"The vehicle turned around and went back to pick up the refugees at the back of the line." In order to cope with the emergency evacuation of the 150,000 refugees, Lu Yuan used all the means of transportation that he could find in the city, trucks, cars, tricycles, bicycles, horse-drawn carriages, and even a large number of rickshaws. The huge flow of people finally split in two at the next street entrance, and the civilians who needed to be evacuated continued towards Rujiangmen, while those who went in the opposite direction were the soldiers of the national army who had returned to the battlefield.

As a large number of Nationalist soldiers who had fled their positions returned, the gunfire from all sides of the city suddenly became fierce, and more and more of the separated soldiers gathered together and then went into battle without hesitation. The news that the Japanese army was about to break the city quickly spread throughout the city, and more and more soldiers were already marching towards the dangerous positions at the city gates, and the city of Nanjing was full of battles, and people were ready to fight to the death. No one is afraid, because they have faith, Nanjing can be held, and they no longer feel abandoned, because they are still in Nanjing, and they are still fighting with everyone in Nanjing.

On the south bank of Chongqing, the official residence of the leader of Huangshan.

Chairman Chiang suddenly woke up from his sleep, and at that moment he got up without sleep, so he put on his clothes and went for a walk in the backyard alone.

It is no exaggeration to say that in order to win the Battle of Songhu, Chairman Chiang even spared no expense in almost all the Central Army, except for the Tang Enbo group, and even the 36th, 87th, and 88th Divisions of the three Royal Forest Divisions and the Teaching Corps of the Central Military Academy were all transferred to the Songhu Battlefield.

However, ideals are only ideals after all, and the reality is cruel. The Battle of Songhu ended in failure. Now that the Japanese were attacking Nanjing again, Chairman Chiang appointed Tang Shengzhi as the commander of the Nanjing garrison, commanding more than 100,000 troops from the 2nd Army Corps, the 66th, 71st, 72nd, 74th, 78th, and 83rd armies to defend Nanjing. Now that the city of Nanjing is already in flames of war, thinking about the hundreds of thousands of people in the city of Nanjing, Chairman Jiang has itchy teeth for Tang Shengzhi. Didn't this fool know that he had moved the people across the Yangtze River before the war, and now it's too late, and he can't withdraw if he wants to.

Just as Chairman Jiang was thinking about it, a voice sounded behind him.

"What's the matter?"

"Darling, it's the attendant's room that sent the telegram, and it was sent by Hu Zongnan." Madame Chiang handed over a telegram. As soon as Chairman Chiang saw the contents of the telegram, his expression immediately flew and he applauded again and again. Mrs. Jiang asked differently what was wrong, what was so happy.

"I was still worried that the war in Nanjing would affect the people, and Shoushan's telegram said that a German named Hogg brought 250,000 refugees from Nanjing from the Xiaguan wharf, saying that there was a follow-up to cross the river, and asked me how to settle them."

"Darling, it's great that I'll go see the German ambassador tomorrow." Mrs. Jiang said happily.

"Chairman, this is another telegram from Jiangbei." The guard sent another telegram.

"I see, I don't think you're going to see the German ambassador tomorrow." The telegram in the hand of Chairman Chiang handed over to Madame Chiang. "Ask someone to find out what kind of background this Lu Yuan is, he has such an ability at a young age, it's good, it's good." As soon as the chairman of the committee gave the order, the efficiency of the people of the central and military commands was naturally high, and as soon as they were busy, the information about Lu Yuan was placed on the chairman's desk.

It's just that the busy work of the military commander did not satisfy Chairman Chiang, because the information collected by the military commander was only a thin piece of paper, and only Lu Yuan's name and approximate age, and the rest was Lu Yuan's formation of a security zone in Nanjing City and the instigation of the defeated troops to continue fighting to cover the evacuation of civilians in the city. As for the relationship between Lu Yuan and the Germans and the things he did in Shanghai, there is no mention of them in the information, because the military commanders did not know anything about it.

Looking at the dry piece of paper in his hand, Chairman Jiang could only admire Lu Yuan's age, which was actually only 18 years old. "I want to hold a press conference to publicize Lu Yuan with great fanfare, so that everyone in the country knows about this young hero. By the way, Shoushan must also be notified that the safety of Tangcheng must be guaranteed at all costs. "Yes, China needs a hero too much now, and the sons and daughters of China really need anti-Japanese heroes. Since the July 7 Incident, the Nationalist Army has lost troops and defeated many battles on the North China and Songhu fronts, and for this reason, domestic and international public opinion has been condemned, and it is time to reverse the trend of public opinion.

It's just that Lu Yuan, who is busy at the moment, doesn't know this, he has already rushed to Xiaguan Wharf with the first batch of refugees who are ready to leave Nanjing, looking at the crowded crowd on the wharf, Lu Yuan's brows are tightly furrowed. Another boat full of refugees was off shore, with ropes tied to the sides of the boat, and rafts attached to the other end of the ropes, each of which was crowded with people. The boats and rafts left, but the river was still full of people, and many refugees who could not board the boat, they were not reconciled, so they waited around the river in order to catch the next boat, and silently prayed in their hearts for the first batch of people to cross the river.

Whether the people crossing the river could reach the other side safely was still unknown, and the only protection for the fleet of four foreign ferries and a dozen wooden sailboats was the machine guns on a few motorboats. "It's not going to work, it's too slow, you have to speed it up." Lu Yuan looked at the large number of refugees gathered on the shore, and then said to Huang Haishan who was standing beside him.

Huang Haishan scratched his head with an embarrassed face, "Sir, we only have so many boats, and we have brought rafts, but there are too many people." ”

"Then send someone to tear down the house next to it, and use all the wood to build a raft, and the action must be fast, and I don't know how long the north side can hold on." Lu Yuan looked worriedly in the direction of Shogunate Mountain.

"Sir, there are still a few small steamers on the 36th Division's side, but they don't let us use them, saying that they are for the 36th Division to retreat, and they smashed the butt of a rifle." Xiao Biao, who squeezed over from the crowd, rubbed his head and complained to Lu Yuan.

"Old cannon, you take someone to take a look, if you don't listen, shoot. I just need a boat. "In order to ensure that the refugees gathered by the river can cross the river as soon as possible, Tang Cheng has no more to worry about now.

After a while, Huang Haishan came back and brought back an officer. "Hello, I am Cao Kai, the captain of the 36th Division Guard Battalion. You want to use our ship, who are you? The officer asked, daring him to see that Lu Yuan was surrounded by a group of heavily armed soldiers, and regarded the young Lu Yuan as a child of a family.

Lu Yuan nodded at the officer, "My name is Lu Yuan, and I will use your boat to send these refugees across the river now." ”

"I'm sorry, these ships are used by our 36th Division for retreat, and I can't be the master. If you have a warrant, mine can have a boat to take you across the river. Cao Kai's face had an expression of easy talk and discussion.

", is our chief the one who ran away? Don't wait for the men of your 36th Division, they are all fighting in the city now, and they can't retreat. You have to give these ships today, and you have to give them if you don't. Huang Haishan immediately took out his gun with a cruel smile and put it directly on Cao Kai's head.

Lu Yuan stretched out his hand to organize Huang Haishan's recklessness, and after thinking for a while, he said to the officer named Cao Kai, "Company Commander Cao, we have brought 150,000 refugees, and I must use these boats." Otherwise, I will send you and your people across the river first, and I will bear the great responsibility, and I will definitely not affect you. Cao Kai had no choice but to agree, after all, he was being stared at by a shell gun.

The new addition of several small steamers took away thousands of people, and although this did not make much difference to the tens of thousands of refugees who were already stranded at the docks, the refugees' desire to survive was even stronger. Soon, the second group of refugees who took the car also rushed over, and the first to come was the soldiers sent by Lu Yuan to find the cauldron in the city, there were dozens of them. The soldiers who returned later brought back more than 100 scrap tires from a garage. Lu Yuan immediately ordered the soldiers to cut the tires, and then lined up the pots along the riverside and the wharf, although everyone was full of doubts, they still did it.

"Sir, the boat coming back from Jiangbei brought back a few people, saying that it was looking for you." Huang Haishan ran over to report.

"Boss, it's me, I'm Hogg." A blonde foreigner rushed over, stretched out his arms to Lu Yuan is bear hug, and several people in Huang Haishan couldn't help but laugh.

"Hogg, why are you here? Didn't I ask you to wait in Jiangbei? Lu Yuan was also very happy to see Hogg, but he didn't know why this thing didn't stay in Jiangbei as planned.

Hogg smiled proudly, and gestured behind Lu Yuan, "Boss, you look at the river behind you." ”

There were 6 large ferries docked on the riverbank wharf, a full 6 of them, and Lu Yuan's eyes were sore for a while. "Lao Huang, hurry up, arrange for the refugees to get on the boat."

"Sir, it's been arranged a long time ago, and now the raft is being tied, if the boat is crowded, this time it will be tens of thousands of people." Huang Haishan waved his arms excitedly.

"Hogg, where did these ships come from?" Lu Yuan, who was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, handed Hogg a cigarette.

"Oh my God, don't you know, boss? It's all your work. These boats were originally used for the retreat of the teaching team and the Central Army, but now these guys have been fooled into the city to fight, and these boats are idle, and I secretly borrowed them for first use, which has cost you all the money you gave me. Hogg's words surprised Lu Yuan, and he could still encounter such a good thing.

"Hogg, since you've spent all your money, don't go to Jiangbei. I've already sent Shuchman to the women's college, so you might as well go to the women's college later. After tonight, the situation in the city will be even worse, and I need someone who can manage the refugee camp at the women's college. Seeing that Hogg didn't want to go back to Jiangbei, Lu Yuanquan simply sent Hogg to the women's academy, so that he could pull Schuchman out and continue to follow him.