Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 214 Chaos in the North of Jinling City

On the morning of the second day, the artillery fire in Jinling City finally stopped temporarily.

After a night of fighting, the Japanese advanced smoothly at Zhonghuamen and Guanghuamen.

Of course, it was also because the two defenders did it on purpose. In short, the two Japanese division commanders were very satisfied.

In their view, after a night of fierce attack, the results were already quite good. Once the soldiers had a rest, they would surely be unstoppable and there would be no pressure at all.

However, the situation was not so good for the Japanese in some other places, such as Zhongshan Gate and Taiping Gate.

The defenders fought desperately, causing heavy losses to the Japanese who attacked from both directions.

On the Mufu Mountain front, both sides were really angry and fought to the death.

If they couldn't win, they would just hold grenades and explosive packs and die together. This style of fighting made the Japanese Yamada Detachment very uncomfortable.

In short, no matter what the outcome, the fighting in various places was temporarily stopped in the early morning.

Towards Xiaguan Pukou.

Since civilians started to replace soldiers yesterday afternoon, the soldiers from each company, who had finally had a good rest, now looked full of energy.

The attack of the Japanese Kunizaki Detachment did not cause any trouble here, and the evacuation of civilians continued in an orderly manner.

However, as the Japanese offensive became more fierce, the people left in Jinling City became panicked and flocked here, causing a lot of trouble for the special forces guarding Shangyuan Gate.

The gathering of a large number of people would easily be discovered by the Japanese, and if a few bombs were dropped, heavy casualties would be inevitable.

Gu Changfeng came to Shangyuan Gate in person early in the morning just to resolve this matter.

Da da da.

A burst of bullets was fired into the air, plunging the chaotic scene into silence.

"Shut the fuck up, everyone! Our commander has something to say. Anyone who keeps making noise will never leave Jinling."

A special forces soldier shouted loudly.

"People who want to leave, listen to me."

Gu Changfeng waited for a while, and when he saw that the sound had almost disappeared, he took a loudspeaker and shouted at the crowd.

"First of all, there are too many people gathered here, and the Japanese planes will not care whether you are soldiers or civilians."

"A few bombs would kill a large number of people here. I believe everyone knows the cruelty of the Japanese."

"So, from now on, all the people behind you should go back, or find a place to hide nearby and wait for notification from the soldiers."

"There's only one boat here every two hours or so. There's no benefit in gathering here. It will only cause unnecessary damage."

"Do you understand everything?"

He said this last sentence so loudly that the people crowded in the back could hear it clearly.

But the effect of this statement is really not very good.

At this time when families are broken up and people are dying, people's selfishness is undoubtedly revealed, and every citizen wants to escape from Jinling as soon as possible.

Gu Changfeng couldn't care less. He just needed to follow his heart and transport most of the people out.

"Do you understand what the commander said?" Seeing that the people had no reaction, the team member couldn't help but shout again.

Now the people in the crowd began to whisper.

At this time, a middle-aged man wearing round-frame glasses and holding a large box of books squeezed to the front.

After being stopped by the team members, he stopped a few meters away from Gu Changfeng.

"Sir, I can give up my seat, but can you please take these books and students with you?"

The middle-aged man with glasses pleaded to Gu Changfeng.

When Gu Changfeng heard the shout, he turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man.

"Let him come."

Gu Changfeng said to the team members.

When the middle-aged man came closer, Gu Changfeng asked, "Which school are you from?"

He still admires the teachers of this era. There are not many people who can maintain their original intentions in such war-torn times, but there are also not many.

The "few" refers to the traitors who sold out their country for personal gain, but the "many" naturally refers to the teachers who still insist on teaching and educating people.

Gu Changfeng looked at the middle-aged man and saw that he was obviously dressed like a scholar, so he asked this question.

Sure enough, the middle-aged man said humbly, "Sir, I am a teacher in the History Department of Jinling University. My last name is Li."

Gu Changfeng nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Well, don't give up your position. Come and help us. If your students need it, I can help you send them to Jiangbei."

"Of course, if possible, we are short of manpower here, and your students can stay and help."

He thought that these people were at least literate and could do some clerical record-keeping work.

After Gu Changfeng finished his request, Teacher Li was in a dilemma. In this chaotic time, as a teacher, he was powerless and could not even escape the Japanese bullets.

Seeing this, Gu Changfeng didn't care and said, "If you don't want to, forget it. You can go together. I'll have someone take you to Pukou."

Teacher Li said gratefully, "Thank you, sir."

He said this with some embarrassment, looking at Gu Changfeng and said, "I have a lot of books. I'm sorry to bother you, sir."

Gu Changfeng waved his hand and asked the team members to make arrangements.

It doesn’t matter whether I can keep him here or not, I’m just trying it.

Of course, if he settles down in the future, these scholars will be treasures, and he will definitely not let them go.

After leaving Teacher Li, Gu Changfeng and several team members started walking towards the back.

The huge number of team members made him feel helpless. The team members were already evacuating, but the effect was still not great.

He walked like this, and often heard what he heard.

"Sir, send my son out!"

"Sir, please send my old mother out. Please."

There are countless similar words.

Gu Changfeng picked up the loudspeaker and shouted to the people, "Everyone, be silent!"

The momentum of this shout was like dropping a bomb on calm water, and the surrounding area instantly became silent.

"Those of you who want to die can stay here. Those who don't want to die can hide nearby or go home first."

"Don't think you'll get any benefit from this. No one can leave if you keep making such a commotion."

As soon as Gu Changfeng finished speaking, the air defense alarm sounded throughout Jinling City.

Buzz!

The shrill alarm made the people gathered here panic instantly.

Gu Changfeng's face changed, and then he saw dense black spots in the eastern sky.

"The Japanese planes are coming, evacuate quickly!"

In fact, Gu Changfeng didn't need to remind them, as the people had already started looking for places to hide.

But there are so many people here, and it is crowded, so it is almost impossible to run away in a short time.

For a moment, the crying of children, the scolding of adults, and the hurried footsteps were intertwined.

Fortunately, the enemy's target had not yet reached this area. Unfortunately, Purple Mountain was once again hit by heavy artillery fire.

Large numbers of aerial bombs fell on the Purple Mountain position as if they were free, causing heavy casualties to the soldiers on the position in just a few minutes.

Then the Japanese soldiers flew away from Purple Mountain like victorious generals and began to bomb the city of Jinling.

More than ten minutes later, the Japanese observers suddenly saw a large number of people in the northern part of the city fleeing in panic.

The Japanese observer smiled disdainfully and reported, "Report, a large number of Chinese civilians are gathering in the northern part of the city."

"Turn and kill them immediately!" The Japanese driver suddenly became excited, with a cruel smile on his face.

A large number of people gathered at Shangyuan Gate and something happened eventually. It was impossible to evacuate so many people at once. In addition, the chaos made the evacuation even more difficult.

Boom boom boom!

More than a dozen aerial bombs fell on the crowd, and there was a burst of wailing.

When faced with danger, human nature's instinct to escape ultimately harms some people.

Fortunately, after the Japanese bombed Zijin Mountain and Jinling city, the number of aerial bombs was small, otherwise the casualties would have been greater.

As the Japanese aircraft group left in triumph, only a mess remained near Shangyuan Gate...