December 8, night.

After nightfall, the 19th Brigade began to retreat in an orderly manner, and the artillery company, heavy machine gun company and the wounded were the first to retreat.

"Silly big man, come here and help."

"Silly big man, come and help me."

"Silly big man, I'll leave this to you."

"Silly big man, this is my backpack, don't lose it."

The black blind man became the busiest person, this one let him help carry the gun, that let him help carry the backpack, the black blind man was known for his good temper in the guard platoon, he did not refuse, and in a short time, he already carried six or seven rifles on his shoulder, and four or five backpacks on his back, and he also held an imitation Czech light machine gun in his left and right hands.

When another veteran tried to hang the rifle gun in his hand on the black blind man's shoulder, the medical soldier Cao Jiao couldn't stand it anymore, stood up to the black blind man, and said to the old soldier: "He has enough guns on his back, if you really can't carry it, why don't I carry it for you, okay?" ”

The guard platoon is stationed outside the Guanyin Palace, and is also responsible for helping the medical team to do some heavy physical work, the black blind man is diligent and energetic, and hard-working, Cao Jiao and Wang Yulan like him very much.

The veteran wilted at the time, so he really asked a big girl to help him carry the gun, and he wouldn't mix in the national army in the future.

In the laughter of the rest of the veterans, the veteran hid behind the team, Cao Jiao saw that the black blind man was already tired and sweaty, and the sweat on his forehead could be clearly seen under the dim moonlight, so he felt a little distressed for no reason, and immediately took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat on the black blind man's forehead.

The black blind man grinned at Cao Jiao, and two rows of snow-white and neat teeth appeared on his black face.

Looking at the black blind man's innocent smile, Cao Jiao's mood relaxed for no reason, and she said softly at the moment: "Brother Heizi, are you tired, I'll help you get the machine gun, right?" ”

"No, I'm not tired." The black blind man grinned again.

Cao Jiao looked at the group of veterans watching the show next to her dissatisfied, and said in a low voice: "Brother Heizi, you are too honest, don't help them carry guns and backpacks in the future." ”

"It's okay, I have a lot of strength, this little physical work is nothing."

When Cao Jiao pouted and wanted to say more, Wang Yulan's shouting suddenly came from the front, so she said hello to the black blind man, and went to the front to find Wang Yulan, Cao Jiao just walked away, and several veterans immediately surrounded the black blind man, and they all learned Cao Jiao's tone: Brother Heizi, are you tired, I'll help you get the machine gun, right? Brother Kuroko, you are too honest......

The black blind man was not annoyed, but walked forward happily with six or seven guns and five or six backpacks on his back.

The veterans were making trouble, and Gao Shenxing caught up from behind, and reprimanded viciously: "What are you arguing about, lest Xiao Ri not know that we have evacuated Zutang Mountain or what?" Shut the beak of the old man and walk down the aisle, who the fuck dares to come out of the moth again, see how the old man cleans him up. ”

The veterans of the guard platoon were silent, and they were cautious about the platoon commander, the veterans were still quite jealous, and the guard platoon also had a few thorns in the past, but after being cleaned up by the high platoon commander, they immediately became obedient, nothing else, the high platoon commander was too to fight, and no one could survive two moves under his hands.

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The main peak of Niushou Mountain.

When Xu 19 walked into the headquarters of the 58th Division, the entire cave was almost empty.

The order to retreat has been issued to all units, the men, grooms, signal soldiers, and telegraph operators of the division headquarters have basically been withdrawn, and the remaining staff officers are burning documents, Feng Shengfa frowned and stood in front of the sand table and sighed, obviously, he was also extremely depressed about the sudden withdrawal from Niushou Mountain.

"Master's seat." Xu Shijiu walked up to Feng Shengfa and stood upright and saluted.

Feng Shengfa turned around and saluted back and asked, "Ah Jiu, how are the casualties of the troops?" ”

Xu Shijiu said: "Fortunately, Xiao Ri Ben was relatively aggressive on the 5th and 6th, and he didn't attack much today and yesterday, but in order to suppress Xiao Ri Ben's sappers to repair the road, the ammunition consumption was very large, the mortar company had little shells left, and the heavy machine gun company also consumed almost 12 bases of ammunition medicine. ”

Twelve bases in two days is indeed an astonishing consumption for the national army.

Feng Shengfa bowed his head slightly, he didn't care about the consumption of impeachment medicine, in this defense of Nanjing, the supply of impeachment medicine for each division was still very sufficient, and the reserve of impeachment medicine left by the Ministry of Military Affairs was enough for the 14 divisions of the defending army to last more than half a year! Feng Shengfa's only concern was the casualties of the regiments and battalions, especially the 19th Brigade.

The 19th Independent Brigade is the fist unit of the 58th Division.

On the 5th and 6th, the 19th Brigade had already reported the casualty figures to the division headquarters, with a total of about 300 casualties, of which more than 100 were killed and more than 50 were seriously wounded.

"What about the mood of the troops?" Feng Shengfa asked again, "Are there any ups and downs?" ”

Xu Shijiu said: "The mood of the troops is quite stable, although there is some confusion about giving up the Zutang Mountain position, but the humble position has already allowed the company and platoon-level officers to do the pacification work. ”

Feng Shengfa breathed a sigh of relief, and sighed again: "Ah Jiu, I really let you say it."

When he decided to defend Niushou Mountain, Xu Shijiu once said to Feng Shengfa that if the military seat or the general seat, or even Chairman Jiang ordered a retreat, what would Feng Shengfa do? Feng Shengfa didn't answer at the time, but he didn't think that this kind of situation would occur, but he didn't expect that such a situation would really appear.

It's a pity that the 58th Division has run a defensive position like an iron bucket!

If it weren't for the loss of Chunhua Town, if the Japanese army wanted to take Niushou Mountain, it would not have been ten days and half a month, and three or five thousand people would not die, but it would be a pity.

Xu Shijiu also sighed, and said gloomily: "I won't tell you, Shizao, when the 51st Division decided not to defend Fangshan and Qinglong Mountain with all its might, but chose to open it in front of Chunhua Town, I already expected such a situation, speaking of which, the 51st Division has performed well, I thought they could only hold out for two days at most, but it turned out to last for four days." ”

Feng Shengfa waved his hand and said, "Ah Jiu, don't talk about this, fortunately, there is still a compound position to rely on." ”

Xu Shijiu sighed and said: "Shizuo, the loss of Chunhua Town is indeed nothing, and it is nothing to give up the position of Niushou Mountain, because the Fukuo position is stronger than that of Niushou Mountain, and even if the Fukuo is lost, the troops can still rely on the streets and alleys to fight with Xiao Ri Ben in street battles, as long as we are determined to die, Xiao Ri Ben will not be able to take advantage, but we are afraid of ......."

Feng Shengfa was silent, he knew what Xu Shijiu was worried about, he was actually worried, the defense of Nanjing had been fought so far, the outer defense line had been broken, and it was estimated that the compound position with the city wall and the Purple Mountain as the barrier would not last for a few days, that is to say, the defense of Nanjing would soon enter the stage of brutal street fighting.

Nanjing street battle will come so soon, I'm afraid no one thought of it, right?

Once it enters the stage of street fighting, it will be impossible for more than 100,000 people in the 14 divisions of the Nanjing battlefield to break through, and the prosperous capital of the Six Dynasties, Nanjing, which is full of gold dust, is also bound to turn into a rubble field in the Japanese artillery fire. Is Chairman Jiang really willing to fight with the elites of the 71st Army, 72nd Army, 74th Army, 78th Army and the Teaching Corps?

If you make up your mind to fight hard, then it's nothing, although the 14 divisions and more than 100,000 national troops defending Nanjing are absolutely unlucky, but even if they die, they have to bite a piece of meat from Xiao Ri Jian himself, and the eight divisions and two detachments besieging Nanjing are 200,000 small people, and if they don't suffer 108,000 casualties, they don't want to take Nanjing Jiancheng!

After all, the guy in the hands of the national army is not a burning stick!

If you don't want to fight hard with Xiao Ri and want to save life, then you should take advantage of the fact that the Japanese army has not yet formed a tight encirclement network, and decisively break through from the front, once you retreat to the Fukou position, the encirclement of the Japanese army will be greatly reduced, and then order a breakthrough, the consequences will be disastrous.

Xu Shijiu was afraid, Feng Shengfa was also afraid, he was afraid that Chairman Jiang was at both ends of the head, before the Fukuo position was not lost, he still had a fluke mentality in his heart, and hoped that there would be a miracle, but when the Fukuo position was lost, he immediately changed his mind, and he was reluctant to give up these dozen elite divisions, and then ordered to retreat......

If this is the case, the morale and fighting spirit of the 14 divisions and more than 100,000 troops in the Nanjing Garrison will collapse in an instant, not only will the 100,000 troops still not be able to hold on, not only will Nanjing still be unable to hold it, but Xiaori will not suffer too much losses, and no matter how the battle for the defense of Nanjing is fought, I am afraid there will be no worse result than this.

Feng Shengfa knew that Chairman Chiang's determination should never be overestimated.

In the Battle of Songhu, it was not once or twice that the national army was defeated because of Chairman Chiang's indecision and the two ends of the first rat!

If it weren't for Chairman Chiang's indecisiveness, as early as the first stage of the Battle of Songhu, Zhang Zhizhong would have led his troops to wipe out the Japanese marines in Yangshupu and Hongkou Districts, and if it weren't for Chairman Chiang's luck with the intervention of the Western powers, the Battle of Songhu would not have led to a great rout

If it weren't for Chairman Chiang's two ends, Xiao Ri might not have been able to cross the four defense lines until now, let alone hit the city of Nanjing!

Feng Shengfa was really afraid that Chairman Jiang would drop the chain at a critical moment.

But what's the use of being afraid? The only thing he could do was to carry out the orders of the military seat to the letter, and lead more than 9,000 officers and men of the 58th Division to retreat to the Fugu position.

"Ah Jiu, don't think about it so much." Feng Shengfa patted Xu Shijiu's shoulder and said, "As a soldier of the party-state, it is our duty to obey orders, so let's quickly retreat to the Fukou position with the troops, and settle the wounded and non-combatants such as medical teams and student soldiers in the advanced city, and then seize the Yuhuatai position as soon as possible." ”

"Yes." Xu Shijiu stood up and took the order.