Jiangyin, which has been the battlefield for countless times for the Chinese nation to fight against foreign aggression, has once again become a battlefield. At this time, Jiangyin gathered more than 150,000 Japanese troops and 70,000 Chinese troops. Due to the sinking of the navy, the Japanese navy could only pass the naval guns from a distance.
and aircraft to support the army's offensive, but could not directly transport troops through the Jiangyin defense line to the rear of Jiangyin to attack Jiangyin City.
Jiangyin Fortress is the last line of defense of the national defense line. Since 1932, it has increased its construction efforts. It now has 19 heavy guns over 150 mm and ten heavy guns over 200 mm. Although most of them are old guns, they are already at this time.
It is the fortress with the most heavy firepower in China.
Historically, the Japanese base camp at this time actually had some concerns about attacking Nanjing. However, after a series of blows, the base camp urgently needed results to wash away its shame, so it ordered Matsui Iwane to capture Nanjing.
The 6th and 13th divisions led by Hisao Tani and Ribei Ogisu were attacking Jiangyin at this time.
"China's defensive firepower is very fierce, can't we let the navy's naval guns bombard it again?" Hisao Tani couldn't help but said bitterly as he watched several forts in Jiangyin echoing each other and constantly attacking the attacking Japanese troops, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese troops.
Ogisu Tatehei hummed, "The Navy feels that the bombing of the headquarters in Shanghai is entirely our army's responsibility. That headquarters belongs to the Marine Corps. Many of the people killed in the bombing this time were from the Navy. You didn't
See? The bombing of these naval aircraft is not so much destroying the fortifications in China, but rather adding some background music to our attack."
Hisao Tani glanced at the plane in the sky resentfully and said, "These damn navy and these damn China troops, they all deserve to die."
After saying that, Hisao Tani thought for a while and said, "After all, the number of Chinese cannons is limited. I think this can be done."
After Ogisu Rihei heard Hisao Tani's plan, his eyes changed when he saw Hisao Tani. He was a devil. However, looking at the corpses of Japanese soldiers being brought down one after another, he could only nod in agreement.
The commander of Jiangyin was Liu Xing, known as the "Famous General of the Northern Expedition." Hanning had sympathy for the Red Party when he joined forces, but he also resolutely fulfilled the orders of Jiang during the battle to suppress the Red Party.
At this time, he led seven divisions to defend Jiangyin City. He held a telescope and watched the Japanese army being repelled again. He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The longer we persist here, the more prepared Nanjing will be. You must
We must be determined to fight to the death and never retreat."
Everyone nodded in agreement. At this time, the signal soldier shouted, "The Japs are here again. This time it's a little strange."
When Liu Xing heard this, he quickly looked around and saw Japanese troops all over the mountains and plains. Japanese troops were shooting from time to time. However, the Japanese troops were still far away from the battle line. What was the use of shooting at this time?
"It's strange. Is this Japs using the sound of gunshots to embolden him?" Liu Xing asked, touching his chin.
"Commander, there is something wrong with these Japs. Look, most of them don't seem to be holding guns. They are trembling. They don't look like regular Japs at all." Artillery instructor Xu Kang said.
Liu Xing took another look, wasn't it? The Japanese soldiers seemed to be holding wooden sticks that looked like guns. Liu Xing suddenly had an idea and cursed, "These damn devils, these are our people. They let us people
Wearing their clothes and using wooden sticks as guns, they tricked us into committing suicide."
"Then let's just do it." A staff officer next to him said.
"No, look at it, those who fired are all real Japanese soldiers. God knows how many of them are civilians and how many are Japanese soldiers. We will definitely suffer the loss of this dumb guy." Liu Xing said angrily.
"Hahaha, my squadron has now become a regiment. I want to see how long this fortress can continue to fire artillery. I order the troops to attack immediately once they receive the instruction. Also, tell the artillerymen behind to hurry up.
Catch up, and when the Chinese artillery fire stops, it will be our turn to show off our power." Hisao Tani said with a laugh.
Ogisu Rihei also nodded in admiration and said, "What is imaginary but what is real, what is real but what is needed, the general has mastered the secrets of the art of war."
Hisao Tani became even more proud.
"No, it's too dangerous. Order the troops to fire!" Liu Xingsi gave the order again and again.
"Commander, you can't fire." A young officer ran in and shouted.
"Who are you? This is the headquarters. Whoever let him in, get him out." Liu Xing cursed.
"Your Majesty Zhang Lingfu, the current commander and commander of the 305th Regiment, please give me a chance. I am willing to rescue the people." Zhang Lingfu shouted, "We don't have many cannons to begin with, and the ammunition is also less. Once the cannon is fired,
, the Japanese army will definitely continue to consume our strength in this way, and soon our artillery will no longer be able to fire, and Jiangyin will be in danger by then."
Liu Xing was moved when he heard the last sentence and asked, "Do you have any good ideas?"
Zhang Lingfu saluted and said, "I am willing to lead my troops and defeat the enemy with hand-to-hand combat. Most of the people below are ordinary people. As long as they see us, they will not mess around. Then we just need to kill those Japanese with guns."
Liu Xing thought for a while, nodded and said, "You go ahead and do it, but if you fail, I will still shoot you."
Seeing Zhang Lingfu leaving, a staff officer next to him asked, "Who is this person?"
Liu Xing snorted coldly and said, "Have you never heard of Zhang Lingfu who killed his wife to seek general? This man shot and killed his wife because he was suspected of being a red party. Such talents are valued by the higher ups. He wants to try,
Just let him give it a try."
Zhang Lingfu quickly returned to the position, holding an MP-18 and shouted, "Brothers, there are many of our fellow villagers on the opposite side, and there are many Japs mixed among them. We now have two choices. One, kill them."
Kill them all with greater discrimination, and secondly, use our bayonets to rescue our fellow villagers. What do you think we should do?"
The surrounding soldiers shouted "Kill the devils, save the people, kill the devils, save the people!"
Zhang Lingfu shouted, grabbed his military cap, and slammed it to the ground. "Pu Dafei, tell the brothers to fix their bayonets. I must let the Japanese have a taste of the power of Chinese men today! Give them to me!"
"Come on! Kill!" With a roaring cry, the soldiers of the 305th Regiment, whose eyes were already on fire from holding back the pain, jumped out of the ditch one by one like tigers, bayonets pointed out, and broadswords waved towards the Japanese army.
Ran over.
Zhang Lingfu shouted, "The Chinese all dropped their weapons and ran forward. It's men who have to fight for me!!"
These people, who were originally being coerced, knew that they were going to attack the Jiangyin Fortress and were afraid that the fortress would fire cannons. They wanted to retreat, but they were also afraid of the Japanese bayonets. When they saw the oncoming National Army, they burst into tears with excitement, knowing that they had a way out.
, hurriedly dropped the wooden stick and ran to Jiangyin, where someone would naturally identify them one by one as true and false, and then strictly guard them.
When the real Japanese soldiers inside saw this, they became anxious and shot and killed the fleeing civilians, but soon they ran into the charging 305th Regiment.
For a moment, there were numerous figures, guns and knives raised simultaneously, the dull sound of steel guns clashing with steel guns, the metal sound of bayonets hitting each other, curses and shouts during the assassination, and screams after the stabbing,*
The sound of * has turned Shenlai Peak into a slaughterhouse and a killing field!
After all, the Japanese army was separated and their numbers were small. They soon became exhausted. Facing the Chinese who became increasingly brave as they fought, their movements became awkward. Their hands and feet became numb, and their hearts trembled! Some soldiers had already
He pulled away and ran back!
Looking at the Japanese who were about to be defeated, Zhang Lingfu sneered from his nostrils. Just when he was about to use his reserve team to give the Japanese the final blow, a series of "boom, boom, boom!" loud noises once again shocked him.
Surprise, jaw-dropping!
The people who were obsessed with fighting were blown up to pieces! The Japanese artillery fired at the people who were strangled together! Hisao Tani not only bombarded Zhang Lingfu's troops, but also did not let go of the Japanese troops who had not yet withdrawn.
Pass.
Zhang Lingfu only heard a loud noise and lost consciousness. When he was rescued, he found that the back of his head was covered with blood and he had fallen into a coma.
Hisao Tani tried this several times, but was beaten back by the Chinese troops with hand-to-hand combat. Seeing that such tactics were useless, he could only think of other ways.
--Nanjing
"If you put it this way, Tang Shengzhi still did such a stupid thing." Jiang Cheng, who returned to the Republic of China, stood on the mountain overlooking the city of Nanjing not far away.
"Yes, and I heard from people that the overland retreat was very slow, and many people fled to the nearby countryside." Bashun nodded. After speaking, he added, "By the way, boss, how did you do it, devil?"
The headquarters heard that they got on a local plane." Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "It's a pity that I didn't see the scene at that time. How is Yishan doing?"
Bashun shook his head and said, "Still unconscious, boss, when will we go to Wuhan?"
Jiang Cheng looked at Nanjing and said, "Let's go after we finish what we should do. You go find Zhou Weiguo. In addition, I have met Zhu Chi, the brigade commander of the 88th Division. You go find him and say I want to meet him."
He can only do his best now."
Although Bashun didn't quite understand, he nodded and went to do it immediately.
Zhou Weiguo was saying goodbye to his fiancée at this time, and was about to go to Yuhuatai to enter the defensive position according to the deployment. At this time, after receiving Bashun's letter, he hurriedly came to see Jiang Cheng.
When Zhou Weiguo saw Jiang Cheng, he was extremely happy and said, "Sir, have you seen the newspaper? The Shanghai Japs headquarters was bombed."
Bashun laughed and said, "Who do you think blew it up?"
Jiang Cheng also smiled and said, "I said I would complete your mission, what's wrong? Don't you believe it?"
Zhou Weiguo quickly shook his head and said, "I believe it. I wonder why the sir came to me this time?"
Jiang Cheng clicked on the map and said, "The Japanese are about to reach Nanjing. However, Tang Shengzhi has cut off the waterway in Nanjing and can only leave by land. Many people are unwilling to leave. If this doesn't work, many people will evacuate."
If we don’t go out, we must find a way for the people to survive at this critical moment.”
"My boss, Brigadier Zhu is here." Wang Yong suddenly came in and said.
Zhu Chi came in and saw Jiang Cheng and smiled and said, "They said it was Mr. Jiang at first. I didn't believe it. I didn't expect it was really Mr. Jiang. Mr. Jiang is here just to make a fortune. Well, you are the one."
Zhou Weiguo?"
Zhou Weiguo quickly saluted and said, "Hello, sir."
Zhu Chi waved his hand and said, "Why are you here too?"
Jiang Cheng smiled and grabbed Zhu Chi's hand and said, "Commander Zhu, you two need to help with this matter. Once this matter is done, I can guarantee that you two will leave your names in history."
Zhu Chi asked curiously, "As far as I know, Mr. Jiang has great magical powers. Even Dai Li is afraid of Mr. Jiang's ability. I don't know what is it that makes Mr. Jiang so cautious."
Hearing what Zhu Chi said, Jiang Cheng knew that Dai Li must have noticed his recent movements. He didn't care. Even he himself didn't know where he would travel the next day. It would be difficult to find him.
Ascend to heaven.
Jiang Cheng smiled and said, "I heard that General Tang moved all the ships away. Is this true?"
Zhu Chi looked a little ugly and could only laugh and say, "That's just imitating the ancients, burning cauldrons and sinking boats, and fighting the Japanese invaders to the death."
Jiang Cheng shook his head and said, "It's true to burn the boat, but is our army really as strong as the three thousand soldiers back then? Although the Japanese army is more brutal than the Qin army, they don't want to be made up of prisoners as they were in the past. Say no.
It sounds good, most of the troops in the city at this moment are defeated soldiers, and the result of cutting off traffic at this moment is nothing more than to make all these 100,000 troops in the city."
Seeing that Zhu Chi was silent, Jiang Cheng also knew that he was a guard general after all, and it was impossible for him to say anything cowardly about life and fear of death.
Jiang Cheng continued, "What's more, countless ordinary people are still in Nanjing. Once the city is besieged by the Japanese army, if the Japanese do something shameless, our ordinary people will not even have anywhere to run."
Zhu Chi said disapprovingly, "Mr. Jiang's words are a bit alarmist. In our capital city of Nanjing, the Japanese army does not dare to mess around."
Jiang Cheng stared into his eyes and said, "Does Nanjing have more eyes than Shanghai?" Seeing his hesitation, he said, "My idea is very simple. Leave a way for the people and the troops to survive. It would be best if Nanjing can be defended.
Once we cannot defend it, our sacrifice will not be in vain."
It is impossible to say that Zhu Chi and others have no resentment towards Tang Shengzhi. Everyone knows that Nanjing cannot be defended. Everyone wants to give a symbolic blow, and then retain their strength to withdraw to Wuhan and other places to continue the fight against Japan. I heard
Jiang Cheng said there would be a way to survive, and Zhu Chi couldn't help but get excited.
Zhu Chi clenched his fists and said, "I wonder what Mr. Jiang has in mind?"
Jiang Cheng said, "I hope General Zhu can support me with enough engineering troops. I will provide equipment. Once the last moment comes, our army can escort the people to retreat through the pontoon bridge."
"Floating bridge? The river is four to five thousand meters wide. It is simply impossible to build a floating bridge," Zhu Chi said, shaking his head.
Jiang Cheng waved his hand and said, "Due to the shipwrecks and mines in Jiangyin, the Japanese fleet still has no way to go up the river. At that time, the only way to survive will be this waterway. As for the materials of the pontoon, don't worry, I will be responsible for it.
I just need enough manpower to put up this pontoon bridge when the time comes. Don’t hesitate, you will meet Chairman Chiang Kai-shek when the time comes, and you will save tens of thousands of troops. This is also a meritorious service."
Zhu Chi thought for more than ten minutes, then nodded with difficulty and said, "I will go find some of my classmates and complete the fortifications of Nanjing in advance, and then I will lend you the engineers."
Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes and said, "Don't do it in my name. I don't want to become a famous person yet, so just give the troops to Zhou Weiguo first. Zhou Weiguo, I remember your special forces are good at everything."
Zhou Weiguo quickly stood at attention and said, "Yes, sir, my soldiers can serve as any type of arms."
Jiang Cheng nodded and said, "I'll let you lead the engineering troops provided by General Zhu. As for the materials, I will provide them as soon as possible."
On the way back, Zhu Chi sighed and said, "Weiguo, Mr. Jiang and I only met each other once. How dare he leave such an important matter to me?"
Zhou Weiguo thought for a while and said, "Maybe it's because Mr. Jiang is really anxious." Seeing that Zhu Chi didn't understand, Zhou Weiguo continued, "Although I have only been in contact with Mr. Jiang for a short period of time, I can feel that he is
This time I was very anxious. The last time Mr. Jiang’s lover was arrested, there was not so much sorrow in his brows. It seemed that there was some burden pressing on him, forcing him to do something. And this time, this matter was very serious for the commander and everyone.
It's beneficial, I'm afraid Mr. Jiang can't think of any reason why the commander would betray him."
Zhu Chi said incomprehensively, "What could make him so worried? That's all, Major Zhou, we are disobeying orders in this operation. We must be careful. I will contact some of my classmates and friends. When the time comes, you
The troops must be controlled well. The pontoon bridge is the only way to survive. If the army knows about it, the morale of the army will definitely be chaotic, so this pontoon bridge must not be known to any outsiders until the last moment."
