Chapter 378 Troops blocked by Japanese troops fighting at Taipingmen
Author: Entertainment Cat
Chapter 378 Troops blocked by Japanese troops fighting at Taipingmen
When the defense battles of the capital Nanjing at Purple Mountain and Yuhuatai were about to end, they were concentrated inside and outside each city gate. On December 12, 1937, the day of 'Double 12', for the defenders of the capital and the citizens
It is said to be a hellish doomsday, a day of shameful defeat, and a day of grief and indignation. All peace-loving people will always remember this day.
On this day, there were patches of snowflakes floating over the capital city, and it was bitingly cold. In addition to patches of thick snow on the ground, there were also patches of flames caused by the artillery bombardments of the Japanese artillery units.
There was thick smoke, collapsed buildings everywhere, corpses and blood everywhere.
The Japanese Sun Ointment flag has been planted on the walls of many city gates.
It was very dazzling. As long as they captured Taipingmen, the last defensive gate, they would be able to carry out a hell-style brutal burning, killing and looting of the entire city as planned.
At this time, the troops defending the city were still scattered and fighting on their own. They had not yet engaged in a life-or-death duel with the Japanese tanks and chariots.
The areas around Xiaguan and Yijiangmen had not yet suffered large-scale massacres by the Japanese army, and soldiers and civilians were trying their best to escape.
But the entire capital city was still plunged into despair and fear.
But even so, there were still more than 120,000 national troops who were able to successfully break through and escape. However, these troops who broke out fell into chaos during the subsequent evacuation.
The guards couldn't find the generals, machine gunners, and artillerymen they wanted to protect. They abandoned all their light and heavy machine guns, and artillery on the way to escape. Many officers and soldiers even changed their military uniforms out of fear of death.
He turned into civilian clothes and fled.
As a result, many officers of the national army became bachelor commanders, or "drowned rats" who were generally ignored and ignored. They could only rely on their own survival skills and luck to escape.
But even so, there were still many officers and soldiers who died tragically under the closed city gate of Yijiang Gate, killed by the garrison troops who stood there to prevent the evacuation.
Of course, the newly reinforced elite troops of the Cantonese Army were very lucky to be able to successfully break out of the encirclement according to the evacuation route they had planned.
And after breaking out,
The two top commanders Deng and Ye who led the troops also stared at the smoke-filled and war-torn capital Nanjing.
"Will it become a hell? Those damn devils will definitely carry out inhumane burning, killing and looting!"
"Damn it! This blood debt must one day be repaid with the blood of these damn devils!"
Although he was not a native of Nanjing, the capital, Commander Deng still gritted his teeth.
"Yes! There will be such a day. Let's get out of here quickly! And be prepared for air raids and bombings by Japanese aircraft groups!"
"If all the troops in the city had worked together and the top brass hadn't fled, maybe we wouldn't have just come here for support operations and immediately made an emergency evacuation without even participating in the battle!"
"Commander Tang, who left faster than anyone else, wasted his sworn promise and lied about coexistence and death in the city!"
"It's a pity that this thousand-year-old capital will probably be destroyed by these devils' troops this time!"
“I don’t know what miserable experiences the soldiers and civilians trapped inside will have in the future!”
"Forget it! Let's leave quickly!"
"Otherwise it's too late, and we won't be able to leave here. The enemy's army is coming in a steady stream to help us! Our troops are limited, and so are our weapons, equipment, and ammunition! Once the ammunition and weapons and equipment are used up, there will be no logistics.
Conducting supply operations!"
Commander Ye also had a look full of regret and said he hated the Japanese troops.
"Yeah! I get it, let's move on!"
"As long as we can survive, there is still a chance to kill the Japanese in the rear!"
Commander Deng nodded and immediately agreed.
Immediately, the two of them also quickly commanded their Cantonese troops and hurriedly left the outskirts of Nanjing, the capital, to guard against being pursued by the Japanese army for encirclement and suppression.
And at this time,
The Japanese troops responsible for attacking Zhongshan Gate, Taiping Gate, and Peace Arch were Japanese dispatched troops personally commanded by Commander Matsui Iwane.
The Japanese offensive troops continued to use ground artillery units, including heavy artillery units, to conduct the most ferocious artillery fire coverage and bombing operations against the entire Taiping Gate.
In addition, there were also air raids and bombing operations by Japanese aircraft groups and roaring aerial bomb groups.
For a time, the entire Taiping Gate was bombed by the Japanese army's land and air forces. The bombing was full of flames and gunpowder smoke. The thick waves of gunpowder smoke were mixed with fierce shock waves, wave after wave destroying all the national troops who stood here.
officers, soldiers, and objects,
Sweeping everything up.
The place with the most corpses was the Taiping Gate. Whether it was the Japanese trenches or the trenches on the National Army side, there were a large number of corpses of officers and soldiers who had been injured or killed in bombings.
As for the Peace Arch, it had already fallen to the crazy attack of the Japanese army, leaving mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
The last national army unit guarding here is the remaining officers and soldiers of the 475th Brigade led by Lin Yifu.
As for the friendly 159th Division and the 160th Division, after receiving the evacuation order from Commander Tang, they originally wanted to blow up and open some places through the sealed Taiping Gate to carry out evacuation and breakout operations.
However, it was discovered by the 38th Regiment of the 30th Brigade of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army that attacked here, and used ferocious artillery bombardment and violent light and heavy machine gun firepower to fight back into the city gate.
As a result, the remaining troops of these two friendly divisions, as well as many miscellaneous troops, and the remaining officers and soldiers of the 475th Brigade led by Lin Yifu, were blocked here at Taiping Gate, and continued to engage in fierce battles with the Japanese troops.