Chapter 131: The Way to Live
-- Jiangyin
Jiangyin, which has become the Chinese nation's resistance to foreign aggression countless times, has become a battlefield again, at this time Jiangyin gathered more than 150,000 Japanese troops and 70,000 Chinese troops, due to the shipwreck of the navy, the Japanese navy can only support the army's attack through naval guns and aircraft from afar, and can not directly transport troops through the Jiangyin defense line to the rear of Jiangyin to attack Jiangyin City.
Jiangyin fortress is the last line of defense of the national defense line, since 1932 began to increase the intensity of construction, now has 150 mm or more heavy artillery 19, 200 mm or more heavy artillery 10, although most of them are old artillery, but it is already the most heavy firepower in China at this time.
In history, in fact, the Japanese base camp at this time had some concerns about attacking Nanjing, but after a series of blows, the base camp urgently needed the battle record to wash away the shame, so it ordered Matsui Ishine to capture Nanjing.
Gu Shoufu and Ogizhou Libing led the 6th and 13th Divisions to storm Jiangyin at this time.
"The defensive fire of China is very fierce, can't you let the navy's naval guns bombard it again?" Gu Shoufu watched several forts in Jiangyin echo each other, constantly attacking the attacking Japanese army, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese army, and couldn't help but say hatefully.
Ogizhou Libing snorted lightly, "The navy thinks that the bombing of the headquarters in Shanghai is entirely the responsibility of our army, and the headquarters is originally a marine, and many of the people killed in the bombing this time are from the navy." Don't you see? The bombing of these naval planes was not so much a bombing of the fortifications of China as a soundtrack to our offensive. β
Gu Shoufu glanced at the plane in the sky with resentment and said, "These damn navies, as well as these damn Chinese troops, they all deserve to die." β
Saying that, Gu Shoufu thought for a while and said, "After all, the number of cannons of the Zhina people is limited, so I think it can be done." β
After listening to Gu Shoufu's plan, Ogisu Libing's eyes changed when he saw Gu Shoufu, this is a demon, but looking at the Japanese corpses that were constantly being moved down, he could only nod his head in agreement.
The commander of Jiangyin was Liu Xing. Known as the "Famous General of the Northern Expedition". Han Ning was sympathetic to the Red Party when he joined the Current, but he also firmly fulfilled Chiang's orders in the battle to suppress the Red Party.
At this time, he took seven divisions to defend Jiangyin City, he held a telescope, watched the Japanese army being repulsed again, and said with relief, "The longer we hold out here, the more fully prepared Nanjing will be. β
Everyone hurriedly nodded yes, and then the signal soldier shouted, "The devil has come up again, this time it's a little strange." β
Liu Xing hurriedly looked at it when he heard it. I only saw that there were Japanese troops all over the mountains, and from time to time there were Japanese soldiers shooting, but at this time the Japanese army was still far away from the battle line, what was the use of shooting at this time?
"It's strange, is this devil emboldened with a gunshot?" Liu Xing touched his chin and asked.
"Commander, there's something wrong with these devils, look at it, most of them don't seem to be holding guns, and they're still trembling. It's not like the usual devil at all. Artillery instructor Xu Kang said.
Liu Xing looked at it again, isn't it, these Japanese soldiers are holding wooden sticks that look like guns, Liu Xing scolded in a flash of inspiration, "These damn devils." This is our people, they let us people wear their clothes, use wooden sticks as guns, and lie to us**. β
"Then we don't ** just do it." A staff officer next to him said.
"No, you can't. You see, those who shot were real Japanese soldiers, and God knows how many of them were civilians. How much is the Japanese army, this dumb loss, we are determined. Liu Xing said angrily.
"Hahaha, one of my squadrons has now become a wing, I want to see how long this fortress can shoot artillery in a row, and order the troops, once instructed, to attack immediately. Also, tell the artillery behind to hurry up, and when the artillery fire of the people of China stops, it will be our turn to exert power. Gu Shoufu said with a laugh.
Ogizhou Libing also nodded in admiration and said, "Fiction and reality, reality and need, the general has a deep understanding of the art of war." β
Gu Shoufu became even more proud.
"No, it's too dangerous, order the troops, open fire!" Liu Xing thought about it and ordered repeatedly.
"Commander, you can't open fire." A young officer ran in and shouted.
"Who are you, this is the headquarters, whoever let him in, pull me out." Liu Xing scolded.
"Xiaguan Zhang Lingfu, the current commander and commander of the 305th Regiment, please give me a chance, I am willing to rescue the people." Zhang Lingfu shouted: "Our artillery is not much, and the ammunition is also one less shot, once the artillery is fired, the Japanese army will continue to consume our strength in this way, or it will not be long before our artillery can no longer be fired, and then Jiangyin will be dangerous." β
Liu Xing was a little moved when he heard the last sentence and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?" β
Zhang Lingfu saluted and said, "I am willing to lead my department to defeat the enemy army in hand-to-hand combat, and now most of the people below are ordinary people, as long as they see us, they will not mess around, and when the time comes, just kill those devils with guns." β
Liu Xing thought for a while, nodded and said, "You can do it, but if you fail, I still have to fire the cannon." β
Seeing Zhang Lingfu leaving, a staff officer next to him asked, "Who is this person?" β
Liu Xing snorted coldly and said, "Haven't you heard of Zhang Lingfu, who killed his wife and begged for a general? This person shot and killed his wife because he was suspected of being a Red Party, and such a person is valued by the above. If he wants to try, let him give it a try. β
Zhang Lingfu quickly returned to the position, holding an MP-18 and shouted, "Brothers, there are many of our fathers and villagers on the other side, and there are many devils mixed in them, we now have two choices, one is to kill them all without distinction, and second, to rescue our villagers with our bayonets, what do you say?" β
The surrounding soldiers shouted one after another, "Kill the devil, save the people, kill the devil, save the people!" β
Zhang Lingfu screamed and grabbed his military hat and slammed it to the ground. "Pu Dafei, tell the brothers to use bayonets, Lao Tzu has to let the devils taste the power of the Chinese masters today! Give it to me! β
"Rush! Kill! With a shout of tearing up the mountain, the soldiers of the 305th Regiment, who had already been holding back their eyes, jumped out of the trench one by one like fierce tigers, holding bayonets and brandishing broadswords towards the Japanese army.
Zhang Lingfu shouted, "The Chinese all dropped their weapons and ran forward, it was the masters who fought for Lao Tzu!" β
These people, who were originally coerced, knew that this was to attack the Jiangyin fortress, for fear that the fortress would fire cannons and wanted to retreat. Afraid of the bayonets of the Japanese army, seeing the oncoming national army, tears of excitement filled his eyes, knowing that he had a way to live, he hurriedly threw down the wooden stick and ran to Jiangyin, where naturally someone would distinguish the real from the fake one by one, and then strictly guard them.
The real Japanese soldiers who were mixed in were anxious when they saw this, and they shot and killed the fleeing civilians, but soon they ran into the 305th Regiment that rushed over.
For a time, there were many figures. The guns and knives are raised at the same time, the dull sound of steel guns and steel guns colliding, the metal sound of knives and bayonets colliding, the angry scolding in the killing, the shouts, the screams after the stabbing, ** The sound has turned Shenlaifeng into a slaughterhouse and a killing field!
After all, the Japanese army was divided and the number was small, and it soon gradually fell out. In the face of the Chinese, who are becoming more and more courageous, their movements are unfavorable, their hands and feet are numb, and their hearts tremble! Some of the soldiers have already pulled away and run back!
Look at the Japanese who are about to rout. Zhang Lingfu sneered from his nostrils. Just as he was about to use the reserves to deliver the final blow to the Japanese, a series of "Bang Bang Bang!" The loud noise once again surprised him and made him dumbfounded!
The crowd that was obsessed with fighting was blown to pieces! The Japanese artillery fired at the strangled crowd! Gu Shoufu didn't just bombard Zhang Lingfu's troops. Even the Japanese troops who had not yet withdrawn were not spared.
Zhang Lingfu only heard a loud noise, and the whole person lost consciousness, and when he was rescued. The back of his skull was found to be covered in blood, and he had fallen into a coma.
Gu Shoufu tried this several times, but was beaten back by the Chinese troops in hand-to-hand combat. Seeing that such tactics are useless, I can only think of other ways.
-- Nanjing
"If you say that, Tang Shengzhi still did such a stupid thing." Jiang Cheng, who returned to the Republic of China, stood on the hill and overlooked the city of Nanjing not far away.
"Yes, and I heard that the retreat by land was slow, and many people fled to the nearby countryside." Ba Shun nodded and said. After speaking, he said, "Speaking of the owner, how did you do it, the headquarters of the devil heard that he got on the dirt plane." Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "It's a pity that I didn't see the scene at that time, how happened to Yishan?" β
Ba Shun shook his head and said, "Still unconscious, Dongjia, when are we going to Wuhan?" β
Jiang Cheng looked at Nanjing and said, "After we finish what we should do, we will go, you go and find Zhou Weiguo, in addition, I have a relationship with Zhu Chi, the brigade commander of the 88th Division, you go to him and say that I want to meet him." Now I can only do my best. β
Although Ba Shun didn't quite understand, he nodded and went to do it immediately.
Zhou Weiguo was saying goodbye to his fiancΓ©e at this time, and was about to go to Yuhuatai to enter the defensive position according to the deployment, when he rushed to see Jiang Cheng after getting Ba Shun's letter.
Zhou Weiguo saw Jiang Cheng and said very happily, "Sir, have you seen the newspaper?" The headquarters of the sea devils was bombed. β
Bashun laughed and said, "Who do you think blew it up?" β
Jiang Cheng also smiled and said, "I said I was going to complete your task, what's wrong?" Don't believe me? β
Zhou Weiguo hurriedly shook his head and said, "I believe, I don't know what the chief is doing when he came to me this time?" β
Jiang Cheng clicked on the map and said, "The devil is about to hit Nanjing, but Nanjing is now cut off by Tang Shengzhi, and he can only leave by land, which makes many people unwilling to leave, this will not work, there will be many people who can't withdraw, and we must find a way to get a way out for the people at a critical moment." β
"Boss, Brigade Commander Zhu has arrived." Wang Yong suddenly came in and said.
Zhu Chi came in and saw Jiang Cheng and smiled, "They said it was Mr. Jiang at first, I didn't believe it, I didn't expect it to be Mr. Jiang, Mr. Jiang didn't come here at this time to make a fortune, well, are you that Zhou Weiguo?" β
Zhou Weiguo hurriedly saluted and said, "Hello, sir." β
Zhu Chi shook his hand and said, "Why are you here?" β
Jiang Cheng smiled and grabbed Zhu Chi's hand and said, "Brigade Commander Zhu, I have to help the two of you this time, this matter is done, I dare to guarantee that the two of them will leave their names in history." β
Zhu Chi asked curiously, "As far as I know, Mr. Jiang has great powers, and even Dai Li is afraid of Mr. Jiang's ability, I don't know what it is, Mr. Jiang is so cautious." β
Hearing Zhu Chi say this, Jiang Cheng knew that it must have been noticed by Dai Li's last few actions, and he didn't care. Even he didn't know where he would travel the next day, and it would be hard to find him.
Jiang Cheng said with a smile: "I heard that General Tang removed all the ships, but is there such a thing?" β
Zhu Chi's face was a little ugly, so he could only laugh and say, "That's just to follow the ancients, break the cauldron and sink the boat, and fight to the death with the Japanese invaders." β
Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "It's naturally true that the cauldron is wrecked, but is our army really as strong as the three thousand soldiers back then?" Although the Japanese army was more brutal than the Qin army, it did not want to be composed of prisoners as it was back then. To put it mildly, most of the troops in the city at this time were defeated, and the result of cutting off communication at this moment was nothing more than leaving these 100,000 troops in the city. β
Seeing that Zhu Chi didn't speak. Jiang Cheng also knew that he was a guard after all, and it was impossible for him to say anything greedy for life and afraid of death.
Jiang Cheng continued: "What's more, countless ordinary people are still in Nanjing, once the city is besieged by the Japanese army, in case the devil does something shameless, our people will not even have a place to run." β
Zhu Chi said disappreciably: "Mr. Jiang's words are a bit alarmist, our capital of Nanjing, the Japanese army does not dare to mess around." β
Jiang Cheng stared into his eyes and said, "Is there more eyes in Nanjing than in Shanghai?" Seeing that he was a little hesitant, he said, "My idea is very simple, to the common people." Leave a way for the troops to live, if Nanjing can be defended, it is naturally the best, once it can't be defended, it will not be sacrificed in vain. β
It is impossible to say that Zhu Chi and others have no resentment towards Tang Shengzhi. Everyone knew that Nanjing could not be defended, and everyone meant to fight a symbolic fight, and then reserve the strength to withdraw to Wuhan and other places to continue to resist the Japanese. Hearing Jiang Cheng say that there would be a way to live, Zhu Chi couldn't help but move.
Zhu Chi clenched his fists and said, "I don't know what Mr. Jiang's plan is?" β
Jiang Cheng said: "I hope that General Zhu can give me enough support for the engineering troops." I will provide the equipment, and at the last moment, our army can escort the retreat of the population through the pontoon bridge. β
"Pontoon? The river is four or five kilometers wide. It's impossible to build a pontoon bridge," Zhu Chi said, shaking his head.
Jiang Cheng waved his hand and said, "Due to the shipwrecks and mines in Jiangyin, the Japanese fleet has no way to go up the river until now, and the only way to survive at that time is this waterway, as for the materials of the pontoon bridge, don't worry, I will be responsible, I only need enough manpower, and this pontoon bridge can be erected at that time." Don't hesitate, when the time comes, you will meet Chairman Chiang, and you have rescued tens of thousands of troops, which is also a meritorious achievement. β
Zhu Chi thought for more than ten minutes, nodded with difficulty and said, "I will go to a few of my classmates and lend you the sappers after completing the fortifications of Nanjing in advance." β
Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes and said, "Don't be in my name, I don't want to be a big celebrity yet, just bring the troops to Zhou Weiguo first, Zhou Weiguo, I remember that your special forces can do anything." β
Zhou Weiguo hurriedly stood up and said, "Yes, sir, my soldiers can act as any branch of the army. β
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "Just let you lead the engineering troops provided by General Zhu, as for the materials, I will provide them in the shortest possible time." β
On the way back for the two, Zhu Chi sighed and said, "Wei Guo, this Mr. Jiang and I are only one side, how dare he give me such an important thing to do?" β
Zhou Weiguo thought for a while and said, "Probably because Mr. Jiang is really anxious." Seeing that Zhu Chi didn't understand, Zhou Weiguo continued, "Although I have only been in contact with Mr. Jiang for a short period of time, I can feel that he is very anxious this time, the last time Mr. Jiang's lover was arrested, there was not so much sorrow between his eyebrows, it seemed that some burden had been pressing on him, forcing him to do something." Moreover, this time the matter is beneficial to the chief and everyone, and Mr. Jiang probably can't think of any reason why the chief will betray him. β
Zhu Chi said incomprehensibly, "What will make him so worried, it's just that, Major Zhou, we are all disobeying the orders of the last man in this operation, we must be cautious, I will connect with a few of my classmates and friends, when the time comes, you must control the troops, the pontoon bridge together, is the way to live, the army knows, it will definitely be in turmoil, so until the last moment, this pontoon bridge must not let any outsiders know." β
Zhou Weiguo nodded and said, "Obey, sir." (To be continued......)
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