Cross the battlefield and activate the system with 98K at the beginning

Chapter 77
The barricades of Zhonghua Gate.

A howitzer shell smashed down towards the gate tower of the Zhonghua Gate.

Boom!

Boom!Boom!
Boom!Boom!Boom!

Amidst the deafening explosion, the city tower built in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty suddenly collapsed, and the historical sites were completely turned into a pile of ruins!
With a look of regret on his face, Liang Shanhao sighed: "Hey! These little devils who have suffered a thousand knives have ruined how many historical treasures of our Chinese nation!"

With a long sigh, a soldier squatting next to Liang Shanhao shouted: "According to the professor of our history department, this city tower must have been over 600 years old, and it was destroyed by the gunfire of the little devil like this! It's really distressing." Already!"

Nodding his head, Liang Shanhao shouted in a deep voice: "Nanjing City is the ancient capital of the Ming Dynasty. Every brick and tile here is the imprint of the Han nation. The damage caused by the war is immeasurable!"

Yang Yiming, who was also squatting near Liang Shanhao, also picked up the conversation: "Tuan Zuo, we can only blame our country for being too backward to protect these treasures! Our national defense is too weak to resist these beasts armed to the teeth!"

Watching a 150mm heavy gun shoot up a fiery ball of fire on the city wall, Liang Shanhao said: "Hey! If you fall behind, you will be beaten! Our country is really too backward in terms of military and economic strength, and now we can't take care of that." There are too many, the most important task at present is to save ourselves and eliminate the devils! Only in this way can we protect those Chinese territories and ordinary people who have not been poisoned by the devils!"

Nodding slightly at Liang Shanhao, Yang Yiming shouted: "Well, the Tuan Zuo is right, the most urgent thing is to get through this asymmetrical war first. Only when the barrel of the gun is hard can we have the confidence to defend the country."

While the two were talking, six 240mm caliber heavy artillery shells slammed into a section of the city wall of Nanjing Zhonghua Gate.

Boom!

Boom!Boom!
Boom!Boom!Boom!

The seven-story high and three-story wide Ming city wall collapsed, and a 30-meter-wide gap caught the eyes of the soldiers of the 1st Supplementary Brigade.

The more than 400 soldiers hiding behind the barricades broke into a cold sweat in unison.

The power of this heavy artillery is too crazy, far greater than the power of the 150mm caliber.

Staring at the bursts of flames rising from the Zhonghuamen Tower, Battalion Commander Xiong couldn't help but gasped: "It's still a clever plan by the regiment, if you hadn't seen the opportunity and asked the brothers to retreat to the barricades in advance, we The 108 regiment is so afraid that it will revoke its number!"

Wang Daniu shouted: "The Tuanzao is simply Sai Kongming. If the Tuanzuo hadn't prepared for a rainy day, we would have confessed here long ago!"

With a disapproving expression on his face, Liang Shanhao warned: "Everyone is there, hold the weapon in your hand, the little devil will rush in through the gap soon!"

As soon as the words were finished, a soldier with beards shouted: "Brothers, don't listen to the surname Liang to die, our military seat has already left! Nanjing City is about to fall!"

Another young soldier from the supplementary brigade asked, "Who did you hear from? When did it happen?"

The bearded soldier yelled loudly, "I was told by a villager at the garrison headquarters in the morning that some high-ranking officials ran away first! These officials have no conscience!"

Hearing this, the soldiers of the 108th regiment and the other two regiments were in an uproar.

The 88th Division's Supplementary Brigade suddenly became shaken in morale.

Suddenly he pulled out the Browning pistol at his waist, and the brigade commander Hua who was standing not far away fired a warning shot: "Who said the military seat ran away! Whoever dares to confuse the army's morale, I will kill him!"

Liang Shanhao kept silent, because the military commander of the 88th Division really ran away!
At this time, another soldier with a head injury bravely shouted: "Brothers, I also heard that those division commanders and army commanders have all run to Yijiangmen. Don't listen to these officials, they don't care about us. The life and death of the soldiers, if the fight continues, none of us will even want to go home alive."

Pointing his pistol at the soldiers who took the lead in making troubles, Brigadier Hua was furious: "Bold! Are you still a Chinese soldier? Did you forget that you vowed to survive and die together in Nanjing! Just like this, you just watched Nanjing fall into the hands of the devils!"

With a look of recklessness, the soldier smiled wryly and said: "Haha! The officials themselves have run away. Dare I ask the commander what qualifications do you have to let us swear to live and die with Nanjing?"

Hearing this, the hundreds of soldiers in the supplementary brigade fell into an uproar again!
"Traveler, let's evacuate quickly!"

"Traveler! My little daughter-in-law is still waiting for me at home! I don't want her to be a widow!"

"Travel seat! I want to go home! My mother is still waiting for me at home!"

"Traveler! Let us go! We have fought to less than half of the regiment, and there are thousands of devils outside the city. We will lose this battle!"

……

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped!
Raising the Browning pistol and firing three shots into the sky, brigade commander Hua Pinzhang shouted: "That's right! Commander Tang has made a retreat plan last night. The retreat is a certainty, but our brigade has not received an official order yet! No one is allowed to retreat! Otherwise, don’t blame the bullets in my hands for being ruthless!”

As soon as the words fell, a devil shell exploded near Brigadier Huapinzhang!

Brigadier Hua Pinzhang fainted immediately.

Taking advantage of the chaos, the soldiers of the supplementary brigade scattered like birds and beasts, and fled in the direction of Yijiangmen with weapons.

I heard that there are boats at the Yijiang Gate, I heard that there are no devils at the Xiaguan Ferry, I heard...

In fact, these rumors are unreliable.

At this time, the eight direct descendants of the original first regiment held all MP40 submachine guns and blocked the route of the rout.

Sweeping bullets at the heels of a group of rout soldiers who had lost their will to fight, Liang Shanhao roared sharply: "Brothers, if you want to run, I, Mr. Liang, will not stop you. I can understand your feelings now! But I have request!"

A fierce-looking platoon leader in the rout shouted, "Liang, what do you mean? Don't you want us to go?"

With a smile on his face, Liang Shanhao shouted in a muffled voice: "I won't stop you from leaving. These officers who fled the battle really chilled our brothers who were fighting hard on the front line, but I, Liang, am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. people!"

Raising the muzzle of the gun slightly, the fierce platoon leader shouted coldly: "Then do you want the brothers to die for the country with you? Captain Liang, there is no need to be so serious when we are all here!"

Lowering the muzzle of the MP40 submachine gun, Liang Shanhao smiled slightly: "Brother, don't worry, you can leave, can you leave the grenade behind, my eight brothers will continue to fight the devils, try to hold the devils to occupy Nanjing City speed, and cover for other brother troops."

Suddenly stunned, the platoon leader with a fierce face opened his voice and shouted: "Brothers, leave all the grenades for me! Let's go!"

Seeing that almost all the soldiers in the supplementary brigade had run away, Liang Shanhao shouted, "Lei Ting, how many people are there in your platoon?"

Lei Ting shouted: "The devil's aerial bomb killed more than half of the brothers, and just now I ran away with this group of defeated soldiers, and now I am the only one left, the bare platoon leader!"

Looking at the fifty or sixty grenades with wooden handles, Liang Shanhao murmured and said, "Let's go! You are very good at playing with explosives. I leave these grenades to you! All the places in the Zhonghua Gate where booby traps can be placed are laid by me!" superior!"

Nodding heavily towards Liang Shanhao, Lei Ting shouted loudly: "Yes! Tuan Zuo, don't worry!"

As soon as the words fell, nine soldiers in the defeated army ran back again.

A veteran of the Sichuan Army shouted: "Liang Tuanzuo, I won't leave, I will follow you, and I will continue to fight the little devil to the end!"

This veteran of the Sichuan Army is a remnant of the Sichuan Army taken in by the Supplementary Brigade.

Looking at the aged veterans of the Sichuan Army, Liang Shanhao asked loudly, "Why don't you leave?"

The veteran of the Sichuan Army speaks in an authentic Sichuan accent: "I used to belong to the 145th Division, the unit of Commander Rao Guohua. The commander died in Guangde. I don't want to feel sorry for the folks in Sichuan. I don't want to be a deserter and embarrass the people of Sichuan!"

At this time, several other soldiers who were also remnants of the Sichuan Army also shouted repeatedly: "Yes, we Sichuan Army should not be deserters!"

The history of the Anti-Japanese War says that the people of Sichuan never betrayed the country, and Liang Shanhao experienced it with his own eyes at this last juncture today.

With a look of awe, Liang Shanhao said seriously: "The Sichuan army is strong, and the brothers in the Sichuan army are all doing well, Da Niu, take the brothers to set up positions! Prepare to stop the devils entering the city!"

(End of this chapter)