Chapter 1426: Disorder

In the real history of the Anti-Japanese War, especially in the Battle of Nanjing, the 16th Division of the Central China Front was undoubtedly the most brutal division.

The reason is very simple. The Nanjing Massacre was led by this 16th Division.

Moreover, it easily triggered other divisions to follow suit.

The point is that under the direct order of King Asaka Palace Hatohiko and with the tacit approval of Matsui Iwane, millions of Japanese and puppet coalition forces began a massacre that lasted for more than half a year.

For a time, the entire city of Nanjing was filled with mountains of corpses and seas of blood!

From the Sixteenth Division onwards, the Sixth Division that massacred the most Chinese people was Hisao Tani's Sixth Division.

Thinking of this, Ye Tian made a decision without hesitation:

Even if we risk everything, we still have to do something to the Sixth Division.

Didn’t your Central China Front Army always want to annihilate our anti-Japanese and national salvation army, and even did not hesitate to let your own people be buried with them?

That's good, I'll take care of the Sixth Division again.

I hope that by then, hundreds of your planes will still bombard the Sixth Division indiscriminately!

With this thought, Ye Tian decided to implement this battle plan immediately.

However, before Ye Tian left, he suddenly discovered something.

It turned out that the 16th Division suffered extremely heavy casualties during the indiscriminate bombing.

Many Japanese were killed and their bodies were still mutilated.

In other words, it is very difficult to find the whole body.

Also, the corpses of the Japanese were scattered all over the ground, and it was hard to tell which Japanese they belonged to.

In this case, how to sort it out?

It was impossible to collect all the corpses of every Japanese.

There was no other way. Under the scolding of Japanese officers at all levels, many Japanese soldiers used local materials and burned the corpses on the spot.

The point is, every fire is filled with messy corpses of Japanese soldiers.

Under Ye Tian's gaze, many traitors helped the Japanese to burn in the open air.

When they felt that it was almost done, they randomly took some ashes to use as ashes and put them into each small wooden box.

"Is this okay? Is there still such an operation?"

Ye Tian was speechless as he stared at all this with dumbfounded eyes.

This operation has no practical significance.

If anything, it would be to deceive the families of the Japanese who were killed in the bombing.

Doing this can also be considered as an explanation to their families.

In addition, it can also stabilize the military morale of the Japanese who were not killed.

Of course, this operation can also prevent other Japanese troops from having negative emotions.

"Stupid!"

After cursing, Ye Tian quickly left here.

It is foreseeable that when the Central China Front stabilizes, it will continue to attack Nanjing City.

On the other hand, the Chinese city defense forces, due to their small number of troops and backward weapons and equipment, will never be able to hold on for too long.

Time is tight and the task is heavy.

For this reason, based on various military intelligence and historical memories, Ye Tian planned to quickly find the Sixth Division first, and then cause trouble.

Before Ye Tian found the Sixth Division, hundreds of thousands of Japs from the Central China Front, with the help of nearly a million traitors, began to attack Nanjing again.

Although the various Chinese city-defending troops had already withdrawn from Nanjing and were fighting desperately to stop the Japanese in various positions, they encountered something even worse.

The outer positions of Nanjing City have been occupied by the Central China Front.

Many positions are higher than the city.

Therefore, many units of the Central China Front have the advantage of being in a commanding position.

Under the indiscriminate bombing by Japanese troops, many city walls, including the Zhonghua Gate, were blown down.

The infantry of the Japanese and puppet coalition forces, under the cover of Doudin tanks, were pouring into Nanjing like crazy along these gaps.

The forward positions were lost and there was no way out. Many Chinese troops had to retreat to the second line in order to continue to block the Japanese and puppet coalition forces.

However, when they retreated, they encountered something even worse.

Realizing that the Japs were about to enter the city, and having long heard that the Japs were going to engage in mass murder, many people, no matter how reluctant they were to abandon their homes, had to reluctantly leave at this time.

Because they were really afraid of poverty, when they were forced to leave their homes, many people took a lot of luggage with them.

Some luggage is quite large in size and heavy in weight.

In addition, they moved very slowly with their children in tow.

In this way, the problem arises.

Many of the city's defenders were eager to retreat to their second-line positions. Naturally, the troops and civilians became crowded.

For a time, many places in Nanjing fell into chaos.

And the cries of the common people are even more endless!

There was no other way, so the city defense headquarters had to dedicate the 36th Division and let them be responsible for maintaining order in the city.

In fact, in addition to maintaining order in the city, the 36th Division also shoulders another important task.

This mission is to sit in the Xiaguan area and strictly prevent troops from escaping.

In other words, to a certain extent, the 36th Division acted as a supervisory team.

In a word, the order in Nanjing is very chaotic.

Facing the superior strength and superior firepower of the Japanese and puppet coalition forces, the vast majority of the city's defenders were not passive.

Although most of them have withdrawn into the second-line positions, these second-line positions are also in a precarious situation!

In this situation, many generals thought of retreating.

They had enough confidence to do so.

After all, Nanjing City could not be defended from any angle.

It was for this reason that the Chinese Supreme Command did not put forward higher requirements for the defending troops.

The requirements of the Chinese Supreme Command were very simple, to hold on for as long as possible.

If there was really no way to save the situation, retreat when the opportunity arose!

If Nanjing City was evacuated without any resistance, the consequences would be disastrous.

On the one hand, the capital was easily occupied by the Central China Front Army, and the military and civilian morale of China would be severely hit.

On the other hand, finding that China was a piece of mud that could not be plastered on the wall, countries such as Russia, the United States, and Germany might not be willing to support China's war of resistance!

After learning about these situations from the Shenjiying and the Axe Gang, Ye Tian was really anxious.

After thinking about it, Ye Tian still planned to do something to the Sixth Division.

With this thought, Ye Tian continued to run wildly.

However, after a while, Ye Tian stopped and showed an extremely serious expression.

Ye Tian suddenly discovered that the devils were not stupid.

They did a good job in learning from their mistakes.

Each unit gathered together.

That's not all. Each unit also cooperated closely to shorten the distance between the joints as much as possible.

In fact, the Japanese and puppet coalition forces had surrounded Nanjing City.

In other words, even if Ye Tian found the Sixth Division, he had no time and space to do anything to it.