At 11:15 noon on December 13, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters reported the news of the capture of Nanjing to Emperor Hirohito through the Imperial Palace Attendant Attendant. Hirohito at the Imperial Palace fought against the Japanese army from the beginning of the Shanghai operation on August 13 to
Nanjing was captured within a total of four months on December 13, and the "loyal and brave" behavior of the Shanghai area was "extremely satisfactory".
Japanese radio stations also began to publish broadcasts about the capture of Nanjing. Tokyo-based announcer Nobuken Wada announced the news of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing, the capital of China, in an exciting tone, supplemented by special topics on how the Japanese army fought bravely and how the Chinese soldiers were defeated and fled.
communication.
In addition, Wada Nobuxian also told the Japanese people that in two or three days, the Imperial Japanese Army will hold a historic entry ceremony to promote the spirit of the Imperial Army, and the Commander-in-Chief Palace will send a telegram to the city, etc.
Immediately, the lights in Tokyo were brightly lit, and people poured into the streets to cheer long live, sang the Japanese national anthem "Kiminoyo", and spontaneously formed thousands of parades. People had white strips on their heads that read "Destroy China"
", "Destroy Nanjing", "Long live the Emperor", "Long live the Imperial Army" and other words. Some family members of the fallen soldiers rushed to the Yasukuni Shrine overnight to pray and report the good news of the occupation of Nanjing to their deceased relatives. For a time, the whole of Tokyo was filled with joy.
.
The newly appointed commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force, Prince Asaka Miya Hatohiko, also proudly sent a telegram to Tokyo: "As of today, the Central China Front Army has completed the base camp's task of occupying Shanghai and Nanjing, and hereby delivers the order to the base camp."
Asaka Miyakohiko's telegram was full of arrogant tone. In his view, Nanjing had fallen, and it was okay to say that the occupation mission had been completed. In fact, this was indeed the case. Historically, Nanjing fell so quickly, but in this case
A little change has occurred in the history of time and space. A little major who came out halfway is like a little butterfly, flapping its wings and slowly changing some things...
The first to enter Nanjing City from the China Gate was the 47th Regiment of the Japanese Army's 6th Division. Under the command of commander Hayato Takeda, they rushed towards the central railway station of Nanjing City. The 47th Regiment 1
On the road, they continued to defeat the national troops along the way. After three hours of fighting, they had already reached a place less than four kilometers away from Yijiang Gate. However, they soon encountered the most violent counterattack since the war began.
Colonel Takeda Hayato is a typical Japanese soldier. Although he is very short at less than 1.6 meters, he is extremely strong. His small eyes shoot out fierce glares from time to time. At this time, Takeda Hayato is riding a tall horse.
Supported by a group of guards from the wing headquarters, they advanced towards the city of Nanjing.
On the streets of Nanjing, corpses were scattered everywhere. There were Chinese defenders, ordinary Nanjing citizens, and a small number of Japanese soldiers. These corpses looked particularly eye-catching against the ruins of the streets.
"Bagaya Deer!"
Takeda Hayato pulled the reins of his horse and stopped, frowning and said to several staff officers around him: "Ask the soldiers of which brigade in front of you, how could they abandon the remains of our Imperial Japanese soldiers on the street and throw them away?
The captain called over, I want to punish him!"
In the Japanese army, the remains of soldiers who died in battle must be collected as soon as possible, because the soldiers believe that as long as their ashes return to Japan and are placed in the Yasukuni Shrine, their souls can find peace. Therefore,
The Japanese army collected the remains of soldiers who died in battle as soon as possible.
A staff officer explained: "Your Majesty Colonel, the battle ahead is very tight. Maybe they don't have time to collect the bodies of these fallen warriors. I believe they will come back to collect them after a while."
Takeda Hayato nodded: "Well... I hope so, otherwise I will severely punish that incompetent bastard!"
After saying that, Takeda Hayabusa continued to move forward, but as soon as he moved forward for a while, he felt something was wrong. The gunshots coming from the front were too fierce. It did not sound like the sound of cleaning the battlefield at all, but rather like the sound of a battle being carried out.
It was a fierce battle, and the fierceness of Chengdu had exceeded everyone's expectations.
Colonel Takeda Hayato, whose heart suddenly tightened, quickly dismounted and covered both sides of the street and moved forward quickly. When he came to a collapsed bungalow, he saw a large group of Japanese soldiers scattered around.
, and fired cautiously forward.
Seeing such a situation, Colonel Takeda Hayato was almost furious. Are these brave soldiers of the Japanese Empire? Nanjing City has been captured, and they are still so cautious. What on earth are they going to do?
"You bastards!"
Takeda Hayato, whose anger was rising, took two steps forward and was about to angrily scold the cowards on the ground. Suddenly, an exclamation came from behind: "Master Daisaku, be careful!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Takeda Hayato was thrown to the ground by someone unknown behind him.
"Kacha kacha kacha..."
Following a strange sound like tearing off an oilcloth, countless dense bullets suddenly covered the place where Takeda Hayato was standing just now.
Dense rain of bullets shrouded the street, and strange machine gun sounds were still raging. The dozens of guards who were following Takeda Hayato just now had no time to escape, and most of them were immediately swept away. The remaining dozen people also hurriedly
They ran to both sides of the street and found shelters to hide.
"Ah... help me quickly!"
A soldier who was shot in the leg was lying in the middle of the street, wailing loudly, holding on to the shot leg with one hand, and reaching out to his companions with the other hand to ask for help.
"Liu Quanjun, please bear with me, I will save you..."
A companion nearby might not be able to stand it any longer, so he ran out of the bunker and ran towards the injured soldier...
His actions were seen by Takeda Hayato who was lying on the ground. He couldn't help but cursed loudly: "You idiot, don't go there. You have been targeted by the Chinese. Come back quickly!"
"Kacha kacha kacha..."
Another string of bullets came, and the reckless soldier was hit by a series of bullets in the waist. His body was cut into two pieces and fell to the ground without saying a word.
"You bastard, are you in such a hurry to go to the Yasukuni Shrine?"
Takeda Hayato, who was lying on the ground, cursed the stupid soldier loudly. Feeling the weight on his body, he raised his head and cursed: "Hey... you're on top of me, why don't you get down quickly!"
The person on his back didn't answer, and was still weighing heavily on his back.
In anger, Takeda Hayato rolled over hard, and the person on his back rolled off his back to the ground. Lying on the ground, his eyes were wide open, and they had no focus, and there was a bullet on his forehead.
The brains flowed out in waves from the bullet hole, and he was already dead.
Looking at the guard who died to protect him, Takeda Hayato didn't feel too sad. He just gritted his teeth and slowly climbed towards a wall next to him, because he had already seen ten people behind the wall.
Many soldiers were hiding there.
When he slowly climbed to the wall, several hands stretched out from inside and pulled him over.
When Takeda Hayato hid behind the wall, an officer whose face was darkened by gunpowder smoke squatted in front of him and said loudly:
"Your Excellency Dazuo, you are shocked!"
Colonel Takeda Hayato took a closer look, and it turned out to be Lieutenant Commander Harada Daiki, the captain of the First Battalion. As soon as he saw this captain, Takeda Hayato immediately became furious and reached out and slapped him twice.
He beat the big tree in Harada so hard that stars appeared in his eyes.
Takeda Hayato glared and cursed angrily: "Baga Yalu, you idiot, why didn't you eliminate the Chinese resistance as soon as possible when you encountered the resistance of the Chinese people? Are the soldiers in your first brigade all wooden pillars?"
Harada Daiki said with a tearful voice: "Your Majesty Colonel, it's not that our First Brigade didn't work hard, but the firepower of the Chinese was too fierce. They had at least a dozen machine guns shooting at us, and we launched three charges in a row.
They were all driven back, but more than two hundred loyal and brave soldiers were injured or killed. Your Excellency, Colonel, we should request artillery support from the brigade and regiment headquarters!"
"Huh? More than ten machine guns are shooting at you?"
After Harada Daiki said this, Takeda Hayato had time to look forward. He slowly poked his head out from a hidden corner and carefully looked at the situation in front. Only then did he realize that about five hundred meters ahead,
Several machine guns were pouring out tongues of fire at them, and the dense rain of bullets had completely blocked their way forward. One or two hundred meters in front, the bodies of Japanese soldiers were lying on the ground.
Takeda Hayato, who woke up from his anger, couldn't help but be surprised: "Didn't the division headquarters tell us that the organized resistance of the Chinese people has been disintegrated? How come the Chinese people still have such a tenacious army stationed there?
"
Thinking of this, Takeda Hayato turned around and asked Harada Daiki next to him: "Have you figured out the designation of the Chinese army on the opposite side? Who is their commander?"
Hearing Takeda Hayato's question, Harada Daiki's face turned red from the smoke, and he whispered: "I'm sorry, Colonel, so far, we haven't captured a single prisoner from the opposite army, so there's nothing we can do
Find out their numbers!"
"idiot!"
Takeda Hayato gritted his teeth thoughtfully and said to Harada Daiki: "You, hurry up and order the grenade team to launch smoke grenades to cover the infantry charge. I want to see what these Chinese people on the opposite side are."
Detachment of troops!”
"Hai!"
Harada Daiki agreed and sent another team to launch a tentative attack...