Chapter 1373 December 11 (Thanks to Junxcxy for the Reward and Strong Support!)

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Yanagawa Heisuke was furious when he found that the Nanjing garrison refused to surrender.

Without saying a word, Yanagawa Heisuke ordered a full-scale attack on Yuhuatai, Tongjimen, Guanghuamen, Zijinshan and other positions.

For a time, the infantry, artillery, tank troops, army aviation, and naval aviation of the Japanese and puppet coalition forces, under the unified coordination and command of the Central China Front Command, launched a tide-like offensive against various positions in China.

Naturally, the battle became more and more intense.

On the ground, the sound of gunfire was loud.

And in the sky, it was densely packed with devils' fighters and bombers.

Under the three-way attack of the Japanese and puppet coalition forces on land, sea and air, various positions in China were lost one after another.

Losing is not enough, the casualties of the soldiers were still very serious.

The point is that the already scarce cannons and other heavy weapons of each unit were mostly destroyed by the devil's bombardment!

There was no other way, Tang Shengzhi had to order the troops to return to Nanjing City quickly.

After arriving in Nanjing City, the troops hurried to build various fortifications.

In addition to building fortifications around the city, they also actively built fortifications for street fighting!

Tang Shengzhi never thought that the offensive of the Central China Front Army would be so fierce.

Yes, the fortifications outside Nanjing before were very strong.

Unfortunately, under the devil's bombardment, these fortifications were so vulnerable.

That's not all. Like previous battles, when facing various Chinese troops, the devil used the tried-and-tested signature tactics again.

Attack the middle and encircle the two wings.

Artillery bombardment, infantry charge.

After the infantry charge failed, the artillery continued to bomb.

If it doesn't work, the devil will rely on the air advantage to send planes to bomb.

After being tormented by the devils, the Chinese defense forces were really miserable.

To put it bluntly, no matter how much the Chinese troops wanted to fight back, it was difficult to see the devils!

In fact, because the formation of the devil infantry was too scattered when attacking, the Chinese troops were reluctant to use artillery for bombing.

Yes, if only a few devils were killed with one shot, it would definitely be a loss.

The most important thing is that once the Chinese artillery fired, it would be immediately locked by the devils.

It won't take long for the Chinese artillery positions to be blown up by the devils using superior firepower.

In fact, because the offensive of the Japanese and puppet coalition forces was too fierce, Tang Shengzhi felt that the city wall could not be held for too long.

In fact, many places around the city fortifications have been exposed to the devils' firepower.

Naturally, many city walls were blown down.

And the soldiers who defended these city walls also fell in a pool of blood.

However, in order to better prepare for the next street battle, that is, to delay time as much as possible, Tang Shengzhi had to repeatedly deploy troops.

The 156th Division of the 83rd Army urgently reinforced Guanghua Gate and Tongji Gate;

The 66th Army immediately urgently reinforced Zhongshan Gate and Xuanwu Gate from Yanziji and other places;

The 103rd Division and the 112th Division evacuated from Zhenjiang to Nanjing City were under the command of Gui Yongqing of the Teaching Corps, and were responsible for the defense of Zhongshan Gate, especially the Purple Mountain position;

Whenever it was found that the Japanese infantry approached the city, the defense forces must send a small team to the city to destroy these Japanese;

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Tang Shengzhi kept deploying troops, and the Chinese troops were fighting the Japanese and puppet coalition forces.

At the same time, the Central China Front Army and the traitor troops were also very busy.

The Chinese troops outside Nanjing City found that they could no longer hold their positions. With the consent of the Nanjing Garrison Command, they all retreated quickly into Nanjing City.

The Central China Front Command certainly didn't want to see this.

Naturally, the various Japanese troops were trying every means to encircle these Chinese troops.

The Japanese Army Air Force, Navy Air Force, and artillery units kept bombarding these Chinese retreating troops.

After figuring out these military intelligence, Ye Tian frowned and his face was not ordinary serious.

Quickly using his brain, Ye Tian soon thought of a target to attack.

The 16th Division!

The 16th Division was the most sinful and brutal unit in the Nanjing Massacre, without a doubt!

Among the nine Japanese divisions that participated in the Nanjing Massacre, the 16th Division was the most evil!

In fact, before, Ye Tian had led the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and fought against this division many times.

The 30th Infantry Brigade of the 16th Division, the captain of the 3rd Battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment, Ichiro Guto.

The captain of the 9th Regiment, Mamoru Katagiri.

Together with many Japanese, they were killed by Ye Tian.

For this reason, not only the commander of the 16th Division, Nakajima Imao, but also the Central China Front Command, were all furious.

Without hesitation, they all wanted to seek revenge on the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

What made these devils depressed was that they could not find the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

Even the Iron Stone Independent Detachment, which was specially established for the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, could not find it.

There was no way, the 16th Division had to temporarily forget about the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

Now, according to the various deployments of the Central China Front, the 16th Division is responsible for attacking Zijin Mountain.

And the troops defending Purple Mountain were the elite of the elite Chinese troops - the Training Corps.

The country was in crisis, and the opportunity to participate in the national war had arrived!

For this reason, under the leadership of Gui Yongqing, the Training Corps fought desperately again and again.

The effect was very good.

No matter how many people the devils had, they could not conquer this position for a while.

In a hurry to conquer this position as soon as possible and become the first division to enter Nanjing City, Nakajima Imao went crazy.

Nakajima Imao went crazy, and the 30th Brigade Major General Sasaki Ichi, the commander, was even more anxious.

A few days ago, Sasaki Ichi was very depressed and had no face after being beaten by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army and suffered such a heavy loss.

This time, in order to show his face in front of Nakajima Imao, Sasaki Ichi was very concerned.

Automatically ignoring his own casualties, Sasaki Ichi commanded the troops to launch fierce attacks again and again.

The effect was very good. After some efforts, Sasaki led the right-wing encirclement force to capture the outer position of the teaching corps.

In other words, a breakthrough has been opened.

What made Sasaki happy was that at this time, he also heard good news.

It turned out that in order to help the 16th Division capture the Purple Mountain position and cut off the road for the teaching corps to retreat eastward, the Central China Front Army launched a big move.

Under the organization and coordination of the Central China Front Army Command, the 13th Division Infantry 103rd Brigade, led by Brigade Commander Yamada, jumped out.

The most important thing is that the combat goal of the 103rd Brigade is very important.