At night, Nanjing City had lost its former prosperity. What was left was a scene of devastation.
It was still night time for the Japanese to commit crimes. From time to time, one or two gunshots could be heard. Zhou Weiguo led more than a thousand people and slowly walked along the corner of the wall.
From time to time, teams of Japanese would pass by and chat.
Zhou Weiguo ordered the troops to stop their actions to prevent the gunshots from attracting the attention of the other Japanese in the city.
The streets were filled with Chinese civilians who had been killed by the Japanese. Many Chinese women were lying there with their clothes in disarray. Some were even naked. Zhou Weiguo and the soldiers behind him were still holding back their tears in the beginning, but they stopped crying later on.
Because they had seen too much, they were already numb to it.
Later generations said that this disaster killed more than three hundred thousand people. However, according to Zhou Weiguo's memories in this life, the remains of 300,000 people would probably be found. How many of those remains were not found?
During this period, Nanjing was the capital and the prosperous land of Jiangnan. The population of such a city was at least a million.
Even though some of them had fled because of the war, many of the people did not leave.
Zhou Weiguo felt that the number of people who died would not be less than 500,000. Five hundred thousand! What would it look like when they piled up?
"Guild Leader! These Japanese were really not human!”
Xu Hu, who was at the side, said with a choked voice. Anyone who saw this scene would probably be furious.
"Hu Zi! Keep a good attitude! We'll have a chance to take revenge in the future!"
Zhou Weiguo patted Xu Hu's shoulder and continued walking.
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As time passed, Zhou Weiguo and the others slowly approached the pagoda bridge in the direction of Xiaguan.
"Sheng Li, go and tell the brothers to be careful. We have already entered the Xiaguan area and are near Zhongshan North Road.”
Zhou Weiguo adjusted his helmet and turned to Fang Shengli.
"Good! I'll immediately send the message!"
"Xiao Ya! Can you still walk?"
Zhou Weiguo turned to Xiao Ya and asked.
"I can still walk!"
Although Xiao Ya's legs were already sore, she still said yes considerately. For a rich young lady like her, she had never walked so much in a day. From Hanzhong Road all the way to Xiaguan, it was completely on foot.
"Let's go! We'll be at Xiaguan soon. After we reach Xiaguan, we can go to Jiangbei!”
Then, Zhou Weiguo and the others became more and more careful. The closer they got to the lower level, the more corpses they found. Moreover, the number of Japanese that passed through the middle was also starting to increase. It was obvious that Xiaguan was a key place that the Japanese were paying attention to.
"Stop advancing!"
Suddenly, Zhou Weiguo stopped the troops because he seemed to hear the Japanese talking in the distance.
"Shengli, send a few good men to scout ahead. I feel that there are Japanese ahead!”
"Good!"
Soon, a group of people disappeared into the night. Zhou Weiguo and the others waited for about half an hour before they returned.
"Guild Leader! There were Japanese at every intersection ahead. They used heavy machine guns to block off all the streets and intersections. If we want to go over, I'm afraid we'll have to take a detour.”
A soldier who had returned whispered. These soldiers were all elites of the German Machinists, and their combat accomplishments were not low. That was why he could figure out the situation of the Japanese without being discovered.
"I'm afraid we can't take a detour! Xiaguan was an important area. The Japanese probably had guards stationed at all the important intersections in this area. We can only immediately change our target and head towards the eastern fort. We will board the ship at the mouth of the old river.”
Zhou Weiguo immediately made a decision after hearing that. His original plan was to cross the river by boat at the Pagoda Bridge, but it seemed that it would not work now.
The distance to the Pagoda Bridge was even further. Every minute they stayed on the shore was more dangerous.
Then, Zhou Weiguo and the others changed directions and headed towards the eastern fort. What Zhou Weiguo said just now was right. The Japanese had indeed set up heavy and light machine gun positions at the important intersections.
Zhou Weiguo took off his helmet and military cap. He slowly moved his head out of the corner of the wall and looked at the Japanese under the light.
"The Japanese don't have many soldiers here. They only have a small team of soldiers with one heavy machine gun and two light machine guns. Victory, do you still have the Japanese military uniforms we collected?”
Zhou Weiguo loosened his collar and said.
"There's more!"
"Take it out! Get thirteen brothers to change into it. Also, do you have a major's uniform?”
Zhou Weiguo asked.
"No! However, we have a second lieutenant uniform from the Japanese. It's the uniform of a Japanese captain!”
"Give it to me!"
After a while, a second lieutenant and a sergeant led a small group of 12 Japanese soldiers who were carrying Type 38 rifles, Type 11 light machine guns, and grenade launchers.
Needless to say, this group of Japanese was naturally Zhou Weiguo in disguise. The thirteen soldiers selected were not tall. They tried their best to be short. However, even if they were short, the shortest person was about 1.65 meters tall.
It couldn't be helped. The average height of China during this period was not low. The average height of the Japanese was only 1.6 meters. If you wanted to find soldiers around 1.6 meters or even below 1.6 meters, it would be a joke!
"Don't talk later. Tidying up your dog skin, don't be discovered before you get close to the Japanese. Calm down and listen to my orders later!”
Zhou Weiguo tidied up the dog skin on his body and said slowly.
Then, Zhou Weiguo led the way with a commanding sword hanging on his waist. The group of people walked around the corner and headed towards the intersection.
Zhou Weiguo had a cold expression on his face, as if he was telling everyone not to provoke him.
"Sir!" Hello, sir!
When Zhou Weiguo walked in front of them, the Japanese who was standing immediately said respectfully.
"En! I'm so lucky that I'm going to suffer!" En! It was hard!
Zhou Weiguo replied casually.
"Sir, you're from the capital?”Is the officer also from the capital?
Zhou Weiguo's Jingdou accent made him take the initiative to ask.
"Disobey!" That's right, yes!
After Zhou Weiguo finished speaking, he took out a pack of cigarettes and lit one for himself. He turned his head slightly and glanced at the people behind him from the corner of his eyes. Then, he looked at the soldier in front of him.
"Fire, please. Fire to borrow the moon? The weather is cold, the people are happy, the private people are free, and they should be happy!”Is there a fire? Lend me a light? The weather is too cold. Everyone else is having fun, but we're the only ones patrolling. Damn it!
Zhou Weiguo seemed to be complaining about the people in the command center. After saying that, he turned his head over to light a cigarette.
The Japanese here were not surprised by Zhou Weiguo and the rest's indulgent behavior.
The reason was simple. The whole city was in a good mood, so of course they were unhappy. Moreover, there was no threat at this time. Moreover, after the war, the higher-ups were deliberately indulging them.
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