Leaving the city of Shanghai was not as smooth as Tangcheng expected. After daybreak, civilians who had to run around to support their families and soldiers with burnt faces and weapons appeared one after another along the way. There were inspections set up by the national army along the way.
Station, vehicles and pedestrians entering and leaving the city must be interrogated. Fortunately, Xie Bo and the others were wearing uniforms and had the mobilization order from the 88th Division, otherwise their two trucks would have been detained long ago.
"We are really about to retreat. When I was looking for a place to pee just now, I found that these idiots had brought a lot of trucks and parked them in the yard over there." While waiting for inspection at one of the checkpoints, a cut off from one place
Liu Yangyang came out from behind the wall and whispered secretly to Xie Bo. There were more than a dozen vehicles parked in the yard he found, including trucks and cars. Liu Yangyang even saw a few three-wheeled motorcycles. This
The checkpoint belongs to the Shanghai Security Corps. Since these guys have hidden so many cars, they must be preparing for a retreat. Veterans like Liu Yangyang can see the mystery.
"Just know it yourself. Don't tell other brothers first, especially Tang Cheng. That boy is too naive. It's not good to know it too early." Xie Bo was determined to abduct Tang Cheng. This 19-year-old young man
He is the most studious and smart person he has ever seen. It is a pity that such a person cannot be recruited into the second company. He glanced sideways at Tangcheng, who was sitting in the corner of the carriage, still studying the map.
Smile, this Tangcheng has enough brains to show off, but unfortunately he is a simple-minded person. Such a person will not live long in the army.
"I don't know what you fell in love with that kid. He's as thin as a hemp pole. If you fight with Niu Wazi on the bayonet, Niu Wazi can put several of them like him. What's the use of knowing how to read a map? You can't kill with a map.
Little devil." Liu Yangyang muttered in a low voice, seemingly dissatisfied, but his voice was just right for Xie Bo to hear, making Xie Bo smile again and again. Liu Yangyang said this deliberately, Xie Bo's injury is a big trouble,
If it weren't for his insistence, Liu Yangyang would not have taken Xie Bo out of the city. He just hoped that Xie Bo would smile more, and smiling more would alleviate the pain on his body.
"Uncle Liu, you are an old man from the Second Company. You were already here when I took charge of the Second Company. It's not like you don't know what kind of character I am." Xie Bonu held the cigarette that Liu Yangyang had already lit in his mouth, and then
He took a deep breath happily, and then blinked his good eye at Liu Yangyang, "I think this kid in Tangcheng is good. If he can be taught well, he will be a good helper. I can't do it. After the second company, he will be a good helper."
I'll leave it to you to worry about."
Xie Bo's words were a bit sad. Liu Yangyang was left speechless and didn't know what to say. Anyone who carries a gun and eats food doesn't want to be promoted and make a fortune. He, Liu Yangyang, has been eating military rations for almost a year. It would be a lie to say he doesn't want to be promoted.
. But he knew his own ability. It was already very difficult to command a platoon. If he was promoted to another level and commanded a company, Liu Yangyang probably wouldn't be able to last even a month. Xie Bo got back the hard work of being the company commander.
But what I can see with my own eyes is that bringing Xie Bo along with me actually has my own selfish motives at work. If I don't know how to do it myself, there is still Xie Bo who can help me with suggestions.
But Liu Yangyang never expected that Xie Bo had been thinking about him, and Baal's hard work in teaching Tang Cheng was actually to prepare helpers for him. Although Liu Yangyang looked down on Tang Cheng, he had to admit that Tang Cheng was smart enough.
It works, at least it works better than the rest of the Second Company. "Don't talk so much, have a good rest, I'll go down and take a look." He reached out and took the half-smoked cigarette from Xie Bo's mouth, and Liu Yangyang turned around and jumped.
Get off the carriage.
"Damn, you're all a veteran, and you're still playing shameless tricks with me." Xie Bo was dumbfounded when his cigarette was suddenly taken away. Liu Yangyang, Niu Wazi, and the others had been following the doctor's instructions not to let Xie Bo smoke.
, it was so easy to mix a cigarette, and only half of it was taken away by Liu Yangyang. How could Xie Bo not be angry. Niu Wazi, who was sitting next to Xie Bo and was concentrating on cleaning the gun, saw Xie Bo's expression.
But before Xie Bo asked him for a cigarette, Niu Wazi had already sat in the corner with the dismantled shell gun, where Xie Bo couldn't even kick him.
"Damn, you guys are so stubborn. When I'm healed, I'll get a few good cigarettes and smoke them all at once." Xie Bo, who was lying on the thick mattress with his back turned to the sky, laughed and cursed, lowering his head to clean the gun.
Wazi and several wounded soldiers from the Second Company also had smiles on their faces. Only Tang Cheng, who was sitting in the corner and studying the military map intently, didn't know what had just happened. Liu Yangyang left as quickly as he could and came back as quickly as he left.
He was holding half a cigarette, but when he came back he was holding several boxes of cans and biscuits.
"Someone was handing out these things in front, and I saw many people taking them, so I squeezed over and got some." Liu Yangyang found his bayonet and picked out all the canned meats and distributed them to the wounded in the carriage. "Eat more."
, Eat too much and the wound will heal quickly." Liu Yangyang dug out a piece of beef with his bayonet and stuffed it into Xie Bo's mouth, but he just licked the oily smell on the bayonet. There were more than a dozen wounded in the second company.
, but the canned meat he brought back was only 5 boxes. If the wounded were to eat freely, I am afraid that all the canned meat would not be enough for one person.
"Uncle Liu, where is the place that distributes canned food? I'll go get some too." After the war began, the Second Company had been tasked with clearing out the remaining Japanese troops in the city. Patriotic merchants had long stopped distributing food to the Japanese troops participating in the war.
It was news. Niu Wazi had also eaten the biscuits and cans they provided for free several times. The smell of the cans made Niu Wazi a little greedy.
He dug out another piece of beef and stuffed it into Xie Bo's mouth. Liu Yangyang smiled and rewarded Niu Wazi with a chestnut, "You kid thinks those business owners are all rich people. You have to spend money to buy those things. This checkpoint
With such a large number of troops, just that little thing is not enough to distribute. By the time you guys squeeze through, I'm afraid they will have already closed up their stalls and gone home. You'd better save some money." Looking sideways at Tangcheng, who was concentrating on studying the map, Liu Yangyang looked like he was
He said unintentionally, "But the little girl handing out cans looks familiar to me. It seems that I saw her when I went to church. Maybe she knows Tang Cheng."
From the moment Liu Yangyang climbed into the carriage with cans and biscuits, Tang Cheng quietly pricked up his ears to eavesdrop on what Liu Yangyang was saying. Previously, when Xie Bo and Liu Yangyang said that the withdrawal of troops from Shanghai was destined, Tang Cheng listened to everything.
The reason why he has been looking down at the map is because he is thinking about what he should do in the future. If Xie Bo still commands the second company, maybe Tang Cheng will stay without hesitation. But Xie Bo will take over the command of the second company.
It was Liu Yangyang. From the day he led the way for Xie Bo and the others, Tang Cheng felt that he and Liu Yangyang were at odds with each other. He did not think that Liu Yangyang would treat him the way Xie Bo did.
Although the chewing sound of the wounded affected the effect of Tang Cheng's eavesdropping, he still heard Liu Yangyang say the word church, church? What's wrong with the church? Tang Cheng subconsciously turned to look at Liu Yangyang, who was leaning against Liu Yangyang.
He glanced over and his eyes met. "Tangcheng, Uncle Liu just said that the person distributing cans outside seems to be someone you know. He met a woman inside in the church. Why don't you go and try it? Maybe
We really know each other, can't we get some more cans back?" The anxious Niu Wazi pulled Tang Cheng up and walked towards the tailgate of the carriage without saying a word.
Before Tang Cheng, who was confused, could figure out what Niu Wazi just said, he was already dragged by Niu Wazi to the tailgate of the carriage. "How about Tang Cheng, you go and give it a try, I
I just saw a girl among the people distributing things. When I went to the church last time and didn't find you, I seemed to have seen that girl in the church. Maybe she is actually someone you know." Liu Yangyang lowered his head and was busy giving.
Xie Bo fed the canned food into his mouth and without looking back, he uttered a sentence that made Tang Cheng stunned for a moment.
The answer seemed to be on the tip of his tongue for the girl who had been to church and had an impression on Liu Yangyang, but Tang Cheng didn't want to be that person because he had fallen in love with that person out of wishful thinking, but that person had always treated him like a fool.
Taking advantage. That's right, what Tang Cheng is thinking about at the moment is Xiao Yalan. Tang Cheng doesn't know many young girls in Shanghai, just Xiao Yalan and the others. Only the ones Liu Yangyang can meet and leave a vague impression on.
It was a few of them. When Xie Bo rescued him from the military police, Xiao Yalan and the others were by his side.
Reaching out to open the tarpaulin of the carriage, Tang Cheng looked out through the gap in the tarpaulin. Yes, the young woman dressed as a schoolgirl was not Xiao Yalan. Hou Xiaotian and the others were also distributing food to the passing soldiers.
Looking at Xiao Yalan's familiar face, Tang Cheng suddenly couldn't help but want to jump out of the truck and go see Xiao Yalan, but when he remembered Xiao Yalan's expression when she told him that she was a military intelligence agent, Tang Cheng instantly turned pale.
Xiao Yalan is a strong person at heart. Xiao Yalan's strength in the church that day can explain everything. Xiao Yalan has never liked him from the beginning. Maybe his use to them is as simple as his ability to speak Japanese. Look at the expression on Xiao Yalan's face.
With the smile and the military uniform on his body, Tang Cheng suddenly realized that he and Xiao Yalan had become strangers. They were no longer on the same road. Xiao Yalan was the military commander, and he was now a top-notch soldier.
Farewell, my friends, farewell, the woman I once liked, glanced around Hou Xiaotian and the others, Tang Cheng withdrew his gaze from Xiao Yalan, turned around and squatted in the corner of the carriage, silent. "I just did it on purpose.
"The proud Liu Yangyang mouthed to Xie Bo silently. If he wanted to stay in the second company in Tangcheng, he would have to stop his thoughts. Xiao Yalan, who was accidentally bumped into by Liu Yangyang, was the introduction, and accepted Xie Bo.
Liu Yangyang, who rolled his eyes, didn't feel that what he did was wrong.