War of Resistance

Chapter 210 Yuhuatai

On December [-], the Japanese army assembled in large numbers and simultaneously launched a fierce attack on Yuhuatai, Tongjimen, Guanghuamen, and the headquarters of the teaching corps retreating to the second peak of Zijin Mountain.

The camera turned to Yuhuatai. Since the morning of the [-]th, the Japanese army stormed Yuhuatai with a regiment of troops. After suffering a disastrous defeat, they mobilized another regiment to add to the attack on Yuhuatai, and then stormed Yuhuatai again. In the afternoon, the [-]th Brigade Brigadier Gao Zhisong personally led the two battalions of the [-]th Regiment to reinforce the Yuhuatai position. The Japanese army was repelled after losing [-] to [-] troops.

This morning, the Japanese army, eager to make an emergency landing on the Nanjing defenders, began bombarding and bombarding the Yuhuatai position with planes and artillery in turn at seven o'clock. The position was suddenly filled with thick smoke, like the end of the world.

The violent bombing lasted for about half an hour. Half an hour later, the Japanese army immediately dispatched two brigades to attack Yuhuatai from both sides. persevere.

Even Sun Yuanliang ran back from the Confucius Temple brothel to inspect the situation on the front line. Unfortunately, because the artillery positions of the 88th Division were behind the mountainside, they did not give full play to the power of the artillery and did not deal a destructive blow to the enemy.

Just before noon that day, Tang Shengzhi refused to reply to Matsui Iwane's ultimatum, and ordered artillery to bombard the Japanese positions in response.

On the same day, the battle at Gwanghwamun became fierce again. The Commander-in-Chief of the Garrison dispatched the [-]th Division and part of the gendarmerie in the city to reinforce Gwanghwamun. In the Ministry, the [-]rd Division, which was withdrawn from Zhenjiang to Nanjing, served as the defense of the Zhongshanmen city wall, and was under the command of Gui Yongqing, the captain of the Teaching Corps.

Until sunset, the officers and soldiers of the [-]th Division of the Guanghuamen Garrison, under the command of Liu Xing, the deputy commander of the Nanjing Garrison, organized a death squad to burn all the Japanese soldiers who had sneaked into the gate circle with grenades and gasoline. Burned to death, and then launched a violent attack on the Tongguang barracks, and expelled all the Japanese troops here, and none of the members of these death squads returned alive.

It was precisely because of the sacrifices of these dozens of heroes that Guanghuamen and Tongjimen were able to turn the corner.

However, on the same day, due to the fierce Japanese attack, the right wing of the Yuhuatai position where the No.80 Eighth Division was located was shaken at several key points before losing the position.

The No.40 First Division of the Second Army Corps attacked the Japanese army in the direction of Mengtang in the east of Nanjing, but the attack suffered setbacks and failed. At this point, the No.40 First Division and the No.30 Sixth Division's [-]th Regiment began to retreat And contain the troops.

So far, the defense of Nanjing has reached a more difficult and dangerous stage.

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On December [-], in view of the failure of the attack on Guanghuamen and Tongjimen, the Japanese army mobilized elite troops to attack Zhonghuamen on this day.

Originally there were defenders of the No.80 Eighth Division outside the Zhonghua Gate, but Japanese aircraft bombed and strafed the outlying positions of the Zhonghua Gate in groups of three and four, and the defenders of the 88th Division were unable to gain a firm foothold here, so they were forced to withdraw into the city.

When the Japanese army saw this fighter plane, they followed it immediately. The defenders at the city gate were in chaos immediately. The ladders and the city gate were unable to retreat in time. The Japanese army took the opportunity to rush in more than [-] people.

Seeing that the situation was so critical, Luo Zhuoying, the deputy commander of the Nanjing Garrison who was in command at Zhonghuamen, went to the front line to command the battle. The defenders and the Japanese army fought fiercely in the area of ​​Zhonghuamen, and finally killed all the Japanese troops who had entered the city. Only then did he have a chance to breathe.

The battle of Zhonghuamen made everyone sweat. If this place is breached, the city of Nanjing will be in danger.

The news that Zhonghuamen was close to being destroyed by the Japanese army soon reached Song Xilian. Song Xilian just sighed softly: "When the city of Nanjing is destroyed, it's time for our 78th Army to enter the city. Little Japan, just wait! Even if I, Song Yinguo and the 78th Army die, I will not surrender Nanjing to you in vain!"

Zhang Tianhai watched this scene silently, without saying a word, and then quietly asked Liu Houming to go to the regiment headquarters in Xiaguan, and asked Guo Qiliang to be ready to gather troops into the city at any time. The kind of concentration!
At this time, there is no place in Nanjing that is not filled with the smell of sulfur, carbonic acid, and gunpowder. Japanese planes bombed indiscriminately in the sky all day long, and the officers and soldiers of the national army underground have almost collapsed. ——Everyone hoped that troops would come to the rescue, but they couldn't see a single shot. The whole of Nanjing was full of despair, and these officers and soldiers could not see the hope of life.

Many grass-roots troops have been wiped out, including the orders issued by the commander-in-chief of the garrison. On the surface, it seems that an army or a division has moved up, but the actual number of troops is only one battalion. At the same time, they have no artillery , Even the rifle is not complete.

From the 10,000+ army before the war to the present, there are only less than 8 people left, and they are still 8 people who are not fully equipped and beaten to pieces by the Japanese army!

On this day, the Japanese army on the eastern front stormed Zijin Mountain, and also dispatched a troop to attack the area from Dashengguan to Jiangxinzhou in a detour, and shot at the No.70 Fourth Army in an attempt to outflank and besiege the Nanjing defenders from the rear.

Judging from the map, the Nanjing defenders are already a lone army trapped in Nanjing. They don't have any support. They must defend until the city of Nanjing is broken, and even live and die with Nanjing!

It was also around two o'clock in the afternoon of this day that the left wing position of No.80 Eighth Division Yuhuatai was completely blown up by the enemy. The enemy took advantage of the opportunity to break through the Yuhuatai position before the No.80 Eighth Division's defenders fully reacted. Zhu Chi, commander of the [-]nd Brigade guarding Yuhuatai, and Gao Zhisong, commander of the [-]th Brigade, hurriedly led their troops to drive away the Japanese army, but the effect was not good.

"Old Zhu, it seems that we have to be loyal to our country this time." Before the Japanese army attacked, Gao Zhisong hid in the trench and said to Zhu Chi who was beside him. It is vernacular, so his Mandarin is not standard.

"Who says it's not? We are almost out of ammunition and food now. These little Japanese have set up machine guns after occupying our positions. If we want to regain those positions, the price is too high." Said With that, Zhu Chi handed Gao Zhisong a cigarette.

Gao Zhisong took the cigarette and lit it with the burning wooden stick next to him. He said, "Yes, we don't have much ammunition now, and the foreign aid is also cut off. Use these few remaining ammunition to fight back. I'm afraid I don’t have much strength, so why not just wait for the little devils to come up, let’s greet them again, this way we can kill more, as for our lives, let’s save our lives for hand-to-hand combat with the little Japanese!”

Gao Zhisong is not tall, even a little thin, but this does not affect his spirit of not being afraid of death and daring to die.

"Brother Zhisong, you are also from the third phase of our Huangpu. We have been fighting from the Northern Expedition to the present. It is an honor not to die at the hands of our own people, but to die at the hands of the enemy." Zhu Chi He is from Xiushui, Jiangxi. When he applied for the military academy, he also came here with the hope of changing the fate of this country.

"That's right, many of our Huangpu students died in Songhu and Nanjing battlefields, including our juniors, who also sacrificed a lot. Our Huangpu troops... are about to be wiped out..." Gao Zhisong said softly sighed.

"Think about the good side of everything. I hope our sacrifices are valuable. Our descendants can remember this great Patriotic War and remember that when the motherland was in poverty and poverty, a group of people China has worked hard..." Zhu Chi said lightly.

"Let's hope, China will not perish. The people we guard with our lives will make our motherland stronger." Gao Zhisong turned to the sky and grinned, and his white teeth stood there in the smoke Especially in the battlefield.

If you want to get promoted and get rich, please go elsewhere. If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't enter the door.This sentence has never been empty words, but those who regard this sentence as their faith, they will all die soon...

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PS: It’s another update. To be honest, when writing this update, Xiongying’s heart is extremely heavy. This period of history is slowly being forgotten by the world. The soldiers who stepped forward at the critical moment, not the current "national army".

Heck, I've said a bit too much.

(End of this chapter)