The number of defenders in Nanjing City is really too small. Although they are the same division of troops, compared with the offensive ones, the autonomy of the defensive ones is much lower.
In particular, the city of Nanjing is very large, and there are many important locations that need to be defended, such as the Drum Tower, Nanjing Port, Confucius Temple and Yuhuatai. These are the most important places in Nanjing and need to be defended, but the defenders in the city are not.
With only one division of troops, it seems that there is more than enough strength but not enough strength. If all the troops are concentrated in one place, and you don't know where the enemy will attack with confidence, it is not a wise move.
When Han Baihang remembered the Drum Tower amidst the sound of cannons, the defenders in Nanjing finally took action. The Drum Tower is here! At this moment, the defenders of both Nanjing Port and Confucius Temple were rushing back and forth. And Han Baihang
The two brigades sent out earlier were waiting for them here.
Although Han Baihang had already mastered a lot of information about the garrison in Nanjing City, he did not know it all. In order to maintain stability during the period, he ordered the two brigades he sent to release all the enemies in the direction of Nanjing Port, and his own strength of two brigades
The troops only need to use all their strength to surround the enemies in the direction of Confucius Temple and seek opportunities to annihilate them in one fell swoop. When the time comes, they can then turn around and deal with the enemies in Drum Tower and Nanjing Port together. Wouldn't it be a sure thing?
The defenders of the Drum Tower were very anxious, and the supporting troops in the direction of the Confucius Temple were even more anxious. Now the entire city of Nanjing was both prosperous and damaged, and he had to rush to the Drum Tower as soon as possible to help. If the Drum Tower was captured by Feng's army,
, the city of Nanjing will be defeated one by one, and when the time comes, your own military strength will be weak and you will be unable to recover.
Gao Hongyi led two brigades to quietly ambush near the Chaotian Palace, which was the only way to reach the Drum Tower from the Confucius Temple. Han Baihang was attacking with all his strength in the direction of Zhongshan, cooperating with the artillery, just to cause Chaotian Palace to the place.
Let go of the illusion that you don't have military strength yet.
Only in this way, the enemy will not throw the enemy away. No one would think so thoughtfully in such a tense situation. What's more, the situation is tense. Even if the opponent has expected it, he will have to bite the bullet and fight.
, not to mention that Han Baihang was still ambushed by surprise.
The reinforcements from Confucius Temple are only about one brigade, which is a piece of cake for Han Baihang's two brigades, which have strong combat effectiveness. However, time is of the essence. Gao Hongyi must wait until the opponent's support troops cannot reach them in time.
Ending the battle within the time limit is undoubtedly a huge challenge.
These are soldiers from a brigade, not livestock from a brigade. From now on, the reinforcements arriving near the Drum Tower at Nanjing Port will arrive almost at the same time as the reinforcements near the Confucius Temple. Plus the time for diversion on the road, that is to say
, Gao Hongyi must resolve the battle near Chaotianmen within half an hour, and the difficulty can be imagined.
A brigade has three to five thousand men, and they still have weapons in their hands. Their combat effectiveness is not weak. Even if it is not three to five thousand men, but three to five thousand domestic animals, it is estimated that it will take several hours to capture them. Therefore, we can see Gao Hongyi's requirements for this battle.
How high.
It is precisely in this way that Han Baihang asked Gao Hongyi to carry out this mission. Although Han Baihang still had backup, he still hoped that Gao Hongyi could successfully complete this mission. This was not only an ordinary combat mission to encircle a point and provide reinforcements, but also his commitment to
An excellent training opportunity for Gao Hongyi.
Gao Hongyi has been performing tasks under him for so many years, and he obeys his orders, large and small. Therefore, over time, he will rely heavily on himself. And Gao Hongyi's ability to adapt to changes on the battlefield will be
He is getting weaker and weaker, and only demanding combat missions like this can inspire his greatest combat wisdom.
This time, Han Baihang did not give him clear combat instructions. The task Gao Hongyi received sounded very simple, which was to deal with the reinforcements from the direction of Confucius Temple before the reinforcements from the local Nanjing Port arrived.
The time needs to be grasped by oneself, the place needs to be chosen by oneself, and the timing needs to be chosen by oneself. Everything is unknown.
Although Gao Hongyi has been on the battlefield for so many years, he has only had such a completely independent battle command a few times, so he is still a little nervous.
He was not afraid of any accidents happening to him, but if he could not capture the reinforcements from the Confucius Temple before the reinforcements from Nanjing Port arrived, then Commander Han Baihang would be in great danger.
To make matters worse, although Commander Han Baihang has a brigade of troops, one of his regiments is an artillery regiment. Once the enemy launches a counterattack against Commander Han, the power that the artillery can exert will be minimal. By then, Han Baihang will
Commander Han was faced with leading two regiments against nearly two enemy brigades.
In that case, it is really extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be counterattacked and wiped out.
Therefore, all the heavy burdens fell on Gao Hongyi.
After Brigadier Xu received the news that the Drum Tower was bombarded, he knew that he needed to rush back to support at all costs. This was also the agreement of the defending troops at Nanjing Port, Drum Tower and Confucius Temple in Nanjing city. The three places were in the shape of "pin"
Relying on each other, if one party is in trouble, the other two parties must support each other.
Brigadier Xu's brigade went non-stop to support, but he never expected that there would be an ambush of Gao Hongyi's troops near Chaotian Palace.
Brigadier Xu and his men had just arrived near Chaotianmen when a regiment commander sent by his subordinates to attack the front station came back to report: "Brigadier Commander, after our regiment's investigation, the enemy should launch an artillery bombardment in the direction of Zhongshan. At this time, the brigade in Drum Tower may
At a critical moment, the sooner we do it, the better!”
Brigadier Xu looked heavy, nodded, and said: "In that case, let's go at full speed..."
Before Brigadier Xu finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by the commander of the Second Regiment behind him. The commander of the Second Regiment kept staring at the surroundings and observed, and stepped forward and said: "Brigade Commander, I think something may be wrong nearby...
…”
When the first regiment commander saw that his opinion was about to be adopted by the brigade commander, he was interrupted by this guy. He was very unhappy and said directly: "I said the second regiment commander and the brigade commander have already spoken. Could it be that you
Is there anything else that can’t be done?”
Seeing the appearance of the first regiment commander, the second regiment commander did not want to pay attention to him. Instead, he turned to Brigadier Xu and said: "Brigadier Commander, don't you think it's very strange around here? Where are all the people nearby?"
Already?"
The regiment leader took the words and said: "Are you not thinking well? With such loud cannons from the north, the people naturally took refuge. Why, are you waiting here to die?"