War of Resistance

Chapter 227 Nanjing Breakout Battle ([-])
The only advantage of being familiar with history is knowing what will happen. Zhang Tianhai remembers that the two units of the Cantonese Army were the most successful in breaking through the siege. In addition, he had participated in the meeting where Tang Shengzhi commanded the retreat, so he knew these two units of the Cantonese Army. Where did they come from? The place where they successfully broke through must be a safe zone!
Even if it is a gamble, the odds of winning must be much greater.

About 5 minutes later, Zhang Tianhai checked the time again. It was almost twelve o'clock at night, and he had to start acting.

"The battalion commanders and tank company commanders gather immediately!" Zhang Tianhai shouted loudly while standing on the tank, his voice even overshadowing the noisy crowd.

Soon, Zhao Huzhen, commander of the tank company, Wei He, commander of the first battalion, Zhou Fangjie, commander of the second battalion, Chen Yuxiong, commander of the third battalion, and Li Zuoliang, commander of the fourth battalion, gathered in front of the tanks.

"Brothers and comrades-in-arms, the situation is urgent now. The time is close to twelve o'clock as I planned. In the next time, you must accept my command unconditionally. Everyone, can you do it? If you can't Just make a sound." Looking at the five people in front of him, Zhang Tianhai didn't hesitate, and directly asked for it straight to the point.

"Report to the regiment, there is no problem with my first battalion temporarily!" Wei He first stepped forward and stood at attention to salute. As the direct descendant of the regiment leader, he must stand up and support the regiment leader at the first time.

Among the five officers present, except for Wei He, everyone else was a talented student from Huangpu. They looked at each other, looked around the crowd, and looked at each other. Finally, Zhou Fangjie stood up and said: "Commander Zhang!" In terms of military rank, you are a colonel; in terms of position, the biggest of us is a battalion commander. No matter how you look at it, it is most suitable for you to command the Penetration Regiment. Absolutely obey Commander Zhang's command!"

Originally, this temporary team was pulled together by Zhang Tianhai, and the military rank was also the highest. Originally, these people planned to listen to his command, but when Zhang Tianhai said that he wanted the command, everyone subconsciously hesitated for a moment.

But when someone decided to go all out and resolutely obey the command, everyone chose to obey Zhang Tianhai's order. After all, at this time, is there anyone more qualified to command the battle than Captain Zhang?

I saw Zhang Tianhai nodded and said: "Okay, since everyone is willing to obey my command, Zhang Tianhai, first of all, I would like to thank you for your trust. We can't leave these ordinary people who are retreating with us behind. If any of you suspect that I, Zhang Tianhai, is consuming your troops in order to preserve my strength, then you don't have to think about it."

Zhang Tianhai paused, and continued: "I am the head of the first regiment directly under the theater, and I am not afraid to tell you that I also participated in the retreat meeting held for a few hours. Commander Tang gave me the first regiment directly under the command." My mission is to cross Jiangbei, to open the way for the officers of the Minister’s Department, the troops and agencies directly under me, and the first regiment under me has already crossed Jiangbei. It was I who chose to disobey and lead my special agent company commander, who is now the Wei He, the battalion commander of the first battalion, and the spy company stayed behind. The purpose is to rescue you!"

"Commander Zhang, what I'm more curious about is, sir, why are you so sure that you can rescue us?" Someone finally asked this question, and the person who spoke was Chen Yuxiong, the battalion commander of the third temporary battalion, a battalion commander of a major from the 87th division. .

"Just because I have participated in the withdrawal meeting and I know the latest situation in Nanjing. Are these two points enough? I only know that if we have reached this point and cannot be twisted into a rope, we all It’s all over. And the most important thing is, I don’t want to see so many elites of our national army disappear in this Nanjing defense battle!” Zhang Tianhai said coldly, the question Chen Yuxiong asked was too serious. It's time, or else it's all about what I said, and the credibility of this will inevitably be compromised.

"Understood. Sir, please accept the humble salute!" After speaking, Chen Yuxiong solemnly paid a military salute to Zhang Tianhai, and the two officers other than Wei He and Zhou Fangjie also followed suit .

"Okay, let's not be in a hurry to come here, I will announce the battle plan for this march." Zhang Tianhai stood at the tail of the tank, and then took out a piece of folded A4 paper from behind him. The size of the map of Nanjing, and then spread out.

Taking advantage of the still bright moonlight, Zhang Tianhai and others could barely see the route and text on it. He took out a red and blue pen, which he had prepared a long time ago. After all, how could it be possible at this time? Is there a special staff officer to bring these things to him?
"Everyone, take a look." As he said, Zhang Tianhai marked a point on the map, "This is where we are now at the Xiaguan Wharf. If we want to break through, we must walk around the city wall at night and go around to The location of Tongji Gate, and then wait for an opportunity to break through from the Qiqiao urn to Zhonghe Bridge, advance towards Chunhua Town, and choose to break through from the gap of the Japanese army. After breaking through, head towards Lishui County, Langxi County, Shizipu, The Ningguo, Qingxi, and Shexian lines are retreating, and the Japanese army on this line should not be too strong. The No. 60 Sixth Army of Ye Zhao of the Cantonese Army retreated from this line."

"In addition, there is another route. After breaking through from Chunhua Town, it is to advance quickly along the Jiangnan Railway and march into the Wuhu area. When Wuhu's Japanese army defenses are empty, then pass through the Wuhu branch line, and then go around for a while. Make a big circle, and then go to Xuzhou. If there are people who don’t want to follow me to Xuzhou, you can also leave to find your own troops. Do you understand?” After Zhang Tianhai drew the second branch line with a red line, he raised his head Ask everyone.

"Understood. Just tell me, sir, we will listen to you which route to retreat from." Li Zuoliang, the commander of the Fourth Temporary Battalion, said first.

"What about you?" Zhang Tianhai looked at Zhao Huzhen, Zhou Fangjie, and Chen Yuxiong. Wei He's opinion can be ignored. As long as this guy is Zhang Tianhai's order, he will obey it unconditionally, so he can choose to ignore it.

"Sir, we all listen to you. Now that we have made an agreement, we must obey your order, Commander Zhang, and we will not do such things as repentance." Chen Zixiong expressed his position. He could see that Zhao Huzhen and Zhou Fangjie also meant the same thing. of.

"Okay, let's implement the second combat plan. After breaking through the siege of Chunhua Town, immediately drive towards Wuhu along the Jiangnan Railway at full speed!" Zhang Tianhai slapped the desktop and issued the final order.

"Yes! Sir!" Wei He, Zhou Fangjie, Chen Yuxiong and other five officers responded in unison.

"Wei He, blow the assembly call!" Zhang Tianhai ordered loudly.

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But what Zhang Tianhai didn't know was that Guo Qiliang, who had been waiting for a long time on the north bank of the Yangtze River, finally gave the order to retreat.

After giving the order to evacuate, Guo Qiliang walked to the riverside and said to Zheng Man who was squatting by the riverside: "Director Zheng, let's go. Lao Zhang is an auspicious man with his own destiny. We have done everything we can for him. , and the Japanese army may not be able to defeat the Yangtze River in a while, so our troops can still wait while walking. Let's go, let's follow his instructions and go to Xuzhou to wait for him to come back. "

"Chief of Staff Guo, do you think Zhang Yulin... can he really come back alive?" Zheng Man stood up, her eyes were already red from crying, she really wasn't afraid of death, it was this kind of abandoned Feel.

At this time, Guo Qiliang said: "Don't worry, Lao Zhang has fought so many battles and he is still alive. Last time, he even brought in a Japanese army headquarters. Don't worry."

Guo Qiliang's tone was very firm, even though he had no idea in his heart, he couldn't say "don't wait, that guy probably won't come back", right?

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