Chapter Ninety-Three: The Jedi Strikes Back (2)

Chunming Street is a small two-story building, a private house not close to the main street, which is a family house modeled after European architectural style. The master was a German, who had returned home from the war, leaving only a Chinese servant to guard the residence.

During the turmoil in Nanjing for a few days, hooligans and villains were smashing and looting everywhere, the old servants fled, the furniture and valuable things here were robbed, even the beautiful doors and windows were torn down, and the wrought iron fences outside were also removed and removed.

A beautiful little building has become dilapidated. There are ordinary people around, there are not many tall houses, and there are some ordinary shops on the street, so this small building is a little abrupt.

Perhaps it was luck that the Japanese planes bombed it without destroying it, and Xiao Yong, as the first squadron of the first brigade, determined his command center here. His squadron is less than 300 men, at most the strength of a reinforced company.

It was almost in the morning that I received an order, and the eight squadrons of the Snow Fox Corps more than doubled the guard distance, and asked each squadron to ensure that they were within the defensive distance in front of them and could not let the devils pass.

What made the eight squadron leaders glare the most was the appearance of a flag with a blood-red fox on it. A few black fonts: The banner of "Nanjing Blood Fox" is the honorary banner of the Nanjing Street Battle, which was evaluated after the war. There are three items to be evaluated, the first is their own casualties, the second is the number of enemies destroyed, and the third is the loss of positions. The squadron with the best results will be awarded this flag, which will become a symbol of honor for the Snow Fox fierce battle in Nanjing.

If this flag is played out, any squadron will be too face-saving. As soon as the group leader announced, the eight squadron leaders immediately widened their eyes, almost fanatically staring at the flag. After the meeting was dismissed, a meeting was held immediately to inform every soldier that every inch of the position would be contested, that no devil would be left behind, and that he would reduce casualties, and everyone wanted to swear to take this battle flag.

This is a morale-boosting method that Xue Ru came up with, what do soldiers need? It's not a lot of money, because you don't want your life, what's the use of giving more money? The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to save the country is an honor in itself, and the honor of soldiers is above all else, and this flag is the highest honor of the 3,000 Snow Fox Corps.

Of course, the tactics are all kinds of research, and they are strange. Some methods can be called yin damage and indecency. Regardless of these Xue Ru, her order is just one to bury all Japanese devils.

Here in the first squadron, Xiao Yong has always been the focus of the entire team, because he has the most special relationship with the captain. has a crush on Xue Ru in his heart, and almost the entire Snow Fox Corps knows about it, but he just doesn't dare to say it.

Some old snow fox elders also know that when the captain was in Luodian, he said that if he had money, a house, and a car, he might be able to marry him. There are a lot of contenders this time.

The captain is only seventeen years old, and he is beautiful and capable, so of course he has a lot to worry about. Xiao Yong has also become the most picky person in the Snow Fox Corps, and he is reluctant to spend a penny, and he is called a miser by Dai Zong.

What is the reason, it is to save money. Xue Ru didn't say how much she needed, of course the more the better. Xiao Yong's subordinates, who have always been the squadron leader, also helped their squadron leader.

Xue Ru's order, 50 percent of the money and things captured on the battlefield were turned over to the military expenses of the corps, and the remaining officers were distributed as military salaries. With such an army, you can imagine what it is like to clean up the battlefield. Xiang Wenbin's original soldiers of the Sichuan Army even wanted to take off the clothes of the devils, and they could mail them home to make clothes for the dolls.

It's a pity that in several big battles, Snow Fox simply cleaned up the battlefield and then evacuated, even shouting pity to Wen Bin. During the Nanjing operation this time, many soldiers and officers knew that the devils who had been killed here from Shanghai must have good things on them, and if they eliminated the devils, they could have military exploits, get honors, and make a fortune.

The gendarmerie and the police corps didn't understand, no matter what the troops, they didn't want to fight with the devils, but Snow Fox was looking forward to fighting. When they learned this, even the commanders of the three regiments of the military and police discussed with Wu Yuzhao whether they would consider integrating them into the Snow Fox Corps, so that they would be willing to fight.

Wu Yuzhao, who intended to expand the team, of course, promised that when the snow fox withdrew from Nanjing, they would follow if they wanted to.

With this promise, the three regiment commanders are all obedient to the orders of the snow fox. Xiao Shanling didn't know that his three regiments had secretly defected to the Snow Fox Corps. In fact, it is equivalent to Xue Ru commanding all the troops.

In the past few days, when preparations for defense were made, the military police regiment discussed whether they could also wear red silk scarves. Xue Ru didn't agree, because she was worried that Xiao Shan would make them dissatisfied.

Tell Wu Yuzhao that everything will wait until he leaves Nanjing. Such squadron leaders all regarded the three regiments of the military and police as the people of the snow fox. Now that they have been separated, the three regiments have been transferred to other directions, and the entire frontal width of a few kilometers is the eight squadrons of the Snow Fox Corps. Each squadron is responsible for approaching a distance of one kilometer.

Xiao Yong also didn't know where the devils were attacking from, but the headquarters ordered that the devils had chariots, and they would attack along the main street, with a focus on the spacious main street. Xiao Yong set up his squadron headquarters on this small building, on which he could use a telescope to watch his defense area.

When he received the order, he adjusted the strength of the first squadron, and he had been watching the streets in the distance with a telescope from upstairs, thinking that the devil was really slow, it was already past noon, why was there no shadow.

Xie Ying, the deputy captain beside him, pointed to the front and said, "Look, the devil is here." ”

Sure enough, a squadron-like devil cautiously searched forward. You can't blame the devil for being cautious, it's that the situation is too special.

According to the order of the headquarters, five wings launched an attack at the same time, and heavy artillery and aircraft carried out saturation bombardment of the entire city wall in the south of Nanjing for nearly two hours, and the city wall had collapsed in many places. After the planes flew away, the Japanese troops began to attack the city.

As the troops kept approaching, there was silence on the city walls, and there was no reaction at all. The 6th Wing of the 47th Division Tsuneoka Kanji Osa was very strange, could it be that all the aircraft artillery was wiped out? Doesn't seem like it's possible? He did not easily order the wing to attack on all fronts, after all, in two or three days, the Japanese army also fell countless corpses under the city walls.

When a squadron tentatively attacking entered the collapsed walls and signaled safety to the rear, Tsuneoka understood that the Chinese army had fled. There were not many troops who broke through the frontal siege and fled, and the Japanese judged that there were still people guarding the city. Because the marines on the Yangtze River reported that they had blocked the Yangtze River, the defenders along the river bank and on the Shogunate Mountain retreated to the city.

This made the Japanese judge that there were definitely guards in the city. What's the matter with the lack of resistance? Unable to hesitate, immediately ordered a brigade to attack immediately after it. Seeing through the telescope that the entire brigade had entered the city of Nanjing, he was relieved and immediately commanded the entire brigade to enter the city of Nanjing.

On the other side, the 36th Wing of the 9th Division encountered the same situation, they also went in cautiously, when they found that it was safe, the whole wing entered, and immediately sent troops to search left and right, only to find out after more than two hours that there were no troops here, and even the people were very few, reaching the point of ten rooms and nine emptiness, it can be said that Nanjing City is an empty city.

Originally, it was expected that there would be 200,000 people in Nanjing who were reluctant to leave, but when all the national troops began to evacuate, some of the cowards still did not hold on and fled with them. It was because of these people who retreated together that Wang Yaowu said that he would not complain about Xue Ru, otherwise no one would be able to leave.

The 36th Division was so busy crossing the river that the troops and the people ignored Wulong Mountain, so that they didn't know that Xu Yuanquan had retreated. It was not until the troops guarding Shogunate Mountain reported that the Japanese army had occupied the fortress of Wulong Mountain and the fleet was blockading the Yangtze River.

Song Xilian was surprised and immediately called Xiao Shanling to ask, at this time they had hope if they forcibly crossed the river, but Xiao Shanling said that the two divisions of the 74th Army were still in the city, three regiments of the military and police forces, plus a snow fox corps, Xue Ru asked him to retreat into the city.

Song Xilian looked at the warships and gunboats on the Yangtze River, and the losses of forcibly crossing the river at this time must be not small. Since so many troops are in the city, what are you afraid of? Besides, he has been in contact with Xue Ru during this time, and Song Xilian didn't believe many of what Xue Ru said at the beginning, but in the end, the facts were clear, and what Xue Ru said was all right, which made him lead the 36th Division to withdraw from the position and retreat to the city without hesitation.

As soon as he came back, he received an order from the Military Committee that all the troops in Nanjing should be reorganized into a single army, and he was the commander, which was obviously discussed between Xiao Shanling and Xue Ru. Seeing that Xue Ru turned out to be the chief of staff, he readily said that he listened to Xue Ru and asked her how to fight.

At this time, there were more than 100,000 people in the city, and there were only 20,000 troops, which can be said to be an empty city for a city with a population of 6 or 700,000. Seeing such a situation, the two wings advanced a distance of two or three kilometers from the left and the right, and a comprehensive search did not find any Chinese troops, and there were not many civilians. Toneoka reported to the division headquarters that the defenders of the city had fled and that Nanjing was an empty city.

King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace looked at the chief of staff, and Major General Fan Zhaoshou was also very strange, where did the Chinese army go? According to reports from various places, there were not many troops that broke through and fled, and the total number was less than 20,000 or 30,000. According to the report of the reconnaissance plane, not many troops withdrew from the Yangtze River direction, and the largest number of troops were civilians.

They didn't know that Xue Ru was prepared, and in one night, all the freighters and civilian ships on the Yangtze River were used, and a large number of troops all crossed the river and withdrew, even Xu Yuanquan's Second Army was withdrawn overnight, and of course they didn't know where the Chinese troops went.

Looking at the reports of the 16th, 114th and 3rd Divisions, they have not been resisted and have successfully taken the city walls. The troops were searching and advancing, and no Chinese troops were found.

King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace said: "Report to the commander that our army has occupied Nanjing. Ordered all divisions to enter the city and take control of Nanjing. ”

Fan Zhaoshou said: "Your Excellency Commander, I think it is better to be cautious, the situation is too weird, it is better to wait until everything is confirmed, I always feel that it is dangerous." ”

King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace trembled in his heart, and he also felt weird, hundreds of thousands of troops, hundreds of thousands of people, they are missing, is it heaven and earth? He also said: "You can report to the commander, the headquarters will temporarily enter the city, and order other wings to enter the city and conduct a comprehensive search, and the troops in the advanced city will search in depth." ”

If it is according to the order of King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace, more than 50,000 people in five divisions and regiments will enter the city in an all-round way, even if Xue Ru and they are fully prepared, they will face a strong enemy pressure, after all, the Japanese army is more than twice the strength of the force, and at the same time has air superiority.

But the situation was so strange that the suspicious devils didn't dare to come in, and they just sent two wings to search the whole city. Ordering the troops of the advanced city to search in depth was exactly what Xue Ru wanted.

It was not until late afternoon that the command received a report that the blocking force had come into contact with the Japanese vanguard and that the battle had begun to break out. Almost at the same time, the telephone rang constantly in the headquarters, and four directions reported at the same time, all of them were attacked by devils, and the battle began.

This is the real surrounded, the place where the temporary army is formed is not big, I don't know why Xue Ru wants to defend such a small place. The strategic depth is only two or three kilometers. Xue Ru didn't explain, but she knew in her heart that she didn't know that there were three divisions of the 74th Army and the 78th Army joining, and Xue Ru didn't dare to say that they would really stay.

This is equivalent to a tripling of troops, and counting the 36th Division, which was the last to join, the number of troops in the city is close to 20,000. It was just more than twice as different from the Japanese troops entering the city at this time.

Hearing that the entire army was surrounded by four sides and attacked at the same time, Song Xilian was a little nervous: "Chief of Staff Xue, did you let the 36th Division go into battle?" ”

Xue Ru smiled: "Commander Song, I think just call me by my name, I, the chief of staff, is also temporary, don't talk about it." ”

With the joke just now, the two of them seemed to be a lot closer, and the situation was so urgent, Xue Ru actually said this, and said: "It's okay, you're welcome." I call you Xue Ru, you call me Yinguo, and Uncle Sheng doesn't object. ”

Xue Ru didn't care about this, and said with a smile: "It's okay, they're all brothers." You're welcome in the future, but you're not qualified to be an uncle, at most you're a big brother. ”

Song Xilian was not in the mood to say this, so he said: "Anything is fine, you can call me Xilian." ”

Xue Ru said: "Don't worry, I'll let you see the show." Chief of Staff Wu ordered all units to expand the defensive area after defeating the Japanese army, and expand one kilometer outward to establish a new defensive line. ”

Song Xilian was a little surprised, he was later, he didn't know Xue Ru's arrangement, could he hold it and win?