The system sent me to fight

But even so, the defenders still resisted the Japanese attack all day long.

It was not until nightfall that the Japanese attack slowly stopped.

And the troops of the national army, who had been fighting fiercely for a day, finally got a chance to breathe.

The medical staff of the reserve team and the field hospital rushed to the front line immediately, began to rescue the wounded, and transported the remains of the fallen soldiers to the rear for burial.

The cooking squads of various ministries also prepared a hot dinner in time and sent it to the frontline positions for the soldiers.

Fearing that the Japanese army would attack at night, the soldiers who had dinner did not dare to withdraw from their positions. They could only hold their guns and sleep in the trenches with their clothes on in the nearly subzero cold.

the other side.

In order to cooperate with the surprise attack troops, they took advantage of the Yeshuo River to raid Nanjing.

The 3rd and 101st Divisions of the Japanese Army did not stop their attack on Zhenjiang, but intensified their efforts.

11 pm.

Thousands of Japanese soldiers suddenly gathered outside a small riverside fishing village 50 miles east of Zhenjiang.

These devils were fully armed and came overnight. Therefore, the people in the small fishing village were still asleep and fell into the siege of the Japanese army without even realizing it.

Not far from the Yangtze River, several large Japanese warships have anchored near the shore.

Immediately afterwards, dozens of small rubber boats that can carry more than 10 people were lowered from these warships.

Some devil marines were driving those rubber boats, crossing the shallow water of the river beach, preparing to dock.

"Your Excellency, Captain, the transport ship of the Navy's Third Fleet and 3000 marines are already in place, and we can board the ship." On the shore, a Japanese major officer came to a lieutenant officer and asked for instructions.

This lieutenant is none other than Tatsuhiko Tsuda, the commander of the 101th Regiment of the 101st Infantry Brigade under the Japanese 149st Division.

The 101st Division is not a Type A permanent division, but an ad hoc division like the 18th Division.

The so-called ad hoc refers to the temporary addition of divisions due to the war situation.

Although this division is also a four-four system, not a three-three system, it is slightly inferior to the 17 Type A permanent divisions.

It can be regarded as a quasi-type A division between the permanent type A division and the type B division of the three-three system.

Therefore, two of the commanders of its four field regiments have the rank of lieutenant assistant, unlike other Type A divisions, all of them are lieutenant assistant officers.

Unfortunately, this Tsuda Tatsuhiko happened to be one of the two lieutenant commanders.

Tsuda Tatsuhiko took out a cigarette and lit it, and after taking a puff, he said slowly, "Don't worry, we have to wait a bit."

"What are you waiting for?" Guizi Shaozuo asked rather puzzled.

Tsuda Tatsuhiko exhaled expressionlessly and said, "Wait for our commander."

"Nani? The commander of our surprise attack is not your Excellency, the captain?" Major Devil was surprised.

Tsuda Tatsuhiko Furui Wubo's face finally showed a trace of resentment, but it disappeared soon, and he shook his head and said: "Of course not! It's a commander appointed by the Front Army Command to be our commander." .”

"Why did the headquarters make such an arrangement? Could it be that they don't believe in your military command ability, Your Excellency, Captain?"

"It is said that this commander has studied at the Military Academy in Berlin, Germany, and is a senior staff officer from the headquarters!" Tatsuhiko Tsuda stubbed out his cigarette butt and said, "Wait patiently, the most important thing for imperial soldiers is to obey orders!"

"Hay!"

The team leader Tatsuda Tatsuhiko had already said that, so it was natural for the devil to say nothing, so he had to pause his head heavily.

About 20 minutes later, a group of cavalry finally roared in.

It turned out that due to the impassable road, Nakamura Kazuki and his party changed to riding a horse after arriving in Linyangzhong County by car.

The guard sentries found them, and after asking about the situation, they brought Kazuki Nakamura and his party, who had rushed all the way, to Tatsuhiko Tsuda.

"Your Excellency, Captain, this is General Kazuki Nakamura sent by the Front Army Headquarters. He is our military commander for this operation."

Immediately afterwards, the Second Lieutenant Sentinel turned his head and introduced to Kazuki Nakamura: "Sir, these two are our chief and deputy captains."

"Tsuda Tatsuhiko, Captain of the 149th Infantry Regiment, has been waiting here for a long time." Tsuda Tatsuhiko took the lead in saluting.

Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with the orders of the Front Army Command, Tsuda Tatsuhiko had to show enough respect to the officers whose military rank was higher than his own in the highly hierarchical Japanese army.

What's more, Kazuki Nakamura will become his commander next.

Nakamura Kazuki saluted back, and then smiled: "You are welcome, Tsuda-kun, I kept you waiting for a long time!"

"Sir, you are serious!" Tsuda Tatsuhiko lowered his head and said, "Sir, the navy is ready, can we go?"

"Yeah." Tsuda Tatsuhiko nodded, and just about to leave, he heard a lieutenant officer next to Tsuda Tatsuhiko ask in a low voice: "Sir, what will happen to the Chinese people in this fishing village after we leave?"

Before Tsuda Tatsuhiko could answer, Nakamura Kazuki turned his head like a conditioned reflex and asked, "What's the matter? There are still Chinese civilians in this fishing village nearby?"

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Nakamura Kazuki heard the sound, and asked with a dark face: "What's going on? There are still Chinese civilians in this nearby fishing village?"

Tsuda Tatsuhiko hurriedly explained: "Sir, it's like this. In order to prevent leaks of news, when we arrived here, we purposely gathered all the hundreds of Chinese civilians in the nearby fishing village and controlled them."

After a pause, Tsuda Tatsuhiko asked again: "Sir, do you think these Chinese civilians were released or not?"

Under the moonlight, Kazuki Nakamura's eyes flashed a hint of sternness, and he said coldly: "Mr. Tsuda, you must know that this operation is not only about the life and death of our 6000 imperial army, but also about the overall strategic situation." Success or failure!

There is no room for mistakes!

Therefore, just in case, all accidents must be avoided!Do you understand? "

At the end of speaking, Kazuki Nakamura raised his right hand again and made a gesture of wiping his neck.

"Hayi! I understand!" Tsuda Tatsuhiko nodded heavily, then turned his head and ordered coldly to the captain beside him: "Kill all these Chinese civilians, not a single one will be left behind!"

"Hay!"

Captain Guizi nodded quickly and took the order to leave.

Not long after, dense gunshots and the sound of bayonets piercing flesh continued to ring out.

Among them, there are also crying and begging for mercy one after another.

However, all to no avail.

The little devil did not put down his butcher knife because of their begging for mercy, but showed even more ferocious fangs.

Hundreds of innocent people, ranging from 90 to 10-year-olds, down to infants waiting to be fed, were brutally killed by these beast-like Japanese devils in less than [-] minutes, and no one was spared.

Before 12 o'clock in the evening, all the Japanese troops boarded the ship. Taking advantage of the cover of night, the Devil's warship quickly sailed up the Shuojiang River and headed towards Nanjing.

Since the 3rd Division and the 102nd Division launched a fierce attack on Zhenjiang City overnight, the defenders were all attracted.

Therefore, under the cover of night, Nakamura Kazuki's headquarters were able to pass through the waters of Zhenjiang smoothly, and continued to touch the direction of Nanjing overnight.

At about 5 o'clock in the morning the next day, the sky was still gray.

More than 10 Japanese warships have already sailed up the Shuojiang River and successfully arrived at the Nanjing section of the Yangtze River.

Due to the abundance of water vapor on the water surface of the Yangtze River, the temperature dropped suddenly in the early morning, and the water vapor in the air was cooled, so a thick fog formed on the surface of the river.

Visibility suddenly dropped to an extremely low distance.

Kazuki Nakamura, standing on the deck of the bow, looked at the thick fog in front of him, and a smug look appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he couldn't help laughing excitedly: "Hahaha! That's great, God is helping the imperial army!" !

With this heavy fog, we will surely be able to catch the Chinese army in Nanjing by surprise!The winning rate has increased by at least 3%! "

Tsuda Tatsuhiko next to him nodded and said, "Sir, what you said is reasonable! This time, the imperial army can successfully capture Nanjing and wipe out the Chinese garrison!"

Along the way, through conversations, Kazuki Nakamura, a military genius who returned from studying in Germany, showed superb advanced tactical theories and strategic vision.

While this benefited Tatsuhiko Tsuda a lot, it also changed his impression of Kazuki Nakamura, from the initial resistance and resentment to the current admiration and worship.

Therefore, he has completely let go of the dignity and face of the captain, and is willing to obey the command of Kazuki Nakamura from the bottom of his heart.

However, just as the raiding Japanese army was about to arrive at the landing site, a gunboat serving as the vanguard suddenly sent a warning message.

"What's the situation?" Kazuki Nakamura immediately turned around and returned to the cabin from the deck to ask the captain after receiving the news.

"Reporting sir, the vanguard gunboat said that they found a group of unknown ships ahead. It is guessed that they are very likely to be fishing boats used by the Chinese army to evacuate supplies and civilians!" Captain Guizi replied with a slight bow.

Tsuda Tatsuhiko frowned and asked, "Chief Nakamura, what do you think we should do now?"

Kazuki Nakamura did not rush to make a decision, but continued to ask the captain: "Did you find us?"

The devil captain said: "We should have been spotted, because according to the report of the scouting gunboat, the fleet of the Chinese people has already started to flee upstream, or they have fled to the shore!"

Kazuki Nakamura pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "If that's the case, then leave them alone for the time being! Order the fleets, immediately increase their horsepower, go straight to the Xiaguan Wharf, and try to land quickly before the Chinese people react!"

"Hai!" The captain nodded heavily, and immediately conveyed Kazuki Nakamura's meaning.

Anyway, for this operation, the command has fully appointed Kazuki Nakamura as the commander.

Whether he wins or loses, the responsibility lies with him. Captain Devil just needs to execute it, and even the link of using his brain is omitted.

More than 10 devil warships, together with the gunboat in front, all fired at full power and rushed down to the Guan Dock.

And the fleet discovered by the devil's avant-garde gunboat just now is indeed a fishing boat used by Nanjing to transport people.

Having seen Yang Jing's tactical theory, strategic vision, and orders from Wuhan, Tang Mengxiao, commander of the garrison, finally accepted Yang Jing's proposal.

The collection of fishing boats began, and the people in the city were transported and transferred 24 hours a day.

Due to the shortage of ships, some civilians left Hanximen, Shuiximen, Zhonghuamen, etc., and evacuated westward along the south bank of the Yangtze River.

After discovering the Devil's gunboat, the first thing the boatman and the national army soldiers who escorted the boat thought of was fleeing for their lives.

Because they are all wooden fishing boats without armor protection, let alone weapons to fight back.

And the devil's gunboats are at least steel ships with a displacement of several hundred tons, let alone hitting them, even if they hit them, they can all be sunk.

The strength of both the enemy and the enemy is not above an order of magnitude at all!

Therefore, the instinctive reaction is of course to run away as soon as possible.

However, no one thought that the devils came not only with this gunboat, but with a fleet, and the target was not them, but the entire city of Nanjing.

In this way, more than 50 fishing boats scrambled to escape to both sides of the Yangtze River and above Yanziji.

When some soldiers escorting the boat ordered the boatmen to dock, they planned to go back and report the situation.

The Japanese raiding force has arrived at Xiaguan Wharf.

Following the order of Commander Nakamura Kazuki, more than a dozen warships successively put down hundreds of rubber boats and several landing craft, loaded more than 6000 elite Japanese soldiers at one time, and launched a beach landing battle at the lower port under the heavy fog. .

And after all the landing troops boarded the ship.

More than 10 Devil warships lined up along the center of the Yangtze River. Naval guns of various calibers were all aimed at the Xiaguan Wharf and even the direction of Xiayimen, and opened fire suddenly.

Most of these devil warships are light cruisers with a displacement of about 5000 tons, and the smallest are gunboats with a displacement of several hundred tons.

The smallest caliber of the equipped naval guns is hundreds of millimeters, and the largest is more than 300 millimeters.

The scale of its artillery can be said to be much stronger than a heavy artillery brigade of the Japanese army.

After all, the artillery scale of the navy and the army is not at the same level at all.

Because the terrain limits the transportation of heavy artillery, even if you can build super-large caliber heavy artillery, how do you transport it?

If it cannot be transported, it is just a pile of iron bumps, and naturally it cannot pose a threat to the enemy.

The Navy, on the other hand, has absolutely no concerns in this regard.

"hurricane!"

"Hurricane Hurricane!"

In order to cover the landing of the attacking troops, the devil fleet opened fire as soon as it came up.

Large-caliber shells dragged the hot tail flames, tore through the low altitude shrouded in thick fog, and smashed down hard.

"boom!"

"Boom boom boom!"

Immediately.

The entire Xiaguan Wharf and even Xiayimen were covered by violent explosions. For a while, the flames shot up into the sky, and the ground shook, as if the world was coming to an end.

Many soldiers of the national army who had been busy all night, commanding the evacuation of the people, and just wanted to go back to rest, were engulfed by the sudden explosion before they had time to escape.

The naval guns are extremely powerful, far beyond what the army's heavy guns can match, especially those naval guns with a caliber of more than 200mm. Once fired, a radius of tens of meters will immediately disappear.

When the shell lands, it will leave a shocking and terrifying crater with a diameter of more than several meters.

The absolute killing radius of this shell exceeds 50 meters, and the target at the impact point of the shell will not only be dead, but will be bombarded to the point where there is not even a scum left!