On the afternoon of December 12, 1937, Nanjing Street "Run quickly, the Japanese are coming."
"Father, hurry up."
"Don't worry about those people, grab your gun and go."
On the streets of Nanjing, fleeing people, retreating soldiers, and beggars gathered in a narrow area, leading to the riverside.
Jiangmen, Yanziji, and Caoxie Gorge are all repeating the same scene.
After the garrison's retreat order was issued, most officers did not return to their troops.
Instead, they retreated on their own after being notified by phone.
The unorganized and disorderly breakout order instantly evolved into an unorganized and disorderly retreat.
Senior military officers led some of their directly affiliated troops to rush toward the ferry near the Yangtze River, while the remaining military officers also abandoned their troops.
Chaos and disorder are the best descriptions of the scene at this moment.
The broken soldiers on the street struggled with the military police who stayed at their posts, and machine guns on sandbags in the distance were pointed at the crowd.
The Yijiangmen area is the most chaotic area and the area with the most people.
Firstly, it is the closest to the Yangtze River and has greater hope of escape.
Secondly, it is guarded here by the 36th Division.
All ferries before the war were occupied by the 36th Division.
The 36th Division took control and walked through Yijiang Gate, where it was more likely to find the ship.
The officers followed, along with the refugees and civilians.
People were crowded, and all the streets leading to Yijiang Gate were blocked.
The wounded soldiers on the ground were wailing.
Their former comrades in arms had abandoned them.
The wounded soldiers could only express their helplessness by wailing and crying.
Unfortunately, no one came to help them.
At the gate of Yijiangmen, officers and soldiers from two companies of the 36th Division were on guard, led by a deputy battalion commander.
The shiny Type 24 heavy machine gun was mounted on a three-person-high sandbag, and the city entrance was blocked by a half-wall-high sandbag.
Inside the gate, soldiers armed with Zhongzheng rifles, led by officers and non-commissioned officers, lined up in three horizontal lines, loaded with live ammunition and loaded with bayonets.
The order received by the deputy battalion commander was simple: no one or any troops were allowed to pass through this gate.
Violators may be shot.
Three human blocking lines stood inside the gate.
The soldiers in the front row tightened their guns.
Not far away, a noisy crowd appeared and headed straight for Yijiang Gate.
"Everyone, get ready, intercept the broken troops."
A platoon leader in the front row issued the first order, which was also his first combat order after coming to Nanjing.
The soldiers shortened the distance between them and pointed their bayonets outward to block the crowd.
The defeated soldiers and the fleeing people mixed together and moved forward desperately, finally seeing the door, the door of hope for escape.
Everyone subconsciously speeded up the pace.
The hope of survival was right in front of them.
The defeated soldiers in the team took advantage of it.
They waved their rifle butts in groups and smashed the crowd in front of them.
He, an officer or a soldier, rushed towards the front of the team.
"Soldiers in front, open the door and let me pass," the leader of the defeated soldiers shouted.
Behind him, there were more than a dozen defeated soldiers gathered together.
The scattered soldiers in the team followed the leader and echoed: "That's right, let me pass."
The people did not have the courage, some knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and some cried and begged.
"Okay, boss, I'm just a commoner, so just treat me like a piece of shit."
"It's a pity that we lost our lives, so just show your kindness to the poor child."
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The deputy battalion commander guarding Yijiang Gate came out and gave everyone the answer: "No, there is an order from above.
No one is allowed to pass here, and it is not a retreat path for the troops.
Not even a bird can pass through it.
Everyone, please go back." " After saying this, the people's cries became louder and louder, and more and more people gathered around.
The deputy battalion commander was unmoved, but when he saw the endless crowd of people, he felt a little worried in his heart.
"Do you people have any conscience?
It's easy for us who carry guns to attack these common people who have no weapons in their hands.
You fucking have to open the door."
Taking advantage of the cries of the people, the leader of the defeated soldiers began to add fuel to the fire.
And more and more broken troops gathered behind him.
The deputy battalion commander's words angered the deputy battalion commander.
He had been in the army for so many years and had seen everyone, but this was the first time he had seen such a shameless person.
"You still want to be shameless and don't have a dick for the common people, so what are you doing with the three and a half kilograms in your hand?"
The leader of the defeated soldiers was choked by the words of the deputy battalion commander.
He lost face and started acting like a rogue: "I have beaten Japanese people, but you have probably never beaten an Japanese hairy person."
"Keep your mouth clean.
I have been fighting the Japanese in the alleys of Shanghai for half a month.
Nanjing has orders from above to guard the back door.
When I meet the Japanese, I will be better than you runaways."
The deputy After the battalion commander replied, he didn't want to dwell on the theory.
He turned around and returned to the city gate.
The company commander behind him stood up and said nothing, staring at the noisy crowd with a pair of tiger eyes.
"Whoever dares to come over will be killed directly."
The Kara heavy machine gun pulled the trigger.
The leader of the defeated troops saw that playing rogue and mischievous had no effect, so he simply incited others: "They won't let us pass and won't let us live, so let's rush over and get in."
People originally wanted to survive, but when they saw the retreat, the soldiers and civilians simply stood up and rushed forward.
The deputy battalion commander who returned to the city gate saw that the situation was critical and simply ordered the shooting, hoping to serve as a warning to others.
"Heavy machine gun, take the lead"
The heavy machine gun that had been aimed for a long time had already targeted the leading soldiers.
Just before the crowd and the blockage line intersected, a row of bullets flew over.
The leading soldiers were instantly torn apart by their own bullets.
"Fight them."
The defeated soldiers in the team continued to go crazy, and bullets could no longer stop the running crowd.
Two parallel human lines collided together.
The defenders of Yijiangmen were so small in front of the fleeing crowd.
The moment they collided, a large hole was opened in the blocking line.
The heavy machine gunner did not stop.
The machine gun roared at the crowd regardless of soldiers or civilians, old or young.
"Stop it, stop it," the deputy battalion commander kept shouting.
But the crowd still inevitably came over, and the two sides struggled with each other.
The defeated soldiers also used their guns.
Some people even took out grenades and pulled the string regardless of the direction.
The explosive shrapnel hit a group of people and was killed.
Before the person overturned by the shock wave could get up, he was trampled on the soles of his feet by those behind him, his internal organs were torn apart, and he was torn apart.
Screams, explosions, gunshots, everyone is fighting for that hopeless word.
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The first group of people rushed onto the sandbags piled up at the city gate.
Some people were frantically grabbing the sandbags backwards.
The people in front of them were killed by heavy machine guns, and the people behind them stepped on the corpses and continued to move them, blocking half of the city gate, just like this little by little. was ripped open The defender's heavy machine gun stopped firing.
The machine gunner knew that everything he did was in vain.
Looking at the crowd coming, he simply dropped the machine gun, turned around, and ran away in the same direction as the crowd. .
There were more and more people, blocking the city gate like ants.
Crazy people stepped on others, frantically moved away the sandbags blocking the way, and ran out like crazy.
The two companies of defenders had already been dispersed, leaving only trampled corpses, including the deputy battalion commander.
"The sandbags were all opened, and the guys rushed and ran for their lives. 190131x80t: