Jinling, west of the city.
"Hey, brothers, let's go! Our Gui Faction will be the first to attack Jinling!”
"Yiga!"
At this moment, the sound of gunfire erupted.
Facing the fierce counterattack of the Japanese, the Gui Faction soldiers roared and charged forward.
Da da…
The first thing the Japanese faced was the hundreds of Thomas submachine guns. After a large number of them were wiped out, the two sides entered a stalemate.
"General, the Japanese's firepower has weakened!”
An advisor reported to the Gui Faction's general, Bai Chongxi.
"It seems that the huge explosion that day was caused by the Japanese's arsenal!”
The Gui Faction had a good opportunity.
After the arsenal was destroyed, it would take at least four days for the ammunition of the Japanese to arrive in batches. Before that, the Japanese could only count the bullets.
The crooks could no longer fire as they wished. They had given up on the heavy machine guns, and Li Mo had even cleared out the infantry cannons. There were less than 50 left.
All of a sudden, two out of three of the Japanese's base firepower was gone.
Other than the 150 heavy artillery, the firepower of the Japanese had been reduced to a level lower than the elite troops of the Gui Faction.
In addition, an entire division had been crippled by Li Mo in his sleep, and two divisions had been crippled. The Japanese were still facing the problem of insufficient troops.
The result of all this was that the Japanese could only rely on the 150 heavy artillery to control the two sides and prevent the infantry that lacked ammunition from being outflanked by the Gui Faction.
The Gui Faction had also suffered heavy losses in the previous defense of Jinling, especially a large number of heavy weapons lost in the city. However, the elites were still there, and the equipment was considered complete. Therefore, even if the Japanese had heavy artillery, the Gui Faction could still fight the Japanese evenly.
"What? Has the Gui Faction stabilized outside Jin Ling City? Could it be a trap set by the Japanese?"
The Gui army stabilized their position at the city gates. The news of the fight with the Japanese came. Tang Shengzhi, who had lost his courage after being beaten by the Japanese in Jinling, said worriedly.
Baldy had already given the order to conserve his strength when the situation was not good, but this guy had been wavering for a long time. At that time, Jinling was definitely able to defend. Jinling was different from Shanghai, and it was directly exposed to the range of the cannon.
If this guy had been slightly more stable back then, Shang Hai would have retreated in an orderly manner, blocking the way, and destroying the roads. Small groups of troops would have blocked them layer by layer instead of running aimlessly, causing the Japanese to easily approach Jinling. Matsui Ishigen would not have dared to cross the line set by the military and enter Jinling.
The Japanese were not prepared to attack Jinling at all. It was all thanks to Tang Shengzhi's help.
At this time, the seriousness of his command failure had not yet appeared. The troops were basically intact, and he himself knew this. If Bald Man had decisively changed people back then, even if it was to prevent the Gui Faction from gaining too much command, even if He Yingxin had taken over and made full decisions, they wouldn't have ended up in the middle of the defense of Jinling.
However, none of the warlords, including Baldy, thought that they could win the Battle of Jinling. Even if Baldy wanted to change generals, no one would be willing to take this position.
In the end, Tang Shengzhi was placed in the position of commander.
Hence, something happened.
On the one hand, he felt that it was not the time to escape yet. On the other hand, he had lost his courage because of the defeat in Shang Hai. He did not step forward to organize the troops more tightly. At least, he did not manage to arrange them in an orderly manner.
As a result, the order to retreat and the order to hold on were issued in turn. The troops were at a loss. Some warlords even began to waver and prepared to retreat.
They were originally a motley crew of warlords. At the beginning, they were stubborn to the end. Even if these troops were to be replaced by one in ten, they would still be replaced by the Japanese.
However, these combined troops had clearly withstood the attack, and they had even retreated to Jinling after the retreat of Shanghai. It was already an extraordinary performance. China's luck had exploded.
He was the one who had caused the chaos. Now that Jinling had been lost, he had failed to preserve his strength. He had lost hundreds of thousands of troops at once. No one had come looking for trouble with him for the time being, but his mentality had actually collapsed even more.
It would be better to be a puppet from the beginning.
This time, it was another choice.
The bald man's order was for him to stick to Hefei and keep an eye on the devils. No matter if the devils wanted to continue to enter the three towns of Hanyang in the west, or if they wanted to attack the devils from the direction of Lugouqiao in the north and surround Qilu in Central China, he would have time to deal with them. History proved that there was nothing wrong with Baldy's arrangement.
However, if the Gui Faction fought for a whole day outside of Jin Ling City, he would lose his only chance to counterattack.
"Make your own decisions or be a puppet. Don't take the blame again…"
Tang Shengzhi could no longer trust himself. He was afraid that he would suffer another defeat. This time, no one could save him.
As for the bald man, he decisively " reported his illness " and shut himself in. He did not participate at all.
The baldy had made up his mind to let Tang Shengzhi take the blame for this. No one in the country felt that they had a chance of winning in Jinling's defeat. If they lost, then so be it. Everyone just had to make do with it. After all, Tang Shengzhi had already taken the initiative to take the blame.
"Order the Sichuan Army Corps and the Guangdong Army Corps to attack!”
In the end, Tang Shengzhi did not make up his mind to fight back with all his might. He only sent the Sichuan Army, which had insufficient equipment, and the Guangdong Army, which had not been replenished, to support the Gui Army. They did not have vehicles, and they did not even have enough basic ammunition, food, and drinking water.
In the end, these two armies went through all kinds of hardships and went hungry. They finished the journey that was supposed to take three days a day ahead of schedule, but they only managed to catch up with the retreat of the Gui Army.
"This is a great opportunity, sigh!"
In the end, Li Zhongren did not blame Tang Shengzhi too much. He just sighed.
Under the leadership of the bald government, they collectively missed their last chance to take back Jinling. The only thing that stood out was that the Gui Faction had made a name for themselves.
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