In the years of war and chaos, it doesn't matter if the troops are disabled, the establishment must not be lost, and if it is canceled from the sequence of the headquarters, then there is no place to cry, Chen Zikun's intention of sending Chen Qilin to Wuhan is obvious, that is, to keep the establishment of the model 17th Division, and those Tinder officers left behind before came in handy at this time.

Liu Xiaoyong and others escorted the division commander west to Wuhan to rebuild the 17th Division, Chen Qilin is a descendant of Whampoa, and the 17th Division is to defend Nanjing, presumably Chiang Kai-shek will not embarrass him.

The rest of the people stayed in Jiangdong to deploy against the enemy, Zeng Jiao was born as a water bandit, and when he was the chief of the police department, he was bent to his talent, and hijacking boats and killing people on the water was his specialty, Chen Zikun gave an order, he pulled up the water rangers, all of them were brothers with excellent water nature, and the big black guys were brought out of the warehouse of the Marine Police Corps, this is not a home-made thing in the Jiangdong Arsenal, but a mine imported from Germany.

After the last attack on the British warship with the underwater Dragon King cannon, Chen Zikun paid attention to the mines, this thing is too cost-effective, get a few can seal the water surface, block the enemy's warships, and the cost and time of forming a surface ship force are unbearable, only use this thing for passive defense.

Imported floating mines, anchor mines, and sunken mines were deployed into the lower reaches of the Huai River, blocking the water surface, and it would take at least several months for Japanese warships to clear the mines if they wanted to pass through.

Yan Su packed all the gold, silver and foreign exchange in the vault of Jiangdong Industrial Bank and sealed them, sent heavy troops to escort them, and sent them to Wuhan according to Chen Zikun's orders, but he had another mind, according to the current situation, Wuhan would soon be unsafe, so it was better to transport it directly to Chongqing, the capital of China.

Xue Bin escorted a large group of family members with a whole boatload of luggage to Beitai, which is the second line of defense in Jiangdong, located in the north of the Huai River, surrounded by mountains, easy to defend and difficult to attack, much stronger than the provincial capital.

The families of the high-ranking officials have withdrawn to Beitai, which is equivalent to releasing a signal that the provincial capital is about to fall, and the rumors spread the fastest in these years.

If you don't run, the tragedy of the Nanjing Massacre will be staged on you.

Liu Cunren's family also began to flee, the old Liu family has not many others, just two more, more books, more children, Lao Liu likes to collect ancient books and classics, more than half of his salary over the years has been used to buy books, the family has a vast sea of ancient books, many of which are rare books; There are many children, twelve children were born before and after, four died, there are eight left, and the daughter accounts for six, of which the youngest daughter is only eleven years old, the second daughter and the third daughter have married and had children.

Fortunately, the Liu family has a competitive daughter, Liu Ting helped arrange a few tickets, and took the steamer to Beitai three days later, only three days to pack his luggage, it was too late, Liu Cunren was worried about his thousands of books, he didn't want to throw away any of these books, but it was impossible to take them all.

The book is still a trivial matter, the money in the bank cannot be withdrawn is a big matter, the Jiangdong Industrial Bank was crowded with people, the run was serious, the police department sent hundreds of policemen to maintain order, it was useless, the hard-earned money could not be withdrawn in the bank, and no matter how honest the people were, they had to be anxious.

Fortunately, Liu Ting solved the problem with a phone call, Liu Cunren's deposits were all withdrawn, and they were sewn into the clothes with fiat currency, and the books at home were really unable to bring, so they could only pick out the most precious ones and take them away in rattan boxes.

When I arrived at the dock, I was dumbfounded, the bustle was full of people, not to mention carrying so much luggage, even the empty body couldn't squeeze through.

There was a steamer parked on the side of the pier, with the Italian flag, Italy and Japan were friends, and planes would never bomb this ship, so tickets for this ship were the most demanding.

The wharf was full of people, the passenger ferry whistle sounded, Liu Cunren's family sighed, suddenly a horn sounded behind him, and Liu Ting jumped off the car: "Why haven't you gotten on the boat yet?" ”

Liu Cunren smiled bitterly and pointed to the front: "I can't walk." ”

Liu Ting frowned and thought for a while, whispered a few words to the adjutant beside her, it didn't take much effort, another truck came, and eight soldiers with big shoulders and round waists came down from the car, without saying a word, they picked up their luggage and squeezed forward, even if they helped, it took a lot of effort to squeeze into the ship, the cabin was already crowded, the deck was full of people, and the steamship company didn't care so much, as long as you gave money, you could get on.

Liu Cunren's family was sweating and panting, Liu Ting stuffed a piece of paper into her father's hand: "After arriving in Beitai, go to this place, I have already arranged it, okay, I'll go." ”

"Ting'er." Liu Cunren shouted, his voice a little dry.

Liu Ting turned around: "Dad, it's okay." ”

"Be careful." A thousand words came to his mouth, but they still turned into two words.

The steamer finally sailed, and the people left the docks of the provincial capital full of fleeing, and the family finally breathed a sigh of relief, sat down on the luggage pile on the back deck, and took out dry rations and water bottles to eat.

In a drowsy state, Liu Cunren was woken up by his youngest daughter: "Dad, what is that for?" ”

Liu Cunren put on his glasses and couldn't help but be moved, the road on the bank of the river, the mighty and full of people, hobbling to help the old and the young, there are cars, mule carts, more walking, carrying luggage and children, leading sheep and dogs, the front of the team is not the head, the back is not the end.

"That's the opposite." Liu Cunren said.

"What do you mean by running back?"

"Running away is a means for people to escape the war." Liu Cunren explained.

The youngest daughter stared at her big bright eyes: "Then are we also running back?" ”

"Yes, our family is also running back."

"Then why run back?"

"Because the Japanese are coming, our army can't beat them, so we can only run back, otherwise we will be plagued by the Japanese devils." Liu Cunren tried his best to explain to his curious little daughter in plain language.

"Why can't you beat the Japanese devils?" The youngest daughter broke the casserole and asked to the end.

Liu Cunren sighed and touched his youngest daughter's hair: "Sister, you'll understand when you grow up." ”

The ship was seriously overloaded, the speed was extremely slow, the passengers on the ship did not bring much dry food, the sailors took the opportunity to peddle extremely unpalatable meals, poor families and rich roads, in order not to starve the children, Liu Cunren had to spend money to buy one, and scolded these bad guys who made a fortune while eating.

At noon on the third day, the ship arrived in Beitai, the dock was still overcrowded, this time there was no GI to help, but it was easier to get off the boat than to get on the boat, Liu Cunren's family dragged their luggage, found a house according to the address given by Liu Ting, and settled down, the rent was very expensive, and it was worth the price of the lively part of the provincial capital, but at this time the house in Beitai was in demand, and it was already very good to be able to rent a house.

Finally settled down, eating has become a problem again, this house is newly built, there are gas pipelines, more advanced than the provincial capital, but the war is imminent, the coking plant has been suspended, the gas supply has stopped, you can only buy a briquette stove to make a fire to cook rice, pots and pans have to be replaced, the money is going out, the daughter went out to buy rice, and the result came back with an empty bag, it turned out that the price of rice has skyrocketed, and the money brought is not enough, not only the price of food has risen, but the price of everything has risen.

When Liu Cunren was at a loss, the staff of the Beitai Municipal Government found him and said that he needed to find someone to write official documents.

Liu Cunren knew that this was also arranged by his daughter, and secretly sighed, fortunately, he gave birth to a good daughter.

A large family lives in a humble house, and they touch their legs when they walk, but they are much luckier than the refugees on the street, and they have seen three abandoned babies in the past two days, and the trauma caused by the war is just the tip of the iceberg.

Liu's door was knocked, the sound was so small that it could be ignored, the youngest daughter went over to open the door, and a woman in an old cheongsam stood at the door, her lower abdomen bulging, obviously pregnant, she smiled a little cramped: "Hello, I don't have anything to eat at home, I want to borrow some rice ......"

The Liu family looked at each other, the food was so expensive, could they borrow it, but looking at her yellow and thin face, she should have pulled down her face and begged for help when she was so hungry.

"It's okay for adults to be hungry, but I'm afraid of starving children." The woman stroked her belly, her voice lowered, her cheongsam was very old, it was a green satin texture, and she must have been a young lady from a wide family before.

Liu Cunren's wife didn't say a word, went to fill a bowl of rice, compacted it with a rice shovel, added a little more, continued to compact, and handed over a bowl of spiky rice.

"Thank you, thank you." The cheongsam woman thanked her repeatedly, returned to the next door with her rice bowl, and devoured it.

The door opened, the husband came back with tired steps, and the woman pushed the rice bowl over: "Eat, leave it for you." ”

"I'm not hungry, you eat, don't starve our children." Wang Zeru pushed the rice bowl back again, and looked at Hongyu lovingly.

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The people of the provincial capital were panicked, running back everywhere, almost becoming an empty city, the garrison headquarters erected a recruitment flag, and only a few dozen people were recruited in the past ten days, all of them were rogue men who had no food, and it is no wonder that all the children of Jiangdong were lost in Songhu and Nanjing, and the young men who were jumping around went out and came back with a jar of ashes, and no one wanted to send their children to the army.

Chen Shou was at a loss, so he could only follow Chen Zikun's instructions to send out all the guns and bullets in the arsenal, regardless of whether it was a flintlock arquebus in the Qing Dynasty or a miscellaneous Manlixia, Remington, and Martini in the Beiyang period, as long as it was a security team that was willing to resist Japan, the militia was armed, and it was distributed for free.

That's all that can be done, and whether Koto falls or not depends only on whether the Japanese come or not, which everyone knows very well.

Fortunately, the Japanese could not take care of the barren Jiangdong Province for the time being, China was too big, and they were like jackals pounced on the carcass of an elephant, full of fresh meat, how could they take care of bones.

Jiangdong is the bone, and Xuzhou, the intersection of Jinpu Road and Longhai Road, is a big fat meat, the fifth division of the Japanese army in the south and the tenth division in the north, the battle of Xuzhou with the Chinese army, fierce battle in Taierzhuang, the battle is huge, lasting several months, for the people of Jiangdong to run back to win time.

Chen Zikun flew to Wuhan to meet Chairman Chiang, and the three towns of Wuhan were devastated when he saw them from the air, all of which were the result of Japanese bombing.

Chen Zikun was filled with righteous indignation, and an idea came to him, he was bombed by the Japanese all day long, why not let them also taste the taste of being bombed.