readx;? The headquarters of the 58th Division was located in Qilin Town behind Tangshan Town, and behind Qilin Town was the Purple Mountain position of the 90th Division. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info met Lieutenant General Feng Shengfa, the commander of the 58th Division, in Tangshan Town. The 58th Division, like the 51st Division, was drawn to the periphery of Nanjing to guard the city of Nanjing after a bloody battle with the Japanese army on the battlefield of Shanghai.

At present, there are more than 4,000 officers and men in the whole division, and Feng Shengfa placed Wu Jiguang's 174th Brigade in Tangshan Town, and one battalion was selected as a general reserve to garrison Qilin Town with the division headquarters, and Qiu Weida's 172nd Brigade was placed in Niushou Mountain. The only mountain artillery battalion in the whole army, eight mountain guns, were also set up in the highest fortifications on Niushou Mountain.

Feng Shengfa's complaint is nothing more than a lack of manpower, insufficient heavy firepower, and the poor quality of national defense fortifications, Wang Haitao has nothing to do about it, the ordnance warehouse in Nanjing City has been ordered to be opened, and it is really unclear how many weapons and ammunition are left now, but you don't have to think much to know that there will not be many heavy weapons, and there are not many heavy weapons in the original warehouse, plus the ones that are replenished, it would be good to be left. Should you use the weapons in the storage ring again? Wang Haitao rejected this idea again.

Wang Haitao had no choice but to promise Feng Shengfa to think of a way for him when he went back, and then encouraged him again before leaving Tangshan Town. At this time, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, and it was too late to rush to Longtan, so Wang Haitao simply went straight to Zhongshan Gate from Tangshan Town, and then went to the position of the 90th Division in Purple Mountain to have a look.

An hour later, Mr. Wang's car stopped at the foot of the Purple Mountain. The terrain here is more dangerous than the Dasheng Pass, and the Shanghai-Nanjing Highway is a curvy uphill road for several kilometers in a row, and the ramp is quite steep, so it is really a bit difficult for the infantry to charge. The 90th Division on the hill on both sides of the road took advantage of the ground to build several fortifications, and the side of the hill near the road was also artificially dug into a broken slope several meters high, and this broken slope was the first problem if it wanted to attack the hills on both sides from the road.

When Wang Haitao climbed the main position of the Purple Mountain, he found that the choice here was really good, looking down from here, the road surface of nearly ten kilometers of Shanghai-Nanjing Highway is like a belt through the middle of the mountains, and Qilin Town can be seen directly with high-powered telescopes. Wang Haitao said to Tang Renxin beside him: "Renxin, the terrain here is really good, how about I equip you with some heavy artillery here?"

Tang Renxin was overjoyed and said: "Great, military seat, I am worried that the heavy artillery is too heavy to be transported up the mountain, if a few 150 heavy cannons are placed here, then this Shanghai-Nanjing highway will be completely under the muzzle of the heavy artillery, and no number of people from the little Japanese will be able to rush over." Wang Haitao chose two open areas near the main position, let the soldiers level it down, and then let the guard battalion pull up a cordon.

Here, Wang Haitao selected the millimeter cannon with the longest range, and placed twelve guns on each of the two positions. When Tang Renxin looked at this new type of artillery that he had never seen before, his eyes lit up, and when he heard that the effective range of this kind of artillery could reach 27,000 kilometers, he was almost jumping up with excitement, and the distance of 27,000 kilometers could almost hit Tangshan Town.

Wang Haitao also taught the artillerymen selected by the 90th Division how to use these artillery. It was also the first time that these artillerymen had come into contact with such advanced weapons, especially the auxiliary propulsion device in front of each artillery, which could be manipulated by only three people to move the big guy on his own, although it was not very fast, but it was faster than a human trot, so it was too convenient to transfer positions.

For the sake of air defense, Wang Haitao took out 20 light and heavy machine guns of the 67th type, which had only been used by the guard battalion and the reconnaissance battalion in the past, but now they are taken out because they can deal with low-flying planes below 800 meters after using the gun mount, and in the absence of antiaircraft guns, they can only use them for air defense.

In order to strengthen the firepower, Wang Haitao replaced some of the Japanese heavy machine guns in the unit with the Type 57 heavy machine guns in the storage ring. After leaving behind 10,000 anti-personnel explosive grenades, 5,000 anti-personnel incendiary grenades, and 3,000 long-range anti-explosive grenades, Wang Haitao repeatedly admonished Tang Renxin before leaving the Purple Mountain position.

In the next two days, Wang Haitao inspected all the positions again. After looking at all the positions, Wang Haitao knew the situation of the defense of Nanjing. In Wang Haitao's heart, the defense battle of Nanjing must last three months to half a year, otherwise he will be sorry for the three lines of defense that he has carefully prepared.

After inspecting all the positions, Wang Haitao found Xiao Shanling. Wang Haitao's task to Xiao Shanling was to reserve all kinds of supplies as much as possible, and to concentrate all the ships that could be mobilized or found at the Xiaguan wharf, and from now on Nanjing could only cross the river from the Xiaguan wharf, and the gendarmerie sent a battalion to guard the Xiaguan wharf in full armed gear, and advised the old, weak, sick and young of Nanjing citizens to leave Nanjing and go to Jiangbei, and that the young and strong could recruit militia and conduct military training, and the number of people was not limited, and the period of one month was a month.

Except for those that have been relocated and those that will be relocated, the rest of the factories in Nanjing have started operating normally, and all the living materials produced are stored outside of Nanjing. During the war, the price of daily necessities was not allowed, and those who collected materials and sold them at higher prices took advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune in the country, no matter who they were, they were all to close down their shops and materials, and those who resisted were killed.

In addition, it is necessary to strictly investigate all kinds of sabotage and theft of secrets by Japanese spies and traitors in Nanjing, and once it is confirmed that they are spies or traitors, they will be killed. From now on, military control and curfew will be imposed in Nanjing, and anyone who violates the regulations will be detained first and then interrogated. Wang Haitao's words surprised Xiao Shanling, and Xiao Shanling asked: "Commander Wang, is this a bit excessive, I'm afraid it will cause panic among the people." Besides, the gendarmes alone are not enough. ”

Wang Haitao sighed and said, "During the war, it won't work if you don't do this. This is just the beginning, and when the Japanese army begins to attack the second line of defense, I will order the whole city to be moved, and I will turn the city of Nanjing into a big battlefield, so that even if the Japanese army occupies the empty city of Nanjing, it will pay a price that he cannot bear. ”

Xiao Shanling only then understood Wang Haitao's determination and purpose, Xiao Shanling said: "I understand, Commander Wang, you can command the battle with confidence, and the affairs of the city will be handled by me." Wang Haitao said: "Okay, with General Xiao taking on the burden, I will rest assured, and I will let the teaching corps fully cooperate with the actions of your military police." ”

As soon as Xiao Shanling left, Wang Haitao's adjutant came in to report to Wang Haitao that the Jinling Arsenal was ready to relocate, and now the last batch of weapons and ammunition produced and all the stocks were handed over to the Nanjing City Defense Headquarters. This news made Wang Haitao also excited, and he hurriedly rushed to the Jinling Arsenal outside the Zhonghua Gate and next to Yuhuatai.

The relocation of the Jinling Arsenal began at the end of October when Nanjing was bombed by Japanese planes, and now the relocation has been basically completed, and the final batch of weapons and ammunition and the weapons and ammunition stored in the warehouse are planned to be shipped to Chongqing, but the General Headquarters temporarily decided to hand over the warehouses to the Nanjing City Defense Command for use, so there is a matter of the Arsenal handing over the warehouses to the City Defense Headquarters.

Wang Haitao couldn't help but be excited when he entered the warehouse, the brand-new weapons in the warehouse were stacked full, basically the output of three or seven years and half a year, and Wang Haitao took a look at the handover order, which read: 326 Maxim heavy machine guns of the 24th type, 380 imitation Czech light machine guns, 580 submachine guns of the Baigemen type {imitation German M-18 type}, 11,600 Han-style 79 rifles, 440 82 mortars, as well as various bullets, shells, steel helmets, gas masks, etc.

For Wang Haitao, this batch of weapons and ammunition can be described as timely rain, with this batch of weapons, the firepower of the troops on the front line can be greatly strengthened, and to cope with the Japanese attack, the confidence will be more sufficient. Wang Haitao said to his adjutant: "After I go back, inform all the troops on the front line to send people to the Jinling Arsenal warehouse tomorrow to collect weapons and ammunition. ”

Returning to the headquarters, Wang Haitao looked at the transcribed list of weapons and began to think about how to distribute them to each unit. There is no need to allocate weapons to his own 90th Army, and the 103rd Division and the 112th Division have already been given no more, and the remaining divisions are all to be given. It is like the 74th Army and the 66th Army, the number of people is insufficient, and the lack of heavy weapons has already affected the combat effectiveness, and this time it is necessary to focus on replenishment.

After thinking about it for a long time, Wang Haitao made a list of supplies. The 74th Army was assigned 60 Maxim heavy machines, 80 imitation Czech light machine guns, 120 submachine guns, 80 82 mortars, corresponding ammunition, steel helmets, and gas masks. The weapons and ammunition of the 66th Army and the 74th Army were about the same, except that only twenty mortars were given to them. This is because the Jiangning Fortress has enough artillery, and Xianlin Town is not on the main road of the Shanghai-Nanjing Highway, but only a branch of the Shanghai-Nanjing Highway, leading to Qixia Mountain and Yanziji in Nanjing City.

The 87th Division, which was stationed in Longtan, was more difficult, not only facing the artillery fire of the ships on the Yangtze River, but also the infantry coming from the direction of Zhenjiang. When Wang Haitao inspected Longtan, he also raised this question to Sun Yuanliang, the commander of the 87th Division, and finally decided to put a regiment here in Longtan Town to use the permanent fortifications to block the Japanese army, while the main force was put in Baohua Town, and Baohua Mountain, which was not far from the highway, to block the road. But occupying the hill and blocking the road requires a lot of heavy weapons.

Therefore, this time, Wang Haitao replenished the 87th Division with 80 Maxim heavy machine guns, 100 imitation Czech light machine guns, 100 82 mortars and corresponding ammunition. The rest of the divisions were also more or less heavily armed. As for the 79 rifles and the remaining light and heavy weapons, they were all put into storage and prepared for use by the militia trained by Xiao Shanling. As soon as the distribution list was listed, Wang Haitao received another urgent call from Tang Xiaoshan, and Yixing was lost. Behind Yixing is Liyang, and it seems that the defense of Nanjing is about to break out.