In December of the 26th year of the Republic of China, the Seventh War Zone recaptured Vladivostok. The whole country was celebrating, but the Japanese army's front also approached Nanjing. Although it was nearly a month later than later generations, the Japanese army still
Completed the siege of Nanjing.
At this time, the Nanjing government and the main force had all evacuated, leaving only the 150,000 remnant soldiers led by Tang Shengzhi who had insufficient ammunition and low morale to hold on.
For Chairman Chiang, holding on to Nanjing is just a matter of face. The coffin of the founding father is placed in Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum. It seems impossible to explain to the people if he does not send someone to hold on to Nanjing. When asked at the meeting who would be the chief to defend Nanjing, one
All the high-ranking generals who have become elites have practiced the silent chant. Only Tang Shengzhi, a guy who loves great achievements, jumped out and claimed that he would live or die with Nanjing.
Seeing someone so considerate and jumping out to be the scapegoat, Generalissimo Chiang was overjoyed and immediately made him the Commander-in-Chief of the Nanjing Garrison, in charge of all matters in Nanjing.
Tang Shengzhi led 150,000 lone troops to besiege Nanjing. He also ordered to block the road from Nanjing to Jiangbei and destroy the ferries, so that a large number of civilians were trapped in the city without being able to evacuate. They were all surrounded by the Japanese army in Nanjing.
In the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters, Tang Shengzhi was holding an emergency military meeting with deputy commander-in-chief Luo Zhuoying and Liu Xing, chief of staff Zhou Lan, deputy chief of staff She Nianci, and the commander of the Yiqian division.
Now that most of the outer positions of Nanjing City have been captured by the Japanese army, the situation is extremely critical. Tang Shengzhi is also in a particularly bad mood. He looked at everyone and said impatiently: "Everyone, the situation is extremely critical now. The Japanese army has broken through us.
There are many peripheral positions, and they are about to hit the city of Nanjing. I don’t know what you can do.”
Luo Zhuoying and Liu Xing looked at each other with disdain in their hearts. This garrison commander who has high ambitions but low power is so incompetent and stupid. When the Chairman of the Generalissi convened a high-level military meeting, everyone shied away. Only this one thought he was a famous person.
Li Wan jumped at the opportunity eagerly, but when the situation came to an end, he was helpless. He was really incompetent.
"boom"
An explosion sounded in the distance, making Tang Shengzhi even more upset. He yelled and cursed: "What's the matter? I'm dumb. Isn't there anyone who can come up with a good idea? Now the Japanese are about to invade. If
If you don’t work together, not only me, Tang Shengzhi, but everyone will be ruined.”
Seeing Tang Shengzhi's furious look, Gui Yongqing, the captain of the teaching corps, whispered below: "What can we do now? We are not as ruthless as Commander Su."
"Well," Tang Shengzhi frowned, "Gui Yongqing, what are you talking about, please speak louder."
As a popular disciple of the Emperor, Gui Yongqing was not afraid of Tang Shengzhi. He stood up and said loudly: "Bizhi is saying that Beizhi and others are not ruthless people like Chief Su, so what can we do?"
"You" Tang Shengzhi was so angry that his hands were trembling, and he slammed the table, "Gui Yongqing, don't think that I can't do anything to you just because you are a popular person in front of the Chairman. You must know that the Chairman gave
I have the right to make decisions on the spur of the moment, so don’t think that I won’t dare to deal with you.”
Gui Yongqing curled his lips, but still said solemnly: "I don't dare, I'm just telling the truth."
"You are presumptuous."
Tang Shengzhi was furious. He couldn't bear it anymore. Just when he was about to call the guards in, Luo Zhuoying stood up and said loudly: "Yes, Chief Tang. The only one who can save us now is Chief Su."
"Su Tong" Tang Shengzhi and other officers looked at Luo Zhuoying in surprise.
Su Tong's evil reputation is now well known in China. He poured poisonous gas on more than 50,000 Japanese troops and more than 200,000 civilians in Vladivostok.
Although his remarks about the explosion at a dump site of Japanese gas bombs deceived ordinary civilians, and Sun Liren took the blame for him, he was deceived by it, but people with a little military knowledge scorned it.
.Brother, the explosion of a poison gas bomb dumping site can kill more than 200,000 civilians and 50,000 Japanese troops. Don't be kidding. If the Japanese army's poison gas was so strong, they would have occupied the whole world. As for Sun Liren, anyone with a discerning eye would know that he is a
If it weren't for Su Tong's order, he wouldn't have dared to poison hundreds of thousands of civilians even if he had the guts to do so.
But what makes everyone admire Chief Su the most is that even though the whole world knows that he ordered it, he can still tell lies without changing his face, but no one can accuse him. This is what he is lying about.
The highest realm.
Tang Shengzhi frowned, "Su Tong is thousands of miles away. How could he come to save us? He can fly."
Luo Zhuoying perked up, slapped his thigh and said, "Yes, that's Commander Su. He just flies. Don't forget, Commander Su has many planes under his command, and he is a very old-fashioned man. If we ask him for help, he will
He will definitely not refuse. Even if he doesn’t send a large army, it would still be good even if he sends us some planes."
Tang Shengzhi suddenly felt a little pain in his scalp. Su Tong was a very kind-hearted person, and I was loyal and righteous. He was a tiger that ate people without spitting out their bones. Look at the things he did, one after another.
Isn’t it enough to reap the benefits if you do it piece by piece?
"Yes, I have also heard that the Seventh War Zone has strong troops and horses. If Commander Su can send a few divisions to Nanjing, the city of Nanjing can be defended." The speaker was Major General Qiu Qingquan, Chief of Staff of the Training Corps.
Almost no one now doubts the combat effectiveness of the troops in the Seventh Theater. The reputation of the Seventh Theater is not blown out of proportion. From Chahar to Siberia, from Jehol to Northeast China and then to Vladivostok, it is all based on the enemy.
It was paved with mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
"Yes, let's send a message to Chief Su for help." This is what the anxious person said.
"Do we still need to ask Chairman Chiang for instructions? After all, operations across theaters require approval from the General Staff Headquarters." Some people were still hesitant.
"What time is it now? The day lilies will be cold by the time the General Staff Headquarters approves it."
Everyone in the audience started talking about it.
At the end, everyone turned their attention to Tang Shengzhi, the commander-in-chief of the Nanjing Garrison.
Tang Shengzhi pressed his hands on his temples. He felt his head hurt even more. He was a dignified garrison commander and a patriarch of the party and the country, but now he had to ask for help from a young boy. Where did he lose his face?
But now it would be a shame to ask for help, but it would be a loss of life to not ask for help. Tang Shengzhi could still tell the difference clearly.
Under the threat of reality, Tang Shengzhi had no choice but to bow his head. He took a deep breath and ordered: "Then let's send a telegram to the Seventh War Zone and the Chairman at the same time and see what both sides say."
The chairman of the committee who accompanied the capital city of Yucheng to receive Tang Shengzhi's telegram was furious and immediately scolded him in the office: "Mother Xipi, Tang Shengzhi, this idiot, was patting his chest during the meeting and wanted to live or die with Nanjing, but he just couldn't do it."
After a week, I started complaining. What a fool. Why did I believe what such a fool said in the first place?"
He Yingqin, the Minister of Military and Political Affairs on the side, also added fuel to the fire: "This Tang Shengzhi has always been a domestic slave with three surnames. He has always been a capricious villain. Chairman, you have forgotten how many times he betrayed you."
"Huh, tell him, I don't care about this matter, and let him do it in the Seventh War Zone from now on." Hearing He Yingqin's words, the Chairman became even more angry. After saying that, he waved his sleeves and walked out of the office.
The Liaoyuan front line of the Zhangjiakou Seventh Theater Headquarters is still calm for the time being. The Japanese Kwantung Army, which was seriously injured in Vladivostok, has not yet the energy to cause trouble in the Seventh Theater Command. Su Tong also mobilized the troops who were exhausted due to continuous fighting.
Withdrew to Tongliao. The situation in the Northeast also temporarily calmed down, but everyone knew that this was just a calm before a larger decisive battle. At this time, both sides were just accumulating strength.
"Report, this is a telegram from Nanjing Garrison Commander Tang Shengzhi." A staff officer hurried in and handed a telegram to Su Tong.
"Oh" Su Tong took the message and read it at a glance, then slapped his forehead, "I'm such a pig, how could I even forget this matter."
The Nanjing Massacre is something that no one in the country can forget. It was a great shame and humiliation for China. Su Tong, who was busy recovering Vladivostok recently, would not have remembered this message if it were not for it.
It’s just that Nanjing is too far away from Chahar, so how can we help them? After thinking about it, Chief Su finally found Jiang Baili with this message.
Jiang Baili pondered for a while after reading the telegram and asked: "Jianming, it's hard to save Nanjing. We have enough things to do now. Chahar's affairs are complicated. How can we still have the energy to interfere with other people's business?"
Woolen cloth"
Yes, I heard from the Chief of General Staff that he didn’t want to wade into this muddy water. Su Tong also knew that under normal circumstances, Jiang Baili’s words were right. In the past six months, Chahar has been fighting continuously, and the troops were exhausted and in urgent need of help.
To rest and recuperate, we really shouldn’t go to Nanjing, thousands of miles away, to fight with the Japanese. Defending Nanjing is the Chairman’s business, and Su Tong would have nothing to do without him.
But Jiang Baili didn't know what would happen later.
When Su Tong thought of the more than 300,000 innocent people who died tragically, his heart was filled with panic. But he couldn't explain it clearly to others, saying that the little devil was planning to massacre the city this time. If he said that now
Not many people would believe it.
After thinking about it, Su Tong said: "Haven't we now built ten new infantry divisions? I think we can send two or three divisions over via transport planes and treat them as training. Besides, Tang Shengzhi is also your student. He now has