Chapter 201: The One-Armed Priest
"His uncle, it's really dangerous~"
On a roof four hundred meters southeast of the orphanage, Ye Lei broke out in a cold sweat. He put away the sniper rifle and returned it to Li Hu, and said, "There is only a slight angle here, but it is enough to snipe the target, and the people in the military command are too careless." โ
Li Hu said: "We didn't find out either, it's just a coincidence." The view here is relatively wide, and I wanted to observe the surrounding buildings here, and it turned out that the footprints on the ground were unusual, and there were gun marks on the guardrails. โ
"Well done, continue to be vigilant within a radius of 500 meters from the target location."
"Yes!"
Ye Lei left quickly after explaining. The special combat personnel scattered around the target as the central point, occupied the commanding heights of each place, and monitored the 500-meter radius of the enemy. If you find a suspicious target, you can take direct action without asking for instructions.
Ye Lei returned to the orphanage and informed Su Ningyi, the leader of the action team, of the situation.
"How so? There are our people in the surrounding buildings and rooftops, how can there be loopholes? โ
"There's only a slight angle there, it's far away, it's hidden, and it's not surprising that it's not noticed."
Ye Lei looked at the surrounding environment and said, "Ask your people to buy umbrellas, don't be afraid of 10,000." If there is really a case, the old account and the new account will be enough for your military commander to drink a pot. โ
"I understand."
Su Ningyi followed Ye Lei's instructions, and Ye Lei returned to Song Meiling's side to continue to protect. Those journalists and staff members have been strictly scrutinized, but the possibility of danger has not been ruled out.
After Song Meiling visited the children, she ordered some candy and gifts to be distributed to the children. There was a certain amount of confusion in the scene, and I went to the office with the director to learn about the situation in the orphanage.
In the office, a female dean in her forties told Song Meiling about the orphans.
There are now tens of thousands of orphans in Shanghai, and several orphanages have limited capacity because the concessions have closed the floodgates, resulting in a double increase in urban refugees. Some refugees really can't survive, so they secretly leave their children at the door of the orphanage, resulting in an increasing number of orphans. It is difficult to meet the requirements of the orphanages everywhere, so the streets of the city are full of street children.
The dean continued: "Now it is a problem for children to sleep, let alone whether the nutrition can keep up. Winter is coming in a month, and the clothes and quilts have not yet been resolved. โ
Song Meiling leaked a look of embarrassment after hearing this. Now they are collecting donations from citizens every once in a while, but every day they donate to those citizens, and most of the donated materials are given to the military, who will care about these children and those refugees. The war has plunged countless Chinese into misery, but some countries have also aided and abused for their own selfish desires.
Thinking of this, Song Meiling felt a fire in her heart, so she decided to denounce them in front of reporters from all over the world at the banquet in the evening.
After leaving the office, Song Meiling found Ye Lei, so she stepped forward and asked, "I didn't see you just now, where did you go?" โ
Ye Lei said: "Just go around and have a look." โ
"Come in the car with me, I'm going to the ambulance center in South City."
"Ma'am, it's not on your agenda."
"My Lieutenant Colonel Ye, do I need to ask you for instructions where I go?"
Song Meiling's arbitrariness made Ye Lei helpless, so he got into the car with her for personal protection.
The car drove slowly towards Nanshi, located next to the southern area of the French Concession. When Dai Li learned of this, he immediately sent people to prepare in advance to control the area, and the special combat team members protected the whole process in a parallel way.
In the car, Song Meiling asked again: "Ye Lei, what happened?" โ
Ye Lei sat in the front parking space and said, "It's really nothing." โ
"I'm not as fragile as you think, and I'm not as stupid as you think, what about those umbrellas?"
Ye Lei knew that he couldn't hide it from this smart lady, so he said: "My team members found the enemy sniper, but they only found the location, not the person." โ
It was obvious that someone had leaked information again, and the whole trip was only known to the military commander, and the sniper had made preparations in advance, and only then did he find out that the special combat team members left quickly.
The convoy came to the old town of Nanshi, which is next to the French Concession, and a French priest of nearly 60 was waiting at the entrance of a church.
Ye Lei saw that person at first sight and was extremely impressed. The priest wore a blue beret, a long white beard, a black coat, and a red cross on his chest. But the most special body, he only has a left hand.
After Song Meiling got out of the car, the surrounding military commanders immediately opened umbrellas, which made Song Meiling very embarrassed, and the group entered the church accompanied by the priest.
There was no one else in the church except for the staff of the military command.
"Madam, why do so many people make umbrellas for you on a sunny day?"
"Father Rao Jiaju, are you making fun of me?"
"I understand what you're doing, but I'm not happy with your rudeness."
Just now, the church was crowded with a large number of refugees, and the military commanders quickly dispersed everyone and took control of the area.
Song Meiling knew what was going on, and said apologetically: "I also made a temporary decision, and I am sorry for their rudeness." โ
Song Meiling did not come to see these refugees, but came to find Father Rao Jiaju. In Shanghai, he is a pivotal figure. In the French Concession, Rao Jiaju single-handedly ran around through his personal connections and set up eight refugee shelters, with more than 10,000 refugees.
As the number of refugees continued to increase dramatically, the French Concession closed the floodgates, so Rao Jiaju targeted the French Concession next to รชDร 3รก, where he set up an ambulance center to continue to accommodate refugees. Chinese children also affectionately call him "Bearded Priest".
When she came to the room where Rao Jiaju worked, Song Meiling asked everyone to leave, leaving only Ye Lei.
On Rao's desk, in addition to a Bible, there is also a large map.
Before the conversation began, Song Meiling asked Ye Lei behind her: "Lieutenant Colonel Ye, do you know how Father Rao's right hand is gone?" โ
Ye Lei didn't understand why he asked himself this question, so he said, "I don't know."
Song Meiling said: "During the Anti-Japanese War in Shanghai in 128, Father Rao ventured in and out of the war zone to rescue wounded soldiers and refugees, and was injured by a missile in Zhabei and saw off his right arm. โ
Ye Lei understood what Song Meiling meant, and involuntarily saluted Rao Jiaju to show his respect.
Rao Jiaju didn't care, and he didn't know Ye Lei, so he said: "I know that Madame's time is precious, is there any urgency to come over without notice." โ
Song Meiling was very respectful of Huanjiaju and said politely: "We are all people who believe in the Lord, I am very grateful for everything you have done to the Chinese people, this time I came here to understand the situation of refugees." โ
Looking at the map, Huan Jiaju said, "The number of refugees is increasing by thousands every day, and my relief center is already full. Before that, I would like to take the liberty of asking, how long can your Chinese army hold out? โ
Such a question is indeed presumptuous, and it is clear that he looks down on the Chinese army, Song Meiling said: "I am not a soldier and cannot answer." โ
Huan Jiaju looked at Ye Lei and said, "Isn't there a soldier behind you?" โ
Ye Lei seemed to understand what the other party meant, and how long he kept meant how long he needed to prepare, so he said politely: "One and a half months." โ
"Ye Lei~"
Song Meiling was very dissatisfied with Ye Lei's answer, now that the decisive battle with the Japanese army had just begun, as the god of war, she said such things.
"Thank you for your confession, it turns out that you are the god of war in the hearts of the people, which is often published in the newspapers." Pointing to the map, Hua Jiaju said: "Refugees have been banned from entering the various concessions, and the fall of Shanghai will be disastrous for those refugees." I want to create a safe zone in this area to accommodate more than 100,000 refugees. โ
Rao Jiaju came up with the idea of establishing a safe zone. In his eyes, this land in Nanshi is a safe place for civilians. It was not set up for the benefit of the French, nor was it to protect the ecclesiastical property of the South City. The security zone exists for humanitarian reasons. What's more, the concession provides a lot of room for maneuver in the middle.
Song Meiling expressed her appreciation for the practice of circumambulating the family and expressed her full support. She came here to learn about the resettlement of refugees. There are some things that the Chinese can't do, but the foreigners can do very well, at least the Japanese still have scruples about the French.
After understanding, Song Meiling and the others left, making every effort to prepare for the evening banquet. And is ready to create international public opinion at the dinner and put pressure on the United States.