After Commander Tang issued the evacuation order in accordance with the chairman's evacuation order,

In the afternoon of the same day, the garrison commander, Commander Tang, the deputy commander, Commander Luo, Liu Xing and the officers and soldiers of the chief's department took the prepared small-fire ferry from Xiaguan Coal Port to Pukou.

Arriving in Yangzhou the next day, Commander Tang and other major officials and guards took a bus to Chuzhou to transfer to a train, and took the train to Linhuaiguan that evening.

After crossing the river at the headquarters, the 78th Army and the 36th Division also crossed the river in batches by boat at Coal Port, assembled at Wuyi, then drove to Bengbu, and then transferred to Xinyang to Pingxiang, Jiangxi for reorganization.

The 66th Army and the 83rd Army broke out from Taipingmen, passed through Tangshan and Jurong and concentrated on Ningguo.

At this moment, the situation in Xiaguan is extremely chaotic. All the troops have lost control and are scrambling to cross.

At the same time, the Japanese divisions have entered a certain capital of the capital through Zhongshan Gate, Guanghua Gate, Zhonghua Gate, Shuixi Gate and other places; the Tiangu detachment originally in Zhenjiang has crossed the Yangtze River and is advancing towards Yangzhou; the Guoqi detachment has arrived

Jiangpu, heading towards Pukou.

As for those national army troops that had successfully fled across the river, they also quickly retreated from Jiangbei along Jinpu Road toward Xuzhou.

However, in such an extremely chaotic time, some of the Chinese troops who had not received the order to retreat were fighting on their own, resisting the Japanese invasion, including some of the Chinese troops from the 87th Division of German Arms who had received weapons and equipment donated by Liu Feiyang.

officers and soldiers.

Although the 87th German Arms Division showed great prowess after receiving the free weapons and equipment from Liu Feiyang and killed many Japanese troops, due to the continuous support of the Japanese army, including the Japanese heavy artillery troops,

and bombing support from the Japanese aviation force,

So in the end, the 88th German Arms Division still lost the Guanghua Gate they were holding on to, as well as the second line of defense behind them.

Therefore, after the defeat, the 88th German Arms Division also began to evacuate to Xiaguan, preparing to cross the river to escape.

But now Xiaguan is in extreme chaos,

There were also many trampling casualties, including Captain Xie, the commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Teaching Corps, who was unfortunately trampled to death by the crowd in the Yijiangmen Gate.

But even so, there are still many people desperately trying to find ways to escape.

Even though there were no steamboats or boats to cross the river, there were still many people who jumped into the river to swim across the river, risking being shot by Japanese ships and freezing.

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"What a tragedy! We have no way to cross the other side of the river!"

"The tickets I bought were all fake. What should I do this time? There are so many military officers and soldiers here, and they are also scrambling to get through it!"

At this time, Meng Shishi's father, Meng Qiguan, was also extremely desperate. Looking at the chaotic escape scene in Xiaguan, he said sadly.

As for his family, they could only follow him with expressions of worry and fear, and from time to time they would stare at the people scrambling to cross the river, as well as the officers and soldiers of the army.

Even these officers, soldiers and people were fighting with the troops who stood at Xiaguan to prevent them from crossing the river.

Due to the small number of boats and the large number of people, some boats sank to the bottom of the river due to being overloaded, causing many casualties.

Moreover, most of the officers and soldiers had no boats to ride on. Even if they built rafts to cross the river, many people sank and were swallowed up by the river due to the strong water and poor control.

In short, it is a thrilling and miserable scene, exactly the same as the escape situation in the TV series. It makes people feel sad and sad.

"Then father, let's go back to the capital! Maybe those Japanese soldiers won't hurt us!"

Just when Meng Qiguan fell into despair, his eldest son said very innocently.

"fart!"

"If those Japanese were good people, they wouldn't have killed so many people. And didn't you see so many officers, soldiers and citizens running for their lives?"

"If those damn Japs were good guys, would they run away like this and rush across the river in panic to escape for their lives?"

"They can just surrender, or just be obedient citizens, and there is no need to run for their lives like this!"

Regarding the words of his ignorant eldest son, Meng Qiguan scolded him angrily without thinking.

"But we can't get through it now! What should we do?"

After being scolded by his father, his eldest son Meng Zhiming felt very aggrieved for a while and continued to ask.

"..."

Meng Qiguan was immediately speechless.

Because he doesn’t know either!

"Does God really want us to die here?"

In the end, Meng Qiguan also looked up at the sky with an expression of sadness and despair, and sighed deeply.

Then he was very helpless and continued to stand here in Xiaguan with his family, waiting for the opportunity to cross the river and escape.

Of course, if there was really no way to escape across the river, Meng Qiguan could only take his family back to the city and pray that the Japanese army would not do anything terrible.

That is to say, to be a poor man resigned to his fate.

Seeing her father's desperate expression and her family's frightened expressions, Meng Shishi felt very uncomfortable, sad, and scared.

But she suddenly remembered that the man named Liu Feiyang's subordinate had said that she could find him.

If things were really desperate, maybe she could take her family and escape to Jinling Women's University.

When she thought of this, the panic in Meng Shishi's heart was inexplicably relieved a lot for some reason.

People who had the same experience as Meng Shishi, including Meng Shishi's friend Li Xueying, classmate Chen Xueqing, Zhang Xueer and others, were also unable to cross the river smoothly and stayed in Xiaguan, the capital.

Their families are just as terrified as they are, praying for God's blessing.

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At this time, a large number of national army officers and soldiers who were fleeing across the river, swimming in fear for their lives, or riding small boats and boats, also encountered the Japanese navy and the Japanese 16th Division that had already rushed over.

The sniper fire and ship collisions, as well as shelling and machine gun fire caused heavy casualties.

Therefore, under the brutal killings of the Japanese army, many national army officers and soldiers who were crossing the river to escape for their lives immediately let out pitiful screams.

Many people died on the way across the river, unable to escape even if they wanted to.

Moreover, seeing such a horrific scene of death, the officers and soldiers of the Nationalist Army and the citizens who were still swarming to escape for their lives were filled with fear to the extreme, and became silent.

At this moment, no one knew what to do. Apart from the fear of death, there was nothing left in their hearts.

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At the same time, at this moment, Liu Feiyang's troops had already been deployed in the capital, which they had been familiar with for many days, and were preparing for the combat mission of hunting down high-level Japanese officers.

"Have all the troops been deployed according to my deployment order?"

Liu Feiyang was listening to the report of reconnaissance company commander Li Jingang in a private house near Jinling Women's University, and suddenly asked Yu Zhengnan, the newly appointed battalion commander.

"Everything has been deployed according to your instructions, sir. We are ready to hunt and kill the Japanese officers and Japanese troops who invaded the capital at any time!"

Yu Zhengnan immediately replied.

"Okay! Let's get ready! The Japanese army should be entering the city soon!"

Liu Feiyang nodded with satisfaction and responded.

"Yes! Sir!"

Yu Zhengnan quickly agreed.

Then he turned around and left, putting the troops into a state of emergency preparation.

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Chapter completed!