Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

"You kid really gave me a big problem." Liao Lei smiled bitterly.

After all, he is a well-known army group commander, so his relationship in the army is naturally good.

He was also familiar with Song Xilian of the 36th Division guarding Xiaguan, but the problem was, would they agree if he told others about this?

"Commander, you know what I told you before. It's time to make a decision."

Gu Changfeng was really anxious at this moment. Liao Lei was taking a long time to respond. Wasn't this just a waste of time?

Liao Lei gritted his teeth and was about to agree when Liu Quan's anxious voice came from outside the door.

When he opened the door, Liu Quan looked anxious, obviously something big had happened.

When Gu Changfeng saw Liu Quan like this, he immediately understood.

At this point in the battle, Baldy's strategic goal has been achieved.

The city of Jinling was destined to be lost, and further fighting would be a waste of manpower, so the order to retreat was inevitable.

"Commander-in-Chief, Commander Tang has conveyed the Chairman's telegram ordering immediate withdrawal. He has just distributed the plan to all units."

"Our people have reported that the headquarters is now packing up and destroying important documents."

As Gu Changfeng had guessed, Liu Quan started talking about the retreat.

"Is Commander Tang Shengzhi crazy to issue a retreat order at this time?"

Liao Lei cursed angrily.

He really didn't understand how Tang Shengzhi could be the commander. Wasn't this putting hundreds of thousands of soldiers in dire straits?

"What does the plan say?" Liao Lei's face flushed red, and he was obviously very angry.

Liu Quan said, "The headquarters plan states that each unit will break out from the front, and a small number of personnel can evacuate from Xiaguan by crossing the river with the garrison headquarters."

"Humph! That's bullshit. The armies are completely disconnected. How can we break through head-on?"

Liao Lei snorted coldly, completely unimpressed by the order.

Gu Changfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Commander, don't you know how afraid of death those people are?"

"Once this order is issued, the armies will surely be in chaos, and the soldiers will have no intention of fighting the Japanese. We must make some preparations."

Liao Lei said angrily: "What preparations are you making? The order to retreat has already been issued. There's no point in making any preparations at this point."

Gu Changfeng denied it, "With your connections in the military, you could unite some people to protect the streets leading to Xiaguan, and perhaps evacuate more civilians."

Liao Lei said directly: "How can we care about the people at this time? If you want to, go and save them yourself."

As he said that, he prepared to go out.

Now everyone is busy with their own affairs, so how could he be willing to save the people? The first thing he should do is to lead his troops to escape.

Gu Changfeng opened his mouth but still couldn't say anything.

At this point, Liao Lei's selfishness was clearly revealed, and no matter how much he said, it would be useless if it didn't benefit him.

"Forget it, I'll have to rely on myself!" Gu Changfeng sighed in his heart and went straight back to the camp.

Since the retreat order has been issued, Liao Lei's role has become dispensable and unimportant.

Next, he directly called the chief officers of each company and platoon to prepare for a meeting to arrange follow-up matters.

Half an hour later, Gu Changfeng spoke first: "The headquarters has just issued an order for all units to evacuate Jinling. Please share your opinions."

Huang Zhengkui got furious when he heard this and said angrily:

"Are the higher-ups all idiots? There aren't any boats on the river except ours. How the hell are we supposed to evacuate?"

"These people don't care about the lives of ordinary soldiers!"

"At this time, how could the upper echelons see ordinary soldiers?" Wu Mazi said sarcastically.

He has experienced far more battlefields than those present here, and has long had a thorough understanding of the upper echelons.

If he didn't still have the passion to defend his country, he would never have come out to fight the Japanese.

"Okay, no more nonsense, let's talk about the next arrangements."

Seeing that Deng Wu and Luo Xiong wanted to talk, Gu Changfeng stopped them directly.

It has already happened, there is no point in talking so much nonsense.

Zhou Qianli said, "Changfeng, just give the order directly. The brothers will listen to you. None of our subordinates are cowards."

Gu Changfeng nodded, stood up and ordered, "Xiaowu, lead the special forces team to meet up with Dazhuang now and arrest Tang Shengzhi for me."

"Isn't he planning to run away? I'll let him stay in Jinling City and be buried with me. If they dare to resist, I'll kill them right there."

"Take the three anti-aircraft machine guns with you. Make sure nothing goes wrong. Meet directly at Pukou after you capture them."

In this situation, there is no need to think about street fighting because there are simply not enough weapons and ammunition.

"Yes, Commander Gu." Xiao Wu agreed and walked out of the room directly.

"Old Zhou, while the Japanese haven't reacted yet, immediately organize the brothers from each company to evacuate the civilians and contact Zhao Chong to prepare for support."

Seeing that Gu Changfeng still insisted, Zhao Ziqing couldn't help but say:

"How many people can we evacuate like this? And what if there are deserters who seize the boats along the way? What will we do?"

Gu Changfeng knew very well how difficult this matter was, but he had no choice. He had to save the person, otherwise he would not be able to get over it.

"Every bit we can save is a bit. Everyone knows how brutal the Japanese are. If the people stay in Nanjing, they will surely die!"

Zhao Ziqing was speechless, shook his head and shut his mouth.

"Alright, if there's nothing else, let's take action. Tell the brothers that I, Gu Changfeng, will definitely take everyone away from Jinling. Don't panic, brothers."

Gu Changfeng was really afraid that there would be trouble among his subordinates, so he added a sentence to reassure the troops.

Huang Zhengkui heard this and said seriously: "Changfeng, our brothers have killed so many Japanese devils and are not afraid of death. You can rest assured about this."

.........

In Jinling City, as the news of the evacuation spread, various situations emerged.

Some army commanders and division commanders went straight to Xiaguan Wharf after the meeting, completely ignoring the evacuation of their own troops.

Some commanders even left their troops and went to Shimonoseki on their own after informing their staff of the relevant information.

This behavior will undoubtedly bring greater difficulties to the retreat work.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Gu Changfeng. If nothing unexpected happens, his 500 ships can easily transport all his subordinates.

Da da da.

A volley of bullets fired into the air. Huang Zhengkui looked ferocious and shouted loudly at the chaotic scene.

"Keep the fuck down, anyone who dares to disobey orders will be killed."

The scene instantly became quiet, and thousands of people stopped moving, fearing that they would anger the bearded officer.

"Alright, I'm saving you guys, just follow the team."

After Huang Zhengkui finished shouting, he led his team towards Pukou.

As each company led its team to Pukou, the people of Jinling were shocked and followed the team spontaneously.

At this point, since there is hope of survival, the people are naturally not stupid.

The soldiers of each company did not take it seriously. As long as there was no chaos, they would not pay any attention. They had to rescue them anyway, so it didn’t matter who they rescued…