Jun Jian, chairman of the Supreme Military Commission of the Republic of China, forwarded to Feng, He, and Gu commanders: Since the headquarters has been holding the capital, it has strengthened its defense night and night, and has strived to keep the army out of the capital. The ammunition is not counted, and it is a pity that the flag of the army wing cannot be captured, and now the remaining two roads of the army are retreating to Jurong and Zhenjiang, and our army has won a great victory! Long live the Chinese nation! Long live the Republic of China!

After Zhang Xuewu finished drafting the telegram, he issued an order for Hao Wenbin's troops to retreat immediately, and dispatched all fighters to cover the retreating troops at one time.

Although Zhang Xuewu did not achieve the tactical goal of defeating the enemy attacking from three ways and gaining time that he had formulated before, it was far worse to hurt his index finger than to cut off one of his fingers.

When he learned that the 11th Brigade of his unit had been attacked by the annihilation surname, Gu Shoufu spurted out a mouthful of blood and did not wake up, for this executioner who has done many evils in history, this punishment seems to be just the beginning, Gu Shoufu can't figure it out at the moment? Whether it is from the elite level or the tactical advantage, it should be the 18th Division or the 16th Division that will be beaten? Although its 11th Infantry Brigade did not carry artillery and chariot brigades, it was the most numerous and powerful center of the vanguard of the Three Routes.

From a tactical point of view, striking the middle lane is the most irrational behavior, because once the battle falls into a stalemate, then the other two troops will rush to reinforce, so that the attacking troops in the middle will fall into the situation of being surrounded by enemies on all sides or even being surrounded, and the most unexpected thing finally happened!

Where are the flags of the 13th Infantry Wing and the 47th Infantry Wing? If the United Flag is captured by [***], I am afraid that I will not be able to escape the fate of suicide, and the first thing Gu Shoufu, who is a little too excited, wakes up and asks is where are the two units of the 16th Division and the 18th Division?

As a result, Gu Shoufu was so angry that his face turned blue, since you don't let me have a good time, then no one should be happy, so Gu Shoufu immediately directly submitted a proposal to the headquarters of the Central Branch Dispatch Army, the General Staff Headquarters and the base camp of the military headquarters, saying that the 19th Infantry Brigade of the 16th Division and the 23rd Infantry Brigade of the 18th Division did not carry out the orders of the dispatch army, did not cover the flanks of friendly troops, and did not immediately rescue and retreat when friendly troops were attacked, resulting in serious losses to the 11th Infantry Brigade. It is requested that the personnel and sanctions of the 16th and 18th Divisions be granted.

Tani Shofu's telegram can be said to have pierced the sky, because it will be Matsui Ishinemasa and Asakanomiya Hatohiko King, Ishihara Waner and others after discussing and confirming that the flag of the two infantry wings has not fallen into the hands of the [***] team, and after pondering how to report the battle situation and casualties?

Report that the 11th Infantry Brigade was annihilated? Matsui Ishine and King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace are not idiots, they are not so stupid, as for the success of the two wings in breaking through after burning the wing flag at the critical juncture, this is acceptable, why the military flag was burned, so that the dead Major General Sakai Tokuta can be called grief-stricken and committed suicide, it seems to be better, as for the casualties! When added to the previous battles, the original 20 killed became 200, and the contact battle was changed to a positional attack.

As for what the Chinese side says, it is unbelievable, because China says that the two armies have always fought each other, and the casualties of the enemy have been reduced one level at a time, while the enemy's casualties have been expanded one level at a time, and this is also a military need, and it is also a political urgent need.

What shocked Matsui Ishine and Hatohiko Asaka Palace was that the bastard Tani Shoo actually crossed the line and stabbed the matter? In the face of the 6th Division's frenzied telegram? Both the General Staff Headquarters and the Military Headquarters have felt the seriousness of the situation, but how serious are the so-called heavy losses suffered by the 11th Infantry Brigade? The headquarters of the General Staff and the base camp of the Military Department are unknown.

Ishihara glanced at the content of the telegram questioned by the base camp and knew that someone must have stabbed the matter upside down, and paper can't contain the fire, since it was the day when Gu Shoufu pierced the matter, then I'm afraid the biggest black pot will also be borne by Gu Shoufu, Ishihara Waner remembers that Gu Shoufu seems to be a farmer in Okayama County? In 1903, he graduated from the fifteenth infantry section of the army non-commissioned officer school, it can be said that he is a guy with no background, and he has been dangling in his idle post, if it were not for the rapid expansion of the imperial army and the lack of senior generals, it would not be Gu Shoufu's turn to serve as the commander of the sixth division. ] Annihilation.

Regarding Gu Shoufu's way of skipping the level and sueling, Ishihara Waner can only say that Gu Shoufu was dizzy and did a stupid thing, otherwise even if it is a big loss, it is impossible to let a dignified lieutenant general division commander accompany him to death by caesarean section? Is that tantamount to a disguised recognition of the enemy's achievements? Even if Gu Shoufu wants to die and apologize for his crimes, I'm afraid the base camp can't tolerate it!

But now that Gu Shoufu has taken the initiative to pierce the sky, Matsui Ishine and King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace are probably both implicated, and it is difficult to say who can save Gu Shoufu.

In fact, in Zhang Xuewu's eyes, there are two units of the army that must be completely annihilated, one is Gu Shoufu's Sixth Division, and the people of the country will know its bestiality in later generations.

However, few people in the country know that it was not the Sixth Division that killed the most people in the Nanjing Massacre, but the 16th Division of Nakajima Imasago Imasa, and the two hundred people in the Nanjing Killing Competition, Toshiaki and Takeshi Noda, were both from his subordinates, and the 16th Division massacred about 160,000 soldiers and civilians in Nanjing.

This time, the 16th Division of the Chinese Army slid away like a loach fish, which also made Zhang Xuewu clearly realize that not all the reckless people in the Yue Army were brutal and reckless, and many commanders at the wing and brigade level of the Yue Army were familiar with Chinese history and liked delicate tactics to cooperate with each other.

Zhang Xuewu took a group of generals to the main peak of Jiangjun Mountain to inspect the fortifications, before the main peak of Jiangjun Mountain had built a closed fort and an open air defense bunker, but only a small part was built, and its significance was nothing more than to cope with the inspection of the Ministry of Military Affairs at that time.

If the army detours, it must directly face the positions along the Qinhuai River such as Hewan, Datang, Hongcun, Jinsheng Village, etc., if the Jiangjun Mountain is lost, then the condescending army can use artillery fire to bombard the Qinhuai River, then the defenders can only retreat to the second-line position on the Yuhuatai line for defense.

On the whole, the urban area of Nanjing is undulating, the remaining veins of the middle branch of the Purple Mountain extend about 20 kilometers to the west, next to the Taiping Gate is the Fugui Mountain, the city is the Xiaojiuhua Mountain, the North Pole Pavilion, and continues to connect to the west of the Xiashu loess hill formed by the alluvium of the ancient Yangtze River, divides the city of Nanjing into two, forming the natural watershed of the Qinhuai River water system and the Jinchuan River water system.

There is Lulong Mountain in the north of the city, there is Ma'an Mountain in the west of the city, there is Shizigang in the south of the city, the surrounding area of Nanjing City can be regarded as surrounded by mountains, the large and small peaks are famous for the Purple Mountain, Niushou Mountain, Shogunate Mountain, Qixia Mountain, Tangshan, Qinglong Mountain, Huanglong Mountain, Fang Mountain, Zutang Mountain, Yuntai Mountain, Laoshan, Lingyan Mountain, Maoshan Mountain, etc., and there are Fugui Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, Arctic Pavilion Mountain, Qingliang Mountain, Lion Mountain, Jilong Mountain, etc. are gathered and scattered in the city, and the overall formation of the landform characteristics of many mountains and many rivers and many hills.

Although there are many mountains in Nanjing, many mountains are simply impossible to hold, and there are many problems in the distance and distribution between mountains, so Zhang Xuewu chose to combine the key mountain peaks and fortresses when he was holding Nanjing, relying on the river, the main rivers in Nanjing are the Yangtze River and the Qinhuai River.

Especially along the Qinhuai River, Zhang Xuewu will be more than 100 kilometers long to Nanjing Wuding Gate outside the two parts, one is the main stream, said that the Qinhuai River around the city through the Zhonghua Gate, Shuixi Gate, Dinghuai Gate outside the Sanchai River into the Yangtze River, this section of the Qinhuai River is wider, the water flow is turbulent, and it is within the range of the 105 mm howitzer group of the Purple Mountain Fort, so it is stationed with heavy troops for defense, and the Qinhuai River is relatively small for Zhang Xuewu's value, after the overall defense deployment situation in his mind.

Zhang Xuewu pointed to the map and said to Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi: "Niushou Mountain and Jiangjun Mountain can be said to echo each other from afar, this is the place where our army must defend, and the 1005 mm artillery group on Jiangjun Mountain can pose a huge threat to the army attacking our army's positions along the Qinhuai River in any direction, so Niushou Mountain and Jiangjun Mountain are the decisive place of our army in the east of the city." ”

Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi did not speak, they were all waiting for this Commander Zhang to assign tasks, Niushou Mountain and General Mountain compared with the fortification garrison conditions can naturally be imagined, the main reason why Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi kept silent is that Niushou Mountain is a place to die, not only to die, but also to contain a large number of troops to consume the army, this can be said to be an extremely difficult task to complete, if once Niushou Mountain is lost, it will have a huge impact on the defense of Nanjing, Zhang Xuewu assigned the task that is the arrangement of the garrison commander, Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi will not have complaints, but let them take the initiative to ask for help, the two of them are still a little worse in terms of consciousness, after all, they are their own subordinates, this is a strategic point, and the so-called elite family will be sent to work hard, the two troops are supplemented by the remnants of the Songhu battlefield from the corpse mountain and sea of blood, especially the teaching corps has also carried out a large-scale expansion, and the elite division is reluctant whether it is Gui Yongqing or Yu Jishi!

Zhang Xuewu glanced back at a large group of generals not far away and said, "Sun Guiming! ”

Sun Guiming, who was wearing a colonel's collar badge, hurriedly ran up and snapped upright: "The department is here!" ”

Zhang Xuewu nodded with satisfaction and said: "Your Fifth Brigade gave me the position of Niushou Mountain, this mountain is only more than 240 meters above sea level, and the twin peaks are like the head of the ox to get the name, this is a strategic place where the soldiers must fight, Yue Fei, the anti-Jin national hero in the Southern Song Dynasty, once set up a base here, and defeated 100,000 Jin soldiers!" This place is a place to commemorate the martyrs, there are dozens of tunnels in Niushou Mountain that year are being dug and reinforced at night, using the firepower of the tunnel and the general mountain to cooperate with each other and the surface position, hoarding more food and drinking water, if this battle can not be won, Sun Guiming! This is the place where you and your Fifth Brigade are buried, understand? ”

Sun Guiming was slightly excited and said: "Please rest assured, Chief Zhang, the people are in the position, and the ministry swears to live and die with the position!" ”

Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi's faces were slightly ugly, and they both muttered in their hearts that this Zhang Xuewu was really a two-pole, and he let his subordinates die there as soon as he came up? What kind of command is this?

Zhang Xuewu turned around and said: "Captain Gui Yongqing, please mobilize the strength of the two regiments to cooperate with the 105th Artillery Group and the 75th Mountain Field Artillery Group of Jiangjun Mountain to hold the main position of Jiangjun Mountain, in addition, I will send Chief of Staff Ye Yunfei to lead the Duwu Brigade to help you, and the artillery groups deployed along the Qinhuai River are all obliged to cooperate with the fire support of the defense of Niushou Mountain and Jiangjun Mountain." ”

Gui Yongqing nodded and said: "Please rest assured, Commander Zhang, I should select the strength of the two regiments that can fight, ensure the position of the general mountain, if the regiment commander retreats, I will kill the regiment commander, if the battalion commander retreats, the battalion commander will be killed, and the headquarters will fight to the last soldier with a bullet, showing the might of my Chinese soldiers, and showing the prestige of the elite of my teaching corps!" ”

Gui Yongqing's current meaning is even clearer, that is, you Zhang Xuewu underestimate my teaching team, we are Zhongzheng sword, known as the elite of the elite.

Seeing Gui Yongqing's arrogant appearance, Zhang Xuewu also turned to the many officers present and said: "Nanjing is the capital of China, and now the army is strategically advancing from the north to the south, and Shandong will also face a major crisis after the loss of Taiyuan. ”

Zhang Xuewu lit a cigarette for himself and said: "I know that Nanjing cannot be defended, even if we can withstand Yue himself, it is still unknown whether Hu Zongnan in Jiangbei can withstand the Yue army, so I ask you to do your best, at the last moment, I Zhang Mou decided to die for the country, but I will also leave a way back for you, you are all party-state elites, how can you be easily sacrificed?" It is said that the First World War is no longer the gains and losses of one city and one place in Nanjing, and our army should exchange space for time and consume the strategic reserves of the army with flesh and blood, and the victory of this war must belong to us! ”

Zhang Xuewu's words can be regarded as giving a bottom to the officers above the brigade level who participated in the Battle of Nanjing, that is, to fight with confidence! In case the city is broken, you don't have to die in the city! Gui Yongqing and Yu Jishi glanced at each other, and the two of them secretly shouted in their hearts! First of all, he made it clear that the whole country was electrified and defended, and those who retreated were equivalent to the Han annihilation behavior, and then privately won the hearts of the people to boost their fighting spirit, so that they dared to let go of the original timidity, and they were originally ready to fight to the death with the army.

When Zhang Xuewu led a group of people to inspect the Niushou Mountain tunnel, he suddenly said to Yu Jishi: "I heard that Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 305th Regiment of Wang Yaowu's 51st Division, is a fierce general?" How about borrowing it from me? ”

"Huh?" Who is Yu Jishi? Zhang Lingfu is definitely a fierce general, and he personally led the death squad to carry out a counterattack on the Yue army in the Battle of Songhu, and finally defeated the flank of the Yue army and outflanked it, and its performance was remarkable.

However, Yu Jishi was a little strange, how did Zhang Xuewu know about Zhang Lingfu? Gui Yongqing, who was on the side, hurriedly walked away, and said as he walked: "Qiu Qingquan, I've got it for you!" Now that the big war is imminent, no one is rich, I'll go to the front and take a look! ”

Yu Jishi looked at Zhang Xuewu with some depression and said tentatively: "Why don't you change it?" ”

Zhang Xuewu grinned and said, "Is it good for you?" Absolute benefits! Immediately, Zhang Xuewu took a box that seemed to be very heavy from behind with both hands and handed it to Yu Jishi, Yu Jishi almost smashed the surface of his foot when he took it, opened it and immediately gasped and said: "This is too precious, right?" ”

It turned out that the box that Zhang Xuewu gave to Yu Ji was a big gold brick equivalent to the space inside the box! Is it the first time I've seen such a large gold brick in my life? Thirty pounds can always be had! Thirty pounds of gold for a regimental commander? Zhang Xuewu's brain is not sick, right?

Yu Jishi frowned and glanced at Zhang Xuewu, Zhang Xuewu was also full of reluctance, if it wasn't for Yu Jishi, he could directly transfer Zhang Lingfu to him, and now he needs to deal with Yu Jishi, let Yu Jishi go through the door of the Ministry of Military Affairs by himself, and officially transfer Zhang Lingfu to his Rehe Army.

Zhang Xuewu has already found a good position for Zhang Lingfu, that is, the chief captain of the general reserve of the Nanjing Garrison Command, commanding the first, second, third, and fourth brigades of the provisional reading force, and doing the work of the firefighting captain!

Zhang Xuewu was nervously dispatching troops to adjust the deployment, and the dispatch army of the Central Branch of the Yue Army, which had suffered great humiliation, invested the 3rd, 9th, 11th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 101st, and 114th Divisions under his jurisdiction, and the Chongdo Detachment, the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade, the 7th Brigade, the 2nd, 4th, and 7th Wing of the Combat Vehicle, the Directly Subordinate Signal Corps, and the directly subordinate military station troops marched together to press over Nanjing, of which the three divisions of the 13th, 101st, and 6th Divisions of the Yue Army were reorganized and re-fought as reserves.

For a time, the battle clouds were dense and the dark clouds protruded, and the army was not said to be under the city!

(To be continued)