Twenty-two: Five years and five days

The young daughter-in-law said: "The Chinese [***] team has retreated, the defense of Nanjing is over, and the devils have entered the city of Nanjing and started the massacre.

"But we won't be like those rebels, who don't need guns, and run for their lives like headless flies. As a result, he died in the Yangtze River.

"Others went back to the city, asked the people for clothes, changed into military uniforms, and went to the safe zone. The rebels on Shanxi Road couldn't get clothes and robbed several clothing shops.

Miss Lan Ying said: "There is an even more infuriating thing, there is a regimental leader Xie who led a death squad to recapture Guanghuamen from the devils with illness in the battle against devils, and he was burned during the battle.

"Such a hero was trampled to death by the rebels at Rujiangmen. We feel distressed when we hear it! No one could have imagined that the army would be so chaotic,"

Wang Mingming remembered that the regiment commander mentioned by the chief of staff of the artillery battalion was the regimental commander Xie Chengrui, who taught the second regiment. His deeds were on the trumpet early the next morning.

He is the anti-Japanese hero of the common people of Nanjing, such a big hero said that the devil trembled when he heard his name, how could it be such an ending. Wang Mingming was puzzled.

Miss Lan Ying said: "China's army of more than 100,000 was defeated overnight. The defeat is like a mountain, we have seen and experienced this sentence.

"Without the army, we have nothing to rely on. There is no security. We can only rely on ourselves to protect ourselves, and if the devil dares to go up the mountain, we will fight with the devil. ”

Wang Mingming said: "That's right, no one can help us now, we can only rely on ourselves." If the devil really comes, fight with them. There is nothing to be afraid of. ”

Miss Lan Ying said: "The hateful thing is that we don't have guns. I had a gun to kill a few of him. ”

The daughter-in-law beside her said: "If I have a gun, I will also put down a few of him, then it will really relieve the hatred." ”

Miss Lan Ying said, "Are you here to see your aunt?" ”

Wang Mingming asked, "What about my aunt, is she at home?" ”

"She's not at home, she's working in the vegetable patch in the mountains. Go and see your aunt. ”

Wang Mingming ran up the mountain. She walked through a grove and saw her aunt squatting in the field. She shouted excitedly, "Auntie, aunt." ”

My aunt was concentrating on the vegetable patch, she heard her shout and raised her head suspiciously, and she saw Wang Mingming standing up in surprise.

She patted the dirt on her hands and wiped her hands on her apron, and she ran towards Wang Mingming with one foot high and one foot low.

After a few days of life and death, Wang Mingming suddenly saw her relatives, she could no longer control her feelings, hugged her aunt and cried loudly.

The aunt hugged Wang Mingming tightly and cried.

She cried and nagged: "Son, your mother came to me when she left, and she persuaded me to go with her. I thought about it and decided not to go.

"Your mother said that the devils killed people and set fire to women along the road from Shanghai, and they did all kinds of evil, and the political axe has declared Nanjing a war zone, and the devils are about to fight, and the artillery fire is ruthless, and the bullets have no eyes.

"Didn't I say that Commander Tang was defending Nanjing, and the mayor of Nanjing didn't leave, he took the gendarmes to fight devils in Nanjing, and what are we afraid of when Nanjing has them.

"Ever since my leprosy man died, I have lived on two acres of land here, and I have been in exile for a few years and then come back, and I am afraid that this land and house belong to someone else.

"Your mother said don't be reluctant to give up these family business, life is important, let's go.

"I said that the war did not know when it would be fought. I have to guard these two acres of land and the house. I can't throw them away. Losing them will cost me my life.

"The people here are not leaving, and I can stay here if others can stay here. Everyone lives in the mountains, and the devils will not come to the mountains when they come, and they will not kill people here.

"Your mother saw that I refused to leave, she wanted to take your eldest cousin away, and your eldest cousin didn't want to leave when he saw that I didn't go. Your mother can't help it, and repeatedly tells me to be careful.

"She said that her son-in-law called and said that you had gone to Sichuan, but why did you come here all of a sudden? What's going on? Did you not go to Sichuan or did you come back.

Wang Mingming said: "Auntie, I didn't leave, I participated in the devil fight." The Battle of Nanjing was defeated. My house was taken over by devils, and I escaped and ran to my aunt. ”

My aunt said, "It's good that you can fight devils, and your eldest cousin also went to work in the army to help with fortifications." Young people should fight devils and defend our country.

"The battle is defeated, you can escape to me, this place is safe. I don't understand that there is no shortage of food, ammunition, and brave soldiers in Nanjing. Why was the battle lost?

"How can so many armies not be able to defeat devils! Even if you fight, you have to fight for ten days and a half months. In just a few days, the devil has entered the city of Nanjing.

"Pity those of us who stayed in Nanjing, and suddenly became slaves of the country. Pity those soldiers who can't cross the Yangtze River because they don't have a boat, they have nowhere to hide, they are waiting to be caught and killed.

"Our Nanjing city is not undefensible, there is a tiger in the west, a dragon plate in the east, plus the Ming city wall, Nanjing is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

"During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the Qing army could not defeat Nanjing, and sent Zeng Guofan's private armed Hunan army. The Hunan army besieged the city for five years before breaking through the city of Nanjing.

"[***] Defending Nanjing has not even been five days since the devils attacked Guanghuamen on the ninth day, and the army of the Republic of China is not as good as the Taiping army? The common people really don't understand what's going on.

With a retreat, Commander-in-Chief Tang abandoned his thousands of troops and horses and crossed the river first. When he left, the devil hadn't broken the city yet, what was he panicking. The army is still fighting on the battlefield, how can he go. ”

Wang Mingming said: "It's not that he wants to retreat, it's the order of the base camp, and he doesn't want to retreat, but he can't help it when the order comes." Disobedience is a death story. ”

My aunt said, "The base camp ordered you to retreat, not to ask you to escape. There are no boats on the river, and the army can't cross the river, so you have to find a way to get a boat. This is what your commander is going to do.

"You can't get a ship, you're going to have to find another way to retreat with your troops. The base camp didn't call you to lose the army. Those officers and soldiers are the treasures of the country and the capital of resistance.

"I, an old woman, also know that when we retreat, we must first evacuate the wounded and logistical baggage, and those guns and ammunition are the property of the state. It can't be thrown to the devil, let alone abandoned.

"When the main forces retreat, there must be troop cover. The troops had almost retreated, and the commander left. The 100,000-strong army crossed the river, which was a victorious retreat.

"When the army crosses the river, the people should also be taken over from the river, and that is the only way to be a capable commander. Only in the future will the troops be willing to fight with you, and the country will be able to hand over the army to you with confidence. ”

Wang Mingming said: "Auntie, everyone knows what you said. However, the objective situation is ever-changing and unpredictable. General Tang had a complete retreat plan, but someone did not implement it as planned.

He wanted to win the war, was willing to live and die with Nanjing, and wanted to leave a name for future generations. The base camp didn't give him this chance, what could he do. ”

My aunt didn't seem to hear her, and she said, "I also heard that Mayor Xiao of Nanjing City was unwilling to retreat. Have you heard?

"He is the parent official of our Nanjing, and he is not willing to abandon his own people. He led the gendarmes to fight the devils, and when the army retreated, he broke his back until he died in battle.

"He kept the last bullet for himself in order not to be captured by the devils. When he died, he was standing in the river. A parent official like him is a good official. ”

"We heard about him, and all the adults and children cried. He is a hero of resistance and the glory of Nanjing. The people of Nanjing will not forget him, and the country will not forget him.

"After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, we will erect a monument to him to commemorate him forever, those who write books, those who speak big drums," the singers will publicize their deeds from generation to generation.

After he was killed, his gendarmerie broke through from the west to the east of the city, and finally died at the foot of the Purple Mountain. Honorable.

"Your eldest cousin has been out for more than ten days, and no one has come back, not even a message. I'm in a hurry. ”