Chapter 1432: The Natural Barrier Becomes a Thoroughfare

According to the idea of ​​the Chinese Supreme Command, before the Chinese city defense troops retreated, they must kill as many devils and traitors as possible.

Only in this way can we give a better explanation to the people of the whole country.

Only in this way can we continue to strive for foreign aid.

For this reason, when the Nanjing Defense War reached the stage of street fighting, every Chinese army fought hard.

Although their marksmanship was far inferior to that of the devils, although they were seriously lacking in machine guns, and although the troops were seriously unequal, they all tried again and again.

Like fighting with bayonets, in street fighting, the various heavy weapons of the devils were greatly weakened.

Therefore, despite the heavy casualties, the casualty rate was far less than that of large-scale field combat.

In fact, even the casualty rate of common defensive battles was far higher than that of street fighting.

The most important thing is that in street fighting, the Chinese side suffered heavy casualties, but the Japanese and puppet coalition forces were also in a bad situation.

Their heavy weapons such as aircraft and artillery almost became firewood sticks.

Without these two bullying heavy weapons, it was difficult for the Japanese and puppet coalition forces to exert their previous crushing advantages.

Naturally, every street battle around the entire city of Nanjing was extremely brutal.

If I had to describe it, every house was constantly changing hands between the Chinese troops and the Japanese-Puppet Allied Forces.

In fact, while these regular troops were trying to resist, many other anti-Japanese armed forces were also working hard.

Among them, the Shenjiying and the Axe Gang must be mentioned.

In Ye Tian’s previous suggestions, they were united and had already cleared various underground passages.

At present, they are also involved in street fighting.

With the help of Ye Tian, ​​they have a lot of automatic weapons in their hands.

Such as box guns, crooked handle light machine guns, Type 92 heavy machine guns, etc.

Even the grenade launchers that the devils played very well and had amazing lethality were equipped with a lot of them.

There were so many automatic weapons and many grenade launchers, so compared with other Chinese troops, the Shenjiying and the Axe Gang had very good results.

Of course, during the battle, these two patriotic armed forces also suffered a lot of casualties.

There is no point in saving those who died for the country.

However, those injured heroes had the Da Huan Dan and Healing Dan that Ye Tian had given them before.

After taking these two elixirs, the wounded became full of energy again.

The heroes of the Shen Jiying and the Axe Gang were all bloodthirsty, and so was Ye Tian.

In fact, since the beginning of the street fighting, Ye Tian consciously became a firefighter.

To be precise, Ye Tian became the fire captain.

And every dead soldier is a firefighter.

Whenever he found that the battle was the most intense, whenever he found that the Chinese troops were about to be wiped out, Ye Tian always appeared there as quickly as possible.

Then, Ye Tian commanded and led the dead soldiers to launch a fierce attack on the small units of the Japanese and puppet coalition forces with lightning speed.

There is a limit to human power!

At this time, Ye Tian fully realized the meaning of this sentence.

The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army had too few troops. Even if he frequently took Tianmu Shenlu and kept running back and forth on various battlefields, it was difficult to turn the tide.

Ye Tian was depressed to find that many positions had to be occupied by the Japanese and puppet coalition forces because he was too late to rescue.

And the Chinese soldiers who defended these positions had to be wiped out.

Up to now, the strength of the enemy and ours has long expanded to more than ten to one.

The most important thing is that the Japanese's gun skills are particularly accurate.

To be honest, every Japanese can be described as a sharpshooter.

On the other hand, most of the Chinese soldiers found it difficult to bring out the power of the Zhongzheng rifle.

Seeing that it was difficult to turn the tide, and the general headquarters was about to issue an order to retreat at any time, Ye Tian had to activate the emergency plan.

While continuing to insist on acting as the captain of the fire brigade, Ye Tian did not forget to move quickly to the Xiaguan area.

In the early morning, two o'clock.

Just when people were exhausted, Ye Tian finally arrived here.

With excellent night vision, Ye Tian looked far into the distance.

Looking at the Yangtze River, which was once known as the golden waterway, and then looking at the battlefields behind him, Ye Tian was really sighing.

While sighing, Ye Tian ran quickly into the Yangtze River.

Time is tight and the task is heavy.

Ye Tian didn't plan to greet the 36th Division guarding here immediately.

So, relying on the characteristic of the storage space that can be ventilated, Ye Tian quickly appeared on the other side along the bottom of the river.

Then, under the premise of trying to hide from the Chinese garrison, Ye Tian frequently moved his mind.

Soon, a miracle appeared.

On the water surface, many large pontoons suddenly appeared.

These large pontoons are made of steel and are not ordinary strong.

And these pontoons were all awarded to Ye Tian by the Super Anti-Japanese War System after the Battle of Songhu.

The Chinese city defense troops are about to retreat. If they are not used at this time, when will they be used?

Xiaguan

The headquarters of the 78th Chinese Army, which is also the headquarters of the 36th Division.

As the commander of the army with only the 36th Division under his command, Song Xilian was busy all night.

Although the Nanjing Defense War had already progressed to the street fighting stage, most of the Chinese troops were fighting desperately against the Japanese and puppet coalition forces, but the 36th Division did not participate in the battle.

However, although it did not participate in the battle, the 36th Division's mission was very difficult.

On the one hand, under the order of the General Command, the 36th Division had to help maintain social order in Nanjing with the military police force of four regiments.

In fact, when the situation developed to this point, the 36th Division had already begun to organize the people to evacuate through various underground passages.

Of course, some Chinese soldiers who suffered heavy losses or were used as reserve troops were also in the retreat.

On the other hand, the 36th Division was also responsible for guarding Xiaguan, so as to leave the last way out for the large troops who were not convenient to escape through various underground passages.

As before, Song Xilian was communicating with Xiao Shanling, the commander-in-chief of the military police, to coordinate all parties.

At this time, a battalion commander hurried to the headquarters.

"Report to Commander Song, a floating bridge suddenly appeared in the area from Xiaguan to Pukou.

It will be completed in half an hour.

According to the analysis of my subordinates, the pontoon bridge was laid by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army. Please give instructions!"

"Oh, there is such a thing?

The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army really took action again, great!"

With ecstasy on his face, Song Xilian immediately called the general command headquarters for defending the city.

"Report to Commander-in-Chief Tang, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army is laying a floating bridge.

I think it's time to organize a retreat!"

On the other side, Tang Shengzhi's eyes lit up when he heard this.

Looking at the dense war damage reports on his desk, Tang Shengzhi took a deep breath.

Turning his head to look at Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Xing, Tang Shengzhi pondered.

"The natural moat has become a thoroughfare, Lao Liu, what do you think?"