Du Wanlin looked at the old mother for a long time, and his heartbeat, which had been silent for a long time, began to surge again.
This country did not sleep to death after all, right? At least this mother is not asleep yet!
After all, this nation still retains its blood, right? At least the blood of this veteran is not cold yet! Even if he suffered many grievances, even if he was ruthlessly abandoned on the battlefield by his superiors, the blood of this veteran is still not cold.
, when the country and nation once again issued a call, he resolutely chose to go!
If that's the case, then what reason does he have for being a coward?
Yes, that's right, they were indeed abandoned once by their superiors, but so what? More comrades still remember them, and more brothers are still waiting for them!
Du Wanlin suddenly discovered that the blood in his body was not cold, and his heart that was burning for the motherland and the nation was still beating in his chest!
Wait brother, you are not alone, I will join you soon!
If you die in battle, I will be with you. If Shanghai is destined to fall, I will be with you too!
Taking a deep breath, Du Wanlin turned around and strode resolutely towards the patrol camp.
However, what Du Wanlin did not expect was that when he was two blocks away from the patrol battalion station, he was suddenly stopped by a group of patrol battalion officers and soldiers wearing red armbands.
The leader of the platoon looked at Du Wanlin without saying anything, and suddenly gave him a military salute.
Du Wanlin stood upright like a conditioned reflex and returned the military salute.
Seeing Du Wanlin return the favor, a smile immediately broke out on the platoon leader's face. Then the smile quickly disappeared and he said in a serious tone: "Welcome back to the team, veteran!"
Du Wanlin nodded and said: "Give me a gun, and I will fight the Japanese with you."
The platoon leader didn't say anything and just led Du Wanlin into a nearby alley. Du Wanlin didn't think much and followed the platoon leader inside, through the deep alley, and finally walked into a small door at the end of the alley.
, but there is a different world behind the door. It turns out to be a large courtyard. In the courtyard, no less than a hundred veterans have gathered.
Seeing Du Wanlin walk in, the more than a hundred veterans all looked over.
Then, Du Wanlin saw a familiar face approaching and stretched out his hand.
Du Wanlin saluted reflexively, then stretched out his hand to shake hands with the person who came over: "Are you Battalion Commander Xie? Oh, no, I should call you Brigadier Xie now."
During the Sihang Warehouse defense battle, Xie Yuan had been in the newspapers, so Du Wanlin recognized him at a glance.
As for Du Wanlin knowing that Xie Yuan is now the brigade commander of the patrol battalion, it is not surprising at all. Although Du Wanlin has refused the patrol battalion's solicitation several times, he is still very concerned about the patrol battalion. What the patrol battalion has done in the concession recently, every time
Du Wanlin was able to tell them all like a treasure trove.
To be honest, Du Wanlin also felt very relieved about what the patrol camp had done recently.
The person who came over was indeed Xie Yuan. Xie Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, I am Xie Yuan, the commander of the Lone Army Battalion."
Du Wanlin once again stood upright and reported proudly: "Reporting to Brigadier Xie, Chinese navy engineer Du Wanlin is reporting to you and asking for...instructions!"
"Veteran Du Wanlin, welcome back to the team." Xie Yuan returned the salute and added, "Are you a navy engineer?"
"Reporting to Brigadier Xie, yes!" Du Wanlin replied proudly, "Before participating in the Battle of Songhu, I was an engineer on the light cruiser 'Ziqiang', with three years of military service!"
"Great!" Xie Yuan nodded happily, "What we lack most now is the navy!"
Du Wanlin was stunned when he heard this. What do you mean? The most lacking thing is the navy?
However, Du Wanlin reacted quickly, and then said: "Commander Xie, I know that there are many navy veterans stranded in Shanghai. If sir, you can trust me, I can come forward and ask them to return to the army!"
"That's good." Xie Yuan said quickly, "You have solved our urgent need!"
"Then I'll go find them." Du Wanlin said and turned around to leave, but when he reached the door, he turned back and asked, "Commander Xie, after I find them, should I come here or go directly to the patrol camp?"
"Of course, come here." Xie Yuan replied, "Don't go to the patrol camp."
Du Wanlin actually wanted to ask, why can't he go directly to the patrol camp instead of coming here secretly?
But as a veteran, Du Wanlin knows the discipline of the army better. Your superiors will tell you if you should know. If you should not know, it is best not to ask!
Xu Rui frowned and was facing a long test on the battle map.
Suddenly, a burst of rapid footsteps came from behind.
Without looking back, Xu Rui knew that Leng Tiefeng must be back.
Although the Sihang Warehouse battlefield in Suzhou and Hebei fell into silence, the battle was not over. In a sense, the battle even became more difficult, because during the previous strong attacks, the Japanese would often launch fierce attacks at any cost, killing and injuring the Japanese.
It was relatively easy, but now that the Japanese have given up on large-scale attacks and instead adopted a strategy of focusing on long-term siege and supplemented by local attacks, the Japanese's attacks have suddenly become more sophisticated.
As a result, in the three directions surrounding the Sihang Warehouse, the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion and the Japs launched brutal street battles. Every street, every alley, every house and even every room became a repeated battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies.
In the bloody battlefield of the battle, the blood shed by the officers and soldiers of China and Japan dyed almost every inch of the land red.
After the street fighting broke out, Leng Tiefeng could no longer sit still and went to the battlefield carrying a sniper rifle.
As soon as Leng Tiefeng entered the war room, he went straight to the cold kettle placed on the corner of the table, then grabbed the kettle and drank it all. Finally, he wiped the corners of his mouth with satisfaction and said, "It's really enjoyable."
But he didn't know whether Leng Tiefeng was talking about "enjoyment" from drinking or from killing little Japs on the battlefield before.
However, Xu Rui didn't ask. He still frowned and stared at the map. Seeing that Xu Rui had no intention of asking, Leng Tiefeng couldn't help but said: "Old Xu, don't you want to know how many Japs I have killed?"
Xu Rui frowned and asked casually: "How many Japs have you killed?"
Leng Tiefeng immediately smiled and said: "Tell you, at least one strengthened squadron!"
When they heard that Leng Tiefeng had killed a reinforced Japanese squadron by himself, the staff at the headquarters immediately showed a look of horror.
There were more than 250 Japanese soldiers in a strengthened squadron, and it only took Deputy Commander Leng one day to kill him?
"A reinforced squadron has the nerve to show off in front of me?" Xu Rui said in amusement, "You experienced the Battle of Qixing Lake personally. I killed two Japanese infantry brigades with just one gun!"
After hearing this, the combat staff at the headquarters were instantly petrified.
Deputy Commander Leng killed a reinforced squadron of Japanese soldiers with one man and one gun in one day. Although it is surprising, it is at least conceivable. However, Commander Xu killed two Japanese brigades with one gun and one gun. This is simply amazing.
It’s hard to imagine. To be honest, is the commander really still a human being?
Leng Tiefeng immediately said: "That's different. You didn't kill it with your own hands. You relied on the fog and tricks to make the Japanese kill each other to kill so many people. If you really wanted to kill them with your own hands, you wouldn't have killed them at all."
But come here, there are more than 2,000 little devils from the two brigades, and you can't kill more than 2,000 pigs in one day."
"I don't care about that." Xu Rui smiled, "Anyway, don't show off in front of me."
"It's really boring." Leng Tiefeng felt frustrated and said, "By the way, was your radio speech effective?"
Xu Rui did not answer, but said to Digua standing next to him: "Dugu, please report today's collection results to your Deputy Commander Leng."
"Yes!" Digua agreed, then stood at attention towards Leng Tiefeng and said proudly, "Reporting to the deputy commander, a total of 3,659 veterans from our Songhu Military Division have returned to the army today!" He paused for a moment.
, Digua continued, "Especially after Comrade Wang Goucheng's interview was broadcast, more veterans came to return to the team!"
"What?" Leng Tiefeng was surprised, "More than three thousand veterans have come to return to the army?"
"This is only the first day." Xu Rui said cheerfully, "There will be more veterans returning to the team tomorrow!"
"Okay!" Leng Tiefeng immediately perked up after hearing this, and said excitedly, "In this case, maybe this time in Shanghai, we will have a chance to have a big fight with the little devil!"
Having said this, Leng Tiefeng waved his fist fiercely.
To this day, Leng Tiefeng can still remember the scene when he evacuated Shanghai. When the Eight-Nation Bank Tax Police Corps evacuated Shanghai, almost all the officers and soldiers cried bitterly, because unlike other troops,
, the vast majority of the officers and soldiers of the Tax Police Corps are locals from Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou.
Leng Tiefeng still can't forget that before retreating, a soldier from Shanghai hugged a willow tree on the side of the road and refused to let go. In the end, it took several people working together to break the soldier's arms.
Hands, unfortunately, the soldier died in Wuxi in the end, and after all, he could not return to his deeply loved hometown.
What Leng Tiefeng regrets most is that he failed to fulfill his promise to live together with Shanghai to the death!
But now, God seems to be giving him a chance to make up for it. How dare you!
Xu Rui shook his head and said with a smile: "What do you mean there might be a chance? You never believed that we would have a chance to fight the Japanese in Shanghai?"
Leng Tiefeng said cheerfully: "Old Xu, I told you not to be angry, but I really don't have much confidence."
Xu Rui sighed and said: "Actually, not only you, the veteran, but I also have no confidence."
After a pause, Xu Rui continued: "However, today's facts are enough to show that we have underestimated these veterans after all, and the blood of these veterans is still hot!"