Chapter Seventy-Five: Escape

Tang Shengzhi's office is very large, and only these few people came in, and Liu Xing, as the deputy commander, did not look better than Tang Shengzhi. Luo Zhuoying and Zhou Wei both understood that the reason why the chairman of the committee made Liu Xing the deputy commander was because the two were absolutely the same faction of the Hunan army.

They all graduated from the Baoding Army Military Academy, when Tang Shengzhi was still a company commander, Liu Xing was the platoon commander, and with Tang Shengzhi's step-by-step promotion, Liu Xing also rose. This time he insisted on Nanjing, and Chiang Kai-shek was grateful to Tang Shengzhi for coming forward to break the siege at the critical moment, so that no one would stick to Nanjing and give him a lot of honors. Liu Xing was also added to the rank of lieutenant general of the specially appointed army. Liu Xing is grateful for this is his old commander Tang Shengzhi.

Xue Ru's treatment of Tang Shengzhi in this way was not a simple matter of pointing a gun at him, but a verbal insult, whether it was the Dharma Protection Movement, or the anti-Yuan military action, and the issue of overthrowing Chiang, Liu Xing followed Tang Shengzhi closely, and traditional Chinese thought made him regard Tang Shengzhi as the master.

The king humiliated his ministers, feeling that Xue Ru was insulting him, and he was also very dissatisfied with Luo Zhuoying in his heart, since Xue Ru had laid down his arms, he should be arrested and engaged in military law. He even asked to come in to study the issue of the Nanjing Guard, what qualifications does a small major have to study these. Good tactics are not necessarily good strategy, even if she was born to study military command, she is just a fifteen or sixteen-year-old woman, and it is not good luck to win a few battles?

But he also understood that Luo Zhuoying finally guaranteed Xue Ru's life before letting Xue Ru put down the gun. At this time, no one can go back on their word, so they will come in noncommittally.

Luo Zhuoying was also out of helplessness, he couldn't let Xue Ru shoot Tang Shengzhi, otherwise Nanjing wouldn't have to hold on. The killing of the commander of the garrison was enough to cause chaos in Nanjing. Besides, Xue Ru is to maintain the entire Nanjing garrison, after all, it is the Central Army that is defending Nanjing. According to the order of the chairman, the teaching corps should be transferred to Hunan for rest, but Tang Shengzhi resolutely refused, thinking that the Central Army would retreat, and what should the other armies do? How to explain it?

In order to achieve the political goal of holding Nanjing, the chairman had no choice but to give in, and almost all of the troops of the Central Army who had withdrawn from Shanghai were holding Nanjing. In Luo Zhuoying's view, the Central Army is elite after all, and the Songhu battlefield consumes seven or eight out of ten, and it urgently needs to return to the rear to replenish it, so as to facilitate another battle.

As the commander of the 15th Group Army and the commander of the 18th Army, he has been fighting in the Songhu battlefield since August 13, and he still understands the situation. The battle from Luodian to Yunzaobang, and then to Suzhou Creek, three months of bloody battles, taking Hu Zongnan's First Army as an example, from the beginning of the battle to the withdrawal from Shanghai, not to mention how it fought, but not a single deserter, even if the casualties reached a dangerous proportion, there was no rout.

However, the Guangxi troops fought very bravely and were not afraid of death, but as soon as the casualties were too large and the offensive and defensive failures occurred, the phenomenon of collective retreat occurred, and at the same time there were countless deserters.

There are also many dissatisfaction with Tang Shengzhi, these warlords are all thinking about their own interests, living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, thinking that the central army is to preserve its strength and consume local troops.

Luo Zhuoying thinks that since they all want to preserve their strength and have no intention of resisting, why should they give you good weapons and sufficient ammunition? There is no concept of the state, just thinking about his own hills, and the chairman is right not to arm the local troops.

If they obey the dispatch of the central government and obey the orders of the state government, of course they will be given weapons and ammunition, will they arm the disobedient army? That's brainless.

In fact, there are not a few people who have such thoughts as Luo Zhuoying, and even the vast majority of the thoughts of the Military Committee. It's a pity that there are unreasonable people who advocate slandering the government there.

Xue Ru is in the Central Army, and Luo Zhuoying doesn't want her to have anything to do with her from any angle, so as soon as she came in, she pointed to the chair and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

Xue Ru has calmed down now, and he has taken a turn in the ghost gate, even now he is not absolutely safe. I didn't bring any troops, only one Fan Tiezhu was outside, and I didn't know what the situation was. What if you bring troops? Do you want to fight with Tang Shengzhi? Isn't that cheaper for the Japanese?

In fact, Xue Ru also regrets it now, what happened to him at that time? I thought very well, tried my best to explain my intentions, and tried to have a good effect, but I didn't expect people to listen to me.

But now that this situation has been created, the future generations themselves are not ordinary people, although they are just ordinary soldiers, but they are soldiers after all. She also knows what the consequences of disobedience and disobedience are when the army is committed.

Zhou Wei understood what Luo Zhuoying meant, and when he saw Tang Shengzhi and Liu Xing's dripping faces, Xue Ru's arrogant faces, he smiled bitterly in his heart. The contradiction between the central army and the local warlords was not a day or two, so he said: "Xue Ru, since you accuse Commander Tang of his mistakes, what suggestions do you have?" I hope you can speak your mind, otherwise you are violating military law, do you know? ”

A trace of anger flashed on Tang Shengzhi's face, Zhou Wei This is obviously to exonerate Xue Ru, as a soldier, even if there is a good suggestion, you must obey the order and respect the commander, otherwise the army will not be chaotic. Tang Shengzhi was angry and had already ignored Xue Ru's age. Zhou Yu thought that because of Xue Ru's age, she didn't know this, otherwise she wouldn't dare to do this.

Xue Ru saw that Luo Zhuoying also looked at herself, how could she not understand that the two of them were helping her get rid of her crimes, although she still wanted to kill Tang Shengzhi now, but she couldn't help but appreciate it, otherwise wouldn't she know what to do?

There was resentment on his face: "Chief of Staff Zhou, I am an officer, leading the troops to fight, knowing that the soldiers are the foundation of victory, and do not make senseless sacrifices." The soldiers are treacherous, with the right fit, with the odd victory. Soldiers are impermanent, there is no fixed pattern, striking the enemy, saving yourself, victory is the main thing. ”

Xue Ru said these words at the most level, but the people sitting here are all veterans, although the military mind is rigid, it does not mean that there is no level. Military theories can be memorized backwards, but the real application is another matter, and they all nodded in agreement at that time.

Xue Ru looked at Tang Shengzhi: "Commander Tang, let me ask you a few questions, you can answer the reason, I am willing to accept the punishment, even if I am shot, I have no complaints, if you can't answer, don't blame me for treating you like this." I know you didn't spare me, but for the millions of people in Nanjing and the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the national army, even if I die, I won't let you command blindly. ”

Tang Shengzhi was pointed at gunpoint and didn't dare to refute, but now he knew that it was impossible for Xue Ru to kill him, so he had the courage: "Hmph, there is no need for this commander to answer your question." I'm the commander of the garrison, and I'll use your tactics when you become the commander, I don't think you have a chance to get to my position. ”

At this moment, the three people in the room all looked at Tang Shengzhi with strange eyes, how could they be so graceless. It's no longer a matter of measurement, it's a matter of confusion. Luo Zhuoying was also a little angry: "Commander Tang, this is a major military matter, it is related to the safety of Nanjing, I hope to hear Xue Ru finish speaking, she is guilty of the following crimes, but she also has to listen to the reason." ”

"I'm the commander of the garrison, can't I command? What advice will this kind of person with no military discipline and no rules have, does Nanjing rely on such people to stick to it? I don't listen," Tang Shengzhi said a little scoundrel.

The anger that Xue Ru suppressed rose up: "Tang Shengzhi, I let you go for the sake of Deputy Commander Luo and Chief of Staff Zhou, don't think that I don't dare to kill you." Nanjing is better to stick to it without you, you think you are amazing, shit commander, but you are relying on the warlord melee, regardless of the danger of the country and the nation, regardless of the life or death of the people, otherwise you are nothing. ”

What had just been calm, broke out again. Tang Shengzhi stood up at that time: "Bold, come on." ”

The soldiers outside the door came in immediately, Luo Zhuoying didn't move, but Xue Ru didn't pull out her gun again, but looked at Tang Shengzhi with cold eyes, she was completely disappointed, let's die, just treat it as if you didn't cross over, since you can't do anything, it's not a big deal to die. It seems that this butterfly is finished before it can stir its wings.

Xue Ru's every word stabbed Tang Shengzhi in the most sore spot, making it difficult for him to tolerate this woman who should be killed. shouted: "Pull Xue Ru out and shoot him." ”

Xue Ru didn't resist, she was already disheartened, and walked outside by herself without waiting for the two soldiers to make a move. came to the door: "Tang Shengzhi, you remember, you will be a sinner for the ages, and if you kill me today, it will be difficult to block the mouth of Youyou." Let me tell you, Nanjing, you will definitely hold on for no more than a week. You are responsible for everyone who died in Nanjing. ”

"It's against the sky, pull it out and correct the Fa on the spot," Tang Shengzhi said angrily.

Xue Ru walked out, Luo Zhuoying and Zhou Wei didn't stop it, they were also angry with Xue Ru, they didn't know how thick the sky was, they didn't know whether they were dead or alive, there was no need to care about her, they were so impulsive, they couldn't see through the situation, what if they were capable?

Of course, the soldiers couldn't shoot people in the war room and escort Xue Ru out, but everyone forgot that there was a Fan Tiezhu outside the headquarters. He didn't know what Xue Ru was doing for so long, but he didn't care, just sat aside and waited.

Suddenly saw Xue Ru come out, and immediately ran forward, but before the words could be asked, the two soldiers shouted: "Stand back, what are you going to do?" ”

Fan Tiezhu was stunned: "What are you going to do?" ”

The two soldiers had already seen the red silk scarf around Fan Tiezhu's neck, and immediately pointed their guns at Fan Tiezhu and said, "Retreat, we are enforcing military law, shoot the criminal, and then shoot you together." ”

Fan Tiezhu is stupid, what's going on? His mind couldn't react for a moment. Xue Ru said: "Tie Zhu, go back and tell Chief of Staff Wu that Snow Fox has withdrawn from Nanjing and gone to find Commander Xue." ”

Fan Tiezhu finally reacted, it turned out that they were going to kill the captain, so what could they do, they were protecting the captain. No matter who wants to kill the captain, it can't be, simple people, don't want to be so much, if a person with a hundred spirits will look at the situation, but Fan Tiezhu will not. Rushing over with a loud shout, the two soldiers couldn't imagine that someone would dare to rob people at the headquarters. This is the execution of military law to shoot an officer, not a law enforcement team.

Seeing Fan Tiezhu in a daze, he thought he was scared, but he didn't know if he didn't react. was rushed to the front by Fan Tiezhu before he reacted, and the gun had not yet been raised. Fan Tiezhu grabbed the barrel of the gun one by one, dragged the gun over with force, let go of the gun, and pressed their heads with both hands to hit them together.

With a snap, the two knocked unconscious. Fan Tiezhu was too fast, there were not many people in this large headquarters compound, they were all working in the room, and the soldiers on guard were all on the periphery, and they didn't understand what was going on for a while.

After all, all this happened inside the command, and without an order, of course, I don't know what happened. Besides, Xue Ru didn't tie it up, so she thought it was a fight. The officer on duty wanted to come over to see what was going on, but the simple Fan Tiezhu grabbed Xue Ru and ran out without saying anything.

The headquarters didn't know what was going on, of course, they didn't care about it. Only the officer on duty to maintain security ran over and wanted to stop Fan Tiezhu and Xue Ru.

was already far away, Fan Tiezhu also ran fast, and only reacted when he saw the two people rushing out of the door, and hurriedly blew the siren.

The headquarters is located in a prosperous area, and the sentry outside the headquarters doesn't know what's going on, so they come out from the inside, not in, and of course they don't stop it.

The headquarters finally reacted, and Tang Shengzhi was in a daze. Luo Zhuoying reacted faster: "Quick, send someone to chase, if he and the Snow Fox Brigade round, it will be dangerous." ”

Zhou Yu and Liu Xing were both taken aback, Xue Ru had more than 3,000 troops, and they were in the center of the city, and they could independently resist the combat effectiveness of a wing of Japanese troops. The number of troops in the city was limited, so Zhou Wei reacted faster: "Quick, notify Commander Xiao, assemble the military police regiment, and surround the women's college." ”

There was a burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the headquarters, and the guard battalion gathered and began to chase, and at the same time called Xiao Shanling, commander of the Nanjing Garrison Command, to assemble the military police regiment and surround the Snow Fox Corps of the Women's College.

Xue Ru was also a little dumbfounded, she was ready to die, she didn't think she could escape, after all, it was the headquarters of the Nanjing Garrison. I didn't want to command the Snow Fox Brigade to fight, after all, the artillery outside the city was rumbling, and the devils were attacking, no matter how impulsive I was, it was impossible to fight a civil war at this time.

But Fan Tiezhu's speed was too fast, and he didn't give himself a chance to speak at all. With Xue Ru's small physique, Fan Tiezhu almost ran with her. The incident happened suddenly, no one could have imagined it, and they didn't expect to escape.

While running, Xue Ru's head was spinning rapidly, and he impulsively made things out of control, since this is the case, he should hurry back to the army and make arrangements, otherwise it will be bad. Xue Ru looked at the people behind him who didn't catch up, and said, "Tiezhu, take off the silk scarf, hurry back to the unit, and tell Chief of Staff Wu, don't act rashly." ”

Fan Tiezhu said, "No, I'll take you back." ”

Xue Ru knew that soon the military, police, and gendarmes of the entire Nanjing would be dispatched to hunt him down. Not wanting to die is the basic requirement of people, and Xue Ru certainly doesn't want to die. Since he ran out, of course he didn't want to be caught. Hurriedly said: "Obedient, I have a way to go back." ”

Fan Tiezhu wanted to say, but Xue Ru glared and said, "Are you disobedient?" Execute the command. ”

Fan Tiezhu was used to listening to Xue Ru, let go of Xue Ru's hand, tore off the red silk scarf and ran forward quickly. Xue Ru also took off the silk scarf, turned around and ran towards another road.