Chapter 1433: One Man Guards the Pass, Ten Thousand Men Cannot Break Through (Thanks to Book Friend Jie for His Many Rewards!)

Hearing this, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Xing frowned.

After pondering for a long time, Liu Xing also took a deep breath.

"General Commander, although we killed and wounded many Japanese and traitors, the losses of our city defense troops were very heavy.

If nothing unexpected happens, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army will also suffer heavy losses.

You know, in the Supreme Command, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army has only a few hundred troops, but its status is very important.

In fact, it has long been regarded as a strategic force by the Supreme Command!

Let alone this Nanjing Defense War.

If it weren't for the sudden rise of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, how could the Central China Front Army suffer such a heavy loss?

What's more, this 16th Division was almost destroyed by their own people!

Also, if it weren't for the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, how could my large army have the opportunity to cross the river and escape?"

What Liu Xing said made sense, and he didn't mean to praise the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.

As the deputy commander-in-chief of the Nanjing City Defense, Liu Xing knew everything here.

Although there is one more escape route than expected, that is, there are many more underground passages.

Unfortunately, most of these underground passages are too narrow to allow more people to pass and escape.

Also, in history, these escape passages were enjoyed by the emperor, empress, and a few powerful ministers and generals.

In order to protect their safety, the soldiers of the Imperial Guards should also use some of them appropriately.

Although these underground escape passages have been opened for a long time, and the civilians and the wounded are constantly organized to evacuate, they cannot all be relied on here.

Therefore, if more soldiers are to escape, many ships are still needed.

Unfortunately, there are really too few ships that can be used to cross the river.

In addition, in the previous Jiangyin Defense War, in order to intercept the warships of the island country, many large merchant ships, including the few remaining warships, mostly chose to sink to the bottom of the river.

The number of ships is too small, and most of them are very small.

In order to speed up transportation, they cannot be overloaded.

Once overloaded, it is easy to have a tragic ending of ship destruction and death.

It is foreseeable that some soldiers would make simple rafts with door panels when they found that there was no chance of escaping by boat.

Unfortunately, let alone simple rafts, even regular rafts are difficult to operate.

Without experience in operating rafts, soldiers would also fall into the rolling river.

Even in extreme despair, many people would choose to swim across the river.

There is always a limit to human power.

Without professional training, for most normal people, crossing the Yangtze River and reaching the other side is, to put it bluntly, not feasible.

Even most soldiers would drown due to lack of physical strength when swimming about 100 meters!

The most important thing is that so many people are waiting to cross the river, and they must be more anxious than one another.

In this way, even if the gendarmerie and the 36th Division try their best to maintain order, it is difficult to avoid chaos.

Besides, once order is in chaos, will the gendarmerie and the 36th Division really have the heart to shoot at their comrades to maintain order?

If this is done, although it will be beneficial to the overall situation and can save more people, can the soldiers who fired the gun feel at ease?

Liu Xing can think of this, and so can Tang Shengzhi.

Hearing the words "Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army", Tang Shengzhi realized the status of this special force in the heart of the Chinese Supreme Command, and he no longer hesitated.

"Pass my order!

All troops, follow the retreat plan and retreat in batches quickly!

Anyone who does not abide by the order and disrupts the overall situation will be killed without mercy!"

Soon, a general retreat order was passed to each unit one after another.

After receiving the retreat order, each unit gathered at various designated locations under the unified coordination of the general command.

And the various units that are insisting on fighting on the front line are also constantly retreating in a way of resistance after receiving the retreat order.

At the same time, the retreating vanguards either went into various underground passages with the last remaining civilians, or quickly moved to the Xiaguan area.

On the other side, after a lot of non-stop work, Ye Tian finally laid the pontoon bridge.

Moreover, under the guidance of the officers and soldiers of the 36th Division guarding Xiaguan, Ye Tian also met Song Xilian, the commander of the 36th Division, who came to express his gratitude.

It must be said that the signs of the retreat of the Chinese defenders had long been in the sight of the Japanese and puppet coalition forces.

Naturally, many devils and traitors were also desperately gathering in the Xiaguan area.

The situation was very special and very urgent.

Therefore, Ye Tian and Song Xilian did not stay polite for too long.

In order to prevent Song Xilian from thinking too much, Ye Tian also told a big lie.

Ye Tian told Song Xilian that these pontoon bridges all came from a foreign company.

Moreover, these pontoons were just transported by a foreign ship.

Although it was a lie, Ye Tian was not red in the face and breathless.

Yes, at present, the surrounding large area has long become the territory of the Central China Front Army.

Naturally, even Song Xilian, the commander of the army, was not very aware of the surrounding situation.

What made Ye Tian happy was that Song Xilian did not doubt him.

In fact, since Ye Tian traveled through time, he has made many brilliant achievements.

Each achievement was very unreasonable.

That's not all. Even if professionals racked their brains to consider it, it would be difficult to think clearly about the details.

Therefore, even if Ye Tian did something against the will of heaven, after a long time, not many people would think about it.

What's more, tens of thousands of soldiers were about to be organized to cross the river.

On the left and right sides of Xiaguan, there were Japanese and puppet coalition forces coming to sabotage.

In fact, if it wasn't late at night, there was no doubt that the Central China Front Army would send planes to blow up this freshly built floating bridge.

"Take care!"

Before the voice fell, Ye Tian disappeared from Song Xilian's sight.

To do this, and still be so anxious, Ye Tian had a deep intention.

It can be predicted that when the Chinese city defense troops retreated, the Japanese and puppet coalition forces would definitely obstruct them in every possible way.

There is no doubt that the Japanese and puppet coalition forces would definitely increase their firepower offensive after noticing this situation.

On the other hand, the Chinese troops, under the unified deployment of the general command, would resist one by one and retreat interspersed.

Although the soldiers had been fighting with the Japanese and puppet coalition forces for a long time, the morale of the army would definitely fluctuate during the retreat.

Especially when the two teams changed positions, and the front troops retreated, because the follow-up troops were not stable, the positions were easily broken by the Japanese and puppet coalition forces.

Once these situations occurred, the consequences would be disastrous.

At that time, the Japanese and puppet coalition forces would definitely chase and kill the Chinese troops desperately while they were retreating.

And if the Chinese troops stopped to resist, because they lost various shelters, the casualty rate would definitely be shocking.

For this reason, Ye Tian made a fearless decision without any hesitation:

Go to the front line immediately and play the game of one man blocking the pass!

Although it is very likely that he will die for the country, Ye Tian will not hesitate!