When the 74th Army of the National Revolutionary Army was founded in September, there were more than 21,000 soldiers, but after the bloody battle of Luodian in Shanghai and the breakthrough of Nanjing, only more than 7,000 people managed to break through, and most of the officers of the regiments and battalions were killed. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"What a battle this is, poor my brothers gave their lives in vain."

Zhou Zhidao, the commander of the 151st Brigade of the 74th Army, held the long list of blood-red casualties, and couldn't help but scold his mother in his heart.

The Japanese army with the great victory of the Battle of Shanghai, with a thunderous offensive swept Nanjing, with the terrain of Nanjing could not be defended, when all the generals were persuaded to give up Nanjing, but Tang Shengzhi stood up and vowed to live and die with Nanjing.

At the beginning, everyone applauded Tang Shengzhi, and when everyone retreated, only he resolutely stepped forward, and people pinned all their hopes on him, hoping that he could turn the tide and defend the capital Nanjing.

Tang Shengzhi did not disappoint at first, he sent people to clear and destroy the river crossing steamer, in order to show his determination, sent military police and police forces to maintain order in the city, and arranged heavy troops on the periphery to strictly defend it, so that the vanguard Japanese army was hit by a bloody head.

But later, when the main force of the Japanese army arrived, seeing that Nanjing could not be defended, he took the lead in escaping, leaving hundreds of thousands of people and troops blocked by the Japanese army in Nanjing, but he escaped, how not to make people hate itchy.

The troops of the 74th Army also only relied on a small steamer to rush across the ferry overnight, and only then escaped more than 5,000 people, plus those who broke through sporadically later, and the rest also died in Nanjing.

Brigade commander Zhou Zhidao also escaped death, if it weren't for the division commander Wang Yaowu, who found him in the coal port and pulled him on a boat to cross the river, I am afraid that he would have died in Nanjing now.

Therefore, Zhou Zhidao had a grudge against the commanders of the Nanjing Garrison Commander in his heart, but he only cursed in his heart, but he didn't dare to scold it openly, after all, those people were still in high positions.

"How many brothers have been brought back these days?" When Zhou Zhidao was in Nanjing, his leg was injured and he couldn't stand on crutches for long, so he went back to the chair and sat down.

"Back to the brigade, our brigade has taken in a total of 410 brothers who have been beaten and beaten in the past few days."

Zhou Zhidao sighed heavily after hearing it, those veterans are gone, it's a pity.

However, their 74th Army was lucky, at least when their commander evacuated, they left a boat for the division commander Wang Yaowu, and the division commander Wang Yaowu used this boat to ferry many brothers out.

The troops of the 88th and 87th divisions of the German armament were not as lucky as them, many of them did not receive the order to retreat at all, and they were still holding their positions until the early morning of the 13th, so their losses were also the heaviest, the brigade commanders and regiment commanders were almost all killed, and those who were able to escape were some clever skirmishers.

"We have also contained a lot of stragglers from the 88th Division and the 87th Division, do you want to replenish our troops?" The officer in charge of containment asked.

Brigade Commander Zhou Zhidao pondered for a moment and said: "Detain them all for me, these brothers of the German mechanic are still good, and they don't eat the fat in their mouths."

Although the German armor division was defeated, but the soldiers of their troops were fragrant, so Zhou Zhidao did not want to let go, now the troops have suffered heavy losses and urgently need to replenish the source of troops, these veterans are much stronger than those recruits.

The officer in custody was a little worried: "Brigade seat, will we make trouble if we forcibly detain it?" In case their troops go to the military commission to file a complaint, it will also be troublesome. ”

Zhou Zhidao said nonchalantly: "When the raw rice is cooked and matured, even if they complain, they are not afraid."

"By the way, in addition to the skirmishers of the 88th Division, the stragglers of the rest of the troops who can be accommodated are also contained by me and supplemented to our troops, these veterans are much stronger than the recruits, don't look at the defeat now, as long as you pull it up to fight two battles, it is a howling tiger wolf."

The officers who were sheltered also smiled helplessly when they saw that their brigade commander was so cheeky.

"Brigade seat, today a broken battalion took the initiative to ask to join our 74th Army, and there is still an approval slip from the garrison commander's department in my hand."

"Oh? And what's going on? Brigade Commander Zhou Zhidao was aroused, it stands to reason that all units are included in their own units, and this initiative to join other units is also a new thing.

"I asked, they were originally directly under the Jiangfang Group Army of Chief Liu, and later assigned to the Nanjing Garrison Command, and now seeing that the Garrison Command is about to be disbanded, they defected to us, and the leader is a battalion commander named Yang Ling."

"You said that the leading battalion commander is called Yang Ling?"

The officer in charge of containment replied, "Yes, that's what he said."

Zhou Zhidao stood up excitedly: "Where is he now?"

"I arranged for them to stay in the containment facility." When the containment officer saw the excited brigade commander Zhou Zhidao, he asked puzzledly: "Brigade seat, is there anything wrong with this Yang battalion commander?"

Zhou Zhidao calmed down his excitement and said with a smile: "You don't know this, the hero who killed the devil general reported in the newspaper a few days ago is our battalion commander Yang, he is not simple."

Zhou Zhidao recounted Yang Ling's experience as if he was reminiscing, the bloody battle in Jiangyin killed the devil Lieutenant General Kawada Hara, and when guarding the periphery of Nanjing, he also fought side by side with their 51st Division, he admired Yang Ling's decisiveness in killing, and now the troops have suffered heavy losses, and they need officers who have fought like this.

After being reminded by the brigade commander Zhou Zhidao, the officer who was sheltered also suddenly realized, he smiled and said: "Brigade seat, we have to add another tiger general."

"It's too early to say this, this Yang Ling is a good fighter in battle, he can't keep Li Tianxia and they are eyeing and snatching it, you go and take me over now, I have to let him stay in our 151st Brigade."

Although Li Tianxia's 153rd Brigade and his 151st Brigade both belonged to the 74th Army, this kind of robbery was not discussed, and everyone was willing to have one more officer who could fight like this under his command.

Brigade Commander Zhou Zhidao soon arrived at their temporary settlement site in Yangling under the leadership of the containment officer.

"Traveler!" The guards at the gate saw the brigade commander Zhou Zhidao coming, and hurriedly shouted and saluted.

The brothers of the guerrilla battalion, who were nesting in the courtyard to bake the fire, raised their heads when they heard the movement outside the door, and when they saw a major general and brigade commander coming, they immediately stood up and saluted in a hurry.

Yang Ling also did not expect the visit of the brigade commander of the major general, looking at the general wearing a tweed military uniform and a resolute face, he scolded the whole team while trotting to the brigade commander Zhou Zhidao.

Yang Ling didn't know the brigade commander Zhou Zhidao, and he had dealt with Zhang Lingfu in the entire 74th Army, but since he came to the 74th Army's shelter, he should also be from the 74th Army.