Nanjing Street Battle
"Master! Zhonghua Gate! The Central Gate! They've all fallen!" A major put down the phone in his hand and reported to Zhang Mo. Since this morning, news of various defeats had been coming from all over the country. Guanghua Gate had already repelled the Japanese army's 12th attack.
"Order everyone to retreat into the city! With Yang Hang as the center, all the soldiers were scattered out! All of them split up into groups to block the Japanese army!”Zhang Mo looked at the map of Nanjing and said worriedly. The worst had already come, then the next step would be a tragic street battle!
Zhang Mo drove the jeep through the chaotic streets of Nanjing. Countless people headed for the river, and many defeated soldiers were mixed in to escape Nanjing.
Bang!
Looking at the panicked refugees and the scattered soldiers who were like headless flies, they directly blocked them. The highest official position among them was only the rank of major and battalion commander.
"Look at you! Was she worthy of wearing this dress? Shouldn't this group of commoners be fleeing? What's the matter with you guys running along? Do you still look like a soldier?" Zhang Mo stood on the jeep and raised his pistol to scold the fleeing soldiers in front of him.
"The officers have all run away! Why are we still fighting?" A soldier in the front row shouted.
"Are you fighting for your commander? You are fighting against the enemy for the sake of China! Fight for your brothers and sisters! How long had it been? We've lost again and again! It's all because of you soulless soldiers!”Zhang Mo continued to reprimand.
"The city has been breached! What should we do if we don't escape?" A first lieutenant said loudly.
"Pa!"
"Can you shoot with your butt? Or do you have a gun in your butt? Look at these people! They are relying on you! What could they do if they all swarmed to the riverside? Swim over?" Zhang Mo jumped off the jeep and walked over to the lieutenant, slapping him across the face.
"You're not our senior officer! What right do you have to say that!" A soldier who was afraid of death desperately wanted to escape from Nanjing.
"Bang!"
"From now on! I am the highest official in Nanjing! Anyone in military uniform dared to retreat! Execution on the spot! What's the use of keeping such a coward!”Zhang Mo shot the soldier to death and shouted. The heavy machine guns and the independent company behind them surrounded the retreating soldiers.
"Are you a coward? Are you a coward? Are you a coward? Are you a coward?" Zhang Mo looked at the defeated soldiers in front of him and asked one by one. When asked, none of them dared to raise their heads and admit that they were cowards.
"Since you're not cowards! Then pick up your weapons and stop the Japanese army! Fight for a chance for our brothers and sisters to live! I promise you that I will bring you across the river! If anyone finds me escaping the battlefield, they can shoot me to death!”Zhang Mo once again climbed into the jeep and said loudly.
"Line up properly! Line up! Prepare to set off!" At this time, the independent company came into play. The scattered soldiers of the various departments were gathered together like a greedy snake, gathering scattered soldiers everywhere in Nanjing!
After so many days of accumulating military merits, Zhang Mo had already reached the rank of major. He had already unlocked the destroyer, but he didn't have any high-level destroyer, but it was better than nothing.
Zhang Mo purchased the German V-25 class destroyer. The standard displacement of the ship was 975 tons, and the maximum speed was 33.5 knots. The main weapons were three 88mm 50L Krupp cannons. There was a single 500mm Torpedo tube on each side of the front, and two double 500mm Torpedo tubes were installed in the middle of the ship.
The ship's anti-air firepower was very weak, and its mobility made it more like a destroyer with torpedoes. It was a freak. When facing a large battleship, it could only run naked and shoot torpedoes. However, in the Yangtze River, large warships would not come in to court death!
Zhang Mo secretly spent a lot of money to buy two V-25 Destroyers and four transport ships by the river! Basically, he had spent all the money he had earned and the rewards he had received.
On the morning of December 13th, all the high-ranking generals had disappeared. The remaining troops were left in Nanjing without anyone to take care of them. The city gates were so narrow that they were all out of the city, causing a large area of trampling, causing many people to be trampled to death.
Da da! Da da!
"Cowards! What do you want? You want to run?" When Long Wenzhang, who had changed into his lieutenant colonel uniform, arrived at the Yijiang Gate with his independent regiment, he immediately fired his machine gun at the holes on the ground.
"Look in front of you! Take a good look! He didn't die at the hands of the Japanese! But he was trampled to death by his own people!" The bodies of several soldiers were casually trampled on the ground.
"You don't want to live! But we want to live!" A major pushed through the crowd and walked out.
"I want to live too! But I won't live like a coward! Today we lost our capital! What else can't we lose tomorrow? What are you fighting for? Make a living? Or was it for something else? Do you know what national humiliation is? Do you know the shame of Jingkang? You should know about the land and reparations during the 1894 - 1895 War, right? Do you have the nerve to live? I left my soul in Nanjing, but my body ran across the river! Is he still alive?" Long Wenzhang looked at all the defeated soldiers and questioned loudly.
"There's hair! Who the f * ck would be willing to be a baldy! The defeat was set in stone! Staying here is to die!" The major threw his hat to the ground!
"Look! Look! Hundreds of thousands of civilians! Even if it wasn't for anything else, he had to consider them! Let's just leave! Leaving them to be slaughtered? Is it worthy of this military uniform?" Long Wenzhang continued to ask loudly.
"I want to kill the enemy, but I can't turn the tide!" the major said in despair.
"Since you have the heart, it means that your soul hasn't been lost! Our 44th Division hasn't retreated yet! Our master is still leading us to stop the Japanese army from advancing! There were already two destroyer and four transport ships on the river! Do you want to leave alive? If you want to leave alive, you have to stop the Japanese army first. Don't delay our evacuation! I promise you! The 44th Division's Independent Regiment will be the last to leave!”Long Wenzhang said loudly. Many soldiers saw hope. Long Wenzhang called back their frightened souls and followed Long Wenzhang's troops back to the city. Of course, there were also some who shamelessly continued to flee towards the lower pass.
"Master! They had all retreated! We're the only ones left!" Liu Haisheng said as he looked at the tragic state of Nanjing.
"Inform the rest to speed up the evacuation! He must take every citizen away! Also, maintain order. Women, children, and the elderly should leave first, and the young and middle-aged should leave last! Anyone who dared to cause trouble and spread rumors would be shot on the spot! We can't afford to be chaotic at this time!" Zhang Mo looked at the Nanjing City Road that was filled with gunfire. He didn't want a tragedy to happen! Therefore, he would risk everything to delay this tragedy. He could not protect Nanjing City, but he still felt that there was hope if he delayed it.
The entire Xiaguan road was crowded with people. Now the only evacuation point was the riverside. It was surrounded by the Japanese army on three sides. There were still many Japanese planes wreaking havoc on the river. The reason why there were no Japanese ships coming was because Zhang Mo deployed mines on the river overnight. After a Japanese gunboat was directly blown up, the Japanese fleet stopped and needed to clear the mines before moving forward.
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