When Ouyang Yun arrived at Xiaguan, the wooden boat on which Wang Tianfu was riding was returning to the dock from the river. If the Japanese gunboats had not started targeting some ships on the river, I believe he would have successfully crossed the river at this moment.
The initial target of the Japanese gunboats was the crowds on the shore. However, as the officers and soldiers of the 1st Security Division seized more and more ships and began to cross the river, the commanders of the two Japanese teams discovered that there were groups of people on the river. When the soldiers of the team were attacked, they did not hesitate to order the gunners to turn their guns and aim at these ships to bombard them.
Wang Tianfu watched as more than a dozen boats were blown to pieces on the river and turned into burning flames. He was so frightened that he did not dare to continue crossing the river. Instead, he returned to the dock, preparing to go ashore for safety first.
When Ouyang Yun arrived at Xiaguan Pier, he saw broken troops appearing from time to time among the fleeing crowd. He immediately understood what was going on.
He first ordered Wu Keren to integrate the troops and help evacuate the people, and then led Shan Xiong and the others towards the dock. The first security division was dispersed. He didn't care about this kind of bear soldiers, but Wang Tianfu definitely wanted to Punishment, otherwise, what would Wu Keren and the others think? What is his authority as the commander of the Nanjing garrison? Moreover, he was worried that if one was not handled well, the 121st Division and the 103rd Division would make the same mistake again.
The Japanese army is mobilizing heavy troops. Although the 121st Division and the 101st Division are less powerful than the Northeastern Army and the Sichuan Army, they are regular armies after all. The two divisions can be used as one division together. This is enough. ,
"What do you think our little commander will do?" After Ouyang Yun left, Wu Keren asked the people around him,
"Wang Tianfu is dead."
"Not necessarily. Although Wang Tianfu is a fool, don't forget that he is Tang Shengzhi's favorite general. Tang Shengzhi is also a popular figure of Chiang Kai-shek. Is it necessary for Ouyang Yun to offend Tang Shengzhi?"
"Who is Tang Shengzhi? Humph, Ouyang Yun is someone that even Chiang Kai-shek doesn't take seriously."
"It's different. After all, he is just a warlord, not a direct descendant of the Central Army. It doesn't really matter whether Wang Tianfu dies or not, but what other direct descendants of the Central Military will think. After all, the Central Army is still the most powerful in China at present. Nanjing fell After that, the Japanese army will definitely occupy Hefei and Xuzhou, and then coordinate with the North China Front Army to occupy North China, East China, and Central China in one fell swoop. Next, it will be the turn of Fujian and Guangdong. Do you think that the Xuebing Army alone can defend Fujian and Guangdong? At that time, he will only ask for help from the Central Army. If he takes this into consideration, he will not kill Wang Tianfu." In the end, Wu Keren answered his question from a more objective perspective,
Although Wu Keren was born in the army and was quite proficient in political affairs, this time he miscalculated. He underestimated Ouyang Yun. Or should I say, he did not fully understand the strength of the Xuebing Army. Even if Ouyang Yun considered When it came to the issues he emphasized, he would not ask for help from the Central Army, because he was confident enough that the Xuebing Army alone would be able to defend Fujian and Guangdong.
When Wang Tianfu found out about Ouyang Yun, although he was worried, he didn't take it too seriously. When he thought about it, although Ouyang Yun was the commander of the Nanjing garrison, he was not in his own system. As a local warlord, he simply He did not dare to touch himself, a senior official in the central department. Ouyang Yun's expression at that time also confirmed this for him.
At that time, Ouyang Yun walked towards him calmly and calmly.
Wang Tianfu has a good acting talent, and he actually used the same trick he used against Wu Keren again. A bad guy came and complained first: "Report to the commander, our troops are being ordered to evacuate. However, the Japanese army's artillery fire is fierce, and these unruly people do not understand the rules." , my troops have been scattered, and now I am asking my men to seize the time to reintegrate."
Different from when he faced Wu Keren, this time Wang Tianfu behaved more humbly and seemed to really regard Ouyang Yun as his superior.
"Really?" Ouyang Yun approached again without moving. When he was only about ten meters away from Wang Tianfu, he ignored an explosion not far away. He suddenly drew his gun, and with a "pop" sound, he shot Wang Tianfu directly. His head was beaten open in half, and blood was pouring out.
Wang Tianfu was unprepared, and he only had time to show a little surprise in his eyes before he lost consciousness. The people behind him quickly drew their guns, but before they could move, the loud shouts of the single hero were directly poured in. Their ears were shocked, and their faces turned pale: "Wang Tianfu was not strict with his subordinates, allowed his soldiers to disturb the people, and ignored the orders from the top. He died unjustly. Do you also want to follow in the rebellion?" At the same time, Ding Yi and others behind him The gun was in hand, the bullets were loaded, and it was pointed at those who grabbed the gun, immediately frightening these people who were greedy for life and afraid of death.
Ouyang Yun looked at those people coldly, put the gun into his holster without hesitation, and said: "Besides traitors, what I hate most are those guys who wear military uniforms but do evil and harm the people. Everyone hates them. They are Chinese, they really want to kill people, they can bring bad luck on the Japanese, but they only dare to bully the poor people. What kind of heroes are these people? Well, do you still want to stay on the same path to the end?"
Shan Renxiong followed up and said: "The first culprit will be eliminated, and the rest will not be investigated. If you don't want to rebel, put down your gun and stand aside." Before he finished speaking, he raised his hand and fired, and with a "pop" sound, he gritted his teeth. The guy who was aiming the gun was hit in the head by his shot, and he immediately fell down with his eyes wide open.
This person was Wang Tianfu's adjutant and his confidant. Once this person died, no one else dared to act rashly. They immediately threw their guns on the ground and followed Shan Renxiong's instructions and walked aside, terrified. Waiting for the loss,
This scene that happened at Xiaguan Pier was quickly seen by some defeated soldiers. Among these defeated soldiers, there were many small groups formed around some brigade commanders, regimental commanders and other officers. Many of these people knew each other. When Ouyang Yun saw that he actually killed Wang Tianfu, everyone was like a mouse meeting a cat, hiding in the crowd of refugees, hoping to escape this disaster through the chaos.
After Wang Tianfu was relatively smoothly dealt with, Dan Renxiong looked at the defeated troops scurrying around like headless goshawks and asked Ouyang Yun: "Commander, what should we do now? Are these guys from the 1st Security Division just going to let themselves go?" .”
Liu Kuijin followed Ouyang Yun, paying close attention to the Japanese gunboats. At this moment, he said: "Commander, let's evacuate here first. The Japanese gunboats have turned their guns over again."
Ouyang Yun ignored him and said to Shan Renxiong: "Old Dan, I'm going to give you a difficult task."
"Commander, please speak."
"How about gathering the defeated troops and taking them across the river."
"Ah," the solo hero didn't expect such a mission and hesitated for a moment.
"I'm scared." Ouyang Yun glanced at him sideways.
Shan Renxiong smiled instead and said: "Commander, please don't provoke the general. It's not because you're afraid, but because you think it's really necessary."
Ouyang Yun looked at him and said meaningfully: "What do you call this? After all, they are also the Chinese army, right? Moreover, if these guys are allowed to stay, they will definitely not be able to escape the clutches of the Japanese army, so just treat them as civilians. "
"That means you have to surrender your gun."
"It's up to you. How many people you can gather and how many people can keep their guns are your rights. In the end, you just need to bring Hu Kaiming and the others back safely. Ding Yi, I can't I leave it to you."
"Then I'll try my best."
"good."
After dealing with Wang Tianfu, Ouyang Yun met Wu Keren again and asked him to directly merge the 117th Division into the third echelon, and let him replace Fu Kaihang as the commander-in-chief of the third echelon. In this way, the four echelons It became three, and the strengths of the three echelons were almost balanced.
"Commander, is the retreat still going according to the original plan?" Wu Keren asked,
Ouyang Yun knew that he was referring to the fleeing people, and these people had indeed become a more difficult matter. After thinking about it carefully, Ouyang Yun said: "We were originally going to hold on for seven days, but now we have to shorten the time. Speaking of which, , we have a responsibility to the Nanjing people, let’s do this, open two roads at the same time, and give up the original main pier of Xiaguan to the fleeing people. Let’s cross the river from the small pier in the west. Pay attention to controlling the speed of retreat and not let the fleeing people get involved. To the little pier.”
"What about the allocation of ships?"
"It's up to you. I believe you can handle it." Ouyang Yun was cunning and gave a vague answer.
Wu Keren knew that he was asking himself to be a bad person, so he agreed with a wry smile.
At this time, Shan Renxiong had already led more than a dozen soldiers from the Sword Regiment to find trouble with a group of more than 200 defeated troops. It was not that Shan Renxiong had any intention of fighting with the commander of the Third Regiment of the First Security Division named Xia Jianqiang. The trouble was actually brought on by the latter. Perhaps he was afraid of Ouyang Yun. Once he found out that he had left the dock, he immediately led his men to the dock, and then started to grab the boat with the people.
Those people were afraid that they had guns, and they had seen them dare to shoot and kill people before, so they could only be driven off the boat with a look of displeasure. They watched helplessly as their only escape tool was taken away, and when Xia Jianqiang was the first to step on While on the boat, Shan Renxiong and his group came over. He first announced his name: "Everyone, I am Shan Renxiong from the Langya Special Forces Brigade of the Military Army. Now I have been ordered by the commander to gather the broken troops. Where are you?" Partially.”
"You don't care which part I belong to, what kind of retreat I am, I have been ordered to evacuate now." Xia Jianqiang was also overbearing. After listening to Shan Renxiong's words, not only did he not get off the ship, but he also ordered his men to aim their guns at Shan Renxiong and the others. Obviously he wanted to bully the other party because he had few people, so he tried to ignore it forcefully.
Shan Renxiong hasn't spoken yet, but several people around him are angry. These people are all from the old military police regiment. They have been stationed in Nanjing for a long time. They have certain feelings for the Nanjing people, and then they accepted the apprenticeship. After being influenced by the army's philosophy, he was very polite to the people, and he was very dissatisfied with such things that harmed the common people. Now that he heard Xia Jianqiang's arrogance, he knew that it would be impossible not to give the other party a look, and several people glanced at the single person. Xiong, seeing his slight nod, they immediately took a step forward, pointing the Wei Qing assault rifles at those who were pointing guns at them. One of them yelled: "If you want to live, put down your gun. Humph, a bunch of weaklings who only know how to bully the common people."
Xia Jianqiang gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, fire..." The word "fire" could not be uttered, and two gunshots rang out, "bang" and "dah". He only felt as if his forehead was being hit by a hammer, and then the world began to speed up. Spin, mouth wide open, and die,
And a few of his men who were ready to shoot were knocked down almost at the same moment, and the rest were immediately frightened.
The people on the other side were really powerful with their skills and marksmanship. At this moment, they realized that their group had encountered a tough situation this time.