allonlinenovel Chapter 217 Hostage Discovered
Chapter 217 Hostage Discovered
In Zijin Mountain, the Japanese attacked for several days, and the number of troops left on the mountain by the Teaching Corps was sharply reduced, directly from more than 6000 to more than 3000.
It can be said that the troops on the mountain cannot hold out for long, especially when they cannot get support.
"What did you say?" In a separate air-raid shelter in the command center, Gui Yongqing looked at the lieutenant in the confidential room who reported with a look of shock.
"Commander, the news is correct. Our people have personally verified it. Commander Tang has been taken hostage."
"The order for the people to evacuate was also issued after they were held hostage,"
The lieutenant was furious. You know, because of these few orders, more than half of the brothers on Zijin Mountain were killed again.
This made him, who was also in the teaching corps, very angry, and he felt that everyone was being fooled.
"Damn it, who did this?"
Gui Yongqing's mind had changed long ago. If this order had not been issued, he would have left long ago if he had not been concerned about it.
"Our people found out that they were from the 21st Army." The lieutenant replied.
Gu Changfeng did not hide it and almost put it out in the open, so it was not surprising that it was discovered.
If the people from the Teaching Corps in Nanjing were not verifying it, they would have reported it to Gui Yongqing long ago.
"Liao Lei? Bai Chongxi?" Gui Yongqing muttered to himself.
The lieutenant thought for a moment and continued to explain: "Perhaps it has nothing to do with Commander Liao. The 21st Army has been crippled and has fewer personnel than us."
"They are eager to evacuate as soon as possible. I believe Commander Liao has also been dragged into this situation."
"As for General Bai, he probably doesn't know. Our people have inquired and the Military Commission is quite critical of Commander Tang."
"We issued an order yesterday to question them, but Commander Tang still insisted on evacuating the civilians first."
Gui Yongqing was puzzled and asked, "Who is holding Commander Tang hostage?"
"Commander, do you still remember the Battle of Tiger Cave? We wiped out an entire regiment of the Japanese army, and it was the group of people who supported us who did it."
As Gui Yongqing's confidant, the lieutenant was naturally well aware of many confidential office information.
"Huh?" Hearing that it was someone who had supported them, Gui Yongqing became even more confused.
"What are these people doing? Taking Commander Tang hostage is a serious crime. Do they want to die?"
The lieutenant didn't say anything else. The whole story had been explained clearly, and the decision was naturally up to the commander.
"Except for the frontline commanders, have everyone come to the headquarters for a meeting."
Gui Yongqing decided to break out. There was no benefit in continuing to fight. Now that he had been tricked, his mind was inexplicably complicated.
The main reason was that this team had done him a favor before, and he didn't know how to deal with it, so he could only break through first.
Half an hour later, a group of officers sat down in the underground command post of the Purple Mountain Training Corps.
Gui Yongqing was the first to speak: "The order we received was false. Commander Tang has been taken hostage."
"I won't go into details about the reasons. Now let's talk about the retreat."
He didn't want to say too much because he hadn't figured out how to deal with this matter.
Besides, he is now in the mountains and there is nothing he can do.
Go to the Military Commission to complain?
He had thought about this, but the problem was that this result had already happened.
The principal is far away and the emperor is far away. Since others dare to do it, he will not be afraid. There is no point for him to send a telegram now.
"We'll be too big of a target if we break out during the day. Let's break out in the early morning!"
Qiu Qingquan didn't know what to say at this point. Since the order was proven to be false, he had no reason to continue resisting and it was completely untenable.
"Just follow what the Chief of Staff said. Let's plan a route and decide which direction to break out from."
Gui Yongqing had no objection to this. It was almost evening, and even if the Japanese attacked overnight, they could still hold on.
Seeing that both bosses agreed to evacuate, everyone in the command center naturally had no objections and began to discuss the evacuation route.
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"Old Zhou, we've calculated how many civilians have evacuated."
The evacuation was about to begin, and Gu Changfeng also wanted to know exactly how many people had already evacuated Jinling.
Zhou Qianli kept calculating with the data, and after a while he said, "From the first night until now, about 38 people have been safely evacuated."
"The main reason is that more and more people followed and the speed slowed down."
Zhou Qianli added that most people evacuated on the first day, with more than 20 people evacuated in two nights and one day.
It is now the fourth day, which means that it took two full days for about 4 people to evacuate.
"There is still one night left, so brothers, please be careful and try to evacuate as many civilians as possible." Gu Changfeng warned.
At this point, he would just ship out as much as he could and would not ask for more.
Zhou Qianli thought for a moment and said, "The brothers have reported a problem. They heard that some people are reluctant to leave, especially some elderly people."
This problem made Gu Changfeng helpless. It has always been difficult for the Chinese people to leave their hometown.
Moreover, in this era, and because it is winter, it is normal that some people are unwilling to leave.
Even if he forced someone to leave, he couldn't guarantee that they would survive.
Gu Changfeng sighed and said, "Let's arrange it this way. Those who don't want to leave can do it on their own."
"I estimate that the troops will be withdrawing gradually tomorrow. Everyone should hurry up tonight and leave if you want to."
Tang Shengzhi said one to two days, and Gu Changfeng estimated it would only be one day. The Japanese could not keep holding up like this and allow you to evacuate the people smoothly. They would definitely increase the intensity of their attack, there was no doubt about that.
"Okay, I'll tell them." Zhou Qianli agreed and was about to go out.
Gu Changfeng hesitated and said, "Old Zhou, wait a moment."
After thinking for a while, he instructed Zhou Qianli: "Let the brothers check if there is a German named Rabe in Jinling City."
"If there is a need, try to get those who are unwilling to evacuate or who don't have time to evacuate to take shelter with this person."
"Also, have the brothers emphasize to the people the brutality of the Japanese. We must get through here before they completely occupy the area."
He had no other choice but to rack his brains to remember this person, and he wanted to give it a try by saying it out loud.
You should know that in his previous life, this person was a benefactor of Jinling and even the entire China. More than 20 people in Jinling received shelter from him.
Otherwise, under the Japanese butcher knife, the number of 30 is really hard to say.
Zhou Qianli heard this and said doubtfully, "I estimate that after the transportation is completed tonight, there will still be at least 150,000 civilians. Does this person have such great ability?"
Gu Changfeng became serious, recalled the information he had read in his previous life, and said:
"Germany and the Japanese are allies. The Japanese leadership will not allow their soldiers to destroy the relationship between the two sides."
"Let the people hide with him. At least they won't be massacred in the short term."
If the situation allowed, he would definitely evacuate everyone, but now there was no time left and there was really nothing he could do.
He just wanted to create a time difference. Even if Rabe was forced to return to his country under pressure, the people who stayed in Nanjing should not be slaughtered like pigs and dogs by the Japanese as in his previous life.