Chapter 73 Busy Night
"Raise your hands!" Huang Huamin and others were sighing at the scenery over the city. Someone shouted not far away. But they didn't know that the soldiers of the third battalion who were guarding around had already pointed their guns at him.
"Which part are you from?" the man shouted.
"The 88th Division guarding the Zhonghua Gate!" Lu Shiming replied. At this time, he did not mention the Pioneer Army. If the opponent did not know who the Pioneer Army was, it would be a problem.
"Ah?" The man was surprised and then disappeared. Soon, a major of the Central Army came over with more than a dozen soldiers hanging down his weapons.
"You are staff officer Lu Shiming?" The major looked up and down at Lu Shiming and suddenly spoke.
"He Mingyang?" Lu Shiming had a good memory and immediately recognized this junior from the Central Military Academy.
"Why are you here?" He Mingyang asked in surprise.
Lu Shiming looked at the dozen soldiers behind him, and without saying much, he just asked, "Is this Purple Gold Mountain?" The person in charge of guarding this secret passage was arranged by Lu Shiming, so he naturally had already visited and went straight to Purple Gold Mountain.
He Mingyang realized that he seemed to have something to say, turned around and nodded.
"We came here through the secret passage that directly connects here in Nanjing City!" Lu Shiming no longer concealed it and said directly.
"Secret Road?" He Mingyang said in surprise, looking at the place surrounded by a bunch of soldiers behind them.
"Where are the leaders of your teaching corps?" Lu Shiming nodded and continued to ask.
"After a few of them held a meeting tonight, they had already rushed out overnight!"
"Run out? What about you?" Huang Huamin next to him interrupted.
"We are responsible for cutting off the rear!" He Mingyang hesitated for a moment, looked at Lu Shiming before he said decisively.
Huang Huamin and others followed He Mingyang's gaze and the sound of gunfire seemed to be a little far away. I'm afraid they were a little out of touch with the main force.
"How many people do you have?" Lu Shiming asked.
"Around three hundred people! There are other groups behind, so there are more."
"Follow us!" Huang Huamin said decisively, leaving them behind is equivalent to dying.
Whether it is Lu Shiming or the Third Battalion, the exploration of the secret passage is the end here. Time is urgent, whether it is urgent to follow the secret passage that is unknown or pass through the Japanese blockade line, it is also a new choice.
"Send someone to investigate, it doesn't matter if you wait a little longer. The Japanese are busy going to Nanjing City!" Lu Shiming suggested that although the authenticity is unknown, it is less risky than breaking through the Japanese's strict blockade.
"Okay! Wait a little longer, the Japanese's rear becomes more empty!" Huang Huamin felt a little conflicted, and he wanted to fight with the Japanese, but also wanted to keep more energy to settle the accounts later.
In order to pass through the secret passage, according to Meng Xiang's order, the third battalion did not carry any heavy weapons, and even some of the heavy machine guns were brought. The others were directly damaged on the spot, which made him feel distressed. Even now, they added nearly 2,000 troops to gather on the Purple Gold Mountain, and the total number was only 6,000. Without the support of heavy weapons, the cost of breaking through the blockade line would definitely be very high.
While their people were resting in Zijin Mountain and waiting for the results of the secret search, the fortress cannons on Wulong Mountain had already begun to roar.
"It's a pity that it didn't hit it!" Kong Ci sighed with a fireworks on his face. The fortress cannon is not as accurate as the missiles of later generations. Its function is mainly to deterrent. Once it is hit, the small and medium-sized ships on the river will generally be either injured or sunk. Battleships and large cruisers generally will not run into the river. Even if the Japanese destroyers are big, they still dare not fight easily in the face of the threat of the fortress cannon.
The Japanese ships were a little wandering for a while, and only some small patrol boats rushed over.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, a patrol boat was overturned by the river waves, and four or five soldiers who fell into the water rescued. Under the cold river at night, there were not many chances of survival.
"Damn it!" Tanaka Akizu shouted loudly in anger. Some soldiers of the 16th Division were on ships and wanted to go straight to Xiaguan to block the Central Army's evacuation, but they were blocked here. The ship full of soldiers dared not take the risk of rushing over. Once they were hit, the losses would be huge.
"We only need to guard for one day. Tomorrow night, no, it should be tonight, and then we can evacuate!" Kong Ci looked at the pocket watch that had passed midnight, and kept using what Rat said to him to motivate his soldiers. With the accurate time to evacuate and hope of survival, we can also arouse morale.
"The retreat was too slow!" Xiaoshanling was not as optimistic as some people. It may not be able to keep the place at dawn, but how many people can be transported overnight?
"You can go to Jiangxinzhou first, and temporarily organize personnel to defend across the river!" Li Ting couldn't help but suggest that although he was not in military affairs, when he saw Meng Xiang arrange people there, he thought that it would be better to stay temporarily than here!
"The Japanese invaders' ships are even more powerful. It would be better if they were a wider Bagua Continent! Jiang Xinzhou cannot be defended! It will be hard to say for a day or two!" Xiao Shanling next to him explained with a wry smile.
"I can only evacuate the people again! If you run to the countryside, you can also avoid the Japanese invaders' edge!" Xiao Shanling shook his head and said.
On a simple dock on Jiangxinzhou, a large ship leaned over and was about to evacuate the people who had gathered here earlier.
"When you come back, go here directly. The guests in the city are here again!" Ma Shiqi hurried over and said. As soon as he said, Long Wu at the bow of the boat knew what it meant.
"Yes!" Long Wu responded with a neat military salute.
"It's a pity for those antiques!" One eye walked and regretted. Although there was no gold in the secret room, a bunch of antiques were priceless. The clone soldiers didn't know any antiques at all, and their target was directly aimed at the printing plates explained by Meng Xiang. After the printing plates were found, they didn't take any of the antiques that were in trouble, which made the knowledgeable eye even screaming.
Antiques in troubled times are a kind of sorrow, and even life is lost, so I can take care of these things.
"Go away!" captain Hu Si shouted. They had other tasks that they had to arrange as soon as possible.
"Bring my experimental instruments with you! This is what we just bought from the UK and the latest in the world! If you don't take it away, I will never leave!" Xie Changchun, a professor of physics, hugged a large instrument and refused to let go.
"Our research center has better instruments! It's better than this!" Fan Zhong, who took the initiative to take on the task of persuading people from various schools, came to persuade him. This was what he heard from Zhao Shuxing. Professor Xie refused to let go no matter how he persuaded him. At this time, he could only try this method.
"Impossible! The British said that this is the best in the world!" Xie Changchun kept shook his head.
"That's them lied to you! If you don't believe me, go and have a look!" Fan Zhong was already in the tone he thought was the most hypocritical.
"Impossible! Then you move this over and we will compare!" This kind of nerd only recognizes one truth.
Without saying a word, Niu stepped forward and threw a hammer and hit it directly. Xie Changchun, whose palms were numb, was shocked, and he fainted when he rolled his eyelids.
"People carry it away! Find the next one!" Niu Yi shouted.
"That's fine!" Fan Zhong shook his head slightly. His nerd's anger is no worse than this Xie Daizi!
Chapter completed!