The entire Nanjing was in an unprecedented panic.

Apart from being more cruel than the two Japanese who participated in the 100-man beating competition, Gu Shoufu had almost no special performance in the entire Nanjing defense battle. But there was one thing that made him right. The Kuomintang army had the best soldiers, but he never lacked generals who were afraid of death. Without the leader, the Kuomintang army immediately became a group of sheep!

After the military meeting of the Tang Mansion in Baiziting was held, the 51st Division, 58th Division, 103rd Division, 112th Division, and the commanders of the Gendarmerie General Xiao Shanling hurried back to the garrison to deploy retreat. However, the performance of several commanders of the Central Army who were directly united by Chairman Jiang was not so glorious.

The commander of the 71st Army, Wang Jingjiu, the commander of the 87th Division, and Gui Yongqing, the commander of the Central Military Academy's teaching corps, did not return to the garrison to deploy the retreat after the meeting, but took a bus to Xiaguan Wharf. Gui Yongqing at least called Chief of Staff Qiu Qingquan, but Wang Jingjiu and Shen Fazao ran away without even calling the troops.

Qiu Qingquan was so angry that he cursed, and then called each brigade and regiment one by one. As a result, the telephone line had been severely damaged and most of the troops could not contact him. Qiu Qingquan sent a communications soldier to verbally convey the order to retreat. In the end, five of the six regiments were contacted, but Xie Chengrui regiment could not contact him.

After finally contacting Xie Chengrui's group, it is no longer possible to break through from the front.

Originally, according to the plan of the garrison headquarters, the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps should have joined forces with the 103rd Division and the 112th Division in Gaoqiaomen, and then passed through Chunhua Town to Lishui to meet with the 66th Army of the Guangdong Army outside, and then turned to western Zhejiang. However, as soon as the command was ordered, Gui Yongqing, the commander, ran away first. Then rumors broke out, and the morale of the army collapsed. No matter how capable Qiu Qingquan was, he could not lead such a force to break out from the front.

It is no longer possible to break through from the front, what should I do?

There was no choice but to take the troops and go to the Xiaguan Wharf with you, preparing to cross the river and retreat to southern Anhui.

After that, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, the 103rd Division, the 112th Division, the 156th Division, and the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps. Tens of thousands of troops were blocked from the main streets leading to Yijiangmen. In addition to the national army, there were Nanjing citizens who were moved by the news. Hundreds of thousands of people rushed to Xiaguan Wharf. For a while, people were crowded, pushing and shoving, and discrete relatives cried and cried. How could the scene be so miserable?

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The turmoil in Wucheng in Nanjing soon affected Confucius Temple Field Hospital.

At this time, Li Zihan had just finished his second operation and the person was still not awakened during anesthesia. Ergua and Hongxing were accompanying the hospital bed. The two of them were chatting about home-clubs. At this time, a huge noise suddenly came from outside, and the entire field hospital became riots, and many wounded people who could still move rushed outside.

Erguazhu walked out of the ward with a crutch, stopped a wounded person and asked, "Brother, what's wrong?"

The wounded said, "Brother, let's go quickly, the national army will evacuate Nanjing Wucheng soon."

"No, can't?" Ergua was surprised when she heard this and said, "I, I, I, I, I..."

The wounded was impatient and said angrily: "You, you, please don't want you. It will be too late if you don't leave."

After saying that, the wounded limped away, and no military police came forward to stop him. Ergua then realized that the military police in the entire field hospital had disappeared, but he still didn't believe that the Kuomintang army would evacuate from Nanjing Wucheng. If the Kuomintang army really wanted to evacuate, the captain would definitely send someone to pick them up. The captain would not be able to leave them.

Hong Xing came out of the ward and asked with concern: "Ergua, what's wrong?"

"Nothing." Ergua sat down on the threshold with her arms in her arms, and said angrily, "Someone spreads rumors."

"Brother, don't be stupid. This is not a rumor. The Kuomintang army is really going to retreat." Another wounded man hit the door and advised Ergua, "Come with us quickly. At this time, there may be a boat to go to the dock. If you go late, it will be gone."

"I won't leave." Ergua insisted, "If I leave, I will be unable to find someone when the captain sends him."

"You brigade captain?" the wounded sneered and said, "Brother, don't be stupid. Your brigade captain has run away long ago. Haven't you heard of it? Those commanders, the division commanders, ran away as soon as the meeting was held."

"You're talking nonsense!" Ergua immediately became angry and shouted at the wounded, "You are not allowed to say that to our captain."

"Okay, okay, I won't say, I won't say." The wounded smiled bitterly and continued, "If you want to wait, wait, huh."

At this time, more and more wounded people walked out of the ward and headed towards the gate in a mess. Even serious wounded people who had just undergone surgery struggled to climb out of the ward. The entire field hospital was in chaos and no one came out to maintain order. Ergua believed it a little.

At this time, Yu Jiaxi and several doctors also walked out from the inside under the escort of two military policemen. Seeing Ergua sitting on the threshold of the ward in a daze, he stepped forward and said, "Egua, stop sitting here and dazed. Follow me quickly. The Kuomintang army is about to evacuate Nanjing. You can go with me quickly."

A military policeman immediately came out to stop him and said, "Doctor Yu, this may not work. The order we received was to escort the medical staff of the field hospital to Xiaguan Wharf. As for the wounded in the hospital, it is not our responsibility."

Several other doctors also persuaded Yu Jiaxi to meddle in other people's business, but Yu Jiaxi was anxious. When he was about to argue with them, Ergua stood up with Hongxing's support and said to Yu Jiaxi with a smile: "Sister Jiaxi, go, don't worry about me. The captain will definitely send someone to pick us up, he will definitely do it."

Yu Jiaxi thought it was right. Ergua might be safe when she followed the troops. She actually wanted to go with the 19th Brigade and Xu Shijiu, but she was afraid of causing trouble for Xu Shijiu. She immediately told Ergua: "Ergua, then take care of yourself, and also, please send me a message to your captain, so that he must cross the Yangtze River to see me alive."

Ergua smiled and said, "Don't worry, Sister Jiaxi, I will definitely bring the words."

Yu Jiaxi also smiled, reached out to touch Ergua's naive face, and turned around and left.

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Feng Shengfa has not had a good face since he came back from the meeting at the Tang Mansion in Baiziting.

After the Wu Fu line was lost, Nanjing Wucheng had become a strategic place to die. It should not have been defended, but it had to mobilize heavy troops to defend. Just guard it. If you really want to go out and fight to the death with Xiao Ribao in Nanjing, you may also bit off a piece of meat. But when you are about to come, you have to break through separately. What kind of battle is this?

No matter how the Nanjing Defense War is fought, I am afraid there will be no worse result!

At this moment, Feng Shengfa really wanted to learn from Xu Shijiu and curse: What a shit leader?!

"The news has spread, but it can't be hidden, so let's retreat." Xu Shijiu sighed, "No one wants to see the battle of Nanjing's defense in this way, but it's already like this. No matter how angry or annoyed it is, it's useless. The troops are already panicked, and this battle can no longer be fought."

Feng Shengfa Haoran sighed and said, "But even if he retreats, how can he retreat just by saying that he retreats?"

Feng Shengfa's 58th coins are now completely entangled with the 6th Division of the Japanese Army. The fronts of both sides are intertwined. You have me and I have you. If the 58th Division retreats now, there will inevitably be only one result, that is, the army is defeated and will eventually be completely wiped out by the 6th Division of the Japanese Army on the Yangtze River.

Of course, the 58th Division can also choose to retreat into Nanjing Wucheng, and then go to Yijiangmen to Xiaguan Wharf.

However, Feng Shengfa knew that this was a dead end. When he came back from the meeting of the Baiziting Tang Mansion during the day, the city of Nanjing was already in chaos. The street leading to Yijiangmen was already crowded with fleeing national troops and Nanjing people. At this moment, Xiaguan Wharf was probably already crowded, right?

"Master, we may still have a glimmer of hope." Xu Shijiu said unexpectedly.

"Oh?" Feng Shengfa turned around and looked at Xu Shijiu and said, "A glimmer of vitality? Where is the vitality?"

"Second, look." Xu Shijiu strides to the map and said to the map, "Although the 6th Division of the Japanese Army has been completely entangled with our division, in the eyes of the senior generals of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, the results of the 58th Division's total annihilation of our 58th Division are probably far from comparable to the great achievements of the first capture of Nanjing."

Feng Shengfa frowned and said, "So what?"

Xu Shijiu took a point on the map with his hand and said solemnly: "The primary goal of the Japanese army is always Nanjing, and Saihongqiao is the only way for the Japanese heavy troops to enter Nanjing. If we can leave a unit in Saihongqiao, we will inevitably attract most of the Japanese firepower. Saihongqiao will hold the Japanese army for one to two days and be able to retreat for the main force of the division and win enough time across the river."

Feng Shengfa heard Xu Shijiu's implicit sound and said in a deep voice: "What do you mean?"

Xu Shijiu stood at attention, looked straight at Feng Shengfa and said, "Master, leave it to me!"

Feng Shengfa's eyes suddenly showed a strange look, admiration, reluctance, feeling, guilt... The more complicated it is, the more complicated it is, but in the end, Feng Shengfa just sighed, then took off his Browning gun and handed it to Xu Shijiu, and said emotionally: "Ajiu, I only have one requirement for you, I must return to the team alive

"Yes!" Xu Shijiu took Browning without a gun, and stood at attention again, "I must return to the team alive!"

Feng Shengfa opened his arms and hugged Xu Shijiu hard. While patting Xu Shijiu's shoulders and back with both hands, he reminded him: "Ajiu, take care of him."
Chapter completed!