Chapter 200 Nanjing, Nanjing

As the deputy chief of the General Staff of the National Political Axe, Bai Chongxi is very clear about Chiang Kai-shek's intentions. Previously, whether it was Zhang Xueliang, Feng Yuxiang, Yan Xishan or even himself and Li Zongren, even [***] shouted to resist. Now I really came over. Lao Jiang took the lead in fighting for the blood of his central army, and the rest of the people Who dares to retreat? Even a slogan that advocates retreating to Huai Rou is shouting that the nation is in danger. In addition to Wang Zhaoming and Zhou Fohai's group of people, it seems that this country is united in the face of external humiliation?

In Chen Cheng's headquarters, Bai Chongxi saw that Chen Cheng, who was covered with gunpowder on his face, was wrapping his arms by a nurse. The headquarters was in a mess. After inquiring, he knew that the command had just been hit by a 105mm shell of the Japanese army. Thanks to Chen Cheng's inspection that the front was not in the headquarters, but Chen Cheng, who inspected the front, was also The shrapnel of the Japanese army's aviation bomb injured his arm.

Who can imagine that the commander-in-chief of the entire left-wing army would be born and die at the forefront like a centurion? At the sight of Bai Chongxi's arrival, Chen Cheng hurriedly got up and said, "Vice-General, why did you come here? It's really dangerous!"

Bai Chongxi said helplessly, "The external humiliation needs to be respected! For the generals, they should also set an example at this time. They don't care about their lives and have the same difficulties as the country!"

Chen Cheng sighed: "Thousands of troops go to death, the generals are the courage of the soldiers, the thousands of troops want to move, and the generals should be regardless of their lives. If we are afraid, what should we do if we are soldiers? If you can't finish the principal's entrustment, there is no other way to serve the country with death!"

Bai Chongxi nodded slightly and said, "How is the garrison on the other side of Hangzhou Bay? The naval strength of this side is particularly strong. Now it has landed on the landing site in Qingdao, Shandong Province. Han Fuyu has retreated after two failed counterattacks. If I land directly from Hangzhou Bay to the flank of our army, the whole Shanghai battlefield will be in danger!"

Chen Cheng lay on the map and sighed helplessly: "The original second division and the first brigade have almost been transferred. The 36th, 87th and 88th divisions have now been replenished at least three times. Basically, they are all recruits. Not to mention about 70% of the soldiers before the war, and the rest of the German troops are not much better. We are fighting for our bones and blood here! I'm afraid it won't take long for the Central Army to fight like this. Now we can only wait for the reinforcements of the Sichuan Army!"

Bai Chongxi also sighed and said, "The reinforcements from Guangxi hurt their muscles and bones in just one morning. Our officers are still too uncomfortable with my three-dimensional combat mode! And we don't have the capital and ruthlessness of Zhang Xuewu. It might be much better to transfer part of Zhang's army to Shanghai earlier.

Chen Cheng knocked on the map helplessly and said, "Zhang Xuewu has transferred an elite mechanist? It is said that it is comparable to the teaching team. There are more than 70 chariots and more than 100 armored vehicles, but the chairman is not allowed to move this army and put it on guard in Nanjing, which is really a waste! Such an army is used in a key place with a sharp sword that can poke into my heart.

Bai Chongxi glanced at Chen Cheng and said, "The teaching team is disabled, and there is only one elite soldier left in the chairman's hand. Zhang Xuewu has stored a large number of weapons and ammunition in the name of the Supreme Military Commission in Nanjing. The two heavy artillery brigades are in the Jiangbei area. If the mechanized division is dismantled, at least it can be established. Even if you pull up seven or eight divisions with combat effectiveness, no one will be willing to use such elites to fight! Not to mention the chairman, even I am reluctant to take action.

Zhang Xuewu's provisional first mechanization division of the Republic of China Army can be said to be the last trump card in Chiang Kai-shek's hands. He is stationed in Zijin Mountain in Nanjing with the gendarmerie of the teaching corps. The reason why Zhang Xuewu was able to enter the eyes of Jiang's committee is ultimately because of the Double Twelve Incident. The cooperation of sending troops at that time was related to obeying the instructions of his wife, but in the end, Zhang Xueliang persuaded Zhang Xueliang to release himself.

For Chiang Kai-shek, Zhang Xuewu is definitely an unexpected choice. His loyalty to Marxism and himself even surpasses that of Chen Cheng and Dai Li. Zhang Xuewu has entered the training class of the Army University, which is also regarded as Huangpu, but he is always excluded below. Chiang Kai-shek has a very principle, that is, to use candidates. The first requirement is loyalty. Ability can be moderate, but loyalty must be put in the first place. This is also the main reason why after Chiang Kai-shek returned from Xi'an, he not only did not send Zhang Xuewu to cut his power, but also entrusted him with an important task. Chiang Kai-shek asked everyone to see how he repaid his grievances with virtue and reused Zhang Xuewu. Unlike reusing Zhang Xueliang, and compared with Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Xuewu is a rare fierce general in [***]. Zhang Xuewu's performance in the Battle of Rehe is still vivid in mind.

In addition, the name of the provisional first mechanization division of the National Revolutionary Army is Zhang Xueliang, Song Ziwen and Zhang Xuewu. All the officers and soldiers are Zhang Xuewu's old department, so it is most appropriate to be commanded by Zhang Xuewu, who has been tested many times.

And before the outbreak of the Shanghai War, Zhang Xuewu sent the absolute strong brigade and two heavy artillery brigades under the jurisdiction of the First Army of the Rehe Army to Nanjing in the name of changing defense and training. At that time, Chiang Kai-shek also praised Zhang Xuewu for not being greedy for military power and had no intention of dominating one side, but even in the bloody war in Shanghai. Chiang Kai-shek pulled up the imperial army such as 87, 88 and 36, and even filled in the teaching corps and gendarmerie one by one. The provisional first mechanized division was to recuperate in Nanjing, and finally had no choice but to bring two heavy artillery brigades to the front line of Shanghai.

In fact, Chiang Kai-shek did not give Zhang Xuewu any face, but he was really reluctant to put such a strong brigade as the temporary first mechanized division to fight a war of attrition under the artillery fire of the Japanese army. Those who have seen the provisional first mechanized division will sigh how much effort this army will devote. Almost all the officers and one-third of the soldiers are After systematic training of the German Army, he has more than five years of military service, and all have actual combat experience. He is one hundred and seventy-two centimeters to 175 centimeters tall. He is full of fighting spirit and fighting spirit. He is equipped with 75 jackal tanks and 120 half-track integrated combat vehicles, as well as 420 two-ton and half-packed trucks. Heavy industry-produced trucks.

The division is under the jurisdiction of the fifth mechanized infantry brigade, each of which is under the jurisdiction of two regiments. The division belongs to the 105mm German-style howitzer reinforcement regiment with a total of 36 guns, the second battalion of the 75mm mountain field artillery, the first battalion of the 88mm anti-aircraft gun, and the armored brigade is equipped with 75 jackal light fast tanks.

What's more important is that 80% of the grass-roots officers in this army are pure Huangpu bones and blood. This is the sand that Chiang Kai-shek mixed with Zhang Xuewu in those years. Now Zhang Xuewu has publicly returned it to Chairman Jiang, which also makes Chiang Kai-shek extremely happy, so Chiang Kai-shek of this army was not willing to use it until the end, which also makes Zhu The generals of the Huangpu Department feel aggrieved. Whose troops are not elite soldiers who have been practicing hard for several years? Now they have all been added that they are all recruits who can't even aim. Anyone would not feel good, so the first mechanized division can no longer retreat from Nanjing for the time being.

It is true that Shanghai will fight against the Great Wall of flesh and blood. Dachang, Luodian, etc. are an inch of mountains and rivers, an inch of flesh and blood. The tragic situation is simply difficult to describe in words.

It is said that I can directly plunder resources from the three northeastern provinces to support the troops. Compared with the history, I mobilized 126 divisions in the last three months of the Pacific War. Hirohito and his military headquarters and the staff of the staff of the staff of the staff took four years to mobilize 70 active divisions and more than 30 reserves. The division, it can be said that I have not fallen into complete madness.

But my military service system also gave Zhang Xuewu a lot of inspiration. Historically, during the Battle of Shanghai, I was able to mobilize six divisions in just one week. This speed may be beyond the reach of even in Switzerland, which is all the people. There is also the Japanese weapons reserve system, although there are only 17 standing divisions. However, it is said that my weapons reserve has never been lower than that of 50 divisions, and it is unprecedented for me.

In the two-month fierce battle, the former servants of the middle [***] people resisted his three-dimensional offensive. Zhang Xuewu also had his difficulties. Zhang Xuewu can be said to have the strongest air force in China, but it is difficult for this air force to play a too much strategic role, because of the tiger vision of the Eastern Army Flight Division. Qi, Zhang Xuewu's Baotou industrial base needs intensive air defense, long-range interception and process anti-aircraft air defense. It can be said that even if Baotou drops a bomb, Zhang Xuewu can't afford to bear the loss.

Now, in terms of Nanjing's national political axe, whether to defend Nanjing or not, the question of who will defend has begun to debate, but Zhang Xuewu can no longer do it in Chengde, Nanjing, Nanjing! The slogan of Tang Shengzhi, the incompetent and talented person, shouted loudly, but whether Tang had the determination and will to coexist with Nanjing was another matter.

Tang Shengzhi can't command the real direct line of Huangpu. Another point is that all the troops guarding Nanjing have been remnants of the war in Shanghai for more than three months. The will and morale of resistance have long been worn out. Moreover, there are fundamental problems in Tang Shengzhi's tactics of guarding Nanjing in history. In any case, they can't Sit back and watch Nanjing fall again, at least evacuate all the people in the city.

Zhang Xuewu took a deep breath and flew to Nanjing in a two-seat light bomber that night. Zhang Xuewu had already realized that at this juncture, I'm afraid no one had the courage to die in the lonely city except himself. After the Japanese army bypassed Xinkou, Yanmenguan and other passes to attack Peiping, he divided troops to attack Shijiazhuang. They attacked Datong and Taiyuan, and landed in Qingdao with the 106th and 107th divisions at the same time. The Jin army was as defeated as ever.

Zhang Xuewu can also see that while the Japanese army attacked Shanhaiguan before, it was defending with heavy troops on the front line of Chaoyang without attacking. It was obvious that it was to contain its own mobile force. The Japanese army's intention was to break through the main force of the [***] teams in North China and Shanxi first, and cut off Jingpu and Zhengtai Road. It can be said that my tactical arrangement is to invest in the real attack on Rehe.

On April 22, 1937, the [***] team showed a weak state in Shanghai. The news of Zhang Xuewu's secret arrival in Nanjing was tightly blocked by Chiang Kai-shek. In the Xishan villa, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Zhang Xuewu with a little fire. In his opinion, Zhang Xuewu did not know the depth and importance of it. Do hundreds of thousands of troops of the Rehe Legion dare to take them elsewhere?

After seeing Chiang Kai-shek, Zhang Xuewu saluted a military salute and said, "Report Chairman, come to live and die with the capital of Nanjing!"

Zhang Xuewu's words made Chiang Kai-shek sigh. After greeting the tea, Chiang Kai-shek asked in detail about the deployment of the Rehe Army. When he learned that even if the Kwantung Army attacked with all its strength, the Rehe Army could persist for at least more than a year, Chiang Kai-shek took a long breath, which was buried behind his waist. A sharp sword! There must be no easy loss.

However, the current Shanghai war situation has been very unoptimistic. In Zhang Xuewu's memory of the Shanghai War, the [***] team persisted for more than three months, but now only two months have exposed an obvious defeat, which is probably related to the strategic deployment and troop deployment in history. Yes, the concentrated use of troops is the key to the integration of the great battle. Even if Napoleon divides troops and uses troops one by one, he will inevitably be defeated by Waterloo.

The specific pattern of the Shanghai battlefield and the fierce naval gunfire of the Japanese navy, so that the [***] team can only be forced to use the troops one by one to compete with the Japanese army repeatedly. The strongholds are defended, and the tactics are rigid and old. Another point is that the grass-roots officers adhere to the spirit of Huangpu to charge forward. Their deaths make the army's combat effectiveness urgent. The sharp decline even affected the morale of the whole army.

Zhang Xuewu sat opposite Chiang Kai-shek. Chiang Kai-shek pointed to the map and said, "I plan to take Shanghai and Hangzhou Bay as the first line of defense, Kunshan, Wuxi, Suzhou and Hangzhou as the second line of defense, Jiangyin and Zhenjiang as the third line of defense, Nanjing and the Beijing-Hangzhou Highway as the fourth line of defense, constantly relax the attack of the Japanese army, and finally reach The purpose of guarding the capital of Nanjing! In addition, there are permanent fortifications of the Wufu line to rely on.

Zhang Xuewu took a deep breath. He didn't expect that Chiang Kai-shek was still idle at this time? So he arched on the fire and said, "Chairman! I have seen Wu Fuxian with my own eyes. There is no defense line at all, but there are a few sections of the sample fortifications you inspected. The bunker is set on the flat ground without any cover at all. The angle of the shooting hole is wrong, and the concrete can knock down a few pieces with your hands. That's nonsense at all! Once hundreds of thousands of troops retreat from the Shanghai battlefield, the Japanese army will inevitably follow suit. At that time, which unit can stop the enemy and buy time for the friendly army? Among your four defense lines, only Jiangyin Fortress and Zhenjiang can play a role, and I'm afraid the rest are all on paper!"

Chiang Kai-shek didn't expect Zhang Xuewu to hit himself like this? He said on the table with a gloomy face, "This is the determination of the Supreme Military Commission, and it is also a combat plan formulated by the Ministry of National Defense and the General Staff. How can it be useless? Do you know how much money and materials Wu Fu has spent on? More than 90 million! It has been built for more than three years.

Zhang Xuewu didn't buy it, but said coldly, "Then ask the chairman to send his trusted relatives to investigate. In addition, I came to Nanjing this time for the position of commander of the Nanjing garrison. Please give me permission."

You! You! You! Chiang Kai-shek didn't even have a few of you. Obviously, he was angry enough. He had always looked at him and Jiang's face. As a result, today, he was so angry that he wanted to kill Zhang Xuewu.

Song Meiling, who was outside the study, came in in time at this moment. She smiled at Zhang Xuewu and said, "Since Xuewu is here, you might as well have a casual meal before you leave!"

Chiang Kai-shek waved his hand and said angrily, "I don't have any food for him here. Let him go to Hanqing to learn how Hanqing learn how to be a man!"

Zhang Xuewu smiled at Song Meiling and gave a military salute to Chiang Kai-shek, who turned his back to him: "Principal Xie and madam, resign from your humble position!"

After Zhang Xuewu left, Chiang Kai-shek looked at Song Meiling angrily. Song Meiling smiled and said, "You dislike the people who tell lies and can only flatter. You don't like those who tell the truth. You have succeeded in benevolence in the end, but how many of them have really become benevolent in the end? Zhang Xuewu came to Nanjing with a coffin. Looking at the current situation, you know better than me. Can Nanjing keep it? Can you really not stick to it?"

Song Meiling's words made Chiang Kai-shek confused and hesitated for a moment, "What's the reply from Ambassador Toddman?"

Song Meiling shook her head and said, "Our reply has just passed two days. How can it be so fast?"

Hmm! Chiang Kai-shek sighed slightly and said, "Zhang Xuewu is a handsome man. He can only control the three armies. The most important thing is that he and Zhang Zhizhong are generally not ambitious. From this time he sent elites to Nanjing in advance, and now he is in danger alone, which shows that he is a very pure soldier and knows the importance of sacrifice. But what I lack is such a person! How can it be sacrificed easily? Even if Nanjing wants to be guarded, let others guard it. Zhang Xuewu's golden body can't be broken! At least we can't let him fall into Nanjing.

On April 24, 1937, the National Political Axe Nanjing Supreme Military Committee, Chiang Kai-shek, Feng Yuxiang, He Yingqin, Xiong Shihui, Bai Chongxi, Tang Shengzhi and others, Zhang Xuewu also ranked first in the list. The atmosphere at the meeting was very heavy, because everyone knows that today is the decision to decide the commander of the Nanjing garrison. Say it.

Many people are very surprised by the arrival of Zhang Xuewu? It is said that under my heavy blockade, this person can go from Rehe to Nanjing? It's really bold enough. In fact, Zhang Xuewu's air force has long formed an air corridor that cut off the Kwantung Army Flight Division. He said that in order to let the plane go to Shanxi to participate in the war, I didn't even hesitate to transport it by train, and I dared not boldly pass through the air. It can be seen that Gao Zhihang's Flying Tigers BF-109F battle How strong the shock the fighting machine brought to the Japanese army was.

In fact, there has been news in the attendant's office for a long time. The chairman named Tang Shengzhi's general, and some people say that Tang Shengzhi took the initiative to ask for it?

(to be continued)