In the command center of the underground air raid shelter, the candlelight flickers and darkness, just like the swaying war in Jinling City.

At this moment, on the long table in front of Wu Siren, in addition to a map of the Jinling Defense Battle, there is also a number of casualties submitted by the division commands of various units.

In the past two months of defensive battle, many troops in Jinling City were about to be exhausted. The most heavy losses were the 87th and 88th Divisions, which had not yet recovered from their vitality, who had retreated since the end of the Battle of Songhu. Until now, these two divisions have been fighting, and they can no longer make up even a reorganized regiment.

A total of more than 100,000 soldiers of the 300,000 troops guarding Jinling City fell on the position. One major general deputy commander, one major general deputy division commander, two major general chiefs, two major general brigade commanders, three major general brigade commanders, four colonel deputy brigade commanders, nine colonel regiment commanders, two colonel chiefs, two colonel chiefs, two colonel chiefs, and 47 middle and senior officers with the rank of lieutenant colonels or above. Jinling Garrison Commander Xiao Shanling also encountered the cold guns of the Japanese army snipers while commanding the battle and died heroically. As a senior commander, he is also the highest-ranking general in the Chinese army who has been killed so far.

Compared with other troops, the Second, Third and Fourth Regiments of the Tax Police Corps, which guarded Jinling, suffered relatively small losses, but their situation was not optimistic. Wu Siren completely used the direct troops under his command as firefighters and sent them wherever there was a crisis. If it weren't for the excellent individual quality and excellent weapons of the Tax Police Corps, they would have been killed long ago.

Wu Sairen's side has a hard time, and Japan, as the attacking party, is even more difficult. Itagaki Seishiro, who was praised by the Japanese army as "Ishihara's wisdom and Itagaki's courage", recalled the Edo base camp ten days ago. Now it is Tada Jun who is responsible for commanding the attack on Jinling.

At present, in order to attack Jinling, Japan has mobilized 250,000 soldiers, not including the air force, more than 70,000 people were killed and more than 50,000 were injured. More than half of these wounded soldiers could not return to the battlefield even if they were cured.

In the past few days, Wu Siren has not ignored the opposition of the crowd and has increased the number of inspections on the front line. Whenever he sees soldiers with gauze straps on their bodies but are still fighting, and stand up with the support of guns to salute him, Wu Siren feels that his eyes are hot.

He now believes extremely strongly that no matter how powerful Japan is, it will not be able to surrender to China, which has five thousand years of splendid civilization, because there are real and fearless steel warriors on this fertile land.

"Commander, Shencheng sent a telegram that the Japanese have salvaged the third cruise ship, and the last sunken cruise ship will probably be cleared in less than two days. At that time, the Japanese Navy ships will go up the river, and then we will be under even greater pressure."

After Wu Siren returned to the underground command center, Feng Manna sent him the just-translated telegram.

Wu Siren took the message and read it. After thinking silently for a long time, he said seriously: "You can't wait any longer. Notify the senior commanders of each division to have a meeting. We are going to start the final counterattack."

Chen Ziliang and Qiu Yu'an, who were on standby at the foot of the Dabie Mountains hundreds of miles away, looked at the direction of Jinling, with a worried look on their faces.

"I don't know how the commander is. He has driven the Japanese crazy now and his situation is worrying!"

Chen Ziliang put himself in his shoes and thought for a moment, feeling that if he had put him in Wu Siren's position, Jinling would have been defeated by the enemy.

"I'm almost crazy now. The entire First Regiment and the Special Service Battalion directly under the General Regiment Headquarters, and the Artillery Brigade have been silent for two months. Many times I wonder if the commander has forgotten us."

Qiu Yu'an looked at the withered scenery and sighed with a wry smile.

"Brother Yu'an, keep patient!" Chen Ziliang slapped the dead leaves on his body and said earnestly: "We are now related to the lives of the commander and hundreds of thousands of brothers in Jinling City, and there is no problem."

Knowing that no matter how depressed I was, it would be useless, Qiu Yu'an breathed a sigh of relief, suppressed his inner worries, and said in a deep voice: "Hey! I am very worried about the situation of the commander after this battle. I have always had a bad premonition, I think..."

"Report!"

Before Qiu Yu'an could finish his words, a messenger ran over.

"Tell me! What's the matter?"

Chen Ziliang glanced at the messenger, then nodded and asked.

"The commander called and ordered us to set off immediately and must launch a general attack on the Japanese army in Jinling before 3:00 p.m. on the 18th."

The messenger handed a telegram to Chen Ziliang and waited aside.

"It's finally our turn. Let's inform you to fill up all the vehicles and 20 minutes later, all the personnel headed towards Jinling."

After reading the telegram, Chen Ziliang waved his hand and said vigorously.

At around 2:00 p.m. on February 18, 1938, Tada Jun was worried about whether he should wait for the naval ship to arrive before launching an attack. Yanagawa Heisuke rushed in at this time, looking very panicked.

"What happened?" Tada Jun asked casually.

"Enemma, the Chinese army is here..."

Yanagawa Heisuke said unhappyly, and at the same time, he handed the telegram in his hand to Tada Jun in a daze.

Tada Jun grabbed the telegram and quickly read the contents on it. After he finished reading the telegram, his face suddenly turned pale.

The content on the telegram only tells one thing. According to the reconnaissance of the Japanese Air Force, a large mechanized unit in China, led by more than 100 tanks, has silently approached the battlefield of Jinling and is currently advancing rapidly towards the southern suburbs of Jinling.

Unconsciously, Tada Shin's hand relaxed, and the telegram floated to the ground. He knew what this news meant to him and his troops.

Since the outbreak of the Jinling Defense War, the Japanese side never thought that the National Government would dare to send troops to the Jinling battlefield again, because the Japanese people were arrogant and believed that they had already destroyed the National Government in the Battle of Songhu, and Wu Shiren led his troops to stand in Jinling, which was just the final protest.

It is not for the Japanese side to think so, because the Japanese army in North China has begun to move south and is gradually approaching Pengcheng. The Japanese military headquarters believes that the National Government can no longer send any troops to support Jinling.

The Japanese army is too ruthless. Most of the reconnaissance aircraft sent recently are routine. This is also a fault for Wu Siren being too tolerant. He did not do confidential work, which made Chen Ziliang and Qiu Yu'an's troops discover it before the Japanese were discovered by the Japanese.

"General, what should we do now?"

Yanagawa Heisuke only came to his senses at this time, and he asked in a hurry with a nervous expression.

"I will send the 16th and 18th Divisions to intercept this Chinese army and tell Nakajima Isago and Sadao Niujima that no matter how much the price it costs, this army cannot be allowed to break through the southern suburbs of Jinling. Now I will not only eat Wu Siren's Jinling defenders, but I will also let this sudden reinforcement force come and go without returning!"
Chapter completed!