The armored car was very fast, and it didn't take long for Xu Wen and the others to rush back to the rest place of the main force.

Wu Yongqiang, Sun Fugui and others surrounded one after another, and asked with concern: "Big brother, why have you been there for so long?" What's the catch? ”

Xu Wen said with a smile: "The division and regimental headquarters that killed the devils, as well as their commanders and chief of staff, are all killed!" ”

"Great!" Wu Yongqiang and Sun Fugui were pleasantly surprised.

Xu Wen was overjoyed, and immediately instructed Sun Fugui: "You immediately send a telegram to Commander-in-Chief Tang in Nanjing, report to him that the victory will be reported to him, and say that our department has succeeded in attacking the headquarters of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, and killed dozens of Japanese backbones, including the commander of the enemy's lieutenant general division, Nakajima and Isago Imakura."

Now the command system of the 16th Division has been paralyzed, and the entire division has fallen into a situation where there is no leader.

I, Zhu Ziming, decided to lead the officers and soldiers of my department to take advantage of the situation to launch a sneak attack on the enemy in Wuxi!

I ask the garrison headquarters to give an order that all the defending units of our army in the Wuxi area should turn from defense to attack and attack the enemy in front of them.

Cooperate with our front and rear attacks, and strive to defeat all the Japanese troops in the Wuxi area in one fell swoop! In order to ensure the safety of the national defense line and buy more time for the defense of Nanjing! ”

"Yes!" Sun Fugui immediately saluted and took the order to leave.

……

Nanjing, garrison headquarters.

Chairman Chiang and others had already evacuated Nanjing, and all the commanders of the troops in the Nanjing garrison had been transferred to Tang Shengzhi.

However, Chen Cheng took the initiative to choose to stay, and he stayed for two purposes, one was to supervise and assist Tang Shengzhi in commanding the defense of Nanjing.

Second, it was also to stabilize the morale of the army, because a large part of the troops withdrawn from Shanghai were the elite of the civil engineering department developed by his 11th division of Chen Cheng.

When Xu Wen's good news arrived, Tang Shengzhi was feasting Chen Cheng, although the military situation on the front line was like fire, but they still had to eat for dinner.

In order to make it easier to respond to emergencies at any time, the banquet was held in a living room in the garrison headquarters.

Before the meal was ready, a lieutenant colonel communications staff officer of the garrison headquarters broke into the dining room in a hurry, and hurriedly came behind Tang Shengzhi and Chen Cheng, and said before he had time to salute: "General seat, Chief Chen, I just received a good news from Zhu Ziming's department.

Forty minutes ago, they successfully attacked the headquarters of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, killing a large number of Japanese backbones, including the commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Nakajima Asago, Chief of Staff Mitsuo Nakazawa, and others!

Now the entire command system of the 16th Division has been completely destroyed! ”

"What?" Whether it was Tang Shengzhi, Chen Cheng and other bigwigs of the national army present, they were all taken aback and stood up spontaneously.

Tang Shengzhi even got up and turned his head, snatched the telegram from the lieutenant colonel's staff officer, looked at it in a hurry, and couldn't help but applaud: "Okay, great!" Well done!

This Zhu Ziming is simply the lucky star of our national army! ”

Chen Cheng also came over and took a look, nodded again and again and said happily: "Well, Zhu Ziming has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and he is really a model for my generation of soldiers, a national hero, and a god of war against Japan!" ”

As he spoke, the two continued to look down, and when they saw that Xu Wen asked the defenders in the Wuxi area to attack on all fronts, and turn defense into attack to cooperate with them in attacking the 16th Division.

Tang Shengzhi and Chen Cheng were both taken aback, the two bigwigs glanced at each other, and Tang Shengzhi asked in a low voice: "Brother Cixiu, what do you think?" ”

Chen Cheng put away his smile, his face became solemn, and said, "This move is too risky, right?" How many troops does our army have in total in the Wuxi area now? ”

Tang Shengzhi thought about it, but he didn't know very well, because there were constantly routs retreating from Shanghai to Wuxi and other places, and there were reinforcements rushing over from Nanjing to respond, so he didn't know the specific number of garrisons in Wuxi.

So he turned his head and asked Liu Wendao, then chief of staff of the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters: "Staff Officer Liu, how many troops are there in Wuxi now?" ”

Staff Officer Liu immediately stepped forward and replied: "The main defensive forces in the Wuxi area now are the two battalions of the 87th Division of our army, the main force of the 41st Division of the 2nd Army, and four regiments of local armies, including two Sichuan Corps, one Dian Corps and one Gui Army, with a total strength of more than 8,000 people!" ”

"More than 8,000 people, in terms of troops, it is not less than the 16th Division in Wuxi, because Xu Wen's telegram said that the 16th Division at this time only has two infantry wings in Wuxi, with a maximum of 5,000 people." Luo Zhuoying, then deputy commander of the Nanjing Garrison Command, analyzed and compared after listening.

Tang Shengzhi said: "The strength is still slightly superior, considering the gap between the enemy's and our combat effectiveness, it can barely be equal!" ”

As he spoke, he looked up at Chen Cheng again and asked, "Brother Cixiu, do you think we should agree to Zhu Ziming's request?" Cooperate with them to try once? ”

"Fight back?" Chen Cheng fell into contemplation and was silent for a while before raising his head and saying, "Zhu Ziming was able to make many military exploits with such a small number of troops and create a miracle in the history of military warfare.

It is enough to prove this person's ability, I think we can trust him once, throw in these 8,000 defenders in the Wuxi area, and give it a try!

Even if it fails, at most, Wuxi will be lost two days earlier, and the situation will not be much worse than now! ”

Tang Shengzhi bowed his head slightly, as Chen Cheng said, even if he did not agree with Zhu Ziming's suggestion and took the initiative to attack, with the 8,000 disabled defenders in the Wuxi area, I am afraid it would be difficult to resist the 16th Division for too long.

Rather than this, it is better to believe in Xu Wen once, if it succeeds, then the harvest will be too much.

At that time, he Tang Shengzhi will become a famous general who can turn the tide in the face of adversity.

Of course, if it weren't for Xu Wen creating so many miracles one after another, they wouldn't dare to believe Xu Wen's almost crazy plan at this juncture.

Luo Zhuoying also felt that it was okay to give it a try, so she did not raise any objections.

Seeing that Chen Cheng acquiesced and no one from his other colleagues and subordinates objected, Tang Shengzhi turned his heart on the sidelines, and immediately ordered the lieutenant colonel's communications staff officer: "Call Zhu Ziming back immediately, tell him that we have approved the plan, and ask him to defeat the Japanese army to ensure that Wuxi and Nanjing are safe!" ”

"In addition, send a telegram to all the troops on the front line in Wuxi to prepare for a counteroffensive! I also have to keep in close contact with Zhu Ziming's department! Stay on top of the battle. ”

"Yes!" The lieutenant colonel's staff officer snapped his head and immediately led the order to leave.

One of the two battalion-level troops of the 87th Division in the Wuxi garrison is the independent battalion led by Zhou Weiguo, although this independent battalion includes the part of the men and horses taken by Xu Wen.

Nominally under the control of the Nanjing Garrison Command, but in fact it is under the command of the 87th Division!

After Zhou Weiguo led his troops to withdraw to Wuxi, he couldn't bear to give up this important town in southern Jiangsu directly, so he led his subordinates to stay and formed a new defense line with other remaining troops.

Zhou Weiguo was resting in the trench with his subordinates in the trench with their guns in hand, when a rush of footsteps suddenly came, Zhou Weiguo was alarmed and immediately opened his eyes, only to see Fang Shengli walking quickly to himself, squatting down and saying a little anxiously: "Weiguo, I just received an order from my superiors to attack the enemy in half an hour!" ”

"What? Isn't the enemy attacking now? How can we counterattack at this time? Zhou Weiguo was taken aback when he heard this.

At this moment, a signal soldier came to Zhou Weiguo along the trench with a telegram, saluted him and reported: "Battalion, I just received an urgent telegram from Deputy Battalion Commander Zhu!" ”