After Chen Yun and the others left, the hotel fell into silence, after all, after these days of getting along and spending the brink of life and death together, there was still a little attachment between them.

Sun Yumin sat in the lobby of the hotel for a long time, pondered for a while, and in the impatient waiting of the little girl, he stood up and said the first words after Chen Yun left: "Pack up your things and go to Brigade Commander Zhou." ”

When the 48th Division was on the phone, Zhou Zhenqiang asked Sun Yumin and them to go to the Wuhan City Defense Headquarters to find him, and he and Captain Gui would wait there.

When Zhou Zhenqiang saw these 24 remnants at the entrance of the city defense headquarters, he was also infinitely embarrassed, the entire first brigade except for the Hefei first-line rout shelter feedback back to take in less than 200 people, but those were the remnants of the first regiment, and the second regiment only left more than 20 people in front of him.

The Battle of Nanjing has been over for more than ten days, but the reports on the battle situation at that time have been continuously passed down, and all units of the national army on the frontal battlefield have fought very tenaciously, and many high-ranking officers have been killed, including Wan Quance, chief of staff of the 1st Brigade, and Xie Chengrui, former commander of the 2nd Regiment. After the war, according to the Japanese military announcement and local Japanese media reports, the 6th Division, which mainly attacked the Yuhuatai position, suffered the least losses and the greatest results, killing three major generals and brigade commanders of the Chinese defenders. The 9th Division, which mainly attacked the Guanghuamen position, suffered the greatest losses, and the Wakisaka detachment lost more than half: the 1st Brigade Kawashima was disabled; The captain of the second brigade, Ito Yoshimitsu Shaosa, was killed, and less than 100 people fled back to the garrison of the second team, and they were almost completely annihilated. In the end, after Zhonghua Gate, Zhongshan Gate and other places were successively broken by the Sixth Division and the Thirteenth Division, the defenders were personally led by Wakisaka Jiro to break through in a difficult situation.

Although Jiang Guangtou regretted that all his three trump cards were lost in the city of Nanjing, the strong combat effectiveness they displayed in Nanjing made people admire, especially a warning to those local warlords who supported their troops to protect themselves: The trump cards of the central army have been thrown in, and who dares to disobey the yang and the yin again.

In order to commend the bravery of the soldiers in the defense of Nanjing, Lao Jiang ordered that the fallen generals should be promoted to one level and a grand public memorial service would be held in Wuhan on a certain day.

The Battle of Guanghuamen made Gui Yongqing and Zhou Zhenqiang stand out in front of Jiang Guangtou, and also earned enough face in front of many generals of the Central Army. When they are busy socializing, they don't feel that when they are free, they will think of this scar-faced officer who helped them win a full house.

Gui Yongqing has always cherished Sun Yumin, who once spared his life and is now the most powerful general under him, regretting that he was not forcibly brought back in the field hospital at that time.

After Zhou Zhenqiang answered the phone, he rushed over, interrupted Gui Yongqing, who was talking to someone, and said: "General seat, Xu Jiwu of the 48th Division called me just now to confirm to me whether there is a colonel named Sun Yumin in our department. ”

"Who?" Gui Yongqing's hand trembled, he thought he had misheard.

"Sun Yumin! Sun Yumin, the acting commander of the 2nd Regiment, and Sun Yumin, the acting commander of my 1st Brigade after I was wounded. Zhou Zhenqiang replied, he was afraid that Gui Yongqing would forget who this person was, and reminded: "It is Sun Yumin, who defeated a Japanese brigade at the Bajiao Bridge by the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai." ”

Gui Yongqing showed a smile on his face, he has not been very happy these days, even if he has been praised and reused by the chairman, he is still feeling sorry for the scar-faced officer, not only because that person is a tiger general who can fight well, and he is the life-saving benefactor of Gui someone, but also because he heard his righteousness in the field hospital, and because this person is the henchman selected by Qin'er for him in the dark.

He hurriedly said to Zhou Zhenqiang: "I know him, this kid really has nine lives, hurry up and ask Senior Commander Xu to help send them to Wuhan." With him and Ma Weilong, we can sleep with peace of mind about the reorganization. ”

The middle-aged man in a tunic who was talking to Gui Yongqing saw him beaming with joy and red on his face, so he asked, "What is General Gui so happy about?" Can you tell it to make Chen Moutong happy. ”

Gui Yongqing hurriedly shook his hand and said, "It's rude in front of Mr. Bray." So he told him about some of the achievements of his subordinates, and after speaking, he sighed with emotion: "Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but good generals are hard to find." This Sun Yumin is not only a tiger general, but his character is what I praise the most. He told the scene of the field hospital to this person known as Mr. Bray, especially when talking about Lu Man, Gui Yongqing sighed again: "This little girl named Lu Man also gave a great shock to the contemptible people, Sun Yumin is a soldier on the battlefield of a hundred battles, I can understand that he wants to live and die with his soldiers, but this little girl refused to evacuate for the sake of an injured officer who met in Pingshui, which really made me embarrassed." ”

Chen Bui nodded in agreement after hearing his words, but as soon as the second half of the words came out of Gui Yongqing's mouth, he jumped up from the sofa and asked Gui Yongqing anxiously: "What is the name of the girl you just said?" ”

"Lu Man." Gui Yongqing replied, he remembered very clearly, the girl said 'the road is long', which was deeply imprinted in his mind.

Chen Bui heard this sentence as if he had been shocked, he hurriedly smashed out the wallet he was carrying, took out a photo from the compartment, handed it to Gui Yongqing, and said, "Look at it, is it her?" ”

Gui Yongqing took the photo, and without looking closely, he recognized the girl in the lieutenant uniform who was snuggling next to Chen Bui in the photo, it was Lu Man from the Nanjing Field Hospital, he was a little dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked: "Mr. Bray, who is this little girl?" ”

Chen Bui confirmed that the little nurse Gui Yongqing said was the person he was looking for, and he couldn't help but sit on the sofa like a puppet as if he had lost his soul.

Zhou Zhenqiang, who was standing on the side and listening to the conversation between the two, saw it in his eyes, and hurriedly said to Gui Yongqing: "Why don't I go and make a call to Master Xu Jiwu and ask if Miss Xia Lu Man has come back with Sun Yumin." ”

Gui Yongqing suddenly realized and hurriedly said, "Go quickly." ”

Zhou Zhenqiang turned around and was about to go outside to make a call, but he heard Gui Yongqing's voice again: "Slow, I'll fight in person, you take care of Mr. Bray here, if you have something, call the guards quickly." ”

Gui Yongqing didn't expect that Lu Man, the girl, would have something to do with Chen Bui, if he had known that this was the case, he would not have let this dead girl stay in Nanjing and risk her life anyway.

After the phone was connected, after learning from Sun Yumin's mouth that Lu Man was safe and sound, Gui Yongqing breathed a sigh of relief. If something happens to Chen Bui's people in his own hands, then his career can be regarded as over, as a person who is old Jiang Qizhong, Gui Yongqing certainly knows that Chen Bui's status in the heart of the chairman of the committee is not comparable to his small division leader.

Chen Bui learned about Lu Man's safety from Gui Yongqing before he was relieved. After taking a sip of tea, he told Gui Yongqing about Lu Man's situation.

"Lu Man is the alias of my youngest daughter Chen Lian (1), this name is when she went to the Southwest Associated University, I gave her a calligraphy 'the road is long' and obtained, my lover Yang Pinxian died soon after giving birth to her, it can be regarded as my wife's widow, plus her, my lover gave birth to seven sons and two daughters for me, but unfortunately because she gave birth to puerperal fever and died in Huangquan." When Chen Bui said this, his thin body kept trembling, as if his lover, who had passed away for more than ten years, was a pain he would never want to touch.

Gui Yongqing hurriedly got up and sat down next to him, reached out to support him, patted his back slightly, and handed over the hot tea on the coffee table.

Chen Bui waved his hand, signaling no, and then said: "When I was a child, her brothers and sisters loved her very much, but I always remembered that she killed her mother, and never cared for and took care of her. It wasn't until she was in high school that I suddenly realized that this girl actually looked exactly like her mother. Chen Bure paused for a moment and said to Gui Yongqing: "I'm not only talking about her appearance, but also her dress, hobbies, character, etc., and even the tone and tone of her speech are exactly the same as her mother's." After saying that, he sighed, shook his head, and continued: "The most similar is the stubbornness and temper, which is better than her mother's. So as soon as I graduated from Southwest Associated University, I put her in the hospital below you. At that time, I just wanted her to see the cruel reality, but I didn't expect the war to come so quickly. When you were in charge, I happened to be assisting the Chairman in dealing with the emergency military situation, and I didn't have time to ask you to leave her behind. Later, Nanjing was like that, and I was embarrassed to distract you, so it didn't take until today to hear from her. ”

After listening to his story, Gui Yongqing couldn't help but sigh that he had seen the strength of Lu Man's girl, but he didn't expect that she was actually the daughter of Chen Bui, who was known as 'the country's courage'. Gui Yongqing is not a fool, he can see the status of this girl in Chen Bui's mind, he is secretly glad that this aunt and grandmother did not have an accident, and he was also blessed by misfortune, and climbed the high branch of Chen Bui with Sun Yumin.

After Zhou Zhenqiang placed Sun Yumin and others in a military camp, he took Sun Yumin to an office.

Gui Yongqing sat behind the desk, looked at Sun Yumin who was saluting at the door, hurriedly got up to greet him, stretched out his hand to hug the subordinate who made him worry, and said in his mouth: "If you don't die in a big disaster, there will be a blessing in the future." ”

Sun Yumin was flattered, and hurriedly said: "Mr. Xie cares, but his subordinates have insulted the mission, and the second regiment can almost be regarded as the entire army in my hands." ”

Zhou Zhenqiang was already busy making tea in front of the coffee table, beckoning the two who were standing and talking to sit down.

Sun Yumin asked curiously: "General seat, why did you come to the city defense headquarters to work?" ”

Gui Yongqing smiled slightly and did not speak. On the contrary, Zhou Zhenqiang spoke while making tea: "The general seat is worried that you can't find him, so I borrowed an office here." ”

Sun Yumin stood up in shock, how could he have thought that in order to wait for him, he specially borrowed an office.

Gui Yongqing pulled him to sit down with a smile and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense, I borrowed this office because the troops are going to be merged and reorganized, and many things need to be dealt with and dealt with, so I have to find a place to stay." He took the tea handed by Zhou Zhenqiang, put it down on the coffee table in front of Sun Yumin, and said, "How are the injuries on your body?" It's not a big deal, right? ”

Sun Yumin still has a sense of warmth in his heart, at least this Gui Zongzuo has not forgotten that he is injured. He replied: "Report to the general seat, the wound has not completely healed, but the impact is not great. ”

Gui Yongqing nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "What about the little nurse Lu Man girl I handed over to you in Nanjing, didn't you bring her over to see me?" ”

Sun Yumin was stunned when he heard this, how should he answer. Lu Man was given to him by the head of the family, and now he knows that she is home, but where is her home? When did you go back? He couldn't tell it, and he didn't know where this person was.

Gui Yongqing saw that his face was embarrassed, thinking that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "What's the matter, is something wrong with her?" ”

Sun Yumin hurriedly shook his head and explained: "Boss, she's fine, he went home last night." ”

"Oh, home." Gui Yongqing's previous worries were swept away, and he gestured to Zhou Zhenqiang and said, "You go outside and call her home to inquire about it, and show our concern." After Zhou Zhenqiang walked out, he continued to talk to Sun Yumin: "What is your impression of this girl?" ”

Sun Yumin saw three telephones on Gui Yongqing's desk, and he didn't know why he asked Zhou Zhenqiang to go outside to make a call, and when he heard this inexplicable question asked by Gui Yongqing, he was embarrassed all of a sudden, and he didn't know how to answer this ambiguous question.

Gui Yongqing saw that he was stunned, and smiled secretly in his heart: I thought I couldn't see it, that little girl was clearly in love with you. Otherwise, how could he risk his life to stay in Nanjing to take care of you, if he really said something like national righteousness, the ghost would believe it.

He single-mindedly promoted the good things between this general under his command and this girl who can be called a princess, so that he could also climb the dragon and the phoenix.

Gui Yongqing miscalculated, although Sun Yumin has a good impression of Lu Man, but he is already in love with Chen Yun deeply, and the two have made a private agreement for life, the raw rice has been cooked and cooked, how can something happen to Lu Man again. Besides, Lu Man was his Sun Yumin's savior, how could he hurt her.

Seeing that he still didn't speak, Gui Yongqing spoke again: "What's the matter?" Could it be that such a beautiful little girl has taken a fancy to you, an ugly bastard, and you still don't want to? ”

Sun Yumin hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no, I can't do it if I want to, I have already made a private agreement with a girl for life, and I can't harm a good girl like Miss Lu again." ”

Gui Yongqing was greatly disappointed when he heard this, and it happened that Zhou Zhenqiang walked in, breaking the embarrassing topic, and he said to Gui Yongqing: "I called her home just now to confirm that Miss Lu has returned home." After speaking, he glanced at Sun Yumin, and said: "It's just that her father said that she has been in a bad mental state, and she stays at home all day and doesn't go out." ”

Zhou Zhenqiang didn't know what they were talking about, so he asked Gui Yongqing, "Do you want to take Yumin to visit the door?" ”

Gui Yongqing saw that Sun Yumin seemed to be disgusted by doing this, and he didn't want to be too anxious, so he said to Zhou Zhenqiang: "Don't use it for the time being." You go and invite Ma Weilong, let's sum up the merger and reorganization with the 46th Division, and let them get to know each other by the way. ”

Zhou Zhenqiang was ordered to go, and Gui Yongqing personally made a phone call to the restaurant outside to book a table for a banquet, saying that it was for Sun Yumin.

When the banquet dispersed, it was already late at night, and when Sun Yumin was drunk and sent to the door of the barracks where he was staying, his heart warmed up inexplicably.

In the dim light at the entrance of the barracks, between the two sentinels, Xiao Yuying was pacing back and forth with a coat, her face was full of anxiety, she was waiting for her return.

(1) Chen Lian: Chen Bui's little daughter, joined our party in 1939, has been engaged in underground work for a long time, and served as the head of the Children's Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. Later, he married Yuan Yongxi, the head of the underground party in Beiping.

Lu Man in this book is just a fictional character, please do not sit in the right seat.