Matsui Ishine is indeed a talent.

He said: "My hole card is Chiang's deep understanding, Chiang's attitude towards this war, maybe everyone did not expect, that is, 'wait', he has always believed that the war between China and Japan is a world war, just like the First World War, it should get the attention of the world, and the countries of the world should regulate the Sino-Japanese dispute." ”

He hoped that Britain and the United States would intervene, and asked the League of Nations to intervene, with the aim of jointly sanctioning our Empire Japan and stopping the spread of this war. He fought in Shanghai with the purpose of 'seeking peace by fighting'. The so-called 'fighting' is nothing more than a gesture for the League of Nations and the whole world to see. 'Harmony' is his dream goal. ”

"So, in the first battle of Songhu, he really fought, invested 700,000 troops, and even took out his family funds, what was the result? At the League of Nations Congress held in November, Britain opposed sanctions against us, and the Americans did not take a stand, and this result was quite unsatisfactory to Chiang. He fought for a long time, not waiting for the result he wanted, at this time, he was still an attitude towards the Jinling defense battle. ”

"Wait!"

"Today, the German ambassador to China, Todmann, came into contact with him, and the Japanese Empire also showed an attitude of wanting to ask for peace, so Chiang tried to wait for the German ambassador Todmann to intervene from the middle to mediate, but as everyone knows, all this is the bait we threw out, and Chiang really fell for it and has been waiting."

"Hehe, Germany, Italy, and Japan are military allies and good friends, how can the German ambassador work hard for Chiang? Chiang was a fan of the authorities, so why didn't he think about how the Germans could offend their Japanese friends for him? Todman was nothing more than a decoy thrown at him on behalf of the Japanese government. ”

The more Matsui Shigen spoke, the more energetic he became, his mouth was dry, his throat felt uncomfortable, he picked up the teacup on the table, took a few sips, and then continued: "What Jiang hopes is that we and him will work together to prevent the Communists, but if Jinling does not fight, he will not be able to explain to the people of their own country, after all, Jinling is their capital, and if he does not fight, he will run away, and he will lose his prestige in China." ”

"Besides, his troops defending the city, which is his central army, the central army was abolished by us as early as the Songhu battlefield, although the people who stayed to guard Jinling were commanded by Tang Shengzhi, but the leaders of those troops were all grass kings, no one bought anyone's account, and there was already a discord between them, and now guarding Jinling was bound to fail, how could they choose to stay and sacrifice themselves to protect Jiang's reputation?"

"Besides, Tang Shengzhi, I worked in Jinling for a few years, and I had contact with this person, this person was originally a warlord, but he was defeated by Jiang a few years ago, and he didn't lead troops for a few years, and he commanded these grass kings as soon as he came out, how could he command this group of people? Besides, Chiang withdrew the planes, and the air supremacy was in our hands, which was very crucial, as long as we took the encirclement on all sides, and the north of Jinling was the Yangtze River, as long as our navy cut off their retreat, they would have no way to escape. ”

Then, Matsui Ishine let everyone recall that on November 4, when the Songhu battlefield was still a quagmire and no one could see the victory, Japan saw that Jinshanwei was the weak point of the Chinese army, and on November 5, Yanagawa Heisuke's 10th Army suddenly landed at Jinshanwei and formed an encirclement of the two flanks of Shanghai with the 6th Division of Tanisoo north of Shanghai.

At that time, as soon as Yanagawa Heisuke landed, hundreds of large balloons were released in the sky over Shanghai, and a long white cloth was hung underneath, on which was written: One million imperial troops have landed in Jinshanwei.

Speaking of Jinshanwei's landing, Yanagawa Heisuke became excited, it was his most brilliant battle: "At that time, we tens of thousands of people acted as a million army, which can be said to scare Jiang to the point of urine, as soon as I heard that it was a million army that landed in Jinshanwei and withdrew overnight, now it seems that Matsui-kun will immediately do a big thing, that is, to persuade the surrender letter in the sky above Jinling, and also say that our million army will attack Jinling, scare Jiang's troops, and shake the information that they are defending the city." ”

The fact is so unexpected, guarding the Jinshanwei of Hangzhou Bay is Zhang Fakui's 62nd Division.

Zhang Fakui dispatched the main force of the 62nd Division to defend Hangzhou Bay to Pudong on November 3, and on the night of the second day when the main force of the 62nd Division arrived in Pudong, the Japanese army landed at Jinshanwei.

All this happened to coincide, when the Tenth Army landed, such an important Jinshanwei actually left only two infantry companies of the 62nd Division and the 6th Company of the 2nd Regiment of the 2nd Artillery Brigade, and they were naturally vulnerable in the face of the landing of the 100,000 troops of the Tenth Army.

"That's right, that's right." Seeing that some people understood his intentions, Matsui Shigen was also happy, and he said: "I will tell you another good news, according to the telegram sent by our agents lurking in Jinling, Chiang decided to move the capital to Chongqing on November 20, and Chiang and his wife left Jinling on December 7. ”

"The boss is gone, and the dragons are leaderless. This is the most real signal that Chiang has given up Jinling, and the imperial army can attack Ban. Asakanomiya was eager to try, and he expressed his attitude to everyone: "I very much agree with Matsui-kun's idea, and it also represents the opinion of the base camp. ”

At this moment, the faces of the Japanese officers in the meeting were no longer the previous resistance, and no one asked for rest and recuperation, replenishment of troops and ammunition.

Chaoxiang Palace raised his voice and said: "In this case, please return to the army immediately and quickly mobilize the troops to attack Jinling, Jinling belongs to our Great Japan, and Jinling belongs to our imperial army." There are countless beautiful high-end residences in Jinling City, countless flower girls, everyone act quickly, leave this hungry and freezing day, and go to Jinling City to enjoy. ”

Yanagawa Heisuke said that their 10th Army sent telegrams to Matsui Ishine and the base camp on November 22, requesting that Jinling be quickly captured while the Shina army was defeated.

That is to say, his thoughts have long coincided with Matsui Ishone's thoughts.

Unifying the thinking of all the officers, Matsui Ishine ordered a feint attack on Zhongshan Gate, focusing on Guanghua Gate and Zhonghua Gate.

The time for the general offensive was set for December 12.

The Japanese army and the Chinese defenders basically ended the battle outside the city, and the Japanese army overwhelmed the city, and black clouds were already formed outside Jinling City.

On the 13th, the Japanese army began a large-scale siege battle.

The dark hour of Jinling is coming.

Gu Shoufu's attack was temporarily suspended, and although the Zhonghua Gate was defended, there was not much left of the 88th Division responsible for holding the Zhonghua Gate at this moment, and it was already the end of the strong crossbow.

Xia Yuan's whole body was scorched black, and the blood stains were cold on his body, which was extremely uncomfortable.

Most of the surviving soldiers of the 88th Division are the same as Xia Yuan.

In the continuous bloody battles, the blood stained their bodies and clothes, and the cold wind howled, and the clothes froze hard.

The remaining soldiers are scattered in the Tibetan Soldier Cave of Zhonghua Gate, where the wind does not blow, and someone will light a fire in it to warm up the Tibetan Soldier Cave, the only uncomfortable thing is the pungent smoke rolling overhead, in contrast, everyone can hold on.

Holding the gun, there is no strength in the body, lying down, leaning, resting quietly.

The logistics can't keep up, and they haven't sent food to the front line for two days, and most of them tighten their belts and wait.

Xia Yuan felt that it didn't matter, he thought, he seemed to be used to being hungry, since he participated in the mission world, which war was not fought hungry, and there was rarely a time to eat full.

He suddenly misses the Yankees a little, at least the Yankees are rich in materials, and compared to Japan, the little Japanese devils at the moment are not having a good time.

Chasing all the way from Shanghai to Jinling, how much can their logistical supply line extend, most of them eat cold, dry and hard canned food.

Now is the time to compete.

On the morning of December 9.

The sky over Jinling was cloudless and quiet.

Without the roar of airplanes and the screams of bullets in the sky, many Jinling people ran out of their houses and looked at the sky strangely, inexplicably doubting the tranquility they deserved.

"Has the fighting stopped outside? Or did the Japanese devils retreat? Wang Cui held the dustpan and looked at Wu Youhua beside him.

"I don't know, this tranquility is not easy to come by, I don't know how many people have sacrificed for it." Wu Youhua said with emotion.

He is a person from the national government, and he should move away with the relocation of the national government, he insisted on staying, Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningbo need them to pass on the intelligence of Jinling, Wu Youhua ran to the front line during this time to check the battle situation, in one word to describe, not optimistic.

Today, however, there is no movement on the front.

You know, early in the morning on the front line, the rumbling artillery fire and the gunfire of fried beans began to sound non-stop.

"Three dogs are still in the house?" Wu Youhua asked again.

"He just can't think about it, you know, Sangou was enlisted in the army, and when he arrived on the battlefield, he probably didn't even see the shadow of the Japanese devils, and he was afraid of such a war." Wang Cui said.

Both of them are underground members, and they have some understanding in all aspects, and they don't have a good way to deal with Wang Sangou's situation, they just hope that he can come out as soon as possible.

At noon, they vaguely heard the roar of airplanes in the distance, Wang Cui stood at the window on the second floor, looking at the sky in the distance, only to see a group of enemy planes coming in a group from the southeast.

Subsequently, the alarm sounded loudly in Jinling City, and the citizens dragged their children and daughters one after another, some ran to the air-raid shelter, and some took refuge in a safer place.

Wu Youhua urged Wang Cui to go down to the cellar first, hide, and he pulled the child down the cellar first.

Wang Cui immediately went to Wang Sangou's house, called Wang Sangou out, and fled in the direction of the cellar.

However, the planes circled in the sky, dropping not bombs, but leaflets like snow.

Wu Youhua looked at the pieces of paper that were fluttering down from the sky through the gap at the entrance of the tunnel, and said to Wang Cui: "You guys hide first, I'll go and see what's going on." ”

He opened the cellar and found that there was already a lot of paper in the courtyard, picked one up, opened it and looked at it.

His face changed slightly, this turned out to be a 'letter of persuasion'.

Wang Cui took it and read: "The million imperial army has swept the south of the Yangtze River, and Jinling City is under siege. Judging from the overall trend of the war situation, future battles will do more harm than any benefit. Jinling is the ancient capital of China, the capital of the Republic of China, the Ming Tomb of Xiaoxiao, the Tomb of Sun Yat-sen and other estimated hedgehogs, is actually a place where East Asian culture gathers. The Japanese army will not hesitate to kill the recalcitrant personality of the recalcitrant people, but it will be lenient to the innocent citizens and the Chinese army without hostility, and will ensure their safety. In particular, we will do our best to protect East Asian cultures. However, if your army continues to resist, Jinling will not be exempt from the flames of war, the essence of the thousand-year-old culture will be destroyed, and ten years of painstaking management will be in vain. On behalf of the Japanese army, this commander hopes that the following procedures will be followed for the peaceful handover of Jinling Castle with your army. - Commander-in-Chief of the Great Japanese Army, Matsui Ishone. ”

After Wang Cui finished reading, he raised his head and looked at Wu Youhua, and said worriedly: "At this time, the Japanese devils have bad intentions to send a letter of persuasion." ”

Wu Youhua is even more worried, no one understands the current predicament of Jinling better than him at this moment, and this letter of persuasion may directly break the current stubborn situation.

The leaflet also laid down specific methods for negotiating surrender between representatives of the Chinese army and the Japanese representatives.

"The reply to this advice is scheduled for noon on December 10 at the cordon on Jurong Road, Zhongshan Road. Your army will send the commander's representative and the commander's representative to carry out the necessary agreements and preparations for the reception of Jinling in the place. If we do not receive any reply within the specified time, our army will resolutely start attacking Jinling and kill not a single piece of armor! ”

Wang Cui and Wu Youhua realized the horror of the Japanese army at this moment.

This move is to attack the heart.

The leaflet was also delivered to Tang Shengzhi, who threw it into the ground in anger and issued an order to the troops defending the city: The officers and men of all units should have the determination to live and die with the position, do their best to hold on, and not allow an inch of land to be abandoned lightly and shake the whole army. If anyone does not obey the order and retreats without authorization, he will obey the order of the chairman and be severely punished according to the law of joint sitting!

After Commander Tang gave the order, in order to prevent the officers and soldiers from escaping from Xiaguan, he took a car to Xiaguan and said to Song Xilian, the commander of the 78th Army: "The devil is about to attack the city, and I have ordered everyone to live and die with the city, until one person is shot." This is a battle against the water, whether you can defend the city, it depends on your management of the ships along the river, you must always be vigilant against the escape of the officers and soldiers from the Rujiang Gate, absolutely prohibit any troops to Du Jiang, violators of the law on the spot! ”

"Yes, resolutely follow the orders of the chief!" Song Xilian put his legs together and promised not to let anyone go.

On the wall of Zhonghua Gate, only the remnants of the 88th Division were left to hold on, and when they saw the scattered papers, most of them were illiterate, and they only knew a few, and they passed them on to each other.

Xia Yuan picked up one, saw the content on the paper, and threw it away with an expressionless face, the Japanese devil's persuasion book did play some role, but it was in the back.

The Japanese launched a general offensive and seemed to have captured many national troops.

But not now, this letter of persuasion is just a smoke bomb dropped by the Japanese army.

Some of the soldiers also saw the intentions of the little Japanese devil through the few words they only knew, and they were extremely angry and crumpled the paper into a ball, threw it on the ground, and scolded the Japanese devil.

They sacrificed so many people, and the little Japanese devils wanted to persuade them to surrender with a piece of paper, how could this be.

For some backbone soldiers, this piece of paper did not make them feel afraid, but inspired their inner blood.

It is estimated that even the Japanese army could not imagine that in the face of the threat of a million-strong army, these Chinese would not buy it and would not be afraid.