Chapter 118: The Idea of Retreat
When Sun Yumin woke up again, it was already the third morning after Lu Man came.
It is still the familiar white wall, white bed, white quilt, white sheets and white curtains, the only difference is that there is an extra small bed in the ward. He still remembered that this bed was moved in by Zhou Shanjun and Xiao Shanzi for the little girl. Now there are two people sleeping on this small bed, and the two people who Sun Yumin can't afford to repay: Xiao Yuying and Lu Man.
Seeing the two women sleeping so soundly, he couldn't bear to disturb it, and quietly looked at the white ceiling, at the kind of incandescent lamp with a white shade hanging from the ceiling.
Although he didn't know how long he had been asleep, he was sure that the Yellow River embankment at Huayuankou had been blown up. What Chen Bui promised was originally extremely difficult, and if he forcibly asked others to do it, he couldn't say anywhere.
Somehow, Sun Yumin's mind suddenly flooded with the figures of countless disaster victims, and he didn't know where these ragged people had seen them, and he didn't know why these people suddenly appeared in his memory, was it because he didn't stop this catastrophe?
Inexplicably, his vision began to blur, tears covered his eyes, and many previous things and people from the past appeared in the haze one by one.
The roar of the large-caliber naval guns on the octagonal bridge position that shook the ground seemed to still be echoing in his ears, and the second battalion commander Wu Youyuan asked: "Can you hold it?" "It's still clear; The sky-high flames caused by the aerial bombs on the Guanghuamen position in Nanjing City seemed to reflect his eyes red again, and the voices and smiles of the officers and men of the second battalion, such as Deputy Regiment Commander Gao, Zhou Hainan, and Zhou Hong, were still clearly remembered in his mind; There are also the officers and soldiers of the 20th Division who died in Jining City, Heze City, and Yanzhou City, the 115th Regiment that was defeated by the formation in the first battle of Lanfeng, the newly formed first regiment, the iron bull that made Sun Yumin feel ashamed the most, and the 300 Sichuan Army warriors under the Maozhu Slope who Sun Yumin regretted the most, seemed to all stand in front of Sun Yumin at once, and asked him in unison: "Sun Yumin, don't you want to prevent the Huayuankou tragedy from happening?" Why are you still lying in bed and pretending to be dead, and thousands of ordinary people have been abandoned by you? ”
"Nope! There is no ......" Sun Yumin could hear his own voice himself, the tears in his eyes had already flowed, and the pillow was already wet.
At this moment, Sun Yumin feels like a flat boat floating in the river and sea in the wind and rain, helpless and aimless, where to go? Who's going to teach me.
In confusion, a warm hand gently wiped away the tears from his face, and then a soft face pressed against his face.
"Yumin, don't be like this, okay!"
This is Lu Man's voice, Sun Yumin has always been a strong pillar in this woman's heart, a giant who will never fall, she has never seen him have such a weak side, just on the hospital bed with tears, choked voice, slightly trembling body, how could it be shown by this iron man. At this moment, Lu Man's heart felt the pain of being constantly pricked with a needle, and she did not hesitate to stick her face tightly to it. Xu Chang's words to Chen Yun that he no longer entangled with Sun Yumin were all thrown away.
"Sorry for worrying you!" Sun Yumin returned to reality from his thoughts, although his eyes were still blurry, he could clearly distinguish that this was Lu Man, after all, the two of them were a legitimate husband and wife.
"Brother, what happened to you just now? It scared me and Sister Lu. The little girl's voice rang out at an inopportune time.
"I'm fine." Sun Yumin wanted to tell them that he just remembered some people and things, but he felt very hard to say these three words, so he dismissed his plan to tell his inner thoughts to the second daughter.
At that moment just now, Sun Yumin really wanted to leave, he really wanted to find a place to take Lu Man and Chen Yun, as well as the little girl and Li Tiedan, and they lived together without fighting with the world, even if all the elites of the national army were piled up at the enemy's guns and slaughtered, he didn't want to care. the army that pushes the people to the front to carry in order to protect themselves; the national government, which does not care about the life and death of the people, is corrupted to the bones; There are also those high-ranking officials who only know how to enrich their own pockets and intrigue for power and profit, and they definitely disdain to be in their company. Sun Yumin also wants to go to the Great Northwest, but the involvement is too big, and the involvement is too broad, not to mention that Chen Bui's side will be implicated, how will Lao Jiang deal with these people in the 20th Division? Unless you take them all away, it's not a much more difficult thing to do.
As soon as the little girl spoke, Lu Man, who was originally leaning over and his face was close to Sun Yumin's face, straightened up, pulled the quilt for him, tucked the corners of the quilt again, and then sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the man he loved affectionately, and the words that his father said when he came to the hospital yesterday flashed in his mind.
"Li'er, I'm getting more and more curious about your husband now."
"Father, why do you say that?"
"Li'er, you know what? From the first time you brought him to your house and we talked all night long, I was full of curiosity about him and, like you, I fell in love with this man. ”
"What did he tell you to make you so loved?"
"That night, he and I analyzed the situation in the Battle of Xuzhou. Since then, I have been carefully observing and have seen that all the progress and results were as he expected. It can be said that the whole battle seemed to be going according to his vision. He was aware of the disposition and actions of our side, which could explain the past, but the Japanese troops were also exactly as he had arranged, and the steps of the route he had said were carried out, which was breathtaking. ”
"I also heard from the officers under him that Yumin has a good grasp of the situation on the battlefield and his prediction is very accurate."
"No, no, no, you're not a real soldier, and you don't understand what I'm talking about. Let's put it this way, if Li Zongren or Cheng Qian had this kind of ability, Taierzhuang would have achieved a greater victory, and Lan Feng would not have suffered such a fiasco. ”
"Oh......"
"Li'er, when it comes to the Battle of Lanfeng, although I am not on the front line, I learned from other sources that Yumin once helped Gui Yongqing recapture Lanfeng City, and also suggested to Sun Tongxuan and Shang Zhen to defend Shangqiu City with heavy troops to prevent the troops of the Japanese Central China Front from attacking, but as expected, Huang Jie directly gave up Shangqiu and exposed the flanks of all the national army units on the entire Lanfeng battlefield to the Japanese army. Later, Sun Tongxuan and Shang Zhen asked the 20th Division to hit the iron plate, and they secretly retreated, causing heavy casualties to the 20th Division and Yumin to be seriously injured. ”
"I see!"
"Li'er, not only that, Yumin knew that the seven divisions were retreating, but he also resolutely wanted to fight hard with the 14th Division of Tufeiyuan, so that others said he was stupid, but in the eyes of me, the president and the Military Commission, he was loyal and brave."
"Why? This is obviously foolishness! ”
"Wrong, if it weren't for Yumin's trouble, the 14th Division in the encirclement would immediately become a monkey in the belly of Princess Iron Fan, once this happens, it will be difficult for the elite of the 400,000 national army to withdraw, so to speak, the 20th division has exchanged the lives of more than 10,000 officers and soldiers of the division for the safety of 400,000 national troops."
"Father, I understand, but I still think he's stupid."
"No, he's not stupid at all. In the battle around Sanyi Village and the village, although the 20th Division suffered heavy casualties, the 14th Division of the Japanese Army was not much better, and there were many casualties. Rei'er, you know what? This step taken by your husband seems to be very reckless, but in fact, he is a battalion step by step, before attacking the 14th Division of Tufeiyuan head-on, he has first found a good helper, the 138th Brigade of the 46th Division is one of them, and he actually said that Gui Yongqing was moved, and sent an armored battalion that he regarded as a treasure, if it were not for the armored battalion to defeat the Japanese tanks, this battle would have been hard. What's even more amazing is that he actually calculated that Tufeiyuan would not break through from the occupied Shangqiu, but crossed the Yellow River, and even let Zhanshutang plant explosives at various ferries in advance. ”
At that time, when he heard his father praise him like this, his face turned red.
"Child, that's not all, you know what he said to me in the hospital room the day before yesterday? Originally, you can't tell a woman about this kind of thing, but in order to prove what kind of person your husband is, I will tell you the truth even if I break the rules. Sun Yumin: He asked me to stop the president from blowing up the Yellow River embankment. You may not know, but this matter is highly secret, except for a few people, and the troops on the mission, no one else can know. Moreover, what I knew was that he was going to blow up the Yellow River embankment in Zhaokou, but I didn't expect that he was seriously injured and fainted for several days and nights, and when he woke up, he actually muttered to me to dissuade Jiang Zaizhen from blowing up the Yellow River embankment at Huayuankou. This sudden situation, but even I don't know, but he knows it clearly. When I confirmed this in the president's office, you know how strong the shock and amazement I felt at the time. At that time, I was thinking, if a person can plan to such an extent, what else can be defeated? In the past, when others said that he was the god of war, I always laughed at it, but now I finally know that this title is the most appropriate for him, but it is a pity that there is a serious problem within the party-state now, otherwise as long as he is reused, the expulsion of the Japanese will be just around the corner. ”
Lu Man didn't expect his father to give him such a high evaluation, let alone that his husband would be so appreciated by his father, but it's a pity that this man is about to not belong to him, and he has no way at all.
Returning from his thoughts, Lu Man was surprised to find that Sun Yumin had held his hand at some point, and his eyes were staring at him stunned. Xiao Yuying on the small bed also made a plate, rolled up the quilt, and looked at herself stupidly.
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Chen Yun received instructions in Xuchang and asked her to take her team to Shanghai.
Although the organization did not give a clear reason, she knew very well that this was a helpless move by her superiors to protect a few of them. If Haiyan can confess Sun Yumin, she will naturally confess all of them. If he returns to the northwest from the Kuomintang and from the Wuhan line, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be discovered by the spies. Now there are a lot of people who want to find evidence that Sun Yumin was killed, and if it falls into the hands of these people, the consequences will be unimaginable.
Fortunately, I arrived at Shanghai without danger all the way and entered the joint point given by the organization in the British Concession.
In this small bookstore called Zhiwei, Chen Yun received a new order from the organization to stay in Shanghai for the time being, complete some less dangerous work, and raise a baby by the way.
Chen Yun was suddenly very moved in her heart, she was already exhausted from the bumps on the road from Henan to Shanghai, not to mention that she had to go further from Shanghai to the northwest, her body would definitely not be able to hold on. If you force yourself to set off, you don't know what kind of situation the child in your belly will be. In fact, from the very beginning of joining this collective, Chen Yun knew that although the party was strictly disciplined and organized, the biggest reason for joining was the full of humane characteristics and the purpose of unremitting struggle for the toiling masses.
After renting a room in an alley and settling down, Chen Yun began to be idle, the tasks given to them by the organization were not heavy, and there were five people to help complete them, and she basically had nothing to do.
At first, he was uncomfortable and then slowly calmed down, and one day he accidentally saw the news of the Lanfeng War from the newspaper, and Chen Yun immediately found that he had found what he wanted to do.
Every day, she went to the owners of those newsstands with a big belly and found the vendors who collected waste paper, and spent more than half a month collecting all the newspapers and periodicals for a year.
Looking at half a room full of newspapers, Deng Xiufen and Zhang Quan were stunned.
In the next half month, in addition to Chen Yun's normal life, the only thing she did was to read all kinds of newspapers and cut out all the reports about Sun Yumin, even if there was only a slight mention of his name in the article, she collected them.
Deng Xiufen scolded her for being stupid, but she just smiled, and the thoughts buried in her heart made her continue to behave.
When swallows began to appear under the eaves, Chen Yun had almost finished what she had to do: a newspaper clipping full of Sun Yumin's content.
Looking at this carefully completed newspaper clipping, Deng Xiufen, who had previously disagreed, also changed her opinion, and just said in a deep voice: "Sister Yun, why are you so embarrassed by yourself. ”
"I didn't embarrass myself." Chen Yun smiled and said, "I just let the baby know what a heroic father she has after she is born." ”
"But isn't Sun Yumin alive and well? Your baby can see him, you can find him, you can even live with him, why should you do that? Deng Xiufen asked.
"You won't understand!" With tears in her eyes, Chen Yun said, "He and I can't go back to the time in Nanjing City. ”
"Because of Lu Man?"
"It's not just her, there's other reasons as well. Maybe because he is a big hero and doesn't belong to me in the first place, I'm satisfied to be able to leave such a good time. ”
"And you're going to give birth to the baby like this? Don't tell him or tell your family? ”
"Sun Yumin's side is forgotten, I don't want him to know, let him be distracted, or I don't want our children to follow him around on the battlefield. At home, I wrote back to Wuhan a few days ago, and I guess I will receive it in these days. Parents will definitely not come, Xiaolai should come before I give birth to the baby. ”
"Rai?" Deng Xiufen heard this name for the first time, and she asked curiously, "Is your brother?" ”
"My own sister, two years younger than me. If you meet her, you will definitely become good friends with her. At the mention of this sister, Chen Yun's eyes were full of brilliance.