The Japanese army also set their sights on Yuhuatai.

Yuhuatai is about 100 meters high and is the only commanding height outside the China Gate. As long as the Japanese army controls Yuhuatai, they can suppress the national army that is standing on the city wall from a high place. To give a metaphor, if Nanjing, which is heavily guarded, is compared to a lock, then Yuhuatai is the key to opening the lock.

The first person to focus on Yuhuatai was Fujita, the commander of the Japanese 3rd Division.

However, at this time, the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army and the 9th Division were still fighting against the 51st Division at Hedingqiao. Although the 305th Regiment of the 51st Division was a new regiment, the regiment commander Zhang Lingfu was a ruthless character. He was seriously injured in his left arm and refused to go down the line of fire. The two Japanese divisions attacked Hedingqiao for a whole day, but they were unable to break through the defense line of the 305th Regiment.

If Heding Bridge cannot be taken down, the large troops and heavy equipment of the 3rd and 9th Divisions cannot be passed.

Therefore, if you want to seize Yuhuatai, you have to find another way. Fujita Jin found Ohara Shigemi as soon as possible.

Ohara Shigemi was originally the captain of the 3rd Division's direct special operations brigade. Later, Ohara's brigade was severely injured in Wusong Town, and was transferred to the Shanghai Condemnation Army Headquarters by Matsui Ishien. When the Kuomintang army was defeated from the battlefield in Songhu, Ohara Shigemi led the Condemnation Army's direct special operations brigade to cause chaos.

At this time, Weiyuan Brigade also rushed to Chunhua Town.

"Ohara Sang, the battle situation outside the city of Nanjing is now quite chaotic. The Chinese army and the Imperial Army have been completely tied together. The Chinese army launched a counterattack and almost fought to the division. But then again, chaos also has the benefits of chaos, which is that it gives the Imperial Army the opportunity to take advantage of the troubled waters. Come and see here."

Fujita Jin pointed to the map, and Ohara Shigemi looked at it, and saw that the words "Yuhuatai" were marked on it.

Tajiri Tajiro Tajiri, chief of staff of the 3rd Division, continued: "Yuhuatai is the only commanding height outside the Chinese Gate. As long as you seize the Yuhuatai, the Imperial Army will gain geographical advantages and be able to aim at the city walls of Nanjing from a high point. Large-scale cluster artillery bombardment in the city will be directly related to whether the Imperial Army can quickly break through Nanjing!'

Fujita said: "Ohara Sang, please be sure to take the Yuhuatai and keep it there."

"Hayi." Ohara Shigemi suddenly stopped and took her head.

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Tang Shengzhi had a habit of going out for a walk every morning and evening. After becoming the commander-in-chief of Nanjing Garrison Command, this habit did not change. He insisted on walking in front of the courtyard for an hour every evening, and asked two guards to follow him, one guard carrying a large thermos bottle, the other guard carrying a small teapot and three cannons. Every few minutes he had to wipe his face with a hot towel and drink tea. Cigarettes were smoked one by one, and there were very few interruptions.

In recent days, as the Japanese bombing became more and more frequent, the staff of the garrison headquarters had moved to the basement of the Ministry of Railways to work, but Tang Shengzhi insisted on staying in his mansion and had no intention of evading. Not to mention, Old Tang subconsciously really hoped that a bomb suddenly fell into his official residence and killed him.

At this time, Lao Tang was indeed prepared to live and die with Nanjing.

However, Lao Tang also knew in his heart that the commanders, commanders and division commanders under his command may not be willing to live and die with Nanjing like him. Therefore, after the fall of Chunhua Town, Lao Tang not only ordered the 66th Army, 74th Army, 83rd Army and the 2nd Army on the periphery to retreat to the Fukuo position, but also issued several "family orders" one after another.

First, the military police force was ordered to block most of Nanjing's city gates, and only the three gates of China, Taiping and Yijiang were retained.

The second is to let Sun Yuanliang's 72nd Army (88th Division) defend the Zhonghua Gate and prevent the 74th Army from entering the Wucheng in Nanjing. The purpose is to cut off the retreat of the 74th Army and force the 74th Army to fight to the death with the Japanese army outside the city.

The third is to let Wang Jingjiu's 71st Army (87th Division) defend Taiping Gate and prevent the 66th Army, 83rd Army, the Teaching Corps and the 2nd Corps from retreating into Nanjing, forcing these troops to rely on the Zijinshan position to fight to the decisive battle with Xiaoji Wunen.

Fourth, Song Xilian's 78th Army (36th Division) was allowed to defend Yijiangmen, and not allow the 71st Army and 72nd Army. The military police crossed the river and retreated north through Yijiangmen, with the purpose of forcing these troops to fight street battles with the Japanese army in Wucheng, Nanjing.

Fifth, let Minister of Transport Yu Feipeng confiscate all ships at each ferry and destroy them. The purpose is to cut off the retreat route of the 78th Army (36th Division) and force them to fight against the Japanese army near the Xiaoxiaguan Wharf of Yijiang.

Sixth, let Hu Zongnan's 17th Army defend the north bank of the Yangtze River. Once an army is found crossing the river, kill it without any hesitation.

Objectively speaking, Lao Tang's six destruction orders are still very powerful. If they can be truly implemented, then there will be only two choices for more than 100,000 national troops remaining in Nanjing. They either surrender or fight to the last soldier. As for surrender, as long as Lao Tang does not take the lead in surrendering, it will be difficult for large-scale surrender to occur.

Unfortunately, the fifth path, the most critical of the six decrees of the order to eliminate the households, has not been truly implemented.

Luo Zhuoying asked for a small fireboat from Yu Feipeng without telling Tang Shengzhi, and handed it over to Song Xilian for emergency needs. Yu Jishi also asked for a barge from his clan uncle Yu Feipeng. As well as Xu Yuanquan, the commander of the 2nd Legion, secretly detained several ferries, but did not hand over all the ferries to the Nanjing Garrison Command.

Another thing is that Ye Zhao, the commander of the 66th Army, and Deng Guanglong, the commander of the 83rd Army, did not even execute the order to retreat to the position. It is precisely because of Luo Zhuoying's private concealment and Yu Jishi, Xu Yuanquan's secret detention, and Ye Zhao and Deng Guanglong's shirkness, which laid major hidden dangers for the entire Nanjing defense battle.

But these are all later stories, so I won't mention them here for the time being.

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At two o'clock in the morning on the 9th, the guard platoon of the Independent 19th Brigade escorted the medical team. The wounded rushed outside the Zhonghua Gate first, but were ruthlessly blocked by the gatekeepers.

"Brother, let's have a good time, we'll come out soon."

"No, we cannot let go without the order to go up."

"Brother, these injured people are seriously injured. If they don't go to the city for surgery, they may not be able to do it."

"That's not OK. I'll release people into the city privately and blame them on the top of the mountain. I can't afford to be guilty."

Seeing that Gao Shenxing had no progress in negotiations with the guards, Wang Yulan became anxious and stepped forward and shouted: "Why are you so cold-blooded? You are also a national army, so you can bear to watch them die? Whether you agree or disagree, these wounded people must go to the city immediately and get out of the way, otherwise I will tell you that you will not be able to eat and leave.

A male classmate shouted, "Do you know who she is? She is the daughter of Minister Wang's family!"

"Oh, Minister Wang?" The captain of the National Army who was guarding the city gate smiled and looked at Wang Yulan up and down a few times, suddenly he looked stern again and said coldly, "I don't care if you are Minister Wang's daughter or Minister Liu's son. Without a pass signed by Commander-in-Chief Tang, no one is allowed to enter Nanjing Wucheng!"

After saying that, the captain took out the mirror box directly. More than a dozen soldiers behind him also removed the inclined gun from their shoulders, aimed the black muzzle at Gao Shenxing, Wang Yulan and others, and the two machine gun hands behind the ring barricade even pulled the bolt of the Maxim heavy machine gun away.

Both sides froze there. Half an hour later, Xu Shijiu arrived with the main force of the 19th Brigade. However, the captain of the National Army guarding the city gate only saluted Xu Shijiu, who was carrying the rank of colonel, and still had no intention of letting go.

Xu Shijiu was not in a hurry, handed the captain a cigarette and asked, "Which brother is from?"

The captain did not dare to pick up the cigarette, stood up attentively and replied: "Report to the commander, the 524th Regiment of the 262nd Brigade."

"Oh, from the 524th Regiment of the 262nd Brigade?" Xu Shijiu put the cigarette in his mouth and asked, "Brother, I wonder if my brother Xinmin has any brother Zehu?"

The captain's face changed at that time. Zhu Chi, the commander of the 262nd Brigade, whose name is Xinmin, Han Xianyuan, and whose name is Zechui. Judging from the tone of the person in front of him, it seemed that he was an old acquaintance with the brigade and the brigade.

The captain asked carefully: "You dare to ask the sir, you are..."

Xu Shijiu pulled his military uniform and said solemnly: "I am the 74th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, the 58th Division, the colonel captain of the Independent 19th Brigade, Xu Shijiu."

"So it's Chief Xu." The captain immediately felt awe-inspiring and quickly asked the brothers behind him to put down the gun.

Not far behind Xu Shijiu, Wang Yulan asked Li Zihan in a low voice: "Squad Leader Li, Captain Xu seems to be very famous. Look at the reaction of that guy after hearing his name, it seems like he has changed his personality."

Li Zihan also replied in a low voice: "It is said that the brigade commander and the 87th and 88th Divisions have a deep connection. Not to mention those brigade commanders and regiment commanders, even the commander of the 72nd Army General Sun Yuanliang is also called brothers and brothers to our brigade commander."

"Captain Xu is so powerful?" Wang Yulan said, "Then we can always enter the city now, right?"

However, Wang Yulan miscalculated. Although the captain respected Xu Shijiu very much, he still had no intention of letting go. He just said hesitantly: "Captain Xu, I am also ordered to act. It is actually because the military captain issued an order directly. Without the official letter issued by the garrison headquarters, it is really impossible to let go, so..."

Xu Shijiu didn't want to make things difficult for a captain and said, "We were not going to enter the city at first, but these dozens of seriously injured people were indeed unable to afford to delay. They were all injured on the battlefield. They were all heroes. I hope my brother can send people to escort them to the field hospital for treatment for the sake of the party and the country."

The captain received the order not to send one soldier and one soldier into the city. According to the literal meaning, no one can be put in. However, if dozens of seriously injured people are really put into the city, the superiors will probably not pursue it. Moreover, even if the superiors really want to pursue it, there are still captains who are responsible for this. He said immediately: "Don't worry, sir, you will definitely be able to do a humble position."

"Thank you, brother." Xu Shijiu saluted, and the captain quickly returned the salute, saying that he didn't dare.
Chapter completed!