414 Crying and parting
Hamburg has been a free city of the German Union since ancient times, no matter how the states fight, people will not destroy the prosperity of the city, the territory of the German nation has not many outlets to the sea, like Hamburg such as the port city of both industry and commerce, is really a handful.
Because of its geographical location, which hosts nearly half of Germany's overseas trade, successive rulers have spared no effort to increase their investment in Hamburg, and the famous city has become more and more prosperous after hundreds of years of construction.
On the docks on the banks of the Elbe, unloading workers were busy, and small Hanseatic ships poured goods from all over Europe and the world, loaded them with Prussia's famous industrial goods, and set sail.
The distant-water fishing boats had just docked at the pier, and the long-waiting perishment merchants rushed up to bid for the price, and the noisy sound shook people's headaches.
Merchant, ship captain, stevedore, tax collector...... There are also gentlemen and ladies in horse-drawn carriages, and policemen chasing thieves in the crowd, and a picture full of market style slowly unfolds in front of people, showing the world the prosperity of Hamburg.
After the victory, Prussia was in full swing, and although the lives of ordinary people were more or less affected by the war, Prussia was victorious, and this victory gave all the Prussian people hope for the future.
People are like this, as long as there is hope in their hearts, even if they are just nibbling dry bread today, they can feel extremely happy.
Encouraged by the victory, the people unleashed their strong spending power, and the turnover of the hamburg market almost doubled during this time, the simplest example of which was the turnover of alcohol, during which even the poorest families would buy some alcohol to celebrate the victory of the empire.
There was a jubilant crowd everywhere, a thriving business atmosphere everywhere, and the whole burger seemed to be in a big oven, and everyone's hearts were filled with heat. And at this moment, suddenly a sound of neat footsteps sounded on the street in the eastern suburbs of the south bank.
Soon, from the direction where the footsteps sounded, it was like a cold wind blowing, and the entire city street quickly quieted down from east to west, and the strange atmosphere soon swept the whole city.
Those bargaining merchants were shouting when they noticed that the aura around them had changed, and when they felt the strange silence coming from the east, they quickly closed their mouths one by one.
After a brief period of dullness, there was a neat uproar, as if the crowd had been mobilized by God's baton, and the crowd in the east suddenly called out a word like a wave, and the eerie atmosphere instantly turned into enthusiasm.
The merchants and stevedores on the pier left their work behind and rushed into the streets, shouting incessantly, "What's the matter? For God's sake, tell us what's wrong?"
No one was willing to answer his question, and everyone followed and looked to the east like demons. After another half an hour, a blinding blue flashed around the corner of the suddenly crooked street, and it was hundreds of men in blue military uniforms.
"Chinese...... Chinese military ...... Chinese military ......"
It was only then that everyone could understand what the word was, which rolled like a wave, and the whole Hamburg people shouted "Chinese...... Chinese military ......"
Yes, now walking on the street is Xiao Letian's Eastern Army, the Eastern Officer Corps that led the Hamburg recruits to create the miracle of the stone bridge, and only 120 of the 300 expeditionary force survived.
Today is the day when the Eastern Expeditionary Force left Prussia, and Xiao Letian's secrecy work is quite in place, except for the Prussian high-level, the people have not received any information.
Countless Hamburgers crowded the streets, and even the rooftops were filled with citizens, and the eyes of the elderly and women were filled with tears in their eyes.
How can you not cry, how can you not be moved, in the end 120 people of the 300 officer corps survived, and more than 10 of them were pushed out in wheelchairs, what were they for? Not for the battle for the fate of the Prussian nation...
Think of these Oriental faces in the fire, and think of their backs on the Stonebridge Heights, brave young men who have conquered all of Prussia and all of Europe.
"Look... What is the jar they are holding in their arms? My God, it will not be the ...... of the war dead" No one could say the rest of the words, because everyone had already guessed the answer, and the surviving soldiers were carrying the ashes of their comrades in their arms.
The people on both sides of the road suddenly set off waves, and it was everyone who took off their hats to salute, as if they saw angels flying in the air, and the heroic spirits of the war dead were gazing.
"Woooooooooo......oo God bless these children...... "Countless women and children in the crowd were already crying, their hands clasped into fists and whispering prayers, and even hymns of praise to God came out from the crowd.
"God, I said why did they settle all the butchers, fishmers, and grocers yesterday......? Oh shit, I knew they were going home today, so how could I be embarrassed to ask for the final payment......"
"Yes, I provided the fresh meat used by these Chinese officers, and I said that when they returned home, I would give them a top-notch beef feast...... But why didn't they say goodbye?"
"There is already news from Berlin, next month is the victory parade in Berlin, how can this celebration be without these Chinese, how can it be without Xiao Letian......"
Gradually, the crowd suddenly became excited, the Prussian nation was quite knowledgeable, how could they let the benefactor leave silently.
"Don't go...... Please leave after the Victory Parade...... This is the glory you deserve..."
"Stay...... Don't go...... Please stay......"
Amid the shouts of countless people, the crowd suddenly became restless, and the spacious alley that had been reserved suddenly narrowed, and the surrounding citizens rushed up to try to block the way home of the Chinese.
Countless arms stretched out to touch the soldiers' bodies, and they tried to keep them, but no one dared to use force, and when they approached the soldiers themselves, they realized that all the soldiers had wounds on their bare skin.
It was the mark left after a bloody battle, it was the most dazzling medal of the soldiers, the crowd could no longer suppress their feelings, and the cry spread through the crowd like the most ferocious virus.
"Don't go...... It's not fair to you...... You have not received the glory that the victors deserve, and you cannot go ......."
"Stay and take part in our victory parade, so that the whole of Europe can once again witness your military might..."
"Woooooooooo......oo Uncle stayed...... Let me pass, I'm Mary, we're the children of the orphanage......" In the chaos, several nuns with white turbans escorted dozens of children to squeeze in, and it was the little girl Mary rescued by Xiao Hexin who was the first to start.
"Mary..."Xiao Hexin, who was at the front of the team, saw this angel-like little girl at a glance, and at this time he had forgotten what military discipline was, and opened his arms with a loud roar.
The bravest little Mary in the fire, Mary, who did not cry in the face of the threat of flames and explosives, suddenly burst into tears when she saw Xiao Hexin's appearance today, and the whole person flew over.
"Uncle, what's wrong with your leg? Why are you in a wheelchair? Don't scare me......"
Xiao Hexin's tears rolled down, he hugged Mary and whispered, "No, I will stand up again, don't cry, my face won't be beautiful if I cry......"
In the Battle of Stone Bridge, Xiao Hexin was shot in the knee, although he was operated on by a famous Prussian doctor, but he has not been able to walk, and the Prussian doctor once regretfully asserted that Xiao Hexin could recover to move on crutches in the future, it was already God blessed.
Mary's cry infected all the citizens around her, and at that moment, the cry shook the sky, and everyone's hearts seemed to be blocked with a handful of grass.
"Don't go...... Stay...... Don't go...... Stay...... "The earth-shattering cries were full of voices, and the chaos on the streets of the south bank soon shook the whole city, and at last all the boats on the Elbe exploded.
The steamship blew its whistle, the sailboat blew its horn, and the deck was full of sailors waving their arms. Look at the north bank of the Elbe, which is now also crowded with citizens, they have learned the latest news, everyone cares if Xiao Lotian can hear it, and they jump to their feet one by one.
The whole city was already boiling, and the Hamburg City Council did not expect that the matter would be so big, and an urgent order was issued, and all the police and recruits rushed into the streets to start maintaining order.
Xiao Letian in the team was crying a lot, and he explained to the crowd while crying, "Dear Prussian brothers, we can't go if we don't go...... The French fleet has already hit my hometown, and I have to rush back to save people...... There are still 500,000 people waiting for me in the Ryukyu Kingdom..."
The squeezed officers were also in tears, and they hugged the ashes of their comrades and cried, "Thank you... Thank you...... We have to go back to fighting, who doesn't have a home and a country, who doesn't have brothers, sisters and countrymen? we can't watch them let the French kill..."
"Get out of the way...... Please, let us go home...... We really can't stay anymore...... Woooooo
The 120 old men were crying like children at this moment.
At this moment, a group of Prussian soldiers suddenly rushed into the crowd, starting with the living treasure trio of the Hamburg recruits, Steven, Daniel, and Grant, and behind them were all the Prussian soldiers who had survived the task force.
Daniel's snot bubbles were coming out of his nose now, and he tore open his hoarse voice and roared, "All of them...... All the new army stands up...... Salute... See us off, sir...... To the Commanders...... Open the way..."
In a bloody battle of Stone Bridge, the Hamburg recruits and these Chinese officers have become one, and the comradeship of life and death has been established, and today's separation is really more uncomfortable than killing them.
The send-off team slowly squirmed in a cry, and at that moment the whole Hamburg became a city of crying.
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