The battle in Shanghai was coming to an end, more and more troops retreated, the 74th Army, the 71st Army, the 72nd Army, the 78th Army and the 66th Army and the 83rd Army of the Guangdong Army were all resting in Nanjing one after another.

The clouds of war are approaching, and the atmosphere in the Xiaolingwei camp of the teaching corps is becoming more and more serious. Ten cartloads of ordnance were brought into the baggage battalion's ten-wheeled caravans, all of which were pulled out of the warehouses of the corps.

Boxes of German-made and Chinese-made 79-step machine gun shells, rows of 20 small artillery shells, 82 mortar shells made by the Jinling Arsenal, and dozens of Czech light machine guns. All of them were replenished to the third regiment. The platoon commander of the whole regiment brought people to receive weapons, the battalion commanders and company commanders got together, and the regiment commander Li Xikai wanted to have a small meeting.

"One battalion and nine platoons, Li Li, one light machine gun, 800 rounds of seventy-nine bullets, and twenty grenades. Hurry up, don't rub it off, just carry it and go, don't take much." Guo Wentao, the quartermaster of the regiment, shouted by pulling his neck. "One platoon of the second battalion, Zhang Wei, one light machine gun, 800 bullets, 30 grenades." Zhang Wei took He Kun and a class: "Go, carry it away, and feed it all to the devils."

"He Kun, tell each squad to come out to get ammunition and give the light machine gun to the third squad." Li Dahai, the second squad leader, walked out and looked at the ammunition on the ground. "Platoon commander, why did you send so many at once, the Japanese hit Nanjing? Zhang Wei replied impatiently: "Don't talk nonsense, come sooner or later, get your ammunition." "Oh, platoon commander, I'm not curious." "Hmph, just don't be afraid", Zhang Wei scolded him with a smile.

If you want to say that the equipment of this teaching corps is the best in the country, not to mention anything else, how many troops in the country can afford the German-made leather bullet pack? The rest of the adjusters still use cloth cartridge belts. Not to mention the 37-mm anti-aircraft artillery company and 75-mm howitzer company in the regiment.

Of course, there is still a gap compared with the Japanese army, especially the suppression of artillery, and the teaching corps has only one Bofors Mountain Artillery Battalion (equipped with 12 Bofors Mountain Cannons), although it is now expanded into a regiment, but it is actually still a battalion.

The whole regiment was preparing its weapons, sharpening its guns. The riflemen removed the bolt of the Mauser M1924 rifle, opened the magazine and applied the oil, pulled out the strip to clean the barrel, and the rifle parade hook that was not used during the war was removed, and the one-sided blue bayonet was sharpened on the whetstone.

The heavy unloaded the barrel of the Czech light machine gun with the handle, wiped the delicate receiver and bay ports, and the secondary shooter took the quick loader to refuel the empty magazine, and rows of bullets were fed into the 20-round magazine. In wartime, bullet breakage can kill people. Zhang Wei wiped twenty rings by himself, maintained the telescope, the duty of an officer, and more importantly, the command.

The M35 steel helmet was painted with mud, although it was a precious German product, it was a pity to get dirty, but life was more important. The battalion's 82 mortar platoon and the battalion's heavy machine gun company were even more busy, the pack horses had to check and treat the sick and prepare fodder, and the second and fourth heavy machine guns had to prepare water sources and ammunition bags.

The special service commanders of each company reported back and forth on the preparation of the troops, distributed dry food and biscuits, and the battalion commander Sun Zhongxian led the battalion to inspect the four areas.

Sun Zhongxian, the senior of Whampoa, like Zhang Wei, stayed in the corps directly after graduation, and if he wants to be the battalion commander in the corps, seniority is only the most basic thing, but also ability and military exploits.

"The work at hand is neat, the gun must be wiped clean, the bayonet must see the light, don't hit the card shell, each company and platoon pack up the luggage first, put it in the cart of the regimental baggage company, and stay in Xiaolingwei for a few days"! "The enemy is coming to the door. The platoon commanders of each company will gather as soon as they are done, and give you all the breath on your head." As soon as I heard this voice, I knew that this Battalion Commander Sun was a bad temper.

As long as the preparation of a battalion is strengthened, it will be done in half an hour. The four company commanders and thirteen platoon commanders of the whole battalion, together with the battalion attached, all came over one after another, listening to the battalion commander's tone, it was going to be a war, a big battle.

Sun Zhongxian looked at the platoon commanders under his command: "Okay, you're all here, let's not beat around the bush, and we're ready for a meeting." "What's the meeting? It is to defend Nanjing, the Oriental cub is chasing behind the buttocks, and it looks like he is about to come to Nanjing, Nanjing is the national capital, and if he does not defend it, he has to fight, in Shanghai, other troops are dead, but our corps has not suffered much loss in Shanghai." "We can't run this job, what's more, the grandsons outside keep saying that we don't dare to play with our lives, so we will fight for breath without steaming steamed buns, show them the ability of our team, and let them know that German weapons and full pay are not so easy to take."

"In a word, I'm afraid we will have to open in a few days, the position is where we have been training, the Purple Mountain, tell the soldiers under you, ready to fight, all ready, disband."

At this time, there is nothing to waste, it comes quickly, and it disperses quickly. Back in the platoon, the weapons and food were all packed, and several squad leaders and He Kun walked towards Zhang Wei.

"Platoon commander, what's wrong", "Platoon commander, really want to fight"? "What do you say, the devil will come over with his buttocks, get ready to prepare, and breathe with your soldiers. Tomorrow the platoon will train as usual, and the cooperation between the squads will be practiced more." I instructed a few words: "All we use are skirmishers, this thing is not a skirmisher, we must leap forward quickly, and the light machine gun teams of each squad must dig more pits, and immediately change positions after firing a magazine, so as not to be targeted by the 92 rifles and grenadiers."

Let's go down and prepare, and I'll go to practice after work tomorrow. After speaking, Zhang Wei took his twenty rings back to the barracks.

A busy night, but the bugle will not care about your hard work yesterday. Morning exercises, foot drills are thunder every morning, and after returning from Shanghai, they practiced assassination. These are all compulsory subjects.

It is a rule that you can practice freely after practicing the required subjects.

To be honest, even for a unit like the Teaching Corps, there are a lot of problems in training. Zhang Wei looked at the trench and shook his head, the early years of the drill followed the Japanese style, digging stragglers, and after the moral training, he changed to digging foxholes, but many soldiers still can't change the old habits for many years, only repeated instructions. The good thing is that it's much better now than it used to be.

The first platoon is the main platoon of the fourth company of the second battalion, and good training is the greatest guarantee of combat effectiveness.

"Hao Zhong, the formation of your squad is too dense, twelve people in a squad, divided into four groups, and the spacing of each group is widened, but the distance between the individual soldiers in your squad is too close." "Look at what Li Dahai's squad did, it is fast and steady, and the distance between your individual soldiers must be widened." Hao Zhong scratched his head and said stupidly: "Change it immediately, change it immediately, our squad is a little stupid."

"Stupid? What do you want you to do, you are still a soldier, change it quickly." There was a burst of laughter, and the soldiers in the platoon liked to see the first squad leader eating deflated. Who made this product a cadet?

The training continued, and everyone worked extremely hard, because everyone knew that the enemy was coming. The blood-colored sunset had not yet set, the gunfire was loud in the training ground, and the oppressive air filled the thousand-year-old capital of Nanjing.

In November 1937, the Japanese army marched directly towards Nanjing. At the same time, the Nanjing Garrison Command was established.