In the early morning of the 9th, there was still a faint crescent moon hanging in the sky, and the withered grass in the mountains was covered with a thick hoarfrost.

Suddenly, a fierce cannon sound came, and it was very close to the Tiger Cave position, and the trembling of the earth could be clearly felt on the 151 position.

Japanese planes dropped huge bombs, dense artillery fire, fierce battles, and the smell of gunsmoke, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

In Leng Feng's memory, although this day is not easy to remember than the fall of Nanjing, it is a beginning.

Because, on this day, the reconscriptive position of Nanjing City was broken by the Japanese army on a large scale, and nearly 100,000 Japanese troops surrounded Nanjing City.

This is the beginning of a disaster.

The Japanese army besieged the city, and the people in the city, including the army, were left with a waterway.

The trajectory of history does not seem to have changed much because Leng Feng's little butterfly wings were deleted.

The retreat of the first company was orderly and largely completed by daybreak, but the position of the first company did not seem to have changed much.

"Report!"

"Come in."

"Cold sub-camp."

"Cheng Gang, why did you come back, didn't you let you lead the company?" As soon as Leng Feng turned around, he was a little displeased when he saw that it was Cheng Gang.

Disobeying military orders is a serious mistake for soldiers, and of course, Leng Feng himself was once typical.

"Camp asked me to come back and assist you in defending Heights 151."

"Lao Luo's order?"

"If you don't believe it, can you make a phone call to the battalion headquarters?" Cheng Gang said.

"Forget it, it's all here, just stay." Leng Feng won't make this call, in case it wasn't, it would be really difficult for him to deal with it.

"The Japanese army has begun to attack Hongmao Mountain, Leng Deputy Battalion, your inference is really correct." From the observation position, I saw that the explosions in the direction of Hongmao Mountain continued, and the entire position was a sea of fire.

The firepower of the Japanese army was very fierce, and it made people feel worried to watch.

"After the shelling, the Japanese army will launch a round of onslaught, it depends on whether Battalion Commander Zhou can withstand this first wave of impact!" Leng Feng said heavily.

This is a real disparity of power.

Positional offensive and defensive warfare is the one that best reflects the true strength of the two armies.

In the face of absolute strength, sometimes the role of strategy is useless.

"Timing!"

"At 6:05, the Japanese army began shelling, and now fifteen minutes have passed, and according to the power and number of explosions, the Japanese army has fired at least 500 shells at Hongmao Mountain!"

Hongmao Mountain was only a point of the Japanese attack, and the sound of gunfire was also heard in the direction of Chunhua, and the intensity of the battle was no less than that of Hongmao Mountain.

Direction of Wulong Mountain......

Niushou Mountain ......

The battle on the outskirts of Nanjing began almost at the same time, and the Japanese army seemed to want to capture Nanjing in one fell swoop.

In the north of the city, Baiziting Apartment, where Tang Mengxiao, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, spends most of his time working.

The garrison headquarters is not far away in the former Ministry of Railways, a modern building that combines Chinese and Western styles.

Tang Mengxiao was recovering from a serious illness, his body was still very weak, and in the winter, he was still sweating profusely, and every ten minutes, the staff officers had to hand him a hot towel and let him wipe the sweat from his forehead.

"Report, the 74th Division of the 58th Army reported that the Japanese army has broken through the second position of Niushou Mountain, our army has suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese artillery fire is too fierce, ask for reinforcements!"

"Wulongshan Fort is in an emergency, and the Japanese ships on the river are ......"

"The 51st Division guarding Chunhua Town reported that Ji Hongru, the acting commander of the 301st Regiment, was seriously wounded, 9 company commanders were killed in battle, and more than 1,400 officers and soldiers under the platoon commander were killed and wounded......

"I don't want his casualty figures, ask Wang Yaowu, can you hold Chunhua?" Tang Mengxiao asked.

"Yes, Chief Tang."

"The teaching corps reported that the Japanese army had fiercely attacked Hongmao Mountain, and Commander Gui had sent a non-commissioned battalion and an anti-tank gun to reinforce it, and the Japanese 16th Division had lost many tanks in the previous stage......"

Tang Mengxiao was silent, the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, as the main force to attack Nanjing, suffered two losses in Jurong and paid a lot of casualties.

This is the only bright spot in the national army's resistance to the Japanese army since the start of the war.

Gusu, the headquarters of the Central China Front of the Japanese invasion of China.

Although Matsui Ishine no longer served as the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, he was still the supreme commander of the Japanese army attacking Nanjing.

He was frail, short in stature, and suffering from severe tuberculosis, which unfortunately relapsed just as he was about to show his strength.

But in order to invade China, this old devil did not hesitate to lie on the hospital bed and command.

"Where have the troops advanced forward?" Matsui Ishine was in a hurry, and his figure was a little hoarse.

Deputy Chief of Staff Akira Muto ordered someone to take the map to Matsui, picked up a baton, and pointed on it: "The troops of the 16th Division, Ono, Noda, and Katagiri, who are attacking from Yushan to Purple Mountain, have arrived under the Kirin Gate as the vanguard of the Eastern Front, and have begun to prepare to attack Purple Mountain. ”

Matsui Shigen nodded, the 16th Division suffered a brief defeat in Jurong, but the speed of the attack was still not slow.

"Your Excellency, the 16th Division has requested that a chariot brigade be withdrawn from the mainland or Shanghai to cooperate with the battle, and their chariot brigade has almost been lost." Muto Akimichi.

"Yes, the tank brigade of the 101st Division will be attached to the 16th Division and quickly rush to the aid of the Nakajima troops."

"Hay!"

"How's it going in the southeast?"

"The Ninth Division's Kazaka, Fujii, and Isa troops are launching a final assault on the town of Sangchunhua in the early hours of this morning, and are about to advance to the Daxiaochang airfield and the area around Gwanghwamon."

"Hmm." Matsui Ishine covered his mouth and coughed twice, motioning for Muto Akira to continue.

"The 10th Army of the South Road is under the command of the generals of Yanagawa , and the troops of Hasegawa and Takeshita will soon pass through Niushou Mountain and advance to Yuhuatai outside the Zhonghua Gate."

After Muto Zhang finished speaking, he drew a semicircle along the southern half of the map of Nanjing, from east to west, and added: "The encirclement of the front army on three sides will shrink to the city wall of Nanjing in one to two days. ”

"Yoshi, very good, our warriors of the Great Japanese Empire are fighting bloody battles at the front, and we must ensure their ammunition and material supplies."

"Yes, our ammunition is still very sufficient, but the food problem is still a little unavailable, but the soldiers at the front have already solved some of it on their own." Muto Akimichi.

"Good." When Matsui Ishine heard these news, he couldn't help but feel a little proud, he would be a general who commanded the imperial Japanese army to capture the imperial capital, and this country was still the upper country of Japan in the past.

Such an honor was enough for him to go down in the annals of the empire and go down in history.

"Command!"

"Hay!" Muto Akira saw Matsui Ishine suddenly sit up straight, his expression was very serious, and he knew that His Excellency the commander was about to issue a major order.

"On December 9, send planes to Nanjing City to distribute a letter of surrender, and if the Chinese army does not accept surrender, from noon on the 10th, launch a general attack on Nanjing City!"

"Hay!"

Subsequently, Nakayama, an intelligence staff officer, handed over a Japanese manuscript of the "Letter of Persuasion" that had just been drafted to the translator Okada Nao and translated it into Chinese.

After Matsui Ishine reviewed and signed, he immediately printed it.

The battle at Hongmaoshan lasted until noon, and the Japanese repeatedly shelled and charged three times, all of which were repulsed.

The last time it was precarious, the cold front saw the Japanese plaster flag rushing to the top of the hill at the observation post on Heights 151.

At this time, the reinforcements of the teaching corps arrived, and under the counterattack of the reinforcements, the Japanese attack was repulsed.

Leng Feng also received some battle reports one after another, Chunhua Town was lost first, and the 51st Division was ordered to abandon the Chunhua and Fangshan positions, want to set the bridge in the river, and transfer the Matian line.

Chunhua was lost, the left flank of Niushou Mountain was empty, and the 58th Division was flanked by the Japanese left and right, and fought endlessly.

The Japanese army advanced all the way along the road from Chunhua to Guanghuamen, and the entire Fukuo front was shaken, and the garrison headquarters had begun to abandon the defense of the Fukuo position and was preparing to shrink the defense.

"Big brother, it's time to eat." As soon as Leng Feng turned around, Cong Hu handed him a lunch box.

"Thank you." Leng Feng took it and opened it to see that in addition to rice, there were also cabbage and braised pork.

"Braised pork, last night?"

Cong Hu nodded.

"What about you?" Leng Feng looked into Cong Hu's lunch box and asked.

"I've eaten it, and this is for you, big brother." Cong Hu turned the lunch box around and didn't let Leng Feng see it.

"Bring me the lunch box and I'll take a look." Leng Feng ordered, "This is an order!" ”

Cong Hu's lunch box only had cabbage and some pickles, and he couldn't see the slightest bit of oiliness, and Leng Feng's face sank suddenly.

"Is this what everyone eats?" Leng Feng asked.

"Big Brother ......"

"Go and call Deputy Cheng Lian to me!" Leng Feng knew that Cong Hu couldn't answer this question, only Cheng Gang, the company mate, could give him an answer.

"Yes!"

"Wait a minute!" Leng Feng stopped Cong Hu and poured all the braised pork in his lunch box into Cong Hu's lunch box, "Go, distribute it to everyone, one piece per person." ”

"Big brother, I'm leaving you this ......"

"Go!"

"Cheng Gang, are we having trouble supplying now?" Leng Feng asked, this soldier fights and eats enough, so he has strength, how can he compare with the Japanese army in terms of the current food?

"In terms of rice and noodles, they are quite sufficient, but vegetables and meat are sometimes not available, and it is difficult to purchase and transport." Cheng Gang explained.

Leng Feng expressed his understanding that the battle situation was so chaotic that it was okay to keep the troops from running out.

However, soldiers must not only eat rice and noodles, but also increase other nutrients, and their physical fitness is trained and eaten.

The logistics support of the Japanese army is relatively backward, while the teaching corps of the national army is like this, and other units can be imagined.

Maybe this is just a special situation in wartime, and it shouldn't be the case in peacetime, at least Leng Feng can see that the overall physical fitness of the teaching corps is one level higher than that of the Guangdong army.

"Go ahead, the big war is coming, I just want my brothers to have a good meal, so that I have the strength to kill the devil." Leng Feng nodded.

"Wu Xiaoyun, is there any news from the Japanese army?" Leng Feng returned to the command post and came to a small telecommunications room specially opened for Wu Xiaoyun.

In order to ensure the safety and confidentiality of the telecommunications room, Leng Feng also sent two soldiers from the guard squad to take turns guarding, except for him and Wu Xiaoyun, no one was allowed to enter without permission.

Wu Xiaoyun nodded, took out a few sheets from the thick stack of telegrams, and handed them to Leng Feng.

Leng Feng flipped through it casually, and suddenly a telegram caught his attention, which was about the 16th Division of the Japanese Army requesting reinforcements from the Central China Front.

The enemy that the teaching corps was about to face was still this 16th Division.

An armored brigade is about to set off from Shanghai to the front line in Nanjing to fight with the Japanese army on the front line, and the Japanese army equipped with this armored brigade is the 16th Division of the Japanese Army.

The Japanese army had already opened up the Shanghai-Nanjing highway and railway, not to mention that it would take time and effort to take the highway, and even if it arrived in Nanjing, it would not be able to immediately go into battle.

Then the only way to do that is to take the railway.

Railway, an armored brigade......

If this armored brigade is allowed to rush to Nanjing smoothly, the 16th Division's ability to attack fortified positions will be greatly enhanced.

This is very detrimental to the teaching corps of defensive operations.