The purple gold mountain burned and Nanjing fell, which is a proverb that has been passed down from time to time.

Since the Battle of Nanjing entered the Battle of Fukuo position, Zijinshan has been attacked by the Japanese army. Most of the senior generals of the Japanese have no strategic vision, but their tactical qualities are still good. They all know what the gains and losses of Zijinshan mean to the entire Nanjing City Defense.

The first to launch an attack on Zijin Mountain was the 16th Division of the Japanese Army.

The infamous "Hundred Man Slaying" competition took place in the 16th Division. When they reached the foot of Zijin Mountain, the second lieutenant, Noda Tsubasa, the second lieutenant of the 3rd Battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment of the Division, had already killed 105 people, while the second lieutenant captain of the artillery squad, Mukai Toshiaki, who also belonged to the 3rd Battalion Artillery Squadron, killed 106 people. Most of these were unarmed innocent civilians.

The first to be attacked by the Japanese 18th Division was the Tiger Cave position on the third peak of Zijin Mountain.

The Tiger Cave position is the core position of the third peak of Zijin Mountain. A large number of permanent fortifications are built on the position. However, like all national defense fortifications, the permanent fortifications of the Tiger Cave position also has serious defects. It lacks side firepower and defensive depth. All fortifications are distributed in chains. The Japanese army only needs to break through a little and collapse on the entire line.

The guarding the Tiger Cave position was Luo Yufeng's camp of the 5th Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the Central Military Academy. By noon on the 10th, more than 600 people below the battalion commander Luo Yufeng were killed, and no one withdrew from the battle! At the last moment, Battalion Commander Luo Yufeng pulled the last two remaining grenades and died with the Japanese invaders.

The Tiger Cave position was lost, and the Japanese army immediately launched a fierce attack on the second peak.

The second peak of Zijin Mountain was steep and easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Japanese army failed several attacks. The commander of the 18th Division, Ashigo Nakajima, was so angry that he mobilized hundreds of heavy artillery pieces and asked for more than 30 Type 94 bombers from the commander of the Shanghai condemnation army, Hirohiko Asahiko, and bombed the second peak indiscriminately. The Zijin Mountain fell into a raging fire.

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The sky-sky fire ignited on Purple Gold Mountain was clearly visible to the entire Nanjing City. Feng Shengfa, the commander of the 58th Division, saw this heavy scene as soon as he stepped onto the Zhonghua Gate Tower.

At this time, the gap in the Zhonghua Gate was finally blocked.

"The purple gold mountain burns, Nanjing is sinking." Xu Shijiu sighed long.

Feng Shengfa frowned and said nothing. He did not believe this proverb that was passed down from time to time. After all, it is no longer the era of cold weapons. Although Zijin Mountain is the last barrier outside Taiping Gate, even if it loses Zijin Mountain and the entire Fukuo position, he can still retreat into the city to fight street battles. The Nanjing defense battle is far from over.

"Stand, don't waste that strength." Xu Shijiu looked at the officers and soldiers of the 58th Division who were building barricades in the city and sighed, "It is impossible to have another chance of street fighting. Hurry up and ask the brothers to collect wooden tubs and barrels and prepare to cross the river to break through."

"What are you talking about?" Feng Shengfa glared at Xu Shijiu coldly, but felt a little guilty. He had indeed received a telegram from Yu Jishi, ordering him to collect the wooden basin and wooden barrel. After thinking about it, Feng Shengfa shouted in a low voice, "Ajiu, you'd better close your mouth for Lao Wuzi, otherwise don't blame Lao Wuzi for punishing you for disturbing the morale of the army. Humph

Xu Shijiu sighed and said, "Master, accept your fate, paper will not contain the fire after all.

Feng Shengfa said in a deep voice: "No, as long as the garrison commander has not issued an order, our 58th Division would rather fight to the last soldier than leave Nanjing."

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Senior officials from the Nanjing Garrison Chief Office also saw the fire on Purple Gold Mountain.

"The purple gold mountain burns, Nanjing falls." Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu Xing sighed, "Nanjing cannot be defended."

Another deputy commander-in-chief Luo Zhuoying turned his head and looked at Tang Shengzhi and said, "General, Nanjing is absolutely unable to defend itself. Don't break through. Instead of consuming the city guards in Nanjing for free, it is better to let all the heads break through, leave a useful body, and continue to fight against the Japanese in the future..."

Tang Shengzhi did not respond to Luo Zhuoying. After a moment of silence, he suddenly turned his head and ordered the chief of staff Liao Ken: "Staff Liao, immediately send a report to all troops that can be contacted. The corps, army, division, and corps will resist desperately according to the designated defense zone until the last soldier who dares to lead his troops to retreat without authorization shall be punished as treason!"

Luo Zhuoying and Liu Xing's face suddenly changed. Old Tang really planned to fight with Xiao Ri Wuben?!

"General, think twice!" Chief of Staff Zhou Lan also advised, "The strength of the Chinese and Japanese armies is very different, and it is urgent to preserve the vitality."

"You don't have to persuade you." Tang Shengzhi waved his hand and said lightly, "I have made a military order to the commission. If I don't succeed in defending Nanjing this time, I will be able to be loyal." After that, Tang Shengzhi walked slowly towards the gate of the mansion. Before leaving the gate, he stopped and turned around and smiled, "Besides, the party and the country should have one or two generals."

Tang Shengzhi turned around and left, taking his two guards for a walk.

Luo Zhuoying was completely panicked. Tang Shengzhi was already crazy and determined to die with Xiao Riwuben. He was unwilling to be buried with Lao Tang and Xiao Riwuben. He said to Liu Xing and Zhou Lan: "Brother Tiefu, Brother Uncle Qi, we will send a joint call to the commissioner immediately to report the situation in Nanjing truthfully and ask the commissioner to decide."

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Chairman Jiang's first reaction after receiving a telegram from Luo Zhuoying, Liu Xing and Zhou Lan at the Wuhan camp was, why is it so fast?

Chairman Jiang never had any extravagant hopes for the defense of Nanjing.

When he was speaking to Tang Shengzhi and the commander of the troops who stayed in Nanjing, although Chairman Jiang had said that he would lead the whole country's army to launch a large-scale counterattack and join forces to fight a beautiful victory in Nanjing, Chairman Jiang really transferred more than 40,000 elite troops of the 60th Army of King Longyun of Yunnan, and marched towards Nanjing at night. However, all this was just a superficial article. Chairman Jiang knew better than anyone else. Counterattack on Nanjing was just a slogan, just shouting.

However, Chairman Jiang was obviously not mentally prepared for the battle in Nanjing that the situation in which the Nanjing war would soon enter into a "dangerous" endgame. Chairman Jiang's psychological expectations for the Nanjing defense war were two months. He originally thought that the Battle of Songhu had been fought for three months under the premise of strategic mistakes, so why should the Battle of Nanjing last two months?

However, the cruel reality gave Chairman Jiang a blow. He only left Nanjing for three days, and the battle situation in Nanjing had taken a sharp turn. At this moment, not only did the outer defense line that had been operating for many years had collapsed, but the Fukuo position was already in danger, and a huge fire had already ignited on the Purple Gold Mountain!

The difference between two months and three days is a bit big. No wonder Chairman Jiang was in a dilemma.

Chairman Jiang was in a huge psychological struggle. On the one hand, he certainly hoped that the defense of Nanjing would continue. Although the outer defense line had been lost and the Fukuo position was in danger, the more than a dozen divisions ordered to defend the city still had the power to fight. If they retreated to the city and fought street battles, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to quickly capture Nanjing, and they would inevitably pay a heavy price. In this way, it would be beneficial to the overall situation in the future. After all, the resources of the Japanese were limited and the troops available for allocation were limited.

But on the other hand, Chairman Jiang was really reluctant to let go of the jade and stone. He was not willing to turn Nanjing into a rubble field in the war, nor did he want more than a dozen divisions left behind in Nanjing to die with the Japanese invaders. Chairman Jiang liked Nanjing so much, and he was even more reluctant to lose several "Imperial Guards" left behind in Nanjing.

Xu Yuanquan's 2nd Army, the 66th Army of the Guangdong Army, and the 83rd Army, and the 71st Army, the 72nd Army, the 74th Army, the 78th Army, and the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps are all his direct troops, and they are direct troops!

Chairman Jiang was hesitating and making things difficult, but the situation in Nanjing could no longer allow him to hesitate.

The next day, on the afternoon of December 11, Chairman Jiang finally made up his mind that Nanjing would no longer defend, and more than a dozen divisions left behind in Nanjing immediately broke through.

The situation that Xu Shiwujiu was most worried about finally inevitably happened. Chairman Jiang mobilized heavy troops to defend Nanjing when he should not order the stay, and then ordered the city guards to break through separately when he should not order the retreat. No matter how the Nanjing defense battle was fought, it would not be worse than this.

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Chairman Jiang's telegram was sent to Nanjing, and Tang Shengzhi's anger suddenly became vented.

Tang Shengzhi smiled wryly and said to his aide Ouyang Qixin: "I'm afraid I can't be a mule anymore."

It turned out that when Tang Shengzhi volunteered to take on the important task of staying in Nanjing, Ouyang Qisin once laughed at Tang Shengzhi as a Hunan mule, and the north said that others were mules and scolding people, but in the land of Hunan and Chu, mules were given special meanings. Only the kind of stubborn species that is willing to believe in the truth and never turn back without hitting the wall can be called a mule.

Tang Shengzhi's stubbornness did not bring good results. He also wanted to disobey his orders, but it was useless.

Although before leaving, Chiang Kai-shek had summoned the troops who were left behind in Nanjing to give a lecture, asking them to obey Tang Shengzhi's orders as if they were convinced by Chiang Kai-shek, in fact, both Luo Zhuoying and Liu Xing, the two deputy commanders and commanders below, did not take Tang Shengzhi seriously.

As long as Luo Zhuoying and Liu Xing are willing, they can underestimate Tang Shengzhi at any time.

Tang Shengzhi's only hope now is to postpone Chairman Jiang's orders for two days as much as possible, because the breakthrough of more than 100,000 troops defending the city is not a joke. How to arrange the retreat sequence, how to determine the retreat route, how to solve the crossing tools, and where the troops gather after the breakout, all these require time to arrange.

But reality is cruel, and Tang Shengzhi's last wish was not realized either
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