Under the expectant gaze of everyone, Qiao Youhua said word by word: "I have discussed the next battle plan with Deputy Commander Liu, after nightfall tonight, your divisions can cross the Yangtze River north from Xiaguan Wharf and evacuate quietly, but one thing must be remembered, until the time is not reached, it is never allowed to evacuate without authorization."

Because before retreating, you still need to repel an attack by the Japanese army, otherwise none of you can escape, and you will be chased by the little devils to the edge of the Yangtze River, with no way to go to the sky, no door to enter the ground, and no place to bury you! “

"That's a nice thing to say, since it's a retreat, who will come to the palace?" Wang Yaowu said.

As soon as Wang Yaowu's words came out, many people's faces changed drastically, and they all looked at Qiao Youhua directly, afraid that Qiao Youhua would choose one of their troops to serve as the rear army.

Because they all understand that at this juncture, the troops who left behind the palace to cover the retreat are definitely dead or alive, and to put it bluntly, they are left to be cannon fodder.

The battle has reached this juncture, and no one wants to stay as cannon fodder and throw their lives away in Nanjing, which is almost empty.

However, Qiao Youhua said a sentence that surprised them very much: "Everyone, please rest assured, the task of the queen will be carried out by the soldiers of the Dragon Tooth Task Force led by Qiao, as long as you cooperate well with the evacuation plan formulated by the headquarters, I guarantee that you can all evacuate to the north shore safely."

At the same time, as long as Qiao still has a certain breath, he will do his best to stop the pursuing Japanese army and ensure the safe withdrawal of the evacuated troops. ”

Up to the present in this battle, the units of the Nanjing Garrison Theater have brilliantly completed the evacuation and evacuation task of covering more than 700,000 people in Nanjing at a painful cost of almost the total annihilation.

There is no longer any need to stay, and the reason why Qiao Youhua is willing to take the initiative to stay in the palace is not to appease these senior officers of various divisions, but for the soldiers of the vast garrison theater of less than 20,000 people.

They fought bloody battles with the Japanese invaders for so many days, which can be described as the rest of their lives, experienced countless baptisms of life and death, and killed countless enemies, which can be regarded as a great military achievement, and there is no need for them to stay and make meaningless sacrifices.

Qiao Youhua was willing to lead the officers and soldiers of his headquarters to stay behind as their royal queen, because they were all the best and most outstanding soldiers in the world, real fighting soldiers!

This is the last chance to survive that countless of them have bought with their blood and lives!

As soon as Qiao Youhua said this, everyone was stunned and completely quieted.

They never expected Qiao Youhua to do this, and the previous dissatisfaction with Qiao Youhua in their hearts was gone, replaced by a kind of sincere admiration.

As soldiers, when they shouted the slogan of swearing to live and die with Nanjing to inspire their subordinates to fight bravely, how many people were really determined to live and die with this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties and a thousand-year-old city?

At this moment, in their opinion, perhaps only Qiao Youhua and the dragon tooth officers and soldiers under his command did it.

Liu Jianhua, who was behind Qiao Youhua, took the lead in raising his arms and shouted: "People are in the city, and they swear to live and die with Nanjing!" ”

"People are in the city, and they swear to live and die with Nanjing!"

"People are in the city, and they swear to live and die with Nanjing!"

"People are in the city, and they swear to live and die with Nanjing!"

Behind Qiao Youhua, nearly a thousand dragon tooth officers and soldiers responded with murderous three shouts!

The officers and men of the guard units directly under the divisions who were opposite their swords and guns could not help but put away their weapons one after another, and spontaneously saluted the officers and men who shouted the slogan that had made their blood boil and fought a bloody battle with the Japanese army outside the city.

They are all iron-blooded soldiers who dare to play with little Japan, real Chinese good men, and real brave men! Loyal and brave people.

They cherish each other and admire each other! It is a silent etiquette between warriors and warriors.

Including Sun Yuanliang, Wang Yaowu and other Chairman Jiang's favorite generals, they couldn't help but salute one after another.

Ye Zhao, the commander of the 66th Army, said with respect from the bottom of his heart: "I finally understand why Brother Qiao has been able to make many feats and win so many battles, you are the real elite division!" ”

"Don't dare to be, I also ask all the commanders to lead the officers and soldiers of the headquarters to return to the established defense area, assist the Central Teaching Corps to defeat the Japanese army again, and also give the officers and soldiers of my regiment a chance to arrange the battlefield for street fighting!" Qiao Youhua stepped forward and saluted back.

"Please rest assured that the war zone commander's department will never let a little devil enter the city before dark!" Sun Yuanliang took the lead in guaranteeing.

"Yes, although our troops are all disabled, it is definitely not a problem to hold out until dark!"

"The little devil has also been disabled by us for several divisions, think about it, it's really fucking happy, isn't the little devil of the dog day clamoring to destroy our China within three months?

In Shanghai alone, Lao Tzu fought with them for three months, and fought in Nanjing for two months, and half a year has passed, and the little devils of the dog day have not even entered Nanjing City, hahaha! ”

As they spoke, everyone laughed out loud, suddenly recalling their hard work for so many days, and the bloodshed and sacrifice were not worthless, and their mood was rarely better.

At this time, a military jeep roared along the street, and on each side of the jeep hung an elite soldier equipped with an MP18 submachine gun and wearing a steel helmet.

This is an elite division that is better equipped, more well-trained, and more capable of fighting than the 88th, 87th, and 36th divisions.

In the first Battle of Songhu, they defeated the small Japanese four change commanders, and their combat power can be seen.

A group of guards blocking the street took the initiative to make way for the jeep, and one of the lieutenant generals who got out of the car was Gui Yongqing, the current captain of the Central Teaching Corps.

Surrounded by an adjutant and two guards, Gui Yongqing came to Qiao Youhua, stepped forward and saluted, then turned around and looked around at the guards directly under the divisions and the commanders of each division, and said in a cold voice: "What are you doing here?" The Japanese are about to break the city, do they still have to engage in infighting at this juncture? ”

Gui Yongqing knew about the movements of the commanders of the divisions, and he could not rest assured, fearing that there would really be an incident of internal strife between the two sides, so after arranging the defense, he hurried over in a jeep.

Thankfully, the worst he had imagined hadn't happened here, much to his deep relief.

"Captain Gui, what you said is strict, how can we have infighting? We've just received the battle plan from the Theater Commander's Department, and we're about to get the order to return. Sun Yuanliang said.

"Huh?" Gui Yongqing turned his head to look at Qiao Youhua in confusion, not knowing what method he used to resolve the anger of the divisions towards him.

Qiao Youhua hijacked the Theater Command, and Gui Yongqing, who was in charge of the city defense, knew about it a few days ago, but he didn't take any action, first, because the Dragon Tooth Task Force was strong and had no certainty of victory.

Second, he felt that the theater command after Qiao Youhua took control of the situation was not in a daze, which was beneficial and harmless to the war situation.

Qiao Youhua met Gui Yongqing's inquiring gaze, and immediately said, "General Gui, this is the ......"

Qiao Youhua completely described the battle plan he had just announced to Gui Yongqing, and finally added: "The general's teaching corps is also good, after fighting this battle during the day, let's also evacuate with the other brother troops, which can be regarded as reserving some elite seeds for Chairman Jiang!" ”