Anti-Japanese Special Forces Through Time and Space

Chapter 40 Bloody Battle in Jinling

Tang Lijie and Zhang Ziyun boarded the plane to Chongqing in Wuhan under the protection of soldiers sent by Zhang Lieyang.In the Zhang Family Courtyard in Chongqing.Old Master Zhang looked at Zhang Ziyun and Tang Lijie angrily and said: "You guys have had enough trouble this time! If Lie Yang didn't lead the troops to arrive in time, would you still be here?"

"I know I was wrong! My brother-in-law also taught me a lesson in Nanjing!" Tang Lijie said submissively.

At this time, Tang Haohann, who heard his son came back, came to Tang Lijie angrily and said, "Didn't you always say that Nanjing won't fight? Don't you still want to play with your cronies? Why don't you go?!"

Hearing Tang Haohan's words, Tang Lijie lowered his head and stopped talking.

Seeing this scene, Xiao Yajie looked at Zhang Ziyun who was full of bitterness, sighed and said to Mrs. Zhang: "Grandpa, don't be angry anymore! If you get angry, Lie Yang will definitely kill them with a gun when he comes back!"

"Yajie, how is the situation in Nanjing now? Is there any news from your father?" Old Master Zhang looked at Xiao Yajie and asked worriedly.

"The devil is mobilizing troops now! There is no other news at all! I think Lie Yang will be fine!" Just as Xiao Yajie was talking, Li Hailan quietly walked to Xiao Yajie's side and said: "Yajie, I just went to meet with you The hospital checked and I'm pregnant!"

Hearing Li Hailan's words, Xiao Yajie ran to Mrs. Zhang with a smile and said, "Grandpa, don't be angry anymore! Our Zhang family is about to have a baby!" Said Xiao Yajie quietly in Mrs. Zhang's ear: " Hai Lan, she is pregnant! She is pregnant with Lie Yang's child!"

"Really?! That's great!" Old Master Zhang said with a smile.

At the Nanjing Zhonghuamen position, Zhang Lieyang inspected the Zhonghuamen for a while and said to Wu Qiu: "You set up three lines of defense here first, and you must not fight head-on with the little devils. Now they want us to fight them to the death! I will give You have sent four mortars and six grenade launchers, you know how to guard it!"

"Instructor, don't worry! I know how to defend! And I have Peng Haisheng to help me!" Wu Qiu said, looking at Peng Haisheng beside him.

"Haisheng, do you still remember when I took you to observe the terrain around Nanjing when we were in the military academy?" Zhang Lieyang asked with a smile.

"I remember! Boss instructor, don't worry! I know how to guard the Zhonghua Gate!" Peng Haisheng said confidently.

"That's good! I'll go to another position to have a look! I'll leave it to you!" Zhang Lieyang left with two guards.Coming to the north gate, Zhang Lieyang looked at Li Mutian with a smile and said, "Old Li, how are you doing here now?"

"There's nothing wrong here! It's just that the devil hasn't moved and I don't know what to do!" Li Mutian took a deep breath on his cigarette as he spoke.At this time, Zhang Lieyang took out a telegram from his pocket with a smile and said, "Old Li, just read this telegram and you will know why it has been so quiet these days!"

Li Mutian looked suspiciously at Zhang Lieyang, took the telegram and read it.After reading it, Li Mutian took a deep breath and said: "Lieyang, it seems that it is exactly what you said earlier! Our coming to Nanjing is a battle to the death!" After speaking, Li Mutian took out a cigarette and lit it. He took a deep breath and asked, "Lieyang, I've always wanted to ask you, when did the independent 969 Brigade appear in our army's designation?"

Zhang Lieyang looked at Li Mutian with a smile and said, "It was originally a secret!" Zhang Lieyang looked around and then said, "When I was bored before going to the military academy, I organized the servants of Zhang, Tang, and Xiao's families. Training! Later, I took the servants of these three families to become famous during the [-] Songhu Anti-Japanese War! So my father-in-law Xiao Shixiong asked me to help him train the new army! My father-in-law’s original army was lost when the Red Army was besieged Later, when I went to the Central Military Academy, I handed over the task of training the new army to Zhang Xiangchun and the others. Then I asked them to find elites from the new army and keep them for training! I want to train a special combat unit for my father-in-law! "

"Then why did they appear in our army's battle order?" Li Mutian asked even more curiously.

Zhang Lieyang looked at Li Mutian and replied with a smile: "I graduated from the military academy. After the 29th Army, my father-in-law said that I am not a stable leader according to my personality. They were all given to me! Last time, when you met my wife, when Zhang Xiangwu sent equipment, I had expected that the devils would attack Nanjing, so I asked them to lie in ambush near Yuhuatai!"

"Then how did you know that Tang Shengzhi would give up Nanjing?" Li Mutian kept asking.

After hearing Li Mutian's question, Zhang Lieyang said with a smile: "Because Tang Shengzhi was born as a warlord! He was cowardly and afraid of death in his bones! So I didn't trust him when he was the commander of the Nanjing Garrison!" Zhang Lieyang looked at him as he spoke. Li Mutian walked up to his ear and whispered: "You ask me these questions, which makes me more sure that you are a member of the Communist Party! But you can rest assured that if I don't die after the victory of the War of Resistance, this team will be handed over to you! I I don't like civil war!" Zhang Lieyang turned and left after speaking.

Looking at the back of Zhang Lieyang going away, Li Mutian said lightly: "Don't worry! I won't let this team embarrass you!"

After leaving the north of the city, Zhang Lieyang drove to the Zijin Mountain position in a busy car. After getting off the car, Zhang Lieyang quickly came to the temporary headquarters of the 717th Division.Walking into the headquarters, Liu Sihai immediately put down the pen in his hand and said, "Senior, why are you here?"

"I'm here to take a look. We're going to have a tough battle in a few days. Do you have enough manpower here?" Zhang Lieyang said seriously.

"Looking at the current situation, it's enough! But I'm afraid that a fight will really start...!" Before Liu Sihai could speak, Zhang Lieyang said, "Stop talking!" Zhang Lieyang dialed Li Mutian's walkie-talkie The channel said: "Old Li, transfer 5000 people to Zijin Mountain to serve as a reserve team for the 717th Division!"

"Okay! We'll be there soon!" Li Mutian turned off the walkie-talkie after speaking.

Then Zhang Lieyang said to Liu Sihai: "Be careful to let the brothers rest well! At the same time, don't forget to pay attention to the devil's movements!" When Zhang Lieyang was about to leave, Liu Sihai held Zhang Lieyang and said: "Military seat, before we arrived here At that time, the guards of the Mausoleum of the Father of the Sun and the devils exchanged fire, and a few were killed or injured, do you want to go and see them?!"

"Why didn't you say earlier, go! Take me to see!" Zhang Lieyang and Liu Sihai left the headquarters of the 717th Division after speaking.

After Zhang Lieyang and Liu Sihai arrived at the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, Zhang Lieyang and Liu Sihai took off their hats and bowed three times in front of the portrait of Sun Yat-sen, the father of the country, and then walked slowly to the resting place of the guards.

Seeing Liu Sihai, the deputy captain of the guard said with a smile, "Mr. Liu, who is this?"

"This is our army commander, Zhang Lieyang!" Liu Sihai introduced seriously.

After looking at them, Zhang Lieyang said to Liu Sihai: "Give them some grenades and bullets, and don't forget to give them more food!" After saying that, Zhang Lieyang was ready to leave.At this time, the deputy captain of the guard looked at Zhang Lieyang and asked, "I want to ask Commander Zhang, how many days can your department hold on to Nanjing?"

"Since ancient times, we have been admonishing to the death, fighting to the death of martial arts! My newly formed Thirteenth Army will not give up Nanjing even if it is the last man in the battle before receiving the order from the Supreme Command!" Zhang Lieyang said to Liu Sihai: "Wait a minute Yes, count how many of them there are, and give each of them an honor bomb!" Then Zhang Lieyang ignored them and left.

At this time, the deputy captain of the guard came back to his senses and asked: "Mr. Liu, what is your glorious bomb?!"

After thinking for a while, Liu Sihai said: "Before each battle of our new [-]th Army, we will distribute a special grenade to each soldier, including the commander. This grenade will explode as soon as the tab is pulled. There is no delay time. And it is three times more powerful than ordinary grenades!"

"Is it used to die with the enemy?" The deputy captain of the guard asked seriously.

"Yes! Our new Thirteenth Army only has those who died in battle, and never surrendered!" Liu Sihai said loudly.

"Okay! Mr. Liu, give me 26 honorable bombs! We used to have 19 people, but now there are only [-] people here! No matter what, we will not leave here!" The deputy captain of the guard team Said with a dead face.

Just as Zhang Lieyang left Zijin Mountain and returned to the Yuhuatai headquarters, the walkie-talkie rang.So Zhang Lieyang hurriedly picked up the phone, and heard Zhang Xiangchun's voice from inside saying: "Young master, Junzuo, we found a devil's headquarters in a village near Qinglong Mountain, please instruct!"

"Go and kill everyone inside! Bring back the head of their commander and all the information!" Zhang Lieyang said after thinking about it.

"Okay! We promise to complete the task!" Zhang Xiangchun turned off the walkie-talkie after speaking.

Back at Yuhua Terrace, Zhang Lieyang saw Fang Bisheng and said, "Where has your boy been these few days?"

"I have been directing the battle around Huamen! Military seat, how is our situation now? Why hasn't the devil made any movement these days?!" Fang Bisheng asked while looking at Zhang Lieyang.

"The devils are dispatching troops these days!" Zhang Lieyang pulled Fang Bisheng to the front of the map and said: "The 18th Division of the Japanese Army occupied Wuhu; On the way to retreat eastward, the Yamazaki Detachment was transferred from the 16th Division, which was waiting for a boat to cross the river in Zhenjiang; part of the left-wing troops of the Japanese 13th Division marched northward along the east bank of the Yangtze River; the Japanese Kunisaki Detachment and the 6th Division Baishan After the detachment was repulsed by the independent 884 brigade on the front line of Pukou, they have now transferred the entire [-]th division. I now see that our opponent has four divisions plus a detachment. Although the number is smaller than ours We have an advantage, but the only ones who can really take on the big responsibility are our Tiger Army!"

At this moment, the chief of staff came in with a telegram and said, "Army seat, urgent call from Wuhan headquarters!"

"Read!" Zhang Lieyang took a sip of water and sat down.

"Order your department to stay in Nanjing for another half month to buy time for the war in Wuhan!" Said the confidential secretary and closed the telegram folder.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Lieyang said: "Record the call back!" Zhang Lieyang looked at Fang Bisheng and said, "Wuhan headquarters is transferred to the committee! Dear principal, leader, student Zhang Lieyang led the newly formed 1th Army to help Nanjing. The students have declared their will to die, and the students will lead all the Nanjing defenders until the last minute. This will buy more time for the war in Wuhan." Then Zhang Lieyang took out the Zhongzheng Sword and wiped it, and then said: "The saber awarded by the principal It will be the final destination of all Whampoa students! Zhang Lieyang, commander of the new No.13 Army of the National Revolutionary Army, on December 26, [-] of the Republic of China!"

Just after the contents of the telegram were recorded, Zhang Lieyang's walkie-talkie rang.When Zhang Lieyang turned on the walkie-talkie, he heard Zhang Xiangchun excitedly say: "Young Master Junzuo, we made a lot of money this time!"

"What's going on?" Zhang Lieyang asked eagerly.

"I led a special force to sneak into Qinglong Mountain, the devil headquarters in Shili Village. In this raid, only one lieutenant general and three generals escaped. The remaining three lieutenant generals, one major general and six chiefs have more than 20 A lieutenant was wiped out by us!" When Zhang Xiangchun was about to continue reporting, Zhang Lieyang immediately ordered: "You immediately bring back the heads of all the officers above the Japanese army's rank and above, as well as the map information! The rest will be discussed when we come back!" Said Seeing Zhang Lieyang, he turned off the walkie-talkie.

At around six o'clock in the evening, Zhang Xiangchun and the special forces returned to Yuhuatai.Zhang Xiangchun handed everything over to Zhang Lieyang and said: "Young Master Commander, I have seen that these four generals are Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, Commander of the Japanese Tenth Army; Lieutenant General Ushishima Sadao; Lieutenant General Suematsu Moji, Commander of the 18th Division; Major General Yamada Kaiji, Commander of the 13rd Infantry Brigade (Part [-] of the No. [-]th Division)!"

Listening to Zhang Xiangchun's introduction, Zhang Lieyang opened the Japanese military map, looked at it and said in surprise: "I didn't expect the devil to think highly of me, and even transferred two divisions from the northeast for the sake of Nanjing city! They also transferred the Japanese army to the city of Shanghai!" The Fifth Field Heavy Artillery Brigade has been transferred!"

While Zhang Lieyang was looking at the map, the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, Lieutenant General Asaka Palace Hatohiko, under the protection of the three commanders, returned to the temporary headquarters of the Central China Front of the Japanese Army in Hangzhou.King Hatohiko Asaka saw the commander of the Central China Front Army, General Matsui Iwane, and said: "General Matsui Iwane, when we were meeting at Qinglong Mountain, we were attacked by the Chinese army. Shogun and Major General Yamada Kaiji died protecting me!"

"Then? (What?) The empire lost four senior generals at once! This matter must be reported to the Tokyo headquarters! I must make these Chinese troops pay the due price!" Matsui Iwane said to Asaka Miyato Yan Wang said: "Go down and rest first! I will take all the responsibilities!"

"Then I will trouble you, General!" As he spoke, King Chaoxiang Palace Hatohiko bowed to Matsui Iwane and left.

When Emperor Hirohito, who was far away in Tokyo, received the news, he said angrily: "It's this new No. 13 Army again! Order to destroy this army at all costs! I don't want a prisoner of war in this army!"

After Prime Minister Konoe received the order from Emperor Hirohito, he rushed to convey it immediately.

After the three reporters in Nanjing inadvertently learned of the results of the special operations team's attack, they used the newspaper's radio station to broadcast the news to the world. After hearing the news, the Wuhan base camp immediately came to ask.After Liu Fengming received the inquiry telegram, he got Zhang Lieyang's permission and reported the results of the battle.

Chiang Kai-shek received two telegrams from Zhang Lieyang, and happily said to Chen Cheng and others: "The party and the state have soldiers like Zhang Lieyang, so why not drive the Japanese invaders out of China!"

After receiving the imperial edict from the Emperor of Japan, Matsui Iwane immediately mobilized three divisions from the army preparing for the battle in Wuhan to jointly attack the eight divisions in Nanjing and started a full-scale attack on Nanjing!

In the early morning of December 1937, 12, with the covering attack of Japanese artillery fire, the Japanese army, which had stopped the offensive for five days, started a full-scale attack on Nanjing City again!

In the north of the city, the guns of more than 30 Japanese warships fired at Nanjing City and Li Mutian's position.Li Mutian was working along the river and saw Japanese warships lined up on the Yangtze River through the binoculars. Li Mutian immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said to Niu Gensheng, the head of the First Regiment of the Independent Artillery Brigade, "I order you to aim at the Japanese warships." Hit them hard! If you can't hit them, you can decide for yourself!"

"Deputy Li, don't worry! It's up to me!" Niu Gensheng turned off the walkie-talkie after speaking.In a blink of an eye, the heavy artillery of the artillery regiment rang out, and the shells flew towards the Japanese warships parked on the Yangtze River as if they had eyes.Through the binoculars, Li Mutian saw that the three Japanese warships were on fire and sinking little by little. The other warships saw that something was wrong, so they turned their bows and continued to fire at the fortifications on the shore.

Suddenly, Li Mutian rang the chamber pot sent by Zhang Lieyang two days ago, so Li Mutian immediately called the engineer battalion commander and asked, "Did your regiment commander explain how to use the chamber pot you sent?"

The engineer battalion commander thought for a while and said: "Our regiment commander said that this is not a chamber pot, but a sea mine!"

"Then quickly put this mine into the Yangtze River!" Li Mutian ordered immediately.

"Yes!" Then the commander of the engineer battalion ordered people to put chamber pot mines into the Yangtze River one by one.The warships attacked by the Japanese invaders to the north of the city temporarily stopped the momentum of the attack under the counterattack of the heavy artillery of the defenders and the blockade of the channel by the chamber pot mines.

Yuhuatai, the main defensive position in Nanjing!Zhang Lieyang stood in the forward position, commanding in an orderly manner.Seeing the devil's attacking tactics like a sea of ​​people, Zhang Lieyang immediately ordered Zhang Xiangwu to use a mortar to teach the devil a hard lesson and slow down the attacking rhythm of the devil.But Zhang Lieyang didn't expect that this time the devils didn't retreat when they were suppressed by artillery fire like before, but instead attacked more fiercely.

The dense formation of devils pressed forward bit by bit. 400 meters, 300 meters, when they reached 200 meters, Zhang Lieyang immediately ordered: "Flame Thrower, fire!" In an instant, fire snakes flew towards the devils who rushed up.

Seeing the attack of the flamethrower, the devil suddenly panicked and retreated in chaos.Seeing his army retreating, King Asaka Palace Hatohiko, who had been standing behind watching the battle, immediately ordered: "Gendarmerie, supervise the battle!"

Seeing the sudden appearance of the military police, the retreating Japanese soldiers immediately and consciously rushed towards the Yuhuatai position again.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Lieyang immediately said to Bisheng and Zhang Xiangwu: "I'll leave the Yuhuatai to you! If you don't lose this place, it doesn't matter if you lose all of Nanjing City! Heavy artillery and tanks and armored vehicles will be destroyed at any time. Don’t expose the location, this is the weight we will use in the final picture!” Zhang Lieyang picked up his weapon and said, “I’m going to take a special team to the Zhonghua Gate now, and I’m worried about it!”

"Junzuo, don't worry! The two of us can't be lost here at Yuhuatai!" Fang Bisheng said seriously.

"Okay! I'm leaving, be careful!" Zhang Lieyang took the special forces and left.

When Zhang Lieyang arrived at the Zhonghua Gate, he saw the soldiers on the first line of defense fighting hand-to-hand with the devils. Seeing this scene, Zhang Lieyang immediately said to the special forces team: "Quick battle, push the little devils out of the gate tower!" !” The special forces members who received the order immediately killed them without saying a word. Under the suppression and support of the firepower of the special forces, the Japanese soldiers who rushed into the Zhonghua Gate were quickly cleared by the soldiers on the first line of defense.

After clearing out the remaining Japanese troops, Zhang Lieyang immediately ordered: "Quickly repair the position and prepare for the devil's counterattack at any time!" Then Zhang Lieyang came to Peng Haisheng and Wu Qiu and said, "How do you command? How can you waste the lives of our soldiers like this? With that said, Zhang Lieyang said to Peng Haisheng: "Bring over all the bricks from the collapsed houses next to them, put them here and pile them up to form a defensive formation, pile up the corpses of the devils in the city gate, and set up booby traps inside! "

"Understood! Instructor, I'll go right away!" Said Peng Haisheng turned around and left.Seeing Peng Haisheng leave, Wu Qiu immediately asked: "Instructor, what is my mission?"

"Your task is to bring all the light and heavy machine guns here! Use them to suppress the devils! Then dig two rectangular pits here facing the city gate, and bury the mortars in them after digging. , the muzzle is facing the city gate, this one is used to deal with devils' tanks!" Zhang Lieyang said in detail.

After understanding Zhang Lieyang's arrangement, Wu Qiu immediately asked someone to dig a hole, bury the mortar and returned to Zhang Lieyang's side.

After Peng Haisheng also finished his work and came back, Zhang Lieyang said to them: "You stay here for fifteen days. After fifteen days, you alternately cover and retreat, and move closer to Yuhuatai!"

"Understood! But instructor Yuhuatai is a dead end, isn't it a dead end for us to go there?" Wu Qiu asked curiously.

Zhang Lieyang smiled and said: "As long as you don't die for fifteen days and come to Yuhuatai alive, you will know how we left alive!" Zhang Lieyang said to the special forces team: "Have you buried the things buried on the city wall? ?”

"It's all done! It can be used anytime!" Zhang Xiangchun said with a smile.

"Okay!" Zhang Lieyang said to Peng Haisheng: "You guys have to come back alive!" After speaking, Zhang Lieyang led the special forces and rushed to Zijin Mountain.