readx;? After Xu Yuanquan and his subordinates confessed, he got into Wang Haitao's car with two other generals, and after Xu Yuanquan introduced him on the way, Wang Haitao learned that among the two people wearing the uniform of the lieutenant general, Ma Dengying, deputy commander of the Tenth Army, and the other wearing the uniform of a major general was Ding Zhipan, chief of staff of the Tenth Army. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After getting out of the car at the headquarters, Wang Haitao took them directly to the operational command room. Originally, Wang Haitao felt that his troops were weaker because there was only one 90th division guarding the first line of Purple Mountain, but now that the Tenth Army had arrived, then the first line of Purple Mountain could increase his troops. In the combat command room, Wang Haitao didn't have any politeness, and directly brought the three of them to the Nanjing city defense map.

Wang Haitao pointed to the front line of the Purple Mountain and said: "Everyone, due to the lack of troops, I only deployed a ninety division on the front line of the Purple Mountain, although the combat effectiveness of the ninety division is not weak, but there is only one ninety division on such a long line of defense, and the strength is still weak, and now I want to hand over this section of Qixia Mountain to the forty-eighth division of your tenth army to defend, Commander Xu sees that there is any problem?"

Xu Yuanquan looked at the map and discussed it quietly with Ma Dengzhen and Ding Zhipan. After a while, Xu Yuanquan said: "Sir, our department is at the disposal of the commander and is willing to defend the position of Qixia Mountain. Wang Haitao nodded and said: "Very good, I will add ten heavy machine guns, twenty light machine guns and ten mortars to your 48th Division, and I will also give you 10,000 grenades." After your 48th Division arrives, you can immediately rush to Qixia Mountain to build a defensive position, and as for the 41st Division, you can stay in the camp as a general reserve. ”

Xu Yuanquan replied: "I have thanked the commander for his care of the 48th Division, and after the 48th Division arrives, I will immediately lead the troops to Qixia Mountain to build a position. Wang Haitao nodded and said: "Very good! I will send someone to your barracks to replenish your supplies, and you must defend your position, and you are not allowed to take a step back without my order." The three of them stood up at the same time and replied, "Yes, sir." "Then he left the command.

After the three of them left, Wang Haitao marked the words of the 48th Division on the location of Qixia Mountain on the map, and then began to examine the entire defense deployment, and only after looking for a long time that he did not find any loopholes, he breathed a sigh of relief. Tomorrow, Wang Haitao decided to continue to go to the second line of defense to have a look. Suddenly, the confidential officer shouted outside the door, "Report!" Wang Haitao said, "Come in." The confidential officer came in and said, "Report to the sir, the reconnaissance regiment is in an emergency." ”

Wang Haitao took it and saw that it was sent by Tang Xiaoshan, and it read: "The 5th Division and the 114th Division of the Japanese Army, with the assistance of a heavy artillery brigade, captured Xuancheng County, and are now moving towards Wuhu City, and the 79th Division of the Xuancheng Defenders has withdrawn to Wuhu City. This telegram told Wang Haitao that Wuhu would be attacked immediately, and once Wuhu was lost, the Japanese army would inevitably rush to Nanjing along the Ningwu Highway, so that the 112th Division of Ma'anshan would face the attack of the two divisions of the Japanese army, and it was difficult to say how long Ma'anshan could hold on.

Wang Haitao suddenly remembered that General Xue Yue had said that the heavy artillery brigade was running out of shells, so could he let the reconnaissance regiment find a way to get some of it? Thinking of this, Wang Haitao said to the confidential officer: "Call back to the reconnaissance regiment, the call is known, and I have ordered the 112th Division to prepare." In addition, can the reconnaissance group try to obtain some Japanese heavy artillery shells and send them to Zhenjiang? If you don't have the opportunity, don't force yourself to come, pay attention to safety. The confidential officer took note of it and stepped out.

Early the next morning, Wang Haitao drove to Dashengguan on the Ningwu Highway. After passing Dangtu County, there are more mountains on the periphery of Nanjing, and the Ningwu Highway also runs through the mountains. Dashengguan is such a dangerous place.

Here the Ningwu Highway bends through the mountains, there is a hill with an elevation of 260 meters on both sides of the highway here, and the pass was built on the mountain, and at this time it was used as the outer position of Nanjing, and the permanent defense fortifications were built. It's just that the quality of these permanent defense fortifications is extremely poor, and the design is not very reasonable. Garrisoned here was the 302nd Regiment of the 151st Brigade of the 51st Division of the 74th Army.

When he came to Wang Haitao, Wang Haitao had already climbed the mountainside and used a telescope to observe the firing boundary of the fortification in front of a fortification. Chen Zhi saw that he was a general here, although he didn't know who it was, but he also knew that it was a big man, so he hurriedly stood up and saluted and said: "Chen Zhi, the head of the 302nd Regiment, has seen the commander, but I don't know if the commander is ----?."

Wang Haitao put down the binoculars, turned around and said to Chen Zhi: "I am Wang Haitao, the commander of Nanjing City Defense, is one of your regiments defending here?" Hearing that it was the commander of Nanjing City Defense, Chen Zhi was taken aback and hurriedly replied: "Report to the chief, only the lowly 302nd Regiment is defending here." Wang Haitao asked: "How many officers and men do you have in your regiment, how many light and heavy machine guns are there, and how many artillery pieces are there?"

Chen Zhi replied: "Report to the commander, our regiment has a total of 865 officers and men, including 24 light machine guns, 6 heavy machine guns, and a mortar company with 6 mortars. Wang Haitao said: "The terrain here is good, very suitable for blocking, but your equipment is a little poor, and it is very difficult for six heavy machine guns to block the entire road." In this way, I will replenish a batch of heavy weapons for you when you go back, and you must defend this pass to the death, and you cannot let the Japanese army pass through easily. ”

Chen Zhi replied: "Yes, sir, our regiment will definitely fight the Japanese army here to the end, as long as there is still a soldier, the Japanese army will not be allowed to pass here." Wang Haitao nodded and said: "The fortifications must be repaired, the heavy artillery of the Japanese army and the heavy bombs when the planes bomb are not so easy to deal with." There is not enough time given to you, so you must hurry up, and the firing range in front of the position must be cleared to prevent the Japanese from attacking. Chen Zhi agreed one by one, and Wang Haitao went to another hill to take a look before leaving the Dashengguan position.

On the way to Chunhua Town, Wang Haitao asked the adjutant to write down the matter of adding ten heavy machine guns, twenty light machine guns, and ten 80 mortars to the Dashengguan position. After the car stopped at the gate of Chunhua Town, Wang Haitao saw thousands of soldiers building fortifications outside the town. Wang Haitao got out of the car, and a second lieutenant on duty at the gate of the town ran over and asked, "Hello sir, is there anything wrong with the sir?"

Wang Haitao asked, "Which unit is defending here?" Who is your supreme commander? Where is he?" The second lieutenant replied: "I'm sorry sir, what you asked is a military secret, please forgive me for not being able to give advice." Wang Haitao smiled and said, "Then you go and invite your top commander, and you tell him that I am from the City Defense Headquarters." The second lieutenant was stunned for a moment and replied, "Okay sir, please wait a while, I'll look for it." ”

Half an hour later, a major general hurriedly came over with his men, and when he saw Wang Haitao, he immediately saluted and asked, "Are you looking for me?" Wang Haitao replied: "I am Wang Haitao, commander of Nanjing's urban defense. Which unit is stationed here?" The major general replied after hearing this: "Report to the commander, the 153rd Brigade of the 51st Division of the 74th Army is stationed in Chunhua Town, and I am the brigade commander Li Tianlu. I don't know if Commander Wang is here, I am offended, and I also ask Commander Wang Haihan. ”

Wang Haitao said with a smile: "Those who don't know are not guilty, and besides, you haven't done anything wrong, Brigade Commander Li will accompany me to see how the position is repaired?" Li Tianlu replied: "It is a humble honor to be able to accompany Commander Wang to inspect, Commander Wang, please." When Wang Haitao walked forward, Li Tianlu whispered a few words to the subordinates behind him, and then walked forward behind Wang Haitao.

When Wang Haitao passed by the second lieutenant, the second lieutenant hurriedly stood up and saluted, Wang Haitao stopped, patted the second lieutenant on the shoulder and said, "You are doing a good job, not confiding military secrets to anyone you don't know, it's right to do so." After speaking, he took out a few pieces of ocean from his body and said, "This is a reward for you." ”

The second lieutenant took the ocean with both hands and said, "Thank you, sir." Wang Haitao smiled, and then continued to walk forward. The soldiers on the periphery of Chunhua Town built a total of four fortifications, because the 74th Army was also a unit that had fought bloodily in Shanghai, so it was not a layman to build fortifications. Wang Haitao observed for a while, and saw that the level of fortification repair was clear, the firepower points were reasonably allocated, and the quality of the fortifications was also very good, so he couldn't help but nod with satisfaction.

Just watching, several officers came from afar, and the person at the head came to Wang Haitao in three steps and two steps, stood up and saluted, and said: "Wang Yaowu, commander of the 51st Division of the 74th Army, has seen Commander Wang. I didn't know that Commander Wang was there in person, and I was too late, and I hoped that Commander Wang would forgive my sins. ”

Wang Haitao is also familiar with this historical anti-Japanese tiger general, and when I see this person today, he is only about 30 years old, with a big figure, eyes and eyes, and he is really a tiger general. Wang Haitao smiled and said: "What is the crime, I came to see the construction of the fortifications, and I didn't inform you in advance, you shouldn't know that I would come." I see that you have built this fortification very well, how can you have any difficulties? If you do, I will definitely help if you can. ”

Wang Haitao's peace and straightforwardness made Wang Yaowu have a good impression of Wang Haitao. Wang Yaowu replied: "Sir, after our 51st Division withdrew from Shanghai, it has not been replenished with troops, and now there are less than 5,000 officers and soldiers in the whole division, and a lot of weapons and ammunition have also been lost in the Battle of Shanghai. ”

Wang Haitao nodded and said: "Yes, I see that your troops' weapons are a little worse, and when I went to Dasheng Pass just now, your 302nd Regiment also had this problem." I'm ready to replenish the 302nd Regiment with some heavy weapons. That's it, I'll take a look when I go back, and try to send you some heavy weapons, but the weapons are here, you have to defend this position for me, and you can easily lose your position, don't blame me for being ruthless in military law. ”

Wang Yaowu replied: "Commander Wang, rest assured, even if there is no additional heavy weapon, I, Wang Yaowu, will guarantee that people are in the position." Wang Haitao nodded with satisfaction. Leaving Chunhua Town, Wang Haitao rushed to Tangshan Town, where the 58th Division was located, without stopping. Tangshan Town is behind Jurong County, and the Niushou Mountain next to the town is close to the Nanjing-Hangzhou Highway, and there are permanent defense fortifications on the mountain, which can completely block the Nanjing-Hangzhou Highway from a high position in the fortifications.