It rained heavily for several days in a row, and the floor of the old crow's nest was so muddy that even a foot could sink into it.
No one can live in the underground cellar of the old crow's nest anymore, and dew is hanging on the house when the humidity returns. It's a good day to light a bonfire to drive away the tide.
Just like that, God won't let you feel happy.
After finally calming down for a few days, bad news came again.
In Lao Chu's house, Xu Ruifeng and others sat in a circle around the fire in the rain. Lao Chu held a piece of paper and continued to read the latest news, but this time, everyone was shocked.
"On August 9, after the Japanese broke into Hongqiao Airport for unexplained provocation and were shot dead by airport security, the Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai asked the Shanghai security forces to withdraw and remove all defenses, but they were sternly rejected."
Lao Xu stretched out his hand and said, "Isn't this the same as the Marco Polo Bridge?"
"On the 10th, the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet assembled more than 30 large and small warships in the Wusong area, sailed into the Huangpu River to demonstrate, and urgently mobilized the Marine Corps to go to Shanghai!"
"On the 11th, the 87th and 88th Divisions of the National Government stationed themselves in Yangshupu and Hongkou, Shanghai."
"On the 13th, the Japanese army fired provocatively in the direction of Hongkou and attacked Baoshan Road and the Bazi Bridge, but were repelled by the Eighty-Eighth Division!"
Si Baozi stood up immediately, his big head hit the beam of the shed with a 'bump', and he endured the pain and shouted: "Happy, I should have done this to him a long time ago!"
Ma Zhansan frowned.
Xu Ruifeng saw some clues and asked: "Mr. Ma, what do you mean?"
"The Japanese claim to have an invincible navy. I heard that there are cannons on the ship with a caliber of nearly half a meter. Their strength on the water is recognized by the whole world. I am a little confused. Why do they have to fight in Shanghai?"
Si Baozi said: "What do you mean, if the Japanese come over and we watch, we won't fight back?"
Ma Zhansan shook his head: "The current situation is different. The whole of North China is in the smoke of war, and the whole country has fallen into a full-scale war of resistance. If we have troops, we can't send them to North China, but have to put them within the reach of other people's naval guns. This is not Qingqing.
Are you waiting to be beaten? Let me ask you, you are a Jianghu person, will you use your breast as a knife edge? "
Si Baozi shrank his neck and said, "I'm not a tiger either."
"It's still true!"
No one spoke, they all seemed to be deep in thought.
Lao Chu continued: "China and Japan fought fiercely with the Suzhou River as the boundary, and the fighting was as brutal as ever. According to feedback from our party's frontline personnel, the intensity of the troop formations on both sides had reached its peak at that time, and a single cannonball would kill the enemy."
Corpses litter the field..."
"It is reported that a division from an ordinary place with support can only hold on for four hours when it reaches the front line; a division of elite troops can only hold on for eight hours, one or two days at most; even civil engineering can only hold on for one
worship……"
At this time, Xu Ruifeng turned around and asked: "Mr. Ma, what is the civil engineering department?"
"They should be the two most elite troops. It is said that these two troops are equipped with all German weapons and are famous German weapons corps."
Lao Chu sighed: "In the end, even the tax police headquarters rushed to the front line..."
Tax police headquarters?
There was no need for Xu Ruifeng to ask this time. Ma Zhansan said: "The Tax Police Corps should be said to be the elite under the command of Uncle Guo. It is said to be a regiment. In fact, the organization is no different from a division. Its combat effectiveness is hard to say, but its equipment is definitely first-line.
level."
After these words fell, Xu Ruifeng and the others knew what had happened in these days. The Shanghai and Nanjing governments actually arranged for the country's elite to be deployed in Shili Foreign Market. Under the Japanese cannons, they made their attitude clear, that is, they would never
Surrender like the Japanese.
But the problem is that the price paid for this attitude is too great, to an extent beyond imagination!
At this time, Lao Chu also gave an explanation: "Shanghai is the gateway to the country in the eyes of the Nanjing government. Behind Shanghai is Nanjing. If Shanghai cannot be defended, the capital of the Nanjing government will be exposed to the bayonet of the Japanese army. Perhaps, this
That’s why heavy troops must be deployed in this battle.”
These people in the old crow's nest are not in high positions, so naturally they have no access to the decisions of important national organs. They can only rely on their own guesses to worry about the country.
"Old Chu, what happened?"
"Did you win the battle?"
During the inquiry, Lao Chu shook his head: "The war is not over yet, and I am not particularly clear about the specific results."
July and August flew by with bad news one after another. It was so suffocating that when I saw a tree, I wanted to rush up to it and take a bite to relieve my anger.
However, Lao Chu issued a death order. Before receiving the order from the organization, all the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Alliance were not allowed to leave Lao Crow's Nest. Everything must be based on the order. Anyone who disobeys the order will be subject to military law.
Wait, wait...
For the first time, Xu Ruifeng obeyed the order like a good baby, honestly waiting for him in the crow's nest.
He knew that Lao Chu was watching him overtly and covertly. After all, he represented the entire team of "death-row prisoners". Now these death-row prisoners have become the leaders of Lao Crow's Nest's combat effectiveness. If there is a slight difference, it will be a big deal.
As night fell, a familiar figure rushed from the mountains into the old crow's nest. When this person entered the cellar where Xu Ruifeng was, he got into bed with a smile on his face.
He is Wang Ming.
Si Baozi was lying on the kang and kicked Wang Ming. He turned over and looked at him and asked, "Is it connected to the sewer again?"
Wang Ming smiled "hehe" and leaned on the edge of the kang and said: "Fourth brother, you are all old and can bear it. I am a young man who always won't let me touch you. How can you not do it?"
Si Baozi stretched out his hand and slapped Wang Ming on the back of his head: "Damn it, if you let the Japanese focus on you, you will bring trouble to everyone, you know!"
"cannot!"
"I came back after wiping my butt, otherwise I could have gone out for two whole days and one night."
Wang Ming left secretly, and stayed there for two days and one night. Every morning when he got up and called the roll call, someone would answer for him, and Lao Chu, who was busy with official duties, didn't notice. In fact, Xu Ruifeng had this idea ever since Wang Ming came up with it.
You know, it's like there are bugs crawling on your body. He tossed and turned on the kang and couldn't sleep. When he started to pick up the leggings and leg forks, Lao Xu already understood what this kid was going to do.
However, Lao Xu didn't point it out.
He felt that there was nothing going on in the old crow's nest anyway, and Wang Ming was not the kind of person who would cause trouble, so he just went. At such a depressing time, how could you still suffocate everyone under your control to death?
But Lao Xu never expected how much trouble Wang Ming would cause to Lao Crow's Nest by letting him out!
"Tell me, what's going on in Harbin now?" Sibaozi asked curiously.
When he mentioned this, Wang Ming chewed his teeth and said: "Tsk..."
"The Japanese in Harbin have their tails raised to the sky. The Japanese on the street have their mouths curled up and their chins raised. Fourth brother, you don't know, I can't wait to pull out my legs and beat them all..."
Si Baozi stared at him and asked, "Then why didn't you take action?"
"My dear brother, can I still get back what I've done?"
"You don't know what Harbin has become since we started making trouble. It can be said that it is strictly guarded. In today's Harbin, within five minutes, you can definitely see the Japanese and puppet troops patrolling passing by on the street.
, the transportation lines and railway lines outside the city are patrolled by special troops. If you are not careful, you will be unable to fly! "
Sibaozi gritted his teeth and asked again: "Is it easy to go to Dao'er?"
"I've been listening to the news from Lao Chu these past few days, and I can hardly hold it in anymore. If I have time, I have to go out and kill two Japanese to vent my anger."
"Isn't that simple?"
"I went out to take a closer look this time. The Japanese patrolling the railway lines are still in small teams. There are about ten people at a time, and the inspection standard is ten miles. We only need to find a good location. It's hard to say if there are too many, and we can fuck them all at once.