Chapter 82: Bloody Nanjing (1)

Xue Ru took it and looked at it without saying anything, and handed it to Wu Yuzhao. Wu Yuzhao thought it was an order, so he took it and read it, and tore the pieces of paper to shreds: "Bastard, it's too arrogant." ”

On the contrary, Xue Ru was very calm: "Why are you so atmospheric?" Just kill them all on the battlefield, arrogant and ignorant devils. ”

Wu Yuzhao looked at Xue Ru and said strangely: "You have such a big temper, why aren't you angry this time?" ”

Xue Ru glared at him: "Why am I so angry?" ”

Wu Yuzhao smiled: "It's not big, huh?" Dare to point a gun at the commander, I'm afraid you're the first, right? There is really no one before or since. ”

"How do you speak?" Xue Ru was furious when he mentioned Tang Shengzhi, looking at the present, it still hasn't changed, he hasn't made any adjustments to the defense of Nanjing, or he still uses the lives of soldiers to delay time, I don't know what the meaning of such a blockade is.

Xue Ru was so angry that she had nothing to say, so she didn't even read the war briefing, history moved according to his inherent track, that is, Xue Ru knew what was happening below, of course she didn't care.

Just like the leaflet that the soldiers sent in just now, it was an ultimatum dropped by Japanese planes this morning.

Looking at the above words, Xue Ru was no longer angry, and she couldn't figure out why the national government didn't declare war, was it really for that reason? But has China been bailed out? After a few months, hasn't all the ports and coastal areas been blocked? A large part of the country has been lost, the capital has been occupied by others, and there is no declaration of war, and there is still a military conflict, which is really shameless to the extreme.

As soon as he thought of this, Xue Ru was resentful, and he didn't understand, what is China afraid of Japan? The big deal is that you are poor and white, and the big deal is that you are hard, and with a population of hundreds of millions, can't you fight for Japan? Even if it is a one-to-one or one-to-two exchange, it can also make Japan extinct and extinct the species. Xue Ru didn't believe that any country dared to fight with China in danger of its own demise.

Forget it, even if the future generations are not the same, they can't do anything but protest, they don't dare to do anything. Thinking about the future generations, Xue Ru was in a calm mood, and he didn't seem to be so resentful of Tang Shengzhi.

The leaflet read: The Japanese army of one million has swept through the south of the Yangtze River and the city of Nanjing is also under siege, and the general trend of the war situation is extremely obvious, so there will be all kinds of harm but no benefit in resisting in the future. In addition, the land of Jiangning is the capital of China's past Gyeonggi, the capital of the Republic of China, and the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum and the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum are all gathered in Si, which is the essence of East Asian culture. The Japanese army will take extremely severe measures against those who resist and will not forgive, but it will be lenient to the Chinese people and the Chinese army that is not hostile, as a sign of its zeal for the protection of East Asian culture. If your army continues to resist, the disaster of the war in Nanjing will inevitably be inevitable, the thousand-year-old culture will be reduced to ashes, and the ten-year construction will be in vain. On behalf of the Japanese troops, this commander advises your army to make contact with you in accordance with the following steps in order to open the city of Nanking peacefully.

Commander-in-Chief of the Great Japanese Army Matsui Ishine

In response to this exhortation, at noon on December 10, the Japanese army received an answer from the representative of the commander of your army on the sentry line from Zhongshan Road to Jurong Highway, and discussed with them an agreement on the preparation for the reception of Nanking. If there is no answer, the Japanese will begin to attack the city.

In such a tone, it is simply like treating Chinese territory as Japan's, the essence of East Asian culture, the Ming Tomb of filial piety, the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, what does this have to do with Japan? Seeing their tone, the resistance force is not the Chinese army, but the foreign army.

Wu Yuzhao, who was angry, tore up the leaflet, and felt strange when he saw that Xue Ru was very calm.

In fact, Xue Ru knew in his heart that Japan was already planning to make the Kuomintang Chiang Kai-shek a negotiating opponent, and they were looking for traitor agents. I plan to set up another government, so that's why I have such a tone.

But anger turned into anger, Wu Yuzhao said: "I'll go to the headquarters to see what the attitude of the headquarters is." ”

Xue Ru said: "Actually, you don't have to look at it, Tang Shengzhi will not surrender, and he will not take care of Japan's persuasion to surrender, you don't have to worry about this." ”

Wu Yuzhao said: "I'm very strange, how do you seem to know so many things in advance? ”

Xue Ru couldn't explain, and said with a smile: "Didn't you say that I was a fox spirit?" I can pinch and calculate, of course I know. ”

knew that Xue Ru was joking, but it was too strange. Wu Yuzhao said: "Then do you think the War of Resistance will be won?" ”

Xue Ru knew that although it was Wu Yuzhao who asked him if he knew in advance, it was actually a question in everyone's hearts. The argument of the defeat of the War of Resistance has begun, and whether it is the people, the soldiers or the politicians, they are all pessimistic thoughts. The defeat of Shanghai and the fall of North China have cast a shadow in the hearts of the Chinese people, and the determination to resist the war is not small, but the belief in victory is not very high.

He said firmly: "You don't have to worry about this, the War of Resistance will be won, and Japan will be defeated." But we have to work hard for a long time, we must have a firm belief, persevere to the end, and victory must be ours. ”

Wu Yuzhao nodded, he didn't think Xue Ru could really know in advance, this was just Xue Ru's determination and attitude. Of course, even if you know that you will fail, you will continue to fight, this is the national integrity and the honor of a soldier, and it is what a Chinese soldier must do. So he nodded heavily: "I believe your words and follow you to fight to the end." ”

Wu Yuzhao is in her thirties, in fact, she is twice as old as Xue Ru, but Xue Ru is old in her heart, and besides, she doesn't act like a child, so she is naturally ignored by her age. Hearing Wu Yuzhao's words, he nodded and said, "It's not to follow me, it's for us to work together to lead the Snow Fox Corps to kill all the Japanese criminals and take revenge." I hope that one day I can attack Tokyo and have a Tokyo massacre to avenge today's revenge. ”

Regarding Xue Ru's answer, the disappointment in Wu Yuzhao's eyes flashed, and before he could say anything, he heard someone coming in outside, so he didn't say anything.

"Okay, let's all work together and strive to get into Tokyo" As the voice spoke, Xiang Wenbin and Ji Min came in outside and said after hearing the conversation between the two of them.

Just like the pledge meeting, affected by the Japanese army's ultimatum to surrender, everyone was angry.

Xue Ru asked, "What's going on outside?" ”

Xiang Wenbin said: "Commander Xiao is good, the first regiment of the gendarmerie has been incorporated into the Snow Fox Corps and entered the east of Shuiximen to establish its own position, and the second regiment entered the Taiping Gate to protect the city wall position and the streets in the city. Eight squadrons of Snow Fox are deployed in the area of the city center, and the police regiment is deployed west of Taipingmen. ”

Wu Yuzhao commanded the staff officer to mark the location on the map and asked, "Xiang Deputy Corps, has the location of the headquarters I said been determined?" ”

Ji Min said: "Deputy Chief Xiang and I think that the location of my colleague's shop is very good, but it is too far forward and dangerous. ”

Xue Ru looked at the location and said, "It doesn't matter, just determine the location there." ”

Wu Yuzhao said: "I think so, you are still here to command, I will go to the Datong shop, where is the center of the entire defense line, it is conducive to command." ”

Xue Ru smiled: "It doesn't matter, you command the east, command the west to the deputy corps, and I am in the middle, ensuring three passages to cover the retreat of the troops." The passage of the people and the army was separated, and the scattered soldiers were integrated. ”

Wu Yuzhao didn't argue, this is a well-studied plan, no matter how Tang Shengzhi arranges it, Snow Fox and the military police and the police force will arrange the defense line in the city center. Why is it arranged like this, even Wu Yuzhao doesn't understand, will the Nanjing troops retreat like Shanghai? But every time Xue Ru calculated accurately, he agreed to this plan.

Soon this defense plan was communicated to Xiao Shanling, and the signal corps began to set up telephone lines, and the squadrons set up defensive positions to find command locations. A strange phenomenon has emerged in the city of Nanjing, that is, there are two sets of command organs, each doing its own thing, and it has nothing to do with each other.

This level can be achieved because Xiao Shanling is the commander of the garrison and the commander of the air defense, and he wears many hats. Tang Shengzhi used the defense in the city wall position and the compound position, and Xue Ru arranged the defense in the city.

With Xue Ru's arrangement, Wu Yuzhao and the others understood that Xue Ru's not simple defense was to a large extent intended to destroy the Japanese army and put the battlefield in the city. They were all a little worried that once they were surrounded by the Japanese army, none of these people in the city would be able to escape, and they could only die in Nanjing in the end.

Xue Ru didn't explain either, she was learning about the Battle of Stalingrad. Even if the Japanese army is consumed here, see how many devils can fill in Nanjing. The understanding of these two days made Xue Ru have this idea.

Because she knew several situations, the first was that Nanjing had enough ammunition and food, and there was no reason to hold on to it. The second is that the people have begun to evacuate, and most of the troops in Nanjing are fighting as they want. The third is to learn about the Japanese attacking troops, and part of them transferred to attack Jiangbei Pukou and Yangzhou, intending to cut off the Jingpu Road. The 18th Division turned to attack Hangzhou, and the troops attacking Nanjing would not exceed 50,000.

It is impossible to encircle Nanjing with this amount of troops, and once he can't hold on, he can kill and transfer. At this time, the Japanese army only had 200,000 troops in Central China, so what did he care about? ‘

The Nanjing troops are not under his own command, otherwise Xue Ru plans to eliminate these devils here. And the most important point is that Xue Ru knew from Xiao Shanling's mouth that he also had a company of air defense troops and a lot of anti-aircraft guns, so why are you so afraid of devils?

One Snow Fox Corps, two military police regiments, and one police regiment, the strength of the army is already six or seven thousand, but the combat effectiveness of the police regiment is too low, it doesn't matter, Xue Ru will not fight a regular position war.

In order to show their righteous reasons, perhaps to reorganize the troops, or perhaps to surrender without a fight, the Japanese army did not attack much on the day of the 9th, and Nanjing had a rare tranquility before the war.

Just as Xue Ru said, in the garrison headquarters, Tang Shengzhi adopted an attitude of ignoring the Japanese army's ultimatum and hurried to adjust the troops. Things have evolved to such an extent that Liu Xing and Luo Zhuoying no longer mention the retreat.

Tang Shengzhi answered Matsui Ishone's ultimatum with actions to adjust the strength of Nanjing, but there is one thing that is different from the original history, that is, he acquiesced to the evacuation plan of the people of the garrison headquarters. It only ordered all units not to keep their ships and handed them over to the headquarters for unified management, and strictly prohibited the troops from withdrawing without permission, which violated military law.

It seems that Tang Shengzhi really holds a grudge against Xue Ru, and the war briefing is just a routine notice, and there is no other detailed plan. But Xue Ru can still know that because she and Xiao Shanling have been in touch, Xue Ru knows about Tang Shengzhi's arrangements. But Tang Shengzhi didn't know Xue Ru's arrangements, he just knew that they were maintaining law and order and assisting the people to evacuate.

Tang Shengzhi didn't say anything about this, there was only a regiment of 3,000 people, and it didn't matter whether Nanjing could be defended. Liu Xing was also right, Xue Ru withdrew from the people, whether he won or not, it was all Tang Shengzhi's credit. After all, he was the commander of the garrison, and Xue Ru didn't ask to open the other city gates anyway.

In the Shanghai Dispatch Army Headquarters outside Nanjing, a meeting was being held, and Matsui Ishine was a little complacent, and he came to Nanjing from Shanghai. This is the capture of the capital of China, if nothing else, it is an honor, which excites the Japanese generals and wants to become the main attacking force.

The Japanese base camp admitted this fact, and the General Staff Headquarters had ordered that there would be no more offensive lines, and that after occupying Nanjing, the offensive could continue until China was completely conquered.

To this end, the 10th Army and the Shanghai Dispatch Army were combined into the Central China Front, with General Matsui Ishine as commander and Lieutenant General Kanomiya Hatohiko as commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, commanding the troops that arrived and prepared to attack Nanjing.

In fact, Matsui Ishine also knew very well that it was impossible for the Nanjing troops to surrender, and Nanjing, like Shanghai, had a lot of foreigners, and although foreign institutions had withdrawn, there were still many foreigners. The persuasion is only for foreigners to see, and it is also to find an excuse for killing and deterring.

The most important thing is that he was waiting for the artillery to enter the position, the offensive operation in Shanghai, the Japanese casualties were so large that Matsui Shigen had palpitations, this is the capital of China, Nanjing!

In the headquarters, the Chief of Staff, Major General Tsukada, and the Deputy Chief of Staff, Akira Muto, were reporting to Matsui Ishone.

Muto Akira looked at the plan in his hand and said, "Your Excellency Commander, all the troops are already in place, and they can launch a full-scale attack early tomorrow morning." ”