Chapter 81: Do your own thing

Xue Ru took the phone, listened to Xiao Shanling, exhaled fiercely, put down the phone, and said to Wu Yuzhao: "You command the troops to enter the city, evacuate the people, and maintain order." Mobilize the people not to carry useless things, just ensure that the personnel are withdrawn, and when the battle in Nanjing is over, they will come back. ”

Wu Yuzhao didn't know what Xiao Shanling's call meant, since it was to evacuate the retreating people, it was Tang Shengzhi who accepted Xue Ru's plan, so he agreed.

Xue Ru said: "There are a lot of troops in Nanjing, and there are even more people, you contact Commander Yu of the 78th Army, who guards the Rujiang Gate to the Shogunate Mountain, collect all the boats, and support the people to cross the river." The other city gates have been closed, and there are no Japanese troops only in the direction of Shimonoseki. The city uses harsh methods, and those who dare to disobey orders and make trouble will be punished on the spot. The stragglers and routs were all recruited, and Snow Fox's men were sent as officers, and if they did not obey orders, they were shot on the spot. ”

"I understand" Wu Yuzhao's ability level is very high, otherwise he would not be Xue Yue's deputy chief of staff. At that time, he understood the reason for Xue Ru's arrangement, and the chaos could only slow down.

Xue Ru said: "I will go to the military police headquarters and study the problem of how to defend with Commander Xiao, but the snow fox alone cannot solve the problem." Here you command, hoping that it will work in one night. ”

Wu Yuzhao had already estimated to some extent that Xiao Shanling was looking for Xue Ru alone, not Tang Shengzhi's overall plan. That is to say: "Commander Xiao has two regiments of military police, as well as the police force in Nanjing. The combat is not necessarily strong, and it is still possible to use it for evacuation. Commander Tang ordered the ships to be confiscated, Commander Xiao is the commander of the garrison, the ships should be in his hands, with the ship, it will be much faster. ”

Xue Ru nodded: "I'll discuss with Commander Xiao, remember that we still have three days."

Wu Yuzhao didn't know why Xue Ru said that there were still three days to go, and just wanted to ask, Xue Ru had already called the guards Pan Cheng and Liu Ming to leave the command room together. Wu Yuzhao ordered the troops to immediately enter the city in small units to maintain public order, mobilize the people, gather stragglers, and rectify order in Nanjing.

There are more than 3,000 people in the Snow Fox Corps, which can be a lot of force, and the most important thing is that Snow Fox does not have as many scruples as the gendarmerie. The people who made trouble in Nanjing were all ruffians, hooligans, and some soldiers who retreated on the front line, and the chaos was out of control, as if it was the end of the world.

Morality, law has become a dead letter at this time. Xue Ru was also making mistakes, and she was in a hurry to leak the news to the news media, and these reporters and newspaper and radio stations, out of resentment, reported on the dangerous situation in Nanjing and called on the people to evacuate. It was disorderly, unplanned, so chaotic that the chaos that should have arisen on the twelfth was brought forward to the night of the eighth.

Some of them knew the news early and had already left the city, and most of them did not know the news, and many of them ran after seeing their neighbors fleeing. This time rumors spread everywhere, and some people even said that the devil had entered the city,

There are also people who say that the Nationalist army has abandoned the city and fled, and even worse, that the Japanese kill people when they see them and rape women when they see them. If you don't run quickly, you will die, and panic and chaos will spread in Nanjing.

Xiao Shanling has only one military police regiment, Yan Fukai is already mad, but his people are limited, and he can't control the situation in the entire Nanjing, and the police brigade set up by the police station is also concentrated, but they are not soldiers, they think the same as the people, and they all have families, and many police chiefs, inspectors and sergeants secretly ran away with their families.

Nanjing is the capital, and it is home to many wealthy and famous people from all over the country, as well as foreigners. Chiang Kai-shek's evacuation of Nanjing and the relocation of the capital to Chongqing were not a glorious event, and there was no great publicity, but he only issued a speech to move officials, government offices, and important departments.

Even the Nanjing Municipal Government almost does not exist, and Xiao Shanling is regarded as the commander of the garrison and the mayor. At this critical moment, the executive branch could not play its role, Nanjing entered a state of anarchy, and chaos can be imagined.

It took Xue Ru a lot of effort to reach the military police headquarters of Xiao Shanling. Looking at the two guards who were following him, Xue Ru was worried about Fan Tiezhu. He is not mentally retarded, but he is also simple-minded and does not know the road at all. Ran out of the headquarters, the two were separated, and they haven't come back yet. Although Wei Ming and the others also searched everywhere, Xiao Shanling also confirmed that the police and gendarmes did not find him.

But Xue Ru didn't have time to look for him, so he could only pray in his heart that he would be safe, if something really went wrong, Xue Ru didn't know how to explain to him when he saw Hu Yan. If sacrifice is one thing on the battlefield, it's another thing to lose it. What's more, Fan Tiezhu blocked the attack for Xue Ru more than once, if it weren't for him this time, Xue Ru might have been shot by Tang Shengzhi.

Seeing the chaos in the city, Xue Ru didn't have time to think about it, and took Pan Cheng and Liu Ming into the military police headquarters. Following the sentinel's briefing, Xue Ru walked in and saw Xiao Shanling on the phone.

Seeing Xue Ru coming in, Xiao Shanling put down the phone: "Captain Xue, come so quickly, please take a seat." ”

Xue Ru smiled bitterly, along the way, Xue Ru also somewhat understood that he had messed up things, and he should not release such news to make this situation: "Commander Xiao, don't be polite, let's talk about what to do." ”

Xiao Shanling said: "According to Commander Tang's order, the first regiment of the gendarmerie will hold the position of Shuiximen, but the city is out of control, and the troops cannot be withdrawn, so I want to ask the Snow Fox Corps to maintain law and order, and the military police regiment will enter the position as soon as possible." ”

Xue Ru said: "Commander Xiao, the Snow Fox Corps has all been dispatched into the city, and I have come here to discuss a few things with Commander Xiao. ”

Xiao Shanling is different from other generals, he also has the duties of mayor, and he is also the director of the Nanjing Police Department, and he is responsible for the chaos in Nanjing, so he is more concerned about whether the people retreat. Since you want to stick to Nanjing, you can't mess around. After all, the people in the city outnumbered the army by several times, more than ten times.

Hearing Xue Ru's words, he said, "You're welcome, what do you have to say." ”

"That's good" Xue Ru also knew that it was not polite, and said directly: "Commander Xiao, according to my judgment, we only have three or four days to evacuate the people, and there will be more than 100,000 troops by then, are the ships all in your hands?" ”

Xiao Shanling shook his head: "No, I only have a part in my hands, in fact, you understand, most of them are in the hands of the commanders of various troops, Nanjing can't hold this is a consensus, everyone knows it in their hearts." It's not a question of the number of ships, but I'm worried that the Japanese army will go up the river and cut off the Yangtze River. ”

Xue Ru knew the results of the battle in Nanjing, but he didn't know every detail, after all, it was a matter for military historians. Hurriedly asked: "Whose troops are guarding the banks of the Yangtze River?" ”

Xiao Shanling said: "Defending Wulong Mountain are the 41st and 48th Divisions of Xu Yuanquan of the Second Army. Defending Shogunate Mountain and Shimonoseki was the 36th Division of the 78th Army. On the other side of the river was the troops of Hu Zongnan of the First Army Corps at Pukou. ”

Xue Ru knew that these troops would not listen to Xiao Shan's orders, they were listening to Tang Shengzhi. He said: "Commander Xiao, we don't have the authority to command other troops, but if you report to Tang Shengzhi and ask him to arrange other troops to hold the Shuixi Gate, you can say that the city is too chaotic to draw troops, so that you can concentrate the troops to let the people retreat along a fixed line, and concentrate boats to cross the river." As I said, there will be no problem in three or four days. ”

"Okay, it seems that it can only be like this" Xiao Shanling nodded in agreement.

Xue Ru said: "Also, even if the people retreat, the troops need time, Nanjing must leave the troops to block, the snow fox is only 3,000 people, the Japanese army is attacking in three ways, it is difficult to block." ”

Xiao Shanling was also helpless, he only had one regiment in his hand, and the second regiment held his position. I had no choice but to say: "I have no right to transfer other troops, so let's do it, the first regiment is under your command, and there are also the policemen in Nanjing City, they can concentrate on the strength of one regiment." ”

This is not the time to be polite and modest. Xue Ru nodded: "Okay, I'm not welcome." I just hope that after Tang Shengzhi escapes, you can take over the command of the entire Nanjing and coordinate the retreat of the Nanjing troops. ”

"Me?" Xiao Shanling glanced at Xue Ru strangely, he had already heard that Xue Ru had a mouthful of Tang Shengzhi, and there was no respect at all. Even if there is a contradiction between the two people, Tang Shengzhi is the chief after all.

He didn't know why Xue Ru concluded that Tang Shengzhi would escape, and besides, with so many troops in Nanjing, even if the Japanese army attacked the city, they would not escape. said with a smile: "Commander Tang's determination to resist the war is still there, not like that." But don't worry, Xiao is the commander of the Nanjing garrison and the mayor of Nanjing, and he must be the last to retreat, if he can't retreat, Xiao will also be martyred. ”

Although Xiao Shanling defended Tang Shengzhi to a large extent, he really fulfilled his promise in the end and died in Nanjing. There are several versions of Xiao Shanling's sacrifice in later generations, but they are all one fact, that is, he persevered to the end and died on the Yangtze River.

Regardless of whether he makes bold words or not, if he can do this, he is a respected hero. Xue Ru's disgust with Tang Shengzhi was due to the earth-shattering sound of his slogans, and in the end, he did not wait for the troops to withdraw and fled across the river first, so that the Nanjing group of dragons was leaderless and chaotic.

Xue Ru smiled: "Don't worry. I'm also the last one to accompany you. Don't say I really don't want to retreat, if I don't teach the devil a lesson, I'm not willing to die. ”

Why did Xue Ru have such a big hatred with the devil at a young age, Xiao Shanling really couldn't understand. This is not simply a matter of serving the country and the people, Xue Ru has a strong hatred in his eyes.

How did he know that Xue Ru was a person who knew the entire Anti-Japanese War, and he also knew what happened decades later. Hatred of Japan is not simply a matter of this war.

The two of them studied some details again, and Xue Ru said: "Commander Xiao, if necessary, you move the military police headquarters to the women's academy to facilitate unified command." ”

Xiao Shanling nodded and said: "Don't worry, you and I have a phone to contact, the location here is the garrison headquarters, you can't move easily, let's talk about it when the time comes." ”

In fact, Xue Ru wanted Xiao Shanling to be with him, hoping to save his life. But there are some things that I can't say after all, so I don't force them.

Xue Ru returned to his station, it was late at night, and the city of Nanjing was still in chaos, and the people who were worried and frightened fled north day and night.

Xue Ru, who had returned, issued a large number of orders in a row, and the entire Snow Fox Corps took action. Xiang Wenbin was the busiest, Wu Yuzhao had already given the order to the military police regiment to strictly reopen, and the troops were concentrated, set up barricades in the middle of Nanjing, empty the people in the south, set up street fortifications, prepare for street fighting, and become the fourth line of defense in Nanjing.

Xiang Wenbin summoned all the police officers and formed a police regiment. Officers were separated from the Snow Fox Corps, and troops were formed overnight to distribute weapons and ammunition. The police are too weak in armament and ammunition is seriously insufficient.

When it was dawn the next day, Nanjing citizens found that people wearing police uniforms had an extra red silk scarf around their necks, which became a scenery under the chaotic situation in Nanjing in winter.

In the city of Nanjing, it did not become more chaotic because of the increase in the number of people retreating, because no one dared to make trouble anymore. In half a day and one night, hundreds of people were shot dead in Nanjing. There are hooligans, there are scoundrels, there are some stragglers, and there are quite a few policemen.

The ferocious means first shocked these people who took advantage of the fire to rob, make trouble, and take advantage of the opportunity to get rich. The Nanjing Radio Station did not stop, constantly broadcasting the orders of the National Police Agency, accepting the commands of the military, police, and constitutionals, and rectifying the law on the spot if they dared not to listen. The bloody facts have made many people realize that making trouble at this time is looking for death.

With the completion of the formation of the police, order in the city of Nanjing is being restored. The flow of people retreated in an orderly manner in the direction of Xiaguan. But there are also some people who are reluctant to leave. There are those who are reluctant to leave their families, those who do not want to be displaced, those who believe in the propaganda of the Japanese, and those who are pro-Japanese and who are unwilling to leave. Unexpectedly, the Snow Fox Corps does not force it and does not go casually.

This is Xue Ru's order, and the anger in her heart has not been eliminated, and she feels deeply disgusted by the insensitivity of the countrymen and their obedient habits. Since you are not afraid of death, it is better to wait for death.

Xue Ru's indignant thoughts determined her behavior. has always scoffed at the scenes depicted in those film and television dramas. I don't know if the screenwriter and director don't understand, or if they take it for granted, and they still persuade those who are dragging their feet, which causes a greater crisis. For the sake of a few people, sacrificing the majority, it is not normal at all. Since you don't want to leave, who cares about you? It is better to be a submissive citizen under the enslavement of the Japanese, then leave him alone.

In the command headquarters, Xue Ru didn't care about the front line at all, and she couldn't care about it. The central task now is to evacuate the people and prepare for the withdrawal of the army.

The soldier at the door suddenly came in with some papers: "Report to the chief of staff, chief of staff, look?" ”