Time that is accompanied by gunsmoke and death all the time fades very slowly. Every minute, there are bloody warriors who fall, and their blood stains every inch of the city of Nanjing. The Sichuan Army, the Northeast Army, and the Xuebing Army, these three private armed forces with warlord colors in the eyes of the people, have become the absolute main force in the garrison of Nanjing, the capital of Nanjing.

After completing the deployment, the Japanese army launched an attack in the four directions of the inner city of Nanjing, the water surface of Xiaguan, the 9th Division, the 13th Division, the 16th Division, the 18th Division, the 114th Division, the Taiwan Infantry Brigade, the Third Fleet Marine Corps, and the puppet army of three brigades, with the strength of nearly eight divisions and regiments. Among them, two wings of the Marine Corps attacked Xiaguan Wharf and Pukou Wharf respectively; The 18th Division and the Taiwan Infantry Brigade formed an interspersed line on the Chupu line, wanting to cut off the connection between the second sequence and the remaining troops in Pukou in one fell swoop; The 114th Division and a brigade of Korean puppet troops, threatening Hexian from the direction of Dangtu, and cooperating with the 16th Division that threatened Wuhu from the direction of Xuancheng, wanted to completely cut off the southward path of the Nanjing defenders and cut off the connection between the first and second sequences.

The total strength of the eight divisions of the Japanese army was nearly 180,000, and in the direction of the Cadet Army, except for the first series of relatively light losses, almost maintaining a full staff, the second and third sequences of three divisions each had a certain amount of battle losses, of which the third division, which suffered the most serious battle losses, more than 12,000 people, now only has more than 7,000 remaining, and it has been forcibly fought from a full-fledged division of the first type to a division of the C type.

At present, the combined strength of the three sequences is only more than 60,000 people, which is a huge gap compared with the Japanese army, and at first glance, there is almost no strength in a battle.

Since breaking through Wangfu Lane, the telegrams in Ouyang Yun's hands have not stopped like snowflakes, and most of them are reports of the enemy situation of various troops: where has a certain division arrived, where has a certain brigade captured, and where has the troops arrived. What made him happy was that Lin Baiyin sent two telegrams one after another, one was a position report, and the other was a combat readiness report. In the two telegrams, there was no explanation for his actions in Pukou, but with the previous ones, it was enough for Ouyang Yun to reassure him. The Fourth Army is a person from the central government, which is a tacit thing for the senior officials of the Scholar Army, but this does not prevent everyone from fighting side by side with Little Japan. Lin Baiyin can sit in the position of the commander of the 60th Division, of course, there are Ouyang Yun and Lao Jiang, but there is no lack of his personal efforts, and he will definitely be able to distinguish the priorities. Among the telegrams that flew in like snowflakes, five were from the Guangzhou base camp, and four of them were signed by Mu Jiandie himself. The content involved in it is all about the whereabouts of the elite troops of the Central Army who evacuated Nanjing first. There is also a telegram, which is also the most classified, from Xia Wenyun. This telegram was too important to Ouyang Yun, because it was not only mentioned above: the purpose of the Japanese base camp to combine the Shanghai Dispatch Army and the Tenth Army into the Central China Front Army was to penetrate deep into the hinterland, and secondly, to gather troops to encircle the defenders of Nanjing; Secondly, it was suggested that Ouyang Yun should focus on the north and the south when drawing up the retreat route. Because the Japanese army had the intention of forming a new army, striking while the iron was hot, and going down to Fujian and Guangdong in one go.

In Ouyang Yun's hand, what he was holding tightly at the moment was the telegram sent by Xia Wenyun.

Taken together, all the contents of the telegram confirm such a state of affairs. At present, just on the line from Nanjing to Wuhu on the Yangtze River, the troops under the command of Ouyang Yun have become a lone army.

After repeatedly reading and reading the telegram sent by Xia Wenyun, Ouyang Yun raised his head and glanced in the direction of Nanjing City, and now it was a regiment of the 114th Division that was lagging behind. The Japanese army pressed too hard, and relied on the superiority of numbers, and continued to attack without any tactics at all, making it clear that it was to fight for attrition. The Yangtze River natural danger limited the speed of retreat, although Ouyang Yun was extremely unwilling, but he could only be led by the nose of the little devil, the 114th Division, the 26th Division, and the 3rd Division of the Xue Army directly under the army, the three troops took turns to fight, all the way out of the city, and now, there is already a brigade and a half of troops in Nanjing.

"Boom!" The Japanese artillery once again exerted its might, and this time, the artillery regiment belonging to the 3rd Division immediately launched a counterattack without the slightest hesitation, and the rumbling cannon sounded. In the sound of the explosion, the troops were okay and retreated in an orderly manner, while the most fleeing crowd exploded like a hornet's nest. The crowd was running around the mountains, and in the face of stray bullets, God knew if they would be able to survive this national tragedy.

From the beginning of the retreat from Wangfu Lane, Ouyang Yun had not said a word for more than an hour. For more than an hour, in addition to reading the telegram, he was looking at the map, and now, he was holding the telegram from Xia Wenyun tightly, his brows were tightly locked, and his expression revealed a trace of hesitation.

The battle was far worse than he had expected, and beyond the hints that the plane had given him.

The Japanese troops besieging Nanjing were transformed into double in number, and the originally smooth way home was adjusted by the Japanese army, but now it is full of traps - Pukou, Hexian, and Wuhu, and the absence of any one of these three points is bound to cut off their own way back. Ouyang Yun is not afraid of death, and he will not stick to the form, otherwise, he would either have returned to Guangdong now, or he would still fight to the death in Nanjing.

The reason why he chose to stay was only due to a kind of plot, and now it seems that although he has not completed it satisfactorily, he has at least gained a lot. There should be less than 100,000 people left in Nanjing now. More importantly, the original rout was not formed, and the Central Army, the various warlord troops, except for the Xuebing Army, the Northeast Army, and the Sichuan Army, had already jumped out of the quagmire of Nanjing. Of course, now it seems that the price is also huge, and the mixed army of the student army from Fujian and Guangdong is very likely to be destroyed.

Ouyang Yun didn't want to die, a very important reason was that he was reluctant to give up the foundation he had worked so hard to create. The Xuebing Army is different from any form of armed force in China, it has strong characteristics of the times, Ouyang Yun dare not imagine, if there is a host, can it still exist in the current way?

However, from the perspective of strength, the student army is still immature, but from a long-term perspective, the student army will definitely grow into a decisive force.

No! I must return to Guangdong alive! General Chen spent so much effort to teleport himself to this time and space, isn't the goal of completely changing the fate of China?

Perhaps, it's time to be a villain again.

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Ever since Ouyang Yun fell into silence, Liu Zheliang raised his heart. He had been by Ouyang Yun's side for a long time, and he knew a little bit about the personality of his little chief. What he is most afraid of seeing is the appearance of the little chief at this moment, because according to past experience, once the little chief shows abnormality, then there will inevitably be a storm next.

Before leaving, Bai Tassel, Pan Meiren, Jiang Shuren, Li Tieshu and others all explained to him separately that they must ensure Ouyang Yun's safety, and for this, they even gave him a squadron of soldiers from the Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade. The fighters of this squadron are usually hidden among the civilian and other units directly under the idle army, and only he can be transferred.

Liu Zheliang is already ready, and in the event of a more unexpected situation, he will directly use this power to hijack the junior chief. Of course, if he really did this, he would bear the thunderous wrath of the little chief afterwards.

He was nervously engaged in the battle between heaven and man, and Ouyang Yun suddenly called him: "Zheliang, go and call Huang Ye and them." ”

Huang Ye and the others are staff officers directly under the army, and the lowest one also has the rank of major, at this moment, these graduates from the first phase of Renqiu Military Academy are huddled in a truck and discussing something nervously on a map.

Hearing Ouyang Yun's call, several people immediately asked the driver to stop, and then jumped off one after another and ran towards Ouyang Yun's off-road vehicle.

Ouyang Yun had already asked the driver to park the car on the side of the road, let the large army behind pass, and when he saw them coming, he looked over in turn, silently reciting the names of these people in his heart, and waited for everyone to stand in front of him, and immediately shouted the report, he asked straight to the point: "How is it?" Is there any good battle plan? ”

Huang Ye and the others shook their heads in shame, and Huang Ye said: "There is no better plan than the front, it's just that the retreat route may be changed." ”

The corners of Ouyang Yun's mouth curled, revealing a faint smile: "Let's talk about it." ”

This time, when the army went out of Fujian and Guangdong, there was no special staff department, and all of these staff officers were with the army in the name of serving as civilian cadres. Ouyang Yun's original plan was just to give them a chance to exercise, which was to cultivate talents for future army construction, but now he was forced to helplessly, but he was ready to send them to the front line.

Huang Ye touched his nose, to be honest, although Ouyang Yun has always behaved very kindly, due to the huge identity gap, Huang Ye, these junior officers, will still feel inexplicably nervous when they see this commander who is not much older than themselves. He said: "Commander, after discussion, we feel that we should perhaps abandon this retreat route along the Yangtze River, and turn to Chuxian and then go to Xuzhou. ”

Ouyang Yun's eyes opened a little wider, he seemed very interested in this proposal, looked at Huang Ye, and asked, "What is it for?" ”

Huang Ye pursed his lips and said: "According to intelligence, a considerable part of the central army and local troops that originally built the Nanjing defense line have gathered in the Xuzhou area, and if nothing else, there will definitely be a big battle around Xuzhou next." Xuzhou's strategic position is important, and the Central Army will definitely try to defend it, so as long as the battle of Xuzhou does not start, the troops that have been assembled there will not be evacuated, which can just make the Japanese army form a misunderstanding, and we will go there to meet with the main force. Xuzhou is an important railway transit station, and after we get there, the retreat will be relatively safe and quick. In this way, our retreat route seems to be far away from the Fujian and Guangdong base areas, but in fact, the time consumed is about the same. ”