The old devil's writing is decent, at least there is nothing particularly brilliant.

After the letter of surrender was dropped into the city of Nanjing through the bomber group, it did not cause much reaction, whether it was the soldiers of the national army outside the city or the people of Nanjing in the city, they did not take him seriously!

The officers and soldiers of the national army have already killed the red eye, and they only want to kill the devil, and they have never thought of surrendering.

As for the common people in Nanjing, they don't care at all, they naively think that they have gone to the Nationalist Government and come to the Japanese government, and they will still live their small lives!

But the seed has been planted!

When the right moment comes, this letter of surrender will immediately burst out with unprecedented power!

So what kind of opportunity is it? It was only when a group of high-ranking generals headed by Tang Shengzhi took the lead in escaping, the hundreds of thousands of national troops defending Nanjing would be completely chilled, and then they would remember the leniency that Matsui Shigen said in the letter of persuasion, and then they would take off their military uniforms and weapons one by one, and hide in the international safety zone!

The elite of the 100,000 national army, which was supposed to fight to the end, was dispersed overnight!

Just like the original plane, the opportunity soon appeared!

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Early morning of December 12, 1937.

Luo Zhuoying, deputy commander of the Nanjing garrison, personally ascended the Zhonghua Gate and delivered an enthusiastic speech to the officers and men of the Nationalist Army who were sticking to the Zhonghua Gate.

Luo Zhuoying said: "Nanjing is the capital of the Republic of China, and it is the mausoleum of the former prime minister. The officers and men of our army must fight to the death against the violent sun! People will eventually die, and today we will be buried under Zhongshan Mountain, and he will be admired by future generations one day! ”

I must admit that Luo Zhuoying's speech is very uplifting!

The soldiers of the national army who stick to the door of China also responded with the warmest applause!

However, as soon as the speech ended, Luo Zhuoying received a call from Tang Shengzhi, asking him to go back to the headquarters for a meeting immediately!

By the time Luo Zhuoying returned to the headquarters, Tang Shengzhi had already summoned another deputy commander of the garrison, Liu Xing, chief of staff Zhou Lan, chief of staff Liao Ken, and chief of the operations section Tan Daoping.

In addition, Song Xilian, commander of the 36th Division, Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 87th Division, Sun Yuanliang, commander of the 88th Division, Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, Gui Yongqing, commander of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps, and others are all there!

As soon as she saw this battle, Luo Zhuoying knew that something big was happening!

Sure enough, as soon as Luo Zhuoying arrived, Tang Shengzhi showed the telegram order just sent by Chairman Jiang!

Seeing that the loss of Nanjing was imminent and the intention of defending Nanjing had been frustrated, Chairman Chiang immediately felt sorry for the elite of his more than a dozen divisions of the Central Army, so he called Tang Shengzhi and asked him to act with his camera!

The implication is to let Tang Shengzhi quickly retreat with his troops!

Anyway, Nanjing can't hold it, and the elites of these dozen divisions don't have to sacrifice in vain, it's not worth it!

Old Tang is still very cunning, although Chairman Jiang gave verbal instructions and told him that he could act on camera, but who can say this kind of thing clearly? If he really led his troops to withdraw, but in the end, Chairman Chiang gave him a death and refused to admit it, wouldn't he have to bear a thousand years of infamy for this? This kind of pot will never be carried back!

As a warlord who had competed with Chairman Chiang for the world in the early years, Tang Shengzhi had personally learned Chairman Chiang's political tricks of turning his hands into clouds and turning his hands into rain!

Therefore, Lao Tang directly said that it was okay to retreat, but it had to be ordered in writing!

Chairman Chiang had no choice but to issue a written order!

At this point, the Battle of Nanjing has reached a dead end as the original history!

In fact, at this time, there is still room for redemption, if Tang Shengzhi can really hold the determination to break up with Nanjing as he said before, he can completely disobey the order, and then make a generous and tragic speech, then the hundreds of thousands of national troops who stayed in Nanjing will not only not be surprised, but will only be more determined to defend it!

It's a pity that Tang Shengzhi doesn't have the determination to break together with Nanjing!

Or there was one before, but now it has been messed up by Chairman Chiang's telegram.

Now Tang Shengzhi is not only determined, but he doesn't even want to take any responsibility for this!

So after receiving the telegram order, Tang Shengzhi immediately convened a meeting of the high-level of the garrison headquarters, saying that it was a meeting, but in fact, it was to let Luo Zhuoying and Liu Xing bear the infamy together.

A colleague, if there is infamy, you can also carry it together!

After Luo Zhuoying and others finished reading the telegram, Tang Shengzhi said: "Originally, my old Tang had already made up his mind to break up with Nanjing, but the chairman of the committee did not allow it, and he had to evacuate Nanjing as soon as possible, which was really a dilemma, so I gathered you together to discuss a countermeasure, whether Nanjing should be defended or abandoned?" ”

After speaking, Tang Shengzhi looked at Luo Zhuoying with burning eyes.

If Luo Zhuoying is still a little bloody, she can go back at this time, and she can even say a word, if you want to go, I won't leave anyway! However, it is a pity that Luo Zhuoying does not have the courage!

After being silent for a moment, Luo Zhuoying still said softly: "Then let's abandon it." ”

As soon as the words fell, Liu Xing, Gui Yongqing, Wang Jingjiu, Sun Yuanliang and others echoed one after another.

Of the more than a dozen army commanders and division commanders present, only Song Xilian, commander of the 36th Division, did not say a word.

As a result, the decision to abandon Nanjing was decided.

Before leaving, Tang Shengzhi shamelessly made a retreat declaration.

Tang Shengzhi said impassionedly to the dozen army commanders and division commanders attending the meeting: "The battle does not end today, but will continue tomorrow, the battle does not end in the Nanjing garrison, but extends infinitely outside Nanjing, please remember today's shame and avenge today's hatred!" ”

After delivering his speech, Tang Shengzhi took most of the personnel of the garrison headquarters to cross the river first.

Gui Yongqing, the head of the Central Military Academy's Teaching Corps, did not return to his own troops, but called Qiu Qingquan, chief of staff of the Teaching Corps, through the phone of the headquarters, and asked Qiu Qingquan to inform the troops who were fighting fiercely with devils on various peaks of the Purple Mountain, and then followed the garrison headquarters across the Yangtze River.

took the same operation as Gui Yongqing, as well as Wang Jingjiu and Yu Jishi.

In short, Nanjing, which is about to fall, is like a demon mirror, reflecting the true face of these high-ranking generals of the party-state!

With the escape of Tang Shengzhi and the first escape of senior generals such as Gui Yongqing and Wang Jingjiu, the elite of the 100,000 national army in Nanjing immediately fell into chaos.

When the news spread, almost all the troops gave up their resistance and rushed to the docks.

At this time, Tang Shengzhi's previous measures to destroy the ships in order to strengthen the determination of the Anti-Japanese War began to show disastrous consequences, the only few ferries were quickly snatched away by senior generals, and the last ferry was also snatched by Yu Jishi, the commander of the 74th Army, and when the hundreds of thousands of elites of the national army in the city arrived, there was no longer a ferry boat on the wharf.

The more than 100,000 national troops defending Nanjing fell into a desperate situation in an instant!