Chapter 2673 Nanjing, Nanjing: A Nation Born from the Brink of Death!
Chapter 2673 Nanjing, Nanjing: A Nation Born from the Brink of Death!
Chapter 2673 Nanjing, Nanjing: Living Towards Death!
Wang Yue sighed and said, "Those people in the city who absolutely refuse to leave probably think the same way!"
Yu Manli hesitated for a moment before saying, "But it would be very difficult for the two of us to save them."
As Yu Manli spoke, she looked towards Nanjing through her binoculars.
In her line of sight, the Japanese were groping their way forward inch by inch, while Japanese soldiers were clearing roadblocks to pave the way for the troops that followed.
Yu Manli felt that entering the city under these circumstances was extremely difficult; it was practically suicide.
Just as Yu Manli was about to put away the telescope, she unexpectedly discovered that a group of people were trying to sneak into the city.
"Zhang Muzhi!"
Yu Manli exclaimed in astonishment, "Are they crazy?"
Wang Yue looked through his binoculars and saw Zhang Muzhi and his men carrying loads of guns and ammunition, silently entering the city.
He said with great emotion, "Zhang Muzhi is probably also worried that the Japanese will suffer too much loss and massacre the city! Let's go too, so we can look out for each other."
Seeing Wang Yue's words, Yu Manli said nothing more, picked up her rifle, and headed towards the passage Zhang Muzhi had found.
There are many moats in front of that gap, and only the last few meters close to the city wall require caution; it is the best route into the city.
Wang Yue grabbed Yu Manli and said seriously, "Now that Zhang Muzhi has entered, we need to stay outside so that we can coordinate an attack from the inside."
Seeing Wang Yue's words, Yu Manli smiled and said, "Let's continue the assassination until they dare not leave the city."
Before Yu Manli arrived in Goose City, she was full of murderous intent, but now she can speak words that send chills down people's spines with a calm and collected demeanor.
Wang Yue felt he had trained his son very successfully, but unfortunately, this success couldn't increase his favorability!
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Zhang Muzhi's group of scattered soldiers originally numbered over 1000, but based on the principle of voluntariness, less than 500 followed him into Nanjing.
There are now more than 200,000 Japanese troops in Nanjing and the surrounding areas, so these 500-plus people are simply not enough to fill a gap in the enemy's teeth.
However, based on his understanding of the Japanese, Zhang Muzhi felt that since they had suffered such heavy losses this time and gained nothing, they might actually resort to extreme measures.
They infiltrated the area to see if they could open another escape route for the people.
As expected of someone who had been to Japan, Zhang Muzhi had some understanding of the officers there. After the Japanese searched the entire city, they not only gathered the surrendered wounded soldiers, but also the tens of thousands of civilians remaining in the city outside.
When the Japanese began to gather these prisoners and civilians, Zhang Muzhi realized that his judgment was correct. So, just as the Japanese were about to issue the order to massacre, he suddenly launched a surprise attack from inside the city to outside.
Zhang Muzhi's purpose was clear: to use them, along with several hundred men, to reach the Japanese generals. By taking them hostage, he could allow the civilians to escape.
Although their attack was very sudden, under normal circumstances, even if they were all dead, they would not have been able to get close to those Japanese generals.
Just then, the Japanese soldiers who went out to grab their weapons and try to intercept them inexplicably fell one by one. Zhang Muzhi and his men were only wearing simple sandbags filled with two layers of tiles, meant to allow them to run a few more steps during the charge. But unexpectedly, these sandbags became the very thing that limited their speed.
Hearing the gunshots, Zhang Muzhi knew that Wang Yue was helping them. He immediately ripped off the sandbag on his chest, grabbed a light machine gun, and charged forward desperately.
When the others saw this, the private sector and their long-time reinforcements arrived, and they immediately charged forward with all their might.
In their view, as long as they could reach the vicinity of those generals, they could complete their mission and perhaps even survive.
The Japanese panicked at this point, not expecting that a small team of 500 men had escaped their search within the city.
So, whether they were originally guards or were preparing to slaughter, they all began to run desperately toward the general.
The goal was to intercept Zhang Muzhi and his group before they got close, but unfortunately, Wang Yue brought out all sixty-eight robots he currently possessed to facilitate the operation.
Seventy sniper rifles rapidly and lightly tapped the enemy in front of Zhang Muzhi and his men, allowing them to quickly approach Matsui Korechi.
Matsui Iwane hadn't expected that even with such tight defenses, there would still be enemies. He quickly retreated in the predetermined direction.
Zhang Muzhi and his group, of course, kept up the chase, and the distance between them grew ever closer.
In the midst of the chaos, after a series of gunshots, the Japanese soldiers surrounding the civilians and wounded soldiers suddenly fell to the ground one by one. In just a few dozen seconds, hundreds of them had fallen.
Upon seeing this, the wounded soldier immediately rushed forward, grabbed a rifle, and began shooting at the surrounding Japanese soldiers.
Their actions immediately attracted the attention of other soldiers who were also dressed in uniform, and they rushed forward to grab the rifles.
With their addition, the number of soldiers receiving weapons increased like a snowball rolling downhill.
What started as a few hundred quickly grew to several thousand. Taking advantage of the fact that the Japanese attention was focused on Matsui Koretoshi, they managed to establish a local advantage.
General Xiao had been hiding in the prisoner-of-war camp, and he never expected that he would have a chance to survive after being captured. He immediately stepped forward to organize the operation.
He knew in his heart that the next step was to catch the Japanese devils off guard. Once the devils reacted, they would surely face annihilation.
Therefore, General Xiao immediately issued an order to escort the people along the Yangtze River and retreat southwestward.
General Xiao believed that once they broke through Japan's defense perimeter, skilled personnel would come to their aid, and tens of thousands of civilians would be able to survive.
Thanks to Zhang Muzhi's involvement, General Xiao's plan was very successful. In addition, since this place was outside Nanjing, tens of thousands of people easily escaped from the encirclement.
However, if they continued to flee south, they were destined to be surrounded by the Japanese soldiers. But just at this moment, the hundreds of people Zhang Muzhi had left outside the city organized a large number of boats and came to meet them as soon as they saw civilians escaping.
Upon seeing this, General Xiao organized his soldiers to defend the area and escort the civilians across the river to escape.
Unfortunately, they didn't have many guns and ammunition to begin with. If it weren't for Wang Yue and a large number of robots helping to hold off the pursuers, they would probably have been annihilated long ago.
Even so, while all the civilians were being evacuated, Japanese soldiers from other areas rushed towards this direction.
(End of this chapter)
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