December 12, 1937, 5 pm, Tang Shengzhi Mansion The exploding aerial bomb shattered the doors and windows of the mansion.
Tang Shengzhi's mansion can now be said to be a temporary garrison headquarters.
Soldiers wearing "Garrison" armbands were burning documents.
Commander Tang Shengzhi was sitting in the main hall, analyzing the battle situation in front of the map.
In fact, his heart had already boiled.
The battle situation coming from the front is getting more and more unfavorable.
Key points such as Yuhuatai and Zhongshan Gate have been lost one after another, and Shuixi Gate and other places cannot hold up.
"Commander, I have asked the 36th Division.
Troops have been sent into the city to prepare for street fighting.
The blocking line is ready."
The speaker was Deputy Commander Liu Xing.
The adjutant put down the phone and ran to Tang Shengzhi.
"Commander, the corps commanders who can be notified have been contacted and are on their way."
"Yeah."
Tang Shengzhi rubbed his head and sat on the soft sofa.
From time to time, he would think of his majesty and arrogance at the meeting before the war.
Now it seems that he is really a bit ridiculous.
In life, he is just making fun of himself. .
Tang Shengzhi had already made a plan in his mind.
From the current situation, various key points were lost one after another.
The Japanese navy also appeared on the Yangtze River.
It was impossible not to retreat.
He summoned the army commanders to announce an order.
The situation was more complicated than before.
People are strong, so they have to retreat.
"Commander, Commander Yu of the 74th Army and Commander Wang of the 71st Army are here."
Yu Jishi and Wang Jingjiu walked into the Tang Mansion covered in ashes, and Yu Jishi's shoulders were still bleeding.
"Hello, Commander" they both said in unison.
Tang Shengzhi also stood up and said to the two of them: "You don't need to use this false courtesy during war.
Please sit down first and wait for the others.
All officers above the division level have been summoned. " Yu Jashi and the two were not polite and immediately sat on the sofa.
Tang Shengzhi looked at Yu Jishi's wounds and immediately called his adjutant to find some medicine to stop Yu Jishi's bleeding.
Yu Jishi had no time to refuse, so he accepted Tang Shengzhi's kindness.
The three of them sat on the sofa and had nothing to say for a while.
Tang Shengzhi first asked them about the battle situation of their troops.
"How are the troops doing?"
"The 58th Division and the 51st Division of our 74th Army suffered a lot of casualties in the Chunhua battle.
Now they are fighting with the Japanese army in the area connecting Shuixi Gate and Zhonghua Gate.
They have suffered heavy casualties.
Wang Yaowu and Feng Shengfa both called.
Over the past two days, Five or six of the regiment and battalion commanders have been killed, and the casualties among the soldiers are even more severe.
I am afraid it will be unsustainable," Yu Jisheng said with an ugly face while holding back the pain.
Wang Jingjiu next to him grabbed his military cap.
He is nominally the commander of the corps.
In fact, there is only one division, the 87th Division.
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It is a strange story that the 87th Division, 88th Division and 36th Division, three adjustment divisions from the guard corps, each occupy a corps designation.
"The 87th Division held on to the Guanghuamen area and was bombarded by heavy artillery.
There were already many new recruits in the unit, and now it can be basically said to have been lost.
The friendly army training corps sent a sergeant battalion to assist in the battle.
After desperately retaking it, they withdrew back.
Our army is suffering. ah" Tang Shengzhi nodded and did not say any more.
Now these are all nonsense.
Under the guidance of the adjutant, the senior officers of the garrison arrived at Tang Mansion one after another.
The army commander and some division commanders surrounded Tang Shengzhi, waiting for the final order.
Tang Shengzhi cleared his throat, "Everyone, to make a long story short, our army fought hard for several days and inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese invaders.
However, I also suffered heavy losses.
Now I have to retreat.
Everyone, the order and deployment for the retreat have been printed.
I will read and distribute them now. ."
After speaking, he gave the staff a wink.
Freshly printed evacuation orders and deployments were distributed to the officers present.
The mimeographed ink had not yet dried, leaving a pungent smell in the air.
The officers looked at this order with very wonderful expressions, including confusion, anger, and confusion.
The voice of the chief of staff sounded immediately.
"The enemy situation is as known to your noble officer.
Our army should strive to defeat the enemy in front of us and move towards the border areas.
There are troops from the 76th Division and the 6th Division of our army in Wuhu and Nanshi Town.
They can support the garrison when necessary.
The troops in the seventh theater are holding key points and preparing to meet our troops. " "In addition, when our army breaks through, the equipment of the communication unit should be destroyed as much as possible except when necessary, and the same goes for the fortress artillery.
When breaking through, each unit should avoid roads and retreat carefully.
Each unit should be prepared to fry rice and oil and salt for four days to destroy the enemy's bridges.
"The directions and command signals for each unit's breakout have been printed on the mimeographed schedule, and each unit commander will notify them on their own.
Complete.
The chief of staff nodded to Tang Shengzhi, and then went down to clean up.
The officers below were busy discussing orders.
Tang Shengzhi looked at all this and just coughed twice.
The officers looked at Tang Shengzhi.
Someone was obviously dissatisfied with the distribution of the retreat direction.
Ye Zhao asked in a Cantonese accent: "Why do I, the Guangdong boy, have to break out from the front, when some people can just cross the river by boat?
We don't want to be bad boys, but we are not Someone who is easy to bully.
Tang Shengzhi stood up and pointed at the clock with a serious face: "Commander Ye means that I favor the Central Army.
Why should I, the Hunan Mules, favor them?
Besides, they have no chance of breaking through?
It's almost five o'clock now.
Please hurry up as much as possible."
When I returned, it was too late, but there was nothing left.
After Tang Shengzhi said this, he actually left his mansion first, leaving only the soldiers from the garrison headquarters who were burning documents and a few staff officers.
He did put on his clothes, picked up the luggage he had prepared, and walked out of the building.
His own mansion.
Seeing Tang Shengzhi walking out of the mansion, the officers no longer hesitated.
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However, not everyone walked out of the door.
Some people directly used the dedicated phone line of Tang Shengzhi's mansion to hang up the call to their own troops and issued the order to retreat to the officers who stayed behind. .
The fate of the Nanjing garrison was determined at this time.
Yu Jishi, Gui Yongqing and others chose to return to the army first, at least to issue the order in person.
After Wang Jingjiu and others issued the retreat order on the residence phone, no matter where the army went Go, go somewhere.
They went straight to the 36th Division defense line at Yijiangmen, and crossing the river was the only thought in their minds.
There were already many retreating soldiers on the chaotic streets.
Some of the military police in the city were still doing their best to drive them away, and the streets were in chaos.
The gunshots were getting closer and closer, and the winter sunshine gave off the same brilliance on the deserted streets.
Yu Jishi was sitting in the car, holding the hastily made retreat order in his hand.
The rules are very detailed, with communication signals, spoken language, and breakout directions all mapped out.
Unfortunately, few people could carry it out.
When Yu Jashi left, except for Gui Yongqing and a few others, he saw no other senior officers at all.
"Hmph, are you about to start running away?
People can't be so heartless."
Yu Jishi knew that those people were going to abandon the troops and escape without asking, but he couldn't do this.
He had to at least make arrangements for the retreat.
He single-handedly brought out the 58th Division.
From the Zhejiang Security Regiment to the regular army, I don’t know how much effort he spent on it.
Although the 51st Division is not his direct unit, once he becomes the commander of the army, he should treat them equally.
The battle in Nanjing was miserable, but we still had to leave some seeds for the troops.
Fortunately, he asked his uncle in advance to leave a fire wheel for his troops.
Take as much as you can carry with you.
Yu Jishi closed his eyes.
Behind him, troops kept marching into the city.
They were the troops of the 36th Division preparing for street fighting and interception.
The cold wind howling in winter seems to be foreshadowing something in advance
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