"What's going on? Why are we retreating if we don't fight?" Ma Erhuzi shouted to the soldiers retreating from the front.
"We have been ordered to retreat, no more fighting!" Some of the officers and soldiers who were running back like thousands of horses galloping shouted at Ma Erhuzi.
"What are you asking about? Run away!" Shang Zhen yelled.
As soon as Shang Zhen said this, Ma Erhuzi turned around and wanted to run towards the city. At this time, Shang Zhen shouted again: "Oh, brother Huzi, don't run around like this with me!"
At this time, Shang Zhen was still carrying the female student on his back, but he led himself and others to the northwest alley.
Shang Zhen had no choice.
Logically speaking, he shouldn't carry this female student on his back, but the problem is that if Chutian is beaten by that female student with Chutian's physical strength, they may really not be able to escape!
"Why don't we run back when we are going to Taipingmen?" Ma Erhuzi didn't carry anyone on his back, but he ran out of breath and asked behind Shang Zhengu who was carrying someone on his back.
"The north city gate is blocked, are you planning to jump out?
I also mentioned that the city gate to the north is the Yangtze River. Do you plan to swim across it? "Shang Zhen was also out of breath, so he explained to Ma Erhuzi.
Regarding the whereabouts of these people, Shang Zhen thought about it more than once.
He instinctively felt that of course he had to rush out of Nanjing, but the north was not safe, so he would rather rush out of Nanjing from another direction.
He thought that when the Japanese army attacked Nanjing City, it would be impossible to surround it so tightly. After all, Nanjing City was so big that they could always find a gap to get out, or they could simply defect to the Chiang Kai-shek Temple and the Japanese army outside Taipingmen. This makes it easier for the 112th Division to get out of trouble.
To say that Shang Zhen was very thoughtful for the safety of his group, but as the saying goes, God is not as good as man, and Shang Zhen did not expect that this defeat would happen so quickly!
As we all know, Nanjing is the capital of the Republic of China.
A meeting was held at the top of the Nationalist Government on how to defend Nanjing.
At that meeting, some senior generals suggested that Nanjing was not suitable for a large-scale battle with the Japanese army.
But because Nanjing is the capital of the Republic of China, someone always wants to show off to the people and the world, so he firmly disagrees and retreats.
There were also problems with the commanding generals he chose in the battle to defend Nanjing.
Although that general was senior, the various troops under him that defended Nanjing did not have any of his direct troops at all!
With the current situation of the Chinese army being full of factions, if you have no soldiers under your command, but you command other factions to fight at the front, this in itself will make those teams fighting at the front have the idea of self-protection. Many times you are It’s impossible to command at all!
And the general wanted to show his determination to live or die with Nanjing. Then they just put on a state of fighting to the death with the Japanese army and burning the city together.
This state does not mean that it is enough to just paint slogans on the wall. He even blocked some gates in Nanjing City. He even blocked the gates in Nanjing City. The ship was searched and run away!
The general put all the airs on the guard in Nanjing, and the troops below were still fighting against the Japanese. But when he heard that the Guanghua Gate could no longer be defended, he issued an order to retreat, and then he sat on top Crossing the river, I secretly left a small steamer for myself.
What to say about this situation?
From the perspective of an onlooker, this is what someone from the National Government did for their own sake.
In other words, someone is fighting a political war, and military operations must always serve politics. As the capital of the Republic of China, how can it not make a gesture of resistance? And since you have made a commanding gesture, you must do it well!
It was just that he feinted for a moment, stretched his posture, and then suddenly ordered a retreat. So what about the more than 100,000 officers and soldiers who were fighting?
It can be said that someone did not care about the lives of the officers and soldiers for the sake of his own face, and the general who was responsible for guarding Nanjing City under someone ran away for the sake of his own life and did not care about the lives of the officers and soldiers below him.
So, what about the rest of the troops?
The division commander did not inform the brigade commander, and the brigade commander may not inform the regimental commander.
Well, all the senior generals know that there are no ships on the Yangtze River, why don't you run away first? Are you waiting for your subordinates to be in the same boat as you?
The situation became increasingly chaotic.
There is a saying that Chinese people use to describe people getting sick, which is that when an illness comes, it is like a mountain falling, and when it goes away, it is like pulling a thread.
That undoubtedly means that when a person gets sick, he suddenly falls ill, but curing the disease is a very slow process.
Such a sentence is indeed more appropriate to describe the current defensive Chinese army, but it is the other way around.
They managed Nanjing's city defense bit by bit, but when it turned into a rout, they couldn't stop it, and they fell like a mountain like a disease.
In fact, it is no wonder that the officers and soldiers guarding Nanjing City had originally retreated from the Songhu battlefield.
All the officers and soldiers who retreated had exactly the same idea as Shang Zhen and the other stragglers. They all wanted to retreat to the front line of Nanjing and have a good rest.
But who would have thought that after the defeat on the Songhu battlefield, the retreat would turn into a rout, with the Japanese troops chasing after them.
Even before they had time to rest, they were tired and engaged in a city defense battle again.
There is a saying in later generations that the butt determines the head, which means that what kind of thinking a person will do depends on what position he is in.
Perhaps as a senior leader, although they are determined to resist the aggression of Japanese imperialism, they have become accustomed to losing the battle. For most officers and soldiers, the will to resist is weak. So a new collapse is about to take shape!
Facts have proved how foresight Shang Zhen was in not wanting to fight this defense war. Although they are temporarily trapped in Nanjing, it is also an accident.
"I said Bai Zhanji, aren't you familiar with the road? Lead me and run ahead!" Qiu Bo said to Bai Zhan from behind.
"I'm more familiar with you, but I'm not a living map! This place is so poor, what am I doing here?" Bai Zhan said helplessly.
Of course it makes sense for Bai Zhan to say this.
Which thief do you think will run that way? So which one is not to go where there are many rich people?
Note: Bianzi refers to the urban-rural fringe area in Northeastern dialect.
The location where Shang Zhen and the others are running now is in the alley leading to Guanghuamen Street. Of course, they will not run into the street, otherwise they will be dragged back by the retreating military police.
This place can't be called a slum, but the bungalow buildings have no regularity. The low bungalows feel like a maze.
If they don't go here, Shang Zhenran can lead them to go around the Taiping Gate along the city wall, but the problem is that there is the main road, and the Japanese army may have climbed up to the gunhead by now, so they will become a living target!
And the following facts proved that it is really impossible to be unfamiliar with the terrain!
Shang Zhen and the others ran through the twists and turns of the alley, but when they got into an alley and ran a few hundred meters, they discovered that it was a dead end, and they could only turn around and find a way out again.
But at this time, they heard the sound of gunshots coming from the street, and as veterans like Shang Zhen and others, they knew when they heard it that it was the sound of Japanese Army Type 38 rifles firing. The Japanese Army had really entered the city!
