Chapter 255 The Last Moment of Nanjing Defense 2

For the unusually fierce shelling of the Japanese army, the Chinese defenders fired nearly 200 105 mm rockets from several locations from time to time, stifling the offensive momentum of the Japanese army, while the Japanese army often reorganized and fought again. The Japanese army's attack on Yuhuatai reached a ** at dawn.

The rows of Japanese troops lined up in a neat formation. Under the command of the officers, they attacked the Chinese soldiers who continued to resist in the ruins of the city along the collapsed walls of Guanghua Gate and the West Water Gate.

The two infantry brigades belonging to the First Mechanized Division of the Rehe Army under the command of Hao Wenbin have been exhausted. The huge casualties have greatly shaken Hao Wenbin Ye. For the imperial army of this empire, who could not conquer the middle [***] positions along Xishuimen and Guanghuamen, the commander of the "middle Branch Dispatch Army" Guan Tada Jun can be said to be very angry.

So Momatsu Maoji's first and fourth division was transferred from the direction of Zijin Mountain to the direction of Zhonghuamen to prepare for the general attack along the West Water Gate and Guanghuamen. Mosong Maoji looked at the rumble of cannons and fire in the direction of Zhonghuamen, looked at the chief of staff, Colonel Isoda Sanlang next to him, and said, "Mr. Isoda! Tonight seems to be the last moment to capture the Chinese capital. It seems that [***] has done its best, and we haven't made any effort yet! Under the command of General Duotian Jun, I have great confidence in capturing the capital of China this time.

Saburo Isoda, the chief of staff of the 1st 14th Division, came from an authentic fanmoto samurai family. Unlike Moji Mojimatsu, Saburo Isoda, as the chief of staff, was very dissatisfied with the sequence of the 1st Division transferred from Zijinshan to join the Chinese Gate attack force.

After all, it has become a bad battle outside the Chinese gate, and the 6th Division suffered heavy casualties again, and even the flag of the 23rd Infantry Wing was captured here, so the Chinese gate is not an auspicious place for the Japanese army.

Looking at the rising fire, Mo Song Maozhi tried his best to urge his troops to move in the direction of the Chinese Gate. The fierce resistance of the Chinese defenders in the Chinese Gate made the Japanese army think that this was the last crazy resistance of the Chinese defenders from the subordinates, brigade commanders, division commanders to Tada Jun.

Tada Jun stood in front of the huge sand table, squinting his eyes and staring at the position of the troops on the sand table, which was constantly adjusted according to the communication staff. It seemed that there was not much progress and breakthrough in the overall front of the fierce battle over the night?

The same as Tada Jun is that Zhang Xuewu is also standing in front of the sand table at this moment. The Japanese army's attack along Zhonghuamen, Guanghuamen and Xishuimen, which has lasted for more than 20 hours, shows no sign of weakening? Do you think this is the door of the garrison?

In fact, Zhang Xuewu's main purpose of holding the positions along the West Water Gate, Guanghua Gate and Zhonghua Gate is to attract the attention of the Japanese army along this line. He wants to use the city wall position to firmly attract the main forces of the Japanese army to attack the city here, repeatedly consuming the living power of the Japanese army. For the defense war of the city wall, Zhang Xuewu can be said to be He is well prepared, but now many of his preparations can't be fully utilized.

Zhang Xuewu is also very clear that once the Japanese army is put into the city wall defense line, the Nanjing defense battle is bound to enter the final stage. The street battle stage is an opportunity for the Chinese defenders to intensively and quickly consume the Japanese army's living forces, but it also means that the Nanjing defense battle will enter the final battle.

So Zhang Xuewu has also been because, because he knows very well that once the position of the city wall is fully broken through by the Japanese army, the commander of the Japanese army may launch a fierce attack from the direction of Zijin Mountain at the same time. Zhang Xuewu, the cruelty of the street battle, has a close experience, and Chengde lost the greatest loss of defense at that time. The stage is the stage of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army's breakthrough into the urban area. The street battle tests the will of the enemy and us, and the strength, morale and firepower are also fought. Zhang Xuewu knows that his troops have a complete advantage in light weapon firepower, but at this moment, he is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of air force and ground artillery. Zhang Xuewu had an estimate before, but it was seriously underestimated.

The ground artillery deployed in Jiangbei can be said to be completely suppressed by the air bombing of the Japanese army. Otherwise, it would be difficult for the three field heavy artillery brigades of the Japanese army to retreat completely. Although the Hu Zongnan army in Jiangbei has been doing its duty, Zhang Xuewu can estimate that if the Japanese army concentrates the strength of the two divisions from Madu. If they forcibly cross the river, or send troops from Central China to occupy Xuzhou, then the two heavy artillery brigades deployed in Jiangbei are bound to withdraw from the war zone.

Zhang Xuewu has always been very strange. Why did the Japanese army blindly attack the walls of Nanjing City? And the Chinese response force that crossed the river to attack Jiangbei? Is it said that I am waiting for myself to finally give up Nanjing? The commander of the Japanese army is a first-class idiot. As a soldier of the country, how can he abandon the country when he humiliates the country? An inch of mountains and rivers, an inch of flesh and blood! He has no right to give up every inch of land, especially here is the capital of China.

A dense artillery fire exploded violently about 100 meters away from the command post. The fierce air waves rushed into the headquarters. Zhang Xuewu was inadvertently overturned. After getting up from the ground, Zhang Xuewu spit out the sand in his mouth and coughed a few times. After the power recovered, Zhang Xuewu looked around and looked around. With the help of the staff, Zhang Xuewu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about me! Go back to your post."

At this time, Ye Yunfei walked into the headquarters with a telegram. First, he looked at Zhang Xuewu in surprise and said, "Is the commander all right?"

Zhang Xuewu nodded and smiled bitterly, "Dog's little devil, don't you think the 150mm heavy howitzer is not powerful enough? Did you actually use 240mm heavy artillery?

Ye Yunfei patted Zhang Xuewu's dust on his body and hesitated and said, "Does the commander still remember Sun Guiming, the brigade commander of the fifth brigade of the provisional first mechanization division?"

Ye Yunfei's words stunned Zhang Xuewu slightly. Zhang Xuewu couldn't help frowning. Obviously, Ye Yunfei once again mentioned the sad thing that had just been forgotten by him. Sun Guiming was his best brigade commander and a reserve promotion officer of the Rehe Army.

Zhang Xuewu looked at Ye Yunfei and said, "What's wrong? Is the pension for Rehe in place? Or is there something wrong with the Japanese army in the direction of Zijin Mountain? Order Song Xilian to defend the first and second main peaks of Zijin Mountain with all his strength. If the army attacks, he should defend and not retreat, and the 36th Division should coexist with the Zijin Mountain Fortress.

Ye Yunfei nodded and said, "The commander is about Guo Xiangfei, the commander of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 5th Brigade."

Zhang Xuewu doesn't know why Ye Yunfei proposed a battalion commander to him at this critical moment? However, except for a group of wounded less than 100 people who had been evacuated before, the whole brigade of the 5th Infantry Brigade fought in Niushou Mountain.

Is there a battalion commander alive in the 5th Infantry Brigade? There happens to be a telegram from Rehe again? Zhang Xuewu felt that it was still necessary to take a look to see who was so powerful and sent a telegram to himself.

In the flesh and blood mill in Nanjing, it is not new for the lieutenant general, the major general and the brigade commander to die for the country. It is really difficult for Zhang Xuewu, the life and death of a major battalion commander.

But if you can let the rear send the telegram to your own headquarters, you must not be an idle person, right? If Guo Xiangfei is really brave and seriously injured in the battle, even if it is a telegram of mercy, Zhang Xuewu will consider whether he will open up?

Ye Yunfei put the telegram in front of Zhang Xuewu and said, "Guo Xiangfei's second brother Guo Xiangmin was martyred in the Chaoyang guard battle. The third brother Guo Xiangjin was martyred in the defense battle of Zhangjiakou. The fourth brother Guo Xiangwei was martyred in the counterattack of Chifeng. Only Guo Xiangfei, one of the four brothers in the Guo family, was reincarnated. We have sent people. When I went to his Baotou's home, I found that there was only one blind mother and a young sister. The living environment in the family was not very good. The four brothers were outside, and the mother of the three families did not ask for care of the political axe. She led the little sister to pick up bad vegetables in the market every day. Until the three brothers were killed in the battle, the local government axe contacted When his family was about to distribute the pension, he found that the three were actually three brothers, and there was also a big brother in Nanjing.

"What?" Zhang Xuewu was stunned like a thunderbolt. Isn't this the real version of Saving Private Ryan in later movies? Conceal your identity as a military member and insist on not relying on relief? What kind of behavior is this? It is difficult for Zhang Xuewu to imagine that it is a kind of enlightenment that is a stain on him.

Zhang Xuewu doesn't know how much the Chinese country needs to pay to resist the invasion of the bandit. Zhang Xuewu doesn't know, let alone know, but he knows very well that he can't let the soldiers shed tears after bleeding. The military subordinates must take good care of it, so that the soldiers in front of him can fight at ease.

Zhang Xuewu said to Ye Yunfei, "Where is this Guo Xiangfei now? Have you followed the wounded troops to retreat across the river?

Ye Yunfei shook his head helplessly and said, "If only he was willing to retreat. He just leaned against the hospital and claimed that whoever dared to transfer him would tear his intestines and commit suicide. He must wait for Niushoushan to be captured before he could leave Nanjing."

"Nonsense!" Zhang Xuewu slapped the table fiercely, and then picked up the helmet and said to Ye Yunfei with a submachine gun, "Follow me to the field hospital, order Xiaguan dock to immediately prepare a speedboat to prepare to cross the river, and send the wounded to cross the river a few more nights. The attack of the Japanese army will be more fierce. Once the fortress of Yanziji and Wulong Mountain is suppressed by the army, then the army The navy's destroyer can ** reach Xiaguan. At that time, it will be even more difficult to send the wounded across Jiangbei.

Ye Yunfei nodded and said, "Commander Zhang is so, but we have also made a certain response. Along the river, 150mm heavy howitzers and 88mm anti-aircraft guns are used as strike fire to prevent the sudden penetration of the Japanese ship."

When Zhang Xuewu rushed to the headquarters of the field hospital of the grison headquarters, Guo Xiangfei was shouting and holding a bayonet on his neck.

When Zhang Xuewu walked into the ward, all the patients stopped walking and making noise, and everything became silent. Guo Xiangfei also put down the bayonet in his hand with great embarrassment and hurriedly saluted: "The first mechanization division of the department, the commander of the first battalion of the fifth infantry brigade, major Guo Xiangfei said hello to the commander!"

Zhang Xuewu stared at Guo Xiangfei and said, "What's wrong? Isn't it fun to kill a devil? Do you even want to kill yourself? What do you look like? Where does my Rehe Army look like the battalion commander of the 5th Brigade of the 1st Mechanization Division? Where is the image of me? You can't be subservient! Soldiers can only stand and die against the enemy. They must not live secretly. What's the difference between committing suicide like this and living secretly?

Guo Xiangfei's eyes turned red and said, "Commander, the brothers of our whole battalion have been killed, and now the whole brigade has been killed. The brigade commander, deputy brigade commander, chief of staff and director have all been killed in battle. How can you let me go now? I don't have the face to see the dead brothers and officers! Commander, give me a gun, and I can still fight to kill the enemy now!"

"Give us a gun, and we can still fight to kill the enemy!" Many seriously injured people who could still move also stretched out their hands one after another.

Zhang Xuewu looked around excitedly. The soldiers were all good soldiers! There is something wrong with his own command. It is not a child's play to fight with more than a dozen or 200,000 troops. It is beyond his ability. Zhang Xuewu knows very well that he can command a regiment himself, but a division will be a little out of the way. Now his domestic logistics support conditions in China are very imperfect. Under a sound situation, commanding such a large army to fight alone, as long as even a little problem is exposed, it will make it feel like a shock.

Zhang Xuewu took a deep breath and said, "Brothers! You are all good. It's my incompetence and dereliction of duty. I'm sorry, everyone! Everyone was injured and bled to save their lives for the country. What is the purpose? The purpose is to kill all these greedy and brutal Japanese militaristic elements. Why don't we sacrifice lightly? Meaningless sacrifices are absolutely worthless. It is said that the devils have not been killed yet. They are still raging on our land, so you will sacrifice lightly? Now I order you to go to the back of Jiangbei and return to Rehe through the road in the northwest of Jin. This is definitely not retreat, let alone escape. Today, I will heal your wounds, so that you can kill more devils tomorrow! Everyone who recovers his injury will kill me at least ten devils!"

Guo Xiangfei looked at Zhang Xuewu reluctantly and said, "Report to the commander of the army, the humble position is only willing to be wrapped in the body, not willing to fight after the war!"

Zhang Xuewu stared at Ye Yunfei and said, "I order! Immediately remove all military positions of Guo Xiangfei who violated the military order, escort him to Rehe, and hand it over to the Rehe Armament Bureau, the training base of the new sixth division of Rehe, and the acting director of the base.

Guo Xiangfei was stunned for a moment. Now that the Rehe War broke out, almost all the brigade commanders have been promoted from the military and political department to major generals. The function of the Rehe Armament Bureau is to form a new army of the Rehe Army, because the Rehe Army is responsible for the main task of containing the whole Japanese Kwantung Army, so the whole Only Chairman Jiang of the Supreme Military Commission authorized the Ministry of Military Affairs to give the Rehe Legion the only power to form a new army. Compared with the beginning of the Nanjing Defense War, the new troops formed by the Central Government Axe began with the new Seventh Division, because the first six indicators were occupied by the Rehe Army. .

And Guo Xiangfei, a major in one district, can be promoted to the deputy director of the Sixth Training Base of the Armament Bureau, which means that Guo Xiangfei will change from a major to a major general, at least he is the commander or deputy division commander of the new Sixth Division of the Rehe Legion.

But every soldier has a general dream, and Guo Xiangfei is naturally not exempt from vulgarity, let alone exception! Zhang Xuewu's appointment caused an uproar, because among the injured, there were many brigade commanders and regimental commanders of various units, and even several regimental commanders of the Provisional First Mechanization Division of the Rehe Army.

To be fair, Guo Xiangfei's injury is just between a minor injury and a serious injury. Can he be promoted at this time? Several people present suddenly felt a sense of surprise and secretly guessed what Guo Xiangfei was.

However, Guo Xiangfei, who was very excited, flew for a long time and said with a solemn expression, "Report to the commander of the army, the humble position and ability are not enough. I am ashamed to be so ashamed to enter the humble position. I'm sorry for you. Please choose another good general. The humble position is willing to be a centurion and the country! For the nation, I have done my best to die!"

Zhang Xuewu said coldly, "Guo Xiangfei! What did you hide when you signed up for my Rehe Legion?

Guo Xiangfei was slightly stunned and said, "Hasn't the department any concealment? The department's loyalty to the country can be seen in this new month! Heaven and earth can be shown!"

Zhang Xuewu suddenly patted the table next to him. As a result, his palm slapped on a wooden thorn, and the blood suddenly flowed. Zhang Xuewu frowned slightly and looked at Guo Xiangfei and said, "The four brothers joined the army to serve the country. You are all hot-blooded people, but why do you hide that there is a blind mother and a young sister? What do you want to do? Do you want me to be the kind of shameless person who makes his relatives cry after the hero bleeds?

"Where on earth did you put me, the commander of the army? Am I still your commander? All the salaries of your four brothers are donated to the Patriotic Salvation Fund every month. Are you great? Bullshit! Do you ask your mother to take her young sister to beg for leftovers?

Guo Xiangfei's pale face said, "My father died thirteen years ago, and my mother pulled her ten-year-old sister at home alone. She told our brother that the country is a country. How can there be a home without a country? Soldiers should take Yue Wumu as a model and serve the country with loyalty! When the country breaks through the mountains and rivers and collapses, the only way is to repay the body of the country.

"Fart" took out the wooden thorn from the palm of his hand and shouted, "Who is not raised by his parents?" Filial piety comes first! The country is important, and so are your relatives. Your family has paid enough. But do you know that Guo Xiangfei's second brother Guo Xiangmin was martyred in the Chaoyang guard battle, the third brother Guo Xiangjin was martyred in the defense battle of Zhangjiakou, and the fourth brother Guo Xiangwei was martyred in the counterattack of Chifeng? I let you be the future teacher of the new Sixth Division, which is to let you lead our good Chinese men to revenge! It hasn't been promoted. Do you understand?

(to be continued)