I am Jiang Weiguo in World War II

"More than 5000 people?" Chiang Kai-shek's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Father too little?" Jiang Weiguo looked at Chiang Kai-shek with a smile.

"No... too much! Too much!" Chiang Kai-shek was very excited, his voice trembled, and his eyes were slightly moist.

Jiang Weiguo smiled, but his expression was solemn. He was as excited and touched as Chiang Kai-shek, and he was even more proud and proud of the loyalty and fearlessness of these Chinese soldiers: "Father! We can win! Not only win this battle Battle, and you will win this war! Look, your army has not let you down! We have so many loyal and brave soldiers, what are we afraid of? In fact, there are far more than 5000 people who are willing to stay, In fact, it was more than 12, but our requirements are very strict. We only need veterans who have been on the battlefield and have actual combat experience, so 4 to [-] people were eliminated. Many troops stayed in the entire regiment and camp.

Father, we can win! "

"That's right, that's right..." Chiang Kai-shek couldn't help the excitement in his heart.

In times of crisis, you can show your true qualities as a man; in times of national crisis, you can show your true qualities as a soldier!

Zhang Yun was originally the deputy commander of the 128st Armored Company of the 1st Armored Battalion of the 1th Regiment. The 128th Regiment merged with the 918th Regiment, the 813th Regiment, the Independent 8th Cavalry Regiment, and the Independent 2nd Supplementary Brigade to become the 77th After the division, the 128th Regiment was expanded into the 772nd Infantry Brigade, and Zhang Yun became the company commander, but it was only an infantry company, not an armored company, because the tanks and armored vehicles of the 918th and 128th Regiments were exhausted. The regiment was originally an armored infantry regiment, but now it is the 918th mechanized infantry regiment of the 771st infantry brigade. The 918th regiment was originally a mechanized infantry regiment, but now it is the 128th motorized infantry regiment of the 772nd infantry brigade. A mechanized and motorized force.

Zhang Yun recalled afterwards: "...After the formation of the 77th Division, the brothers were all full of ambition, let go of their efforts, and recruited troops everywhere. Since the Second Young Master Jiang was in our division, everyone wanted to mix with the Second Young Master Jiang, so our division was short-lived. It reached [-] people in just a few days.

That night, Brigadier Zheng ordered more than [-] people from the entire brigade to gather because Jiang Weiguo had come.

We looked at Jiang Weiguo with a bandage on his head in amazement. He glanced at us, then waved his hand and gave the order to 'distribute money, and each person will be paid two months' military pay'.

We were all taken aback, first of all we were pleasantly surprised, so good?Sure enough, there is a future with the Second Young Master Jiang!But immediately, we were in a bad mood, why are you so kind to us?Are you going to fight another battle?It is estimated that nine out of ten are yes.

The quartermaster began to pay us military pay. Ordinary privates paid seven yuan a month for military pay, so I paid 14 yuan. I am a captain and company commander, and my monthly military pay is 50 yuan, so I paid [-] yuan (the military pay figures here are all discounted. national distress pay).

After distributing the money, Jiang Weiguo picked up a loudspeaker and began to speak, seeing us who were discussing and confused, and said:

'brothers!The Japanese are about to attack Nanjing!Nanjing is about to break out a very tragic fierce battle!And Nanjing is very likely to be completely surrounded by the Japanese army!In other words, those who participated in the defense of Nanjing were almost certain to die!Therefore, my father, Generalissimo Jiang, ordered that those who are willing to stay and defend Nanjing should stay, and those who do not want to stay can leave, and those who leave will not be punished.

Now, according to my father's order, I will pay each of you two monthly salaries, not only your 772 brigade, but also the 771 brigade, 773 brigade, cavalry regiment, artillery regiment, engineer regiment, and supply corps of the same division. Similarly, it also includes Huang Shizuo, Zhong Fuzuo and myself.

I am the chief of staff of the colonel division, 120 yuan a month, so I just got 240 yuan, Huang Shizuo is a lieutenant general, 160 yuan a month, so he just got 320 yuan, Zhong Zhongzuo is a major general, one Monthly [-] yuan, so he took [-] yuan.

Ok, now to the point.

Our division, those who are willing to stay to defend Nanjing and do not plan to leave Nanjing alive, stay, those who do not want to, take money, go to the garrison of General Xue Yue's 19th Army and join them, and then go with them to Su Yangzhou in the north.

It's eight o'clock in the evening, so everyone has a night to think about it.

I want to make a special statement that those who choose to leave are not cowards, they will not be ridiculed, and they will not be looked down upon. After all, ants are greedy for life, who doesn't want to live?In order to take care of the self-esteem and face of those who choose to leave, those who choose to go go to the garrison of the 19th Army Group at night, and the officers are not allowed to stop them. Anyone who dares to stop others from leaving will be severely punished!However, those who leave do not take their weapons with them.

Well, that's it!By the way, I would like to add that myself, Master Huang, Deputy Zhong, and you Zheng Luzuo have no choice to leave. Zheng Luzuo intends to invite me to visit the kiln at night. He is a major general, and his salary is 160 yuan a month. , Just took a full 320 yuan, very rich, isn't it his treat, is it my treat?And..." He paused, and said solemnly, "My father, Chairman Jiang, didn't leave either. He said he would never leave Nanjing. He said that his Huangpu students and his citizens The soldiers of the Revolutionary Army will protect him.

My father is a general, 240 yuan a month, and 480 yuan was given to my mother.

'

After saying these words, Jiang Weiguo turned around and left, hooked shoulders with Brigadier Zheng Dongguo, chatted and laughed, judging by their appearance, they probably really went to a kiln to drink flower wine at night.

Soldiers, they live and die in the morning and evening, so they are naturally drunk, and their lives will be gone at any time, so why do you care so much?If you have a lot of money in your hand, you must hurry up to eat meat, drink and play with women.

More than 6000 brothers in the whole brigade stood motionless, and many of them were in a daze. We didn't adjourn the meeting until the regimental and battalion commanders ordered the disbandment.

My mind was also confused, but I quickly understood what Jiang Weiguo meant. After returning to the company dormitory, I fell asleep, but all the brothers from the company came to me, one by one: "Company commander ,What exactly is going on? ''Company commander, can we go? ''The chairman allows us to go?Who will stay to defend Nanjing? ''Company commander, can you go by yourself? '

'Shut up for me!Don't bother me to sleep! I yelled, people who have just returned from the battlefield will have extremely nervous nerves, and even some neurasthenia. I haven't had a solid sleep for several days, and I woke up from a nightmare when I closed my eyes, dreaming of those dead brothers.

The brothers all kept their mouths shut, and the second platoon leader asked me cautiously: 'Company commander, are you going or not? '

I yawned: "Don't go, whoever wants to go can go, Jiang Weiguo said, I have no right to stop it, but those who leave don't take weapons with them, the brothers who stay to defend Nanjing need weapons."

'

Throughout the night, I seemed to be asleep, and I seemed to be awake all the time, but my mind was very chaotic, as if I was thinking about everything but not thinking about anything.

At five o'clock in the morning, I couldn't help but get up. I wanted to know how many of my 170 five brothers (actually not yet full) left and how many stayed.

I was very worried that I would find that I was the only one in the whole company when I got up, but as soon as I opened the door, I realized that I was worrying too much. Four platoon leaders and their brothers from each platoon stood outside the door of my dormitory.

After I took a rough look, my heart was beating wildly, and I found that most of the people in the whole company should have stayed.

'Company commander! The leader of the fourth platoon said with shame on his face, "There are quite a few people in the first, second and third platoons, but my platoon is missing five people. I... I am not a good platoon leader!" '

I smiled and punched the leader of the fourth row: "Don't be so fucking hypocritical with me!"There are only five people less in a row!enough!enough! '

The fourth platoon leader hurriedly said: "Those five bastards still have a conscience, and they didn't take away their weapons."

'

At this moment, someone shouted: "Didn't Huang Xiaosan and the others leave?"Why are you back again? '

We looked together and saw five soldiers walking back in panic, they were the five missing in the fourth row.

The leader of the fourth platoon ran up quickly, kicked the leader over, and cursed at the same time: "Didn't you run away?"Why are you back again?Conscience discovered? The soldier said with a bitter face, "We didn't run away!"Didn't you send money?We sneaked into town looking for girls...Damn it! ' He suddenly said bitterly, 'every kiln is full of people!We queued for over five hours!He also got into a fight with the brothers who came to find the girl like the 99th division!Those grandchildren!Next time I see them being beaten by devils, I will definitely not save them! '

Four rows of long fists and kicks: 'Damn it!I thought you guys ran away!There are no cowards in the first, second and third rows, but I don't want my four rows of cowards! He cursed and suddenly started crying again. We laughed, but we also shed tears when we laughed.

My tears couldn't stop falling, and I asked the brothers: 'Why don't you leave? ’ The brothers said: ‘Didn’t the company commander leave?We are just like you! 'I couldn't hold back my tears more and more:'Good brother!We died together in Nanjing, and there was still a company on Huangquan Road! 'The brothers were all teary-eyed.

…I later learned that of the 77 brothers in our 400th Division, less than [-] chose to leave!”

Since the 77th, 88th, 99th, and 100th divisions were ordered by Chiang Kai-shek to "not move for the time being", the screening method is different from other units. They all pay money first, and those who are willing to leave leave in the middle of the night, but the result is moving to tears. In total, only more than 1000 people left, and most of the officers and soldiers chose to stay.

The "85524 people" counted by Jiang Weiguo actually have to leave a lot of people, because these 5000 people include a large number of senior generals, such as He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Xu Yongchang, Cheng Qian and others. Resolutely not going", the purpose is obvious, to flatter and express loyalty.

For senior generals like He Yingqin, they must not leave. First of all, Chiang Kai-shek himself did not leave. Wherever they dare to leave, they would appear to be disloyal to Chiang Kai-shek. I thought, "Lao Jiang openly announced that he would stay in Nanjing, but he certainly would not joke about his life, so he must have a plan. Therefore, staying with him, life is actually very safe."

Since life will be guaranteed after staying, and they can also express and prove their "loyalty", He Yingqin and other high-level officials will naturally choose to stay, putting on an attitude of "living and dying with the chairman and the leader" Da Yi looks awe-inspiring.

Among the more than 5000 people who chose to stay, the higher the status, the more impure their thinking. He Yingqin and other people with the highest status are completely impure. As for the middle and senior military officers who chose to stay , more or less have their own small abacus, small ninety-nine, the vast majority of the most grassroots officers and soldiers are the real ones, who sincerely want to stay and swear to live and die with Nanjing.

In other words, among those who choose to stay in Nanjing, the higher the status, the less thoughtful they are, and the lower the status, the purer their thoughts.

So many generals, officers and soldiers chose to stay. The first "hero" was Chiang Kai-shek, and the second "hero" was Jiang Weiguo. Seeing that the supreme leader and the son of the supreme leader stayed, most of the officers and soldiers of the national army were deeply motivated, encouraged, Stimulated, and then one after another chose to stay.

For He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Xu Yongchang, Cheng Qian and other high-level officials, Chiang Kai-shek definitely wanted to "persuade them and even order them to leave".

Chiang Kai-shek personally met He Yingqin and other high-level officials, and he was "very touched" and said, "I can stay alone, you have more important tasks." Next, we stay too!We are not leaving!We must live and die with you' and so on.

In the end, Chiang Kai-shek "ordered" He Yingqin and other high-level officials "must leave", and He Yingqin and other high-level officials "were forced to leave by the leader's order" and "teared farewell with extreme unbearable pain" (Chiang Kai-shek ordered them to leave, and naturally gave them a step down, Let them have sufficient reasons to leave Nanjing).

A few days later, He Yingqin and other high-level officials left Nanjing for Wuhan, where they set up the headquarters of the National Army Command.

The Nationalist Government was in Chongqing at this time, and the National Army Command was in Wuhan.

Chapter 241 Preparing for Nanjing (1)

The officers and soldiers of the national army who stayed to participate in the Battle of Nanjing were not only almost all veterans, but also almost all "dead soldiers". This kind of "dead soldiers" is what Xiao Yao called "dead soldiers". Tenacity is needless to say.

Such an unprecedented pioneering feat by the national army shocked people at home and abroad, and the German "Volksobserver" reported the following in a praising style:

"...the Japanese army is about to advance to Nanjing, the capital of China. Under such circumstances, according to common sense, the supreme commander of the Chinese army, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, should issue a series of stern orders, requiring his army and even intimidating his army to do everything in its power. Defend Nanjing, but Generalissimo Jiang took an unbelievable countermeasure. He ordered all the troops who retreated from Shanghai to Nanjing to leave Nanjing and go to northern Jiangsu Province, southern Anhui Province, and northern Zhejiang Province to rest and guard against Japan. The army attacked those places. In fact, it was necessary. The Chinese army had been fighting fiercely in Shanghai for two and a half months. , but not forced', and he also told his soldiers unabashedly, 'staying in Nanjing will be in great danger, and those who stay in Nanjing will most likely not leave Nanjing alive', he even said Announced that 'soldiers who leave Nanjing will not be punished, and those who stay in Nanjing will not be rewarded'.

We can put ourselves in the shoes and think about it, the hundreds of thousands of Chinese soldiers in Nanjing, why can't they leave?Staying is almost certain to die, and there is no reward, leaving, you can survive, and there is no penalty.

According to common sense, even if the Chinese soldiers in Nanjing do not leave cleanly, there will be very few people willing to stay, right?But the facts shocked us deeply. More than [-] or even more Chinese soldiers are willing to stay in Nanjing, which is doomed to die. The proportion is very high, which is unbelievably high. There is one who is willing to stay without hesitation.

We have to be moved to tears by the general spirit of Chinese soldiers who are brave enough to dedicate themselves to the country. The whole world underestimates Chinese soldiers!Yes, most of the Chinese soldiers are very low-educated, and many of them are even illiterate, but they are willing to die for the country just like that.

Why do Chinese soldiers who have basically never received higher education and were mostly farmers before joining the army behave like this?We are also puzzled. There may be only one reason that can be explained, and that is the innate patriotism of the Chinese people. However, why does this innate patriotism exist?We can only understand that China has such a long history that most ordinary Chinese have a sense of mission to this ancient land from birth.

…Touching things are constantly happening in this trend of 'voluntary decision to stay or stay'.

The 15th Group Army of the Chinese Army was ordered to go to northern Zhejiang. When the group army was in Nanjing, there were more than 1 people. When it left Nanjing, there were only more than [-] people, because the [-] people stayed and were on the way to northern Zhejiang. , the soldiers in the ranks continued to leave in pieces. A very small number of soldiers ran away, and most of the soldiers who left behind ran back to Nanjing.

General Luo Zhuoying, commander of the 15th Army Group, told our reporter that on average, his troops would leave a company every kilometer they traveled, and they all went back to Nanjing. A large number of soldiers decided to leave at first, but as they walked, they regretted it, so they went back up.

Some soldiers left alone in groups of three or four, while others left in rows, companies or even camps.

There was a platoon of 35 soldiers, 28 of them walked away, and seven soldiers continued to walk. As they walked, all seven soldiers suddenly burst into tears, and then they slapped themselves and kept scolding themselves, 'How could I do this? Useless?Brothers are all back!How can I still think about living on my own? ' Then they turned around and went back together.

After the company commander of a company asked the soldiers of the whole company, the soldiers of the whole company agreed to return to Nanjing. The company commander asked the battalion commander for instructions.Shall we go back to Nanjing?Continue to work hard with the Japanese!So many good brothers have gone back, shall we go back too? 'The whole battalion officers and soldiers shouted together'Go back to Nanjing!Back to Nanjing!Die and die together!Continue to be a brother after death! The battalion commander wiped his tears and said, "I don't want to die. I still have an old mother to support. My wife and children haven't seen me for a year. I think they are all crazy!"But, I am a soldier!Brothers, we are all soldiers!Chairman Jiang and his son are both in Nanjing!Why do we still think so much?Brothers who are willing to go back, go back with me, brothers who are not willing to go back, go by yourself!We won't blame you! At this time, there were still more than 400 soldiers in this battalion, and all of them returned to Nanjing.

Another battalion commander also planned to take the troops back to Nanjing. After learning about this, the regimental commander ordered the whole regiment to "keep three bullets for each person, and give them the rest of the bullets, as well as all the grenades, explosives, machine guns, and mortars." , the soldiers who returned to Nanjing and the soldiers who could not make up their mind to return to Nanjing cried one after another, and the soldiers who did not return to Nanjing cried one after another, saying, "Brothers, we are not as good as you." There was a lot of crying in the team. This battalion has more than 100 people The soldiers did not return to Nanjing, and they were all wounded soldiers. Looking at their comrades who turned back, the wounded soldiers burst into tears and kept saying things like, "Take care of yourself." Some wounded soldiers beat themselves desperately, Regret that he has been injured and cannot continue to fight with his companions.

...

The 8th Group Army of the Chinese Army is also going to go to northern Zhejiang. General Zhang Fakui, the commander of the group army, was interviewed by our reporter. He said that when his group army withdrew from Shanghai, there were still more than 8000 people. As a result, the only one who went with him to northern Zhejiang More than 2 people, most of whom were wounded, including lightly wounded, and 8000 people voluntarily went back to Nanjing.

With tears in his eyes, General Zhang Fakui said to our reporter, "I'm not sad, I'm proud. I'm proud that there are so many heroes in my subordinates!"I can't wait to take off my lieutenant general's uniform and return to Nanjing in my soldier's uniform.

I applied to stay in Nanjing many times, but the chairman of the committee disagreed. He said that northern Zhejiang needed me to strengthen the defense.

"In the ranks of the 8th Army, we saw a dozen soldiers returning from the direction of Nanjing, all of them were crying. When someone asked them what happened, the dozen or so very young soldiers cried and said:' We went to Nanjing, but Nanjing didn't want us, saying that we were not veterans. Our reporter asked in amazement, "How did they tell the difference?" These dozen or so young soldiers stretched out their hands: "They looked for calluses on our right index finger, we didn't have any."

After our reporter asked the chiefs of the dozen or so young soldiers, we learned that they were all natives of Shanghai and joined the army only after the Battle of Songhu broke out.

The Chinese army suffered 30 casualties on the Shanghai battlefield. Many troops were disabled and could not be replenished from the rear for a while. In addition, there were a large number of young and middle-aged people in Shanghai and near Shanghai who strongly demanded to join the army, so the troops were on the battlefield. They recruited soldiers on the spot, and this was the case for these dozen or so soldiers. They had just learned how to shoot and were about to enter the battlefield. They were very lucky to survive.

...

Our reporter met a regiment commander in the 5th Army of the Chinese Army. He was advancing with more than 500 wounded soldiers supporting each other. Our reporter asked him: 'Where is your army? The commander pointed to the more than 500 wounded soldiers: "That's all."

Our reporter was very surprised: 'There are only so few people? 'He nodded:'Yes!My regiment originally had more than 2000 brothers, but more than 1000 were lost on the battlefield, and more than 400 went to Nanjing, and these wounded soldiers are left'.

Our reporter met a group of Chinese soldiers marching towards Nanjing at the rear of the team. The reporter interviewed one of the majors leading the team: 'Are you going to Nanjing? The major nodded: "Of course."

’ The reporter asked: ‘Why are you going to Nanjing?Nanjing is very dangerous, and there is no reward for you to return to Nanjing.

The major suddenly became angry, and he pointed to his already dilapidated military uniform: "Foreign devils!see clearly!I am a soldier!It is only right for soldiers to fight to defend the country!Soldiers don't fight for money!That's a warlord!I'm a student of Whampoa!It is even more important to regard death as home!The principal (Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek) and the principal's son are both in Nanjing!How can I leave? '

Our reporter accidentally learned that such an incident happened in the 2nd Army of the Chinese Army. The army was ordered to go to northern Jiangsu and stationed in Yangzhou and Taizhou. There was a deputy commander in the army who was from Yangzhou, and he was eager to return home. He went home to meet his parents. His father was a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. He was very knowledgeable. After seeing his son come back, the old man was very happy, but a few days later, the old man was so angry that he took the newspaper to his son and asked him severely:' Why didn't you stay in Nanjing?Chairman Jiang and Chairman Jiang's son are both in Nanjing, but you actually ran away?There are so many people staying in Nanjing, why didn't you stay in Nanjing?You are simply not fit to be a soldier!You are embarrassing to our × family!The face of the ancestors of our × family has been lost by you!Get out of here!I don't have you, a deserter son! ’ The deputy head went back to Nanjing overnight in great fear.

… We are absolutely sure that every single Chinese soldier in Nanjing is ready to die for the country. The Chinese army in Nanjing is a formidable army of steel.

... "

留在南京的部队除了完全是中央军嫡系的第77、88、99、100师外，另外还有三个师，都是地方军，分别是：川军第145师、滇军第182师、桂军第170师。

Not only the central army is willing to die for the country, but also the local army, because both the local army and the central army are Chinese soldiers.

Of course, the situation of the local army is "more complicated" than that of the central army.

The Sichuan Army, the Yunnan Army, and the Guangxi Army did not directly obey Chiang Kai-shek's orders, but each had its own "lord". Although Liu Xiang, Long Yun, Lu Han, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi also had patriotic blood, after all...the The army is destined to die. "It's okay for Lao Jiang to fill in his own direct descendants of the Central Army, and he dragged us to fill in together. Isn't it equivalent to sending our local army to be buried with the Central Army?" Therefore, Sichuan Army, The commanders of the Yunnan Army and the Guangxi Army have some concerns.

Despite this, the general officers and soldiers of the local army and even the middle and high-level officers were deeply motivated and infected, and they asked to stay in Nanjing. It was not convenient for Liu Xiang, Long Yun, and Li Zongren to withdraw their troops from Nanjing. It is really ugly not to leave any troops, so the Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army, and Guangxi Army all left a division in Nanjing symbolically.

Among the original three divisions of the Sichuan Army in Nanjing, Guo Xunqi, the commander of the 144th Division, and Wang Mingzhang, the commander of the 122nd Division, both died for their country. The Ministry of Defense has prepared to "replenish" a large number of Central Army troops into these two divisions, so that these two divisions are still the Sichuan Army in name, but in fact they have been controlled by the Central Army. Two officers and soldiers were killed or injured in battle, but Rao Guohua said excitedly: "Our Sichuan army came out of Sichuan to fight the war, and to fight desperately! Otherwise, why should we go out of Sichuan? Just hide in Sichuan and be a coward! Since the battle is right in front of us, how can we do it?" Is there any reason to retreat in battle?" Both Chiang Kai-shek and Liu Xiang were greatly moved, and Liu Xiang ordered the Sichuan army to retreat, but left behind Rao Guohua's 145th Division, and added a large part of the veterans of the rest of the Sichuan Army to the 145th Division.

At present, the Dian Army only has the 182nd, 183, and 184 divisions in total, which are not large in scale. In addition, the Dian Army contributed a lot in the defense battle to save Nanjing, so Chiang Kai-shek did not weaken the Dian Army, and also allowed Long Yunbai to earn a lot of virtue. Weapons.

Of the three divisions of the Yunnan Army, the 182nd and 183rd Divisions have arrived in Nanjing, but the 183rd Division has not arrived. Because the defense of Nanjing has ended, the transport fleet will naturally not provide transportation for the 183rd Division.

The two divisions of the Dian Army in Nanjing also suffered heavy losses, and Gao Yinhuai, the commander of the 183rd Division, died heroically for the country in the battle of the Yangtze River. Therefore, according to the orders of Chiang Kai-shek and Long Yun, the 183rd Division left and the 182nd Division stayed. The 183rd Division added a large number of veterans to the 182nd Division.

The situation of the Guangxi Army is the same as that of the Sichuan Army and the Yunnan Army.

In fact, during the entire Songhu Battle, the Gui Army worked very hard. Its 21st Army was the main force of the Shanghai National Army, and the 11th Army that arrived later took on the heavy responsibility of ending the entire army.

Li Zongren ordered the 21th Division to be transferred from the 7th Army of the 170st Group Army of the Gui Army to stay in Nanjing. He also added a large number of veterans to the 170th Division from other units of the Gui Army.

The 145th Division of the Sichuan Army has about 4000 people, the 182nd Division of the Yunnan Army has about 4000 people, and the 170th Division of the Guangxi Army has about 5000 people. The three divisions stayed in Nanjing and fulfilled their bounden duties as the Chinese army. The 77th and 88th divisions fought side by side, and the more than 99 officers and soldiers of the three divisions, like the Central Army, made a voluntary decision to stay in Nanjing and "live and die with Nanjing."

The more than [-] officers and soldiers of the three divisions in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangxi plus the more than [-] officers and soldiers who have "voluntarily signed up" on the front line have also deducted a large number of people who must leave (high-level military officials like He Yingqin and their Adjutants, guards, etc.), plus the gendarmerie, the total strength of the Nanjing garrison is a total of [-].

When the Battle of Nanjing officially broke out, the 77th Division had more than 3 troops, the 88th and 99th Divisions both had 2 troops, and the 100th Division had 1.3 troops. The 145th Division of the Army, Nanjing has a total of seven divisions, and there is also a gendarmerie regiment (the original five gendarmerie regiments in Nanjing were combined and supplemented, totaling more than 182 gendarmerie).

These seven divisions are all independent divisions and do not belong to a certain army. The seven divisions and the Gendarmerie Regiment were directly organized into the "Nanjing Army" (the Gendarmerie regiment's designation was changed to "Nanjing Gendarmerie Regiment", and the head of the regiment is the National Gendarmerie Force Deputy Commander Xiao Shanling Major General), this is the first army in the history of the national army that does not use numbers as its designation. The army is directly under the Military Commission and the Nanjing Garrison Command. The commander is Chiang Kai-shek himself.