Song Xilian glanced at the standing commanders and said: "In my opinion, the task of holding on to Qixia Mountain should be left to the 213th Regiment! Captain Gu's unit is the one with the most remaining veterans of our 36th Division. . It is just right for Commander Gu to guard Qixia Mountain on behalf of our Thirty-sixth Division."
"Thank you, Master!" Gu Baoyu stood at attention and sat down.
After seeing that the combat mission had been confirmed by the commander, everyone sat down, and only Zhang Tianhai stood. He asked Song Xilian: "Master, my regiment is mostly veterans, and it is a strengthened regiment, equipped with It is also complete, so it is most appropriate for our regiment to guard Qixia Mountain."
"Is Mr. Song the teacher, or are you the teacher?" Song Xilian said with some dissatisfaction. After all, no one would be happy if the decision he just made was questioned in public.
"Master, of course you are the commander." Zhang Tianhai also knew that his actions were a bit reckless, so he said angrily.
"Captain Zhang, the first regiment directly under you is a reinforced regiment, and it is a fully-manned German weapons reinforced regiment. Regarding your combat, the division headquarters has other arrangements. Soldiers must obey orders as their bounden duty. Do you understand? "Song Xilian is equivalent to naming and criticizing.
"Yes, I understand." Seeing that the teacher had made up his mind, Zhang Tianhai immediately decided to sit down and wait and see what happens. After all, there are many times in a war that if you make the teacher unhappy, you will make yourself unhappy.
"Nowadays, the danger of Nanjing depends entirely on our soldiers. You must remember your responsibilities." While Song Xilian was speaking, an aerial bomb fell on a house near the division headquarters and then exploded. The Japanese bombing was much worse than It became more frequent a few days ago...
At this time, Song Xilian's division headquarters was located at the Central Party Headquarters in Dingjiabao, but his headquarters was located near Yijiangmen. He usually stayed at the headquarters at Yijiangmen. Unless there was a need for meetings, He almost never came to the division headquarters, and the division chief of staff Xiang Xianju stayed at the division headquarters to handle affairs.
After walking out of the division headquarters, Zhang Tianhai's face was still a little ugly. Zhang Shaoxun next to him stopped him: "Brother Yulin, are you still unhappy about not getting the defensive task just now?"
The smile on Zhang Tianhai's face was a little reluctant as he said: "It's impossible to say that it's not at all. After all, our regiment now has the largest number of people in the entire 78th Army, and the equipment is also the best. On the contrary, Eryi The third group was on board, and it’s impossible to say they weren’t depressed at all.”
Zhang Shaoxun smiled and said: "You can't blame the teacher for this kind of thing. Although your regiment is temporarily under the command of our 78th Army, everyone can see clearly. After all, you are directly under the regiment of the theater." , it’s different. Master must also have his difficulties.”
Zhang Tianhai knew that Zhang Shaoxun was telling the truth. Why was it that the Ministry of Military Affairs originally designated the regiment directly under the theater instead of the special agent regiment of the 78th Army? This is somewhat intriguing.
But Zhang Tianhai was unwilling to accept the outcome. The Nanjing Massacre was about to begin. Did he really want to be a cold passerby? It doesn't exist. Zhang Tianhai won't just wait for the massacre to happen in vain. He has to do something within his power!
Until he returned to the regiment headquarters, Zhang Tianhai looked gloomy. As a soldier, he should obey orders, but as a descendant of Yan and Huang, and knowing what would happen next, what should he do?
"Yulin, what's going on? I see you have a dull look on your face." As soon as he entered the regiment headquarters, Guo Qiliang asked about the meeting. After all, it was a meeting to issue combat tasks. Coupled with Zhang Tianhai's expression, he said he was not worried. That's all false.
Zhang Tianhai smiled bitterly and said: "The task of defending the Qixia Mountains was not taken. Now the Japanese army has entered Jurong. They are preparing to continue to launch a fierce attack on the 66th Army guarding the west of Jurong. The division commander said that according to the 60th News came from the Sixth Army that at dawn on the 4th, their outpost troops had discovered Japanese plainclothes soldiers 20 kilometers east of Jurong. They launched a fierce attack on Jurong from 8 o'clock in the morning, and by this afternoon At six o'clock, one regiment of the 66th Army and one regiment of the 83rd Army stationed there were all dead..."
"It seems that with the fall of Jurong, Nanjing's door has been completely opened." After Guo Qiliang let out a long sigh, he fell down on the chair as if his strength had been drained from his body, and then looked at the roof, quietly in a daze.
The troops of the two regiments had just defended for two days, and they were all destroyed. While people can't help but sigh at the powerful combat power of the Japanese army, it will also inevitably make people very frustrated - the two regiments combined More than 4,000 people defended a county town, and all of them were dead in two days. If they had gone to defend Jurong as a group, the result would have been almost the same.
"Brother Qiliang, I have nothing but passion at the moment. I can't wait to pick up the gun in my hand and fight to the death with that damn little Japan!" Zhang Tianhai, who was sitting at the head of the conference table, clenched his fists and was extremely angry.
"I said, Lao Zhang, our first regiment is now fully staffed, plus it has all the German weapons and equipment. No matter what, it is impossible for the commander-in-chief to leave our reinforced regiment unused. You can just wait and see. !" Guo Qiliang comforted Zhang Tianhai.
Zhang Tianhai shook his head and said: "In my opinion, not necessarily! Today the master refused to let our regiment go to defend Qixia Mountain. The fundamental reason is because our regiment's designation is the first regiment directly under the third theater. If it weren't for our It is a unit directly under the Third War Zone, and the unit ordered to guard Qixia Mountain today must be our regiment!"
When he heard this, Guo Qiliang was happy. He said: "Zhang Yulin, you are too short-sighted, aren't you? Didn't the garrison commander, Commander Tang, say that? We have to live and die with Nanjing. Are you still afraid that there will be no war?"
Hearing this, Zhang Tianhai smiled helplessly: Did he really want to tell Guo Qiliang that Tang Shengzhi would lead the senior officials of the Chief's Department to run away on the night of December 12th?
But how can you say this? At this time, Tang Shengzhi's plan to run away will only happen a week in the future. How can you predict this?
For Zhang Tianhai, the future is full of variables, and the only constant is Tang Shengzhi's intention to run away.
Tang Shengzhi ran away, so what happened to Zhiyi Tuan? Should he follow Tang Shengzhi's superiors, or should he stay in Nanjing and become the most dazzling firework that bloomed before the massacre?
All of this is unknown. Individuals are always very small in the face of the current situation and destiny, and many things are beyond their control.
Even if Tang Shengzhi took him and his group away from Nanjing before leaving, would he be able to leave safely? As an upright Chinese soldier, as a descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, knowing that a massacre was coming, why did he just leave so quickly? Will my conscience be at peace in this life?
If he disobeyed orders on the battlefield, even if the officers did not shoot Zhang Tianhai, he would eventually destroy the Zhiyi Regiment, the only remaining fully-manned German weapons reinforcement regiment.
In the Battle of Nanjing, the Eighty-seventh Division, the Eighty-eighth Division, and the Teaching Corps were all defeated. These elite German weapon divisions were all defeated. Only the Thirty-sixth Division, the only remaining German weapon division, was beaten. A half-disabled person.
For Zhang Tianhai, he is familiar with the wheels of history, but he is powerless in front of the rolling wheels of history. His personal power is too small...
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PS: Double updates every day, the rhythm is very pleasant.
