Four: Whining

It was quiet inside the alley, and the soldiers sat on the smooth stone pavement listening to the gunfire coming from the street. Some of them lowered their heads, and some of them looked up at the sky, each thinking about their own thoughts.

The clever ghost broke the silence and said ashamedly, "We have retreated here, and there is nowhere to retreat. It's a shame that our battle is like this, and we are chased and beaten by devils.

"It's not like I'm going to stop wearing this outfit, don't misunderstand me, I'm going to fight devils. If I don't defeat the devil, I don't have the face to go home.

"I changed my clothes to go to the safe zone. When the devil enters the city, I will avoid the little devil first, and when the situation calms down, I will find the troops. Guarantee the war of resistance to the end. If you don't win a complete victory, you will never withdraw your troops. ”

He saw that everyone was silent, and said: "In the past, I joined the army to eat enough and fight for a few oceans. With the money, I went home and bought two acres of land, and the life of the whole family was better.

"I'm here to fight devils now, the country has difficulties and responsibilities, and I won't go home if I don't drive the devils out of China. Believe me. ”

One soldier said, "We believe in you, and you will stay until the end of the war." will fight with us in the streets. Determined to fight to the death with the devil.

"The Battle of Nanjing was defeated, and if I went home like this, my mother would scold me, and my wife would look down on me. The folks will accuse me. I myself will not forgive myself. ”

The clerk said, "You said well. The devils have not yet entered the city, and our large army has retreated first. We did not keep Nanjing, and we are sorry for the fathers and brothers in Nanjing. We are ashamed. ”

The clever ghost said, "It's a good fight, and the above tells us to retreat." Giving the city of Nanjing to the Japanese, losing the country, and abandoning the people of Nanjing, what is this called anti-Japanese.

"The Nanjing garrison command had to carry out the order to retreat, and we were unwilling to go, and we would not obey this order to death. We are determined to fight in the streets and make the devils die on every street we do.

"We stayed in defiance of orders and guilty of killing our heads! What we're for. For the anti-Japanese. We resolutely fought the devils to the end and defended Nanjing with our lives. Coexist and die with Nanjing. ”

The clever ghost suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Today, the devil entered the city, and our street battle just started, and we were defeated in only one round.

"The fighters we left behind died so much at once that a few of us had to retreat. We have reached the point where we are now, and there is no way out.

He waved his fist and said, "Let me tell you, there are no ships at all in Shimonoseki, and all the ships were sealed by the headquarters on the day of the ninth."

"Now the retreat command is not unblocked. It's just where to get a boat after the seal is lifted. Many soldiers crossed the river on rafts, some crossed the river with door panels, and countless soldiers drowned last night.

"Some soldiers couldn't cross the river, so they returned to the city together, changed their uniforms and entered the safety zone."

The clever ghost had also heard about these situations, and he didn't want him to say it again in order to avoid right and wrong. He said: "Where did the road news come from. Beware of me putting a seal on your mouth.

"We stayed because the chief agreed. You don't have to worry. The commander said that it was best to block the Japanese army, and if he couldn't stop the devils, he had to protect the safety of the soldiers and go to Jiangbei to find troops in the future. ”

The clever ghost stretched out his thumb and said, "My brother and a staff officer at the division headquarters have been friends in life and death for many years, and these situations came from there. Believe it or not.

"Also, the commander and the two commanders went out of the city after the meeting was dismissed last night, and at nine o'clock in the evening they crossed the river by boat in the coal port.

Commander Gu of the Third Theater asked them to cross the river on the evening of the 11th, but he was unwilling to leave his troops and escape by himself, so they did not leave.

"The supreme commander of the base camp issued a retreat order again on the night of the 11th, how to retreat, where to retreat, and whether the troops broke through and whether there were troops to respond. There is no saying in the base camp.

"The base camp of the troops crossing the river did not transfer ships from the upstream, in short, it is the business of your Nanjing defenders, and the retreat is also the business of your Nanjing defenders.

"We retreated north, and there were no boats there to cross the river. We broke through to the south, and there was no foreign aid to respond, and we were dead shrimps.

"I don't want to be captured, I heard that the devil killed the captive, and I don't want to die." Everyone's eyes were on him. He spoke the words that were in everyone's hearts. No one wants to die, they are all thinking of a way back for themselves.

He said: "Now think about it, the defenders of Nanking were actually a lone army. Fighting alone, no one is willing to fall behind. Determined to fight to the last man. We can definitely win.

"But what would be the result of a lone retreat. The Battle of Nanjing was fought well. Ruined for your own people!

"The only way to survive now is to go to the safe zone. That's it. Which of you will come with me. Let's go now. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers stood up together, and none of them spoke, and they threw their guns into the rubble and untied their belts.

Wang Mingming looked at them blankly, and she remembered what the old housekeeper had said, the defense of Nanjing was defeated in the hands of her own people. She had also thought about how to lose to her own people.

She didn't expect to lose like this, the defeat was too bad, and the defeat was inexplicable. The defeated soldiers are so angry, and the defeated people are panicking.

This morning, the Japanese army must have been very surprised to see that there were no Chinese troops on the city wall. Feeling incomprehensible. I didn't dare to fight for a short time, for fear that it would be an empty plan.

"Clerical, I'm sorry, but the commander-in-chief is gone, and we're headless flies." We're in the safe zone. We figured out how to get a few of their clothes as we walked. ”

The clerk said, "I understand you. More understanding of the commander who has crossed the river. I will not forget that he went to the front line to personally direct the battle, and I will not forget that he fought with our soldiers to the death.

"He wants to fight to the end and wants to die for the war of resistance. However, he had to leave and admired him very much, and swore to follow the officers and soldiers who lived and died with him in Nanjing.

"I can assert that he will not be used again in the base camp in the future, that his colleagues despise him and ridicule him, that those who do not know him will accuse him and scold him, and that some people will hold him accountable for retreating.

"Retreating troops will be devastating on their way back. The troops that break through will be surrounded and annihilated by the Japanese. The common people of Nanjing, who lived under the iron heel of the Japanese army, would be devastated.

"Although he was carrying out the order, his conduct told me that he would still regret this retreat in the future, and that he would be condemned by his conscience. He will suffer in pain.

"We must remember that he was a general who resisted Japan and a good commander for us anti-Japanese fighters. He did his best in the defense of Nanjing. Don't forget him.

"Okay, let's not talk about him. We, the brothers who share life and death, from the Battle of Songhu to the Battle of Nanjing, we have killed countless devils, and we are alive.

"Today, when we have come to an end in the defense of Nanjing, we have no choice but to go to the safe zone, and to go there for safety. It's a way to live.

"The most important thing is to be alive at the moment. You keep one life, keep one life, we still have the days to meet, and we will fight devils side by side.

"We have so many brothers dead. I don't want to see any more brothers lose their lives in retreat. Let's go. ”

A few soldiers ran out of an alley, and they stood down in surprise when they saw the clerk drop their guns.

A tall non-commissioned officer asked unceremoniously: "Why did you lose your weapons, what should you do if you encounter devils?" ”

Wang Mingming, seeing their demeanor, did not know the group of clerks.

The clerk said, "I won't hide it from you, the only way is to go to the safe zone." No other way. The security zone is a demilitarized zone, and no weapons are permitted, nor are they allowed to wear military uniforms. ”

The non-commissioned officer said: "We received an order to retreat to Xiaguan, the Japanese devils are besieging the city on three sides, and there is the only way to retreat."

"There is the Yangtze River, and the commander ordered us to return the establishment there after completing the task, and there must be a boat there to take us across the river.

"You are soldiers, you might as well go with us to go to the safety zone, I believe we can cross the river. At present, Jiangbei is the world of our Chinese. ”