nucmednet Chapter 141 Massacre
Chapter 141 Massacre
What Xu Yan didn't expect was that while the fighting in the south was in full swing, Japan actually sent its new Defense Minister Shirakawa Yoshinori to visit Shangjing!
This guy used to be the commander of the Xianli garrison troops, but now he has turned into a politician!
Xu Yan didn't even meet him! He sent Xu Lanchun and Cheng Jun to meet him.
Xu Yan wouldn't be stupid enough to get into trouble at this time!
Shirakawa Yoshinori's purpose is very clear, to appease Xu Yan and ensure the safety of Xianli Country, and he also said that defeating Jiang Chao in the future can ensure the safety of Xu Yan's current control area!
When the two reported to Xu Yan, Xu Yan just said: "Fuck you!"
After Japan occupied Jianye, it did not slow down its offensive momentum.
After a large number of troops landed in Jianye, they attacked inland in three directions!
The First Central China Front Army, led by General Matsujin Ishino, concentrated three divisions and advanced along the Hongshui River to attack Tianjing!
The Second Route Army's East China Front, led by Lieutenant General Tian Junliuyi, led three divisions from Jianye to the north, crossed the Hongshui River, attacked to the south, and received cooperation from the naval fleet along the way.
The Third Army's North China Front, commanded by Army General Terauchi Hisanaga, led four divisions and attacked along the Liangjing Railway.
Jiang Chao had only given up the fantasy of peace talks at this time! He began to prepare for war seriously! However, he found that almost all the troops with combat effectiveness were in the north to guard against Xu Yan!
The entire city of Tianjing was almost wide open!
You must know that Tianjing is the capital of the Chinese National Government!
On July 1935, 7, the Battle of Tianjing began!
The Chinese National Government mobilized all the troops it could! The surrounding miscellaneous troops and various warlord troops all actively participated in the defense of Tianjing!
The battle was extremely brutal!
The Japanese invaders were equipped with armored vehicles, tanks, airplanes, cannons, and other advanced weapons and equipment. They were also supported by naval guns coming up the river.
The Chinese army held their positions for 21 days, but eventually they all fell into enemy hands! These precious days also bought time for the rear to move!
The Chinese National Government announced the relocation of its capital to Jiangcheng!
The Battle of Tianjing lasted for two and a half months! Almost all the city walls were blown up! The streets were filled with the bodies of soldiers from both sides!
In this battle, the elite troops of the Chinese Revolutionary Army were almost wiped out! As many as 140,000 casualties!
The Japanese army also lost more than 30,000 people! Their attempt to destroy China in three months was thwarted!
Song Jinshiye didn't expect such a huge loss! The capital of the Chinese government has been completely destroyed!
"We must completely destroy the Chinese people's will to resist! Otherwise, if we keep fighting city by city, how can we completely occupy China? China is too big!" Chief of Staff Yamagami Tomotake said worriedly.
"Mr. Yamaue is absolutely right! We must fundamentally eliminate their will to resist!" said General Asakanomiya Shima.
"Asaka-kun, what do you think?" Matsui Ishino asked excitedly.
"Matsujin-kun, we have to scare them! We have to make them tremble when they see us!"
Soon the Japanese army began an organized massacre!
Groups of Chinese civilians and prisoners were taken to the banks of the Hongshui River and slaughtered in an organized manner!
The entire city of Tianjing had turned into a living hell. There were cries everywhere! Shouts for help! Moans! Curses! Gunshots! The sizzling sounds of bayonets piercing human bodies! It filled the entire city of Tianjing!
The entire city of Tianjing was filled with corpses!
A metropolis of more than 800,000 people! Just like that, it turned into a lifeless city of death!
For six whole weeks! The Japanese army was like a group of devils, carrying out an inhumane massacre in Tianjing City and the surrounding areas without any control!
And they didn't deliberately hide these crimes, they just wanted everyone to know! They wanted the Chinese to be afraid! They wanted to be afraid from the bottom of their hearts, to be terrified from the bottom of their hearts!
But the Japanese misjudged the Chinese! Their actions did not scare the Chinese!
Instead, it completely aroused a wave of resistance across the country!
Xu Yan, who was far away in Shangjing, was hurt again!
At one command, the entire border defense force immediately entered a wartime state!
Xu Yan personally wrote a letter to Jiang Chao, expressing his intention to unite and fight the war! And it was published in major newspapers!
Xu Yan knew that the time to send troops had come! Although it was cruel! But he couldn't stop it! He was powerless to stop it! All he could do was to do his best to defeat Japan! To avenge these dead compatriots! This life, the previous life! The revenge of two lives!