The Guanghuamen offensive suffered successive setbacks, the Ninth Division suffered heavy losses, and almost a whole wing was annihilated.

Seeing that Xiusan only broke through with less than 200 people, he rushed to the large school field on the other side of the Zhonghe Bridge, plus the sporadic breakthrough and returned to the team, and there were only more than 300 people left in the wing of more than 2,000 people.

This was a great shame for the arrogant Ninth Division, and if it weren't for the lack of officers, the angry Yoshizumi Ryosuke almost wanted to order someone to see Shuzo cut his stomach directly.

The headquarters of the front army even called directly, demanding that the Ninth Division fight again after it was reorganized, and that 3,000 men be drawn from the first and second garrison corps to replenish it.

To rest and recuperate and fight again, it is equivalent to saying that the task of attacking Nanjing in the main attack on Nanjing has no chance with the Ninth Division, which Yoshizumi Ryosuke cannot tolerate.

Long before the expedition, Yoshizumi Ryosuke boasted at the military meeting of the Front Army that Haikou was the first unit to enter Nanjing!

Therefore, the Ninth Division was the first unit to attack the city wall of Nanjing, and not only seized the task of attacking Guanghua Gate.

However, what I never expected was that the powerful Ninth Division, under the powerful firepower of the air force and heavy artillery, actually hit a head under the walls of Guanghuamen!

Guanghuamen Airport, Engineer School, Daxiao Field, and then the battle of Tongguang Barracks before dawn today, the Ninth Division actually suffered more than 4,000 casualties.

Such huge battle losses were not expected by the generals of the 9th Division, and the stubborn will of the Chinese army to resist was also something they did not expect at all.

Some officers had negative thoughts about whether they could attack the city of Nanjing.

The morale of the troops was greatly affected.

Outside the Hanshan Temple in Gusu, the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters.

General Matsui Ishine, who was ill, was woken up early in the morning by his adjutant, and the chief of staff, Tsukada Tsukasa, had an urgent military request to see him.

"This is an urgent battle report sent by the Ninth Division in the early hours of this morning."

Matsui Ishine, supported by his adjutant, sat up, took his reading glasses and put them on, and when he saw the contents on them, his originally sallow face became even more ugly.

"The Ninth Division requests to replenish the battle, and I plan to draw 3,000 men from the first and second garrison corps to supplement the Ninth Division, and in addition, a number of troops can be withdrawn from Manchukuo and Taiwan to assist the imperial army in defending the place and clearing public order."

"Yes, using China to control China, this is also a strategy." Matsui nodded.

At this time, it is no longer realistic to withdraw troops from the Japanese mainland, and the base camp may not agree.

"Also, is the final time postponed?" Tsukada asked cautiously.

The original time of the final Nanjing was 12 o'clock on December 12 (the general attack was scheduled for December 10), that is, the time when the Japanese army agreed on the surrender of the defenders of Nanjing.

The order for the final attack was given on the 11th. (Part of it is history, part of it is made up by the author, because it has changed)

"Have all the troops arrived at their intended positions?" Matsui asked.

"Except for the Kunisaki detachment, which has not yet reached the intended position, the rest of the troops have already arrived at the designated position." Tsukada attacked.

"The time of the attack remains the same, it is still set at twelve o'clock at noon today, and then try to send military supplies to the front line as much as possible, as long as we take Nanjing, even if we run out of ammunition and military supplies we have accumulated in Shanghai, it will be worth it!" Matsui Ishone's small eyes flashed with a vicious light.

"What about the Ninth Division?"

"Tsukada-kun, the Chinese have an old saying, called back to the light, and the Shina defenders in Nanjing City are now talking about this."

"Back to the light, Your Excellency the Commander said it very well."

"Just call Yoshizumi-kun back as you said, no matter what difficulties he has, the order to attack at the end must be carried out!" Matsui Ishone ordered.

"Hay!"

"Wait a minute, who is the commander of the Chinese Army who commanded the counterattack of Guanghuamen?" Matsui asked.

"According to what our intelligence officers in Nanjing City have learned, the top front-line commander of the Zhina Army sitting on the front line of Guanghuamen, Zhongshanmen, and Purple Mountain is Gui Yongqing of the Teaching Corps."

"Gui Yongqing, I know this person, a first-term student of Huangpu, once studied in Germany, I heard that this person fought bravely, but he was a greedy man, I didn't expect him to have such ability?" Matsui Ishone sighed.

"Yes, the intelligence department has said that they underestimate this Captain Gui, and they will focus on it below." Tsukada attacked.

"Yo Xi, remind His Royal Highness Hatohiko of the Xiang Palace, we need to change some of our views on the Chinese army, and we can't despise them as much as before."

"Hai, I understand."

Wuhan University, the official residence of Chairman Chiang.

"Principal, principal, Nanjing Tang Chief's telegram, happy event, great happy event......" Qian Dajun, the first director of the chamberlain's room, rushed in with a roar.

"Mu Yi, what's the hurry, the sky is falling, and I won't be at ease when I have breakfast?" Lao Jiang took the towel handed by the attendant and wiped his mouth.

"Headmaster, take a look, the telegram from Nanjing this morning has won a big battle!" Qian Dajun calmed down his excitement a little.

"yes, I'll take a look."

"Not bad, very good, frank is worthy of being my student, the model of Whampoa, Guanghuamen fought well in this battle, the Japanese army attacked Nanjing all the way, our army was defeated and retreated one after another, this time finally let them understand that we Chinese cannot be bullied, cannot be lightly defeated, in the name of the military committee, all officers and soldiers participating in this battle are promoted to one level, each soldier is rewarded with ten yuan, the officer at the rank of lieutenant is rewarded with fifty yuan, the colonel-level reward is two hundred yuan, general, one thousand!" Lao Jiang excitedly promised a heavy reward.

"The student is going to draft the message." Qian Dajun said immediately.

"How many casualties did we suffer in this battle?" Lao Jiang asked.

"The casualties are not very large, it is said that the casualty ratio of our army is much smaller than that of the Japanese army, and a batch of supplies has also been captured."

"Well, that's good, you immediately inform the members of the Military Committee in Nanjing that I will hold a military meeting to study the deployment of the war against Japan after the Battle of Nanjing!" Lao Jiang nodded and commanded.

"Headmaster, according to the current situation, Nanjing may be able to keep watch for three to five days......"

On the one hand, he wanted Tang Mengxiao to withdraw the more than 100,000 troops defending the city safely, in order to fight again, but on the other hand, he hoped that the defenders of Nanjing could hold out for some days, so that they might wait for some favorable changes.

Qian Dajun regretted saying this, he knew Lao Jiang's contradictory heart, and he still had a trace of illusion about European and American mediation.

This victory in the battle of Guanghuamen undoubtedly made him see the possibility that Nanjing might be able to hold on for a longer time, and the original idea of insisting on retreating may be shaken.

This is the most fatal, especially for the commanders of the three armies, it is even more deadly!

"Didn't Tang Mengxiao's telegram last night say that he could hold on for three days?"

"That's what Chief Tang said in his message."

"Can you hold out for three days and then withdraw?" Lao Jiang hesitated and asked.

"According to the information we have received, a Japanese army has occupied Dangtu and is crossing the river to the north, preparing to capture Pukou, with a very obvious intention, that is, to cut off the only way for our troops to withdraw to the north bank." Qian Dajun said.

"Will the army in Pukou be able to hold back the Japanese army for three days?"

"This, it's hard to say." Qian Dajun said, "Zhenjiang has been occupied by the Japanese army, the Japanese Third Fleet has begun to clear the channel, and it will be able to go straight to Nanjing Xiaguan in a few days, Yangzhou is also within the scope of the Japanese army's operations, once Yangzhou falls, Nanjing will become an isolated city." ”

"Well, this topic, I'll talk about it at the meeting, you can go and inform it."

"Yes, Headmaster!" Qian Dajun gave a military salute and left quickly.

Outside Guanghua Gate, Daxiao Field, the headquarters of the Japanese army's Jingde Brigade is located here, and Wu Xiaoyun's speculation is not wrong.

However, the Daxiaochang is a little far from the city wall, at least two kilometers, such a long distance, and there are many checkpoints of the Japanese army in the middle.

Leng Feng is sure that he can approach the Japanese headquarters unconsciously and launch a sneak attack, but there is no guarantee that he will be able to return safely!

A commander who can't bring his men back safely is not qualified.

Not all wars have to pay the price of death, war is for a better life, a dignified life!

"Tuanza, there is a situation!"

The report of the observation post immediately raised the hearts of Leng Feng and the others in the command headquarters.

"Let's go, let's see!" Leng Feng snuffed out the cigarette butt in his hand, picked up the binoculars on the table, and strode out.

"Old Leng, be careful." Qin Yankun commanded.

Looking along the horizon, the banks of the moat were in shambles, a few old owls screamed miserably in the sky, and only a few wild dogs could be seen among the ruins.

The Japanese troops, escorted by tanks, came in the direction of the moat.

"Liu Guichun!"

"Here!"

"Before the 87th Division retreated, did it lay mines?" Leng Feng asked.

"Well, it doesn't seem to be." Liu Guichun sneered.

"Didn't they know about such an important thing, so that the Japanese army could advance under the moat so easily again?" Leng Feng was furious.

"Cold head, they don't have time either, and we don't have mines." Liu Guichun explained.

"No mines?" Leng Feng was stunned, how could there be no mines?

"Leng Tou, the number of mines in our army is not large, and they have basically been used up in peripheral warfare and re-establishment warfare." Liu Guichun said.

"I see." Leng Feng couldn't help clenching his fists, gritting his teeth unwillingly.

"Look, the Japanese army has come up and entered the Tongguang barracks!"

"We're not going to do nothing, are we?"

"How can it, our battalion is trained by you, and if you don't give the Japanese army a little greeting gift, it won't be able to say......"

As soon as the words fell, several violent explosions were heard in the Tongguang barracks, and the damp south wind also sent the sound of the Japanese soldiers screaming.

"Have you set up scouts?"

"It's arranged."

"Well, figure out how many Japanese soldiers there are, equipment, and numbers." Leng Feng nodded, no detail can be ignored.

"It looks like the Japanese army is about to attack, prepare for it, the Japanese artillery shell dumplings are about to arrive." Leng Feng raised his hand and said.

"Yes!"

"Why are you back?" Leng Feng returned to the command headquarters and saw that Wu Xiaoyun had returned, a little strange, he knew, those recruited "uncles" were not easy to handle, she did it so quickly?

"Lao Leng, take a look, this is an offensive order issued by the Japanese army, and the secret level has been downgraded, and it is directly issued to the combat troops." Qin Yankun said.

"Twelve?" Leng Feng took the message from Wu Xiaoyun's hand and was surprised.

"That's right, it's twelve o'clock at noon, and our side is the first to know." Luo Yufeng nodded.

"Where's the seized codebook?"

"It's been handed in, but it's hard to say that the summit won't pay attention to it, generally speaking, the codebook is intercepted and will be replaced immediately, so it's ......"

"So, do you think the Japanese army is so efficient that it can change the codebook in such a short time?" Leng Feng scolded, he knew the bureaucratic style of those upper-level institutions, and he was afraid that the seized codebooks would not be taken seriously at all, and they might even be thrown away as garbage.

"Call the headquarters headquarters, I want to talk to Qiu Shenzuo!"

"I've called, the line is very busy now, even if it can be opened, I don't know when it will be?" Qin Yankun took off his glasses and wiped them with the corners of his clothes.

"Friendly neighbor troops nearby, follow the notice, listen to them or not, we must be ready for battle, what follows is a battle that is more brutal than we imagined, I hope all of them will survive." Leng Feng glanced around at everyone in the command and said.