Chiang Kai-shek first impassionedly reread his declaration of resistance against the war, hoping for peace and not seeking peace, and preparing for war but never seeking war. We know the situation after the National War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and we can only sacrifice to the end, without the slightest reason to be spared. The war has begun, that is, there is no distinction between north and south, no distinction between old and young, no matter who they are, they all have the responsibility to defend the land and resist the war, and they should all have the determination to sacrifice everything.

"Now sacrifice to the last moment!" Chiang Kai-shek pressed his hand on the table and looked around at the generals present, Tang Shengzhi, who looked a little thin and sickly, stood up and said loudly: "No one wants to defend it, I will defend Nanjing, and I am willing to live and die with Nanjing!" ”

"Fart!" A very discordant voice surprised everyone present, and Tang Shengzhi also looked around with a flushed face? Only then did everyone find that Zhang Xuewu was sideways and looked at Tang Shengzhi with a provocative gaze!

Chiang Kai-shek suddenly said angrily: "You must not be rude in learning martial arts, this is an important meeting of the Supreme Military Council, how can you make a mistake?" ”

Tang Shengzhi yelled and said, "Junior, don't deceive people too much!" If you don't make it clear to me, sir, I'll make your blood spilled! ”

Feng Yuxiang and others also watched coldly, He Yingqin showed a concerned look, and Chiang Kai-shek's face was pale, and he regretted a little why he let Zhang Xuewu participate in this meeting!

Zhang Xuewu still looked at Tang Shengzhi, who was trembling with anger, and said: "Just because you dare to stick to Nanjing with a sick man?" Tang Mengxiao, you like to do your own thing, unwilling to be a queen, have a strong desire for power, and have a very obvious tendency of unrealistic romanticism and idealism, you have participated in the Xinhai Revolution and the war against Yuan and the Protector of the Law, and you think you are an old qualification? Phew! You are ambitious but not eloquent, first in the Ninghan confrontation period was defeated by Li Zongren, and then in the nineteenth year of the Republic of China, he took advantage of the Jiang Gui War to come back, organized the party to save [***] and served as the commander-in-chief, wanting to unite the northern warlords against Chiang, but only to launch a surprise attack on Yang Hucheng on a snowy night, knocking out the general headquarters and the whole army collapsed! The troops garrisoning Nanjing are all the headquarters of our Huangpu Central Army, what virtue do you have, how can you command these troops? Your evacuation plan for defending the city? Can Nanjing be defended? You are joking with the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Nanjing! I also put my words here today, you can defend Nanjing, if the city is lost and you die, I Zhang Xuewu will accompany you to die, if the city is lost and you don't die, I will kill your whole family! ”

With a bang, Zhang Xuewu slapped a handful of m1911 on the table! The guards on the side hurriedly stepped forward to collect the pistol that was brought into the venue at some unknown time? However, everyone knows that Zhang Xuewu has the habit of bringing a machine gun into the venue, and today he brought a pistol, so it seems that he is giving Chairman Jiang face? However, the security department immediately notified him privately, and the next time Chief Zhang came to inspect it carefully, but the premise was not to annoy him.

After listening to what Zhang Xuewu said, Chiang Kai-shek's face seemed to be a little more relieved than before, and he frowned and looked at Zhang Xuewu, as if he wanted to see through what Zhang Xuewu was thinking?

In fact, Zhang Xuewu was simply disgusted with Tang Shengzhi, and in history, when he served as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, he first swore to live and die with Nanjing, and ordered the blockade of Nanjing's road to Jiangbei and the destruction of ferries, so that a large number of soldiers and civilians could not evacuate. On 12 December, without organizing any retreat, he gave the order to abandon the city, but he himself escaped in the reserved motorboat. The defenders lost their command, the morale of the army was shaken, and they fought each other, and the next day Nanjing fell, and then the Nanjing Massacre occurred, it can be said that the Nanjing Massacre was caused by the surname of the army beast, but the talented and incompetent Tang Shengzhi also bears most of the responsibility! Those who know that they can't do it are stupid! If hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed in the fall of Nanjing, there is no doubt that future generations would not have compassion for others, and the most important thing is that most of the hundreds of thousands of people who were forcibly annihilated and slaughtered were civilians, which is absolutely unforgivable.

The pale-faced Tang Shengzhi sat back, his body shook, a mouthful of blood spurted out, after a period of panic, Tang Shengzhi was carried away by the nurse, the blood stains on the table were still so clear, Zhang Xuewu looked around at everyone and said generously: "Seniors, humble and talented, I am willing to defend Nanjing, and buy time for our army to reorganize and reorganize the troops, Nanjing is where our country is located, where the prime minister's mausoleum is located, and it is a place of death that cannot be defended in military tactics, but it has to be defended strategically, The 1st Mechanized Division and the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade are both in Nanjing, as well as 52 fighters of the Air Force, and the officers and men of the Ministry of Duty carry the coffin to fight, and swear to hold on to February time. ”

Feng Yuxiang took the lead and shouted hello first! He Yingqin was also slightly excited, and in a round of applause, Chiang Kai-shek sighed, it is difficult to see loyal ministers in the country! However, this exclamation was very small, and only Feng Yuxiang on the side could hear it clearly.

On April 29, 1937, Zhang Xuewu was officially appointed as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, and Chiang Kai-shek finally gave up hope for international mediation at this moment.

Zhang Xuewu was about to disband the Second Army Corps, supplemented by the 41st and 48th Divisions, and incorporated into the strategic general reserve, the 159th Wu Jianxiong of the 66th Army was the division commander, the 160th Division Ye Zhao was also the division commander, and the two divisions were supplemented in Nanjing, and the army commander Ye Zhao immediately reported to the garrison headquarters that there was only one division of the 88th Division in the 71st Army, so it was planned to temporarily cancel the number of the 71st Army and retain the number of the 88th Division.

As for the 72nd Army, which also had only one division, it was handled according to the case of the 71st Army, but Wang Jingjiu, the commander of the 87th Division, remained in office, and Zhang Xuewu was happy that only the 51st and 58th Divisions of the 74th Army participated in the defense of Nanjing in history, but under the supervision of the Supreme Military Commission, the 57th Division's Shi Zhongzhong Division was rebuilt in time, and Zhang Xuewu ordered his commander Yu Jishi to report to the garrison headquarters that his troops were resting in Nanjing, and 5,000 Gui veterans and 10,000 recruits were replenished.

Zhang Xuewu also unceremoniously revoked the number of the 78th Army and retained the number of the 36th Division, and the division commander Song Xilian immediately reported to the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, and at the same time ordered Deng Guanglong, commander of the 83rd Army, to report to the Garrison Headquarters, that the two divisions of the 154th and 156th Divisions under him were on standby in Nanjing, while the 103rd and 112th Divisions of the Teaching Corps were stationed on the front line of the Purple Mountain for rectification, and the commander of the regiment, Gui Yongqing, immediately reported to the Garrison Headquarters that the three regiments of the military police were directly under the Nanjing Garrison Command.

Zhang Xuewu also issued an announcement in the name of the Nanjing Garrison Command to set up checkpoints on all roads and detain all stragglers and small formed units that had retreated through Nanjing and send them to Jiangbei for intensive and concentrated training in case they could be replenished at a critical moment.

The main reason why Zhang Xuewu transferred Sun Yuanliang and attributed the 88th Division to the garrison headquarters and division commander was because in the later stage of the Nanjing Battle in history, Sun Yuanliang could have organized troops to break through, but he abandoned the troops and fled for his life alone, and also fled into the house of the girl to hide, which is really a shame for the soldiers.

On the other hand, Zhang Xuewu obtained Chiang Kai-shek's decree that lieutenant generals and first-class generals do not need to report to the Supreme Military Council, but those who keep ordering wanton behavior will be directly executed on the spot, and there will be no leniency! Even Hu Zongnan in Jiangbei was placed under the jurisdiction of Zhang Xuewu.

Therefore, on May 1, 1937, Zhang Xuewu held the first emergency meeting at the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, because Zhang Xuewu knew that the Yue army, which now occupied the Songhu, Beijing-Hangzhou area, was burning and looting everywhere, and the Yue army was waiting for its base camp to officially issue the order to capture Nanjing, and it was also waiting for its supplies by sea.

Ye Zhao, commander of the 66th Army, Wu Jianxiong, commander of the 159th Division, Wang Yaowu, commander of the 51st Division of Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, Shi Zhongzhong, commander of the 57th Division, Chen Shizheng, commander of the 58th Division, Deng Guanglong, commander of the 83rd Army, Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 87th Division, Song Xilian, commander of the 36th Division, Gui Yongqing, captain of the Teaching Corps, Hao Wenbin, commander of the 1st Mechanized Division, Ye Yunfei, chief of staff, and Feng Zhongliang, commander of the heavy artillery cluster, can be said to be much stronger than the historical defense of Nanjing.

Zhang Xuewu also knew that this was a group of Whampoa descendants who were ranked first in the world by seniority, so he tried his best from Chiang Kai-shek and finally got this edict with the help of his wife!

So the first thing Zhang Xuewu did was to expel Sun Yuanliang, in fact, Sun Yuanliang was not so disgusted by Zhang Xuewu, Zhang Xuewu's impression of Sun Yuanliang basically came from a movie star in later generations in Taiwan, his son Sun Zhongxiang, stage name Qin Han!

Zhang Xuewu's expulsion of Sun Yuanliang gave almost everyone a wake-up call, that is, this son of the Zhang family is not as good as Zhang Hanqing, he can be called ruthless, and he is not a good king of Saibei, but he wants to risk flying to Nanjing to die? It's really incomprehensible, it's extremely difficult to understand!

Everyone saw Zhang Xuewu enter the house and hurriedly stood up, although almost all of them were older than Zhang Xuewu, and their military rank was not lower than him, but Zhang Xuewu was in the name of the garrison commander, whether it was Chen Cheng, He Yingqin, or even Chiang Kai-shek in advance, Zhang Xuewu was extremely strict and serious, and he was a decisive person.

Zhang Xuewu came with Shang Fang's sword, but it was the first time that Gui Yongqing, Yu Jishi and others had seen someone frame the chairman's handwritten edict for people to hold, especially with a pistol and a Zhongzheng sword hanging underneath?

Gui Yongqing looked at Zhang Xuewu's style and frowned slightly, as the saying goes, Mu Xiu will be destroyed by Lin Feng, this now high-powered young man doesn't say it, why doesn't he know Tao Obscurity at all? Isn't he afraid of offending people?

Zhang Xuewu looked around at Hao Wenbin and said loudly: "Master Hao, explain to me the meaning of my gun and Zhongzheng sword!" ”

Hao Wenbin is helpless in his heart! But since the commander of the regiment spoke, he still had to stand up obediently and stand upright: "The position is lost, the whole army is wiped out, and those who survive alone are executed on the spot regardless of the reason, and those who are forced to survive by their subordinates if they lose their positions and fight to the death, should be cut off by themselves with the Zhongzheng sword, and should be punished as martyrdom, and the rest are all treason and spurned by the countrymen!" ”

Zhang Xuewu looked at the generals below whose faces had changed, and waved his hand, behind the chairman's edict turned out to be envelopes, Zhang Xuewu looked at Hao Wenbin and nodded, Hao Wenbin had to continue: "The heroic fight of the whole army did not sacrifice 200,000 yuan for the rest of the ocean, 200,000 generals, 10 to 50,000 at the brigade and regiment level, from 3 to 5,000 at the battalion, company, and platoon, and 100 to 20 yuan per ordinary soldier!" The reward for killing the army is calculated separately! ”

Zhang Xuewu threw the courage of three million oceans on the table like snowflakes and said: "We can't let the martyrs shed blood and tears, I can't control other places, in Nanjing, we will do as I say, and each part of the officers and soldiers will be rewarded with ten oceans first, and those who don't believe can ask me how I paid after accepting the Battle of Rehe?" I have three million cash here, add vegetables and wine! Soldiers should carry their lives strongly, kill and drink blood, and rest with the national capital! ”

As soon as Zhang Xuewu's voice fell, Gui Yongqing picked up a stamp check of 200,000 oceans and looked at it, then looked at Zhang Xuewu and said with a smile: "Lao Tzu has been in the army for so many years, you are the first strong commander!" I have accepted this check, and if I die in battle, the check will be divided equally among the brothers who died below! ”

After speaking, Gui Yongqing pushed the check in front of Zhang Xuewu and continued with a smile: "It is said that Rehe farts the crotch of oil pants, today I look at Chief Zhang's handwriting, where is this oil crotch!" It's a fucking oil refinery! Hundreds of thousands of small people, this time Sir Zhang, I'm afraid you're going to bleed heavily! ”

Zhang Xuewu also laughed and said: "Only if you can give a sudden surprise, I promise to honor the reward!" ”

Yu Jishi also nodded and said: "Now that the morale of the troops is not high, this hand can indeed quickly boost morale, especially the replenishment of recruits and veterans!" However, it is a bit easy to say in front of the Chinese people. ”

Zhang Xuewu waved his hand and said, "Why do you care about him so much!" The brothers are desperately trying to put their heads on the waistband of their trousers in front of them, and those of us who have stars on our shoulders may not be able to hang up at the next moment, what's not to hear? It's not nice to let them all come at me, uncle lice don't bite if there are too many lice! ”

Zhang Xuewu's rogue style is also the first time many people have seen it, but it can be said that Zhang Xuewu's style is indeed very easy to integrate into the army, the army is actually a simple collective, because the surname is related to the small group, Zhang Xuewu directly told everyone with a handwritten message from Chairman Jiang, now we are grasshoppers on a rope, whoever embarrasses me will send whoever returns to the west, and then put out the ocean to tell everyone that there are benefits are everyone's, together a small amount of money to earn the ocean, in fact, the method is very simple, It's brutally simple, but the effect is surprisingly good.

After saying what should be said, Zhang Xuewu began to distribute supplementary equipment to various troops, as soon as he heard about the equipment, almost all the generals' ears were pricked up, because the losses of the various departments in the first battle of Songhu were serious, and the Nanjing Military and Political Department added a small part, it is said that the Rehe Army has a lot of inventory in the Ministry of Military Affairs, and no one knows to what extent, there is the Minister of Military Affairs He Yingqin to watch the field, who dares to touch the guy transported by Zhang Xuewu, but Gui Yongqing has heard that it seems that Minister He does not know what Zhang Xuewu has shipped? The exact number is unknown.

Now Nanjing only has 100 million rounds of ammunition in stock, and the rest of the firearms are basically nothing, since Zhang Xuewu said that it is a supplement, it must be to pay for his own money, and the army commanders and division commanders present are all looking forward to the list that Zhang Xuewu is taking out of his pocket at this moment, as if Zhang Xuewu's pocket has become a cornucopia.

Almost in the midst of all the attention, Zhang Xuewu took out the equipment supply list he had drawn up in his pocket, 5,000 Mauser standard rifles per division, 300 light and heavy machine guns, 12 anti-aircraft guns, 36 75-mm imitation Krupp mountain field guns, and 12 105-mm howitzers.

After Zhang Xuewu finished reading the distribution list, the entire venue fell silent, including Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi, who were stunned and asked, "Is this a supplement to the teaching corps?" Or is it an addition that all divisional units have? ”

Zhang Xuewu smiled slightly and said: "According to the division-level units, for example, the three divisions of the 74th Army should be supplemented with 15,000 Mauser standard rifles, 900 light and heavy machine guns, 36 battle defense guns, 108 75-mm imitation Krupp mountain field guns, and 36 105-mm howitzers!" ”

Gui Yongqing almost slapped himself in the face, and if the teaching corps was organized into four divisions, it would be sufficient! A howitzer of one hundred and five millimeter caliber, which army in [***] has? Zhang Xuewu's handwriting is indeed terrifying!

After the meeting, Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi found Zhang Xuewu together, drinking tea or drinking? If it's a man, he drinks! The war is approaching, and the three senior generals get together to drink, which seems a little unreasonable, but according to Yu Jishi's words, you are the elder brother, and the elder brother must respond to the call to drink, this is the spirit of our Huangpu!

Zhang Xuewu heard for the first time that Huangpu still has this kind of spirit, so after three rounds, Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi both exposed their evil colors, that is, Chief Zhang, give a few more 1005 mm caliber howitzers! The artillery support of the heavy artillery brigade must be in mind of your old brother! We've been fighting hard in front, brother, you have to take care of it! It's all the blood and bones of our Whampoa!

(To be continued)