When Li Tie stepped on the ship leaving Nanjing, there was a fierce quarrel in the Nanjing headquarters, and a white-faced general said: "Commander-in-Chief Tang, I will say that the merchant is unreliable. You see, seeing that the Japanese army was about to hit the headquarters, Li Tie actually ran away in advance.

He also said that there would be a more suitable candidate to replace him, did he take us all for fools? The Hainan Guards are his team at all, he has run away, can we still count on the 10,000 Guards to be able to stop the Japanese army?

I'm afraid that if we leave Nanking on the front foot, they will join the Japanese army in the later script. ”

"That is, if you want me to say, simply cut off the weapons of their escorts, they only have 10,000 men, and we do have 40,000 men, and I think they are very well armed.

Maybe we got their sophisticated weapons, and not only did we not have to evacuate Nanjing, but we could turn defeat into victory? "Another general in a flowered shirt wanted to kill the weapons of the Hainan Guards for unknown reasons.

"This is not good, Li Tie's single-minded anti-Japanese behavior is obvious to everyone, and the 10,000 Hainan guards just came to Nanjing.

They are here to take care of the aftermath, and I think everyone should know by now that this so-called aftermath work is actually the task of stopping the Japanese army until they die. Since people can take the initiative to receive this mortal task? We can't still be so malicious and suspicious of the Hainan Guards, right? "There is a black-faced general who supports Li Tie.

"That's it, you people who proposed to suppress the Hainan Escort Ordnance are not at all well-intentioned, what's wrong with the equipment of the Hainan Escort Army? That is because Li Tie is rich and willing to spend it on soldiers, and no one can be jealous.

Isn't it just more machine guns and more rocket artillery? If I want you to say it clearly, does Li Tie give us less? More than 100 truckloads of heavy equipment, hundreds of anti-aircraft machine guns, hundreds of mortars and infantry guns, and countless shells and grenades were used for us.

If it weren't for Li Tie's large amount of ammunition support, our Nanjing defenders would not be able to hold it for six days, not even three days. A bearded general said.

"That is, the Hainan Guards are not here for nothing, Cihu Town helped us defend it, and the Wulong Mountain Fort is also a favor from others. Now even most of the ammunition we use comes from Li Tie, so we can't take revenge. Another general expressed his support for Li Tie.

"But he Li Tie didn't feel good, he had so many anti-aircraft machine guns, so many bazookas, why didn't he contribute at the beginning of the war? If we don't get it, we are all about to be crippled by others, so we take it out and offer treasures.

Moreover, he is a company that sells arms, and has stored countless ammunition under several Huaxing industries in Nanjing, what does he want to do? Had he been thinking about rebellion for a long time?

If it weren't for the siege of the Japanese army this time, it is still two to say whether he could use these hidden munitions. Now that the vicinity of the North City Gate of Nanjing has been occupied by their strange bunkers, who knows what Li Tie's heart is?

Besides, he said that he would send someone who could succeed him to take command, and what about the deceitful ghosts? There are so many of us who can't hold Nanjing, and he can defend Nanjing by sending someone at will?

His people are all made of iron, and our people are all made of mud? The white-faced general was talking nonsense again.

"But no, which of us here is not a division commander, a military commander, and I don't know where he found a random person who wants to lead us, and he doesn't pee and take pictures, does he have our ability?" Said the general in a floral shirt.

Who knew that as soon as this person's voice fell, he only heard a hearty laugh outside the command: "I thought it was talking about whom, but it turned out to be me." I don't dare to say anything else, if you want to talk about leading troops to fight, Lao Tzu really hasn't been afraid of anyone. ”

The generals in the headquarters all looked at an uninvited guest who walked in from outside the door, and when Tang Shengzhi and other Nanjing generals in the headquarters saw his face clearly, many generals showed incredible expressions.

The person who came hugged his fist slightly towards the generals present and smiled slightly: "Generals, don't come unharmed?" ”

"Cai Tingkai! Are you Cai Tingkai, the commander of the 19th Route Army? The black-faced general exclaimed.

"Yes, it's me, I'm Cai Tingkai, but I'm no longer the commander of the 19th Route Army, I'm now the commander of the Second Army of the Hainan Guard Army."

Then Cai Tingchang came to the two division commanders who spoke wildly before, and said solemnly: "Ten years ago, I was the lieutenant general and division commander, and seven years ago I was the general of the 19th Route Army. ”

As soon as the two division commanders saw the commander of the 19th Route Army, who was famous inside and outside China, personally arrived, they didn't dare to come out, and immediately shrank aside and said nothing.

Seeing that his appearance finally shook the field, Cai Tingkai said again: "Now the last line of defense in Xiaguan and Nanjing City is defended by our Hainan Second Army. Li Tie left today, so I have full command of this operation to block the enemy.

I believe that I will command these 10,000 guards, and you can rest assured that you can hand over your back to me, and from tonight onwards, please leave Nanjing in batches, and with me guarding Nanjing, I can at least create three days of retreat time for you. ”

Seeing Commander Cai appear at the front-line headquarters, all the army commanders and division commanders were silent, because the army commanders and division commanders at the venue, whether in terms of the history of being a soldier or the previous combat records, were much worse than Commander Cai in terms of military rank.

The only one present who could talk to Commander Cai was actually Tang Shengzhi, both of whom were generals, although Tang Shengzhi was younger than Commander Cai, but in fact Tang Shengzhi was the leader of Commander Cai during the Northern Expedition. And Commander Cai was the most capable battalion commander in Ye Ting's independent regiment.

Therefore, Tang Shengzhi was the happiest when Commander Cai appeared, because he finally looked forward to a tiger general, although his qualifications were older than Commander Cai.

However, Tang Shengzhi himself knew that in terms of leading troops to fight in China, Commander Cai could rank in the top three, and in terms of combat experience with the Japanese army, he was even more self-sacrificing.

If you think about the first Battle of Songhu in 32, the 19th Route Army fought on a par with the Japanese army with backward equipment, and you can know how strong Commander Cai's command ability was.

So when he saw that Commander Cai personally came to direct the work of the Nanjing Palace, Tang Shengzhi still had something to worry about.

It's a pity that Commander Cai is no longer the sequence of the National Army, otherwise Tang Shengzhi would have taken the initiative to give up the position of commander-in-chief of Nanjing to Commander Cai.

It was also at this time that he realized that it was no wonder that as soon as Li Tie arrived at the Nanjing headquarters, he was always able to put forward very useful suggestions when he was building a building, and it turned out that he was the military advisor behind him.

With Commander Cai's reputation as a guarantee, Qi Fen in the headquarters finally became much more harmonious, and everyone began to settle down to discuss how to cooperate with the Hainan Escort Army's blocking action. At the same time, it can evacuate Nanjing in the fastest time and with the least sacrifice.

On 16 December, the defenders of Nanjing, which had been under the general siege of the Japanese army for six days, once again engaged in a desperate struggle with the Japanese troops in the city.

At this time, in half of the city of Nanjing, you have me, we have you, and there may be different armies of the enemy and us stationed inside and outside the wall.

At this time, the Japanese planes and heavy artillery were no longer available. The Japanese army could only rely on its strong strength and excellent fighting qualities to encroach on the activity space of the Chinese army little by little, and after a whole day of fighting, the Japanese army finally occupied most of Nanjing.

Now tens of thousands of Nanjing defenders have all been compressed into a quarter of the city of Nanjing, as long as this quarter of Nanjing City is occupied, this Sino-Japanese war can be regarded as a perfect end symbol.

As a result, the Japanese planes once again intensified their bombing of the areas occupied by the Chinese army in Nanjing, but the bombing effect was not good, and because of Li Tie's early arrival, Li Tie had already mobilized the people of Nanjing to dig a large number of air-raid shelters in many places in Nanjing within a week's time.

These bomb shelters effectively counteracted the bombing of Japanese aircraft, and at the junction of these bomb shelters were the mobile pillboxes of the Hainan Guards.

On the night of the 16th, all the people who were willing to leave Nanjing were evacuated, and the defenders of Nanjing began to withdraw in batches and in small areas, and it was at this time that the Japanese army finally began to face the real opponent.

In the early morning of the 17th, when the Japanese troops arrived at the defense area of the Hainan Guards in shame, these Japanese soldiers were a little stunned, because the strange buildings in front of them were obviously beyond their understanding.

Huge triangular cubes stand in the middle of the street, each as big as a car, standing in front of you in groups, each side as smooth as a mirror, except for a small shooting hole in the direction facing the street.

On a main road leading to the north gate of Nanjing, there are dozens of such huge triangular cubes. On the top of each cube is also a flag, with the Second Army of the Hainan Guard Army written on the top and the Nineteenth Route Army of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army written below.

"What? The Chinese army on the opposite side was the 19th Route Army, which had inflicted huge casualties on our Empire Japan a few years earlier? When the number of the Hainan Second Army was sent to the Japanese headquarters, General Matsui Ishine was deeply shocked.

Matsui Ishine is not an ordinary Japanese general, he is also a China expert, in the Japanese intelligence department, every general above the brigade level in China has a detailed file.

The life, preferences, combat effectiveness, and command of each of the generals are classified as 369 and so on, and among these hundreds of generals, the top one is Cai Tingkai, the commander of the 19th Route Army.

Matsui Shigen clearly remembers the comments on Cai Tingkai on that file, firm, resolute, resourceful, resourceful, superior ability to lead troops, superior command ability, and superior combat effectiveness. It is recommended that any Japanese army encounter should be cautious.

Looking at the report in front of him about the last Hainan Escort Army in Nanjing City, Matsui Shigen thought of the 5019th Route Army and the two army commanders who disappeared during the Fujian Incident a few years ago.

At this time, the banner of the 19th Route Army suddenly appeared in the last defense area of the Chinese army in Nanjing, and needless to say, their Commander Cai must also be in Nanjing.

Matsui Shigen's face sank, and he said to himself: "Li Tie, it turns out that this is your last hole card." ”