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Shanghai, Public Concession.

In Jiaozhou Park, a simple military camp has become a holy place in the hearts of the people of Shanghai.

Because, stationed here are 800 brave men who fought bloody battles with the Japanese army.

The lone army camp covers an area of dozens of acres, when I first arrived, the ground was full of potholes, garbage was all over the ground, the housing was also very simple, the camp was surrounded by barbed wire elevated, guarded by the White Russian soldiers of the "International Merchant Regiment", the strong men could only operate in the barbed wire, in fact, it was a prisoner camp.

After the leveling and self-reliance of regiment commander Xie Jiyuan and many officers and men, the originally dilapidated and decayed barracks were completely renovated in a very short period of time and became the most beautiful scenery in the concession.

Outside the barbed wire, many people come every day to watch their flag-raising ceremonies, drills, and training.

Every morning at 6 o'clock, the loud military horn sounded, and the remaining 300 officers and men jumped up from their beds on time, dressed, brushed their teeth, washed their faces, and then went out for exercises.

At seven o'clock, the flag-raising ceremony.

At half past seven, we had breakfast.

At eight o'clock, the training begins, first physical fitness, boxing, knife skills......

At half past eleven o'clock at noon, lunch, rice or steamed buns, vegetable soup, very little meat, half-full, all food and materials came from donations from Shanghai citizens.

Take a break for an hour, about half past one, to learn about culture, and the instructors are from the officers in the army or the soldiers with high education.

All school supplies, including banknotes, are donated from the community......

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Every day, rain or shine, these soldiers have been living a strict life in the army, insisting on what a soldier should do, except that they are trapped here and cannot come and go freely. Repeatedly, without complaint.

Not only the people of Shanghai, but also the foreigners on loan admired this unit, they were the real soldiers.

"Tuanza, the Japanese want the concession authorities to request our extradition again." At the regimental headquarters of the 524th Regiment of the Lone Army Battalion, the deputy Shangguan Zhibiao, who was in charge of external liaison, said with a worried face.

"What do the British say?"

"The British have an ambiguous attitude. Dark. Their consistent policy was to appease Japan, but since they had covered our retreat into the concession in the first place, if they handed us over again, it would have no credibility, and I am afraid that for the sake of the British Empire's face, they would not easily agree to the demands of the Japanese. Shangguan Zhi said.

"That's the truth, but I always have a feeling of unsteadiness about the British." Xie Jiyuan frowned slightly.

"Yes. Although the British are gentlemanly and polite on the surface, they still bully the soft and fear the hard in their bones, and they put us under house arrest here, aren't they afraid of the Japanese? ”

"Ahem......"

"Lao Yang, why are you here, your injuries are not healed, why are you here." Hearing the cough, Xie Jiyuan and Shangguan Zhibiao got up together to greet them.

The person who came was a young man in his thirties. Emaciated figure, pale face. He is the commander of the first battalion, Yang Rui, who was shot through the lungs by a Japanese bullet when he was guarding the Sixing warehouse.

Although it is not fatal, it can be in the lonely military camp, and medical conditions are limited. Neither the medicine nor the medical skills of the military doctors are comparable to those of the specialists in the hospital.

Originally, they planned to send him to the concession hospital for treatment, but they were worried that the Japanese hated them to the core, and they dared to use any insidious means.

The British were afraid of the Japanese, and they were confined to a solitary barracks. can't go out at will, this sent Yang Rui to an outside hospital for treatment, in case he sent spies to assassinate him.

It was really unguardable, and Yang Rui himself didn't want to leave, so the condition dragged on like this, neither good nor bad, and Yang Rui's body also declined.

"Yang Yingzuo has felt chest tightness and discomfort in the past few days, and the wound is red and swollen, according to my diagnosis, it is inflamed and must be treated immediately." The accompanying military doctor complained.

"It's okay, I know my own body." Yang Rui reprimanded unhappily.

"Lao Yang, if it really doesn't work, we'll take you to the hospital." It is not easy for the brothers who can survive, and Xie Jiyuan will not allow any more non-combat attrition.

"Yes, Lao Yang, it's a big deal that I'll go and intercede with General Smolley, and ask him to arrange for you to go to the British army's field hospital for treatment, with the protection of the British, the Japanese don't dare to offend the British at this time." Shangguan Zhibiao said earnestly.

"No, I'm not going to the British." Yang Rui said resolutely.

"Lao Yang, your injury can't be delayed."

"Tuanzao, the regiment is much more seriously injured than me, Shi Meihao, the commander of the third company, his injury is serious, he is still lying in bed, what about me, I can still move, there is no problem with normal walking, if I want to go to the hospital, I should also let a seriously injured person like the third company commander go." Yang Rui said solemnly.

"Old Yang ......"

Yang Rui's persistence made Xie Jiyuan and Shangguan Zhibiao feel a headache, but they couldn't say anything about him, in the final analysis, this was under the fence, and he was aggrieved to do anything.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

The person who came in was a staff officer of the first battalion, Tang Pingzi.

"Danza, this is yesterday's newspaper." Tang Pingzi took out a piece of "Libao" with body temperature from his arms and handed it over.

The news of the lonely army camp was closed, and all news could only come from people and friends who came to visit the lone army, or from the White Russian guards outside who bought newspapers at high prices.

The "Libao" in Tang Pingzi's hand should have been bought back from the White Russians at a high price, and the dime newspaper, those White Russians wanted at least one piece, and it would not be the latest.

"'Yaksha' attacked the Japanese airfield and captured dozens of pilots......"

"Good!" Seeing this news, Xie Jiyuan applauded excitedly!

Shangguan Zhibiao and Yang Rui listened, and their eyes suddenly lit up, great.

"The Japanese Dispatch Army Command in Nanjing and Shanghai secretly contacted the 'Yaksha', hoping to exchange prisoners of war between China and Japan at an equivalent price in the form of a prisoner exchange, and the two sides may reach a preliminary prisoner exchange ......agreement."

"Prisoner exchange!"

Hearing the news, Xie Jiyuan and the others couldn't sit still any longer.

They were trapped in this lonely barracks, and although they were not guarded by Japanese soldiers, they were White Russian mercenaries of the "Chamber of Commerce", but they were no different from prisoners.

If they wanted to leave, it would not have been possible without the consent of the Japanese, in fact, they were slightly better off than the Japanese prisoners. You don't have to be brutally tortured by the Japanese army, everything else is no different.

They are not prisoners of war, even if they are "prisoners", I am afraid it will not be their turn.

"Don't think about it, even if what the newspaper says is true. Strictly speaking, we are not considered prisoners of war, but now the public concession has become an island, and even if the British promise us freedom, we will not be able to get out. Shangguan Zhibiao sighed.

"Yes, judging from the information disclosed in the newspaper, the Japanese wanted to secretly exchange prisoners, and the news leaked. Even if you want to exchange prisoners, you will be selected from the national army prisoner of war camps that were directly captured by the Japanese army, and we are afraid that we will not be able to. ”

"The Japanese negotiated with the 'Yaksha', and it is obvious that the decision to exchange prisoners is in their hands, and who to decide who to change, I am afraid that even the command will not count." Yang Ruidao.

"What Lao Yang said makes sense, but. No matter who you exchange back, as long as it is a brother of our national army. It's all the same. Xie Jiyuan said solemnly.

"Yes, it's all the same!"

"What should we do, what should we do, as long as we don't give up, we will go out."

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Tuanza ......."

"Military commander?" Xie Jiyuan was slightly surprised, they were trapped in this lonely military camp. Of course, the military commander paid attention to it and sent someone to get in touch with them, but Xie Jiyuan didn't like the military commander's set, although it was contacted, the relationship between the two sides was relatively average. Limited to the communication of a few messages.

Xie Jiyuan also knew the strength of the military commanders in Shanghai's underground, and they relied on gang forces and had great energy.

"Tuanza, why did the people from the military commander suddenly come to the door?" Everyone was surprised, after all, they rarely dealt with the military commanders, and did not deny the military commanders' contribution to intelligence, but as traditional soldiers, there was an instinctive rejection of such agents who lived in the dark.

Soldiers, one-on-one battles on the battlefield show their true heroic qualities.

"Tuanza, it's better to meet him and listen to what he says." Yang Rui sat down and took a sip of water.

"Well, since we're here, it's not good if we don't see us, Staff Officer Tang, you go and invite someone over." Xie Jiyuan instructed Tang Pingzi.

"Yes, Tuanza!"

Three minutes later, a middle-aged man wearing a long gray waistcoat, a black velvet top hat, and a cowhide briefcase in his hand was introduced to the regimental headquarters.

"Contemptible Wang Mu, I have seen Xie Tuanzuo and all the chiefs." The middle-aged man took off his top hat, bowed slightly, and said with a warm smile.

"Mr. Wang, please take a seat!" Xie Jiyuan stood up and greeted politely.

"Thank you!"

"I don't know if Mr. Wang is here, what's the matter?"

"The contemptible people are here to rescue Xie Tuanzuo and the chiefs from the sea of suffering." Wang Mu sat down, always with a warm smile on his face.

"How can you save us from the sea of suffering?"

Wang Mu's gaze suddenly moved to the "Libao" on the table, the dark line of words.

"It seems that Head Xie and all the chiefs already know."

"Know what?" Xie Jiyuan and the others were confused, and they didn't understand what Wang Mu was talking about.

"Prisoner exchange!"

"Prisoner exchange?" Xie Jiyuan smiled bitterly, "What does this prisoner exchange have to do with us?" ”

"Hehe, of course it has something to do with you." Wang Mu smiled mysteriously, opened the cowhide briefcase in his hand, took out a piece of letterhead from it, and handed it to Xie Jiyuandao, "Xie Tuanzuo, please take a look." ”

Xie Jiyuan took it with a blank face, and when he saw the content above, his face instantly swollen and red, which was excited.

"How about it, Xie Tuanza, it's okay now, right?" Wang Mu couldn't help but feel a little proud, being able to make the famous anti-Japanese hero so excited and out of shape, and it would be a talking point to talk about it in the future.

"Tuanza, what's written on it?" Shangguan Zhibiao and Yang Rui both stood up curiously, stretched out their heads and looked at Xie Jiyuan's hand.

"See for yourselves!" Xie Jiyuan handed the letterhead in his hand directly to them.

The two of them took it and looked at it together.

"This, this ......" After reading the content, Yang Rui and Shangguan Zhibiao were also extremely excited, Yang Rui's pale face was even more flushed, stroking his undulating chest, and his body was shaky.

"Quick, Medic!" Seeing this situation, he didn't know what was happening, so Xie Jiyuan hurriedly called the military doctor. (To be continued.) )