The barricade of China Gate.

Howitzer shells rained down on the gate tower of the Zhonghua Gate.

Boom!

Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amidst the deafening explosions, the city tower built during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty suddenly collapsed, and the historical monuments were completely turned into a pile of ruins!

With a look of regret on his face, Liang Shanhao sighed: "Hey! These little devils who have been stabbed a thousand times have destroyed so many historical treasures of our Chinese nation!"

With the same long sigh, a soldier squatting next to Liang Shanhao shouted: "According to our professor in the history department, this tower must have been over 600 years old, and it was destroyed by the gunfire of the Japs! It's really heartbreaking.

Got it!"

Nodding, Liang Shanhao shouted in a deep voice: "Nanjing is the ancient capital of the Ming Dynasty. Every brick and tile here is the mark of the Han nation. The damage caused by the war is immeasurable!"

Yang Yiming, who was also squatting near Liang Shanhao, also took up the conversation: "Young Master, we can only blame our country for being too backward and unable to protect these treasures! Our national defense is too weak and cannot resist these beasts armed to the teeth!"

Seeing a 150 mm caliber heavy artillery fireball rising up on the city wall, Liang Shanhao said: "Hey! If you fall behind, you will be beaten! Our country is really too backward in terms of military and economic strength, and we can't care about that now.

More, the most important task at the moment is to preserve ourselves and eliminate the devils! Only in this way can we protect those Chinese territories and people who have not been poisoned by the devils!"

Nodding slightly to Liang Shanhao, Yang Yiming shouted: "Well, the regiment leader is right. The top priority is to survive this asymmetric war first. Only when the barrel of the gun is strong can we have the confidence to defend the country."

While the two were talking, six 240mm heavy artillery shells exploded head-on into a section of Nanjing's Zhonghua Gate city wall.

Boom!

Boom! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The seven-story-high and three-story-wide Ming city wall collapsed, and a 30-meter-wide gap came into view for the 1 supplementary brigade soldiers.

More than 400 soldiers hiding behind the barricades broke out in a cold sweat.

The power of this heavy artillery is too insane, it is far more powerful than the 150mm caliber.

With his eyes fixed on the bursts of fire rising from the tower of the Zhonghua Gate, Battalion Commander Xiong couldn't help but gasped: "It's still a clever plan by the regiment. If you hadn't seen the opportunity and asked the brothers to retreat to the barricades in advance, we would have

This 108th regiment is afraid that the number will be revoked!"

Wang Daniu shouted: "The group is simply like Kong Ming. If the group hadn't taken precautions, we would have ended up here long ago!"

With a look of disapproval, Liang Shanhao warned: "Everyone is here, hold the weapons in your hands, the little Japs will rush in from the gap soon!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a soldier with a beard shouted: "Brothers, don't listen to the man named Liang who is going to die. Our army has already escaped! The city of Nanjing is about to be lost!"

Another young supplementary brigade soldier asked: "Who did you listen to? When did it happen?"

The bearded soldier shouted at the top of his voice: "A fellow at the garrison headquarters told me this morning that some senior officials ran away on their own! These officials have no conscience!"

Hearing this, the soldiers of the 108th Regiment and the other two regiments were in an uproar.

The 88th Division's supplementary brigade suddenly showed signs of wavering in military morale.

He suddenly pulled out the Browning pistol from his waist, and the Chinese brigade commander standing not far away fired a warning: "Who said the military officer ran away! Whoever dares to deceive the military's morale, I will kill him!"

Liang Shanhao remained silent because the military commander of the 88th Division really ran away!

At this time, another soldier with a head injury bravely shouted: "Brothers, I have also received news that the division commanders and army commanders have all gone to Yijiangmen. Don't listen to these officials. They don't care about us at all."

Soldiers have to live and die, if the fight continues, none of us will be able to go home alive."

Pointing his pistol at the soldiers who were leading the trouble, Brigadier Hua was furious: "How brave! Are you still a Chinese soldier? Have you forgotten that we vowed to live together or die in Nanjing! You just watched Nanjing fall into the hands of the Japanese!"

Looking like he was not stingy, the soldier smiled bitterly and said: "Haha! Even the officials themselves have run away. What qualifications does the commander have to make us swear to live and die with Nanjing?"

Hearing this, hundreds of soldiers in the supplementary brigade fell into an uproar again!

"Travel seat, let's evacuate immediately!"

"Traveler! My little wife is still waiting for me at home! I don't want her to be a widow!"

"Travel seat! I want to go home! My mother is still waiting for me at home!"

"Brigade! Let us go! We have less than half of the regiment left, and there are thousands of Japanese outside the city. We will definitely lose this battle!"

…

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Raising his Browning pistol and firing three shots into the sky, Brigadier Hua Pinzhang shouted: "That's right! Commander Tang has made a retreat plan last night. The retreat is a certainty, but our brigade has not received a formal order yet!

No one is allowed to retreat! Otherwise, don’t blame the bullets in my hand for being ruthless!”

As soon as he finished speaking, a Japanese artillery shell exploded near Brigadier Hua Pinzhang!

Brigadier Hua Pinzhang fainted immediately.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the soldiers of the supplementary brigade dispersed like birds and beasts, holding weapons and fleeing in the direction of Yijiang Gate.

I heard that there are boats at Yijiangmen, I heard that there are no Japanese at Xiaguan Ferry, I heard...

In fact, these things I heard are unreliable.

At this time, eight direct descendants of the original reserve first regiment blocked the path of this defeated group of soldiers with MP40 submachine guns.

After firing a bunch of bullets at the heels of a group of broken soldiers who had lost their will to fight, Liang Shanhao roared: "Brothers, you want to run away, but I, Mr. Liang, won't stop you. I can understand your current mood! But I have

A request!"

A fierce-looking platoon leader in the rout shouted: "Liang, what do you mean? Do you not want us to leave?"

A smile appeared on his face, and Liang Shanhao shouted in a muffled voice: "I will not stop you from leaving. These officers who fled before the battle have indeed chilled the hearts of our brothers who are fighting hard on the front line, but I, Mr. Liang, are not greedy for life and afraid of death."

people!"

Slightly raising the muzzle of the gun, the fierce platoon leader shouted coldly: "Then do you want your brothers to die for their country with you? Commander Liang, you have already reached this point, there is no need to be so serious!"

Lowering the muzzle of the MP40 submachine gun, Liang Shanhao smiled slightly and said: "Brother, don't worry, you can leave. Can you leave the grenades? My eight brothers will continue to fight the Japanese and try their best to prevent the Japanese from occupying Nanjing City."

Use the speed to provide cover for other brother troops."

Suddenly stunned, the fierce-looking platoon leader shouted at the top of his voice: "Brothers, leave all the grenades for me! Let's go!"

Seeing that almost all the soldiers in the supplementary brigade had fled, Liang Shanhao shouted: "Thing Lei, how many people are left in your platoon?"

Lei Lei shouted: "The Japanese aerial bombs killed most of the brothers. Just now a few more of them ran away with this group of defeated soldiers. Now I am the only one left, the polished platoon leader!"

Looking at the fifty or sixty wooden-handled grenades, Liang Shanhao groaned and shouted: "Just leave! You are very good at playing with explosives. I leave these grenades to you! I will lay mines everywhere in the Zhonghua Gate.

superior!"

Nodding heavily to Liang Shanhao, Lei Lei shouted at the top of his voice: "Yes! Tuan, don't worry!"

As soon as he finished speaking, nine soldiers from the defeated army ran back.

A veteran of the Sichuan Army shouted: "Liang Tuanzuo, I won't leave. I will follow you. I will continue to fight the little Japanese to the bitter end!"

This Sichuan Army veteran is a remnant of the Sichuan Army accommodated by the supplementary brigade.

Looking at the elderly Sichuan Army veteran, Liang Shanhao asked loudly: "Why don't you leave?"

The veteran of the Sichuan Army spoke in an authentic Sichuan accent: "I used to be from the 145th Division, the unit of Division Commander Rao Guohua. The division commander died in Guangde. I don't want to let my fellow countrymen in Sichuan go to waste. I don't want to be a deserter and embarrass the Sichuan people!"

At this time, several other soldiers who were also remnants of the Sichuan Army also shouted: "Yes, our Sichuan Army should not be deserters!"

It is said in the history of the Anti-Japanese War that the Sichuan people never surrendered to the country. Today, at this last moment, Liang Shanhao experienced it with his own eyes.
Chapter completed!