Feng Shengfa waited in Hankou for seven days, but in the end he still did not wait for the 19th Brigade. Yu Jishi sent two telegrams in De'an a day, but there was no way. Feng Shengfa could only let Chief of Staff Yang Shao and Renjie stay in Hankou and continue to wait, and then took the brigade of the 58th Division to Ezhou on a boat, and then walked from Ezhou to De'an.

Feng Shengfa failed to wait for the 19th Brigade to leave first, but the families of the 19th Brigade never gave up.

Shu Mohan brought the shop from his rented apartment and was really staying in the square outside Hankou Station. Lao Shu was determined this time and he stayed here without getting the news. The station staff repeatedly told Shu Mohan that all the fronts of the trains stranded in Zhengzhou had been sent to Wuhan, and it was impossible for the train to get off again, but Lao Shu never gave up.

While waiting in despair and helplessly, there were actually three or five defeated soldiers outside the Hankou Station. They fell behind on the battlefield in eastern Henan and failed to catch the train in Zhengzhou, so they could only walk along the Pinghan Railway. They walked thousands of miles from Zhengzhou to Wuhan for more than half a month, and all of them became mud monkeys.

Shu Mohan was searching among the defeated soldiers, but still couldn't find Shu Tongwen.

Yu Huan and Ye Ruxue did not give up. They have also come to the station many times in the past half month, hoping that a miracle will happen. When walking by Shu Mohan's bedding, Ye Ruxue couldn't help but look at the middle-aged man again. There were not many military families who had been insisting on coming to the station and waiting for people in the past half month, and the middle-aged man in front of him was undoubtedly the most persistent person.

"Uncle, are you waiting for someone?" Perhaps out of the closeness of the same illness, Ye Ruxue greeted Shu Mohan.

"Well, wait for my son." Shu Mohan took off his glasses from the bridge of his nose, took out his handkerchief and carefully wiped the mirror. He put it on again and finally saw the appearance of the two girls in front. The two young and beautiful little girls, the one who greeted him just now should be the girl in front who was dressed in a fashionable dress with a camera on her chest.

"Are you... a reporter?" Shu Mohan asked uncertainly.

Ye Ruxue smiled and nodded, and asked again: "Which unit is your son from?"

"My son is from the 58th Division of the 74th Army." Shu Mohan said proudly, "a hard-boned unit."

"It's also from the 58th Division?" Ye Ruxue's beautiful eyes lit up, and then asked, "Uncle, which regiment of your son belongs to the 58th Division? Is it also the Independent 19th Brigade?" The large army of the 74th Army had arrived in Hankou half a month ago, and now it has gone to De'an, Jiangxi, and the 19th Brigade has not yet been built.

"Yes, my son is from the 19th Independent Brigade." Shu Mohan asked again, "Are you waiting for them too?"

Ye Ruxue nodded lightly: "As early as the Battle of Shanghai, I met Captain Xu of the 19th Brigade. I always wanted to do an exclusive interview with him, but I never had a chance." As he said that, the expression on Ye Ruxue's pretty face dimmed and she said softly, "I don't know if there is any such opportunity in the future..."

Not far ahead is Wuhan, and you can even clearly hear the sound of ferry whistles sailing on the Yangtze River, as well as the towering chimneys in the Hanyang Industrial Zone, like javelins piercing straight into the sky.

Xu Shijiu turned around and more than 100 remaining soldiers from the 19th Brigade followed him.

From Zhengzhou to Wuhan, they finally persevered for more than a thousand miles. They were hungry and unable to defeat them. The rolling eyes of the fellow villagers in western Henan did not defeat them. The ox-like bandits along the way could not stop them. More than 180 remaining soldiers, including Wang Yidao and a dozen other seriously injured, were not left behind.

At this moment, in this situation, Xu Shijiu couldn't help but feel proud. Although the number of the 19th Route Army was no longer there, the military spirit of the 19th Route Army survived tenaciously in the 19th Route Army. Like the 19th Route Army, the 19th Route Army is an iron army that cannot be dragged or defeated.

Hunger, injury, misunderstanding, rolling eyes or even hatred are nothing, and the 19th Brigade cannot defeat it.

"Brothers, lift your head." Xu Shijiu handed the stretcher to Gao Shenxing, turned around and climbed up the railway roadbed, and shouted at the remaining soldiers looking up at the more than 100 numbers below the roadbed, "We did not lose in the Battle of Lanfeng, and the little Japanese did not win. We were not defeated soldiers, we all raised our heads and sang military songs."

Li Zihan followed him to the roadbed and waved his hands to sing: "The wind and clouds are rising, the mountains and rivers are moving, and I'm ready to sing"

The wind and clouds rise, the mountains and rivers move,

Huangpu Army was established with great momentum,

The revolutionary hero is loyal.

Golden swords and iron horses, battles on a hundred battles,

Be a pioneer in peace and resistance to foreign countries.

Sweeping, reviving China,

Invincible and great achievements are made.

Flags shine, golden drums ring,

The dragon and tiger leaped over the army's mighty power,

Faithful and sincere in conduct.

Mobile offensive, brave and calm,

The surprise attack took the initiative and made great wisdom.

Be united and self-reliant,

Annihilate the enemy and sing triumphantly.

During the chat, Ye Ruxue and Yu Huan already knew that Shu Mohan was Shu Tongwen's old father, so they were naturally particularly happy. Especially Yu Huan, who regarded Shu Mohan as his future father-in-law. Shu's mother, who came over to deliver breakfast to Lao Shu, also liked Huan very much, but when she thought that Shu Tongwen still had no news, she couldn't help but turn her back and wipe her tears secretly.

Shu's mother cried, and Yu Huan cried too. Finally, Ye Ruxue wiped her tears. Lao Shu was very confident in the 19th Brigade and her son and said, "Why are you crying? Although there is no news about the 19th Brigade, I will never believe that such a tough force will be destroyed by the little Japanese, and they will definitely come back."

At this time, a loud singing suddenly came from afar.

The three women wiped tears at the same time, and they didn't notice it at all. But Shu Mohan heard it. He listened with his ears on his side for a moment, and suddenly pulled Shu's mother's sleeve and said, "Madam, listen."

"What?" Shu's mother wiped away the tears from her face and turned around and looked at Lao Shu blankly.

"Singing" Ye Ruxue heard it and said softly, "National Revolutionary Army Army Military Song"

"It must be the 19th Brigade." Shu Mohan didn't know where the confidence came from, so he shouted, "It must be the 19th Brigade, it must be them, it must be the officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade have returned."

"Where is it, where is the 19th Brigade?" Before he finished speaking, an old woman suddenly rushed over from the slant and grabbed Shu Mohan's sleeve. Behind the old woman, there were seven or eight young women or girls. The old woman asked anxiously, "Sir, where is the 19th Brigade, where is my Erdan?"

"My mother, look, there," a girl suddenly screamed in surprise.

The old woman, Shu Mohan and his wife, Ye Ruxue, Yu Huan, and the military families waiting in the station square and pedestrians passing by nearby turned their heads, and then, at the end of their vision, on the railway that seemed to extend to the horizon, a ragged national army appeared. They were singing military songs and slowly driving towards the station.

At the forefront of the national army, a military flag was flying in the wind.

As the distance got closer, the faces of the national army were vaguely distinguishable. Although they were covered in scars, tired, and ragged clothes, each national army had its heads held high. They sang with all their strength, and the majestic and loud singing penetrated the void and spread to the station.

Although the military flag had broken several holes and faded, it was washed very clean, and the handwriting on it was clear and evident. Shu Mohan read it word by word: Independent 19th Battalion of the 58th Division of the 74th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, when he was reading it, Shu Mohan was already in tears and came back. The 19th Battalion was indeed back, and they were indeed back alive.

"Mom" A figure suddenly rushed out of the army, wailing all the way to the old woman who was chattering with Shu Mohan just now, knelt down, hugged the old woman's legs and burst into tears, crying while crying, "Mom, my son is back, my son is back alive..."

Ye Ruxue also saw Xu Shijiu walking in front of the queue, and tears suddenly burst out from her eyes.

In the corner of the square, the door of a car suddenly opened, and Wang Yulan's pretty figure jumped out of the car, then spread her arms and rushed forward. In front, Li Zihan also spread her arms and rushed towards Wang Yulan. When there were still a few steps apart, the two stopped at the same time, and then they took a short while to embrace each other tightly.

Yu Huan and Shu's mother were anxiously searching for Shu Tongwen's figure among more than 100 defeated soldiers. However, after searching for more than 100 remaining soldiers in the 19th Brigade, they did not see Shu Tongwen's figure. Yu Huan and Shu's mother were unwilling to believe it, so they searched for more than 100 remaining soldiers over and over again, and Shu's mother even walked among the remaining soldiers.

Shu Mohan was also unable to accept this cruel fact, but he endured it and did not cry out.

Xu Shijiu walked slowly to Shu Mohan, stood attentively, saluted, and then said, "Mr. Shu, Awen..."

"Sir Xu, stop talking, I know, I know everything." Shu Mohan waved his hand to stop Xu Shijiu and refused to let him say it.

"Mr. Shu already knows?" Xu Shijiu was surprised and then relieved, thinking that Awen must have found the Communist Party and reported his elders to his elders through the Communist channels.

In fact, what Shu Mohan said was not the case at all. He thought Xu Shijiu was going to report his son's death to him, so he refused to listen. Lao Shu tried his best to control his emotions, but the tears in his eyes could not stop. Although Lao Shu had a premonition that there would be such a day as early as the day when his son joined the army, he realized that he could not bear it. This was his only son.

"Awen, son, my son..." Shu's mother collapsed to the ground, and her hands pounced on the sky and cried loudly.

Xu Shijiu was confused. Didn’t Awen just go to Yan'an and join the Communist Party? As for the sadness?

"I don't believe it. Awen won't die, Awen won't die." Yu Huan held the bullet necklace given to her tightly by Shu Tongwen, and his whole body was already in a hysterical madness.

"Die?" Xu Shijiu was stunned and felt a little funny, but he couldn't laugh. Although Shu Tongwen was not dead, he just went to Yan'an, what about the other 1000 brothers of the 19th Brigade? They really died in the Lanfeng battlefield and could no longer come back to reunite with their relatives.
Chapter completed!