Nanjing, the Japanese Central Hua Front Command.

The Japanese commander Matsui Ishien walked around the command center, undecided to retreat or stay and hold on. Matsui Ishien hesitated. The Japanese Chief of Staff, who had just reported the situation on the front line, was also his head lowered and he did not dare to disturb the hesitant Matsui Ishien.

It took a long time for Matsui Ishione to make a decision, "Mutou, it seems that the situation in Nanjing is irreversible, and our Shirasao Headquarters must withdraw from Nanjing first."

"Hi!" The Japanese Chief of Staff bowed his head and said in agreement: "Your Excellency the Commander, wisely, our Baishao Front Command cannot make any mistakes, we must retreat first."

Matsui Ishigen nodded, "Mutou, hurry up and arrange the retreat, but remember to keep it confidential first, and the troops on the front line cannot know for the time being."

Upon hearing this, the Japanese Chief of Staff also understood that Matsui Ishienen was afraid of affecting the morale of the frontline troops, so the Japanese Chief of Staff quickly walked out and began to arrange retreat.

The entire Central China Front Command retreat was also a lot of projects. The Japanese Central China Front Command has been entrenched in Nanjing for many years and has many important things to be brought with me. In addition, there are also many enrollers in the entire headquarters.

It would be better if it was two people. At that time, at least the Japanese Japanese fleet was still controlling the Yangtze River. Now, the Japanese Japanese fleet has been severely damaged, with only a few small gunboats left, which cannot be considered as the climate.

If the Japanese Central Huai Army wanted to retreat, it would be possible to reach Shanghai by passing the Yangtze River and sail down the river. If they wanted to retreat now, the Japanese would have to go by land.

If the Japanese Central Hua Front Command took the land route, they could only retreat in batches. At less than 10 o'clock in the morning, the first batch of Japanese evacuated entrants, escorted by a number of armored vehicles, took more than 20 large trucks and slowly began to leave Nanjing City and head eastward.

Now, if the Japanese retreated, they had to take the highway. The railway from Nanjing to Shanghai had been destroyed in many places and was in a semi-paralyzed state.

The Japanese Command was preparing to retreat in batches. In addition to the first batch, there were also the second batch and the third batch of enlisted personnel. However, before the Japanese had time to withdraw the second batch of enlisted personnel, the three columns of the 36th Army and hundreds of cannons began to shell the south bank of the Yangtze River.

North bank of the Yangtze River.

There are several huge artillery positions, each of which is filled with hundreds of heavy artillery pieces. On the position, rows of cannons are neatly arranged, and a large number of artillery soldiers are already in place. On the position, a large number of trucks and large artillery shells are piled up like mountains.

On the position and outside the position, you can also see many off-road vehicles, armored vehicles, and even tanks. Various mechanized infantry regiments and tank regiments have temporarily undertaken air defense tasks for various artillery positions.

At exactly ten o'clock in the morning, the shelling began.

Several artillery positions, a total of hundreds of cannons roared and began to pour shells into the Japanese positions on the south bank of the Yangtze River. According to the combat plan, this will be the largest artillery bombardment of the Japanese in history by the 36th Army. The entire artillery bombardment will last for two hours, from 10 am to 12 noon.

On the north bank of the Yangtze River, many soldiers were ready to go. They just waited for a command to start crossing the river and heading towards the south bank of the Yangtze River.

As the shelling began, there was a sharp whistling sound in the air, and the momentum was in shock. Hundreds of cannons were shè. What kind of scene did the Japanese who were bombarded have the most experience.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, the Japanese are in charge of the positions.

The Japanese have been defending on the positions for several years. Yesterday, they were all calm and peaceful. Many Japanese officers are worried that the next storm will be the 36th Army.

However, the intensity of the storm was far beyond the Japanese's expectations. The shelling was very sudden, and the scale and movement were unprecedented.

Many Japanese devils have already heard the sharp whistling of cannons in the sky. Some experienced Japanese devils will immediately know when they hear such a sound. They are heavy artillery groups.

Some Japanese officers even turned a little white when they heard such a sound. The scale and noise of this sound were too big. How many heavy artillery pieces would need to make such a big noise.

Soon, the covered artillery shells hit the Japanese positions, making a loud noise. Suddenly, the Japanese positions were filled with earth and wood flying everywhere, and gunpowder filled with smoke.

The dense explosion sounded violently on the Japanese positions, a large number of Japanese devils were killed, and a large number of Japanese defensive fortifications were destroyed.

Not far away was a puppet army's position. At this time, these puppet soldiers were also scared to death. However, what was strange was that these shells kept flying towards the Japanese positions like eyes, and no shell was falling from the puppet army's position.

At first, most of the puppet troops were stunned by the scene in front of them. The shelling scene was so scary. If their positions were also bombarded with such violent shelling, the entire position would be destroyed in a short period of time.

After a long time, at least several minutes, the puppet soldiers came back to their senses from the shock. Seeing that no shells fell on their positions, many puppet soldiers were secretly glad, and there were also many smart puppet soldiers. At this time, they understood that this must have been intentional by the 36th Army.

Many puppet army officers even took a telescope and looked at several positions in the distance. In the distance, there were not only the positions of the puppet army, but also the positions of the Japanese. However, all the positions of the Japanese were covered by fierce artillery fire. The artillery fire of the 36th Army did not violate any of the positions of the puppet army.

These puppet troops understood that the 36th Army must have given it that it was because it was China's entry, and some puppet troops' moods gradually changed.

Some puppet troops who were still hesitating whether to surrender or attack the Japanese began to become increasingly determined. As soon as the cannon stopped, they must attack the Japanese, attack them fiercely, and make a dignified Chinese entry.

North bank of the Yangtze River.

Due to distance issues, the soldiers of the 36th Army basically saw the situation of the Japanese defensive positions on the other side. However, as we all know, with such a fierce shelling, the Japanese defensive positions would definitely suffer heavy losses.

The shelling continued, and a large number of shells poured into the Japanese positions. After 11:00 a.m., the soldiers began to pull up sails, or row their boats and go to the opposite shore.

Although the soldiers were riding on various ships of different sizes, this did not affect the morale of the soldiers. At this time, all the soldiers were in high morale and just wanted to dock as soon as possible and go into Nanjing.

A huge fleet of ships appeared in the Yangtze River. Thousands of ships of all sizes of soldiers were approaching the south bank of the Yangtze River as fast as possible. Not long after the soldiers crossed the river, a large number of heavy artillery began to extend the artillery.

South bank of the Yangtze River.

Many Japanese positions near the shore have been beyond recognition. There are large pits on the positions, and there are broken limbs and broken arms everywhere. It is difficult to find a complete Japanese corpse.

The artillery bombardment of the 36th Army was too fierce. After more than an hour of shelling, a large number of Japanese devils were directly killed, and only a few lucky Japanese devils survived.

Many of these surviving Japanese devils were injured to varying degrees. Under such violent shelling, these Japanese devils were not dead, and they were almost as good as those who died.

Most of the Japanese were seriously injured and lost their ability to move. Only a small number of Japanese were slightly injured, but they were also dizzy and could not recover from their senses.

The artillery bombardment of the 36th Army had been extended for more than ten minutes before some Japanese soldiers recovered and supported their bodies with all their strength and looked around.

I saw that my entire position was beyond recognition and I could not see any of the previous appearance. What made these Japanese despair even more was that on the distant river surface, a large number of ships were coming towards me.

The Japanese discovered sadly that the large number of barbed wire and obstacles he had set up on the shore before. These things used to prevent the 36th Army from landing on the beach were long gone under the fierce artillery fire.

These desperate Japanese men had no choice but to pick up their weapons to fight back. Many ships of the 36th Army were only a few hundred meters away from the shore and were about to come.

On the river surface.

A large number of soldiers saw the other side was right in front of them. Until now, no one encountered the resistance of the Japanese. The soldiers cheered, hoping to get to the dock as soon as possible and eliminate the remaining Japanese on the shore.

However, just as the soldiers were about to dock, many puppet troops shouted, and a large number of puppet troops began to attack the Japanese, and these puppet troops turned against each other.

The Japanese devils are simply in trouble. They have just been bombarded with such a fierce shelling for so long, and now a large number of puppet troops are rushing towards them again.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, there were a large number of puppet troops. In addition to a small number of puppet troops preparing to surrender voluntarily, most of the puppet troops carried out battlefield uprisings and took the initiative to attack the Japanese.

Originally, the Japanese were bombed very badly. Now, after being attacked by so many puppet troops, the Japanese on the south bank of the Yangtze River could not organize any effective resistance and were killed by the puppet troops.

With the cooperation of the puppet army, the landing soldiers became more relaxed and calmer. A large number of soldiers even stepped onto the land on the south bank of the Yangtze River without firing a shot.

The three major columns, the first batch of troops crossing the river, successfully reached the south bank of the Yangtze River, followed by the second batch and the third batch..., a large number of soldiers continued to reach the south bank of the Yangtze River.

In the afternoon, some heavy equipment such as Type 39 tanks, armored personnel carriers, off-road vehicles, etc. also began to be loaded with relatively large ships and transported them to the south bank of the Yangtze River.

On the south bank of the Yangtze River, on the front line that was dozens of kilometers long, there were all the soldiers of the 36th Army. In addition, there were also a large number of puppet troops.

A large number of puppet troops were already helping the soldiers clean the battlefield, and some puppet troops were even helping the soldiers get off the ship and land. With the cooperation of a large number of puppet troops, a large number of soldiers landed easily and everyone began to attack Nanjing City.
Chapter completed!