Not far from the Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Invasion of China, is the Yangtze River. It is exactly the same as the surging river in Yu Sheng's dream. He didn't even have to consult the map to know where Zhongshan was, where Yanziji was, where Yuhuatai was, and where Qinhuai River......

Even though the road is not the same as it is remembered.

Yu Sheng walked to the river. It's not that he is so leisurely, but in his dreams, he remembers that there will always be a hand that he will lead and run forward. He couldn't turn back, he didn't know what the person he was holding looked like. But I think it's a woman, soft and silky, and has endless attachment to him.

And at the end of their run, it was by the river.

There is no wind on the riverside, so the ripples on the river surface are slight. The sky and clouds are reflected in the river. Yu Sheng looked at his shadow reflected in the river, but found that the face of the shadow was not him, but a strange woman.

His eyes were so gentle, and he smiled like a flower at Yu Sheng in the light and shadow of the water waves. Yu Sheng involuntarily walked down the gentle slope of the levee and put his hand into the river. The woman's shadow shattered, and Yu Shengdan felt that there was a great force in the river, so he grabbed his hand and dragged him down!

Before Yu Sheng fell into a coma, he vaguely heard someone shouting by the river: "Save people!" Someone overboard! ”

It's just that the river is huge, and Yu Sheng's body disappeared in an instant in the river, and there was no trace.

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On November 9, 1937, Shanghai fell. Except for the foreign concessions, Shanghai was occupied by the Japanese army. A large number of refugees poured into the concession, and the concession became the only relatively safe island. After three months of fierce fighting with the Japanese army, the extremely tired squadron withdrew to Nanjing.

At the same time, the Nationalist government began preparations to defend the capital, Nanjing, which was only three hundred kilometers from Shanghai. But it was too late. The KMT's top brass has already made a mistake, but the people are still ignorant of it.

On November 20, 1937, the Nationalist Government announced the relocation of the capital to Chongqing.

On December 1, 1937, the Japanese army captured the Jiangyin fortress and ordered an attack on Nanjing. The Battle of Nanjing begins.

On December 2, 1937, the Chinese Navy was completely annihilated in the Sino-Japanese Battle of Jiangyin.

On December 10, 1937, the Japanese army launched a general attack on the defenders of Nanjing.

On December 12, 1937, Tang Shengzhi, a senior Kuomintang general, gave up street fighting. The order was given to retreat and break through, and the resistance of the squadron collapsed. Hundreds of thousands of civilians in Nanjing will face the butcher's knives of the Japanese army directly.

Later generations had various doubts about Tang Shengzhi's orders. If the Japanese army were dragged into street fighting, it would not only buy time for the entire battle, but also avoid a large number of civilian casualties.

On December 12, 1937, Yu Sheng took his wife Ye Qingyu to follow the army to break through. Prepare to follow the Kuomintang army to cross the river from Xiaguan and prepare to withdraw to Pukou.

Yu Sheng and Ye whispered softly, but they were the most ordinary civilians in Nanjing. Yu Sheng's father was the head of a Hongquan martial arts gym and relied on his disciples to support his family. After his father's death, Yu Sheng inherited the martial arts hall and continued to live a small life with a low income.

Ye Qingyu is the most traditional woman in China, and she takes it as her responsibility to teach her husband and children. Although I went to school, I was educated. But you can also live at home with peace of mind.

The young husband and wife were married for five years when they were ready to flee. Ye Qingyu has just been found out to be pregnant in the hospital.

When the Japanese besieged the city, Yu Sheng inquired about the retreat route through the brothers in the army who had practiced martial arts in the martial arts hall.

But this young couple's understanding of human nature is still not deep. At this time, the Kuomintang was already a tired and retreating army, and the morale of the army was already scattered.

How many people will seriously carry out orders? And how many will retreat in order?

Most of the generals just used the phone to order the retreat of their subordinates, so they left the team and arrived at Xiaguan first.

The failure of these high-ranking Kuomintang generals to say goodbye and flee first caused the lower command of the Kuomintang army to fall into confusion. This is also one of the important reasons why Nanjing has no ability to resist and is slaughtered by others.

The generals escaped as cowardly as rats, and their subordinates fought bravely and became prisoners and were mercilessly slaughtered.

After most of the generals crossed the river, the Japanese army had already laid siege to Nanjing. Stragglers and refugees, find everything that can float on the water, wooden basins, roof beams, and even wooden doors and windows, and enter the vast Yangtze River. Swim to the opposite shore.

Yu Sheng has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and his body is strong, so he grabbed a huge wooden beam. Ye Qingyu and he grew up on the edge of the Yangtze River since childhood, and they both know water. With everyone into the Yangtze River.

The river water is cold and extremely draining. Moreover, the Yangtze River is wide, and the distance in a straight line is at least two kilometers. Yu Sheng held the exhausted Ye whispering, and with the help of the huge wooden roof beams that were half floating and half sinking, he struggled to cross the Yangtze River.

When he finally felt down-to-earth, the vanguard of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, the 33rd Wing of the 30th Brigade, rushed to Shimonoseki.

On the river, five gunboats, four destroyers, and four coast guard boats of the Eleventh Sentai of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet also rushed to Shimonoseki. Shoot from both sides and shoot the soldiers and civilians crowded on the Shimonoseki and the river.

In the icy river water, Yu Sheng, who was already down-to-earth, desperately dragged Ye Qingyu, who was no longer able to walk, and ran towards Pukou as best he could. Distance yourself from the ships on the river.

But the bullets from the machine guns were as dense as raindrops. Hit everyone on the river without missing a beat.

While running, Yu Sheng heard the muffled sound of bullets entering his body and tearing. His hand sank, and Ye Qingyu couldn't stand anymore. The delicate body was torn open by a bullet in the abdomen. Blood gushed out.

Ye Qingyu's position was behind Yu Sheng, if this bullet didn't hit Ye Qingyu, and changed direction as it pierced his body. Then, the person who was hit would be Yu Sheng......

Yu Sheng felt a sharp pain in his heart, and roared at the sky, his eyes were about to split! I was waiting to turn around and deal with the Japanese. But he was hugged by Ye Qingyu, and pressed Yu Sheng's body behind the huge beam that had not yet been discarded. The strength is incredible, and even Yu Sheng, who has martial arts, can't struggle for a while.

Of course, Yu Sheng will not forcibly break free. I saw that the familiar face turned pale at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the woman in her arms pushed him into the river, and said in Yu Sheng's ear with all her might: "Run!" Don't be desperate, stay alive! ”

After saying a word, he lost his breath.

And the Japanese had already discovered Yu Sheng hiding behind the huge beams. Machine gun bullets swept over in a dense manner. Break the wooden beams. Yu Sheng hugged Ye Qingyu's body and was caught off guard behind the roof beam. I was hit in the head by a broken roof beam and fainted.

The river was surging, and the figures of Yu Sheng and Ye Qingyu disappeared in an instant.