No matter how angry he is, the chairman will not lose his mind completely.

He at least knew that Tang Shengzhi was no longer willing to take the blame for him, and he could only give this order.

The three German armament divisions, plus the teaching corps, were the most sophisticated troops in the hands of the chairman of the committee, and they could never be lost in Nanjing......

After hesitating for half a day, it was almost early in the morning that the chairman of the committee gritted his teeth and asked Lin Wei to draft a military order and send it to Nanjing: If the situation cannot be held for a long time, the camera can retreat in order to sort out and counteroffensive.

Tang Shengzhi, who was discussing with Zhou Yan to find a way to get a boat from somewhere, was suddenly relieved when he saw the military order sent from Wuhan, and sat down on the chair with a slump of his butt.

Lao Jiang finally gave in.

After slowing down for a while, Tang Shengzhi sat up straight, handed over the electric order to Zhou Yan, and said with irrepressible excitement: "Immediately gather the personnel and formulate a retreat plan!" ”

"Understood!" Zhou Yan also responded excitedly.

By the time the relevant staff officers were summoned, it was already two o'clock in the morning.

After repeated discussions, Tang Shengzhi, Luo Zhuoying, Zhou Yu, and several operational staff officers all believed that it was most appropriate to set the time for retreat three days later, that is, on the night of the 14th.

Tang Shengzhi also strictly ordered that no one should leak the chairman's order to retreat.

Compared with the attack, the defeat and retreat of the troops are not known to be many times more complicated, one is not good, that is, the whole army is defeated, and Tang Shengzhi has to be cautious.

Zhou Yan and a staff officer worked out a retreat plan overnight.

Fang Buwei didn't know that within half a day, the chairman and Tang Shengzhi fought for several rounds, and finally the chairman compromised as the result.

At 11 o'clock in the morning of the 11th, he received a message from Hu Huannan, asking him to cross the river after dark.

In addition, Hu Brownan did not say a word more.

Fang Buwei has been following Song Yuanliang to stick to the front-line position, and Hu Nannan has no other way to contact him, so he can only let people talk.

Therefore, he did not dare to mention the fact that the First Army was going to withdraw at night, let alone say that the Japanese army had crossed the river and was preparing to encircle Nanjing.

Fang Buwei only thought that Hu Nan saw that the war was unfavorable and was worried that he would be trapped in the city, so he refused.

In fact, even if Fang Buwei knew the detailed battle situation, he would not have left in advance.

The 88th Division will soon be unable to hold on.

Yuhuatai was completely lost, and the remnants of the 88th Division had all retreated to the Zhonghua Gate.

I don't know if it was because the casualties under Yuhuatai were too heavy, and the Japanese army wanted to retaliate against the 88th Division, so the entire city wall attack and defense battle was the most brutal on the line from Zhonghua Gate to Guanghua Gate.

Fang did not doubt that Tang Shengzhi might have seen the 88th Division fight the most tenacious and heroic, and he used it easily, so even though there were less than 2,000 people left in the 88th Division, he was still sent by him to the place where the enemy was attacking the most: outside the Zhonghua Gate.

The 6th Division of the Japanese Army, which had attacked the city, divided part to attack the Zhonghua Gate, and part launched a fierce attack on the remnants of the 88th Division on the position outside the city gate.

The 2,000 men of the 88th Division, who were equal to the 88th Division, had been blocked outside the city gates, and they were attacked on their backs.

In the whole division, only Wu Qiujian led an artillery battery to guard the ruined city wall.

Song Yuanliang greeted Commander Tang, gritted his teeth, commanded the remnants, and really stopped the Japanese offensive for a while, quickly repairing the fortifications and replenishing ammunition.

Seeing Fang Buwei quietly appear behind him, Song Yuanliang said angrily: "Why don't you leave, are you afraid that Lao Tzu will run away?" ”

Fang Buwei subconsciously shook his head.

The 88th Division has been able to hold out until now, which is really too unexpected.

Including Song Yuanliang.

Up to now, he didn't see the slightest thought in Song Yuanliang's eyes that he wanted to abandon his ministry and escape.

Even though he scolded and scolded in his mouth, Song Yuanliang still stuck to the front line and commanded the remnants to resist.

In fact, what Fang did not admire the most was the military style of the 88th Division.

After arriving in Nanjing, the whole division had 7,000 men, of which 3,000 were recruits who were replenished during the battle in Shanghai, such as the Zhejiang Security Regiment, which had not even fired many miscellaneous troops with guns before.

Gao Zhisong, the commander of the 264th Brigade, who had been killed in battle, took over the post of brigade commander of Huang Meixing after he led two security regiments to supplement him.

The other 3,000 were supplemented by strong men after arriving in Nanjing.

In this part, I haven't even touched the gun before, and when I first came, I couldn't even pull the bolt.

was trained day and night by Zhu Chi, Gao Zhisong, Han Xianyuan, Liao Lingqi, Wu Qiujian and others, with the remaining 1,000 veterans.

How could such a force be able to hold on to Yuhuatai for two days and two nights, kill more than 10,000 enemies, and truly fight to the last man, and never retreat?

Just look at Gao Zhisong, Zhu Chi, Han Xianyuan, who had sacrificed themselves, and Liao Lingqi, who was crawling in the trench with a bayonet and waiting for the enemy to get closer, he was ready to lead the team to fight the bayonet.

It's been nearly four months, and the soldiers haven't seen a dime of military pay.

It's a miracle!

Based on this alone, Fang Buwei had to admire Song Yuanliang's good governance of the army.

Fang Buwei didn't understand a little, when did Song Yuanliang's state of mind change, and finally threw down the army and ran away?

Could it be that he had a bad heart and thought that Tang Shengzhi was unfair, just staring at him, a sheep, and simply broke the jar?

Thinking of this, Fang Buwei shook his head again and persuaded Song Yuanliang: "If I leave like this, how can I be worthy of these brothers who have sacrificed and are still fighting?" ”

Fang Buwei paused, and then pointed to Liao Lingqi, who was more than 100 meters away, poking his head out of the trench and preparing to rush up to fight the bayonet, and said: "At least we must write down the details of the brothers' heroic killing of the enemy and not retreating, and report it to the chairman of the committee for information......

I see!

Song Yuanliang breathed a sigh of relief.

He also found that Fang Buwei was not an ordinary partiality towards the 88th Division, and in addition to not sending money to himself, he almost responded to his requests.

asked for food for food, guns for guns, and at the most critical time, he even sent his guard company to help the 88th Division plug the gap.

The big company commander was also shot, but fortunately he was not seriously injured.

"I thought you didn't leave, you just wanted to look at me!" Song Yuanliang said half-jokingly.

Fang Buwei also has the title of a war commissioner, but he has never forgotten it.

Because, Song Yuanliang really had the idea of withdrawing the army in violation of the order.

If it weren't for Fang Buwei's attention, he would have left when he received Tang Shengzhi's military order that he would lead the remnants to hold on to the Zhonghua Gate.

Monk Tang is not a thing, is he the only one who guards Nanjing?

"Don't worry!" Song Yuanliang patted Fang Buwei's shoulder and said with a firm face, "It's not the first day of the war, how can I not know that Commander Tang is also a clever woman who can't cook without rice?" Scolding and scolding, the battle naturally has to be fought down......"

Fang Buwei stared at Song Yuanliang and blinked.

(End of chapter)