The next day, Chiang Kai-shek officially announced that the capital would be moved to Chongqing. As the supreme leader, Lin Sen boarded the Yongsui warship and rushed to Sichuan. A large number of government agencies and schools began to evacuate. People who saw that the government had also left also began to follow suit if they were able.
On the long journey westward, but in Nanjing, there are still a large number of people who can't even pay for travel and are not ready to leave Nanjing at all. No matter how the police and others persuade them, the agency holds another meeting. This time it is not just
Bai Chongxi, He Yingqin and others also summoned Li Zongren, Tang Zhisheng and others.
Agent Jiang said, "We had a meeting yesterday and talked about the guard issue in Nanjing. I went back and thought about it all night, but I still couldn't make up my mind. Do you have any ideas?" Everyone knew about the situation in Nanjing, and they suddenly fell into silence again.
Falkenhausen was the first to break the deadlock and said: We can consider using our European method to declare Nanjing to the world as an undefended city, and then withdraw all troops, leaving only some police to maintain law and order."
Agent Jiang shook his head and said, "Asia is Asia and Europe is Europe. This is inappropriate."
Upon hearing this, everyone understood that Agent Jiang still wanted to defend.
Liu Fei stood up and said, "Why don't we gather about 10-20 regiments of troops and hold them symbolically, so that we can have an explanation."
Agent Jiang closed his eyes and nodded. This idea was quite consistent with his train of thought.
Li Zongren also stood up and said, "Since ancient times, there have only been two successful defense battles in Nanjing. One was when the Jin soldiers attacked the Song Dynasty, and the famous general Yu Yunwen fought in Caishiji. But that time it was because the Song Dynasty's navy had an absolute advantage. The other time
It was during our Northern Expedition that Sun Chuanfang attacked Nanjing, but that time our army had an absolute advantage, but now there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves. We have no troops available outside Nanjing and cannot defend it. If we only defend the city walls of Nanjing, we are afraid that 1
There is no way to defend it. Except for the Yuhuatai and the two small hills of Purple Mountain under the Nanjing city wall, there is no danger to defend it. The Qing army that defended Nanjing was so powerful that it was attacked by the Taiping Army after holding it for 10 days. The Taiping Army blew it up
The section of the city wall is near the conference venue. If you are interested, you can come with me to have a look after the conference. So I also suggest that a symbolic strike is enough."
At this time, a person sitting in the back stood up and shouted loudly, "Then there will be no fighting? The former Prime Minister is watching us from the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum."
As soon as he said this, Agent Jiang's eyes lit up, and he looked over and saw that it was Tang Zhisheng.
I only saw Tang Zhisheng coughing a few times before continuing, "Nanjing is the capital of our country, which is attracting international attention. It is also the location of Premier Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum. If we abandon Nanjing, what will happen to the Prime Minister's spirit in heaven? Therefore, we must defend it and fight with Nanjing."
We live and die together!”
Everyone looked at Tang Zhisheng who was coughing and righteous. They were speechless for a while, especially Li Zongren and Liu Fei who had just talked about the past and the present. Liu Fei was just that. After all, he was a junior in Guijun, but Li Zongren
But he felt uncomfortable. He chuckled and said, "Today I finally know what it means to talk without shame. Nanjing is obviously a place of death. Who knows the military can't see it? I think General Tang seems to be seriously ill."
Tang Zhisheng pressed the table hard and said, "The Art of War says, risk your life and survive. What Nanjing defends is not the city, but the people of the world. Everyone knows the huge gap between China and Japan. No one knows when Nanjing can be recaptured after it is lost.
If we retreat without fighting, how will the world see it? How will other countries see it? How will our soldiers see it? Will they feel that the situation is over and have no intention of fighting?"
Li Zongren was said to be speechless, and after a long time he said, "You are gambling with the lives of the soldiers."
"You are betting on the national destiny of the Republic of China!!" Tang Zhisheng replied immediately. Then he looked at the first agent, Jiang Jie, and said, "Commissioner, if they don't dare, I will guard the city of Nanjing."
Bai Chongxi and others felt extremely harsh when they heard Tang Zhisheng's words, but no one stood up and expressed their willingness to defend the city of Nanjing. Agent Jiang looked at Tang Zhisheng with extremely conflicting feelings. Based on his thoughts, he certainly hoped to defend the city of Nanjing.
This is the capital of the Republic of China. Once lost, there is no telling when it can be regained. The political significance here is too great. Will he be regarded as a loser by the international community if he loses the capital?
But it is not appropriate to choose Tang Zhisheng as the defender to defend Nanjing. Jiang Jie knew in his heart that Nanjing could not be defended, and yesterday Jiang Cheng's prediction was once again true. Tang Zhisheng actually stood up and asked to defend Nanjing.
After the Seventh Incident and the two lessons of Jinshanwei, Jiang Jie was already a little afraid of Jiang Cheng's prophecy without knowing it.
Jiang Jie stood up and asked, "Who is willing to defend Nanjing?"
There was silence, and no one wanted to take the responsibility for losing the capital.
Agent Jiang sighed, "I'll think about this matter again."
Jiang Cheng on the other side left Bashun and others behind. He asked them to lurk outside Nanjing City, and asked Jinshan to take people to Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province to deliver a letter to him. After that, he traveled back to Black Iron Island.
I was busy with my own affairs, but delayed Taiyuan, so I prepared to return to Taiyuan next. According to the time, the Battle of Xinkou was almost over.
--Shanghai
At this time, Shanghai had gradually quieted down, and the only place where Chinese troops still existed was the Sihang Warehouse next to the Suzhou River.
Xie Jinyuan slowly raised his head and looked at the dense plaster flags and Japanese troops outside. His forehead felt numb. It looked like there must be thousands of people here.
"Captain, are we the only ones left?" said Chen Shusheng, a kamikaze soldier who was secretly looking outside while loading bullets for a Czech machine gun.
Xie Jinyuan took out a cigarette and handed it to him and said, "What's wrong? Are you scared?"
Chen Shusheng raised his eyes and said, "Why are you afraid? These little devils are so stupid. They don't know how to use so many cannons, and they don't even know how to use plane bombs."
Xie Jinyuan looked at the concession behind the warehouse and said, "It's not that the little devil is stupid, it's that the little devil doesn't want to provoke Europeans and Americans."
At this time, countless Chinese people gathered in the Suzhou River in the concession, watching the fighting in the Sixing Warehouse across the river. Several hundred concession guards held guns to maintain order. Countless people waved the blue sky and white sun flag to cheer for the soldiers on the opposite side.
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At this time, a group of students ran over and saw that there was a truce on the other side. They said to the besieging people, "Hello everyone, I am a student from the Central Technical College. We want to sing to cheer up the soldiers on the opposite side. Can you all sing along with us?"
good?"
The crowd watching the match was all loud, and an aunt said in Shanghainese, "What's the point of singing?"
The female student thought for a while and said, "We just learned a song. It came from the north. It sounded so good. I just saw the female student leading her classmates to sing it line by line.
"Captain, listen, there seems to be singing." Chen Shusheng suddenly said in surprise.
When Xie Jinyuan heard this, he thought, isn't it? He quickly followed the singing, only to find that the singing was coming from the concession.
Xie Jinyuan waved his hand and said, "Don't make any noise, everyone, listen!"
But I heard a song getting louder and louder. "
After sleeping for hundreds of years, the Chinese people are gradually waking up
Open your eyes and look carefully
Who wants to be a captive?
Because of timidity and tolerance
People's arrogance is growing day by day
Scream, shout loudly
The Great Wall will never fall
The Great Wall will never fall
Here is the whole country with troops
Robbers have always wanted to invade
Will eventually die
The Great Wall will never fall
Thousands of miles of Yellow River water is surging
Beautiful mountains and colorful peaks
Ask me if my country is infected with the disease
Break away from the bloody road and wave your hand.
Committed to national rejuvenation
How can we let our country be trampled upon again?
Everyone takes up the mission
The Great Wall will never fall
Thousands of miles of Yellow River water is surging
Beautiful mountains and colorful peaks
Ask me if my country is infected with the disease
Break away from the bloody road and wave your hand.
Committed to national rejuvenation
How can we let our country be trampled upon again?
This sleeping lion is gradually waking up."
Xie Jinyuan's eyes became more and more blurry as he listened. Yes, it has been almost a hundred years since the Opium War, and our China is still in chaos. Now even Japan is attacking at its doorstep, and China is in danger of national subjugation and genocide again.
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The singing became louder and louder, and soon it reached the Japanese position. Since this was the last Chinese position, Matsui Iwane came here with a group of generals, preparing for the moment of complete occupation of Shanghai.
"What is this song?" Matsui Iwane asked.
Ying Zuo Zhaozhen, who was standing next to him, listened and said, "This is Chinese people singing. This seems to be a new song."
Matsui Iwane asked, "What are the lyrics saying?"
Ying Zuo Zhaozhen said with a serious expression, "The whole country is in uniform. Bandits who come in will be killed and the Great Wall will never fall. Your Excellency, Commander, please order an attack immediately, otherwise the morale of the enemy will become stronger and stronger."
Matsui Iwane listened to the increasingly louder singing, took a step back slightly, and shouted, "The Great Wall will never fall? Their Great Wall is already under the military flag of our empire, attack me! Attack! We must destroy these China
Defeat people's arrogance."
At the command, gunfire broke out, and countless grenades exploded on the warehouse building.
"Quick, quick, quick, enter the position, the common people will perform and sing for us, and we will perform for them to kill the little Japs!!" After saying that, Xie Jinyuan took a gun and shot at the Japs who were charging at the front, only to see
That Japanese man's brain immediately collapsed and he could no longer die.
Due to Jiang Cheng's advance warning, Xie Jinyuan's regiment brought a large number of machine guns and ammunition, and the Sihang Warehouse was a six-story building with a reinforced concrete structure. The Japanese army could not penetrate the firepower network composed of machine guns without the use of cannons.
, and soon there were heavy casualties.
Seeing Xie Jinyuan's good performance, the people by the Suzhou River became even more excited. They sang one song after another. Some people's throats were hoarse when they sang, and they didn't care. It seemed that this would allow the soldiers to kill more people.
Like a devil.
King Jiuyan of Chaoxiang Palace, who had just arrived in Shanghai, cursed, "These damn Chinese people should all be killed."
Matsui Iwane's face didn't look good either. He looked fiercely at the commander of the company who was actually commanding the battle. The commander was so frightened that he quickly went out and ordered the troops to attack.
Yingzuo Zhaozhen, who was holding a telescope next to him, suddenly said, "Your Excellency, look at it, the clothes these Chinese people are wearing seem to be very similar to the corpses found in the Tianjin warehouse and the Shanghai headquarters."
Matsui Iwane took a look and saw that it wasn't true. He said excitedly, "It turns out it's them. Hit me and we must wipe out all these rats."
King Kohihiko of Asaka Palace wondered, "Who are these people? Matsui-kun seems to be very excited."
Matsui Iwane gritted his teeth and said, "These are the criminals of the Tianjin bombing and the Shanghai headquarters attack. Your Highness, please see, they are wearing special clothes. We have tested it. At long distances, our rifles can't hit them at all."
Nothing works."
King Jiuyan of Asaka Palace couldn't help but exclaimed, "There are actually such troops. We must completely eliminate them."
I saw countless Japanese soldiers, under the cover of machine guns and grenade launchers, rushing towards the Sihang Warehouse with explosive packets, and even two tanks came creaking over.
"There are Japanese tanks and anti-war artillery ready." Xie Jinyuan shouted.
Only two gunshots were heard, and the two Japanese tanks instantly turned into balls of fire. The singing and cheering by the Suzhou River became even louder.
At this time, musicians Gui Taosheng and Xia Zhiqiu who were in the concession also came to the scene and shouted loudly, "Everyone, be quiet, be quiet."
Everyone looked at the two, wondering what they were going to do.
Guitao shouted, "Everyone, listen to me. I have just written a song for our Commander Xie and the warriors of Sihang Warehouse. Can we sing it together to Commander Xie?"
When they heard that there was a song dedicated to the Four Lines Warehouse Warriors, everyone cheered excitedly.
At this time, the Japanese attack had reached its most intense stage. Only one squad of Japanese soldiers was seen crossing the blockade and coming to a blind spot for shooting. They held huge explosive packs and ran towards the corner of the warehouse while covering the shooting.
"No, stop them quickly!" Xie Jinyuan shouted. They were able to guard the Sixing Warehouse for so long because of this solid building. Once it was blown up, there would be thousands of Japanese opponents outside.
"I'll do it." Chen Shusheng, who was still shooting just now, suddenly took the cluster grenades piled next to him, pulled the fuse, and jumped into the small group of Japanese soldiers from the sixth floor. He only heard a loud noise and then
, Chen Shusheng and a dozen Japanese soldiers melted into the flames.
"Shusheng!!" Xie Jinyuan shouted as he looked at the smoke that slowly dissipated, and his tears slowly stayed. These soldiers were all trained by Xie Jinyuan. Every one of them died, and Xie Jinyuan felt like his body was being cut.
Like a knife.
"Fight, hit me to death." Yang Ruifu, the battalion commander next to him, shouted, squeezed past a soldier next to him, and started shooting with an MG-34. Seeing that the losses were too great, the Japanese army had no choice but to retreat.
At this time, a new song came over, and only "China will not perish" was heard.
China will not die
Look at that national hero Captain Xie
China will not die
China will not die
Look at those eight hundred warriors defending the eastern battlefield alone.
There's artillery fire from all directions
There are wolves everywhere
Would rather die than give in
Would rather die than surrender
Our flag is fluttering amid the siege.”
"Captain, you are talking about us." Yang Ruifu said with a smile while fighting.
"We are national heroes. Brothers, have you heard that? The common people say that we are national heroes. Beat these little devils hard and tell them that we, China, will not perish!"
The Sixing Warehouse was guarded for five days and five nights under the leadership of Xie Jinyuan. On the night of the second day, Yang Huimin smuggled into the Sixing Warehouse with the national flag. Looking at the blue sky and white sun flag that had been floating during the siege of countless Japanese troops,
Looking at the Japanese troops who were constantly charging and being killed, even Matsui Iwane began to have some doubts. Can the empire really win the final victory?
Five days later, after running out of ammunition, Xie Jinyuan retreated behind the Suzhou River with the remaining troops. This was also the last battle of the Songhu Battle. After arriving at the concession, the British army immediately disarmed Xie Jinyuan's troops and escorted them to Jiaozhou Road.
In the open space, Xie Jinyuan's lone army began a long life on an isolated island. It became the most frequented place for the people in the concession during the Anti-Japanese War, and was called the "Chongqing" of Shanghai.
——The Nanjing Jiang agent looked at Xue Yue on the bed, stood up and said angrily, "What happened? How did the dignified left-wing commander become like this?"
Dai Li next to him said, "During the retreat, the Japanese army attacked us crazily, and finally it turned into a rout. Japanese planes continued air strikes. General Xue's car was hit. The driver and guards were killed on the spot. General Xue was forced to jump into Suzhou."
The river was infected with the wind and cold."
Agent Jiang asked anxiously, "When will it be better? Have you received penicillin?"
Dai Li said, "I've already had a fight. The doctor said it will take a week. Moreover, the muscles and bones are injured. It may take more than a month before I can get out of bed."
Agent Jiang sighed helplessly, ordered Xue Yue's family to take good care of Xue Yue, and then asked Chen Brai next to him, "How is the retreat of our troops going?"
Chen Bulei replied, "Now the rearmost troops have also retreated to the Wu-Fu Line. The Japanese army is attacking the Wu-Fu Line. More than 30,000 of our troops were killed in the retreat. In addition, because the troops retreating in front did not know the situation, they laid landmines indiscriminately, resulting in
One of our heavy artillery regiments was unable to cross the bridge and had to be blown up."
As Jiang Jie walked, he was thinking, now that most of the military forces in Jiang Jie's hands have suffered serious losses, who should he choose as the garrison of Nanjing City?
Chiang Kai-shek's first choice was actually Li Zongren or Zhang Zhizhong from the Guangxi clique, but Li Zongren made it clear that Nanjing could not be defended. Zhang Zhizhong even resigned and returned to his hometown because of the conflict with Chen Cheng during the Songhu Battle. As for Gu Zhutong and Chen Cheng, both
Arrangements were made for the retreat in Anhui. As soon as Feng Yuxiang heard that Nanjing was to be defended, he went directly to the Wu-Fu line and said that he was going to defend Nanjing. For a time, Chiang Kai-shek could not find anyone to replace Tang Zhisheng, who had recommended himself.
Jiang had no choice but to give Tang Zhisheng a heads-up, keep explaining his ideas, and retained Sun Yuanliang, Luo Zhuoying and others to assist him, hoping that nothing would go wrong. At this time, Jiang Cheng had already arrived in Shanxi with arms, waiting for
When he learned that the Nanjing defender was still Tang Zhisheng, it was already too late.
--Xinjiang
A man with a booklike atmosphere stepped off the plane. He looked at the people who came to greet him at the airport. He quickly walked off, held their hands tightly, and said excitedly, "It's great, comrades, to see you."
It's really great." Then he looked at Dongfang and said with a smile, "I, Wang Ming, am back!"
