6.57 Bloody Tears Beach

When Dai Zhiqi ran away from the devil cavalry, the retreat of the 103rd Division and the defenders of the Zhenjiang Fortress was just halfway through, and the fortress troops on the south bank had already boarded the fleet from Nanjing except for a small amount of artillery left behind the 613 Regiment to break off, and the soldiers and artillery parts piled up the ships one by one, and the retreat sequence of the 618th Regiment of the 103rd Division was behind the officers and soldiers of the fortress, and the regiment commander, Colonel Wan Shijiong, stood on the river beach and kept urging his subordinates, now time is everything, No one knows how long the "shooting show" of the fortress battery can fool the devils......

"Quick! Fast! Faster! Throw away everything you can lose! I'll send you new ones when you get to Nanjing!"

The effect of Commander Wan's words was much worse than he expected, and the officers and soldiers of the 618th Regiment beside Colonel Wan Shijiong heard Commander Wan's words not only did not lose what they carried, but grasped them more tightly, today's Nanjing is not the capital of half a year ago, and all the people did not believe that they could escape from the clutches of the devil when they arrived in Nanjing, and this way retreated from Shanghai to Jiangyin, and then from Jiangyin to Zhenjiang, and now they are going to retreat, and the sharpness of the 103rd Division has almost been polished. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Zhou Xiangkui, the commander of the 615th Regiment, stood far away and looked at the 618th Regiment on the river beach, several battalion commanders under him had already said several times that the 615th Regiment would also be driven to the river beach, but the result was vetoed by Zhou Xiangkui, although the remaining strength of the 103rd Division is only more than 3,000 people, but it will inevitably cause chaos to rush to the river beach all at once, so the speed of boarding will be slower, in addition to these concerns, Zhou Xiangkui is more worried about the 16th Division of the Japanese Army around the Zhenjiang Fortress, If he gives the order to board the ship now, the entire 615th Regiment will disintegrate in an instant, and once the devils of the 16th Division are killed, even if they want to resist at that time, I am afraid that they will not be able to gather this unit......

Zhou Xiangkui decided to wait for Wan Shijiong's 618 regiment to finish withdrawing before moving.

After the devil cavalry who escaped from the ambush circle of the 613 regiment returned to the 30th brigade, he immediately reported to the brigade commander Sasaki to a major general that the defenders of the Zhenjiang fortress were retreating, and Dai Zhiqi also told his division commander He Zhizhong the bad news, and now it has lost its effect to defend the ambush point, He Zhizhong ordered Dai Zhiqi's 613 regiment to move to the core position, from now on, it depends on how long the 613 regiment can support in front of the devil.

Sasaki to the commander of the first brigade moved quickly, and the 30th Infantry Wing, which was at the forefront of the 38th Brigade, immediately received the order to attack, Sasaki to the commander of the first brigade said a few words very simply on the phone, and the commander of the 38th Wing, Sukegawa Shizuji Osa, took his subordinates to start a crazy attack like a chicken blood.

Sasaki's exact words to the commander of the 1st Brigade are as follows:

"The Chinese want to run! Pounce on them and bite them to death! ”

Sukegawa Shizuji Osa's 38th Wing was the most beloved hunting dog of Sasaki to the commander of the 1st Brigade, and now, this hound has been released.

The 613 regiment immediately rushed to the unprecedented pressure!

The main reason why the 103rd Division was able to fight fiercely with the Japanese 16th Division in Zhenjiang for several days was because they had the artillery support of the Zhenjiang Fortress, and every time the 103rd Division was about to waver, it was the heavy artillery on the fortress batteries that helped them repel the Japanese army, and now the 4 batteries have been blown up by the Japanese Army, and the artillery in Jiangbei has been dismantled and loaded onto ships, relying only on the artillery fire on the other side of the river, the 613th Regiment fought extremely hard.

In the night, a group of Japanese troops pounced on them like a tide, and Sukegawa Shizuji Osaku put all three brigades of the 38th Wing into it at one time, so that he was very confident to report to Sasaki to the commander of the first brigade, and within an hour, his 38th Wing would be able to hit the riverside, and then the Chinese troops on the river beach and the ships on the shore would be in the pocket of the 16th Division, and the division commander, Lieutenant General Nakajima Isago would be very happy!

"Deputy Division Commander Dai! How long can you still hold it? He Zhizhong, the commander of the 103rd Division on the riverside, listened to the increasingly fierce gunfire and artillery sound, and he had to ask the deputy division commander Dai Zhiqi this question.

Dai Zhiqi also understands that now is not the time to sing high-pitched, if He Zhizhong can't clearly understand the predicament that the 103rd Division is facing now, he will not be able to make an accurate judgment, and it will still be the 103rd Division that will pay the price!

"Master! The devil's attack is very fierce, even if I fight the entire 613 regiment, I can only buy you an hour at most, tell the brothers on the beach to hurry up! The brothers of the 613th regiment really gave them time with their blood! ”

After listening to Dai Zhiqi's words, He Zhizhong understood that the situation of the 103rd Division was already extremely dangerous, or it would not be long before the Japanese artillery would cover this section of the river beach, thousands of officers and soldiers and dozens of big ships would not be able to evacuate in a moment, and the fleet sent by Nanjing would not be escorted by warships, as long as the 16th Division was pressed to the riverside, it would be a massacre!

Fast! Be sure to speed it up!

He Zhizhong ended the call with the 613 regiment and immediately began to call the fleet on the river, he decided to temporarily change the plan, the garrison of the fortress and the 618 regiment that had been loaded immediately set sail, the 615 regiment on the river beach no longer went to Nanjing, directly across the Yangtze River to the north of the river, and then let the 615 regiment cross the river, and then release the boat back to pick up the 613 regiment, because the ships transporting the 615 regiment never left, in that case, the 103 division still has ships that can transport two infantry regiments, even if it loses part of it under the bombardment of the devils, There is also enough capacity to carry the 613 regiment across the river.

This is also the best plan He Zhizhong can think of, what he has to do now is to persuade the commander of the transport fleet to carry out his plan, after a series of calls, the voice of the commander of the transport fleet finally appeared on the radio, He Zhizhong told the other party his thoughts at a very fast speed, but he didn't expect the commander of the transport fleet to be silent for a while and then tell He Zhizhong that there is no problem with letting the 618 regiment and the defenders of the fortress take a step, However, it was impossible to change the plan to withdraw to Nanjing and withdraw the remaining two regiments of the 103rd Division to Jiangbei, and the transport fleet only accepted the dispatch of Wang Huanzhi in Nanjing, and when he came, Wang Huanzhi instructed that the 103rd Division must be transported to Nanjing!

After arguing for several minutes without results, a telegram from the 103rd Division was sent directly to Huang Haoran's temporary headquarters at the 1st Army Headquarters.

After reading the opinions of the 103rd Division, Fan Jie immediately agreed, the situation in Zhenjiang has changed, and it is very unrealistic to insist on withdrawing the 103rd Division from the waterway to Nanjing, He Zhizhong's plan can rescue as many troops as possible, and letting the 103rd Division withdraw to Jiangbei is the most rational choice at the moment.

After listening to Fan Jie's explanation of the situation in Zhenjiang, Huang Haoran directly approved the two words of agreement on the telegram, and Huang Haoran couldn't look down on the rigidity of the commander of the transport fleet, or that sentence, if he fought by asking for instructions, he couldn't catch up with that trip! Why don't these individuals have a sense of improvisation?

Fan Jie immediately asked the telecommunications room to reply to the 103rd Division and the transport fleet, and agreed to the plan of the 103rd Division, and Fan Jie also added a few words at the back of the telegram, that is, we must pay attention to protecting the ships, and if we can't withdraw back, we must blow up the ships, and we can't give the devils the tools to cross the river!

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When the 103rd Division received Fan Jie's telegram, the first round of Japanese artillery fire had already fallen on the river beach, which was the handwriting of Lieutenant General Nakajima Imasago from the commander of the 16th Division, and Nakajima Imago immediately gave the artillery attached to the division an order to shoot after receiving the news that the defenders of Zhenjiang wanted to retreat from the waterway from the 30th Brigade!

Nakajima also sent a telegram to Matsui Ishine asking the air force to provide bombing support, and Nakajima Isago wanted to win a big battle in Zhenjiang!

When Nakajima's telegram arrived in front of Major General Tsukada Tsukasa, chief of staff of the Central China Front, the talks between Tada Jun and Matsui Ishine were in full swing, and this telegram from the 16th Division made Tsukada Tsukashi Chief of Staff happy, and this time came too timely!

The chief of staff of Tsukada deliberately handed this telegram of the 16th Division to Matsui Ishine in front of Tada Jun, and after reading it, Matsui Ishine immediately understood the intentions of the chief of staff of Tsukada, and he immediately handed over Nakajima's telegram to Tada Jun, Nakajima Imago's telegram was very optimistic, it seemed that the Chinese defenders of Zhenjiang would be wiped out in front of the 16th Division in an instant, and the capture of Zhenjiang Fortress would be tonight!

Tada Jun was also very satisfied with the performance of the 16th Division, the 114th Division was newly defeated, and the 10th Army and the Shanghai Dispatch Army were not going well in attacking Nanjing.

Zhenjiang is also an important stronghold of the Chinese army, and such military exploits can still be well publicized.......

Although Tada's face was very calm, Matsui Ishine still saw the joy in his old friend's heart, the cabinet is really not a good place, Tada's aging is obvious in the dumping of various political forces, it seems that the "anti-war faction" in Tokyo has recently put a lot of pressure on Tada, Matsui Ishine decided to strike while the iron is hot, he wants to defend himself a few words, of course, this can not be said too bluntly......

"Tada-kun, in fact, Nakajima Isayo's 16th Division has been performing very well, in Songhu, his troops are also very successful, Zhenjiang is the real level of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, if it weren't for the 10th Army's Commander Yanagawa Heisuke was too aggressive, the 114th Division would not have suffered such a defeat in Lishui again!"

In fact, Tada Jun also felt in his heart that Tokyo's treatment of Matsui Ishine was a little unfair, the 114th Division's attack on Nanjing was an unplanned thing, Yanagawa Heisuke also went a little too far, and actually made a prelude to Matsui Ishigen, the commander of the Central China Front, and it was another example of "governing from below", Japan did a very bad job in this regard, Matsui Ishine, the commander, was actually a scapegoat for Yanagawa Heisuke, thinking of this, Tada Jun patted Matsui Ishine's shoulder, and said in a gentle tone:

"Matsui-kun! I understand your grievances, many things, you and I are involuntarily, but the next attack on Nanjing, you have to be careful, because Nanjing is the capital of the Chinese, they will not let go easily, that Huang Haoran is also a ruthless character, and there are many mountains outside Nanjing, the terrain is more complicated, watch out for your teeth, don't be careful to lose your front teeth. ”

A fierce light flashed in Matsui Ishone's eyes, and he said to Tada Jun with confidence: "Tada-kun, don't imagine Nanjing too complicated, in my opinion, Nanjing is much easier to fight than Shanghai!"

"Is there any basis for your words?" Tada doesn't like people who are too conceited, especially not long after he gave advice, he wants to know what Matsui Ishine's pride is?

"Actually, this is very simple, China is not Japan, we all know that the elite troops of the Nanjing government have been almost consumed in Shanghai, they do not have our military service system of Great Japan, and it will take a long time to replenish these losses, plus Nanjing is an easy place to attack and difficult to defend, and the Yangtze River is rolling in the north, which is the so-called military Jedi. I think that as long as Chairman Chiang had a little military knowledge, he would not have any intention of sticking to Nanjing! ”

Tada Jun agreed with Matsui Ishone's analysis, he patted Matsui Ishone on the shoulder again, and said with a smile: "What you said is very reasonable, our Matsui-kun is really a genius military strategist!" So you, a 60-year-old retired old man, will be re-appointed by the emperor, and you will be promoted from the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army to the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army so quickly, and talented people will not be drowned anywhere! ”

Matsui Ishone smiled and didn't say anything, he wanted to make a good impression on Tada, after all, Tada was now his superior.

Chief of Staff Tsukada felt that he had successfully changed the atmosphere of this meeting, so he felt a little proud in his heart, but he did not expect that Tada's words would change and begin to sound the alarm for the Central China Front.

"But Matsui-kun! Don't underestimate the ability of the Nanjing government, according to the report of our intelligence agency lurking in the Nanjing government, that Chairman Chiang still attaches great importance to this battle in Nanjing, sometimes the war is not a simple military issue, he is still a political issue! The Nanjing government may fight against the water in Nanjing for their illusory future! Don't forget, there is a Chinese saying that a dog jumps over a wall, and the commander of the Nanjing garrison is Huang Haoran! Everything on the battlefield of Songhu shows that this young Chinese general will be a fierce opponent of the Japanese Imperial Army! I hope you can kill this Huang Haoran in Nanjing City! This will make the Emperor forget all the mistakes you made! What do you think? ”

"Hay!"

This is Matsui Ishone's answer!

Tada Jun is worthy of being an old fox who has been in a high position for many years, and his adjustment of the atmosphere made me very outstanding, and after the beating, Tada Jun joked with Matsui Ishone again: "Matsui-kun! I think you really need to be well groomed, if you enter the city of Nanjing like this, the Chinese people will definitely treat you as a cook or as a poor old man picking up rags, which is related to the image of the Japanese Imperial Army......"

"Tada-kun...... Matsui Ishone's eyes began to reveal murderous aura, and he said viciously: "Don't look at me as just an old man, after conquering Nanjing, if Chinese dare to be disrespectful to me, I will kill them all!" And then burn Nanjing to ruins! ”

Tada Jun thought that Matsui Ishine was really saying something to vent, so he didn't pay much attention to it, and all the people present, including Matsui Ishine's chief of staff, Major General Tsukada Tsukada, didn't expect that at this moment, Matsui Ishine was saying what was in his heart! Inside Matsui Ishone's chest lives a beast!

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There was no shelter on the river beach, and the officers and soldiers of the 103rd Division in the artillery fire had nowhere to hide, and the Japanese artillery bombardment brought huge losses to the 103rd Division, but fortunately, the 16th Division did not have accurate shooting coordinates, and it was night, and after a while, this round of artillery fire gradually moved away from the river beach.

However, this situation will not last long, as the defense line of the 613th Regiment is broken through by the Japanese layer by layer, the artillery observers of the devil will also follow, and then the accurate artillery fire will fall on the head of the 103rd Division.

He Zhizhong hurriedly organized the 615th Regiment on the river beach to continue boarding, and then he found that the devil's shells hit two large wooden boats, and the broken hulls flew everywhere, and these two boats also blocked a section of the river beach, so that the boats waiting on the river bank could no longer be relied on.

"Push this broken ship into the water! Hurry up! He Zhizhong shouted anxiously, and rushed over hundreds of officers and soldiers of the 615th Regiment and began to push the boat, which was related to their own lives, and the officers and soldiers naturally worked extra hard, plus the boats by the river were also tied with ropes to the back of the broken boat, and it didn't take long for this section of the river bank to regain its loading capacity.

The officers and men of the 615th Regiment ran quickly and boarded one wooden boat after another, and as soon as the personnel were crowded with overtime and cabins, the boatmen immediately sailed away from the south bank, and then an empty wooden boat would come up to fill this section of the riverbank.

He Zhizhong waited anxiously for the second round of artillery fire from the devils, this time it was obvious that the Japanese artillery was guided by observers, and the three shells used to calibrate the coordinates fell closer to the river beach than one, and after the explosion of the third shell, the river beach was quiet for more than a minute, and then a rain of shells fell.

There were explosions everywhere, crowds of people running everywhere, the 615 regiment on the river beach finally lost control, and everyone was scrambling to climb to the boat!

Some people were sent to the sky by the explosion, some people were squeezed by their own people and fell into the river, some people tried to swim to the boat by the river, and some people fell to the ground and were trampled into flesh, He Zhizhong watched his subordinates fall into a catastrophe that could not be recovered, there was life passing every second on this river beach, blood kept flowing into the Yangtze River, He Zhizhong's eyes were flashing everywhere, if it wasn't for his guards to protect him, maybe he would have been buried in this chaotic army!

"Japanese planes!"

I don't know who let out a desperate cry, and everyone began to look up at the night sky, only to see a few flares falling, getting brighter and brighter, and soon the river beach was illuminated into daylight!

Worse times are coming!

He Zhizhong's guards rushed out of the chaotic crowd to make a path, and he and Zhou Xiangkui, the commander of the 615th Regiment, boarded the same boat, this wooden boat that could only carry forty or fifty people was seriously overloaded, and there were still people constantly climbing on the boat!

"Don't come up! It's sinking! It's going to sink! Oh my God! The boatman was stunned by the thrill in front of him, and he kept shouting, but how could the fleeing crowd on the river beach listen to him!

"Sail! It doesn't matter so much! Wang Platoon Commander! Warning shots! He Zhizhong gritted his teeth, he still decided to save his life first, facing the muzzle of the black hole in the guard's row, the person hanging on the side of the boat still retreated, and the outrageous wooden boat with a low side slowly left the river beach, and he also took away the hope of many people!

Zhou Xiangkui, the commander of the 615th regiment, rushed to the side of the boat and shouted to the shore:

"There will be a boat to pick you up! Hold on! ”

He Zhizhong looked at Zhou Xiangkui's back and curled up his body, boat? Maybe there will be, right?

When the boat sailed to the center of the river, Zhou Xiangkui suddenly found that many empty ships that had not carried the officers and soldiers had also left the north shore one after another, and the boatmen who drove the boat were frightened by the scene on the river beach, and they would not return to the north shore!

After this night, the 103rd Division had only 1,700 men left......

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