Airliners seized the opportunity. Fleeing from the battlefield at full speed, when they flew to the sky over Nanjing, only two fighter planes painted with blue sky and white sun came to escort them, the plane landed at Dajiaochang Airport, the family walked out of the cabin in shock, Chen Zikun checked the plane, the fuselage and wings were full of bullet holes, God blessed, did not hit the engine and transmission device, did not hurt the family, it is really a great luck.

There was a roar in the sky, and the green-feathered and yellow-winged fighter plane landed, and everyone stopped to watch the kingfisher glide down the runway, and when it stopped, a blonde pilot jumped out with a childlike mischievous smile on his face.

It's actually a foreign devil pilot.

Chen Zikun stepped forward to talk, and it turned out that this person's name was Robert. Schott, a native of Washington, USA, served as a soldier in the Army Air Corps, and is now a salesman for the Boeing Company's agents, and concurrently serves as a flight instructor at the Aviation School of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the National Government.

In the face of the thanks, Robert was a little shy, chatted a few words and left, ran back to the fighter to prepare for storage, suddenly saw a boy standing next to the tail, gently stroking the plane, with piety in his eyes, seeing Robert coming, the boy actually raised his right hand to his forehead, and saluted like an adult.

Robert stood solemnly and returned the salute to the boy.

This boy is Chen Zikun's eldest son, Chen Bei, who is eleven years old this year.

According to the lessons and lessons of the Songhu battlefield, Chen Zikun put forward many insightful ideas, such as the use of barbed wire has caused great obstacles to the Japanese infantry, our army lacks anti-tank weapons and automatic weapons, and a large number of rapid-fire Mauser pistols and 13-mm anti-aircraft guns should be imported, anti-tank mines should be developed, and mines and high-powered antiaircraft guns should be purchased.

These proposals were approved by Chiang Kai-shek, but the funds were scarce, and he could only talk on paper for the time being. ”

Of course, this is just a matter of talking at home, the 19th Route Army is a miscellaneous local army, and it is better to consume it on the anti-Japanese front, how can Lao Jiang be willing to spend money to add equipment to them.

The phone rang, Liu Ting went over to pick it up, it turned out to be a long-distance call from Jiangdong, Xia Xiaoqing said worriedly, his son has been absent-minded since he called back, and he has no energy to do anything, isn't he scared out of illness?

Chen Zikun had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and his son's expression in front of the fighter plane was like standing by the locomotive at the beginning, and this kid was afraid that he was obsessed with the plane.

"Xiaoqing, don't worry, my son is unrequited love, I have a way to solve it." Chen Zikun said with a smile.

"Fart, how old is my son unrequited love...... Are you going to help him find a child bride? ”

"Of course not, just wait."

Chen Zikun hung up the phone, asked people to find a few model airplanes from the aviation school, and sent someone to send them back to Jiangdong, and sure enough, Xiaobei couldn't put it down.

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A week later, the bad news came, and Robert . Short was outnumbered in an air battle to protect the refugees, and was attacked by Japanese fighters in turn, and was shot down on the outskirts of Kure County.

On 1 March, 10,000 men of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army landed at Qiyakou on the Yangtze River and occupied the town of Liuhe, which was behind the Chinese troops.

When Zhang Zhizhong, commander of the Fifth Army, heard the report, he urgently sent troops to reinforce the troops, the soldiers were very fast, and our army lacked means of transportation, and he was anxious to think of the precedent of the French using taxis to transfer troops during the European War, and wanted to follow it, but most of the cars in Shanghai were in the concession, and the foreigners would not lend a hand, and the cars in the Chinese world were already scarce, and they were destroyed by the war, and only 11 cars were collected, which was a drop in the bucket, to no avail, and could only watch the Japanese army land.

The 19th Route Army and the Fifth Army suffered heavy casualties and could only retreat to the second line of defense, namely the line of Huangdu, Jiading, and Taicang, in order to preserve their strength. On March 3, the Japanese army declared an armistice after occupying Zhenru and Nanxiang.

Six days later, the deposed emperor Puyi took office in Manchukuo in Changchun, the year name Datong, the League of Nations investigation team arrived in the northeast, after some so-called investigation, put forward a plan for harmony, that is, to maintain the state of Manchurian autonomy in the name of China, in fact, Japan still took advantage of the benefits, this plan was categorically rejected by Japan, in late March, Japan withdrew from the League of Nations, and China, which had been counting on the support of the League of Nations, did not receive any substantial help, and was also discouraged, and the prestige of the League of Nations was greatly damaged.

The war finally stopped, Zhabei suffered heavy losses, thousands of shops were destroyed, tens of thousands of houses collapsed, people were displaced, China's richest place became a scorched earth, both China and Japan claimed to have won the victory, for China, this is the first time since the First Sino-Japanese War to dare to confront the Japanese army head-on, confirming that the Japanese army is not indestructible, killing and wounding more than 3,000 Japanese soldiers in the battle for more than a month, although its own casualties are greater, but it is also a kind of progress.

As far as Japan is concerned, the three northeastern provinces have been properly swallowed, and although they have lost their troops, they have not lost face, their strategic objectives have been achieved, and Britain and the United States have reacted strongly, so they have not continued to be aggressive.

In April, the family of Robert Short, a martyred American pilot, came from the United States, and the Chinese side held a grand funeral in Shanghai, Chen Zikun took his son to attend the memorial service, Xiaobei wore an imitation flight jacket, wore a flight leather hat with goggles, and stood solemnly in the memorial crowd, the memorial service was presided over by an Air Force colonel, announcing the honorary rank of captain of the Chinese Air Force awarded to Schott Looking at the portrait of Schott, Xiaobei asked Chen Zikun: "Isn't this the person who saved us last time?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Yes, it is him, he sacrificed, and today we hold a ceremony to mourn him." ”

Xiaobei said: "How did he die?" ”

"It was shot down by a Japanese plane."

"Why, he's so powerful, little Japan is not his opponent." Children are simple-minded and can't figure this out.

Chen Zikun touched his son's head and said: "There are too few people in our country who can fly planes, and it is difficult to beat four hands with two fists. ”

Xiaobei nodded seriously, looked at the portrait of Schott and said, "I want to learn to fly an airplane in the future." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Flying an airplane is not the same as practicing martial arts, you can't fly an airplane without mastering scientific knowledge and understanding the instrument." ”

Xiaobei, whose academic performance has always been extremely poor, suddenly fell silent.

This is just the first funeral that Chen Zikun took his son to attend, followed by the collective funeral of the dead soldiers of the Tax Police Corps, the predecessor of this unit was the Beiyang Jiangdong Army Special Service Regiment, which later evolved into the Anti-smoking Law Enforcement Corps, the Tax Police Corps of the Ministry of Finance, and the current number is the Independent Brigade of the 87th Division of the Fifth Army of the Central Army, but no matter how it changes, it is Chen Zikun's soldiers.

After more than a month of fierce fighting, the number of casualties was more than in the previous eight years, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army far exceeded that of the domestic opponents, the soldiers fought very hard, and were often pressed and beaten by the enemy's artillery shells and air raids, and people were killed every day.

Xue Bin's troops lost more than 300 people, 500 were lightly wounded and seriously wounded, and the casualty rate was more than half, basically disabled, and the bodies of many comrades-in-arms could no longer be found, because Wu Li was occupied by the Japanese army, and the camp could never go back.

The funeral was held for ten soldiers who died in the military hospital, ten thin-skinned coffins, a guard of honor, a crow squatting on a dead tree, and at the sound of the officer's command, the guard of honor raised its gun and shot into the sky, and the crow shook its wings and soared into the sky.

The trumpeters puffed out their cheeks, puffed out the lights, ten coffins were put into the pit, and the comrades-in-arms silently shoveled the soil with shovels and piled up ten graves.

The soldiers present all raised their hands and saluted, and did not put it down for a long time.

After these two incidents, Chan felt that his son had grown up a lot overnight, and perhaps he could understand the sorrow and responsibility of being born in such a suffering country.

The truce is over, there is time to deal with the delay, Yan Jinan is seriously injured, still lying in the hospital, according to the foreign doctor, this kind of burn recovery at least a year and a half, because of the extensive severe burns, internal organs are also damaged, the right arm amputation, body burn marks are irreversible, the only thing to be thankful for is that a face has not been burned.

The Yan family handed over a good young man to themselves, but he was so seriously injured and became a one-armed disabled person, which made Chen Zikun very guilty, and wanted to help Yan Jinan find a wife, in fact, there were indeed many hot-blooded young women who volunteered to marry him, but Yan Jinan said that he didn't want to delay the happiness of other girls for a lifetime, and his only wish was to go back to his hometown Cangzhou to see.

Chen Zikun agreed to him, found a doctor from the burn department and two nurses to accompany him back, and asked the railway bureau to hang a special car to escort him, and he didn't have time to go with him, so he asked Yan Qingyu to accompany his younger brother back.

After arranging Yan Jinan's affairs, Chen Zikun remembered that Tang Yan had asked him for help when the war broke out, and now he might as well ask if he has time, Qingfeng said I will go and find Reporter Tang, Chen Zikun thought about it for a while and said forget it, I should go there myself.

Looking for an old lover can't be a big fanfare, Chen Zikun drove lightly, and only took two entourages to Tang Yan's apartment in the French Concession.

The car drove to the front of Tang Yan's house, Shuangxi and Qingfeng stayed in the car, Chen Zikun came down and knocked on the door, and when he pushed the door, it opened, and there was a young man standing in the door, hiding one hand behind his back, and said with a smile: "May I ask who Nong is looking for?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "I'm looking for Tang Yan, are you?" ”

The man said: "I am a colleague of her newspaper, and reporter Tang is sorting out the information upstairs, please come in." ”

Chen Zikun walked in, the man closed the door casually, showed the Browning shirt hidden behind him, and said in a low voice: "Don't move!" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Are you from the patrol room or the Party Affairs Investigation Bureau?" ”

The man shouted, "Don't be wordy, be honest." He skillfully searched Chen Zikun's body, pulled out a Colt pistol from under his armpit, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he shouted upstairs: "Deputy team leader, catch a big fish." ”