Chapter 41: Revisiting the Lonely Barracks
Hmph, that guy should be impressed now, right?
By the way, he said that there is a big action, but it must be seen. It won't work if you don't let you participate, Chu Jiao secretly made up her mind.
The phone rang, Chu Jiao was in a good mood, and stepped forward to answer it. was really looking for her, it was He Xiaoyan who called.
It turned out that the issue of the lone military camp had been preliminarily resolved through negotiations between the state government and the concession authorities.
In the future, the Chinese government will allocate 9 yuan per person per month for food according to the treatment of the national army, and remit it to the Ministry of Industry Bureau of the concession, which will send people to arrange food and other living.
In addition, due to the struggle in the lonely military camp and the solidarity of people from all walks of life in Shanghai, the Ministry of Industry and Bureau also made concessions and allowed people from outside areas to visit and offer condolences, and as long as the officers and men of the regiment could stay in the camp with peace of mind, they could even raise the flag.
He Xiaoyan told Chu Jiao that their group organized everyone to visit the "lonely army camp", and they had applied for a pass from the Ministry of Industry and asked Chu Jiao if she would go.
Chu Jiao only hesitated, then happily agreed, and after asking the place of the rendezvous, she hung up the phone.
Visiting the lonely military camp is dispensable for Chu Jiao, because in her consciousness, she is a master, what level of memorial meetings, scattering leaflets, and pasting slogans, which is what she should do?
What's more, such a senseless appearance is easy to attract the attention of others.
But there is one thing that has always been stuck in Chu Jiao's heart, that is, what he saw outside the lonely military camp seemed to be Zhang Chengfu's question. She wants to be confirmed, isn't this visit an opportunity?
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The morning fog gradually dissipated, and the sun fell again, and the wind was beautiful.
The junior high school students of Songjiang Girls' High School lined up, sang songs, and carried banners along Aiwenyi Road (now Beijing West Road).
Turn north at the intersection of Jiaozhou Road, and then walk along Jiaozhou Road to the north of Jiaozhou Park, you will see two rows of high walls, one row extends to the intersection of Haiphong Road and turns westward, and the other row is the back wall of Jiaozhou Park.
Seeing the lonely military camp, the students became excited and spoke loudly.
He Xiaoyan, who was already an intern teacher in the girls' middle school, had a bright smile on her face, and she saw that it was not only their group that came to visit and condole, and she was glad that people had not forgotten these anti-Japanese heroes.
"If the people's hearts do not die, the resistance against Japan will win!"
Next to He Xiaoyan was her college classmate, Liang Zhongchun, who also volunteered to teach at Songjiang Girls' High School who had migrated to the concession, and looked at the front with emotion, "Today is really a good patriotic and anti-Japanese education class. ”
He Xiaoyan nodded and looked around, trying to find Chu Jiao.
"Although I have some opinions about Chu Jiao, it is also a good way for you to call her here and let her feel it." Liang Zhongchun glanced at He Xiaoyan and said euphemistically.
He Xiaoyan smiled slightly, understanding that this was Liang Zhongchun's initiative to make concessions and compromises for the quarrel just now.
After a deep sigh, she said slowly: "Gillian has changed a lot, but I don't think she is afraid to cower because of injury. Her family and the environment she lived in made it impossible for her to be as free and comfortable as we are, but it cannot be said that she had no patriotic enthusiasm and did not care about resisting Japan. Only with more contact and guidance can her mind change, instead of turning her away. ”
Liang Zhongchun nodded lightly and said, "I'm a little blamed, what you said is very reasonable, let's see in the future!" ”
"There!" He Xiaoyan stretched out her hand and pointed at it, Chu Jiao was getting out of the car not far away and beckoning to her.
The two girls met, holding hands and holding arms, with indescribable affection.
"What's wrong with your eyes?" He Xiaoyan was very surprised and pointed to the flat glasses that Chu Jiao was wearing.
"Doesn't it look mature and steady?" Chu Jiao smiled: "I went to buy it on purpose." How's that, like a teacher? ”
"It's always funny." He Xiaoyan couldn't suppress her laughter, "What's the point that you're messing around with the students, how many years older can you be than them?" ”
"A year older is also a big one!" Chu Jiao nodded politely at Liang Zhongchun and said, "Yes, senior." ”
"Yes, a big month, a big day, that has to be called brother or sister." Liang Zhongchun joked with a smile, and then asked: "Gillian, what have you been busy with lately, your classmates have organized several activities, but you haven't participated." Xiaoyan is very worried about you. ”
"Hurry!" Chu Jiao casually perfunctory, looked around, and said, "There are a lot of people, isn't it time to go in?" ”
Liang Zhongchun looked at He Xiaoyan and smiled bitterly, He Xiaoyan shook his head slightly, and organized the students to line up with a few teachers.
Chu Jiao pretended to mingle among the teachers, walked to the Haiphong intersection with the students, turned a short distance to the west, and saw four White Russian soldiers with rifles on their backs, standing guard at a small gate.
Liang Zhongchun stepped forward and took out the pass issued by the Ministry of Industry, and the White Russian soldiers just glanced at it casually, counted the number of people, and then waved their hands and let them line up to enter the door.
I haven't been here for more than two months, and the lonely military camp has changed a lot, Chu Jiao looked left and right, and was very surprised.
Facing the camp gate is a dirt road, and on the right side of the road are rows of barracks covered with reed mats, supported by thick bamboo, and made of mud.
The barracks had no windows, and there were square holes in the walls at equal distances, supported by bamboo poles that let in light and air. This is the "window".
When it was dark or rainy, the bamboo poles were about to be removed, and the reed mats covered the hole.
The lower part of the wall, from the ground to about a foot above the ground, is painted with snow-white lime, and it looks neat.
When I got closer, I saw that the walls were covered with paper of various colors, and the eye-catching anti-Japanese slogan was written with a brush: "Down with Japanese imperialism!" "The people of the whole country unite to resist Japan!" "Hatred of the same enemy, swear to the shame of the snow country!"
On the left side of the gravel road, there is a large playground with simple horizontal bars, parallel bars, sandpits, etc.
The most striking thing is that on the side of the playground near Haiphong Road, there is a flag-raising platform, and on the high flagpole, the national flag of the Republic of China is fluttering in the wind.
When you enter, you can see the tallest barracks, which is a large hall built by the lone soldiers, which is also made of reed mats, bamboo poles, mud, and lime.
In the auditorium, there are rows of benches that can seat about ten people together, with a walkway in the middle and a narrower walkway on each side against the wall, both leading to the front desk.
The base of the front desk is made of bricks and covered with thick wooden planks. On the stage, facing the audience, there is a podium, and on the wall behind the podium hangs the portrait of Mr. Sun ZS, and the left and right of the statue are the national flag and the party flag.
The auditorium has no windows, and bamboo poles are used to support the reed mats to ventilate and let in light. The walls around the auditorium are covered with anti-Japanese slogans and cartoons.
Although the equipment of the whole auditorium is rudimentary, it gives people a solemn feeling.