On December 15, Nanjing, the battle lasted until the seventh day. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In the morning, Xiaolu released the battle report No. 28, announcing that his defense troops outside the city would begin to counterattack and avenge the martyrs who died in battle.

Shanghai, as in the past, the headquarters of the Japanese Shanghai Dispatch Army began to study the contents of the battle report as soon as it received it.

During this period of time, the Japanese had formed a habit, using the battle report of the defenders of Nanjing, they figured out the laws of the other party, and judging from the tone, the defenders were indeed going to counterattack.

The Japanese changed their plans and sent all their planes out to bomb several positions. Until noon, all the aerial bombs in the pocket were used up. At noon, the army's artillery began to bombard, and twenty minutes later, the newly arrived bombs of the Japanese army in front of Yuhuatai were consumed.

The Japanese began to charge, and they were going to charge for charge.

However, when they reached the front twenty meters of the position, the defenders did not fire a shot, and rushed into the position, seeing that there was not a single living person in the position.

The Japanese soldiers stood on the rain flower platform and cheered.

While the Japanese were cheering, the Zhonghua Gate opened fire.

There were about 20 mountain guns outside the Zhonghua Gate, because of the close distance, they were almost flat fire, and when the artillery opened fire, they clearly saw that a large number of devils were killed.

The artillery bombardment lasted for half an hour, and the enemy suffered a huge number of casualties, could not hold on, and all retreated.

The command received a report and ordered the artillery to retreat into the city.

The same show was played out at Purple Mountain, where the defenders smashed almost all the shells on their former positions, and the cheering Japanese troops on the positions were also bombed.

The Japanese troops in Purple Mountain were also stunned, and all the troops retreated. Throughout the afternoon, they did not attack.

On December 16, Nanjing, the battle reached the eighth day.

In the morning, Xiaolu released the 29th battle report, announcing that yesterday's artillery attack on the Japanese positions outside the city, inflicting huge casualties on the enemy, and avenging the dead and wounded soldiers.

The battle report didn't say anything about today's plans.

On this day, the 3rd Division of the Japanese army arrived at the front.

The 3rd Division was led by Lieutenant General Shin Fujita and consisted of the 29th Brigade (Major General Kanichiro Ueno) and the 5th Brigade (Major General Riichiro Katayama). At this moment, the strength of the Japanese army increased, and the movement of the position became frequent.

Two brigades were dispersed to support several offensive positions.

The new forces were different, the offensive was fierce, and after the shelling, they rushed to the positions of Yuhuatai and Zijin Mountain, and then, cheered.

After the cheers, they immediately marched forward and attacked the city of Nanjing.

The first to attack the city was the Japanese army attacking Gwanghwamun Gate. After entering the city, there was no resistance.

The original plan of the siege force was to start a big battle with the defenders at the head of the city, attract the defenders to expose their positions, and then send tanks to bomb, and at the same time the planes also bombed the key positions, striving to take the city of Nanjing in one day, and take photos of the Japanese army raising the flag of the Japanese army at the head of Nanjing.

The actual progress was completely unexpected, and the Japanese army seemed to be punched in the air.

They immediately set up defenses near the city gate, and at the same time, sent signal troops back to the headquarters, telling the command that the Chinese had retreated, and there was no defense near the city gate at all.

When the Japanese command in Shanghai learned of the news, it immediately notified Shanghai, and then commanded the troops to deploy defenses near the city gate.

After about an hour, the Japanese troops at Zhonghua Gate, Houzaimun, and Shence Gate all entered the city, and the news reported back was that there was no one in the city gate, probably that the Chinese army had escaped.

By this time, the Japanese troops entering the city by Guanghuamen had penetrated about several kilometers into the city, and encountered only sporadic resistance, and the resisters often ran away with a single shot. According to the news that the entire city of Nanjing was almost an undefended city, the doors of every house were closed, and the streets were empty. We did overcome. Nanjing, conquered!

The command got the news, rejoiced, and the Chinese finally couldn't stay up. They retreated. Therefore, the command ordered all the troops that had already entered the city to assemble and march into the city, photojournalists to take pictures, and the full camera team to make films. In addition, the 19th Brigade was asked to go north to the upper pass, and it was estimated that the troops defending the city of China were crossing the Yangtze River at the lower pass, rushing over, and destroying them.

The Japanese army announced to the world that the Japanese army had captured the city of Nanjing, the capital of China, on December 16, 1937. The entrance ceremony to the city was held at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Immediately afterwards, the Shanghai command of the Japanese army called to ask, can the Chinese people be found? It would be better to take some photos and movies of the Chinese people welcoming the Japanese army into the city. The Japanese front replied: At present, there are no Chinese people in Nanjing. In order to boost confidence as soon as possible, it is advisable to hold the entrance ceremony immediately and not be prepared to delay any longer.

The people who shot the film had a way, they quickly found dozens of Chinese blue cloth clothes in the empty houses in the countryside outside the city, and asked people to change into them, pretending to welcome the people of Nanjing, the imperial army.

Other cities in China received this telegram from Japan.

Many newspapers published the following issues: "Nanjing has fallen!" Nanjing has fallen! "The fall of Nanjing! The Chinese will not give in! ”“

Nanjing has fallen! Long live China! ”

For a while, the whole country was shocked by the news, and everyone felt the feeling of losing the country. Many people wept bitterly, and the mood of the whole of China suddenly fell down.

On the contrary, Japan itself also received this news, and the whole of Japan boiled. Tens of millions of people poured into the streets to cheer and celebrate, and a large number of men walked into the tavern to drink in celebration. Japan's wartime food control, which now drinks to celebrate the fall of the imperial capital, also drank to those who oversaw it.

China is finally dead. yes, yes. Banzai! Banzai! The war is finally over. Banzai!

While he was rejoicing, the Shanghai command received information that the spies who had just infiltrated Nanjing had called, and that Nanjing had evacuated all the people from the city, and the intelligence personnel had also been evacuated out of the city.

At the same time, Shanghai also received other information, some said that Lieutenant General Lu was wounded, some said that Lieutenant General Lu was killed by his subordinates, some said that Lieutenant General Lu was killed by aerial bombs, and even more information said that Lieutenant General Lu was destroyed by bombs, and all the command personnel died, and the troops crossed the river overnight.

All this information was the result of intercepting the telegrams sent by Nanjing. Several Nanjing city radio stations had already deciphered it, and in the past, because they did not believe the content of the telegram, they suffered a loss. Now, to believe, or not to believe?

All kinds of information are on the table, and it is very difficult to teach people.

When I entered Nanjing, although I saw that Nanjing was already an empty city, I always felt that there were still troops stationed in Nanjing.

Based on this information, Shanghai issued a warning to the troops in Nanjing. The troops entering the city ignored it: you are speculating, speculation is not intelligence.

Then, a telegram came from Wuhan spies, saying that there was an ambush in the city of Nanjing, which was a trap.

This is intelligence from the most trusted intelligence sources.

The command was alarmed and immediately sent a telegram to the troops, demanding that they stop entering the city and retreat quickly.