readx;? Soon after the artillery wing of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army launched another artillery bombardment of the Yuhuatai position, shells flew from the Yuhuatai position again. The pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info Fujita scolded in shock: "Yaga! The bombing of the plane did not destroy the artillery of the Zhi Na people, as long as the Zhi Na people have artillery, how can I take the Yuhuatai position?"

When Fujita was at a loss for the Yuhuatai position, the 18th Wing of the Japanese army came to Qixia Town, and the 18th Wing captured the positions of Longtan and Baohua Mountain, and eliminated a large number of Chinese troops.

After occupying Qixia Town, Ushijima Sadao set up his headquarters here and sent a reconnaissance team to reconnoiter the front line of Qixia Mountain. Soon the scouts came back to report that a large number of fortifications had been built by the Chinese people on the line of Qixia Mountain, and that the only passage leading to the city of Nanjing had also been cut off by the Chinese army.

Sadao Ushijima was also unimpressed, and ordered the 23rd Brigade to prepare for an attack on the Shina position, with the field artillery wing of the division assisting. Major General Hiroshi Otsuka, the newly appointed brigade commander of the 23rd Brigade, led his troops to the foot of Qixia Mountain, and after observing the defenders' position on Qixia Mountain with a telescope for a while, he understood that this position was not easy to attack.

The position is built above the mountainside, mainly bunkers and trenches, but the slope in front of the position is steep, and it is very difficult for normal people to climb up, and now it is indeed difficult for the soldiers to attack the position of the people while climbing a very steep hill. However, no matter how difficult it was, it was necessary to attack, so Otsuka Hiroshi ordered his 55th Wing to prepare for the attack, and the field artillery wing of the division had already set up field artillery and waited for the order of the artillery bombardment.

With Hiroshi Otsuka's order to open fire, dozens of field guns simultaneously launched an artillery bombardment on the defenders' positions halfway up the mountainside, and for a time the defenders' positions were filled with gunsmoke and fire, and the infantry of a squadron sent by the 55th Wing also climbed up the mountain while shelling. The slope was steep, the Japanese climbed quite slowly, and when they were less than a hundred meters from the position, the shelling stopped.

If it was less than 100 meters on flat ground, the Japanese army could have launched a charge, but on this slope, the Japanese only climbed forward more than 20 meters, and the bullets of the defenders on the position were fired. There were still a lot of trees on the slopes, so the Japanese hid behind the trees and fired at the defenders. However, the first 50 meters of the position were cleared by the defenders, and it was an unobstructed open space.

The Japanese did not dare to rush out of the woods, and the two sides faced off and shot at each other. After more than ten minutes of confrontation, a small group of Japanese soldiers tried to get out of the woods and attacked forward, but they didn't rush far before they were strafed by light and heavy machine guns on the position, and more than half of the dead and wounded retreated. The squad withdrew, and the entire squadron went down the hill.

The Japanese army has attacked Yuhuatai, and then the Qixia Mountain position also exchanged fire with the Japanese army, after these news were reported to Wang Haitao, Wang Haitao knew that the Nanjing city could not be defended for a long time. Wang Haitao called Xiao Lingshan and Gui Yongqing, Qiu Qingquan and others from the teaching corps to the city defense headquarters, and after the people arrived, Wang Haitao said: "Ladies and gentlemen, the form of Nanjing City is not very good, there are more than 100,000 people of the Japanese army six divisions and one Taiwan brigade on the periphery of Nanjing attacking us, and the closest battles to Nanjing City have been launched in Qixia Mountain and Yuhuatai.

At present, although the outer positions of Nanjing are being held, we still have to prepare for the worst, and there are only three regiments of the teaching corps and four regiments of the military army in the city of Nanjing, and even if we add a militia brigade, the strength of such a large city of Nanjing is too small. In case the outlying positions were lost under the attack of the Japanese aircraft and artillery, these people would not be enough to defend the city wall of Nanjing. ”

Several people looked at Wang Haitao thoughtfully, and Wang Haitao also glanced at a few people and continued: "Now that it is an extraordinary period, General Xiao, you must send all the people of Nanjing City out of the city within a week, and then leave one military police regiment to patrol the city, and the other three military police groups will organize the withdrawn troops to go up the city wall to block the Japanese army in several city gates. If there is any disobedience, it will be engaged in military law. Xiao Lingshan replied, "Yes, Commander Wang." ”

Wang Haitao said: "You hand over all the defense of the dock to the 36th Division, and the gendarmes will change their equipment after returning to the city, and I will hand over all the submachine guns and light machine guns left in the warehouse to your military police for use. Xiao Shanling replied with a solemn face: "Obey the order." ”

Wang Haitao asked Gui Yongqing again: "General Gui, have the street fortifications in the city been completed?" Gui Yongqing replied: "It is generally completed, and the last part is almost completed." Wang Haitao said: "You have to complete all the street fortifications within a week, and then all the troops enter the fortifications, if the Japanese army breaks through the city wall, then use the street fortifications to block the Japanese army from entering the city, and cover the retreat of the guard troops is the matter of your teaching corps." ”

Gui Yongqing replied: "Don't worry, Commander Wang, I will teach the corps to ensure that the task is completed." Wang Haitao nodded and said: "Good steel should be used on the blade, but in this way, our troops may be able to withdraw from Nanjing City in the end, or we will never be able to withdraw from this Nanjing City, you must be prepared." ”

Several people replied at the same time: "For the sake of the party and the state, we are willing to kill ourselves." Wang Haitao nodded silently and motioned for a few people to leave. After the group left, Wang Haitao called the quartermaster again and said to him: "After the entire gendarmerie is reequipped, all the weapons and munitions in the inventory will be loaded and transported to Jiangbei, except for leaving enough ammunition. A week later, the transfer of logistics departments and logistics hospitals to Jiangbei began. The quartermaster agreed.

Then Wang Haitao reported the situation in Nanjing City to Chongqing like a practical telegram. Soon after, Chiang Kai-shek in Chongqing personally replied that the city of Nanjing could no longer be defended, and it was up to Wang Haitao to decide when to withdraw, but it was necessary to preserve his strength for another battle with the Japanese army in the future. With this telegram from Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Haitao's heart was at ease.

When Wang Haitao called all the commanders of the 103rd Division, the 112th Division, and the 87th Division, the three divisions that had suffered too great losses, to the headquarters, Wang Haitao gave the three divisions an order in front of the three division commanders agreeing to withdraw to Jiangbei for rest, handed it to the three division commanders, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I, Wang Haitao, thank the officers and men of several units for their support to me in the defense of Nanjing. Before you go, go to the logistics department, and a division will receive 20,000 legal currency, which will be used as the cost of the northbound journey. ”

After the three division commanders left, Wang Haitao relaxed, and now Wang Haitao hopes that the position outside the city can be held for more than a week, so that Nanjing will be an empty city except for the troops, and he can better deal with the Japanese army. At this time, Tangshan Leopard walked in and said, "Junzao, can you cross the river first?"

Wang Haitao waved his hand and said: "Mountain Leopard, I will not leave Nanjing City first, even if I don't die in the city, I will be the last to leave Nanjing City." Now there is only one guard battalion in the city, and I still have some 54-type submachine guns and 67-type machine guns, you can also change them, these weapons are better than rifles in the city. ”

Tangshan Leopard nodded and replied, "Yes, military seat." All of our guard battalions will follow the military seat, even if we give up this life, we will keep the military seat well. With that, he turned around and left. When Tangshan Leopard came to the guard camp, he called the soldiers over and said, "Brothers, the military seat will never leave Nanjing City first, and we must find a way to ensure that the military seat is complete." In this way, we will modify these trucks in our hands, and at the last moment, we will use these modified trucks to fight a bloody road and keep the military seat to kill out. ”

Just do it, Tangshan Leopard took these soldiers to the munitions warehouse in a truck, for Tangshan Leopard, the commander's cronies, the quartermaster department is too late, who will stop him, so Tangshan Leopard in the munitions warehouse and ordnance warehouse to get enough things that can be used, after three days of busy, twelve armed armored cars appeared.

The armored cars were fitted with steel plates from the front to the sides, the front of the car was also fitted with sharp angle ramming plates, and the glass windows of the driver's and passenger seats were replaced with perforated steel plates. The wheels are also equipped with guards. In the front and left and right parts of the trunk, a lot of shooting holes were opened, and five machine guns were fixed. And in the middle of the trunk were fixed four mortars in four directions.

These twelve armored vehicles were in no way inferior in firepower to German-style light armored vehicles. After the modification, Tangshan Leopard called Wang Haitao to these armored cars like a treasure, and Wang Haitao also saw it. Originally, Wang Haitao was going to withdraw the armored regiment across the river first, but now Wang Haitao has changed his mind and left the armored regiment behind, which is used at a critical time.

So Wang Haitao transferred the armored regiment to Gulou Square for rest, and told Wu Jianzhou to overhaul all the vehicles to ensure that there would be no mechanical failures when in use, and to reserve enough fuel. At the same time, the guard battalion and the armored battalion worked together to convert the truck into an armored truck as much as possible.

With the armored regiment and this batch of armored trucks, Wang Haitao is even more confident. At this time, under the half-persuasion and half-coercion of the gendarmerie, the people in Nanjing crossed the river from the pontoon bridge one after another, and the logistics department also loaded truckloads and transported truckloads of ordnance and materials to Tunji, Chuxian County, Jiangbei. Of course, Wang Haitao picked a lot of good things and put them in the storage ring.

In the end, Wang Haitao considered that the heavy artillery could cross the river from the pontoon bridge, so he asked the sappers to reinforce a pontoon bridge until the pontoon bridge could withstand the heavy artillery dragged by trucks. A week later, Nanjing City has completed the final preparations, and Wang Haitao will lead more than 100,000 soldiers under his command to fight the Japanese army in this Nanjing City for the last time.