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Chapter 167 Nanjing
The flames of war had already ignited on the outskirts of Nanjing City at this time, and the Japanese army that broke through the Jiangyin Fortress surrounded Nanjing with unimaginable speed.The villages and towns on the Japanese attack route have all disappeared in the fire at this moment.

Due to the fast attack speed of the Japanese combat troops, the supply troops in charge of logistics supplies were thrown far behind.Thanks to Ma Chao's previous experience in blowing up the ammunition depot, this time the Japanese army, in order to ensure the staying power of the battle, specially equipped the front-line combat troops with at least three times as many bullets.

As a price, the rations that the Japanese army carried with them on weekdays were basically abandoned.In addition, the Japanese army did not plan to conduct deep inland operations at the beginning.Therefore, when the food shortage crisis first appeared, the Japanese Central China Front Army Command issued an order called "on-the-spot expropriation", which was actually a longitudinal robbery.

As the saying goes, banditry is like a comb, and soldiers are like a grate.When the little devils carried out this order, they didn't just snatch the food.It is often accompanied by the crime of raping prostitutes.In order to cover up their crimes of robbery and rape, the Japanese army often set fire to entire villages in addition to killing victims.

By December [-], the outermost positions of the Nanjing defensive position had all been occupied by the Japanese army, and they began to tentatively attack the outer positions.It was only the bloody battle of the defending soldiers, coupled with the lack of logistical support of the Japanese army, that made the Japanese army temporarily extinguish their desire to attack Nanjing.

It's just that if you're not afraid of bad things, you're afraid of bad people, or you don't fear god-like opponents, but pig-like teammates.And strong defenses are often breached from within.

Before the war, Tang Shengzhi, the commander of Nanjing Defense, said that he would live and die with the city of Nanjing.For this reason, all the ferries on the Yangtze River were confiscated and destroyed, which is quite the determination of Xiang Yu in ancient times.

However, on the evening of December [-]th, Chiang Kai-shek, who had already escaped from birth, specially sent a telegram to Tang Shengzhi through Gu Zhutong, "If the situation cannot last for a long time, we can retreat one after another, try to organize and counterattack."

The Japanese attacking army was ready to give up the goal of capturing Nanjing after discovering that the troops guarding Nanjing were ready to fight for their lives.However, after Chiang Kai-shek's telegram was intercepted by the Japanese intelligence agency, the matter slipped into the abyss.

There are no secrets in the Kuomintang. After Tang Shengzhi received Chiang Kai-shek's telegram, Sun Yuanliang, Sun Paopao, the commander of the No. 80 Eighth Division, also received this telegram choosing an opportunity to retreat through corresponding channels.

On the 80th, a part of the Japanese Sixth Division broke into the Zhonghua Gate but failed to go deep, and the rest of the city wall positions were still in the hands of the Chinese army.Sun Yuanliang, the commander of the No.30 Eighth Division who was in charge of defending the Zhonghua Gate, took part of his troops and fled to Xiaguan.

In the afternoon of the same day, Tang Shengzhi hastily summoned generals above the division to arrange a retreat.According to the retreat deployment, except for No. 30 Sixth Division's covering headquarters and directly subordinate troops crossing the river from Xiaguan, the other troops had to break out from the front. However, Tang Shengzhi worried that the direct line of the Central Army would suffer too much loss in the breakout, so he verbally ordered No. The Seventh Division of the 80th, the Eighth Division of the No. 80, the Fourth Army of the No. 70, and the teaching corps "if they cannot all break through, they can cross the river when there is a ferry." This inconsistent order made the retreat of the Chinese army even more confusing.

After the meeting, only the No.60 Sixth Army and No.80 Third Army belonging to the Cantonese faction broke through the frontal encirclement under the leadership of army commanders Ye Zhao and Deng Longguang. After paying a huge price, they successfully broke through the encirclement of the Japanese army. die in battle.Most of the other army chiefs did not fully convey the retreat deployment downwards, so they left their troops and went to the river to escape by pre-controlled boats.

These troops heard that the chief had retreated to Xiaguan, thinking that Jiangbian was ready to retreat, so they abandoned their positions and flocked to Xiaguan.The No.30 Sixth Division, which was in charge of blocking Yijiangmen, did not receive the order to allow the troops to retreat, and clashed with the troops retreating from the city to Xiaguan, and many people were killed or trampled to death.

On the evening of the 74th, Tang Shengzhi and the members of the headquarters fled from Xiaguan Coal Port to Jiangbei on a small steamer reserved in advance. After that, more than 30 people from the first part of the 80th Army and No.[-] Sixth Division also boarded the boat from Coal Port. Crossing the river, the first part of the No.[-] Eighth Division and the [-]th Division crossed the river in a wooden boat under their control in Xiaguan.

The Chinese defenders who fled to Xiaguan had lost their organizational structure and became chaotic stragglers. Some of them crossed the river by themselves, and many of them drowned or were shot in the river by the Japanese troops who arrived.Most of the Chinese soldiers who failed to cross the river or break out of the siege scattered on the streets of Nanjing. Many people gave up their weapons and put on civilian clothes to hide in the Nanjing safe zone.On the morning of the 40th, the Japanese army invaded Nanjing City and began the Nanjing Massacre which lasted for more than [-] days.

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In the sky of Nanjing City, countless crows crowded together densely, circling around Nanjing City, and they let out ear-piercing screams.

On the side of the road in the city, from time to time, you can see a wild dog with a pot belly, staring at its red eyes, with pink saliva dripping from its mouth, and running forward quickly along the corner with its head down.

Outside the city of Nanjing, a group of four Japanese soldiers in a state of embarrassment was advancing towards the direction of Nanjing City.After a night of sleet last night, all the roads were basically muddy.When the military boots stepped on it, apart from a huge footprint, there was a thumping sound.

On the big tree on one side, two young and strong men in tattered clothes were hung on it, shaking non-stop with the cold wind.On the blue face, the tongue and eyeballs protrude outward.On the neck, at the position of the rope, a considerable piece of skin has been worn away, and the blood oozing out has dyed the rope the same color.This proves that these two people were hanged here alive.

"Regiment commander, depending on the situation, these two people should be soldiers. It should be the little devil who found out and hanged here." The Japanese soldier dressed as a sheep crutch checked the characteristics of the two hanged people Afterwards, he reported to Ma Chao.

Then when he was about to leave, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed something was wrong with the depression not far away.It's just that the sight was blocked by the plants, so I couldn't see clearly at all, so I simply greeted the others and ran towards there.

After passing through the scenery that blocked the line of sight, the scene in front of him made Yangguai froze in place, unable to speak at all.

(End of this chapter)