Chapter 223: The Frenzy of the Battle of Nanjing (Part 1)

Zhang Xuewu pulled Xie Luogesif with a smile and said, "My dear Soviet comrade, please sit down quickly. Tonight I have arranged a very mellow spirit of wine for your good friend from afar, and a small gift that symbolizes our friendship!"

When Xie Luogesif opened the gift box handed over by Adjutant Zhang Xuewu, he was stunned. The box was actually a sickle and an axe made of 20 cm long pure gold?

In amazement, he picked up the sickle and axe, which weighed ten kilograms of pure gold, which symbolized the logo of the ***, and said in surprise: "Is this too expensive? General Zhang! The friendship between the Soviet people and the Chinese people is not mixed with any other ingredients. Please take back your gift. This is an insult to my personality and a sincere trampling on the Soviet people?"

When Xie Luogesif spoke righteously, Zhang Xuewu was immediately surprised because Xie Luogesif still had certain attainments in Chinese. During the warlords' melee and even the Central Plains War, he was active in the hinterland of China for so-called tourism. It was not until after the Central East Road incident that he was expelled. Unexpectedly, he became a good friend of the Chinese people a few years later?

This is probably the subtlety of international politics! Yesterday's enemy was also today's friend? This is as unreliable as the faction in the domestic warlords' melee. Comrades in the same trench may become enemies, and the enemy becomes comrades. No one can explain the relationship clearly. The only thing that can be clearly stated is interests.

Zhang Xuewu felt several different meanings from Xielogsiv's words? He insulted the feelings of the Soviet people? What feelings does the polar bear have for China? I am afraid that it is true that he has persistent and sincere feelings for China's territory.

Seeing that Xie Luogesif was just talking nonsense, nor did he talk about the command of the volunteer air force, the ownership of the ground crew, etc., Zhang Xuewu waved to the deputy chief in anger, whispered a few words. After a while, the deputy chief brought a small box. After opening the box, he suddenly shone golden light, and it was filled with boxes of boxes like gold coins the size of ocean.

Xie Luogesif's expression has now changed from disdain to shock and confusion! Zhang Xuewu looked at Xie Luogesif with a smile, thinking to himself that you didn't say that I insult you? I will insult you once today so that you can know what insult is.

Shelogsif swallowed and said, "General Zhang is too polite. I can only accept your deep affection and friendship."

Zhang Xuewu smiled slightly. This bastard really thought it was too little. He accepted it calmly after he increased the intensity of the insult. The so-called aid actually has a lot of inside information. For example, I provide you with anti-aircraft guns, but I list the aiming system and ruler heading system separately as so-called precision equipment. Don’t you give me the benefits? I will delay you and make you useless. Even if you have anti-aircraft guns, you will not be able to exert combat effectiveness.

There are too many things like this. Zhang Xuewu no longer has the energy and time to repeatedly mess with these issues. His main energy is all focused on how to defend Nanjing City.

After putting away the gift with satisfaction, Xielogsif took out a form from his pocket, which contained the models and number of Soviet fighter jets coming to China. What surprised Zhang Xuewu the most was that there were more than 40 Soviet-style 20mm four-barrel machine guns. These machine guns were obviously provided with ground fire cover for the airport. Zhang Xuewu hesitated and said, "Dear Comrade Xielogsif, I think the possibility of the Japanese attack in Jiangbei is extremely low. These machine guns should be left in Nanjing! Nanjing's city defenses, such as Zijin Mountain and Qixia Mountain Fortress, are all very needed."

Shelogsev was slightly stunned and hesitated and said, "We came here to fight against the *** people, but these equipment belonged to Major Garoof's air defense brigade. If you hand over the weapons, you will not be able to form combat effectiveness in a short period of time. I would suggest that Major Garoof's air defense brigade directly join and be directly under the Nanjing Garrison Command?"

Zhang Xuewu nodded with satisfaction. His money was finally spent. Xie Luogesev then introduced the establishment of the Soviet Volunteer Aid China air force and the complete combat readiness rate, etc., and claimed that the Volunteer Aid China air force completely obeyed the command of the Nanjing Garrison Command and fought side by side with the Chinese Air Force and the Rehe Flying Tigers.

Zhang Xuewu nodded with satisfaction and thanked him repeatedly. After Xie Luogesev left, Zhang Xuewu stood in front of the map and frowned for a long time. Because Zhang Xuewu's recent intensive mobilization of the Japanese army and the tactical intention of the Japanese destroyer to try to cross the river to cut off Jiangnan and Jiangbei, the Japanese army must have made relatively big moves in the near future.

Zhang Xuewu believed that the Japanese army might be planning a large-scale full-scale attack, or even a comprehensive attack on Nanjing! Zhang Xuewu ordered all departments to be fully alert, and the Air Force was assigned to the Nanjing Garrison Command's second, fifth, sixth, and seventh battalions, Flying Tigers combat brigade, and the Soviet Volunteer Aid China Air Force had a total of 429 fighter jets that could be launched into four air combat clusters. The pilots were on standby and ready to take off for combat at any time.

In the early morning of May 25, 1937, the 16th Division of the Japanese Nakajima Imao and the 11th Division of the Yamamu Sobu Division, with the artillery support of the Japanese heavy artillery 11th Brigade, first launched a fierce attack on the Niushoushan, the 5th Brigade of the temporary 1st Mechanized Division, and the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Regiment, and the 1st Regiment of the General Mountain, which was defended by the 2nd Regiment.

At the same time, the Third Division commanded by the Japanese Fujita Jin and the Ninth Division commanded by the Assistant Yoshikara also began to launch a general attack on the Chinese defending positions on the Zijinshan Eastern Front, which was defended by the 36th Division in the east of the Castle.

The Japanese 18th Division Nakajima Sadao and the 114th Division Momatsumatsu Territory began to attack the positions of Yu Jishi, the 74th Army in the south of the city under the cover of artillery fire and chariots. The 51st Division of the 74th Army, and the 57th Division used the Gujiaying, Yangjiazhuang, Dashishan and Liuzhuang lines as key points to build fortifications based on the geographical advantages of the Qinhuai River branch. At the same time, Yu Jishi sent the 58th Division to build a second-line position at Guanghuamen according to Zhang Xuewu's deployment, and relied on the city wall to defend in depth.

The Chinese defending positions along the Qinhuai River, Taiwan's Chongteng Detachment and the 13th Division were arrested by the 103rd Division of the Gui Yongqing Division guarding the Qixia Mountain Fortress.

The prelude of the Nanjing Defense Battle was finally opened. The fierce artillery fire from both sides of the enemy and us reflected the entire sky reddishly in the entire Nanjing city. Seventy-five millimeters, ninety millimeters, one hundred and five millimeters, one hundred and fifty millimeters, and two hundred and forty millimeters of ammunition were sprinkling unscrupulously. The air was filled with the smell of choking smoke. The rumbling sound of cannons made the earth tremble slightly, as if the end of the world was about to come.

It can be said that Nanjing has become the core of the fierce competition between the Chinese and Japanese armies at this moment. On the *** side, Prince Hirohiko Asahiko is bound to win, and on the Chinese side, the commander of the city defense and garrison, Zhang Xuewu, vows to defend the city to the death!

Various signal flares and flares cut through the night sky, and the miserable white light shone the night sky like daytime. The explosion of high-explosive grenades of 105 mm and 150 mm caused orange-red fire balls to flash from time to time. Such dense artillery fire was unprecedented since the Sino-Japanese War. In order to capture Nanjing, the Japanese army sent three of the only six established heavy artillery brigades of the army to Nanjing. In order to deal with the thick walls of Nanjing, the Japanese army even transferred from the local area the heavy artillery 11th Brigade equipped with the 240 mm caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber from the local area. The 11th Brigade of heavy artillery equipped with the 4th year of Taisho and the 150 mm caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber caliber from the local area to Nanjing to participate in the war.

Niushou Mountain and General Mountain in the west of the city were completely submerged by artillery fire. Almost all artillery above 75 mm caliber were pouring fire on Niushou Mountain and General Mountain. The Chinese artillery positions were hidden in the reverse slope and stood for a standby. The Japanese army's artillery bombardment lasted for half an hour and began to become more and more fierce. The Japanese infantry began to move their bodies on the attack starting position, because the sign of the infantry's increasing fierceness was a signal that the infantry was about to start attacking.

Sure enough, five minutes later, the Japanese artillery fire began to extend. Under the guidance of twenty-two Type 95 light tanks, the Japanese soldiers burst into on-board shouts, and the Japanese soldiers who formed a scattered line followed the chariot and began to attack after the chariot.

Twenty-two tanks formed an attack formation like twenty-two swords. The Japanese soldiers were very familiar with the cooperation tactics of the Infantry Tank and were clear about the key points of using the tanks to implement rapid breakthroughs. The commander of the 30th Infantry Brigade of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army was responsible for the main attack. The 33rd Infantry Regiment, commanded by Colonel Fukuda, who was not tall, had a hunchback, and had two full infantry brigades at one time, and he was sure to win the position on the outside of Niushou Mountain.

In Fukuda Nobuji's view, the fierce artillery fire just now was enough to smash a hole in the earth. What kind of creature could survive under such fierce artillery? Rather than attacking, it was to directly occupy it. Fukuda Nobuji seemed very confident about capturing the main peak position of Niushou Mountain after dawn. After all, the 33rd infantry revolt under his command had the title of blade in the 16th Division.

In the defense command headquarters of Niushou Mountain Fortress, Sun Guiming tilted his mouth and held an unlit cigarette, and lay on the cannon mirror to observe for vain. The lack of sight on the battlefield brought by the darkness made Sun Guiming very upset. A battalion deployed by the Ninth Regiment at the foot of the mountain was quickly entering the position. The sound of engines from the direction of the Japanese attack can prove that the *** people must have used chariots as pioneers in this attack.
Chapter completed!