The chief of staff of the little devil outside the door was already anxious, and as soon as he learned that the Chinese fleet had been hit hard, the chief of staff of the little devil hurried over despite the fact that Matsui Shigen was relaxing inside.

With Matsui Shigen's permission, the little devil's chief of staff immediately pushed the door in, walked in front of Matsui Shigen in a few steps, stood upright, bent down and saluted, and then reported anxiously: "Your Excellency Commander!" Receiving the latest information, the fleet of the Chinese side, which was in the Yangtze River, suffered heavy losses and heavy losses. ”

What the? Hit hard? Hearing this news, even the commander of the Little Devil Central China Front, Matsui Ishone, had a big change in his face, and this news was definitely the worst news for Matsui Ishone.

Originally, Matsui Shigen wanted to rely on the huge ships and cannons of the Chinese fleet to block the 36th Group Army from crossing the river, but he did not expect that the Chinese fleet was actually severely damaged.

Seeing the drastic change in Matsui Shigen's face, the chief of staff of the little devil could only smile helplessly, and then made a detailed report on the situation.

Seeing that the heavy cruiser "Myoko" and the other two light cruisers were all sunk, Matsui Ishine's face was like dirt, and he sat on the ground weakly.

After a long time, Matsui Shigen relieved himself, and the matter had come to this point, so he could only change the plan again, originally thinking that with the cooperation of the Chinese fleet, his troops could easily hold the Yangtze River, but with the Chinese fleet being heavily damaged, it could only be redeployed.

Overnight, Matsui Shigen convened a meeting of a group of senior commanders of the little devils to discuss countermeasures, and at the same time, the little devils were urgently mobilizing troops throughout the night, changing their deployments, and putting the focus of defense on the south bank of the Yangtze River to block the crossing of the 36th Group Army.

Some of the puppet armies on the south side of Nanjing were even transferred into the defense line on the south bank of the Yangtze River, and as some of the puppet armies in the south were transferred, the troops of the Eighth Route Army attacking the south felt a lot smoother in the second offensive.

The little devils frequently mobilized their troops at night to strengthen the defensive positions on the south bank of the Yangtze River overnight, and the three columns of the 36th Group Army were simply overwhelming on the north bank.

At less than 10 o'clock in the morning of the second day, the main forces of the three major columns all reached the north bank of the Yangtze River, and the entire north bank of the Yangtze River was basically controlled by the three columns of the 36th Group Army, and tens of thousands of little devils on the entire north bank of the Yangtze River were basically wiped out by the soldiers, and only a few little devils withdrew to the south bank of the Yangtze River.

A large number of puppet troops on the north bank were basically captured by the soldiers, and only a few puppet soldiers were killed.

Now, the three columns are preparing for the battle of crossing the river, a large number of soldiers are collecting ships, and the artillery regiments and heavy artillery brigades are building artillery strongholds at the site.

Three columns, a total of 9 artillery regiments, three heavy artillery brigades, 105 mm howitzers and 155 mm howitzers in the number of hundreds, these are large-caliber heavy artillery, can easily hit the shells across the Yangtze River, hit the defensive positions on the south bank of the little devil.

Now, a large number of heavy artillery pieces are gradually in place, and the soldiers are hurrying to build artillery positions, and one cannon after another, revealing the majestic muzzle, pointing obliquely at the south bank of the Yangtze River.

The tank regiments and the mechanized infantry regiments have become the second echelon of the river crossing, and everyone has temporarily taken on the role of air defense, three columns, so many heavy artillery have been brought together, and air defense has also become very important.

As for the infantry regiments, they have become the main force to cross the river, and they will board boats from the bank of the river several tens of kilometers long on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and a total of more than 100,000 troops will cross the Yangtze River and enter the city of Nanjing.

The fighters were making preparations in an orderly manner, while the 36th Group Army's 'Datong Radio' and 'Datong Ribao' were carrying out propaganda in an overwhelming manner.

Today's "Datong Radio Station" and "Datong Ri Bao" not only released in a timely manner the news that the Chinese fleet of the little devils had been severely damaged last night, but also announced the news that the three major columns had annihilated tens of thousands of enemies and had arrived on the north bank of the Yangtze River.

In addition, the policies formulated by the 36 th Group Army were also published in detail, and the "Datong Ri Bao" published them in a large volume.

Although the puppet army near Nanjing, although they could not see the "Datong Ri Bao" in time, some of the broadcasts on the radio were still more or less known by the puppet army, especially some officers of the puppet army.

When the soldiers of the three columns were preparing to cross the river, on a puppet army position on the south bank of Nanjing, several puppet army officers were gathering together, as if discussing something in a low voice.

This is a defensive position on the south bank of the Yangtze River, in the Yangtze River section of Nanjing, some suitable for beach landing, the puppet army has built a lot of positions, this is just one of them.

This is a large defensive position, the number of puppet troops is at least thousands, a whole infantry division, not far from here, you can still see a lot of little devils, there is a large defensive position of little devils.

For some important areas, the little devils are defending by themselves, and after the surrender of a large number of puppet troops, the little devils don't seem to be at ease with the puppet army, and just hand over some not very important areas to the puppet army to defend, such as the flanks of the position.

On the position of this puppet army, several officers of the puppet army are discussing, this is the high-level of several puppet troops in this position, from the commander of the puppet army, down to the deputy division commander, chief of staff, brigade commanders, etc.

"Master! Now, the large force of the Thirty-sixth Army has reached the north bank of the Yangtze River, and for the sake of the future of thousands of brothers, you must make a decision as soon as possible. ”

"It's o! The 36th Group Army just broadcast it on the radio again, and in a situation like ours, we have not done evil in normal times, and if we revolt before the battle, there is still a lot of room for redemption, and after the recovery of Nanjing, at least we will have a certain amount of merit. ”

“……”

Several high-ranking officers of the puppet army were persuading the commander of the puppet army, and the commander of the puppet army was sitting in zhongyāng, not saying a word, but looking at his expression, he was obviously engaged in a fierce ideological struggle.

After a long time, the puppet army commander grabbed his military hat fiercely, slammed it to the ground, and then said slowly: "Brothers! We are thousands, we revolt in front of the battle, and when the time is ripe, we will attack the little devils. ”

"The teacher is wise, brother, we have followed you for a thousand years."

Seeing that everyone was ready to attack the little devil, these puppet army officers discussed the details together, and all that remained was to wait for the time to come.

In a situation like this, there are quite a few puppet troops in the entire puppet army, many puppet troops are ready to surrender, or they revolt before the battle to attack the little devils, at present, there are quite a few puppet troops in the entire Nanjing, at least there are more than 100,000 puppet troops.

The north bank of the Yangtze River.

The soldiers of the 36th Group Army were preparing, a large number of ships were collected, and they were ready to go on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and as long as they were ready, everyone would cross the Yangtze River with 100,000 heroes.

After a whole period of preparation, everyone is basically ready, the artillery positions have been completely built, a large number of artillery shells have been put in place, and the situation of the little devils' positions on the south bank of the Yangtze River has also been clearly investigated.

In order to reconnoiter the situation of the little devil's position, not only did many special combat personnel enter the south bank of the Yangtze River, but Chuzhou Airport even sent quite a number of Mustang fighters to fly over the little devil's position and conduct several aerial reconnaissances.

At Nanjing Airport, the little devil's plane also took off to intercept it several times, but every time before the little devil's plane came, these reconnaissance Mustang fighters had already flown away, and each time, the group of little devils only saw everyone's backs, and many little devil pilots were so angry that they gritted their teeth.

The movements of the little devil's group have always been under the monitoring of the pre-jing radar, and there are still quite a few planes at the Nanjing airport of the little devils, although nearly 50 planes were shot down by the fighters last time, but there are still 70 or 80 planes at the Nanjing airport.

Among these aircraft, there are few bombers, most of them are fighters, among which there are also a certain number of Zero fighters, and of course, there are many more outdated Nakajima fighters.

The soldiers are preparing to cross the river in an orderly manner on the north bank of the Yangtze River, and of course the little devils also know, especially when they see that the soldiers have been preparing for a whole day, until now, there is still no movement, and many little devil officers are a little worried, and the next will be a storm.

The little devils know that the 36th Army not only has a large number of aircraft and tanks, but also is equipped with a large number of heavy artillery and a huge number of heavy artillery groups.

The commander of the little devils, Matsui Shigen, is also more worried, and he has no confidence in whether he can hold the Yangtze River.

Although it is only a tactical exercise, it will not be very different from the actual situation, and now, Matsui Ishine has considered whether to withdraw the Central China Front Headquarters to Shanghai in advance.

The former North China Front Command and the Kwantung Army Command were all fatally attacked by the 36th Group Army, and Matsui did not want to repeat the mistakes of the past.

Matsui Ishine believes that if the Central China Front Headquarters does not retreat before Nanjing is besieged, there may be no chance in the future, but what makes Matsui Ishine entangled is that once the Central China Front Headquarters withdraws to Shanghai, it will definitely have an impact on the morale of the little devils.

Many little devils fighting on the front line will think that if their front army headquarters have been withdrawn, then Nanjing will definitely not be able to hold it, and if it is not good, the morale of the little devils on the front line will drop greatly.

Matsui Ishine hesitated, and the chief of staff of the little devil came over again to report some bad news, and the Eighth Route Army, which was attacking from the south, had already advanced the front several kilometers to Nanjing.

In addition, in the periphery of Nanjing, a large number of ** have been found in many directions, and these ** are also attacking the little devils on the periphery of Nanjing.

Matsui Shigen didn't know that just two years ago, Lao Jiang had already telegraphed Gu Zhutong in the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Theater and ordered several ** troops near Nanjing to also attack Nanjing.

Now the little devils in Nanjing not only have to face the 36th Group Army, but also have to defend the Eighth Route Army and a large number of **, and the situation of the little devils is relatively bad.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse and worse, and his face was getting more and more ugly, Matsui Ishine walked around the headquarters, undecided, and finally, Matsui Ishine thought for a long time before making a difficult decision.

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