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After Zheng Hai's condition stabilized and his fever subsided, Jingxian notified Sun Xiangli to pick him up.At this time, Zhaoquan received a call from Chen Xiangfan, urging them to go home quickly.

When everyone was sitting in the living room, his first words were: "The big field has been lost, and the national army's defense line has retreated to the Suzhou Creek. This battle can't be won, so pack up your things and prepare to go to Chongqing." Zhaoquan Question: "Didn't you say that if you can't do it, go to Wuhan? Why is Chongqing?" Chen Xiangfan said: "Shanghai is about to fall, and Nanjing may not be able to keep it. The national government will also move its capital to Chongqing. I have already asked people to find two places in Chongqing. The adjacent residence is definitely not as spacious as this one, so let’s make do with it. "My family, you don’t know what to do. Seeing this, Chen Xiangfan has no choice but to direct Xiaopeng: "Go home and help Your mother is packing up, I’m afraid your mother will be here to help. There is a charter flight to Chongqing in a week, and I have reserved seats, and I will ask the adjutant to pick you up when the time comes.” Xiaopeng stood aside, and suddenly said timidly "Father, I'm afraid there are still many things to do with Chairman Zhu. My aunt still has a lot of business in Shanghai that I can't bring to Chongqing, or I'll stay here." Chen Xiangfan looked at Xiaopeng and said two things. Word: "Up to you." About to leave, Xiaopeng hesitated and asked: "Father, where are you going?" Chen Xiangfan stomped "to Hangzhou Bay to prevent the enemy from landing. Hmph, the security regiment doesn't even have an artillery battalion. What are you going to do to stop him!" While talking and walking towards the door, Lan Xin stopped him and asked, "Brother-in-law, what about Zhaoshi?"

Chen Xiangfan sighed: "He is the Imperial Forest Army, and he will be changing defenses in the next few days. I am afraid he is going to defend Nanjing. Huh, 70 people can't defend Shanghai, and Nanjing will sooner or later."

When the news came that the troops had moved to the south of the Suzhou Creek, Zhaoshi knew it was a signal to retreat.Cheng Nan came to him, hoping that his regiment would stay and guard the Zhabei stronghold. Zhaoshi understood that this was to cover the retreat of the large troops.He smiled wryly, pointed to the soldiers and Cheng Nan outside the door, and said, "Go out and do some counting. For a person like me who is called the head of the regiment, it's not bad if I can organize a battalion under my command. With the number of people in this battalion, before August [-]th No more than one-eighth of the veterans have been on the battlefield. By this time, those who have fought against the Hongqiao Airport and the Gongda Spinning Mill can be counted as veterans. The Zhabei area is now bombed and there is not even a small mound that can hide. Let these new recruits be divided into troops, you might as well pick up the machine gun and sweep us down now."

Cheng Nan also jumped up, "Then tell me, what do you want me to do?"

The two were arguing, when Lu Yijie entered the door, he knocked on the map on the table and asked: "Old Shen, which building in Zhabei is the strongest and can be used as a stronghold?" Zhaoshi didn't even look at the map , "Vaults of Commercial Savings Banks."

After saying this, the three Whampoa veterans in the room understood that the treasury is of course the stronghold with the best innate conditions. It is made of hard reinforced concrete, and even shells can't do anything about it. "Lu Yijie turned to Cheng Nan, "Instructor Cheng, Captain Shen and I don't want to reorganize. Our two regiments can't make up a full regiment together.After a while, we will sum up and take half of the people each. I will stay and let Commander Shen go with your large army. "

Zhaoshi stared at Lu Yijie with blood-red eyes: "Stay? Stay is death." Lu Yijie chuckled: "That's why I said don't reorganize, one regiment stays dead, one battalion stays If one battalion dies, it’s better to die a little less, just keep one battalion. A soldier will die sooner or later. I’m not as lucky as you. I was born in Shanghai Beach in Shili Yangchang. I’ll die here anyway. It’s still the bank’s treasury. Tsk tsk tsk. Since my younger brother went to Huangpu, his grades were not as good as yours. He entered the national army and his rank was not as good as yours.

Zhaoshi has nothing to say. Since he parted ways with Jiang Pu and Guofeng, Lu Yijie has been his closest classmate. This person has both Jiang Pu's sophistication and Guofeng's mischievousness. Unexpectedly, he is still such a lonely hero.The location of the vault, once Lu Yijie retreated, the west and north would be the Japanese positions, the south would be the Suzhou Creek, and across the river would be the concession, and that would be the real isolated island.Lu Yijie didn't take it seriously at all: "You, go back to the rice fields on the Wufu line and do your fortifications. I'm going to drink coffee in the Shanghai Concession."

The truth is naturally not as calm as he said.

The treasury has sufficient reserves. As early as when General Zhang was deploying defenses in Zhabei, he had taken a fancy to this building that could be used as a large-scale fortification, and stored enough ammunition, food and drinking water in it.Lu Yijie looked at the list that Amao sent him and said with a smile: "See, the stock in this place is enough for us to stay here for three years. Call everyone to gather, prepare for the construction work, and transport the sandbags and sacks to the empty yard .”

"Yes!" Amao ran out, he looked like a veteran.After the bunker was built, Amao followed Lu Yijie to the top of the building. Lu Yijie pointed to the distance and asked, "If you were a devil, how do you plan to get in?" Amao pouted, "I'm not a devil. However, any fool knows that the wall in front must be used as a cover." Lu Yijie nodded: "Yes, he came all the way from Japan, we have to send some gifts, find some people to carry twenty pistols Grenades and a cannonball." A Mao scratched his head: "Are you really going to give them? There are also cannonballs!"

Lu Yijie kicked him: "Sir, hurry up!"

Twenty grenades and a mortar shell were buried under the bunker, and the important thing is that there were ropes left on the grenade shells.As soon as the Japanese soldiers got into the bunker, the rope was pulled, and the grenade detonated the mortar shell, blowing up all the soldiers who entered the bunker.Amao hid behind the warehouse wall, and Lu Yijie patted him on the head and said, "You need to use your brain in war, do you understand?" Amao touched his head and said, "Oh, my brain is not working! Or No matter how you read, you can’t read well.” Lu Yijie smiled: “You are not smart, you are not studying hard because you are playful. That’s because your second master is busy and has no time to take care of you. I saw it back then. He used to discipline your young master, good guy, he is stronger than military law, why didn’t you get beaten to death by family law.” Amao giggled: “It’s my sister’s credit, she saw the young master being beaten, she was scared It’s broken, crying to death and refusing to go to school. The grandma coaxed her, and let us brother and sister study together with the young master, who can play better than me, and even took me to fish in the pond.” Speaking of fishing , Amao had a flash of inspiration, "Leader, we can just catch devils here!"

Lu Yijie also came to his senses: "Tell me, how do you fish?" Amao asked back: "Commander, are you really a sharpshooter?" Lu Yijie said: "Go back and ask your second master and eldest young master, Let's see if your head Lu is a sharpshooter." Amao patted his thigh and said, "You will go upstairs and wait on the roof in a while, and I will make sure that you can see the location of the devil's snipers. Then you will shoot them one by one." "

Lu Yijie went up to the top of the building, and after a while, he saw a steel helmet coming out of the downstairs window with a long bamboo pole. Ping-pong-pong hit towards the helmet.And he was condescending upstairs, so he had a panoramic view of the flame-breathing gun barrel, and sure enough, he shot the enemies on the opposite side one by one.Everyone cheered when they saw the true ability of the regiment leader, and the morale of the army was immediately boosted.

At night, Lu Yijie asked everyone to turn off all the lights in the vault, and it was pitch black within a few hundred meters.Amao stood guard at the southeast corner of the vault with a gun in his hand. This was the only passage leading to the outside world.It was the end of October, and the dew was getting heavier. Amao was still wearing the military uniform he received in September, when he suddenly heard rustling sounds nearby, he immediately became vigilant: "Who is it?" A girl's voice came: "Sir, I'm looking for Zhou Ji." Amao's hairs are all standing on end, isn't this the voice of my little sister?Why is she here?Could it be that he also ran away from home to fight?He immediately said, "little sister, is that you? I'm here."

The little girl ran over staggeringly and hugged Amao: "Brother!"

Amao called someone to guard him, and pulled the younger sister aside: "How did you come here? I don't want to kill you? Do mother and grandma know?" The younger sister said, "Of course I came quietly. , I saw a photo of your head in the newspaper yesterday, I have seen that person, he came to our house when the young lady and the young master got married." Ah Mao frowned: "Your mind still remembers things. Quite a lot, how old were you then? I forgot.” The younger sister told Amao: “I saw the young master, and he told our mother that you were with Captain Lu. The young master was seriously injured, My left hand is gone. Brother, are you alright?" Amao thought of Zhang Huabang's comrades-in-arms in a battalion, feeling a little sad.The little girl said: "I saw you fighting yesterday while standing upstairs in the foreign concession. Brother, you are so powerful. Everyone said that with people like you, there will be no kingdoms." Ah Mao nodded: "Well, definitely not The country will perish." The little girl reached out and touched her bosom for a long time, then took out a roll of cloth and handed it to Amao: "Brother, this is for you." Amao didn't know what it was, so he looked at it in the moonlight outside. It turned out to be a national flag!Wet, with my sister's sweat on it.

Amao put the national flag into his arms: "I will give it to the head of the regiment early in the morning, and we will raise the flag here. Don't delay, go back before it gets dark, or the family will die in a hurry." Then the little girl said : "Brother, we are going to Chongqing in a few days. Grandma said that Shanghai is not safe." Ah Mao nodded: "Well, you should go back quickly and listen to what mother said. Hey, I left home, did mother not Say something.” The little girl stared back and asked, “What do you think?” Amao smiled: “Mother definitely said that when I go back, I will break my legs.” Little sister make a face.” Mother said you are confused, Going to be a soldier is to cause trouble for the second master. I said good things for you, and even scolded me. "Amao said: "Go back and tell mother that my mind will clear up as soon as I fight, so I should be a soldier." After finishing speaking, he pulled his collar to show the younger sister: "Look, you see, I am already the monitor." The younger sister touched the elder brother's monitor collar badge very rarely, and said seriously: "Well, I will go back and tell my mother. , you are an officer now, she can’t beat you anymore. Brother, you must raise the national flag tomorrow morning, I will go to the roof of the concession to watch, I can see you raising the flag.”