6.18 New Plan

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Although the supreme authorities completely handed over the military combat mission of Nanjing to Huang Haoran, Tang Shengzhi still maintained full concern for every order issued by the Nanjing City Defense Command, and he asked his adjutant to collect these orders, and after sorting them out, they reported to him again and again......

On December 1, 1937, the Japanese headquarters issued the "Continental Order No. 8", which reads as follows:

"Order: The commander of the Central China Front must coordinate with the navy to capture Nanjing, the capital of the enemy country."

This marked the official beginning of the Battle of Nanjing.

After getting the news, Tang Shengzhi's heart couldn't calm down for a long time, and the development of the current situation had greatly exceeded his expectations.

Did the Japanese really attack Nanjing?

Tang Shengzhi still feels like he is in a dream......

How did it turn out to be the worst? Tang Shengzhi shook his head in annoyance and whispered:

"This damn Gu Zitong! Dare to fool Lao Tzu! ”

Tang Shengzhi scolded Gu Zitong as a warlock, because Tang Shengzhi believed in Buddhism, he still respected these half-immortals and other characters.

During the Republic of China, most of the warlords were superstitious and often relied on divination and warlocks to decide their actions.

The reason why Tang Shengzhi took the initiative to ask for battle to command the defense of Nanjing was precisely because he listened to the advice of the warlock Gu Zitong. Gu Zitong told Tang Shengzhi that Tang Shengzhi's previous life was the "King of Jinling", and he should sit in Nanjing. Gu Zitong's divination results said that the Japanese army would not advance to Nanjing after occupying Shanghai. Therefore, Tang Shengzhi volunteered to serve as the commander of the Nanjing garrison.

Tang Shengzhi thought that if the Japanese army really did not attack Nanjing, then he could pick up the reputation of a hero who sacrificed his life to save the country.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the Japanese's "Continental Order No. 8" came out, his wishful thinking was destroyed.

Now that he Tang has stood in the position of the commander of the Nanjing garrison, it is already difficult to ride a tiger......

Tang Shengzhi really can't wait to eat Gu Zitong's meat and drink Gu Zitong's blood!

In fact, Tang Shengzhi sat in the position of commander of the Nanjing garrison because he said a few big words in front of the highest authorities, when other generals chose to remain silent. Tang Shengzhi, who thought he had broken the sky, stood up and said impassionedly: "Since the Anti-Japanese War, many of our middle- and lower-level cadres have sacrificed on the battlefield, but there has not been a single senior general who has sacrificed his life for the country. I am willing to defend Nanjing and swear to live and die with the capital. ”

As a result, the highest authorities appointed Tang Shengzhi as the commander of the Nanjing garrison.

If Jiang Baili hadn't jumped out to make trouble later, and insisted on letting Huang Haoran take away the military power from him, Tang Shengzhi would have really felt that he had ascended to the sky in one step!

Tang Shengzhi knew that the bigwigs of the Nanjing government and the army had some opinions about his way of taking the position, and most of the senior officers, including Chief Li and Xiao Zhuge were suspicious of Tang Shengzhi's motive for taking the initiative to ask for war. These people all think that Tang Shengzhi's move could not be really out of patriotic anger at all, but he was unwilling to be lonely and wanted to use it to regain his strength and restore military power.

Who made Tang Shengzhi before he became the commander of the Nanjing garrison, he was just a "training director" with no real power, and now he has become a celebrity in front of the highest authorities overnight, naturally someone wants to come to the cup, on this issue, Tang Shengzhi has long been mentally prepared, so in the face of overwhelming doubts, he always looks like he doesn't care.

Some middle-level officers privately said that Commander Tang's bearing was still extraordinary, and he might not be able to show his ambitions in Nanjing.

It's a pity that these beautiful days were ruthlessly shattered by a paper order given to the Japanese, I thought it was a godsend, but I didn't expect it to become a life-threatening errand now!

Tang Shengzhi is a little grateful to Jiang Baili now, if it weren't for Huang Haoran, he really couldn't find a scapegoat.

Tang Shengzhi thought to himself that since the highest authorities did not hand over the military affairs to him, then he still had to sing some high-pitched songs in front of reporters, and as for the war, it would be good to leave all the matters of the war to Huang Haoran, but he must be optimistic about the steamer hidden in Xiaguan, this is a guy who has fled for his life.

With a set in his heart, Tang Shengzhi didn't have the panic he had before, he called the guards to find Gu Zitong, a charlatan, and planned to take a bad breath!

Unexpectedly, Gu Zi, who got the news, took a step forward with Tang Shengzhi, cleaned up the soft soles of his feet and smeared oil, and stood at the door of the "Half Immortal Residence" looking at the messy house, Tang Shengzhi whipped on the door frame, shaking off a large cloud of dust, making him sneeze several times in a row:

"Ahhh Sneeze! ”

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In fact, there is another reason why the highest authorities appointed Tang Shengzhi as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, that is, in 1935, Tang Shengzhi once commanded a "Battle of Nanjing".

The "918" incident and the "1. After the 28th "Songhu Anti-Japanese War, Japan began to devour China's territory step by step, and its desire to destroy China was increasingly exposed. Although the Nanjing government, headed by the supreme authorities, has not yet made up its mind to resist Japanese aggression in an all-round way, it is still constantly planning its strategy for China's war of resistance.

The Nanjing Government judged that in the foreseeable Sino-Japanese war, the Japanese side would take "a quick victory" as its operational policy, and in order to achieve a "quick victory," the Japanese army would definitely move from the north to the Beijing-Shanghai area, and from Songhu to the west, with the goal of capturing Nanjing.

In the face of the Japanese army, which has absolute superiority in naval and air forces and has a large number of aircraft, tanks, artillery, and other sophisticated weapons, the Chinese army urgently needs to plan how to make full use of the geographical characteristics of the Yangtze River Delta plain and the river network zone, and carry forward the advantages of local operations and familiarity with the terrain, so as to achieve the ideal results of the Beijing-Shanghai battle.

In the spring of 1935, Tang Shengzhi drew up the "Military Ideas and Plans for the Battle of Beijing and Shanghai" for the Military Commission. This plan was based on the opinions of the military strategist Jiang Baili and was approved by the highest authorities.

Now that the concept of defending the Beijing-Shanghai campaign had been decided, the Nanjing Government decided to select an appropriate area and organize an actual combat exercise to defend the capital. The supreme authorities instructed Tang Shengzhi to instruct the personnel in charge of the General Staff Headquarters to draw up a draft of the actual combat exercise and draw up a budget.

At the beginning of November, the leading body and organization and implementation plan of the exercise were formally promulgated, and Tang Shengzhi took up the post of chief of staff.

The troops participating in the exercise were all well-equipped and well-trained leaders in the Chinese Army. The attacking side, with the 87th Division and the Teaching Corps as the backbone, assembled near Yixing and attacked in the direction of Nanjing; The defenders, based on the 36th Division and the 1st Mixed Brigade formed by the students of the Central Military Academy, assembled near Tennoji Temple for the purpose of defending the capital and counterattacking the invasion. Both sides are equipped with special forces such as aircraft, artillery, armored troops, chemical troops, and communications troops, and a total of 40,000 or 50,000 troops participated in the exercise.

The area of the exercise was Tianwangji, Lishui, Liyang, and Zhangzhu between Nanjing and Yixing, and the Japanese invading army was used as an imaginary enemy, and the Beijing-Hangzhou National Highway was used as the main communication route between the eastern and western armies to simulate a confrontation with the Japanese army.

Of course, according to international practice, the defenders of the simulated Central Army won the victory, and the result was naturally a great joy for all.

After the exercise, Tang Shengzhi delivered a long commentary. This commentary can be called one of the most dazzling moments in the life of first-class general Tang Shengzhi.

Tang Shengzhi commented on the deficiencies one by one from three aspects: army command, coordination of various arms of the armed forces, and observation and utilization of the terrain.

With regard to the command of the armed forces, Tang Shengzhi held that there are problems in the following four aspects: First, the determination and orders of the commanders of various units have not been made and implemented in a timely manner; Second, in the use of troops, it failed to concentrate superior forces on decisive battles; Third, the commander failed to go to the front line in person and make timely decisions; Fourth, there are many deficiencies in communication and communication. With regard to the coordination of various arms of the armed forces, in addition to the army infantry as the main participating units, the air force, artillery, armored troops, air defense units, and chemical units also participated in the exercise. Tang Shengzhi pointed out that its shortcomings are: there is no good coordination between the infantry artillery; poor air-to-ground connectivity; The chariot did not play its role as a charge and surprise attack; The anti-aircraft artillery units failed to fulfill the air defense tasks well and the chemical troops were used at an inopportune time. As for the observation and utilization of the terrain, Tang Shengzhi focused on summing up experience in three aspects: roads, rivers, and automobile transportation, and put forward matters that should be paid attention to. He pointed out that "in future practice, in order to avoid the might of the enemy's air force, it is advantageous to carry out more night marches" and that "in battles in many overlapping river areas, the attackers should first expand the front with the vanguard force, and continue to reconnoiter the situation of the rivers with the engineers, so as to make close to the river banks, and decide to attack at the places where there is an opportunity, and the defenders should use the rivers to resist one by one." He praised the defenders for their successful move in using automobiles to transport the 1st Mixed Brigade in the final stage of the exercise, thus achieving the victory of "encircling and annihilating" the main force, and at the same time stressed again: "The transportation of large units is vulnerable to attacks by the air force and is prone to breakdowns, so we should pay real attention to the protection of the skies above or use the night to do so." ”

Since Tang Shengzhi's speech hit the nail on the head of the Chinese army, the highest authorities immediately printed and distributed Tang Shengzhi's speech to the whole army and demanded that officers at all levels conscientiously study it.

The main forces and commanders of the defenders in the Battle of Nanking today are basically the same as they were in the big exercise two years ago. At that time, the 87th Division, the Teaching Corps, and the 36th Division were all the basic units in the battle sequence of the Nanjing Garrison.

Therefore, the supreme authorities held that since they were still the same units participating in the battle, and had been tempered by the practice of the "big exercise" and summed up and improved it afterwards, and that the commanders had an understanding of the troops and the combat units were familiar with the terrain and features, they should have a considerable advantage in the battle with the Japanese army, and it was entirely possible to repeat the "great victory" in the exercise!

This is also one of the important reasons why the highest authorities insisted on defending the city of Nanjing and letting Tang Shengzhi take command.

It is a pity that the battle of real guns and artillery is by no means comparable to an exercise, and the factors that determine victory or defeat are not only the advantages and disadvantages of tactics, but also the national and military strength of both sides......

Although there were nearly 200,000 Chinese defenders around Nanjing, most of them were newly defeated, among them, the 72nd Army, the 74th Army, the 83rd Army and other troops fought and retreated in the Songhu battlefield, and came to Nanjing to deploy defenses, and their strength had long been greatly reduced.

As for the infantry divisions that had just been brought up, they had just been urgently transferred from Sichuan, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, and other provinces by the Ministry of Military Affairs. Although these troops share the same hatred of the enemy and have high morale, their equipment is too poor, especially the lack of heavy weapons, and they have not faced the three-dimensional attack of the Japanese army, and many soldiers do not even know what a chariot is.

At this moment, the Japanese army that was frantically attacking Nanjing was well-equipped and well-trained, and these elite army divisions of the Japanese army not only had a large number of heavy artillery and combat vehicles, but also a large number of aircraft to help them.

I don't know how many times more dangerous the situation today is than the big exercise of the year! Where is Tang Sheng's intelligent support to live!

Therefore, the highest authorities assigned the operational command of the Nanjing garrison to Huang Haoran, who hoped that this newly emerging "victorious general" could add an insurance to the defense of Nanjing.

With Tang Shengzhi in the middle of the dispatch, Huang Haoran led the army to fight, this Nanjing can be defended for at least two months, right?

When the highest authority told Jiang Baili about his expectations, Jiang Baili was taken aback by the optimism of the highest authority!

Two months?!

Then I'm afraid that there won't be a few living people left in the Nanjing garrison under Huang Haoran!

Didn't the old man promise Huang Haoran that the defenders of Nanjing could retreat as long as they got the password? Why didn't you admit it after only a few days?

The highest authorities looked at Jiang Baili, who was a little excited, and he also realized that his thoughts were a bit wishful thinking, so he began to make up for it with words:

"Baili, I didn't mean that Huang Youchen must stay in Nanjing for two months, this is just the result I expect, when fighting, I still have to do it according to the previous plan!"

Hearing that the highest authorities had changed their words, Jiang Baili breathed a sigh of relief, this little episode of the highest authorities almost made him forget the purpose of coming to see the highest authorities today, Jiang Baili cleared his throat and began to report the latest city defense deployment to the highest authorities.

Huang Haoran planned to transfer the teaching corps stationed in Zhongshan out of the city of Nanjing, along with Song Xilian's 36th Division of the 78th Army, and if this plan was implemented, together with the 139th and 121st Divisions that had not entered the city before, the strength of the Chinese army in the south of the city would be close to half of the total strength of the Nanjing garrison.

Hearing that Huang Haoran had pulled several main forces to the Ma'anshan area before he had yet to engage the Japanese army, the highest authorities suddenly changed their faces, and he said to Jiang Baili in a low tone:

"What is Huang Haoran doing? Is it cowardly before fighting? Pull the teaching team out, who will guard Zhongshan? What about the Prime Minister's mausoleum? Pull the 36th Division out, who will defend the city defense of Nanjing? Public opinion is going to be in an uproar! ”

In fact, when Jiang Baili first saw Huang Haoran's plan, he guessed that the supreme authorities would be very unhappy, but if he didn't help Huang Haoran to convince the supreme authorities, if he fought against the Japanese according to the first plan, the 200,000 troops in Nanjing City would fall to the point of no return. It's really a tyrannical thing.

Jiang Baili understood that he could only guide the supreme authorities patiently and slowly, and could not force himself to go up, otherwise he would only be quick and not reach.

"Chairman, the importance of Nanjing's city defense, Huang Youchen knows, he put his 99th Division in Nanjing, that is, he is prepared for the worst, Huang Haoran and I both think that the advantage of teaching the corps and the 36th Division lies in field combat, and now they are transferred out to fight in a mobile manner, which can just make use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, as for the garrison of Zhongshan, it will be handed over to Wang Jingjiu's 71st Army, and the 87th Division is also an elite journey, which will definitely comfort the spirit of the first prime minister in the sky!"

Jiang Baili's words made the fire of the highest authorities extinguish a little, Jiang Baili is right, Huang Haoran, the deputy commander of Nanjing's urban defense, is going to sit in Nanjing, no one will care more about Nanjing's city defense than him, and the 99th Division is indeed Huang Haoran's family background, since Huang Haoran dares to transfer the teaching corps and several main forces out of Nanjing, then he must have his own plans.

The supreme authorities were well acquainted with the surrounding area of Nanjing, and when he closed his eyes and thought about it for a while, he immediately realized that it was indeed a good idea to place the mobile force between Ma'anshan and Nanjing.

Advance, can cooperate with the defenders in the area of the Zhonghua Gate in the south of the city to flank the Japanese army, retreat, can hold Wuhu, the throat of the westward retreat, whether it is Tongling or Anqing, it is still safe in the short term, even if the city of Nanjing is lost in the end, it is also good to withdraw these hundreds of thousands of central troops to Jiangxi.

To the south, it is the only way out for the defenders of Nanjing!

"What about the adjusted position of the defenders?"

The highest authority asked again, which means that he agreed to Wong's arrangement.

Jiang Baili hurriedly handed over a final plan for the location of the defenders

In this final, Huang Haoran divided the fortifications of Nanjing into peripheral positions and compound positions, and set up a warning position in front of the peripheral position, and set up a garrison area in Nanjing.

Warning position: located in Houtou Mountain, Dalian Mountain, Hushu Town, Moliangguan, Jurong, Zhenjiang, Jiangning Town;

Peripheral positions: located in Wulong Mountain, Qixia Mountain, Qinglong Mountain, Chunhua Town, Niushoushan, Dashengguan line in a semicircular defense line to defend Nanjing;

Compound position: Nanjing city wall as the inner outline position, along the Purple Mountain, Qilin Mountain, Yuhuatai, Xiaguan, Shogunate Mountain line as the outer outline position, the combination of the inner and outer outline positions;

Garrison in the city: Bounded by the Arctic Pavilion, Drum Tower, and Qingliang Mountain, it is divided into two garrison areas, and core strongholds are set up at commanding heights such as Qingliang Mountain.

In terms of troop allocation, the three regiments of the Military Police Command will be directly subordinate to the Nanjing Urban Defense Command, and these units will be used to maintain sustained stability in the city and protect the security of the command organs.

The 87th Division of the 71st Army: stationed in the Zhongshan area and guarded the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen.

The 74th Army, under the jurisdiction of the 51st, 58th, and 88th divisions: the main force was deployed near Yuhuatai, and served as the garrison of Shuixi Gate, Zhonghua Gate to Wuding Gate and Yuhuatai.

The 99th Division of the 99th Army: The main force is deployed near the Longwang Temple, serving as the garrison of Xuanwu Gate, Red Mountain, Shogunate Mountain to Rujiang Gate, and cooperating with the Shogunate Mountain Fortress.

The rest of the troops were all deployed in alert positions and peripheral positions.

Xu Yuanquan's Second Army was deployed in the east of the city, of which the 10th Army was stationed in the Yanziji and Wulong Mountain areas, and the 66th Army was assigned to Zijin Mountain and Taipingmen;

Deng Longguang's 83rd Army was stationed in Jurong;

The 57th Army of the Jiang Defense Command defended the Zhenjiang fortress, of which the 103rd Division assisted in the defense of Jurong County.

And in the huge Lishui County, the south gate of Nanjing, Huang Haoran only put a reserve 10th Division here.

This was the weak point he left for the Japanese army, and it was also the focus of his mobile defensive operations.

The 10th Division of Lishui County, the 74th Army in the south of Nanjing, the 99th Army, the 78th Army, and the Teaching Corps in Lulang Town formed a triangle, and this huge triangle included half of Jiangning District, and this vast area was also the stage prepared by Huang Haoran for himself. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )