Xie Bo, who had not fully recovered from his injuries, was not suitable to move, so Liu Yangzi took Nianzi and several other guys who had recovered from their injuries to move all the weapons and ammunition from the basement to Xie Bo's room, smelling the gun smoke coming from the new guns.
The smell of oil made Xie Bo's intact eye bright and frightening. "If we had had these weapons and ammunition when we were surrounded by the Japanese army, more brothers might have survived." Xie Bo's voice was already choked with sobs.
, which made the seemingly unrelated Tang Cheng feel a little sad.
"I think it's better to forget about buying them all. The division headquarters will re-issue weapons to us anyway. Taking out these new guns will only cause trouble. It's better to exchange them for money and put them in your pockets." Xie Bo disagreed.
The weapons found in Tangcheng were all sold on the black market, but Liu Yangyang's words were not unreasonable. There are strict regulations on the distribution of pistols in the ** troops, especially for direct troops like the 88th Division. 10
Once all the brand new German original speed machines are taken out, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of all parties, and the consequences of doing so will be somewhat outweighed by the gain.
"Don't buy them all. Replace all the brothers' rifles with new ones. Sell the old ones. Leave 00 for the bullets to give to the brothers. Keep the officer's pistols. Keep some more bullets. It is estimated that we will need ammunition in the future.
It won't be as easy as before." Regardless of Xie Bo's objections, Tang Cheng, who got a new gun, returned the gun that Xie Bo gave him. After all, it was the one he was used to using, and the new one Liu Yangang brought.
Compared with guns, Xie Bo still likes his old gun.
"Selling guns?" Tang Cheng wondered if he had heard wrongly. Actually, his first task after being brought to the Second Company was to follow Liu Yangyang to sell guns on the black market. Robert once said that weapons are the second life of soldiers, Liu
Why did the goats and the others go to the black market to sell guns? Didn’t it say that the 88th Division was a direct descendant of the Communist Party? Didn’t the Nationalist Government pay military salaries to the 88th Division? Tang Cheng was confused. He didn’t understand what Xie Bo’s intention was in agreeing to sell guns.
.
"Yes, they are selling guns. There are only about 30 people who were beaten in the second company. So many brothers need housing allowance and pensions to support their families. The higher-ups may issue some, but after the layers of people who handle them
Exploitation, it would be nice if the brothers can get half of it after they get it." Xie Bo had no intention of hiding it from Tang Cheng. Xie Bo had been secretly dealing with some of the Second Company's trophies and military supplies on the black market. If not for this,
The families of those brothers who died in the war have long been unable to open the door.
"But there's no need to sell guns. How can we fight the Japanese without weapons?" Tang Cheng is not a quick thinker. He can understand Xie Bo's intentions with just a moment's thought and sighs at Xie Bo's good intentions.
At the same time, I was also puzzled that Xie Bo went to the black market to sell guns. "My friends and I have been to the black market several times. Not only are weapons valuable, but some medicines, antiques, etc. are also valuable. There are so many Japanese hospitals and trading companies in the concession.
, can’t we just go to the door and get some medicines and antiques and come back? As for taking out the guns and selling them for money?”
Xie Bo and Liu Yangyang are both soldiers in the army. How would they know that there are so many twists and turns in the black market? If they hadn't heard from Tangcheng that medicines and antiques were also valuable, I'm afraid they would just exchange their spare firearms for money.
Tangcheng is different. Ever since Robert moved to Shanghai, Tangcheng has followed the gangsters on the streets around Shanghai. Naturally, he is no stranger to places like the black market. Last time, he helped get bullets for Tangcheng.
Five cents is a frequent visitor to the black market.
"Okay, since you said so, I'll leave this matter to you. I'll ask Nianzi to take the two brothers to follow you." Xie Bo and Liu Yangyang looked at each other and ignored Tang Cheng's shaking head of rejection.
The decision was made. The only things Xie Bo could exchange for money on the black market now were weapons and ammunition. But after all, they were from the 88th Division. If they really exchanged their weapons for Dayang, once the superiors knew about it, Xie Bo would
This captain is done.
"I know where to get the medicine. I'll prepare the things." Liu Yangyang is impatient. He immediately took Nianzi and drove the truck out. Xie Bo's Second Company has been fighting the Japanese army in urban Shanghai.
, and took on many forward tasks. During their attack mission, they once passed a clinic opened by the Japanese. At that time, Liu Yangyang also paid special attention to the fact that there were people in that clinic. Tangcheng said that the medicine on the black market was valuable, Liu Yangyang
Naturally, I immediately thought of the Japanese clinic.
Liu Yangyang took Nianzi and the others there for more than 2 hours. It wasn't until it was completely dark that they drove the truck back happily. "Look, it's all in foreign language. I don't know what kind of medicine it is, but
We brought back all the medicines from the Japanese clinic." The four wooden boxes were filled with medicine bottles of various sizes. The labels on the medicine bottles were in Japanese, English and German.
Cheng could only squat down and look through the medicine bottles in the wooden box one by one.
"Why are you bringing all saline, cold medicine, headache medicine? I'm talking about anti-inflammatory medicine and medicine for treating trauma. What are you bringing back?" He looked at the large and small items placed all over the floor.
Tang Cheng was speechless about the medicine bottle. When Tang Cheng asked about it, Liu Yangyang's face turned red and he lowered his head to smoke. Not to mention the foreign characters, he didn't even know a few Chinese characters, so he just picked them up when he was filling the medicine bottle.
Those who are pleasing to the eye take it, and they don't care whether it is valuable or not.
Xie Bo, who was watching with cold eyes, secretly smiled in his heart. It was different to have someone with more knowledge. In the past, no one except the health workers in the Second Company could distinguish medicines. "Forget it, we can't use so many weapons now anyway. Let's get some."
It doesn't hurt to sell it." In the end, Xie Bo settled the matter in time. The new weapons Tang Cheng found in the basement were enough for the Second Company. Now the remaining people have switched to new guns and sold the old guns they replaced.
I should be able to get some money back.
"Okay, let's go to bed early after dinner. Tang Cheng, please stay here for a while. I have something to tell you." Xie Bo winked at Liu Yangyang, and asked Tang Cheng to stay, who looked confused.
It was Xie Bo's selfish choice to stay in the second company. The second company was the first company he commanded after coming out of Huangpu. Liu Yangyang and Nianzi were both veterans of the company. The purpose of these people becoming soldiers was just to earn a living.
, but now the Japanese army is coming fiercely. If there is no discerning person to help them, Liu Yangyang and Nianzi will die sooner or later from hidden arrows shot from behind by their own people, even if they do not die on the battlefield.
If it were anyone else who only had a one-day friendship with Tang Cheng, he would not have gone to such great lengths to bring Tang Cheng under his control, but Xie Bo was a soldier with a military background. Although Xie Bo was a soldier who graduated from Huangpu
Yes, but several years of military career made Xie Bo very similar to the character of Liu Yangyang and other veterans. They just judge people based on their feelings. The meticulousness and cleverness shown by Tang Cheng when he led them that day left Xie Bo fresh in his memory, especially
Tang Cheng can speak and write Japanese fluently. If there is such a person in the Second Company during the battle with the Japanese army, it will definitely be a big help to the Second Company.
"I know you don't want to join our second company." Xie Bo motioned to Tang Cheng to move the single sofa to his side, and then handed Tang Cheng the watch that Liu Yangyang secretly gave him, "but now the military commander is here
Looking for you, you were picked up by Liu Yangyang from the church. They now know that you are from our 88th Division, so they will not do anything to you for the time being. But if you leave here, the military commander will take you away at any time, and
They will also punish you for desertion. Not to mention that you have an American passport, even if you are a foreigner with blond hair and blue eyes, you will not be able to escape the intelligence of the military commander."
"This watch was given to me by Liu Yangyang. I think it should be worth a few dollars. If you have to leave here, then leave quickly at night. When you run out of money, you can use this watch.
If you pawned your watch, how can you use it as a small amount of money for emergencies?" Xie Bo is different from Liu Yangyang. Tang Cheng can bluntly say to Liu Yangyang that he wants to leave, but when he faces Xie Bo, he feels a little confused.
It's hard to say it, especially since the gauze on Xie Bo's body has not been removed yet.
After all, Xie Bo was also a company commander, and he guessed right what Tang Cheng was thinking. He immediately said with a smile, "You don't have to feel sorry for me. Although I really want you to stay, if you don't want to, just leave."
Xie Bo Nu gestured to Tang Cheng to light a cigarette for him, "Fortunately you are here, Liu Yangyang and the others don't let me smoke, but they have been suffocating me to death these days." Xie Bo took a greedy sip and smoked half of the cigarette.
Then he laughed to himself.
"Back then, I was a student like you. At that time, I thought that after graduation I could find a good job to support my family, and then like most people, I would get married, have children, and enjoy a family. But I hadn't graduated from school yet, and things broke out on 128
, when the Japanese army came, many of my classmates from our school joined the army and went to the front line, but my mother's health was not good, so I couldn't bear to worry about my mother joining the army. However, in more than a month of fighting, more than 30 of my classmates were killed or injured.
More than 80%, and most of the survivors are disabled."
"But my disabled classmates were respected by all the teachers and students in the school. I regretted it very much at that time. I regretted not going to the front line with them to fight the Japanese." Speaking of this, Xie Bo revealed half of his face from under the gauze.
There was a hint of loneliness on his face, "You know, I was the strongest boy in our school at that time. It's a pity."
"What happened next? How did you end up entering the Whampoa Military Academy?" Tang Cheng, who felt the same as Xie Bo, couldn't help but ask.
"Later, I was lucky enough to meet a Japanese military officer who participated in the 128th Anti-Japanese War. After his inspiration and my mother's consent, I applied for the Huangpu Military Academy. After graduating from the military academy, I was assigned to the 88th Division Command 2
Company." Xie Bo's tone was very calm, but Tang Cheng could hear the loneliness in Xie Bo's words. Xie Bo was supposed to be an officer with great ambitions, but now he is lying on the sofa wrapped in gauze and recalling the past.
A decadent man, Tang Cheng didn't know whether to be grateful that Xie Bo was still alive or to feel sad for Xie Bo.