As groups of fighters reached the south bank of the Yangtze River, the tidal flat positions of the little devils along the Yangtze River, all the positions of the little devils along the south bank of the Yangtze River were occupied by the soldiers, and all the little devils on these positions were eliminated.

In the evening, the main forces of the infantry divisions basically crossed the Yangtze River, and many of the combat vehicles of the mechanized infantry regiments and tank regiments also crossed the Yangtze River.

Fierce battles in the city began immediately.

In addition, in the evening, the main force of the Eighth Route Army also began to approach the southern suburbs of Nanjing, and it was expected to enter Nanjing City at night, and a large number of troops, estimated to be tens of thousands of people, also began to approach Nanjing City.

At this time, the city of Nanjing has been surrounded by the 36th Group Army, the Eighth Route Army and the ** regiment, and the little devils in the city have been unable to fly, and it is only a matter of time before Nanjing recovers.

It is more than 20 kilometers east of Nanjing.

A long convoy was slowly moving along the road, this was a convoy of little devils composed of twenty or thirty large trucks, a dozen armored vehicles and several Type 92 light tanks, and behind the convoy, at least a thousand little devils were running forward.

This is the third group of retreating personnel of the Central China Front Headquarters of Little Devils, including Commander Matsui Ishine and Chief of Staff of Little Devils, whose convoy is preparing for a rapid march in the direction of Shanghai under the escort of a field infantry brigade.

Matsui Ishine, who was riding in an armored car, had a gloomy face, and it could be seen that Matsui Ishine was in an extremely bad mood, and now that the main forces of the three major columns of the 36th Group Army had crossed the Yangtze River and begun to attack the city, Matsui Ishine's mood was definitely not good.

Now Matsui Shigen can be said to be a lost dog, or it can be said that he fled in the wilderness, and now he is on the way to escape, Nanjing will be recovered by the squadron, and Matsui Shigen and other senior commanders of the little devils can only flee.

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Datong, the headquarters of the 36th Army.

It was already night, and the lights were shining in the entire headquarters, and the three major columns of the front line attacking Nanjing were attacking the city of Nanjing. The entire command headquarters also seemed to be extremely busy, and the personnel of the 36th Group Army were coming in and out, and the pace of work was very fast.

In the command hall, Zhang Yunfei was looking at a huge military map of Nanjing, on which the operational staff officers of the headquarters had marked the locations and directions of each unit.

"Commander-in-Chief!" Comrade Zuo Qingquan, chief of the General Staff next to him, also looked at the map. Then he said happily: "Our troops have begun to enter the city. The little devil in the city will die. ”

Zhang Yunfei nodded, now the 36th Group Army plus the Eighth Route Army and **, the number of squadrons is several times that of the little devils, the little devils in Nanjing City. A conservative estimate would not exceed 100,000.

A correspondent walked in quickly and reported loudly: "Commander-in-chief, the special combat team members in Nanjing City have sent a telegram that the commander of the Central China Front Army is already empty. ”

Zhang Yunfei and Zuo Qingquan glanced at each other, and both of them thought in their hearts. The little devils in the Central China Front Headquarters actually ran away.

Zhang Yunfei smiled slightly: "Comrades, although the senior commander of the little devil has already run away, however, it is also good news for us, the little devil in Nanjing City has temporarily lost his effective and timely command, and the next battle will be much easier." ”

"Quickly send a report to our three columns, ordering the soldiers to divide and surround the little devils in the city. If necessary, you can shout to the little devils and tell these little devils who are still stubbornly resisting that the high-ranking people in their headquarters have abandoned them and run away, and they can only die if they continue to resist stubbornly. ”

Zhang Yunfei's order was naturally immediately sent to the hands of the three columns. After the soldiers entered the city of Nanjing, they immediately divided the little devils and surrounded them in a block of areas, and the little devils could not care for each other.

Zhang Yunfei gave the order. Then he thought for a moment and said: "Tell our three columns again, this time we must capture alive all the high-level leaders of Wang's puppet regime." ”

For the Wang puppet regime. Zhang Yunfei hated it deeply, and this time he recovered Nanjing, naturally he would not let go of the Wang puppet regime that had worked hard for the little devils in the past, especially several core high-level members of the Wang puppet regime.

In the past, Zhang Yunfei has repeatedly made public statements to persuade the Wang puppet regime to put things in order and not to go further and further down the evil road, but the Wang puppet regime did not take Zhang Yunfei's words to heart.

Fortunately, in the past two days, a large number of puppet troops either surrendered voluntarily or revolted before the battle, and the hundreds of thousands of puppet troops of the Wang puppet regime basically did not play any role for the little devils.

Zhang Yunfei discussed the battle on the front line with everyone in the command headquarters, and then paid attention to the 1st and 6th columns and independent divisions in Korea, as well as the two major columns attacking the Mongolian steppe.

Now, the weather in the north is very cold, which is also a test for the soldiers, Zhang Yunfei did not give these troops any difficult tasks, but the performance of these columns still made Zhang Yunfei very satisfied.

The 1st and 6th columns and independent divisions in North Korea have almost controlled half of the area of North Korea, and the little devils of North Korea have already retreated south, and the little devils who have not had time to retreat have also been eliminated by the fighters, and in North Korea, the little devils eliminated by the soldiers have reached tens of thousands.

In the Mongolian steppe, the two major columns divided their troops and advanced two to three hundred kilometers into the hinterland of the steppe, not only eliminating thousands of little devils, but also several small regimes supported by the little devils on the steppe.

At present, the main forces of the two columns are advancing deeper into the Mongolian steppe, and at this rate, if everything is normal, it may take another month or two to recover the entire Inner Mongolian steppe, and then the two columns will advance to the hinterland of Outer Mongolia.

Of course, all this is under the condition of non-interference by Soviet Russia, and now the Mongolian steppe, especially the Outer Mongolian steppe, has somewhat infiltrated the power of Soviet Russia, but now that Soviet Russia is fighting with Germany, it is unknown whether Soviet Russia has the ability to look eastward.

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In early February 1941, after several days of fierce fighting in the city, the battle in Nanjing gradually came to an end, and more than half of the nearly 100,000 little devils in the city were killed, of which 20,000 or 30,000 were captured by the 36th Group Army, and less than a few thousand of them escaped.

And the little devil's Nanjing airport was also controlled by the fighters, the little devil's plane at the Nanjing airport had a large-scale air battle with a large number of Mustang fighters a few days ago, of course, the result was a fiasco for the little devil, the little devil was shot down more than 20 planes, and the remaining planes began to retreat in the direction of Shanghai.

The Wang puppet regime was also wiped out by the fighters a few days ago, and several high-ranking members of the Wang puppet regime were basically captured by the fighters.

In addition, some important locations in Nanjing City are also controlled by the soldiers, and now in the city of Nanjing, the fighting has basically stopped, and the city is full of soldiers of the 36th Group Army and the Eighth Route Army, and even some ** figures.

So far, Nanjing has been recovered.

The three columns of the 36th Group Army will rest in Nanjing for several days, and will start attacking eastward about mid-February; according to Zhang Yunfei's plan, these three columns will fight eastward to Shanghai until Shanghai is recovered.

The recovery of Nanjing was a heavy blow to the little devils, not only eliminating more than 100,000 little devils, but also greatly damaging the morale of the Central China Front Army and greatly weakening the strength of the Central China Front Army.

After the liberation of Nanjing, the confidence of the people of the whole country was inspired, and the anti-Japanese enthusiasm was once again rising, especially in the vast Guangfu areas, where the common people took to the streets to carry out various celebrations.

Many ordinary people even shouted the slogan of long live the 36th Group Army and long live Zhang Yunfei, which made Zhang Yunfei, who later knew about this situation, embarrassed for a while.

However, this also shows that Zhang Yunfei's prestige in the hearts of the broad masses of the people has risen unprecedentedly high, overshadowing almost all of them, including Chairman Chiang, the current chairman of the Nationalist Government.

On the Kuomintang side, seeing the recovery of Nanjing, many Kuomintang officers and high-ranking officials were also overjoyed, and the former national capital of the Nationalist Government was finally recovered after two or three years of falling, and the little devils were finally eliminated and driven away.

Even Lao Jiang was full of emotion, but he didn't expect that Nanjing would be recovered in this way, although the main force to recover Nanjing was the 36th Group Army, but fortunately, tens of thousands of people participated in the battle to recover Nanjing.

With the recovery of Nanjing, with a large number of troops of the 36th Group Army crossing the Yangtze River, the situation of the Anti-Japanese War in Central and East China was quickly reversed, and the squadron occupied the absolute upper hand.

In Central and East China, there are not only at least one or two million**, but also 300,000 to 400,000 people of the Eighth Route Army, more than 100,000 people of the New Fourth Army, and quite a few guerrillas.

More importantly, the three columns of the 36th Group Army had already crossed the Yangtze River and would attack in the direction of Shanghai.

The size of the Central China Front is gradually decreasing, this time it was annihilated by more than 100,000 people in Nanjing, and last time it was annihilated by the 36th Group Army in Wuhan with more than 100,000 people, and now, the entire Central China Front Army is less than 300,000 people.

The little devil is less than 300,000 people, and will face so many squadron attacks, the defeat of the little devil Central China Front is irreversible, and the recovery of Nanjing has become an important turning point in the whole war.

Sure enough, in early April, with the recovery of Shanghai by the 36th Group Army, the main force of the entire Central China Front was wiped out, and in mid-April, the entire Central China and East China were all recovered.

So far, almost all of China has been recovered, and only Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan and other places where the South China Front army is entrenched by the little devils have not yet been recovered.

In this way, the 36th Group Army not only recovered the entire northwest, north China, and northeast, but also recovered three large cities in the Yangtze River valley, namely Wuhan, Nanjing, and Shanghai, and the area controlled by the 36th Group Army was far more than **.

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