"Battalion... Battalion commander! ”

Time, Nanjing, Tongjimen position.

Just when the Japanese army was attacking, Li Jichang and a few soldiers ran from the city in a panic for some reason, and finally came to Leng Jie, breathing heavily, and lost their breath for a while.

"You're back? How's it going? Leng Jie hurriedly asked.

Li Jichang and a few soldiers' faces were not very good-looking, "Battalion commander, you are right, the Yuhuatai position has been lost, most of the thousands of officers and soldiers of the brigade defending Yuhuatai have been killed in battle, and the two brigade commanders have also died in battle.

Now the Japanese 6th Division has entered the Zhonghua Gate and is engaged in a fierce battle with the defenders. On my way back, it was said that the garrison headquarters was ready to abandon Nanjing, but I don't know if it's true or not! ”

Hearing the news, several low-ranking officers around were a little shocked.

"Impossible, the Yuhuatai position and the Zhonghua Gate are defended by the army, how can they be lost so quickly? Nanjing is the capital of the Nationalist Government, how can it be abandoned! Li Yu didn't understand.

"That's it, who the hell dares to give up Nanjing, I greet his ancestors for the eighteenth generation!" Daniel Zhang yelled.

"Shut up!" Leng Jie said coldly, "Daniel Zhang, from now on, as the acting company commander of the Fifth Company, you will gather the reliable brothers of the Fifth Company for me and wait for my instructions."

Remember, what I'm saying is that I can only follow my instructions, can I do it? ”

Daniel Zhang's expression froze, and he immediately made a military salute, "Battalion commander, don't worry, I, Daniel Zhang, will definitely complete the task you assigned!" ”

"Go!"

"Battalion commander, what do you want to do?" Li Yu was puzzled.

"Nope... Before Leng Jie finished speaking, someone notified him to go to the regiment headquarters for a meeting, Leng Jie looked at the time and knew that it was almost over.

Sure enough, when he arrived at the regiment headquarters, Xie Chengrui conveyed the order to evacuate Nanjing, but there was no plan for how to evacuate.

Because Gui Yongqing explained the retreat and ran away, and the commander of the 2nd Brigade, Hu Qiru, also ran.

Not only these people, but also Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 71st Army, Sun Yuanliang, commander of the 72nd Army, Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, and Wang Yaowu, a senior general from Huangpu of the National Army, are all trying to retreat at this time, including Song Xilian.

However, Song Xilian, Wang Yaowu and others ran away with the troops, while Wang Jingjiu, Sun Yuanliang, and Gui Yongqing directly abandoned the troops and ran away.

Historically, the nearly 100,000 defeated soldiers who were slaughtered in Nanjing were all from these troops.

This is the current situation of the generals of the central department of the national government at this time, and the defense of Nanjing is a mirror that reflects their original form. No matter how much they whitewashed it later, they could not deny the fact that they abandoned their troops in Nanjing and fled, resulting in the massacre of their troops in Nanjing.

Gui Yongqing, Hu Qiru and other senior generals of the teaching corps abandoned their troops and fled, and for a time the teaching corps of nearly 10,000 people was leaderless, although the order to retreat was issued, but the regiment commanders and battalion commanders below were all confused.

Tang Shengzhi, commander of the garrison headquarters, Luo Zhuoying and Liu Xing, deputy commanders of the garrison, and Zhou Bin, chief of staff, and other personnel of the headquarters had boarded a small steamer in the coal port half an hour ago and withdrew towards the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Now the situation is whether we will break through from the front, according to the plan previously developed by the garrison command, or retreat by boat from Shimonoseki! ”

"Commander, naturally retreat from Shimonoseki. The devils are all outside the city, only Xiaguan has no enemies, there are still boats there, and we can also evacuate Nanjing by boat! The chief of staff of the 2nd Regiment immediately shouted.

"Regiment commander, I also think that it is good to retreat from Xiaguan, the front is full of Japanese troops, and breaking through from the front is tantamount to looking for death!"

For a time, both the commander of the first battalion and the commander of the third battalion echoed the suggestion of the chief of staff to retreat from Shimonoseki.

Xie Chengrui hesitated a little, and found that Leng Jie, the acting battalion commander of the second battalion, did not speak, and was a little curious, "Battalion Commander Leng, why don't you speak?" ”

"Does the regimental commander really want to listen to the words of the lowly officer?" Leng Jie smiled slightly, but no matter how others looked at it, it seemed to be mocking.

"Just say!" Xie Chengrui hesitated for a while and said.

"I just saw your attitude, I'm not afraid of offending people, anyway, I haven't been teaching the team for a few days. However, since you have been in love for nearly ten days, I suggest that if you want to survive, you have to break through from the front!

Xiaguan is a dead end! Leng Jie said unceremoniously.

"Leng Jie, what are your intentions? There are three or four divisions of the Japanese army on the front, breaking through from the front, what is it not looking for death? The chief of staff immediately pointed at Leng Jie and scolded loudly.

"Battalion Commander Leng, why do you think it's better to break through head-on?" Xie Chengrui was a little curious.

"Commander, you graduated from the French military academy, and you have seen many examples of war. I am not talented in my position, and I have also read some books of basic ancient art of war, and today's Nanjing City is surrounded by three and one is missing, and it seems to be a safe pass, but in fact, it is a dead end. ”

"The surname is cold, don't pull us on our back if you want to die!" The commander of the first battalion shouted.

"Battalion Commander Leng, you go on!" Xie Chengrui raised his hand and stopped the others from interjecting.

Leng Jie didn't want so many comrades-in-arms to go to Xiaguan to die, and continued to persuade, "I believe that the order to retreat at this time has been transmitted to all troops, but the garrison headquarters has not come up with a feasible plan, and it is estimated that they are all flocking to Xiaguan now."

To put it mildly, what if we withdraw to Shimonoseki? Do we have a boat? The Yangtze River is so wide, can you still swim through?

And the Japanese army behind is not a fool, it will definitely catch up, and the troops who have not withdrawn from the Shimonoseki pier at that time are all targets of the Japanese army.

At this time, the Japanese army thought that we would all be defeated, but had a better chance of breaking through from the front. ”

In the end, Leng Jie still failed to persuade Xie Chengrui and other battalion and regiment-level officers, the truth is the same, but everyone has a fluke mentality, thinking that they can escape.

And it was this fluke psychology that caused nearly 100,000 troops in history to die tragically in Nanjing.

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"College students? What are you in a daze? The company commander told you that something was wrong! ”

Hunyuan County, the second battalion of the 687th Regiment was stationed.

"What's the matter?" Li Hai, who was sitting there in a daze, replied without raising his head.

"I said that the battalion commander came to see you catch those two little devils!"

"Oh, what's the number today?"

"The solar calendar is the number, what's wrong?"

"No?" Lehi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly stood up and looked sharply to the south.

If he remembers correctly, today is the time of the fall of Nanjing, and from tomorrow onwards, 300,000 compatriots will be slaughtered by the Japanese army in the next six weeks, and the blood will stain the entire land of Nanjing and the Yangtze River.

That's 300,000 compatriots!

300,000!

"Little devil!"

Lehi suddenly thought that there were two little devils in his platoon, and when he thought of this, he turned around and walked directly towards the place where the two little devils were held.

"College student, why are you going?"

"I'm going to see those two little devils!" Lehi gritted his teeth!