Time passed quietly, and there were clouds in the east, and after a while, a red sun opened the sea of clouds, revealing half of the red face.

Finally entering daylight, outside the Guanghua Gate, a group of senior Japanese officers led by Yoshizu Ryosuke all breathed a sigh of relief.

The Japanese army launched an attack on Nanjing City from seven directions with the strength of nearly five divisions and regiments, focusing on Guanghua Gate, and had already invested nearly one division and regiment of troops, but whether it was Guanghua Gate defended by the Xuebing Army, or other directions defended by the Sichuan Army and the Northeast Army, it was difficult for the Japanese army to advance an inch. This war of attrition, even the Japanese, who are notoriously cruel, cannot afford it.

Fortunately, now that it is finally dawn, it is believed that the air force will soon appear on the battlefield, and at that time, as long as the artillery of the defenders is destroyed in one fell swoop, they are confident that they will go down with one drum and directly break through the outer defense line of the city of Nanjing. And once they enter the city, whether it is the student army or the Sichuan army, they will inevitably be dragged to death, and once the main force is mobilized, the people who are waiting for China will definitely be destroyed.

At the Xiaguan Wharf, the troops of the three divisions of the first sequence have all crossed the river, and in the direction of Pukou, with the continuous input of the follow-up forces of the Chinese army into the battlefield, Ushijima Sadao knew that he was invincible, and chose to retreat and retreat to Wujiang.

As soon as the Japanese army gave way to the road, Li Hansoul immediately ordered the Fifth Division to attack towards the Wujiang River at full speed.

At this point in the battle, the intention of the Japanese army was obviously clear, relying on their remaining troops in Wujiang and Hexian to build defenses layer by layer, in order to delay the retreat of the remaining troops in Nanjing to the greatest extent.

The first sequence of river crossings is complete, and it is supposed to be the turn of the second sequence. But at this time, there was a little accident, after the people in Nanjing discovered the evacuation of the defenders, they did not know that this was only a phased retreat of the defenders, and thought that the Nanjing Garrison Command was going to completely abandon Nanjing, so they fell into a great panic, and began to drag their families to the Xiaguan wharf, trying to seize the last little time to cross the river.

Wu Keren, the commander-in-chief of the second sequence, did not anticipate this situation at all, and naturally did not take precautions, and as a result, the 117th Division of the Northeast Army was not affected by the flow of fleeing people because of its discipline, and the 1st Division of the Jiangsu Security Force, which had very poor discipline, was suddenly dispersed in the queue. At the request of Wang Tianfu, commander of the 1st Division of the Jiangsu Security Corps, the 1st Division of the 2nd Sequence of Security Forces was the first to cross the river, but now, because of the impact of the flow of refugees, the officers and men of the 1st Security Division did not disperse except for the one regiment that was stranded at the rear, and all the five regiments in front were scattered.

Originally, it didn't matter if the team was dispersed, as long as Wang Tianfu was patient and willing to spend time, he could still quickly assemble the team and then guide the flow of refugees. It is a pity that the officers and men of the 1st Security Division are accustomed to acting in the city of Nanjing, and they have no discipline at all. As a result, it was inevitable that some officers and men would bully the fleeing crowd by bullying the weak, and this naturally aroused the encouragement of the already panicked masses to resist, and as soon as they resisted, they provoked even more unscrupulous oppression by the officers and men of the 1st Security Division. As soon as the gunshots rang out, the already disorderly flow of refugees immediately fell into chaos, which gradually affected the 1st Security Division, and then a mutiny occurred.

By the time Wang Tianfu reacted, he had already lost control of the troops below. As a result, a large-scale riot took place centered on Shimonoseki Pier.

From the time Wu Keren was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the second sequence, he knew that he could not control the first security division, which was also the main reason why he took the initiative to let Wang Tianfu take the lead in retreating. But he never imagined that this guy who was greedy for life and afraid of death would have such poor control over the troops below.

"Don't mess around! We can let you cross the river first! He tried his best to reassure the people, but the fleeing people, who were already in a panic, could not listen. All we want now is to cross the river as soon as possible, and the farther away from the dangerous city of Nanjing, the better.

There were 70,000 or 80,000 people who fled, and this was because Ouyang Yun tried his best to arrange for a large number of people to be evacuated a few days ago. However, as far as the rest of these people are concerned, they cannot be pacified by the strength of just two divisions, and besides, the 1st Security Division is completely out of control.

Seeing that the riots in front of him were getting more and more serious, and some soldiers had already set up machine guns aimed at the fleeing people, Wu Keren was anxious, and while arranging for his subordinates to pacify the people, he had to pull his troops far away to prevent the impact of the fleeing crowd and the rebels. At the same time, he took a company of guards, squeezed into the chaotic crowd, and finally found Wang Tianfu with great effort.

The first time he saw Wang Tianfu, Wu Keren almost fainted. With the help of a battalion of soldiers, this guy firmly occupied a place on the east side of the Shimonoseki wharf, and even let his men set up more than a dozen machine guns aimed at the fleeing crowd and the rout, and he really dared to shoot at those who dared to storm his ranks.

Far away, Wu Keren shouted: "Wang Tianfu, you bastard? Hurry up and gather the rout! ”

"Fuck, who's scolding Lao Tzu?" Wang Tianfu didn't see Wu Keren, turned his head, and instinctively scolded.

"What? Can't I scold you? Look at the good things you do! Facing the muzzle of the black hole, Wu Keren was not afraid, and strode towards Wang Tianfu.

And seeing him coming over in a dignified manner, Wang Tianfu's subordinates didn't dare to really shoot. Joke, although Wu Keren only brought a company of soldiers over, but from the gloomy faces of those soldiers, these national soldiers who were used to bullying the weak and afraid of the hard did not dare to anger the other party at will.

On the Shimonoseki wharf, hundreds of routs were snatching boats from the river with a group of refugees. From time to time, gunshots rang out, and in order to cross the river first, the routs dared to shoot at the crowd, and, after boarding the boat, they dared to push the people who were wearing them directly into the river.

Wang Tianfu is most concerned about whether his subordinates can get the boat now, and when he turned his head to see Wu Keren, his face was a little flustered, but he immediately shouted inwardly: "Commander Wu, where are your people?" If your troops are scattered by these rebels, I will have to go to Commander Ouyang to complain!" ”

Wu Keren originally came to find trouble with him, but he didn't expect to be beaten upside down and a wicked person sue first, so he couldn't help but turn blue with anger, and shouted and scolded: "Wang Tianfu, you are also a fucking soldier, and you are robbing boats with the people, do you still want to be shameless?" ”

Wang Tianfu scoffed: "Lao Tzu is now ordered to evacuate, why is he robbing the boat with the people, these people are attacking the army, and they are clearly chaotic people." Hmph, I'm not a soldier, you're a soldier? I have to ask, why did your Northeast Army, which had more than 300,000 people, run out of the three northeastern provinces without firing a shot? also said that Lao Tzu is shameless, you are even more shameless than Lao Tzu. ”

Wang Tianfu relied on the large number of people around him, and his arrogance was extremely arrogant, and when he said these words that reversed black and white, even if Wu Keren had the heart to argue, he was powerless to mess with him. Whether it is Wu Keren or ordinary soldiers of the Northeast Army, the evacuation of the three northeastern provinces without this shot is the eternal pain in their hearts, and at this moment Wang Tianfu said it in public, the guards and soldiers around him were of course so angry that their eyes were blazing, Wu Keren only felt a pain in his heart, and then his throat was sweet, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, and he fainted.

The guards and staff officers around him became nervous and shouted loudly, "Throne! Many people picked up their guns and aimed at Wang Tianfu.

Wang Tianfu looked fearless, and snorted coldly: "Lao Tzu just told the truth, why, you want to kill me to vent your personal anger?" Okay, there's a kind of coming! Hmph, I didn't fight with the Japanese, but it was commendable to fight us anti-Japanese soldiers......"

Wang Tianfu's words, even a person with good cultivation can't stand it, and seeing that many people around Wu Keren have red eyes, they have a tendency to go berserk. At the critical moment, Wu Keren woke up slowly, and the first thing he said when he opened his eyes was: "Go, go back!" ”

"Junza, Wang Tianfu's bullying is too much."

"Let's go back first."

What Wu Keren didn't expect, Ouyang Yun didn't expect either.

When he received the news from Wu Keren, he was immediately furious. He knew that some of the national army bastards, especially those second-level troops, but he didn't expect to be bastards to this extent. Wu Keren said on the phone that he was ashamed that he couldn't control the situation of the second sequence, and asked Ouyang Yun to send another Xianming over. He also said that he would strictly abide by the operational instructions of the headquarters and stubbornly defend the Shimonoseki wharf.

Ouyang Yun was furious and thought about it and decided to go in person. On the battlefield of the ruins of Guanghuamen, since the sky was bright, the Japanese army's offensive has become more fierce. A little uneasy, before leaving, after he gave He Zheng a face-to-face lecture, he took more than a dozen soldiers of the Big Knife Regiment led by Shan Yixiong and Ding Yi, as well as a guard company, to Xiaguan Wharf.

At this moment, the Shimonoseki Pier has become the hell of Shura.

The two surface warbands of the Japanese army, which had been hovering in the Jiangyin fortress, finally appeared on the water east of Shimonoseki. And the artillerymen stationed on the two captured Japanese gunboats also had a chance to play for the first time. However, to the surprise of Wu Keren and others, the Japanese army did not attack the two gunboats, but braved artillery fire and fired frequently at the dock of Luxiaguan.

The area centered on Shimonoseki Wharf was quite densely populated at this time, and about 100,000 people gathered in a few square kilometers. This made the Japanese gunboats cause a large number of casualties with each shot, and the appearance of the Japanese gunboats undoubtedly made the scene even more disturbed.

The screams, the screams of the dying people, the screams of the wounded, the explosion of shells, and the shouting of some people filled the entire Xiaguan dock, and the routs slammed around like headless flies, which made the crowd seem more and more chaotic, and this confusion even affected the 117th Division, which had been quietly guarding the side.

The situation is unprecedentedly critical!