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Chapter 142: Taking orders on behalf of others

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    Chapter 142: Acting on behalf of orders (new book, please watch)

    Then Li Guoyao ordered people to clean up the mess here, and walked upstairs alone, because upstairs was the office of Tang Shengzhi, Luo Zhuoying, Liu Xing and others. Take a look, maybe you can find something useful.  .

    Arriving upstairs, Li Guoyao found that almost all the doors were open. He didn't know whether it was the rebels who broke them open or whether Tang Shengzhi and others were too anxious to escape and forgot to lock the doors.

    Li Guoyao had been to Tang Shengzhi¡¯s office once before. It was in the innermost room on the second floor, and then walked directly in.

    After entering the door, Li Guoyao found that it was in a mess. Everything in the room had been swept away, leaving only a lot of documents scattered on the table and on the floor.

    Suddenly, a telegram signed "Zhongzheng" caught Li Guoyao's attention. He then bent down to pick up the telegram, patted off the footprints and soil on it, and then read it.

    "The limit is coming. Nanjing Commander-in-Chief Tang, Deputy Commander-in-Chief Liu and Luo: It is reported that enemy troops have been found near Jiangpu. The enemy is trying to surround us on all sides, or threaten my retreat and force me to retreat. After five days of fierce fighting,  The capital remains intact, thanks entirely to my brother's command and sacrificial spirit. After this fierce battle, if the enemy does not dare to attack fiercely, then as long as our city is safe, our army will still be able to hold on to the capital for a long time. We must not hesitate at any cost.  Sacrifice to improve the status and reputation of our country and army, and to be the only cardinal that can turn defeat into victory for our revolution. If Nanjing can be defended for one more day, the people will gain an extra layer of glory; if it can be defended for more than half a month, the internal and external situation will  There will be a big change, and our field army can respond as scheduled without being encircled by the enemy. Looking at the capital from a distance, I miss the death, injury and pain of the officers and soldiers, and I have no choice but to think about it! Advance and retreat, battle and defense, life and death, honor and disgrace, but my brother and others are familiar with it. The middle hand starts.  , Twelve Shen.¡±

    After reading this telegram, Li Guoyao was speechless. This should be the telegram that Chairman Chiang had just sent to the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters today. Judging from the content, although Chiang Kai-shek called Tang Shengzhi to order him to retreat if he could not last longer, but  I always think more about politics, so I hope I can stick with it for a while longer.

    But it is a pity that Tang Shengzhi and others did not pay attention to Chiang Kai-shek. Instead, they abandoned the city and fled shortly after receiving the telegram. This has to be said to be a great irony.

    Li Guoyao then found several troop withdrawal plans in Tang Shengzhi¡¯s office, numbered as the No. 1 garrison combat order. According to the time and signature, it was a breakout plan drawn up at the garrison headquarters around one o¡¯clock in the afternoon.

    Just after taking a second look, he heard a commotion downstairs. Li Guoyao immediately walked down and found that Ma Desheng and others were coming.

    As soon as he entered the door, Ma Desheng said angrily: "Everyone in the dog days is a fucking long-legged general. They run so fast!"

    Li Guoyao said calmly: "It doesn't matter if they run away, we can only show our talents if they run away. Otherwise, if there are people around us who are restricting us, it will be difficult for us to implement our plans!"

    "That's right. So, what should we do now?"

    Li Guoyao handed over the breakout plan he just picked up and said, "Take a look at this first!"

    Ma Desheng took the document and read it immediately: "The capital garrison is determined to break through the enemy in front of them today (12th) evening and move towards the Zhejiang and Anhui border areas. The troops in our seventh theater will be stationed at Anjibai Pad (Ningguo)  Northeast), Sunjiapu (southeast of Xuancheng), and Yangliupu (southwest of Xuancheng) lines to contain the enemy in front of them and prepare to respond to the transfer of troops from our capital. There is our 76th Division in Wuhu and Shipao Town in its south.  Our 6th Division has occupied the position and is fighting the enemy"

    "Fortress artillery and all kinds of artillery and ammunition that are difficult to move should be completely destroyed by themselves to prevent them from being used by the enemy In the communications corps, except for those attached to external units, they should move with their affiliated units. The remaining fixed and heavy communication equipment and city  All communication networks established both inside and outside should be coordinated with local communication agencies to completely destroy them After breaking out, all troops must avoid roads when moving, and troops must be dispatched to destroy important highways and bridges as necessary to prevent the enemy's movement Officers and soldiers of all troops  You should bring 4-day fried rice and salt"

    Although the document was three pages long, it was very concise with not many words, so Ma Desheng read it quickly.

    After reading, Ma Desheng looked at Li Guoyao and said: "Brigade, according to the Nanjing Garrison breakout plan, the 74th Army will break out from the area to the right of Tiexinqiao, Guli Village, and Lulangqiao, and assemble near Qimen. 71  The Army and the 72nd Army broke out from the Gaoqiao Gate on the east side of the airport, Chunhua Town, and the area to the right of Lishui, and assembled near Yixian County. The Teaching Corps, the 66th Army, the 103rd Division, and the 112th Division broke out from the northern foot of Zijin Mountain and Qilinmen  , Tuqiao Town, and the area south of Tianwang Temple to break through the enemy. The teaching troops gathered near Changhua, the 66th Army gathered near Xiuning, and the 103rd Division and 112th Division gathered near Yuqian."

    "The 83rd Army at Purple Mountain, Qilinmen, TuqiaoThey broke out from the northeastern area of ??the town and gathered near She County.  The 2nd Army should try its best to hold on to the Wulongshan Fortress, cover the blockade, and cross the river when necessary to assemble towards Liuhe.  The 36th Division, military police units and directly affiliated units will cross the river in sequence and first assemble near Citicamp and Wuyi. The 36th Division should cover the troops crossing the river and then cross the river.  "

    "This plan is quite good. If it is implemented according to the breakout plan of the garrison headquarters, at least two-thirds of the troops in the city can break out. But why has it become such a mess now!"

    Li Guoyao shook his head and said: "No matter how good the plan is, it is just a plan. If no one implements it, it is just a piece of waste paper!"

    Regarding this matter, Li Guoyao was still very clear in his mind. The basic spirit of the garrison headquarters' breakout plan was that most of the troops would break out from the front, and some would cross the river from Xiaguan with the headquarters. The plan was well made, because the Japanese army was busy now.  In the capture of Nanjing City, there were many gaps between the various units, and the Chinese army could successfully break through these gaps.

    However, after the written order was distributed, Tang Shengzhi issued an oral instruction, stipulating that the 87th Division, 88th Division, 74th Army and the Teaching Corps and other central direct units in the Nanjing garrison were instructed to "if they cannot all break through, when there is a ferry,  You can cross the river and gather at Chuzhou."

    This greatly reduced the seriousness of the order and created an excuse for not executing the order. As a result, except for the majority of the 66th Army and the 83rd Army of the Guangdong Army that carried out the breakout as ordered, the rest of the troops stipulated in the plan would break out from the front.  All armies and divisions failed to follow orders.

    Troops based on verbal instructions must rush to Xiaguan, where the enemy has not yet reached, in order to quickly and safely cross the river and retreat north; many troops that have not received retreat orders retreated because they discovered that friendly forces were retreating.  Although they received the order but did not know the details of the retreat plan, the brigade and regimental commanders also believed that since their superiors wanted the troops to retreat, a large number of river crossing tools must have been prepared in Xiaguan, so they all supported Xiaguan.

    Most of the corps and division commanders who decided to cross the river from Xiaguan did not start their retreat at the time specified in the order. Instead, they deployed their troops to retreat immediately after the meeting ended.  Some units had withdrawn before receiving the order. For example, the 2nd Corps of the Garrison Headquarters was responsible for guarding the Wulongshan Fortress to cover the retreat and breakout of other troops. It should retreat last. However, Xu Yuanquan led his 41st Corps on the afternoon of the 12th.  The division and the 48th Division took the civilian ships they pre-controlled there from Zhoujiasha and Huangnidang docks to cross to Jiangbei at the earliest, and then went to Jiangxi via Anhui for consolidation.  After Xu Yuanquan's troops withdrew from Wulongshan Fortress, they also destroyed their artillery and withdrew to Jiangbei that night.

    Some generals only made a retreat call to their troops, or went back to make arrangements for the retreat before leaving the troops. They arrived at Xiaguan first and then took a ferry to Jiangbei with the garrison headquarters and the 36th Division.

    For example, Wang Jingjiu, commander of the 71st Army, and Shen Fazao, commander of the 87th Division of the army, did not return to the command post at all; Gui Yongqing, captain of the teaching corps, returned to the command post in the basement of Fugui Mountain and informed his staff of the evacuation mission, leaving Chief of Staff Qiu Qingquan to handle the documents  Wait, and go to Xiaguan alone first; Hu Qiru, the commander of the 2nd Brigade, learned about the retreat earlier, and without waiting for the end of the meeting, he called the commander of the 3rd Regiment on the grounds that he was ordered to go to Xiaguan to contact the 36th Division.  As acting brigade commander, he went to Xiaguan alone.

    Since most of the troops in the city retreated along Zhongshan Road to Xianguan, the two door openings on the left and right of Yijiang Gate were blocked, and only the middle door was passable. The various troops rushed through first and refused to give in to each other. Many people were crushed to death due to the crowding.

    For example, Xie Chengrui, commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade of the Teaching Corps, heroically resisted many attacks by the Japanese army on the Guanghuamen position, but was trampled to death by a crowded crowd in the Yijiangmen gate.

    Some generals, such as Li Jiang, commander of the 156th Division of the 83rd Army, saw that they could not squeeze through the city gate, so they hung up from the east side of the gate with leggings and ran away.

    The situation in Xiaguan is even more chaotic. All units have lost control and are scrambling to cross.  Due to the small number of ships and the large number of people, some ships sank due to overloading.  Most of the officers and soldiers had no boats to take, so they took apart door panels and other items to build rafts to cross the river. Some of them died due to the strong water and poor control.

    In view of this, Li Guoyao decided to assume the power of acting garrison commander and command the armies and divisions to break out of the encirclement.

    Li Guoyao then looked at Ma Desheng and said: "Old Ma, you should immediately restore the communication between the garrison headquarters and the military divisions, and then call them one by one to inform them of an orderly retreat!"

    "Is it to be implemented in accordance with the breakout plan of the garrison headquarters?"

    "No, order Ye Zhao's 66th Army and Deng Longguang's 83rd Army to break out of the encirclement to the Ningguo area from Taipingmen to the east via Chalukou, Xianhemen, Dongliu Town, and Tangshan. The remaining troops will gradually withdraw from Nanjing starting at 12 o'clock tonight  City, gather in the direction of Xiaguan."

    "yes!"

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