On the two patrol boats that were slowly heading toward the north of the Yangtze River, both the soldiers and the wounded couldn't help but cheer when they saw the other side.
"Huh... we're finally here." Suri, who was standing on the side of the ship and looking into the distance, let out a long sigh of relief, and said to Tabitha, who was beside him and looked a little pale because he hadn't had a good rest in recent days: "Doctor Tabitha, we are safe.
Now, you no longer have to worry about the Japanese hurting you."
"You are wrong. I am a priest, and the profession of doctor is only a temporary guest appearance."
Tabitha rolled her eyes at him. If this guy hadn't rushed into his church, how could he have been forced into the flames of war? But it was good for him, and now he was taking credit from himself. This guy's
You must be too thick-skinned.
Suri doesn't care about Tabitha's rolling eyes. These days, Tabitha has conquered almost all the soldiers in the independent regiment with his superb medical skills. If Suri really takes such a good surgeon away from his eyes,
Letting him go would be a real disservice to the country and the people.
Suri hugged Tabitha's shoulders, tried her best to put on a kind smile and said to him: "Pastor Tabitha, are you interested in being a medical director in our independent regiment? I will give you the rank of major.
,what do you think?"
"Not interested in."
Tabitha rejected Suri's offer without hesitation.
"Why?"
"I am a servant of the Lord. Since the first thing I have to do is to spread the glory of God, not to kill."
"Then where do you want to go?" Su Rui asked reluctantly.
"Where else can I go? Of course I can go back to my church after a while. You must know that I am a citizen of the United States and the Japanese do not dare to do anything to me!"
When it comes to her beliefs, Tabitha changes her usual easy-going attitude and immediately becomes stubborn.
Before Su Rui came to this time and space, Western religions were also preached in their small county. There were two churches in his hometown county. Some elderly people around him went to church on weekends. Their belief in religion
It's very pious.
Therefore, he knew that talking about rights or money with such people is generally useless. To impress these people, you have to start from the root. So he rolled his eyes and said: "But you can still spread the Lord's message in our army.
Glory, if my estimate is correct, you didn’t convince many people to believe in your Lord in that church, right?”
"You..." Tabitha's face turned a little red. Suri's words inadvertently touched his roots. Although he was a devout Christian, the achievements he had made in Nanjing in the past two years
It was indeed not very good. This had become his pet peeve. At this moment, Suri pointed it out unabashedly. Tabitha also arrived and felt a little embarrassed, but he insisted.
"This is only temporary. The current situation is too turbulent. People can't even come to my church because they don't have enough to eat. However, I believe that as long as I continue to preach patiently, more people will convert to the Lord.
Embraced."
Suri smiled, "Pastor Tabitha, I think you might as well come to our independent group to be a military chaplain. Look, although my independent group only has a few hundred people now, it won't take long for it to be fully expanded again." Yes, there will be at least two thousand people by then. If you can persuade all my soldiers to believe in the Lord, think about it, what an achievement it will be! And I also guarantee that you will have full authority to preach in the independent regiment. Right, you can preach however you want, what do you think? This is worse than sticking to a small church!"
In order to win over this outstanding surgeon, Su Rui went to great lengths, including coaxing and deceiving.
"this……"
When Tabitha heard this, she was really moved. If she could get the full support of the colonel, her job would be much easier. Moreover, there is indeed a position of military chaplain in the Western army. Tabitha was very interested in this position.
There was no conflict in my heart.
But he thought about it and said with some embarrassment: "But I am still under the jurisdiction of the domestic church, and I cannot just serve in your army."
Su Rui knew there was something going on as soon as he heard it, and quickly encouraged him with eloquent words: "What's the point? It's a war period, do you understand? Everything must be simplified, and we will inform your church after we settle down.
And think about it, what an honor it would be if you could persuade thousands of soldiers to the name of the Lord!”
At this time, Suri was working tirelessly to brainwash Tabitha like a pyramid salesperson in later generations, comparable to a brainwashing master. Tabitha thought for a while again before slowly nodding and saying: "Okay, in principle, I
I promise you, but you must also agree to two conditions."
"Go ahead, I'll agree to whatever you propose." Suri patted her chest and looked like she was accepting.
"That means my wife and children are still in the United States, and they also have to live. If I become your military chaplain, my salary will have to be paid by you. Is there no problem with this?"
Suri promised: "Of course, no problem!"
"Also, I can't conquer the world by myself. You have to find a few more to stop me."
"Stop?" Su Rui asked doubtfully: "Can't there be dozens of nurses here to help you stop?"
"Idiot." Tabitha scolded angrily: "Do you think I am God? One person can treat thousands of soldiers!"
"Well……"
Suri couldn't help but wonder, it seemed like she had taken it for granted. Some things just couldn't be rushed. There were so many people in the army, and even Tabitha couldn't handle it even if she had only three heads and six arms.
"Okay, I promise you."
After taking care of Tabitha, the foreign monk, Suri turned his attention to the river bank. At this time, the patrol boat was very close to the river bank, and the figures on the bank could be faintly seen.
"Pa bang bang..."
At this time, several gunshots suddenly rang out from the shore, and there was a commotion on the patrol boat.
"What's going on? Where's the shooting?"
As the gunfire rang out, the soldiers also set up machine guns and pointed them at the shore.
Suri also quickly said to Tabitha: "Pastor Tabitha, please quickly take the nurses to the cabin to take care of the wounded."
"OK."
Tabitha didn't insist, turned around and slipped into the cabin with the nurse.
Seeing Tabitha and the nurses helping the wounded into the cabin, Suri quickly ordered the soldiers on the roof to set up machine guns to prevent possible accidents.
Slowly approaching the shore, the positions on the shore gradually appeared in the telescope. At this time, bullets fired from the shore continued to hit the patrol boat.
Suri knew that the people on the shore might not be able to identify themselves. He ran to the cab and said to Bai Jingran who was sailing the boat: "Uncle, do you have any flags that can identify you? Hurry up.
Hang it up."
Bai Jingran smiled bitterly and said: "We came out in such a hurry last night, where do we have any flags?"
"National flag? Military flag? Red flag?"
Su Rui shook his head every time he said something about Bai Jingran. In the end, the desperate Su Rui couldn't help shouting at the top of his lungs: "We can't let us hang the white flag! Then where can we put our face!"
Bai Jingran couldn't help but give him a cold look, "If you want to hang up the white flag, you can hang it yourself, but I won't accompany you!"
"What? Let me fly the white flag myself?"
Su Rui was immediately dumbfounded. If he really hung up the white flag himself, he would be thrown into his grandma's house from now on. No, he must not do this. In the future, he would have to hang out in the national army.
Reputation is very important.
However, Suri was also afraid that the soldiers outside would act impulsively and fight with the friendly forces on the riverside, so he hurriedly ran out of the cab and shouted loudly to the soldiers who were playing with several 7.7mm heavy machine guns on the patrol boat:
"Everyone listen, no shooting is allowed without my order, do you understand?"
Just when Suri ordered the soldiers on the two patrol boats to restrain, Yang Deliang, commander of the Northwest Supplementary Brigade, came to the river with his adjutant Yang Jinbao and the guard company.
As soon as Yang Deliang arrived at the river, Zhang Daliang, leader of the 758th Regiment below, came over to report: "Report to the brigade, two patrol boats were found on the river. They looked like Japanese, but they did not fly flags, so I ordered
The brothers fired warning shots and ordered them to identify themselves, but so far they have not displayed their flags."
"No flag is hoisted? Isn't that possible?"
Although Yang Deliang has never fought against the Japanese, he also knows that the Japanese have always been arrogant. They should not be able to do something like charging in front of the enemy's formation without flying the flag. I didn't see those Japanese even charging.
Put an ointment flag on your gun?
Zhang Daliang asked: "Brigade, do you want to order the artillery battery to fire a few shots?"
Yang Deliang thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "No, what if we accidentally injure friendly troops or civilians who escaped from Nanjing City? Let's wait until they get close to the shore. It's just two small boats, and they can't lift them.
What kind of waves are there?"
Soon, the two patrol boats slowly approached the shore, and the figures on the boats slowly came into view.
"Sir, we are one of our own!"
Adjutant Yang Jinbao suddenly pointed excitedly at the people on the boat and shouted.
"Well, we are one of our own."
Yang Deliang put down his telescope. The people who appeared in his frame just now were a group of soldiers wearing German military uniforms. The blue sky and white sun badges on their helmets were so clear.
At this moment, a loud voice also reached their ears.
"Brothers of the national army on the shore, don't shoot. We are from the 36th Division Independent Regiment. We have just broken out from Nanjing. Brothers, don't let your guns go off!"
"What? The 36th Division Independent Regiment?"
Yang Deliang couldn't help but be shocked. These days, the reputation of the Independent Regiment was so great that it was even widely reported in newspapers. Praising words such as the lone army covering more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians crossing the river and bravely killing the enemy filled Yang Deliang's ears.
But weren't they supposed to be completely wiped out in Nanjing? Why did they break out?
Thinking of this, Yang Deliang felt that his brain was a little exhausted. (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)