Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 220 The Devil Prince Goes Crazy

The final battle of Purple Mountain was brutal but also heroic. Despite the lack of ammunition, they still managed to achieve a one-for-one exchange.

If the Japanese had not reacted later and the support troops had not arrived, their results might have been even greater.

Luo Yufeng, the brave commander of the National Army, ultimately could not escape his fate and died on Purple Mountain.

Of course, Gu Changfeng was not aware of these things. As most of the people had evacuated, he was now organizing the evacuation of the first batch of soldiers defending the city.

By now, the defending forces had entered the stage of street fighting, and half of the city of Jinling had been occupied by the Japanese.

As the commanders of each army issued orders, the troops began to evacuate in an orderly manner to the blocks around Shangyuanmen.

As for the soldiers of the Teaching Corps who broke through, they took advantage of the foggy weather and the desperate support of the soldiers in the city, and finally entered the city through Zhongshan Gate.

After fighting several battles with the Japanese in the city, Gui Yongqing led his troops to Xiaguan.

At this time, he had no time to care about Gu Changfeng, the weirdo. He was so frightened that he led his troops across the river to evacuate.

The heavy fog on the river caused a lot of trouble for transportation, but it also caused serious trouble for the Japanese attack.

The Japanese planes were unable to bomb at all, and the attacking Kunizaki Detachment was unable to continue the attack, so they could only allow the troops to evacuate.

It was only then that Gu Changfeng realized that the various armies had hidden ships, more than 600 in total. This situation made him laugh and cry.

He could only helplessly say to Tang Shengzhi: "Commander Tang, didn't you order all the ships to be destroyed? How come there are still so many of these people left?"

Tang Shengzhi glanced at Gu Changfeng and said, "Didn't I tell you at the beginning that my command was only in name only? Otherwise, why would I have sneaked away?"

"Then why would they obey your orders and continue to defend the city?" Gu Changfeng blurted out.

In fact, he also knew that the order to retreat came first and the order to stay came later, and whether the armies would obey it or not was another matter.

Fortunately, things were arranged smoothly, and at this point, the evacuation work has been completed.

Tang Shengzhi smiled and said, "This is the general trend. Perhaps some people are frightened by your list, but there are also soldiers who are passionate about serving their country."

Gu Changfeng sighed, "We have to thank them, otherwise the evacuation would not have been so smooth."

Tang Shengzhi hesitated, thought for a moment, and then spoke.

"Gu kid, even though we haven't been together for long and you've held me hostage, I still have to thank you."

Gu Changfeng was stunned. This was quite funny. How could a person who was being held hostage express gratitude? It would be funny to say this out loud.

Since Tang Shengzhi had spoken, he didn't intend to hide it anymore and continued speaking.

"In fact, I know very well that once the order to retreat is given, I will definitely bear the bad reputation. There will be no surprises."

"Now that most of the civilians have been evacuated, the various armies should be able to break through most of the siege. This bad reputation can be cleared."

"Even though I'm disobeying orders and going back like this, at least my reputation among the armies and the people will be much better."

In fact, what he said was also in his heart. What Gu Changfeng didn't know was that although this person made a mistake in Jinling City,

But at least when the great men later established the new China, they did contribute some efforts through various running around and making connections.

Otherwise, after the establishment of New China, the great man would not have returned his position to him.

There are no accidents in history, and Tang Shengzhi must have stood out in some aspect.

"Commander Tang, there's no need to thank me. At one point, I even wanted to shoot you. After all, the order came from you."

Gu Changfeng said frankly.

"Haha!" Tang Shengzhi laughed and said, "Then I have to thank you for not killing me."

The two smiled at each other, feeling that all grudges were forgotten.

Gu Changfeng was in a very good mood at the moment. After all, some things were changed by him, and the heavy stone in his heart finally fell.

"Actually, there's something strange about me." Tang Shengzhi suddenly said this.

Gu Changfeng smiled and said, "Go ahead. I'm in a good mood right now and I'll help you answer all the questions."

"With such thick fog, it's hard to see anywhere. I wonder if you're blessed by God."

"Otherwise, how could he come at such a critical moment?"

After Tang Shengzhi finished speaking, he stared at Gu Changfeng, trying to see something from his face.

In fact, there were many things he felt strange about.

For example, he had heard of the previous weapons, but he couldn't find the source after searching everywhere.

For example, during the evacuation of the people this time, even he felt hopeless, but he still managed to do it, and even the heavy fog helped. This is unreasonable in any way!

"Commander Tang, just consider it as God's blessing for me!"

In fact, Gu Changfeng himself was surprised. Although it was normal to have fog in winter, such a heavy fog suddenly appeared, which made him have to suspect that God was helping him.

After all, he is a time traveler, Gu Changfeng thought so, but looked at Tang Shengzhi with a smile on his face.

Tang Shengzhi pointed at Gu Changfeng, obviously not getting a satisfactory answer. After a long pause, he said, "Just pretend, kid. I'll find out sooner or later."

Gu Changfeng was stunned and said unhappily, "Commander Tang, the fog in Nanjing has nothing to do with me. Maybe God can't stand the cruelty of the Japanese!"

"Hmph!" Tang Shengzhi snorted coldly and said nothing more.

He originally wanted to ask Gu Changfeng about the source of his weapons, but after thinking about it, he decided to give up and just observe more in the future.

After all, Gu Changfeng will still be active on the battlefield, so he doesn't believe that he can't find out.

Devil headquarters.

Prince Asaka Hatomu looked at Nakajima Imao of the 16th Division with a scowl on his face and scolded him.

"Nakajima, you idiot! You let a few Chinese people go! You've been a division commander for nothing! You don't even have this little bit of vigilance?"

The words were very harsh, and Nakajima Imao's face was full of shame. He himself had not expected that there were only a few hundred Chinese people left on the mountain.

Then the main force secretly left through a side path, mainly because the guards didn't notice it.

As a result, the guards at Zhongshan Gate did not receive any news and were forced to fight hastily, allowing the enemy to escape.

"Your Highness, please punish me." Nakajima Imao said, bowing deeply to Prince Asaka.

Prince Asaka became even angrier, but since Nakajima was the division commander, he couldn't ignore his reputation and give him a good beating.

He could only swallow his breath, turned to look at the division commanders and said:

"Gentlemen, the Chinese soldiers are already evacuating, and there aren't many civilians left in Jinling City. What do you think is the point of the Empire spending so much money to occupy an empty city?"

Prince Higashikuni Hato was almost furious. He put so much effort into it, but ended up with an empty city. If he had known earlier, he would have let Matsui continue to be the commander.

I ran over excitedly to pick peaches, but ended up getting nothing.

When this matter gets back, I don’t know how those people in the base will laugh at me.

"Your Highness, perhaps we can storm the Xiaguan Ferry and prevent the Chinese soldiers from evacuating. That way, we can at least keep some of our men."

Major General Kunisaki Noboru spoke tentatively.

He was just talking about it. If they really wanted to attack fiercely, they wouldn't be able to see their own people in front or behind, so there would be no need to talk about cooperation.

Prince Higashikuni snorted coldly, and without paying attention to Kunisaki Noboru's suggestion, he directly ordered:

"Mobilize the heavy artillery regiment and bombard the Chinese on the river."

After saying that, he left angrily.

The order, which seemed to be given to vent anger, made the division commanders look at each other in confusion, and then they all stood up and bowed.

In fact, they all knew that the Battle of Nanjing was a failure and did not achieve the expected results.

The losses themselves were not small, and the next few days were basically just licking wounds and waiting for the next order from the base camp.

As for chasing, forget it. If the person has run away, where can you chase him?

When they evacuate in batches, how many troops will you have to chase them?