The Nanjing defenders who received the order to withdraw were like frightened birds at this moment, and the troops on all sides retreated; The breakthrough of the encirclement, and even some grassroots troops who could not be contacted at all were kept in the dark, and still insisted on fighting to the death with the Japanese army in the position. This is undoubtedly an unprecedented rout that surpasses all previous battles! The 72nd, 74th, and 78th armies under the jurisdiction of the garrison headquarters, including the teaching corps of the Central Military Academy and the military police units in the city, have been made into a pot of porridge, and in the process of retreating, the ranks are almost all scattered, and the formations and companies have long ceased to exist.

Just when the 100,000-strong army in Nanjing City was almost collapsing, the Municipal Police Department was also in chaos. At present, the Japanese are attacking fiercely, and the siege of the defenders of Nanjing is like a devastation. Judging from the current situation, the defenders in the city have no chance to counterattack at all, and the fall of Nanjing is only a matter of time.

The police in Nanjing have figured it out in the past two days, and since the army plans to abandon Nanjing and cross the river to the north, there is naturally no need for them to stay here and watch the Western scenery. Not to mention whether the Japanese will vent their anger at them after occupying Nanjing, the Japanese "magnanimously" spared them and let them continue to work as police officers to maintain the place, and they also said that they would not do anything! Where is the reason, if Lao Tzu is an errand boy under the hands of the Japanese, won't they become "pseudo-police"? To put it bluntly, they are traitors, so they don't bear this infamy through the ages, who is willing to be a dog for the Japanese?

As soon as the reason is figured out, it will naturally be easy to do, in addition to the guns that the police in the city carry with them, they have thrown away all the soft and belongings on their bodies, what is the use of asking for money at this time? It's true to save your life first! Coincidentally, as soon as the police officers walked out of the gate of the police department, they bumped into Yang Longfei's division of the 25th regiment, which had just been withdrawn from the Purple Mountain. The policemen have put their hearts in their stomachs now, and the reason is very simple, it is right to follow their own team at this time, we can follow them wherever they run!

Yang Longfei, who was in a coma due to a sudden high fever, slowly woke up in the bumps along the way, his weak eyes were slightly open, his face was pale, and his throat seemed to be filled with purulent phlegm.

Yang Longfei endured the great discomfort caused by his body, and called out the other party's name weakly: "Dacheng, Dacheng, where is this......"

Xie Dacheng did not slow down because of Yang Longfei's awakening, he ran for nearly five kilometers in a row, and carried a patient of sixty or seventy kilograms on his back. Xie Dacheng gasped and replied with concern: "Commander, you are finally awake!" My good boy, thank God, I'm afraid that something will happen to you, otherwise I will be unredeemable! ”

Yang Longfei looked a little impatient, and continued to ask, "I asked you where is this?" What are you doing behind my back, let me down......"

"Regiment commander, don't ask, we have to hurry up to Yanziji now, the second and third battalions are in charge of the palace, and now the road is less than one-tenth, if you can't reach the designated place before eight o'clock in the evening, it will be bad!" Xie Dacheng swallowed his saliva and continued to pant and replied.

Yang Longfei also seemed to have "opened his mind", he knew his physical condition very well, and he couldn't drag down Xie Dacheng and the soldiers of the whole regiment because of his illness, if he didn't have to take into account his current situation, maybe the speed of their rapid march would be much faster. Yang Longfei pleaded from the bottom of his heart: "Dacheng, let me go...... Leave me alone, put me on the side of the road, and you ...... get out of the way."

Xie Dacheng became anxious when he heard this: "Regiment leader, what are you talking about?" How could I leave you alone? I, Xie Dacheng, am also a five-foot-tall man, if I let the family know that I threw the regiment commander down on the way to retreat, then I am still not mixed? Captain, don't think too much, when you're tired, close your eyes and squint for a while, and when you wake up, we will probably arrive at our destination......"

"Dacheng, don't be stupid, I know my current situation, I can't drag you down...... The soldiers of the whole regiment should ...... If only because I put ...... Giving up the rapid march, I Yang Longfei is guilty...... But it's big. Don't let me ...... Don't let me delay the soldiers of the whole regiment alone, put me down, Dacheng, just leave me a *......"

"Commander, I beg you to stop saying more! Even if I, Xie Dacheng, am no longer a thing, I can't do this kind of thing that is inferior to a beast! There's one premise for leaving you behind, and that's that I'm dead! If you want me to live a few more days, you can do it, and don't say anything like letting you go! Don't say I don't agree, even the whole regiment of soldiers won't agree! Xie Dacheng almost roared.

Yang Longfei scolded weakly: "Okay, now even you kid ...... Do you dare to disobey Lao Tzu's orders? still dare to rush and grin at Lao Tzu...... In front of Lao Tzu, when will it ...... When is it your turn to be ruthless? You're disobedient, aren't you? Lao Tzu broke you and me...... Where's my gun? I—I'm killing you......"

Xie Dacheng said with a wicked smile: "Regiment leader, I advise you to save a bullet, I carried you on foot for more than ten kilometers, and you are going to kill me now, isn't that asking for trouble?" I said, you just put your heart in your stomach, not to mention walking more than ten kilometers like you, even if you climb a few mountain beams, you are smiling! If you really don't want to go, when you get better, you can send me a kind heart to reward me with a few mouthfuls of old white trouble! Commander, I'm not asking too much, is it? ”

"It's not too much, wait, wait for those few old white people who reward you to make trouble...... It's over, I'll kill you kid again......"

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The main targets of the retreat of the Chinese defenders were Yanziji, Coal Port and Rujiangmen. At about eight o'clock in the evening, these three assembly places were already crowded with soldiers of the national army who were preparing to cross the river and go north. What is striking is that the fraternal units of the Nationalist Army actually had physical altercations over the order of the crossing and the seizure of ships, and even did not hesitate to use weapons to fight. Take the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Teaching Corps as an example, because Rujiangmen is the only way for the defenders to retreat to the Xiaguan Wharf, and it is also the only direct passage to the Wharf in the entire Nanjing City. Therefore, more than half of the defenders of Nanjing chose to take advantage of this opportunity to cross the river. But the bizarre thing is that the 36th Division of the Nationalist Army, which is responsible for the defense of Rujiang Gate, does not seem to have received the order issued by the headquarters to retreat the troops, and before rushing into the Rujiang Gate in the face of the rout of the defenders outside the city, Song Xilian, the commander of the 36th Division, decisively ordered the city gate to be blocked, and said that no one was allowed to let the defenders outside the gate enter until they received a formal order from the headquarters.

The Kuomintang rout army that was blocked outside the Rujiang Gate didn't care about this, what fucking bullshit orders, the headquarters left us poor soldiers and ran away, what bullshit orders did we obey? It must be admitted that under the extremely strong desire to survive, almost everyone will lose their reason and principles, and even the bottom line. In the face of the 36th Division, which refused to open the gate and let it go, the defeated army outside the gate actually began to carry out a forced attack on the city gate, and if the bullets could not break the city gate, it would be replaced with * for blasting. I only heard a loud "boom", and the red-painted city gate was blown up by a cluster* with a large hole with a diameter of nearly two meters. As soon as the city gate was broken, the soldiers inside and outside the city simply copied the guy and fought with the other party, and the dense crowd suddenly made a pot of porridge, and under the shuttle of bullets, the soldiers outside the city rushed around like fleeing victims, and in the panic, Colonel Xie Chengrui, the commander of the second regiment, was knocked to the ground by his subordinates who were out of control, and was trampled to death. What is doubly embarrassing is that this young officer, who had made great contributions on the battlefield of Songhu, died tragically at the feet of his own soldiers.

Until late at night, nearly five regiments of the Central Army troops had gathered in the area of Yanziji tidal flats, and when they found that there were still a lot of civilian boats and bamboo rafts backlogged on the shore, they were overjoyed, and they broke away from the formation and adopted extreme measures to compete for ships, and even did not hesitate to raise their weapons as they did in Rujiangmen, and opened fire on their own people.

After the 25th Regiment arrived, there were still two troops fighting with weapons on the side of the tidal flats, and the surface of the Yanziji River was very empty. It seems that the boats and bamboo rafts that can be used have basically been robbed and rowed away, but it is a pity that these two "unlucky" troops arrived a step late and did not catch up. By the time they reached the river, there was only one leaky boat left. As the saying goes: being able to pull out pus is a good plaster, and it is better than nothing. In order to fight for the right to finally break the fishing boat, the two fraternal troops, who thought they could share the weal and tribulation, turned against each other and fought like the "seniors" who had already staged a shootout at Rujiangmen.

Deputy head Zhang Shan was not only furious when he saw this scene, damn it, it would be better to fight with the little devil if he had this ability! How many people may not be able to die at the hands of devils, but they have fallen under the guns of their own people! What the is this called? Zhang Shan was anxious, he snatched a light machine gun from the hand of a soldier, aimed the muzzle of the gun at the two small troops who were fighting on the shore, and roared angrily: "Stop the for me!" Whoever dares to shoot again, Lao Tzu will immediately beat him into a sieve, if you don't believe it, try it! ”

The two troops stopped firing one after another, and they cursed in their hearts:! After fighting for a long time, the battle was almost over, why the came out of another force to grab the ship......

The captain commander of one of the units stood on the deck for a few seconds before coming back to his senses and yelling, "Damn, there's another one who wants to pick up the leak!" What do we two teams do to your? You said if you don't fight, you won't fight? Who the are you...... I'll you first! As soon as he finished speaking, the captain jerked up the shell gun he was holding...... It's too late, it's too late, just listen to "poof!" A small black dot appeared on the captain's eyebrows, and the next second it fell like a door on the ship.

The captain's men were stunned when they saw this. I saw Cao Guang, the commander of the third battalion, holding a smoking shell gun and scolding: "Damn, shameless, I didn't see you so energetic when I beat devils!" What do you see? Get the hell out of here! ”

Seeing that the people on both sides had no intention of getting off the ship, Qian Liyuan, the commander of the second battalion, simply led the troops to board the ship with a pair of box guns: "Whoever dares to move again will suddenly break through your dog's day!" Let me get down from the boat, don't think I'm playing around with you, I'll shoot in a while, do you think I dare?! ”

The soldiers of the two companies jumped out of the boat in a daze, and Qian Liyuan came aboard the ship with a platoon of guards and prepared to set sail.

Zhang Shan ordered the troops to lower their guns, and asked with a serious face, "Which army are you all from?" Why the fire? ”

The commander of another unit, Pei with the rank of major, muttered: "We are from the 87th Regiment of the 275th Division, and I am their company commander!" Sir, we don't want to fight with each other, and who would use guns with their brother troops in normal times, this is also a helpless way! There's only one wrecked ship left in the whole port, and we'll have to find a way to get out!" If you have to hold the fire, why don't you wait here for the Japanese to slaughter us like chickens? ”

"I said that you also have a sign of the main division, and that's how you fight for the face of your old troops? Damn, I didn't see you so energetic when I was fighting the Japanese, and I showed my ability to do it with my own people? Zhang Shan scolded angrily.

The major replied unconvinced: "Sir, what you said is unfair, how do you know that we are not fighting the Japanese?" Our regiment fought with the devils in Tongji Gate for three days and nights, and the rifling was almost smoothed! In the cold weather of more than ten degrees below zero, the bolt of this gun can't be pulled open after it freezes, and that's not all, the headquarters doesn't even prepare cotton clothes for us, why should we work for him? Besides, we didn't give this retreat order, we were only responsible for carrying it out. If you want to say wrong, you have to go to the commander of the headquarters, who asked him to destroy the ships in the coal port and Yanziji before the battle started, saying that he wanted to live and die with Nanjing, which is even better than singing! In the end, he ran away on a small steamer, and would rather have an empty seat on the ship than let us get on it, and we don't recognize this kind of sir! ”

"That's it, when our 88th Division was fighting with the devils in Yuhuatai, the commander's department didn't even let out a fart! Not to mention the salary, in the end, I can't even eat the! What kind of bullshit workhorse is this? If you say that this main force is cheap and worthless, Lao Tzu might as well not want this main force! Sir, let's be fair, aren't you selfish in robbing our ship? If you are a reasonable person, then don't care if we are bloody or not, whoever is not killed by a bullet is called luck, then he should be alive, and no one can do it! The soldiers of the other company shouted.

Zhang Shan can't listen to it anymore, what the logic are these little rabbit cubs? After making trouble for a long time, they are not soldiers to fight to kill devils, and the profession of being a soldier is an iron rice bowl to support their families? Could it be that it really fulfills the jargon: fight a war, fight if you win, and run if you win? What the is this world, how can such a messy team be able to do it against little devils?

Zhang Shan yelled: "Shut up all of them!" Are you still not Chinese soldiers? Is there a bone at all? Look at your bears, what is the difference between them and sheep to be slaughtered? Don't you want to reason with me? Okay, then I'll reason with you! Now obey my orders, the sick and the wounded present are on board, and the rest of the movable are left for me, don't you want to find a way to live? I'll take you to find a way to live! Everybody take the guy and follow me to break through from the front! ”

Everyone present was stunned when they heard this, and Xie Dacheng, who was carrying Yang Longfei on his back, muttered: "Lao Zhang, you ......"

"Don't speak, Dacheng. Listen to me, take the wounded of our regiment on board, and especially take care of the regiment commander! Don't be stunned, hurry up and leave before the devil comes up! Fast! Zhang Shan looked at Xie Dacheng with a resolute look, you know, this is not only a trust, but also an order!

"Lao Zhang, the main sail is up, hurry up and get on the boat!" Qian Liyuan, the commander of the second battalion, returned to the shore and reported.

"Dacheng, take the regiment commander and hurry up to the boat! You remember for me, you have to use your head to guarantee me, and you must protect the safety of the regiment commander! According to what I said, your boat is rowing in the northwest direction, and if we can break through from the front, we will meet in Xuzhou! In case the breakout fails, you can figure it out yourself! But there is one thing, I must not leave the regiment commander alone! If conditions permit, rebuild our 25th regiment as much as possible, so that it is worth our death! ”

"Lao Zhang, don't worry, as long as I, Xie Dacheng, have a breath of air, I will never leave the head of the regiment! You also have to be careful, brother, take care of yourself, I and the head of the regiment are waiting for you in Xuzhou! Xie Dacheng exchanged the Yang Longfei he was carrying on his body to another soldier to take it, he took out his shell gun from his waist, as well as a box of ammunition in his pocket, and handed them all to Zhang Shan, the deputy head of the regiment.

"Be careful, brother, you have a lot of guys on you. You use this gun first, and then give it back to me when we meet!" I'll just use a different rifle! ”

"Thanks, brother! Get on board. Hurry up and paddle away, the sooner the better! Zhang Shan took the shell gun and a whole box of bullets with relief, patted Xie Dacheng on the shoulder emotionally and said.

Before Xie Dacheng and the others got on the boat, Zhang Shan and the others heard an urgent shout: "Deputy Regiment Commander Zhang, the devil is coming up again...... As soon as they heard this, the soldiers on the shore simply talked about the tiger's color, and almost all of their faces turned green after "brushing" the ground. The frightened officers and soldiers shouted in a mixed voice: "We are also wounded, let us get on the boat, we will get on the ship......"

Zhang Shan was furious, and he pulled the trigger sharply with the muzzle of his gun pointed to the sky. Just listen to the "Horn!" The soldiers who poured up to the last fishing boat like a tidal wave immediately stopped their progress. Everyone reluctantly returned to their original positions, looking at each other with bitter faces, without saying a word.

"Are you still Chinese? A five-foot-tall man, so afraid of death? I'm embarrassed to say that I'm used to seeing life and death, look at your bird-like look, like a group of dehaired pigs! It's not a shame for the Chinese soldiers! If you want to live, pick up the guy for me, the rifle is bayonet, the bullet is loaded, and the strings of * are also hung on the little thumb brother......" Before the words fell, a burst of piercing Japanese words and heavy footsteps came to the face, and the commander of the 9th Brigade of the Japanese Army, who was in charge of pursuing to the direction of Yanziji, was waving the saber in his hand, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "Quick, there is a branch of the army by the river, don't let them go, kill them all......"

Zhang Shan sneered and then insured the two shell guns in his hand, and he glanced at the officers and soldiers of the other two companies with contemptuous eyes: "Keep your eyes open and see what it means to fight, learn a little ...... from our 25th Regiment" Before the words fell, the soldiers of the 25th Regiment immediately plunged into the battle with the Japanese pursuers under the leadership of Deputy Regiment Commander Zhang Shan, Second and Third Battalion Commanders Qian Liyuan and Cao Guang. Seeing that the fishing boat by the river was rowing farther and farther, the hope of escaping on the water could be said to be completely shattered. The major officer, who had been stern for a while, also had no idea, and at this time there was almost nothing to do but follow the troops in front of him to try to break through from the front. The major gritted his teeth and said in detail, everyone has their own fate, wealth is in the sky, and the little devil of the dog day is fighting! As he spoke, he led his two companies into the melee......