Nanjing is in ruins. The streets that were as soft as tofu due to bombing are crowded with people. If you look at the streets near Xiaguan, you can see that they are all black and full of human heads.
Yang Ling crossed the ruins and the charred corpses with a heavy heart, but when he saw the desperate and panicked people, his heart felt like a knife.
His resolute face was full of pain. The Japanese invaders invaded my country and massacred my homeland, but as soldiers they were powerless. What a tragedy.
Gunshots rang out from time to time among the crowd. It was the fierce defeated soldiers trying to use bullets to find a way out, and from time to time they fired at their own people.
Blood splattered and curses were poured out. The whole city was wailing and wailing. Under the haze, the ancient city was filled with smoke and blood as red as hell.
"Battal Commander! Several streets around are also blocked! What to do!"
Company commander Wang Huzhu rushed back anxiously to report that the road leading to Xiaguan was blocked and they had no way out.
Yang Ling ordered Wang Huzi: "Brothers, please hold hands and stay where you are. Don't be scattered by the crowd!"
The remaining more than 400 brothers covered in gunpowder smoke in the guerrilla camp joined hands under Yang Ling's order to protect the wounded and prevent them from being scattered by the crowd.
Yang Ling handed the rifle to Wang Beard, and he ran out of the team and got into the room next to him.
"The battalion commander won't run away, right?" A brother muttered softly when he saw Yang Ling disappearing into the ruins.
Liu Yidao kicked the brother several times angrily and cursed: "What the hell are you talking about? The battalion commander will not abandon us!"
Wang Huzi's lips wriggled and he said nothing, but he was also suspicious in his heart. There were many officers who left their troops and escaped alone. There was no guarantee that Yang Ling would not run away.
Most of the houses in the city were bombed into ruins, with roofs gone, windows and doors turned into holes, and only bare and mottled walls left.
Yang Ling climbed up the wall of a house along the broken ladder. Standing high and seeing far away, he had a panoramic view of everything around him. When he saw the crowded street, he felt helpless in his heart.
"I said the battalion commander will not abandon us!" Liu Yidao grinned when he saw Yang Ling appearing on the roof.
The brothers around him all breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Yang Ling standing on the wall, they felt extremely at ease.
Yang Ling used the captured Cao Changjing to look around, looking for a road leading to the river. Among the surging crowds, he saw a familiar figure and could no longer move away.
At this moment, Zhang Hongying was using her weak body to protect the wounded on the stretcher, while people around her were pushing and cursing.
She was like a small boat in the sea, which could capsize at any time. Her frail body made people feel sympathy, and made Yang Ling feel a strong sense of responsibility, wanting to protect her and prevent her from any harm.
The retreat order issued by the garrison commander was extremely hasty, and the field hospital where Zhang Hongying was located was also hurriedly evacuated. However, when they walked to the street, the road was already blocked by defeated troops and people...
There are still more than 300,000 residents and more than 100,000 troops in the entire city of Nanjing. At this moment, they are all pouring into Xianguan. Their individual strength seems so weak and powerless in the flow of tens of thousands of people. Zhang Hongying and others are scattered.
Yang Ling hurriedly got off the wall and led his brothers from the guerrilla camp to force their way to where Zhang Hongying was.
Zhang Hongying has been busy rescuing wounded soldiers these days, and has not slept for several days. Now, in this noisy and turbulent crowd, she is using her body to protect the wounded soldiers, and she is getting weaker and weaker.
A tyrannical wave of broken soldiers pushed over and immediately rushed the dozens of medical staff and wounded soldiers to pieces.
"What the fuck! Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" These defeated soldiers who wanted to escape were fierce in beating the Japanese soldiers, and they were also merciless in beating their own people.
The rifle butts in their hands kept hitting the people blocking the way, causing many people's heads to bleed and were knocked to the ground.
Before those who fell to the ground had time to get up, they were trampled alive by the crowd behind them, and people stepped on the corpses to escape.
Zhang Hongying protected the wounded soldiers, but she blocked the escape route of the defeated soldiers. Although she was a woman, these defeated soldiers could not care about this. The evil side of human nature was vividly displayed at this moment, and the butt of the gun was also pointed towards
Zhang Hongying waved over.
The ruthless soldier was about to hit Zhang Hongying with the butt of his gun. Suddenly, he was pushed to the side. The butt of the gun missed Zhang Hongying's head and hit another person. Someone shouted.
screamed.
"Who the hell pushed me!" The defeated soldier stumbled and almost fell to the ground. If he fell, he would definitely be trampled to pieces. He turned around and shouted angrily.
"Bang!" Before he could finish his words, Yang Ling had already slapped him in the face, which stunned him for a moment.
Feeling the burning pain on his face, the defeated soldier saw clearly that it was Yang Ling who had beaten him, and he suddenly became furious.
"How dare you hit me!"
"If you dare to yell again, believe it or not, I will kill you!" Wang Huzi stepped forward, and the black muzzle of the gun was already pressed against the chin of the ruthless soldier.
When the dozens of people following this defeated soldier saw their leader being pointed at a gun, they all raised their guns in unison, but Liu Yidao and the others did not show any weakness, and hundreds of their guns were raised.
Liu Yidao raised his head and pointed at the group of defeated soldiers who were hurriedly fleeing for their lives and shouted: "I'm afraid of beating the Japanese! It's quite majestic to bully your own people! Go back and beat the Japanese if you dare! You cowards! Cowards!"
Liu Yidao's words were heartbreaking. As soon as he said these words, these defeated soldiers suddenly felt weak and their momentum weakened.
"Which army are you from!? Who allowed you to beat the common people like this!" Yang Ling also asked with a straight face.
These defeated soldiers bowed their heads and said nothing. After all, they still had a sense of honor in their hearts.
Seeing that they were silent, Yang Ling warned the leader of the defeated company: "Next time, don't let me see you bullying the people again, otherwise it won't be as simple as a slap!"
Although the defeated company commander was angry in his heart, but Yang Ling, the lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, was here, he did not dare to be presumptuous. He apologized in a low voice, turned around and greeted: "Let's go!"
But Liu Yidao and the others did not have Yang Ling's order, so they surrounded them tightly, and there was no room for them to escape.
Yang Ling didn't want to investigate. Everyone in this chaos wanted to escape. These people had also fought bloody battles against the Japanese. The fault was not theirs, but the fault of those officers who were greedy for life and afraid of death. He did not give them any trouble and waved them away.
Zhang Hongying was rescued by Yang Ling and the others. She knew that if Yang Ling had not taken action in time, she would have been knocked to the ground and her life would have been lost by then. She was full of gratitude to Yang Ling.
"Captain Yang, thank you."
Zhang Hongying became even more haggard, and the cotton uniform on her body was stained with blood, which made Yang Ling feel distressed.
"How can I say thank you for such a small effort," Yang Ling asked, "Why are you just evacuating now?"
Zhang Hongying sighed and said: "We were ready to evacuate after receiving the order, but there were too many wounded..."
After Yang Ling briefly understood the situation, he said: "Since you have been scattered, please come with us."
Yang Ling's words were irresistible. Seeing Yang Ling's resolute face, Zhang Hongying felt extremely at ease in her heart. She blushed and nodded, agreeing to Yang Ling's suggestion.
"Liu Yidao, the main road is impassable, let's take the alley over there." Yang Ling immediately ordered the troops to bypass the main road and take the small road to Xiaguan.