After everything was discussed, Xu En transferred Tong Guozhong and Zhang Yinong from the reconnaissance office, directly under the leadership of Li Shiqun, and allocated him dozens of taels of gold and a sum of cash from the general affairs office, so that the three of them could live in a private house near Li Shiqun's apartment at No. 76 Provincial Department Street. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Outsiders don't know about this place, and it is also a property of the Military Command Bureau, which is only regarded as an ordinary private house.

Xu Enzeng also repeatedly told Li Shiqun that he must take good care of the imprisoned Nanzao Yunzi and escort the Japanese spy to the rear at an appropriate time.

Leaving Xu Enzeng's apartment, Li Shiqun was unhappy and dragged his heavy feet back to his residence at No. 76 Dao Department Street.

"Mr. Li, are you back? Here's a telegram from you. The old man Sheng who was guarding the door said to him.

This old man Sheng is Li Shiqun's lover and Sheng Xiangjun's father.

Li Shiqun took the telegram, opened it and saw that it was sent by Ye Jiqing: "All arrangements have been made at home in Shanghai, and I will arrive in Ningbo tomorrow afternoon." ”

"It's a good time, I'm about to discuss it with her." Li Shiqun said to himself.

In the afternoon of the next day, Li Shiqun went to the train station and took Ye Jiqing to his apartment on Dao Department Street.

"Ji Qing, you came just in time, I have something to discuss with you." Sitting in the car, Li Shiqun said cautiously while starting the car.

"What's the matter?" Ye Jiqing, who was sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and glanced at Li Shiqun and asked.

"Shanghai has fallen, and the capital Nanjing may not be guaranteed, and the Second Division of our Military Command Bureau is ready to retreat to Hankou, but Xu En once asked me to be the left-behind director of Nanjing, and if Nanjing falls, he will let me lurk here."

Li Shiqun explained the new appointment in detail, he thought that Ye Jiqing would scold Xu Enzeng, but he didn't expect her to have another statement.

"What? Isn't that great? Rather be a chicken head, not a phoenix tail, as a left-behind director, Xu Enzeng is gone, you can be alone, Nanjing is our world. Ye Jiqing seemed excited.

"You said it lightly, don't you look, the people in Nanjing City are about to be emptied, what are we doing here? Maybe the Japanese will come in a few days. Li Shiqun said with a sad face.

"Wouldn't it? Nanjing is the capital of the Republic of China, and it can always be held for a year and a half, didn't Tang Shengzhi openly say that he wanted to live and die with the capital? Ye Jiqing turned his head again and looked at Li Shiqun who was driving the car.

"Do you believe him? How many elite troops did Lao Chiang put into Shanghai? 750,000, that's all the elite of the national army, how long has it been defended? In less than three months, Tang Shengzhi's 300,000 horses can hold Nanjing for a month, which is good. "Li Shiqun is still very unique in looking at the problem.

"Okay, okay, Shiqun, don't worry, don't you have me with you? As long as we are husband and wife, it is the same everywhere. Ye Jiqing gave Li Shiqun a wink and said coquettishly.

Next, Ye Jiqing told the situation at home in Shanghai again, she said that a large pool of business at home has stopped, and the people in the shop have been dismissed, but fortunately, she lives in the concession and thinks it will be fine.

That night, Li Shiqun set up a banquet for Ye Jiqing to catch the wind, and at the same time invited Shi Linsen and Xia Zhonggao's subordinates to accompany him.

At the banquet, Tong Guozhong and Zhang Yinong were full of complaints, and both of them said that it was too dangerous in Nanjing: "Director Li, you and your wife should prepare early!" ”

"Thank you two brothers for the reminder, however, Shiqun has always been loyal to his duties, and since Shangfeng wants him to stay, he can't leave his post without permission." Ye Jiqing pretended to say.

Ye Jiqing said this, naturally she has her reasons, she knows these two people, they once framed Gu Shunzhang, and they just killed Gu Shunzhang, she doesn't know if these two people are reliable, maybe they say this in their mouths, and they make a small report behind their backs.

The situation is complicated, and Ye Jiqing is not allowed to talk big in front of these two people.

……

Li Shiqun's premonition soon became a reality, and on December 1, Feng Chen in Shanghai obtained a very important piece of information from the Japanese consulate Hiraoka Ryuichi.

The Japanese base camp issued the No. 8 Mainland Order, ordering the Japanese Central China Front and the Navy to coordinate and divide the troops into three routes to capture Nanjing.

After learning the news, Feng Chen immediately telegraphed Yan'an Mian and the Second Division of the Military Command Bureau.

On 7 November, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters issued the "Provisional Order No. 600" to the Central China Front, stipulating that the Central China Front's operational area was east of the line linking Suzhou and Jiaxing, and that it would only sweep away the enemy near Shanghai and not enter Nanjing.

On November 9, after the National Revolutionary Army lost the Battle of Songhu and Shanghai was occupied by the Japanese army, the Japanese army took advantage of the situation to rush to Nanjing in three directions.

On the Chinese side, preparations were made in an area only 300 kilometers west of Shanghai as a defensive position to defend the capital Nanjing, but due to the hasty order to retreat, the handover of the rear defense fortifications was wrong, and the retreat turned into a rout with the large-scale bombing of Japanese bombers.

Although the Jiangyin defense battle on the Xicheng line was of great significance in preventing the Japanese navy from advancing across the river to invade the interior, the rapid fall of Wuxi in the south made the Xicheng defense line basically useless.

In order to seize the fighter plane, Matsui Ishine, a war maniac, ordered the Japanese soldiers to invade Nanjing in three ways without reporting to the Japanese high command for approval.

On November 12, Shanghai fell, on the 13th, 15 Japanese ships invaded the Yangtze River, and on the 20th, the Nationalist Government officially announced the transfer of the capital to Chongqing.

On 22 November, Matsui Ishine formally submitted a report to the General Staff Headquarters, advocating the necessity of capturing Nanjing, and saying that the front army would not hesitate to make the greatest sacrifices with its existing strength, and estimated that it could achieve its goal within two months at the latest.

On the 24th, at that time, the fortifications of Nanjing City were also slightly large-scale, according to general estimates, they could be defended for a considerable period of time, and all parties believed that the fortifications of the Sujia Line would play a role, so the various organs and private people in Nanjing retreated, without a certain plan, and after Feng Chen's information was issued, many organs in Nanjing City were unable to retreat.

Matsui formulated the "Second Operational Outline" and decided to attack Nanjing in early December.

The Japanese General Staff Headquarters immediately issued Mainland Command Order No. 5, abolishing the Provisional Order No. 600, and expanding the operational area of the Central China Front to some areas west of the Wuxi and Huzhou lines.

On November 28, with the fall of Wuxi, Changzhou, and Guangde, the Japanese General Staff Headquarters decided to pursue Nanjing.

At the beginning of December, the Japanese siege troops approached the Nanjing wall from the east, south, and west.

Banqiao Town, Moling Pass and other peripheral positions were lost one after another, Guanghuamen was once attacked by the enemy, and then repulsed by the 88th Division, and several shells of the Japanese invaders fell to the Drum Tower.

The situation is critical!

That night, there was a deathly silence in the city of Nanjing, and there was the sound of machine guns outside the city.

The power plant had stopped sending electricity, and the city was pitch black, and a kerosene lamp was lit in Mr. Li's apartment, and the couple were talking in a low voice in the dim light.

"Ji Qing, I don't think the situation is good, we should go, there is still a road on the river now, in a few days, if the Japanese devils block the river, we will not be able to get out." Li Shiqun said with a frown.

"Shiqun, you let me think about it." Ye Jiqing couldn't help but seriously consider Li Shiqun's suggestion.

After a long while, Ye Jiqing just looked at the kerosene lamp that emitted dim lights in a daze, and never made a sound.

"Ji Qing, what's going on, what are you still thinking?" Li Shiqun asked.

"Shiqun, let me ask you, Rujiangmen is blocked by Song Xilian's 36th Division, and without Tang Shengzhi's special pass, how can you get out? There is also the ferry from Xiaguan to Pukou that was ordered by Tang Shengzhi to be detained in Jiangbei, expressing his determination to break the kettle, how can we cross the river without a boat? ”

Ye Jiqing thought about it very carefully.

"Ji Qing, what questions do you have? You speak it together. Li Shiqun felt that his wife's consideration was very reasonable.

"If these two major problems can't be solved, we can't go anywhere, so what's the use of saying anything else?" Ye Jiqing stood up and walked around the room.

"My good wife, I have already considered these two aspects, I have already obtained two special passes issued by Tang Shengzhi himself, which I have obtained in private for two gold bars, and the boat has also been obtained, hidden in the reeds of the Sanchai River."

Li Shiqun said proudly.

"Whisper, I ask you, did you tell them?" Ye Jiqing stared at Li Shiqun and asked.

"Are you a fool for me? In these years, I still care about others? They're still in the dark. Li Shiqun's mouth rushed to Ye Jiqing's ear and replied in a low voice.