Everyone found that the section of the road leading to Rujiangmen was crowded, and the regimental headquarters carrying the stretcher could not walk, and had been staying here for a while.

The Rujiang Gate was originally closed, and it was full of sandbags, but what was puzzling was that the 36th Division of the Supervisory Combat Team did not receive an order for other troops to retreat from here, what kind of battle was this command? Everyone, told by the 36th Division that they were not allowed to pass through here.

As a result, the anger of other troops was aroused, and even the door was forcibly opened, and there was a shootout on both sides, and many soldiers did not die at the guns of the Japanese soldiers, but at the guns of their own people.

In the end, heavy firepower was used, and their own people defeated the 36th Division, and then through negotiations, Rujiangmen moved the sandbags and opened a city gate, which was crowded and narrow, extremely crowded, and a large number of people and vehicles were crowded on the road from Zhongshan North Road to Rujiangmen.

If it was only a few dozen people from the Seventh Company, Sangou would naturally squeeze over with everyone, but now with the regimental headquarters carrying the regiment commander, he had to desperately squeeze out of a way in front of him to let the stretcher pass.

When they approached the Rujiang Gate, it was even more crowded, and there was a carriage on the road that was overturned underground, and people only fled for their lives, preferring to step on their horses and cross the carts, rather than pull away the horses and carts that had fallen under the city gate and hindered their walking.

Entering the Rujiang Gate, I found that there were many people underground, and they were trampled to death, in addition to the people and soldiers, even the soldiers were trampled to death, and the dead bodies spread a thick layer on the ground, which shows the degree of chaos.

One of the wounded soldiers was trampled underneath, trampled by others, shouting again and again, and no one helped him, and finally in desperation the wounded soldier pulled the grenade on his body......

Everyone stepped on many dead corpses, carried the regiment commander, and finally got out of the Rujiang Gate, and when they went to Xiaguan to see, it was even more chaotic, even more miserable than the battlefield.

Tens of thousands of stragglers, wounded, miscellaneous troops, baggage, vehicles and their dependents, and the elderly, weak, women, and children who had retreated from the front line crowded the roads along the river.

After a while, the enemy fired a few flares into the sky, and the machine guns of the enemy ships in the river strafed them, causing the crowd to flee in a panic, and everywhere there were cries, cries for help, shouts, and resentment and cursing.

The whole Xiaguan was in a mess, and the road was full of rifles, bullets, belts, uniforms, cars, etc., abandoned by the army, many cars were burning, and the fire dragon was connected together.

There are almost no boats on the river, some ride on wooden rafts, some lie on the door panels and wood, some still sit in wooden barrels, can't row, and turn around in the river, and some are overturned by the waves and cry for help.

Not far from the shore, there were several small boats, overcrowded, almost to the limit, many people were in a hurry to get on the boat, surrounded the boat in the water, and were hit by the people on the boat with the butt of their guns, or even shot, and were not allowed to get on the boat.

The frenzied soldiers crowded onto the few civilian boats on the riverside, but because they were overloaded, the civilian boats capsized and sank, and many people drowned in the icy winter waters.

As soon as the boat entered the water, no one left, I would rather everyone sink, no one left first, the people on the boat fell into the water, the Yangtze River is so wide, there are torrents and undercurrents, even in summer, it is very dangerous.

Therefore, in winter, no matter how good the water is, people may not be able to swim to the other side, the water is too cold, people will have cramps in their hands and feet for a long time, and when they have cramps, they will not be able to paddle in the water, and they will naturally drown.

Someone also led a buffalo into the water, riding on the back of the buffalo to cross the river, the water was too cold in winter, the buffalo was unwilling, was constantly whipped, only reluctantly swam out, the result was almost to the center of the river when there was an undercurrent whirlpool, the cow noticed it, immediately overturned the person on the back, and swam back by itself.

Many people were either drowned or froze to death, and those who had not been specially trained would freeze in the cold river water after a while, or they would have cramps, and their hands and feet would not be able to exert themselves, so they would wait to sink into the water.

Forty people from the Seventh Company of Three Dogs and a few people from the regimental headquarters escorted Regiment Commander Qiu to the Zhongshan Wharf in Xiaguan, but they had been suffering from no way to cross the river.

Xiucai suddenly heard someone in the distance in the middle of the river shouting the name of Regiment Commander Qiu: "Where is Regiment Commander Qiu of the 51st Division?" "Several sounds in a row, from the direction of the coal port.

Everyone rushed to the coal port and found that there was a motor boat parked in the river, about 200 meters offshore, and it was Division Commander Wang who sent an adjutant and two guards to pick up Regiment Commander Qiu.

This ship was left by Minister Yu to his relative, General Yu, commander of the 74th Army, to cross the river, and the 58th Division was basically transported, and now it is borrowed by Commander Wang to transport the officers and men of the 51st Division.

It was transported several times back and forth, and it took nearly an hour to go back and forth at a time, and now the head of the 306th regiment was missing, and it was already the second half of the night of the 13th.

Because by dawn, the enemy's planes were coming, and this small ferry was not enough to attack a single bomb, and the Japanese warships were about to clear the mines to Baguazhou, which was a little downstream, and they would soon come here.

It is estimated that after dawn, the Yangtze River will be completely blocked, that is, this ferry is the last trip, Yang Muhua of the 51st Division Field Hospital, followed the division headquarters across the river early, and now he is also in a hurry to find people everywhere, and when he meets people, he asks:

"Did you see Luo Zhicheng, the commander of the 7th Company of the 306th Battalion of the 3rd Regiment? Did you see the three dogs? ”

Of course, at that time, Sangou and Qilian were still in Nanjing City, so naturally they couldn't find it, and now I heard that the little ferry was going to pick up people for the last time, and Yang Muhua was so anxious that he had to go with the boat.

said that he was going to find someone by himself, and he would definitely not let him get on the boat, first, it was dangerous, and secondly, it occupied an extra position, but fortunately, some people said that they knew that Qiu Tuanchang of the 306th Regiment was shot and injured in the thigh and was still on the way.

So Yang Muhua hurriedly volunteered: "I will also go with the boat, bring a medicine box, treat Commander Qiu first, and also give medical treatment to some wounded soldiers." ”

In this way, the boss agreed to let Yang Muhua go to the other side with the boat again. When they arrived at the opposite shore, the boat did not dare to dock, for fear of being pounced on by a large number of soldiers to grab the boat, so it stopped dozens of meters away and called for Regiment Commander Qiu.

In fact, many people have already swam over, and kept climbing onto the ferry, and after a while, the boat was full of people, and if this continues, the ship will have to go back, otherwise it may sink.

Yang Muhua was so anxious that he hurriedly called to the shore: "Where is the commander of the 51st Division Luo?" Three dogs, where are you? After shouting many times, there was a lot of noise and chaos on the shore, and Yang Muhua shouted loudly, and he was crying in the back.

Finally, Xiucai's ears were sharp, and he heard the faint shouts in the river, Sangou also listened with bated breath, and actually heard Yang Muhua's voice, it was her, she was also here, and Sangou's heart beat wildly.

Heaven will not kill me!

Sangou hurriedly called everyone and squeezed wildly towards the coal port, with Big Potato and Tienon opening the way in front, and Tienon holding a dagger in his hand, waving it, intimidating the crowd.

Big Potato directly pulled away the crowd with both hands, but it really didn't work, so he resisted with his shoulders and forcibly opened a way out, and four or five people from the regiment headquarters in the middle carried Commander Qiu and walked forward with everyone with difficulty.

The doglegs are behind the hall, so that everyone will not be scattered, and now what is more critical is not that the front is slow, or it will be scattered, but the unique "snap" sound of the Japanese army's 38 guns has been heard in the back, and the Japanese army's forward has surpassed the attack to the shore.

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