Immediately afterwards, Chairman Chiang convened the third meeting of the war defense.

In the previous two meetings, the main battle faction and the abandoned defense faction had fierce confrontations, which led to the delay in forming a resolution, so this time, Chairman Chiang decided to make an arbitrary decision!

There's really no time to argue! No matter how noisy the devils are, they will all hit outside the city of Nanjing!

The meeting had just begun, and before the senior generals attending the meeting could speak, Chairman Chiang set the tone: "Nanjing is the capital of the Republic of China, and it is also the place where the former premier's mausoleum is located. Meng Xiao! ”

Tang Shengzhi, who was called by name, immediately stood up and said loudly: "Here, what do you have to say?" ”

Chairman Jiang said: "As you said, the party-state needs a member to guard Nanjing in the future, and I hope you can stay and take up the important task of staying in Nanjing. ”

Tang Shengzhi snapped upright and said proudly: "I don't dare to guarantee anything else, but one thing is certain, I am in Nanjing, if Nanjing is not there, I will definitely not be there!" ”

Tang Shengzhi's implication is to live and die with Nanjing City!

"Meng Xiao, your words are enough!" Chairman Jiang's eyes were red, and it took him a long time to control his emotions, and then he continued, "If you have any requests, just mention them!" ”

Tang Shengzhi immediately said: "If you want to hold Nanjing, the military police corps of Xiao Shanling alone is definitely far from enough, and the chairman of the committee may have to leave a few elite troops that can fight!" ”

"Of course, of course!" Chairman Jiang nodded and said, "I will leave the 36th Division, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, the 74th Army and the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps for you, in addition, let Xu Yuanquan's 2nd Army, Ye Zhao's 66th Army, and Deng Guanglong's 83rd Army also hurry up to Nanjing to join you, are these troops enough?" ”

Tang Shengzhi hurriedly nodded and said, "Enough, enough, enough!" ”

Chairman Jiang really took out all the descendants of his family this time, and Old Tang was content.

Although He Yingqin, Bai Chongxi, and others complained about this, the matter had come to this point, and the troops left behind by Chairman Jiang were all his descendants, so they did not insist on opposing them anymore.

In this way, the Nanjing Garrison Command was quickly set up.

Tang Shengzhi arrested Luo Zhuoying and Liu Xing again, asked them to serve as the deputy commander of the garrison, and brought his little fellow villager Zhou Lan to be the chief of staff of the headquarters.

Zhou Lan was a famous general of the Hunan army, and it only took half a day to draw up an operational plan for defending Nanjing, and the entire defense area was divided into two defense lines, inside and outside, and the outer defense line was supported by Niushou Mountain, Fangshan, Tangshan, Chunhua, Fengniu Mountain, and Qixia Mountain, and several troops with the strongest combat effectiveness were all placed in the outer defense line.

Once the outer line of defense was lost, all the troops retreated to the fortified position, and even retreated into the city to fight the enemy.

Zhou Lan's defense plan can be said to be decent, with no highlights, but this is already the best choice!

Immediately afterwards, all the personnel, materials and the troops left behind in Nanjing began to agitate intensively!

In order to strengthen the determination to resist the war and cut off the idea of the whole army and soldiers to escape, Tang Shengzhi even issued an order to gather all the ferries and destroy them.

It's a pity that this move was fiercely opposed by Luo Zhuoying, Liu Xing, and almost all army commanders and division commanders.

Tang Shengzhi saw that it might arouse public anger, so he immediately changed his mind and ordered the destruction of most of the ships, leaving only a small part of them to be guarded by Song Xilian's 36th Division!

This laid a hidden danger for the defense of Nanjing!

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Just when the Nationalist Government was busy transferring personnel, materials and institutions from Nanjing, and when the Nationalist Army was in full swing preparing for the battle to defend Nanjing, the Japanese army was also advancing on the two fronts of the north and south.

The Kunisaki detachment of the 10th Army advanced especially fast, and they all reached Wuhu!

Although the 367th Regiment did its best to harass it, after all, there was only one regiment and was powerless to change the overall situation.

By the beginning of December, the 13th Division of the Japanese Army had advanced to the vicinity of Qixia Mountain, the 16th Division advanced to Tangshan, the 9th Division advanced to Chunhua, and the 6th Division advanced to the line from Fangshan to Niushou Mountain.

So far, Nanjing's personnel and materials can't get out at all!

Having said that, at this time, those who can run have already run out, and the rest are all unwilling or unable to run, such as power plant workers, such as railway workers, such as doctors, they must stick to their posts! Because the upcoming battle to defend Nanjing, they also need to contribute their own strength!

In the blink of an eye, the time came to December 7, 1937.

At this time, the faint sound of artillery could already be heard in the city of Nanjing.

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At four o'clock in the morning, more than two hours before dawn, Chairman Jiang's special car appeared at the Ming Palace Airport.

In the dark, the Meiling special plane and the two escort fighters had filled up their fuel and quietly parked on the runway.

The reason why I had to leave so early was for safety, because after dawn the Japanese bombers might come over and bomb Nanjing, and if the Japanese bombers found the Meiling, the result would be disastrous!

Chairman Jiang will take the Meiling to Lushan, and then fly from Lushan to Wuhan!

Tang Shengzhi made a special trip to see Chairman Jiang off, and Chairman Jiang held Tang Shengzhi's hand and did not let go for a long time.

Tang Shengzhi also said that Chairman Jiang was not at ease with him, so he immediately said generously: "Chairman of the Committee, don't worry, my old Tang is absolutely right, I said that if you are in the city, you will definitely be able to do it!" ”

"Brother Meng Xiao, I am relieved of you!" Chairman Jiang finally let go of his hands and said, "It's just, it's just ......."

Tang Shengzhi was confused by Chairman Jiang's desire to speak, and said in his heart that you are not a big girl on a sedan chair, as for twisting and pinching like this?

Chairman Chiang was actually at ease with his descendants!

The 36th Division, the 87th Division, the 88th Division, the 74th Army, and the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps are the descendants of the lineage, the trump card of the trump cards. Therefore, Chairman Chiang still hopes to reserve a way out.

At that moment, Chairman Jiang whispered: "Brother Meng Xiao, if the situation can't last for a long time, you can retreat!" ”

"Huh?" Tang Shengzhi was stunned when he heard this, what is the situation? Does the chairman mean that the situation is not right, and I can evacuate with the troops defending Nanjing?

After being stunned for a while, Tang Shengzhi finally came back to his senses.

Looking up again, I saw that Chairman Jiang had already taken Mrs. Jiang to board the Meiling, and the Meiling had already slid on the runway, and after a while, the Meiling rushed into the night sky!