readx;? The battle plan was soon handed down to all units, and all units immediately rushed to the garrison to repair the fortifications and prepare to meet the enemy. At this time, www.biquge.info the Xicheng defense line had not yet been completely lost, and although the Third Theater Command had retreated to Zhenjiang, Zhenjiang, Yixing, and Guangde were still fighting fiercely, and the defenders in these places were desperately resisting, which also bought valuable time for the establishment of the outer positions in Nanjing.

At this time, Wang Haitao had the opportunity to return to the troops in Liyang County, the 91st Division and the 92nd Division both returned to Liyang County, Wujin and Yixing were handed over to the Third War Zone, Wang Haitao arrived in Liyang County, and the first thing he did was to go to the warehouse and take out some weapons and ammunition. At this time, in the command headquarters, Wang Haitao summoned all the officers above the brigade level of the whole army to a meeting.

As the commander-in-chief of Nanjing's urban defense, the area to be taken care of and concerned about is much larger, and it is impossible to pay full attention to the 90th Army, so at the meeting, Wang Haitao asked the three division commanders to take charge of the 90th Army alone, and the 90th Army is still under the overall responsibility of Su Zuxin and Zhao Zhongwu. The armored battalion of the army was expanded into an armored regiment due to the addition of dozens of tanks and vehicles, and entered the city of Nanjing to stand by.

The original two battalions of the 75th Infantry Artillery Regiment were reinforced to the 91st Division, one battalion was reinforced to the 92nd Division, and the mortars were also increased by 20 to the two divisions. In addition, each division was allocated a portion of mines, which were used by the reconnaissance regiment responsible for teaching the division's engineering units. In this way, Wang Haitao gave the 91st Division and the 92nd Division some guarantees in terms of heavy firepower.

As for the 90th Division, there were originally quite a few mortars in the division, and this time they were given forty large-caliber mortars. In addition, 10 Gaoping 2nd twin heavy machine guns were also handed over to the 90th Division for air defense, and a large number of mines were handed over to the 90th Division. As for the heavy artillery of the heavy artillery brigade, the 105-mm howitzers were transported with the 92nd Division to Yuhuatai to establish an artillery position, and the other 150-mm howitzers entered the city of Nanjing. The reconnaissance regiment used two battalions to reconnoiter the situation of the Japanese troops in all directions and reported directly to the Nanjing City Defense Headquarters, while the other battalion strengthened the defense of the Jurong base.

As for the guard regiment, one battalion was sent to the 90th Division, one battalion moved with the military headquarters, and the remaining battalion returned to Nanjing with him. Wang Haitao saw that after more than a month of training, the soldiers were already familiar with the weapons in their hands, so the new weapons in the storage ring were not taken out, for fear that the soldiers would not practice using the new weapons.

After arranging the affairs of the 90th Army, Wang Haitao asked the armored regiment and the heavy artillery regiment to return to Nanjing first to stand by, and he took Fenggu and Tian Yu, a guard battalion, and a reconnaissance battalion to Jurong's base. When he arrived in Jurong County, Li Yuanhong, the commander of the 542nd Regiment, came to see Wang Haitao, and Wang Haitao ordered Li Yuanhong to act with the 90th Division, and Jurong handed it over to the 91st Division.

Wang Haitao specially took out 20 light machine guns, 10 heavy machine guns, 10 120 heavy mortars, 10 40 bazookas, and a batch of mines from the storage ring and handed them to the 542nd Regiment. After all, the 542nd Regiment is a unit that started by itself, and there are the most veterans in Longzhou County in the regiment, and they are also absolutely obedient to themselves, so they should pay more attention.

After inspecting these fortifications, Wang Haitao placed five Gaoping two-purpose twin heavy machine guns at key points. Wang Haitao combined the 1,000 soldiers he brought from Longzhou and the 800 soldiers from the logistics and security department into an independent regiment, and appointed Huang Guizhong as the head of the independent regiment and Wang Li as the deputy commander. The task of the Independent Regiment is to defend this base.

In order to strengthen the defense of the base, Wang Haitao asked the reconnaissance battalion to stay here, and handed over a large number of mines and the last five Gaoping two-purpose twin heavy machine guns to the reconnaissance battalion. In addition, ten 122-mm howitzers and shells were laid down on the base. With these guarantees, the Japanese army will keep a low profile after occupying Jurong, and I believe that this base will survive.

Wang Haitao talked with Tang Yikuan, Jonas and others for two hours before leaving the base and returning to Nanjing. Before Wang Haitao returned to the city, dozens of tanks and armored vehicles of the armored regiment, plus dozens of heavy artillery pieces of the heavy artillery regiment entered the city at the same time, which once again caused a sensation among the citizens of Nanjing, and even people like Gui Yongqing, who were above the top, were extremely surprised by the equipment of the armored regiment.

Gui Yongqing was an expert in armored troops, and his teaching corps had a tank battalion, which contained fifteen old chariots of several models from Germany, and Gui Yongqing had always regarded these fifteen chariots as treasures. But these fifteen tanks are not even as good as the armored vehicles in the armored regiment, let alone the behemoth-like heavy tanks.

The thick barrels and heavy machine guns on top of these tanks show the strength of their firepower, coupled with the mobility ability and thick armor that are not inferior to armored vehicles, Gui Yongqing believes that its sorties will be difficult for the Japanese to deal with. As soon as Wang Haitao returned to the city defense headquarters, Gui Yongqing came to the door, and he was very eager that Wang Haitao would hand over this armored force to his command.

When Gui Yongqing made a request to Wang Haitao, Wang Haitao asked with a smile: "General Gui, how do you use this armored regiment?" Gui Yongqing replied: "Of course, when the Japanese army attacked, the armored regiment was used to suddenly attack to deal a heavy blow to the Japanese army. Wang Haitao asked again: "Is it just the armored regiment that attacked?

Gui Yongqing was stunned when he heard it, he had heard the term "Butan synergy" talk about it from the German consultant, but he didn't know what was going on. Wang Haitao glanced at Gui Yongqing and said: "Butan coordination means that when tanks and combat vehicles launch an assault, the infantry and combat vehicles attack at the same time to prevent the enemy from attacking and destroying the tanks and combat vehicles. My 90th Division was trained in the coordinated training of infantry and tanks, and it had actual combat when it broke through Shanghai. Therefore, this armored regiment is still under my own command. ”

Gui Yongqing blushed and said, "My subordinates understand." Wang Haitao smiled and said: " Your 50 heavy artillery pieces were transferred to two battalions in Yanziji, this time I handed over 20 heavy artillery pieces of the 90th Army's heavy artillery regiment to you for command, you put a battalion in the direction of Jiangning Fortress, and cooperate with the artillery in the fortress to fight the Japanese army, and then put another battalion in the direction of Yuhuatai, that direction is the main attack direction of the Japanese army, I arranged the 30 105 howitzers of the 90th Army there, plus one of your battalion of heavy artillery, more than 40 heavy artillery pieces are enough to confront the Japanese artillery, but we must send two additional antiaircraft artillery battalions over to prevent Japanese aircraft from bombing the heavy artillery positions。

The rest of the heavy artillery is placed in the direction of Zhongshanmen, in case the Japanese army breaks through the Purple Mountain defense line, then we will have to fight the Japanese army to the end on the Zhongshanmen city wall. By the way, your teaching corps has three brigades and six regiments, right? How many all-German armament regiments are there?" Gui Yongqing replied: "Report to the commander, there are three all-German armament regiments. ”

Wang Haitao said: "The latest German light weapons I brought back from Guangzhou this time are enough to equip three regiments, you immediately reequip the three non-German armament regiments, and immediately conduct live-fire training, to master the performance of the new firearms as soon as possible, I want to turn your teaching corps into a steel heavy fist, as long as the Japanese army has a flaw, I will use you to give the Japanese army a hard blow." ”

At this time, Gui Yongqing no longer despised Wang Haitao, but was very moved by Wang Haitao's selfless behavior, and sat in this position by himself, with the best weapons and equipment, he must be the first to equip his subordinates and not give them to outsiders, and the selflessness of the duke is just a legend. But now Wang Haitao's behavior has made Gui Yongqing understand that there are really people in this world who are not for him, and at this time, Gui Yongqing suddenly has some confidence in this city defense commander who does not know much about him.

After the position was arranged, Wang Haitao was a little relieved, now he just doesn't know how long the Xicheng defense line can last, that is to say, how long can he leave for himself to prepare, in Wang Haitao's heart, this time is naturally as long as possible. Wang Haitao put his temporary residence in a compound by Xuanwu Lake, where Fenggu and Tian Yu lived, and a squad of the guard regiment was usually protecting it, and there were a few servants in the courtyard, which are still being retained.

After the equipment of the Metropolitan Guidance Corps was changed, Wang Haitao sent the men of the guard regiment to a platoon to instruct the officers and men of the three regiments of the teaching corps on the use of firearms. At the shooting training ground on the outskirts of Nanjing, Lieutenant General Gui Yongqing, chief of the teaching corps, Major General Zhou Zhenqiang, deputy commander and commander of the First Brigade, and Colonel Qiu Qingquan, chief of staff, were all present at the scene.

The 2nd, 4th, and 6th regiments, which had just finished changing their equipment, were all standing on the shooting range with new weapons in their hands. Standing in front of them was a platoon of soldiers of the 90th Army Guard Regiment, and the soldiers of the guard platoon first demonstrated the disassembly and assembly of firearms, and then explained the performance and use of various firearms one by one.

After watching the live-fire exercise, several officers of the teaching corps showed expressions of shock and excitement. These new weapons are not a little stronger than the original ones, and even the old German weapons are much inferior to these weapons. Semi-automatic rifles, after the bullet can be fired ten rounds in a row without pulling the gun to tie the gun, the assault rifle is a small machine gun when firing in bursts, the light machine gun has a hundred rounds of drums, and the continuous firepower is enough to make the Czech light machine gun bow to the wind, and the heavy machine gun is light and fierce, and there is no need to add water.

With this equipment, the firepower of a regiment is stronger than that of previous regiments, plus a company has four German-made 80 mortars as supporting firepower, and a battalion is equipped with 16 mortars. Now these three regiments have become the trump card units among the trump cards. At the same time, Gui Yongqing was even more grateful and convinced of Wang Haitao, the commander-in-chief of urban defense.

At this time, Wang Haitao was busy inspecting the preparations on various positions on the front line, first of all, the outermost line from Ma'anshan to Liyang to Zhenjiang. At this time, the Japanese army had already occupied Guangde and was attacking Xuancheng and Wuhu, once Xuancheng and Wuhu were lost, then Ma'anshan. At this time, the 112th Division stationed in Ma'anshan had a total of more than 6,000 officers and men, which was an army that had been reorganized after retreating from Jiangyin.