The middle-aged man, who was called Uncle Goat by the young people, stared at him and cursed, "I said that you are also a dignified fellow after all. He has been to school and drank foreign ink, and he has more stuff in his stomach than
There are a lot of old men like us, so if you try to trick me with your fucking pretense, I don’t know, you are the company commander anyway, so whatever you say, we will just do it.” The young man was frustrated.
He wasn't upset at all, the men walking next to him couldn't help but laugh.
"You guys are laughing so hard. You guys should change your walking posture. Damn it, I can tell at a glance that you guys are carrying guns. Look at all the people on the street. Is there any one with his back straight like you?
?***, you still think of this street as a playground in our military camp? I'll just keep your posture down." The middle-aged man would put a curse word in every sentence, and those who could not tolerate the scolding
The man who couldn't help but snicker didn't even dare to raise his head. If he hadn't seen so many people around him, I'm afraid the middle-aged man would have slapped them on the back of the head.
As long as a careful person takes a closer look, the walking posture of this group of people is indeed different from that of others. Not to mention the chilling air in their gestures, the frequency and posture of several people walking are exactly the same. It is no wonder that Zhong Zhong
The young man was about to curse. At first, a few people walked on the street like other people, but as they walked, they faintly formed two columns, and everyone's strides were almost the same. This was not clearly telling others,
Are they soldiers?
"You bastards just deserve to be scolded. Uncle Goat is a veteran in our company. Even I, the company commander, are respectful and afraid. You guys still dare to go up and rush to the top. You deserve it."
." Seeing the middle-aged man scolding these guys under him, the young man continued to add fuel to the fire in a low voice. Sure enough, before he could finish speaking, the middle-aged man known as Uncle Goat stared at him again.
The boys who were close to each other even received a slap in the face.
The group of people who promised to save Tang Cheng and the others were all members of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division. The young man leading them was called Xie Bo, a captain and company commander, and was called Uncle Goat by the middle-aged man.
When Liu Cunyi was young, he came from a poor family and made a living by raising sheep for the landlord's family. Later, he was captured and joined the army to make a living. Because he often talked about his experience of herding sheep when he was young, he became nicknamed Liu Yangyang.
Everyone in the regiment knew that there was a veteran sergeant named Liu Yangyang in the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company. On the contrary, few people knew Liu Cunyi's real name.
After the Marco Polo Bridge, the war between China and Japan was inevitable. Although Chairman Chiang Kai-shek was still counting on the mediation of the international community, the various troops under the control of the National Government had already begun mobilization and assembly under the command of the Ministry of Military Affairs. Early on
During the 128th Songhu Anti-Japanese War in 1932, the elite 88th Division had made great contributions and was one of the few elite troops in the hands of the National Government. This time, members of the 88th Division appeared in
Shanghai was no accident. More than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the entire division rushed to Shanghai after receiving orders. Also coming with them was the 87th Division, which was also the elite of the Japanese military.
After the "July 7" Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937, while expanding the war in North China, the Japanese army also actively planned to invade and occupy Shanghai. On August 9, Lieutenant Oyama Isamu and soldier Saito Kaizo of the Japanese Marine Corps stationed in Shanghai drove into the Hongqiao Military Airport.
Provocation, he was shot dead by Chinese soldiers. The Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai used this as an excuse to blackmail the Chinese government to withdraw the Shanghai security forces and dismantle all defenses. After Japan's unreasonable request was rejected by China, it mobilized 4,000 marines and ship landing personnel stationed in Shanghai.
Together with the "Japanese Overseas Chinese Volunteer Corps", a total of more than 10,000 people have made preparations for war.
The Japanese side had already responded, and the Nationalist Government could not sit idly by. On the 11th of the same month, Beijing-Shanghai Garrison Commander Zhang Zhizhong led the 87th and 88th Divisions to Yangshupu and the north of Hongkou in Shanghai to deploy defenses. The main force of the Chinese Air Force also began to move from North China to Shanghai.
Assembling in the direction, Xie Bo and his party were the reconnaissance team sent by the 88th Division to explore the route and Japanese movements. Among the dozen or so people, only veteran Liu Yangyang had been to Shanghai, but that was a few years ago, and Shanghai is now
The changes were so great that Liu Yangyang wanted to find a familiar place but couldn't figure it out.
The group of people finally found Xinmin Road and walked east along Xinmin Road. They soon came to the intersection of Baoshan Road, with the Japanese Concession in front of them. It is not accurate to say that this is the Japanese Concession. The more accurate term is the Public Concession.
The occupation of the area begins with the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War on January 28, the 21st year of the Republic of China. Shanghai’s concession expanded several times and finally took shape in the 1930s, encompassing almost the entire urban area of Shanghai. However, the National Government only controlled Zhabei.
, Nanshi District, the entire concession is roughly divided into the French Concession and the Public Concession. The French Concession is in the south and the Public Concession is in the north.
The public concession is divided into the Central District, the West District, the North District and the East District. The North District and the East District are north of the Suzhou River. After the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai on 128, the Nationalist Government and the Japanese Government signed the Songhu Armistice Agreement. From then on, the Nationalist Government was not allowed to operate in Shanghai.
Troops were stationed there, while the northern and eastern areas of the public concession were actually controlled by Japan. Baoshan Road was the dividing line between the Chinese and Japanese concessions. There were Japanese sentries and roadblocks at the intersection where Xinmin Road entered Baoshan Road, but they were wrapped with wire.
The wooden roadblock was open, and two Japanese soldiers stood guard with rifles on their backs, but they turned a blind eye to the continuous flow of people in front of them.
"Damn, is it really weird today? Why can't you see any Japanese people in the street? Could it be that they knew that our 88th Division was coming and they all rushed back to their hometowns?" The group walked all the way,
Unexpectedly, not a single Japanese was seen. Xie Bo, who accepted the reconnaissance mission and came to explore the bottom, was naturally a little disappointed. After all, he was a young man.
Divert Xie Bo's attention, but judging from Xie Bo's expression, his efforts must have been in vain, because Xie Bo's brows were already frowning.
"Yeah, where have all the Japanese gone? It's really strange." When Liu Yangyang tried to divert Xie Bo's attention, he didn't know that Xie Bo was also muttering to himself. Shanghai is a big city, and Baoshan Road is also a big city.
In the Japanese war zone, it stands to reason that there should be many Japanese expatriates or Japanese soldiers here. They have all reached the roadblock in the Japanese war zone, but except for two Japanese soldiers standing guard, they have not seen a single Japanese.
It turns out that this matter is indeed a bit weird. Xie Bo seemed to smell a conspiracy in it, but he still didn't know what the conspiracy was.
Xie Bo is the company commander and the commander of this reconnaissance mission. He stopped and the others naturally stopped. Those who followed Xie Bo to perform the reconnaissance mission were all the masters of their 2nd company. Everyone's
As soon as his footsteps stopped, Xie Bo was naturally surrounded by Xie Bo. The quick one had already put his hand on the handle of the gun hidden under his clothes. The already attracting attention of the group was due to Xie Bo's halt and the reaction of his soldiers.
Their natural reactions made them more eye-catching, especially the one with his hands on his waist and looking left and right.
Although Xie Bo and his party stopped, their actual position was only a dozen meters away from the two Japanese soldiers standing guard. If they drew their guns and fired from such a distance, the two Japanese soldiers would definitely become corpses, not to mention Xie Bo's group.
Bo and the others had more than a dozen short rifles. The changes in the auras of more than a dozen people made the two Japanese soldiers on guard look at them frequently. However, they did not make any verbal warnings or ordinary vigilance actions. They just stood there like statues in front of them.
Upright, if their chests were not heaving violently, everyone would have regarded them as two statues rather than real people.
"Huh?" Xie Bo naturally noticed the strange behavior of the two Japanese soldiers. In Xie Bo's impression, the Japanese, especially the Japanese soldiers with weapons, were not so easy to talk to. Xie Bo might believe that sows can climb trees.
, but if it were said that the Japanese put down their butcher knives and became Buddhas on the spot, even if they beat Xie Bo to death, they would not believe it. But now the two Japanese soldiers standing guard turned a blind eye to their group. Anyone who is not blind can see their group.
They were not religious men, but the two Japanese soldiers standing guard at the roadblock pretended not to see him. Xie Bo's doubts deepened.
"Take the most elite men of your 2nd company. You must find out what the Japanese troops in Shanghai are doing and want to do. Don't lose the name of our 88th Division." This is what the battalion commander conveyed to the regiment commander when Xie Bo accepted the mission.
, Xie Bo, who wanted to meet the Japanese for real, kept it in his heart. Xie Bo was a lively young man and a disciple of the emperor who was born in Huangpu. He had received systematic study and training, and was a member of all the 524 regiments.
The battalion company commander was also the youngest and most courageous one, so as soon as the regiment received the order from the division headquarters, it was decided that Xie Bo would execute it.
Xie Bo is an ambitious person in his official career, but if he wants to go further, he must obtain corresponding military merit. When he received this task, Xie Bo was already prepared to wander into danger, but now he encountered
The situation puzzled him, and all his thoughts disappeared in an instant like the dew on a poisonous sun. "Damn it," Xie Bo suddenly said a curse word, and then moved his eyes to the sun behind the roadblock.
In the concession in the war zone, a stern look flashed in his eyes. At this moment, he made a bold decision, a decision that a normal person would never make. He wanted to break into the so-called Japanese concession with a gun.