Sword life

Chapter 99 The Great Retreat
December 12, Nanjing.

Five days have passed since the arsenal was bombed.

The little devil's heavy artillery finally recovered, and there was some movement!

After the heavy artillery was restored, the little devil regained the feeling of attacking!

At the end of the day, all the outer positions of Yuhuatai were taken down, forming a situation of encirclement.

At nightfall, the fierce battle in the direction of Yuhuatai has not stopped.

The fortress of Wulong Mountain was still crowded with people, and the panic grew more and more as we went to the back. Thirty to forty thousand people crowded here, waiting to cross the river.

At the top of the mountain, Zhang Gang was walking with a German.

"General Zhang, you are organizing a great retreat, even if it is Nanjing, it is difficult to organize it so perfectly."

"Mr. Rabe, you are overrated. I am just doing my duty. I want to thank you for everything you have done. In the face of conscience and future, you have made the right choice. The Chinese people will never forget what you have done everything!"

For this middle-aged man, Zhang Gang is full of respect. If it weren't for the safety zone organized by Rabe, there would be more people in Nanjing. Because of Rabe's efforts, tens of thousands of Chinese people survived!

"If those who cannot be sent away can stay in the international safe zone, Japan will not take the risk of offending Germany and break into the safe zone," Rabe said.

"Mr. Rabe, I am a pessimist. Therefore, I would rather pay a greater price to let my compatriots cross the river than believe in the faith of the little devil. In fact, that does not exist!"

After hearing this, Rabe could only shrug his shoulders regretfully. Zhang Gang smiled and said, "Mr. Rabe, in return for your kindness, I have set up an account with HSBC, which contains [-] US dollars, which you can use at any time!"

"General Zhang, I didn't help the Chinese people for these reasons. I have been in China for 30 years, and I have feelings for this land. I am just worried that you will not be able to transport all the refugees in time!" Rabe rejected the offer reward.

Seeing that Rabe didn't charge money, Zhang Gang's eyes lit up: "Mr. Rabe, don't worry, I can send away 6 people in one night, and now this few people can be sent away before three o'clock in the morning!"

Rabe got the answer and left contentedly, while Zhang Gang looked at the lights at the bottom of the mountain and suddenly laughed.

In the past few days, 30 million people have been sent away, and Nanjing has almost become an empty city. Except for 10,000+ troops, there is no one else!
These people were supposed to die in Nanjing, but now they survived, giving the Chinese nation a little more vitality.

Compared with this, the loss of a little property is not important.

"Monk!"

"To!"

"Let me tell you, this is all the property of our Independent Ninth Brigade. You can take care of me. I have opened up the relationship on Jinpu Road. After arriving in Xuzhou, give this general officer's knife to Chief Li, and then Tell him that the [-] soldiers of the Ninth Independent Brigade are willing to fight devils with Chief Li!"

Wei Dayong's eyes were as big as copper bells, and finally he just nodded: "Understood, brigade commander, why don't you go?"

"Hey, you boy, you are still taking care of my business, get out of here quickly. By the way, Sun Desheng stays for me, I am useful!" Zhang Gang kicked Wei Dayong out.

Wei Dayong was not angry either, he just had fun, and started crossing the river with the Second Regiment. Fifty LCVP landing boats were transported back and forth three times before all the personnel and supplies of the Second Regiment were transported.

Zhang Gang looked at the waves of the Yangtze River, was in a daze for a long time, and opened the tactical map.

[Tactical map: You can check the situation of the enemy and us within a radius of [-] miles, five times a day, valid for seven days]

Valid for seven days, today is the last day!
After today, without the help of this thing, the Ninth Independent Brigade will lose the ability to predict the enemy like a god, and if they want to have this ability again, they will have to wait until next month.

In the current situation, can we wait until next month?On the tactical map, it was clearly shown that the little devil had already divided into two divisions, and began to outflank them with two wings, with the potential to encircle Nanjing.

If the Nanjing defenders are of one mind, it is not impossible to stick to it for eight days, but the big bosses in Nanjing are fighting on their own, and this battle is dangerous.

Just when Zhang Gang was in trouble, the phone rang, and Tang Shengzhi held the city defense meeting for the third time.

This time, the atmosphere of the meeting was relatively relaxed. After Tang Shengzhi distributed a lot of medals, he read out three orders.

The first order was issued on December 12, a telephone order, requiring Tang Shengzhi to cross the Yangtze River with all the troops that night, and Hu Zongnan to meet him at Pukou.

The second order was issued on December 12. When the situation cannot be sustained for a long time, the camera can be retreated in order to organize and counterattack.

The third one is almost the same as the second one.

After reading out the three orders, Tang Shengzhi began to arrange the breakout plan.

"The armies broke through directly from the front, and then waited for an opportunity to conquer the country." Finally, he whispered
"The 87th Division, the 87th Division, the 74th Army, the Teaching Corps and other units, if they can't break out of the siege, they can cross the river when there is a ferry and assemble to Chuzhou."

As soon as Tang Shengzhi finished speaking, the whole venue became chaotic.

"Commander Tang, why was the evacuation order issued the day before yesterday announced today? It is [-] o'clock in the evening, and the troops have not been notified. How to organize the evacuation? By dawn, the entire city of Nanjing was under the control of Japanese devil planes. How can the troops retreat under the bombardment of the planes?" Sun Yuanliang was the first to jump out, his tone very bad.

Tang Shengzhi looked at Sun Yuanliang, and said with a smile, "The second order of the Communist Party is that the situation cannot last long, but the situation was not bad the day before yesterday, so naturally we cannot retreat lightly."

"Commander Tang, I don't know something about my humble position. What happened in the past two days that made Commander Tang think that the situation cannot be supported?" Gui Yongqing asked.

"The No. 12 Division of the Japanese Army conquered Cihu Town the day before yesterday, and yesterday, the Tiangu Detachment conquered Liuhe, which has already posed a serious threat to my rear. If we don't retreat, 10,000+ elites will become turtles in the urn!"

Everyone was shocked. Cihu Town is only a hundred miles away from Pukou, so it can be said that it is a day and night. If this place is still a little far away, Liuhe is in the north of Wulong Fortress, and it is only [-] miles away from Jinpu Line. It is like a sharp knife It's on the throat.

(End of this chapter)