南京陥落当時の貴重な映像(1of5) その1 (0:02)(0:19) Zhongshan Gate, facing east and the front entrance from Shanghai. Ono, Katagiri, Isa and Fujii units of our army fought bravely here. (0:22)(0:41) At three AM On Dec. 13th, the corps of engineers made two slits on the city wall through desperate blasting operations. Afterward our army rolled into the city. Finally they hoisted the rising sun banner high on the wall in the cold midnight wind. (0:50)(1:00) The gate is the entrance to Zhongshan road, the straight artery of Nanjing. Therefore the enemy defend it desperately. (1:05)(1:19) The north entrance, Heping Gate. Sukegawa, Takeuchi and Okufuji units steered right and rode a distance to Xiaguan by Chang Jiang. They occupied here to cut off the enemy's retreat. (1:35)(1:46) The northwest entrance, Yijiang Gate. The enemy's desire to retreat and the loss of morale reached a peak here. (1:51)(2:11) Taken the city gates one after another by the siege, the enemy had to get away through this Yijiang Gate. They were so upset that they hanged these kinds of long stuffs on the wall and barely escaped. (2:13)(2:35) After all, they were left inside of the wall as their army closed and locked the gate from outside. They somehow had to get over the high wall to get away. Then they made the long stuffs to dangle on by tying whatever they found, such as a band, leggings, a torn cloth and a rope.