When Zhou Weiguo and Liu San returned to Guanghua Gate and found out the source of the gunfire, Zhou Weiguo's face turned dark.
Xu Hu led a patrol with 200 people, but more than 40 people were shot dead. This shows how powerful Takeshita Shun and his group are.
"Prince, I must take revenge!" Xu Hu said with red eyes. On the battlefield, the soldiers died because of their lives. But when patrolling at night, they were unexpectedly killed by the enemy in a sneak attack. Xu Hu felt sorry for those 40 people.
"Huzi, you go back and rest first." Zhou Weiguo said, "Signal Corps, report this situation, and then ask all city gate positions to be careful of Japanese sneak attacks."
"Yes!" a soldier saluted, and then sent the report.
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Inside Guanghuamen Gate Tower
At this time, Xiao Ya had also been awakened, and she calmed down after seeing Zhou Weiguo.
At this time, all cadres at battalion level and above have gathered.
"Hospitality." Everyone was a little depressed. They were very tired from fighting with the Japs during the day. They didn't expect that the Japs were so insidious and actually attacked from the sewers.
"Everyone, sit down." Zhou Weiguo said, and then he sat casually on the ground.
"This time, I think everyone is very depressed." Zhou Weiguo said.
"Yes, Mr. Brigade, this little Japs can't be bothered with a sneak attack. The main thing is that we sacrificed more than 40 brothers and only left three Japs behind." Xu Hu said angrily.
"What?" This time, other regimental and battalion-level cadres looked at Xu Hu in surprise. They knew that the 200 people Xu Hu led, half recruits and half veterans, were more powerful than the people under them, not to mention
Xu Hu's skills are very good.
"Don't be surprised," Zhou Weiguo said, "the opponent is the elite of the elite. When I was studying in Germany, I studied special operations. At that time, I met a Japanese named Jun Takeshita.
The Japanese soldiers are no less outstanding than me. And this Japanese attack, I am sure, is the team led by Shun Takeshita."
"Tourist, why are you sure?"
"Because he and I have both learned the essence of special operations." Zhou Weiguo said, "The time we defeated the 38th Regiment in Qixia Mountain was actually largely due to the contribution of special operations. Hu and I
Zi figured out the enemy's position in advance. Now, the Japanese want to work together inside and outside to break through the Guanghua Gate. Unfortunately, they are unlucky and were discovered by Hu Zi. Come to think of it, today is not the day for them to officially take action. It is estimated that they were originally just
I wanted to step on it, but I was discovered by Hu Zi."
"Tourist, are we going to let this go?" Huzi said angrily.
"Of course we can't just let it go." Zhou Weiguo said, "However, after this battle, Takeshita Jun is much less likely to think about cooperating inside and outside. Let's all go back and have a good rest. Tomorrow, we will beat the little Japs hard again!"
"Yes!" Everyone stood up and prepared to go out.
But Xu Hu was still sitting. When everyone left, Fang Shengli found Liu San, Xu Hu, and Xiao Ya still in the room.
Zhou Weiguo patted Xu Hu on the shoulder and said, "Huzi, do you know why I have this seemingly useless meeting at night?"
Huzi was silent for a while and said, "I know that if we don't hold the meeting now, everyone will be in a certain amount of tension and panic tonight and will not be able to have a good rest. In this way, there will be more danger on the battlefield tomorrow."
"Huzi, just understand. Believe me, we will avenge this revenge one day." Zhou Weiguo looked into Xu Hu's eyes and said seriously.
"Hosting seat, I understand. I'm going to rest." Xu Hu said.
"Yes." Zhou Weiguo nodded and said, "Shengli, third brother, you should also go and rest. There is still a tough battle to be fought tomorrow."
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December 9, 1937 9:30
"Travel seat, the little devil's plane." Liu San looked at the sky and said, "It will be here soon."
"Third brother, let's go and set up a machine gun." Zhou Weiguo said. The MG34 machine gun he had exchanged before was still an anti-aircraft machine gun. It was useful against low-altitude reconnaissance planes of the Japs.
Soon, when a reconnaissance plane passed above Guanghua Gate, Zhou Weiguo opened fire. At this time, the reconnaissance plane was actually a simple layer of iron on the outside, and its defense was seriously insufficient. Therefore, when the machine gun hit the Japanese reconnaissance plane,
The reconnaissance plane crashed outside the city two to three kilometers away from Guanghua Gate.
"Yeah!" Everyone in the Independence Brigade cheered for Zhou Weiguo.
At this time, a soldier took a card and said, "Traveler, this is the piece of paper that the little Japanese dropped from the plane."
Zhou Weiguo took it and looked at the content above:
"One million Japanese troops have swept across the south of the Yangtze River, and the city of Nanjing is under siege. Judging from the general situation of the war, future fighting will be harmful but not beneficial. However, the land of Jiangning is the ancient city of Zhongdu, the capital of the Republic of China, the Xiaoling Tomb of the Ming Dynasty, the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and other famous places
The gathering of hedgehogs has a sense of the essence of East Asian culture. Although the Japanese army was extremely fierce and unforgiving towards the resisters, it treated innocent people and the non-hostile Chinese army with leniency and did not harm them. As for East Asian culture, it was especially protected.
Enthusiasm. If your army wants to continue fighting, Nanjing will inevitably be spared the scourge of war, which will turn thousands of years of culture into ashes and ten years of business will eventually become a bubble. Therefore, on behalf of the Japanese army, my commander advises your army to peacefully open the city of Nanjing, and then press
The following methods are used to deal with it.
The reply to this advice should be delivered to the sentry line on Jurong Road, Zhongshan Road, at noon on December 10th. If your army sends someone responsible on behalf of the commander, the commander is also prepared to send a representative to communicate with you there.
Sign the necessary agreement on the issue of taking over Nanjing City. If there is no reply within the above specified time, the Japanese army will have no choice but to start an attack on Nanjing City."
Zhou Weiguo touched his chin. It turns out that this is Matsui Iwane's ultimatum. No wonder Japan has not attacked today. Unfortunately, you have misunderstood. Surrender is impossible. However, it does give you a good rest time.
The Japanese army will not attack today, but they will definitely attack fiercely tomorrow.
"Huzi, give the order, leave the necessary personnel on duty, and the rest of the personnel should have a good rest on the battlefield." Zhou Weiguo said, "Feed, drink, and rest for me today, and I will fight the little devils tomorrow."
"yes!"
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Nanjing Combat Command
Zhou Weiguo looked at the generals sitting in their seats. Some people were really considering the possibility of the Japanese ultimatum. Zhou Weiguo sneered inwardly, they are really a group of people who are afraid of death.
Tang Shengzhi sat in the main seat and said coldly, "Let's talk about what you think."
No one answered.
"Your Excellency, Commander, surrender is impossible." Wang Jingjiu spoke first, "However, today we can feed and drink the soldiers enough to cope with the Japanese attack tomorrow."
"I agree."
"I agree too."
…
In this case, those who object would not dare to speak out.
"Okay. Order: Our army now occupies the Fukuo position as the final battle to defend Nanjing. All units should try their best to hold on with the determination to survive and perish with the position. They must not abandon an inch of land lightly and shake the whole army. If there is any disobedience to the order, they move back without authorization.
, we must abide by the commission's order and strictly handle the ships acquired by each army in accordance with the company's laws. All ships will be handed over to the Transportation Command for safekeeping. They are not allowed to be detained privately. Song Xilian, commander of the 78th Army, is assigned to take command. The police along the river strictly prohibit stragglers.
Anyone who crosses the river by boat without permission will be arrested and severely punished. If they dare to resist, they will be stopped by force." This is the historical order No. 36 of Wei Shen Zuo Zi.
"yes!"
…
Zhou Weiguo left the general headquarters and sighed. The final battle was finally coming. In fact, from a strategic point of view, Nanjing was simply a desperate situation, even if it was not defended. But from a representative point of view, Nanjing was the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and even more so.
There is no way to give up the capital of the Nationalist Government. If we give up without defending, Chiang Kai-shek will be stabbed in the back. But if we really want to defend, the price will be too high.
For Zhou Weiguo, no matter what, he is a soldier, and the bounden duty of a soldier is to obey orders, so even if the battle to defend Nanjing is extremely dangerous and he is likely to die, he has never flinched. What's more, in this era, he is the one who fights.
The only way to serve the country.
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When Zhou Weiguo returned to Guanghuamen, he found that there were many more people on the battlefield.
"Brigadier Zhou." The two saluted Zhou Weiguo.
Zhou Weiguo returned the gift, then smiled bitterly, "Are you even going to teach the corps?"
"When the country is in danger, even students must go to the battlefield, take up arms, and defend the country." Gui Yongqing replied, "Next, the Guanghuamen position will be taken over by my teaching corps. Please ask Brigadier Zhou to take over.
"(Gui Yongqing, captain of the teaching corps, lieutenant general.)
"Teacher, I will not retreat." Zhou Weiguo said with a bitter smile, "My independent brigade has been beaten like this, how can I retreat? Moreover, I did not receive an order to retreat, I just received an order saying, you
The teaching corps assists our independent brigade in the defense of Guanghua Gate."
"Weiguo, look at your troops. Every veteran is injured, and the rest are new recruits. Do you know that you are asking them to die?" Zhou Zhenqiang frowned. (Zhou Zhenqiang, deputy captain of the teaching corps, major general.)
"Teacher, in the current national crisis, they have no choice." Zhou Weiguo replied helplessly, "I can die, anyone can die. China is not only my motherland, but also their motherland. Nanjing is not only my capital.
, is their hometown! If a person is deprived of the right to defend his hometown and the motherland, then can he still stand in this world? "
Gui Yongqing sighed, looked at the young faces on the battlefield, and said, "That's it."
"Two teachers, let's go to the city gate tower and convene a combat meeting with cadres above the regiment level." Zhou Weiguo said helplessly. In fact, it is much better for students from the military academy to participate in exhibitions than other recruits to participate in the war. At least, they have a foundation of military knowledge.
Does he know that the Central Military Academy is not a place for soy sauce?
"Okay." Gui Yongqing was also helpless. The current situation in Nanjing City cannot be defended by one person and one army.
"Teachers please come first." Zhou Weiguo bowed and said.
