The whole of Nanjing was plunged into an unprecedented panic.

Gu Shoufu, the old devil, in addition to being more ferocious than the two little devils who participated in the hundred-person beheading competition, had almost no special performance in the entire defense of Nanjing, but there was one sentence that made him right, the national army has the most haode soldiers, but there is never a shortage of generals who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and without a leader, the national army will immediately become a group of sheep!

After the military meeting of the Tang Mansion in Baiziting, several division commanders of the 51st Division, 58th Division, 103rd Division, and LL2 Division, as well as Xiao Shanling, the commander of the military police, hurried back to the garrison to deploy the retreat.

Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 71st Army, Shen Fazao, commander of the 87th Division, and Gui Yongqing, commander of the Teaching Corps of the Central Military Academy, did not return to the garrison to deploy the retreat after the meeting, but went directly to the Xiaguan Wharf by car.

Qiu Qingquan hung up the phone and scolded angrily, and then called the brigades and regiments one by one, with the result that the telephone lines had been seriously damaged, and most of the troops could not be contacted.

When Xie Chengrui's group was finally contacted, it was no longer possible to break through from the front.

Originally, according to the Jihua of the garrison headquarters, the teaching corps of the Central Military Academy should break through from the direction of Gaoqiaomen with the 103rd Division and the 112th Division, and then pass through Chunhua Town to Lishui to meet the 66th Army of the Guangdong Army on the periphery, and then turn to the west of Zhejiang, but as soon as the order was given, Gui Yongqing, the general captain, ran first, and then rumors spread, and the morale of the army collapsed at once, and no matter how great Qiu Qingquan's ability was, it was impossible to break through from the front with such a force.

It is no longer possible to break through from the front, what to do?

There was no way, Qiu Qingquan could only take the troops to turn around and go to the Rujiang Gate to Xiaguan Wharf, preparing to cross the river and retreat to southern Anhui.

This is over, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, the 103rd Division, the 112th Division, the 156th Division, and the Teaching Corps of the Central Military Academy, tens of thousands of horses blocked several main streets leading to the Rujiang Gate, in addition to the national army and the citizens of Nanjing, hundreds of thousands of people rushed to Xiangxiaguan Wharf, for a time crowded, pushed and crowded, separated relatives rushed to cry, how tragic the scene was?

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The riots in the city of Nanjing soon spread to the Confucius Temple Field Hospital.

At this time, Li Zihan had just undergone the second operation, and the person was still under anesthesia and did not wake up, Ergua and Hongxing were accompanying the bedside, and the two chatted about some common words without a match, at this time there was a huge noise outside, and then the entire field hospital was in a commotion, and many wounded people who could still move rushed to run outside

Erguazhu walked outside the ward with a cane, stopped a wounded man and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?" ”

The wounded man said: "Brother, hurry up, the national army is about to evacuate the city of Nanjing." ”

"No, you can't, right? Ergua was taken aback when he heard this, and said in a speech, "I'm ......."

The wounded man was impatient, and said angrily: "You, you, you, don't leave you, it's too late if you don't leave." ”

After that, the wounded man limped away, and no gendarmes came forward to stop him, and Ergua found that the gendarmes of the entire field hospital were gone, but he still didn't believe that the national army would evacuate Nanjing, and if the national army really wanted to evacuate, the captain would definitely send someone to pick them up, and it was impossible for the captain to leave them.

Hongxing came out of the ward and asked with concern, "Ergua, what's wrong?" ”

"Nothing." Ergua sat down on the threshold with his arms crossed, and said angrily, "Someone is spreading rumors. ”

"Brother, don't be stupid, this is not a rumor, the national army is really going to withdraw." Another wounded man knocked on the door and persuaded Ergua, "Come with us quickly, there may be a boat to sit on the dock at this time, but it will be gone if it is late." ”

"I'm not leaving." Ergua insisted, "If I leave, I won't be able to find it when I turn back and the captain sends someone here." ”

"Your captain?" The wounded man sneered and said, "Brother, don't be stupid, your captain is afraid that he has already run first, haven't you heard, those army commanders and division commanders ran away as soon as they finished the meeting." ”

"You talk nonsense!" Ergua immediately became angry and yelled at the wounded, "Don't you say that about our captain." ”

"Okay, okay, I don't say it, I don't say it." The wounded man smiled bitterly, and then added, "If you like to wait, wait, huh." ”

At this time, more and more wounded people came out of the ward, all of them rushed towards the direction of the gate, and even the seriously wounded who had just undergone surgery struggled to crawl out of the ward.

At this time, Yu Jiaxi and several doctors also walked out of it under the escort of two gendarmes, and saw Ergua sitting on the threshold of the ward in a daze, so he stepped forward and said: "Ergua, don't sit here in a daze, hurry up and follow me, the national army is about to evacuate Nanjing, you hurry up and go with me." ”

A gendarme immediately came out to stop him: "Doctor Yu, I'm afraid this won't work, we have received an order to escort the medical staff of the field hospital to the Shimonoseki wharf, as for the wounded in the hospital, this is not our responsibility." ”

Several other doctors also persuaded Yu Jiaxi to be nosy, but Yu Jiaxi was anxious, and when he was about to argue with them, Ergua stood up with the support of Hongxing, and said to Yu Jiaxi with a smile: "Sister Jiaxi, you go, you don't have to worry about me, the captain will definitely send someone to pick us up, he will." ”

Yu Jiaxi was right to think about it, Ergua might be safe to follow the troops, she actually wanted to be with the 19th Brigade and Xu 19, but she was afraid of causing trouble to Xu 19, so she told Ergua at the moment: "Ergua, then you take care of yourself, and also, help me give your captain a message, so that he must cross the Yangtze River alive to see me." ”

Ergua Han said with a smile: "Sister Jiaxi, don't worry, I will definitely bring the words." ”

Yu Jiaxi also smiled, reached out and touched Ergua's face, turned around and left.

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Feng Shengfa's face has not been good since he came back from the meeting at the Baiziting Tang Mansion

After the loss of the Wufu line, Nanjing Jiancheng has become a strategic dead land, and it should not have been defended, but it has to mobilize heavy troops to defend it, and it is necessary to defend it.

No matter how the Battle of Nanjing is fought, I am afraid there will be no worse result than this!

At this moment, Feng Shengfa really wanted to learn from Xu Shijiu and scold: What kind of fucking bullshit leader?!

"Master, the news has spread, you can't hide it, let's withdraw." Xu Jiujiu sighed and said, "The Battle of Nanjing is like this, no one wants to see it, but things are already like this, no matter how resentful and annoyed it is, it is useless, the troops are already panicked, and this battle can no longer be fought." ”

Feng Shengfa also sighed and said, "But even if you withdraw, how can you say that you can withdraw?" ”

Feng Shengfa's 58th coin is now completely entangled with the Japanese 6th Division, the two sides of the battle line are intertwined, you have me, I have you, if the 58th Division retreats now, there will inevitably be only one result, that is, the defeat is like a mountain, and Zuihou will eventually be annihilated by the Japanese 6th Division on the Yangtze River.

Of course, the 58th Division could also choose to retreat into the city of Nanjing, and then go to the Xiaguan Wharf by Rujiangmen.

However, Feng Shengfa knew that this was a dead end at all, when he came back from the meeting of the Tang Mansion in Baiziting during the day, the city of Nanjing was already in chaos, and the street leading to Rujiangmen was already crowded with fleeing national troops and the people of Nanjing.

"Master, we may still have a glimmer of life." Xu Nineteen said unexpectedly.

"Oh?" Feng Shengfa looked back at Xu Shijiu and said, "A glimmer of life? Where's the life? ”

"Master, look." Xu 19 strode to the map and said to the map, "Although the 6th Division of the Japanese Army has been completely entangled with our division, in the eyes of the senior generals of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, the results of the total annihilation of our 58th Division are only far from being comparable to the great achievement of the first capture of Nanjing. ”

Feng Shengfa frowned, and said, "So what? ”

Xu Shijiu patted a point on the map with his hand, and said solemnly: "The primary target of the Japanese army is always Nanjing, and Saihongqiao is the only way for the Japanese army's heavy troops to enter Nanjing, if we can leave a force in Saihongqiao, we will inevitably be able to attract most of the Japanese army's firepower, and Saihongqiao will be able to win enough time for the retreat of the main force of the division and crossing the river for one to two days." ”

Feng Shengfa heard Xu Shijiu's voice, and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean? ”

Xu Jiu stood upright, looked straight at Feng Shengfa and said, "Master, leave it to me!" ”

Feng Shengfa's eyes suddenly showed a strange look, admiration, reluctance, feeling, and guilt...... It can be as complicated as it is, but in the end, Feng Shengfa just let out a long sigh, untied his Browning pistol and handed it to Xu Shijiu, and said emotionally: "Ah Jiu, I have only one request for you, you must return to the team alive."

"Yes!" Xu 19 took Browning's gun in his hand, and snapped upright, "I must return to the team alive!" ”

Feng Shengfa opened his arms and hugged Xu Shijiu vigorously, patting Xu Shijiu's shoulder with both hands while admonishing: "Ah Jiu, take care,"

Several staff officers and guards of the division headquarters also turned their faces, and the two female newspaper operators were even more in tears, obviously, in their opinion, the farewell between Xu Shijiu and the division must be the eternal secret.