The war had yet to break out, but the dark clouds of war had already shrouded Jin Ling City. The Japanese fighter jets flew over Jin Ling City from time to time, as if they were investigating the situation of the Congress army.
However, all of this did not have much to do with Tang Mengxiao.
This was because he didn't have any real power as the commander of the Jinling garrison.
At least for now, it was impossible for him to mobilize the army in Jin Ling City, because they only listened to the chairman.
In history, we only know that the defense of Jinling was led by Tang Mengxiao and Xiao Shan Ling.
But in fact, this was only the final stage of the battle. The propaganda of the bandits was the most confusing. Such people could not be allowed to do as they pleased. If they defended their own territory, they could not let them continue to turn red. They would kill anyone they saw! We must strictly abide by the chairman's instructions
The entire defense of Jinling lasted for about 12 days. In the first eight days, the actual commander was the chairman. On December 9th, the chairman flew out of Jinling, and the command fell into Tang Mengxiao's hands.
Before this, Tang Mengxiao was just a puppet. He didn't have much power in his hands.
He was probably the only one in history who destroyed the ships crossing the river to show his determination to live and die with Jinling. However, this incident also destroyed the escape route of hundreds of thousands of people in the city, which was not glorious.
Therefore, Tang Mengxiao was currently fuming in his own headquarters.
Nominally, he was the commander of Jinling's garrison and the commander in charge of the defense of Jinling. In fact, he was just a puppet.
The deployment of the troops for the defense of Jinling had already been decided by the chairman, so it was not his turn to interfere.
As for the mobilization of troops, the generals below only listened to the orders of the chairman. For Tang Mengxiao, the former leader of the Xiang army, the current commander of the Jinling garrison was like an invisible person.
Now, Tang Mengxiao had also reacted. He was sitting in his office, angry.
Xiao Shan Ling, Deputy Commander of the Jinling Garrison, Commander of the Military Police, Director of the Jinling Police Department, Acting Chairman of Jinling City! During this period, Xiao Shan Ling concurrently held six positions.
"Meng Xiao, why are you sighing here? I asked you to gather 5,000 soldiers for Zhang Wenbin, and you're not going to do it? Be careful that the board of appointment falls on you.”
Xiao Shan Ling and Tang Mengxiao both graduated from Baoding Military Academy, but they were not in the same batch. Xiao Shan Ling graduated from the third batch of Baoding Military Academy.
Tang Mengxiao graduated from Baoding Military Academy. Strictly speaking, he graduated from the fifth batch. In fact, he graduated with the eighth batch of students because something else happened in between. However, there was no need to say much about these things. They were things that had nothing to do with this place. Those who were interested could go to the library to look for information. Try to read less of the things on the internet, some of them are nonsense from the media.
However, it could be said that the two of them were from the same sect, so their relationship was very good.
Tang Mengxiao glanced at Xiao Shan Ling and said helplessly,""So be it! I originally thought that I could be a block of wood for once, but who knew that in the end, I would still be a whip.”
Xiao Shanling knew what he meant. He originally thought that he could wave the baton and command the army to fight against the Japanese. Who knew that in the end, he would still become the horsewhip on the surface. It seemed that he could command the army, but in fact, without someone holding the horsewhip, he could not even command a horse.
Xiao Shan Ling took out a cigarette and lit it for himself. After taking a slow puff, he said,"Meng Xiao! I've seen the defense plan drawn up by the military and political department.
There were two main stages. The first phase was the defensive evacuation phase. There were more than 300,000 soldiers who had retreated from the Songhu battlefield, and this was the army from the Songhu battlefield. However, on the way from Shanghai to Jinling, there were still many local troops or reinforcements who had retreated into Jinling without knowing what was going on.
There were hundreds of thousands of soldiers in total, and it was impossible for him to give up on them. Therefore, they had to evacuate the army and the remaining supplies in Jinling.
At the same time, this stage was also a clear proof to the people that the party and state were determined to resist. The second stage was to give up on Jinling.
However, the time frame for this stage was very vague, but there was not much of a problem with the plan. However, I can guarantee that you won't be staying in Jinling forever.
After the first phase of the mission was completed, he would probably leave Jinling. After all, he had already decided to trade space for time.
So Meng Xiao, just wait! After you leave Jinling, it will be your turn to command the army.”
Xiao Shan Ling actually had some things he did not say. Among the many troops that had been withdrawn from the front line, many of them were under the chairman's direct command, and there were even German Machinists.
How could the chairman give him command of such an army? That was the chairman's precious treasure!
It was impossible for ordinary people to enter such a unit.
"Humph! Wait? Forget it! He could only blame himself for not seeing the situation clearly back then and jumping out rashly.”
Tang Mengxiao was also regretting now. When he saw that no one else had stepped forward to take over the command of the Jinling garrison, he thought that those people were afraid of death. Who knew that those people had already seen through it?
The commander of the Jinling garrison was a puppet for the chairman.
"Right! Meng Xiao, are you going to give Zhang Wenbin's 5,000 defeated soldiers? This was an order from the chairman himself.”
Xiao Shan Ling thought of this question and looked at Tang Mengxiao seriously.
"Humph! Here! Of course! However, I'm busy with military affairs now, and the war is imminent. Where would I find the time to do this? Let him wait! We'll talk about it after this battle."
Tang Mengxiao snorted coldly. He did not have a good impression of Zhang Wenbin, who dared to talk back to him, an army general. If not for Zhang Wenbin's deep background, he would have long wanted to kill Zhang Wenbin.
"Commander, Colonel Zhang Wenbin of the 88th Division of the 72nd Division is waiting in the command hall of the headquarters. He said that he has urgent military matters and wants to see the commander!”
At this moment, a guard pushed open Tang Mengxiao's office door and said.
"Emergency military affairs? Humph! Wasn't it just 5,000 soldiers? Go tell him to wait for a while. I will go see him after I am done with military affairs.”
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"Regiment Commander Zhang, Commander Tang is dealing with military affairs. He doesn't have time for the time being. The commander asked you to wait in the command hall for a moment.”
A guard left after saying this to Zhang Wenbin, but Zhang Wenbin narrowed his eyes.
"Military matters to deal with?"
Zhang Wenbin's lips curled up. Tang Mengxiao had no business handling military affairs. The chairman had not left Jinling yet!
How could he, a big shot of the Xiang Army, handle the military affairs of Jinling?
"Tell Commander Tang that he doesn't need to worry about the troops of the First Regiment. Since Commander Tang is busy with military affairs, I won't give him any trouble.
I'll settle this matter myself."
After Zhang Wenbin finished speaking, he turned around and left. Wasn't it just the source of soldiers?
There were too many soldiers in Jin Ling City to count. The barracks in the city were full, and there were countless soldiers wandering on the streets.
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