On October 27, countless people in the Demon City stood on the south bank of Suzhou River and saw hundreds of soldiers fighting bloody battles.

More than 400 people from the Second Battalion of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division of the National Revolutionary Army, guarding the "big field defense line", were led by staff officer Xie Jinyuan as the acting deputy commander and battalion commander Yang Ruifu. They lurked in the Sihang Warehouse on the north bank of the Suzhou River to cover the retreat of the army. After the national army retreated in an orderly manner, the battalion was unwilling to leave the position and swore to deal with the enemy, which was tragic and fierce.

A young girl risked her life to swim across the Suzhou River, crossed the unmanned land, and presented a red flag on the blue sky and white sun to more than 400 warriors. After the fall of Zhabei, the national flag was still fluttering in the wind.

When the people on the south bank of Suzhou River saw this scene, they were all moved and cried!

Yang Huimin brought out the list of 800 heroes (actually there were only more than 400 people, and the number of 800 was collected to confuse the enemy), because of this feat, he was praised by people.

After the battle, Yang Huimin also retreated to the rear. In 1938, under the support of Dong Xianguang, the director of the Propaganda Department of the Qingbai Party, Yang Huimin received praise from Mrs. Qing on Women's Day.

In 1939, Yang Huimin was selected by the National Government to visit Europe. During her journey to Europe, including Italian Prime Minister Mussolini, German Head of State Hitler, and the Queen of Dutch, all had met her. In particular, Hitler pulled down the medal on her and pinned it on Yang Huimin, saying to her: "You are a role model for German young men and women!"

In 1941, the Japanese army occupied Hong Kong, and Yang Huimin was responsible for contacting famous artists such as Mei Lanfang and Hu Die, and retreated from Hong Kong to Chongqing. However, due to a misunderstanding of refusing to help movie star Hu Die carry more than 30 luggage, Dai Li, the director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the National Government, had a special liking for Hu Die, a married woman. When Hu Die became Dai Li's mistress, he complained to Dai Li about the private festival with Yang Huimin for transporting his luggage. Therefore, Dai Li, who was powerful, ordered Yang Huimin to be imprisoned and charged with the crimes of "the Great Red Party" and "Japanese spy".

It was not until March 1946 that Dai Li died of a landline crashing into a mountain, and Yang Huimin was quietly released. From the age of 27 to 31, Yang Huimin was in prison for about four years.

After four years of imprisonment, Yang Huimin suffered a serious physical and mental injury and was depressed. She settled in Baodao, hid her identity, never mentioned the past, and was unwilling to accept the relief of the Qingbai Party. Her son only told her about her risking her life to send the flag after she passed away.

After the Japanese army captured the demon city, they continued to attack and advance.

The 16th Japanese Division landed at Baimakou near Taicang. The Kuomintang retreated from Taicang, Kunshan and Liuhe, and adjusted the entire line, starting from Fushan in the east, Changshu, crossing Suzhou, Wujiang, Pingwang, connecting to Jiaxing in the west, and ending in the southeast to Dushan in Dushan. The Japanese army advanced towards Zhitang Town. The 15th and 21st Army of the National Army entered the Changfu position. The spy told the Japanese that there were empty spaces and weak strongholds fortresses. With the insistence of the German military adviser, Jinling built a series of solid fortresses, but in fact it retreated without fighting.

On November 15, Mr. Qing convened a meeting, hoping that the Kuomintang army would work hard to resist and cover to move the capital. The retreat of Jinling began.

On November 19, the Kuomintang army ordered the abandonment of the Wufu line. Xu Yongchang: "At the 9th time, Jiaxing was occupied by the enemy, and our army retreated to the line several miles away from the city. Nanxun was also occupied by the enemy. Gu Mo San of Changzhou called Suzhou and had retreated to Wuxi and Jiangyin line. Because he went to Mr. Qing, he decided not to discuss defending the city anymore. He only wanted the line from Jiangyin to Chang'an to guard for a few more days. According to He Yingqin, only the key items of the Ministry of Military Affairs must be transported away by 100 trains."

At this time, the national army became messy.

Mr. Qing left in his diary: "No matter how different the steps are, the whole line is withdrawn, and there is no pattern, and I feel very sad!"

On November 20, the Japanese army approached Suzhou. Seeing that Suzhou was about to be lost, the 35th Independent Brigade of the Sichuan Army suddenly burst out with amazing combat power!

Among them, there was a big man two meters tall, carrying a company of soldiers, each carrying a light machine gun, and entering and exiting the Japanese position three times, beating a large group of Japanese troops into a panic!

After that, two Japanese troops came to increase their troops, and the Sichuan Army's Independent 35th Brigade held its position without retreating.

The battle was very fierce and lasted for five days and four nights. The Sichuan Army suffered more than 1,300 casualties, and the two Japanese regiments almost died! The number of casualties reached 2,800! But the subsequent troops were still coming!

Five days and five nights, no sleep, no one can bear it!

Fortunately, from the third day, Gu Rumei appeared, holding a Yaoqin and playing the piano from time to time, which made people feel energetic and barely supported.

With these 5 days and 4 nights, most of the people in Suzhou escaped! Moreover, the national army transported a large number of supplies.

Then, with the Japanese army adding one division, the 35th Independent Brigade had to retreat.

When Mr. Qing received the news, he felt very relieved and breathed a little relieved.

Then he saw a detailed battle report, saying that the reason why the 35th Brigade fought bravely and did not know how to lose was because it received a batch of machine guns. It is said that it was funded by the Qin family, the richest man in the Republic of China. There were 7,000 people in a brigade, and there were more than 500 light machine guns and more than 50 heavy machine guns, which was even more powerful than the ace division of the Central Army.

In addition, the battle report also mentioned that a fierce man from the 35th Brigade, Gu Ruhu, the son of brigade commander Gu Han, led the army and rushed into the enemy camp. In the end, only a dozen people came back! Gu Ruhu got 50 bullets and still fought to the death! And he survived! Gu Ruhu alone killed more than 300 Japanese troops, including many colonels and minor majors!

After seeing this, Mr. Qing couldn't help but exclaim: "What a tiger general! He informed the three armies and commended the 35th Brigade! He promoted him to a strengthening division, and replenished his troops to 14,000! He promoted Gu Han to Lieutenant General Division Commander, Gu Ruhu to Major Battalion Commander! He also replenished ammunition and retreated to defend Jinling!"

At the same time, he announced that the National Government would move to Chongqing, Sichuan Province, and build it as a supporting capital, and the main military and political organs would work in Hankou.

On November 26, the National Army ordered the abandonment of the Xicheng Line.

Demons were the seventh largest city in the world at that time, with populations second only to Berlin, London, Moscow, New York, Paris and Tokyo. In the defense war at the end of 1937, the city suffered a devastating blow. At that time, 4,998 factories and workshop equipment were destroyed and 70% of its industrial capacity was lost. A large number of refugees flocked to the public concession and French concession, which was only 10 square miles, causing the population to soar from 1.5 million to 4 million, and countless people were wandering on the streets.

According to historical records, in the coldest winter of 1937, 10,100 corpses were found on the streets of the Magic City.

Since the outbreak of the war, Yangshupu, Zhabei, Shanghai and South Market have all been occupied by the Japanese army, but the public concessions and French concessions along the Huangpu River have been surrounded and have not been occupied yet. The power of the municipal government is still in the hands of the Industrial Bureau of the Concession. This area has remained unobstructed external transportation, and internal transportation has gradually recovered, forming a free commercial market with complete freedom of domestic trade imports and exports, thus becoming a special "isolated island", which includes areas ranging from the Huangpu River in the east, Fahua Road in the west, Daxi Road in the north, Suzhou River in the north, and Zhaojiabang Road in the south.
Chapter completed!