"Oh my daughter, why are you still looking so sad? Didn't you hear what was said on the radio? The Battle of Xuzhou is over. Xuzhou fell, but more than 10,000 Japanese were killed."
Han Ying was still looking sad because many people were asking if her husband and brothers were safe. Some people left happily after hearing the news, while others left crying. She didn't dare to ask or think about it.
, I’m afraid there’s bad news.
"Mom, so are you. You only know how many Japs were killed, but you don't know how many of us died. It's true on the radio too. They only report good news but not bad news. The Chairman is happy because he can look good in front of foreigners!
"
Han Ying had newspapers spread out in front of her. She had been collecting newspapers since Wang Zongyao left. Even if she had a little bit of information, she wanted to confirm whether it was her husband's army.
"This is not normal. If there were no foreigners, how would we get the guns, bullets and cannons? Your father is right, the Chairman is just showing off to the foreigners, in order to get more arms."
"But have you ever thought about where all these arms went? Prices are rising rapidly, and soon my salary will only be enough for my family to eat porridge, let alone the consumption of this big family. We all read the government's financial reports.
After all, the government has been borrowing money to survive since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, and it is not a good idea to continue like this."
Regarding the government's poor financial situation, not to mention the need to support such a large army, it is a dead end no matter how you think about it.
"Didn't I say that Kong Xiangxi was appointed as the President of the Executive Council? In addition, he also served as the president of the Central Bank. What a capable person he was, and he borrowed money from foreign countries."
"This is what I'm worried about. How can we repay it? Now the domestic industry is no longer an industry, and agriculture is no longer an agriculture. If we want to repay the money, I guess the only way to pay it back is through tariffs."
The old man came out of the bedroom, came to the radio, and turned on the radio.
"I said, Minzhi, has the air-raid shelter your brother asked you to dig ready?"
"Dig it, you, a father, really just listen to whatever my brother says, but my brother is right, it's time to prepare air-raid shelters. The houses along the river were bombed a few days ago. It's really tragic."
Han Ying was very much in favor of her brother's decision, and she used some connections to find some professionals to dig it up, and Wang Zongyao's friends came to see it.
"There is nothing we can do. Who told us that we don't have effective countermeasures? My brother seems to have seen some clues. He feels that the bombings will become more and more intense in the future, and the Chairman will not be able to do anything in the short term."
The old man leaned on a cane and listened to the radio while talking about his own opinions. Although the Battle of Xuzhou is said to be over, the people who should come back have not yet come back. In Han Ying's room, there is a suicide note that is almost worn out.
Han Ying can almost memorize the above content.
"Let's eat. If there's another air raid later, we won't be able to eat."
"Come, come and eat!"
A group of people didn't know what to say or what to talk about. When they talked, they would turn to Wang Zongyao, Hancheng and South Korea. A little bit of news could make the family discuss it for a long time.
It can be related to the outcome of the war.
"Hey, what are you eating?"
As he was talking, the door was opened, and Wang Zongyao entered the room with a suitcase. He was still wearing a neat and clean military uniform. After all, he was going to see his superiors, so he would wear a clean military uniform. As a
For mid-level and senior generals to report such glorious military exploits, the Chairman would personally receive them.
"You're finally back. You don't know how worried I am about you!"
Han Ying couldn't help but threw herself into Wang Zongyao's arms. The two of them made love to each other, regardless of whether there was anyone next to them.
"Oh, didn't I just come back after receiving the award?"
Only then did someone notice that Wang Zongyao had two more medals on his body, but these were not important. What was important was that he finally came back safely.
"You are finally back. If you don't come back, Minzhi will cry holding your suicide note again."
"Oh, there's nothing we can do. At that time, several Japanese brigades were approaching my defensive position. I had to be careful. If I really died, I'm afraid I wouldn't even be able to spread my words.
"
"Don't say such unlucky words. You can't die. What should I do if you die? You have achieved military success now. Otherwise, you should stop being a soldier. I can support you."
Han Ying still had the mentality of a little daughter, and Wang Zongyao couldn't help but kiss her.
"In the face of a national crisis, personal life and death should be ignored. I will never say this again. Even if I don't serve as a soldier, I still have to be responsible for my old subordinates. Otherwise, I will not feel at ease."
Wang Zongyao neither objected nor agreed. He and General Li Zongren talked a lot. General Li also suffered heavy losses in this battle. Many of the troops were very powerful troops. After a battle, their vitality was severely damaged.
"How are you on the battlefield?"
"It's not bad, that is, the Japanese planes are blowing up and the artillery is bombing, but there's nothing else going on."
After Wang Zongyao came into contact with Japanese tactics, he really couldn't find an effective way to resist this kind of three-dimensional fire network tactics. Even automatic weapons couldn't compare with the Japanese.
"Wow……!"
Before I could say a few words, the air raid siren sounded.
"Let's go, let's go, I can't eat this meal today, I have to go to the air raid shelter."
The old man walked quickly on crutches in front. Han Ying also urgently picked up the oil lamp and hurriedly helped her mother walk. Wang Zongyao was no longer idle. He quickly picked up the important things and followed the servant.
Go to the air raid shelter.
"Hey, when did our family dig an air-raid shelter? I don't remember that there was an air-raid shelter when I bought the house?"
"My younger brother wrote a letter some time ago and told me to dig an air-raid shelter. The old man believed it and spent the money to dig such an air-raid shelter. But that's okay. I heard that there are too many people in the public air-raid shelters outside.
Yes, many people have been trampled."
"Oh? It seems that your family is not a simple person. Your brother has a foresight, and the old man has a vision."
"That is!"
Han Ying accepted the words of praise for her family without being shy at all. The frequency of bombing of Chongqing is actually getting higher and higher. The national army is now unable to resist at all. Although a considerable number of anti-aircraft artillery has been deployed, the results achieved have not been achieved.
Still very few.
"It seems that the air defense pressure in the capital is very high?"
"Yes, since the beginning of the year, the Japanese have been conducting high-frequency bombings, causing serious damage to facilities and residences in Chongqing."
Wang Zongyao could only sigh helplessly, these things were really unsolvable.