It was 9:00 on December 12, 1937, less than 8 hours before 17:00 when military rumors announced the fall of Jinling.
"The entire army marches forward to the front line of Andemen and takes action..."
Seeing what was left from the paratrooper school, the few logistics personnel began to quickly pack up their belongings. This made Wu Qiujian, the commander of the 88th Division's supplementary brigade, immediately feel a little disappointed.
"My dear, if I go by what you said, should I stay in Jinling City? I, I am a foreigner."
For Yelena, who completely believed in Zhang Sixing, since he said that Jinling City would definitely fall in a short time, then it would fall in a short time.
But for the professional sensitivity of a professional journalist, especially Yelena who is now a professional war correspondent, is there anything more attractive to Yelena than what is about to happen in the fallen city of Jinling?
Of course, this has to exclude Zhang Sixing, especially when he is cold-faced and ignores others. The doll-like Yelena only dared to pouted her lips to express her dissatisfaction, and did not dare to say anything else.
Wu Qiujian, who had never seen a foreign woman so worried about the reaction of a Chinese man, didn't understand. Just as he didn't understand the fighting skills of the paratrooper school group that he had been quietly observing last night.
It’s so special that you really don’t know it when you look at it, and you’re shocked when you look at it.
These people are fighting...
He didn't know about the battles south of the outer defense lines of Ande Gate and Fengtai Gate, but he clearly saw the fierce battle that defeated the 114th Division overnight.
Counting the two battalions and one company of the paratrooper school, there were no more than five battalions in total. Although there were losses, most of the 114th Division should not be so fragile.
When it comes to a real fight, all kinds of tricks from heaven and earth come into play, creating an overwhelming blow.
Especially the kind that can break through barbed wire and make the infantry's defense line a smooth road. And what their eagle wings and gasoline barrel cannons use are just clay grenades.
Although I don’t dare to think about the Eagle Wing thing, it’s not difficult at all to make a gasoline barrel cannon. Then the “Emergency Weapon Guide” talks about it. Although I don’t know how to throw it into a large area, I want to find an engineer to think about it carefully.
It shouldn't be difficult either.
The difficulty is...without the soldiers from the Parachute School, we don't have such accurate intelligence.
During those Eagle Wing night bombings, someone used flares to indicate the target. This is not a skill that anyone can learn.
At this moment, seeing Zhang Sixing and the others about to leave, he hurriedly stepped forward.
"Zhang...Sir Zhang, if you want to attack, do you want to ask Commander-in-Chief Tang about his intentions..."
Zhang Sixing was startled for a moment when he was grabbed, but then he shook his head noncommittally.
"Hansen, take the people from the logistics battalion and quickly collect weapons and ammunition, including the artillery and shells of the 114th Division. Now I want to let the little devils have a taste of what shells feel like."
While shouting, I wondered if Lao Yandian's men could make a few more rocket eggs if they got those ammunition. Although they can only hit a few kilometers, those things are really useful against infantry.
Even the shells of the 150mm heavy artillery cannot be like cluster bombs, which can fill almost every meter with lethal shrapnel in such a wide range.
At this moment, Zhang Sixing still didn't know how his subordinates with "subjective initiative" would fare in their attacks at Ande Gate and Fengtai Gate.
He just wanted to leave here quickly, after all, today was the day when Jinling City was destroyed. Tang Shengzhi, the "Commander Tang Monk" who was a loser at noon, arranged the retreat at random, and then...then resulted in a shocking rout.
While he was nervously making arrangements for his retreat, a phone call suddenly came to the command post.
Of course, this place had been abandoned by the Parachute School. Zhang Sixing, who had no interest in staying here any longer, was about to leave the command post when the phone rang.
After all, this place has been used as a command post by the 88th Division's Supplementary Brigade. Although Wu Qiujian still treats him as a superior, he still has no interest in listening to the orders of "Commander Tang Monk."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a step, he was stopped by Wu Qiujian.
"Sir Zhang, Commander-in-Chief Tang said that he has an important order to convey to you, saying that if you are free..."
As he spoke, Wu Qiujian clutched the receiver of the field phone tightly, feeling filled with emotion. Although he was a member of the Central Army and would not listen to the orders of "Commander Tang Monk", the man in front of him did not listen to his nonsense at all.
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He didn't even attend when he was called back to be awarded a medal, but Commander Zhang did have the capital to be arrogant. On the battlefield, no matter how good an officer is, being able to fight is the first criterion.
With a bored look on his face, Zhang Sixing lazily answered the phone,
"Hello, Commander-in-Chief Tang. Without further ado, what instructions do you have?"
Wu Qiujian couldn't hear what was said on the phone, so he had to listen to Zhang Sixing's words and make random guesses in his mind.
"What, let me go to the top of the city to conduct defensive operations. Commander-in-Chief Tang, I just laid down the outer defense line of Ande Gate and Fengtai Gate. Do you want me to hand it over to the Japanese again?"
Zhang Sixing was furious at this inexplicable order.
Although he knew very well what kind of bastard order Tang Shengzhi would issue around five o'clock in the afternoon, he really didn't want the battle to defend Jinling to end like this.
As for the Chairman's thoughts, he knew very well that if it wasn't for the purpose of consuming his strength and making him obedient, why would he send himself to the battlefield to defend Jinling?
Of course, Zhang Sixing has never been afraid of fighting. If he only led his men to escape from Jinling City, it would not be difficult for him at all.
But the situation on the battlefield is not yet extremely bad. It should be time to prepare for street fighting, and street fighting has always been fought by infantry. If Tang Shengzhi had half the strength of the Soviet army during the Battle of Stalingrad, then Japan would
There is no need for people to leave.
pity……
"Do you know...in other directions...the defense line is about to collapse...do you know..."
Wu Qiujian, who was standing aside, raised his ears and could only hear a bit of Tang Shengzhi's voice coming from the phone receiver.
He is very clear about the differences between the two. He has killed the Japanese 114th Division now. If one or more divisions move forward to Ande Gate and Fengtai Gate, then Guanyin Mountain, Jiangjun Mountain, and even regain the cow head.
I'm afraid it's only a matter of one or two nights.
In fact, the defense of Jinling should never have been pushed to the outer defense line by the Japanese. In contrast, the mountains on those hills were the foundation. Not to mention the Japanese naval guns, the mountain tunnels could not be blasted without mushroom bombs.
But the commander-in-chief of the Tang Dynasty must have lost confidence in holding Jinling, and he still looked like he was cowering in the face of such a victory. However, the Guo Army was like this, and the Chairman was like this, so how could we fight this battle?
"Don't mind my business. If you can, just defend Jinling City. Otherwise, don't force me. If you force me, I will kill you."