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The Battle of Nanjing was not prepared to defend from the very beginning. What Tang Shengzhi told Chiang Zhongzheng was: Without your personal order, I will never take a step back!

Although Tang Shengzhi had not led troops for many years, he was not a fool. In order to make the soldiers below fight to the death, Tang Shengzhi ordered that all ships on the south bank, including the garrison commander's headquarters, must be handed over to the control of the 36th Division to strengthen his determination to defend.

At the same time, it was ordered that the troops outside the city were not allowed to retreat into the city, and the troops inside the city were not allowed to leave the city. Then a death order was issued, and Hu Zongnan's First Army on the north bank was ordered to shoot the boats sneaking across the river north.

Although this method is a bit rigid, if it can be implemented, it can completely eliminate everyone's idea of ​​​​retreating, and instead force everyone to concentrate on defending.

But the actual situation is not like this! Tang Shengzhi's own commander secretly kept a small steamer. After everyone knew the situation, all the divisions followed suit and secretly kept the ship.

But only the division and brigade commanders knew about these situations, and everyone had a tacit understanding to "hide" it from the soldiers below. The propaganda was still consistent, saying that they would definitely defend it.

But in fact, those senior officers of the "party state" have left a way out for themselves from the beginning. Only the "brothers" they call the front line are truly determined to defend!

All this did not escape the eyes of the people everywhere, and various pieces of information were gathered together with the telegrams at the National Defense Forces Headquarters in the three eastern provinces. Seeing how ugly these senior generals were, Tu Qianjun couldn't help but sneer.

"These scum! Are you talking about defending Nanjing?! I don't think they can even defend Nanjing!!" Qi Muden, who came to attend the meeting, has a fiery temper. When he saw this situation, he yelled!

"The official leaves a way for himself to survive, but what about the brothers below?! Damn, his grandma is so stupid! Why don't these bastards die?! He calls his brothers nice, but if he gets mad, he stabs the person next door in the back.

!A bunch of shit!!”

Tian Jixiang's bones turned white from pinching, and he sneered: "Fortunately, the commander didn't give these idiots anything. I think even if we gave them all our weapons, they still couldn't do anything! Choose a route in front of the commander and run, below.

How can our brothers die?! These are things raised in Nanjing! Bah!"

Su Zongzhe was quite calm, pointing to a line in the intelligence and said in a deep voice: "These idiots! Since they knew that they would be forced into street fighting, why didn't they evacuate the residents?! The old, weak, sick and disabled should have been evacuated in the first place.

What's going on like this?! The war preparations are pretty good. We have ammunition, food and supplies. But with such preparations, how long can they hold on?!"

Tu Qianjun remained silent, his face was calm and he said nothing. He had already guessed Nanjing's posture, and it was impossible for Jiang Zhongzheng to choose to defend it.

Tang Shengzhi himself was also ready to give up. What was pitiful were the tens of thousands of soldiers below who were sincerely resisting Japan and were ready to fight to the death for their country.

"Commander, do you want our people to dispatch?!" Su Zongzhe was silent for a while and said to Tu Qianjun. Tu Qianjun shook his head and said in a deep voice.

"What are we going to do now?! Block the artillery shells for them?!" Tu Qianjun was very calm. He said to everyone: "Tell our people to be silent first. After the battle starts, they will only go out if the people in Nanjing are unable to support them."

Looking at the situation in Nanjing, Tu Qianjun knew that there would definitely be situations in history where commanders fled without even notifying them!

Historically, the Nanjing Defense War only lasted seven days. Even the Nanjing city's positions were not breached by the Japanese, but they were abandoned miserably! There was no senior general to organize the retreat. After the retreat meeting was held at 5:00 on the 12th, the army division commanders gave orders. The minutes of the troop retreat meeting were signed and stamped, everyone was bundled together, and then each troop was allowed to break out on its own.

Some senior officers quietly escaped across the river after the meeting, without informing the soldiers at all! When some generals of the boasted miraculous teaching corps fled for their lives in the boats they secretly left behind, the regimental commander below was still commanding fighting!

It was not until 8:30 on the evening of the 12th that the four regiment leaders were still meeting in Zijin Mountain. It was not until 12 o'clock that they became aware of the incident and began to break out.

Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 71st Army, and Shen Fazao, commander of the 87th Division, did not notify the troops outside the city when they escaped on the afternoon of the 12th. It was not until the evening of the 12th that the 261st Brigade discovered that no one was defending the city wall.

Wan Shijiong fought until noon on the 13th, but did not receive an order to retreat. Later, when he heard that Japanese tanks had arrived at the commander's department, he learned that all the leaders had withdrawn.

The most terrifying thing is that Hu Zongnan on the north bank had no idea about the retreat plan! Since they were about to withdraw across the river, the garrison chief did not notify the defenders on the north bank, so Hu Zongnan was ordered to shoot at the ships in the river!

It wasn't until Tang Shengzhi arrived on the other side that he knew that the retreat had begun, but he didn't know that countless people had been accidentally killed...

Analyzing the data on the Nanjing Defense War, you can find that not many troops were actually killed in the battle. But countless people died in the chaotic retreat and the massacre of the Japanese army!

Is it sad?! This is indeed sad, and the saddest thing is: the order to retreat was given by Chiang Zhongzheng himself! At the earliest time, Chiang Zhongzheng issued the order for the Nanjing garrison to retreat through Gu Zhutong.

But Tang Shengzhi was afraid of taking responsibility, so he refused to obey the order! Jiang Zhongzhi had no choice but to personally order Tang Shengzhi to retreat. Tang Shengzhi handed this order to all the corps, and the division commanders read it and signed their signatures for confirmation.

In order not to take the responsibility of ordering the retreat, it is a pity that many people still put this shit basin on his head. This is what Chiang Zhongzheng wanted to see, and the reason why Tang Shengzhi was appointed as the Nanjing Garrison Commander was also for the purpose Just to take the blame for Chiang Zhongzheng when things cannot be done.

The consequence of taking the blame was that Lao Tang's executive director of military law was dismissed from his idle post. The good thing is that at least Chiang Zhongzheng did not kill him. Because he was worried about Lao Tang's nonsense, Chiang Zhongzheng sent "gendarmes" to personally "protect" Lao Tang.

The result of what Chiang Zhongzheng did was that he kept asking Old Tang to take up some positions, but Old Tang basically refused. He took the blame once, and that was the infamy that lasted throughout the ages. Old Tang was not stupid, and he paid back after suffering a loss. Don’t you want to behave yourself?!

Of course, Lao Tang is obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp! In 1949, Lao Tang participated in organizing the "Peaceful Self-Rescue" movement in Hunan and served as the chairman of the "Hunan People's Self-Rescue Committee". He then led the power to support the peaceful liberation of Hunan.

"Let them continue to lurk and not be exposed!" Tu Qianjun ordered in a deep voice: "Those Nanjing officials are obviously going to run away! Tell our people that the flags are ready! When the time comes, show them out! Remember Just don’t disgrace our National Defense Forces!”

Su Zongzhe and the other army commanders were stunned for a moment when they heard this, and then fell silent!

"Huh! He, Jiang Zhongzheng, can't defend him. It's okay to run away if he's afraid! I'll defend him!" But Tu Qianjun said coldly: "Let the Long Yun Department of Yunnan be ready to support!"

Hearing Tu Qianjun's words, everyone's faces suddenly turned red! It seems that the commander is going to make a big move!

"Long Yun's side now only has one reorganized army. Its combat effectiveness has not been tested but it's hard to say..." Su Zongzhe pointed at the telegram with his finger and said softly.

"The designation Long Yun and Jiang Zhongzheng received was the 'Sixtieth Army of the National Revolutionary Army'. This army has Lu Han as its commander and has the 182nd Division An Enpu Division, the 183rd Division Gao Yinhuai Division, and the 1st Division

The Eighth-Fourth Division Zhang Chong's headquarters. The military headquarters also directly administers an artillery regiment and a field service regiment. There are more than 50,000 people in the army. According to our equipment, we are equipped with 30 Liao 14-year-old 75mm mountain guns and Liao-14-year 37mm flat-fire cannons.

Ten guns, eight Liao-made 16-year-old 75mm anti-aircraft guns."

After a pause, Su Zongzhe continued: "The Guard Regiment has 2,600 Tiger Assault Rifles, the Special Operations Brigade has 2,700 Tiger Assault Rifles, and the Cavalry Regiment has 8,000 horses. The commanders of each division and regiment have all served as senior commanders at our National Defense University.

They have been trained by the department, and some of them are also officers transferred by us."

"The same goes for lower-level officers. The red people learn quickly. Now 20% of the lower-level officers in the 60th Army are red, and the rest are from us and Long Yun."

Su Zongzhe was extremely competent as chief of staff. He had all the information about Long Yun's main force in his mind. He could tell one, two, and three without even looking at the information.

"If Long Yun proposed to go, I think Chiang Zhongzheng would not object." Su Zongzhe paused and said with a smile: "After all, Long Yun has not broken up with Chiang Zhongzheng. His current unit is still with Chiang Zhongzheng."

The serial number of the 'Sixty Army' was given. And it has always been Jiang Zhongzheng's interest to let the miscellaneous people die."

But then Su Zongzhe said: "What we need to worry about is that Chiang Zhongzheng takes the opportunity to seize power. He has done this before. Once Long Yun's main force comes out, Chiang Zhongzheng may not take the opportunity to seize Yunnan as his base."

Tu Qianjun sneered and said to Su Zongzhe: "Long Shengzeng and the others did quite well in North Korea! Let them go back with their own troops and form a new army with their own troops. Transfer some officer students from the National Defense University

Join and tell them they are looking for mountain soldiers!"

Tu Qianjun's words made Su Zongzhe nod. This was a very good choice. During the battle with the Japanese army, the two brothers Long Sheng, Zeng Long Sheng and Wu fought frequently on the battlefield.

Now that he has been trained, Long Sheng Zeng has accumulated enough military exploits to become a regiment commander. Long Shengwu is now a battalion commander. If he had fewer opportunities to go into battle, he would not be able to become a regiment commander.

These two brothers finally did not embarrass their father, so it was appropriate for them to go back and lead the military cadets from the National Defense University to form a new army.

"Tell Long Yun that I am defending Nanjing!" Tu Qianjun said coldly: "I think Jiang Zhongzheng will withdraw, but I have to defend Nanjing!"

The people below don't quite understand why the commander-in-chief must defend Nanjing. They don't know what the Japanese army did after they occupied Nanjing! Hundreds of thousands of residents were massacred!

Since God has given me a chance, I can't let this happen! Looking at the telegram, Tu Qianjun thought to himself.

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