Chapter 64: Evacuation by telegram

When the bullet genre meets the crowd genre, there has been no clear conclusion on what the result will be. After all, there are more external environments to refer to.

But when Suomi meets Sanba and bayonets, and fights in the streets with about the same number of people, the result is obvious. Moreover, the external condition is that the reinforcements gathered by the sea of people are beating the gong from time to time on the side.

After the 88th Division received external support and burst out with a super fighting spirit, the fate of the less than 500 soldiers in the city was settled.

The rapid build-up of forces brought the head of the Zhonghua Gate into the hands of the Central Army again, and there were only a few sporadic gunshots left in the city, drawing a sign of rest for the end of the battle. If it weren't for the crumbling walls and corpses all over the ground, it would have been like a return to square one.

The 3rd Battalion, which had been idle, was temporarily placed at the Zhonghua Gate to strengthen the forces here. Although the third battalion now has less than 500 people, the fully armed third battalion makes everyone dare not underestimate it. The overall campaign may not have much effect, but the local battle is definitely a sharp edge.

"If you fight like this, will there be enough bullets? What if it's not enough? Huang Huamin, who was also idle, couldn't help but remind Hu when he thought of those Sichuan troops.

"The commander has an order, and the deficiencies will be solved on the spot!" Hu Yi's answer made Huang Huamin a little funny.

"Solve it on the spot?" Huang Huamin smiled and shook his head, he had not honored the God of Wealth, and the door could not be opened.

There is no need for Huang Huamin to remind this, Meng Xiang has long known that Nanjing City has prepared a large number of materials in history. Although it is no problem to change from preparing to resist for three months to holding on for a month, the supplies stored are absolutely indispensable. But most of these have become trophies of his own war. Many of the elite troops did not run out, not to mention these military supplies.

Later generations have realized the huge role of knocking on the gold bricks, and at this time, he repeatedly fired silver bullets to succeed.

When he came to Nanjing, Li Ting had already contacted the door. As long as a large amount of money is stuffed over, it is more affordable than base production, not to mention the problem of transportation. After all, the vanguard army still has reinforcements on its head, and it is also appropriate to provide some ammunition. But those who came directly without knocking on the door can only do business.

The vanguard army is equipped with German weapons, whether it is the 7.92 * 57 of the general-purpose machine gun, or the 9 * 19 of Suomy, the ammunition is the mainstream, not to mention the Mauser, almost all light weapons ammunition standards are the same as the mainstream of the Central Army.

In order to guard against accidents, Meng Xiang also brought a large amount of ammunition with the team. But when this line was opened, ammunition was not brought into the city, but supply points for evacuation began to be arranged in various hidden places.

Therefore, Huang Huamin's wry smile only lasted for a short time, and when he found Zhao Shuxing nearby to talk about it, Zhao Shuxing's half-revealed words immediately reassured him. But at the same time, he sighed slightly in his heart, and the shadow of those Sichuan soldiers crying made him feel a little uneasy all the time.

On the day of the 11th, the 16th Army Corps of the Yue Army was also storming the Purple Mountain, and the elite teaching corps resisted the attack of the Yue Army in the Purple Mountain and the area south of it, but the positions of Yangfang Mountain and Yinkong Mountain defended by the 2nd Army Corps were lost, and the right wing of the Yue Army entered the vicinity of Yaohua Gate. The Yamada detachment transferred from the 13th Division also took advantage of this and directly attacked the fortresses of Oolong Mountain and Shogunate Mountain.

At this time, the defenders of Yuhuatai only had their core positions left, and the peripheral positions were lost.

But these are all peripherals, and the impact of the fall of Zhonghua Gate is not as strong.

The crisis of Zhonghua Gate No. 11 has completely exposed a bad message to everyone, and Nanjing City may not be able to hold it.

This time, the number of evacuated people was larger, which gave Meng Xiang, who was worried from afar, more comfort.

But there are more and more armies of devils under the city of Nanjing.

The attack on the 11th Zhonghua Gate seems to be just a signal, and the gathered army is brewing a bigger attack.

It is not only Meng Xiang who pays attention to the distance, but Lao Jiang is also paying attention to Nanjing's every move all the time. When he heard the news of the fall of Zhonghua Gate, he began to think about retreating. Most of his elite troops are in Nanjing, and once there is an accident, there will be no chance to wait for the League of Nations to intervene in the future.

As a result, on the 11th, there was Lao Chiang's order to retreat.

At the beginning, it was just a discussion with Tang Shengzhi. But Tang Shanren, who has taken over the responsibility of guarding Kyoto, is a little uncertain, and he doesn't have many taboos about losing Lao Jiang's lineage, but the mistake of losing a Beijing master on his back will be in the sweat. Therefore, he tactfully threw off the delay and proposed to convey the supreme instructions to the generals defending the city first. He turned his push back to Lao Jiang's side.

That night, Chiang Kai-shek sent a special telegram to Tang Shengzhi: "If the situation cannot be held for a long time, you can retreat in order to sort out and counterattack." ”

The hesitant Tang Shanren immediately summoned Luo Zhuoying, Liu Xing, Zhou Wei and others to study together.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have worked so hard!" Tang Shanren sighed first.

The crowd should praise and praise.

"Outside Nanjing, the situation is becoming more and more rampant, but the situation inside the city is difficult!" He paused, looked at everyone and refused to say much, and then asked directly, "According to your opinion, how long can this Nanjing City be guarded?" ”

None of them spoke. At this time, no one dared to make a big statement.

Tang Shengzhi swept around, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed in his heart.

He slowly took out Lao Jiang's telegram and handed it to everyone present. After seeing it, everyone who was also full of various contradictions in their hearts breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

The rest of the book is already a matter of course. Soon, with the help of a squad of staff officers, an evacuation plan was determined. The plan was also properly calculated, and if there were no surprises, although the army could not be said to have retreated in its entirety, at least most of the main force was retained.

But there are too many surprises in reality.

On the 12th, the five divisions of the Yue Army suddenly launched a collective attack, and the gunfire inside and outside Nanjing, which had been continuous even at night, suddenly became intense.

In the early morning, the army gathered hundreds of planes and dozens of heavy artillery pieces to bombard Yuhuatai. The power of the heavy artillery was not comparable to that of ordinary mountain artillery, and the few remaining defenders were once again in danger.

Only half a company remained on the positions of the 262 Brigade at this time. Half of this last spy company had already been lost in yesterday's battle. If it weren't for the last, Zhu Chi unexpectedly resorted to grenade tactics, I'm afraid that the whole army would have been wiped out yesterday.

Yesterday, dozens of boxes of grenades connected in series with fuses were placed in front of the position, and when the devils rushed up, the scene of the explosion of hundreds of grenades left a deep impression on the devils.

Today, no one rushed first, only shells and bombs opened the way.

When there was not much movement on the position, they rushed forward together, but all they saw was an empty position.

At this time, Zhu Chi, who was injured and unconscious by the explosion, had been taken away by Niu Wushi and others, and there were only a dozen surviving soldiers with him. As a well-known name in later generations, Meng Xiang didn't want to leave too many regrets. The detachments have begun to deploy evacuation plans. The importance of talents is in the first place, and near Yuhuatai, Meng Xiang's well-known Zhu Chi is on Meng Xiang's list.

"Boom!" The explosives buried in the depths of the position were not touched by the shells, but were detonated by automatics. This is a gift that Meng Xiang instructed Niu Fifty to leave behind.

(In a hurry, I was not satisfied.) Ming said to continue the three watches. )