Chapter 220: Battle of Nanchang (2)
Early in the morning of the second day, Bai Fei led the troops, stepping on the morning light, boarding the Changsha-Nanchang section of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, all the way through Zhuzhou, Anyuan (Pingxiang), Xinyu, Gao'an and other places, staggering for a day, and when they arrived in Nanchang, the sky was almost dark.
Bai Fei was stuffy in the carriage for a day, shaking and shaking, feeling quite uncomfortable, until he got off the train and took a few deep breaths of fresh air, and then he felt much better.
The accompanying subordinates Li Hu, Xu Changsheng and others began to organize the team after getting off the train, while Wang Weiguo and Wu Dazhong, the commander of the artillery battalion, and others were directing the soldiers under their command to unload a large number of weapons and equipment from the train one by one, and the scene was busy and orderly.
Bai Fei stood next to him, lit a cigarette, took a puff, and turned his head to see a staff officer-like major officer walking over briskly with two attendants.
The major officer walked up to Bai Fei and saluted, "Hello General Bai!" Welcome to Nanchang. ”
"You are?" Bai Fei asked.
The major smiled and said, "Oh, I am Wang Zheng, Commander Luo Zhuoyingluo's personal staff officer, and I am here to pick you up for the banquet on the orders of Commander Luo." ”
"Oh?" Bai Fei frowned and said, "But my subordinates are still here!" ”
The major said: "General Bai, don't worry, we have prepared the barracks, and there will be a special person to lead it later, and we will definitely arrange your department properly." ”
Bai Fei groaned and did not speak.
At this time, Wang Weiguo came over and said, "Zhenyu, I'll just stay here and take care of it, if you have something to do, go first." ”
Bai Fei had no choice but to nod, take a few special combat team members with him, and under the leadership of the major, take a car and run towards the city.
Along the way, Bai Fei found that there was an endless stream of pedestrians on the streets of Nanchang City, and the sound of shopping and bargaining was endless, and there was no sense of urgency before the war, especially in the downtown area, where the streets were lit up with neon lights on both sides, and the songs and dances were leveling, just like a peaceful scene.
Seeing this, Bai Fei's brows furrowed even deeper.
At this time, the car slowly stopped, and the major officer named Wang Zheng spoke: "General Bai, we have arrived." ”
Bai Fei got out of the car and took a look, and was taken aback, it turned out that a majestic and majestic ancient building in front of him turned out to be the Tengwang Pavilion of celebrities for thousands of years!
Major officer Wang Zheng smiled and said, "General Bai, please!" ”
Bai Fei nodded, followed him towards the building, and when he entered the building, he saw that it was already bustling with people. As soon as he reached the door of the banquet hall, a soldier shouted: "General Bai, commander of the gendarmerie of the Ninth War Zone, has arrived!" ”
The banquet hall suddenly fell silent, and everyone in the meeting looked towards the door, Bai Fei felt a little unwell, coughed and walked in, only to hear whispers in his ears from time to time, obviously everyone was very curious about him.
At this time, there were two people at the top table of the banquet hall walking towards Bai Fei, one of them was Luo Zhuoying, and the other Bai Fei didn't know him. Celebrities from all walks of life in Nanchang in the hall saw the two of them stand up to greet them, so they stood up one after another, followed by thunderous applause.
Bai Fei took a few steps and saluted Luo Zhuoying, and said with a wry smile: "Chief Luo, you don't need to engage in such a big battle, right?" ”
Luo Zhuoying also smiled bitterly: "Zhenyu, I'm also very helpless, this is all made by Mayor Qian..." ”
But I heard Qian Boyong laugh and said: "It's only to blame General Bai for being too famous, and his military exploits are shocking the world, I heard that he is coming, and the men, women, children, and celebrities from all walks of life in Nanchang are all eagerly looking forward to it, so I just held this reception banquet in the next place, just to give the fathers and elders of Nanchang City a chance to see General Bai's tiger might, General Bai must not be surprised!" ”
This Qian Boyong is obviously an old fritter in the political arena, and he lifted Bai Fei to the sky in a few words, and while speaking, he also held Bai Fei's hand and shook it a few times to show his enthusiasm.
However, Bai Fei didn't eat this, just said a few polite words lightly, and then ignored him.
Qian Boyong didn't care, and kindly pulled Luo Zhuoying and Bai Fei back to sit back to the chief, and then slapped his palms, and someone on the opposite stage immediately came out to perform singing and dancing, and the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became lively, everyone drank and ate, talked and chatted, and made a commotion.
Before Bai Fei came to Nanchang, he originally thought that Nanchang was the front line of the war and the focus of Sino-Japanese contention, so there must have been a lot of noise in the city, and the atmosphere must be very tense. I can't imagine that it is such a peaceful scene now, everyone here seems to be living in a dream, singing and dancing, dancing and dancing, what should they do, as if the war dozens of miles outside the city has nothing to do with them.
The more Bai Fei thought about it, the more he was blocked, even if the table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas in front of him was unswallowable.
At this time, I heard Qian Boyong say: "Commander Luo, while the celebrities from all walks of life in Nanchang are here today, why don't you go up and say a few words first?" ”
Luo Zhuoying shook his head and said, I forget it, Zhenyu is the protagonist today, let him go up and talk about it. ”
Bai Fei was not in this mood, but after thinking about it, he still stood up and walked quickly onto the stage. There was a microphone in the middle of the stage, and he stood in front of it, and there was a round of applause from below.
Bai Fei coughed and said into the microphone: "Hello everyone, I'm Bai Fei." Thank you all for your hospitality tonight! ”
There was another round of applause.
Bai Fei pressed his hand and continued: "On the way from the train station just now, I saw a lot of Nanchang's customs along the street, and the two feelings I received were that it was lively and thriving. I have heard that Nanchang also has a first-class modern airport in China, and if you have the opportunity, you must go to see it. ”
Hearing Bai Fei say this, most of the faces present showed proud expressions of pride, and there was another thunderous applause in the banquet hall.
Bai Fei said again: "I think all this must be inseparable from the hard work of Mayor Qian, everyone here and celebrities from all walks of life. If there is no war, I think the fathers and elders of Nanchang will live a very happy life. ”
The applause rang out again. When Qian Boyong heard this, he was also very happy.
Bai Fei continued: "Just before I entered the door, I heard someone whispering about me, it seems that everyone is very curious about me..." These little stories are all true, and a few of them are my own experience, I hope you can like them..."
Qian Boyong was a little surprised when he saw that Bai Fei was going to tell a story. Luo Zhuoying on the side was also confused, and he couldn't figure out what Bai Fei was going to do.
But I heard Bai Fei cough and continued: "Everyone knows that I participated in the Battle of Songhu, but do you know that not long after the Battle of Songhu ended, the Japanese army captured Hangzhou, which has been known as "Paradise on Earth" since ancient times, by virtue of its strong ships and artillery. After the Japanese army captured Hangzhou, they sent people to plunder women in Hangzhou for their sexual pleasure, and according to incomplete statistics, more than 20,000 women have been captured and ravaged by them so far. In Hangzhou alone, more than 50,000 people were innocently killed by the Japanese army..."
"Hey~ Is there such a thing?" As soon as these words came out, a voice of horror and disbelief immediately came from the banquet hall.
It turned out that although the Japanese army had occupied Hangzhou for a year, due to the war, the lack of information, and the fact that the Japanese army was good at covering up after doing evil, the people at this time knew little about most of the crimes of the Japanese army.
Bai Fei didn't explain much, and then said: "After talking about Hangzhou, let's talk about Suzhou." As we all know, Suzhou is very close to Shanghai, so as early as the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army has repeatedly sent planes to bomb Suzhou, according to statistics, the Japanese army has dropped more than 5,000 aerial bombs on the land of Suzhou, killing tens of thousands of people. After the fall of Suzhou, the Japanese army slaughtered more than 70,000 of our compatriots, and more than 10,000 women were ravaged or taken captive. ”
The silent needle drop in the banquet hall could be heard, and none of the celebrities from all walks of life in Nanchang spoke, some people were quietly listening to Bai Fei's story, and some people seemed to be unaware, and they didn't know what they were thinking.
However, at this time, Qian Boyong, the mayor of Nanchang, had already reacted, and he had already understood Bai Fei's purpose in saying these words, so his face was extremely ugly.