Chapter 26
The night shrouded Jin Ling City. Zhang Wenbin was lying on a wooden board with a cigarette in his mouth. He was thinking about possible changes.
Jinling had fallen. The soldiers who had fought on the front lines had either run away or been captured by the Japanese.
If nothing unexpected happened, the Japanese would kill all these captives the day after tomorrow.
The reason was simple. The Japanese didn't have enough food. As mentioned before, the Japanese's original plan was to stop when they reached the Sujia Line. However, they crossed the Sujia Line and took Jinling within a month.
The changes were too fast, the plan could not keep up, and the logistics could not keep up either.
At this time, the logistics supply of the Japanese base camp was mainly inclined towards that direction? They were leaning towards the Japanese in North China.
Therefore, the Japanese in Jinling and its surrounding areas faced the problem of insufficient food. Their own food was stolen from the people of China.
In history, these Japanese people thought that they would get a steady supply of food from Jinling after they conquered it.
However, after they searched the city, they found that there was not a single grain left in the national treasury in Jin Ling City. All of it had been taken away.
They were so angry that they couldn't starve themselves, so they killed all the captives.
However, these were not within the scope of his concern. Now, his heart was gradually becoming cold. It was not because he had become bad, but because he had seen too much.
In such a short period of time, how many commoners had he seen killed? He had seen so many defeated soldiers who were clearly still alive, but they were like dead people, surrendering the moment they saw the Japanese.
They were a group of trash who had lost their fighting spirit. Zhang Wenbin did not want his plan to be affected by a large group of trash, even if there were a lot of them.
"Next, the Japanese might still launch the tragedy in history, right? But now that so many people had escaped, he hoped that not many more would die.”
Zhang Wenbin sighed in his heart. According to the information from later generations, more than 300,000 soldiers and civilians died in the Jinling Massacre.
However, this was only the data that could be found. The data of the corpses could be found, which meant that there were more than 300,000 people who could find some traces.
In fact, Zhang Wenbin knew that there were more than 300,000 people who really died in this tragedy. If you doubled it, it might be close to the real number.
Jinling in this era was a big city in China, with a population of two to three million. Although many people had fled before the war, the population in the city would not be less than 700,000 before the war began. As for the population data, the pre-war population of Jinling and the pre-war population of Wu Han could be found in the data. However, the specific data was inaccurate and vague. However, a rough figure could still be found. The credibility should be relatively high
However, after the war began, none of the civilians in the city escaped, because the ships crossing the river were destroyed.
In addition, many people thought that only the people in the city had suffered in the Jinling Massacre. However, according to historical records, the scope of the Jinling Massacre was not limited to Jinling. The small cities, towns, and villages around Jinling were all robbed and killed by the Japanese.
Adding on the hundred thousand captured soldiers, the real number of casualties was definitely more than seven hundred thousand. However, there were too many ways to destroy the evidence.
The Yangtze River flowing eastward could bury too many corpses. Perhaps countless corpses would flow into the sea along the Yangtze River.
Who could say for sure?
There were also the burnt corpses. Who knew how many of them had been turned into ashes in the sea of fire?
"Regiment Commander, the remaining Japanese are resting outside and monitoring us. I just let the scouts see that the Japanese are asleep. There are very few soldiers on guard, and their mental state is not good. I don't think they will do anything tonight, but the Japanese reinforcements will arrive tomorrow.”
Cheng Yiyun, the commander of the 4th Battalion, walked up to Zhang Wenbin and said.
After hearing that, she turned her head slightly to look at Cheng Yiyun.
"The Japanese have been fighting since yesterday. They launched a night attack at night. They fought all night last night, and today, they fought all day. No matter how powerful the Japanese were and how good they were at fighting, they were still humans. They needed to rest.
After fighting for two days and one night, they were already exhausted. The burden on their bodies had reached its limit. They would definitely sleep soundly tonight, including the soldiers on duty. They would probably fall asleep hugging their guns.”
As Zhang Wenbin spoke, he took a deep puff of his cigarette and said,"How's the situation at Xiaguan? Have our scouts returned?"
"He hasn't returned yet, but he should be back soon. However, I feel that Xiaguan must have been captured by the Japanese. It's very difficult for us to save them! There were too many Japanese in the city, and the number of Japanese entering the city would definitely not be less than 100,000.”
Cheng Yiyun sighed.
"Don't worry about this. I didn't say I was going to save the captives in Xiaguan. We only have 5,000 men, we can't waste them. However, we still need to make a fuss over the lower pass. We are staying here to gain battle merits, not to wait for death.”
Zhang Wenbin lit another cigarette and continued,"Our troops had enough rest during the day, so we can move out tonight. The 1,000 or so Japanese soldiers outside are already spent. They will definitely fall asleep after resting for more than 10 hours.
I'll leave this mission to the 4th Battalion. Go over quietly and kill these 1,000 Japanese.
Also, think of a way to get me the flag of the Japanese. That would be the best.”
Zhang Wenbin exhaled a mouthful of smoke and said slowly.
"United Flag? Regiment Commander, you know that this thing is hard to deal with. The Japanese placed more importance on this thing than anything else. It would be difficult to get their flag.”
Cheng Yiyun said with some difficulty.
"Whether it's difficult or not, I'll give this mission to you. Think of a way yourself. Alright, you can leave!”
Cheng Yiyun could only leave helplessly. Zhang Wenbin stood up and left after smoking the cigarette.
After a while, other than the commander of the 4th Battalion, Cheng Yi Yun, the other battalion commanders were shocked.
First Battalion Commander Wang Yiqiu, Second Battalion Commander Zhou Chengyi, Third Battalion Commander Li Xiaochu, Fifth Battalion Commander Sun Mingli, and Sixth Battalion Commander Wu Deshui all came to Zhang Wenbin's regiment command center.
Zhang Wenbin gave each of them a cigarette before placing a map of Jinling and its surroundings on the table.
"Look, this is a map of Jinling. Now, let me tell you what we're going to do tonight.”
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