The Japanese 10th Army, led by Yanagawa Heisuke, is advancing south of Matsui's troops, then turning northwest to outflank the capital. Yanagawa Heisuke is a bald, short Japanese general. At this time, he has also joined forces with Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko.
Together, we conduct operations to command troops,
And very arrogantly threatened that "all mountains, rivers and vegetation are enemies", because at this time, the Japanese army had already gathered 300,000 troops and divided them into three groups to attack the capital, while the 150,000 troops defending the city were retreating steadily, and the surrounding areas were surrounded.
All the positions were lost.
For these Japs, whether they are officers, generals or ordinary Japs soldiers, killing is very easy, because they have been brainwashed and taught by the Japs high-level people since they were young, even since they joined the army. Except for their Majesty, all other individuals
Their lives, even their own lives, are worthless.
It is also because of this that these devils' behavior of burning, killing and looting is so cruel and inhumane.
Therefore, whenever they attack and occupy a place, they carry out the strategy of burning it all and killing it all. There is no humanity left in the trenches.
Before the Japanese army came to the city, most of the officials and important personnel of the national army, their families, and some of the main troops had already moved to the three cities west of the capital - Changsha, Hankou, Chongqing and other rear cities half a month in advance.
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On that day, Mr. Rabe, manager of the Siemens office in the capital, said in his diary: "The great migration began. The streets were bustling with people throughout the night, with cars one after another, trucks and even tanks moving slowly and heavily together.
Roaring forward, on the road to Xiaguan, there were hundreds of rickshaws filled with luggage and troops following them."
But when the Japanese army came to the city,
Commander Tang, however, was dropping surrender leaflets on the Japanese aircraft group.
But he looked very bad and immediately issued an order, asking the Minister of Transportation to immediately remove all ferries between Shimonoseki and Pukou, or boats that can cross the river, and not a single one was left.
It is forbidden for any troops and soldiers to evacuate from Xiaguan across the river, and the First Army in Pukou is notified to station there and shoot and kill any troops, soldiers, or individuals who want to forcefully cross the river.
This is what Commander Tang calls a desperate fight!
But in the end, he was the first to become the escaping general.
At this time, the headquarters where Matsui Iwane was located,
"Report to your Excellency, Commander! Our army has surrounded the capital where the Chinese Army is holding fast!"
"Our Imperial Air Force has also distributed leaflets announcing the surrender, and is now waiting for the Chinese Army to open the city gate and surrender!"
"In addition, the 10th Army commanded by Prince Asaka Palace Hatohiko and Yanagawa Heisuke has also arrived at the combat destination according to the original combat plan and can carry out siege operations at any time!"
"The 16th Division and the 6th Division are also ready to launch an attack on the city gate at any time after our artillery coverage and bombardment! We will definitely fully occupy the city gate held by the China Army within one day!"
When Commander Matsui Iwane was in a good mood and looked at various good news,
Japanese combat staff Suzuki Noge also came to him and gave a detailed report.
"Yo Xi! Great job!"
"This is the fighting will and performance that our Imperial Army should have!"
"Let me ask the staff who are trying to persuade us to surrender to intensify our efforts to persuade them to surrender. If those Chinese troops still refuse our surrender, then be prepared to have our artillery units, especially the heavy artillery units, conduct artillery fire for half an hour after the attempt to persuade them to surrender fails."
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"We must seize the entire China city as soon as possible and end this battle!"
After listening to the report, Commander Matsui Iwane was in an even better mood and issued combat instructions.
"Hai!"
Suzuki Noge, the Japs' combat adviser, quickly nodded and accepted the order.
Commander Matsui Iwane continued to read the good news in his hand, and after reading it, he personally sent a phone call to Prince Asaka Palace Hatuhiko to inquire about the situation on the other side.
The national army unit responsible for defending China Gate is the 88th Division, the remnant force of German Army.
At this time, there were still quite a lot of wounded soldiers here, especially those new soldiers who had been recruited, and they had suffered a lot of casualties.
Wounded soldiers can be seen everywhere, being treated by members of the medical team.
However, it was also because of the lack of medicine that many wounded soldiers died on the battlefield.
Facing the fierce attacks of the Japanese army one after another,
They held on for two days and defeated some of the elites.
It was also because of this that the morale of the remaining German weapons troops was greatly reduced, so some officers also followed their division commanders and had the clear intention to evacuate this isolated city that was heavily surrounded by the Japanese army.
Although the current Japanese army only has more than 50,000 forward combat troops, and the real 300,000 troops will only arrive later, it is still enough to scare them.