The man waved to him. Liang Mao went over and took a look, and sure enough there was a rifle buried in the pile of bricks.
They carefully removed the bricks and slowly pulled out the first rifle of the night.
Several workers were so excited that they beat each other back and forth.
Lin Jiatai was more attentive. He groped around on the ground and found two rows of bullets. He blew the dust off the bullets and wiped them back and forth with his palms.
At this moment, a terrifying sound came from not far away.
Lin Jiatai waved his hand vigorously and asked everyone to squat down. He looked around in the darkness.
They all heard a slight noise not too far ahead, as if someone was quietly approaching them.
He took the rifle from Liang Mao's hand and gently pulled the bolt. He pressed the bullet into the magazine and pushed the bolt hard, making a clattering sound.
He stood up instantly, raised his rifle, and asked into the darkness: "Who is that person? Don't move!"
There was no sound at all, it was so quiet that you could hear the air flowing slowly.
Lin Jiatai raised his voice and said more sternly: "Stand up! Otherwise, we will shoot!"
Finally there was a voice over there, and a figure slowly stood up, raised his hands and said, "Sir, don't shoot, don't shoot. I'm a common man. I just want to take advantage of it and earn money to support my family."
Lin Jiatai said: "You are not the only one! There are others, please stand up! Hurry up!"
The people over there said, "Brothers, get up. Sir, we just pick up some things and sell them for money. It's okay."
Several more people slowly stood up next to him, and there were actually five of them!
The leader said: "Sir, what the hell, we are ordinary people."
Lin Jiatai took a few steps forward. After a closer look, he saw that they were indeed ordinary people, so he hesitated whether to tell them to leave quickly.
Unexpectedly, the person opposite suddenly picked up a rifle from the ground, pulled the bolt and pointed it at Lin Jiatai.
He said viciously: "You bitch, how dare you pretend to be a national soldier! Put down your gun and get out! Or I'll kill you!"
Lin Jiatai, however, continued to walk forward with the rifle in hand. As he walked, he said: "You kill me! You keep hitting me! I let you hit me first! Then I will hit you! Let's see who among us will die! Just shoot me!"
The man shouted: "Don't leave again! If you leave again, I will really shoot you!"
Lin Jiatai said: "What the hell! You pulled the bolt but didn't pull it all the way! You pushed the bolt but it didn't lock! Damn it, can you fire it? Put down the gun!"
The man lowered his gun, but said: "You are not a national soldier! Even if you beat me to death, you can't run away! Brother, I can see that you are here to pick up things, and so am I. The road is facing the sky, let's each walk half way.
How about it?"
Lin Jiatai also lowered his gun, walked up to the man, looked at them one by one, and said, "You are not from Shanghai!"
The man said: "Brother, I'll leave you alone. We are from the Northeast and wanted to buy some guns in Shanghai. Damn it, we couldn't buy them! We had to come here to inspect a few. You probably want to inspect the guns too, right? We picked them up here.
Nothing else, just guns and bullets!”
Lin Jiatai asked: "What are you doing?"
The man said angrily: "Go back to the Northeast and fight the Japanese! What's going on! Believe it or not!"
Lin Jiatai walked up to them and looked at them carefully.
He saw from their rough expressions and shining eyes that they were telling the truth. He remembered that Chief Guike once said that Mrs. Hong from Nanshi once wanted to buy arms for her relatives.
, I want to go back to the Northeast to build a team.
He said: "Brother, I heard that there is a Mrs. Hong in Nanshi..."
The man snorted, "That's my aunt. She helped us buy it, but we didn't get it! We had to come here to look for it!"
Lin Jiatai asked: "How many guns did you check?"
The man said: "I didn't pick up much. What do you want? To blackmail us?"
Lin Jiatai directly put the gun in his hand into his arms, "Since it is to fight the Japanese, I will give this to you! Brother, remember, this gun is used to fight the Japanese! Do you understand?
Let’s go, we’re leaving too.”
As he said this, he took Liang Mao away.
The man said from behind: "Brother, my name is Hong Shankui, from Hongjiabao, Mudanjiang. Brother, please leave your name too, maybe we can meet again in the future."
Lin Jiatai thought for a while, then turned around and said: "My name is Lin Jiatai, and I am here to fight the Japanese! Brother, goodbye."
The two groups of people who came to pick up guns separated and continued to search for guns in the ruins.
That night, Lin Jiatai, Liang Mao and others crawled around in the ruins and picked up a total of eight guns, as well as some bullets and pistols. They wrapped the bullets in sacks into three large packages and tied them firmly.
They carried these big bags on their backs, like refugees fleeing, following each other, and soon disappeared into the night.
28-16
That night, there was another person walking quietly at night.
No one would have thought that he was Jiang Dachen, the chairman of Longda Textile Company and Luan Shigui’s father-in-law.
Yesterday afternoon, he called Gui Longhai twice in a row, but could not find him. This made him very angry. He had to call Luan Shigui's office. He knew that it was useless to find this son-in-law, but now he could only find him.
Him!
He groaned and said, "Where's Gui Longhai! He's not at work?"
Luan Shigui knew it was his father-in-law Jiang Dachen as soon as he heard it. He didn't want to make his father-in-law angry, so he said politely: "It's dad. Long Hai...he went out to do errands today. Are you okay?"
Jiang Dachen scolded: "What should I call if it's okay? I have nothing to do!"
Luan Shigui could only say: "Then, tell me. I...I will tell Long Hai, can it be done?"
Jiang Dachen thought for a while, but there was really no other way. He was too anxious now for Ronda!
He said: "I asked him to think of a way to include my Ronda in the relocation list! I don't know if he has done it! Why is there no news at all?"
At this time, Luan Shigui's teeth began to hurt, and his face was distorted by the pain.
Gui Longhai told him about this, and he also knew that the current situation in Longda might be very bad. There is a battlefield over Jungong Road! But this kind of thing cannot be hidden, and he will always find out sooner or later!
He reluctantly said: "Dad, just listen to me. Putting it on the list may...may not happen."
Jiang Dachen yelled at his son-in-law on the phone, "Why! Why can't it be done? Tell me!"
Luan Shigui really regretted answering this call. If he had known that this was a call from Jiang Dachen, he would not have answered it even if he was killed!
He said as if he had a toothache: "Dad, I heard that there was a lot of fighting on the Military Industry Road. The Japanese warships' cannons were very... very fierce. I heard... I heard that Londa was also bombarded.
Yes. Maybe... maybe..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Dachen hung up the phone heavily.
Jiang Dachen was so worried that he really wanted to fly to Lunda immediately to see his company! That was his child! He peed a lot, and it finally got bigger! Now! It was bombarded! It is now
What has become!
But he also knew that he couldn't go there during the day. During the day there was constant gunfire and the fighting between the two sides was fierce.
But at night, both sides will definitely cease fighting! Those soldiers always have to sleep, right? If you don’t get a good night’s sleep, how will you fight the next day? It’s not easy to fight with your eyes closed!
At night, he went out and rushed to Londa on Jungong Road.
However, once the war started, many roads were impassable. Trams were blocked, and taxis refused to go there. He sometimes took trams, sometimes took rickshaws, and mostly walked.
At dawn, he finally arrived in Ronda.
We were still a short way from Ronda, and the night was still dark, with only a waning moon shining in the sky.
In fact, he already knew that Ronda was not good even before he saw her! There were ruins all around! They were all destroyed by artillery shells! How could Ronda be better!
When he finally walked into Ronda in the dark, the pain overwhelmed him like a tide, leaving him breathless.
His factory building, which used to be so nice, clean and bright, has now been hit by several bombs, and a waning moon can be seen in the sky everywhere. The neatly roaring textile machines were blown up and staggered, like a pile of scrap metal. There are piles of scrap metal everywhere.
It was rubble, and sewage was flowing underneath the rubble. There was a burnt smell filling the workshop.
He reluctantly walked inside again, and then he realized the source of the burning smell. His cotton warehouse was burned to black ashes.
There used to be piles of the finest cotton there! I don’t know how many days and nights it burned! Now it’s all reduced to ashes! Ashes!
He stood in the middle of the factory, looking around, and saw that his Rhonda was lifeless. There was no way he could restore Rhonda! Rhonda was dead! He was so desperate that he could hardly stand.
Hesitantly, like an old man on the verge of death, he slowly walked into the little red building that he had been reluctant to leave for a moment.
28-17
Although it was in the dark, Jiang Dachen could still see that the Little Red Building had been severely damaged, with half of it collapsed in the gunfire. There were rubble and paper everywhere, and all the doors and windows were broken.
The night wind passed through the broken doors and windows, whistled silently in the darkness, and penetrated his heart like a sword!
He vaguely saw that the office where he was busy day and night was on the other side of the Little Red Building. At least that side was not bombed! This gave him a little hope. Maybe he could survive!
However, when he finally walked into his former office, he realized that he had no hope at all.
The office was a mess, with all the desks and cabinets on the floor. Finally, he saw his safe. The door of his safe was open. He knew without looking that there was nothing inside!
At this point, he really has nothing! The gold he used as a reserve, the securities he kept, his equity certificates, and all his contracts are all gone! They were all stolen by Japanese soldiers!
They blew up his Ronda and stole his gold!
There should be no little Japan in this world! They should all die!
Jiang Dachen finally saw his situation clearly. Everything that could be destroyed was destroyed in the most brutal way! Everything that could be stolen was also stolen by Japanese soldiers! He had nothing left!
At this time, despair was like an iron vice, tightly grasping his body and mind.