After the order to retreat was issued, the 87th and 88th Divisions took advantage of the opportunity of the 6th Division of the Army to shrink and retreat in front of them, and quickly arranged a retreat, and the 103rd Division, the 112th Division, and the rest of the 2nd Brigade and 3rd Regiment of the Teaching Corps also retreated one after another.

This [***] battle, the most terrible time to retreat, because in the event of a large-scale retreat, the troops are always scrambling, and everyone is afraid to stay behind the palace. In particular, when the Central Army retreated, the senior officers often ran first and the junior officers ran later, and in the end, the soldiers could not find the commander. In history, when Nanjing was lost, there was a very sad scene: a group of retreating soldiers met the Yue army that caught up near Xiaguan, but unfortunately there was no officer to command, and finally the soldiers begged a lieutenant colonel in charge of logistics to come out and command. The lieutenant colonel said that he only knew logistics, did not know how to fight, and could not command. The soldiers begged, "Just give the order to let us fight, sir." "This officer then ordered a counterattack, which now seems a bit like black humor, but it is indeed a fact, and it also proves the dullness of [***] training in another way.

Although the situation is much better now, the Sixth Division of the Chinese Army has been beaten and its position has shrunk, but the retreat of the 87th and 88th Divisions is still very chaotic, and Wang Jingjiu is very helpless, knowing that once it is caught up by the Yue Army, it will be a big trouble. As soon as he discussed with Sun Yuanliang and Xiao Shanling, Xiao Shanling volunteered and asked to lead the remnants of the military police under his command to cover the rapid retreat of the main force.

Wang Jingjiu was embarrassed to let the troops basically run out of Xiao Shanling, and wanted to transfer his own troops, Xiao Shanling said sadly: "Don't fight, we are familiar with the terrain of Nanjing, and we can find out no matter what." You guys go! ”

Only then did Wang Jingjiu replenish some ammunition to Xiao Shanling and led the main force to retreat.

The situation of Huo Shouyi and Dai Zhiqi, who were fighting in the streets, was also very bad, under the onslaught of the elite corps of the Yue Army, the two divisions suffered heavy losses, and the troops were mixed up with the Yue Army. As soon as the order to retreat came, the troops had no intention of fighting again, and retreated one after another, and immediately became disorganized.

Fortunately, at that time, the cohesion of the small units of the miscellaneous army was stronger than that of the central army, because the miscellaneous army was most afraid of the disintegration of the troops, and the grassroots officers had a set of local methods to win the hearts of the people, and the relationship with the soldiers was generally relatively strong. In this way, it is easy to form small units to fight on their own. By the time Wan Shijiong led the rest of the troops to tear down from the line of fire, he could no longer contact Dai Zhiqi, the acting division commander.

This Wan Shijiong is really tough, and he commanded the troops to retreat while fighting, and kept sheltering the stragglers along the way, and withdrew to Xiaguan under the cover of night.

Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu, who was beaten cold, finally understood the annihilation plan of the [***] team, and in anger, he ordered the whole division to enter the city, pursue the [***] team, and destroy all Chinese who dared to resist.

With this force, the Sixth Division immediately caught up with the remnants of the military police unit led by Xiao Shanling who was responsible for the rear of the palace. Xiaoshan Lingsheng is familiar with the terrain and can give full play to firepower; Gu Shoufusheng is well-equipped and well-trained. But war has its iron laws, although Xiao Shan made them have the heart to fight to the death with the enemy, they still can't stop the iron hooves of the army.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, but the city of Nanjing, the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, was full of firelight, and the wind was blowing, mixed with the guns and shouts of the Japanese army, and the roar of armored vehicles and tank motors.

Xiao Shanling knew that the army had entered the city in several ways and had basically controlled Nanjing, so he couldn't help but feel sad, and glanced at Nanjing in the night, with tears in his eyes. He turned around and shouted to the remaining brothers of about a company around him: "Although Nanjing was lost in our hands, we did not disgrace the people, we killed and wounded a large number of soldiers, we are good!" Brothers, prepare the explosives bag and the grenades, and when the enemy comes, blow him up! Evacuate after the bombing. ”

The army caught up again, still the same old way, with tanks and armored vehicles in front and infantry behind, shooting and chasing forward.

Seeing that the devil had arrived, Xiao Shan gave an order, and the grenade and explosive bag were smashed down, making the devil cry wolf.

Xiao Shanling cracked his mouth and laughed, stood up and just shouted "withdraw", and a bullet hit him. Xiao Shanling's body shook for a moment, scolded a dog, and was about to look down to check the wound, when a few more bullets came, Xiao Shanling couldn't support it anymore and fell to the ground.

By the time a few brothers ran over and pulled up Xiao Shanling, he couldn't open his eyes anymore. Several people carried the sacrificial commander on their backs and disappeared into the night.

By dawn, the army had completely occupied Nanjing, and the plaster flag was also flying.

Matsui Shigen received the news of the great news, and was so excited that he hurriedly sent a report to the base camp, saying that he had completely occupied Nanjing, the capital of China, on the morning of the 15th.

On this day, the country fell into a frenzy, and the newspapers were full of news about Nanjing and the occupation of Nanjing, and the radio station also broadcast the news of the occupation of Nanjing for a while, and played songs for a while, constantly tossing and turning. Even the ordinary people of this book have gone crazy, and when they meet and talk, they must say that Nanjing is a great victory, and it is inevitable to say that Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke once peeked at the snow-white chest of a certain gentleman's mother when he was a child, and the sister-in-law of a certain gentleman once bathed in a hot spring with Lieutenant General Gu Shoufu, and the wife of a certain gentleman used to be the lover of Lieutenant General Nakajima Imasago Isamu, but now the general is busy with the war in China, and he can't care about coming back to talk about the old love with his lover. Some people even asserted that with such an elite imperial army, if it were to kill the Soviet Union, it was estimated that it would be able to go straight to Moscow. If it is against the US military, it is estimated that there will be no problem. Anyway, the height of the people in the book is a bit of a problem.,It's urgent to improve the human race.,Whoever fights is fighting.,It's better to just play bigger.,Hit the Soviet Union or the United States.,Then you can implement the millennium plan to improve the human race.、The great cause of 10,000 years.。

In particular, those crazy military girls even asked to be comfort women and went to China to comfort the hard-working warriors of the imperial army.

For a while, it was said that there was a miasma of smoke in the country, and everyone was dizzy as if they had drunk too much wine, not knowing how old they were.

However, the commanders of several divisions of the Yue army who entered and occupied Nanjing were not happy, for no other reason, and they searched Nanjing, but they did not find a few Chinese alive. After a lot of hard work, so much ammunition and materials, and so many loyal and brave soldiers of the imperial army, this Nanjing turned out to be an empty city!

Yoshizumi Ryosuke, Gu Shoufu, and Nakajima Imasago got together after a few chieftains, and at first they discussed the whereabouts of the main force of the [***] team, and began to accuse each other while talking, and then it developed to the point that Baga Baga did not leave his mouth, and finally, several guys naturally greeted each other and opened each other's female surnames, and the result was naturally a fight.

Major General Yoshiyoshi Akiyama, commander of the 6th Brigade of the 9th Division, was stimulated by the huge contrast to go insane, drew his knife and cut three guards in a row, stripped off his military uniform, wrapped himself in a piece of crotch cloth, brandished his sword, and scurried all over the streets of Nanjing, shouting incessantly: "Despicable Zhina, cowardly Zhina, get out of here for me, and return my Seventh Wing!" The soldiers who camped on the side of the road avoided one after another, lest they be careless and become the ghost of this neurotic major general.

After Matsui Ishine arrived in Nanjing and inspected the battlefield situation of the Nanjing offensive and defensive battle, his face turned from red to white, then to cyan, and finally to purple.

A group of senior generals of the army gathered around Matsui Shigen, and they didn't dare to come out of the atmosphere, for fear that General Matsui Shigen would be angry and say some humiliating words, so that people could not get off the stage.

This Matsui Ishine graduated second in the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and first in the Army University. This man was short in stature, but he was extremely ambitious, and he had talks with Hu Hanmin, Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi, Zhang Qun, Chiang Kai-shek, and others, and his greatest desire in ordinary times was to promote Greater Asianism and invade China.

This guy likes to fan the flames in China the most, and once an incident occurs, as long as he can intervene, he will inevitably secretly fund it, hoping that China will be as chaotic as possible.

In this battle of Songhu, the base camp of the Yue Army re-recruited Matsui Ishine, the core general of the Imperial Road faction, who was suspected of participating in the murder of the military affairs chief Nagata Tetsuyama, and appointed him as the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army.

Before leaving for Shanghai, Matsui Ishine told Sugiyama Moto, the prime minister of the land who saw him off, that this time he would hit Nanjing no matter what. Now, Nanjing has been occupied, but he never expected that the Chinese [***] team would actually break out of its shell and retreat after inflicting heavy casualties on the Yue army.

Matsui Shigen was eager to slap several division commanders one by one at this time, but after all, he was the commander of hundreds of thousands of troops, and he still needed this demeanor and temperament. Therefore, after calming down, he ordered all divisions and regiments to count battle losses, consolidate the occupied areas, and strengthen the defense of Nanjing, and then held a press conference.

At the news conference, Senior General Matsui Ishine was full of spring breeze and proudly declared that the imperial army's occupation of the capital of China not only shows that the imperial army is strong in combat and that the Chinese army is vulnerable, but also shows that the time is ripe for the establishment of a community of interests in Manchuria. In the future, the imperial army will not regard Chiang Kai-shek's national political axe as its opponent, but will concentrate its forces to completely destroy the anti-Japanese forces.

Harrett was invited by the army to get on a plane and come to Nanjing for an interview. Aban still has a temper peculiar to Americans who break the casserole and ask the question: "Your Excellency, I am the chief correspondent of the New York Times in China in the United States of America. I would like to ask you, your army has occupied Nanjing, but I find that the city of Nanjing seems to be an empty city, as if the people here have run out. Your Excellency, can you explain the reason for this? ”

Matsui Ishine glanced at Aban, and smiled all over his face: "This reporter is very observant, I admire it." Yes, Nanjing now has no residents, that is because after our army entered the city, it was found that the residents were basically yellow and thin, and their clothes were not covered, and in the spirit of humanitarianism, our army protected all these poor Chinese and prepared to transport clothes, food and medicine from the Great Empire to completely solve the living problems of these people. When they have clothes to wear and food to eat, we will invite Mr. Reporter to come and visit. ”

Aban laughed secretly in his heart, this general said that he was talking nonsense without blinking, and he was also an old liar who had become a master, so he asked: "Your Excellency, American readers are very concerned about the situation of ordinary civilians after the fall of Nanjing, and I am very willing to go to interview the common people under the guidance of your army and send the news of their safety back to the United States. I don't know if Your Excellency the Admiral will be able to approve it. ”

Matsui Shigen's tone was a little cold: "Mr. Reporter, as far as I know, the Great Empire and the United States of America have good diplomatic relations, and it is related to military operations. It's not good for you or your family. ”

Harrett. Aban didn't accept this, this guy was a little lacking in heart and lungs, and then said: "Your Excellency, your threat to me like this is a violation of my right to press freedom and interview. I protest against this! I know that your army occupied Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, and the battle should be fierce, and the Chinese [***] people should have sacrificed a lot. However, along the way, I found that the remains of the dead of your army seem to be much more than those of the Chinese [***] people. May I ask Your Excellency, is this battle for the defense of Nanjing really won by your army? ”

Matsui Shigen's wrinkles became deeper and deeper, and his voice sounded gloomy: "Mr. reporter, the achievements of this imperial army are beyond doubt, we are already the masters of Nanjing, and it says everything that you can stand here and ask me questions." I doubt that you took money from that man or a beautiful woman to sabotage our press conference with ulterior motives. I think it is necessary to send you to the U.S. Embassy and ask your Mr. Ambassador to instruct you on how you should speak to Admiral Da Yuben. ”

After speaking, General Matsui Ishine waved his hand, and several wolf-like guards rushed out of his side, and used bright bayonets to resist Harret. Aban's chest forced him out of the venue, stuffed into the car, and ran away in a puff of smoke.

Matsui was in no mood to brag anymore, so he ignored the protests of a group of American and European journalists, walked out of the press conference hall with duck-like steps, and walked away.

At the same time when the army captured Nanjing, General Terauchi Shouyi, commander of the North China Front, also directed a scandalous drama in Beiping and established the provisional political axe of the Republic of China, with Wang Kemin as chairman of the Administrative Committee and seven members including Tang Erhe, Gao Lingxiao, Qi Xieyuan, Dong Kang, Jiang Chaozong, Wang Yitang, and Zhu Shen. Among them, there are four departments under the Administrative Committee, the Administration Department is presided over by Wang Kemin, the Ministry of Public Security is presided over by Qi Xieyuan, the Legal Department is presided over by Zhu Shen, and the Relief Department is presided over by Wang Yitang. The Legislative Committee is chaired by Tang Erhe; The Judicial Committee is chaired by Dong Kang. Later, the Administrative Committee added the Ministry of Education, Construction, and Finance, and changed the Administration Department to the Ministry of the Interior. The pseudo-"Provisional Political Axe" decided to change Beiping to Yanjing and hoist the five-color flag.

This Wang Kemin, a native of Yuhang County, Zhejiang, was raised in the late Qing Dynasty, served as the minister in Yue, served as the chief financial officer of the Beiyang political axe three times, and later served as the vice chairman of the Beiyang Financial Consolidation Committee run by Zhang Xueliang. This guy looks dove-shaped and hoof-faced, like a skeleton, because of the excessive photophobia of the silver mess, he has to wear a pair of ink tea glasses all the year round, known as "the king is blind".

Confucius said that old and immortal are called thieves, and he is talking about people like Wang Kemin, who are not only old and immortal, but also willing to be thieves, full of glory and wealth, eating, drinking, gambling, and without a sense of shame. Wang Kemin, who became a puppet, not only did not feel that he was a doll in his hands, but came up with ideas to find a way, lest China be destroyed too slowly.

After the establishment meeting of the puppet provisional political axe, Wang Kemin didn't care about going home to rest, so he hurriedly followed the butt of General Terauchi Shouichi to the headquarters of the North China Front. First, he knelt down and kowtowed to Terauchi Shouichi three times, and then thanked His Excellency the Commander for his reinvention in a thousand words. After it was over, it was clear that the intention was to expand the troops on a large scale and maintain law and order in North China and even the entire area occupied by the imperial army.

Terauchi Shouichi admired Wang Kemin very much, believing that he was the most shrewd and capable of this group of leading Han anniversaries. Seeing that Wang Kemin put forward such a good suggestion as soon as he took office, Terauchi Shou said Yo Xi again and again, and then praised Wang Kemin for having brains and vision, and asked him to let go of it, and said that the imperial army would vigorously support him.

Then, Terauchi Shou's words changed, and he said that he heard that Wang Jun is very good at appreciating women's colors, and there is a stunning color hidden in his home, so if he has the opportunity, he will not invite the commander to go and appreciate it.

Wang Kemin had already lost his conscience at this time, where did he know the word shame, and immediately said thank you to the commander for his face, I heard that His Excellency the commander is fierce and fierce, and the people in the family hope that the commander is like looking forward to Ganlin. It is better to choose to say, if the commander has Yaxing, he can go and appreciate it now.

Le's Terauchi Shouyi's eyebrows trembled with a smile, and he even said that Wang Jun was very loyal to the Great Empire and his friends worked. After speaking, no matter where the troops he sent out attacked, he followed Wang Kemin to carry out another battle.

Zhang Zhizhong waited in Pukou until the 87th, 88th, 102nd, and 112th Divisions all retreated, and ordered all units to quickly move forward separately and assemble at the designated position. He has been guarding Pukou with the 74th Army, waiting for the Xiaoshan order behind the palace.

It was not until dawn that the last retreating gendarmerie troops arrived at Pukou. When Zhang Zhizhong saw that there were only about 30 people left in the military police of the three regiments, and that the commander Xiao Shanling had died in battle, he burst into tears. After saluting the returning soldiers one by one, Zhang Zhizhong ordered these gendarmes to move with his guards and bring back Xiao Shanling's body, and then ordered the 74th Army to withdraw and move in.

After receiving the telegram that Zhang Zhizhong's defense of Nanjing was victoriously over, that our army had annihilated more than 10,000 Yue troops, and that Major General Xiao Shanling, deputy commander of the military police, had been martyred, Chiang Kai-shek was silent, and then immediately issued an order to posthumously award Xiao Shanling the lieutenant general of the National Revolutionary Army, saying that although the defense of Nanjing lasted a short time, it not only transferred the people and factories, but also severely damaged the Yue army, and achieved a major victory. Although our army withdrew from Nanjing, it gained the strategic initiative; Although the army occupied Nanjing, it did not achieve the strategic goal of encircling and annihilating our main force. In future operations in various theaters, we must learn from the experience of defending Nanjing, carry forward the spirit of sacrifice, and take the initiative to seek and destroy the enemy.

(To be continued)