6.10 Order to close the river (revised)

When the Japanese smashed the Jiangyin fortress, the defensive deployment of Nanjing City was also adjusted, and although the highest authorities had spoken in advance and all military operations were subject to Huang Haoran's words, the General Staff Headquarters still came up with a combat plan, which was tantamount to interfering in arranging the defensive positions of the Nanjing defenders in disguise. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Fan Jie couldn't understand such a backlash by the highest authorities!

He complained several times in front of Huang Haoran in private, but Huang Haoran always laughed at it, such a supreme authority who likes to stretch out his hand in everything is the supreme authority that Huang Haoran is familiar with, if the old man really becomes the shopkeeper, it will make Huang Haoran feel abnormal!

There is no big problem with the general staff's combat plan, on the contrary, such a set of four even, eight stable and most appropriate fighting methods is very suitable for the defenders of Nanjing, if Tang Shengzhi in history can really fight according to this plan, then the Japanese will not even want to enter Nanjing City without paying the price of tens of thousands of people!

If there are any shortcomings in this battle plan, I am afraid that the generals of the General Staff put too much emphasis on stubbornly defending them, and they did not even dare to reveal the slightest idea of counterattack, which is not in line with Huang Haoran's consistent style of play.

In fact, Fan Jie's complaints are not only these, the commanders of the army divisions below are also very restless recently, at the combat meeting a few days ago, Gui Yongqing took the lead in attacking, and vowed to take his teaching team to guard the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, which is clearly a challenge to Huang Haoran, the commander!

There were few troops with strong combat capability in Nanjing City, and most of them were divisions that had been tired of fighting for a long time, and only Gui Yongqing's teaching corps was strong, and if Huang Haoran wanted to implement his mobile combat plan, then he could not do without this only unit with a complete structure no matter what.

In fact, in Huang Haoran's plan, the 99th Army, the Teaching Corps, and the 88th, 87th, and 36th German Armament Divisions are all the pillars of mobile warfare.

Fan Jie suggested that Huang Haoran use Gui Yongqing to open the knife and try the "Shang Fang Sword" of the highest authority, but this is also angry talk, you must know that this Gui Yongqing is not an ordinary person, his wife is the niece of Minister He of the Ministry of Military Affairs, Fan Jie thinks that Huang Haoran is not in conflict with Minister He, why is there trouble when he meets the characters of the old He family.

The arrival of Fan Jie saved Huang Haoran a lot of time and energy, and more importantly, the vanguard of the 99th Army also arrived in Nanjing, and Huang Haoran did not let these vanguard troops enter the urban area of Nanjing, but stationed the 139th Division and the 121st Division in Lulang Town.

Lulang Town is located between Nanjing and Ma'anshan, and Huang Haoran placed the 139th and 121st Divisions here, which has a deep intention, but Gui Yongqing and his group do not think so, they shout that Huang Haoran hid his family in a place far away from the main battlefield in Nanjing, which is simply an act of preserving strength.

Just when Gui Yongqing was about to make a big fuss about this issue, the basic troops of the 99th Army entered the urban area of Nanjing, and the preservation of strength was self-defeating, and Xie Wendong's independent 47th Brigade drove to the vicinity of Jiangning Fortress, and Huang Haoran did not hesitate to divide his 99th Army into three sections.

Facts speak louder than words, Gui Yongqing saw that there was no room to play, so he had to stop fighting, but his change exposed their small group, and Luo Zhuoying regretted pulling Gui Yongqing's embroidered pillow.

Huang Haoran did not pursue Gui Yongqing's following crimes, but some people in the Nanjing government couldn't wait to jump out, and these officials hated Gui Yongqing the most on weekdays, and now they found an opportunity to immediately get Gui Yongqing involved.

In order to appease the anger of the civilian officials, the highest authorities specially called Gui Yongqing to the War Department of the General Staff and reprimanded him, and then tactfully told Huang Haoran that the power given to you should be used and not to take anything into consideration.

So Huang Haoran gave his first very weighty order since he took office----- seal the river!"

With Huang Haoran's order, the 2 brigades of the 99th Division began to deploy defenses along the river, since the river is to be closed, then the first thing is to control the wharf and ships, Huang Haoran ordered to collect all the ships along the river, and then the 99th Division unified dispatch, all the personnel and materials in Nanjing need to be approved by the 99th Division, in order to prevent Shen Laoer's temper from not handling the relationship with friendly troops, Wang Huanzhi directly lived in Xiaguan Wharf, responsible for communication with other troops.

Luo Zhuoying thought that Huang Haoran was just taking the opportunity to establish his authority and save the face he had lost in front of Gui Yongqing, Tang Shengzhi had also given similar orders before, but the commanders of each unit had secretly hidden a number of ships, and even Tang Shengzhi himself hid a small steamer in case of escape.

The law does not blame the public, unless you, Huang Haoran, don't want to use these troops to fight this battle, otherwise this new order to seal the river is just for the people to see, just go through the motions.

Of course, not all people are against this order, Huang Haoran's order to close the river made another group of people ecstatic, these people are Zhang Guili and his station commander, because the Xiaguan Wharf, an important waterway throat, has been controlled in the hands of the 36th Division, the "military command" is very difficult to ship, although Wang Huanzhi arranged some remote wharves for the "military commander" to transport some goods, but compared to the total number of goods that need to be transported, it is only a drop in the bucket.

Zhang Guili has been urging Wang Huanzhi to move bigger, and now he finally looks forward to Huang Haoran's order, all the riverside wharves are returned to the 99th Division, Zhang Guili was ecstatic and rushed to the Xiaguan Wharf to see Wang Huanzhi, he bluntly asked the 99th Army to open the wharf and increase the number of goods transported.

Wang Huanzhi guessed that Zhang Guili would definitely come to him when he learned the news of the closure of the river, so he made tea in the headquarters of Xiaguan Wharf and waited for his guests to come to the door.

He also needs the "military commander" to do him a big favor!

Zhang Guili easily entered the headquarters of the 99th Division under the leadership of the liaison personnel arranged by Wang Huanzhi, he did not have the leisure to drink tea, and as soon as he saw Wang Huanzhi, he eagerly asked:

"Adjutant Wang! Commander Huang has already given the order to close the river, can our goods be shipped out in large quantities from now on? Those bosses are waiting in a hurry! If we continue to make a small fight like before, such a big deal will be smashed in our hands! ”

Wang Huanzhi looked at Zhang Guili who was anxious, and was calm, he was now sitting firmly in Diaoyutai, waiting for the "military commander" to take the bait, the more he held his breath, the greater the benefits he would get, so no matter how Zhang Guili shouted, Wang Huanzhi just didn't speak.

Sure enough, Zhang Guili saw that Wang Huanzhi was only concerned about pouring water into his stomach, and his face turned white, if he couldn't straighten out this passage, the stationmaster would not let him go!

The pressure from the customer and the above has made the stationmaster unbearable, and Zhang Guili, a little pawn, is naturally even more unhappy, he feels that Wang Huanzhi is very immoral, and the 99th Army is clearly going to sit on the ground and raise the price!

Now at such a juncture, the 99th Army has to respond to the lion's big mouth, and then find a way to make up for it, the mountains and rivers meet, as long as you Wang Huanzhi is still mixed in China's territory in the future, you will not be able to escape from the Wuzhi Mountain of our "military command"!

"Mr. Zhang, we have a thing that is not easy to handle now! I have a terrible headache, how can I still have the heart to go to the goods! ”

"What the hell is going on? Adjutant Wang just speaks! If it is our 'military commanders' who can help, we will definitely help! ”

Zhang Guili's promise is very generous!

"Good! It's refreshing! I would like to ask your military commander to help investigate the situation of the seizure of ships by various departments of the Nanjing garrison, the tonnage, the number and the location of the hidden ships, I want it! ”

"This ...... That's not quite right, is it? People also want to eat together, and Adjutant Wang is not afraid of offending everyone by doing this? ”

Zhang Guili listened to Wang Huanzhi's request, and sighed in his heart, he thought to himself, you Wang Huanzhi took me as a fool! Who are the people who dare to hide ships in these extraordinary times? No one can have a small head on any shoulder! If you offend all these people at once, even if you can get the money, I'm afraid you won't be able to do anything!

Nanjing City is the capital of the government of the Republic of China, and any family in the city may be able to have a relationship with the big people in the presidential palace, let alone these generals who hold military power!

Such a favor cannot be helped in any way!

Zhang Guili's shirk did not surprise Wang Huanzhi, so he sighed in embarrassment and said:

"Since we have a cooperative relationship with Mr. Zhang, we are not afraid to let Mr. Zhang know the joke, and I am afraid that this transaction will not be done...... Originally, our Commander Huang had the idea of monopolizing this market, but now almost all the garrisons are involved, and these people are pushing the price lower and lower, not to mention, the movement of tossing out is getting bigger and bigger, if it is not controlled, it may be able to alarm the highest authorities! When the time comes, there will be no good fruit to eat! ”

Zhang Guili understood that what Wang Huanzhi said was the truth, and it was indeed not a way to go on like this.

"It's a pity that this river order can only close the wharf, as long as these garrisons still have a large number of ships in their hands, they can't be willing to give up the trade of water transportation, only by mastering the garrison ships, can this chaotic situation be ended! Mr. Zhang can rest assured that our 99th Army only needs the intelligence of the 'military commander', and you don't need to come forward! ”

Wang Huanzhi's words opened Zhang Guili's brain, if it was just to collect intelligence, this favor could help.

There are indeed too many people staring at the waterway to eat now, and the mixture has even reached the level of some chaos.

Due to the delay of the 99th Army in taking over the Jiangfang, the "military commanders" will naturally not wait stupidly, these days they have also taken away some goods from the defense areas of other troops, but just like Wang Huanzhi just said, the price of each is different, and sometimes there will be a situation between the army and the army, the safety of the goods is not guaranteed, and the protests of customers are endless!

In contrast, although there are not many goods arranged by Wang Huanzhi to go, they have not encountered any problems, and the credibility of the 99 th Army is still trustworthy.

This is also one of the most important reasons why the "military commanders" are reluctant to give up cooperation with the 99 th Army.

Wang Huanzhi made it very clear that if we want to continue to cooperate, the "military command" must do what he says, and now that the 99th Division controls the entire waters on the south bank of the Yangtze River, without Wang Huanzhi's cooperation, the "military command" business will not want to continue!

No matter what the purpose of Wang Huanzhi's hugging is, he can only agree to his conditions first!

Zhang Guili gritted his teeth and said that he wanted to ask his superiors for instructions, and the most important thing now was to ship all the goods out as soon as possible, as for the rest, Zhang Guili didn't think much about it.

Collecting intelligence is also their "military commander's" specialty, as long as they don't leave a handle, they won't admit it afterwards!

Anyway, it was not their "military commanders" who came forward to be wicked in the end.

Wang Huanzhi also understood that Zhang Guili couldn't make a decision, and he told Zhang Guili that it was best to get the list he needed within 24 hours.

Zhang Guili left Xiaguan sweating profusely, as for how he explained to his boss, Wang Huanzhi didn't want to care.

Here, Wang Huanzhi just arranged for someone to send Zhang Guili away, Shen Lao Er walked in scolding, the process of the 99th Division taking over the river defense was quite smooth, but it ran into trouble when collecting the ships in Russia!

Shen Lao Er and his soldiers swept the south bank of the Yangtze River, but the boats collected back were all broken and small sampans, and I heard from the fishermen and people on the shore that many military masters had copied along the river bank a few days ago, and all decent boats were requisitioned by them.

Shen Lao Er thought that those soldiers were sent by Tang Shengzhi, so he rushed to the place where the garrison headquarters stored the seized ships, and wanted to take over these ships, but after Shen Lao Er arrived, he found that the number of ships stored by the garrison headquarters was also very limited, and they were broken and small, which was not much better than the sampans collected by the 99th Division!

Where have all the big ships gone?

After listening to Shen Laoer's complaints, Wang Huanzhi smiled and comforted his second brother:

"Second brother! Don't sulk, the eldest brother has long expected this to be the result, no, have you arranged for me to fill in the leaks for you? At most, the day after tomorrow, the boats you can't find will run out on their own......"

"Really?"

Shen Laoer's words are asking the general to be suspicious......

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On the south bank of the Yangtze River, near Yanziji.

There is a natural harbor hidden behind a boulder, and only the nearby fishermen know about its existence, and they will come to this harbor to fish on weekdays, but these days, they can't come to it.

The defenders of Nanjing seized all the ships on the south bank, and all the ships on the north bank were also seized by Hu Zongnan of Pukou.

The fishermen lost their means of livelihood and had no source of livelihood, but fortunately, the soldiers who surrendered the boats still had some conscience and sent them all to Jiangbei, which can be regarded as giving the fishermen a way to live.

On the Yangtze River channel today, except for the fleet heading to the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, there is no trace of other ships.

It was as if all the ships had disappeared overnight.

Of course, this is impossible......

Take, for example, the waters of this bay, which usually do not have many boats moored, but now it has become lively, dozens of large sailing ships and some small boats crowd this harbor to the brim, and the dirt road leading to the outside world is guarded by heavily armed soldiers, like a military forbidden area.

In the distance, several soldiers standing guard were smoking together, their expressions were very pleasant, perhaps the big ships behind them gave them confidence and strength.

A somewhat thin GI asked his brothers:

"Brothers, I heard that the garrison headquarters issued an order to seal the river and detain the ship, do you think the higher authorities will find us here? Disobedience in wartime, this is a sin that will cost you your head! ”

"Your baby knows a ball! It's not us who is hiding the boat, the 88th Division, the 87th Division and the Teaching Corps, which one hasn't hidden some life-saving boats? This Nanjing City, I'm afraid it won't work, and the commanders who lead the troops are holding back and fleeing for their lives! We are also lucky, we were left here to watch the boats, and we can catch the first batch when we cross the river to escape, and the ghost knows if there will be a second batch of boats, which is left behind, but I'm afraid there is no hope! ”

A veteran immediately seized the opportunity to teach the recruit a lesson, and he half-truthed and half-truthed, some of which were facts, and some of which were his guesses.

"Scared! Less nonsense! Be careful that you disturb the morale of the army and be dragged to the water's edge and killed! ”

Immediately, a timid soldier expressed concern, and he thought it would be better to talk less

"I'm just here to say, if someone else comes to ask, just kill and keep silent!"

The veteran made a nonchalant expression, puffing out smoke rings and looking at the soldiers next to him.

"you! Can you control that mouth? It's not me talking about you, just your mouth, sooner or later it will bring you trouble! ”

The soldier next to him interjected, and the little thin man who asked at the beginning was also a little upset, he threw the remaining cigarette butt in his mouth on the ground, and then squatted on the ground, and said angrily:

"I don't understand so many big truths, I just think that what our 159th Division is doing is a little unauthentic! You see, the 36th Division has been guarding the lower gate for so many days, and not even a single boat has been hiding in the puddle! And the 99th Division, which is also not hidden! ”

As soon as this sentence was said, the soldiers next to him were a little silent, and the people carrying guns looked down on the ghosts who were afraid of death, now that they think about it carefully, what they Tan Shizuo did was indeed a little unauthentic!

After a while, the veteran who had taught people before opened his mouth:

"Brother, we are not the Central Army, there is nothing wrong with Tan Shizuo leaving a hand, you don't know the lack of morality of those guys in the Central Army, our local troops have suffered from them! It has always been a good battle for them, and the bad battles and tough battles are all our miscellaneous army! Tan Shizao, he has no choice! ”

"However, didn't the Central Army die so many people in Songhu? I don't think they're afraid of death! ”

The little thin man was still not convinced, and he presented new evidence.

"You're still tender! What do you know? Shanghai, that's the chairman's territory, we're just here to help, who can't they go to the Central Army? ”

Listening to the words of the veteran, the soldiers around him made a voice of sudden realization......

Factions are really complicated!

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Jiangyin Fortress.

The tenacious resistance of the Chinese army shocked the 13th Division. Hagi Prefecture temporarily halted the attack on the 112th Division and managed to make a detour. Because Wuxi had already fallen, the 13th Division crossed the Qingyang area in the north of Wuxi, bypassed the Huashan position belt, and made a detour to the side of Jiangyin County.

Huo Shouyi, commander of the 112th Division, adjusted the deployment and transferred the 672nd Regiment of the divisional reserve to the county seat, so that Li Deming, commander of the 33rd Brigade, could control the whole brigade to carry out urban defense operations. The 336th Brigade formed a long, deep position in the southwest of the county to prevent the Japanese from attacking the fortress. After the air raid was over, the Japanese artillery was divided into two routes, one way to shell the Jiangyin county town with the artillery fire of the Jiangyin fortress, and the other to shell the Huashan defenders in Wuxi. After the artillery bombardment, the forward of the 13th Division, under the cover of chariots, launched an attack on the southwest of Jiangyin City. The 2nd Battalion of the 672nd Regiment of the 112th Division of the defending army rose up to resist. The Northeast Army has a foundation in anti-infantry operations, but it is more difficult to counter combat vehicles. Due to the determination of Commander Huo Shouyi, the 336th Brigade blocked the city gates with sandbags and held the county seat with the determination to sacrifice to the end. The Japanese army repeatedly attacked the county town without success, so they had to make other plans.

The Japanese temporarily stopped the siege and transferred their forces to the Wushan position on the banks of the Jiangyin River, which was garrisoned by the 613th Regiment of the 103rd Division. Luo Yibin, commander of the 613th Regiment, led his troops to resist and drove the Japanese army back with a blazing fire net. After the first wave of the attack was unfavorable, the Japanese turned the direction of attack to the 618th Regiment that garrisoned Dingshan, the town of Unting.

The 103rd Division was inferior in combat power and inferior in firepower. After receiving the notification that the Japanese army was attacking the county town with tanks, the 618th Regiment dug a wide anti-tank trench at the front of the position. The Japanese attacked the 618th Regiment with chariots as the lead, and during the attack, the chariots fell into anti-chariot trenches, and the infantry was repulsed by the defensive fire of the 618th Regiment. After nightfall, the commander of Wan Shijiong organized a death squad to jump down the trench, stuffed grenades into the lookout holes of the chariots, and stuffed cluster grenades into the tracks to blow up the tracks, destroying all seven chariots trapped in the ditch.

The bloody battle in Jiangyin attracted all the attention of the Nanking government, and the highest authorities sent a telegram almost every half hour, and Liu Xing's battle report made the old man very happy, and he sent a special telegram of commendation to the defenders of the Jiangyin fortress.

He hoped that the Jiangyin Fortress could hold out for a longer time!

But Huang Haoran knew that the Jiangyin Fortress was about to reach its limit!

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I didn't order my own book, so I didn't know if there was a problem, but I was just notified by a book friend and changed it. (To be continued.) )