That colonel officer was none other than Xu Nineteen, of course.

Because there was no hope of breaking through, Xu Shijiu simply took the troops into the city to talk, and then waited until late at night to start the action, walked to the Zhonghua Gate and found that the city gate had indeed been controlled by the Japanese army, and found that there was no chance, so he walked along the Qinhuai River to the Shuixi Gate, and then walked to the gap in the city wall that was blown down by the Japanese army between the Zhonghua Gate and the Shuixi Gate

Xiao Ri had just entered the city, and sure enough, he didn't have time to fortify at the gap, Xu 19 entered the city with his troops very easily, and then found a private house in the city, and rested for a night, until the next morning, he was attracted by the gunfire of the Japanese army, and then there was the previous scene, and the group of routed soldiers were rescued from the guns of the Japanese army.

However, what happened next greatly exceeded Xu Shijiu's expectations.

Xu Shijiu asked the defeated soldiers to pick up arms again to fight, but these defeated soldiers ignored him at all, and a big man with a northeastern accent even yelled at Xu Shijiu angrily: "Who are you?" Are you trying to kill everyone? Dead shriveled calf, believe it or not, I'll cut you? ”

Xu Jiujiu couldn't react at once, and looked at the big man in a daze.

Feng Shengfa's guard company commander Guo Wei quit, rushed up and pushed the northeastern big man away, and then pointed at the big man's nose and scolded: "How can you talk to the commander?" ”

"Fuck sir!" The big man slapped Guo Weiquan's fingers away, and the two of them were face to face, nose to nose, staring at the bull's eye with big eyes, and the cow was on top.

The more than 500 defeated soldiers who had been quiet also blew up all of a sudden, and they actually joined the ranks of condemnation, this bullshit chief, the one who said that these officials are not a good thing, and there are more defeated soldiers who are tearful and demolition, you officials have run away, have you ever cared about the life and death of the brothers...... The resentment that had been accumulating for a long time exploded at once.

Looking at the rout of the army, Xu Shijiu's face was pale, but he felt a burst of pain in his heart.

The battle for the defense of Nanjing should not be fought but should be fought, and the evil consequences of not being withdrawn but having to be withdrawn have finally appeared, and the rout of the national army who could not withdraw and escape vented their grievances on those senior generals who left their troops and absconded alone, Wang Jingjiu, Gui Yongqing and Shen Fazao have completely chilled the defeated soldiers!

and Tang Shengzhi, who couldn't help himself, also became the object of resentment of the defeated soldiers!

These defeated soldiers have completely despaired, they no longer have hope for the country and the nation, and the despair makes them prefer to be prisoners of war in the small day, and they are no longer willing to take up arms to fight for this country and this nation.

"Da Da Da ......" jī fierce gunfire suddenly rang out, and the noise of the rout soldiers stopped abruptly.

Xu Shijiu turned his head a little stunned, only to see that green smoke was coming out of the muzzle of Company Commander Guo, but the muzzle of the gun was facing the sky, and he did not fire at his former brothers.

The Northeast man tore open his clothes, revealing the scars on his chest, with gunshot wounds, knife wounds, and even large areas of fragment wounds, without exception, all the wounds were left on the front, the big man slapped his own chest, and roared hoarsely at Guo Wei: "Hit here, grandson, there is a kind of fight here!" ”

Guo Weiquan was not to be outdone, and also shouted: "Bad seeds, there is a kind of fighting with us!" ”

"Seed? hahaha...... "The big man in the Northeast suddenly laughed, laughing so much that tears flowed, but it was so funny that Zuihou cried, crying and exchanging tears, "Seed? You also deserve to say that I am a bad seed? When the old man was playing in the white mountain and black mountain, you didn't know where to play in the mud, did you see these injuries on the old man's body? It's all left behind by the guns of Xiao Ri's book.,If it's not for the hard life of the old man.,If you change your kid.,It's enough to die ten times! ”

Guo Weiquan's Adam's apple twitched, and this time he did not refute again.

"But when the old man is working the battlefield, when the brothers are fighting hard with Xiao Ri on the battlefield, what are those officials doing?" The Northeast Han struck each other with both palms, and complained with tears, "Zhang Shaoshuai, if you don't resist, you will give the four eastern provinces to Xiaori, and the fathers and villagers of the brothers have all become slaves of the country."

"Chiang Kai-shek, bald guy, as soon as Xiao Ri came, he ran faster than a rabbit!"

"Tang Shengzhi, he kept saying that he wanted to live and die with Nanjing, but before the reconscription position was lost, he took the senior officers and staff officers of the headquarters and ran away first, as well as those army commanders and division commanders, and ran away directly by boat after the meeting, can one of them come back and break through with the brothers? Did they ever care about the life and death of their brothers? No, not a single one! ”

Guo Weiquan said: "It was they who fled, not us, not to mention that we saved your lives!" ”

"Saved our lives?" The Northeast Han said disdainfully, "It's almost the same as harming us, Nanjing Jiancheng has been surrounded by Xiao Ri Jianben, and if you continue to fight, everyone can only be a dead end!" The Northeast Han snorted at Guo Weiquan, and said, "You officials still want to use us as cannon fodder to die, so let's dream." ”

"The old man has ten lives, nine of which have been given to the country, and the rest of this life, the old man has to live for himself and his wife! There is still a seventy-year-old lady at home waiting for the elderly to die! After that, the Northeast Han pushed Guo Weiquan away who was blocking in front of him, and then turned his head and shouted at the more than 500 defeated soldiers behind him, "Brothers, let's go!" ”

The Northeast Han left, with more than 500 national army routs lined up, these rout soldiers with wounded and desperate hearts, lined up, sang songs and took the initiative to go to the Zhonghua Gate to surrender to the Japanese army, but they didn't know that what was waiting for them was not to be detained and contained, nor to be sent to the mines as coolies, but ...... Brutal massacre!

For the next six weeks, Xiao Ri Ben escorted the surrendered prisoners of war of the Nationalist Army and the innocent people in the city of Nanjing to the outside of the city in batches, and after arriving at the predetermined location, they were swept with machine guns, burned, crushed by tanks, and even buried alive, and more than 300,000 people were forever turned into the souls of the Japanese invaders.

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The more than 500 routs surrendered, Xu Shijiu and they naturally would not follow to surrender, let alone stop, because the Japanese army's search team would soon find them, and they had to keep shuttling through the streets and alleys, while avoiding the Japanese army, while seeing if they could contain more rout soldiers of the national army, and organize troops to fight street battles.

As he walked, Xu Shijiu suddenly fell to the ground with weak legs.

Guo Weiquan and Gao Shenxing hurriedly rushed up to help Xu Shijiu up, and Lao Cao also came over and asked with concern: "Captain, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Nothing." Xu Shijiu's face looked a little pale, he waved his hand, and said to everyone, "It's nothing, it's just a little dizzy, just rest."

Guo Weiquan ordered to rest on the spot for five minutes, and then went to the alley entrance to guard in person

Gao Shenxing sat down beside Xu Shijiu with his modified rifle in his arms and asked, "Captain, are you still thinking about those hundreds of brothers, thinking that they would rather surrender than continue to fight?" ”

Xu Jiujiu sighed and said gloomily: "They are sad and desperate for this country. ”

Gao Shen said: "But no matter how dilapidated the country is, no matter how corrupt the government is, and no matter how greedy those officials and high-ranking generals are for life and fear of death, it can't be a reason for them to take the initiative to surrender to the Japanese invaders, they are simply not people!" ”

"No, you can't blame them, you can't blame them." Xu Shijiu waved his hand weakly and said gloomily, "They have done a lot for the country, and as a soldier, they have fulfilled their responsibilities and obligations." Speaking of this, Xu Shijiu gritted his teeth and said, "If you want to blame, you can only blame Chairman Jiang for misleading the country and the people!" ”

Gao Shenxing was silent, he didn't want to defend Chairman Jiang, but he didn't want to echo Xu Shijiu's words.

Perhaps it was because the group of routs just now gave Xu Nineteen too deep a thorn, and for the first time, Xu Nineteen wavered about the future of the country and the nation, and asked Gao Shenxing: "Be cautious, you say...... Is there any hope for this government and this country? Do we still have any hope of defeating the Japanese army and driving Xiao Niben out of the country? ”

"I don't know." Gao Shenxing shook his head very dryly.

When he was still a student at the Whampoa Military Academy, Gao Shenxing was full of hope for the Central Republic of China and the National Army, and he was full of confidence in Chairman Chiang, firmly believing that as long as there was the leadership of Chairman Chiang, the Nationalist Army would certainly be able to sweep away the warlords from all walks of life, exterminate the Red Bandits, truly unify the Central Army, and then lead the Central Army to embark on the great road of rejuvenation.

But by the time he was studying at the Army University, Gao Shenxing's confidence was not so firm.

With the promotion of the status of the army and the increase of experience, all kinds of chaos in the national government gradually appeared in front of Gao Shenxing, Gao Shenxing only then knew that there were still empty quotas and drinking soldiers' blood in the army, after the Qiqi Lugou Bridge Incident, North China was already full of wolf smoke, but the upper class society in Beijing and Shanghai was still full of sheng songs, and there were even those senior party-state officials in charge of military procurement, openly shoddy, filling their own pockets, and ignoring the safety of the front-line soldiers.

Chairman Jiang was originally a god-like existence in Gao Shenxing's mind, but now, this statue has collapsed because of Chairman Jiang's poor performance in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, and at this moment, Gao Shenxing feels an unprecedented emptiness, spiritual emptiness, and confusion, a blank understanding of the future and destiny of the country.

Xu Shijiu looked at the dilapidated ruins and asked Gao Shenxing: "Shenxing, if this country is doomed, will you surrender to Xiao Ri Yiben?" ”

Gao Shenxing shook his head indifferently and responded indifferently: "I won't." ”

"Neither will I." Xu Shijiu's face gradually returned to normal, and then he stood up against the wall, at first he looked a little trembling, but soon, he stood firmly on the ground, and then said extremely firmly, "Because I still have confidence in this country, this nation, China...... I won't die! ”