At the same time that Zheng Long and others in the Baoding area were developing obscenely, the army in the Songhu area had completely retreated, leaving only the last team in the Sixing warehouse, and the Japanese army had occupied Shanghai, Suzhou, Zhejiang and other places.

September 24, 37, Shanghai, Sihang Warehouse.

Sihang Warehouse is a warehouse building located in the south-central part of Jing'an District, Shanghai, on the north bank of Suzhou Creek, at the northwest corner of Xizang Road and Bridge, it is a six-storey building with a reinforced concrete structure, covering an area of 0.3 hectares, with a construction area of 20,000 square meters, a width of 64 meters, a depth of 54 meters, and a height of 25 meters. Built in 1931, the warehouse was the tallest and largest building in Zhabei at that time. It was originally a joint warehouse of the Bank of China and the North Four Banks (Jincheng Bank, Zhongnan Bank, Mainland Bank and Yanye Bank).

When the Battle of Songhu broke out, this warehouse was the munitions warehouse of the 88th Division, which contained a large amount of ammunition, food, medical supplies, and other materials, and behind the warehouse was the British Concession, so the Japanese army did not dare to use heavy artillery or heavy bombs to bomb the Sihang warehouse.

And there is a river behind the warehouse, which is also very isolated from the possibility of the Japanese army attacking behind the rear.

Therefore, Commander Zhang chose to let Xie Jin and others hide in the warehouse of the fourth line to deal with the Japanese army, and wait until the international conference is over before retreating.

In the evening, at eight o'clock, inside the four-line warehouse.

The regiment commander, Xie Jinzheng, held an internal meeting with the four hundred and twenty-five soldiers who remained in the Sixing warehouse.

This group of soldiers are all the elite of the 88th Division, most of them are Sichuan troops, and they are a group of iron warriors with an extremely strong will to fight.

"Brothers, the superiors appointed us to garrison the Sixing Warehouse in order to show our determination to resist the war to the people of the Chinese nation, and to let the masses in the Songhu area also see that our national army has not abandoned them." Xie Jin stood on the second floor overlooking the soldiers standing on the first floor, and said excitedly: "We are the last banner of Songhu, we are the last fire of the masses in Songhu, this battle." I am determined to die, we must beat our morale, we must play our attitude, we must awaken the anti-Japanese wave of the whole of China.

"This is destined to be a very difficult war, we have no support, we have no way out, we may die in battle."

"However, our name will definitely be recorded by future generations, and our deeds will definitely awaken more people to join the anti-Japanese wave, and exchange our death for the life of our country, are you willing?"

"Yes!" More than 400 people shouted at the same time.

"Good!" Xie Jin nodded with satisfaction and said, "I am with you, and the soul of our 88th Division will never be erased." ”

After speaking, Xie Jin looked at everyone and ordered, "Next, I will assign a task." ”

"Company commander, you lead people to build fortifications on the first and second floors."

"Yes!" The commander of a company responded.

"The commander of the second company and the commander of the third company will lead people to build the fortifications from the third floor to the sixth floor."

"Yes!" The two saluted.

"To emphasize, the main defensive position is the window, the gate and other relatively weak positions, and I placed all the heavy machine guns at the window opening on the third floor."

"Roger!"

"Let's get moving!"

"Whoa!"

After everyone received the order, they began to move one by one.

The bunkers built were mainly armed, strongholds, and sandbags filled with soil were used to block half of the windows and other places, and the most important thing was the location of the first floor, and a large number of bunkers were built to prevent Japanese soldiers from breaking through to the first floor.

"Lao Li, when the meeting is over, take a pen and paper, find a few people who can write, and ask the brothers to write a letter to their families and leave a memory." Xie Jin looked at the busy soldiers, and said in a low voice, "I don't know, how many of us will survive when the time comes." ”

Lao Li's real name, Li Meng, is the deputy head of the regiment, one year Chinese New Year's Eve old today, a native of Sichuan, one meter seventy-nine tall, delicate personality, serious work, he and Xie Jin are old partners, both of them were deputy regiment commanders before the Battle of Songhu, during the Battle of Songhu, the regiment commander died in battle, Xie Jin became the acting head of the regiment, and he is still partnered with Li Meng, Li Meng is also one of the few people in the army who can write.

"Okay!" Li Meng nodded, took out a cigarette and lit it, took a puff and said, "You explain to me honestly, what does it mean for the superiors to let us stay here." ”

"I don't know." Xie Jin frowned and said, "We are soldiers, what is arranged by the superiors, let's do it, there are some things that can't be thought about deeply, and if you figure it out, it's not good." ”

"In short, our purpose is to fight devils and kill devils!"

Lao Li sighed when he heard this, and said, "That's the only way." ”

"Lao Li." After Xie Jin felt Lao Li's emotions, he said earnestly, "At this time, we are generals, so no matter how difficult the situation is, we can't collapse, if we collapse, these people will be completely helpless." ”

"I understand!" Lao Li nodded heavily.

When the words fell, the two were silent, Xie Jin also lit a cigarette and smoked quietly, looking at the bustling lights in the British Concession opposite, his eyes were a little envious.

"Lao Xie, I'm a father!" Lao Li suddenly said, "I saw that my daughter-in-law said in the letter to me that it was a boy, six pounds and three taels. ”

"I thought that after the Battle of Songhu was over, I would be able to go back and have a look, but who would have thought that I would be sent here again."

After speaking, Lao Li smiled self-deprecatingly and said, "I wasn't afraid of death before, but now, I'm afraid!" ”

"To be precise, I'm not willing to die like this, because I haven't seen my child yet."

When the words fell, Xie Jin was silent for a while, and suddenly pointed to the crowd of people coming and going in the British Concession opposite, and said, "Lao Li, look at the other side, are you envious?" ”

"Envy." Lao Li looked at the dazzling lights, and said with a confused look, "If there is no war, how good it would be!" ”

"Do you know what we're fighting for?" Xie Jin said in a deep voice, "It's just so that our children, our descendants, can live a life without war, without oppression, and live and work in peace and contentment." ”

"There are some things that always need someone to do, but this time, it happened to be our turn." Xie Jin patted Lao Li on the shoulder and said, "We are soldiers, and while we bear the love of the people, we also have to lose something." ”

"Hmm!" Lao Li nodded slightly.

"If I live this time, I want to go home to see my son." Xie Jin looked into the distance and muttered, "If I can't live, they will definitely not blame me." ”

"Definitely not!" Lao Li also conformed to the sentence.

When the two were talking, outside the Sixing warehouse, two teenagers walked over, these two people were Wu Hao and Goudan who had been in Shanghai for several days.