Xu Rui, with tears on his face, fell asleep on Sai Hongfu's lap.",
Sai Hongfu leaned against the tunnel wall, letting Xu Rui's head rest on her lap, and stretched out her hand to gently caress Xu Rui's cheeks and hair, like a kind mother caring for her most precious child.
Boy, Sai Hongfu even hummed a lullaby that she couldn't even name.
Sai Hongfu only remembered that when she was a child, her grandmother often sang this song to her.
Xiao Taohong came over and wanted to replace Sai Hongfu and let Xu Rui sleep on her legs, but Sai Hongfu stopped her.
Sai Hongfu raised her hand to stop Xiao Taohong, and then continued to hum the unknown children's song. However, the scene just now appeared again in front of her eyes. Just now, Xu Rui was like a helpless child, throwing herself at her.
Sai Hongfu burst into tears in his arms. Sai Hongfu never thought that Xu Rui would still have such a time.
In Sai Hongfu's impression, Xu Rui was always so confident, calm, and cold, or always had a naughty smile on his face, but just now, he was like a child, holding her and crying, thinking of
The way Xu Rui cried bitterly just now made Sai Hongfu's heart clench and the pain penetrated his bones.
Sai Hongfu knew very well that Xu Rui cried bitterly because of guilt.
Xu Rui felt really guilty this time because he personally sent Liu Jin and those seriously injured people to a dead end.
Although there is no way to save Liu Jin, although it is difficult for Liu Jin to survive tomorrow, even though those injured are all voluntary, even though it is difficult to save those seriously injured, but their lives were taken away by injuries, just like being killed by themselves.
The commander was sent to a dead end. These are two completely different concepts!
Liu Jin and those seriously injured people have died heroically. From now on, their names will always be engraved on the monument of heroes, and from now on they will always be respected by future generations. But the living person, Xu Rui, must endure the torture of conscience for a lifetime.
From now on, Xu Rui will be haunted by guilt and regret every time he dreams back at midnight.
Sai Hongfu was not a party involved, so she could not understand Xu Rui's state of mind at this moment.
However, this did not prevent her from using all her tenderness to soothe the pain in Xu Rui's heart.
Because Xu Rui is her lover, the man she is willing to risk her life to protect!
"Sister, my uncle looked so pitiful just now." Xiao Taohong leaned against Sai Honghu and whispered.
Until this moment, Xiao Taohong's beautiful eyes were still red and swollen, because when Xu Rui cried just now, she cried too, and even cried more sadly than Xu Rui.
Sai Hongfu sighed: "Although he looks very strong on the surface, as if he can be used as a quilt if the sky falls, in fact, he is also a human being like others, and he also needs care and protection from others. If he has been wronged outside, he also needs others.
Talk to him, if he does something he doesn't want to do but has to do, he needs the understanding of his relatives even more."
Xiao Taohong cried and said: "Liu Jin and those seriously injured people all volunteered. This is not my uncle's fault at all."
"I know, everyone knows." Sai Hongfu nodded lightly and said, "He just has a lock in his heart, and he locked himself in it. You know, he has always regarded the officers and soldiers of the whole regiment as brothers, and he has always regarded the whole regiment as brothers.
The officers and soldiers of the regiment are family members, but now, he has personally sent his brother to a dead end, how sad do you think he must be?"
Xiao Taohong looked at Xu Rui faintly and said, "Sister, it would be great if the pain could be transferred. I will definitely transfer all the pain of my uncle to me, so that he will never have to feel pain again."
"Silly girl." Sai Hongfu said, "If you really feel sorry for him, don't say or do anything. Just face it with him, cry with him, and laugh with him."
Xiao Taohong hummed softly, then leaned down and kissed Xu Rui gently on the forehead.
Time passed slowly in the silent waiting. The sun could not be seen in the dark tunnel, so the passage of time could not be felt at all. I don’t know how long it had passed. Xu Rui, who was sleeping soundly, suddenly opened his eyes, turned over and sat up.
Sitting up, he immediately woke up Sai Hongfu and Xiao Taohong who had just fallen asleep.
"Uncle, are you awake? I'll get you something to eat." Xiao Taohong said softly.
Xu Rui nodded silently, and Xiao Taohong stood up and walked out of the separate room. Soon, Xiao Taohong came back again, bringing a large bowl of rice, a plate of pickled radish, and a plate of pickled cucumbers. Unfortunately,
Unfortunately, the rice was cold. For fear of exposing the target, no fire was allowed to be heated in the tunnel.
Seeing Xu Ruimo eating silently, Sai Hongfu felt inexplicably worried.
"Xu Rui." Sai Hongfu addressed him formally for the first time since they met, "Are you okay?"
Xu Rui bit the pickled radish until it squeaked loudly, and responded vaguely: "I'm fine."
"Is it really okay?"
"It's really okay."
After finishing a big bowl of rice, my physical strength has almost recovered.
I lifted my watch and looked at the time. I saw that the hour hand was already pointing to half past ten. It was almost time.
At that moment, Xu Rui stood up and Xiao Taohong stood up, but Xu Rui said: "You guys stay here."
Xiao Taohong pouted her little mouth, but Sai Hongfu stopped her when she was about to speak. Xu Rui turned his head and glanced at Sai Hongfu, then turned and walked out of the room. Immediately afterwards, a broken voice sounded outside,
It is estimated that when Lei Xiang saw Xu Rui coming out, he also turned over and got up. Then the footsteps of the two people disappeared and could no longer be heard.
Xiao Taohong said: "Sister, why did you stop me just now and not let me follow?"
Sai Hongfu sighed and said: "Silly girl, he is at his most sensitive and vulnerable time now, and he can no longer bear the blow of losing his loved ones. At this time, we should not cause more trouble for him, or
Stay in the tunnel obediently, just like the wife who sent her husband off to war in ancient times and quietly waited for his triumphant return."
Xiao Taohong said softly and said nothing more.
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On the ground less than twenty meters away in a straight line, Inaba Shiro was dancing around a bonfire. Unknown to Inaba Shiro, there was a tunnel hidden under his feet!
While dancing, Inaba Shiro also sang:
Cherry blossoms! Cherry blossoms! In late spring, the sky is about to dawn.
Clouds rise in the sky thousands of miles away, and the beautiful fragrance floats in the wind.
Go see the flowers! Go see the flowers! Go see the flowers early.
Cherry blossoms! Cherry blossoms! Under the clear sky in March, cherry blossoms stretch as far as the eye can see.
The flowers are blooming like clouds and clouds, and the fragrant fragrance is as beautiful as picturesque.
Come on, come on, let's enjoy the flowers together.
Inaba Shiro was singing and dancing, and several senior generals such as Ushijima Mitsuru, Sakai Tokutaro, and Shimono Kazuhiro, as well as more than a dozen senior counselors from the division headquarters were singing along. The scene was very lively, and including Inaba
Everyone, including Inaba Shiro, was already 70 to 80% drunk. As soon as the song was finished, Inaba Shiro sat down on the ground.
Next to them, Sakai Tokutaro, Ushijima Mitsuru and Shimono Kazuhiro laughed wantonly.
Extreme repression is followed by extreme indulgence. This is human nature and cannot be avoided.
Although the little devils are strictly disciplined, they are still human beings after all, and they are still made of flesh and blood. After six days of fierce fighting with the Dameishan Independent Regiment in Feicheng, both physically and mentally they were close to the limit, so after annihilating the independent regiment,
After achieving a hearty victory, it is inevitable that you will slack off.
Not only Inaba Shiro and the senior generals of the division headquarters, but also the security brigade stationed in the city and even the sentries around the division headquarters were in a state of extreme relaxation, enjoying the leisurely time after the victory.
, these Japanese soldiers did not notice that there was movement in several ruins around them.
Here, a bunch of scattered beams and rafters began to move.
Over there, a collapsed wall suddenly turned up on its own.
Farther away, a pile of rubble suddenly sunk in from the middle.
Further away, a huge millstone began to move slowly.
After the beams and rafters were removed, after the broken walls were lifted up, after the rubble piles collapsed, and after the huge millstones were removed, dark tunnel openings were revealed, and then, a series of
Helmets one after another climbed up from the tunnel openings, like ants out foraging, quietly crawling out of the cave.
At this time, Inaba Shiro, his staff, and subordinates were still drinking and having fun around the campfire.
After finishing another bottle of sake, Inaba Shiro remembered that he wanted to broadcast for Hata Shunroku to entertain him. He turned to his chief of staff, Shimono Kazuhiro, and asked: "Shimono-san, what time is it now?"
Shimono Yihuo took out his pocket watch from his trouser pocket and looked at the time, and replied: "It's five minutes past eleven."
"It's 11:05, we should be here in Nanjing." Inaba Shiro drank a drink, stood up and said, "We have to go and cheer up the Commander, so that the Commander can also be happy." After that,
, Shiro Inaba turned to the commander of the Engineer Regiment, Noda Takeshi, and said, "Noda-san, please go and prepare the broadcast."
Noda Takeshi didn't drink much, so he was still sober. He immediately turned around and left.
Inaba Shiro waited for almost five minutes. He estimated that Noda Takeshi had prepared the broadcast. Then he stood up and staggered towards the broadcast room. When he was still several steps away from the broadcast room, Inaba Shiro suddenly felt a step under his feet.
He tripped and fell. When the two guards accompanying him were about to step forward to help him, they discovered that the person who tripped Inaba Shiro turned out to be a corpse, and it was Colonel Takeshi Noda, the engineer captain who had just left!
The two guards were covered in white-haired sweat and were about to shout a warning, but they had no chance.
Two black shadows appeared behind the two guards like ghosts, and then with a flash of cold light, the throats of the two guards burst open like goldfish mouths.
In front of him, Inaba Shiro was paralyzed by alcohol, and he had no idea that the murderous intention had come. When he looked up again, he saw a figure blocking the way, and immediately asked: "Who are you and where do you come from?"
"China, soldier." The figure said ferociously, "Here comes from hell."
"Nani, hell?" Inaba Shiro suddenly woke up with a fright.
