In the great victory of Beishan, the 1st company of the garrison and the Japanese army fought fiercely at the Beishan pass, wiping out 192 Japanese squadrons and seizing useless loot. As Tang Cheng, who was in a coma, was sent back to the county by Liu Yangyang, the news of the garrison's defeat of the Japanese army in Beishan began.
It spread in the county town, and it became more and more evil. By the time Li Linge learned the news, the 1st company in Tangcheng had no longer wiped out a Japanese squadron, but a Japanese brigade of more than a thousand people.
"Are you sure this news came from the garrison?" Li Linge was stunned as he held the tea cup. Before the Japanese army attacked, the county magistrate Ge Kunshan happened to go to the provincial capital. This was already the second day after the Japanese army attacked.
But there was not even a shadow in Kunshan. Li Linge knew that this guy who was afraid of death must be hiding. The sound of gunfire outside the city lasted all day yesterday, and the people in the city were panicked. Li Linge was also worried, but the housekeeper Li Shun was
Bring him good news. The boy under Liu Yangyang has returned victorious.
"The news came from our people. It is absolutely true. However, only one person from Tangcheng returned to the city, and he seemed to be injured." Li Shun's answer made Li Linge even more confused. He was not trying to pry.
In military affairs, Li Linge, who has a big family and a big business, just wants to take precautions and make early plans for his family business. Li Shun said that Tangcheng's 1st company did kill a Japanese squadron in Beishan, but why was he the only one who returned to the city?
people?
"Our family has two carts of food. You ask everyone in the family to help make pancakes, and send one to each of the 173rd Division and the garrison. You need to send it in a big way, so everyone in the county can see the grandeur of our Li family.
." Li Linge pondered for a long time and couldn't figure out why only Tang Cheng returned to the city. However, Ge Kunshan's absence in the county was a good thing for Li Linge. Taking advantage of the garrison's victory in Beishan, Li Linge planned to build some momentum for the Li family to come out and fight.
Condolences are the most appropriate excuse.
Li Linge just needed a chance to make friends with Zhou Yuan and Liu Yangyang. He didn't care whether the Japanese soldiers killed by Tangcheng in Beishan were one or two and there were more alive. Li Linge delivered food to outside the city with great fanfare, causing an uproar in the county town and Beishan.
The story of winning the battle has been exaggerated again, and there are even rumors that the number of Japanese soldiers killed in Beishan was not 1,000 but at least 3,000.
Only Lao Xu knew the truth in the entire county. Tang Cheng woke up again not long after Liu Yangyang sent people back to the county. After Tian Kui’s diagnosis and treatment, Tang Cheng’s injuries were under control. If Liu Yangyang’s standards were used,
, the current Tangcheng cannot be regarded as a wounded person recuperating with Western medicine. The battle outside the city has been very fierce. Tangcheng, who was forced to stay in the city by Liu Yangyang, has climbed to the tower more than once to watch the battlefield. He wanted to go out, but he was old.
Xu Shengsheng disagreed.
After fighting all day yesterday and this morning, the two companies led out of the city by Liu Yangyang had already suffered more than half of their casualties. The 4th company under Liu Yangang's personal command and Liang Dahu's 5th company had been transferred out of the city at this time. The garrison regiment
Only Lao Xu and his gang of cooks were left in the military camp. Tang Cheng, who had barely eaten something, had been feeling depressed. After he woke up, he suddenly thought of Sun He and the soldiers of the 1st company who had followed him back to the city. If not
If you insist on doing this, maybe they won't die at all.
Tang Cheng's injuries have been cleaned and bandaged, but the pain from the bullet wound is still unbearable for Tang Cheng, who has just regained consciousness. Especially the shot on his left arm made Tang Cheng feel that he could hardly lift his left arm.
.But he didn't want to stay in the city to watch the battle. He didn't want to be regarded as a deserter and a coward by the soldiers of the garrison. "Old Xu, get me some bullets and grenades. I want to leave the city." This was the fifth time Tangcheng made a request.
He was out of the city, and he was very determined this time. He had already put the shell gun he had got back from Jin Dapeng across his body.
"My young master, there is a war outside. You are a wounded soldier now and need a good rest. This is the order of our regiment leader. I dare not let you go out of the city." Tang Cheng took the first step and grabbed the flower mechanism in his hand.
Lao Xu opened his arms to stop Tang Cheng from leaving. This was not only Liu Yangyang's order, but also Lao Xu's own selfish motives. Lao Xu was forcibly recruited by Tang Cheng and others after they evacuated Nanjing and crossed the river. Lao Xu was a traveling doctor.
Xu had been hanging out with Liu Yangyang and the others for half a year, and he already had a family-like relationship with Liu Yangyang and the others. He could not let Tang Cheng, who was injured, leave the city.
Tang Cheng pretended to be relaxed and twisted his neck and arms, "Look, look, I can run and jump like this, how can I look like a wounded soldier who needs to recuperate?" Old Xu gave Tang Cheng some doubts.
He opened the way, but the flower machine he caught in his hand was not returned to Tang Cheng. "Hurry up and prepare bullets for me. I will go to the backyard and leave the city in a while." Tang Cheng did not want to tell Lao Xu whether to leave the city.
He was entangled with the issue, and then cleverly changed the subject. He was going to the backyard to meet the strange old man.
In the library in the backyard, the strange old man whom Tang Cheng was familiar with still looked carefree, still lying in the rocking chair reading a book and drinking tea, and was equally unfazed by Tang Cheng's arrival. "Old sir,
Didn't I tell you a long time ago that there was going to be a war here, why don't you leave Mengcheng?" He grabbed the teapot on the table and poured himself a cup of tea, and Tangcheng took a big gulp of it.
"When people get old, they just want to stay in their hometown. I have seen the Northern Expeditionary Army, I have seen the bandits, and I have seen you **, but I have never seen this Japanese soldier. I, the old man, want to see this Japan
How powerful soldiers are." The old man said this, leaned over and pulled out a long sword from under the rocking chair and showed it to Tang Cheng. "When I was young, I always wanted to imitate those great heroes in storytelling and walk around the world with swords, so I also worshiped them.
Several masters have learned some techniques, but the old man's sword has not been stained with blood yet, so staying in Mengcheng may be an opportunity, haha."
Tang Cheng couldn't understand what the strange old man was thinking about all day long. You are already in your seventies or eighty, and you still want to fight the Japanese soldiers in close combat. They are using guns now. Before you can get close, you only need one.
Bullets can kill you, a swordsman. "Old sir, I'm here to say sorry to you. I left the book I borrowed from you in Beishan, but I guarantee that the book is still intact.
After I beat the little devil away, I'll give it back to you."
Tang Cheng said apologetic words, but kept paying attention to the old man's reaction with the corner of his eye. In fact, even he himself did not believe that he could defeat the Japanese army besieging the city this time. The reason why he said this was just to let the old man know.
An Xin. "Young man, don't tell lies to me, old man. All the people in your military camp were transferred outside the city early this morning, only some of the cooks are still there. Old man, although I have never been in a war.
, but I have never seen the Northern Expedition fight back then, Mengcheng will definitely not be able to defend this time."
The strange old man's words surprised Tang Cheng. He didn't expect that such an old man who stayed in the room reading and drinking tea all day would have such insight and judgment. "Old sir, since you already know that Mengcheng may not be able to defend it.
, then why are you still staying in Mengcheng? Wouldn't it be better to go somewhere else to avoid the little devil?" Tang Cheng was not in a hurry to leave the city now. He needed to know the answer and thoughts of this strange old man.
"You don't understand. This is my hometown. Thirteen generations of my Lu family have lived here. The blessed land of my ancestors is also here. My old man will not go anywhere. This is my home." The old man's words made Tang Tang
The city was in a trance. When he was in Shanghai, he regarded that church as his home. But when the Japanese soldiers came, everything changed. Robert, who raised him, died, and the Japanese soldiers
He also broke into Shanghai, and he had to leave his hometown and flee all the way to Nanjing and then to Mengcheng.
Tang Cheng left the old man's library in confusion. The last words the old man said before leaving were the reason for Tang Cheng's confusion. "Young man, don't blame yourself too much. Just do what you should do."
Okay." The old man's deep eyes made Tang Cheng feel like someone had read through his mind. Ever since Robert's death, Tang Cheng had been blaming himself. If Robert hadn't applied for a passport for himself, he wouldn't have died.
In the hands of the Japanese.
Walking out of the old man's library, the sound of artillery outside the city seemed to become more intensive. The people in the city did not have the courage to go to the tower to watch the battle, so they had to gather in front of their homes to discuss the battle with their neighbors. Lao Xu drove a carriage to see the battle in person.
Tang Cheng left the city. At Tang Cheng's insistence, Lao Xu prepared ammunition and a new military uniform for Tang Cheng. Looking at the people standing in front of their homes talking about each other, Tang Cheng's face became a little sad. If Mengcheng was captured by the Japanese army, it would not be possible.
I don't know how many people in the city will die, but I don't know how many of these people guarding their homes will survive.
The fighting outside the city seemed to be more intense than Tang Cheng had imagined. The moment the carriage came out of the city gate, Tang Cheng even couldn't believe his eyes. Many of the trenches and fortifications outside the city were brought by Tang Cheng
Tang Cheng was familiar with those trenches and fortifications as he was familiar with them, but now he couldn't believe his eyes, because he could hardly recognize those trenches and fortifications. The Japanese artillery fire had almost completely destroyed the outside of the city.
The fortifications were bulldozed.
Following the direction in his memory, Tang Cheng, who was alone, quickly found the position of the garrison. When Tang Cheng entered the position, it happened to be the time when the Japanese offensive troops and the garrison were fighting. As the explosion sounded, a large ball of fire
On the garrison's position, screaming soldiers from the garrison were knocked over by the air waves from time to time or fell into the trench with bloody arrows.
Liu Yangyang, who was not wearing a helmet, was gnashing his teeth and pulling a machine gun and firing. More than half of the entire garrison regiment that had been mobilized into the position had been casualties. Even Liang Dahu, whom Tangcheng was most familiar with, was nowhere to be seen. All Tangcheng could do was pick up.
Pick up a blood-stained rifle and join the battle.