Chapter 62: Yuhuatai Position
With the passage of time, the entire battlefield situation is gradually changing, and it is becoming more and more unfavorable to the defenders of Wuxi. It has an absolute advantage.
Wuxi City was almost surrounded by the 16th Division and other wings, and the planes of the little devils bombed Wuxi City every day. The defenders of Wuxi also gave up holding on to the city of Wuxi, and evacuated while the city had not yet been completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
Ye Hang and the others hid in an abandoned house in Wuxi City, looking at the evacuated ****, Ye Hang's fist smashed the wall in the house fiercely, and the blood slowly flowed down from his fingers, ticking to the ground.
The women who were chatting discovered Ye Hang's abnormality and quickly gathered around, Du Yuqing took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood on Ye Hang's hands distressedly, took out a bandage from his backpack and carefully hugged Ye Hang. The other women were also whispering to comfort Ye Hang.
"The **** has been withdrawn, what's the point of us staying here, and these people can't stop the devil from moving forward! Forget it, let's withdraw too! Ye Hang looked at the women around him who cared about him, and Ye Hang's somewhat lost heart gradually warmed up. Turning around and seeing the **** who was quickly evacuating, Ye Hang said helplessly.
Ye Hang and the others put on the clothes of the common people, went out of the house and the fleeing people out of Wuxi City, walked in the direction of Nanjing, and looked at the Wuxi City that was about to fall, full of helplessness, they planned to fight with the little devils in Wuxi City, but now, it is really bitter for those poor people in Wuxi City. Ye Hang knew that after the little devil occupied Wuxi, the people in the city would suffer. "Hey" Ye Hang let out a long sigh, hearing Ye Hang's sigh, Night Rose came to Ye Hang's side, holding Ye Hang's arm, comforting Ye Hang silently, and soon Lan and Liu Ruyan also came to Ye Hang's side.
"Let's go!" Ye Hang looked at the women and said softly.
In this way, Ye Hang took his daughters all the way to Changzhou Danyang and finally arrived in Nanjing City, and now a large part of the people in Nanjing City have been evacuated, but some people choose to stay. After more than 20 days of travel, the women were extremely tired, and Ye Hang was not much better, so everyone entered Nanjing City and found a hotel to rest. The Japanese army's three-way offensive was like a bamboo, and the strategic points on the periphery of Nanjing fell one after another. Soon the Japanese broke through the first-line defensive positions on the outskirts of Nanjing.
History has not changed, Tang Shengzhi was still appointed commander of the Nanjing garrison, commanding 150,000 **** resistance operations. In fact, the **** in the city of Nanjing's one or four divisions of the national army actually only 8. 10,000 men, of whom 30,000 were improvised men, with no training at all. And these Nanjing **** garrison troops include, the 41st Division and the 48th Division of Xu Yuanquan of the Second Army. The 1st and 59th Divisions and 160th Divisions of Ye Zhao of the 66th Army. Wang Jingjiu's 87th Division of the 71st Army, Sun Yuanliang's 88th Division of the 72nd Army, Yu Jishi's 5th Division and the 58th Division of the 74th Army. The 78th Division of Song Xilian of the 36th Army, the 154th Division and the 156th Division of Deng Longguang of the 8th Third Army. Gui Yongqing, 103rd Division, 112th Division and other 14 divisions. 2 military police regiments under the command of the commander of the military police, Xiao Shanling. The 8th Battalion of the 1st Artillery Regiment, the 10th Battalion of the 1st Artillery Regiment, 10 light combat vehicles, the city defense communications battalion, 27 anti-aircraft guns of the Air Defense Command, special forces. The troops participating in the battle were basically all retreating troops on the battlefield of the Battle of Songhu. To put it bluntly, all of them were broken troops, and the Japanese army was advancing along the Taihu Lake in the east was the 3rd Division of the Shanghai Dispatch Army of Hatohiko Asakanomiya, the 9th Division, the 13th Division and the 16th Division, the 11th Division, and the 10th Brigade of the 11th Division. Advancing from the south were the 10th Division, the 114th Division, the 6th Division, the 5th Brigade of the 9th Division, and the 10th Army of Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke. The Japanese army participated in the battle with six divisions, one brigade, two independent field heavy artillery brigades, three other field heavy artillery units, a siege heavy artillery wing, seven siege heavy artillery brigades, one heavy mortar artillery brigade, one heavy artillery squadron, 16 anti-aircraft artillery teams and three reserve mountain artillery units, 21 independent automobile units and other support units.
The 300,000 Japanese army carried more than 240 anti-aircraft guns including heavy artillery including 150mm howitzers, 70mm cannons, rapid-fire guns, infantry guns, mortars and grenadiers, and more than 2000 combat vehicles and armored vehicles. With absolute superiority, tens of thousands of **** broken troops from three sides of Nanjing were pressed down. In the face of such a little devil who has priority in equipment and numbers, **** has no chance of winning at all. From the bottom of his heart, Lao Chiang advocated abandoning Nanjing, because even if the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, it would not have any substantive significance strategically. However, since the September 18 Incident, Lao Chiang has been labeled as a "Japanese-phobic disease" of non-resistance, and Lao Chiang is afraid of giving up Nanjing without a fight, and will be accused of surrender and betrayal by public opinion and his political enemies. Therefore, Lao Chiang hoped to carry out a symbolic short-term resistance in Nanjing to cope with public opinion. Coupled with Ye Hang's telegram, Lao Jiang also made preparations in advance, and evacuated most of the people in Nanjing City, so that he also won a glorious image of loving the people, even if the Japanese army captured Nanjing City and began to carry out a massacre as Ye Hang said, he had already evacuated the people in advance, reduced the casualties of the people, and his reputation would be unprecedentedly improved both internationally and at home, so why not do this harmless thing, and do it well.
So now the city of Nanjing began the largest evacuation of the people, those who did not want to leave were forcibly taken away, and then the government offices, schools, factories, hospitals, etc. were all transferred. In the past few days, Ye Hang ordered the women to make large-scale purchases of various commodities, especially food and medicine, and prepare for long-term battles. Now the city of Nanjing is skyrocketing, especially medicines. Ye Hang had no choice but to take Lan to major hospitals and clinics to steal medicines, and he gained a lot.
These grains and medicines were selected in vantage points for secret storage. I was ready to cut and waited for the arrival of the little devil.
In the past few days, Ye Hang has been taking his daughters to scout around Nanjing City, recording in detail every building sign on the map, as well as some important strongholds and sniper positions that can be hidden.
On December 9, the Japanese army entered the city of Nanjing, and used planes to throw an ultimatum from the commander of the Japanese "Central China Front" Matsui Ishine to the Chinese defenders to persuade them to surrender.
Tang Shengzhi, commander of the Nanjing garrison, ignored Matsui's ultimatum and issued an order on the same day as "Wei Shen Zuo Zi No. 36" in reply. The content reads: "The current occupation of the Fukuo position by this army is the final battle to hold Nanjing, and all units should do their best to hold on to it with the determination to live and die with the position, and must not lightly abandon an inch of land or shake the whole army. All ships obtained by the armed forces were handed over to the Transport Command for safekeeping, and they were not allowed to be detained without permission, and Song Xilian, commander of the 78th Army, was assigned to take charge of the command. Along the river, the constitution and the police strictly prohibit stragglers from crossing the river by boat without permission, and violators will be arrested and severely punished. If you dare to resist, stop it by force. Trying to fight to the death in the spirit of "breaking the kettle and sinking the boat".
On December 10, 1937, seeing that the Chinese army refused to surrender, the Japanese army launched a full-scale attack on Yuhuatai, Tongjimen, Guanghuamen, and the 3rd peak of Purple Mountain, and the battle was more fierce than on the 9th. In particular, in the southeast of the city, because the re-establishment position had been basically lost, and the Japanese army directly attacked the city wall, the shape was particularly severe. The garrison headquarters urgently ordered the 156th Division of the 83rd Army to reinforce the garrisons of Guanghuamen and Tongjimen city walls, and hurriedly built preparatory fortifications for street battles at various points in the city, and at the same time transferred the 66th Army from Dashuiguan and Yanziji into the city, and deployed them to build fortifications in Zhongshan Gate and Xuanwu Gate to prepare for street battles; In addition, the 103rd Division and the 112th Division, which had just been withdrawn from Zhenjiang into Nanjing, were commanded by Gui Yongqing, the commander of the Teaching Corps, and were responsible for the garrison of the city wall and the Purple Mountain position near Zhongshan Gate.
The battle of Yuhuatai, Zhonghuamen, and Purple Mountain positions was the most intense, and the troops stationed in Yuhuatai were the 88th Division, and the Japanese 6th Division led by Gu Shoufu attacked the Yuhuatai position. The two sides are constantly engaged in a tug-of-war,
After Ye Hang took the women to prepare everything, he hurried to the position of the 88th Division of Yuhuatai.
At this time, the Yuhuatai position has been occupied by the little devils, the officers and men of the 88th Division rose up to counterattack, the Japanese troops on the Yuhuatai position are the 13th Infantry Wing of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, facing the soldiers of the 88th Division like wolves and tigers, the soldiers of this wing are a little scared, and the wing commander Ishizumi Jiro commands his own wing, and he resists stubbornly.
Ye Hang and the others looked from a distance and saw that the soldiers and little devils of the 88th Division on the Yuhuatai position were engaged in white-knuckle battles, Ye Hang's heart was suddenly surging, and he ordered the girls to choose a place to snipe, Ye Hang took out the Nepalese saber he bought from the mall and rushed towards the little devil with a loud shout.