In the early winter, everything inside and outside the city of Nanjing was already depressed and a solemn atmosphere, and the Japanese troops in Central China were divided into five routes, day and night, and the Chinese army was also heavily assembled, ready to defend desperately. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Tang Shengzhi's Nanjing Garrison Commander's Headquarters was set up in his Baiziting Mansion, which was once secluded and now covered with barbed wire in the trenches, and the guards with guns were even denser, creating a wartime atmosphere.

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The terrible air raid siren sounded over Nanjing, the enemy plane attacked again, and Tang Shengzhi, the commander of the garrison in the commander's headquarters, was sipping fragrant tea with a cup to relieve the pressure on his shoulders, and when he heard the terrible siren, he couldn't help but slam the teacup on the table with a bang, and the hot tea suddenly spilled out.

"Call the airport! Let them knock the little devil's plane down! Tang Shengzhi shouted angrily at those staff officers.

Some staff officers hurriedly ran to the telephone to call the airport, and some staff officers rushed to Tang Shengzhi and said, "Chief Tang, go to the air-raid shelter and hide."

Before the staff officer's words could be heard, the explosion of a bomb rang out in the courtyard, and the explosion shattered the glass of the room, and the items on the table flew in the air.

"Quickly cover Chief Tang into the bomb shelter!" A staff officer dragged Tang Shengzhi to the air-raid shelter.

Tang Shengzhi's face did not change color, he shook off the pull of the staff officer, and asked sharply: "What are you panicking about!"

While he was talking, the bombs of the devil's plane fell one after another near the Tang Mansion, and the four or five anti-aircraft guns placed nearby also opened fire.

Liu Xing, the deputy commander of the garrison, also rushed into the house in disgrace and said to Tang Shengzhi: "Chief Tang, I'm afraid that our office location has been discovered, so let's move it quickly."

Liu Xing was originally the commander of the Jiangfang Group Army, he was Tang Shengzhi's old subordinate for many years, as far back as 1916, when Tang Shengzhi was the battalion commander of the Hunan Supervisory Army, Liu Xing was the company commander under him, they had shared life and death together, and this time he was his deputy to work together again.

After hearing Liu Xing's words, Tang Shengzhi heard the continuous sound of explosions outside and ordered: "I can't move out of this house for a few Japanese bombs, Luo Zhuoying, Liu Xing, the two chiefs and I just stay here, and the rest of you go to the underground office of the Ministry of Railways, it is spacious."

Tang Shengzhi was stubborn and unwilling to leave the mansion, Liu Xing was also helpless, waved his hand to let the rest of the staff officers evacuate, and he stayed with Tang Shengzhi to continue to command the battle.

Devil planes flew to Nanjing in waves and bombed it indiscriminately, and many exquisite buildings collapsed into a pile of ruins in the explosion, thick smoke billowed from the city, and fires broke out in many places.

The pilots of the Chinese Air Force had been fighting fiercely for several days without any rest, but they still took off to meet the enemy according to the order, and after more than an hour of fierce fighting, the devil plane once again retreated.

"What kind of battle is this!" Tang Shengzhi saw the smoke billowing outside through the broken window, and dropped his hat in an angry manner.

"Sir Tang, our pilots have done their best, and they have almost fought for their lives these days." Liu Xing sighed helplessly.

This situation made Tang Shengzhi sigh with emotion, feeling desolate, now fighting the fierce Japanese army in the lonely city of Nanjing is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, everyone is too busy to take care of themselves, who is not willing to stay in Nanjing, the leader will put this burden on him, so that he is also helpless.

"How's the battle going on the front?"

Tang Shengzhi knew that although the lonely city was difficult to defend, this was the capital, and if it was not defended, it would be discarded, and they could not explain it to the 40,000 people of all countries, so they could only grit their teeth and shoulder this burden.

Liu Xing shook his head dejectedly: "The battle situation on the front line is not optimistic, the periphery has fallen into fierce battles on the whole front, the Japanese offensive is very fierce, the 66th Army and the 51st Division in the direction of Chunhua Town can't bear it and are already shrinking the defense, the enemy 6th Division in the south is attacking Niushou Mountain, the 114th Division is attacking Fangshan, and the 19th Brigade of the enemy's 16th Division in the east has attacked near Qilin Gate, and the casualties in all units are very large, and many battalions and companies ......are almost wiped out."

Tang Shengzhi pondered for a moment and said: "Pull up the young and strong reserves and student soldiers in the city, and now it's time to fight hard, tell the front-line soldiers that the city is in the people, and the city is broken and the people are dead!"

"At the same time, Song Xilian's 36th Division was ordered to strictly guard all military and civilian ships, including the commander's headquarters, not a single boat was allowed to be kept, and those who violated the order were punished by military law!" After a pause, he added: "Call Hu Zongnan's First Army, which is stationed in Jiangbei, and stop all troops and soldiers who cross the river from Nanjing to Jiangbei, and if they do not obey the stop, they will be killed!"

When Liu Xing heard Tang Shengzhi's murderous words, he felt that something was wrong: "Chief Tang, isn't it too harsh?"

Tang Shengzhi waved his hand and said: "In the past, Xiang Yu broke the cauldron and fought against the water, but today I am ordered to stick to the capital, how can I be greedy for life and afraid of death?" Tell all the troops that there is no way to retreat, and they must be determined to fight to the death with the Japanese army! ”

Seeing Tang Shengzhi's determined appearance, Liu Xing couldn't persuade him anymore, turned around and was about to give an order, walked a few steps and turned back and said, "I almost forgot, there is one more thing that has not been reported."

"What's the matter?" Tang Shengzhi sat down again, raised his head and asked.

"The new commander of the Capital Guard Army, Gu Zhenglun, heard that the old stomach ulcer had committed again, and he has resigned from the post of commander of the Guard Army, and he took his military police headquarters to Hunan to recuperate, how do you think this matter should be handled?"

"Commander Gu is sick to the rear to recuperate, so the task of defending Nanjing has to be undertaken by me, merge the staff office of the guard army into the garrison headquarters, and let Xiao Shanling command the four military police regiments left behind."

Tang Shengzhi knew Gu Zhenglun's careful thoughts, but the person had already left, and he couldn't pursue anything, after all, now that Nanjing had become a dead place, he couldn't escape if he wanted to escape.

While the commanders of the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters were busy with the deployment of troops, Yang Ling, who arrived at the Gaoqiaomen Containment Station, waited until the afternoon to get the order to reorganize.

Yang Ling and the other registered officers were summoned to a dilapidated courtyard, where dozens of officers of different ranks were waiting for new appointments.

"Damn, their military rank is so high." Although Yang Ling enjoyed the treatment of lieutenant colonel and regimental commander, for various reasons, he still wore the rank of major, and when he entered the courtyard, he saw all high-ranking officers, and Liu Yidao hurriedly saluted, so that Liu Yidao couldn't help but be half a head shorter.

Yang Ling and the others had been waiting in the corner of the courtyard, watching these officers who had been dispersed and contained go in to receive orders, and then leave and leave, they were also in a state of flux, not knowing what kind of orders they would receive.

"Who are the former battalion commander of the Jiangfang Group Army Yang Lingyang, the company commander Liu Yidao and the company commander Qin Shou?" Soon a lieutenant with a list stood on the steps and shouted towards the courtyard.

Yang Ling and Liu Yidao hurriedly stood up and entered the house under the guidance of the lieutenant.

The room was dimly lit and simply furnished, with a long wooden table and a few broken benches, behind which three officers with the rank of colonel sat and looked at them.

"Liu Tuanzuo?" Liu Yidao saw the colonel sitting in the center and cried out in surprise.

This lieutenant colonel was none other than Liu Ming, the head of the supplementary regiment who had broken through from Shanghai with them, but he had been promoted to colonel at the moment, and he was smiling at them at the moment.

"This is Staff Officer Liu of our garrison headquarters." One of the officers introduced Liu Ming and said.

Only then did Yang Ling notice that Liu Ming's epaulettes were not only the plum blossoms of the colonel, but also bamboos, as if he had changed from a military officer to a staff officer.

Yang Ling hurriedly pushed Liu Yidao and Qin Shou, who had not reacted, and saluted.

Liu Ming smiled at Yang Ling and nodded that they had met, Liu Yidao wanted to say hello, but Liu Ming waved his hand to stop him.

His face became serious: "There are more things, let's talk later, now I have a task for you."

"Yes!"

"The number of your guerrilla battalion remains the same, but now it is under the command of the Nanjing Garrison Commander's Department, and the previous merits are still being verified, don't worry, now Yang Ling is still the battalion commander, Liu Yidao and Qin Shou are the two of you as company commanders, these are the rosters of soldiers assigned to your battalion, you can take a look." Liu Ming handed a booklet to Yang Ling, and Yang Ling hurriedly took it.

"Now that the war situation is urgent, I need your guerrilla battalion to become combat effectiveness before dark, can you do it?" Liu Ming said this in a tone that could not be refused.

Liu Yidao was about to say that the soldiers hadn't seen it yet, how could they form combat effectiveness? This isn't, but Yang Ling has already agreed loudly: "Yes!"

Liu Ming nodded with satisfaction, and his tone softened: "You go and count the soldiers first, and I'll go to you when I'm done, let's go."

This is the order to evict the guest, Yang Ling did not drag the slightest mud and water, saluted again, and turned around and went out with Liu Yidao and Qin Shou.