In this small temporary headquarters, some staff members were collecting and sorting documents. Some of the documents were put into folders, and some were directly burned. As early as a quarter of an hour ago, the Third Division was forced to give up. When the position was in ruins, the staff officers were doing these things, and in the alley outside the courtyard, two battalions of guard soldiers were standing ready, ready for battle.
Ouyang Yun and his party in Nanjing, the guard force is called a regiment, but it is actually a reinforced regiment with four battalions under its jurisdiction, including an air defense battalion. This air defense battalion is quite powerful in terms of firepower. In addition to the ordinary air defense battalion, it is also equipped with Four camouflaged anti-aircraft tanks and two armored off-road vehicles,
Liu Zheliang, Liu Kui, and He Zhengjiang surrounded Ouyang Yun. The three of them were ready to use force. In the battle outside Guanghua Gate, because of the addition of the Sichuan Corps, the Third Xuexi Division was able to withstand the pressure of the Japanese army. , However, as the Japanese army carried out several consecutive indiscriminate bombardments regardless of the cost, the Third Learning Division suffered huge losses and had to abandon its front-line ruined positions. As a result, the defenders immediately fell into passivity.
The reason why Ouyang Yun wanted his troops to stay on the front line of city defense was because of the superior strength of the Japanese army. He was worried that once they entered street fighting, the defenders would lose sight of one thing and lose another. ,
As direct descendants of Ouyang Yun, the officers and soldiers of the Third Xuexi Division fought very bravely and tenaciously. With three brigades of more than 10,000 troops, they were able to withstand the fierce attack of nearly 30,000 Japanese troops. If the city wall near Guanghua Gate If they were not to be blasted, then it would not be a problem to make full use of the geographical advantage and learn from the Third Division to defend for another three days. By then, the evacuation of the people in Nanjing City would have been almost completed. The idea was very good, but the situation was more urgent than the situation, and it only lasted three days. The city of Nanjing was inevitably destroyed.
Ouyang Yun stared closely at the three telephones in front of him without any expression on his face.
He was waiting for calls from Liu Yuqing and Fang Shuhong.
"Tap-tat-tat." "Boom."... The sound of gunfire outside became clearer and clearer, which meant that the battle line was closer to here. Liu Zheliang and He Zhengshang frowned and looked at each other. Finally, He cast his gaze on Liu Kui's face and at the same time pursed his lips toward Ouyang Yun.
Liu Kui understood what they meant and sighed in his heart: This evil man still wants me to do it. He took a step forward and was about to remonstrate with him. "Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding ding, Yun immediately grabbed one with both hands and put it to his ears, and said, "I'm Ouyang Yun, how are you doing there?"
"Commander, our troops have withdrawn from Jiangdong Gate and are now retreating towards the predetermined location..."
"...Zhonghuamen has given up and we are heading towards Xiaguan Pier..."
"Okay, pay attention to safety and don't get bitten by the little devil."
"clear."
Ouyang Yun hung up the phone and relaxed. He looked up at the people around him and saw that their nervous expressions were slightly relaxed. He smiled and said: "Xiao He, arrange the sniper sequence and retreat."
"yes."
At 3:45, in the sky above Nanjing, more than thirty Japanese planes were raging like dark clouds. With Zhonghua Gate, Guanghua Gate, and Jiangdong Gate as the three starting points, the third series of sniper units were bombarded by Japanese planes. Indiscriminate bombings often happen as soon as their troops are laid out and the Japanese planes arrive.
There are more than 30 fighter planes, half of which are fighter jets. These new fighters have two machine guns on each wing, plus one under the cab. The firepower network composed of five machine guns often sweeps across the line, bluestone or blue. The brick streets are like fields after a busy autumn day, deeply plowed.
The flesh and blood of the sniper force soldiers were mixed with the soil. They truly did it, returning the blood and flesh to the land where they were born and raised.
After several days of defensive battles, the 3rd Xuexi Division suffered the greatest losses. The infantry of three brigades and nine regiments, plus the troops directly under the division headquarters of the two regiments, now totaled just five regiments. If it weren't for Ouyang Yun's relationship, The troops of a brigade directly under the mixed army headquarters also acted together with the Third Learning Division. It seems that at this moment, the Third Learning Division can consider withdrawing from the battlefield directly.
A regiment lent by Liu Yuqing to the Third Xuexi Division also lost two companies of troops after more than an hour of fighting.
Ouyang Yun stood in the car, grabbed the railing with both hands and turned his head to look behind him. After a Japanese plane dived over, it dropped several bombs. The fireworks from the explosion directly submerged a street below.
"The child's father." "The child's mother." "Dad," "Mother, mother, mother..."... The people who had not had time or were unwilling to evacuate were struggling in the fireworks, looking for their relatives, one row after another. The Sichuan soldiers and two platoons of trainees persisted in the fireworks. They didn't have time to cover their eyelids for the fallen comrades around them, so they picked up their weapons and lay down behind the destroyed fortifications, shooting at the pursuing enemies.
Another Japanese plane swooped down. Suddenly, five light spots lit up on its wings and under the nose. "Puff, puff, puff." Hundreds of bullets were fired continuously, knocking out several soldiers and a large group of fleeing people. fall to the ground,
Seeing that two Japanese planes were getting closer and closer to him, possibly threatening Ouyang Yun's safety, Liu Kui decisively ordered: "Fang Mingtai, choose a company and knock down the two Japanese planes."
Fang Mingtai is the commander of the air defense battalion under the guard regiment. He responded and quickly called the roll call. A company of air defense battalion soldiers left the main force and chose favorable terrain to set up anti-aircraft machine guns.
The two Japanese planes must have discovered the whereabouts of this unit and jumped down excitedly. Before a bomber reached the sky above the unit, two bombs dropped from the belly of the plane.
"Huh..." sounded, and Ouyang Yun only heard a loud "boom" and "buzz" from the car. The car suddenly trembled violently, then accelerated suddenly and sped towards an alley in front. Out of inertia, he leaned back. Seeing this, Liu Zheliang hurriedly threw himself behind him and blocked him with his own body.
"Boom." Two bombs exploded. Ouyang Yun turned around and saw several soldiers from the guard regiment being torn apart and lifted up by the gunfire. At the same time, more than a dozen fleeing civilians were engulfed by fireworks.
"Puff, puff, puff." The sound of bullets hitting the bluestone and the screams could be heard endlessly. The car was shaking violently, and Liu Zheliang's voice was in his ears: "Left, right, turn, turn..." He looked at The aircraft swooped down from the sky, directing the pilot to perform evasive maneuvers.
Several bloody plow marks almost hit the off-road vehicle, and dozens of people fell down along the way.
"Mother, mother, mother..." A child with a bloody face sat next to a woman, crying helplessly. His little hands pulled the woman's clothes and tore them hard, as if he thought he could remove his clothes in this way. His mother woke up, but several bullets penetrated her chest and abdomen, and her intestines flowed out. She was obviously dead.
"Stop." Ouyang Yun suddenly shouted in hiss,
"Creak," the car shuddered to a stop. The next moment, Liu Zheliang exclaimed: "Commander."
Ouyang Yun had already jumped out of the car and held the child in his arms.
"Let me go, I want my mother, I want my mother, let me go," the child struggled and cried. A pair of bloody hands grabbed Ouyang Yun's face, and the military uniform pulled out his face. There were a few traces of blood, smearing his clothes that were stained with soot into blood red.
Ouyang Yun seemed not to feel this. He looked at the child with a surprisingly gentle expression on his face: "Don't cry, don't cry. Come, uncle will give you something to eat."
"Commander." Liu Zheliang and everyone else were at a loss.
Some people were frightened and escaped from the shooting. They supported each other and continued to stagger forward. Many people saw this scene, and their originally frightened and dull eyes gradually became vivid and unique to humans.
An old man came forward and knelt down in front of the car with a bang: "Sir, if you are well, please take this child in. His name is Fugui."
"Commander." Liu Zheliang and others were anxious and wanted to prevent something from happening. However, they were interrupted by Ouyang Yun after shouting these two words.
"Old man, get up, it's our fault that you have fallen to this point. Don't worry about this child, I will take care of him and let's go."
The 60th Division finally crossed the river. Lin Baiyin stood on the pier, looking at the increasing number of Japanese warships on the river, looking at the growing number of people on the other side of the river, looking at the Japanese planes getting closer and closer in the sky, looking at Mushroom clouds rose up among the crowd one after another, and blood and flesh splashed with the fireworks. With a heavy sigh, he loudly ordered: "Target Wujiang, set off."
Deputy division commander Chang Shenghe was shocked when he heard this. He hesitated for a while and said, "Master, don't we have to leave a regiment to defend on the spot?"
Lin Baiyin glared at him and shouted: "Listen to you or mine."
Chang Shenghe gritted his teeth in silence, then stamped his feet and rushed forward with his guards and adjutants.
The 60th Division marched towards the Wujiang River. On the river bank, the political director Cai Xing, who was talking to a regimental commander named Wang Jun, learned about the situation from the staff officer who conveyed the order. He was stunned for a moment, then grabbed the staff officer and asked: "Which regiment is left behind?"
"Okay, it seems there are no troops left behind."
"What." Cai Xing almost jumped up. He pointed at the shadowy Japanese warships on the river and shouted: "If there are no troops left behind, what will happen if the Japanese land at Jiangpu? According to the plan, the third sequence will not start until half an hour later. Crossing the river, half an hour is enough for the Japanese to transport a brigade ashore. If Pukou Pier is lost, the commander and others will be surrounded."
The staff officer obviously understood this. He looked pale and said in a low voice: "I, I don't know the master's order."
Wang Jun looked at him in surprise and shouted: "That's not the order from the division commander. According to the order from the headquarters, our division has to leave a regiment to guard the dock."
The staff officer became anxious and said, "I really don't know." Then he turned around and ran away hastily.
"This bastard Lin Baiyin, what does he want to do?" Cai Xing turned pale when he thought of the possible consequences of doing so.
Wang Jun was surprised and doubtful, and vaguely guessed something in his mind. However, he did not dare to explain it clearly, so he asked Cai Xing: "Director, what should I do?"