Xu Shijiu was talking to Qiu Weida, Gao Shenxing suddenly came up from the foot of the mountain, saluted the two of them, and then said: "Captain, and Qiu Tuanzuo, you'd better go down the mountain and have a look." ”

Seeing Gao Shen's troubled appearance, the two followed down the mountain.

At this time, the eastern sky has slightly revealed a trace of fish belly white, and the sky is about to dawn.

Gao Shenxing brought Xu 19 and Qiu Weida to the dying German Shepherd, and the Ohara brigade retreated in a hurry, and didn't bother to make up for it, and even didn't take away the body of the dead soldier Ono, although there were not many residual clues, Gao Shenxing still deduced the whole process little by little with his super logical analysis ability.

Gao Shenxing first walked to a bush, pointed to the lurking sentry in the fallen grass and asked, "Qiu Tuanzuo, if I guess correctly, this should be the lurking sentry of your regiment, right?" ”

Qiu Weida turned his head to look at Hu Hao, and Hu Hao nodded and said, "That's right." ”

Gao Shenxing nodded, and said: "His lurking location has obviously been discovered by Xiao Ri Ben, and Xiao Ri Ben only used a crossbow arrow to solve him. After that, Gao Shenxing pointed to the soldiers who fell to the ground, and then said, "The one who did it was this Xiao Ri Ben, this is the crossbow he used to sneak attack the lurking post." ”

Xu Shijiu took the crossbow from Gao Shenxing's hand, his hand sank slightly, and he praised at the moment: "Good crossbow." ”

Gao Shenxing continued: "The Ming Sentinel over there was not spared, and it was solved by Xiao Ri almost at the same time. ”

"Can't you?" Hu Hao frowned and said, "If the lurking post and the bright post are killed at the same time, who is the one who shoots the warning?" ”

"It's this little guy who shoots." Gao Shenxing took off the southern pistol from the hands of the senior soldier of Ono, and continued, "At the same time that he shot the lurking post, he was also attacked. ”

"Xiao Ri was also attacked, who attacked him?" Hu Hao asked puzzledly

Qiu Weida's eyes turned to the German Shepherd lying on the ground and dying, and found that the German Shepherd had two bullet holes in his abdomen and legs, and blood kept gushing out of the wound, and said at the moment: "You mean, this dog attacked Xiao Ri Ben, and Xiao Ri Ben shot in order to save himself?" ”

"Yes, it bit the throat of Xiao Hichiben in one bite." Gao Shenxing held up the chin of Private Ono as he spoke, and everyone found that there were indeed two rows of sharp tooth wounds on the throat of this little day, and the major artery on the side of the neck was also torn, apparently bitten by this dying German shepherd.

Gao Shenxing let go of the senior soldier Ono, returned to the German Shepherd and squatted down, and said, "But this is not an ordinary dog, it is a military dog trained by a German Shepherd. ”

"German Shepherd?" Qiu Weida said thoughtfully.

"Military dogs?" Hu Hao said in horror, "So, it saved us?" ”

Hu Hao didn't dare to imagine that if Gao Shenxing's inference was true, what would the result be without this military dog?

With the equipment and combat effectiveness of the Japanese army that came to sneak attack, if they were allowed to touch Meigang quietly, it would not be difficult to imagine that with the more than 300 remnants of Hu Hao's battalion, they would definitely be unable to stop it, then Zuihou Meigang would definitely be lost, and even Fengtai Gang and Xigang would be taken down by Jian Xiaori in one go.

At that time, the entire Fukuo position will lose a major support point, once the main force of the Japanese army approaches Yuhuatai, once the cannon is erected on Yuhuatai, the entire Nancheng city wall fortifications will not be able to defend at all, thinking of this, Hu Hao couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, and couldn't help but look at the German shepherd lying on the ground and dying a few times.

Xu Jiu squatted down to inspect the injury, and found that the military dog couldn't even lift his eyelids, only the throat was still faintly whining, I don't know Weishenme, Xu Jiujiu liked this shepherd dog at a glance, and immediately ordered Gao Shenxing, "Shen Xing, you go and call Wang Yulan over to see if it can still be saved." ”

Xu 19 believes in Gao Shenxing's judgment, if this is really a military dog, then save it, you can become an indispensable member of the 19th brigade, military dogs have incomparable advantages in many aspects, even the most experienced veterans are inferior, such as its sense of smell and hearing, so this military dog must do its best to rescue.

Wang Yulan quickly came over, and after inspecting the injuries of the military dog, she said: "There are three main wounds on its body, the knife wound on the neck is an old wound, and the gunshot wound on the abdomen and legs is a new injury. ”

Xu Jiu said solemnly: "Doctor Wang, I will hand it over to you now, and you have to do your best to take care of it." ”

Wang Yulan was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Captain, isn't it just a dog, is this necessary?" ”

"It's absolutely necessary." Without waiting for Xu Shijiu to speak, Gao Shenxing hurriedly said, "This is a military dog!" ”

"Well, I'll do my best to take care of it." Wang Yulan spread her hands helplessly, and turned back to beg Li Zihan, "Squad Leader Li, please help me build a stretcher, just make it smaller, okay?" ”

Li Zihan agreed and took two people to make a stretcher.

After this delay, the sky has already brightened, although Qiu Weida really wants to have a good chat with Xu Shijiu, talk about night battle tactics, talk about the experience of defensive warfare, and talk about all topics of interest, but unfortunately both of them have military affairs in their bodies, and they can't be delayed, at that moment Qiu Weida handed over Meigang to the 19th Brigade, and then went to Fengtai Gang with Hu Haoying.

The 19th Brigade took over the defense of Meigang and began to repair the fortifications in full swing.

About half an hour after dawn, dozens of Japanese bombers lined up in several herringbone formations and flew from the southeast to Nanjing and the sky over the Fukuo position, and Gao Shen urgently ordered the officers and men of the 19th Brigade to enter the unfinished trenches to hide, but Xiao Ri's bombers did not throw bombs at Yuhuatai, but dropped a large number of leaflets.

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On December 9, the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), Matsui Ishine, in the name of "Commander-in-Chief of the Great Nippinichi Army", used dozens of bombers to distribute "surrender advice" to Tang Shengzhi and hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians inside and outside the city of Nanjing. He threatened to be lenient to innocent people and the non-hostile Chinese army, and was especially enthusiastic about the protection of Chinese culture, and advised the Chinese army and people to make a wise choice and lay down their arms to welcome the Japanese army into Nanjing.

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When the Japanese bombers roared over Baiziting, Tang Shengzhi was walking on the street in front of the official residence, Tang Shengzhi graduated from the Baoding Military Academy, and he has always maintained the living habits of a soldier for decades, and the two walks before breakfast and after dinner can be said to be rain or shine, and the thunder cannot be moved.

Two guards, one carrying a bottle of warm water, the other carrying a teapot and a cigarette, followed behind Tang Shengzhi.

Seeing the Japanese bombers flying at a low altitude, the two guards were so nervous that they couldn't rush up and knock Tang Shengzhi down, but Tang Shengzhi didn't care, and still paced forward leisurely with a civilized stick, until the bomber had leaflets floating down like snowflakes, and the two guards breathed a long sigh of relief, fortunately it was not a bomb.

Tang Shengzhi picked up a leaflet from the ground, read it in a hurry at a glance, and a trace of disdain appeared on his face, as if he was talking to himself and seemed to say to the two guards behind him: "Surrender? Foolish dreams. ”

Xiao Ri is indeed a fool's dream, the all-out war of resistance has been fought until now, the Chinese people have paid a lot of manpower and material resources, but also made a lot of sacrifices, more importantly, the blood of the Chinese people is recovering little by little in the desperate struggle with the Japanese invaders, Xiao Ri is this at this time to lobby the Nanjing military and civilians to surrender, of course, it is a fool's dream.

After walking back to the Baiziting Headquarters, the staff officers of the headquarters were busy nervously, these staff officers had been ordered by Tang Shengzhi to move to the basement of the Ministry of Railways, but seeing that Tang Shengzhi still refused to move to the basement, the staff officers moved back to the Tang Shengzhi Mansion in Baiziting, saying that they would live and die with the commander-in-chief.

The staff officers had made up their minds, and Tang Shengzhi no longer demanded it.

Seeing Tang Shengzhi come in, the staff officers stood up one by one and saluted Tang Shengzhi, Tang Shengzhi returned the salute casually, at this time the air defense siren sounded outside again, and Xiao Ri's second batch of bombers flew over Nanjing again, and this time what Xiao Ri Ben threw down was no longer a letter of advice, but a real bomb.

Bombs rained down from the sky, and the entire city of Nanjing was instantly plunged into a flurry of gunsmoke.

The Nanjing Garrison Headquarters located in the Tang Shengzhi Mansion in Baiziting was also bombed by Japanese bombers, and a corner tower was blown down, and the two small staff officers working in it had already lost their breath when they were dug out of the broken wall by their colleagues

The decisive battle is approaching, life and death are only in a blink of an eye, and the senior staff officers of the headquarters are not very afraid, they just want to take advantage of the rest of the life, because when the next bomb falls, it may be their turn to hit the road, if they don't take advantage of the time to explain a few words to their colleagues, they will not be able to speak even if they want to.

"Brother Li, if the defense of Nanjing is over and you are fortunate to be alive, don't forget me, you must tell my relatives and friends about my death, if you die and I am lucky to be alive, I will also tell your relatives about your death, I will personally tell Huzi that his father is a great hero who stands up to the sky."

"Brother Ma, being able to be a brother to you is the greatest blessing in my life."

"Lao Wang, I'm afraid I can't pay back the money I borrowed from you, if you are still alive after the battle, please help me bring a message back, and tell my mother that her cow eggs have not embarrassed her old man."

"Lao Niu, you don't have to pay back the money, if I die and you are still alive, my little Xue'er will please you, you must raise her to be an adult, you have to provide her to go to the most haode university, Peking University, and when she is an eighteen-year-old adult, give this to her, this box contains a suicide note left by Xue'er and her mother before she died."

For a time, colleagues, fellow villagers, and superiors and subordinates said goodbyes one after another, and the staff officers of the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters were psychologically prepared to sacrifice their lives for the country.