The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 152 Dangerous City
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At night, in the student dormitory of the Central Military Academy, He Wei kicked open the door of the dormitory. With the support of Ge Guicai and Tao Heiwa, he staggered into the room and lay down on the bed in the dormitory. His face was red and he smelled of alcohol. The word "drunkard" This is the best description of He Wei.

The higher-ups indeed attached great importance to the hero He Wei. The military academy sent two directors to welcome He Wei early, and He Wei and others settled in their accommodation. All the more than 60 brothers in the Sixth Company were arranged to enter the Central Military Academy. The student dormitory is exactly the dormitory of the first corps of the [-]th phase of the military academy where He Wei was originally located.

The students of the First Corps have graduated, and the dormitories are vacant, which is just for He Wei and others to live in. Each dormitory has been prepared in advance with all kinds of toiletries and daily necessities that are equivalent to those of military school students, and military uniforms without military ranks. , each person has a set of shirts, underwear, socks, and leather shoes. A large box of high-quality cigarettes is also prepared, which contains various popular cigarettes on the market, such as Beauty, Bandit, Platinum Dragon, and Daqianmen. , and also prepared seven or eight boxes of Zhengguanghe soda for these brothers to enjoy, which can be said to be double the preferential treatment.

Not only that, the military academy even removed a platoon of students from the [-]th term of the military academy to stand guard in front of the dormitory building. He Wei and the others could eat, drink and rest freely without worrying about safety.

He Wei, Fang Jing and other Huangpu graduates have no special feelings about letting military academy students stand sentry. They also have to stand sentry when they are in the military academy, especially when they are enlisted students. They have to train on the playground for two hours every morning and afternoon. , they had to take turns on duty at night, and sometimes the bald principal would come to stay at the principal's official residence in the military academy. Then students like He Wei had to stand guard, and sometimes they had to stand guard until two or three o'clock in the night.

But Yang Biao and other soldiers were quite proud of the fact that military academy students stood guard for them. After all, military academy students would become officers after graduation. It would be impossible to ensure that there would be enough colonels, major generals, and even lieutenant generals in the future to allow future officers to provide them with this group of sergeants and sergeants. The big-headed soldiers stood guard and felt a sense of accomplishment.

As soon as He Wei settled down, he was taken away by a district captain who had been in the military academy when he was a student. It turned out that a single room had been set up in the military academy cafeteria just for He Wei to receive the wind and wash away the dust.

He Wei had already learned enough about his fame today. Since he had become a hero, he would not refuse hypocritically. However, the people present and seated were beyond his expectation. Originally, he thought they were just a few people from when he was studying. The district captain treated the guests to a meal. Unexpectedly, this meal could be said to be a gathering of stars. Stars are the stars of generals, stars of generals.

Sitting in the main seat is Lieutenant General Chen Ji, the current director of education of the Central Military Academy, and then the two captains when he was a student, Major General Tang Guanying, captain of the [-]st Corps of the [-]th Phase, Major General Yi Long, captain of the [-]nd Corps, and Major General Tang Guangji is the captain of the [-]th batch of student corps, and Major General Wang Jiqu is the captain of the [-]th batch of student corps.

This is not over yet. In addition to these generals, there are also some colonels, lieutenant colonels, tactical instructors, terrain instructors, gymnastics instructors and infantry brigade captains who have taken care of me in the past. A bunch of colonels, lieutenant colonels, major generals, colonels and lieutenant colonels came to accompany me as a little boy. When the young lieutenant drinks, he really saves a lot of face.

The wine table was nothing more than those kind words. First, we recalled He Wei's years in the military academy, and then asked He Wei to talk about his battle experiences and experiences on the front line. Then we drank, drank, drank, and finally He Wei Wei was acting like this. Of course, the wine table was not all trash talk and polite words. There was still some useful information. Principal Chen Chengyi quietly told He Wei before the meal and told him to prepare it tomorrow morning. The Ministry of Military and Political Affairs near San Pailou reported preparations and would send a car to pick him up tomorrow. He also reminded himself to pay attention to "confidentiality."

The so-called secret is naturally the regimental flag of the Infantry No. 16 Regiment.

Moreover, Chen Chengyi also told himself that tomorrow, Minister He of the Ministry of Military Affairs would meet with him in person.

Needless to say, who is Minister He, who has the same surname as He Wei? He must be the chief tactical instructor of the Whampoa Military Academy in its early days, the top leader of the Military and Political Department today, and the extravagant figure who is firmly in the top positions in the military. minister.

After sending away Tao Heiwa and Ge Guicai, He Wei climbed up from the bed. He was drunk, but he was not drunk either. It was his body that was drunk, but his heart was not drunk. Today he was in the city. All the prosperity and beauty that I see will turn into ruins in less than two months, and blood will flow into rivers. Countless unarmed people and countless soldiers who have laid down their weapons will be massacred. I must do something, and the key to breaking the situation is , I’m afraid it lies in the meeting tomorrow.

After taking a sip of Zhengguanghe's soda, He Wei's thick black eyebrows frowned slightly when he thought of the report to the Ministry of Military Affairs tomorrow. What should he do to achieve the greatest results and save as much as possible? A city about to be slaughtered, violently massacred?
He Wei picked up the pen and wrote a serial number and two Chinese characters on a piece of snow-white paper - one, capture the troops.

If you want to do something in the coming disaster, it is useless to fight alone. You must capture the troops. You must control an army. The number of people in this army does not need to be large, but it must be If they are elite enough, the troops are the guarantee for them to do things, but if they want troops, they also face two possibilities.

The best result he expects is to be able to lead an army independently, which means that it is best not to be included in the field army sequence, so that he can have relatively free command and dispatch power. On the contrary, what he fears most is to be sent to the army by himself. Taking a position in the field army, for example, let yourself serve as a company commander in the teaching corps, serve as a battalion annex in the 88th Division, or serve as a staff officer in a certain division.

If this happens, it will be completely over. The field troops must obey the orders from above. If this is the case, I will most likely end up dying in Zijin Mountain or Yuhuatai. I won’t even be able to save my own life. It will be even more difficult to save others. It's just a fool's errand.

He Wei got up and wandered around the dormitory, wondering in his mind what kind of words and how to communicate to achieve his goal of capturing the troops.

A few minutes later, He Wei picked up the pen again and wrote down the second serial number and text, [-]. How to save.

If the first goal of capturing troops is completed, then one should study the next step, how to save the city. This is actually not difficult to consider. First of all, if you want to defend the city, it is one percent. It is absolutely impossible. Nanjing is a lonely city. It has been a place that is easy to attack and difficult to defend since ancient times. Moreover, the national army does not have enough elite defenders. In the original history, there seemed to be many troops guarding Nanjing. , in fact, the quality of the troops cannot be complimented.

Calculated in terms of division-level designation units, the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters has No. 80 Eight, No. 80 Seven, No. 30 Six, One, Eight, No. 40 One, No. 40 Eight, No. [-], No. The [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th infantry divisions, as well as a teaching corps equivalent to a reinforced infantry division.

It seems that the strength of the Nanjing garrison seems to be very strong, but in fact, most of these troops fought on the Songhu battlefield for several months, suffered heavy casualties, and were exhausted. After withdrawing from Songhu, they still Without good reinforcements, a large number of new soldiers were added, and they were hurriedly pushed onto the Nanjing battlefield. However, the new recruits became the main force of these troops. The newly added new soldiers were not so much new soldiers as they were new soldiers. The peasants who had just put on military uniforms, and expected these troops, which were mostly conscripted, bought, and captured young men, to resist the wolf-like Japanese army, might as well expect gods to come down to earth and use magic to suck away the Japanese.He Wei remembered that in his previous life, he had read the memoirs of an officer of the Teaching Corps who participated in the Battle of Nanjing. Before the Battle of Nanjing, the Teaching Corps recruited a large number of new recruits. This officer was serving as a platoon leader in the Teaching Corps at this time.

One day when he was training these new recruits with his company commander, his company commander said, "If I ask the whole company to line up, there is no need for the Japanese to shoot. All they have to do is shout suddenly. They won't even know the basic formation movements." The new recruits will scatter like birds and beasts.”

Most of the defenders in Nanjing City, like the teaching corps, experienced the bloody battle in Songhu and recruited a large number of new recruits. Of course, there are also a small number of troops who have never been to Songhu to participate in the war, such as No. 40 Bahe under the Second Army. No. 40 [-]st Division, these two divisions are the old troops left behind by the Fengxian warlord Zhang Zongchang. During the Battle of Songhu, in order to supplement the casualties on the front line, these two units sent all their soldiers to the front line to supplement them. It became a pile of empty shelves.

Without the right time and place, and without elite soldiers and generals, how could this city be defended?
He Wei took another sip of soda and thought, since the city cannot be defended, then I will save people, save the people, and then rescue the troops. Historically, the retreat of the Nanjing defenders was poorly organized, and the main force of the troops was not available at all. Withdraw, if you can use some methods to withdraw more troops, it can be regarded as leaving some fire for the long-term war of resistance and retaining some combat effectiveness.

Of course, if he could really control a small independent force, he would not mind taking the initiative to cause some trouble for the Japanese.

After determining his focus, He Wei had to consider how to rescue the people and rescue the troops. Just as he was thinking about it, he took out a map of Nanjing and unfolded it on the table. Of course, this map was not a specialized military map. , but a map of Nanjing similar to the popular science map, which is enough for his reference.

Holding a pen and scratching around on the map, He Wei finally landed on a place - Xiaguan
If you want to retreat across the river, Xiaguan is the only way to go. Taking a boat from Xiaguan to Pukou on the other side is the choice of most people. Historically, this has also been the retreat route for people and troops. Unfortunately, retreats in history The organization was so poor that most people did not evacuate. In other words, the historical Nanjing evacuation was completely unorganized. All the original ferries and steamers on the riverside were taken over by the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters. After leaving, only a few small steamers and hundreds of civilian ships were left, which were simply not enough for use.

During the retreat, the retreating troops, refugees, and tens of thousands of people crowded together and rushed through the Yijiang Gate in front of Xiaguan. Then they crowded the shore and fought for boats. Some troops even fought for the few pitiful people who could cross the river. The ships engaged in firefights and gunfire.

In the end, rafts, basins, and even wooden boards became tools for crossing the river, and only a few people could use them. The vast majority of people ended up waiting in despair and crying. The Japanese troops came in pursuit.

It was not safe for people crossing the river. The entire river was full of Japanese gunboats and warships. These warships were shooting and ramming around. Residents who used various simple tools to cross the river were faced with Japanese gunboats and warships. The warships had no power to fight back and could only be massacred by the Japanese army in vain.

What a terrible word.

In fact, it is not very difficult to organize a retreat. He Wei suddenly remembered that when he was studying at the Central Military Academy two years ago, he organized a river crossing. They took two steamers, and these two The steamboats are still operating normally by the river. He remembers that the two ferries transported a group of military school students on the same voyage. In other words, they had a loading capacity of 800 people, and crossing the river once only required 45 minutes.

It would definitely be unrealistic to transport people under Japanese air raids. Japanese planes were all dispatched during the day, and only at night could they avoid air raids. It was approaching winter, and it would get dark at five o'clock in the evening and only get light at seven in the morning. That means a full fourteen hours of carrying time.

According to this loading capacity, these two ferries alone can transport 1 people in just one night. Ten thousand people a day, a month, that is more than 30 people. If you include other ships and tools, they can transport 40 people at the same time. The actual carrying capacity is larger. It is still more than a month away from the date when the Japanese army attacked Nanjing in history. If you do it well, it will not be a big problem to carry out [-] people in one month.

And all of this depends on the outcome of his meeting with Minister He tomorrow.

He just did a simple calculation of transportation capacity. It was a simple question that even elementary school students could easily calculate in future generations, but it made He Wei very excited. That was 40 human lives. For the sake of innocent people and the lives of miserable people, No matter what, he had to give it a try.

The first step is to control a force as much as possible and find a way to gain the power to command and control the rear route. Then, he has to organize the evacuation and retreat of the city in advance in a legal way as soon as possible. , only in this way can we save more compatriots.

"Fuck, do it, do it!"

He Wei was no longer drunk at all. He roared twice, tore up the paper in front of him, found a piece of letter paper, and wrote two lines quickly.

"Fallback Command"

"Shimonoseki Defense Circle Plan"

(End of this chapter)