[69 Book Bar-www.] Chapter 34 The bloody battle in Nanjing (2)
After returning to the station, I received orders from above.
"Order, the 517th Regiment of the 87th Division to guard the Zhonghua Gate on the spot. Build fortifications immediately and collect sacks. This is the order from the Nanjing City Garrison Headquarters."
Shuirou took out the truck and asked
"Is there anyone who can drive?"
"Yes, leader."
"Okay then, you take a few people to the warehouse. It's here. Get a cart of sacks and come back to build the fortifications. There must be no mistakes."
"Staff Office, quickly formulate a battle plan."
"The report to the head of the delegation has been completed. Please take a look."
Zhonghua Gate is the largest and most luxurious city gate in Nanjing. I don’t know how many emperors and generals have passed through this gate. The gate tower is tall, about 20 meters. Like a blue-grey dragon, it witnesses the rise and fall of the ancient city.
Ancient books record that ‘to guard the gate, you must guard the tower’. In ancient times, we even understood the importance of Yuhuatai. What’s more, it’s a modern war.
In order to meet the needs of the battle, Jiang Shuirou demolished all the buildings outside the city wall that were higher than the city wall. All the demolished bricks and stones were transported into the city to block the city gate. A battalion of troops was placed at Yuhuatai to
A large number of mines were used to lay out minefields.
"First Battalion Commander, come here. I have something to tell you. Don't bury all the mines in front. You just need to lay a minefield about 50 meters wide 100 meters in front of the position. Once the enemy hits it,
If it explodes, we will definitely use artillery fire to clear the minefield, and then the mines we planted will be wasted.
When you return from retreat, you must lay mines and leave your own identification marks. Don't go back to Zhonghua Gate. You go directly to Jiqing Gate in the west. Remember, don't let the Japanese army make a detour.
Go to your right wing. You will also set up a minefield there."
"Snakehead, take some 50 people with you. Go to the city and bring back about 1,000 strong men for me. Tell them that they will be paid an ocean in two days to take care of the food.
Bring back some pickaxes and break through the walls of the houses behind us. Be prepared for street fighting. Also, set up booby traps and don’t hang any wires." Everyone took the order and left.
There are a total of eight city gates in Nanjing's Zhonghua Gate. Jiang Tuan is responsible for guarding three gates. They are Zhonghua Gate, Jiqing Gate, and Yuhua Gate. Yuhuatai is facing the Zhonghua Gate. It is about 10 meters away from the Zhonghua Gate.
The location is extremely critical. There is a Qinhuai River about 100 meters wide in the middle. The staff have marked the coordinates and density of several artillery bombardments. They have also test-fired several artillery shells for correction.
Shuirou has been forcefully mobilized, and the civilians behind the defense area of Jiang Regiment have been evacuated and protected by Cobra troops out of the city. The city is in full swing.
Shui Rou secretly ordered the troops to expand the entrance to the underground passage in case of emergency.
It was another hazy weather, the sky was lifeless, and the night was like the night before a violent storm. The gate of Zhonghua Gate was closed, and there were piles of obstructions behind the gate. Shuirou left a passage in the middle that was only wide enough for a cannon muzzle.
, facing the only bridge. There is a 7 hidden behind the door.
5 battle anti-artillery. There are two lines of anti-horses wrapped with iron caltrops on the bridge. Iron barrels and flares are hung on them. Anti-tank mines and anti-infantry mines are densely buried on the ground. At both ends of the bridge, there are
.As soon as it explodes, the bridge will collapse, blocking the Japanese attack channel.
The outer moat is about 100 meters wide and is a natural obstacle to prevent Japanese troops from breaking through the city.
Shuirou already thinks she has done her best.
"Boss, we are back."
The Langya players who stayed on the defensive line are all back.
"Did the bridge blow up?"
"They were all blown up, and many national army brothers were rescued."
"This is what the boss said. On the third day, a Japanese army of about one squadron chased a group of Chinese soldiers. We used the artillery you gave us and blasted them with all our strength. We blocked the Japanese army from leaving the bridge.
It was about 1,500 meters away. We didn't blow up the bridge until all the brothers from the national army had crossed the bridge."
There is one more thing, a Wolf Ya choked and said,
"Boss, we - we -, we saw something on the road."
"What's going on?"
"It's like this. On the way back, we saw several brothers from the national army walking around a tank, looking left and right, and finally got into the tank and closed the top cover. Then nothing happened.
Just stay in there like that."
"We are far away, no matter how much we call, they won't listen. Everywhere is a dead place; no matter how much we wave, they won't pay attention."
"We had no choice but to hide in the cotton fields and watch their movements quietly."
"Soon a squadron of Japanese soldiers came along the road. The leading soldiers in front looked around the tank and listened to the noise inside. They clicked their guns with the butt of their rifles and then walked over.
When the large army at the back was only more than 20 meters away from them, the machine gun in the tank suddenly rang out. The large Japanese army in front was cut down on the road like wheat."
"We knocked down the Japanese soldiers holding explosive bags one by one to support the brothers inside. But there were too many Japanese soldiers. Finally, the brothers inside ran out of bullets, and we heard the sound of pistol shooting, and finally there was nothing.
Already."
"I saw the Japanese army surrounding the tank. A Japanese soldier poured an oil barrel on the tank and lit it on fire. Suddenly the tank turned into a big fireball. We killed the Japanese who lit the fire and poured oil on it.
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"That scene was really tragic."
"It's up to us to avenge this. You guys need to take a rest first. We still have missions."
The outer line of Nanjing along the Dashengguan-Niushou Mountain-Fangshan-Chunhua Town-Tangshan-Longtan line is the last line of defense built by the government in Nanjing. However, the quality of the project is worse than tofu. It is not only useless but also delays things.
It only took the Japanese army one day to break through this line of defense.
At this time, the Chinese army can no longer be described as having high morale. The tone of impassioned speeches has no effect. If the soldiers were not filled with hatred and anger, they really don’t know how to fight.
This battle.
Because their father and brothers had all died on the battlefield in Songhu. At this time, family hatred had become greater than national hatred, so I supported and supported them to resist bravely.
Most of China's soldiers come from rural areas, and their simple thinking is that family feud is greater than any hatred. If you don't report it, you will be sorry for your ancestors, and you will be sorry for your children.