As time went by, the entire battlefield situation gradually changed, becoming increasingly unfavorable to the Wuxi defenders.
As the little devils continued to enter the battlefield, the little devils gradually took the initiative.
Has an absolute advantage.
The city of Wuxi was almost surrounded by the Sixteenth Division and other regiments.
The Japanese planes would bomb the city every day.
The Wuxi defenders also gave up holding on to Wuxi City and evacuated before Wuxi City was completely surrounded by Japanese troops.
Ye Hang and others were hiding in an abandoned house in Wuxi City.
Looking at the people evacuating, Ye Hang's fist hit the wall of the house hard, and blood slowly flowed down from his fingers. flowed to the ground.
The girls who were chatting noticed Ye Hang's abnormality and quickly gathered around.
Du Yuqing took out a handkerchief and wiped the blood on Ye Hang's hands distressedly.
She took out a bandage from her backpack and hugged Ye Hang carefully. superior.
The other women were also quietly comforting Ye Hang.
"We've all withdrawn.
What's the point of staying here?
People like us can't stop the devils from advancing.
Forget it, let's withdraw too."
Ye Hang looked at the women around him who cared about him.
Ye Hang felt a little disappointed.
My heart gradually warmed up.
Turning around and seeing the people evacuating quickly again, Ye Hang said helplessly.
Ye Hang and others put on ordinary people's clothes, left the house and left Wuxi City with the fleeing people, and walked towards Nanjing.
Looking back at the Wuxi City that was about to fall, they were full of helplessness.
They had planned to fight in Wuxi City and The little devils fought hard, but now they are really suffering for the poor people in Wuxi City.
Ye Hang knew that after the Japs occupied Wuxi, the people in the city would suffer.
"Hey" Ye Hang let out a long sigh.
Hearing Ye Hang's sigh, Ye Meigui came to Ye Hang's side, took Ye Hang's arm and silently comforted Ye Hang.
Soon Lan, Liu Ruyan and others also Came to Ye Hang's side.
"Let's go" Ye Hang said softly while looking at the girls.
In this way, Ye Hang took the girls all the way to Danyang, Changzhou, and finally arrived at Nanjing City.
Now most of the people in Nanjing City have evacuated, but some people still choose to stay.
After more than twenty days of journey, the girls were extremely tired, and Ye Hang was no better.
They entered Nanjing City and found a hotel to rest.
The Japanese army's three-pronged offensive was overwhelming, and strategic locations outside Nanjing were captured one after another.
Soon the Japanese army broke through the first-line defensive positions outside Nanjing.
History has not changed.
Tang Shengzhi was still appointed as the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing garrison, commanding 150,000 resistance operations.
In fact, the one or four divisions in Nanjing City actually only have 81,000 men, of which 30,000 are temporary recruits without any training at all.
These Nanjing garrison units include Xu Yuanquan's 41st Division and 48th Division of the Second Army.
Ye Zhao's 1st 59th Division and 160th Division of the 66th Army.
The 71st Army Wang Jingjiu's 87th Division, the 72nd Army Sun Yuanliang's 88th Division, the 74th Army Yu Jishi's 51st Division and 58th Division.
Song Xilian's 36th Division of the 78th Army, Deng Longguang's 154th Division and 156th Division of the 8th Third Army.
Gui Yongqing of the Teaching Corps, the 103rd Division, the 112th Division and other 14 divisions.
Two military police regiments under the command of military police commander Xiao Shan. 1st Battalion of the 8th Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion of the 10th Artillery Regiment, 10 light tanks, urban defense communications battalion, 27 anti-aircraft guns of the Air Defense Command, and a special agent team.
Basically all the troops participating in the battle were troops who retreated from the battlefield of the Songhu Battle.
To put it bluntly, they are all broken troops, and the Japanese army is advancing along Taihu Lake in the east.
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Asaka Miyakohiko's third division of the Shanghai Expeditionary Army, the reorganized 9th Division, the 13th Division and the 16th Division Division, 10th Brigade, 11th Division.
Advancing from the south were the 8th Division, 114th Division, 6th Division, 5th Division and 9th Brigade of Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke's 10th Army.
The Japanese army participated in the battle with six divisions, one brigade, two independent field heavy artillery brigades, three other field heavy artillery, siege heavy artillery regiment, 7 siege heavy artillery battalions, 1 heavy mortar battalion, 1 3 heavy artillery squadrons, 16 anti-aircraft artillery teams and three reserve mountain artillery teams, 21 independent vehicle teams and other support units.
Three hundred thousand Japanese troops carried more than 700 artillery anti-aircraft guns, including 240 howitzers, 150 cannons and other heavy artillery, more than 2,000 rapid-fire guns, infantry guns, mortars and grenades, and 300 tanks and armored vehicles.
With absolute advantage, they pressed down on the tens of thousands of broken troops facing Nanjing from three sides.
Faced with such equipment and numbers, the little devils have no chance of winning.
From the bottom of his heart, Chiang Kai-shek advocated abandoning Nanjing, because even if the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, it would have no real strategic significance.
However, since the September 18th Incident, Chiang Kai-shek has been labeled as "Japanese-phobic" for not resisting.
Chiang Kai-shek was afraid that if he ordered to abandon Nanjing without fighting, he would be accused of surrender and betrayal by public opinion and his political opponents.
Therefore, Chiang Kai-shek hoped to conduct a symbolic short-term resistance in Nanjing to deal with public opinion.
Coupled with Ye Hang's telegram, Chiang Kai-shek also made preparations in advance and evacuated most of the people in Nanjing City.
In this way, he gained a glorious image of loving the people, even if the Japanese army captured Nanjing City and began to attack the city.
As Ye Hang said, carry out the big During the massacre, I had already evacuated the people in advance, reducing the casualties of the people.
My reputation would be unprecedentedly improved both internationally and domestically, so why not do this thing that is beneficial and harmless, and also Do it right.
So now the city of Nanjing has begun the largest evacuation of people.
Those who don't want to leave are forcibly taken away.
Then government agencies, schools, factories, hospitals, etc. are all relocated.
In the past few days, Ye Hang ordered the girls to carry out large purchases of various commodities, especially food and medicine, to prepare for long-term operations.
Prices in Nanjing are soaring now, especially for medicines.
Ye Hang had no choice but to take Lan to major hospitals and clinics to steal medicines, and gained a lot.
These grains and medicines were secretly stored in favorable locations.
We are fully prepared and waiting for the arrival of the little devil.
In the past few days, Ye Hang has been scouting around Nanjing City with his girls, recording every architectural landmark on the map in detail, as well as some important hidden strongholds and sniper positions.
On December 9, the Japanese army arrived at the gates of Nanjing and used planes to drop an ultimatum from Matsui Iwane, commander of the Japanese "Central China Front", to the Chinese defenders in order to persuade them to surrender.
Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the Nanjing garrison, ignored Matsui's ultimatum and issued the "Weishen Zuozi No. 36" order in response that day.
The content is: "Our army's current occupation of the Fukuo position is the final battle to defend Nanjing.
All units should try their best to defend the position with the determination to survive or perish.
They must not abandon an inch of land or shake the entire army.
If anyone disobeys the order and moves back without authorization, We must abide by the commission's orders and strictly handle the ships acquired by each army according to company regulations. , will be handed over to the Transportation Command for safekeeping and will not be detained privately.
Song Xilian, commander of the 78th Army, will be assigned to take command.
The military and police along the river strictly prohibit the troops from crossing the river by boat privately.
Anyone who dares to resist will be arrested and severely punished.
Stop it by force."
In an attempt to fight to the death with the spirit of "breaking the cauldron and sinking the boat."
On December 10, 1937, when the Japanese army saw that the squadron refused to surrender, they launched an all-out attack on positions such as Yuhuatai, Tongjimen, Guanghuamen, and the third peak of Zijin Mountain.
The battle became more intense than on the 9th.
Especially in the southeast of the city, the situation was particularly severe because the Fukuo position had been basically lost and the Japanese army directly attacked the city wall.
The Garrison Headquarters urgently ordered the 156th Division of the 83rd Army to reinforce the defenses of Guanghuamen and Tongjimen city walls, and rush to build preparatory fortifications for street fighting at various key points in the city.
At the same time, the 66th Army was transferred from Dashuiguan and Yanziji.
In the city, deployed in the middle Fortifications were built in Shanmen and Xuanwumen in preparation for street fighting; in addition, the 103rd Division and the 112th Division, which had just withdrawn from Zhenjiang into Nanjing City, were commanded by Gui Yongqing, commander of the Teaching Corps, and were responsible for the defense of the city walls near Zhongshan Gate and the Zijin Mountain position.
The battles at the Yuhuatai, Zhonghuamen, and Zijinshan positions were the most intense.
The troops stationed at Yuhuatai were the 88th Division, while those attacking the Yuhuatai position were the Japanese 6th Division led by Hisao Tani.
They and the 88th Division were old rivals.
The old and new grudges were added together, and the fight between the two sides was extremely brutal.
The two sides are constantly engaged in a tug-of-war.
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After Ye Hang and the girls prepared everything, they quickly rushed to the position of the 88th Division of Yuhuatai.
At this time, the Yuhuatai position had been occupied by the Japs, and the soldiers of the Eighty-Eighth Division rose up to fight back.
The Japanese army on the Yuhuatai position was the 13th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Sixth Division, facing the wolf-like and tiger-like Eighth Army.
The soldiers of the 18th Division, the soldiers of this regiment were a little scared.
The regiment captain Ishizumi Jiro commanded his regiment and resisted stubbornly.
Ye Hang and others saw from a distance that the soldiers of the Eighty-Eighth Division and the Japs were engaged in hand-to-hand combat on the Yuhuatai position.
Ye Hang's heart suddenly surged and he ordered the girls to choose a location for sniping.
Ye Hang took out the items he bought from the mall.
The coming Nepali Saber shouted and rushed towards the little devil
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