War of Resistance

Chapter 216 Order to Cross the River
After speaking of Chiang Kai-shek's order, Tang Shengzhi issued a formal retreat order.

Everyone present had a copy of this paper evacuation order document, and Zhang Tianhai, who was sitting last at the conference table, was no exception. The file of No. [-] was read carefully.

I saw the text as follows:

"Capital Garrison Commander Commander Special No. [-] Combat Order

December [-] at [-]:[-] pm
command
At the Garrison Headquarters of the Ministry of Railways of the Capital

[-]. The enemy's situation is as your officials know.

70. The capital garrison is determined to break through the enemy in front of us this evening and move towards the Zhejiang-Anhui border area. The troops in our seventh war zone (that is, the Nanjing garrison area) will immediately guard Ji'an, Baidian (northeast of Ningguo) and Sunjiabu (Xuan southeast of the city) on the line of Yangliupu (southwest of Xuancheng), contain the enemy in front of us, and prepare to meet the transfer of our capital's troops.In addition, Wuhu No. [-] Sixth Division has our Sixth Division occupying positions in the south of Shiqiao Town, and is fighting against the enemy.

[-]. The starting time, passing area, and assembly area of ​​each unit on this evening are as stipulated in the attached sheet.

[-]. Fortress guns and all kinds of artillery and ammunition that are difficult to move should be blown up immediately and completely by themselves, and should not be used.

[-]. Except for those attached to the various units of the Communications Corps, which should move with the assigned troops, the rest of the fixed and bulky communication equipment and all communication networks inside and outside the city should cooperate with the local communication agencies to completely destroy them.

[-]. When moving after breaking out of the encirclement, all troops must avoid roads, and must dispatch troops to destroy important road bridges to prevent the enemy's movement.

[-]. Officers and soldiers of each unit should carry four days' worth of fried rice and salt.

[-]. I engraved it at the garrison headquarters, and then went to Puzhen.

right order
(Counting the first and second papers of the attached table)

Commander Tang Shengzhi"

Looking at this order, Zhang Tianhai bit his lips lightly. If the enemy occupied Nanjing according to the order of Chief Tang, what they would get would be an empty city, but what about the 30 or [-] people in the refugee camp? ?what should they do
Zhang Tianhai knows that this order is still not perfect, but he dare not bring it up. The current situation is the moment when all the troops are about to retreat. If he proposes to transfer the refugees at this moment, I am afraid that everyone will be unanimous. Opposition, including Tang Shengzhi.

The army of [-] to [-] is about to retreat and transfer. He has also seen the critical situation. It is impossible to transfer these hundreds of thousands of refugees out of Nanjing. Don't forget, Nanjing is about to become a besieged city. .

The army of 6 to [-] has only [-] to [-] left, including [-] wounded soldiers. Nanjing is about to end.

Sad in his heart, Zhang Tianhai still opened up the breakout plan at the back.

It recorded in detail the direction of the breakout of each army and division. Of course, it also specifically stated that his first regiment directly under the third theater was going to follow the garrison chief's department. Oh no, more precisely, it was for the chief's department. Open way.

According to the time on this form, it will be dark around five o'clock in the afternoon. The troops of the First Regiment directly under the Third War Zone cross the river by two ferries at Coal Harbor. After crossing the river to meet the troops directly under the Minister's Ministry and the agencies directly under the ministries, they went to Xuzhou to gather.

At around six o'clock, the minister's minister's entourage and the minister's special task force will arrive at Coal Harbor. Song Xilian's department will perform the guard duty and try to maintain order on the shore. The officers and soldiers immediately began to cross the river, and rushed to Wuyi after crossing the river to stand by.

至于No.70四军以及No.70一军（即87师）、No.70二军（88师）趁夜由铁心桥至谷里村至陆郎桥进行撤退；

The No.60 Sixth Army and the teaching corps select the east side of the superior airport and advance to the area from Gaoqiaomen to Lishui Town, Chunhua Town to break through the camera;
No.80, the three armies broke out from the north foot of Zijin to Qilin Gate to Tiansheng Temple;
The Second Army Corps should try its best to hold on to the fortress of Wulong Mountain, block the enemy forces, and cross the river to gather in Liuhe as a last resort.

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Looking at these documents, Zhang Tianhai couldn't help sighing, this is a genius battle plan, if implemented properly, basically every army can break out, but can it really do so?

You must know that most of the battle plans of the national army are formulated by geniuses and executed by fools.

"Everyone, is there anything else you want to ask?" Tang Shengzhi stood in front of the conference table and asked with his hands on the conference table.

All the generals frowned tightly, as if they were thinking about something, but no one made a sound.

Seeing this, Tang Shengzhi helped his glasses, and then continued: "Then, next, let me talk about the key points of the breakout. After the commanders of the troops go back, they must immediately prepare for the retreat and breakout. They must follow the direction on the table to break out, so as not to It caused chaos among the troops and made it impossible to complete the task of breaking out."

"Yes!" All the generals responded, including Zhang Tianhai, who was the only one present who was not a general.

Next, Tang Shengzhi focused on some breakout points. This meeting was very short, only took 10 minutes, and it was the fastest meeting to end since the start of the Nanjing Defense War.

When he walked out of the conference room, Zhang Tianhai's expression was all confused, but Tang Shengzhi stopped Zhang Tianhai after a while: "Teacher Zhang, please stop for a while."

Zhang Tianhai looked back, and saw Tang Shengzhi approaching with a piece of paper signed with his name and printed by the Minister's Ministry.

Tang Shengzhi went straight to Zhang Tianhai's side, and handed the order to Zhang Tianhai with the freshly ink-dried piece of paper: "Commander Zhang, you should immediately lead the first regiment directly under you to gather at Coal Harbor, where there are still a large number of Ferry, after your regiment arrives at Meimei Port, organize the crossing of the river immediately! This is my warrant. I have sent an urgent telegram to Hu Zongnan's First Army Headquarters stationed in Pukou, telling them to take your troops across the river without shooting. Before six o'clock, Your troops must cross the river!"

"Yes! Sir!" Zhang Tianhai took the paper order from Tang Shengzhi, stood at attention with a serious expression and saluted.

After finishing speaking, Zhang Tianhai walked straight out of the office building of the Ministry of Railways, and directly convened the meeting with Chief of Staff Guo Qiliang, the troops directly under the regiment, the officers of the various agencies directly under the regiment, and the battalion commanders of the four infantry battalions, the secret service company and the guards. The platoon acts as a security guard for the temporary meeting, prohibiting any approach other than the officers present.

After the concentration of personnel, Zhang Tianhai didn't talk nonsense, and directly announced the order: "Everyone, now the chief has issued the latest order, which is about the breakthrough of our Nanjing defenders. Our regiment is directly under the theater. The operation is temporarily under the command of the Garrison Commander's Department. After the meeting, our whole regiment will go to Coal Harbor to assemble at full speed. Before six o'clock, the whole regiment must complete the crossing of the river. After crossing the river, our regiment will be on the other side and start immediately The guards along the river are to support the ministerial department that retreats across the river, as well as the troops and agencies directly under the ministerial department. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" All the officers responded softly. After all, this is still a confidential meeting for the time being, and it must be done in a low-key manner.

Zhang Tianhai nodded, and then said in a voice that everyone could hear very clearly: "Okay, just understand. Next, I will announce the order of our regiment's crossing the river. First of all, the first batch of our regiment's first battalion and The regiment is directly under the various agencies and units. If there are still vacancies, the second battalion will send additional personnel to gather on the other side first. The officers and soldiers of the secret service company and the rest of the troops will wait for the next round of crossing order. When you cross the river, you must act accordingly Be quick, be quick! You must not interfere with the officials of the Ministry of Ministers crossing the river, do you understand?"

"Understood!" All the officers responded in unison.

"Okay. After the meeting is adjourned, immediately organize the troops to gather at Coal Harbor. We don't have much time left. The meeting will be adjourned!" Zhang Tianhai is not the kind of person who waits for long-winded words, and immediately announced the decision to adjourn the meeting. This time, for them It's too rushed.

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PS: Another chapter is here, the climax of this volume is about to begin, please wait and see~!

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