Chapter 2
Wang Yiqiu had also guessed the third purpose of Zhang Wenbin using this new establishment, which was to train more officers.
Whether it was the platoon leader, the two platoon leaders, or the two deputy company commanders.
In terms of the structure of the army, having so many adjutants would cause the army to be overly bloated. In times of peace, the result of doing so was very likely to cause the combat effectiveness of the army to decrease. As for why, there were too many adjutants.
However, in times of war, the effect of having so many adjutants was that when the military chief died, there would still be adjutants taking over the troops.
For example, two deputy company commanders, plus the company commander, three officers. If the company commander died, there would still be two deputy company commanders.
It was impossible for all three company commanders to die, right?
If such a situation really happened, then how anxious was the war? How tragic was the war?
In such an army, as long as a deputy company commander survived and took over the army, he would not be able to destroy or drag it down because there would always be officers taking over the army.
There was another important reason, which was to expand the army!
Zhang Wenbin had set up so many adjutants in the army. Even the supplementary class had two deputy class leaders. In this situation, as long as Zhang Wenbin expanded the army, he could immediately pull out a complete set of personnel.
These deputy squad leaders would be promoted to squad leaders, deputy platoon leaders to platoon leaders, and even company commanders.
He could pull out two sets of structures. As long as he had the source of soldiers, he could expand the army at any time.
This was the benefit of this plan. They would no longer suffer from the lack of officers in the expansion of the army.
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After a while, Zhang Wenbin looked at them and smiled."Have you finished reading? After reading it, he went down to adjust the establishment. I'll give you one day. Before noon tomorrow, all the battalions and platoons had to be adjusted to the new formation.
The weapons and ammunition had to be changed immediately. They had to complete the adjustments before noon tomorrow. Training began in the afternoon. All the troops were familiar with the performance of the weapons.”
Although the soldiers played with guns, they would be familiar with any gun in their hands very quickly. However, you still had to touch it and familiarize yourself with it.
Otherwise, their combat strength would be greatly reduced on the battlefield!
Wang Yiqiu and the others stood up and left after saluting. They did not ask about the source of the weapons and equipment, nor did they have the mood to ask.
She believed Zhang Wenbin's words without a doubt. Zhang's family was very powerful! How could these middle-rank and low-rank officers know about it? In their eyes, it was not a big deal for the old Zhang family to get a batch of weapons and equipment!
Seeing them file out of his regiment headquarters, Zhang Wenbin had a faint worry on his face.
"Sigh! There were still a few days left. Hopefully, he could make it in time!”
Zhang Wenbin said in a low voice. There were less than five days before the fall of Jinling City. He remembered that it was on the night of December 12th, early morning of December 13th, when Jinling City was breached by the Japanese.
It was now the afternoon of the 8th. He could only hope that the defenders at the front line could hold on and hold on.
Time slowly passed. On December 9th, Zhang Wenbin was training his troops. The battle at the front line was still intense.
On the morning of December 10th, the Tang Mountain position was finally lost. However, what made Zhang Wenbin feel a little relieved was that the Qixia Mountain position was as strong as it had been in history. Until now, the Qixia Mountain position that the 88th and 87th divisions mainly defended was still unbreakable. The Japanese took turns to send out land aerial bombardment, but they still could not break through the Qixia Mountain position.
The brothers of the German Machinists had defended it!
However, on the afternoon of the 10th, Chunhua and Jiangning fell, and the defense line in the south of Jinling was forced to retreat to Yuhuatai.
At the same time, Meishan and Banqiao were also lost, and the national army had no choice but to retreat to Dashi Lake.
On the evening of the 10th, the entire outer defense line of the Jinling defense battle had fallen. Only the Qixia Mountain position was still in the hands of the national army. The other places were already held by the city walls.
On the afternoon of the 11th, Zhang Wenbin led the army into the city again and began to build a camp in the northern part of Jinling.
Zhang Wenbin knew that he couldn't fight the Japanese outside the city. Whether it was the Japanese's aerial vehicles or their 75mm field cannons, they told him that he couldn't fight in the wild.
Only in street battles could they weaken the Japanese's field artillery and aerial support to the greatest extent.
However, when Zhang Wenbin led the army into the city to build a defensive position, Sun Yuanliang, the flying general, reappeared his glorious deeds.
An hour and a half after Zhang Wenbin led his troops out of the military camp, Sun Yuanliang led an infantry regiment and withdrew from the Qixia Mountain position without authorization, leaving the other 72 units that were still fighting at the position.
He led his men to retreat in the direction of Xiaguan. The result of this matter was that the Qixia Mountain position was almost lost. Fortunately, the 87th division commander, Wang Jingjiu, stabilized the position and did not let the Qixia Mountain position fall.
Later, the commander of the 36th Division, Song Xilian, intercepted Sun Yuanliang in Xiaguan. Under the threat of the 36th Division's muzzle, Sun Yuanliang had no choice but to return to his position.
However, the impact of this incident was far more than that. The fact that Sun Yuanliang reappeared as General Fei caused the already shaky Jinling defense line to lose even more morale.
The generals above were about to run away, so how could the soldiers below still have the mood to fight?
As a result, some of the troops began to show signs of desertion. To put it in layman's terms, they slipped away!
But now, no one cared about these soldiers who were absent-minded, because the place was already in chaos.
Tang Mengxiao's military talent was indeed not that great. Just like the historical evaluation, he was a person who was too ambitious and had very little ability.
He had fantasized about defending Jinling, but the multiple deployment adjustments he made had put the defenders in a dilemma.
On the morning of the 12th, the area around the Great Stone Lake was lost, and the Rain Flower Terrace was also in danger.
At 10 pm on the 12th, the Japanese launched a night attack, just like in history.
After fighting for so long, the Japanese couldn't wait any longer. They didn't want to drag it out any longer.
At 1:30 am on the 13th, the Japanese launched a full-scale night attack. At 2 am, Jinling's Tianchao Gate fell, and the gates of Jinling City were opened.
At 4:30 pm, Sun Yuanliang, who had received news of the fall of Jin Ling City, immediately led his troops to abandon Qixia Mountain, leaving the 87th Division alone.
After that, Wang Jingjiu had no choice but to abandon his position and retreat into the city.
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Light kept flashing in the dark night. Zhang Wenbin stood on a roof and looked at the light that kept flashing in the distance. He could not help but take a deep breath.
"Guild Leader, the city has been breached!"
Wu Deshui stood beside Zhang Wenbin and said softly.
"Yes, I am! The city was broken. Tang Mengxiao had already left Jinling by plane this afternoon.”
When Zhang Wenbin said this, he could not help but sneer."What an idiot! The arrangements made by the chairman were not bad. Before the 8th, there was not much leisure in the various positions. However, Tang Mengxiao made a series of changes after he took over, causing Jinling to fall less than a week after the chairman left.”
Wu Deshui did not reply. Zhang Wenbin was not afraid of Tang Mengxiao, but he, Wu Deshui, had no background. He was just a big soldier.
"Guild Leader, what should we do now?”
"Wait! Wait for the Japanese to enter the city!"
When Zhang Wenbin said this, the corner of his mouth curled up into a cold smile. Although he wasn't very clear about many things about the defense of Jinling, he remembered one thing very clearly.
When the Japanese attacked Jin Ling City, they did not have much ammunition left. At that time, the 6th division even shouted a slogan: If he didn't have enough energy, he would make up for it!
The reason they shouted this was because they were running out of ammunition, and their logistics could not keep up. They did not expect their division to advance so quickly.
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