The devils have arrived???? The next morning, more than 300 people from the 524th regiment began their environmental destruction activities under the leadership of the regimental commander. All chapters are handwritten please go to .xs555. Fortunately, Rain Flower Terrace is not yet covered with trees like in later generations. There are still relatively few trees now. A group of people can dig up the tree roots in one day. Old Wang took this opportunity to carefully observe the deployment of the 88th division.

  Chiang Kai-shek's direct lineage is not to be covered. The division directly under the command of a single artillery battalion has three artillery companies, and even rare high-angle guns are available. Engineer battalion, communication battalion, medical team, all complete, but what Old Wang thinks is exaggerated is that there is also an equipped wireless communication company. This is just a division-level unit, and each unit knows that at the regimental level, they have their own artillery troops.

  This regiment is probably the worst unit in the whole division. It was learned that during the retreat from Shanghai, all heavy weapons were destroyed and a new batch was immediately replenished.

  The entire army of over 20,000 people is almost entirely composed of veteran soldiers with combat experience.

  Old Wang was stunned and his mouth dropped open. He thought to himself, "He's really arrogant with wealth!"

  Yuhuatai was divided into 3 layers of positions, and each position had anti-tank trenches dug in front of the infantry camp. In the trenches, shelters were built. The top was made of original wood concrete, and as long as it wasn't unlucky enough to be hit by an aerial bomb, the Japanese army's firepower couldn't do anything about this shelter.

  The core position is a fully concrete-poured machine gun nest, what a luxury! The engineering battalion didn't waste the leftover concrete and built two hidden bunkers to form a crossfire with the core position, ensuring its safety.

  Three lines of defense can be seen in the traffic trenches, which are dug in all directions like a spider web.

  Old Wang thought that the engineering troops repairing the earth were professional and much stronger than his own group of second-rate soldiers.

  After digging tree roots all day, Xie Jin Yuan ran back to the camp and asked Old Wang: "Hey, you saw everything today, right? The fortifications are really solid! Do you think we can hold out for three months?"

  Old Wang knew that Xie Jin Yuan had come to seek guidance. He shook his head and said: "At most seven days."

  Xie Jin-yuan asked somewhat annoyed: "Seven days, how is it possible."

  Old Wang smiled and said: "The most important thing for defending a city is something we don't have."

  "What is it that we lack?"

  Old Wang said: "Determination."

  Xie Jin-yuan said angrily: "The determination to kill the devils we still have. Not just me, I think the officers and men of the 88th Division also have it."

  Old Wang waved his hand to indicate that Xie Jin Yuan had misunderstood.

  "Not people like you and me, but those above."

  Xie Jin Yuan rubbed his head and said: "Which one is on top."

  Old Wang pulled Xie Jin-yuan closer and said in a low voice, "Who knows what's on their minds. But look at the battlefield situation. In fact, the ones defending Nanjing's inner city are us - the 88th, 87th, and the Central Military Academy troops. They're all Commander-in-Chief's personal guards."

  You see, Hu Zongnan's First Army is still on the other side of the river, which proves that there are still differences in the upper levels about whether to defend Nanjing and how to defend it. The battle has not even started yet, and we don't even know what we want to do ourselves, let alone have a chance of winning! Just watch, as soon as the fighting starts, problems will arise on our side.

  Xie Jin-yuan nodded and sighed, "The principal has always wanted to eliminate factions, but our army is full of factions. It's easy to cause problems when fighting."

  Old Wang said in a low voice: "I advise you to draft a detailed withdrawal plan, lest we get dizzy at that time. According to the reliable news from inside Xiaoyi's house, this time the Chairman of the Committee is fighting to defend Nanjing, which means he wants to force the Soviet Union to send troops. If the Soviet Union does not send troops in a few days, we will have to withdraw."

  Xie Jin Yuan now completely believes that Old Wang is a man with a very impressive background, even able to get insider information like this.

  "But retreat also needs a boat! Where can we get one now?"

  Old Wang smiled and said: "Do you know Zhang Lingfu?"

  Xie Jin-yuan nodded and said: "Fourth-year students."

  Old Wang said: "You just won't find him by walking around and asking about his relationships. His troops have a boat."

  Xie Jin-yuan thought for a moment and said: "When the war really reaches that point, I will go."

  Old Wang said: "However, you don't have to worry too much, our team won't get any decent defensive tasks."

  Xie Jin asked strangely: "What's going on here?"

  Old Wang said: "Isn't this a lion on a bald head?! Think about what we are now."

  "Reserve team."

  Old Wang pointed in the direction of the division headquarters and said: "According to what you know, does our division have any other reserve troops?"

  Xie Jin-yuan could only truthfully reveal military secrets.

  "Our division still has two full regiments as reserve troops."

  Old Wang said with a hint of disappointment: "By the time we were assigned combat missions, this war had basically taken shape."

  Xie Jin-yuan heard this and was very unconvinced, he himself thought that just relying on his own troops being the old soldiers who had defended the isolated city for the whole city would be enough to make the division assign important tasks to him.

  Old Wang had just fallen asleep when he heard the emergency assembly whistle blowing in the camp. Old Wang estimated that the devils should have launched their attack by now. Several hundred people were lined up neatly on the open space in front of the regimental headquarters.

  Xie Jin-yuan stepped forward and said: "Just now, the Sixth Division of the devils has started attacking Yuhuatai. The division ordered our regiment to stand by and prepare for battle."

  Old Wang told Hei Da Ge and Xiao Hou Zi to go back to sleep, saying that the Master's Department wouldn't need us shrimp soldiers for three or four days.

  A few people had just returned to the tent when the sound of bombers came from outside. The captain immediately ordered each department to take anti-aircraft measures. Old Wang lay down on the ground, muttering: "You little devils, if you have the ability, throw the bombs at the back mountain."

  The enemy's air force was still somewhat accurate, and the aerial bombs all landed on the front line of defense at Rain Flower Terrace. Then came the artillery coverage. The Japanese heavy artillery was really powerful. The shells hit the ground, causing even the rear mountain to feel like the earth was shaking.

  Old Wang counted the time it took for the devils to prepare their artillery fire, silently calculating in his heart how much steel could be exchanged for the devils' ammunition and what kind of destruction it would bring to the front line positions.

  Just then, Xie Jin-yuan rushed in and shouted: "Everyone gather, there's a mission."

  Old Wang thought: So soon there is already a task.

  Xie Jin-yuan said: "The Japanese army attacked on three sides, and the initial attack was repelled by our army. According to our reconnaissance, only Guanghua Gate is still fighting with the Japanese army. There is only one battalion of the Instructional Corps there. The division commander ordered my unit to go and reinforce them. I ordered..."

  As soon as Xie Jin-yuan mentioned Guanghua Gate, Old Wang immediately understood why the division called the 524th Regiment over. The Guanghua Gate is located on the old city wall of Nanjing. There are moats and city gates, and the fortifications are exceptionally solid, left behind by our ancestors. Defending on the city wall is no different from defending in the Four Banks Warehouse, so they had to call up their own experienced troops.

  Moreover, this group is insignificant and sending them away will have little impact on the overall situation of Yu Huatai.

  Xie Jin-yuan took himself as a piece of incense and ordered his troops to rush to Guanghua Gate immediately.

  More than 300 people ran forward to reinforce Guanghua Gate, and Old Wang was delighted! It is worth noting that on the first day, the Japanese army's three-line push resulted in a defeat on all three sides. The troops suffered heavy casualties. On the second day, the Japanese army concentrated its heavy firepower on the Yuhuatai direction. Among the three supporting points, Yuhuatai was the first to be occupied by the Japanese army. Xie Jin Yuan had some feelings for the 524th Regiment, but as for whether the 88th Division could save it or not, that's another matter. Anyway, when the 88th Division defended Yuhuatai, they also inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese army, which led to the Japanese army being insufficient in its later Xuzhou campaign.

  Yuhuatai is very close to Guanghua Gate, Xie Jinyuan arrived at Guanghua Gate and reported to Shangguan: "I am the 88th Division 524 Regiment, Regimental Commander Xie Jinyuan. I have been ordered to come and reinforce."

  The other party replied: "Liao Yaoxiang, the chief of staff of the 2nd Division of the Central Instruction Corps, is directing the battle here."

  Old Wang took a look at Liao Yaohsiang and thought to himself: "You're the Liao Yaohsiang who was defeated by Lin Biao in the Liaoshen Campaign, losing your helmet and armor! Now you're just a regimental cadre, not even the commander of a unit."

  Xie Jin Yuan didn't beat around the bush and directly asked: "How is it?"

  Liao Yaohuang said, "The devils are playing with their lives. Without regard for the web, one team after another came up against us, and we didn't even have time to adjust our morale. However, fortunately you arrived in time to take over."

  Old Wang looked at the more than 300 people behind him and asked: "Are we going to die defending Guanghua Gate?"

  Liao Yaohuang looked at Old Wang and said: "This is..."?

  "This is Old Wang, a British journalist."

  Liao Yaohsiang didn't even bother to respond.

  When Liao Yaoxiang was organizing his own troops to withdraw, Old Wang pulled Xie Jinyuan aside. I want to know who our opponent on the ground is.

  Xie Jin-yuan thought for a moment and said: "According to what I saw at the meeting in the headquarters today, it should be the 16th Division of the Japanese Army. The division commander is Nakajima Ichiro."

  Old Wang thought: I've run into a butcher.

  Old Wang recalled the introduction of Nakajima Atsushi he had learned, who studied in France and whose tactical ideas were unorthodox in the Japanese army. Sometimes his battles showed some romantic colors. His bloodthirsty nature made him one of the culprits behind the Nanjing Massacre.

  Old Wang strolled around the battlefield again and found that the gate of Guanghua Gate was very deep and narrow, suitable for defense. As he looked at it, Old Wang suddenly came up with an idea.

  Old Wang pulled Xie Jinyuan to one side and said, "We'll concentrate our main firepower on the inner side of the city wall. We'll bury explosives in the gate tunnel. When the Japanese troops enter, about a company-sized unit, you'll detonate the explosives. This will blow up Guanghua Gate, cutting off the enemy's retreat route. Then we'll counterattack and wipe out the devils inside the city."

  Xie Jin-yuan looked at Old Wang and said: "The idea is good, but if a company of devils were to be let in, we wouldn't be able to eat."

  Old Wang smiled and said, "It's just that after you said Director Liao would let you take the fall. Besides, after the explosion at Guanghua Gate, those devils will have to fight us for the city wall if they want to come up again. This three-meter-high city wall is the devils' tomb."

  According to the intelligence we obtained from behind enemy lines, Nakashima has handed over many of his troops to the 9th Division, which is mainly attacking Yu Huatai. Now he doesn't have many troops himself. I think if we can take out one of his regiments at once, he won't dare to attack us recklessly anymore.