Nine Songs of Anti-Japanese War

The water flow - turbid, full of yellow sand, and the huge water flow that has swallowed hundreds of creatures before, with the faint smell of corpses, easily captured Kaifeng and drove him to roll and spin with the mud.The sky covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder disappeared, and the land covered with weeds and loess also disappeared.All sense of direction is lost, only water.The water of the flooded Yellow River.

Kaifeng didn't struggle at all.A human body is like a dust in the violent force of nature. It can only be manipulated by it and can't do much.What's more, this violent power was drawn out with his own permission and participation.

I can't breathe, I'm going to die, he thought.Before people die, they always see many illusions, creating the illusion of happiness that they have never tasted in their life.happiness?So, he got his wish and saw the reflections of those memories in the dark water, spinning around him rapidly, taking him back to the past time.

["The capital I'm looking for is Luoyang." Zhao Kuangyin looked at him with thick eyebrows, "but he was seriously injured and the place was destroyed, so I can use you for the time being. Your city is so flat, I'm sorry you won't protect him." Own?"]

[In Bianjing at night, the lights of thousands of houses are as bright as the sun and the moon.The magnificent gold powder flows slowly in the ancient Bian River, which is not like the world—"I really envy you." Luoyang and Xu Chang suddenly said to him when they were laughing behind him. ]

["The Song Dynasty has been lingering for so many years, now it should perish." Lin'an didn't look at him this time, he probably guessed his expression.The Leifeng Pagoda stands like a sword in the setting sun, and the three dragons embroidered on Lin'an's chest are dyed blood-red. ]

"I won't lie to you." It was the same place again, but the Leifeng Pagoda had fallen into ruins, and it would never hurt the eyes of the two of them again.Hangzhou’s voice is soft and firm, “I’m always the real me in front of your eyes. Why don’t you try more? Your promise is not outdated yet.”

correct.I promised to come back when I was strong enough to be your equal.

I promised... to be strong...

yes, be strong...

There is no illusion of so-called happiness before death.No!A heart-piercing pain pierced through his spinal cord, so sharp that it almost exploded his head.Immediately after Hangzhou's gentle voice, Kenji Doihara triumphantly rode into his city on a white horse.I still remember that when Doihara learned that the Chinese army was gathering at Zhaokou (Note 1), he laughed at his subordinates: Do you know the "Caiqiu Protocol" established in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods? "You can't bend the course of the Yellow River, and you can't destroy the embankment of the Yellow River"——who dared to go one step further in 2000?

Doihara continued to laugh: The Yellow River floods after July and August when the rainy season comes every year. At that time, our imperial army has already conquered Wuhan, and it is too late for the enemy to have any conspiracy.Just ignore them.

Now you are wrong.

You are completely wrong!

hatred.The strong hatred suddenly pulled back Kaifeng's consciousness.He hates them.It was a signal of suffering, the incarnation of a gangster, the instigator of the destruction of countless families.Sworn hatred!

If today is the end, I will at least drag you to die together!If God still has eyes, at least let me see their regretful crying and whining with my own eyes!If our people have not died completely in vain, if my mission is still long, long and unfinished, even if every tomorrow is stained with blood, even if I have to endure the dark night of the Central Plains for 1 years, no matter what, Please let me go to witness their demise!

And I want to... live!

Kaifeng struggled, desperately searching for the direction commonly called "up" and swimming towards it.The water seemed to have eased a little, he actually found the right direction, and was able to resist the ferocity of the flood a little.If he was an ordinary person, he would have been beaten to the point of unconsciousness; but Kaifeng is not an ordinary person after all.

He can survive.As long as he wants.

Then he caught a floating plank that had come off the roof of some house.With little physical strength left, he hugged the plank like grabbing a life-saving straw, and pushed it inch by inch toward the shallow water.

Following the direction pointed by passers-by and relying on his keen intuition, Hangzhou rowed a borrowed boat to search for Kaifeng.The boatmen who are familiar with this area are afraid and refuse to lead the way.Fortunately, he learned how to paddle in the rapids from the boatman of the Three Gorges during a trip to the west, and it turned out to be useful.He seemed to be on the vast and desolate river, his concept of space was completely subverted, and he was at a loss as to where he was.

Rowing is a mechanical action, and his thoughts are also a mechanical cycle—where is the person he wants to save?Be sure to find Bian.It was impossible to find him, and the flood had gone to nowhere.shut up.Bian is still alive, I know, as long as I keep paddling, keep looking...

The sky is still covered with haze, which is a sign of rain again, and the cold wind that is rarely seen in summer is blowing on the surface of the water without shelter.Hangzhou, on the other hand, was sweating all over, and the handles of the paddles were drenched with water.The sour smell of sweat from the body is one of the few things that can't be tolerated in Hangzhou. In short, it is a little cleanliness, but he didn't pay attention at the moment.When he reached a water area with lush branches exposed, he couldn't move forward: further ahead was an increasingly turbulent torrent, and whirlpools of different sizes were living traps, waiting for prey to come forward.

If he wanted to continue going down the river, unless he still had the strength to row for a dozen miles to find a safe waterway.

But Hangzhou is exhausted.

Hangzhou stopped the boat and tried in vain to find a way.After a long time, he felt the boat was bumped lightly, so he grabbed the branch and looked towards the bow of the boat: a dead body of an indistinguishable animal was leaning against the boat, with a full stomach and let the river rush against it.Dead cats, dogs, rats, dead people... He was clearly and horribly aware that the black spots floating on the river were nothing but them.

He covered his mouth and nose, wanting to throw up.More is choked up crying without tears.

"I'm really...so confident...

"It would be nice to come to you sooner. It doesn't matter if you break the city or dig a river embankment. Even if it can't give you comfort, at least it won't be like today where you can't find you all over the world... If I just go back like this, how should I face it?" For Ningbo and Jiaxing...

"Don't you want to become stronger? Didn't you say that dying on the battlefield is the most glorious ending? You idiot... then come out to me, your family has entrusted me with the task of finding you—— Don't embarrass me, okay!"

The eyes were swollen and painful, and they were also extremely dry.The yellow and clear water turned into a piece of white flowers in the swaying vision of Hangzhou, and the originally slender, white but dusty fingers dug into the palm of the hand tightly, causing sharp pain.Another strong wind swept by, and after the sweat was dried, the whole body was icy cold.The boat bumped so badly that Hangzhou half-kneeled unconsciously into the sewage-soaked boat.

"If you don't come out, I... have no strength to go back..."

In front of his eyes, clusters of bare branches stretched out of the water and pierced into the sky, twisted and weird, as if shouting to the sky, complaining about fate, and laughing at him with winks.

"Forget it... If Young Master Hangzhou commits suicide because of me, I will become a ghost... I will also be scolded by your family."

Hangzhou turned to the direction where the voice came from in surprise, a group of tree branches blocked his sight and way.His humble soliloquy was swept there by the wind; although the voice that answered him was against the wind and weak, it truly answered the inner pleading.He pulled out the knives he carried with him and chopped them down desperately, cutting down the obstacles that lay between the two of them.

Kaifeng is among a bunch of tree branches.The weight of the upper body is pressed on a wooden board, one hand grabs the branch to prevent it from being washed away, and the other hand uses the leaf to block the wound cut by the sundries in the water.Her long hair was all loose, covering half of her pale face.

He smiled at him angrily: "You can always find me."

"……Bian."

"Is this the first time I've seen you so dirty?"

"Excuse me? You are the dirtiest."

Eyes are not swollen or dry.Tears flowed down my face like a faucet turned on, mixed with the bitter taste of the Yellow River water.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, I can't help being tempted when I see so many beautiful children in your Chuan family during this visit."

"Brother Changsha's words really flattered us. Your family is not inferior, is it?"

"Where is it, if you don't mind it, I still want to kiss more, but..."

"Even though, I'm definitely not as unreasonable as Xiao Yu~"

"Well, that's how it is. In order to establish the beautiful and great friendship between our Sichuan and Hunan families for generations to come, it's better to marry? The child of Fenghuang is getting more and more beautiful. I'm thinking about finding a good family. Brother Chengdu, is there someone? select?"

"There is nothing to say about a beautiful person, but... [that personality is also strong enough] marriage matters should not be casual, wait for her to grow up [be gentler]. Many young men are secretly in love with your lady by the Dongting Lake, and love them very much. , Brother Changsha can tell at a glance. Are you willing to be a matchmaker?"

"I also want the beauty of being an adult, but when I tested Yue Yang a few days ago, she said she wanted to solve it internally. [I'm just lazy to care about her, she won't find Xiao Jing] Don't worry, brother Chengdu, good things never come, as long as your family works tirelessly It will be fine, I will support you silently! [Even if Yue Yang gets mad, Zhuzhou Xiangtan will clean up the mess for me =v=]”

"Brother Changsha is very loyal. Come on, cheers!"

"cheers!"

Standing in front of the house in Chengdu, Yichang saw a row of glutinous rice balls on the tables in Chengdu and Changsha. Dumplings, Long Chaoshou, couples’ lungs, mapo tofu, Fuling pickled vegetables, steamed beef in small cages, and Luzhou old kiln wine. Poems of extremely bad harmony flashed through my mind: rich family...wine and meat...smelly...

[Obviously our Hubei and Sichuan border more...] (Note 2)

Yichang shook his head, and stepped across the threshold with his head held high and his chest held high.

Stopping in front of Chengdu, he respectfully handed over the official document: "Wuhan County King requested it to be handed over. This is the armament budget in the early stage of the battle, the list of factories that must be evacuated from the fighting zone, and his forecast and analysis report on the battlefield situation."

Chengdu wiped his thin lips sticky with wine, and took a quick look. "Okay, I'll draft a simpler explanation for them later and hand it over to the King of Chongqing. You're quite smart, Yichang, and you were right in not looking for Xiaoyu directly."

Yichang is on business: "The Anti-Japanese War is urgent, and the capital is busy with all kinds of opportunities. I'm afraid I don't have time to read them all."

"And it's just right, he just doesn't want to see people."

"Why is this?"

"Because of digging our mother river. He locked himself in the room while clutching the telegram saying that the flood was successfully released in front of my face." Chengdu spread his hands, "Forgive me that he can't listen, I had to go out to have a drink with Changsha. If you want to say that he and the chairman are too synchronized, the chairman has already come out and he is still in it, probably because the things have not been smashed..."

"Your Majesty, does he object? I mean digging the garden gate."

"I don't object, but I approve that I didn't sleep well that night. When people are in trouble, they always have to find an outlet, so we won't bother him. There is no valuable thing in that room..."

Changsha interrupted: "Aren't you afraid that he will be locked up for a few more days? If the capital doesn't care about state affairs, it will be a big trouble."

"The military base camp is still in Wuhan, so don't worry. Besides, Xiaoyu has a big appetite, and because he is in a bad mood, he tortures himself so that his chest sticks to his back. He won't do it." Chengdu swallowed the last sip of wine, and then turned the page. : "The [-]th Division of the North China Dispatch Army was washed away? Well, I admire Kenji Doihara if he doesn't cry anymore."

Changsha pressed his chest and looked at the ceiling: "The threat of the Dabie Mountains in the north of Wuhan should also be lifted. But Xiaojing can't laugh..."

"He only said that he would do everything in his power to fight against foreign enemies, and he hoped that everyone involved in the yellow flood zone will be safe."

"It's safe..." Cheng Cheng stood up with a little unsteady support on the table.It was only then that Yichang realized that he drank a little too much, and he was not the person who always maintained his demeanor as rumored.

"I heard that there was an accident in Kaifeng. Fortunately, as far as I know, he has escaped danger." Changsha said to Yichang.

Yichang was surprised: "What?"

"I almost became a member of the massacres...We are quite afraid when we think about it. I will talk about this in detail later." Changsha narrowed his eyes and patted Yichang, "Tell your brother for me, don't break his promise that he will do everything possible , but you have to come back safely. Otherwise, some of them look good!"

Chang Sha slammed his palm against the wooden table with Jiu Jin.Yichang felt the same way and shook the pots and pans on the table three times.

"Also, treat the flower I gave him well. Don't throw it away even if it withers!"

Hangzhou remembers that it was still a misty morning when he set off by boat; it was almost dusk when he and Kaifeng threw the boat out of the boat and scrambled ashore.

Kaifeng was like a too realistic nightmare.He opened his hands to catch a handful of sunshine, trying to find some natural warmth after accepting the brutality of nature.However, the late sun cannot warm the body or the heart.

"Cough...cough cough!"

Hearing the sound of coughing, Hangzhou sat up at once.Kaifeng breathed a sigh of relief, knelt up on his elbows, and said, "I'm fine."

Spit out the filth in his mouth, open the seal and wipe his eyes, and start wringing the sewage out of his hair like a mop.But the hair is too sticky, the strength is too weak, and the progress is very slow.After thinking for a while, he closed his eyes fiercely, groped for the blade for self-defense, raised it with his hand and dropped it.

"Bian!" Seeing this scene, Hangzhou rushed over quickly, but couldn't stop him, "You...are you okay?" He held Kaifeng's precarious upper body, and his breathing was rare and short.

Kaifeng shook his head, only to feel that the back of his head relaxed a lot, and he was no longer drowsy.He buried himself on Hangzhou's shoulder to catch his breath, and said, "Isn't it good? I have already fallen into this field, and I don't want to cause you any more trouble."

The two supported each other to stand up.As far as Hangzhou can be seen, the haggard face of Kaifeng is nearby, and the desolate land after the flood is farther away.The moist air is like a knife, piercing the lungs one by one, which hurts very much.

On the horizon, Luoyang was rushing towards them anxiously, dragging Zhengzhou who was also in a mess.

"I'm so anxious!" Luoyang rushed forward viciously, almost strangling Kaifeng to death, "Have you vomited up the water in your stomach? Are you injured? Well, you are so dirty that you can't clean it even after a night of bathing!" Turning his head He smiled at Hangzhou again, "I'm not talking about you, you look good whether you're clean or not."

Zhengzhou panted and looked Kaifeng up and down, left and right: "Brother, you...you have been soaked and have cerebral edema?! Just after climbing ashore, I thought of changing my hairstyle!"

"Zhengzhou, where are you..." Kaifeng grabbed him.He was thinking about something else.

Zheng Zhou's facial muscles and tone softened.

"My city is saved."

Kaifeng's nose was sore, his lips trembled for a long time, but he couldn't utter a word.He really wanted to use a stronger force than Luoyang to strangle him—no, hug Zhengzhou, but before he could put it into practice, he was hit by a whirlwind, so he passed out smoothly.

On June 6, the Potian detachment went back to the west of the river and captured Anqing from Wuhu.

In this battle, neither side invested too much troops.Although the capture was quick, Hiroshima was regarded as another contribution to the country. He knew that the real challenge was yet to come, and he did not show complacency in front of his subordinates.

While the security of Anqing City was waiting for the troops stationed in to stabilize, Hiroshima, who had nothing to do, came to the train station to pick him up.The train was delayed as he expected.As soon as he saw the train approaching the station, a man dressed in the uniform of a military officer like himself jumped into the platform accompanied by a few attendants, he walked forward with a formulaic smile.

"I heard that there are many breaches in the Yellow River, and many soldiers of our army have sacrificed a lot. I think about your safety on the northern front line, and I can't sleep or eat for my brother. Seeing that you are safe and sound, it can be regarded as a point of comfort."

Nagasaki's face was already very bad, but it became worse after Hiroshima spoke.He replied cautiously: "Your Majesty has neglected his duty. I did not expect the Chinese government to make such a risky move. I am really ashamed to see you. But His Majesty Tokyo has entrusted you with a task, and I dare not let you down. I hope you will give me an atonement." Opportunity."

"Nagasaki-kun, don't worry. As long as we work together, this revenge will be avenged." Hiroshima summoned a special car and let Nagasaki get on first. Nagasaki accepted his invitation hesitantly and climbed into the car.

Hiroshima followed suit.As soon as he closed the car door to block the sight of those Nagasaki followers, he ran away without a trace with a smile on his face.He turned his face to Nagasaki, and the uneven light entering the carriage cut his indifferent face into several pieces.This is the face they are most familiar with in Nagasaki, the face that has appeared countless times in his heavy factory and army logistics department.

It's not that this face has never been gentle, but it can no longer overlap with the present.

"Nagasaki-kun, you don't know your current situation, do you?"

"Please advise."

"Huayuankou broke its embankment, the Yellow River seized the Huaihe River and went to the sea, and the three provinces of Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu were hit by disasters. We had to suspend our plan to attack Wuhan along the Huaihe River and instead use the main force to attack along the banks of the Yangtze River. Not only that, your North China dispatched army was seriously injured, and the enemy group army You took advantage of the situation and counterattacked, completely defeated. Although the determination of the Chinese people is shocking, but you have been with General Doihara all the time, have the responsibility of supervising the battle, and have received many reports in advance, why are you so careless?"

Nagasaki moved his mouth to explain, but Hiroshima stopped him with a gesture.

"His Majesty the Capital does not want to punish you for the time being. I proposed to him that you be transferred to our Yangtze River front, and he agreed." Hiroshima relaxed slightly, "I want to protect you. I believe you are an indispensable arm of the empire. It cannot be lost from now on. Our common goal is Wuhan, and it is not a big problem to change the front. Do you have any objection?"

"No. I am at your disposal at any time." Nagasaki understood that Hiroshima was forcing him to obey him in the future war, and he had no choice.

Hiroshima nodded in satisfaction.

Without the persuasion of comrades-in-arms, Harbin would never have crossed Heilongjiang to attend the appointment.

"It's obvious that we are just sitting and watching us fighting with the devils, not wanting to get burned, and procrastinating to express a meaningless position. With this attitude, we are still asking us to meet them. What kind of joke are you talking about?"

In the consciousness of Harbin, the 12 invitations from the Soviet Union were unbelievable.He can speak pure and fluent Russian, which does not mean that he has developed any extra favors in his contacts with northern countries year after year.

He doesn't want to go.But Shenyang told him that Moscow would come. "It is a vow to declare that the king of the capital will come. If they use this bait to twist their brains, they will ruin their reputation. This is a rare opportunity. Even if we don't get any benefits, we can at least get a little bit of their thoughts. Our Anti-Union is red. , they are also red, so..."

Harbin was still reluctant: "They made an appointment at night, but I'm afraid of the dark. What if they arrest your brother and deliver it to the Japanese in the dark night?"

"Xiaoha! The relationship between the Soviet Union and Japan has been tense for many years, and the Northeast is a deep grudge between them. Even if they only think about the interests of the country, they will not be stupid enough to do what you think." Shen Yang was cruel, Pushing my younger brother, "I want to take care of the base camp, and I'm not as fluent in Russian as you, so I won't be with you."

"Hey, wait a minute..."

"Stop rambling, I look forward to your performance."

Ever since, Harbin and a small team of comrades took a small boat and crossed Heilongjiang under the cover of night.They were met by the Nerchensk mentioned in the letter.

He is also a compatriot called Nerchinsk in the past.

Harbin was young, and his impression of Nerchensk came later, and he was always regarded as an outsider, so he greeted him less enthusiastically and followed him to the dating camp.The four tents are located on a grass field surrounded by coniferous forests, the lighting is reduced to the lowest brightness, and there is no shadow of any military equipment.Nerchensk announced, and a lieutenant and a dozen veterans walked out of the tent.

Harbin was surprised to find that there were fewer of them than he had brought.

The lieutenant saluted and said: "Comrade Harbin, the capital of our country is on his way and will arrive in five minutes. Please go to the tent to drink water and wait for him."

"Please forgive me for the poor hospitality." Sitting in the tent, Nerchensk said while passing the water glass.

"You..." Harbin looked at the soldiers standing outside in the night fog.They held guns, stood upright, and their field uniforms were not affected by the fog. They were a group with excellent combat effectiveness and vigilance.If his country had more soldiers like this...

Harbin said in a low voice, "Your title."

"Is there anything wrong?"

"You call me 'comrade'."

Nerchensk smiled: "You are a resistance organization in Northeast China and one of the CCP's deployments. Although we don't have the same leader, we still subjectively believe that you are allies. If you are not happy..."

"No, I just feel grateful."

Harbin likes to speak straightforwardly, and his sloppy way of speaking is not in line with his nature.He wanted to say that comrades are like-minded people. You and I seem to be, but in reality we don’t have the energy and it’s impossible to have the energy to follow your common beliefs. It’s too early to call it that.But he didn't say it.

He has indeed matured.He even felt the reappearance of Changchun's way of speaking in himself.

His elder brother who is close at hand and far away in the world.He has loved and hated him, and now it is hard to imagine what kind of second brother he has become.

"Lord Moscow is here!"

Hearing the reminder from the sentinel, Harbin stood up in awe.Dark blue eyes, fair complexion, short light blond hair, a handsome face and a figure a few centimeters taller than him in an unremarkable military uniform, this is Moscow.

The heart of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the capital of the great northern red country.

"Hello, Comrade Harbin." Moscow smiled softly and appropriately, casually, without any trace of carving, and the blue eyes were shining with quiet light.He stretched out his hand, "I just casually said something about the allies who thought they would fight in the south during the eastward tour of the Siberian Railway, but they really invited you here. I'm sorry for the sudden incident."

"Then we..." Harbin shook his hand.Not lower than normal body temperature.

"Let's just chat casually here. If you don't want to talk, you can just say nothing. I will do my best to thank you for this inexplicable appointment. I can't make decisions for the country, but I am willing to provide a little assistance in my own name. "

Yichang admired Huang Gang, who took care of all the paperwork for Wuhan. His short-sightedness was 500 degrees and he was buried in paper piles day and night tirelessly. He admired himself even more. A dutiful man with a little extra thought.

In particular, Wuhan has not consciously and apologetically dragged him to discuss the battle plan every three days!Aren't you tempting me to leave behind that pile of boring and tedious logistical work and devote myself to burning youth... Let's just call it the battlefield of youth!

"Yichang, talk. How do you think this battle should be fought as a whole?"

Wuhan was so engrossed in digging on the map that it was so stingy that it didn't give Yichang a single glance.Yichang held back his breath, thought for a while, and said: "It is reported that Emperor Hirohito said that he does not want to see the imperial lions controlled by China again, and wants to use all the army to conquer Hankou and deal a fatal blow. (Note 3) If the sentence we got is true, the enemy has a huge military force and is coming fiercely, we should try our best to deal with it, and we should not fight recklessly."

"That's a good point. The strategy of defending one city and one pool must be changed, otherwise it is inevitable to repeat the mistakes of the Songhu battle. Especially in the north of my city, there is no danger to defend, and there are too many lakes in the suburbs to gain a foothold. If we continue to fight for a long time," Wuhan's hand covered Going to the three towns of Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang, "a piece of scorched earth. You understand, Yichang? I'm also afraid..."

"Well. Your city must not become the next Nanjing."

Wuhan suddenly smiled wryly, and all kinds of emotions were intertwined on the side of his face that Yichang saw: "You are absolutely right."

"You are Mr. Min's confidant, and you have made great contributions to the establishment of the country. We have always remembered your heroic appearance during the uprising, and others will never forget it." Yichang paused, changed his tone of urgency, and said lightly Said, "Although some unpleasant things have happened, you are still very important, and the country cannot live without you. How many troops and how many high officials have gathered here to defend your city? What can you say?"

"...Then, Yichang. I tried my best to fight in a roundabout way, but it still fell. So what should our country do?"

Yichang was silent for a long time, shaking his head: "Don't make false assumptions. Just think about how to fight now."

"..."

"Wuhan, are you still thinking about it? If you don't decide, I..."

Wuhan rolled up the map, tapped him on the shoulder with the blueprint, and said with a smile, "Okay, Yiling, I'll listen to you. Just don't think about it."

"I... I'm coming in." With permission, Beiping pushed open the door.

"Everyone, don't hesitate to welcome the Prince of Beiping!" Yan'an shouted, and all the Red Army soldiers in the auditorium applauded.They squeezed through the crowd and came to Peiping. They smiled and said, "We haven't seen each other for many years."

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Note 1: It was originally planned to excavate the levee at Zhaokou section, but it was later changed to Huayuankou section because the levee at this section is relatively strong.

Note 2: Chongqing was still within the territory of Sichuan at that time. (Otherwise, what land ==)

Note 3: Taken from Emperor Hirohito’s speech at the imperial meeting before the Battle of Wuhan.