The little devil launched several more attacks on the southern front of Huju, but they were all unsuccessful, and the casualties were very heavy, and sometimes several Japanese soldiers had to be killed in order to fight for a house. Even so, the National Youth League is still firmly based on the southern front of the tiger.

At dusk, the little devils launched no less than 20 attacks on the southern front of the tiger, and the National Youth League still stood still on the southern front of the tiger. The battle continued, at this time the 16th Wing of the 8th Division; 9th Wing; The 3rd Wing marched to the southern front; Zhongshan North Road and the south bank of the Qinhuai River cross the river. At this time, the Japanese army had discovered the existence of the pontoon bridge on the Yangtze River, so they had to immediately destroy the pontoon bridge and the Chinese army entrenched in the area of Linjiangmen.

The 16th Division let Noda Takeshi's 9th Wing be responsible for the main attack, blocking the sky in the bridgehead on the north bank, and the north end of the bridge was covered with light and heavy machine guns, and the Japanese 9th Wing attacked several times and did not break through to the center of the bridge. They not only summed up the experience of fighting in Shanghai and Xiaogui Lane, but also because they had a battle with the 12th Division of the original Chen Zeen on the Qinhuai River, so they were quite familiar with every bridge on the Qinhuai River.

The Japanese army's attack on the Fayun Bridge became more and more fierce, the troops continued to rush towards the north bank, plus some little devils had crossed the river and stormed, and fought with the National Youth League on several streets on the north bank, and the blocks were broken through and occupied, and they were captured back and forth. When the bridge could not be defended, he ordered the Fayun Bridge to be blown up, and the Japanese army began to cross the river in an all-round way.

Blocking Tianfang looked at the brothers in front of him with a submachine gun and said, "Brothers, the little devils are about to cross the river and attack, we have to build a defense line on the north bank, and we can't let them break through the Rehe Road." ”

"Yes!" The fighters struck in several ways and began to build improvised fortifications on the streets of the north bank.

Every street on the North Shore is littered with rubble; Corpses and vengeful gunfire. The battle was very brutal and bloody, and the troops on both sides did not leave any room alive, and when they saw the enemy, they were killed. In order to compete for a pile of rubble, hundreds of corpses can be added to separate them, and as a result, the National Youth League has paid a high price to hold on to every inch of land and every house. The Japanese also had to pay a lot of sacrifices for each further push, and Takeshi Noda's 9th Wing took the lives of many young people along the way.

Because most of the Japanese army increased the National Youth League was forced to retreat to a section of the Linjiangmen city wall, all the positions in the city were lost, but the Rehe Road that blocked the sky was still firmly in his hands, Shen Shaofan immediately sent 4 battalions to reinforce the Rehe Road, and several troops were concentrated in a section of the Linjiangmen city wall, Shen Shaofan issued a simple order at this time to 'defend', and he personally commanded the operation of Linjiangmen.

The time has been nearly 23:00, but the attack of the little devils still does not seem to stop, the Japanese army is constantly increasing its troops, but the National Youth League is also constantly increasing, many stragglers have listened to the sound of gunfire to join the battle, and there are also many civilians who have joined the battle. The National Youth League occupies the city walls, condescendingly and is equipped with mortars; The MG42 heavy machine gun and other powerful firepower little devils suffered heavy losses in several charges, and the devils used tanks to kill all the way.

The outstanding soldiers of Tang Fei's reconnaissance company watched the brothers being slaughtered by the devil's tank, and as soon as they picked up a bundle of grenades in their hearts, they rushed towards a tank, shouting along the way: "Little devil, your grandfather of the National Youth League is here." "There was a flash of fire, the tank was paralyzed in a strong explosion, and the driver was shot by the fighters as soon as he climbed out of the turret. At the same time, another group of soldiers of the National Youth League picked up bundles of grenades and ran towards the devil's tank, one after another, the soldiers and the devil's tank died together, Shen Shaofan looked at it with a sour heart, carrying a Czech ZB26 and shooting wildly at the devil, shouting: "Brothers, rush!" ”

"Rush!"

in fortifications; All the soldiers in the trenches shouted and rushed into the camp of the little devils, and after a white-knuckle battle, the little devils withdrew to the southern front of the tiger, and the soldiers stood on the victorious land and shouted: "Hit the invaders!" Give me back the rivers and mountains! ”

Headquarters of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army.

"Yaga!" "Yaga!" The commander of the 16th Division, Gu Shoufu, kept slapping several wing commanders: "You can't even defeat a branch of the retreating Chinese army, you are simply a shame for our 16th Division." Do you want me to be the same as Kitaoka Yoshino and Murakami Miaki? ”

"Nope! Excellency! Give us a little time. We will immediately organize an attack, and we must take Linjiangmen. Takeshi Noda said on the side.

"Good!" Gu Shoufu said suspiciously: "What kind of army is this?" This force is not the same as the resistance we met when we entered the city. ”

Noda Takeshi said: "Not bad! They seem to have a unified command of the commander, and they are a very strong combat force, and they seem to be trying to hold the pontoon bridge over the river. Not like a straggler. ”

"Report! The unit that is fighting with us already knows that it is the Youth Independent League of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army, or the 'National Youth League' for short. ”

"What? National Youth League? No wonder the combat power is so strong. When Gu Shoufu heard this, he suddenly realized in his mind: "Order the troops to launch an attack on Linjiangmen immediately, and they must be eliminated." ”

"Hey!" Takeshi Noda saluted and left.

On the quiet Linjiangmen defensive position, the soldiers were leaning against the trenches or resting behind the sandbag fortifications, they were smoking cigarettes and chatting with each other, and there were many stragglers of the army on this position, and after several fierce battles, some people did not know each other's names, and when they were free, everyone got to know each other's new comrades in small talk.

Shen Shaofan also leaned against a trench wall like other soldiers and looked at the stars in the night sky, Sun Zhiyu also looked up at the night sky and said to himself: "I don't know how the roses are?" ”

Shaofan smiled: "I said to keep her in the army!" You don't want to be in unrequited love again. Deserve! ”

"Hey! Aren't you also thinking about your daughter of the Jin family? Sun Zhiyu also said with a smile on the side.

Shaofan nodded and said, "Yes!" Nanjing City is in such a mess now, I'm really worried about him! ”

At this time, a soldier crawled from one end of the trench and said, "Sir! Will I be able to stay in your army after this battle? ”

Shaofan and Zhiyu both glanced at him, but their faces were full of black dust and soil, and they couldn't see it clearly, Shaofan said: "Are you from that unit?" ”

"I'm from the teaching corps, my name is Xiao Jiang." The soldier said.

Zhiyu said: "Isn't it good to teach the general team? Why did you come to us? ”

Xiao Jiang said with a smile: "I see that your commanders can go to the front line and play with the little devils, so you know that it is a good army." ”

"Drink! The lad has eyesight. Yes! I will accept you just by your words. Shaofan said with a smile.

As soon as the words fell, he saw that many other troops in the trenches were clamoring to stay in the National Youth League, and Shaofan smiled: "Okay! As long as it is a devil and there is no ambiguity, I Shen Shaofan will accept it. ”

Standing less than 500 meters away from the Linjiang Gate, Takeshi Noda shouted to his soldiers, "Do you know which army we are facing us?" It is the unit that we want to wash away the shame of our Imperial Japanese Army, and they are the National Youth League, a unit known as the 'Iron Army'. We will destroy him, defeat him, and wash away the shame of our Imperial Japanese Army. ”

Shen Shaofan stood on the Linjiangmen position and looked at the soldiers and said, "Brothers, why do we want to stay here? Because we want to protect more people from retreating. What do we serve as soldiers for? Is it to have food to eat? No! We are the ones who protect the people, and the people pay taxes to feed us. It is time for us to fulfill our oaths and responsibilities. The little devils on the other side are a bunch of barns, beasts, and we are going to kill them all. ”

Three red signal flares rushed into the air, and the Japanese army began a large-scale attack, and the little devils rushed towards the Linjiangmen position without any formation as if they were enchanted, on the city wall; in the trenches; Behind the sandbags, countless fires flickered, and the devils rushed forward desperately, as if there was no rain of bullets in front of them, and their comrades-in-arms fell, they ignored them, as if their destination was the Linjiangmen position of the National Youth League.

Sun Zhiyu looked at it and said, "Are they crazy?" ”

"Nope! That's how they fight. Shen Shaofan answered Zhiyu's question while shooting.

The little devil was about to rush in front of the National Youth League, but Shaofan just didn't give the order to charge to suppress the little devil, but ordered the soldiers to shoot as much as possible and shoot as many devils as possible. The soldiers fell one by one, Shaofan and the other soldiers still did not flinch and stuck to their positions, you must know that their positions are very simple, and sometimes they don't feel any support from the trenches and sandbags, but they still hold the simple positions. The little devil rushed into the position, and the soldiers and the little devil started hand-to-hand combat and stabbed with guns; Machetes; Daggers and other things that can be used are used, the two troops scuffle and mix together, the battle is getting white-hot, the little devils still keep pouring towards the Linjiangmen position, and the little devils have the upper hand in numbers.

Shen Shaofan shouted: "Brothers, we have no way out. We're moving forward! ”

At this critical juncture, a group of soldiers armed with rifles rushed out from behind, shouting to kill and join the battle, they were the soldiers of the rifle company and the artillery company. After the artillery company settled in Jiangbei, Zhang Liang returned to the south bank of the Yangtze River with all the officers and men of the company, and joined the battle with the rifle company.

Shen Shaofan came to Zhang Liang's side and said, "Why are you here?" ”

Zhang Liang smiled: "Don't forget, we are also from the National Youth League." ”

Shen Shaofan smiled and said, "Okay! is not a company commander of the National Youth League. ”

At this time, the guard company also joined the white-hot battle, but the devil's troops were too many, and the National Youth League was really powerless, and the troops withdrew to the last line of defense on Rehe Road. There are still tens of thousands of people on the pontoon bridge who have not yet left.

"Zhiyu, how long do the people have to withdraw?" Shaofan asked as he shot.

Sun Zhiyu said: "There are about four hours. ”

"Good! We're going to stick to it for four hours. Shen Shaofan shouted: "The correspondent ordered the troops to hold for four hours no matter what. We're going to nail it like a nail on the Rehe Road. ”

"Yes!"

An almost frantic charge of the 16th Division retreated the National Youth Regiment to the last line of defense, Rehe Road, but the troops were exhausted and suffered unprecedented casualties. Gu Shoufu reluctantly gave the order for the troops to retreat to Nanjing.

Although the battle on the Linjiangmen defense line was very short, the battle played a considerable role, it covered tens of thousands of Nanjing people to cross the river safely, and saved almost half of the troops, but the casualties were also heavy, and the soldiers of the National Youth League Company who participated in the battle sacrificed a total of 10,321 people; 8,695 people were wounded, including 139 officers of all ranks. Annihilated 8,760 Japanese troops, and held on for 29 hours before the troops crossed the river from the pontoon bridge, and at the same time blew up the only escape route for the people of Nanjing.

At about 1:00 a.m., a refugee who escaped from the city of Nanjing staggered to the Rehe Road and was rescued by the soldiers of the National Youth League who were on guard.

Shen Shaofan walked through the crowd and came to Jiang Fuquan and said, "How is Nanjing City?" ”

"A lot of people died. That's a lot of people! They were all killed. Little devils kill people like brutes! There are killings everywhere; Snatch; *。 Jiang Fuquan cried bitterly: "My second sister refused to let the little devil insult and was split in half by those beasts. Those little devils will kill when they see women, and kill men when they see them. ”

"Son of a bitch!" Shaofan gritted his teeth and scolded.

Jiang Fuquan touched his tears and said, "Some girls were killed by the devils. The corpse was left naked on the road. ”

"Beasts! Fuck bastard! Sun Zhiyu rarely scolded, but he couldn't help it when he heard it.

A city with an ancient civilization has come in, and a group of little devils who are not as good as beasts have entered, and a hell has been created in the indulgence and ravages of the Japanese army.

Shen Shaofan looked at the direction of Nanjing City, his heart was uneasy, he stroked the beloved Mauser t98 in his heart, he looked at Nanjing City and said to himself: "Wenwen, I will definitely pick you up." ”

The wind blew into the temporary Youth League headquarters of the National Youth League of the River Transport School with a chill, Sun Zhiyu saw a piece of paper full of words on the long table of the regiment headquarters, which was held under a compass, and with the cold wind shaking constantly, there was a 'popping' sound, and Shen Shaofan's figure went away in the mysterious night.

Under the hazy moonlight, with that faint desolation and poignancy, a figure in the ruins and rubble in the distance is slowly walking towards the city of Nanjing, which is like a demon cave, and the figure is facing the white cold moonlight in the wisps of cold wind, a person who will never give up for the oath - Shen Shaofan. He put down the National Youth League and went to Nanjing, the trapped capital of all Japanese, to go deep into Nanjing, which was all Japanese, for a love and a promise.