Twenty-three: Twelve gold medals

Wang Mingming felt that the old housekeeper was too sensitive, and he couldn't think too much about this kind of thing. It's better not to say anything if there is no basis.

Besides, the matter is not as serious as the old butler said. After all, he proposed the Battle of Nanjing. He brought in an army of 100,000. Commander Don was appointed by him.

Now that the battle outside the city is very tight, there should be no other idea than fighting desperately with the Yue army. The common people should unite with the army to fight devils.

The old housekeeper saw that Wang Mingming couldn't listen to his opinion, he shook his head and didn't want to continue, besides, this was his own analysis, and he couldn't convince Wang Mingming with his own analysis.

But there are words in the stomach that are not vomiting and unhappy, and this analysis of his own is talked about by several elders, and they are unanimous in their views.

Be sure to tell Wang Mingming. She couldn't wait with the confidence of victory. She had to go to the safe zone.

The old housekeeper thought that Commander Tang had opposed Lao Jiang many times, and although he was honored as a general after his return, he was not reused.

He had no real power and no army. After he was appointed to defend Nanjing, the troops transferred were all subordinate to him. They were the team that came together because of the defense of Nanjing.

Since General Tang swore at a press conference to 'live and die with Nanjing'. His oath resonated in the army and among the people. All of China, the eyes of the whole world are on him.

From this time on, General Tang's prestige in the army and the people increased. Co-existence and death bind them together. Life and death share them, so that they are of one heart and one mind.

On December 7, the first commander of the base camp left Nanjing, and when he left, he ordered the defenders of Nanjing to hold out for two weeks. What to do in two weeks. He doesn't say.

He did not organize reinforcements, did not arrange how to receive the troops defending Nanjing, and did not ask the theater to draw up a battle plan corresponding to the defense of Nanjing. Let the defenders of Nanjing fight alone.

He did not instruct the Nanjing defenders on a plan to retreat. As a result, the defenders of Nanjing could only defend in the face of the attack of the Yue army.

General Tang's general staff, according to the order of the first commander, only made a battle plan for defending the city, and there was no plan for retreat. The theater command and base camp are well aware of this state of affairs!

General Tang confiscated the large and small boats on the river that day, and the ferry from Pukou was transferred upstream. The defenders of Nanjing were fighting a backwater.

The theater command and base camp did not oppose such an approach, but acquiesced. They knew that in this way, the defenders of Nanjing had no way to retreat, and could only fight to the death

Waiting for the defenders of Nanjing to either break through, there must be troops who can break out. But there will be more heroic ones. Either they will be wiped out in street battles. There can only be two such results.

The defense of Nanjing was completely annihilated, and General Tang was martyred, and he would become a national hero of the resistance. However, the first leader will not let him glorify his ancestors. He will keep him alive

The defense was defeated, and General Tang was alive. Not only did he have to wear the hat of a defeated general, but all the consequences of defeat were concentrated on him.

He was ruined. I can't hold my head up until I die. He will live from now on, but life is better than death! Blind to death.

The old housekeeper said: "All kinds of phenomena tell me that the defense of Nanjing cannot be won, and it ends in defeat. It is said that the iron hooves of the army will set foot in Nanjing.

"This is my analysis, my judgment. In the text, such as the minutes of the meeting, the notes, the individual conversations of the reporters, in short, you can't find a basis, let alone an answer.

"It's all in this man's heart. It is also in the hearts of the people of Nanjing.

"I think of Zhao Gou, Gaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, when Yue Fei continued to win victories against the Jin, he was worried that after the recovery of the Central Plains, the Jin people would return to his brother Qinzong, and his brother would ask him to return to the throne.

In order to keep his throne, he did not hesitate to sacrifice his brother's surname and bury the great rivers and mountains of the Southern Song Dynasty. Desperately hoping to negotiate peace with the Jin people.

He sent twelve gold medals in a row in one day to recruit Yue Fei, who was fighting on the front line. Later, Yue Fei and his son were hanged on the Fengbo Pavilion on trumped-up charges. ”

Wang Mingming didn't interrupt the old butler's speech, he had been listening carefully, and she suddenly understood something, and couldn't help but be shocked. Could it really be like this?

She remembered what Aunt Li had said: "The army commanded by Commander Tang is fighting alone. This is a lone army with no hope of winning this war. ”

If you can't win, you have to fight, and you will repay the country with death. This is Wang Mingming's simplest idea. However, there are these things behind the fighting. This is something that Wang Mingming never thought of.

The old housekeeper said: "Third aunt, this is the reason why there are no reinforcements and no retreat plan for the defense of Nanjing.

"The people of Nanjing know that the defense battle will not be defeated by the army, and the defeat will be lost in the ......."

Wang Mingming's eyebrows were erected, she glared angrily and stood up sharply and said, "I heard Aunt Li say that the comprehensive retreat of Nanjing should be carried out on the day of the 7th. ”

The old steward said, "If the retreat begins that day, what will be left for the army is an empty city. It was the greatest victory of the defenders of Nanjing. It is the guarantee of the last survival of the people of Nanjing.

"What will go down in history will be the eternal swan song of the Chinese War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the Battle of Nanjing.

"But some people don't want to see Commander Tang lead 100,000 troops across the river to the north, and they don't want to see Commander Tang leading his troops to be active in the new anti-Japanese battlefield.

"For this purpose the order was given to hold on for two weeks. To do so was to destroy an army of 100,000 and bury the whole city.

"After the ninth day, it was time for a decisive battle, and it was impossible for the army and the common people to leave Nanjing. The army can only fight to the death. Ordinary people can only hope for a safe zone. ”

Wang Mingming saw the essence of the problem clearly from the old housekeeper's analysis, and what Aunt Li didn't dare to say, the old housekeeper said. Nanjing is about to fall, and there is nothing to dare to say.

She was furious. She grabbed the teacup from the table and slammed it on the ground. She looked at the shards of teacups all over the floor, anger contorting her face.

She gritted her teeth and glared at her eyes and said, "The army is here, and he is gone." I won't hit the sky with a brick, I can hit the ground.

"For such a big thing as the Anti-Japanese War, he did not forget to fight the civil war and rectify his own people. What else is he capable of? ”

The old butler did not understand what she was saying, and he stared at her blankly.

The porter hurried over, and he was stunned when he saw the scene. He had never seen Wang Mingming's incomparably beautiful and terrifying appearance when he was angry.

Wang Mingming looked at her and asked him angrily, "What's the matter with you." ”

Wang Mingming's questioning brought the porter to his senses. He looked flustered and said, "Third aunt, a soldier at the door wants to see you." He said it was a neighbor of your mother's house in Yanziji. ”

When Wang Mingming heard that the person who came was from his mother's house, he couldn't help but turn his anger into joy. She couldn't remember who it was for a while, and she came to the gate in three steps and two steps.

She shouted excitedly: "Who is it, who is coming!" Come on in. Mother Liu immediately cleaned up the teacup fragments on the ground, and she ran out after she was done.

Under the lamp at the gate stood the GI, he was tall, with a rectangular face, broad shoulders, and a straight waist. With an armed belt and a box gun on his back, he is so spirited and mighty.

This man gives the impression of a big northern man. But he is a genuine Nanjing Yanziji person.

He is a neighbor of Wang Mingming's mother's house, and his nickname is Qiangzi. When Wang Mingming was young, he called him Brother Qiangzi.

Wang Mingming couldn't control his joy and shouted to him: "Brother Qiangzi." I recognized you at a glance. You are so mighty, quick, go and sit in the house. ”

Qiangzi excitedly crossed his hands on his waist and propped up his chest and said, "Little sister, I'm afraid I won't be able to find you." Look you haven't changed at all. It's just that the clothes are too fashionable, and the people look more beautiful.

"When you were young, you had two pigtails and you were shy when talking to adults. When I saw us in the town, these men always followed us and shouted big brother and wait for me.

"As the old saying goes, the eighteenth year of the female college is getting better and better." He looked up and laughed.

Wang Mingming said: "You still have the face to say that I am the head of the doll in the town, no matter how clean the clothes are, they will not be clean when they reach your body." ”