The snow was still falling, and a gust of cold wind was pouring out the snowflakes, drilling into Rao's neck.

Gu Zhenlong held the railing and stared at the direction of Xiaguan.

Since getting on the boat, Gu Zhenlong has been standing by the side of the boat, and it has been half a day.

Whoever persuades to beat whom.

After Fang Buwei got on the ship, he explained the itinerary to the several soldiers who drove the ship, but it happened to be nowhere.

After leaving the cockpit, Fang Buwei sighed and patted the snow on his body, taking the coat from Zhang Zhichang, who had a bruised face and put it on him.

"Get in, it's not too late to see it next time I come back!"

"Next time?" Gu Zhenlong said tremblingly, "I don't know if I can set foot on the land of Nanjing again in my lifetime..."

"Don't worry, I will definitely!" Fang Buwei replied firmly.

"Don't let my heart go!" Gu Zhenlong shook his head.

After a long time, Fang Buwei heard him say, "You, is this considered to be a fleeing without a fight?"

When the sound was wrong, Fang Buwei turned his head slightly and saw that tears flashed in Gu Zhenlong's eyes.

"I asked you to go back to Wuhan to recuperate. It was the military order of the commissioner. What does it have to do with fleeing without fighting?" Fang Buwei sighed.

Even though he knew the knot in Gu Zhenlong's heart, Fang Buwei didn't know how to persuade him.

Gu Zhenlong felt sorry for his 20,000 elite soldiers, and even more regretful of the military police order he formed.

Four days ago, on the night of November 18, after the Third Supreme Battle Conference was held at the Chairman's Office, the Chairman finally decided to mobilize troops to defend Nanjing.

In view of the difficulty of organizing and training the military police, the Chairman of the Communist Party of China was not easy to prevent the military police from being interrupted and so that the military police nationwide would not lose their mastery under any circumstances, so that the military police commander Gu Zhenlong led the remaining troops to move to Changsha every day.

This remaining unit refers to the remaining soldiers after the elite troops were drawn.

Chairman asked Gu Zhenlong to draw a total of 20,000 elite troops, led by Zhang Zhen, deputy commander of the military police, to assist the city defense force in defending Nanjing.

In addition to the military police force, the only ones that were in power that defended Nanjing were the 41st and 48th Divisions that returned from Hankou to aid.

The rest were all removed from Shanghai.

There were less than 30% of the veterans like the 87th and 88th Divisions. The rest of them were only replenished from the miscellaneous troops after retreating to Nanjing, and they had not even fired guns.

Such soldiers would be good if they didn't cover their ears when they heard the cannon.

Gu Zhenlong had already expected that his 20,000 elite soldiers would probably not survive.

Without elite soldiers, the military police can only really become a military police. What's the point of asking him to go to Changsha to continue to be the military commander?

Gu Zhenlong was already disheartened and his stomach became worse, so he asked the chairman to let him go to Wuhan to recuperate.

After the chairman agreed, he ordered Zhang Zhen, the former deputy commander of the military police, to temporarily serve as the military police commander, and led the remaining troops to Changsha. The Nanjing headquarters was handed over to the former chief of staff of the military police commander, and led by Xiao Shanling, the current deputy commander of the military police, to defend Nanjing.

"I know I can't do it but I insist on doing it? Tang Mengxiao, are you really stupid or fake..." Gu Zhenlong murmured.

Fang Buwei could guess what the Chairman was thinking, but he couldn't guess why Tang Shengzhi advocated defending Nanjing alone.

During the three meetings, only Tang Shengzhi advocated sticking, while the rest of the staff unanimously suggested abandoning.

But the Chairman just agreed to Tang Shengzhi's recommendation?

Fang Buwei didn't know the details of the third meeting, otherwise he could infer that Tang Shengzhi was actually fooled by the Chairman.

On November 12, the entire territory of Shanghai fell, and the Chairman held a meeting of the commander-in-chief. At that time, not many people participated.

There are only the Minister of Military Affairs, Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command, He Yingqin, Minister of Military Training, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Supreme Command, Xu Yongchang, Minister of Military Orders, and Liu Fei, Lieutenant General of the Operations Group of the Anti-Japanese War Base Camp.

The chairman asked these four people whether Nanjing was abandoning or defending. Bai Chongxi and Liu Fei agreed that it was not to defend, and He Yingqin and Xu Yongchang did not express their opinions.

On the 17th, the Chairman convened a second meeting, and this time, he added Tang Shengzhi, the Director of the Training Directorate, and Gu Zhenlong, the Commander of the Garrison District.

Bai Chongxi and Liu Fei insisted on the original proposal, Gu Zhenlong agreed, and He Yingqin and others did not express their opinions, but their attitude was self-evident.

Only Tang Shengzhi advocated sticking and said that he should fight with the enemy to the end.

As soon as Tang Shengzhi finished, the chairman praised him and asked him who was in charge.

Tang Shengzhi said that Gu Zhenlong, commander of the garrison, commander of the military police, deputy commander of the capital security, and commander of the teaching corps Gui Yongqing served as the commander-in-chief of the city defense commander.

Gu Zhenlong gritted his teeth in anger, and greeted Tang Shengzhi from top to bottom in his heart.

It’s not that he is greedy for life and afraid of death and does not want to fight.

Everyone knows that Nanjing is a place of four battles and must not be defended.

The purpose of the Japanese army's attack on Nanjing was to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the national army and realize the ambition of China's demise in March.

If the Kuomintang army really wants to defend Nanjing, it will be deceived by Japan.

The chairman has been fooled twice in a row, but he still doesn't know the lesson and insists on going again?

In fact, Bai Chongxi, Gu Zhenlong, and even Tang Shengzhi all knew what the Chairman was thinking.

It is nothing more than Nanjing is the capital or the prime minister's mausoleum. If he abandons it without guarding it, the chairman will definitely be criticized.

So he wanted to find someone to take the blame.

The problem is, even though you know that you can't hold it, you will still be in vain to save tens of thousands or even tens of thousands of soldiers' lives. Isn't this a big deal?

Even if you die in the end, you may be dug up the grave and whipped the body.

Who dares to recite it?

It was because of this that He Yingqin, Xu Yongchang and other talents did not express their opinions.

Even these big guys dare not take the blame. What kind of virtue is Gu Zhenlong? Can he bear such a great reputation?

It doesn't matter if he loses his life. It is his duty to defend Nanjing as the commander of the garrison. Gu Zhenlong is absolutely unparalleled.

But even if you die, you cannot let your descendants poke the backbone.

He decided to pull a stopper.

Gu Zhenlong immediately stood up and expressed his opinion: He is the commander of the garrison, and it is natural for him to stick to Nanjing, but there is another respected person who needs to take charge of the overall situation.

The chairman asked him who was suitable, and Gu Zhenlong directly recommended Tang Shengzhi.

Tang Shengzhi's face turned red, but he didn't even say a word of objection.

The chairman was overjoyed.

That's what he meant.

He really wanted to defend, and he wanted the city guards to fight a few battles with the Japanese army in Nanjing in order to tell his servants that he, Mr. Jiang, had already tried his best.

But Gu Zhenlong's qualifications were a little short and he couldn't take the blame, so he summoned He Yingqin and Bai Chongxi to let one of them stay and take charge of the overall situation.

But they are all foxes for thousands of years, who can’t act in the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio?

Bai Chongxi directly advocated Qi Shou, and He Yingqin was talking a lot of slandering words, just not expressing his opinion.

Xu Yongchang didn't even answer the words.

Seeing that no one was deceived, the Chairman had no choice but to convene the second enlarged meeting of neighbors.

Someone really jumped out.
Chapter completed!