On the evening of 29 February, Lu Han led the main force of the 58th Army, Lu Junquan's Division, and the 184th Division, Long Yucangbu, also Guangde, .\ (On this battlefield, the Chinese side concentrated nearly 100,000 troops, and the 114th Division against them had less than 20,000 men.

The 18th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment led by Ushijima Sadao, which was closest to Guangde, had about 15,000 people, and in the rear of the squadron, the 60th Army led by Du Yuming was rapidly heading towards Guangde.

"Du Guangting still has about a week to arrive in Guangde, but the current military strength ratio in Guangde is three to one." After Fu Chang introduced the situation, he looked up at Zhuang Jihua, the current situation on the southern front is very good, and the conditions for a counteroffensive are ripe, he doesn't know why he hasn't ordered a counteroffensive yet.

"How's the situation in Jintan?" Zhuang Jihua ignored Fu Chang's gaze, his gaze was still fixed on Jintan, where the Sixth Division was attacking frantically, and Guo Xun had already retreated to the city.

"It's not good, the last time the wing reported, the troops lost nearly half, but the casualties of the Japanese army were not small, and he could still hold on." Fu Chang said.

Zhuang Jihua shook his head or didn't say anything, the situation on the southern front has improved, but the situation on the northern front has become sinister, first Jiangyin Fortress, Liu Xing's strength was already weak, and more than ten days of perseverance consumed almost all his strength, and the attacks they endured were three-dimensional, and the sea, land and air were all pressed on them.

"Order Liu Xing to abandon the Jiangyin fortress and ask them to break through on their own, I can't send troops to meet them, tell them that they have done their best to defend Nanjing, and I will ask the Military Commission for credit for them."

Zhuang Jihua's first order was to abandon the Jiangyin fortress, but Fu Chang didn't say anything, during this period of cooperation, he already understood that Zhuang Jihua was actually a very careful person, and his boldness was actually based on the correct estimation of his own strength, and now Guo Xun had a lot of casualties there, and it was estimated that arrangements should be made there.

"Order Ayn to leave a brigade to reinforce Jintan; The other two brigades were placed under the command of Lan Yundong. ”

"Order Lan Yundong to go south immediately, advance to Si'an through Gaochun, and order to arrive within three days."

"To Si'an?" Fu Chang was puzzled: "Wait for them to rush to Si'an." Shigeharu Suematsu may have fled to Nagako. ”

"It's not that easy." Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "Don't forget. Sadao Ushijima is still in Liyang with more than 10,000 people. Once Sun Zhen launched a counterattack. Ushijima will definitely rush to help. This will have an impact on the annihilation of Suematsu. In order to ensure the success of the counteroffensive on the southern front. It is necessary to continue to build up troops to the southern front. ”

"But what about Nanjing?" Zhou Lan asked. His tone was puzzled. No more resentment. The success of Lishui's counterattack has proved that Zhuang Jihua's grasp of the battle situation and his own strength is accurate.

"Yes. Cultural revolution. What to do in Nanjing? This time, even Jiang Bailidu was a little skeptical. Transfer one and a half main divisions. These two main divisions were the main forces defending Nanjing. In this way, it was transferred to the southern front. Nanjing?

"This time it's Nanjing as bait. Let the Japanese attack. It's a big deal to give him Nanjing. But I have to exchange the 114th Division. I thought it was a good deal. Zhuang Jihua said calmly: "Next, I'm afraid we will have to fight them on the outskirts of Nanjing." ”

There was silence in Command. Fu Chang hesitated and asked, "How can the chairman explain it?" ”

"The chairman of the committee has asked us to hold on to Nanjing for half a month to a month, and now we have been defending it for more than half a month, and the Japanese army has not yet reached the city of Nanjing, so in another ten days, the one-month task will be completed." Zhuang Jihua's appearance is very relaxed, indeed, he has no burden now, Nanjing is basically an empty city, the massacre in the previous life is impossible to regenerate, even if he gives up Nanjing now, it doesn't matter.

The reason why Zhuang Jihua was relaxed was not what Jiang Baili and they knew, at this time Wang came in from the outside, he led the troops directly under the army to take over the defense of the Purple Mountain, the highest peak in Nanjing, and Zhuang Jihua also gave him the task of inspecting various positions, so he spent very little time in the headquarters.

Wang entered the door and saw the atmosphere in the room, so he asked what was wrong, Fu Chang briefly introduced the situation, Wang thought about it and said: "Commander, you are taking an adventure, I went to take a look, the losses of the divisions that re-entered the battle are very large, the two divisions of the First Army add up to more than 10,000 people, not even half of the full formation, it is not possible to fight like this." ”

Zhuang Jihua was clear about this situation, and Li Tiejun had already talked about it when they came to report to him. However, he didn't want to fight street battles in Nanjing, and all the arrangements in Nanjing were made, on the one hand, for Chiang Kai-shek; On the other hand, he forced the citizens of Nanjing to retreat, and no one could see his thoughts.

"Can these two divisions be able to hold Nanjing?" Zhuang Jihua asked rhetorically.

This stopped everyone, including Jiang Baili, and Zhou Lan thought about it and said, "Seventy percent sure." ”

"Seventy percent sure?" Zhuang Jihua raised his eyebrows, shook his head and said, "Deputy Chief of Staff Zhou, you are too optimistic. If the 60th Army on the Southern Front is counted, we can hold Nanjing at this stage, provided that the Japanese army does not increase its troops, and that the Jiangyin and Zhenjiang fortresses must be in our hands. The combat strength of Jiangyin Fortress is basically exhausted, even if they are forced to hold on, they can hold on for two days at most, which is a senseless sacrifice. Even if the Zhenjiang fortress is in our hands, we and the Japanese army will only consume each other

The replenishment of military and land forces us fast, which is reflected in the fact that their soldiers can fight more than us, and the factory produces more ammunition than us, so instead of consuming our soldiers for an empty city, it is better to use Nanjing as a bait to attract them to attack, while we annihilate its living forces on the southern front, it takes eighteen years to train a Japanese soldier, and if we give up a city, the Japanese army is willing to give up 10,000 in exchange, then I am willing to give up a thousand cities. ”

"I understand the meaning of the Cultural Revolution, I don't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, and I am in favor of the two divisions being transferred to the south." Jiang Baili first understood Zhuang Jihua's strategy and tactics, and then he added: "In order to attract the Japanese army to attack Nanjing, it is better to put the battlefield on the periphery of Nanjing, abandon Danyang Jintan, and put the Japanese army on the periphery of Nanjing, so that Matsui Shigen may force Ushido to go north." ”

Fu Chang looked helplessly at this old maniac, one young and two crazy people, using the country as bait, they really dared to think and do it.

Zhuang Jihua ordered the 83rd Division to withdraw to the Zhenjiang fortress, the 24th Group Army to abandon Danyang, of which the 20th Army retreated directly to the periphery of Nanjing, and the 47th Army was to stay in Jurong to fight with the 66th Army in Jurong. The counteroffensive on the Guangde front was scheduled for the night of the 31st, under the full command of Sun Zhen.

With the adjustment of the squadron, the battle situation on the northern front changed again, the squadron retreated on all fronts, the 11th Division entered Yang, the 6th Division entered Jintan, and the Zhenjiang defenders retracted into Zhenjiang Fortress.

The attack was successful, and Nanjing was in front of him, which made Matsui Ishine breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, aroused his fighting spirit, and he announced to the officers and men of the whole army:

"Warriors of the Empire! You are tired from three months of fighting, and now Nanjing is in front of you, waiting for you to occupy it, this is the capital of China, occupy it, destroy the will of the people of China, and wash the smoke of gunpowder from your body with the blood of the people of China! Conquer Nanjing, present a gift to the emperor, and the military fortune of the Japanese Empire will last for a long time! ”

The temptation of Nanjing made all the Japanese troops crazy, the 6th Division took the lead in launching a fierce attack on Maoshan, and the 16th Division made a detour to Tianwang Town to attack Guo Xun's flank, Guo Xun retreated again, relying on Chishan Lake to establish a defensive line and defend the flank of Jurong.

Matsui Shigen once again ordered Ushijima to go north and attack Moling Pass through Lishui, and the young officers of the division and regiment also asked for battle, this time Ushijima was difficult to refuse, and the 18th Division marched towards Lishui.

Nanjing entered a critical moment, Zhuang Jihua once again contracted his forces, gave up Jurong, and the war entered the periphery of Nanjing in an all-round way, on the 31st, Zhenjiang, Tangshan, Longtan, Chunhua, Fengniushan, the whole line of the periphery of Nanjing fierce battles, the 49th Army, the 66th Army, the teaching corps to fully accept the enemy, half a day down, the 66th Army could not support, Jiuhua Mountain was lost, Zhuang Jihua urgently transferred the 36th Division to reinforce, and blocked the 6th Division in Fengniu Mountain.

The sound of artillery outside the city has reached the city, and the most stubborn citizens in the city have also embarked on the road to leave Nanjing, and even some of the front teams and ambulance teams have begun to retreat to the north of the river, and Nanjing seems to be about to fall.

At four o'clock in the morning on January 1, 1938, Guangde, more than 300 artillery pieces of various kinds roared, Sun Zhen commanded the squadron to launch a counterattack on the whole front, after two hours of fierce fighting, Lu Junquan rushed into the depth of the Japanese position from the junction of the 128th Regiment and the 127th Brigade, and Lu Diping led the 187th Division to sneak out of the left flank of the 128th Brigade from the upper reaches of the Dasha River and quickly broke through to the flank of the 128th Brigade.

When the 58th Army launched a surprise attack, the combined corps composed of Wang Mingzhang, Rao Guohua and Ou Zhen also made a surprise attack on the side of the Hou family.

After three hours of hard fighting, Wang Mingzhang first tore the Japanese defense line on the left flank, and then Rao Guohua also tore the Japanese defense line on the right flank, and then attacked in depth.

The defeat of the two flanks caused the front to quickly disintegrate, and at about nine o'clock in the morning, Long Yucang also broke through the front, and the Third Route Army disrupted the entire defense line of the 114th Division. Suematsu desperately adjusted, mobilized his troops, hoping to form a front and save the division that was about to collapse.

By the afternoon, the three brigades of the 128th Regiment on the left flank were surrounded, and Obaov led his troops to a desperate assault, hoping to receive part of the troops; On the right flank, after the squadron came out of the bridgehead, it did not linger for the sporadic small group of Japanese troops, but directly killed the Vector River and copied the back road of Mosong, and the captain of the 115th Wing was killed in three battles, and the three brigades were scattered and two.

The battlefield has changed dramatically, Yanagawa Heisuke was a little panicked after receiving Suematsu's urgent call for help, he had no troops in his hands, and the only troops had been taken to Lishui by Ushijima. While ordering Suematsu to retreat, Yanagawa asked Matsui Ishine for help, asking to be transferred back to Ushijima to stabilize the southern front, and at the same time ordered the troops stationed in Wuxing, Changxing, and Nanxun to immediately rush to Changxing to assemble, but the total number of troops in these strongholds was less than 2,000, which could only be a drop in the bucket.

After hesitating for a moment, he felt that the strength of Suematsu or Yanagawa Heisuke alone could no longer save the situation on the southern front, so he ordered Ushijima to go south to relieve the situation on the southern front, at least to stabilize the situation on the southern front.

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