Anti-Japanese Special Forces Through Time and Space

Chapter 36 Nanjing, Nanjing

Time soon arrived in late October 1937, in Chiang Kai-shek's office in the Nanjing Presidential Palace.Standing in front of his portrait with his hands behind his back, Chiang Kai-shek sighed softly and said to Zhang Zhizhong: "Wen Bai, at the critical moment of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, I don't have many troops to transfer to you now! If I send Nanjing The garrison troops will be transferred to you, so what will Nanjing use to defend?!"

After Zhang Zhizhong thought for a while, he said: "The commissioner still has an elite army composed of hundreds of soldiers!"

"Oh...?" Chiang Kai-shek turned around and looked at Zhang Zhizhong and asked, "Wen Bai, all the soldiers I can use can be transferred to Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou! Then what other soldiers are there?!"

Zhang Zhizhong smiled and said, "Commissioner, you are too worried about Songhu! Have you forgotten Zhang Lieyang, a graduate of the ninth batch of the Central Military Academy?"

Speaking of Chiang Kai-shek, he seemed to have thought of something, so he said with a smile: "Look at me, just a few days ago I personally wrote a commendation order for him!"

"Commissioner, he led his troops just after fighting the Battle of Pingxingguan, and now motor vehicles are interspersed along the Yellow River! Why don't you secretly transfer his troops to Nanjing to increase Nanjing's defense force?!" Zhang Zhizhong said seriously.

After thinking for a while, Chiang Kai-shek said: "Give him the 99th Division in Luoyang, and let him secretly assist Nanjing with four divisions full of organizational system!"

"Yes! Zhizhong will do it immediately!" Zhang Zhizhong walked out of Chiang Kai-shek's office as he said!In fact, Chiang Kai-shek didn't know that after Zhang Lieyang led the newly formed 29th Army to fight the Pingxingguan Battle, Song Yuanzhe added a group of veterans from the original [-]th Army to Zhang Lieyang's department, so that Zhang Lieyang now has three reorganized divisions and two independent brigades of infantry!

Zhang Lieyang received the telegram from Zhang Zhizhong, and immediately called a meeting of officers above the regiment and said: "Brothers here, I have just received an order from the Nanjing Supreme Command to merge with the 99th Division! Immediately rush to help Nanjing!"

Speaking of which, Zhang Lieyang looked at everyone, and then said: "Brothers, this rush to help Nanjing is a mortal situation! But we should do our part for the people of Nanjing!" Just after Zhang Lieyang finished speaking, the following The brothers all shouted one after another in unison: "Junzuo, we all listen to you! Even if we go up the mountain of knives and down the pan of oil, we will never hesitate!"

"Okay! Since we are of the same mind, now we can return all the troops to the organizational system! Step up the integration! At the same time, we will send all the intelligence personnel of our department to scout the terrain near Anhui and Nanjing. After the scouting is completed, we can send a report back!" Zhang Lieyang shouted Said.

"Yes!" All the people saluted and left.

After all the officers left, Li Mutian, the deputy commander, looked at Zhang Lieyang's frowning expression, and asked curiously: "Mr. Commander, what are you worried about now? I've never seen you look frowning!"

Zhang Lieyang smiled wryly twice and said, "I'm worried about the people in Nanjing and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the national army defending the city!"

"Common people? Soldiers?" Li Mutian asked suspiciously.

"Although the Japanese army suffered heavy losses in attacking Beiping, the Japanese soldiers who attacked Beiping were regular soldiers who entered the army directly after graduating from school. They were all student soldiers. They obeyed discipline and might not slaughter the city! But Nanjing is the capital of China after all. For this Battle of Songhu, Japan has already expanded its troops, and recruited a large number of retired soldiers. These veterans have been infected with a lot of bad social behavior and poor discipline. Do you think that once Nanjing falls, the whole city will not be What will happen to the soldiers and civilians who have time to evacuate?" Liu Zhenfeng looked at Li Mutian and said.Speaking of Zhang Lieyang, he kept recalling the movie clips of "Nanjing Massacre"!Can't help sighing.

Li Mutian gritted his teeth as if realizing something and said: "Slaughter! Ruthless slaughter!"

While Zhang Lieyang and Li Mutian were talking, Chief of Staff Liu Fengming walked in with three major generals and said, "Army seat, the 99th Division has arrived! These three are the 99th Division's division commander Wu Ziming, deputy division commander Qiu Renfeng, and staff chief Gu Changming! "The three of them saluted Zhang Lieyang as they said that!

Seeing the three people, Zhang Lieyang returned a salute and said: "You three have worked hard! But I can't let you rest now!" Zhang Lieyang said to Liu Fengming: "Take them to change their equipment immediately! At the same time, let the special forces send People teach them to use all our equipment, and let them teach every soldier to report the artillery coordinates within three days!"

"Yes!" Liu Fengming said to the three people: "Please come with us!"

When they walked outside the door, Wu Ziming couldn't help but asked: "Liu Canzuo! Why did the Military Commander ask us to change weapons with you?" The other two looked at Liu Fengming in unison.

Liu Fengming replied with a smile: "Mr. Wu, except for one division and one brigade equipped with automatic rifles, all of our army is equipped with submachine guns! Moreover, our army's artillery directly serves the frontline troops, that is, the squad level can directly call for artillery fire." support!"

"It's impossible! How can the squad level call for artillery fire?" Chief of Staff Gu Changming asked in confusion.

"Our military seat has specially made something called a walkie-talkie, which can be used as a unit of the army's direct command squad!" Liu Fengming took them to the armory and said: "Immediately prepare a division's weapons and send them to the armory!" Go to the 99th Division's station!" Then Liu Fengming picked up the walkie-talkie in the armory guard, dialed Zhang Xiangchun and said, "Xiangchun, the military seat asked your special forces team to teach the 99th Division how to use weapons and the secret reporting position!"

"Okay! We'll be right there!" Zhang Xiangchun replied happily.

In a blink of an eye, three days passed.Early in the morning, Zhang Lieyang gathered the whole army and gave an oath speech on the square: "Brothers! Since the newly formed Thirteenth Army, since the War of Resistance, we will fight Japanese soldiers whenever we encounter them. But now the Songhu War of Resistance has come to a critical moment. The Japanese army will send troops to Beijing at any time! Our capital has reached a critical moment, and now we are rushing to help Nanjing under the order of the Nanjing Supreme Command! Brothers, what do you think we should do when we arrive in Nanjing?"

All the soldiers in the audience shouted in unison one after another: "Go to Nanjing and kill the devils! Go to Nanjing and kill the devils!"

Zhang Lieyang pressed his hands down to signal everyone to be quiet and continued: "Brothers, our Thirteenth Army is not made of mud, we are a pack of howling wolves! As the saying goes, wolves travel thousands of miles to eat meat, dogs travel Eat shit for thousands of miles! We will be a group of wolves that eat meat. At the same time, I want to tell everyone that the brave wins when we meet on a narrow road! We must carry forward the tough style of daring to fight and fight hard to fight the Japanese invaders in Nanjing!"

As soon as Zhang Lieyang finished speaking, the soldiers in the audience clapped their hands and shouted loudly: "The brave man wins when we meet on a narrow road! The brave man wins when we meet on a narrow road!"

"I ordered the 187th Division to set off at 717:99 pm today; the 557th Division to set off at 884:11 pm, followed by Li Mutian, deputy commander; the 30th Division to set off at 900:[-] pm, followed by Chief of Staff Liu Fengming; the [-]th Division, Armored Independent Brigade, Independent Artillery Brigade, Special Forces and Army-affiliated agencies set off at [-]:[-] p.m.! Converge at Huanghu Town. The Independent [-] Brigade will arrive at Pukou before November [-]th and set up defense at the Liuhe line." Zhang Lieyang looked at the The soldiers with high morale marched out and couldn't help singing: "A man should kill, and kill without mercy. The immortality of the ages is all in killing. There used to be a heroic man, and he was loyal. Yazi is killing, and his body is lighter than a feather. There are also heroes and tyrants, killing people like hemp, galloping around the world, only bragging about swords and guns. If you want to find such things today, you will find the shadow of the moon in vain. Don't you see, scholars are chasing after cowards and weeping. I want to learn from the ancient style and revive the heroic spirit .Fame is like dung, those who disdain benevolence ridicule. Wearing a sharpened iron sword, killing people in anger. Cutting off the stock and drinking wine, talking and laughing. Ghosts and gods are frightened. Killing an enemy from thousands of miles, it would take ten weeks. Love. Going out of the west gate, Mu Tiren turned his head back. Tired and sleepy, the battle horn suddenly blew. Ximen left his mother, but the mother grieved for the child. The body promised history, but the man never returned. Fighting between heaven and earth, tragic Surprised Yin Court. Killing a person in three steps, the heart stops and the hands don't stop. The blood flows thousands of miles, and the corpse rests on Qianxun Mountain. The strong man fights, and sleeps on the enemy's corpse. The dream still kills, and the smile reflects Suhui. Men are fighting In the battlefield, you are as brave as a bear and your eyes are like a wolf. If you are born as a man, you will kill people. Don’t teach a man to wrap a woman’s heart. Men never show respect to their body, and even die with a smile. Don't tremble, there is a song for you to listen to: killing one is a crime, but slaughtering ten thousand is a hero. If you kill [-] million, you will be a hero among heroes. There are different ways between heroes and heroes. You can see through thousands of years of benevolence and righteousness, but you can make this life a hero. A good name does not love a bad name, and kills millions without punishment. I would rather teach thousands of people to gnash their teeth and hate, but not teach no one to scold me!" Zhang Lieyang couldn't help tears from his eyes while singing.

Hearing Zhang Lieyang's singing and the meaning of the lyrics, all the soldiers couldn't help but become more enthusiastic, and at the same time they all silently wrote down the lyrics.

Just when the new No.13 Army was launching, Zhang Xiangwu and three people drove to protect Li Hailan and came to his home near the Drum Tower in Nanjing. As soon as he entered the house, Li Hailan said to her father: "Dad! , let’s move quickly! If we don’t leave, it will be too late!”

Li Jianru looked at Li Hailan and Zhang Xiangchun and said, "It's impossible for the Japanese to come to Nanjing! Why should I move!"

Hearing Li Jianru's words, Li Hailan said anxiously: "Dad, it's not like you don't know the situation outside! Don't be too arrogant! You don't think about me, you have to think about your mother!"

"Huh..., if you want to go, you go, I won't go!" Li Jianru looked at Li Hailan arrogantly while speaking.At this time, Zhang Xiangwu, who was standing by the side, winked at the person beside him, and that person came to Li Jianru's side quickly and like lightning, and knocked him unconscious before he had any reaction.At this time, Li's mother who had been by the side exclaimed in surprise: "What are you doing?"

Zhang Xiangwu ignored Li's mother and said to Li Hailan: "Miss, hurry up and pack your things with your mother, we will wait for you in the car outside!" Zhang Xiangwu and another special forces member supported Li Jianru and left .Soon Li Hailan and her mother came out with things.Then Zhang Xiangwu sent the whole family on the plane from Nanjing to Chongqing.

As soon as Zhang Xiangwu sent Li Hailan's family away, he saw Tang Haohan walking up and down anxiously in the airport.So Zhang Xiangwu went up to meet him and asked, "Master Tang, why haven't you left yet?"

Tang Haohan saw that it was Zhang Xiangwu, so he said as if he had picked up a life-saving straw: "I said a few words to Li Jie today, but I didn't expect him to slip away when he was upset, and I didn't expect Qi Chao's daughter to be with him. gone!"

After hearing this, Zhang Xiangwu said: "Master Tang, why don't you go first, I will take my brothers to find someone in Nanjing!"

"That's the only way to go!" Tang Haohan took the salute and left with his family.

On the sixth day of Zhang Lieyang's departure, they received news that Shanghai had fallen. On November 11, 5 troops from the three divisions of the Tenth Army led by Yanagawa Hirasuke made a forced landing on the line from Quangongting to Jinshanwei in the north of Hangzhou Bay, and implemented a policy of encircling the Chinese army in Shanghai. Chiang Kai-shek's troops were holding fast After four days, they had to order the withdrawal of troops. After the 10 troops received the withdrawal order, they changed from an orderly withdrawal at the beginning to a massacre in the end. As a result, none of the fortifications built before the war were used. The Tenth Army also failed to obey the order of the Japanese base camp: sweep up the enemies near Shanghai, and the pursuit front is east of Suzhou and Jiaxing.They crossed the pursuit point stipulated by the Japanese base camp and began to march towards Nanjing frantically, shouting: "Nanjing! Nanjing!"

Looking at the battle report, Zhang Lieyang smiled helplessly: "Nanjing is in danger!" Then Zhang Lieyang immediately ordered the troops to speed up the march through the radio, but Zhang Lieyang almost regretted his life because of this order.Then Zhang Lieyang asked Zhang Xiangchun to send a report to Zhang Xiangwu and said: "Xiangwu, on the 969th, it is reported that Shanghai has fallen. I order you to lead two reinforcement regiments, with the designation of the newly formed [-]th Army Independent Brigade [-], to replace the defeated remnants at any time." The army sticks to Yuhuatai, Yangfangshan, Yinkongshan and Yaohuamen, and must ensure that the east is unimpeded!"

On December 12th, the troops led by Zhang Lieyang entered the dense forest area in the mountains of northern Anhui. While eating dry food, while looking at the map, he said depressingly: "Our military map is too bad! No matter how you walk this mountain There is no mark?!" Zhang Lieyang ordered Zhang Xiangchun to say: "Send someone to look for the guide immediately!" Then Zhang Lieyang asked the confidential staff to record: "The Supreme Command, the newly formed 5th Army, has now marched in the mountainous area of ​​northern Anhui, Because the surveying and mapping personnel cut corners and materials, our army is now lost! Now we are looking for a guide! Zhang Lieyang, commander of the new 26th Army, December 12th, 5th year of the Republic of China!" When Chiang Kai-shek received this telegram from Zhang Lieyang, he was angry Order the Central Command to find out the people who participated in the surveying and mapping back then and send them to a military court!Let's skip it for now!

After the confidential staff finished recording, he looked at Zhang Lieyang in doubt and asked, "Military seat, is this the way to send it?"

Zhang Lieyang nodded affirmatively and said: "Just send it like this!" Just as Zhang Lieyang was talking to the confidential staff officer, Zhang Xiangchun walked over with a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy and said: "Master, the guide has found it, this child It's a local hunter! He is willing to lead the way for us!"

Hearing Zhang Xiangchun's words, Zhang Lieyang looked at the boy and nodded and said, "Xiangchun, go and get a medium one, and give it to this kid with two hundred rounds of ammunition!" After a while, Zhang Xiangchun left. Come over and give it to Zhang Lieyang, Zhang Lieyang took the things and asked with a smile: "What's your name?"

"My name is Gensheng!" The boy replied with a smile.

"Okay! Gensheng, if you take us out of here, I'll give you this gun and these bullets!" Zhang Lieyang said seriously with a smile.

"You mean what you say?" the boy asked back.

"Of course it counts! How about I give you the gun first, and I'll give you the bullets after we go out!" Zhang Lieyang said with a smile.

"Okay! Come with me!" said the young man and took the gun from Zhang Lieyang.

Five days later, the four divisions were completely assembled in Huanghu Town.After the round, Zhang Lieyang hastily called a group meeting above.At the meeting, Zhang Lieyang pointed to the map and said: "Everyone, now Nanjing is besieged on three sides, and even the Yangtze River in the north is not safe. It can be said that Nanjing has become an isolated city. We are advancing through the enemy's cracks. Appeared suddenly under the city of Nanjing, killing little Japan by surprise, you know?"

"Understood, when are we going to set off in the military seat?" The officers below asked anxiously in unison.

"Leave immediately!" The confidential staff officer came in with a telegram and said, "Report to the military seat, the independent 969 brigade is calling!"

Zhang Lieyang said without looking at it: "Read!"

Hearing Zhang Lieyang's order, the confidential staff read aloud: "Army seat, my independent brigade has now taken over the defense of Yuhuatai, Yangfangshan, Yinkongshan and Yaohuamen. The company's garrison has not been lost so far, and the rest of the city is in critical condition! I hope the military seat will send reinforcements quickly! Independent 969 Brigade Commander Zhang Xiangwu!"