"Tang Cheng, what's wrong with you? How are the company commander and the others?" Several people were carried in, but only Tang Cheng himself came out of the hospital in a daze. Nianzi, who had been staying outside to guard Fatty Ma and the others, couldn't help but wonder.
A little anxious. Nianzi is not a talkative, but that doesn't mean that Nianzi is ignorant. Although Tangcheng was forced to stay in the second company by Xie Bo, Tangcheng is much better than Niuwazi and the other recruits.
So Nianzi always spoke kindly to Tangcheng.
"It's okay, Brother Nianzi, get me some bullets. I don't have many bullets on me." Tang Cheng, who climbed into the carriage, peeled off Watanabe's clothes and shoes, tied them into a bundle, carried them in his hand, and gave Nianzi to
Dozens of rounds of bullets were also stuffed into the bag. "Captain Xie is still in the operating room for resuscitation right now. The doctor said he should be able to save his life. I still have something to go out for. Keep an eye on these two guys. Captain Xie is still useful in keeping them."
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After giving a few kind words and ignoring Nianzi's surprised expression, Tang Cheng jumped out of the truck with a small baggage and left without looking back. There is no such thing as a banquet in the world. When he left Shanghai, Tang Cheng didn't think about it.
He wanted to stay in the Second Company and take Fatty Ma and Watanabe back to the Second Company. This was just because Tang Cheng did not want to owe Xie Bo and the others any favors. Now that it was better, Tang Cheng was alone again, free and free.
No worries.
It was Tang Cheng's impromptu idea to strip off Watanabe's clothes. He couldn't go to a hotel for dinner wearing a military uniform covered in blood. Apart from going to the clinic to see his injuries, Tang Cheng couldn't think of any other uses for the military uniform he was wearing.
What to do with it? While thinking about how to get to Sichuan, Tang Cheng slowly walked out of the hospital's courtyard. The main door of the hospital was on the main street. The scene in front of him stunned Tang Cheng, who was full of confidence. Wu Yang Yang
As far as the eye could see, there were broken soldiers and refugees, and the direction behind them was Shanghai.
Annoyed, unwilling, confused, dodging, every face Tang Cheng saw showed a different expression, but Tang Cheng saw more of them numb, yes, just numb, even those who were held in the arms of adults
Children also have numb faces. They don't know why they want to leave home, they don't even know what leaving home means, but they have the same numb expressions as adults.
"Ahem, what else is there to say? We were defeated earlier. If we don't run, are we waiting for death in vain?" The defeated soldier who was pulled by Tang Cheng rolled his eyes. If it weren't for the fact that Tang Cheng gave him half a pack of cigarettes,
Maybe he simply ignored this guy who smelled of blood. After asking several defeated soldiers in a row, Tangcheng finally figured out the general situation. It turned out that the Dachang stationed by the 18th Division was lost. The Dachang was lost, and the Sekt defense line was lost.
In fact, it had been broken through, and the Third Theater had no choice but to make the decision to abandon the North Station-Jiangwan position. These defeated troops were the defeated troops of the 18th Division and the 26th Division that were stationed in Dachang that day.
The Central Army troops retreated to the south bank of the Suzhou River, and the troops on the left were also ordered to move. The ** troops planned to retreat to the line from Liuhe, Shenjiaqiao, Chaowangmiao, Xujiahang, Guangfu, Chenjiahang, Jiangqiao, Beixinjing to Fanwangdu, to build a
A 35-kilometer-long new defense line. The 18th Division was almost completely wiped out in a major battle. The division commander Zhu Yaohua committed suicide but failed to be rescued. Some of the dispersed soldiers did not want to go back to Shanghai to continue fighting, so they followed the refugees.
to Suzhou.
Looking at the endless row of refugees and defeated soldiers, Tang Cheng wanted to jump up on the steps beside him and shout loudly, using his shouts to awaken the blood in these people's bones and wake them up to go back to Shanghai to fight the Japanese army. But he couldn't.
, he even remembered what Xiao Yalan and the others said when they were raising money on the street, but he couldn't do it, because he was also a person who was eager to escape from the battlefield now. Since he couldn't do it himself, what reason did he have to encourage others to stay?
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After finding a small clinic to re-bandage the wound on his right arm, Tang Cheng, who had changed his clothes, mingled with the refugees with a large pile of sesame seed cakes on his back and moved forward step by step. Tang Cheng actually thought about hiring a horse to move quickly.
Arrive in Nanjing, then head west to Hefei and then south to Wuhan. But as the old saying goes, wealth cannot be revealed. Tang Cheng is still injured. If he provokes these broken soldiers, he should pay attention to himself. Even if Tang Cheng carries two pistols, he may not be as good as others.
There are many opponents. Not to mention that when the time comes, there will be no money, and a life will be lost if the trouble goes wrong. Tangcheng will not do such a thing.
The eye-catching injury on Tang Cheng's arm was just an ordinary penetrating wound. It did not damage the bones or vital parts. He only needed to rest without water for half a month to recover. Although the Japanese army in Shanghai had broken through the defense line of Dacha, Tang Cheng heard that
Those defeated soldiers said that there were still hundreds of thousands of soldiers fighting the Japanese army in the Shanghai battlefield, which meant that the Japanese army would not pursue them in a short time, so Tangcheng would rather spend more time hiding among the refugees.
"Is the little brother alone? Why didn't the adults in the family follow him?" Seeing that there was only one person in Tang Cheng, the bespectacled man holding the child asked a few questions in a low voice. When he learned that Tang Cheng was an orphan, the man brought
His wife glared at him complainingly. The wave of refugees following Tangcheng came all the way from Shanghai. The man holding the child and his wife both taught. The Japanese soldiers came and the school had already stopped classes.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the family of three had to leave Shanghai and go to Nanjing to seek refuge with relatives and friends.
"Nanjing is the capital of our country. With so many high-ranking officials of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, there is no way it will be occupied by the Japanese. Besides, there is still a war in Shanghai. Maybe the Japanese troops can defeat the Japanese.
Maybe we can even get out of Shanghai." When they stopped to rest, the man with glasses holding a child chatted with Tang Cheng's ancestors. When he learned that Tang Cheng wanted to go to Sichuan, the man began to persuade Tang Cheng to follow them.
People go to Nanjing.
"Although Sichuan is a good place, the distance is too far. It may not be safe for you as a child to travel alone. It is better to go to Nanjing with us. My friend in Nanjing is quite capable. Let him help you find a job.
It's not difficult, even if you are delivering telegrams in the telegraph office, you can at least support yourself, which is better than living everywhere." The woman sitting next to her feeding the child nodded in agreement, saying that these are war-torn times.
, it is too dangerous to go to Sichuan alone in Tangcheng.
I don’t know if it’s Tangcheng’s luck or frustration that I met such a warm-hearted family. Fortunately, I met a warm-hearted and good person. What’s frustrating is that the man with glasses is so eloquent that he sat on the roadside to rest for half an hour.
, Tangcheng just listened to him talking. "Look, what is that?" Several small black spots appeared in the air, and the refugees resting on the roadside looked up one after another. Tangcheng and Xinjiang were confused.
The family of three they met also looked up into the air. Just as the children were clapping their hands and laughing, Tang Cheng's expression changed.
It was an airplane. The black dots that appeared in the air were airplanes, but they were too far away. Tang Cheng had no way of knowing whether those airplanes belonged to the Japanese army or the Japanese. After Shanghai accidentally rescued Emma and the others, Tang Cheng, who was lying on a stretcher,
After being bombed by Japanese planes, Tang Cheng would never forget the feeling of being submerged by the blast of air. "Quickly, leave the road and go into the woods, hurry up." Tangcheng repeatedly urged the family of three to follow him to the place a hundred meters away.
A small forest. Although the trees were short and sparse, at least the forest was a hundred meters away from the road.
"Let's go, that's a plane. When they drop the bomb, none of us will survive." Seeing a family of three still looking at him stupidly but not moving, Tang Cheng became anxious and reached out to snatch the child from the woman's arms and stepped forward.
He ran towards the forest. The child was snatched away by Tang Cheng. The woman who reacted and chased after him with a cry and a cry. The last one was a man with glasses carrying a suitcase and luggage. No matter if it was a plane that could drop bombs or not.
, it is urgent to get your own child back first.
"Hurry up, the plane is coming down." Tang Cheng shouted several times, but the refugees looking up looked at Tang Cheng like fools. In desperation, Tang Cheng could only turn around and grab the woman's arm.
He ran towards the woods with all his strength, urging the bespectacled man carrying the suitcase to speed up. Suddenly someone among the refugees behind him cheered loudly. Tang Cheng subconsciously turned his head and saw four strong-looking aircraft flying quickly over the road.
Passing by, the sun flag logo under the wing came into view of Tangcheng.
"Come on, it's a Japanese plane." Tang Cheng didn't know why these four planes with Japanese military flags didn't drop bombs directly, but he knew that the refugees on the road had probably been targeted by the Japanese planes in the sky.
, but he knew that he could only save his life by staying far away from those refugees.
As soon as the thought hidden in my heart appeared in my mind, a series of gunshots suddenly rang out. The plane that was swooping down again opened fire, and the sound of machine gun fire like fried beans was consistent and clear. I and my family of three rushed into the low-rise area.
In the short forest, Tang Cheng heard the explosion from behind. The Japanese plane finally dropped the bomb. Curling up, closing his eyes and holding his head, Tang Cheng and the family of three lay down in the forest.
Letting the sound of gunshots and explosions fill their ears, they can only hand over their fate to the master of this world.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Explosions like landslides and earth-shattering were constantly shaking the earth. Tang Cheng and the others, who were lying in the woods with their heads in their hands, were almost ejected from the ground! The continuous and fierce impact made Tang Cheng feel his internal organs.
It felt like it was going to burst. I covered my ears tightly with both hands, but my eardrums were still hurting. Time flowed slowly in the torture. The sound of gunshots and explosions were still roaring, but they sounded a little thinner. The rumbling explosions
There were once a series of sounds, but when the shaking on the ground gradually weakened, Tang Cheng and the others were deafened. Apart from the continuous buzzing, they could no longer hear any other sounds.