Chapter 358 I am the Demon King of the Four Elements
December 12, 1937, 18:00.
"I am Major Zhang Sixing, the principal of the Parachute School directly under the German Officer Advisory Group, Ye Kai, right? I need all the tanks and personnel of your company to assemble at Zhonghua Gate. Can you do it?"
As recorded in history, after the "Commander Tang Monk" held a meeting at five o'clock in the afternoon, many division commanders did not return to their troops, but "scattered" and looked for opportunities to cross the river.
And Zhang Sixing also found the assault force he needed, a platoon leader from the armored company whose commander Liu Jiehui was missing.
Looking at the approaching night, the platoon commander of the armored company named Ye Kai jumped up and saluted.
"If you can do it, sir, we have no shortage of oil and ammunition for our armored vehicles."
When looking at Zhang Sixing in the night, Ye Kai's eyes showed a special light. Zhang Sixing nodded and then said,
"Don't pay attention to those rumors. I'm not that amazing and I'll die even if I'm shot."
Hearing that Zhang Sixing, who was known as the "Demon King of Four Elements", was so approachable and easy to guess what he was thinking, he seemed a little uncomfortable. However, Zhang Sixing did not have extra time to communicate with him emotionally, but continued to give instructions,
"I want your men to open the cap of the excess oil without leaving a drop. Post a notice in a conspicuous place outside, telling people not to get close. As for the ammunition...do you have a car?"
"Sir, there are only ten of them, the rest..."
Hearing that he wanted to introduce the equipment situation, Zhang Sixing hurriedly interrupted him.
"We need a lot of fuel and ammunition in the car. Also, tell your driver not to be idle. Drive all the trucks you can find and load them with fuel and ammunition as much as possible. Don't throw away empty oil barrels. Bring at least twenty of them.
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As the sky became darker and darker, the sound of gunfire from several city gates became more intense.
According to his own memory, Zhang Sixing knew that only the division commanders of the two Cantonese divisions in the northeast went back and actually led their troops to break out of the encirclement from the front in accordance with the arrangements of "Commander Tang Monk".
As for the other officers... they either laid a "foreshadowing" or prepared a "fallback route". And the most annoying thing is that after the conversation, they notified their subordinates by phone and ran away.
The hasty arrangements for the retreat by "Commander Tang Monk" Tang Shengzhi were the fundamental reason why the 100,000-strong army was defeated and massacred by the Japanese army.
It's a pity that he is just a young major at the moment, and no matter how well he fights, it has nothing to do with the entire battle.
He raised his wrist and looked at the luminous watch. It was already close to seven o'clock in the evening, and it was getting closer and closer to his scheduled evacuation time.
After arranging things around the tank, Zhang Sixing jumped on a truck that had been prepared for a long time. He patted the iron sheet on the top of the cab and ordered,
"Drive to a place where there are many soldiers..."
As the car started, Zhang Sixing picked up the microphone connected to the tweeter. This was not a difficult task for Zhang Sixing, who had a radio station in the concession.
"Listen, I am the principal of the paratrooper school directly under the German Officer Advisory Group. The nickname given to me by the Japanese is the Four Elements Demon King. Now Commander-in-Chief Tang wants everyone to break out of the encirclement from the front. Those who want to leave must gather at the Zhonghua Gate. Everyone carries weapons.
At least 400 rounds of ammunition are required, and there will be a prize for those who bring more."
With the blessing of the tweeter and the night wind, Zhang Sixing's voice spread to a large area.
Soon after, following his shout, groups of soldiers emerged from all corners. Of course, more soldiers ignored his shout and went straight to Xiaguan Pier.
Zhang Sixing also felt helpless about this. After all, although he fought well in the Sixing Warehouse and in the battle to defend Jinling. However, not everyone believed that they could fight out, and not everyone still had high fighting spirit at this moment.
In fact, when senior officers abandon soldiers and leave, the soldiers feel more betrayed.
But at the same time, under the illumination of the "Kongming Lantern" that had risen, Zhang Sixing was still very pleased to see,
On the contrary, many of the people who came were not only carrying rifles, but also carrying Czech guns. As for ammunition, there was really no shortage. After all, there were enough military supplies piled in Jinling City to fight for several months.
Not only did a few soldiers come over carrying heavy machine guns, there were even people carrying mortars and other heavy weapons. Especially the largest number of people came from the 74th Army. It seemed that Feng Shengfa had secretly let the news out.
At this time, the entire Jinling City was in chaos because of "Tang Monk Commander" Tang Shengzhi's mindless retreat order.
After issuing the retreat order, he added an additional line: "The Eighty-seventh Division, the Eighty-eighth Division, the Seventy-fourth Army and the Teaching Corps are the direct line troops of Chiang Kai-shek. If they cannot all break through, they can cross the river when ferries are available."
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This move caused huge chaos, and soldiers in the city swarmed to Xianguan Wharf. However, the damn 36th Division, because they did not receive the order to retreat, shot and killed the defeated troops crossing the river, which eventually led to civil strife.
Zhang Sixing, who was currently standing on the wall of Zhonghua Gate, felt a little paralyzed when he saw the rioters in the city who had no command at all. After all, if there was no unified command, then they would not be a match for the Japanese 18th Division troops who were attacking the city outside the city.
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Fortunately, the Japanese 18th Division, which was attacking the city at this moment, stopped attacking. According to Zhang Sixing's observation, they seemed to be building a position.
Zhang Sixing can understand the reason. That is because he, the "Four Elements Demon King", appears here, so for the Japanese army, this is the place where they are most likely to suffer a night raid.
In particular, they had also suffered at the hands of the "Four Elements Demon King". They were inexplicably exposed to heavy artillery fire in the morning and only then did they realize that there was a heavy artillery unit supporting this direction.
The four-element demon king actually destroyed the artillery command post and commanded the soldiers who were skilled in artillery to bombard them randomly. In the end, if the heavy artillery unit hadn't exhausted all the shells, I'm afraid the 18th Division would have been doomed.
And those stupid artillerymen didn't realize that the coordinates given to them by the command post were aimed at their own heads until they fired all the shells.
In the end, an artilleryman who had a chance to escape brought news. It turned out that the artillery command post made it clear when it issued the order that the bombardment was the counterattack force of the "Four Elements Demon King".
Sighing, he returned to the inner city wall. Zhang Si saw a group of German-made Type 1 tanks heading towards the Zhonghua Gate. Using the "Kongming Lantern" in the sky, it seemed that the platoon leader of the tank platoon had brought his own news.
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Not only that, but following the tank company came a large group of cavalry, which looked like a regiment.
Were there any cavalry involved in the Battle of Jinling? Which cavalry unit they were from? It looked like they were quite well-equipped.
As the team of tanks arrived at the city gate, the two of them hurriedly ran up the horse path. Seeing that the tank soldier was running too slowly, the cavalryman simply pulled him onto his horse and the two of them ran towards the city gate together.
Looking at the slightly chaotic scene under the Kongming Lantern, Zhang Sixing shouted on the loudspeaker,
"I am the Four Elements Demon King Zhang Sixing. I don't want to die in Jinling City. I believe that your father, your mother, and your brothers and sisters all want you to go home. So whoever stops us from going home, we will kill him. Now all
People obey my orders and are not allowed to make noise or act without authorization. Those who do not want to obey can leave."