Nanjing Yijiang Gate is located in the north of Stone City on the banks of the Yangtze River, connected to the scenic Lion Rock and Bazi Mountain. Originally there was only one city gate, formerly known as Hailingmen.
Only then was it possible to expand the gate into a three-hole gate and change its name to Yijiang Gate. It was after dawn that the boy from Tangcheng and the Sichuan Army found out the direction and followed a group of Nanjing people to Yijiang Gate. However, at this time, the outside of Yijiang Gate was already crowded with people who were eager to leave the city.
Due to the crowds, Tangcheng could not even see the city gate.
Perhaps the smell of blood on Tang Cheng's body and the shell gun in his hand played a role. It took Mo about half an hour, but Tang Cheng and the Sichuan Army boy squeezed to the front of the crowd, separated by a few thin rows.
Bing, Tangcheng finally saw the gate openings of Yijiang Gate, but unfortunately they were now blocked by sandbags and wooden barriers.
"I said, if you want to leave the city, it's not impossible. Get the warrant from above. If you have a warrant, you can leave the city. If you don't have a warrant, just stay in the city. These machine guns behind me are not decorations." A short man said.
The strong officer was confronting the huddled soldiers, and three machine guns had been set up in the explosion fortification behind him.
Tang Cheng glanced around and was a little disappointed not to find Liu Yangyang and the others, but at this time he couldn't care less about that. At least he wanted to send the little tail beside him out first. "I have a warrant.
Yes." Tang Cheng was thinking about countermeasures when the crowd around him started to commotion. A fat man dressed as a rich man pulled a woman wearing a cheongsam and pushed to the front, "I have a warrant to leave the city."
After squeezing out of the crowd, the fat white man didn't even bother to wipe his sweat. He took out a small cloth bag from his arms and stuffed it into the hands of the stocky officer.
"Let them out of the city" didn't know what was in the cloth bag. Anyway, the fat white man and the cheongsam woman were let out of the city. Only then did Tangcheng suddenly realize that the Yijiang Gate was not completely sealed. Although the side gate was
It was blocked by sandbags, but it had left a passage enough for one person to pass through. There were not just one or two people who were as curious about the little cloth bag as Tang Cheng, and soon someone was shouting that the person in the cloth bag was not from the city.
The warrant was gold bars. The fat white man just bought the chance to leave the city with gold bars.
"I just took the gold bars, what do you think?" The stocky officer immediately changed his face, pulled out the shell gun from his waist and put it on the forehead of the soldier who shouted the loudest, looking around with murderous eyes.
Circle, everyone he saw lowered their heads. There were three machine guns behind this group. It was impossible not to give in. "I also tell you clearly, a small yellow croaker can be exchanged for a chance to leave the city. There is no chance of leaving the city."
The money will stay in the city, and you will leave the city whenever there is an order."
The stocky officer shouted arrogantly. Seeing that some people in the crowd still seemed unconvinced, he sneered and pointed the purple-black patches on the ground with the shell gun in his hand and shouted, "This is what was left last night by a group of ruffians."
I didn't listen to the advice and insisted on breaking through with guns. As a result, my brothers were all attacked with machine guns. More than 100 people were gone in the blink of an eye. If you want to give it a try, my men and I
These brothers are very welcome." The murderous intention in the words of the stocky officer was enough to scare ordinary people, but the defeated soldiers standing in the front row did not listen to him.
"Don't let your 36th Division do anything wrong. You have to know that things will take turns." A guy with the same rank of captain and the stocky officer looked at each other angrily. "There will be another battle in the future. We are not the same people."
As a unit, your 36th Division can do this today, but in the future when your 36th Division is bitten by the Japs, don’t expect other troops to rush to rescue you. You are also helping yourselves by staying on the line." His face was stained with blood.
The steel-helmeted captain tried to persuade the stocky officer, but was spat in his face.
"Damn it, why are you talking to me here? I'm just a small company commander. I don't know what else. If you have a warrant, you can leave the city. If you don't have one, just stay in the city for me. Don't even think about anything else.
." Seeing the sullen face of the captain who had been spat on by him, the stocky officer immediately took a few steps back and hid in the sandbag fortification behind him, "If you move forward again, I will give the order to shoot. If you don't believe me,
Try it."
"I don't believe you *** dare to shoot. Brothers, let's get out of the city." The helmeted captain stretched out his hand to wipe the saliva from his face, and was the first to step forward, standing in the front row of the crowd and shouting among the broken soldiers.
Dozens of people followed, and some even leveled the rifles in their hands. The bad thing was, Tang Cheng could see it clearly. The machine gunner behind the sandbag had already been loaded with the machine gun in his hand. Maybe this was true.
He knew how to shoot. He dragged the Sichuan Army boy who didn't know what was going on. Tang Cheng struggled to squeeze towards the flank of the crowd. He couldn't be too far back or too far forward. Going to the flank was the most appropriate position.
The crazy behavior of the defeated soldiers caused the noisy Yijiangmen to fall into eerie silence. Many eyes were focused on the dozens of defeated soldiers who were standing forward. After walking only a few meters forward, these defeated soldiers consciously lined up.
They formed a straight formation, especially the gunpowder smoke and blood stains on their bodies, which made their momentum spread to the maximum. The short and stocky officer who was supposed to intimidate people was a little embarrassed at this moment. Tang Cheng had no time to pay attention to this, and just pulled
The Sichuan Army boy was struggling hard in the crowd. Before the machine gun fired, he had to squeeze out of the crowd's flanks.
"Open the city gate and let us out." Captain Steel Helm walked forward a few meters and then listened. He looked at the stocky officer with a calm expression.
"Who the hell are you? As the old saying goes, bring out the city's warrant. If you have a warrant, leave the city. If you don't have one, stay in the city. I only recognize the warrant." Seeing the defeated soldiers coming forward, they stopped.
, a trace of joy flashed in the eyes of the stocky officer. He felt that these guys were just bluffing, and the courage that was about to scare them away made the stocky officer become arrogant again. "I'm telling you clearly, you can get money without a warrant.
Go out and exchange a yellow croaker for a chance to leave the city."
Seeing that the other party still refused to change his words and refused to let him go, the helmeted captain was obviously anxious and immediately raised the shell gun in his hand, "Tell me, are you going to give way or not?" The black muzzle of the gun made the stocky officer a little panicked.
Thinking of the soldiers and machine guns behind him, the stocky officer instantly regained his confidence and shook his head gently at the helmeted captain who raised his pistol.
The sound of a gunshot plunged the noisy Yijiangmen into a dead silence. Tang Cheng in the crowd was slightly stunned, and then he pulled the Sichuan Army boy and squeezed desperately towards the flank of the crowd. "Quickly go,
There will be trouble soon." As soon as Tang Cheng finished his words, the sound of intensive gunfire "dah-dah-dah-dah" was heard in his ears. Tang Cheng, who did not dare to raise his head at all, pushed the Sichuan Army boy and rolled around.
He fell behind an overturned car, and the two of them huddled tightly together.
"Shoot, kill, run." The dead silence in front of the city gate lasted only a few seconds. A few seconds later, a tsunami-like cry came out, and the crowd crowded at the city gate exploded.
They fled in all directions. The car where Tang Cheng and the others were hiding also became the first choice of some interested people. But when they saw clearly the two guns in Tang Cheng's hands, these people could only give up the idea of hiding behind the car and follow the crowd.
Floating all the way into the distance.
"Tang Cheng, where the hell did you go?" After driving away several waves of refugees and defeated soldiers who wanted to hide behind the car, Tang Cheng finally heard a voice that was enough to make him burst into tears.
It was Liu Yangyang. He was struggling to pull the nine-pound Liu Yangyang in the crowd and squeezed into the car. He happened to see Tang Cheng and the Sichuan Army boy squatting behind the car. "Let's go, let's not hide here. It's not here either."
It's not safe, we can't get out of the city gate, we have to think of other ways." Liu Yangyang hurriedly pulled Tang Cheng out of his hiding place, and the four of them pulled each other and were led by the crowd towards the city.
After Liu Yangyang and Tang Cheng were forced to separate last night, he had been looking for Tang Cheng around Yijiangmen. According to Jiu Jin's idea, he wanted to go further to find Tang Cheng, but Liu Yangyang stopped him immediately. The wily Liu Yangyang
Knowing that Tang Cheng had actually always wanted to leave Nanjing, and now knowing that Yijiangmen could leave the city, Tangcheng would definitely come here, so Liu Yangyang chose to continue waiting for Tangcheng here at Yijiangmen. Unexpectedly, he actually met him
In Tangcheng, it was just Liu Yangyang and Jiujin who were separated from the rest of the Second Company.
"That's it, there are three of us left in the second company." After being led a long way by the crowd on Zhongshan Road, Liu Yangyang and the others finally hid in a shop on the street to avoid the crowd. Liu Yangyang's Flowers
The submachine gun has long since disappeared, leaving only a shell gun and two grenades on him. The light machine gun handed to Jiu Jin is gone, and Jiu Jin only has a shell gun and a Japanese oval grenade left.
.Compared to the two of them, Tang Cheng had more things on him. He still had the flower trap, two rifles, and Tang Cheng also had a few more magazines for Mauser pistols.
"What should we do with this boy? He is from the Sichuan Army. We can't keep him with us." After entering the shop, the boy from the Sichuan Army squatted alone in the corner, carving something on the ground with the bayonet he picked up last night. Tangcheng
I didn’t want to bring such a scumbag, but I couldn’t just leave him in the city, otherwise he would be beaten to death by Japanese soldiers. But Liu Yangyang didn’t seem to have any good options, and he got separated from the second company.
At that time, those Sichuan Army personnel also disappeared.
The sound of chaotic footsteps sounded again on the street outside the shop. Liu Yangyang poked his head out to take a look. This time, hundreds of defeated soldiers appeared. He hurriedly grabbed one of the defeated soldiers who was running wildly and asked what was going on, but was told by the other party.
Zhonghua Gate has been breached by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army has entered the city.