"Very good, let Meng Xiao take charge." Chiang Kai-shek agreed and expressed his appreciation. Then he looked at He Yingqin and said, "That's it. If you have anything to prepare, do it immediately. You can let Meng Xiao take care of it first, and the order will follow. published.”
"Yes!" He Yingqin and Tang Shengzhi stood up at the same time.
After Chiang Kai-shek decided to stick to Nanjing, he decided to move the capital to Chongqing. By this time, the Japanese army had already carried out three air raids on Nanjing. All central agencies had moved to Wuhan, and only a few agency staff remained in Nanjing.
After this meeting, in order to avoid enemy bombings, Chiang Kai-shek moved to a small building shaded by woods outside Zhongshan Gate. He ate, received guests, and worked in this small building.
However, Wang Jingwei did not move out of Sun Yat-sen Cemetery and continued to live in his villa. He did not know what he was busy with.
On November 20, 1937, Tang Shengzhi took office first and took office as the Commander of the Nanjing Garrison. Then he immediately organized the Chief's Department of the Nanjing Garrison Commander. The address of the Chief's Department was established in the Ministry of Railways, which had long since been moved.
After establishing the Nanjing Garrison Commander's Headquarters, Tang Shengzhi first requested that Song Xilian's 78th Army in the reserve order of the third theater be transferred to the garrison order and placed under the command of the garrison. At the same time, he also requested Ye Zhao's 66th Army, as well as Deng Longguang's 83rd Army (these two armies were troops from Guangdong) participated in the defense of Nanjing. In addition, the teaching corps and gendarmerie regiment originally in Nanjing were also involved in the defense. Even Xu Yuanquan, who was far away in Wuhan, The Second Army Corps is also being transported to Nanjing.
What can be said is that after Chiang Kai-shek decided to defend Nanjing, he basically captured all the troops that could be captured on the eastern battlefield. Even the troops on standby in the rear were assembled, together with the Eighth Army and other troops guarding Jiangyin Fortress. Almost 100,000 people. Not only that, there are other troops that are constantly marching towards Nanjing, such as Yu Jishi's 74th Army and so on.
As for Zhang Tianhai's situation of forming new troops on the spot, it is actually not uncommon. After all, if we are in Nanjing now, there is only one theme, which is to need soldiers, guns and food, and then defend Nanjing!
After Tang Shengzhi finished these tasks, he immediately inspected the various units in Nanjing. Most of the middle and lower-level officers had no hope of holding Nanjing. If it weren't for the guns of the law enforcement team, the war supervision team, and the gendarmerie, there would have been deserters already. , it can be seen that people are panicked at this time, and Sun Yuanliang is just one of the representatives - he is going to die tomorrow anyway, why not be happy first? I want to die a happy death.
The camera returns to Zhang Tianhai, time, 9:30 pm on November 22, 1937; location, the street opposite Fuli Winery in Nanjing city.
After confirming the relationship, the atmosphere between the two seemed to suddenly change a lot. Zhang Tianhai took Zheng Man's hand and walked towards the jeep ahead.
"Zheng Man, let me send you back first! I am the newly appointed leader, and there are still many matters that have not been dealt with. If the direct group cannot be established in three days, I am afraid that I will only be the leader for three days. Yes." Zhang Tianhai took the initiative to say, after all, the current situation is urgent and it is not a good time to fall in love.
"Okay, I know you are busy with military affairs, I can go back by myself." Zheng Man replied softly, but a hint of cunning flashed through his beautiful eyes inadvertently.
"No, today's Nanjing is different from the past. I won't worry if I don't send you back." Zhang Tianhai said firmly, and just as he finished speaking, he heard a commotion at the entrance of Fuli Winery.
Zhang Tianhai turned around and took a closer look. He saw that the drunk Sun Yuanliang was helped out by the guards, and then got into the jeep SUV. The guard company behind him quickly stood up in two rows, waiting for the order from the commander. .
"Go...to Yuhua Lane..." Sun Yuanliang ordered with a bit of a tongue.
"Master, aren't we going back to the division headquarters?" asked the guard company commander next to Sun Yuanliang.
"Go wherever I ask you to go. Don't be so verbose. Is it reasonable for you to return to the division headquarters drunk? Let's go!" Sun Yuanliang said with an unhappy look on his face. He really was not optimistic about the battle to defend Nanjing. He He has already moved his troops into the Yuhuatai and Zhonghua Gate positions according to the orders from above. What more can he do? If anything happens, just let the division chief of staff Zhang Boting handle it. (Note: At this time, Deputy Division Commander Feng Shengfa has been transferred to the 58th Division of the 74th Army as division commander.)
After seeing the displeased expression of the commander, the guard company commander immediately said "yes", and then asked the guard company to run behind the commander's car.
"Let's go, stop looking." Zheng Man patted Zhang Tianhai, who was meditating, and signaled that it was time for him to get in the car and leave.
After a long time, Zhang Tianhai sighed softly and got in the car, but he was still thinking in his mind: Don't he have to be so perfunctory if he is not optimistic about the Nanjing battlefield? How can officers like Sun Yuanliang stand up to their brothers who shed their lives and blood on the front line?
I thought about it again, but to no avail.
"Deputy commander, where are we going now?" Liu Houming, the driver and guard, asked.
Before Zhang Tianhai could speak, Zheng Man took up the conversation: "Go to the Communications Office next to the Military and Political Department!"
The scene where the two of them kissed just now was seen by Liu Houming, so the young man didn't hesitate, started the car and drove towards the third archway.
It was just a coincidence that they were on the same road as Sun Yuanliang and the others. Sun Yuanliang was leading his guard company forward, while Zhang Tianhai and others could only follow behind their car.
When passing Yuhua Lane, Sun Yuanliang and the men of the 88th Division stopped advancing, and then the guard company commander helped him into a two-story building. A young and slightly charming woman Helped him in.
Zhang Tianhai and others in the car saw this scene clearly. If they guessed correctly, the woman should be Sun Yuanliang's lover.
Seeing this scene, Zhang Tianhai just shook his head gently. He didn't want to cause trouble. After the road cleared, he sent Zheng Man back to the office building, and then he was going back to the 1st Battalion of the 216th Regiment. Tonight, he had to raise the airs of his direct regiment so that he could recruit troops tomorrow.
To be precise, Zhang Tianhai's "recruitment" is not recruitment in the traditional sense. What he wants to do is to contain them!
Yes, it was containment. From the beginning, Zhang Tianhai had no intention of capturing young men. The captured young men basically knew nothing and did not have a strong will to fight. Only the defeated soldiers who came down from the battlefield were his most valuable assets. What a source of troops!
Most of these broken soldiers have fought on the battlefield. Although their morale may be a little low, as long as they are dealt with properly, they will definitely be a group of elites who can scream, and they are also good soldiers who can shed their lives and blood for the country.
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PS: Another chapter. The historical materials in the first half of the chapter are all real historical materials and are not fabricated.
