Traveling through the Republic of China to become a special agent, the system is very easy for me

The two of them came to the coffee shop diagonally opposite, found a seat by the window, sat down, and ordered a cup of coffee. Yuan Ye looked at Li Ruyi and felt emotional. If it weren't for the war, would they be able to sit together alone like this?

Li Ruyi saw something familiar in Yuan Ye's eyes, and she was startled. She quickly avoided Yuan Ye's gaze and said:

"I'm glad you survived. Are you sure all the classmates in your class died?"

Yuan Ye's eyes dimmed and he said:

"The battle in Shanghai was going badly, and the Nationalist army was retreating across the board. Our Jiangsu-Zhejiang Rangers were ordered to block the Japanese army in Nanshi and cover the Nationalist army's retreat. The Japanese planes bombed from the sky and the tanks attacked from the ground. We used our flesh and blood to resist the enemy's round after round of attacks. We suffered heavy casualties. Several classmates in the same squad as me were very brave and died one by one in front of me. I was seriously injured and was carried off the front line, saving my life. After this battle, the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Rangers of more than 10,000 people were left with only more than 2,000 people."

As Yuan Ye spoke, he seemed to be back on the tragic battlefield with gunfire flying. His classmates, who had been with him day and night, fell in front of him one by one. These classmates were all people with whom he had a good relationship. They shared similar interests and agreed to join the army together.

Yuan Ye's eyes couldn't help but become moist. He saw that Li Ruyi's eyes were already full of tears.

At this moment, their thoughts are connected.

Yuan Ye sighed and said:

"Okay, it's all over. You don't have to be too sad."

He handed over his handkerchief. Li Ruyi took it and wiped away her tears. She calmed down and said:

"You are all great, you are all heroes. What happened to you after you came down from the battlefield?"

"After I recovered from my injury, I went home to recuperate for a while. When I was fully recovered, I returned to Shanghai and worked as a clerk in a trading company, leading an ordinary life."

Yuan Ye briefly talked about his recent situation. He couldn't tell Li Ruyi his real identity now, for fear that Li Ruyi would be sensitive. After all, the Military Control Commission had been a vicious enemy of the Red Party, and countless Red Party members had died at their hands.

He will eventually tell Li Ruyi his true identity, but not now, maybe at some point in the future, provided of course that he is still alive.

He didn't know whether Li Ruyi believed that he was now a clerk in a trading company. He certainly hoped that she believed it, but was this possibility high?

Li Ruyi was half-believing and half-doubting after hearing this. Yuan Ye's description of his battlefield experience made her less wary of Yuan Ye and more respectful of him. She was willing to believe that Yuan Ye was still the passionate and patriotic young man he once was, but she still had some doubts about his true identity. She thought it would be better to wait and slowly confirm it later, so she changed the subject and said:

"You know, our alma mater was destroyed."

Yuan Ye certainly knew that after the outbreak of the August 13th Anti-Japanese War, more than 6,000 Japanese troops, under the command of Hasegawa Kiyoshi, commander of the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet, relied on the concession to raid Zhabei and occupied Bazi Bridge and Chizhi University.

At the same time, Japanese warships fiercely bombarded the urban area of ​​Shanghai. The National Army, led by General Zhang Zhizhong, fought hard and the battle was extremely brutal.

According to General Zhang Zhizhong's plan, the 87th Division would attack Hujiang University as a support, while the 88th Division would focus on attacking Chizhi University directly in front. Both divisions were equipped with German equipment and were the elite of the National Army.

However, the Japanese army had built Chizhi University into a solid firepower support point with countless bunkers. The Japanese army equipped the university with various light and heavy machine guns and small-caliber artillery. The most elite first and third battalions of the Japanese Marine Corps were stationed here.

If the National Army could successfully capture Chizhi University, the next step for the 88th Division would be to launch an attack on the Japanese Marine Corps Headquarters in Hongkou, thereby realizing the strategic intention of driving the Japanese army out of the Huangpu River.

As soon as the shelling ended, the soldiers of the 88th Division jumped out of their bunkers at the same time and launched a charge towards Chizhi University under the cover of machine gun fire.

The next afternoon, Huang Meixin, commander of the 88th Brigade of the 264th Division of the National Army, commanded his troops to clear the perimeter and quickly approached and surrounded Chizhi University. In front of the tall and sturdy buildings, Brigade Commander Huang first ordered his troops to bombard and launched a fierce attack.

The enemy inside Chih-Chih University began to fight and flee towards Shanghai Law School in the face of the powerful offensive. Unfortunately, the brigade commander Huang Meixin was hit in the abdomen by a Japanese artillery shell at the front of Chih-Chih University and died on the spot.

Most of the Chih-Chih University buildings were destroyed in the battle. The newly built two-story classrooms, library and offices, and three-story dormitories were all burned down by Japanese arson.

The remaining books in the library, including Chinese and foreign books, were completely lost, and sports equipment, school facilities, etc. were all burned.

After Yuan Ye was transferred back to Shanghai, he visited the campus of Chizhi University. The familiar campus was now in ruins and devastated.

“If it weren’t for the war, we would have graduated from our alma mater now.”

Yuan Ye sighed and said.

"After school closed, did you open the pub?"

Yuan Ye asked. Of course, he already knew the real purpose of Li Ruyi opening a pub, and he no longer had the curiosity he had when he first met Li Ruyi.

Just treat it as a casual chat, he also wanted to hear how Li Ruyi explained it.

"You also know that my parents are professors at the school. After the school was closed, my parents were idle at home. In the chaos, they couldn't find a suitable job for a while. My parents occasionally submitted some articles to newspapers for publication, and the royalties were meager.

I felt I had some business sense, so I opened a pub to support my family. When the Japanese occupied Shanghai, the population of the French Concession exploded, and the pub did pretty well.

Li Ruyi said lightly.

This was the excuse she had prepared. She felt that this reason was reasonable and should be able to dispel Yuan Ye's suspicion.

Li Ruyi's explanation did make Yuan Ye feel that it was not so strange for her to open a pub. If he didn't know that Li Ruyi was a member of the Red Party, he might have really believed this.

"I didn't expect you to have such a good business sense, but it's a pity that you are such an outstanding person, but being a tavern owner is really a waste of your talent."

Yuan Ye said with a hint of regret.

"Aren't you also excellent? Aren't you working as a clerk in a trading company now?"

Li Ruyi said meaningfully.

Yuan Ye smiled awkwardly. He understood Li Ruyi's hidden meaning. He took a sip of coffee and decided to end the topic. He asked:

"Teacher Li, Teacher Yang, are you all right?"

Professor Li and Professor Yang are Li Ruyi's parents. They have both been their teachers and taught them.

"My parents are in good health, thank you for your concern."

"I haven't seen them for more than a year. I want to go see them when I have time. I don't know if it's possible. They are teachers I admire very much. To be honest, my patriotic thoughts have been influenced by these two teachers."

"Of course, they are so happy to see their students come to see him."

“Then I must go see them.”

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