Anti-Japanese sniper action

Chapter 229 Soldiers Must Follow Orders

Seeing Zhao Zilong ask Tang Zhixin how to arrange the retreat, the officers in the audience also looked at me and I looked at you, but none of them answered.

"Zhao Zilong!"

At this time Xiao Lingshan stood up and said.

"If we really want to retreat, of course we must abide by the orders of the headquarters. We will withdraw in order. Those who should break out of the encirclement should break through, those who should cross the river should cross the river, and those who should cover should not rush to the first place."

"Yes, if you really want to retreat, you must do so." Sun Jian immediately nodded in agreement.

When Zhao Zilong saw it, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but he smiled slightly.

He remembered the historical records, because the order to withdraw from Nanjing was too hasty at that time, and Sun Jian's 88th Division was also among those troops that retreated early.

However, they were not to be blamed at that time, after all, Tang Zhixin had issued a temporary order to make everyone make a hasty decision.In addition, the devils have completely surrounded the city of Nanjing. If they don't retreat, they will definitely be trapped.

Now Sun Jian supports Xiao Lingshan's statement, then the day will really come to retreat, Zhao Zilong believes that the other party will lead the troops and retreat according to the time stipulated by the order.

"Commander Xiao is right!" The short officer standing in the distance shouted loudly, and the officer standing fifty years away beside him also nodded and smiled at Xiao Lingshan.

"If we retreat, we will not cross the river by ourselves first."

"That's true. Soldiers must obey orders."

……

Some military officers also opened their mouths to support Xiao Lingshan's statement.

Seeing this, Zhao Zilong really smiled.

As long as these officers can follow the orders and lead the troops to retreat as planned, they will largely avoid being besieged in Nanjing City, becoming captives, and being killed.

And if the national army can evacuate smoothly, then the devils will not break the city so early, and most of the people in the city will be evacuated.

Therefore, Zhao Zilong didn't ask Tang Zhixin to arrange to evacuate the common people first.

Man proposes, God disposes!
Now that he has done this, he has done his best.

Xiao Lingshan nodded to Sun Jian, the commanders of the 66th Army and the 83rd Army of the two Guangdong troops, and some other supporting officers.

He glanced at the audience again, and said in a deep voice: "At this time, a real soldier will never back down. He will not hesitate to die on the battlefield even if he is shrouded in horse leather."

Although his voice was not loud, the expressions of all the officers present were all moved.

Zhao Zilong's eyes also turned sharp, and he couldn't help admiring this soldier.

When Tang Zhixin left Nanjing first, he handed over the command to Xiao Yushan.

Xiao Lingshan led the soldiers of the Gendarmerie Department to bravely resist the devils and cover everyone's retreat.In the end, all the ammunition was exhausted before committing suicide.

It has truly fulfilled its promise to keep Nanjing!

Seeing Zhao Zilong blocking everyone's back, Tang Zhixin could only smile wryly.Blocking their way out, if they really want to leave, they will be despised and left infamous forever.

"Commander Tang!"

At this moment Zhao Zilong turned his head.

Although he didn't know what these officers would do in the end, basically everyone should follow the rules and retreat now. So, the most important thing now is for the commander of the Nanjing Garrison to express his attitude.

Zhao Zilong knew that Tang Zhixin had three major responsibilities during the entire Nanjing defense battle.

First, in order to cater to someone like Jiang, he insisted on sticking to it regardless of the actual situation for the sake of his own power interests.

Second, when organizing the defense, he did not push the line of defense as far forward as possible to control the important outlying positions, but only focused on getting close to the ground and the city wall, thus missing the opportunity.

Third, his arrangements during the retreat were very poor.Because Tang Zhixin considered his own reputation, he delayed the retreat order for a full day, and lost the best time to break through.When it came to the specific retreat, he changed the order day and night, which aggravated the chaos of the retreat.

On the only relatively safe retreat across the river, he did not arrange enough ships. As a result, a large number of troops fell into the hands of the Japanese army because they had no ships to cross.

In the end, tens of thousands of defenders were massacred by the Japanese army, and he, Tang Zhixin, cannot escape the blame.

Staring at the other party, Zhao Zilong said: "If you really want to retreat, will you stick to the end?"

He knew that Tang Zhixin, who had been shouting and vowing to live and die with Nanjing, was the first to safely cross the Yangtze River by boat after the order was issued.

"This……"

At this moment, Tang Zhixin blushed suddenly.

But seeing the officers in the audience looking at him, Tang Zhixin immediately regained his composure, and said loudly, "Of course, if I really want to retreat, I must stick to it till the end."

Zhao Zilong asked: "Does what you say count?"

Commander Tang gritted his teeth: "One word from a gentleman is hard to follow."

"Gentleman, it seems that you just talk but don't move?"

Glancing at the other party, Zhao Zilong straightened up and said seriously: "Only real soldiers never use slogans, but use actions!"

After speaking, he turned and left.

Stay, a place of astonishment.
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When leaving Zhonghua Restaurant, because Sun Jian wanted to stay there for a meeting, only Wu Xin came back with Wang Zhong and Zhao Zilong.

Because of what happened at the banquet, they are also familiar with each other, so Wu Xin and Zhao Zilong also talked more.

"Zhao Zilong! You are right to ask everyone to follow orders when retreating, but you should not say that everyone must stick to Nanjing." Wu Xin said.

"Why?" Zhao Zijing looked at Wu Xin with some surprise.

"Dean Wu! Our brothers fought to protect Nanjing. Why do you say that?" Wang Zhong was also very surprised.

"Nanjing cannot be defended." Wu Xin shook his head.

Zhao Zilong paused suddenly, staring blankly at this hidden KMT elder with a small scar on his face.

Wu Xin looked at the two of them and analyzed slowly: "First, in terms of geographical location, Nanjing City is located on a plain, vulnerable to attacks from all sides, and it is a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend.

Second, this is what people want.There are not many people who really want to defend Nanjing.

Thirdly, since the battle of Songhu, the army of our Kuomintang has suffered heavy losses, and its morale has been greatly reduced. ..."

Listening to Wu Xin's words, Zhao Zilong slowly remembered the post-event analysis of the Nanjing Massacre and the Nanjing Defense War recorded in history.

因为当年日军有2个军共7个师团和2个旅团，约有20万人，在一线作战的兵力就达到10万。

According to the general law of the national army fighting against the Japanese army, they must have at least three times the strength advantage before they can compete with it.

At that time, the comparison between the Nanjing defenders and the Japanese army was not dominant, and Nanjing's terrain was easy to attack and difficult to defend. It was almost an impossible task to stick to Nanjing under the circumstances at the time.

At the banquet, Zhao Zilong also forced Tang Zhixin and the officers to stick to it until the end.

"Ah?" Thinking of this, Zhao Zilong couldn't help changing his face, and blurted out: "So, did I act impulsively at the banquet?"

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