novelhk Chapter 124 Tang Shengzhi
Chapter 124 Tang Shengzhi
Before long, everyone had roughly memorized the map, and only Xue Rengui was still working hard to study it.
"Before the Japanese break through the city wall, we should act according to the plan."
Li Chengqian looked at Xie Jinyuan and said, "Captain Xie, we don't speak the same language, so we need you to send some soldiers to accompany us."
Xie Jinyuan frowned: "What on earth are you going to do?"
"Rescue the hundreds of thousands of people in the city."
Xie Jinyuan took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I won't ask any more questions. Xiao Zhao, take a few smart soldiers with you and follow us."
"It's the leader!"
Soon, more than ten soldiers were selected. They all rode on their horses and headed in different directions of the city.
Li Chengqian came up to Xie Jinyuan and said, "Captain Xie, take me to see Tang Shengzhi."
"What do you want to do?"
"Prevent Tang Shengzhi from retreating."
Xie Jinyuan was stunned: "He wants to retreat!!"
"That's right. Maybe they are no longer in the city. So we have to hurry. Otherwise, there won't be enough defenders in Jinling City, and it will be difficult to stop the enemy from entering the city."
Xie Jinyuan looked at Hou Junji and others who had already started moving stones.
The heavy object that originally required four or five people to lift together was now like a piece of light tofu in the hands of these people and could be pulled apart with one hand.
A group of super soldiers whose strength and speed far exceed those of ordinary people, a group of people who can come back to life from the dead, and they came back to life right under his nose.
Such people would never joke about such crucial issues, and they might even be able to predict the future!
All he could do now was to believe what Li Chengqian said!
"Come on, I'll take you there right away."
Li Chengqian pointed at a warhorse and said, "Get on the horse!"
Guo Degang Guo Degang Guo Degang.....
The two men quickly rushed to the Jinling garrison headquarters and just saw Tang Shengzhi who was about to get in the car and leave.
The two men quickly pulled the reins and stopped the horses in front of the carriage.
"Get out of the way, the person in the car is Commander Tang, the commander of the Jinling garrison!" the guard quickly stepped forward and shouted.
"Report, I am Xie Jinyuan from the 88th Division, and I have something important to report to Commander Tang!"
Tang Shengzhi frowned while sitting in the car. The sound of artillery fire in the distance made him very anxious. He wanted to escape from the city as soon as possible.
But Xie Jinyuan was a hero in the Battle of Sihang Warehouse, so he had to take it seriously!
Adjusting his glasses, Tang Shengzhi got out of the car and came to Xie Jinyuan, but Li Chengqian next to him attracted his attention.
Ancient armor plus ancient hair accessories!
Who is this?
Xie Jinyuan saluted and said, "Commander Tang, Zhonghua Gate is in danger. Please send reinforcements as soon as possible."
Tang Shengzhi withdrew his gaze from Li Chengqian and looked at Xie Jinyuan: "I have ordered the defenders in the city to retreat. Now there are no soldiers to send. Nanjing cannot be defended. You should leave as well!!"
Xie Jinyuan's face lit up with anxiety. It turned out to be just as Li Chengqian said!
Could it be that the people in the city were really massacred by the Japanese as Li Chengqian said?
"Commander, what about the people in the city?"
Tang Shengzhi sighed: "We can only let them escape on their own."
"You fart!"
Li Chengqian took a quick step forward and subdued Tang Shengzhi in one go, grabbing his neck with one hand.
"How dare you! Let go of the commander!"
The guard quickly raised his gun and aimed at Li Chengqian, but Xie Jinyuan stood in front of him to protect him.
"Don't move, who dares to move..."
As he spoke, Li Chengqian kicked the car next to him and actually kicked it five meters away.
The car body was even dented!
Everyone was shocked!!
This!
Is this still human power?
It's worse than animals!
The guards didn't dare to move, but still pointed their guns at Li Chengqian!
Li Chengqian grabbed Tang Shengzhi's neck and said, "Let the people flee for their lives. It's so easy for you to say that. Your generals and officers have already secretly crossed the river to escape. They can flee if they want, but they didn't issue a retreat order to their troops!"
"What do they want to do? They just want to use the blood of the soldiers to buy time for their retreat!"
"It would have been fine if they hadn't notified us, but they actually ignored the defenders inside and outside the city and ordered the city gates to be blocked. After escaping across the river, they were afraid that the Japanese would chase them, so they ordered the ships crossing the river to be burned. They didn't care about the lives of the civilians and soldiers at all."
"The morale of the national army in the city is completely gone, the city gates are blocked, and the ferry has been burned. How are you going to let the people escape? Tell me!!"
Tang Shengzhi showed a shocked expression: "Burn the ships! How dare they!!"
"Whether you dare or not is not important. Now that things have happened, don't think I don't know that you left a motorboat for yourself, planning to abandon the soldiers and civilians in the city and flee north across the river alone. Do you also want to escape from the battlefield?"
"I....."
Xie Jinyuan also hurriedly persuaded them: "Now that most of the country has fallen into the hands of the enemy, the country is at a critical juncture of life and death. There is no other way except for us to die for them."
"Commander Tang, you can't hesitate any longer. The lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the city depend on you. While the city's garrison is still in place, quickly order the troops to assemble!!"
Seeing that Tang Shengzhi was still hesitating, Li Chengqian exerted force with his hands.
woo~~
"Ahem, stop it, I give the order, I give the order immediately!!"
Li Chengqian let go of Tang Shengzhi's neck: "You have seen my strength, don't play tricks!"
Tang Shengzhi seemed to have accepted his fate: "Don't worry, I know it's impossible for me to leave the city smoothly. I'm going to die anyway, so I might as well choose a meaningful death."
"Order all units in the city to move to the Zhonghua Gate, Guanghua Gate, and Heping Gate area immediately to support the 88th Division and block the enemy from entering the city. Immediately."
Li Chengqian finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there was someone commanding the troops inside the city, even if their morale was low, they would at least have the strength to fight.
He grabbed a guard's pistol and threw it to Xie Jinyuan: "I'll leave Tang Shengzhi to you. I have something important to do. Can you do it alone?"
Xie Jinyuan took the pistol and stood beside Tang Shengzhi: "Don't worry, I am the commander's guard now."
As he said this, he saluted Tang Shengzhi again: "I'm sorry!"
Tang Shengzhi sighed: "You don't have to do this. Since I have decided to stay, I have already made up my mind to die. Let's go, follow me to the headquarters to mobilize the troops! !"
As Tang Shengzhi's orders were passed down to various departments via telegraph and telephone, the lower-level generals and officers who had originally prepared to flee the city were caught in a dilemma.
Should we retreat and save our lives, or stay and fight to the death?
At this moment, news came that the city gate in the direction of retreat was blocked, which completely dispelled the idea of retreat among the generals.
"Damn it! These bastards want us poor guys to die for them!"
"Since there is no way to retreat, why don't we fight to the death?!"
"Those with seeds, follow me and support Zhonghuamen!"
"If you have no balls, squat down and pee, if you are a man, follow me!"
"We are the Central Army. The local troops fought bravely in the Songhu battlefield. Why shouldn't we dare to do so? Follow me and charge towards Zhonghua Gate!!!"