Chapter 34: Throwing Off the Pursuers (Part II)

This winter rain is three whole days at once!

In the past three days, the battle to defend Nanjing was still in full swing, due to the influence of bad weather, the planes of the army could not take off and bomb normally, and the muddy roads also caused great difficulties to the maneuver of heavy equipment such as tanks, armored cars, heavy howitzers, and heavy field artillery, which gave [***] a precious respite.

However, from the overall situation, the decline of [***] has been irretrievable, the loss of Nanjing is inevitable, now the only suspense is how long the Nanjing defenders can hold on, if the Nanjing defenders can hold on for more than half a month, then the six or seven hundred thousand refugees stranded in Nanjing may escape!

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On the south bank of the Yangtze River, Shanguan Town.

After three days and three nights of long-distance rapid marching, the Baoshan regiment finally rushed to the edge of the Yangtze River before dark on the third day, although many people fell behind on the road, and many people became deserters, but the vast majority of the defeated soldiers still persevered, Yue Weihan wanted to tell these defeated soldiers that he was very satisfied with their performance!

The Baoshan Regiment may still only be called a rout corps, but at least it is already a rout corps that cannot be dragged down!

It won't be long before the Baoshan Regiment will change from a rout to an elite regiment, and Yue Weihan is convinced of this.

However, Yue Weihan's mood soon became heavy again, because today in history happened to be the fall of Nanjing, and it was also the official stage of the Nanjing Massacre!

Today in history, hundreds of thousands of [***] soldiers who have lost their command poured into the Xiaguan Wharf like a tide, and in the face of the surging river, a few people chose to swim across, but without exception all froze to death in the river, and the remaining vast majority of people laid down their weapons, took off their military uniforms, turned around and ran back to the city, and hid in the so-called "safe zone" where civilians took refuge.

In the end, the so-called "safe zone" did not bring any shelter to these [***] defeated soldiers, and the army still searched them out of the refugee group one by one, and escorted them to the riverside in batches, and slaughtered them collectively, and then, the red-eyed army completely lost control and swung the butcher's knife at the hundreds of thousands of innocent people stranded in Nanjing.

And this ...... It's the Nanjing Massacre! Eternal shame on the Chinese nation!

Although Yue Weihan had done everything he could, and even killed the real culprit of the Nanjing Massacre in the official history, Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace, Yue Weihan was not sure whether history would change because of this.

A chaotic and hurried footsteps suddenly came from behind him, pulling Yue Weihan's thoughts back to reality.

When I looked back, Cao Xinglong, Chi Chengfeng and Niu Dagen had already arrived together.

Yue Weihan immediately ordered: "Lao Chi, you take a few people to Jiangyin County to have a look; Da Long immediately organized people to collect boats and prepare to cross the river; Dagen, you organize the troops to enter the town to rest, and then find a way to get more ginger and chili peppers, and boil more ginger soup and chili soup for the brothers to drink, everyone must drink it before going to bed, and those who violate the order will be shot! ”

The cold rain in this winter is not casual, if you don't drink a few bowls of ginger soup to warm up your body before lying down, most of you will get typhoid fever, in this era of this environment infected typhoid fever, basically it is over, and typhoid fever will also be contagious, in ancient times it was an out-and-out plague, Yue Weihan could not help but be vigilant.

After instructing Cao Xinglong and the other three battalion commanders, Yue Weihan called the commander of the guard company, Hua Hanlin, to him, and asked him to arrange for the veterans of the guard company to release light and dark sentinels to be responsible for the vigilance around the town.

After arranging all this, Yue Weihan took his "regimental headquarters" to a compound in the east of the town.

The gate of the compound was opened early, and a gray-bearded squire led the family to stand on the steps of the gate to greet the driver, in fact, in this area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the mass base of [***] is still quite good, especially when the foreign enemy invades the nation now, the squire and the people are showing unprecedented enthusiasm.

After settling the headquarters, Yue Weihan hurriedly ordered Liu Xin to set up a radio station and urgently contact the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters.

Yue Weihan immediately dictated: "Garrison Headquarters: The Garrison Headquarters has led its troops to stationed in Shanguan Town on the east side of Jiangyin Fortress, which is only one river away from Jingjiang City, and is organizing ships to prepare to cross the river overnight. Occupation, Yue Weihan, December 13, 26th year of the Republic of China, night. ”

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Nanjing, garrison headquarters.

Admiral Tang was answering the phone: "What? Positions lost? Requesting reinforcements? ”

"Crazy Qiu, you listen to Lao Tzu, Lao Tang, I have no reinforcements here, only military orders, I order you to immediately organize a counterattack of the troops and recapture the position at all costs! The troops are gone, you fill in Lao Tzu, you die, my Lao Tang will continue to fill in it! In a word, the position cannot be lost! ”

"Jingle bell bell ......" Admiral Tang had just hung up the phone when the telephone next to him rang again.

After answering the phone, the staff officer hurriedly handed the phone to General Tang and said, "Commander, Captain Gui is calling!" ”

"Captain Gui?" Admiral Tang hurriedly took the phone and said loudly, "Captain Gui, do you also want reinforcements?" ”

"What? Too many casualties in the troops? The regiments have been reduced by more than a third of their strength and are begging to retreat to the city walls and fight the enemy in the streets? No, absolutely not, once the main position of the Purple Mountain is abandoned, the little devils will be able to set up their cannons on the mountain and bombard the walls of Nanjing condescendingly, and then we will not be able to find a place to hide. ”

As soon as he hung up Captain Gui's phone, he had the opportunity to ask the staff officer to hurry over: "Commander, Baoshan Regiment is in an emergency!" ”

"Baoshan group?" Admiral Tang frowned and said, "What does the telegram say?" Where have they arrived? ”

The confidential staff officer said: "The Baoshan regiment has called and said that they have entered Shanguan Town on the east side of Jiangyin, which is only a river away from Jingjiang, and now they are searching for ships overnight to prepare to cross the river. ”

"Oh? Already in Jiangyin? Admiral Tang bowed his head lightly and said, "The marching speed is very fast, such bad weather, with a group of routed soldiers, it is not easy to drive more than 200 miles in three days, it seems that this Yue Weihan really has some ability, immediately call back to the Baoshan Regiment, and let them take over the 668 Regiment to garrison Jingjiang after crossing the river." ”

The confidential staff officer said: "Commander, the matter of the battle between Commander Yue and the Baoshan Regiment ......"

"Not considered." Admiral Tang said coldly, "The situation in Nanjing is acceptable, and he is not inferior to a defeated corps." ”

"Yes." The confidential staff officer stood up and saluted, and then turned away.

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Shanguan Town, temporary headquarters of the Baoshan Regiment.

After receiving a call back from the headquarters, Yue Weihan finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and the sentence "The situation in Nanjing is acceptable" in the telegram made him feel a little relieved, and it seems that under the tossing and turning of his little butterfly, the trend of history has still deviated to a certain extent, at least the date of the fall of Nanjing City has to be postponed.

In fact, the reason why Nanjing has not fallen until now is indeed due to Yue Weihan.

On the one hand, because Yue Weihan killed Hatohiko of Chaoxiang Palace, the commander of the Yue army to capture Nanjing changed generals, which disrupted the deployment of the Yue army to a certain extent and delayed the offensive of the Yue army; On the other hand, stimulated by Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Battalion's successive victories and repeated miracles, the high-ranking generals and low-level officers and soldiers of the Nanjing Garrison Theater all showed unprecedented enthusiasm for the War of Resistance and were all riveted to fight the little devils with bayonets!

Tang Shenzhi, who patted his chest in front of Chairman Jiang, had already made up his mind and vowed to break it together with Nanjing.

Under the circumstances of this and the other, the offensive of the Yue army was suddenly seriously frustrated, and the date of the loss of Nanjing was greatly delayed.

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After a night without words, Yue Weihan was finally able to sleep comfortably, and took a hot bath before going to bed, and when he got up the next morning, he felt refreshed, and then looked at the bed, hey, the dirty and wet tweed uniform had actually been washed and dried, but it was a little wrinkled.

Picked up the tweed military uniform and sniffed it under his nose, and there was actually a faint fragrance.

The corners of Yue Weihan's mouth couldn't help but bloom with a sly smile, he could imagine it with his toes, this military uniform must have been washed by Liu Xin, a girl, for him, in other words, in the cruel military life, it is also a pleasing thing to be accompanied by such a beautiful and delicious beauty, isn't it?

However, it is really tiring to carry such a delicate beauty when marching.

Chi Chengfeng has also returned, Jiangyin County is empty, all the people have run clean, there are no ghost soldiers stationed in the city, Jiangyin Fort has also been blown up, all the fortress guns on the fort have either been removed and taken away by [***], or they have been blown up, leaving not a single cannon or shell at all.

Cao Xinglong also collected a lot of boats, most of them are the fishing boats of nearby fishermen, and there are also a few merchant ships provided by the squire, although the boats are not big, but they are better than the number, they can transport at least five or six hundred people across the river each time, and there are more than 1,000 people in the Baoshan group, and it is estimated that it will be completed in two hours.

As for the devil chasing soldiers behind the buttocks, to say the least, they are still a hundred miles away, and it is impossible for them to chase them here before dark, and Yue Weihan still has this confidence, but it is unknown what the situation is on the Jingjiang River on the other side of the river, and Yue Weihan does not dare to cross the river with a large army recklessly, and the safest way is to personally cross the river with a special operations detachment to reconnoitre.