Time passed very quickly, Zhou Weiguo had been in Shiye Continent for half a month.
In the past half month, Zhou Weiguo asked Fang Shengli to train the soldiers, including Xiao Ya. At least, Xiao Ya should learn to shoot. The soldiers were obviously much better in spirit and more confident.
In the past half month, there have been quite a few ships passing by Shiyezhou, but no one has landed on such a desolate island.
The war seems to be fading away.
But Zhou Weiguo knew that this war would still last for many years.
Zhou Weiguo's wounds have scabbed over, and apart from the fact that the use of his hands is not as good as before, the rest is basically unaffected. Looking at the setting sun in the distance, Zhou Weiguo murmured to himself that it was time to leave.
December 31, 1937 9:00 pm
This is the last day of 1937, and it is also the Japanese New Year.
Zhou Weiguo and others also set foot on the land of Yangzhou.
Yangzhou, formerly known as Guangling, Jiangdu, and Weiyang, was founded in 486 BC. This ancient city with thousands of years of history was also destroyed by the Japanese army.
On December 14, Yangzhou fell. The Japanese army implemented the "Three Guangs" policy and massacred the people of Yangzhou crazily. They burned down houses, robbed property, raped and mutilated women. The level of cruelty was appalling. In particular, some tragedies were caused in the Yangzhou area, such as "Wanfu"
Bridge Massacre", "Fairy Temple Massacre", "Tianning Temple Massacre", etc.
"Hospitality, I just heard from my fellow countrymen that Yangzhou also fell on December 14th." Huzi came over and said, "Moreover, the little Japs committed adultery, robbery and all kinds of evil!"
Zhou Weiguo was silent for a while and said, "Bypassing Yangzhou, there are too few of us now."
"yes!"
Therefore, Zhou Weiguo and others did not enter Yangzhou City, but walked around outside the city, although this would take a lot of effort.
After walking for about an hour, everyone stopped to rest at the foot of a hill.
Fang Shengli pulled Zhou Weiguo aside, stared at him, and said, "Weiguo, where do you want to go?"
Zhou Weiguo was silent, then said, "Sheng Li, do you think the party-state can defeat the Japanese?"
It was Fang Shengli's turn to remain silent. Then, he listened to Zhou Weiguo, "From the September 18th Incident, to the December 28th Incident, to the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese army invaded our territory and killed our people. Have you ever seen that the party and the state were against Japan?"
Declare war?”
"Isn't the Chairman of the Generalissimo's "Declaration of Self-Defense and Anti-Japanese War" considered a declaration of war?"
"China is forced by Japan's endless aggression and has no choice but to defend itself and resist violence. Do you think this counts as a declaration of war?" Zhou Weiguo sneered, "Do you know that the Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress still has illusions about Japan and the so-called international
Social newspapers have illusions about Britain and the United States coming to impose sanctions on Japan. Look at the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing. Do you really want to defend?"
Fang Shengli was silent. Yes, with the strength of the national army, if it really wanted to defend, it would not be possible to defend it for just a few days.
"Sheng Li, you know, I came down from the Songhu battlefield and met my father on the way to Nanjing." Zhou Weiguo said in a low voice, "My father said that when the Japanese pirates were driven away for a long time, when my son returned home, today, Suzhou
It has also fallen, and my father is now living under the iron heel of the Japanese army. I want to drive the Japanese out of China. Victory, I want to go home."
Fang Shengli's eyes turned red. He knew what Zhou Weiguo said was true, so he said, "Then what are your plans?"
"Shengli, my family is in business and has contacts with the United States, Britain and Germany." Zhou Weiguo joked, "I want to find a place in the enemy-occupied area to train troops and fight the Japanese. I never want to defend a place like before.
place, and then retreated again, and kept retreating, watching the entire country fall, not to mention, we are still an independent brigade, and we are still in the ranks of the national army."
Fang Shengli sighed, then nodded and said, "That's right."
…
"Brigade, there is a Japanese squad in front!" Xu Hu came back and said.
Zhou Weiguo held a telescope and looked at the Japanese army in the distance, and then said, "Shengli, Huzi, you lead a company to ambush on the hillside on the left. The rest of the people, follow me to ambush on the right."
"yes!"
"Xiao Ya, follow me." Zhou Weiguo took Xiao Ya's hand and walked towards the hillside on the right.
…
When a small group of more than 50 Japanese soldiers entered the shooting range of Zhou Weiguo and others, Zhou Weiguo took the lead and shot dead the Japanese group leader.
Even Xiao Ya took the Browning given to her by Zhou Weiguo and shot it.
After a while, all the little devils were wiped out.
Zhou Weiguo said, "Clean up the battlefield quickly."
…
For more than twenty days, Zhou Weiguo and others had arrived in Suqian. At this time, Suqian had not yet fallen.
The time is already January 26, 1938
Zhou Weiguo looked at Suqian County in front of him and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
They traveled all the way from Yangzhou to Suqian, both on the road and in cars. There are now 299 people in the 321-person team, and more than 20 people died on the road.
Zhou Weiguo knew that the Battle of Xuzhou would begin in two months. Moreover, in this battle, there would be the famous Taierzhuang victory. Therefore, Zhou Weiguo would not be absent from this battle.
Zhou Weiguo and other 300 people walked into Suqian County, all with guns on their backs. The people looked at them frequently, thinking that bandits were coming, and then ran away quickly. As a result, they attracted the local security team in Suqian.
At this time, Zhou Weiguo and others had already sat down to drink tea in several restaurants and inns in Suqian County.
"I can finally have a good meal." Xu Hu said happily, "I haven't had a good meal in almost a month."
"Xiao Ya, are you tired?" Zhou Weiguo ignored Xu Hu and asked Xiao Ya gently,
Xiao Ya had a tired look on her face, but she still shook her head and said, "A Tu, I'm not tired."
Zhou Weiguo's eyes were full of distress, but he had no choice but to say, "I won't have to walk so hard from today on. My family has business here in Suqian, and I'll look for some cars later."
As soon as Zhou Weiguo finished speaking, hundreds of security guards came to the door of the inn.
"Hotel, business is coming." Xu Hu said with a smile.
"You are the only one who talks a lot." Zhou Weiguo rolled his eyes at Xu Hu and said.
At this time, the people downstairs shouted, "Brothers upstairs, please come out for an interview."
Zhou Weiguo opened the window and said, "Please invite this old man to go upstairs and talk, we won't use swords or guns." Zhou Weiguo looked at the middle-aged man talking downstairs, and then sat back down.
After a while, the head of the security team led a few people to the restaurant.
"This little brother is very unfamiliar. I don't know where he is. It's almost the Chinese New Year. Is there anything I can help you with?" the middle-aged man said, bowing.
"Brother, you're welcome." Zhou Weiguo also stood up, bowed to the man, and said with a smile, "Sit down, let's drink together. We will be Weiguo next week."
"Oh, it turns out to be brother Wei Guo. My name is Zhou Xian, and my courtesy name is Anping. We are still from the same family." Zhou Anping said with a smile. In this era, the same surname will bring us closer, "Brother, I am not from Suqian.
Bar."
"Yes, I'm from Suzhou." Zhou Weiguo said with a smile, "No, I just came from there and I disturbed my brother. Please forgive me."
"No way." Zhou Anping also sat down and became polite with Zhou Weiguo. He inquired about Zhou Weiguo's details and said, "Looking at my brother, could it be that he is the National Revolutionary Army?"
"Oh, I have a good eye," Zhou Weiguo said, pretending to be surprised.
"Hahaha," Zhou Anping laughed and said, "After living for so many years, I think I am pretty accurate at judging people."
Zhou Weiguo was a little speechless in his heart. Just give you some sunshine and you are bragging. I brought 300 people in with guns in such a arrogant manner. If they are not national soldiers, are they still bandits? But he said, "Brother is amazing."
"Haha, you're welcome. You're welcome, brother." Zhou Anping said with a red face, "I wonder what you are doing here today?"
"Come and ask me for directions. By the way, please help me." Zhou Weiguo said.
