At the same time, at the patrol battalion headquarters.
"Old Xu, the facts have once again proved that your intuition is correct. The little devil cannot withstand the intense consumption for a long time and chose to besieged for a long time." Leng Tiefeng looked at Xu Rui with a complicated expression and said,
"Sometimes, I really want to open your head and see how your brain grows?"
Xu Rui said proudly: "Why don't you tell me who I am?"
"Hey, you are really out of breath when you are called fat?" Leng Tiefeng snorted, and then said, "Next, should we enter the second stage and mobilize the National Army veterans stranded in Shanghai?"
The reason why Xu Rui sang such a big drama was for the sake of the veterans of the National Army.
The tens of thousands of veterans of the National Army stranded in Shanghai first suffered double physical and psychological trauma, and then were abandoned by the commander of the Third War Zone. As a result, they completely lost heart in the National Government. It was impossible to return to the country by relying on ordinary methods.
Awakening their cold hearts, that's why Xu Rui thought of such a big move!
So far, the little devil has cooperated, and the situation is developing smoothly in the direction Xu Rui expected. Next, Xu Rui's long-planned emotional card should be played to these National Army veterans! Xu Rui has reason to believe that playing emotional cards
After the victory, the vast majority of the National Army veterans stranded in Shanghai will regain their fighting spirit.
"Yes." Xu Rui nodded heavily and turned to tell Digua, "Dugu, send a telegram to the Third Regiment immediately and ask the Third Regiment to act according to the original plan."
"Yes!" Digua agreed and turned around.
Soon, Xu Rui's telegram arrived at the headquarters of the patrol battalion.
After receiving the telegram, Xie Yuan and Yang Rui, who were left behind at the headquarters, immediately asked the commander of the Third Regiment, Ding Wenbao, to take the troops to the streets and install broadcasting systems at major intersections. Almost overnight, the Western District of the Concession and the Central Concession were
Hundreds of broadcasts appeared at major intersections in the District and the French Concession.
Even areas such as Hongkou and Yangshupu controlled by the Japanese suddenly appeared a large number of broadcasts of unknown origin. However, these broadcasts did not attract the attention of the Japanese, because public broadcasting was not a new thing in Shanghai. As early as
At the end of the last century, there was public broadcasting in the Shanghai Concession.
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Du Wanlin got up early in the morning, washed up in a hurry, then went out to the breakfast stall downstairs of the apartment to order a portion of soy milk, fried dough sticks and a large pancake. Time was tight. He had to finish breakfast within fifteen minutes and then take the tram.
He rushed to work in the dispatching room at Shiliupu Pier. His job was to change the light signals to guide ships to berth in the harbor.
Du Wanlin was originally a second lieutenant and engineer in the Chinese Marine Corps.
Du Wanlin was once a passionate soldier, and he once took protecting his family and country as his own duty.
During the Battle of Songhu, the Nationalist Army and the Japanese Army were locked in a fierce battle in the suburbs of Shanghai. The Japanese Navy's Third Fleet was showing off its power on the Huangpu River and the Yangtze River Estuary while providing fire support to the Japanese Navy at close range. At this time, the Chinese Navy was always
Huddled in the Jiangyin Fortress and not daring to come out.
Of course, this does not mean that the Chinese navy is afraid of the enemy and is timid.
In fact, all naval officers and soldiers are looking forward to fighting the Japanese navy. Even if they know that they will lose, even if they know that they will die, the majority of naval officers and soldiers are still willing to fight against the powerful enemy! However, unfortunately, the National Army Headquarters has always
The navy was not allowed to go to war, not even a 100-ton gunboat was allowed to go to war.
Including Du Wanlin, the majority of naval officers and soldiers could not sit back and watch the army and the Japanese fight bloody battles, but the navy was always watching on the sidelines, so they all wrote in blood. Since the headquarters did not allow ships to fight, then there was no need for ships. They only asked the naval headquarters to
Organize them into marines and send them to the Songhu battlefield.
Because the majority of naval officers and soldiers were eager to fight, the Naval Command finally agreed to this request.
As a result, more than 5,000 naval officers and soldiers, including Du Wanlin, were organized into the Marine Corps and devoted themselves to the tragic Songhu battlefield. However, due to the lack of heavy weapon protection and the battlefield being chosen in the suburbs of Shanghai, the Japanese army was
caliber naval guns can provide close fire support, so the Marines were beaten to pieces as soon as they came up.
Du Wanlin was also stabbed open in the abdomen by the fragments, and his intestines overflowed. Due to the lack of sufficient field rescue personnel, Du Wanlin finally stuffed the intestines into his stomach himself. Fortunately, the intestines were not broken, so he was very lucky that no infection occurred, but even though
If so, Du Wanlin will have to stay in the hospital for at least two months.
However, less than half a month later, the Battle of Songhu was defeated.
Because Chairman Chiang was lucky, he lost his last chance to retreat. Hundreds of thousands of wounded National Army soldiers, including Du Wanlin, were mercilessly abandoned. Du Wanlin was also thrown into a field hospital in Qingpu. If not for
Because a group of students happened to be passing by and carried him back to the concession, where he had been lying dead for a long time.
From that moment on, Du Wanlin's heart became cold, completely cold!
Du Wanlin is not afraid of death and is willing to sacrifice himself for the country and the nation, but he will never tolerate such abandonment. Du Wanlin always believes that as a soldier, he can be sacrificed anytime and anywhere for the interests of the country and the nation, because this
It is not only their duty, but also their sacred mission.
However, as a commander, you should never abandon your subordinates!
Abandonment is even more chilling than betrayal. From that moment on, Du Wanlin's heart was completely cold, so after recovering from his injury, he stayed in Shanghai and found a job as a navigator at Shiliupu Pier.
, he worked for more than a year, and he never thought about returning to the army and rejoining the great cause of the motherland's Anti-Japanese War.
Last night, the night before and yesterday, the gunfire at Sihang Warehouse never stopped. It was said that the troops from the Songhu Military Division of the New Fourth Army led by Xu Rui were fighting with the Japanese, but Du Wanlin was not even interested in learning more about it.
, again, his heart has become cold, and he no longer cares about this country or this nation.
After finishing a piece of flatbread, Du Wanlin only drank half a bowl of soy milk. Du Wanlin hesitated for a moment, then asked the breakfast stall owner for a piece of flatbread and half a fried dough stick, thinking that he would be able to get his salary today, so he should treat it as a luxury in advance.
The boss quickly brought out the flatbread and fried dough sticks. Just as Du Wanlin was enjoying his breakfast, the broadcast installed on the telephone pole near the breakfast stall suddenly sounded a buzzing sound, followed by a voice.
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At the same time, in the basement of the building at Xinjiang intersection.
Xu Rui had already sat in front of the broadcasting equipment and said into the microphone: "Good morning to all my compatriots in Shanghai. First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Xu Rui. I believe everyone will be familiar with it. Yes, I am the Dameishan subdivision.
Commander, the one who killed a lot of Japanese, but now, I have been transferred to Shanghai as commander of Songhu Division."
"Yesterday and the night before yesterday, gunfire rang out near the Sihang Warehouse for a day and two nights. You must want to know what the specific situation is. Then I can tell you clearly now that the Shanghai Anti-Japanese War has begun. This is what we
The first battle after the establishment of the Songhu Military Division of the New Fourth Army."
"But, I don't want to lie to you, our situation is not optimistic!"
"Our two main regiments have been besieged by the Japanese Ninth Division near the Sihang Warehouse, and our retreat has been cut off by the traitors in the Broadway Building. At the moment, our ammunition and dry food can barely survive.
But within five days at most, we will be in a desperate situation of running out of ammunition and food."
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Let's turn our attention back to that breakfast stand.
On the radio, Xu Rui's voice sounded calm, like a conversation between friends.
However, more and more Shanghai citizens gathered under the telephone poles. Almost everyone looked up at the loudspeaker on the telephone pole, and their ears were perked up, for fear of missing a word. Only Du Wanlin lowered his head.
He raised his head and drank the soy milk in small sips, seemingly indifferent to what was being broadcast on the radio.
On the radio, Xu Rui's speech continued, and his tone was as calm as before.
"To be honest, I never thought that the first battle after arriving in the Songhu Military Division would have such a result!"
"But actually, I knew from the beginning that this was a trap. From the beginning, I knew that Broadway Building actually did this on purpose, especially since they also detained the captured National Army veterans in the Sixing Warehouse. This
This makes their sinister intentions even more obvious. Yes, their purpose in doing this is to force us to rescue!"
"Just now, one of my old subordinates said that if you know it's a trap but still try to get into it, isn't that stupid?"
"Maybe you also think it's stupid to do this, but I want to say that it's not stupid at all. This is because we have a reason to do it!"
"Lin Zexu once said, if you want to benefit the country's life and death, how can you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings?"
"The meaning of this sentence is that as long as it is beneficial to the country, we are willing to sacrifice our lives. How can we not do it because it will bring harm to individuals?"
Hearing this, Du Wanlin couldn't help but reveal a hint of sarcasm.
It’s the same thing again, and it’s using national interests and national justice as rhetoric. Can’t there be something new? National interests are supreme, and national justice cannot be blasphemed, but Du Wanlin has already sacrificed for the country and the nation.
They have already sacrificed once for the country and the nation, and we cannot demand more from them.
On the radio, Xu Rui's speech continued, and his tone remained calm.
"However, here I want to change the word "country" to "comrades-in-arms". I want to say that if you want to benefit your comrades in life or death, why should you avoid it because of misfortunes and blessings? As long as it is beneficial to your comrades, you are willing to sacrifice your life.
How can we not do it because it will bring personal danger? Our comrades have been abandoned once, and we will never abandon them a second time!"
Du Wanlin picked up the bowl and was about to drink the last sip of soy milk. When he heard these words, he immediately froze there.