In the early morning of December 22, the 26th year of the Republic of China, the 10th day of the fall of Nanjing, after all the hardships and dangers along the way, 38 people, including Sun Yumin, plus Liu Yuying and Xiaoshanzi brought from the small village, as well as Deng Dongping, the captain of the 87th Division, and his two soldiers, a total of 43 people finally got out of danger and walked into the station of a certain regiment of the 48th Division of the National Army.

After having breakfast at the regiment headquarters, they were sent to Feidong County, where the headquarters of the 48th Division was located, by two trucks of the national army.

Sun Yumin's two motorcycles and three trucks were given to the garrison of Dashu Town as a meeting gift, and as soon as Xiao Yuying mentioned this unpalatable breakfast in Dashu Town, it cost five cars, she was so angry that she couldn't do it, the little girl already regarded herself as the housekeeper of this group of people. She had already calculated that Chen Yun would leave with her students, and Lu Man would also return to the hospital, and she would be the only woman in the future, and she had the obligation to be a good family.

When they arrived at the entrance of the division department, only Sun Yumin, Zhang Xiaohu, Li Tiedan and Lu Man were invited in, Liu Wenzhi was injured and lying on a stretcher and it was inconvenient to enter, and the others were all stopped at the door.

I spent the whole afternoon in the reception room, and I had never seen anyone except tea and snacks brought by the orderlies.

Sun Yumin actually felt abnormal from the moment he entered the door, but on other people's territory, he had to calm down and wait. Xiao Yuying couldn't stay, and after breaking out a few times, the guards at the door stopped her, and she could only sit down next to Sun Yumin honestly.

Seven or eight heavily armed guards looked at them to death, and even the girls were sent to follow them outside the latrine.

In the reception room, Lu Man and the others naturally felt that something was wrong, and the four pairs of eyes stared straight at Sun Yumin, but he was like a nobody, happily closing his eyes and recuperating.

It was already dark, and the orderly brought a large table of sumptuous meals with a few men and invited them to enjoy them, and Sun Yumin said the first thing after entering the reception room: "Everyone outside me has prepared food for them, right?" ”

"Some of the commanders have exactly the same food as the officers and soldiers of the guard company." The guy replied.

Sun Yumin beckoned the four of them to eat together, and then he sat down on a chair and fell asleep. Li Tie Dan swept away the food on the table, burped, moved a few benches together, and began to snor.

Xiao Yuying and Lu Man only ate a few bites of food before slipping out of the toilet under the pretext of going to the toilet, they couldn't stand being locked up in the reception room like thieves. When they got outside to stay with Chen Yun and them, they found that it was better to be inside, there was still a seat in the reception room, and they could only sit cross-legged on the ground outside. Although it was only a short time after dark, the winter night was still quite cold, and the division department did not allow the fire to be lit, and these girls who were frozen complained constantly, Xiao Yuying wanted to make trouble, but was stopped by Chen Yun and Lu Man.

In this way, it took more than ten o'clock in the evening before Xu Jiwu walked into the reception room with several officers.

Sun Yumin woke up the sleeping Li Tiedan, led the two of them to stand up straight, and saluted Xu Jiwu.

After a greeting, Xu Jiwu began to speak: "Today, due to busy official business, I neglected the heroes who retreated from Nanjing, and I am offended, please forgive Commander Sun." ”

"Where, where is it, Chief Xu is hospitable, and he is already sincerely afraid." Although Sun Yumin was unhappy, he restrained himself very well.

Xu Jiwu motioned for Sun Yumin and the three of them to sit down and talk, and after the orderlies served tea, he said: "At noon, I talked to your deputy commander Zhou on the phone, and I heard that you returned safely, and I was very happy about him. It seems that he attaches great importance to you, and wants me to send you to Wuhan to meet him in these two days. ”

"These two days? Even if you can fly, it's not that fast! Sun Yumin made a helpless look, waiting for the division commander who was the first to slip away in Nanjing City to continue.

"According to the above news, this time your teaching corps will merge with the 46th Division, and Deputy Corps Zhou is probably in a hurry to take you to take up his post together." Sure enough, Xu Jiwu kept talking, and seeing that Sun Yumin seemed to be a little resentful, he took the initiative to talk about the reason for being late.

"Head Sun, do you know why I am so late today?"

Sun Yumin is really annoyed, he has been thrown here all day long, and he has made anyone who has seen it strictly and so tightly that anyone will be angry. But now that he was under someone's roof, he had to bow his head, so he had to shake his head and say he didn't know.

"At noon today, I received an urgent report that Quanjiao County was occupied by the Sakai Wing of the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army." Xu Jiwu stared at Sun Yumin's eyes, wanting to see his reaction.

"What?" Sun Yumin was taken aback, and he immediately understood the reason why Xu Jiwu looked like these people before.

As soon as the front foot of the person he brought arrived, the Japanese troops came later, this is really yellow mud off the crotch of his pants, not is.

This Xu Jiwu City Mansion is really deep enough, if today's own people are a little impulsive and start with the 48th Division, then I am afraid that today next year will be my own sacrifice day.

As the saying goes, hiding a knife in a smile is the most fatal, and this Xu Jiwu in front of him is not just a smiling tiger. Sun Yumin was secretly glad in his heart that this smiling tiger didn't really pounce on him and bite him.

"After the devil soldiers occupied Quanjiao County, there was no sign of marching in the direction of Dashu, which is also a problem that I can't figure out."

Xu Jiwu didn't understand the truth of this, but Sun Yumin was clear that the devil was in a hurry to open up the Jinpu line, connect the Central China Battlefield and the North China Battlefield, and was concentrating his forces to advance into Xuzhou. The reason why troops were sent to occupy Quanjiao County was only to ensure that the rear transportation lines would not be harassed and attacked during the campaign. At least in the past three or four months, the Japanese army could not spare their hands to attack in the direction of Hefei.

Xu Jiwu looked at Sun Yumin's expression and reaction, and he was basically sure that it was a complete coincidence that the devil entered Quanjiao County and Sun Yumin and they entered Dashu Town and Feidong County.

Sun Yumin couldn't tell him that the reason why the devils didn't attack Dashu Town was because they wanted to fight Xuzhou and didn't have the energy to manage the Hefei line for the time being. Even if he really said it, Xu Jiwu would never believe it. So Sun Yumin could only echo his words: "General Xu can't figure out what he wants, and his humble position is even more confused." ”

After saying this, Sun Yumin suddenly remembered that he still had a bunch of people who were freezing outside the division headquarters, and hurriedly said to Xu Jiwu: "General Xu, there are still a group of subordinates who are still blowing the wind outside the division headquarters, and I want you to arrange a place for them to rest, as long as they can get warm." ”

Xu Jiwu also felt that he was doing something out of line, not only was this surnamed Sun not angry, but he was also respectful and polite to himself. Since the people had already spoken, it was not easy to wipe his face, so he said to the adjutant beside him: "Go find a more comfortable hotel and arrange for Captain Sun's people to live in." ”

Sun Yumin glanced at Li Tiedan and Huzi, and the two of them walked out with the adjutant.

Xu Jiwu and Sun Yumin chatted for a while in the reception room about Nanjing City and the Teaching Corps, and when the adjutant came back to report, Sun Yumin found that the hour hand had pointed to eleven o'clock. He admired himself a little that he had been chatting for nearly an hour with someone who had nothing in common at all. Xu Jiwu was still unsatisfied, and wanted to talk to the main head of the ace of the Central Army, who gave him enough vanity and face, but Sun Yumin left under the pretext that his injury had not healed, and Xu Jiwu had to send an adjutant to send him to the hotel to rest.

When he came to the hotel, he found that Chen Yun and Lu Man were waiting for him in the hotel lobby, which made him a little flattered. Just as I wanted to go up and talk to the two of them, the two women twisted their buttocks and went upstairs and back to the room together without looking back.

Sun Yumin felt inexplicable, and couldn't figure out what medicine these two people were selling in their gourds.

Early the next morning, Xu Jiwu's adjutant came over to lead Sun Yumin and others to a restaurant and had a rich breakfast. Xiao Yuying was still angry that she had been shut down for most of the day yesterday, not only did she eat a lot, but she also asked the store to pack a lot of it for her, and the adjutant was dumbfounded.

Gui Yongqing also got the news of Sun Yumin's safe return, and was very happy, and the military line phone directly called the headquarters of the 48th Division.

Although the Battle of Nanjing ended in failure and the Teaching Corps was almost wiped out, the strong combat power and the spirit of not fearing death and not retreating showed by the three German mechanics divisions made Lao Jiang greatly appreciated. Especially when Gui Yongqing gave Jiang Guangtou the Japanese army adjutant knife given by Sun Yumin, he was highly praised by him. Lao Jiang immediately stated that he would merge the 46th Division with the remnants of the Teaching Corps, appoint Gui Yongqing as the division commander, Zhou Zhenqiang and Li Liangrong as deputy division commanders, and the troops immediately went to Kaifeng, Henan Province for reorganization and training.

Gui Yongqing jumped from the commander of the teaching corps with a division-level establishment but missing three regiments to the commander of the main division with a full formation, which made him so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and at this time, Zhou Zhenqiang reported that Sun Yumin escaped with the remnants of the army, and he was now in the headquarters of the 48th Division, and he became even more excited. In the battle of Guanghuamen, most of the prestige of the teaching corps was fought by this young man who was ordered to be in danger, not to mention that he Gui Yongqing still owed others a life. With this relationship, he has regarded Sun Yumin as his confidant since the last time he recognized him on the battlefield. When he was about to take up his new position, his henchmen came to vote, wasn't it just that someone sent a pillow to sleep!

Therefore, Gui Yongqing urged Sun Yumin to hurry up to Wuhan to meet him and Zhou Zhenqiang, and then go to Kaifeng to reorganize the troops.

Sun Yumin was not very interested in Gui Yongqing's call, he didn't have much affection for this superior who regarded himself as a capable general and confidant, but what he didn't understand was that the captain was asking about Lu Man's situation as soon as he opened his mouth, which made him very incomprehensible, but he didn't think about it, he just thought that Gui Zongzuo was worried about a weak girl.

Xu Jiwu understood Gui Yongqing's thoughts, and sent three trucks to send them to Wuhan, and when he left, he also sent 200 oceans to Sun Yumin to entangle on the road.

The unimpeded road enabled Sun Yumin and his team to complete the nearly 400-kilometer journey in less than two days.

Chen Yun was not very happy along the way, she knew that the two would be separated temporarily, and she didn't know when they would meet again. His original decision was not completed, although he had talked openly with him, but this man kept procrastinating and saying that the time had not come, and then he found all kinds of excuses to start the topic.

Is he really unwilling to walk with him and devote himself to the great cause of resisting aggression and liberating the whole nation? Chen Yun couldn't guess what was going on in his heart.

Chen Yun's worried face made Sun Yumin very heartbroken, and he couldn't explain the reason and truth of the matter to the woman he loved. Why didn't he go to the northwest with her because he couldn't let the nearly 10,000 soldiers who died in Guanghuamen disappear into the dust of history, and he couldn't let the families of these heroes pay the price of losing their loved ones, and they couldn't live in poverty, and they had to be bullied and humiliated by others, and he wanted to do something for them, even if it was to win respect for these people.

When he accomplishes this mission that he has given himself, he will surely devote himself to the sacred and glorious cause of our party with his obligation! This day will surely come eventually, just not now.

Chen Yun's hope and Sun Yumin's perseverance are like two parallel lines for the time being, and they cannot intersect. They need a force to push them all to change. Deng Xiufen really wanted to be this force, and her stone, this wooden guy, is still a passionate and passionate warrior, he confronted Sun Yumin in Liujia Village by the river, forcing Sun Yumin to change his idea of taking a detour, and rescued dozens of people. Although the process was dangerous, the stone at least did not disappoint her.

Deng Xiufen believes that with Chen Yun's efforts, coupled with the contribution of herself and the stone, this man who looks cold but is actually hot in his heart will definitely embark on the road of light.

Lu Man looked at the two of them in the carriage like glue in the carriage, and he had an indescribable feeling in his heart. During this period of contact with Sun Yumin, she was deeply infatuated with this man, but she has her own principles and bottom line, and she doesn't want to or want to snatch love. In another situation, if he really grabbed this man from Chen Yun as he wished, would his family agree? Absolutely not, this time she insisted on staying in Nanjing, and the damage and blow caused to her brother and father, who loved her deeply, were beyond her imagination.

Xiao Yuying is quite honest, from the excitement of the first ride in the truck, to the slow greasy smell later, to the end of the motion sickness, this girl like a wild boy, finally collapsed, in this bumpy carriage, she was like a drunk, from time to time holding the tailgate and vomiting. Fortunately, Dong Wenbin and Onohara Ping are scrambling to take care of them.

Liu Wenzhi's injury also stabilized, penetrating the lobes of his lungs, making him smoker quit smoking, lying in the soft carriage every day, watching Dong Wenbin and Onohara Ping serving his concubines like servants, often showing envious eyes. He didn't notice that there was also a small mountain who was always staring at the three people who didn't stop, and the envy in his eyes was no less than that of him, who was an elder brother.

From time to time, the whole carriage was noisy by the loud snoring big guy, this guy always slept with his head covered except for eating, and did not even stop and rest. Sun Yumin has a deep liking for this reckless Li Tiedan, but he doesn't show this kind of thought, he is worried that once he says it, he will not be able to cure this powerful man in the future. Another point is that Li Tiedan is the only one left among the people brought by Zhou Hainan, and Sun Yumin feels that he owes them a lot.

Zhang Xiaohu took his soldiers to sit in the last car, sitting in the passenger seat, he looked at the female students sitting in the car in front of him, and suddenly felt that there were actually many beautiful things in this world, and he didn't just lead the soldiers to fight.

On the evening of December 24, the 26th year of the Republic of China, Sun Yumin led this group of people who escaped from the death cage of Nanjing City to the end of their journey, and arrived at the temporary capital of the Republic of China government, known as an important town in Central China: Wuhan!