The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

The Xiaguan River Beach is still crowded with hundreds of fishing boats and ferry boats shuttling back and forth in the darkness, rescuing the desperate residents, but there are too many people, tens of thousands of people are waiting anxiously, with time As time went on, their mood became more and more restless.

Many people couldn't wait any longer, and jumped into the water holding logs, planks, and anything that could float, trying to find a way out, but the icy river water soon froze them to death, and they were frozen to death in the river, densely packed with dead bodies. In the water, there are countless souls.

All the units that had evacuated to the Xiaguan River Beach also began to organize to cross the river. Because the 74st Division of the 51th Army had left a small ferry in advance, they transported about [-] officers and soldiers to escape after an emergency rush in the middle of the night.

Although there are quite a few boats shuttling on the river, most of them are fishing boats that can carry a small number of people. Compared with the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians trapped in the city, it is still a drop in the bucket.

"Cut bamboo! Make bamboo rafts!"

Yang Ling had to find another way, ordered to cut down all the bamboo forests near the river beach, set up a bamboo raft on the spot, and thought of all possible ways to cross the river.

In addition to ordering the rafting, Yang Ling also sent some eloquent soldiers holding up loudspeakers to shout back and forth among the crowd to appease their anxiety.

When Yang Ling was busy on the Xiaguan River Beach to prevent the army and civilians from crossing the river to break through, in the dilapidated streets and alleys near Yijiangmen, Xiao Shanling was leading the police force and military police to repel the Japanese army's attacks again and again to cover the crossing of the river. Military and civilian.

The city of Nanjing has already been broken, and various Japanese troops rushed in frantically, seizing all the main strategic points and institutions in the urban area.

The continuous news of good news from the neighboring troops stimulated the crazy nerves of the Japanese army. They had no scruples. The defense of the huge Nanjing city had been breached by their guns and bayonets.

Now all they need is to reap the fruits of victory. The troops entering the city are killing and looting frantically. Countless horrific tragedies are being staged in this city shrouded in darkness.

A small group of Japanese soldiers lost their way in the cobweb-like streets and alleys of the urban area. In this situation, they did not have the slightest fear, because in their hearts, the Chinese army had been repulsed by their powerful combat power. Be fearless.

Instead of contacting the neighboring troops, they drove straight in with a small group of troops and penetrated into the urban area. When they jumped onto the main road in the urban area and saw the densely packed fleeing civilians, they froze in place with bayonets in their hands. land.

There are thousands of people in this large group of refugees, but the lost Japanese army is only 50 to [-] people. When the refugees saw the Japanese army jumping out of the darkness.

Seeing their short and sturdy bodies, hideous faces and bloody bayonets, the crowd froze for a few seconds, then suddenly let out a shrill scream, as if they had seen a ghost, and thousands of people turned around and ran away in fright. .

Seeing that these thousands of Chinese escaped, the Japanese army captain had a bold idea in his heart, and became ferocious: "Pursuit!"

"Ah!" These red-eyed Japanese soldiers also howled like wild animals, and chased after them while shooting.

Dozens of Japanese soldiers ran wildly in the streets chasing thousands of civilians, like wolves chasing sheep, recklessly.

The howling bullets sank into the bodies of the fleeing people, and some people were shot and fell down, bleeding profusely. More and more people fell to the ground, and the street was stained red with blood.

These screaming Japanese soldiers were like ghosts in the dark night. They smiled ferociously, killing, beating and stabbing civilians to death one by one.

They didn't stop killing until they were too tired to run, and the whole street was already full of dead bodies, piled up in a thick layer, and the gutters on both sides of the street were stained red.

Countless Japanese squads rampaged through the urban area, and many troops who were scattered and had no time to retreat were surrounded. In a small, charred building, dozens of Chinese soldiers were surrounded by a large group of Japanese troops.

After repeated fierce battles, these dozens of Chinese soldiers had already fired their bullets. Looking at the small building surrounded by the Japanese army like an iron barrel, their faces were full of despair.

"Surrender! Don't make meaningless resistance, your chief has abandoned you! Put down your weapons! Not only will you avoid death, but there will also be hot meals waiting for you here—"

A traitor hid behind a sandbag and shouted at the surrounded Chinese soldiers with a loudspeaker.

The Japanese troops were brave and good at fighting, but facing the countless streets and alleys in this urban area and the resisting Chinese army, they had a headache and were unwilling to spend their troops in this meaningless street fighting, so they asked the traitors to speak out and strive to eliminate them without casualties other side.

These besieged Chinese soldiers have been fighting bloody battles on the ground for several days. They have not even touched a drop of rice since this day, and they are starving.

"A traitor like a dog! Die badly!"

Some soldiers cursed loudly. If there were still bullets, they would have shot the traitor first.

The chief of these Chinese soldiers was a lieutenant colonel staff officer covered in black. He looked at this group of ragged and exhausted brothers with tears in his eyes.

"Put down your weapons! You can avoid death! If you continue to resist, no one will survive!" The traitor continued to shout

He took a deep breath and said to these soldiers: "Brothers, put down your guns and surrender."

"Sir!" These brothers looked at their beloved officer with red eyes in disbelief: "We will not surrender even if we die!"

The staff officer was angry: "We have no bullets! No reinforcements! If we all die here, what will our wives and children do? Who will avenge those dead brothers?"

"But we can't surrender, we still have bayonets, let's fight!" A brother shouted.

The staff officer shook his head in pain and said: "Those who cannot be killed will only increase casualties. Brothers, keep the green hills here, and don't be afraid of running out of firewood. Surrender..."

"I order you to lay down your weapons and surrender!" Seeing that the soldiers were unmoved, the staff officer roared.

These soldiers looked at their commander, threw weapons out of the building unwillingly, and walked out empty-handed.

Seeing these blood-stained Chinese soldiers come out, the Japanese commander showed an arrogant smile on his face. He wanted to destroy the Chinese people's will to resist!

Seeing these brothers walk out of the door one by one, the staff officer slowly pulled out the bayonet and stabbed it into his lower abdomen forcefully, blood staining his military uniform.

"Sir! Sir!" The soldiers walking behind saw the officer who committed suicide, and cried and rushed over to hug their beloved officer.

A brother looked at the dying staff officer and shouted: "Sir, why can't you think about it."

The staff officer smiled miserably: "China may have soldiers who surrendered, but there are no officers who surrendered..." Before he finished speaking, the staff officer had lost his breath.

"Sir!" These soldiers cried out loudly as they watched their beloved officer die.

"Brothers! I'll go first!" A soldier stood up suddenly, ran to the window of the small building, shouted and jumped, and followed their commander.

The soldier fell into the ruins with a loud bang and turned into a puddle of meat, which left the Japanese commander dumbfounded.

He originally wanted these Chinese soldiers to surrender, not only to defeat them on the battlefield, but also to destroy their will, but he did not expect that they would rather die than surrender.

Dozens of Chinese soldiers who had run out of ammunition jumped down from the small building one after another. Their spirit of preferring death to surrender made the Japanese commander very angry, and his facial muscles twitched violently.

Body 3 Chapter [-] Blood and Dignity

The streets near Yijiangmen were already piled up like mountains of corpses, and the air was filled with a strong and pungent smell of blood. The military police and police commanded by Xiao Shanling repelled the Japanese attack here again.

These Japanese soldiers, like wolves smelling fishy smell, saw the Chinese army retreating, and hurriedly followed their buttocks and chased them over.

Facing tens of thousands of residents who had not yet crossed the river, Nanjing Mayor Xiao Shanling had no choice but to organize troops to block the Japanese army through street fighting along the streets, buying time for the soldiers and civilians gathered on the Xiaguan River Beach to retreat.

"Collect ammunition! Rescue the wounded!"

Xiao Shanling's exquisite Browning pistol had no bullets, and he threw it away. Now he was carrying a [-]-[-] rifle, stepping on sticky blood, and commanding on the battlefield.

Both the military police and the police ignored their exhaustion and rummaged through the dead bodies to collect weapons and ammunition to prepare for the next battle.

Looking at the battered corpses on the ground, Xiao Shanling secretly wiped his tears. Many of them were military police brothers who had followed him for many years, but now they were lying in this cold night, unable to wake up again.

Now he is not only the deputy commander of the military police, but also the chief of the Nanjing Police Force, the commander of the Capital Guard, and the mayor of Nanjing.

He had never held so many titles at the same time, and with the escape of the Garrison Commander Tang Shengzhi and others, he became the highest official in Nanjing.

Tang Shengzhi and others can escape, but he can't. He can't forget that his hundreds of thousands of residents will be stabbed in the back if they flee for their lives. Those seemingly shining titles are now weighing heavily on his shoulders alone.

When all the senior generals escaped and ran away, but Xiao Shanling knew in his heart that someone had to stay and take charge of the overall situation, and now all the burdens were on him alone.