As soon as Zhou Wu's words fell, several division commanders immediately shouted, accusing the theater command of ignoring the facts, indiscriminately commanding, and making blind deployments, which would definitely make the city of Nanjing undefended and the 79th Army suffer.
The old commander's face was not good-looking, but when he heard his subordinates talking, the more lively he became, his face became more and more unsightly, and finally he slammed the table and said: "I know what you said, but the theater command has to ask us to go to Jiangning, and said that when the time comes, we will not be able to deal with it according to military law." ” At this time, everyone below dared to speak up, even the army commander couldn't help it, not to mention us little people, hey, let's do it according to the order, and then it will depend on the situation.
Zhou Wu was still a little unwilling, and just wanted to open his mouth to speak to the military commander, the military commander waved his hand at him: "Zhou Wu, don't say it, after the meeting is over, you stay alone, I have something to discuss with you." ” In this way, after the officers below the 79th Army scolded the theater headquarters, they had to accept the order to march to Jiangning, and each returned to the army to prepare for retreat, only Zhou Wu was left behind, because the army commander said just now that he had something to discuss with him.
The army commander waited for the officers to finish before he spoke: "Zhou Wu, why don't I want to take the 79th Army to defend Zhenjiang, where the terrain is dangerous, holding the throat of the Yangtze River, it is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, since ancient times, it has been a battleground for soldiers, and those commanders in the theater headquarters may be too confident in the geographical location of Zhenjiang, thinking that they can use half an army to resist the attack of the Japanese army, but they don't know that the national army on the battlefield now needs to have a force of three to one or even five to one to deal with the devil in order to be sure of encirclement and annihilation.
Otherwise, it can only be defeated or held. ” Zhou Wu very much agreed with the old army commander's analysis of the current battle situation, believing that in terms of the current combat state of the national army, only by sticking to a location with advantageous terrain and surpassing the devils several times more than in terms of numbers can it resist the attack of the little devils, otherwise it will be in vain.
As some newspapers said, the theory of a quick victory in the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression is absolutely wrong and unreliable, and the Japanese army is far superior to the national army in terms of training, equipment, and morale Zhou Wu also proposed to the veteran army commander that the national army should appropriately abandon some places that were not in danger to defend, concentrate its forces to hold the key passes, and at the same time mobilize the common people to clear the walls and fields against the devils, and not always be limited to fighting positional warfare and attrition wars with the devils; our national army cannot defeat the little devils in terms of equipment and ammunition supplies, and sometimes we must learn the way of the Communist Party, go out, and fight movement warfare and guerrilla warfare; in this regard, the Red Army was not quite able to fight.
The old army commander listened to Zhou Wu's words, and said thoughtfully: "Zhou Wu, I have long thought that you are a manufacturable material, a general, and your method is more suitable for the current battle against devils, but your set is not popular in the national army, at least it is not very feasible now, if you have the opportunity to work your military method in the future, that is your greatest creation." ” After the commander finished speaking, he looked carefully at the most proud student, and there was a feeling of reluctance in his eyes, as if Zhou Wu was about to leave him.
Zhou Wu asked, "Commander, what should we do now?"
"What can I do to carry out the orders of the theater command, I am old, if the military law is engaged in me, it will be easier to do it, the big deal is that my old bones will go to prison for a few more years, it is not a big deal, the problem is that now Chairman Chiang has newly established the Nanjing Garrison Command, which is directly under the leadership of the Military Commission."
"The newly appointed commander-in-chief is Governor Tang, a powerful general of the Hunan Army, who overrode public opinion at the highest military meeting, made a generous statement, and advocated holding on to Nanjing and getting the heavy responsibility of the chairman, and now our 79th Army is under the command of this Tang Commander, and it is also his order to let us go to Jiangning."
The old commander said.
"I think this Nanjing is not easy to defend, and now the national army troops near Nanjing have all retreated from the Shanghai battlefield, and their combat effectiveness is greatly inferior to before, and their morale is also very low.
Zhou Wu expressed pessimism about the current insistence on Nanjing.
The old army commander also nodded heavily, and suddenly he seemed to remember something, raised his head and asked: "Zhou Wu, don't you have a family in Nanjing City, hurry up and send someone to pick them up, resettle them in the countryside or evacuate to Jiangbei, the situation in Nanjing is too dangerous, I really can't stay, I have a close friend in Chuzhou who is the mayor there, write a letter to the past, you can let him settle your family." ” The commander was very concerned about Zhou Wu's family and was willing to provide necessary help.
Zhou Wu didn't want to take Xiuying and her parents out of Nanjing, now the devil planes have completely controlled the air supremacy, and every day there are several groups of devil planes bombing Nanjing in turn, and the newspapers report every day where Nanjing was bombed by devils, how many people died, how many houses were burned, and so on.
Zhou Wu's contact with his family has also been interrupted for a long time, thinking about his cute and lively son, he can't wait for him to spread a pair of wings and fly to his home in Nanjing City immediately, even if he can take a look.
However, he can't, at least not now, because he is the commander of a brigade, and if he takes his wife, children, and parents out at this critical moment, his worries will be gone, but the impact caused by this is not small.
The officers of the independent brigade have their families, and if they all settle their families well, then these brothers below can still fight a good war and fight hard for the country Although Zhou Wu knew that other officers of the national army would do this kind of thing to leave a way out for himself, and there were more than one or two, he would never do it, and the military spirit of the front-line soldiers had already fluctuated, if he did it again, wouldn't it be even worse.
"Commander, thank you for your concern for my family, but I can't do this at the moment, because so many pairs of eyes are on me in the Independent Brigade, and if I do, there will definitely be many officers who will work up and down."
"At that time, what prestige do I have to ask the soldiers to charge and kill the devils, and although the morale is low now, after all, the terrain around Nanjing City is dangerous, there are many hills, and the number of our national army is also quite large, as long as the command is proper and the logistics supply is sufficient, it should not be a big problem to block the devils under the city of Nanjing for a month, and it should not be a big problem to hold out until next year."
"Today is November 25th, and the New Year is just over a month and a few days away, and I believe we will be able to hold out until next spring, and it will not be too late to resettle the families by then."
Zhou Wu still had hope for the national army to stick to Nanjing City at this time, after all, it was the national capital, and the boss would never give up easily, this is related to the dignity and face of a country Although most of the time this international is unreliable, it is a moral matter after all.
The army commander was very unimpressed with Zhou Wu's hopes, believing that for an army to defeat the enemy, there must be three conditions.
First, the time of day, now the little devil has won one after another on the battlefield of Songhu, and has occupied the entire Shanghai except for the concession, and has mastered the most important economic lifeline of China.
And the Western powers that were clamoring for sanctions against Japan collectively lost their voices, and even the most basic verbal protests were spared.
Why This world is the world of the jungle, and in the eyes of Westerners, the Chinese are defeated three times more than the devils, and they are not worthy of their help.
The second is the geographical advantage, Nanjing Tiger on the Yangtze River, surrounded by mountains and dangerous terrain, is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it has a better terrain in Zhenjiang in the southeast, and it has always been a place where soldiers must fight, but the above does not know for what reason, it is not even important, so that the loss of Zhenjiang is inevitable.
Once Zhenjiang is lost, Nanjing will inevitably be difficult to hold, and the devils can threaten Nanjing by land and water, causing an encirclement of Nanjing in more than two directions.
The third is harmony, and at a time when the nation is in peril, it is natural to unite sincerely and unite to resist the enemy, but the current situation is that the front line is tight, and the rear is tight.
Those high-ranking officials in Nanjing are still singing and singing night and night, drunk on money, completely ignoring the lives of the soldiers in front and the safety of the common people, and they still brag every day, saying that with the current strength of the national army and the support of international friends, they can completely hold Nanjing.
What is even worse is that at a time like this, the units of the national army are still engaged in intrigue and intrigues, so that those who really want to resist the enemy have nowhere to be effective, they are being squeezed out everywhere, they will sneak around, opportunistically take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune in the country, hoard and live in strange places, and make the people below complain and scold the government for being corrupt and incompetent.
The old army commander sighed helplessly, shook his head, and said: "Zhou Wu, since you resolutely do not withdraw your family, then I will write a letter to my close friend first, you take it, maybe it will come in handy when the time comes." ” t1706231537: