Chapter 206                                                             

As the absolute main force of the Japanese 6th Division, the 11th Infantry Brigade, the commander of the brigade, Major General Sakai Tokutaro, was very energetic at this moment. The strengthened infantry 13th Regiment and the 47th Infantry Regiment under his command were lined up in an orderly manner in four columns. In addition to a small number of reconnaissance cavalry, the Japanese troops seemed very relaxed during the march. The more than 8,300 people lined up several miles long, and the Japanese army was relaxed in a state of relaxation as if they were coming to travel!

The bloody battle in Songhu has ended. The Japanese army suffered more than 50,000 casualties, while the Chinese team suffered at least more than 300,000 casualties. Moreover, many of the severely damaged troops were elite German-armed Central Army of the National Government. If there was a battle in Songhu, I am afraid that the Nanjing National Government should surrender, right?

Sakai Tokutaro rode on the horse proudly. It can be said that the modernization of the army is far less than that of the navy. Even the A-type divisions of the army still rely on animal power to win horses. The Kwantung Army prepared to equip each division with an automatic vehicle wing with 260 trucks since the end of 1934, but until the outbreak of this war, it was only equipped with ten divisions. The Sixth Division was honored to have an automatic vehicle wing.

However, some people are happy and some are worried. Cars have always been the main target of the *** Army's attacks. Therefore, another brigade of the 6th Division, namely the 36th Infantry Brigade, the brigade commander Major General Niu Daoman, took on the division's supplies, automatic vehicle gangs, field hospitals and other trivial matters, and advanced with the main force, and was still gathering in Zhenjiang at this moment!

In the view of Tokutaro Sakai, when Niujima Manta and his main force climbed to the city of Nanjing, he had already entered Nanjing with great honor. What a glory it would be to capture the capital of ***?

On the question of whether to wait for the main force of the division, Tokutaro Sakai hesitated again and again. On this question, he had also asked the division leader Sosuo Seiya. After the answer given by Sosuo Taniya was stunned, Tokutaro Sakai became extremely happy.

You should know that the Sixth Division is a Division. The entire division consists of the 11th Infantry Brigade and the 36th Infantry Brigade. The two brigades are under the jurisdiction of the 13th Infantry Regiment, the 47th Infantry Regiment and the 23rd Infantry Regiment and the 45th Infantry Regiment. They are also equipped with the Sixth Cavalry Regiment, the Sixth Field Artillery Regiment, the Sixth Engineer Regiment, the Sixth Light and Heavy Army Regiment, the Sixth Automatic Vehicle Regiment, the Communications Brigade, and the Field Hospital. The total strength is more than 26,000.

The assembly and supply of huge troops took time, and what Gusuo and others lacked was time. The most important thing was that Gusuo was not eager to make contributions and only dispatched one brigade's troops, but his ammunition supply could barely maintain a brigade. He could only rely on local recruitment for food and food, so the 11th Infantry Brigade was burning, killing, looting and plundering all the way to Nanjing.

Many women can even be seen in the Japanese army's marching queue. These women were plundered by the Japanese army along the way for them to vent their anger. Often, these women were killed and silenced the next day. Burning corpses is the most commonly used by the Japanese army, and the effect of destroying evidence is also the best and most direct method.

The 23rd Infantry Brigade of the Japanese 18th Division, the brigade commander Major General Ueno Kurapo was also commanding his subordinates' 55th Infantry Regiment and the 56th Infantry Regiment, heading straight to Nanjing day and night, and he was in a position to enter Xianyang first as the king. The brigade commander Major General Ueno Kurapo stood in front of a Buick sedan. According to the Japanese standard configuration, there was no so-called vehicle at the brigade commander level, only horses were used. This black Buick sedan was seized from the Zhong*** team.

The two subordinate team captains, Fujiyama Sabunaga and Colonel Notofuku, also looked full of energy. Since the Battle of Songhu, except for being blocked by the Chinese Army Division level in Jiangyin, they have been flat. Especially after passing Zhenjiang, sporadic attacks in Zhong*** rarely occurred. Perhaps the bloody battle in Songhu has scared the timid and weak people.

Although there is intelligence that the *** army is preparing to defend Nanjing, most of the *** army participating in the Battle of Shanghai have suffered at least one-third of the casualties. According to international practice, this means that a force has been severely damaged. If more than two-thirds or three-fifths of the enemy's injury are given, it can be an annihilated strike or annihilation.

Since the main force of the *** Army was severely damaged in the bloody battle in Shanghai, how much combat effectiveness can they have after the so-called remnants are repaired? Perhaps the *** people's defense of Nanjing is just a barely way to do it? In front of the chariots of the imperial army, the *** people can only be crushed.

Ueno Kamega pointed at the distance in the darkness and said, "Tengyama, Nomori! The most noble honor of the Emperor, the dream of the two thousand years will be realized by us! The glory of the horse trampling the capital of *** will belong to His Majesty the Great Emperor, the Imperial Army of the Great *** Empire, and our 18th Division. We order all troops to speed up their advancement. I will apply for a medal to the troops that arrive at the city of Nanjing first."

Saburo Fujiyama and Masato Notomota looked at each other and took a deep breath. Almost at the same time, nodding and thrilling, "I wish to serve His Majesty the Emperor, long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Great*** Empire! Long live the Great*** Imperial Army!"

In the night, bursts of shouts of the Emperor's Majesty's Emperor suddenly burst out from the Japanese marching team. The speed of the troops' march increased instantly. Some officers and soldiers fell to the ground while running, foaming at the mouth and dying on the side of the road, and exhausted soldiers were everywhere.

For Major General Caochang Chenji, the commander of the 19th Infantry Brigade of the 16th Division, who was already behind, how could the capital of the *** people be attacked with just one impact? The disastrous defeat in the Battle of Chengde made Caochang Chenji look very cautious. After all, Nanjing has much more city defense and defense forces than the small Chengde. Thanks to Zhang Xuewu being isolated in Rehe, if Zhang Xuewu led his troops to defend Nanjing? Caochang Chenji could not even imagine what kind of painful experience the Imperial Army would encounter again.

The Ninth Infantry Regiment and the Twentieth Regiment of the 19th Infantry Brigade of the 16th Division did not advance as quickly as the Sixth Division and the 18th Division. If it weren't for fear of the division commander's rage, Caochang Chenji even prepared to set up camp overnight.

The three Japanese troops all made rapid advances towards Nanjing with the strength of a brigade, and Zhang Xuewu summoned all the officers above the company from the troops under the Nanjing Garrison Command to conduct the last general mobilization and training for the Nanjing Defense War.

In the colonel field, Zhang Xuewu saluted to the direction of the temporary first division and said loudly: "Brothers! Our brothers have embarked on the journey. They will fight us against the three divisions of the three Japanese armies, so that the Japanese pirates can see the power of China! Let the Japanese pirates see what it means to storm in the wild!"

Zhang Xuewu couldn't see the audience clearly in the night. Even though he lit a lot of torches, Zhang Xuewu looked around Gui Yongqing, Yu Jishi and others and walked forward and said, "I have a dream, that is, to walk with my lover and my children in the garden, be filial to their parents, thirty acres of land, a cow, and a warm kang with his wife and children. This is my ideal. Maybe everyone will laugh at my simple ideal? I don't want to be a king or a marquis, I don't want to be a great minister, nor do I want to be famous in history! As soldiers, the generals died in hundreds of battles and ended up in horses and corpses! If I were a king or a marquis, if I was a great minister, if I was a famous minister, then how many bones would I need to use to accumulate my glory? People are raised by their mother's parents, and I only want to live an ordinary life."

Zhang Xuewu paused for a moment and waved his fists and continued, "But it's such a small ideal. Now the people of the *** are unwilling to give it to me. They deliberately ignited the war. They are trying to destroy our China and destroy our race! The Japanese invaders have been burning, killing and looting since the war began. They do everything they can. China has been in the vast 5,000 years. We have never been completely defeated by foreigners. We have not been there before, and we will never have it in the future. Maybe our weapons are not as good as the Japanese invaders, but our blood is hot, and we still have flesh and blood. Nanjing is the place where the prime minister's mausoleum is located. The capital of the Republic of China is definitely not allowed to be affected by Japanese beasts. You and I are the army.

When facing the invasion of the enemy, people know that guns and cannons are not as good as the enemy, and they are defeated repeatedly, but if they are defeated, they will fight again. The sacrifice has reached the last moment. Behind us are our elders and relatives, and the front line is at our feet. Who wants their relatives to be killed by the *** people? Sisters, wife and daughters are humiliated by the Japanese invaders? Who wants to betray their ancestors and change their name to Wangzong? Born here and raised here, today we will die here! My greatest wish is that when I fall down, the national flag behind me is still flying high. Facing the invasion of foreign humiliation, weapons and national strength are not as good as those of the enemy, being able to die on our own territory is the greatest honor of our soldiers!"

Zhang Xuewu's voice became louder and louder: "I have brought all the coffins. Today, the entire army implemented the company seating method of my Rehe Legion. The squad leader retreated and killed the squad leader. The platoon leader retreated and killed the platoon leader. The company commander retreated and killed the company commander. If the officer died and the troops were dispersed, everyone could shoot me! I will die in Nanjing if I cannot win this battle. I will encourage comrades! If Nanjing is lost, I will go to the gates of hell together!"

Fight against the Japanese pirates! Fight to the end! Fight to the last soldier! Vow to survive and die with Nanjing!
Chapter completed!