12th month, 14th day, the three divisions that the Guizi had sent as reinforcements arrived at Zhonghua Gate once again. The 16th division that had lost their commander was now joined by the three reinforcements.
A total of four divisions once again launched a general attack on Zhonghua Gate. Zhang Lingfu led the 305th Regiment and Zhou Weiguo's gift of a batch of weapons, giving the devils a fierce counterattack.
After suffering heavy losses, the Japanese flew into a rage out of humiliation and mobilized all their field artillery and mountain cannons to launch a fierce attack that night.
Zhang Lingfu led the guards to the city wall to command, but the enemy's artillery was too fierce. In the end, Zhonghua Gate fell in the early hours of the morning because they were outnumbered. For a time, the entire Nanjing City was in danger.
Guanghua Sect's 6th division, which had been replenished, was also in a precarious situation under the three-dimensional bombardment of land, sea, and air. Fortunately, Zhou Weiguo's troops were strong and could temporarily block the 6th division's vanguard.
At the same time, the message disappeared and was sent to the headquarters one after another.
"The Central Gate is in danger? Xuanwu Lake was about to fall? We lost contact with Silverscreen Mountain?" Tang Shengzhi, who was about to return to Nanjing to continue commanding, stopped in his tracks.
The so-called loss of contact, everyone knew very well, that was, there was no longer any system.
It meant that the city had fallen, and the emergency also meant that this place was about to fall.
"The Central Gate is in an emergency. Zhonghua Gate has already fallen. It probably can't be defended anymore. It seems that we still have to continue retreating.”Luo Zhuoying walked to Tang Shengzhi and said.
"If we retreat at this time, the hundreds of thousands of people in Nanjing City will die.”Tang Shengzhi said sympathetically.
"Nanjing City can't be defended anymore." Liu Xing advised again.
Seeing that the two deputy commanders advised him to retreat, Tang Shengzhi gave the order to retreat.
However, when he had just issued the order, the commander of the 66th division had led the two commanders of the 159th and 160th divisions to flee.
As a result, his plan to retreat was disrupted. As a result, the morale of the defending soldiers plummeted, and they could not hold out for the time to retreat.
Tang Shengzhi had no choice but to let his men continue to defend Nanjing City. They had to wait until the early morning of the 15th before they could retreat.
After everything was done, Tang Shengzhi sat down and smoked a cigarette. He was thinking quietly, and his expression was very painful.
"Commander, let's retreat quickly. If we don't retreat now, we probably won't be able to leave.”Luo Zhuoying advised again.
"Okay, let's retreat!" Seeing that the situation was serious, Tang Shengzhi ordered the headquarters to move quickly.
The troops that received the order to retreat all ran towards the lower pass, but hundreds of thousands of civilians also began to retreat.
These division commanders and commanders might not be good at fighting, but they were definitely first-class when it came to escaping.
One by one, they opened fire and killed the civilians who tried to stop them.
Other than the sounds of battle at Guanghua Gate, the rest of Nanjing City was fleeing for their lives.
As for the soldiers at the front line, they knew that they had been abandoned, and their morale plummeted. All of them wanted to run away and not work for those people anymore.
At this moment, the Japanese soldiers who were attacking were also stunned. They did not expect that the Chinese people who were fighting desperately would actually escape in a short period of time.
Initially, they thought that there was some kind of scheme, so they did not chase after him. After being tricked by Zhou Weiguo once, these people were traumatized.
However, after a long time, the Japanese felt that something was wrong. After sending out the vanguard, they realized that this was not a conspiracy at all. It was just that the defenders were timid and all ran away.
Other than Guang Hua Sect, all the other gates had been broken through. However, they did not attack immediately. They only rested for a while. After all, attacking for a long time would consume a lot of physical strength.
"Bastards, this group of bastards simply ignored hundreds of thousands of people.”Zhou Weiguo, who received the retreat telegram, cursed.
He was originally excited about his promotion to major general, but he was soon infuriated by these rats.
Zhang Lingfu, who had retreated from Zhonghua Gate, came to Guanghua Gate, where Zhou Weiguo was defending. In a moment of desperation, Zhou Weiguo said to Zhang Lingfu directly.
"The situation is urgent. For now, your troops are under my command.”
Zhang Lingfu did not have any objections. In terms of personal ability, Zhou Weiguo was a genius commander. In terms of the relationship between them, he was promoted two ranks as the colonel and deputy division commander of the Independent Regiment because of Zhou Weiguo.
"Brother Weiguo, the situation is urgent now. I naturally understand the principle of working together. All five hundred of my remaining soldiers are under your command.”Zhang Lingfu said seriously.
"Alright." Zhou Weiguo didn't say much. He just asked Xu Hu to gather all the officers above the battalion level for an emergency meeting.
"The situation is urgent, so let's not talk too much. All the soldiers in Nanjing are escaping to Xiaguan. Other than Guanghua Gate, the other gates have been occupied by the devils. The situation is very passive for us now, but we have to stop the devils. Otherwise, when the devils occupy Nanjing, we can still break out, but the hundreds of thousands of people in Xiaguan will suffer.”
"Since the Japanese have entered Nanjing, we have changed our way of fighting. Street fighting is the best way. Although this is the first time we are fighting in the streets, I will tell you some of the essentials.”
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