"Withdraw from position?" Wu Xinhua was taken aback, and couldn't believe what Liang Dong said.

"Brigade Commander Wu, there is no time, we must evacuate immediately, all kinds of signs indicate that the direction of the Japanese army's main attack is in the direction of Zhonghua Gate, at the latest tomorrow morning, we will be bombarded indiscriminately by the Japanese army here, with the fortifications we are building now, we can still withstand it once or twice, but what about three or four times?"

Wu Xinhua was silent, Liang Dong's words made sense, there was not enough time, the fortifications they built would not last long, if the Japanese army really concentrated on breaking through from the Zhonghua Gate, then the 40th Brigade could lose all the money that it had saved with great difficulty.

It's not terrible to lose it, as long as he kills the enemy and dies on the battlefield, he Wu Xinhua has no complaints, and the brothers are not afraid of death, the key is that the sacrifice is valuable.

"If you don't believe me, you can call the headquarters now and ask Deputy Commander Leng!"

"No, I still don't believe you, immediately arrange the evacuation matters, the brigade headquarters organs and the front line will be evacuated last, and the communication equipment of the organs can be evacuated first!" Wu Xinhua decided.

"Okay, I'll go to the front line and keep an eye on the Japanese army, and I'll ask the brigade seat to take care of the evacuation and deployment." Liang Dong Road.

"Okay, let's split up!" Wu Xinhua nodded, the front line needs someone to keep an eye on, although it is not possible for the Japanese army to launch a surprise attack at night, but it has to be guarded against.

The evacuation and planting of explosives and ammunition were carried out at the same time, and the Japanese did not discover until later that the Japanese discovered the underground passage of Zhonghua Gate, which was built at the same time as the passage under Guanghua Gate, because of its age, it was buried very deeply. This secret passage was discovered early. It was used in the first defense of Nanjing.

Of course. The **** guarding the Zhonghua Gate didn't know why he didn't think of going out to attack the Japanese army through the secret passage, but used it as an escape, but unfortunately, the Japanese army later discovered this secret passage and carried out a poison gas attack on it!

When Leng Feng led people to find the entrance of the tunnel and dug it up, the façade was densely packed with corpses, and the escape route did not save their lives, and they died under the poisonous gas of the Japanese before they could reach the exit.

At least hundreds of bodies were cleared.

Placing explosives in a secret passage alone can't blow up the entire Zhonghua Gate. In addition, the explosives were buried deep in other places, and it was also necessary to ensure that they would not be detonated by Japanese shells.

This requires precise calculations and arrangements.

"Quick, dig quickly, here, at least five meters ......"

The sappers worked hard to prevent the Japanese from noticing, so they tried their best to keep their bodies and wave their pickaxes and shovels like ground-digging plucks.

As soon as I heard that it was to let the Japanese devils take a "dirt plane" to the sky. The warriors screamed one by one, as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Progress is flying.

Leng Feng personally sent Tang Jing over to guide how to place the explosion point, the experts of the city fortress group, the level is naturally different, and the amount of medicine placed in each explosion point is different, in order to achieve the maximum effect of the explosion.

Compared with Leng Feng's original engagement in Tiger Cave 151 Heights, the technical content is much higher.

At about three o'clock in the morning, Leng Feng was not worried about the retreat and arming of Zhonghua Gate, so he personally led people to check.

Seeing that the relevant personnel on the position had almost retreated, only a small part of the personnel were left to disguise themselves so as not to be detected by the Japanese troops on the opposite side.

Hundreds of false targets were also made on the positions, weapons and equipment were withdrawn, and if there was nothing, the Japanese army could see it at a glance, how could they consume their ammunition?

"Deputy Commander Leng, why are you here?"

"I'll take a look, Brother Wu, I decided to withdraw the 40th Brigade, do you have any ideas?" Leng Feng asked.

"I don't have an idea, follow Deputy Commander Leng to fight with you, I didn't say anything." Wu Xinhua said loudly.

"Don't say that, when the manpower is exhausted, three stinkers can still top one Zhuge Liang!" Leng Feng smiled, Wu Xinhua's compliments, he didn't care.

"If you want to say that you have an idea, you had it at first, but now you don't have it." Wu Xinhua said.

"Oh, tell me about it?"

"At first, I thought you asked us to withdraw because you didn't trust our 40th Brigade to stop the Japanese army, but now it seems that you are protecting us and don't want us to make senseless sacrifices." Wu Xinhua explained.

"Yes, those who survived were all anti-Japanese seeds, I don't want to fight the seeds out, not to mention that Nanjing is already an empty city, it's not worth it." Leng Feng nodded.

"Following a commander like you is a blessing for us as subordinates."

"Well, you're busy, do you remember that in Qinglong Mountain, we talked all night about the fighting style of urban street fighting?" Leng Feng reminded gently.

"Remember, don't worry, I know what to do, if the Japanese come in, I guarantee they won't be able to get out!" Wu Xinhua patted his chest. Assured.

In the National Salvation Division, there are two elites, the first is Liao Sen's 37th Brigade and 371st Regiment, all of which are integrated from the teaching corps and the Central Army, and then there is Wu Xinhua's 403rd Regiment.

Of course, the secret service group is also considered elite.

The 403rd Regiment fought with Leng Feng, and Wu Xinhua himself was deeply influenced by Leng Feng, and the 403rd Regiment later received the whole training of the instructors of the Yaksha Battalion headed by Liang Dong in Qinglong Mountain, and his combat effectiveness improved very quickly, and he was more able to comprehend Leng Feng's teaching style.

This is also the reason why Leng Feng arranged the 40th Brigade to guard the Zhonghua Gate, on the contrary, although the 39th Brigade is strong, it is not as good as the 40th Brigade in terms of urban offensive and defensive warfare.

In fact, Leng Feng himself didn't know, in his psychology quietly divided the functions and nature of the two troops, the future direction of the 40th Brigade is mountain jungle and urban combat, and the direction of the 39th Brigade is assault and defensive counterattack.

"It's almost four o'clock, I estimate that the Japanese army will attack soon, hurry up and let the soldiers rest." Leng Feng ordered.

"Yes!"

"Notify the logistics department and immediately deliver meals to the 40 brigade."

In order to cover up the smoke formed by the fire, they even moved the cooking location back a kilometer and built a straw hut.

"Roar. Not bad. This soup is very delicious. The soldiers of our Imperial Army will surely have more courage to defeat those hateful Shina people......"

"The Empire will win!"

"The morale of the soldiers is very high!" Ryosuke Yoshizumi, accompanied by his adjutant and chief of staff, personally came to the front and personally commanded the plan for the raid.

"Yes, we have made sufficient preparations for this plan, and we will definitely be able to take the position of the Chinese people in one fell swoop." Chief of Staff Hiroshi Nakagawa echoed.

The commander of the 18th Brigade, which was responsible for the infantry attack, Major General Nobutoki Ide, came over with a group of officers.

"Sir."

"Here, how's the preparation?"

"Everything is ready to strike!" Iide said loudly.

"Is the artillery in place?"

"Report to the commander of the division, the artillery is already in place. A total of 117 artillery pieces were aimed at the positions of the Chinese army. The artillery staff officer reported loudly.

"Okay, it's 5:25, launch the attack in five minutes, five minutes after the shelling, extend the attack, barrage attack for twenty minutes!" Ryosuke Yoshizumi ordered.

Behind Hongmao Mountain, on the Japanese artillery position, the thick and dark barrels were struck diagonally into the sky in rows. Like a cold forest of steel.

After a full meal, the infantry of the 19th Wing of the Japanese Army held 38 rifles in their hands, and the weather was freezing. Shirtless, with a ribbon of "victory" on his head, he was quietly in the trenches.

Just waiting for the commander to give an order, rush out of the trench and kill the opposite position.

The position was quiet, pitch black, and he couldn't see his fingers, but Liang Dong, who had been observing from the front, had already adapted to this darkness, and by his senses, he found that the Japanese soldiers on the opposite position were numerous.

"Senza, the Japanese are moving, and it seems that they are preparing to attack."

"Well, report to the brigade seat immediately, and order the brethren, prepare to retreat, and go through the tunnel!" Liang Dong ordered from the forward observation post.

"Yes!"

"I know, report to the command immediately, and say that the Japanese army has moved, and it may be about to attack." Wu Xinhua's headquarters had already withdrawn to a private house in the Zhenhuai Bridge, which had been prepared for a long time, so he retreated in an orderly manner and quickly set up a wired telephone.

Tick......

Leng Feng returned to the underground command center of the Ministry of Communications, and planned to sleep for a while, but he couldn't calm down, and suddenly the bell on the wall rang.

Leng Feng opened his eyes and saw that it was half past five!

Boom, boom......

The lid of the teacup on the table jerked and fell, shattering to pieces, followed by an even more violent explosion and a tremor of the earth.

The Japanese army has begun to attack the city!

Leng Feng suddenly fought, grabbed the telephone on the table: "Pick up the 40th Brigade Headquarters for me!" ”

"Hey, old Wu, what's the situation?"

"Report to Deputy Commander Leng, the Japanese army launched a fierce artillery bombardment, and more than 100 shells were fired at my Yuhuatai position just now......" Wu Xinhua's brigade headquarters felt even stronger, although the civilian houses in the headquarters were brick and concrete structures and were reinforced, they were still shocked by the gray stones that kept falling, and the headquarters was full of smoke and dust.

Wu Xinhua took a mouthful of ash with one mouth, and could only cover the phone to speak.

There was a rumbling cannon sound on the other end of the phone, Leng Feng heard it clearly, and even the image of Wu Xinhua bowing his body at the moment, covering the microphone and speaking, he could imagine it.

The Japanese attack this time was obviously to use all the strength to eat milk, and they must open the gap of the Zhonghua Gate.

The capture of Nanjing in three days, the pressure on the base camp on the Japanese army was also very great, especially the fiasco of the Tiangu detachment in the White Horse Battalion, which gave the Japanese army a heavy blow.

"Pay attention to the artillery, everyone enters the anti-artillery hole, I feel that the Japanese army's shelling this time is extraordinary, and it cannot be negligent!"

"Understood, Deputy Commander Leng, everyone immediately retreats into the anti-artillery hole......"

"What about Liang Dong, did he come back?"

"Chief of Staff Liang, he withdrew before the shelling, and is now ...... in the secret passage"

"Got it, you go into the anti-artillery hole, and we'll get in touch again!" Leng Feng felt that something was about to happen, and immediately hung up the phone, and the Japanese artillery fire was unprecedentedly fierce.

Although the National Salvation Division defending the city also had some artillery, they were all field artillery, infantry artillery and rapid-fire guns under 100 mm, which were small in power and had a short firing range, but they were suitable for street fighting in the city, and they were powerless against the heavy artillery of the Japanese army.

It seems that the decisive battle with the Japanese army still has to be street fighting.

(To be continued.) )