War of Resistance

Chapter 219 Retreat
When Ouyang Wu let the Yijiangmen troops go, Zhang Tianhai immediately waved his hands and ordered the troops to move forward quickly.

Ignoring the rest of the defeated soldiers and refugees in the city, Zhang Tianhai said to Ouyang Wu, and then led the troops straight to Coal Harbor. Think everywhere.

It was already 36:[-] when we arrived at Coal Harbor. At this time, the sky had gradually turned dark, and the number of Japanese aircraft sorties had decreased a lot. Since Song Xilian's [-]th Division was on guard along the road, the order at this time was not bad. Well, no trace of rout soldiers was found along the road.

At this time, there was no one in the coal port, only the piles of coal had no time to be transported away. When I walked to the coal port, I found two double-decker small steamers waiting quietly in the ship port. There were 200 people beside them. Officers and soldiers of about two companies are already controlling many small ferries. They are troops directly under the Chief's Department, which can be determined from the cuffs they wear.

"The troops in front, we are the troops directly under the First Regiment of the Third Theater, and we are here to cross the river under the order of the Chief's Ministry. This is the order of Chief Tang." Naturally, he was assigned to do the task, and the others were not qualified.

The troops guarding the Coal Harbor Ferry saw that the person who came was a colonel and they also wore the same cuffs on their arms, so they didn't have any troubles. After reading the order of Chief Tang, they started to let them go.

The two small steamers can take about 800 people when they are full, and with the two hundred or so small ferries, each of the small ferries can take about 5-6 people. The main force of the army was also transported there, but there was no way to move a lot of firearms, so Zhang Tianhai immediately divided it into two batches, and the first battalion and the second battalion, as well as the regiment headquarters, the directly subordinate troops, and the machine gun companies of each battalion were directly transported in the first batch. When crossing the river, if there is space for the ferry, let the officers and soldiers of the third battalion go up, and strive to transport the absolute main force of the Zhiyi Regiment across the river the first time they cross the river!
According to Zhang Tianhai's arrangement, he stayed at the end with the special agent company of the regiment, and all the officers and soldiers of the fourth battalion boarded the boat before leaving together.

That's right, the Zhiyi Regiment looks like there are only more than [-] people on the books. The supply company, the mortar company, the small artillery company of the regiment headquarters, and the machine gun companies of each battalion, the weapons and equipment of these troops take up a lot of space. Many.

As for those small ferries, they can only be filled with six people. After all, in the current situation, even if it is crowded, one more person will pass, and one more person will survive.

"Old Zhang, how do we arrange this?" Guo Qiliang asked. After all, Zhang Tianhai went to the meeting, and only the latter knew how to arrange the details.

I saw Zhang Tianhai gritted his teeth and said: "All the machine gun companies of the four battalions of the regiment have been deducted, and the steamer on the right with the baggage company, small artillery company, mortar company, and communication company! The first battalion and the The steamers on the left of the various organs of the regiment headquarters, the officers and soldiers of the second battalion and the third battalion took the ferry, and each ferry took six people to see if it could be full. When the ship passes by, just do it like this. After you get there, the troops will be under your command. If something happens here, the troops will be under your full command! If the chief of the chief department has not crossed the other side before dawn, you Just drive straight to Xuzhou, and I will come to Xuzhou to find you."

Listening to Zhang Tianhai's words, Guo Qiliang always felt that there was something wrong, but he couldn't say it out, so he thought for a while and said, "Old Zhang, you are the regiment leader. We can live without me as the chief of staff, but we can't do without me." Commander of your regiment commander."

Zhang Tianhai patted Guo Qiliang on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Don't talk so much, brother Qiliang, your talent is not inferior to mine, so don't be humble anymore. As the leader of the regiment, Yulin absolutely can't do it without a mission. Before you finish, leave here. After the Fourth Battalion has passed, I will go to find you. Now the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and my ability to capture fighters is much better than yours. Besides, when I am not in the regiment headquarters, don’t you Are the troops well commanded? Execute the order!"

Hearing what Zhang Tianhai said, Guo Qiliang couldn't refute it, so he shook his head helplessly, and then commanded the troops to board the ship with Zhang Tianhai.

It's just that what Guo Qiliang never expected was that Zhang Tianhai even deceived his old Huangpu classmate, his work partner and revolutionary comrade-in-arms who had known him for many years.

Fortunately, the Zhiyi Regiment was originally mostly veterans. Under the concerted efforts of Zhang Tianhai and Guo Qiliang, the progress these days has not been so fast. They only had 5 minutes to complete the queue adjustment of the whole regiment, and then started to work in an orderly manner. boarding order.

Just as Zhang Tianhai expected, the troops directly under the regiment headquarters plus the machine gun companies of the battalions just crowded the other ferry except for the first battalion and the personnel directly under the regiment. In addition, the personnel directly under the regiment headquarters can just fill up the ferry on the left. Don't forget, this department directly under the regiment headquarters also includes a military police company...

Just as the first regiment under Zhang Tianhai started to board the ship, the two units of the Cantonese Army—Ye Zhao's No.60 Sixth Army and Deng Longguang's No.80 Third Army also began the retreat sequence.

Ma Weilong's 60rd Brigade of the Teaching Corps saw the No.[-] Sixth Army leaving the exit in an orderly manner, and then headed northeast. When they asked where they were going, they refused to reply, so the soldiers of the [-]rd Brigade of the Teaching Corps didn't know about it. Where did the Guangdong troops go?

Ma Weilong, commander of the 80rd Brigade of the Teaching Corps, immediately sent a liaison officer to the [-]st Brigade Headquarters of the No. [-] Seventh Division stationed in friendly forces to report to Chen Yiding, then deputy division commander and commander of the [-]st Brigade. informed of this.

At the same time, the third brigade of the Teaching Corps also approached the railway on the left under the command of brigade commander Ma Weilong.

At this time, most of the officers and soldiers of the No.80 Seventh Division have not received the retreat order from the Commander-in-Chief of the Garrison!What is the reason?The reason is that the commanders and division commanders who went to the meeting ran away immediately after the meeting, and then left one or two people to inform the brigades about the retreat. It is too late to elaborate on how to retreat.

As for why the senior officers of the two troops from Guangdong can go to the military headquarters to announce the order before retreating?It's very simple. For Ye Zhao and Deng Longguang, these tens of thousands of soldiers from Guangdong were brought over from their hometown. If they just ran away, how would they face the elders in Guangdong?And the commanders of some troops... Hehe...

Soon, under the command of these irresponsible senior officers, many troops began to retreat without knowing it, especially in the direction of Yijiangmen and Xiaguan.

Fortunately, there was the No.30 Sixth Division's headquarters to put the last insurance here. They just shot and swept back these routs. For a while, there were angry curses and voices advocating war with the 36th Division stationed in Yijiangmen. It's even thicker, but I haven't dared to take the first step. After all, the saying "shoot the first bird" has never been a false statement.

However, the situation in Yijiangmen did not last long. When Du Yuming's armored corps retreated, the situation reversed instantly...

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