I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 162 Nanjing Falls, Rescue Xiao Ya
The leading infiltration force led by Jun Takeshita, as well as the more than 500 Japanese troops who followed up to reinforce them, all came from the 16th Division.

It is the elite of the frontline command of the Japanese army, drawn from the main regiments of the 16th Division.

Individual skills and tactics, and coordinated combat capabilities are all extraordinary.

It has to be said that Jun Takeshita, because he is highly valued by the headquarters of the Central China Front Army, even though he suffered repeated defeats on the front line, he still managed to get along like a fish in water.

Of course, this is mainly because he is not the commander of any main force on the front line, so he is not responsible for the failure of any combat operations.

Although he doesn't have to be responsible, he can't stay with the 18th and 6th Divisions.

Therefore, after the Battle of Molingguan, he was transferred to the 16th Division on the Eastern Front.

And successfully persuaded the then head of the 16th Division, Nakajima Kinego and Chief of Staff Mitsuo Nakazawa and other commanders.

He agreed to allocate more than 1000 elite veterans to him, and took the opportunity to try to infiltrate and attack Nanjing City.

To be on the safe side, it is not advisable to infiltrate too many troops.

He did not put all the more than 1000 elite Japanese soldiers into action at one time.

Instead, he cunningly divided the troops into three groups. The first group of more than [-] people was also the vanguard. He personally led it and took the lead in carrying out infiltration attacks on the inner city of Nanjing.
The second group of more than [-] people, as the second echelon, is responsible for responding to the leading troops led by him.

The third group has nearly 300 people. As another partial division, it is responsible for taking advantage of his troops to harass the area around Guanghuamen, to surprise and cross the city wall from nearby, and attack the city.

Therefore, at the same time, a small force of nearly 300 people took advantage of the fact that the main force and attention of the military police were restrained at Guanghua Gate, crossed the city wall of Nanjing's inner city, and launched a surprise attack into the center of the city. .

Among them, the girls' high school where Xiao Ya is located, and the temporary camp where the left-behind members and wounded soldiers of the Huben Regiment are located.

As well as important targets such as Tang Shengzhi's garrison headquarters.

It can be said that if Zhou Weiguo and the others do not defeat the Japanese army outside Guanghua Gate as soon as possible, then Xiao Ya and others will be in danger.

For Jun Takeshita, his top priority now is to eat up first, or at least defeat Zhou Weiguo and his national army who suddenly rushed back to help.

Then, concentrate our forces and continue to attack Guanghuamen.

When the entire battlefield situation was favorable to the imperial army, even if they could not attack the Guanghua Gate, they could still contain the defenders in the city and put huge psychological pressure on them.

Zhou Weiguo wholeheartedly wanted to go to the city to rescue Xiao Ya and the left-behind members of the Huben Regiment, so the battle between the two sides became intense from the very beginning.

They all worked hard and wanted to kill each other.

The two sides first launched a wave of fierce and intensive firepower, and then hand-to-hand combat broke out.

In the melee, two kendo masters, Zhou Weiguo and Takeshita Shun, soon met.

"Weiguo?" Jun Takeshita was stunned when he saw Zhou Weiguo, forgetting to fight.

Zhou Weiguo was a little surprised when he saw him, but he quickly realized that his eyes became sharp: "Takeshita!"

"Weiguo, I..." Takeshita Jun wanted to say something, but he swallowed it hard when the words reached his lips.

He didn't know how to face his former friend.

Bringing troops, wearing military uniforms, and meeting him in the opponent's capital made him a little at a loss.

Originally, the two would not meet in Nanjing, but because of Xu Qingfeng's existence, they met in China in advance.

Zhou Weiguo said directly and sternly: "There is nothing to say, Takeshita, you and I have already broken off relations. As I said, as long as you enter China with weapons, you are my enemy."

After finishing speaking, Zhou Weiguo took the initiative to attack Takeshita Jun with a bayonet.

Takeshita Jun felt ashamed, but it was a matter of life and death and the success or failure of military operations, so he had no choice but to fight with his sword.

However, it is obvious that Takeshita Shun is a little unwilling to fight.

Therefore, he, who was Zhou Weiguo's kendo master, was gradually forced into a disadvantage by Zhou Weiguo's ferocious offensive.

However, although Zhou Weiguo had the upper hand.

However, the officers and soldiers of the Preparatory Regiment, who were outnumbered around them, gradually fell into the danger of being outnumbered.

After all, the strength of the devils is three times that of theirs.

Moreover, all of them are elite veterans selected from various units, and their fighting will and stabbing skills are no worse than the remnants of the previous regiment, or even slightly stronger.

Seeing more and more casualties, the first regiment was about to be defeated.

A burst of gunfire suddenly rang out from the southwest. Many of the Japanese soldiers, relying on the large number of people, were outflanking the rear of the first group, trying to annihilate Zhou Weiguo and the others. They were caught off guard and fell down one after another.

Zhou Weiguo, Takeshita Jun, Xu Hu, Fang Shengli and other officers and soldiers from both sides, who were fighting desperately, stopped fighting in front of them one after another, turned their heads or looked up to follow the sound.

I saw hundreds of national army officers and soldiers, armed with various weapons, rushing towards them.

Especially the dozens of people at the front, each armed with a submachine gun or light machine gun, relied on automatic fire to concentrate their fire, and rained a large amount of bullets on the Japanese.

Jun Takeshita could clearly feel that the reinforcements of the national army who had suddenly arrived exuded a murderous aura that other national army troops did not have.

Everyone is like the Asura Killing God who has returned from hell. There are hundreds of people in the area, and they are exuding a terrifying aura that has never been seen before in thousands of troops.

Takeshita Jun understood that this was a group of real elites, a group of iron-blooded veterans who had just come off the battlefield.

Even though the troops led by Zhou Weiguo were not bad, they were still slightly inferior to them.

Zhou Weiguo shouted excitedly: "Qingfeng!"

This is said too late, but in fact it only takes a moment.

Without waiting for Zhou Weiguo, Takeshita Jun and others to react too much, Xu Qingfeng has already brought more than 300 elite Tigers and Cardinals, rushing towards them like a storm.

With their joining, the situation on the battlefield immediately reversed.

In particular, Xu Qingfeng and the officers and soldiers of the Huben Regiment had used intensive firepower to shoot and kill more than 100 devils before they came into close contact with the devils, which greatly dampened the morale of the devils.

With Xu Qingfeng and the others joining hand-to-hand combat, the devil's advantage in military strength no longer existed.

In addition to the more than 300 veterans led by Xu Qingfeng, all of them can be said to be iron-blooded elites who crawled out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood.

Hand-to-hand combat is not weaker than the devils in front of us!

Zhou Weiguo, Xu Hu, Fang Shengli and other officers and soldiers of the Preliminary Regiment also had their morale boosted, and they were greatly encouraged to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army.

In less than half an hour of fierce fighting, nearly 200 more Japanese soldiers were killed.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Takeshita Jun and others turned around and led the army back in the direction they came from.

Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo immediately led their troops in pursuit, but were blocked by more than 100 devils in the rear. After another fierce battle, although the more than 100 devils in the rear were completely wiped out.

However, Takeshita Shun led more than 200 remnants and managed to escape.

Fang Shengli, Xu Hu, Wang Tiezhu, Chen Qifeng and other members of the Huben Regiment and the first regiment wanted to continue their pursuit.

But Xu Qingfeng immediately and decisively stopped him: "Stop chasing, everyone stop chasing immediately!"

Zhou Weiguo also nodded in deep agreement and said: "That's right, don't chase after poor bandits!"

After the troops stopped, Xu Qingfeng said to Zhou Weiguo: "Now that the fall of Nanjing is a foregone conclusion, I am worried that the Japanese will not only infiltrate and attack the troops like this one.

Therefore, we can't chase anymore, we must retreat immediately, quickly rescue Xiao Ya and Chief of Staff Liang, and break through as soon as possible!"

"It makes sense." Zhou Weiguo nodded again and again, and immediately turned his head and ordered: "Xu Hu, Fang Shengli, immediately follow me into Guanghua Gate, hurry up!"

Xu Qingfeng also turned around, and ordered to Chen Qifeng, Sun Kui, Wang Tiezhu, Lei Xiong, Zhang Zhijian and the others: "Follow up with the brothers in the first regiment, hurry to the city, hurry!"

In this way, the remnants of the two regiments joined forces under the leadership of Xu Qingfeng, Zhou Weiguo and others.

Quickly retreated to Guanghua Gate, at this time the defenders inside Guanghua Gate had opened the damaged city gate and removed the antlers.

Military police commander Xiao Shanling and others, who were commanding the enemy, even came out to greet them in person.

"Sir Xiao!" Facing Xiao Shanling, a patriotic general who had helped him and was well-known in history books, Xu Qingfeng had absolute respect, so when they met, he immediately took the initiative to salute.

Zhou Weiguo did not dare to neglect and saluted accordingly.

"Commander Xu, why are you all withdrawing? How is the situation on the front line?" Xiao Shanling raised his hand and returned a military salute, and immediately asked anxiously.

"It is said that the Japanese army has broken through the Zijin Mountain and other Nanjing peripheral positions, and is advancing towards Nanjing City in batches. The friendly troops on both sides of us have also fallen, and more than half of the troops have been lost.

I even heard that the Japs had infiltrated and were attacking the inner and outer city gates, so I had no choice but to abandon the forward position and rush back for reinforcements. "

Xu Qingfeng explained before Zhou Weiguo.

After hearing this, Ling Xiao Shan raised his head and looked behind the two of them, and found that they had less than [-] remaining soldiers. He nodded empathetically and said in a deep voice: "Thank you for your hard work!"

At this moment, a communication military police rushed over from the city, stood at attention and saluted Xiao Shan Ling: "Sir, you just received the latest order from the Garrison Command.

Commander-in-Chief Tang requested that all troops immediately break through and abandon Nanjing! "

Xiao Shanling was angry and anxious when he heard the words, and said with a livid face: "Didn't you promise to live and die with Nanjing at the beginning of the war?
If the retreat is not deployed in advance, the Japanese are now about to enter the inner city before ordering the retreat.

How can we convince the public if orders are changed in the morning and evening? "

Xu Qingfeng was eager to save people, and immediately ordered Xiao Shan: "Mr. Xiao, since Commander-in-Chief Tang has ordered a retreat, and the matter has come to an end, we have no choice, let's break through!"

Xiao Shanling directly vetoed it: "No, as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, how can I run away?
If I leave, how can I see the 70 fellow villagers in Nanjing? "

After finishing speaking, he looked up at the two of them, and said to Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo earnestly: "Your positions are low, and besides, you have already made your own contributions to the defense of Nanjing.

Especially Commander Xu, you are young and promising, there is no need to stay and make fearless sacrifices!
You hurry into the city and retreat toward Xiaguan. The 36th Division will be there to support you! "

Xiao Shan Ling did not know that Tang Paopao irresponsibly abandoned his 10,000+ troops and retreated first.

The military chiefs of the participating troops also dispersed one after another, and few returned to the troops to organize a retreat.

Therefore, the main forces that were supposed to break through and transfer from the front, without a leader, rushed into the city one after another.

Their withdrawal directly disrupted the order in Nanjing City, and countless people, old and young, followed them and fled towards Xiaguan Wharf.

It directly led to the overcrowding of Xiaguan Wharf, and it was impossible to withdraw.

In the end, not only the defenders and 10,000+ civilians failed to escape, even the 36th Division, which maintained order, was almost wiped out.

Therefore, if you want to break out from Nanjing, you must never go to Xiaguan Wharf.

Xiao Shanling didn't know this, and he wanted Xu Qingfeng and Zhou Weiguo to take the remnants of the headquarters and retreat from Xiaguan as soon as possible and cross the river to the north.

So Xu Qingfeng immediately ordered to Xiao Shan: "Sir, if there are 10,000+ troops and so many ordinary people running to Xiaguan, there will only be one result, that is, none of them will be able to escape.

Waiting for the devils to capture the whole city and follow them in pursuit, the consequences will be disastrous.

Therefore, not only will we not retreat to Xiaguan, but we also ask Chief Xiao to break out from the front with us! "

Xiao Shanling nodded, but immediately shook his head and said: "No, I have decided to lead my officers and soldiers, vowing to live and die with Nanjing, and shed the last drop of blood for the 70 Nanjing elders!

I've made up my mind, please don't persuade Head Xu again.

Since the Xiaguan Wharf is impassable, you should quickly turn around and break through! "

Xu Qingfeng said: "Sir, we still have many brothers and relatives staying in the inner city, so please let us enter the city, and we can break through after we rescue them!"

"Okay, then you go quickly, I'm here to guard the Guanghua Gate!" Xiao Shanling immediately bowed his hands.

Xu Qingfeng said again: "Since Chief Xiao has made up his mind, I would like to ask you, if our army is about to enter the city, you must force them to turn around and break through the encirclement from the front!

Tell them that there is only a dead end to go to Xiaguan, and the only way to survive is to break through from the front! "

"Okay, I remember." Xiao Shanling nodded solemnly.

Xu Qingfeng didn't say any more, but took the lead in paying a standard military salute to Xiao Shan again!

In this autumn when the nation is in peril and the country is in danger, Xu Qingfeng respects from the bottom of his heart these true soldiers who put life and death aside and are willing to fight bloody battles for the country.

Zhou Weiguo and others also followed suit and saluted.

After the ceremony, Xu Qingfeng didn't say much, and immediately rushed into Guanghuamen with Zhou Weiguo and others.

At this time, there were still more than 150 people in the Huben Regiment and about 500 people in the Pre-First Regiment. The two troops combined had less than [-] people.

As soon as he entered Guanghua Gate, Xu Qingfeng told Wang Tiezhu: "Deputy Battalion Commander Wang, take 200 people and hurry to our temporary camp, and bring the chief of staff and the injured brothers who stayed behind. Mouth confluence.

Chen Qifeng, Sun Kui and other brothers will follow me and Captain Zhou to go to the Girls' High School to save sister-in-law Xiao Ya! "

"Yes!" All the generals of the Huben group responded in unison, and then they split up and took action.

(End of this chapter)