There is no shortage of enthusiastic young people in wartime, but no matter which team lacks veterans, especially veterans who have gone through brutal battles, they will always be the most precious seeds of the army.

This morning, Zhou Min was busy with chores and was about to go back to the mansion when he encountered an incident. There is some sadness, some sadness, and some disappointment. This is a story about a veteran.

Zhou Min encountered a robbery on the way back, in a place like the concession, where all parties are mixed, robberies often occur, but today this person robbed food, which is a bit strange.

The development of things is like this, on the way back, the road ahead was blocked by a group of people, a circle, typical Chinese onlookers, since the car could not pass, Zhou Min also got out of the car.

Zhou Min and Chen Yunzhang got out of the car and squeezed into the crowd to watch, and only after listening to the discussion of the people around them did they know that the beggar had snatched something, but it was just a piece of cake.

However, in the eyes of the common people, even a piece of bread could not be robbed, so this poor beggar was now beaten badly.

This is a ragged beggar, not an ordinary beggar, because he is missing a palm.

When he held his head on the ground, he could clearly see that his left hand had no palm, and the lively crowd couldn't help but maliciously guess that he was originally a thief, and the dog couldn't change eating, and his hand was cut off. At this time, someone coaxed and said: "He doesn't have a left hand, he must have been cut off for stealing something before." ”

The beggar did not beg for mercy when he was beaten, but when he heard this malicious voice, he suddenly rebelled. Pushing away the beaten person hard, he stood up tremblingly, and shouted loudly: "Lao Tzu's hand was cut with a bayonet with the Japanese, you are a thief, and the whole family of ** is a thief." ”

"It's not a thief, you rob someone's bread, you say it's a bayonet wound with a little devil, who believes it?" The onlookers who were scolded by the beggar were not to be outdone, and immediately fought back.

The beggar suddenly took off his shirt, revealing his dirty body, patted his chest with his severed hand and shouted: "You don't have the scar on Lao Tzu's body, this is the shell bombed on the Songhu battlefield, this is the defense of Nanjing and the devil's street battle was bitten by the devil, I am down today, I stole something, I am not worthy of being a soldier, but you can't insult me, I am a real knife and a real gun and the devil have fought woo woo." ”

Perhaps speaking of sadness, the beggar squatted on the ground and cried loudly.

Zhou Min and Chen Yunzhang glanced at each other, with doubts and pity in their eyes.

When the beggar was crying, everyone was silent, even the onlookers who kept taunting the beggar with words just now were silent, no matter when, it must be the master who dares to do the little devil with a real knife and a real gun!

People spontaneously took money out of their pockets and quietly placed it in front of the beggars, some for one ocean, some for two oceans, and some for fiat currency. No matter how much it is a tribute to the hero, and then silently turn away.

The beggar stared blankly at the money on the ground, speechless, knowing that when he saw a pair of shiny heels and a dozen coins, he seemed to return from his memories to reality. Thanks, hard to say.

Such a hero of the Anti-Japanese War should receive money through guò killing, rather than charity, and perhaps for this reason, he finds it difficult to say thank you.

"I'm also a soldier, can you tell me what happened?" asked Chen Yunzhang when he came to the beggar.

The beggar raised his head a little hollow, looked at Chen Yunzhang with some pain, smoothed the money in his hand one by one, and then said slowly: "Follow me." ”

Zhou Min and Chen Yunzhang glanced at each other, and the two followed the beggar forward, walked through the largest intersection in the concession, walked through the bustling street until they walked to the other side of the concession, and bought a lot of buns and cakes on the side of the road. Finally, he stopped, it was a small and cramped alley, and although the ground was neat, the smell of mold still couldn't stop getting into his nose.

"Two, we're almost there. The beggar said, and went on, stopping at a low and broken door, and when he came back, the beggar seemed to have strength, and without the numbness and emptiness of what he had just had, he cried out that I was back, and his voice was full of joy.

The one who opened the door was a thin woman, who could be described as ragged, but the whole person exuded a strong temperament.

"You're back, who are these two?"

"Hello, eldest sister, my name is Zhou Min, and my name is Chen Yunzhang. Zhou Min and Chen Yunzhang did not have the arrogance of a rich child, and did not nod arrogantly in disgust with women's uncleanliness, but shook hands very politely to express friendship.

"Come in, please. The action of the two pleased the thin woman, who warmly welcomed them into the house.

The house was very dim, the woman lit the oil lamp, Zhou Min and Chen Yunzhang were startled, there were many people in this room, Zhou Min checked it, there were 8 people in total, plus the woman who opened the door, a total of 9 people.

"I bought something to eat, everyone eat it. The beggar put the food he had bought on the road on the table for some activity, and all the people in the room came to the table, picked up the food, and devoured it, and some of them handed the buns to the others after eating.

"Uncle, why did you eat so much today, and who are they?" asked a teenager-looking child.

"I met a good person today, eat more, these two are guests. The beggar kindly touched the child's head and said kindly.

"I take the liberty of it, who are you, why are you here, besides, I'm curious about your identity, which army are you?"

"My name is Fang Dalei, and I am the deputy company commander of the special service company of the 88th Division of the 71st Army. The brothers in this room have the 87th Division, the 88th Division, and the 36th Division, as well as the Teaching Corps, we all survived the defense of Nanjing, and our 88th Division held on to the Zhonghua Gate and Yuhuatai, blocking the devils for three days and three nights, but then Tang Shengzhi suddenly issued a retreat order, reneged on his oath to live and die with Nanjing, and escaped by crossing the Yangtze River north in the last small motorboat he retained.

His lead in escaping caused an uproar among the defenders in the city at that time, and we were all ready to die until the last man, but Tang Shengzhi was the first to flee in treachery at the most critical moment, and who else was willing to continue to resist desperately? The defenders in the city collapsed at once, completely lost their organization, and we began to try to escape for our lives. After the devils invaded the city, they took away all the soldiers who surrendered in the city, young and middle-aged, and we supported each other in the process of fleeing, and finally escaped and avoided the doom of being slaughtered. ”

"Since you are still alive, why don't you return to the troops, the 87th and 88th divisions have been reorganized?"

"We can't go back, from the moment Tang Shengzhi escaped, the moment the division commander gave up resistance, we were deserters, not to mention what is the use of us either missing arms or legs to return to the army, and we can't go to the battlefield again?" Fang Dalei said with some pain.

"Because of these, you gave up the dignity of a soldier, and you went to ask for food?"

"Me"