Chapter fifty-eight blood for blood for a tooth for a tooth
Explosions one after another continued to sound in front of the third company's position. The violent explosions and the black smoke rising into the sky were not noticeable.
On the dock at Yijiangmen, Tang Shengzhi, who was about to board the small kerosene steamer, looked at the thick smoke and clear explosions in the distance, and asked the deputy commander Luo Zhuoying beside him in shock.
"You Qing, which of our troops in the city has not yet withdrawn? Didn't they receive the order to withdraw?"
Wearing a pair of glasses, Luo Zhuoying, who looked more like a scholar than a general, shook his head: "I don't know. Many of our troops are trapped in the city and have not been evacuated. Now
How can you tell which army it is? Could it be...eh, no...that's the sound of heavy artillery. Which army was so tenacious that the Japanese army dispatched heavy artillery to attack the city?"
Luo Zhuoying and Tang Shengzhi thought that the Japanese army sent out heavy artillery to attack the defenders in the city. They were amazed and lamented for the defenders. In their opinion, the defenders would never survive the heavy artillery attack.
If there is a chance, the whole army will definitely be wiped out.
Sure enough, after a while, the intensive sound of artillery gradually became sparse and finally disappeared. The two men looked at each other and sighed in unison. In their opinion, the defenders in the city must have died heroically for their country.
Tang Shengzhi stepped onto the pedal silently. When he got on the boat, he said to Luo Zhuoying behind him: "You Qing, find out the number of the garrison after crossing the river. You can send a telegram to Chairman Chiang. This unit and the army should be commended."
Its officers."
Luo Zhuoying said in shock: "What about you? Won't you go back to Chongqing with me?"
Tang Shengzhi smiled bitterly and said: "You Qing, do you think I can come out again after I return to Chongqing?"
Luo Zhuoying was silent. With the Battle of Nanjing going like this, someone must be responsible for the failure, and Tang Shengzhi is the best candidate.
In his view, although Tang Shengzhi made many foolish moves in this battle, resulting in a disastrous defeat. However, the low morale of the Nanjing defenders and lack of personnel and ammunition were also important reasons. Tang Shengzhi cannot be entirely blamed.
"Then where do you plan to go after crossing the river?"
"Where else can we go?" Tang Shengzhi said with a wry smile: "The only option is to take off my armor and return to my hometown in Hunan to spend the rest of my life! You Qing..."
Tang Shengzhi patted Luo Zhuoying on the shoulder and said: "From now on, your world will belong to you. Work hard and drive the Japanese out of our country!"
After saying that, Tang Shengzhi stood on the side of the ship and stopped talking...
Unlike Tang Shengzhi and Luo Zhuoying who sighed with regret, King Jiuyan of Chaoxiang Palace, the commander of the Japanese army in Shanghai, was furious outside Nanjing.
The shelling just now not only alerted the Chinese troops who were crossing the river, but also alerted the commander of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Army outside the city, Lieutenant General Asaka Palace Hatohiko.
"Baga Yalu, you are a bunch of idiots. Why are there still Chinese people resisting in the city now? You are all just a bunch of losers!"
King Asaka Palace Kohihiko has a typical Japanese haircut. Although he became a lame due to a car accident, it did not affect his promotion. Today, he is only fifty years old.
He is a Japanese Army Lieutenant General and Commander of the Shanghai Expeditionary Force.
At first glance, King Asaka Palace Kyuhiko looks like a middle-aged man with a pleasant smile, but in fact he is a man with a violent heart. Historically, he was the one who ordered the murder of more than 300,000 people after occupying Nanjing.
At this moment, King Jiuyan of Asaka Palace was standing behind the office, looking at the row of gloomy-looking generals standing in front of him and jumping furiously.
Just yesterday, he had reported the news of the occupation of Nanjing to the mainland and to His Majesty the Emperor. However, at noon today, someone came to report that the imperial army encountered tenacious resistance in Nanjing. Both the Sixth Division and the Sixteenth Division were attacked.
varying degrees of losses.
There was even a brigade of troops in the Sixth Division that was blown up by heavy artillery and the entire army was annihilated. This news made King Asaka Palace Jiuyan feel a burning sensation on his face. This feeling was no less than someone pressing hard on his face.
A slap in the face.
Looking at the several generals standing in awe in front of him, King Asakagiya Jiuyan shouted in a hoarse voice: "In addition to reporting your losses to me, don't you have anything else to say to me? Nakajima-kun, Tanishu-kun
, your two troops were direct participants in the battle with that Chinese army, don’t you have anything to say?”
Lieutenant General Hisao Tani, commander of the 6th Division, and Lieutenant General Nakajima Konata, commander of the 16th Division, simultaneously stepped forward and stood up.
Hisao Tani lowered his head and said: "Your Majesty Commander, I'm really sorry that the Sixth Division has caused you trouble. But please don't worry, if you give me one more day, I will crush the Chinese army on the opposite side into powder.
Cut off all their heads and hang them on the top of Nanjing City."
"Well!"
King Asaka Palace Kohihiko responded noncommittally, and said to Nakajima Jinmao, the commander of the 16th Division on the other side: "Nakajima-kun, I heard that the soldiers of a squadron in your division were not only killed by the China defenders, but
Death, all the corpses of fallen warriors were beheaded by them, is that right?"
As soon as he mentioned this matter, Nakajima felt the eyes of all his colleagues around him were staring at his face. Those eyes seemed to contain ridicule, sarcasm and sympathy. These eyes made him so ashamed that he wanted to lie on the ground.
Drill a hole and crawl in, never to come out again.
According to the report he received, the soldiers in his squadron not only had their heads cut off, but all their clothes were stripped off. Those hateful Chinese people also built the heads of more than a hundred Japanese soldiers into a big giant
of Jingguan.
Not only that, those people also removed the reproductive organs of the fallen soldiers and wrote them on the ground in eight big characters. Those eight characters are still lingering in Nakajima's mind.
"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth!"
These eight characters are made of the reproductive organs of Japanese soldiers. Next to these characters is a large pit, and inside the pit are the corpses of hundreds of Chinese people.
It is obvious that the Chinese people did this to avenge the people in this big pit. Although Nakajima currently does not care about killing more Chinese people, these more than a hundred people who died in the battle
The remains of the Japanese Imperial Warriors were so insulted by the Chinese, which made his 16th Division the laughing stock of the entire Shanghai Expeditionary Force.
It is said that before he came, King Asaka Palace Kohiko had already thrown a cup over this, which shows how angry King Asaka Palace Kohiko was.
Now that he heard him asking himself again, Nakajima didn't know how to answer.
"Well, I can't say it anymore!"
The voice of King Asaka Palace Kohiko became stern in an instant, his sharp gaze turned to Nakajima Konasa, and he said sternly: "Shame, this is the shame of the Japanese Imperial Army! One hundred and fifty-seven warriors of the Japanese Imperial Army
The remains were decapitated by the despicable Chinese people, and their reproductive organs were cut off and displayed in big letters. What kind of behavior is this? To put it lightly, you are incompetent. To put it seriously, you are derelict in duty.
,do you understand!"
"Hai!"
Although his whole face had turned the color of pig liver, Nakajima could only bow and apologize. Yeah, what else could he say? Killing and wounding a squadron of Japanese soldiers was nothing, among them
In the opinion of the general, the lives of these Japanese soldiers were originally sacrificed for His Majesty the Emperor, and they died a worthy death. However, their corpses being cast into Kyokan was a naked provocation and insult to the entire Japanese Empire.
"I'm afraid your Excellency the Commander will not give up now. All the Chinese troops in the city must be wiped out to eliminate the anger of Your Excellency the Commander. No, I'm afraid all the Chinese people in Nanjing City will be buried with the soldiers of that squadron.
That’s it!”
Hisao Tani on the side was thinking to himself while observing the face of King Asaka Palace Hatohiko. He also secretly made up his mind to attack with all his strength tomorrow no matter what, to wipe out all the Chinese troops. Otherwise, he would be in trouble
The impression in the heart of King Jiuyan of Asaka Palace will plummet, and his promotion will probably be ruined by then.
Hisao Tani's little eyes turned with a fierce look on one side, while on the other he was thinking about tomorrow's war.
On the other side of the office, King Asaka Palace Hatohiko stopped after cursing. After all, Nakajima is still a lieutenant general of the Japanese Empire, even if he makes a big mistake, and his military rank is not much more than that.
On par with him. Besides, Nakajima has been in the 16th Division for several years now and has a high prestige. If he continues to scold him, it may be counterproductive.
So King Jiuyan of Asaka Palace said with a gloomy face: "Okay, that's it for today. I don't care what method you use. Before the sun goes down tomorrow, I will see the head of the China garrison officer on my desk."
Before, can you do it?"
Hisao Tani and Nakajima Konso quickly replied loudly without waiting for anyone: "Hai! I obey the orders of Your Majesty the Commander!"
"Bang!"
At this moment, the door was pushed open, and a staff officer from the headquarters hurriedly ran in and said loudly: "Your Excellency, Commander, it's bad, the Chinese garrison in Nanjing City has launched a counterattack against us!"