Chapter 47 The Battle of Nanjing
Shanghai.
At this time, Shanghai had completely fallen, completely under the iron hooves of the Japanese army. The damaged streets and bullet craters mean that a great war had been fought here.
In an inconspicuous house.
Sun Yang was sending information to Ye Feng. According to Ye Feng's deployment, Sun Yang and several subordinates lurked in Shanghai, collecting information from the Japanese army while deciphering the communication password between the Japanese army.
If it is an ordinary person, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky and almost impossible if he wanted to decipher the Japanese army's password. However, as a synthesiser of the "Nuwa" system, if Sun Yang tried his best to decipher, it would still be possible as long as there is enough time.
During this period, although the communication password between the Japanese army had not been completely deciphered, Sun Yang also collected a lot of information, which were continuously sent to Shannan County and Ye Feng.
Shanghai, the headquarters of the Central Japanese Front of the Army.
Matsui Ishione has received information. Yamashita Ichiro who was sent to Yamashita Prefecture for the assassination mission was dead. Yamashita Ichiro's Kamikaze Special Attack Team also suffered heavy losses and was seriously injured in his vitality.
"Bang!"
Matsui Ishigen smashed the teacup in his hand to pieces, and the broken porcelain pieces scattered all over the ground. The Japanese Chief of Staff next to him comforted him: "Your Excellency Commander! Please calm down."
Matsui Ishifeng, whose face was gloomy, calmed down his anger and said, "Baga! This independent brigade is dead, Ye Feng is dead!"
"Contact me of Shanghai Airport, dispatch the plane, and blow up the entire Shannan County to me." Matsui Ishigen issued an order angrily.
The Chief of Staff of the Japanese Admiral next to him couldn't help but persuade: "Master Commander! Our current focus is on attacking the capital of China. Our limited air force cannot waste on Shannan County, a small target. I suggest that when we occupy Nanjing, we will send troops to attack Hangzhou and Shannan County."
After listening to the advice of the Japanese Chief of Staff, Matsui Ishien walked back and forth, thinking.
On December 1, the Japanese army issued a combat order to attack Nanjing, and the battle to defend Nanjing had begun.
At present, the main force of the Japanese army is attacking Nanjing in three groups. The focus of the Japanese aircraft is to cooperate with the ground forces to attack Nanjing. If a large number of aircraft are sent to bomb Shannan County, it will inevitably affect the entire plan to attack Nanjing. The current top Japanese leaders urgently need to occupy the Chinese capital Nanjing as soon as possible.
As a Japanese general, Matsui Ishigen calmed down and knew that his target was Nanjing, not Shannan Prefecture, not Ye Feng's independent brigade. Just now, Matsui Ishigen was just so angry that he wanted to find Ye Feng's independent brigade to vent his anger.
After walking back and forth for a few minutes and thinking clearly, Matsui Ishigen sighed helplessly and temporarily gave up the order to bomb Shannan Prefecture.
"Baga! Ye Feng, you will die sooner or later," Matsui Ishigen thought viciously.
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In November 1937, the National Revolutionary Army lost the Battle of Shanghai. After Shanghai was occupied by Japan, the Japanese army took advantage of the situation and rushed to Nanjing in three directions.
China began to prepare for the defense operations in Nanjing, the capital, which is only more than 300 kilometers west of Shanghai. Due to the hasty issuance of retreat orders, errors occurred in the handover of national defense fortifications in the rear, and the extremely low training quality of China's military in the early days of the War of Resistance, the retreat evolved into a defeat.
Although the Jiangyin defense battle on the Xicheng line is of great significance to blocking the Japanese navy from the river and attacking the mainland, the rapid fall of Wuxi in the south basically made the Xicheng national defense line basically ineffective, allowing the main force of the Japanese army on the north route to approach Nanjing smoothly.
This is the fifth day after Ye Feng and others left Shannan County, which is December 4th.
Within five days, Ye Feng encountered several Japanese troops. These Japanese troops were numerous, and Ye Feng had no chance to attack. At the same time, Ye Feng also encountered many defeated national troops, and many of them were driven to Nanjing by the Japanese army like they were driven away by ducks.
Sun Yang, who was still lurking in Shanghai to collect intelligence, sent back a lot of news. At least Ye Feng was basically aware of the Japanese army's number and route of travel. But in the past few days, what he lacked was only an opportunity to start.
“How far is it to Nanjing.”
"Report to the hike, our current location is near Majiaping, less than 20 kilometers from Nanjing."
"map!"
Seeing Ye Feng asking for a map, Zhao Long quickly spread out the military map and pointed to Majiaping's location and said: "We are here, located south of Nanjing. We start entering the city of Nanjing less than 20 kilometers north."
Ye Feng stared at the map for a long time, and then decided to say, "If you go north, you will encounter a large number of Japanese troops. The terrain of this area is flat and not suitable for us to move. Order, abandon the horse and move northeast, where there is a small mountainous area."
"Abandon the horse and go northeast!"
Zhao Long waved his hand and immediately issued an order. Everyone started to move northeast. After an hour, everyone crossed a highway and entered a small mountain area.
On the way to march, everyone had seen a lot of Japanese troops, and everyone cleverly avoided them. It seemed that the Japanese were almost approaching the periphery of Nanjing.
"There are Japanese devils everywhere!"
"Ye Feng nodded, stood on a hillside, leaning against a pine tree, and looked at the road less than a kilometer ahead: "Do you see the road ahead? This is a main road leading to Nanjing City. The Japanese's main heavy equipment and supplies must pass through this road. Today, we are guarding here."
This is one of the main highways leading to the south of the city and one of the must-pass places for the Japanese army on the South Road. Many Japanese troops have passed by here. What is passed later is definitely the heavy equipment and transportation troops of the Japanese army on the South Road.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Ye Feng, who was resting, suddenly heard gunshots. The gunshots were not far from everyone. When they heard gunshots, Ye Feng suddenly opened his eyes and shouted in a low voice: "Please pay attention, there is something."
"Hikata, look, it's there."
Ye Feng held the telescope and saw that about a dozen people were running towards this side a few hundred meters ahead. Behind the dozen people, there were 20 or 30 Japanese Japanese shooting while chasing.
These Japanese devils were obviously chasing them from the highway. There were at least one hundred Japanese devils on the highway, laughing at the twenty or thirty Japanese devils chasing the dozen people in front.
"The traveler is my own person."
Ye Feng nodded. The dozen people who were running away from here in front were all wearing national military uniforms. While fighting back, they approached the woods.
The road is full of flat open land, and the strength of our enemies is very different. Only by entering this small mountain area can you survive.
"Prepare for the fight!"
Ye Feng shouted in a low voice, then picked up a Garland sniper rifle and aimed at one of the Japanese who were pursuing. The Japanese were about three or four hundred meters away from Ye Feng.
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Second update.
Chapter completed!