On the night of 16 December, the first group of nearly 10,000 defenders of Nanjing had been evacuated from the Xiaguan wharf. In order to give the Japanese army the illusion of desperate resistance from the defenders of Nanjing, during the day of the 17th, except for some people who temporarily decided to evacuate Nanjing.

At this time, the numbers of the various units in Nanjing City were still alive, and even the troops that had been evacuated in the early stage left a battalion of troops to continue to pretend to be defenders.

At this time, outside the defense area of the Hainan Guards, the hundreds of Japanese vanguard troops who had just arrived here pushed one infantry cannon after another in front of the fortress of the Hainan Guards.

"Guy up ahead?" The Japanese squadron leader asked the soldiers next to him.

"Report to the captain, it should be a fortress that the Chinese soldiers have just built. It's weird and scary, but I don't know how well it defends. A soldier immediately responded.

"Hmph, no matter how strong the fortress is, it can't stop the bombardment of artillery, so immediately send an infantry artillery squad to attack the fortress." The squadron leader's voice fell.

Immediately four infantry guns were pushed out of the formation. The four infantry guns were parked a kilometer away, a distance that all rifles could not reach, and within the range of the infantry guns, they did not have to fear sniping from the Chinese soldiers.

"Boom" four infantry guns fired continuously, and accurately hit the triangular fortress in the middle of the block a kilometer away, as a result, in the midst of the cheers of the Japanese army, the triangular fortress was unharmed, but several ruins behind the fortress sounded explosions.

"What? A fortress that can bounce shells? The Japanese squadron leader was shocked by what he saw, but before he could reflect on what was going on.

I saw that the firing port in front of the triangular fortress suddenly poked out a huge muzzle, and then this machine gun suddenly fired at the infantry cannon a kilometer away.

Just when the Japanese army was still laughing at the Chinese soldiers for not being able to do their best, a kilometer away, even if the bullets of the machine guns hit here, there was no accuracy.

But what surprised them happened, the machine gun had a long range and great power. Four infantry guns were broken down on the spot and scrapped.

Even a dozen infantrymen were killed on the spot, and they died in a miserable state, either directly broken or headless.

Some were even directly hit by bullets in the chest, not to mention the blood, and even the entire body was torn apart.

And the nightmare of the Japanese army had just begun, and the large-caliber machine guns not only wiped out the only four infantry guns of the squadron in an instant.

It even fired directly at the Japanese troops hiding on both sides of the street, and the terrifying machine gun bullets directly pierced the surrounding walls, destroying the Japanese troops hidden behind the walls.

The Japanese squadron, which had encountered such strong machine gun fire for the first time, immediately retreated, running as fast as they could, desperately calculating when they would be able to escape the range of the machine guns.

However, it was not only these large-caliber machine guns that pursued them, but also dozens of soldiers of the Hainan Escort Army who pursued them.

The guards were very skillful in their coordination, some with machine guns, some with sniper rifles to target the fastest Japanese soldiers, and a few of them set up two mortars at a rapid speed and bombarded the place where they had fled.

The Japanese troops of this squadron were not only pursued by all kinds of light and heavy weapons, but when they finally managed to run out of the range of heavy machine guns, they were attacked by grenades thrown from the rubble of a street by a squad of soldiers of the Hainan Guards hiding in their houses, and more than a dozen soldiers were killed in an instant.

The squad, which had been attacked so much, threw away its armor and did not stop until it was three kilometers away from the Hainan Guards' defense area, because it was only then that they found themselves safe.

But looking at the pile of scattered Japanese corpses every ten meters behind him, the Japanese squadron leader really wanted to cry without tears, who was the person opposite? What kind of weapons did they use? It was farther than the infantry artillery, and this still made people live?

Moreover, the combat effectiveness of this Hainan Escort Army is so strong, judging from the tactical actions of these soldiers chasing and killing all the way, its tactical cultivation seems to be higher than that of these Japanese soldiers.

The pursuit team of dozens of people only pursued two kilometers, and killed nearly 100 of their Japanese soldiers, and the squadron leader counted the soldiers who fled with him, and there were only 150 of them.

That is to say, from the time they fired the first shell at the defense area of the Hainan Guards, in less than half an hour, their 300 soldiers in a squadron not only allowed the family to destroy four infantry guns, but also wiped out half of their elite soldiers.

Looking at the frightened and battle-minded soldiers in front of him, the squadron leader had no choice but to order the signal corps to immediately report to the wing commander that the attack on the Hainan Escort Army's defense area was blocked, and to request tactical guidance.

Just when dozens of attacking Japanese troops in the entire city of Nanjing encountered the same problem. Just when the Japanese front command received the Hainan Escort Army's strange defensive bunkers how difficult they were.

Commander Chiang, who was far away in Wuhan and was always paying attention to the situation of the defenders of Nanjing, had just received the latest battle situation in Nanjing.

"What, now it is the Second Army of the Hainan Guards that has taken over the defense of Nanjing, and their commander is the original Cai Tingkai of the Nineteenth Route Army? Is Tang Shengzhi crazy?

Didn't he know that Cai Tingkai had always opposed me? He also dared to hand over to him the task of blocking the whole of Nanjing. Does Tang Shengzhi want to be a sinner of the party-state? What about Li Tie? Where is Li Tie? The Hainan Guards are his private army, and he immediately asked Li Tie to come to see me. "Commander Chiang was furious in Wuhan. Seeing that the capital of the Republic of China was about to be occupied by the Japanese. I've been under so much pressure these days.

Now that he has just learned that the general responsible for defending his capital is his former enemy, he can't be calm with anyone.

Seeing Commander Jiang's violent appearance, the commanders at all levels in the camp did not squeak, after all, it has been less than half a year since the Hugou Bridge Incident.

The Pingjin area was lost, Shanxi was lost, and almost all the areas north of the Yellow River were under the control of the Japanese, who thought that they would take the initiative to attack and fight a turnaround battle in Shanghai, but who knew that the 800,000 Nationalist Army still had not defeated the other side against the 200,000 Japanese army.

In the end, nearly 300,000 people were killed and wounded, and almost all of Commander Chiang's elite troops were disabled.

The entire Nationalist Government's air force was lost eight out of ten, the navy was completely annihilated, and all the elite of the army were annihilated, so it can be said that six or seven out of ten of Commander Chiang's military strength in the First World War of Shanghai were completely lost.

Fortunately, now is the time of national crisis, and warlords all over the country have expressed their strong support for Commander Chiang, and troops from all over the country are constantly rushing to the areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

But after all, far water can't solve the near fire, the battle of Shanghai, Commander Jiang evacuated all the troops in the Central Plains, and now if you want to relieve the siege of Nanjing, you have to transfer troops from Yunnan.

So when they suddenly heard that the Hainan Guards appeared in Nanjing City, the bigwigs in the camp were still very happy, but who knew which tendon was wrong with Commander Jiang now, and he was stunned to take Li Tie out his anger.

You must know that if it weren't for the independent regiment of the Hainan Guard Army guarding the Cihu Town ferry, and the magical regiment occupying the Wulongshan Fort, the current Nanjing would have been captured by the Japanese a long time ago.

What's more, the Hainan Guards sent 10,000 soldiers to take the initiative to ask for the queen of the palace, what a spirit of selfless dedication.

As for the generals who led the army, they were former rebel generals, is this important? It doesn't matter at all, just ask which of the generals here has not fought Commander Chiang to the death before.

In fact, Commander Jiang was mainly troubled by his self-esteem, and he was really embarrassed to let his former subordinates lose and save his last tens of thousands of elites.

Now Nanjing has basically been surrounded by the Japanese army, if it were not for the Xiaguan Wharf still in the hands of the Hainan Guards, the current Nanjing defenders would have only surrendered and the whole army would have been annihilated.

Fortunately, other generals did not dare to persuade Commander Jiang, but there were also a few who dared to speak out to Commander Jiang, and Song Ziwen was the first to stand up for Li Tie.

"How good Li Tie is to you, ask for money for money, ask for guns for guns, and now even his own old bottom is dedicated to fighting the Japanese army, if he really has a heart of disobedience, he can sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.

Now that the entire capital of Nanjing is about to be occupied by the Japanese, let's think more about how we can solve the impact on the people of the whole country because of the occupation of Nanjing after the Japanese army occupies Nanjing. ”

As soon as Song Ziwen's words were finished, Commander Jiang wanted to refute a few words, but before he could speak, Madame Jiang grabbed Commander Jiang's hand.

"Ziwen is reasonable, after the Japanese army occupies Nanjing, they will definitely go up the river and invade the areas on both sides of the Yangtze River.

Now the reinforcements from all over the country have not yet arrived in the Central Plains, and the relocation of the capital in Chongqing has just begun.

You can't self-destruct the Great Wall at this time, and do things that make your relatives hurt and your enemies happy. I think that now not only can we not hold Li Tie accountable why Cai Tingkai is used, but we must vigorously publicize the current glorious achievements of the defenders of Nanjing.

Even if all the credit belongs to Li Tie and the Hainan Guard, after all, it is also a Chinese unit, which is very effective in boosting morale. ”

As soon as Song Meiling's voice fell, she was immediately unanimously recognized by the national bigwigs present, after all, it was in itself an exciting thing to be able to achieve such great results in such a harsh environment.

Commander Jiang also knew the importance of winning the hearts of the people now, and now the defenders of Nanjing City really couldn't get a decent record, so Commander Jiang could only helplessly listen to everyone's opinions.

"Tell the Propaganda Department to immediately publicize the achievements of the Nanjing defenders throughout the country, and put the Hainan Guards in the sequence of the Nanjing defenders."

Commander Jiang said this at a high level, but he put the Hainan Guards in the sequence of the Nanjing Defenders, so that no matter how much the Hainan Guards did their military exploits, they would have a share of the Nationalist Army, and they would have a share of Commander Chiang.

As soon as the Battle of Nanjing City ended, Commander Jiang could unload the mill and kill the donkey, and he could clean up the Hainan Guards as he wanted.

Anyway, the Hainan Guards are not in the battle sequence of the National Army now. In other words, even if the Hainan Guards have made great contributions, the Hainan Guards are still only illegal and can be banned at any time.

This shows how harmful Commander Chiang's political skills were.