Seeing that Tang Shengzhi's face was wrong, he was afraid that he would refuse on the spot, but the chairman did not express his position on the spot, and after announcing a rediscussion, the meeting was dismissed.

As a result, that night, Tang Shengzhi advocated defending Nanjing to the death, and the news of vowing to live and die with Nanjing spread.

Everyone praised Director Tang for not being afraid of life and death, and he was also a true countryman.

Tang Shengzhi was directly put on the fire......

On the evening of the second day, the chairman of the committee could not wait to convene the third meeting.

This time, the chairman of the NPC National Committee directly asked who would be the right commander to hold on to Nanjing.

As soon as Gu Zhenlong was about to raise his buttocks, he let the chairman wave his hand and press it down.

Meaning he's not qualified enough.

The chairman asked two more questions, but no one answered.

When I asked it for the third time, all the participants focused their eyes on Tang Shengzhi's face.

It means that the words of defending Nanjing have been said, who will make a statement if you don't express your position?

Tang Shengzhi could only stand up hard......

In the end, the chairman of the committee decided that the 10 divisions and teaching troops withdrawn from Nanjing, plus the 41st and 48th divisions reinforced from Hankou, as well as the military police and Jiangning fortress troops, totaling about 130,000 people, would return to Nanjing.

Commander-in-Chief Tang Shengzhi, Deputy Commanders Luo Zhuoying, Liu Xing.

The plan to stick to Nanjing was thus decided.

In fact, even the chairman of the committee didn't expect that Tang Shengzhi was actually thinking quietly and started the idea of seeking military power.

After the 77 Incident, when Jiang Baili proposed "Protracted War", he speculated that if the Nationalist Army was defeated in Shanghai, the Japanese government and military department, as well as the dispatched army, would react next.

Jiang Baili said that in consideration of international influence, the Japanese military headquarters would never take the initiative to capture Nanjing.

Tang Shengzhi also firmly believes this.

That's why he is the only one who advocates sticking to Nanjing.

It's just talking, and there's nothing to lose.

You guessed it right.

On 18 November, the day when the chairman convened the third meeting of the General Headquarters, the Japanese army headquarters issued an order to Matsujin Ishine, demanding that the dispatch of troops consolidate the results of the battle in Shanghai and see how the Nanjing Government would deal with it next

But no one expected that the scene of the 918 incident would be repeated again.

The generals of the Central China Front, headed by the commander of the dispatch army, Matsujin Shigen, unanimously agreed that they should take advantage of the victory to pursue and capture Nanjing.

If the military department did not agree, they would rather disobey the military order and send troops.

The Japanese military department had no choice but to give in.

Less than a week later, the original order was repealed.

On 1 December, the Japanese military headquarters officially issued an order ordering the Central China Front and the navy to coordinate and capture Nanjing.

But it is impossible to go unaccountable for collective disobedience.

On 2 December, the military department dismissed Matsui Ishine from his post as commander-in-chief of the Shanghai Dispatch Army and appointed King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya as the commander-in-chief of the Shanghai Dispatch Army.

The Japanese army officially marched towards Nanjing.

If Tang Shengzhi could anticipate this situation, even if the chairman gave him a hundred sets, he would not drill into it.

Gu Zhenlong no longer wants to speculate whether the reason why Tang Shengzhi insists on sticking to Nanjing is whether he is quietly thinking about moving and trying to seek military power, or whether he has become the chairman of the committee.

However, without Tang Shengzhi's support, and under the suggestion of all the members insisting on abandoning Nanjing, the chairman of the committee would have thought twice before acting, no matter how reluctant he was.

"I want to see, how big is your Tang Mengxiao's head, dare to top such a big pot?" Gu Zhenlong sneered.

Fang Buwei could only sigh in his heart.

In fact, the chairman of the committee is the most responsible.

Gu Zhenlong knew it in his heart, but he couldn't say it.

……

Because Fang is not in a hurry, the steamer rarely stops all the way.

That is, when there is a shortage of fuel, or when it needs to be purchased, the ship will dock.

On the morning of the fourth day, the steamer sailed to Madang.

In addition to Jiangning and Jiangyin Fortress guarding Nanjing, Madang Fortress is an important barrier to block the Japanese army from going south to Jiujiang and Wuhan along the Yangtze River.

After the July 7 Incident, the Military Command Department once again put forward a proposal to consolidate and repair the fortresses along the river.

Two months ago, when Fang Buwei was still fighting in Shanghai, after the chairman of the Military Commission issued an order, the Jiangxi Provincial River Defense Committee mobilized hundreds of thousands of migrant workers from nine counties to build and strengthen fortifications at the Madangjiang Defense Fortress.

Although it is winter, the river is not frozen, and standing on the boat, you can see the shore crowded with people, and the dry is in full swing.

Fang Buwei vaguely remembered that a year later, Madang Fortress fell, and the chairman of the committee shot a major general and division commander of the Central Department because of this.

This division commander was originally an underground party, and under the arrangement of the organization, he entered the first phase of the Whampoa Military Academy, but later took the initiative to defect, and led his troops to participate in the encirclement and suppression.

Gu Zhenlong suddenly came to the mood, saying that he stopped the boat to take a look, and Fang Buwei let the boat stop in the middle of the river, and accompanied Gu Zhenlong to watch the scene on the shore.

The three forts have already taken shape, and most of the migrant workers are accumulating soil from both banks, and it seems that a dam will be built.

Gu Zhenlong said that the river is turbulent, and the dam will not be repaired for a while and a half.

Fang Buwei said that it was necessary to build too long and too high, as long as it could be fixed in half, in wartime, it would be possible to cut through the wooden boats and stop the river, and the Japanese ships could be stopped downstream.

The discussion between the two was intense, and Fang Buwei's ears suddenly heard a "buzzing" sound, like a fly flying.

It's winter, and there's simply no such thing as flies and bugs.

It's a military aircraft.

Fang Buwei's face changed slightly.

During this time, he listened to the sound of Japanese planes a lot, especially during his time in Nanjing, where he could hear it from morning to night.

But since I left Nanjing, about Wuhu, I have rarely heard of it.

What are Japanese planes doing here?

The sound was getting closer, obviously flying towards Madang.

Gu Zhenlong also heard it, and subconsciously raised his head.

Fang Buwei's eyesight is good, and he has already seen the sun flag on the plane.

"It should be a Japanese reconnaissance plane!" Fang Buwei said, "It's a ...... to reconnoiter the waters of the Yangtze River and the terrain along it."

Gu Zhenlong's face sank suddenly: "At what point has the battle been fought, and the Japanese army has begun to reconnoiter the waters of the Yangtze River?" ”

Fang Buwei didn't answer, just shook his head.

The Japanese are notoriously scheming and taking precautions, and preparations for the invasion of China have been made for more than 40 years from the First Sino-Japanese War to the present.

"Give me the binoculars!" Gu Zhenlong stretched out his hand.

"Let's just take a look!" Fang Buwei persuaded, "The scouts on the reconnaissance plane are also telescopes, what if they see you?" ”

"!" Gu Zhenlong rolled his eyes, "Any Japanese soldier can recognize who Lao Tzu is?" ”

"I mean, he'll see that you're holding a telescope!" Fang Buwei said helplessly.

In this day and age, who would use such a thing as a telescope?

It can only be mid-to-high-ranking commanders in the army.

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