The dark clouds seemed to be within reach, and the continuous explosions in the distance made people feel very depressed.
Pang Gang followed Tabitha, the pastor, and finally walked into this majestic church.
"Bang!"
When Su Rui and others all entered the church, Wang Dezi, who was walking at the end, did not forget to close the door, close the door frame, and add a few big stones.
When Su Rui walked into the church, he discovered that the church was not only majestic, but also extremely strong. The entire church was built with hard bluestone, steel bars and blue bricks. The main body of the church is divided into upper and lower parts.
There is a two-story annex building next to it. In Suri's opinion, this church is more than enough to be used as a fortress.
In fact, it really made Su Rui guess. This church was built in 1900. It was raised funds by the American missionary Joseph. At that time, because the current situation in Nanjing was very turbulent, Joseph was building this church.
When building a church, we also had to give more consideration to its defensive function.
The people of the country at that time were very simple, and no one thought of doing any shoddy projects. With a lot of money from the American church, this church was built extremely solidly. Although it has gone through more than thirty years of ups and downs,
It rains, but it remains as strong as ever.
Everyone walked to the church. Tabitha opened the door and said to Suri: "We are here, Mr. Major. You and your subordinates can go in, but I hope you can keep the promise you just made."
Su Tong took the lead and walked in. As soon as he entered the church, the first thing Su Rui saw was the huge cross hanging in the church hall and hundreds of chairs in the hall.
Under the cross is a large wooden table made of white birch, which is probably used by Tabitha during her daily sermons. There are two candles lit on the table, and the dim candlelight makes the surrounding area particularly gloomy.
Su Tong nodded as he walked: "Well, that's right. Mr. Tabitha, please go and prepare food for our soldiers now. My soldiers and I are hungry."
Tabitha took a deep look at Suri, nodded and said, "Of course, please wait a moment."
After saying that, Tabitha walked towards the small door on the side.
After seeing Tabitha leave, Su Rui looked at Lin Shiqian and said: "Platoon Leader Lin, although we have temporarily found a place to stay, I guess it is not peaceful here. You should arrange a few people to guard the surrounding commanding heights.
Well, if the Japanese come in, someone can call the police."
Lin Shiqian nodded: "Sir, what you said makes sense. I immediately arranged for a few brothers to guard the surrounding area."
Lin Shiqian was quite capable, and he quickly arranged for a squad of soldiers to go out on guard.
Looking at the dozen or so soldiers who were out on guard, Su Rui felt relieved a little. He looked around, walked up to Lin Shiqian and said, "Platoon Leader Lin, I'll go inside and take a look. You can take the gun."
Lend me your envoy."
Lin Shiqian said with some worry: "Sir, would you like me to send two brothers to accompany you there so that we can be prepared in case the foreign monk tries to trick you?"
Su Rui shook his head: "No need, there won't be any trouble here. You'd better arrange the sentry work so that if something happens at night, we won't fall into someone else's trap in our sleep."
After saying that, Su Rui reached out and took the shell gun handed over by Lin Shi, and walked towards the depths of the hall...
There is a small door inside the church, which probably leads to the living area of the church. After Su Rui opened the small door, he saw a huge hall. Before Su Rui could finish looking at the hall, his
Immediately, a burst of exclamations and screams sounded in the ears.
"Hey, is this a crazy situation?" Su Rui couldn't help but be dumbfounded when he took a closer look at the situation in the hall.
In a corner of the large hall, dozens of girls wearing female student uniforms with black and gray faces all huddled together and looked at him in horror. The blue and black old school uniforms of these female students fell on Su
There was a sense of time and space confusion in Rui's eyes. At this moment, they looked at Su Rui in blue military uniform in horror, their eyes radiating fear, as if they were looking at a prehistoric beast that suddenly broke into their home.
"Grass!"
He couldn't help but cursed again. Su Rui felt that he cursed more today than he had in the past month.
"What the hell is going on?"
Before Su Rui could speak, a frightened and angry voice sounded beside him.
"Mr. Major, you have violated our agreement. You should not enter here. There are civilians here without any reason!"
When Suri turned around, he saw Tabitha standing behind him, with an angry look on his face. He didn't have a good look at this foreigner Suri. He asked with a stern face: "Pastor Tabitha, what on earth is going on?"
What’s going on, how come you have such students here? And they’re all female?”
As Suri said that, the muzzle of the shell gun in his hand was pointed at Tabitha's chest.
Seeing the major in front of him pointing the gun at himself again, Pastor Tabitha became even more angry, "Oh... Shet, major, can't you put that damn gun away?"
I think your guns should be aimed at the Japanese outside, rather than an innocent American like me!"
"I don't know whether you are innocent or not. I just want to know why you have so many female students here? What is going on?"
Suri ignored him and kept pointing his gun at the bearded priest.
"Damn it!" Pastor Tabitha gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think I forced them all here?"
"Isn't it? Or maybe they all felt the call of the Lord and came to you to seek comfort during this time of war and chaos?"
There was a hint of a smile in Su Rui's expression. The Japanese army had not yet entered the city, and he did not believe that so many female students would come to seek the protection of this bearded man at the same time. How could Nanjing be still here now?
Not fallen yet.
Seeing the obvious look of distrust on Suri's face, Tabitha shook her head and said, "Okay, these students are all students from the nearby Jinling Girls' Middle School. Their principal and I are old friends. When the war came, the school
There are no classes anymore, and other students have gone home. Only these out-of-town students can't go back for a while, so their principal entrusted them to me, and you have seen the rest."
Su Rui asked displeasedly: "What about their principal? Why are these students still here so irresponsibly? Where has he gone?"
Tabitha looked dim, "Their principal was killed by a Japanese bomb on the way to buy it!"
The hall fell silent for a while, and the only sounds heard were the cries of the female students in the corner.
After a long time, Su Rui smiled bitterly. She strode to the corner and was about to speak. Unexpectedly, all the female students screamed in fright and hugged each other. At this moment, they were like a group of people shivering in the cold wind.
quail.
"Do I just look like a bad guy?"
Seeing these panicked female students, Su Rui felt very angry. She swallowed what she originally wanted to say, and finally said calmly: "The city of Nanjing cannot be defended. You students continue to stay."
It's very dangerous here. Once the Japanese enter the city, they won't care whether you have ashes on your face or not. They will still do what you have to do. I suggest you run to Yijiang Gate quickly. As long as you cross the river, you will be safe.
Already."
After saying that, Su Rui sighed softly, turned around and walked back. At this moment, his heart was filled with sadness. He knew that a terrible tragedy was about to happen in front of him, but he had nothing to do about it.
"Forget it, I don't know if I can escape from Nanjing alive, how can I care about other people's lives?"
Suri shook his head and quickened his pace towards the door. At this time, a hoarse and angry voice sounded behind him.
"Sir, isn't it your duty as a soldier to protect ordinary people like us? Why are you so pessimistic before the city of Nanjing is destroyed? You national soldiers are too cowardly. Do you still deserve to wear this military uniform?"
"Um......."
Su Rui turned around instantly and looked straight back, with an angry look on his face.
"Who is talking? Stand up for me!"
At this time, a slender figure stood up, walked straight to Su Rui, stared at him without fear, and said, "I said it, what's the matter? You soldiers can't even do such a shameless thing as hiding in a church.
If we can do it, why don't we talk about it! I think the reason why our country is bullied like this by little Japan is because there are too many cowards like you, you shameless deserter!" The female student's words were like a machine gun.
Yes, scolding Suri until he was speechless.
"You bastard!"
Su Rui was so angry that his face turned red. He has grown up and has been working hard in society for several years. It is not unusual for a poor girl like him to be looked down upon by rich, beautiful, rich and handsome men, but he has never been scolded by a woman to his face.
He's a coward deserter.
"Fuck, I'm just a fool, okay? I just "borrowed" such a tiger skin. Why did I become a deserter?"
For a moment, Su Rui's face turned green and red. In excitement, his right hand began to reach for the shell gun at his waist.