From 2:35 pm on February 18th, Qiu Yu'an led the Tank Brigade directly under the Tax Police Corps to launch the first wave of offensive against the Japanese army in the outer positions of Jinling. At 5:40 pm that day, the attacking troops, including the First Regiment of the Tax Police Corps, defeated the 16th and 18th Divisions of the Japanese who were responsible for blocking them, and regained almost all the positions outside Jinling.

Although this civilian version of the "blitzkrieg" lacks the cooperation of the air force, its achievements still make all countries that are paying attention to the Battle of Jinling.

During the entire battle, under the internal and external attacks of the Chinese army, at least more than 30,000 Japanese officers and soldiers were killed, and more than 12,000 Japanese officers and soldiers, including Lieutenant General Nakajima Imao, the commander of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, were captured.

This was a very glorious phased victory for the Battle of Jinling. Its significance does not lie in captives or how many enemies were killed, but in that it was the first great victory that China had achieved in killing more than 10,000 enemies since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. It broke the myth of the invincible Japanese army, and also allowed everyone in China to see the hope of victory in the Anti-Japanese War and strengthened people's determination to win the Anti-Japanese War.

However, although the Japanese were driven out of Jinling, the Japanese troops reassembled outside Jinling still exceeded 150,000, and the Japanese troops rushing to Jinling from Shencheng will arrive one after another in the next few days. The most important thing is that in less than a day, the steel giant ships of the Japanese Navy will appear on the Yangtze River outside Jinling City.

After discovering the attack troops led by Chen Ziliang and Qiu Yu'an, although Tada Jun sent an intercepting force as soon as possible, he still miscalculated and underestimated the power of the "blitz war". He had been fighting with the Chinese army for so long, and he had never seen such an attack dominated by tanks and tanks.

In fact, some of the Japanese Army visited Germany to inspect generals and once proposed tactics similar to "blitzkrieg". However, because Japan itself lacked itself, especially the development of the army was limited by the navy, and the lack of resources, it could not support a large-scale armored combat group, so it ended up in nothing.

In addition to the above reasons, there is another main reason. Although Japan's military strength is very strong on the surface, there is no difference between it and the government. The seniority phenomenon is also very serious. Most of the people who propose new tactical theories are young generals at the grassroots level, and their words are difficult to be recognized by the "foul-minded" senior Japanese executives.

Although the Battle of Jinling achieved a phased victory, and the senior officials of the State Government even sent a telegram to ask Wu Siren to continue to persevere, he knew very well that in this battle, his troops suffered heavy losses and were already unable to do so.

There was no time to rest. Taking advantage of the darkness that the Japanese Air Force could not be dispatched, Wu Siren issued an order to withdraw from Jinling to all personnel.

Looking at the rotten and stinking city of Jinling, Wu Siren stood on a ruined wall with a solemn expression and solemnly saluted the corpse of the warrior who could not be transported away.

Feng Manna, who was staring at Wu Siren's wet eyes, felt a deep sorrow.

China emphasizes peace and is at its worst, but Wu Siren cannot even do this for his soldiers. This makes him sad and powerless, and he completely loses his fantasy for the senior officials of the State Government far away in Jiangcheng. From this moment on, Wu Siren is determined to find a new path for the Chinese people.

Looking at the city gradually fading away in sight, Wu Siren sat in the car and sighed silently. For two months, he felt that he had experienced a hellish cycle. This would be a memory that would be unbearable to look back on. How many familiar and unfamiliar young faces eventually turned into the dust of history.

"Commander, Chief Chen, who is in charge of the rear-end, calls."

A correspondent rushed to Wu Siren's car on horseback and said loudly.

"read!"

Wu Siren asked the car to park on the side of the road and nodded and said.

"Not found that the Japanese pursued the army, most of the citizens stranded in the safety zone in the city have evacuated. Chief of Staff Chen asked you what instructions there are."

The correspondent dismounted and saluted a military salute and asked respectfully.

"Let them keep up with the team and be responsible for the guards along the way." Wu Siren replied.

"Yes, Commander!"

The correspondents rode on their horses and turned around and disappeared into the vast night.

"Dear! What are you thinking?"

Looking at Wu Siren who stopped and pondered, Feng Manna got out of the car and asked in a low voice.

"I didn't expect that the vengeful Japanese devils did not pursue them. This was beyond my surprise. Chief of Staff Chen and Commander Qiu were responsible for cutting off the rear. It seemed that I had made some big fuss."

Wu Siren looked at the long team moving forward silently and sighed anxiously.

"The Japanese are afraid of being beaten by you. Besides, they would never have thought that you would withdraw from Jinling as soon as you won the victory. I guess the Japanese will find out tomorrow that you only left an empty city for them, and they will be furious."

Feng Manna chuckled slyly. She had now begun to imagine the Japanese being furious.

The winter night was long and it was late. When Tada Jun found that Jinling City was almost empty, everything was late.

He never expected that Wu Siren would retreat so simply without any hesitation.

"Didn't those idiots in the Special High School class send intelligence that the government asked Wu Siren to continue leading troops to stand firm? Fart! Wu Siren tricked us, he is a coward!"

Tada Jun was waving his sword in the command room and he had already started to speak incoherently.

Tada Jun knew that he was finished, and he would end up worse than the previous commanders. Matsui Ishione, Kazumura Neji and Itagaki Seishiro just stepped down and returned to China, so he would be on the guillotine.

Originally, Tada Jun wanted to follow the example of Japanese samurai and commit suicide, but he would not blink a single eye to kill people, so suicide would be a different matter.

The Japanese Bushido spirit is just to anesthetize the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers, so senior generals like Tada Jun will naturally not be so impulsive.

Tada Jun calmed down and hurriedly sent a report to the Edo Base Camp to conquer Jinling. At the same time, he did not tell that Wu Siren took the initiative to retreat, but said that the Jinling defenders were defeated by him and escaped from Jinling.
Chapter completed!