"Comrade Liu Bo, thank you for your hard work." The commander took the initiative to shake hands with Liu Bo and said happily, "I read the analysis document you submitted last time on your work against the enemy. It was very thorough and meaningful."
"The report to the commander is not only due to me alone, but also to other comrades in the work team. Everyone summarized it based on actual work experience," Liu Bo said.
The Japanese soldier with his hands tied sat on a stool, expressionlessly watching the New Fourth Army commander talking to his subordinates, snorting coldly from time to time.
"This Japanese soldier." The commander pointed at the Japanese soldier and explained, "After he was captured, he made a fuss about committing suicide. Our soldiers handed over his saber, and he started yelling, kicking and hitting the wall.
He hit his head and bit my medic, so I had no choice but to tie him up first."
"I heard that he was finally brought back on a stretcher." Liu Bo glanced at the other party, who looked at him with a fierce look.
"I'll ask, Comrade Liu Bo is responsible for translating." The commander said, "You know them better, you can also ask questions."
"yes!"
Liu Bo was sitting behind a table, but found that the table was shaking a little. The commander laughed, walked to the door, found a small stone and put it under the corner of the table.
"Let's get started." The commander clapped his hands, "Ask for his name and serial number."
"Your name, unit number, and position." Liu Bo asked.
The Japanese soldier glanced at Liu Bo, seemingly surprised by the New Fourth Army officer's proficiency in Japanese, but in the end he snorted coldly and did not answer.
…
"How old are you this year?" Liu Bo continued to translate the commander's question.
The Japanese soldiers remained silent.
"Who is there in the family? Are your parents still alive?"
Still silent.
The commander glanced at the other person. He was a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, with a hint of childishness on his face. However, this childishness was obscured by his deliberately fierce eyes. Due to extreme nervousness, there was a thin layer of sweat on his forehead.
beads.
"Are you a student? Were you still in school before joining the army?"
After listening to Liu Bo's translation, the soldier's eyes flickered, and finally he spat thick phlegm on the ground.
"Please don't take our kindness for granted," Liu Bo said angrily.
"Mercy?" The Japanese soldier raised his eyes, "Aren't you going to kill me?"
"Why do I want to kill you?" Liu Bo asked, and then translated his words to the commander in a low voice.
"We never kill prisoners," the commander added.
"Not killing the prisoners?" The Japanese soldier looked surprised and shook his head, "I don't believe it."
"If we want to kill you, we won't stop you at all when you commit suicide," Liu Bo said.
The Japanese soldier was silent for a moment, looking at the two people in front of him, as if to confirm the authenticity of what he said, and finally shook his head, "I can't understand."
"There are a lot of things you don't understand." The commander snorted coldly.
…
"What's your name, number, and position?" Liu Bo asked again.
This time, the Japanese soldiers did not refuse to answer and talked for a long time.
"He said his name is Kobayashi Masao, he is from Shikoku Island, Japan, and he is a first-class private in the Japanese Third Division." Liu Bo translated to the commander in a low voice.
After glancing at Masao Kobayashi, Liu Bo continued, "He asked us what we would do to him if we didn't kill him."
"What do you want?" the commander asked.
Kobayashi Masao lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head again with a blank expression, "I don't know..."
He paused for a moment and said again.
"He asked if he could ride a bicycle?" Liu Bo continued to translate.
The commander was obviously stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting that the Japanese prisoner would ask this question.
"Why did you think of riding a bicycle?" Liu Bo was also a little surprised and asked.
Kobayashi Masao then chirped and said something else.
"He said that when he was in school in Japan, he was an excellent rider on the school's cycling team." Liu Bo translated in a low voice, "His dream is to participate in the cycling competition in the Olympic Games the year after tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, Liu Bo took a deep look at Masao Kobayashi. He thought it was so ironic and ridiculous that a Japanese prisoner whose hands were stained with Chinese blood actually raised the issue after he was captured and learned that he would not be killed.
He wants to ride a bicycle and talks a lot about his Olympic dream.
"You asked him, why didn't he practice cycling in Japan, but came to China to kill people and set fires?" the commander said, taking a puff of cigarette.
"Because I love my motherland, I am responding to the call of the empire!" Masao Kobayashi raised his voice and said.
"Everyone has the right to love his motherland, but you love Japan, but you come to invade China," the commander said.
"By occupying China, Japan will become richer." Masao Kobayashi said immediately.
Seeing Kobayashi Masao's natural expression, the commander became angry. He put out his cigarette, stared at the other person, and said angrily, "You are a bandit's logic. As a Japanese, you love Japan, which is understandable. But, you have to
You know, we Chinese also love our motherland! We will fight to the death against your barbaric aggression!"
"This is not aggression, we are here to help China develop." Masao Kobayashi said.
…
Peng!
The commander punched the table!
"Helping China develop? What you call development means killing our compatriots, bullying our women, burning, killing, and looting?" The commander was furious. "Starting from the northeast, you burned, killed, and looted all the way!"
He was so angry that he asked Masao Kobayashi, "If your brothers, sisters, fathers and villagers are massacred, your house is burned down, and even your infant baby is killed, do you also admit that this is helping your development?"
"This is bandit logic. You are bandits and invaders!" Liu Bo translated the commander's words and said angrily.
Kobayashi Masao stopped talking and obviously didn't know how to argue.
"Can I ride a bicycle?" After a while, Masao Kobayashi spoke again.
"You still want to ride a bicycle?" Liu Bo was furious and asked back. He really couldn't understand that his compatriot was so aggressive, no, so shameless.
"I can drive a car and repair a car. I can help you repair the car in exchange for riding a bicycle." Masao Kobayashi's eyes were full of hope and pleading, "I don't want to miss the Olympics the year after next."
"Unfortunately, we don't have bicycles or cars yet." The commander stood up and looked at the angry captive soldier in front of him, "When we seize the bicycle from you, we will ask you to come and see if it is
That bike of yours!”
After saying that, the commander waved his hand, Liu Bo shouted, and asked someone to escort Xiao Lin Masao away.
…
"Stubborn!" Liu Bo was furious, sighed, and said, "Commander, I am now more and more aware of the dangers of germ nationalism. They poisoned the Japanese people, wiped out their conscience, and became an indispensable force.
A rational killing machine and a beast without any conscience!"
The commander nodded and said with a serious expression, "Yes, germ nationalism and fascist ideas are the common enemies of the righteous people all over the world."
That day, the commander invited Liu Bo to have dinner with him.
The commander gnawed on cereal grains and drank vegetable leaf soup. He glanced at Liu Bo, who was somewhat silent, and said with a smile, "Compared with when we were fighting guerrillas in the south, this meal is already a fairy tale."
Liu Bo took a gulp of the soup, wiped his mouth, and said, "Commander, now I understand more and more why I chose the red road. From the commander and comrades, I see hope. Only red can save China, and also
Only red can save the Japanese people who have been blinded and harmed by bacterial nationalism."
As he spoke, he quickly put down the bowl and said seriously, "Commander, I have a request."
"What's the request? Just tell me."
"Commander, please give a lecture to our comrades from the Enemy Industry Department." Liu Bo said with a smile.
"No problem." The commander said happily, "I just want to have a chat with my comrades and thank you for your hard work."
On the same day, the commander held a candle-lit night talk with comrades from the First Detachment of the Enemy Engineering Department of the New Fourth Army, including Liu Bo. He summarized the experience of our army's work against the enemy and put forward several requirements for the "enemy workers" of the New Fourth Army.
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First, we must be loyal and firm, and have a strong party spirit.
It must not be affected by the harsh environment, be able to maintain the purity of red, truly "come out of the mud without being stained", and be able to maintain the stance and essence of red in the most complex environment.
Second, be brave and not afraid of sacrifice.
Third, you must be alert and have a high degree of vigilance. You must be able to flexibly use the enemy's contradictions.
Liu Bo sat below, biting the end of his pencil, listening very carefully, with an extremely determined expression.
…
After the meeting, he took the initiative to find the commander.
"Commander, I request that Masao Kobayashi be handed over to my care." Liu Bo's eyes flashed with a determined fighting light. "The Japanese warlords and fascists turned Masao Kobayashi from a human into a ghost. I want to turn Masao Kobayashi from a ghost."
Become a new person!"
"Very good, your idea is very good." The commander nodded, "Are you confident?"
"Yes!" Liu Bo gave a military salute, "What you just said is that you must be able to flexibly take advantage of the enemy's contradictions!"
The commander heard this and laughed heartily.
…
The next day.
"Female compatriots!" A middle-aged woman with short hair waved her fist, her eyes flashing, "Everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the country."
"The brutal Japanese invaders massacred our parents, bullied our female compatriots, and killed our children!"
"In the face of brutal enemies, our female compatriots can no longer remain silent."
Bai Ruolan looked at Mou Liying who was raising her arms and giving a speech on the stage. Her heart was filled with admiration and excitement.
However, she didn't hesitate at all, picked up her Kun bag, turned around and left.
Her move attracted everyone's attention in the heated venue. Mou Liying glanced at the woman leaving and did not stop her speech.
"Sister Ruolan." Tang Xiaoye quickly chased after her.
Bai Ruolan ignored it, walked quickly, and walked dozens of steps away from the venue before stopping.
"Sister Ruolan, why are you leaving?" Tang Xiaoye asked.
"Didn't you say you invited me to go shopping together? Why are you here?" Bai Ruolan asked.
"Sister Mou is the president of the Shanghai Professional Women's Club. Her speech was very popular with everyone. I thought you would also like it, so I brought you here." Tang Xiaoye said with a smile.
The elder brother Cheng Qianfan is a high-ranking counter-revolutionary patrol official. He is greedy for money and lust, preying on the common people. He is also rumored to be in cahoots with the Japanese. He is hopeless.
However, she found that her sister-in-law Bai Ruolan was well-educated and could be saved, so she thought about leading Bai Ruolan away from that counter-revolutionary family and onto the right path of patriotism and resistance to Japan.
…
"I don't understand what you are talking about." Bai Ruolan shook her head.
"You can learn if you don't understand." Tang Xiaoye said, "I know Sister Ruolan that you are smart and knowledgeable, but you have always..."
"Xiaoye, you don't understand what I mean." Bai Ruolan shook her head, "I don't understand what you said, and I don't want to understand. My life is very simple."
She looked at her sister-in-law with a serious expression on her face, "I just want to give birth to a son and a half for your brother and live my life well."
"Sister Ruolan, now the country is in crisis. Without a country, there is no family. You can't just think about your small life. You should rise up..." Tang Xiaoye tried his best to persuade.
She looked at Bai Ruolan, gritted her teeth, and continued, "Sister Ruolan, do you know how people scold Cheng Qianfan? Do you know what he is doing? Follow him, you will not be happy, you have to stand up
, make the choice bravely and leave the cage that traps you!"
"I never thought it was a prison. Qianfan is a good husband and will be a good father in the future." Bai Ruolan's expression became more serious, "And..."
Her beautiful eyes were actually a bit mean at this moment, "The last time you came to Qianfan for help, you didn't call him by his first name!"
With that said, Bai Ruolan flipped up her bangs and said coldly, "You shouldn't call me sister Ruolan, you should call me sister-in-law."
She looked at Tang Xiaoye coldly, "Of course, you don't recognize this brother, so I will never allow you to call me sister-in-law again."
After saying that, Bai Ruolan turned around and left. After taking two steps, she stopped and turned back and said, "Also, you are not welcome in our family, and neither am I. Don't come looking for me again."
After saying that, she left without hesitation.
…
At the entrance of the alley, Haozi was already waiting with two bodyguards. When he saw his sister-in-law coming, he got out of the driver's seat and opened the door of the back seat.
After Bai Ruolan got into the car, Li Hao closed the car door. He raised his head and glanced at Tang Xiaoye not far away, his eyes a little cold.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Hao walked towards Tang Xiaoye.
"What are you going to do?" Tang Xiaoye asked warily.
She knew this person, this person was Cheng Qianfan's number one confidant and henchman.
"My sister-in-law said she doesn't like to see you, so don't bother her again." As he spoke, Li Hao lowered his voice and said coldly, "This time, I will pretend that I didn't see anything. If there is another time -"
Li Hao pointed in the direction of the alley, "I will personally lead people to suppress you!"
"I do what I say!" He stared at Tang Xiaoye with cold eyes.
After saying that, he snorted coldly, turned around and strode away.
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Well, I predicted that people would scold Tang Xiaoye. Of course, purely from a reader's perspective, I might also want to scold him.
However, I would like to say one more thing. If you look at the harsh environment at that time, Tang Xiaoye is worthy of admiration. She risked her life at any time to engage in the glorious and great red anti-Japanese propaganda cause.