"I plan to go to Hutchison Pier to see how many of these broken troops can be gathered. If these broken troops are used well, there is still hope of breaking through." Zhang Tianhai said solemnly.
Song Xilian nodded and said: "The Hutchison Wharf is now under the command of Brigadier Liu Ying Liu. I will send someone over to say hello to him. If you need temporary help, you can ask him to help. I want to do it now. We are about to cross the river, I will ask my adjutant to go with you!"
"Thank you, Master." Zhang Tianhai saluted Song Xilian with a military salute. He knew that this was the old officer's intention.
"Adjutant Yang, please accompany Captain Zhang to the Hutchison Pier! Go say hello to Brigadier Liu Ying, and tell him by the way that you need to bring all the troops to Wuyi to assemble." Song Xilian ordered the people around him the adjutant said.
"Yes, Master!" Young Adjutant Yang responded.
Adjutant Yang and Zhang Tianhai are about the same age. They are also in their mid-twenties and have the rank of major. If Zhang Tianhai had not been promoted quickly, he might not be as good as Adjutant Yang. You know, before participating in the Battle of Songhu, Zhang Tianhai Tianhai is just a little lieutenant. Compared with a major, he is still two levels behind.
"Take care!" After saying this, Song Xilian walked off the boat. He wanted to take a battalion of officers and soldiers there first, and then assemble in Wuyi.
Accompanying Song Xilian was Li Zhipeng, commander of the 106th Brigade. However, Li Zhipeng did not follow Song Xilian and his vanguard. He had to stay on the shore to command the troops to prevent other troops from seizing their ships.
At this time, ships also mean life.
"Let's go, Chief Zhang." Adjutant Yang called out to Zhang Tianhai. He started to get in touch with Zhang Tianhai when he first entered the Songhu battlefield. It can be said that he watched Zhang Tianhai rise step by step. By now he is already two levels higher than himself.
However, Adjutant Yang has no intention of dissatisfying Zhang Tianhai. To put it bluntly, it boils down to just two words - ability. If you have the ability, go and capture the Marine Corps Headquarters in Little Japan. If you have the ability, you can also lead your troops to break through the Japanese army. You can block the defense line intensively without dying. If something happens, you can also kill the two Japanese regiment captains and take down a headquarters...
Various signs prove that Zhang Tianhai became the regiment leader based on his ability. There is nothing to say about this. After all, in the army, it is the capable people who speak loudest.
When we arrived at Hutchison Pier, it was already 7:25 in the evening, and the shore was crowded with people. Although there were many people at this time, it had not yet reached the point where the chaos was completely uncontrollable - most of the people were there Under the command of their commanders, they looked for boats to cross the river. If they couldn't find a boat, they tied timber from a nearby lumber mill into a raft and pushed it down the river and swam across.
The cold river wind blew in and woke up Zhang Tianhai. He didn't come to see the scenery, he came to find something to do.
At this time, Liu Ying was commanding the troops to board the ship. The officers and soldiers of the 36th Division currently controlled about four small steamers. However, the four small steamers they controlled were far inferior to Commander Tang. Sir, the two small steamers they have are because the small steamers controlled by the officers and soldiers of the 36th Division are not as powerful as those two steamers, and the number of people they can carry is also much smaller. Like the one controlled by Tang Shengzhi and the others. Of the two ships, one can accommodate 700-800 people, and it only takes 30 minutes to travel between the two sides of the Yangtze River. However, one of these small steamers can only carry 80-90 people, and it takes a full 45 minutes to travel between the two sides of the Yangtze River.
In addition to soldiers, there were also a small number of ordinary people crowding the river bank. How could these ordinary people crowd out these strong young soldiers? So they could only wait helplessly on the shore near the inside. They themselves didn't know what they were waiting for...
Maybe, he is waiting for the hope of life...
"Captain Zhang, I have found Brigadier Liu. Come with me!" Adjutant Yang came back and informed Zhang Tianhai.
Zhang Tianhai nodded, and then asked Liu Houming and Wei He to wait where they were.
"Hello, Brigadier Liu!" After seeing Liu Ying, Zhang Tianhai took the lead in giving a military salute to show respect. After all, he has a lot of time to ask others for help. The main force of his troops has already crossed the river. He can be relied on at critical moments. There are only these people from the old army.
"Hey, Zhang Yulin, shouldn't you have led your troops across the river by now? The master said before that your troops were to clear the way for the officers of the General Department, why are they still here now?" Liu Ying was a little confused. He wished that all the troops of the Thirty-sixth Division would fly to the other side immediately to avoid such trouble.
"Well, it's a long story. We need time. Let's talk about it in detail. Now that my troops have crossed the river, I still have something to do when I stay here." Zhang Tianhai's expression was very reluctant. A smile comes out.
While Zhang Tianhai and Liu Ying were talking, the north bank of the Yangtze River did not look so harmonious.
Under the arrangement and command of Chief of Staff Guo Qiliang, the main force of the Zhiyi Regiment, which had already completed crossing the river, had begun to guard along the river in cooperation with Hu Zongnan's First Army, waiting for the arrival of the officers of the Fourth Battalion and the Chief's Department. More importantly, , we have to wait until the regiment leader Zhang Tianhai comes over to continue commanding the troops.
At this time, something seems to be wrong. According to normal circumstances, the speed of the fire wheels rode by the officers of the Chief Department should be very fast. Why hasn't it arrived yet?
As a result, Guo Qiliang, Zheng Man, Xu Sangou and others stood on the front line waiting on the shore, so that if there was news, they would know it as soon as possible.
But no matter how they waited, they still didn't see the small fire wheel from the commander's department. Even if something happened, this small fire wheel would still come over. It couldn't even save the life of Commander Tang, Commander Tang, right?
What's even worse is that the group leader is not equipped with a radio station, so he can't contact anyone.
Zheng Man always felt that something was going to happen because her left eyelid kept twitching.
Just when Guo Qiliang, Zheng Man and others were suffering from anxiety and worry, about twenty minutes later, they finally saw the small ferries coming towards the shore against the cold river wind. .
At that moment, Zheng Man smiled, and that smile was like the spring breeze.
Soon, the ships pulled over, and Zheng Man's sharp eyes immediately saw Wang Yongcheng, the commander of the fourth battalion.
"Captain Wang, where is our captain?" As soon as Wang Yongcheng got off the boat, he was caught and questioned by the anxious Zheng Man.
Wang Yongcheng's face was not very good, and his lips were pursed tightly. This man in his thirties from the Northeast didn't know how to say this at this moment.
Soon, Guo Qiliang also discovered that the regiment leader Zhang Tianhai was not among the troops crossing the river, so he hurriedly came over and asked Wang Yongcheng: "Fourth Battalion Commander, what's going on? Why didn't the captain's ship arrive? Where is the regiment commander?"
"The officers of the Chief's Department have now driven to Wuhan on a small steamer." Wang Yongcheng said, "The leader..."
Seeing Wang Yongcheng's hesitant expression, even Guo Qiliang could see something was wrong, so he quickly said: "What's wrong, captain? Say it quickly, stop hesitating."
Wang Yongcheng gritted his teeth and said: "The regiment leader said that he will stay in Nanjing with his special agent company to do some things. Let you, the chief of staff, command the troops to go to Xuzhou. He will go there to find you. If they can't come to Xuzhou within half a month, he will look for you." You guys, just report it directly to your superiors and say that he died..."
"Old Zhang... what a nonsense!" Guo Qiliang clenched his fists. Obviously he was extremely angry at Zhang Yulin's behavior. "I should have thought of it a long time ago. The regiment leader has been adding troops to the special agent company. We have strengthened two platoons and sent them over, and asked the baggage company to continue recruiting people!"
Putting aside the angry Chief of Staff Guo, and looking at Zheng Man, she was the only one. After learning the news, she silently walked to the river. She looked at the dark scenery by the river, and a drop of clear tears gently streaked her face. After that, he kept murmuring: "Zhang Yulin, you liar, did you agree to leave with me? Why did you leave me so cruelly..."
The city of Nanjing is broken, and tens of thousands of Japanese troops will flood into Nanjing. Zheng Man knows that Zhang Tianhai's stay here must be very dangerous, and there is a high chance that he will not be able to come back. She is blaming Zhang Tianhai, why not Let her stay there too? You must know that her shooting skills are not bad. She is not afraid of death even if she follows him...
There is an uncomfortable feeling called being abandoned. Even if the other party has something to hide, it will always be there...
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PS: The updates can be regarded as keeping up. . .
In the past two days, my family has been organizing a party for my sister to go to college and have a meal with her relatives. I did it in my hometown village. I was busy with other things and was very tired. I originally wanted to take a day off, haha, but I didn’t expect to rush. On.
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