Hatohiko of Asaka Palace actually wanted to apply to His Majesty the Emperor to award the commander of the division who first broke through Nanjing with the Grand Order of Chrysanthemum? Immediately caused an uproar among the many division commanders, you must know that this great medal of chrysanthemum is specially awarded to the prince of the royal family and the prime minister of the political axe who has served for more than two years, as the commander of the lieutenant general's division, the great medal of chrysanthemum is an extraordinary honor awarded, you must know that the award of the emperor [***] is a strict regulation, even before the end of the war, the award of the army is still very strict and stingy.

Being able to get the Grand Medal of Chrysanthemum is undoubtedly a guarantee in the eyes of many division commanders that it is equivalent to being promoted to general, but the most shocking thing is that Hatohiko Chaoxiang claimed that he would be relieved of military discipline within a week of breaking through Nanjing as a reward and reward? The temptation to lift military discipline can be said to be very great for high-ranking officers and generals.

The reason why many generals of the Yue Army wanted to serve or transfer to Manchuria was because of their high salaries and benefits, because they knew that the lives of their families in the homeland were actually quite not wealthy, and in the case of Tojo Hideki, even if he was transferred from the commander of the military police to the post of deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, his family still had to eat mixed rice mixed with coarse grains and black beans.

The soldiers and junior officers of the Yue army only have a quota of a few kilograms to return to China, so in addition to handing over most of the money looted in the occupied areas to all levels of logistics, the antiques and precious metal jade items are basically transported back to China in the private boxes of the senior officers and generals.

For this reason, some soldiers even did not hesitate to shoot themselves in the thigh and returned home with this huge amount of money to honor and be injured, so it is definitely not ordinary officers and soldiers who will really get rich when military discipline is lifted, and the removal of military discipline can be called the welfare of high-ranking officers and generals.

Although the artillery surnamed Neng is very ordinary, the quality of the artillery and the quality of the artillery staff officers of the artillery are not low.

Suddenly, a bang like the sky and the earth cracking made Zhang Xuewu startled, and hurriedly climbed high to stand in front of the artillery mirror to observe carefully, the high column of smoke made Zhang Xuewu suddenly surprised, and Ye Yunfei on the side also said with a serious expression: "Commander!" I am afraid that the caliber of this cannon will not be less than 240 millimeters, which is the caliber of the coastal defense cannon cannon of this navy, and no matter how thick the city wall is, it will not be able to stop such a big guy from bombarding, and it will not take five artillery to tear an opening in any city wall of Nanjing City. ”

Zhang Xuewu nodded and said: "This kind of heavy artillery is definitely not easy to erect, and the firing speed is too slow, plus the barrel life of this kind of heavy artillery is extremely limited, we just need to beware of its movement towards the city wall, and leave the rest to the air force!" After the arrival of the Soviet support air force, we will give Xiao Yueben a hard look. ”

Zhang Xuewu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after learning that Lieutenant General Asakanomiya Hatohiko of the Imperial Prince of the Imperial Family had replaced Matsui Ishine as the acting commander of the Central Branch Dispatch Army and commanded the attack on Nanjing. But he didn't dare to wave his army to meet the general.

The battlefield is the most unpredictable place, any small mistake can lead to great losses or even the annihilation of the whole army, so Zhang Xuewu must be cautious, but the synonym of prudence is to lose a great opportunity, opportunity is equivalent to risk, and it is obviously not in line with the laws of physics to want to get a good return without taking a risk.

In Zhang Xuewu's memory, Hatohiko Asakanomiya was one of the few professional soldiers in the imperial family, known for being radical and supportive of the imperial army, but the executioner who gave the order for the Nanjing Massacre escaped punishment after the war with his special status as a member of the imperial family, and his subordinates Yoshizumi Ryosuke, Takamori Takasa, and Major General Mamoru Iinuma were not punished in any way.

The most angry thing about Zhang Xuewu was that Hatohiko Chaoxiang continued his days of drinking after the war, and later became the honorary president of the Yuben Golf Club, easily swinging between the green mountains and green waters, and finally died at the age of ninety-three, such an executioner whose hands were stained with the blood of hundreds of thousands of Chinese people did not receive any treatment and retribution? Is the Chinese too merciful or does God not open his eyes? The Celestial Cycle seems to have become a special case for Hatohiko Asakanomiya?

However, since this executioner, whose hands were stained with the blood of the Chinese people in history, arrived in Nanjing and became the acting commander of the Central Branch Dispatch Army, then Zhang Xuewu felt that he had the obligation to treat this bastard well and see if Hatohiko could still die as free as in history?

On Niushou Mountain outside Nanjing, in the midst of a verdant tunnel, Sun Guiming, the brigade commander of the Fifth Brigade of the First Mechanized Division, was standing in front of the large Niushou Mountain dense battle map of the headquarters, and the ninth and twelfth regiments of the Fifth Brigade, plus the mountain artillery battalion and heavy mortar battalion, reconnaissance company, and cavalry company directly under the brigade, totaled more than 5,600 people.

The straight-line distance between the nearest general mountain is only about one kilometer, and the heavy machine gun fire of the main position on the right side of the general mountain can block the western front of the entire Niushou Mountain, and the general mountain fortress has a hundred and five mm howitzer and a seventy-five mm mountain artillery group, which can fully support Niushou Mountain, so Sun Guiming is very calm at the moment, he attached a battalion of the ninth regiment to the surface position, because the terrain of Niushou Mountain is special, and the garrison fortifications are all built on the ridge line of the peak.

Although this practice can obtain a good field of view and firing angle, which is conducive to the intensive projection of automatic firearms, but if it encounters the enemy's direct fire or large-caliber howitzer bombardment, the casualties on the surface position will be very large, in fact, Zhang Xuewu has also personally inspected Niushou Mountain, the terrain and terrain restrictions make the fortifications can only be built on the ridge line, so once the battle for Niushou Mountain breaks out, the battle will be extremely tragic.

Sun Guiming wore a military dress that he was reluctant to wear today, and several honorary medals of Chengde were pinned to his chest, and the staff officer on the side said a little strangely: "Brigade seat? Is it possible to dress up like this? ”

Sun Guiming smiled slightly: "It's not a big deal, the commander of the corps has explained to me, as soon as the war starts, the task of my officers and soldiers is to stick to the fortress of Niushou Mountain, this Niushou Mountain is the place where Yue Feiyue Shaobao broke the golden soldiers, I Sun Guiming can sacrifice his life for the country here It is an honor, although there is no regret in death, after I sacrificed my life for the country, I said that I saw Lao Tzu's corpse, I can distinguish Lao Tzu's military rank, and I have to prepare a coffin for Lao Tzu for burial, this is etiquette!" Lao Tzu's Niushou Mountain is the tomb of this book, come to a Lao Tzu to suddenly one, come to two to slaughter two, come to a pile of collapse, Lao Tzu is here to kill or bury. ”

Sun Guiming turned to the communication staff officer on the side and said: "At all costs, we must ensure the communication between the brigade commander and the surface position, tell the ninth regiment commander Gao Feng and the tenth regiment commander Cheng Guoqing, the people are in the position, Lao Tzu's position is the corps commander personally pointed out to Lao Tzu, not an inch can be lost, Nanjing is my capital of China, behind us is the city of Nanjing, said that if I want to attack Nanjing, I must step on our corpse, the corps commander also carries the coffin and fights, anyone dares to take half a step back, Lao Tzu here military law is ruthless. ”

On the streets of Wangzhuang in the south of Nanjing, soldiers are loading corpses on the side of the road in horse-drawn carts, and these corpses belong to some villagers in Wangzhuang who are unable to leave their homeland, because many people believe that Orientals can do something to themselves. Orientals want to be raff the same, and they want to eat the same, right?

Obviously, after all, the kind, or should it be said that the numb Chinese underestimate the surname of the beast of the person, and if you use the words of the common people to describe the person himself, there is no most livestock, only more livestock.

The joint staff headquarters of the 11th and 16th Divisions of the Chinese Army were set up in Wangzhuang, and for the sake of secrecy, the Chinese peasants in Wangzhuang were thoroughly cleaned up.

According to the deployment of Hatohiko of Asakanomiya, the 11th Division of the Yamamuro Somu Division and the 16th Division of the Nakajima Imasago Shogo attacked the line of Niushou Mountain and Jiangjun Mountain in the west of the city, and in the newly established joint staff headquarters in Wangzhuang, Yamamuro Sotake, Koizumi Fumihito, Nakajima Imasago and others stood in front of the sand table that the staff officers had worked overtime to make.

Yamamuro Zongwu looked at the three ring-shaped fortifications with different heights formed on the sand table and the fortress of Niushou Mountain, and said with a headache: "It is said that Zhang Xuewu, the commander of the Rehe Legion of the Chinese Army, is an expert in urban defense warfare. The two peaks of Niushou Mountain and General Mountain rely on each other to form the barrier in the south of Nanjing, the Chinese army will definitely place a certain number of artillery groups on the fortress of General Mountain and Niushou Mountain, these artillery groups will be the biggest obstacle to our attack, if you want to take the commanding heights of the fortress of General Mountain, you must first take Niushou Mountain, if you want to attack the Qinhuai River along the city wall in the south of the city, then you must capture Niushou Mountain and General Mountain. ”

(To be continued)