Engineers built a bridge, and more than 500 Japanese infantrymen carried ladders and crossed the bridge in an attempt to attack the city. Just as the enemy was building a bridge to cross the river, Chen Jiding gave the order to attack.
The Nationalist soldiers who had been prepared long ago, holding glass bottles filled with gasoline, threw them at the attacking Japanese troops.
The glass bottle shattered when it touched the stone on the ground, and the filled gasoline spilled everywhere. When some Japanese soldiers smelled the pungent smell of gasoline, they knew something was wrong and shouted, but it was too late.
The national troops on the city wall had already been prepared. Some soldiers threw glass bottles filled with gasoline, while others fired with light and heavy machine guns. Grenades hit the Japanese soldiers hard. The explosion of the grenades detonated the gasoline in the gasoline bottles. But at this time, another
The wind blew, and the fire took advantage of the wind and blew up several feet high.
The Japanese troops attacking the city were caught off guard and retreated one after another. There were still a large number of Japanese soldiers whose bodies were covered in burning flames and rolling all over the ground. Some Japanese soldiers stained with gasoline were even burned to charcoal.
"Fight! Don't let them escape, artillerymen, blow up their bridge for me!"
Chen Jiding issued the order again.
Several mortars aimed at the simple bridges erected by the Japanese engineers. After several rounds of shells, the bridges erected by the Japanese engineers were completely destroyed. The attacking Japanese army had no support at all.
The Chinese troops on the city wall became more and more courageous as they fought, not sparing bullets, pulling bolts and pulling triggers, and some even did not take aim. The Japanese troops under the city wall were like living targets, allowing them to hit them.
This battle was a beautiful one and a relief.
This severely dampened the morale of the Japanese army, especially when Ide Nobu, who personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, looked as ugly as if he had eaten shit.
The Japanese had been attacking for a few days, but the results were not great. At this moment, they were like a gambler with a red eye. On December 9, the Japanese army bombarded like crazy for a whole day. Under the artillery fire, engineers built bridges, and the Japanese infantry followed.
Charge with a tank.
The city gate was beaten into a honeycomb shape, and the enemy even put the cannon barrel into the hole to attack the city. The Chinese soldiers carried wooden boards to block the hole against the Japanese attack. At the same time, the Chinese soldiers on the city wall were completely
With red eyes, grenades and bullets were thrown at the Japanese army as if they were free. In just half a day, some soldiers had used up all their grenades and bullets.
While supplies were still on the way, they used rocks dropped from the blown-up walls to hit the Japanese troops.
The battle was very hard, and both China and Japan suffered heavy casualties.
But Gwanghwamun is still firmly in the hands of the national army.
On December 10, Commander Tang transferred the 156th Division and put it under the command of Chen Jiding. After this battle, Chen Jiding's commanding talents were discovered, and his career will be smooth in the future.
The reinforcements of the National Army arrived, and the Japanese army also began to adjust its strategy and change its deployment. The first was to increase the level of air strikes on Guanghua Gate. Every day, more than 20 Japanese aircraft hovered over the Guanghua Gate city wall, attacking the National Army positions at Guanghua Gate.
Carry out bombardment and strafing.
Japanese tanks were also set up directly opposite the city wall and fired at the city wall. The city wall was riddled with holes, and the situation became increasingly unfavorable for the Chinese defenders of Guanghuamen.
Chen Jiding saw this in his eyes and felt anxious in his heart. He began to seriously think about how to defend Guanghua Gate.
He suddenly remembered a sentence he once wrote in "The Art of War: Military Struggles" by Sun Tzu: Therefore, if you are vigorous and vigorous, you will defeat the lazy ones.
Even the most powerful enemy has its weaknesses.
As long as you find the weak points of the Japanese army and attack them severely, you will definitely not be able to hold on.
So where are the weaknesses of the Japanese army?
After repeated pondering, he vaguely grasped a clue. The Japanese army was fighting in China. They were in a foreign country and were unfamiliar with the terrain. Therefore, the Japanese army only dared to attack during the day and generally did not go out at night. Most of them huddled in their garrison to rest.
Thinking of this, Chen Jiding's eyes lit up, "It is not advisable to blindly defend, we should also take the initiative to attack!"
He immediately convened a regiment meeting, and after careful discussion with several regiment leaders, decided to send two battalions of troops at night, with the left wing between Guanghua Gate and Tongji Gate, and the right wing between Guanghua Gate and Zhongshan Gate, secretly crossing the moat.
Attack the Japanese garrison at night from both wings.
During the day, the Japanese army dominated the country, with their planes flying wildly and their heavy artillery roaring.
But at night, the entire Guanghuamen city wall fell into silence.
As time goes by, the night becomes darker and darker, and the weather becomes colder. In such weather, I really don’t want to move.
After a tiring day, the Japanese soldiers wanted to have a good night's sleep, had dinner, and rested early.
However, two troops took advantage of the darkness, quietly passed through the gap in the city gate, crossed the moat, and submerged into the deep night.
Chen Jiding was not sleepy at all. He put on his coat and came to the city wall. He held a telescope and looked into the dark night in the distance.
About half an hour or so, there was a sound first on the right side, like firecrackers, and the sound of gunfire reverberated fiercely, followed by the roar of grenades, and the sound of gunshots and grenades also began to sound on the left side, a huge explosion, and fried beans.
The gunshots were fired in succession.
The battle lasted until midnight. The two battalions returned and the sneak attack was quite successful. The Japanese troops were beaten into a ball and did not dare to go out to fight.
The Japanese army suffered a lot at Guanghuamen. The attacks for several days in a row resulted in huge casualties. The two sides seemed to be in a tug of war. The Japanese army attacked during the day and the Chinese army attacked at night. In this way, neither side could get much advantage.
Purple Mountain.
Among Chinese scenic spots, the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Zijin Mountain is the most popular. Especially since Jiang Bingkun, Lien Chan, and Soong Chuyu led delegations to visit the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum respectively, the number of visitors to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Zijin Mountain has increased sharply, reaching at least 10,000 people every day.
People around.
Purple Mountain has majestic mountains, vast forests and picturesque scenery.
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum is solemn and majestic, like a bright pearl embedded in the blue waves in the east of Jinling City.
Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum is the resting place of Mr. Sun. Mr. Sun had very deep feelings for Jinling. He once left a message before his death: "After my death, I can be buried in Jinling Purple Mountain. Because Jinling is the place where the provisional government was established, I cannot
Forget the Revolution of 1911."
People in Jinling admire Purple Mountain and Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. In addition to remembering Mr. Sun, they also miss the 5,000 warriors of the Chinese army who fought against the Japanese invaders at Zijin Mountain and Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and sacrificed their lives for them.
Gui Yongqing, born in the first generation of Huangpu, made great achievements in the Anti-Japanese War. In addition, he had a good official career, and was finally promoted to the commander of the navy, a first-class army general, and was one of Chiang Kai-shek's "Thirteen Taibao". Chiang Kai-shek had many praises for him.
Derogation, as early as the Huangpu period, during the first Eastern Expedition, the Huangpu Military Academy repeatedly issued orders not to intrude on the people, and all seizures should be attributed.
However, Gui Yongqing did not buy this account. During a battle, he hid the seized watches, gold ingots, high-end cameras and other trophies, but it was discovered.
Chiang was furious and ordered that this daring person be imprisoned immediately and later executed.
Zhou Nianqi, director of the Political Department, was the first offender. He personally wrote to County Magistrate Yang of Xingning County, Dongguang, pleading for mercy. Jiang Cai spared Gui Yongqing.
In 1937, when the "August 13th" Incident in Shanghai and the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War began, Gui Yongqing was still studying at the Royal Military Academy in the United Kingdom. He was shocked to hear the news that the Japanese army had invaded China. He immediately rushed to the country, found Chiang Kai-shek, and firmly demanded the Anti-Japanese War.
Chiang ordered him to serve as the Central Instruction Corps and go to Shanghai to fight.
After the Battle of Songhu, he repeatedly requested battle from Chiang Kai-shek, requesting to be responsible for the most difficult battle in the defense of Jinling.
When Chiang left Jinling, he specially drove to Gui Yongqing's command post in Fugui Mountain, found Gui Yongqing, and said to him: "The current situation is not optimistic, but in the end we can win the war. Our anti-war tactics must be based on offense."
Defend, use the near to the far, and use aggressive actions to achieve the purpose of annihilating the enemy. For several months after the war started, the enemy's sharp weapons, including the sea, land and air, tried their best to use them all. At best, they could only use their more numerous aircraft, artillery, and tanks.
Its power is to threaten our army’s spirit and destroy our army’s will.”
Jiang came to sit down next to Gui Yongqing and continued: "The battlefield mainly relies on infantry. The enemy's infantry is not as brave and spirited as ours, and their numbers are not as good as ours. In terms of long-term strategy, we have gone through dozens of battles and exhausted their vigor.
and military strength, the Chinese will win in the end. You must have confidence and be calm. You will have to endure some hardships and make sacrifices. I hope you can defend the capital and leave a mark in the history of the Anti-Japanese War."
Gui Yongqing's blood boiled all over, and he said swornly: "Principal, I will remember your words. I know that the country is at a critical moment of life and death. I have no heroic words. I only have the loyalty and passion to care about the country and the people. I am not afraid of sacrifice.
I will use my blood and sweat to contribute to my people."
Jiang was quite satisfied with Gui Yongqing's words and said: "What I want is your fierce loyalty!"
The Central Teaching Corps commanded by Gui Yongqing is a well-equipped corps. It is an elite division trained by the German advisory group. It is known as "Chiang's Iron Guard". Under Gui Yongqing's command, except for 6
In addition to the infantry regiment, there are artillery regiments, cavalry regiments, engineering regiments, and baggage regiments, totaling more than 40,000 people.
In terms of equipment and organization, it exceeds the strength of an army. In the Jinling Guards Service, no other corps can compare with it in terms of arms type and number of people.
The Central Teaching Corps was Chiang's "watchdog". Chiang was able to keep this "watchdog" to defend Jinling during the critical period. It can be seen that Chiang was sincere in the war of resistance.
Gui Yongqing deployed the corps in Xishan, Engineer School, Zijin Mountain, Chalukou, Weigang, Zhongshanmen, Gangzi Village, Taipingmen and other places.
After the problem was solved, he asked to seize the time to repair the bunkers and fortifications and prepare sufficient ammunition.
Gui Yongqing, who studied at the Royal Military Academy in the United Kingdom, has extremely strict requirements for fortifications. It must be at least half people deep, it must be safe to bend down and walk, and the fortifications must be connected to each other, and there must be places to eat and rest. It must be a long-term operation.
mental preparation and material preparation.
Even in modern times, bunker fortifications from those days are still preserved in dense forests in places such as Zijin Mountain, Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Zixia Lake, and Qianhu.
Gui Yongqing also gathered the officers above the battalion in the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum Square. He first directed everyone to sing two songs, one was "My Home is on the Songhua River in Northeast China" and the other was "Song of Salvation". Then, he
He said to everyone: "We are singing these two songs in front of Mr. Sun's mausoleum today. It is of extraordinary significance. Mr. Sun has a famous saying that the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard. Our war of resistance is only the beginning. We must start with Mr. Sun
The revolutionary spirit will carry the war of resistance to the end. Tomorrow, we will fight, don't be afraid, the Japanese are nothing special, the only thing slightly stronger than us is the airplane."
The cold wind blew through the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, causing the grass and trees to sway.
Gui Yongqing, wearing a military coat and holding his clothes tightly, continued: "Airplanes are only external forces. The final victory or defeat is determined by bayonets. There are many factors for winning a war, and spirit is the first. We must cheer up.
, we will never give up until we defeat the Japanese devils!"
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The opponent of the Central Supervision Team is the Japanese Army Lieutenant General Nakajima Jingo's 16th Division, a Class A division equipped with a large number of armored troops, heavy artillery and aircraft.
The purpose of Nakajima Jingo's battle was to wipe out the Chinese troops in the Purple Mountain area and open a bloody road to Jinling Zhongshan Gate or Taiping Gate. At Zhongshan Gate, the Japanese attack hit a wall, and they wanted to open a road from other directions.
The first road is the Purple Mountain.
Nakajima Kongo found out that the first obstacle that affected his division's attack on Jinling was a low hilltop south of Purple Mountain called Hongmao Mountain. This was the first battle in the direction of Purple Mountain.
The defense of Hongmao Mountain was about a battalion of the Central Teaching Corps. The battalion commander Zhou Shiquan was from Huanggang, Hubei Province. He was not tall and looked quite smart. He was not very talkative and was the worst at telling others lies. He based his general equipment and tactics on the Japanese army on
The law of defensive warfare caused chaos in the entire battalion's organization and divided the entire battalion into three teams: sniper, demolition and counterattack. Each team has different tasks.
The mission of sniper is to block, stop the enemy, and contain the enemy's attack.
Demolition, as the name suggests, involves blasting important targets of the Japanese army, such as firepower points, tanks, armored vehicles, etc.
The counterattack force is also very simple, equivalent to the reserve force. Once the position is lost, the counterattack force is needed to counterattack the Japanese army occupying the position.
In the early morning of December 8th, the frost fell sharply and the fog was hazy. A magnificent morning glow appeared in the east, smoke from cooking stoves ran on the roofs of the village, and the land was in peace and tranquility.
About seven o'clock.
Suddenly, there was a rapid, sharp sound of friction in the air, followed closely by a huge explosion of artillery shells that pierced the peaceful and quiet atmosphere, and rubble from Hongmao Mountain was blown up by the sudden artillery shells.
Based on experience, the garrison battalion commander Zhou Shiquan judged that the enemy's infantry would definitely appear after the bombardment, and ordered all officers and soldiers to hide in the fortifications and not be exposed without permission.
The Japanese shelling lasted for twenty minutes. As soon as the shelling stopped, a tank team drove over from the southeast road. Behind the tank was a group of Japanese soldiers with bayonets. This Japanese army came very quickly.
aggressive.
Zhou Shiquan was thinking about how to deal with this attacking enemy. He thought that if the demolition team were to attack the tank from the front, it would be easily discovered and hit by the tank crew, and the Japanese infantry behind the tank was not a vegetarian.
If the sniper team is allowed to attack the infantry first, and there are tanks in front of the infantry to provide cover, perhaps not even a single infantry unit can be eliminated.