"It's been three hours out of the city, why haven't you come back? It can't be that the surname Leng ran away! ”

Just as everyone in the regiment headquarters was anxiously waiting, a strange voice suddenly appeared.

"Regiment commander, I think that Deputy Battalion Commander Leng is just delayed on the road, he will not run away!" The second battalion commander argued.

"Why? He's only been here for a few days, and you trust him so much? Xie Chengrui looked at the second battalion commander curiously, not quite understanding why the other party's change was so big.

"Report to the regiment commander, with his humble understanding of Deputy Battalion Commander Leng in the past few days, he is not the one who escaped from the battle, otherwise he would not stay now, with his ability, he can take a few of his subordinates to leave Nanjing at night, but he didn't!" The commander of the second battalion was convinced.

"How do you know what he thinks in his heart?" The commander of the battalion next to him had a strange aura of yin and yang.

The second battalion commander was still trying to defend himself, but a voice came from outside.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Leng is back!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw Leng Jie suddenly appear at the regiment headquarters, and seeing the regimental headquarters with a somewhat strange atmosphere, Leng Jie was a little puzzled, but he still gave a military salute, "Report to the regiment commander, Leng Jie returned smoothly." ”

"How's it going?" Xie Chengrui didn't care about the battalion commander, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.

"Regiment Commander, the situation is as expected by Chief Zhou, there are indeed many Japanese troops stationed near the Qilin Gate." As he spoke, Leng Jie took out the map and began to mark it on the map in front of everyone.

"This village should be a camp of the Japanese infantry wing, with the village as the core, tents on the periphery, and the number of Japanese troops is about 2,000 or more, the details are unknown。。。。。"

"About 800 meters southeast of the previous village is the artillery position of the Japanese army, which is suspected to be the 22nd Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, which is the artillery wing of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army。。。。。"

"There is also a Japanese garrison about 1.5 kilometers to the south, which is suspected to be a field hospital of the Japanese army, and the scale is not small."

"There were many villages where the Japanese troops were stationed farther away, but they were afraid that they would not be too late, so they did not go to reconnoitre. . . ."

"It doesn't matter! Anyway! ”

Xie Chengrui was already smiling from ear to ear, such a detailed situation was enough, if he could inflict heavy damage or annihilate these Japanese troops, the pressure on the Purple Mountain position the next day would inevitably be greatly reduced.

The Purple Mountain position is the commanding height of Nanjing City, and only the Purple Mountain position is there, and the Japanese army cannot fully occupy Nanjing.

"Regiment commander, these Japanese troops are a bit much, and it is difficult to achieve too good results with only the remnants of our second regiment and the 112th division." The chief of staff hesitated.

Xie Chengrui nodded in agreement, and the whole person held his chin and fell into deep thought.

"Commander, I suggest that you report this to the commander-in-chief, but don't think about reporting it to the garrison headquarters. In order to teach the general corps, the 102nd Division and the 112th Division, the Japanese army can be severely damaged without the whole army being dispatched.

According to the observation of the lowly position, the Japanese army's defense was lax, and the Japanese army's secret posts and lowly duties were also clearly reconnoitred. If he really launched an attack, he was willing to lead the commando team to uproot the Japanese sentinels for the large army and respond to the attack of the large army. "Leng Jie, please fight.

Xie Chengrui thought about it for a while, and finally decided to report this matter to the headquarters headquarters.

When Xie Chengrui reported the deployment of the Japanese army detected by Leng Jie to the headquarters headquarters, the headquarters was arguing, and naturally they wanted to send troops.

"Captain, Commander Tang of the garrison headquarters strictly forbade us to attack, taking the defense of Nanjing as the first priority, in case the sneak attack fails, this crime is not small." Hu Qiru, commander of the Second Brigade, was the first to jump out and oppose it.

"Captain, don't miss the opportunity, the time will never come. The men of the 2nd Regiment risked their lives to detect the situation of the Japanese army, and if they could take the opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese army, it would be of great help to the defense of the Purple Mountain position. ”

Zhou Zhenqiang, who advocated taking the initiative at the beginning, is naturally a staunch main battle faction, and he is also full of good feelings for Xie Chengrui and Leng Jie, especially the latter.

"The authenticity of this information is still up for debate, that Leng Jie is just a newcomer to the teaching team, how can he be gullible?" Hu Qiru said disdainfully.

"Yuan, what do you think?" Seeing the first brigade commander and the second brigade arguing, Gui Yongqing also felt that his head was big, so he asked Qiu Qingquan's opinion on the side.

Both of them have the experience of studying in Germany, although it is not a school, Gui Yongqing also went first, and after he graduated and returned to China, Qiu Qingquan went. But with this relationship, he still trusts Qiu Qingquan.

Qiu Qingquan looked at the content of the telegram, and was no longer curious about Leng Jie, but he didn't expect that the other party would really dare to go out of the city to reconnoitre.

"Captain, it's a good opportunity to attack, the best defense is actually attacking. Defending the Purple Mountain passively, our casualties will be very large. "Qiu Qingquan is not a rule-abiding master in the war, how can he miss such a good opportunity.

"Qiu Qingquan, have you thought about the reaction of the garrison headquarters? If we attack without permission, who will bear the consequences? Hu Qiru is welcome.

"Brigade Commander Hu, when is our Central Army going to start listening to the words of a miscellaneous army general? Tang Shengzhi is a fool, he has no experience in commanding large corps operations, and passive defense is the face of our teaching corps.

We are holding the best weapons of the Chinese army but passively defending here, you Brigade Commander Hu think it's nothing, I, Qiu Qingquan, can't stand this nest. In the face of Hu Qiru's ridicule, Qiu Qingquan was not polite, and went back directly.

Qiu is a madman, not only a madman when he fights, but he will not give a good face to his colleagues, especially those who are not good.

"You...

Hu Qiru pointed at Qiu Qingquan with a somewhat ugly face, and before he could speak, Ma Weilong, the commander of the Third Brigade on the side, said, "Captain, what Chief of Staff Qiu said makes sense, when will we teach the corps to listen to Tang Shengzhi's words?" Willing to fight! ”

Seeing the three brigade commanders, two of them were in favor of attacking, and one chief of staff was in favor, but Gui Yongqing was a little hesitant.

Soon Gui Yongqing disappeared for a while, returning after about twenty minutes, and then ordered the operation to be carried out.

Regarding Gui Yongqing's attitude, everyone was also a little puzzled, the other party should not have gone to ask Tang Shengzhi for advice.

So who did he consult? Let his attitude suddenly become firm.

It can't be the principal, right?

Several people were speculating in their hearts, but they didn't ask much. It is not uncommon for these generals who graduated from Huangpu to report directly to the principal if they skip the ranks, Gui Yongqing has done it, Hu Zongnan has also done it, and many generals such as Du Yuming and Song Xilian have done it.

Sometimes it's a good thing, but sometimes it's a bad thing, and it's mostly the latter.

But Lao Jiang didn't think so, but felt that this was a sign of loyalty to him.

"I've decided to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese tonight. Deputy Commander Zhou was the commander-in-chief, leading the 1st Teaching Regiment, the 2nd Teaching Regiment, the 5th Teaching Regiment, the 102nd Division and the 112th Division to be responsible for the raid.

The 1st Teaching Regiment, the 5th Teaching Regiment and the 102nd Division were responsible for attacking the Japanese camps, and the 2nd Teaching Regiment and the 112th Division were responsible for attacking Japanese artillery positions and field hospitals.

The artillery regiment of the corps is responsible for providing cover!

After receiving the order, the troops were ordered to quickly assemble and launch a general attack at three o'clock in the morning! ”