Chapter 67: Temporary Meeting (Collect!) )
Inside the Guanghua Gate, in a small courtyard next to the city wall, the front command of the 87th Division is located here.
"Hey, hey, okay, okay, I'll report to the deputy division right away!"
"Where are you, the 523 regiment, how many monomedicines, 50,000 bullets, 3,000 grenades......"
"Bullets can only give them 30,000 rounds, and 500 grenades!" Cheng Yiding interrupted the communication staff officer's words and ordered directly.
"Okay, yes, yes......"
"Deputy Division, everyone has expired, you can have a meeting!" Cheng Yiding's adjutant walked in and whispered in his ear.
"Well, got it, wait a minute." Cheng Yiding nodded, stretched out his hand to tidy up his shirt, buttoned it up, and then put on a small round hat.
"Let's go."
The front refers to the small conference room, where there is a lot of people, and the person who comes to the meeting is at least a lieutenant colonel, and he is a small major in Leng Feng, he is still the last to arrive, and there is no place, so he can only stand at the door.
Leng Feng is definitely the youngest among these people, and the others have more or less fought together, and they are all familiar with each other, greeting each other.
Seeing Leng Feng coming in with Qin Yankun, he thought that he was Qin Yankun's subordinate staff officer or something, and he ignored it directly.
Leng Feng didn't care, he was here for a meeting, not to compete for the limelight, whether there was anyone to take care of it, there was no difference between standing and sitting.
In the midst of the discussion, some people were still there yesterday and are no longer there today.
People's hearts are already floating, and Leng Feng can already see from the conversations of these officers that many of these people are wavering about whether Nanjing can be defended and how long it can be defended.
This whispering discussion didn't last long.
"Deputy Master Chen is here!"
Cheng Yiding, deputy commander of the 87th Division, with the rank of major general, is a descendant of the Central Army, and one of the three elite German armament divisions in the hands of Lao Jiang.
After the Battle of Songhu, there were more than 14,000 people in the 87th Division, and less than 3,000 people were left here, with a loss of more than eighty percent.
Cheng Yiding actually listened to the discussion of everyone inside outside the door for a while, and Leng Feng, who was standing at the door, naturally saw it.
But he didn't make a loud reminder, but just secretly gave Qin Yankun an arm, Qin Yankun is also a smart person, and he immediately understood and became a quiet listener.
The small conference room fell silent.
Cheng Yiding is a tiger general in the Central Army, a protégé, and during the outer war in Nanjing, Lao Jiang Ke was personally summoned and taught face-to-face.
At that time, Cheng Yiding had just been promoted to deputy commander of the 87th Division.
"Everyone has arrived, Chen has some things to deal with, come one step late, and be lazy." Cheng Yiding walked into the small conference room, because there were many people, so he followed up to an adjutant, and the guards were all staying outside the door.
"You're welcome, you're ......"
"Deputy Division Chen, if there is anything, just say it, this Japanese army may attack at any time, and we will all go back to command!"
"Okay, then someone Chen is welcome!" Cheng Yiding sat down unceremoniously.
"Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Japanese army's charge being beaten down this time, I summoned everyone here just to unify our thinking, how will we fight next?" Cheng Yiding got straight to the point.
"According to the information we have obtained, the key defense lines of the Japanese attack are Guanghua Gate, Tongji Gate and Zhonghua Gate, and they use the tactics of all-round pressing, as long as they tear a hole, the large army will press up fiercely, and it is extremely fierce!" Cheng Yiding's adjutant spoke first at the suggestion.
"Our current tactics are to strictly defend to the death, and adopt the method of segmentation and fragmentation, nailing to the position to the death, so that the Japanese army will not have an opportunity to take advantage of it, but this is a very conservative way of fighting, and our troops are constantly being consumed, there is no replenishment of soldiers, and there is not much ammunition, so if it goes on like this, sooner or later it will not be able to hold it."
"There is news that the Japanese army on the side of Zhonghua Gate has broken through the front several times, and is currently fighting for the second-line position, once the Japanese army occupies Yuhuatai, high and below zero, the Japanese army's firepower is strong, and the fire suppression of our army will be formed, and it will be a matter of time before the city is broken!" Someone said pessimistically.
"Yes, if the 88th Division can't withstand it, what's the use of us guarding Guanghua Gate?"
"If this continues, it will be a matter of time before the city is broken."
"My regiment has been crippled, and if I don't rest, I won't be able to fight at all......," he complained.
"Since Nanjing City can't be defended, why let us die here?"
"Everyone has forgotten who they are, right?" A lieutenant colonel regimental deputy of the 87th Division stood up and angrily reprimanded.
"Deputy Head Bai, we didn't say we wouldn't fight, but the key is that we are hitting the stone with an egg now, knowing that we can't win the fight......"
"Enough, we are soldiers, soldiers should protect their families and defend the country, not like the common people, they can seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and they can bargain, Shangfeng ordered us to hold Guanghua Gate and hold the position, this is my mission, if anyone escapes from the battle, don't blame me for being unsympathetic, and the military law will deal with it." Cheng Yiding said angrily.
The air in the conference room froze.
Everyone can feel the awe-inspiring murderous aura emanating from Cheng Yiding's body, this is by no means a joke, if he really wants to violate military law, he will not hesitate to kill.
"Deputy Master Chen, you say, how are we going to fight?"
"First of all, all of you go back and dig out your family foundation to see what else there is, and then, write all the suicide notes for me and hand them over to me, even if you sacrifice them, you can give an explanation to your family." Cheng Yiding's eyes slowly swept over the generals and said slowly.
Since participating in the Anti-Japanese War, I don't know how many times I have written the suicide note, which is not difficult to do, the problem is to dig out the family's foundation, if this is self-sufficient, then forget it, I am afraid that it will be all taken out and redistributed when the time comes.
This is a little unhappy.
It doesn't matter if you're poor, it's hard to say if you're a little bit of a family.
When is it, these people are still calculating these, the Japanese army has come in, can they still take it away?
"I don't want your things, I don't like your little things, I'm telling everyone, get ready to fight street battles with the Japanese army." Cheng Yiding said his true intentions.
Street fighting!
Some people showed a hint of panic on their faces, and the terrible thing about street fighting was that the two sides were mixed together, the enemy and the enemy were connected, hand-to-hand combat, and the dogs and teeth were staggered, and the probability of survival for soldiers and officers was the same.
Narrow streets, complex environments, unseen enemies, killing people by invisible bullets, full of weirdness and unpredictability.
A clever military strategist may not be able to fight street battles well, and Leng Feng is very familiar with this mode of warfare and is an expert in this field.
Among these people, Leng Feng estimated that most of them had never fought a real street fight, and the real street battle was extremely cruel, requiring great courage and willpower to support it, and when there was nothing, he could still fight the enemy.
This is by no means something that ordinary people can do.
Cheng Yiding was able to realize that he might have to engage in street battles with the Japanese army, which showed that he was a real anti-Japanese fighter and a qualified commander.
"It's not squeaking, is it true that you can't shout a slogan to save the country in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression?" Cheng Yiding swept his eyes and asked.
These words were so dampening that the faces of several people who had other plans in their hearts involuntarily changed.
"Deputy Master Chen, it's not that we don't defend the city, it's not that we don't fight the Japanese devils, we have fought so far, there have been heavy casualties, what do you want, I will persevere, even if I put my head on it, I have no regrets, how long may last, one day, two days, it's hard to say!" Zhou Jingren, head of the Second Military Police Regiment, stood up and said.
The chief of staff of the 156th Division got up and said: "Our division seat is not there, I am the representative, what Commander Zhou said is right, we Cantonese Yankees are not afraid of death in war, as long as we give orders from the upper peak, fight street battles, we will fight, and we will never retreat." ”
The 87th Division has three brigades and six regiments, and there are only two brigades and four regiments here, and the commanders above the regimental level are also here, and since the death of Brigade Commander Yi Anhua, the command of the 259th Brigade has also been brought into the hands of Cheng Yiding.
There are a total of four troops on the Guanghuamen front, the 87th Division has the largest strength, followed by the 156th Division, then the Second Regiment of the Teaching Corps, and the Second Regiment of the Military Police at the bottom.
The four units take turns to take over, so that one unit can come down to rest, or it can be used as a reserve for the whole army, and it can be pressed up as a rescue team at any time.
Just now, the 87th Division was rotated by the 156th Division to rest, and there was a scene where the Broadsword Brave Brigade supported the gap to put out the fire.
But such a use of troops is always at the moment of exhaustion, and the Japanese army is advancing a steady stream of reinforcements to the city, and they can launch a fierce attack without a short time.
The defenders were already very tired, and the Japanese army wanted to use this tactic to consume them, and then break through into the city to defeat them.
"Our brigade seat is not there, before he left, let us obey the command of Deputy Division Cheng, and our 259th Brigade obeyed the orders of Deputy Division Cheng!" Luo Zhedong, deputy commander of the 259th Brigade, stood up with red eyes and said sonorously.
Obviously, there is a consensus within the 87th Division.
The 87th Division was the first Central Army to be equipped with German weapons, and Lao Chiang's lineage, if this could not be done, it would be a shame.
Here, except for the 156th Division, which is a local army, the others are considered to be central factions, and the military police regiment is subordinate to the Capital Garrison Command, so of course it has to belong to the central department.
Not to mention the teaching corps, Lao Jiang's heart-to-heart meat belongs to the seed army.
The chief of staff of the 156th Division had a somewhat unsightly face, which was clearly aimed at their local troops, and they wanted to tie them to the chariot.
In fact, Cheng Yiding is not selfish, it is just everyone's understanding, not to mention that the Cantonese system has always been at odds with the central system.
This estrangement cannot be eliminated by the slogan of "resisting the war and saving the country."
Leng Feng was full of emotion in his heart, sometimes it was really not the command of the generals of the national army, and the problem was still at the top.
Of course, this is related to Lao Jiang's employment of people, if there is no big pattern and courage in his heart, he will not be able to become the leader of a great country.
Those who are talented must be eclectic and have distinct personalities, and Leng Feng is also thinking, where will his own path go?
"Is the representative of the teaching corps here?"
Everyone looked at Qin Yankun with their eyes, and even Cheng Yiding also turned his gaze, and the performance of the teaching corps in the battle of defending the city was obvious to all, and in Nanjing City, the teaching corps was the strongest force in the garrison.
Therefore, Cheng Yiding also attaches great importance to the attitude of the teaching team.
"Leng Dai Tuanzao, it's time for us to speak?" Qin Yankun gently pushed Leng Feng behind him and whispered.
"Huh?" Leng Feng didn't think to speak, so many generals, all of them were older and older than him, not to mention that it was the first time for him to participate in a meeting of this level, and he hadn't recognized the head yet, and he didn't know much about the situation, so what did he say?
However, he is now the acting head of the Second Regiment of the Teaching Corps, and since he has come, he must not open his mouth, otherwise, it will not be his own face, but the face of the entire Teaching Corps.
After sorting out his thoughts a little, Leng Feng took a step forward, put his legs together, and saluted with a "snap"!
"Leng Feng, the acting head of the 1st Brigade and 2nd Regiment of the Teaching Corps, see the deputy division seat and the commanders!"