Twenty-five: Liu's mother serves tea

Wang Mingming had already made a plan in his heart. After the Japanese army entered the city, she did not want to see the people of Zhang's mansion die to defend her. She wanted them all to live.

Wang Mingming was panicked in the face of the general attack of the Japanese army. The courage in her heart did not fade. After the Japanese army entered the city, she knew that she was going to die. But she was determined to fight to the end.

She was only eighteen years old, she hadn't lived long enough, she didn't want to die, and she didn't want to die at the hands of devils. But since she stayed in Nanjing, she was determined to die in the face of a powerful enemy.

Now the defenders of Nanjing are still desperately defending the city, and the devils have not yet occupied the Fukuo position. As long as the army is in her, she will be at ease, and as long as she has a careful plan to defend Zhang's Mansion, she will definitely be able to defeat the devil.

She said to Qiangzi very calmly: "Brother Qiangzi, don't worry about me, now that the devil is besieging the city on three sides and sealing the river in the north, I can't leave, I will definitely take care of myself."

"By the way, your troops aren't far from here. You are an acquaintance of mine in Nanjing, and you should regard me as your relative and this place as your home, and you will come here often in the future. ”

Hadron said; "We are deployed at Tongji Gate, I am the head of the artillery company, the squad leader of the artillery squad, also called the artillery commander. As long as the Japanese army can't enter the city, I will have the opportunity to visit you. ”

Wang Mingming said with great admiration: "Brother Qiangzi, you are really good, you have only been a soldier for two years and became an artillery commander." You can do it face to face with the Japanese army, you are so great. I admire you.

"With a soldier like you defending Nanjing, I don't think it will be easy for little Japan to occupy Nanjing. The Chinese army had to beat him and bleed. ”

Qiangzi looked at the people around him and said proudly: "Don't worry, all our officers and soldiers swear to defend Nanjing to the death in front of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum." The fighters were determined to live and die with Nanjing. ”

Mother Liu came over with a cup of tea and said, "Brother Bing, come and have tea." Hadron politely took the tea and drank it down. Say, "Auntie, thank you." ”

Mother Liu said happily: "Thank you, thank the third aunt." She is my master. I will show you tea as my master commanded. ”

Qiangzi smiled and said, "Auntie, you are a cheerful person, and I can see that you and the junior sister are very intimate." Thank you for taking good care of the elementary school girls. Can you tell me you're afraid of devils. ”

Liu's mother said: "I should wait for my third aunt." You don't have to thank me. We, the common people of Nanjing, are not afraid of devils. When you meet a devil, you can pick his skin. I'm not afraid of you here. ”

Qiangzi said: "Auntie said well, don't be afraid when the devil comes." Commander Tang commanded us to fight, and with us in Little Japan, don't want to enter the city of Nanjing. ”

Everyone laughed together.

Hadron's unit is a force with combat experience. They participated in the Battle of Songhu and fought against the Japanese army for several months. The Japanese did not take advantage.

It was August, and the horn of an emergency assembly sounded at the residence of their troops, and the officers and men considered it to be routine training and completed their operations in accordance with the requirements of peacetime training.

This time was different, the company commander went to the battalion headquarters to accept the mission for a long time before returning, he saw the soldiers waiting for him and said solemnly: "Brothers, this emergency gathering is not training, but going to the front. ”

After the company commander finished speaking, he looked at the team, and he was surprised and excited when he saw the soldiers. He said: "The chief wants us to be pulled out to participate in the Battle of Songhu, are you afraid!" ”

The soldiers immediately replied: "Don't be afraid! Qiangzi said: "Report to the company commander, our hands have long been itchy when we beat little Japan." ”

The company commander said, "Okay." Now the door of the ammunition depot has been opened, and the artillery platoon has gone to receive the shells. The command platoon checked the equipment and loaded it. Set off an hour later and head east! ”

The families of the soldiers in the barracks, the relatives of the soldiers living nearby, as well as the local officials, teachers and students of the school, soon got the news and came to the troops to see them off.

Among the people who saw them off were old mothers on crutches and young wives holding their children. And the child who held the soldier's leg in his arms.

They repeatedly instructed the soldiers to go to the front line and strike hard at the invaders. We must keep our land and defend the old mother and the son under our knees in the rear. It is necessary to make contributions to the country.

The loud trumpet sounded, the artillery team went on the march, and the artillery team marched towards the rising sun and the anti-Japanese battlefield in the east.

The mighty battle flag fluttering in the wind on the leading car. The guards standing on both sides of the flag were incomparably majestic. The army rushed to the front with confidence.

The family members and fellow villagers who saw them off on the side of the road waved to the officers and soldiers, and they watched the artillery team go away. They are extremely proud that their relatives can go to the front line to fight devils.

Wherever the artillery team arrived, people would pour into the streets to welcome and bid farewell. Ordinary people brought boiling water to the fighters. Some also slaughtered pigs and sheep to comfort the army.

The army and the common people chanted the slogan of bringing down Japanese imperialism. The exhortations of the common people inspire the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and the love and expectation of the Chinese people for the army is the greatest motivation for them to kill the enemy.

Their advance was full of troops advancing eastward, with artillery units, infantry, tank vehicles with armored units. These tanks were German-made light tanks.

In the green fields, the mighty Chinese army strode to meet the battle. There was a well-known Central Army, poorly equipped local troops, and for the first time the troops of the warlords who were mobilized by the Central Committee.

Qiangzi said: "When we arrived at the battlefield, the commander gave the order to fight, the officers took the lead, and the soldiers rushed forward like tigers. All of them strive to be heroes of the anti-Japanese resistance.

"Some Westerners say that Chinese soldiers are afraid of death, and soldiers harm themselves on the battlefield. This is an insult to the Chinese military. The Chinese soldiers were not afraid of death on the battlefield of resistance against Japan.

"Take our company as an example, in the Battle of Songhu, our whole company bravely killed the enemy, we fought devils' tanks and armored vehicles, and the whole company made meritorious contributions.

"I fought bravely, went to elementary school, had a bit of culture, and was promoted to class leader. The Battle of Songhu is the pride of our troops. It is the glory of each and every one of our fighters.

"Now the battalion commander wants me to make another meritorious service in the defense of Nanjing. Our class swears to fight this battle resolutely. Defend Nanjing to the death. ”

In the concierge, Liu Ma and the others clapped their hands. The old housekeeper said: "That's right, the Chinese army is good." The Chinese military is incomparably great. ”

Wang Mingming said: "Great. Qiangzi, the motherland is proud to have fighters like you, and the common people are proud to have fighters like you. The Chinese army is great because of you. I envy you.

"I also want to go to the battlefield to kill devils like you, and I am determined to live and die with Nanjing. Tomorrow if possible, I will go to you to pay my respects to you.

"I go to the army to express my condolences to the army, I don't mean anyone, I am me, and I hope that the army will win the war. It is my admiration for the spirit of the officers and men who regard death as their home.

"I will bring condolences to the officers and soldiers to make the soldiers happy."

Qiangzi said: "Okay, you can come when you have time, and I and the soldiers in the class welcome you." The troops gave me very little time, I had to go back, I was gone. ”

After Qiangzi finished speaking, she saluted Wang Mingming, and she hurriedly bowed to him slightly. Hadron turned and walked away. When he went out of the gate, the king saw two warriors waiting for him outside the gate.

Hadron beckoned to them, and they walked away together.

Wang Mingming saw that Qiangzi had gone away, she returned to the house, sat on the seat where her mother-in-law used to sit, and said to Liu's mother, "You go and call the old housekeeper, I will wait for him here." ”

When the old housekeeper came, he entered the door and said, "Third aunt, you are looking for me." He stood there respectfully.

Wang Mingming straightened up and said: "Old steward, the army is defending Nanjing, they are fighting for us, we should not forget them, I want to comfort those soldiers." ”

The old housekeeper was very happy to hear that Wang Mingming was going to visit the troops. He said: "It is right to comfort the army. The ancestors donated for the Anti-Japanese War, and the young master also donated.

"At present, the devils have broken through the outer defense line and rushed towards Nanjing City. The general assault on the city of Nanking had begun, and the great battle was still to come.

"The soldiers are not afraid of bloodshed and sacrifice, for the country, for the people of Nanjing, they swear to defend Nanjing. Comfort them as they deserve.

"These days, quite a number of units and individuals have taken to the streets to express their condolences to those officers and soldiers. It was a touching scene. The third aunt wants to go and comfort them, okay, okay! ”