flstandardbreds Chapter 149: The power seizure begins
Chapter 149: The power seizure begins
149 The power seizure begins
On December 10, the Japanese threw a letter of surrender into the city of Nanjing.
Ye Qingshan was holding a letter of surrender from the Japanese in his hand and couldn't help but sneer.
Fortunately, at this time, the determination of the national army to fight was still very firm.
Even at this time, the National Army had lost all positions outside the city of Nanjing.
The entire army has retreated into the city and is fighting relying on the city walls, but the national army has not given up its resistance.
Boom boom boom!
Half a day later, rumbling sounds of artillery fire were suddenly heard from the direction of Guanghua Gate.
Ye Qingshan was still organizing the veterans in the city, breaking up the organization, and redividing them into combat teams in preparation for the street fighting when the Japanese invaders entered the city.
Hearing the sudden sound of artillery fire, he couldn't help but look up and said, "The devil's heavy artillery?
It is the direction of Guanghua Gate.
So, the Japs' general offensive has begun."
"In that case, that old villain Tang Shengzhi is about to escape.
It seems that it is time to start my plan. "
Ye Qingshan then picked up the phone and called Sun Mingxu.
"Old Sun, from now on, notify Zhou Pingkou, Lu Dahai and the others.
Have all of them be on call 24 hours a day and obey my orders at any time.
If you encounter a mission assigned by the headquarters on the way.
All find excuses to procrastinate.
Don't ask any more questions, just follow my orders.
By the way, send people to Guanghua Gate to teach the 88th Division that is already defending Zhonghua Gate and Yuhuatai.
Send them all a batch of bazookas."
Ye Qingshan knew that from the 10th to the 12th, the Japanese focused their attacks on Guanghua Gate, which was easy to attack, and Yuhuatai, a strategic location.
During these three days, the Teaching Corps and the remaining remnants of the 88th Division relied on the city walls of Guanghua Gate and the terrain of Yuhuatai.
We fought a bloody battle with the attacking Japanese for three days and paid a huge price.
Almost all the last elite troops were killed.
The attacking Japanese also paid a heavy price. According to the Japanese records alone, more than 7,000 people were killed or wounded.
Although Ye Qingshan knew that Guanghua Gate and Yuhuatai would not be able to be defended in the end.
Therefore, the focus of Ye Qingshan’s preparatory work will now be placed in the city and on the future street fighting with the Japanese.
However, Ye Qingshan still hopes that the Teaching Corps and the 88th Division can hold on a little longer.
The fewer casualties, the greater the casualties inflicted on the Japanese.
In this way, Ye Qingshan's preparations in the city can be more sufficient.
Therefore, Ye Qingshan must support them no matter what.
Snapped!
Ye Qingshan hung up the phone, then picked it up again and called another person.
"Brother Ning, how is the situation over there?
Well, everything is normal at the headquarters, right?
Okay, don't forget our agreement."
After Ye Qingshan finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
Afterwards, Ye Qingshan also accelerated his deployment in the city.
"All combat teams should be seven to ten people strong, and each combat team should be equipped with two submachine guns, one machine gun, one bazooka, and multiple grenades.
After the Japanese invaders break into the city, when you fight them in street battles, you must pay attention to these..."
Ye Qingshan gathered together his subordinates, a group of veteran combat backbones.
They were divided into new combat organizations and the fighting methods of street fighting were explained to them.
"As for the militia, let them go into battle in batches.
At that time, we will arrange them to areas where the fighting intensity is not high to allow them to adapt first..."
After arranging all these, Ye Qingshan received the second batch of supplies sent by Chang'an in Xiaguan on the night of the 10th.
In addition to 3,000 old water bottles, this batch of supplies also included a batch of penicillin and a batch of small machines.
"Master Yan, I got you all the tools you asked for."
Ye Qingshan sent these machines and tools to the underground arsenal where Old Yan was at the time.
That’s right. Before Ye Qingshan, after Yan Lao and his men were transferred, the underground tunnels dug by Zhao Donghai and his men became larger and larger.
Even water and electricity have been initially supplied.
So, Ye Qingshan arranged for Yan Lao and his team to move all their machine tools and equipment underground.
A small arsenal was established.
This small arsenal can now not only manufacture bazookas and rockets, but also bullets and grenades.
In order to prevent the Japanese from breaking into the city, the last transportation line in Jinling was cut off.
Ye Qingshan once again asked Chang An to buy a batch of small military machines and tools.
With these tools, Yan Lao and his team can rub the bullets by hand, even when there is no electricity, the only difference is that the speed will be slower.
Ye Qingshan did this because he was naturally worried about the problem of insufficient ammunition after the subsequent stalemate with the Japanese in the city.
“Okay, we have these tools.
If you give me more manpower, the production rate of bullets and rockets here will be increased quickly."
When Mr. Yan saw those familiar tools, he also smiled.
“Manpower is no problem. Right now, the last thing that is lacking in Jinling City is manpower.
Tonight, I will arrange for 500 young men to come down and let them listen to your instructions."
"Too much. I don't need so much."
When Mr. Yan heard this, he quickly waved his hand.
"It doesn't matter if there are more. First, teach them how to rub the bullets by hand. I will find a way to get you more tools later.
The production of bullets cannot stop at any time.
The more of that stuff, the better."
"Okay, General Ye, I'll listen to you.
You guys are fighting the Japs up there, so be careful."
On the 11th, all the city gates around Jinling City were attacked by the Japanese.
Even Zhou Pingkou, Sun Mingxu and others received defensive tasks assigned to them by the headquarters.
At this moment, everything is still extremely normal.
The national army soldiers on the front line had no intention of retreating at all.
They had fought the Japanese till the last man.
However, only Ye Qingshan knew that all this would take a shocking turn tomorrow evening.
When these frontline soldiers of the National Army were preparing to fight to the death.
Their commander-in-chief would suddenly give the order to retreat, and then escape alone by boat across the river.
Hundreds of thousands of national army soldiers who were fighting hard with the Japanese invaders, as well as hundreds of thousands of civilians in the city, were left behind and ignored.
The tragic fate of the remnants of the National Army and hundreds of thousands of civilians in Jinling City also began from that time.
In later generations, some people said that Tang Shengzhi did this because he was instructed by the principal.
Ye Qingshan felt that that was totally unacceptable.
If the principal asked Tang Shengzhi to order a retreat, it must be for the hundreds of thousands of veterans of the National Army.
They must want to preserve their strength, which makes sense.
If Tang Shengzhi had ordered a retreat, he could have calmly commanded the remaining remnants of the Nationalist Army to break out and save as many Nationalist Army troops as possible.
This seems to be what the principal instructed.
However, after hastily issuing a retreat order, Tang Shengzhi completely ignored the remaining national army soldiers and secretly crossed the river alone to escape.
In the end, he was saved, but hundreds of thousands of national army soldiers suffered a miserable fate.
If this is directed by the principal, then it is totally out of line.
Tang Shengzhi alone is more important than hundreds of thousands of troops. Could it be that Tang Shengzhi is the principal's illegitimate son?
Therefore, Ye Qingshan does not believe this statement made by later generations.
As for why Tang Shengzhi would suddenly order a retreat and then escape alone tomorrow evening.
Ye Qingshan estimated that the National Army on the front line suffered a series of defeats. Even the elite 88th Division and the Training Corps were about to be wiped out, and the Japanese had already broken into the city.
This caused the commander-in-chief to suffer a complete mental breakdown and he no longer held any hope of winning this battle.
That's why I made such a ridiculous decision.
But these are not important to Ye Qingshan at this moment.
Anyway, he would never allow Tang Shengzhi's escape to happen again this time.
To stop this, the only effective way Ye Qingshan can think of is: seize power!
On the evening of the 11th, Ye Qingshan was in the camp outside Taiping Gate, surrounded by eight hundred elite veterans.
Most of these veterans were his direct subordinates. They had followed Ye Qingshan all the way and their loyalty to him was absolutely without a doubt.
"Everyone, tomorrow I will take you to do something big.
The power grab begins!"