui and turned south, the 74th Army simply withdrew to Jiangbei. //。 ǒm//

There are Japanese troops near Moling Pass, which is a very dangerous signal. All retreats had to bear the risk of the troops collapsing in the course of the retreat under enemy attack, and the mood of the soldiers during the retreat was already unstable, and the retreating troops in Songhu almost collapsed, but fortunately the 24th Group Army fought in the rear.

"Itagaki Seishiro's unjust run this time is a bit heartwarming." Zhuang Jihua said lightly.

Xiao Shanling thought about it and couldn't help but smile, the Japanese army that appeared in Moling Pass could only be the fifth division of Seishiro Itagaki . Ban's southward march was originally aimed at the main force of the southern line of the ancestral hill, but the southern line was withdrawn, and the goal of the board must have failed, so he had to turn around and go north, which could only appear in Moling Pass.

"Looks like we're going to have to pick things up." Zhuang Jihua frowned and thought about it, and now there are three regiments of the 24th Group Army, the 36th Division Guo Xun, the Teaching Corps, the Tax Police Corps, the 66th Army, and the Military Police, with a total strength of nearly 100,000.

"Ordered the 24th Group Army to retreat to the Fulang position, Guo Xun to retreat to the Purple Mountain position, the 36th Division to retreat to Tianbao City, and the 66th Army to retreat from Dasheng Pass to Dangtu, and then retreat to Zhenjiang to accept the command of Xue Yue, commander of the 19th Group Army, and ordered Xue Yue to send a powerful part to meet the 66th Army. After the defenders of Zhenjiang retreated in Nanjing, they could abandon Zhenjiang at an appropriate time. The tax police corps immediately withdrew from its position and crossed the river from the Caochangmen pontoon bridge; The teaching corps immediately crossed the river from the Jiangmen ferry. The gendarmes are responsible for maintaining order in the city, and any spreading gossip to shake the morale of the army and kill them. ”

With this order, the squadron fully withdrew from the outer positions of Nanjing and transferred to the Nanjing Complex Corridor position, which included Yuhuatai, Purple Mountain, Yinkong Mountain, Yangfang Mountain, Red Earth Mountain, Shogunate Mountain, and Wulong Mountain. The 20th Army was stationed on the front line of Wulong Mountain in Qixia Mountain, and the 47th Army withdrew to Shogunate Mountain; The periphery of Nanjing was abandoned on all fronts.

Hu Zongnan was responsible for commanding all the troops in Jiangbei, with Pukou as the center, forming a circular defensive circle from Jiangzikou along the point to Jiangpu to the west end of Jiangpu.

In order to strengthen Jiangbei's military strength, the two divisions of the First Army were also withdrawn to Jiangbei and returned to the First Army.

The Japanese army felt the movement of the ** squadron in Nanjing and stepped up their attack on Nanjing, but the main force of the Fifth Division was still south of Lishui, and the vanguard was blocked by Liang at Moling Pass. The 1st Division has not participated in any major battles, the losses of the troops are not large, and the strength remains, and Zhuang Jihua is now counting on them to block the 5th Division.

The Japanese offensive mainly came from the vanguard of the 5th and 7th Divisions. The rest of the Japanese troops on the northern front were also crippled. A month of fierce fighting. Both sides are scarred. The Japanese army was also not as strong as the last attack on Nanjing.

In all military operations. Retreat is far more difficult than attacking; One of the biggest differences is in the ground psychology of the soldiers. When attacking. Because of grasping the initiative on the battlefield. Morale is high. No worries; This is not the case with retreat. In addition to resisting enemy attacks. There are also psychological changes brought about by the defeat of soldiers. And in the end, the troops in the rear must have suffered heavy losses.

In the previous life, the Kuomintang army did not learn to retreat in either the War of Resistance or the War of Liberation. I won't talk about the war in Songhu. Later, the Battle of Xuzhou. Battle of Mt. Nakajo. Liaoshen Campaign. Huaihai Campaign; All retreats eventually led to the total collapse of the troops.

Although Zhuang Jihua did not know what the Kuomintang army had done in his previous life. But he knew the danger of retreating. Both Whampoa and the instructors of the German Academy emphasized the danger of retreating. In order to stabilize the mood of the soldiers. He simply found a few horses. Walk around the city every day. Otherwise, take a car and go to the position outside the city to inspect.

"Moe Country. You have to stay behind. After the withdrawal of the 24th Army. You can go. Tell the brethren. I will wait for them by the river. Zhuang Jihua inspected the position in Tianbao City. Talk to Song Xi in the command center.

"Don't worry. I will definitely take the troops well. Never let the troops disperse. Song Xi solemnly assured. The chaos of Songhu's retreat is still fresh in my memory. And this time the retreat was orderly. Let him and all the front-line generals have confidence.

"Brother Zihui, thanks to you this time, 100,000 recruits from Sichuan have arrived in Huaibei and Nanjing, so I will supplement you with a full number," Zhuang Jihua saw that the morale of the 24th Group Army was still very high, and his heart was greatly relaxed.

Yang Sen let out a long sigh when he heard this, what he was most worried about was this, and now this heart finally fell into his stomach: "Cultural Revolution, the battle of these months, happy, when the battle is over, I will invite you to drink." ”

"You should treat you, not only me, but also his brother, and all the brothers," Zhuang Jihua said with a smile: "The chairman is going to give you a promotion, and the lieutenant general will become a general, brother, there are not many generals in the country, and Sichuan is the only one." ”

Yang Sen was even happier: "Cultural Revolution, you are a protégé of the Son of Heaven, the chairman will not forget you, and in the future, our brothers will fight devils with you." ”

Zhuang Jihua is fair, the Sichuan army is obedient, and the victory of this battle makes them even more convinced, they have participated in the Songhu War of Resistance, and there is naturally a comparison in their hearts, the chaos of the Songhu retreat, the battle is confused, I don't know how to lose, if it is not far away in Wuhan Zhuang Jihua to guide, I am afraid that it will be all the way to Nanjing; That's the Nanjing victory.

However, in Moling Pass, Zhuang Jihua behaved very harshly: "Division Commander Liang, you must be mentally prepared, the Fifth Division is known as the Steel Army in the Japanese army, their attack must be extremely fierce, you must block it, once they let them rush into the city, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Don't worry, Commander, even if there is only one person left, we will definitely keep Itagaki out of Moling Pass." Liang said solemnly.

"The 1st Division is a unit that I personally trained

The Fourth Army and the 102nd Army are all fighting very well, and Lan Yundong An'en also beats you, don't lose my face. I haven't let you fight in any way that is to put you on the most difficult task, and now the time has come. Zhuang Jihua said a little heavily

Liang smiled faintly: "Good steel is used on the blade, and the commander trusts us, which is an honor for our 1st Division." ”

"Brother Juntao, you have to be mentally prepared, you will be the last troops to withdraw from Nanjing, the wounded must be sent away as soon as possible, you can't drag down the movement of the troops, your last resistance position is in Yuhuatai, I have sent a regiment directly under the group army to fortify in Yuhuatai."

Liang didn't say anything but nodded, and Zhuang Jihua said again: "Tell the brothers that I will wait for you in front of the Jiangmen ferry." ”

With Zhuang Jihua's inspection of various positions on the front line, generals at all levels also appeared on the positions, and the mood of the soldiers was greatly stabilized, and Zhuang Jihua was finally relieved.

The retreat continued, the cannon fire was closer, but there was no panic in the city, officers at all levels guarded the divisions to prevent panic, and the highest commanders of each region inspected their areas of responsibility every day, and the order in the city was unprecedentedly stable.

"General, the retreat from Nanjing was very successful, even the French retreat in the last world war was not as good as this retreat from Nanjing." Webb accompanied Zhuang Jihua to inspect the field hospital.

"What is good or bad, retreat cannot win the war, we need time to accumulate strength." Zhuang Jihua didn't turn around, just said lightly, and then leaned down and whispered condolences to the wounded.

The wounded struggled to get up, but Zhuang Jihua gently pressed him: "Thank you, brother, take care of your injuries, okay, let's do it with the Japanese again." ”

Zhuang Jihua thanked each wounded, Mei Youlan gave Lin Yueying a hand on the side, and asked while doing it, Lin Yueying was a little impatient in her heart, but a good education made her not show it, but the frequency of answering questions was extremely low, often Mei Youlan said seven or eight sentences before answering.

However, Lin Yueying's perception of Zhuang Jihua has greatly improved, but he didn't expect this commander to do what he said, just stay at the river gate and not leave, seeing the troops crossing the river one after another, the guns outside the city are getting closer and closer, and the Japanese bombardment is becoming more and more frequent.

"Report, Division Commander Liang reports that the main force of the board has arrived at Moling Pass."

Moling Pass is the position that Zhuang Jihua is most concerned about, the battle situation is reported every half a day, Zhuang Jihua raised his head and thought for a while, did not speak, Liang strength still has more than 12,000 people, and there are directly subordinate regiments and guard regiments behind, which can completely block Banyuan.

However, this shows that the situation has begun to deteriorate, as soon as Itagaki arrives, the Japanese army on the Eastern Front will also intensify its attack, the 24th Group Army 100,000 people out of Sichuan, supplemented twice in the middle, more than 30,000 killed, more than 40,000 wounded, and now there are still 50,000 people left, there are still more than 7,000 people left in the 36th Division, Guo Xun 15,000 people, and now there are 8,000 people left, not to mention the 66th Army.

The units that appeared on the Eastern Front were numbered the 101st Division, the 16th Division, the 3rd Division, the 11th Division, and the 7th Division.

"Commander, Dean Jade is here." Zhuang Jihua was thinking about whether to make adjustments, and Wu Ziniu saw the dean coming over and hurriedly reminded him.

Zhuang Jihua looked up and saw the dean standing in front of him in a bloody white coat, and hurriedly concentrated: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, what was I thinking about just now?" ”

"Commander has a lot of ,..." Dean Yu's expression was very tired, he was a medical doctor who had returned from France and had been teaching at Chongqing Medical College until he was conscripted into the army in June. Zhuang Jihua also saw it when he lost his mind just now, and he didn't need to guess to know that it was because of the front-line war, and he didn't care.

"Are there many wounded?" Zhuang Jihua asked.

"Take a look." Dean Yu was a little helpless, the wounded were sent in a string, just in the past few days, he himself has performed hundreds of surgeries, and several other doctors have also performed almost the same number of surgeries, this is still a dangerous wounded, and a little light will be sent across the river.

Zhuang Jihua was also very helpless, the soldiers fought heroically, and the casualties were very large, and Dean Yu said: "Commander, the medicine is not enough, you have to let Jiangbei send some over." ”

"No," Zhuang Jihua shook his head and said: "Jiangbei will not send medicine, you will have to cross the river in the next two days, the fastest tomorrow, the slowest the day after tomorrow." ”

"What about the wounded?" Although it was safe to cross the river, Dean Keyu was still worried about the wounded behind.

Zhuang Jihua didn't speak, retreating has to pay a price. Although Dean Yu is not a soldier, he also understands the reason, so he tentatively proposed: "Why don't I bring a team of nurses to stay." ”

Zhuang Jihua was a little surprised, this Jade Dean was the place where he personally said that he would join the army, but he didn't expect this weak scholar to have the guts: "Okay, so be it," he said and looked at the busy nurses around him, and added: "It's better for all the nurses to stay in the health guards, and build an emergency ambulance on the other side of the river." ”

Dean Yu just nodded, but an unwavering voice came from behind him: "I'll stay." ”

When he turned around, he saw Lin Yueying with a frosty face, and Dean Yu hurriedly introduced Zhuang Jihua: "This is Nurse Lin Yueying, she is a top student who graduated from Shanghai Medical College." ”

Zhuang Jihua couldn't remember this girl he personally recruited into the army, but he felt a little familiar, but at this time he shook his head and said: "No, it's better for women not to stay, war is a man's business." ”

"Why can't a woman stay? War is now not just a matter for men, women are not Chinese? Lin Yueying asked sharply, and then said disdainfully: "I thought General Zhuang was open-minded, but I didn't expect that he was also a machismo, and his heart was smaller than the tip of a needle." ”

Everyone was stunned, Zhuang Jihua was becoming more and more authoritative, whether in Chongqing or Nanjing, the guards and Huangpu classmates were all respected, but they didn't expect to be accused of being cautious by a little girl.

On the field

For two minutes, Wu Ziniu and Lu Ruishan looked at each other, not knowing whether to be a female soldier or not, Wu Ziniu recognized Lin Yueying, but was also a little annoyed by her "recklessness".

"Leaving male soldiers is not to look down on female soldiers," Zhuang Jihua looked at this bold female soldier with interest: "Physiologically speaking, men are stronger than women, and when the situation is critical, men can protect themselves and resist, but women cannot, at least the probability is much lower." ”

"It's the same with women, we can also shoot devils with guns." Lin Yueying glared at Zhuang Jihua unconvinced, and Mei Youlan looked at Zhuang Jihua with a smile on the side.

Zhuang Jihua thought for a while, took off the pistol on his body and handed it to Lin Yueying: "Take this gun and leave the last one." After a pause, he added, "Keep it for yourself." ”

"Don't worry, I won't be a prisoner." Lin Yueying took the pistol in a big way, and raised it at him, but there was a smile on her face, she always wanted to get the gun, but she never got it, and the officer in charge always said what kind of gun the nurse wanted, which made her grit her teeth with anger.

"Call the captain of the guard." Zhuang Jihua turned around and said that every field hospital has a guard captain, in addition to preventing the enemy from sneaking attack, but also to prevent people from making trouble.

The captain of the guard soon came to Zhuang Jihua, this is a tall red-faced man, like many people, the military uniform on his body is already dirty, he went to Zhuang Jihua to complete the military uniform before saluting loudly: "Report to the commander, Zhang Lingfu of the fourth phase of Huangpu reports to you." ”

"Whampoa Phase IV?" Zhuang Jihua was stunned, the captain of the hospital guard team was actually from the fourth phase of Huangpu, which surprised him too much, under his hands, there were people in the fourth phase of Huangpu who became brigade commanders, Wang Guobin, Zhang Lihui, these few people who came out of the fifth phase of Huangpu became division commanders, this fourth phase of Huangpu is actually just a small hospital guard captain, Zhuang Jihua looked Zhang Lingfu up and down, and asked suspiciously: "Are you from the fourth phase of Huangpu?" ”

"Whampoa Fourth Infantry Section, Second Lieutenant Captain." Zhang Lingfu replied loudly.

"Why are you a second lieutenant?"

"Humble... Humble ,... Despicable, violated military law, and just released. Zhang Lingfu hesitated for a moment before saying.

"Oh," Zhuang Jihua now understood, the criminal officers released from the Nanjing Military Prison naturally had a military rank to the end: "The safety of the hospital will be handed over to you, doctors and nurses, there are a lot, they will be brought back to Jiangbei for me." ”

"Rest assured, Commander." Zhang Lingfu replied with a straight chest.

After Zhuang Jihua left the hospital, the name Zhang Lingfu suddenly jumped into his mind, how could he be so familiar, as if he had heard it there.

"Zhang Lingfu was originally called Zhang Zhonglin, this kid is famous, it turned out that Hu Zongnan's subordinates were in the first division, and Yu Chengwan was the head of the regiment, but later he killed his wife, and his wife's family sued everywhere, and the local women's federation also sued Nanjing, and went to Mrs. Jiang, and the chairman ordered him to be arrested, Hu Zongnan wanted to ensure that he let him go to Nanjing to be tried, he sold words and sold them to Nanjing along the way, and the military court sentenced him to ten years in prison."

Zhang Zhonglin's murder of his wife was in an uproar back then, and the whole country knew about it, Zhuang Jihua still had an impression, he nodded slightly, but after taking two steps, he felt that the troops, he had the impression that it was Zhang Lingfu, not Zhang Zhonglin, who had heard of this name there.

Zhuang Jihua couldn't think of it for a while, but he kept this matter in his heart, this fourth-phase junior can't stay in the guard, it's a waste of talent.

Returning to the headquarters, Zhuang Jihua ordered one company each from the Teaching Corps, the 36th Division, the 20th Army, and the 47th Army, plus a company of the Guard Regiment, all of which were handed over to Liang, and then asked Liang to disperse these companies on both flanks and counterattack against Itagaki.

"Tell Liang that the Japanese attack has a striker, and there is a knife tip in each striker, and he will hit this knife tip."

Everyone didn't understand what this meant, but then Itagaki reacted and it dawned on them. Two days later, Liang personally commanded the two main regiments to attack the Japanese Ground Knife Tip Squadron, and wiped them out in half an hour of fierce fighting.

The Fifth Division of Itagaki that attacked Nanjing from the south road, the ** squadron of the Nanjing Ground Squadron showed that its combat effectiveness was even more tenacious than that of the mouth encounter, and Itagaki immediately shrank its troops.

At this opportunity, Zhuang Jihua immediately ordered Liang to retreat to Yuhuatai, and the 20th and 47th armies retreated across the river, leaving only three divisions of Song Xi, Guo Xun and Liang in the entire city of Nanjing.

Itagaki woke up at this time, and then the Japanese army attacked the city of Nanjing, and the three major support points of Yuhuatai, Lion Rock Fort, and Taipingmen broke out into fierce battles.

A small number of Japanese troops sneaked across the Tonghua Gate and rushed into the city, and the regiment directly under the command and the military police regiment joined forces to annihilate it.

Zhuang Jihua stood on the side of the pontoon bridge and paced back and forth, the general retreat order had been issued, Liang walked to the grassland gate, Guo Xun walked to the river gate, Song Xi walked down the pass, the Japanese army in order to seize the last opportunity, the offensive was very fierce.

The gunfire became more and more intense, getting closer and closer, and the soldiers of the surrounding guard regiments all looked at Zhuang Jihua nervously, and the directly subordinate regiment and the guard regiment set up a circular defensive position near the Yijiang Gate, and they were the last line of contact and resistance. Zhuang Jihua is leisurely on the outside, but very nervous on the inside, can the troops be withdrawn? However, his external performance stabilized the mood of the soldiers, as a national lieutenant general and commander of the Nanjing garrison, they were still in the city, and they were nervous about being small soldiers.

There was a rush of footsteps, and the soldiers of the local guard regiment around them immediately raised their guns vigilantly, and a group of soldiers rushed towards with the wounded.

"Password!"

"Defend Nanjing, return order."

"Give me back the rivers and mountains."

"Report to the sir, the 213th Regiment of the 36th Division requests to cross the bridge."

"Thirty-sixth division? Didn't you cross the river in Shimonoseki? How did you get here? Zhuang Jihua was shocked in his heart, the 36th Division came here, this is by no means a good sign, there is definitely a big problem.

"Report to the Commander,

The bridge was blown up. ”

"Blown up? What did the little devil do? ”

"I don't know, we rushed to Shimonoseki, the bridge was broken, and I am proud to have come here with my brothers." The officer gasped.

"What about the troops guarding the bridge?" Zhuang Jihua's face began to change.

"I didn't see it."

"Have you informed Senior Commander Song of this situation?" "I've already sent three brothers to inform the teacher."

"Okay, you're doing the right thing, cross the river right away." Zhuang Jihua's face turned pale with anger, Xiaguan Wharf was the deputy chief of staff Zhou Lan supervising the battle, Xiaguan was closer to the front line than Yijiangmen was to the front line, this old boy must have run away.

"Notify Hu Zongnan and arrest Zhou Lan immediately."

Without the Xiaguan pontoon, the carrying capacity of the pontoon bridge here will be doubled; It's not just a matter of a few thousand people walking, there are also weapons and equipment, and the time to cross the bridge will be at least doubled.

"Inform the troops, it's really not possible, blow up the heavy weapons after the shells are fired, as long as people come."

After the loss of Zhenjiang, the Japanese warships may sail to the city of Nanjing at any time, and the situation has become more dangerous.

Zhuang Jihua's mood became more and more anxious, and reports from all over the place also came one after another.

"The brigade came over the grassland gate and crossed the river."

The 1st Brigade of the Division withdrew from its positions. ”

"Yuhuatai is still fighting fiercely, and the troops can't be withdrawn."

……

The morning star was twinkling in the sky, there were still four brigades in the city that had not withdrawn, Xiao Shanling and the military police regiment also crossed the river, the sky gradually turned white, the gunfire throughout the night did not weaken in the slightest, several trucks sped up, the back of the truck was dragged as a cannon, the wounded were sitting on the carriage, there was no extra explanation, after the password, the truck drove onto the pontoon.

Suddenly, there was a burst of fierce gunfire in the Jiangmen, Zhuang Jihua was startled, and hurriedly sent someone to check, it turned out to be a Japanese army disguised as the 36th Division, wanting to sneak attack the Jiangmen, but was recognized by the guard regiment.

Zhuang Jihua was not worried at all, the regiment and guard regiment directly under the prefecture near the Jiangmen Gate were the most well-equipped troops, all the soldiers were selected, and the individual tactics and squad tactics were the strongest, and more than 100 small Japanese troops were not enough for them to stuff their teeth.

The sky was slightly glowing red, the gunfire of the brigade was getting closer and closer, a group of soldiers hurriedly came, Song Xi rushed to the riverside with the last unit of the 36th Division, and saw that Zhuang Jihua was still by the river, and couldn't help but be shocked and moved.

"Cultural Revolution, why are you still here, it's almost dawn, the devil is going to blow up the bridge, see how you cross the river."

"I can swim." Zhuang Jihua didn't care: "Hurry up and cross the river, otherwise, you will have to be a prisoner." Brethren! Cross the river, hurry up and cross the river! ”

Song Xi watched the brothers in the division step on the pontoon bridge one by one, and finally he said: "Cultural Revolution, hurry up, you are the commander, you have to cross the river to command the overall situation." ”

"When Guo Xun arrives, let's go together."

Only ten minutes after Song Xi left, Guo Xun also rushed to the Jiangmen ferry, and Zhuang Jihua finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Tsubasa, you've finally arrived."

He was most worried about Guo Xun, Taipingmen was the farthest away from Yujiangmen, and there were many empty places in the direction, if a Japanese army intervened and cut off their retreat, it would be really troublesome.

"You are responsible for the safety of the whole army, you shouldn't stay here, it's too dangerous." Guo Xun shook his head and sighed, but his eyes were full of gratitude, he also knew about the bombing of the pontoon bridge at Xiaguan Wharf, and now Zhuang Jihua is personally guarding here, not to ensure the safety of the pontoon bridge.

"This crossing of the river, the battle of Nanjing will be over, the Japanese will not cross the river for the time being, at most they will attack Pukou and give it to them. In the future, I don't know what to do there. Zhuang Jihua smiled: "Let's go, cross the river together." ”

"Nanjing was lost, and the Japanese army conquered the empty city of Nanjing. The Chinese calmly retreated in front of the Japanese, and the whole army withdrew from Nanjing, leaving not a single wounded Japanese soldier, and General Zhuang Jihua, commander of the Nanjing garrison, ordered people to write a large line of Chinese and Japanese characters outside the wall of his headquarters: 'The Japanese enter Nanjing like rats entering bellows, neither advance nor retreat'. Throughout the war, although the Japanese army successfully occupied Nanjing, the Chinese took the initiative everywhere, and the Japanese danced with the Chinese's baton.

The war would not end with the fall of Nanjing, where the Chinese proved their determination to war.

In Nanjing, the Chinese won the victory, killing two Japanese generals, three colonels, and almost annihilating two elite Japanese divisions, forcing the Japanese army to pay a price of 100,000 people, making the whole of China cheer for victory.

The Battle of Nanjing introduced me to a Chinese general, Zhuang Jihua, the commander of the Nanjing garrison. I witnessed his courage and wisdom in Nanjing, and the most shocking thing for me was that when he retreated from Nanjing, he insisted on staying at the pontoon bridge at Yujiangmen and evacuated with the last group of troops defending the city.

From him, I see the prospect of war, and Japan cannot be the final winner.

China, which looks poor and humble; But the arrogance cultivated by the thousand-year-old civilization has penetrated into their bones. When you think they are humble, they laugh at your shallowness in their hearts.

Japan, temporarily strong; China will always win.

… Excerpt from Weber, "Nanjing, Not the End of the War" by Weber in the Far East of the Washington Observer

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