"Boom" another flare was fired into the sky by the Japanese army.
In the transition of light and shadow, nearly a hundred Chinese officers and soldiers were lurking in the alley.
Under the illumination of the flares, the tall city wall and the dark doorway seemed within reach yet seemed so far away.
Whether they are members of the military police or the Central Army, of course, strictly speaking, the military police are also members of the Central Army. They have all climbed the tall city wall of Nanjing City.
Although they don't know when the tall city wall was built, the wall already existed when their grandfather was alive.
The city wall seemed to be the city of Nanjing, the symbol of Guanshan. It turned out that when they stood on the city wall, although they could not say "seeing all the mountains at a glance", they could see all the scenes outside the city in full military order, but it also made them In my heart, I have a trace of the pride of a soldier protecting his family and country.
However, who would have thought that this ancient, thick and tall city wall has become an obstacle that they cannot overcome. If they advance and break out of this wall, they may survive. If they cannot break out or retreat, they will die. One!
"Can't hesitate any more." Battalion Commander Wen spoke. He looked at Captain Lu, and Captain Lu also looked at him, and their eyes met.
"Yes, we can't hesitate any longer. You are the commander, what do you think we should do?" Captain Nalu said.
As Captain Lu spoke, his soldiers, yes, the soldiers of his company all looked at Battalion Commander Wen.
The two teams formed a united force and rushed here, but there were also differences on how to get out of the city.
The battle to defend Nanjing City is coming to an end at this time. They don't know what happened to the officers, soldiers and people who left Nanjing City from the west and the north, and they have no control over that section. But at this time, they are coming from the east. The Chinese army that broke through to meet the Japanese front from the south no longer knew where it was.
In this case, the problem arises.
The Taiping Gate in front has been occupied by the Japanese army. If they charge towards the city gate, the open space less than 100 meters in front is destined to make most of them fall under the gunfire of the Japanese army, and even very quickly. Maybe no one can survive.
The two top officers of this unit, Battalion Commander Wen and Company Commander Lu, reached an agreement after a brief discussion, that is, they would detach a part of their people to launch a feint attack at the city gate, while the remaining Some people rushed directly to the city wall, and then climbed down from the city wall using the rope that Battalion Commander Wen had previously searched in the house.
However, disagreements arose next. So, which group of people launched a feint attack on the Japanese army to build the plank road openly, and which group of people climbed out along the rope and secretly crossed Chencang?
It stands to reason that Battalion Commander Wen is the battalion commander, and his rank is higher than that of Company Commander Lu. From an army perspective, it is natural for an officer at the higher level to command an officer at the lower level.
However, although Battalion Commander Wen and Company Commander Lu both belonged to the Central Army, they did not belong to the same army.
Not to mention what Company Commander Na Lu thought, even Battalion Commander Wen believed that he did not have the power to order Company Commander Lu to feign an attack and actually commit suicide!
That's right, those who attack the Japanese troops at the city gate are going to die! Although they are very likely to kill some Japanese soldiers, it is undeniable that these people will definitely die!
Now that the Chinese army has been defeated, and in a defeated army, we must not think that higher-level officers have more power than lower-level officers.
For example, in the Chinese army that has already been organized out of Nanjing in the west and north, you are the division commander and brigade commander. You still have to yell, "I am so-and-so, the commander of so-and-so division, let me cross the river first." !", everyone is running for their lives, what about your division commander and brigade commander? Which soldier would fuck you?
Facing a desperate situation, which group of officers and soldiers would not want to escape? Regardless of whether it is Company Commander Lu or Battalion Commander Wen, even if they have the spirit of sacrifice for friendly forces, they do not have the right to say on their own that we are responsible for the feint attack!
Because they have their own brothers!
None of them has the right to decide life or death for their brothers!
It is said that there are people in Lulian who can cover for the brothers, but why should the people in Lulian cover for the people in Wenying? That doesn’t make sense! On the contrary, for people in Wenying, the same is true!
Now the difficult question of which group to cover has been placed in front of Battalion Commander Wen. Although Battalion Commander Wen and Company Commander Lu only met tonight, we are all smart people. Isn’t there a saying? ? It's called "smart people get things done easily".
So Battalion Commander Na Wen finally said the fairest way under everyone's expectant eyes: "You and I will play rock, paper, scissors, whichever group wins will go up to the city wall, and whichever group loses will be responsible for the feint attack."
Battalion Commander Wen's method did not disappoint Company Commander Lu and his men. They were willing to admit defeat and had no other choice. This rock-paper-scissors approach is just like drawing lots. There is no way to do it, not to mention there is no time at hand. Let them make other decisions.
So Captain Nalu said: "Okay!"
The city of Nanjing was still in chaos. The Japanese army set fire to more houses, and the terror enveloped this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties.
Although in the history of the Chinese nation, the city of Nanjing has experienced wars, this time it is different from all other times, just because the people who attacked the city this time were Japanese, in other words, aliens!
This is a tragedy unprecedented in the history of Nanjing.
The atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders have long been spread across the land of China, and tonight the rumors have become a reality. More soldiers and civilians have begun to flee, and the road from Nanjing to Xiaguan is full of people fleeing. of the crowd, and this was because it was dark at night and the Japanese army was not yet able to send out planes for bombing.
On the south bank of the Yangtze River, a senior military official who had forgotten his mission boarded a previously hidden boat and crossed the river.
One of the division commanders who didn’t know which division it was, sighed with emotion: “If I had known this, I would have hidden more ships!”
His lament is certainly justified.
One of his cousin's division commanders was above ten thousand people just before the Battle of Nanjing began. With nearly ten thousand soldiers under his command, wouldn't he be above ten thousand people? But now, it cannot be said that he is alone, but there are only about a dozen people around him.
His division did not hide more ships. That was due to military orders, but it did not mean that other troops did not hide more ships. Now he saw that people from another division were using five wooden ships to transport themselves. The division's men were transported across the river in batches after batches!
This is the Chinese army today, and every officer has his own vision.
The teacher lamented at this time that although he had a good heart, it was not enough. He still needed to be more careful!
No matter it is a person with one mind or two minds, no one knows that those who can cross the river are the lucky ones. No one knows the foresight and who knows what awaits those who have not crossed the river. What will be the person's?
At this time, the city of Nanjing was in flames, and sporadic gunshots were still heard. At that time, officers and soldiers who had not been able to escape the Japanese army were still resisting spontaneously.
However, hundreds of thousands of troops have not been able to stop the Japanese army from attacking Nanjing City, so one can imagine the fate of those officers and soldiers who still refused to surrender.
But who knew that at this time, in an alley not far from the Taiping Gate in Nanjing City, two officers were counting at the same time: "One, two, three!" Then, the two men stretched out their backs at the same time. Hands at the back.
One round determines the outcome, and there is not so much nonsense. What Camp Commander Wen held out was a pair of "scissors" because he felt that it was unlucky to hold out "cloth". Cloth means being surrounded. He can They didn't want the Japanese army to surround them in Nanjing.
And what Captain Lu stretched out was a "stone", and he didn't like "cloth" either.
So, the scissors and the stone collided together.
At the moment when the two collided, there was an incalculable delay in time, and then Battalion Commander Wen shouted in a low voice: "We are responsible for the feint attack, take action!"
