Chapter 2 In the second quarter, Nanjing retreated, Wang Yaowu burst into tears

Chinese female prisoners of war were pushed up to Shenlai Peak by the Japanese as shields On November 20, the national government announced the move of the capital to Chongqing, and at the same time appointed Tang Shengzhi as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, organized the chief department of the Nanjing garrison commander, and was responsible for commanding the defense of Nanjing. According to the defense mission assigned by the Nanjing Garrison Commander-in-Chief to the 74th Army, the 51st Division was deployed in Chunhua Town, and the 58th Division was responsible for the defense.

Niu Shou Mountain.The open terrain between these two important places is the only way for the Japanese mechanized troops to pass through Jiangning to Nanjing from the southeast. After Wang Yaowu led his troops to Chunhua Town, the brigades and regiments successively entered the completed defense fortifications according to the designated combat areas.In Wang Yaowu's eyes, the main reason for the failure of the Songhu Battle was that the fortifications were not strong enough. Those temporarily dug fortifications with sand and soil were often vulnerable, which greatly increased the casualties of the troops. At the end of the battle, some soldiers simply The corpses of comrades and enemies were dragged to make parapets to resist the attack of bullets.Now that there are such steel and concrete bunkers, Wang Yaowu believes that the 51st Division can fight hard and express their grievances.

But when he just fell on the camp bed and wanted to rest for a while, Zhou Zhidao, the commander of the 151st brigade, scolded on the phone: "Damn it! What kind of fortifications were repaired? They were either buried in the soil or the doors were locked." , or the gun holes are made bigger than the crenels of the city wall to cover his motherfuckers! The enemy fired a cannon, and it happened to kill people! I heard that it was built under the guidance of German consultants. A bunch! No one would do such a thing!" Wang Yaowu knows the two brigade commanders under his command like the palm of his hand, and Li Tianxia likes to ask for credit and flattery, and she will tell you all the good things.Zhou Zhidao likes to scold if he can't get used to his temper, even if you don't like him.As far as temperament is concerned, he admires Zhou Zhidao without a city mansion more, because from Zhou Zhidao, he can understand the real situation better, whether it is eyes or rain is written on Zhou Zhidao's face.

Hearing what Zhou Zhidao said, Wang Yaowu felt that the situation was serious.Before he had time to think about it, he immediately went to the position of the 151st Brigade to inspect it. He didn't know if he didn't see it.It seems that it is not too late, we can only start anew and speed up repairs. "Idiot!" Wang Yaowu cursed angrily when he was about to leave. On December 2, the enemy's 6th Division came to Chunhua Town via Jurong, and its vanguard was only 30 miles away from the front position of the 51st Division. This is an army trained by the descendants of pirates in Southern Kyushu, Japan. The wind, waves and danger at sea have cultivated the wildness and toughness of their ancestors. This kind of toughness makes them despise the weak and others, making them regard fighting and resistance as a It is the source of pleasure in life, and if this primitive wildness is combined with the blood of war, it is those prisoners of war who have laid down their weapons and civilians who are waiting to die in horror!

From the day they put on the uniform of the Imperial Army, the blood of their ancestors has flowed in the bones of the soldiers of the 6th Division. At dawn on December 3, the vanguard of the 6th Division launched an attack on the Tianjingshan position of the 51st Division. Zhang Lingfu's 305th Regiment was the first to bear the brunt. It was a bit surprising that the Japanese abandoned their tanks and wanted to rely directly on infantry The 305 regiment was driven out of the position and rushed into Chunhua Town. The commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade was Major General Tokutaro Sakai, the head of the 11th Infantry Brigade. In the judo training class, the classmates who have a gap with him will be folded in half!

Sakai likes to fight alone with his bare hands, so in battle he is keen on the charge of infantry, and he does not hope to rely on the assistance of planes and tanks.He will use these heavy weapons, unless it is a last resort. He always thinks that the victory achieved by relying on advanced weapons is not the victory of the samurai. The real winner, he only believes in the shining knife in his hand and the Showa-made rifles and machine guns in the hands of his soldiers, plus the samurai's Brave and courageous, he believes that the victory obtained in that way is a hearty and complete victory!That's why he didn't use tanks or planes for assists today.

Standing on the main peak of Tianjing Mountain, Zhang Lingfu held his binoculars and carefully searched for every movement of the Japanese army. The battle in Shanghai was not well fought, which made him feel useless.If at that time there was no advantage in fighting other than the harmony of people, then at this time, the right time, location, and harmony of people are all facing us, so it is reasonable to lose the battle!He aspires to be a general, a marshal, and to be a general is all based on the accumulation of military merits. If he loses again and again like this, what is the dream of a general or a marshal!Zhang Lingfu decided to show off his skills here!

"Whoosh!" Just as Zhang Lingfu was thinking about how to deal with the Japanese, an oncoming bullet knocked his hat to the ground, and a long hole was cut in the middle of the top of the hat!so close!Zhang Lingfu picked up his hat, touched his head, made faces at the stunned staff officers and guards, and continued to watch the actions of the Japanese army. "Papapapa" gunshots sounded like popping beans on the Miaogao Mountain position on the left wing, and then gunshots sounded like a shower of rain piercing through the forest on the Shenlai Peak position on the right wing.

About half an hour later, a battalion of communications soldiers came panting and reported: "Tuan Zuo, Tuan Zuo, the enemy has occupied Miaogao Mountain!" It can be used so much, why lose it all at once?He pulled out the box cannon, opened the trigger and rushed towards the left flank, followed by a group of guards. The 2nd and 3rd companies of the 1st Battalion were guarding Miao Gaoshan. Due to the conflict between the commanders of the two companies, a large gap was left at the handover position, causing a group of enemies to take advantage of the gap and touch the back of the 2nd company. Lian lost his position in a hurry because of this. Of course Zhang Lingfu didn't know this. On the way, he ran into the commander of the 3rd company with his chest open and more than 100 subordinates running towards Tianjing Mountain while firing guns!

Damn, isn't this leading the enemy to the main position on Tianjing Mountain?Zhang Lingfu was originally Zhang Fei's temper, but at this time an unknown fire suddenly rose from his heart, he grabbed the collar of the third company commander, and shouted: "Damn, you greedy thing, I will kill you!" !” After that, the barrel of his gun had already pressed against the forehead of the company commander. The sneak attack by the Japanese had already made the company commander cry out, and Zhang Lingfu's roar made him even more out of his body, speechless!After a long time, he tremblingly said: "Tuan, Tuan Zuo, I know I was wrong, I will take someone to take him back right away!"

Licensing the Kuomintang's army company, Zhang Lingfu at this time is completely capable of disposing of the company commander and his battalion commander. This is very different from when he shot his wife a year ago, but considering the use of people in wartime, he let go , ordered the company commander to lead the troops back to their positions. In the afternoon, Zhang Lingfu was looking at the map when the communicator told Zhang Lingfu that Miaogao Mountain had been recaptured and most of the 3rd company commander and his subordinates were killed in battle.He gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay! It's good that the position is there!" After speaking, he continued to look at his map. In winter, the days are very short. After the Japanese withdrew, the sky darkened.How will the Japanese attack tomorrow?That night, Zhang Lingfu kept thinking about this question. On the second day, Sakai’s attack was unimaginable not only to Zhang Lingfu, but also to Sakai’s subordinates: he ordered more than 20 Chinese female nurses captured on the Shanghai battlefield to be tied up and released in a row in front of the attacking troops, step by step. Push to the Chinese position in order to force the Chinese army to retreat.At the same time, he learned the lesson of yesterday's defeat and brought in 6 tanks to help out, but he put the tanks behind the infantry-he still didn't want to use these weapons when it was not necessary. Sakai used the 13th Infantry Regiment to feign attack on Miao Gaoshan to contain the Chinese forces, and used the 47th Infantry Regiment as the main force to attack Shenlai Peak.Because he knew that after yesterday's battle, the Chinese must have strengthened Miaoko's defense. The hands of more than 20 Chinese girls were tied behind their backs, and the buttons of their jackets had been forcibly undone by the Japanese. More than 300 officers and soldiers from the 3rd Battalion guarded Shenlai Peak.Seeing the expressions of fear, shyness, tension, and pain on the faces of more than 20 compatriots and sisters, and thinking of how despicable, vicious, obscene, and shameless the Japanese are, the 3rd Battalion Commander Pu Dafei was so angry that his veins swelled and his teeth gnawed. rattle.If you fight, you can't fight; if you don't fight, you can't retreat.Many little soldiers had never seen the big girl's body, so they buried their heads in the fortifications in shame, letting the Japanese approach my position inch by inch.Seeing that the Chinese were unable to fight back, the Japanese became more and more arrogant. From time to time, they used the cover of the Chinese girl to shoot cold shots from the crowd, and some soldiers fell in a pool of blood. Hearing that a Chinese female prisoner of war was pushed up to Shenlai Peak by the Japanese as a shield, Zhang Lingfu was greatly surprised and hurried to see what happened. "This Japanese devil is so fucking useless!" Zhang Lingfu grabbed his military cap and slammed it on the ground. "Pu Dafei, tell the brothers to use bayonets, I insist on telling the devils to taste the power of Chinese men today!" About 30 meters away from the Chinese position, the Japanese stopped, and more than 20 Chinese girls burst into tears. Suddenly, the twitching turned into screams, the tears turned into blood, the Japanese stabbed the Chinese girl from behind, and more than 20 flowers instantly fell into the withered grass in winter! "Come on!" With a tearing cry, the soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, whose eyes were already smoldering, jumped out of the trench one by one like tigers, and rushed straight at the Japanese who were bleeding from their bayonets.All of a sudden, there were crowds of figures, guns and knives raised together, the dull sound of steel guns colliding with steel guns, the metal sound of bayonets colliding with bayonets, the sound of cursing and shouting during the assassination, the screams and groans after being stabbed The sound has turned Shenlai Peak into a slaughterhouse and a killing field! Zhang Lingfu was standing in a bunker far away, and he also shot and killed 3 devils with a pistol. The descendants of the pirates are gradually exhausted. Facing the Chinese who are becoming more and more courageous, their movements are not smooth, their hands and feet are numb, and their hearts are trembling!Some soldiers have pulled away and ran back! Looking at the Japanese who were about to be defeated, Zhang Lingfu sneered from his nostrils.Just when he was about to use the reserve company to deal the final blow to the Japanese, a series of loud noises of "Boom, Boom, Boom!" once again surprised him, and he was dumbfounded! The crowd who were forgetting to fight were blown to pieces!The Japanese tanks fired at the strangling crowd!Sakai not only blasted the Chinese, but also reimbursed his own people who were about to retreat! Pirates would rather abandon their goods at sea than engage in loss-making activities! Zhang Lingfu couldn't understand the Japanese way of fighting. He jumped out of the trench, trying to see what was going on with this self-destructive and self-destructive tactics. At this moment, a shell flew towards him, and he felt a piercing pain in the top of his head. His eyes were blackened, his body became weak, and he fell down. By the time he woke up in the hospital, the 51st Division had retreated into Nanjing City, defending Shuiximen and the area outside the city. It turned out that after Zhang Lingfu passed out from a head injury that day, the 305th regiment repelled several attacks by Sakai in succession, but the Japanese army later broke through the defense line of the 66th Army on the left wing of Chunhua Town, causing the 74th Army's defense line to lose its significance. , The Minister's Department then decided to withdraw the 74th Army to the vicinity of Shuiximen, with the 51st Division defending the city and the 58th Division as a reserve team. Li Tianxia set fire to the Japanese soldiers in the city gate At the beginning of December, the outskirts of Nanjing were already rumbling, and the defense of Nanjing City had reached its final juncture. On the 7th, Chiang Kai-shek and Song Meiling left Nanjing sadly after paying homage to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.Nanjing has become an isolated city, a besieged city! After the 74th Army withdrew to the city, the Nanjing Garrison Command ordered the 151st Brigade to be responsible for the defense outside the Shuixi Gate, and the 153rd Brigade was responsible for the defense of the city wall, and strengthened contact and cooperation with the 88th Division on the left. Outside the Shuixi Gate, the enemy's traces were discovered on December 11.This area is mostly lakes and marshes. After the enemy's reconnaissance troops were repulsed, they attacked the 151st Brigade from the area to the right of Yuhuatai at dawn the next day. It’s really narrow, and the attack on Zhonghua Gate and Shuixi Gate was still the 6th Division of the Japanese Army. Because the water network was criss-crossed and the Japanese army’s large troops were inconvenient to move around, they sent small-scale troops of one or two hundred people to attack the 151st Brigade’s defense line in turn, and the 151st Brigade concentrated its artillery fire. be bombarded.The enemy suffered heavy casualties, and finally dispatched 3 tanks to cover the advance of their infantry.In the battle of Shenlai Peak a few days ago, the 151st Brigade suffered a great loss from the Japanese tanks. This time Zhou Zhidao naturally did not dare to take it lightly. The Shanpao Battalion of the 151st Brigade has 6 cannons, all of which are made from the United States. They were originally used at several locations. Put 6 cannons together and bombard the enemy tanks violently, "Boom!" "Boom!" The shells fell into the lake and around the enemy tanks.The water column lifted the sky, the dust was flying, and the enemy tanks traveling on the lakes on both sides of the road suddenly slowed down. As the saying goes, there is no book without a coincidence.Just as the Japanese tanks were crawling forward under artillery fire, a shell landed on one side of the lake embankment impartially, collapsing a large part of the lake bank, and a tank just drove here. With a muffled sound of "Gulu", the tank plunged headlong into the lake like a stupid tortoise. After a circle of waves swayed, the water surface became calm again. Seeing this situation, the other two tanks turned around with full horsepower, and the infantry followed behind, becoming a live target for the Chinese soldiers. Wang Yaowu got the news from the phone, and his brows stretched out with excitement. He laughed for the first time since Shanghai joined the war, and the smile was so happy, hearty, and hearty! However, just after the laughter, what came to his face was even greater shock and heaviness! According to Li Tianxia, ​​the brigade commander of the 153rd brigade, more than 100 Japanese soldiers climbed up the city wall from the position defended by the 88th division, and have already stormed towards the defense line of the 153rd brigade! "Destroy it! Destroy it cleanly and thoroughly!" War is such a monster, it can make people smile humanly and roar with bestiality!Wang Yaowu, who was smiling so comfortably just now, immediately turned into the microphone and gave Li Tianxia the death order hoarsely. With the help of the existing position on the city wall, the devils under the city wall are continuously gathering at the root of the wall, in the Shuiximen gate, ready to cooperate with the inside and outside, and open the city gate. Li Tianxia divided his troops into two places, one to attack the enemies on the city wall, and the other to encircle and suppress the enemies at the Shuixi Gate. Thanks to the support of other troops, more than a hundred devils on the city wall were quickly wiped out. Only the Shuiximen gate was in a shooting blind spot, and the enemy resisted stubbornly. No progress was made until 4 pm. Wang Yaowu asked several times about the situation of the battle, but Li Tianxia never dared to report the good news and not the bad news like before, because the enemy was staying at his feet, and he wanted to report the good news, but there was no good news. He just assured Wang Yaowu that the matter would be resolved before dark. stock enemy. It was getting dark gradually, and Li Tianxia was pacing back and forth in the command post like a hare in a cage, the cigarette in her mouth flickering on and off. "Fire attack!" A staff officer next to him saw the fireworks in his hand and suddenly got inspired and shouted. "Yes, attack with fire!" Li Tianxia threw away the cigarette butt and walked out quickly as if waking up from sleep. A large bucket of 50 kilograms of gasoline was carried onto the city wall. With the crackling sound of dumping and the sound of "boom", the Shuixi Gate became a burning furnace, and more than 100 rolling fireballs rushed from the city gate. It came out, swayed, slammed, and fell down swayingly. For a while, the night sky was filled with orange flames, and the air was filled with the smell of gasoline and the stench of burnt corpses. Li Tianxia immediately reported the news to Wang Yaowu, but Wang Yaowu couldn't laugh anymore except for a few words of reward, because he had received orders, the enemy had already attacked the Zhonghua Gate and Tongji Gate, Nanjing was about to fall,74 The army should immediately try to cross the river and implement a breakout. Standing on the boat, Wang Yaowu felt soreness in his heart, and two lines of tears dripped into the rolling river According to the instructions of the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Garrison, the assembly point of the 74th Army after crossing the river was Chuzhou Station.When Yu Jishi sent someone to deliver this order to Wang Yaowu, he and his son, daughter, relatives, Feng Shengfa, the commander of the 58th Division, and the officers and soldiers of the 58th Division went to the Jiangbei Pukou area. Since the 151st brigade and the 153rd brigade were separated inside and outside the city, Wang Yaowu asked the 151st brigade to go to Zhamu Pai near Baguazhou to cross the river, while he led the 153rd brigade and the troops directly under the division to Xiaguan to find a boat to cross the river. The sound of explosions in the city was like firecrackers on New Year's Eve, and the flames illuminated the dilapidated city of Nanjing as brightly as day.There were roadblocks everywhere on the street. Groups of refugees dragged their children and children, carrying rolls and sundries, and walked while crying. Wounded soldiers in twos and threes either marched down with sticks or were abandoned by the roadside.When Wang Yaowu led people past, a wounded soldier with bandages on his ankles hugged Wang Yaowu's left leg with both hands, begging: "Sir, please do me a favor and take me away! Or give me a shot and give me a good time." Come on! I don't want to die at the hands of the Orientals!" Wang Yaowu felt sad for a while, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't find any reason to comfort him, so he had to let the guards drag the man to the side of the road and listen to his scolding. Earlier, there was an order from the Minister's Ministry. The Xiaguan area was guarded by Song Xilian's 36th Division. No one could pass without an order. But when the chaos was at its peak, how did the order be issued, and who carried the order?Therefore, when Wang Yaowu's thousands of troops passed through Yijiang Gate, the 36th Division stopped them. An officer who looked like a battalion commander shouted, "Which part is it? Order?" Zhao Ruhan, Wang Yaowu's adjutant, stepped forward and said, "From the 51st Division, the caller ordered us to retreat!" "Telephone orders don't work. We need to see the handwriting to release him." The officer who looked like a battalion commander said firmly. Zhao Ruhan's anger was suddenly ignited: "What handwriting, I just got off the battlefield, you think I'm a deserter!?" After finishing speaking, his pistol was pressed against the battalion commander's chest. The battalion commander and his subordinates also got ready to shoot. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Wang Yaowu immediately dismissed Zhao Ruhan's gun, and without a word, led the team and moved out from a blown-out city wall together with the overcrowded refugees. As soon as you leave Yijiang Gate, you will arrive at the Xiaguan River.Heads trembled and people's voices were buzzing on the docks. Some were trampled to death and turned into a puddle of soft flesh; The mournful cry will not be heeded. There were very few boats in the river, and troops without boats rushed to snatch boats when they saw them, and some shot at each other for a door panel or a log. When the 51st Division came here, they expected to have some arrangements, but they didn't expect such chaos and disorder! Wang Yaowu frowned, and all the officers and soldiers began to curse. Fortunately, at this moment, a person squeezed in front of Wang Yaowu and told Army Commander Yu Jishi that he had reserved a steamer for the 51st Division through the relationship of his uncle, Communications Minister Yu Feipeng, and everyone heaved a sigh of relief. The person who came was Adjutant Zhang from the military department. He took the 51st Division to about 300 meters upstream of Xiaguan and boarded the small steamer in batches. When the boat arrived in the middle of the river, Wang Yaowu looked at Nanjing from a distance, and saw that the ancient city was like a dark hell shrouded in flickering fires, and the whimpering and whimpering of the ancient city was blowing into him with the chilly river wind. He couldn't help but shudder, and goosebumps wrinkled all over his body. Thinking of the battles in the past 20 days, thinking of those subordinates who died on the battlefield, and those wounded soldiers and refugees who remained in the city, Wang Yaowu felt a pang of sadness in his heart, and two lines of tears dripped into the rolling In the river. On the morning of the 13th, the 51st Division boarded the Jiangbei Port, and from this day on, the Japanese occupying Nanjing carried out a tragic massacre in Nanjing!