After the meeting, Zhang Tianhai returned to his small room and lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, the door rang.

Zhang Tianhai doesn’t need to guess who is coming. Who else is there if it’s not Zheng Man?

After Zhang Tianhai opened the door, it was indeed Zheng Man, but now Zheng Man does not look as energetic as usual, and she does not look very emotional.

After Zheng Man walked in, he locked the door with his backhand, then hugged Zhang Tianhai and said with a slight crying voice: "Zhang Yulin, will we all die in Nanjing in this battle?"

After hearing Zheng Man's words, Zhang Tianhai just hugged her gently, then gently stroked her soft hair, and said softly: "Are you scared? If you are scared, please apply to be transferred back to the chief's office. This war, this war should have been a war between men."

Zheng Man suddenly raised her head, her eyes were red: "What's wrong? At this time, I want to don't want me?"

Zhang Tianhai did not speak out, but just looked at the roof. The silence seemed to be telling his decision or being entangled.

"Zhang Yulin, I tell you, don't want to abandon me. I applied to be transferred here and I just want to live and die with you. The situation in Nanjing is critical, who doesn't know that the Chief Office is already preparing to live and die with Nanjing. Instead of dying alone in the Chief Office, it's better to be by your side..." As he said that, Zheng Man leaned on Zhang Tianhai's shoulder and sobbed gently...

At this moment, Zhang Tianhai was stunned. He never thought that Zheng Man would be so deeply in love with him: when the city was broken, he could spend the wind and rain with you, and to see thousands of mountains and rivers in the world, it would be in vain even if he died.

For a moment, Zhang Tianhai didn't know what to say, so he could only hug Zheng Man and say the old saying: "You will not let me down, I will not let you down."

"Well..." Zheng Man's head gently pressed against Zhang's shoulder, and a sweet smile appeared on the corner of his mouth...

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Time is advancing day by day, and the time left for Zhang Tianhai and others is getting less and less. The main force of the Japanese army is fighting fiercely at the outer positions of Nanjing.

At dawn on November 30, the main force of the Japanese left side captured Guangde County, which was defended by the 21st Army of the Sichuan Army. Guangde was declared lost, and the main force of the Japanese left side continued to march towards Wuhu.

At about 10 o'clock on December 1, Liu Xing, commanded the troops to guard the Jiangyin Fortress and commanded the troops to fight with the Japanese army for a week, ordered the troops to break through. The Jiangyin Fortress was declared lost, and the rear route of the Nanjing defenders on the river was cut off.

It was also from December 1 that the Japanese army began to carry out large-scale and high-intensity bombings on Nanjing. Although the anti-aircraft artillery troops of the Kuomintang fought back to the death, they did not gain much. The Air Force Volunteer Brigade sent by the Soviet Union performed well in this battle and shot down many enemy aircraft. But the good times did not last long. A few days later, the Air Force Volunteer Brigade was submerged in the group of enemy aircraft and was silent again.

In the early morning of December 4, the main force of the Japanese middle line, which had removed all the positions of the National Army in the east of Jurong, appeared on the east of Jurong, and fought with one of the 66th Army defending here, and the battle was very fierce.

On the evening of December 5, Jurong, who was sent from Guangdong, was declared deadly by Jurong, who was ordered by the garrison commander of the garrison command, was declared lost due to insufficient reinforcements and the guards were killed and injured.

After seizing Jurong, the Japanese army, which had suffered heavy casualties, did not immediately lead their troops to fight towards Nanjing, but instead took a short rest and adjusted for a day. Then, with the 6th Division as the main force after the supplementary work, heading towards Qixia Mountain.

In the early morning of December 7, the main force of the Japanese 6th Division, who advanced to Qixia Mountain, launched a fierce attack on the 41st Division and the 36th Division...

The camera turned to the 36th Division Division headquarters, at 7:10 pm on December 5, 1937.

The generator outside the division headquarters was roaring loudly, and the dim lights reflected on the faces of the nine military chiefs present, with a very serious expression. The division commander Song Xilian, Chief of Staff Xiang Xianju, Li Zhipeng and Liu Ying, plus the five regiment commanders Xiong Xinmin, Wu Guangzong, Zhang Tianhai, Gu Baoyu, Zhang Shaoxun, etc., all military chiefs at the regiment level and above arrived this time.

Unlike the last meeting that conveyed the spirit of the Chairman's speech, this time the assembly was to issue combat missions.

After more than ten days of training, Zhang Tianhai's Zhiyi Group finally looked like an elite. After all, this supplement has been mostly veterans, and even if it is not good, he has been on the battlefield.

I heard that this meeting was a combat mission, so Zhang Tianhai had already been preparing to grab the defensive mission. This may be the last combat meeting for Song Xilian before evacuating Nanjing.

There is still a whole week before Nanjing is lost. Zhang Tianhai doesn't want to watch the tragedy happen. He wants to take his straight group to participate in this battle.

Although in the eyes of the Japanese army, Zhang Tianhai still tried his best to do his best, even if this power was not that big, right...

Compared to the pessimism of the last meeting, the conference table at this time was more solemn and fighting spirit.

The commander Song Xilian stood in the main seat of the conference table, with his bright eyes looking at the two brigade commanders and the commanders of each regiment sitting in two rows.

"Everyone, I believe this meeting is a combat mission, everyone knows?" Song Xilian looked at everyone, "Jurong was lost half an hour ago. The commander of the commander ordered our division to send a regiment of troops to follow the 41st Division of the 10th Army to station in Qixia Mountain, and will be commanded by Commander Ding Zhipan for the time being. Look, which regiment is appropriate to send?"

The 10th Army is Xu Yuanquan's Second Army. Since the 2nd Army only has one 10th Army, in essence, this unit is still one army. The 10th Army is under two divisions, one is Ding Zhipan's 41st Division and the other is Xu Jiwu's 48th Division.

From the time of arrival in Nanjing, the two divisions of Xu Yuanquan's Second Corps were divided into two groups to carry out missions. The 41st Division entered Qixia Mountain and the 48th Division entered Longtan and other directions.

"Reporting to the master's seat, I am willing to lead a straight line to follow the 41st Division to guard Qixia Mountain without allowing the enemy to move forward!" Zhang Tianhai stood up first, stood attentively and saluted.

Song Xilian did not say anything about this, but just took a deep look at Zhang Tianhai.

Soon, Xiong Xinmin, the commander of the 212th Regiment, also stood up: "Reporting to the master's seat, I am willing to lead the 212th Regiment and the 41st Division to guard Qixia Mountain and fight to the death with the Japanese invaders!"

"Reporting to the master's seat, I am willing to lead the 213th Regiment to follow the 41st Division's troops to guard Qixia Mountain. The master's seat, our regiment has the least casualties among the few regiments that were removed from the Songhu Front. No matter from any aspect, my 213th Regiment should be responsible for this task!" Gu Baoyu, the leader of the 213th Regiment, stood attentively and saluted.

Subsequently, Wu Guangzong, the new leader of the 215th Regiment, and Zhang Shaoxun, the new leader of the 216th Regiment, also stood up and expressed his willingness to lead his troops to Qixia Mountain to guard the position.

When the country was in crisis, these Huangpu students used practical actions to prove their wishes when they entered the school: to get promoted and get rich, please leave other places; to be greedy for life and fear death, don’t enter the door.

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PS: Another update. This chapter is a little short, so let it go. Uh, it doesn’t seem that short.

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