Mrs. Yao is telling the truth. The war is chaotic, and the unlucky ones are always the common people, and the dignitaries and nobles have a way. There are a lot of people who hoard Juqi, and it is really difficult to make a fortune in the country, especially the foreign goods that are in demand from Hong Kong, which are definitely a transaction for money.

"Lei Lei, it's not a way to sit and eat empty, Zikun is not here, we have to live." Mrs. Yao stroked her daughter's hair, very loving, and Mrs. Beiyang Traffic, the deputy chief of Beiyang Transportation, who had infinite scenery in the past, already had a lot of gray hair on her sideburns.

Suddenly, a scream came from the door: "Grandma! ”

Jianbing came back with Yan'er and Xiaonan, and now the siblings are studying in a school for orphans of martyrs, and Jianbing is responsible for picking them up every day.

When Yao Qizhen and his wife saw their granddaughter returning, they suddenly burst into tears, and their hearts and liver babies screamed, holding tears in their eyes, Xiao Nan stayed on the side and watched, his grandparents were left in the enemy-occupied area, and they couldn't enjoy the caresses of their ancestors.

"Xiao Nan, look at the gift that Grandpa brought you." Yao Qizhen thought very thoughtfully, didn't pull down Xiaonan's share, took out toys and snacks in the bag and coaxed the two children aside, and the adults continued to talk about business.

Yao Qizhen said: "Zikun sacrificed, Xiaoqing's whereabouts are unknown, have you sent a telegram to report to Xiaobei?" ”

Yao Yilei replied: "Not yet, for fear of affecting his studies, Xiaobei, this child follows his father, full of enthusiasm, in case he has to quarrel to return to China, wouldn't he jump into the fire pit, Chongqing doesn't know how long it can last, relatively speaking, it is still the safest in the United States." ”

Mrs. Yao's eyes lit up: "Then it's better to find a way to send Yan'er and Xiaonan to the United States to study." ”

Yao Yilei didn't seem to be very enthusiastic, and said, "Let's talk about it." ”

Mrs. Yao didn't give up, and mentioned the matter of running a single gang: "Zikun was an official of the Aviation Commission before his death, and everyone who flew the plane knew him, Lei Lei, you ran the line of Hong Kong and Chongqing, which is absolutely the most suitable, others can only bring small packages, and the weight of luggage is limited, so you must be different." ”

Yao Yilei was still not interested, and was bent on reviving her husband's career, Jian Bing thought deeply when she heard it, and took the initiative to ask: "Come on, I can put it down, it's okay if the family doesn't have an account, the whole family has to eat and go to school, the expenses are too great, and the money is constantly depreciating. ”

So it was decided, Jianbing was responsible for running orders to help make money, Yao Yilei was in charge of the overall situation, and Yao Qizhen and his family stayed in Chongqing to help take care of the children.

……

In Beitai, there are mountains of firewood piled up on the river beach, dozens of corpses wrapped in white cloth waiting to be cremated, these soldiers were killed in an ambush during the sweep in Nantai, and the battle was already over when the reinforcements arrived, the soldiers' weapons and ammunition were all taken away, and the corpses were neatly stacked on the side of the road.

Soldiers who died in battle are usually cremated nearby, and the ashes are sent back to the country for burial, and a military cao is poured gasoline, firewood is lit, and after the body is burned, some large bones are picked up, some slag is swept into the jar, and the name is pasted to complete the task.

A bunch of bullets were picked out, and Captain Takeshita bent down to check with emotion, but found clues, these bullets are different from the 79 rifle bullets and 762 Mauser pistol bullets commonly used by the Chinese army, as if they are American pistol bullets of four or five calibers.

This is the bullet commonly used by Chen Zikun's Northern Thai Army, they are heavily equipped with American Thompson hand-held machine guns, this rapid-fire weapon has an advantage in encounters and ambush battles, and the four- or five-caliber bullet is even more powerful, and the shell gun bullet can still maintain combat effectiveness, and when it is hit by a four- or five-caliber bullet, no matter how strong the willpower of the soldier is, he has to fall, so the imperial army is very impressed by this bullet.

Takeshita Osa couldn't help but worry, could it be that the last Chinese troops in Northern Thailand did not die under the municipal building, but the golden cicada broke out of its shell?

Takeshita Daisa immediately ordered the excavation of the ruins of the city hall.

At this time, the reconstruction work of North Thailand has been carried out, under the bayonets of the Japanese army, the people who were forcibly recruited to clean up the ruins, build artillery towers, without any mechanical equipment, all rely on manpower, and the slow movement will be whipped by the Japanese army, the people are miserable, Dazuo gave an order, they were driven to the city hall, and dozens of tons of cement bricks and tiles were forcibly removed, and finally the import of the underground air-raid shelter was exposed.

The Japanese army went down to search, and sure enough, they did not find the bodies of Chen Shou, Chen Qilin, Xue Bin and others, and the air-raid shelter was connected to the sewer, extending in all directions, and they must have escaped from here.

"Yaga!" Takeshita Dazuo was furious, he somewhat understood, the last time someone sneaked into the city and killed a Shaozuo and two men, the imperial army searched for the whole city but returned in vain, and the assassin must have escaped from the sewers.

He sent men into the sewers and welded the main gates with iron grates to prevent the enemy from infiltrating again.

Back in the office, Takeshita Daisa took out a copy of the "Overview of the Geographical Records of the Soldiers of Koto Province in China" compiled by the General Staff Headquarters from the bookshelf. Since the First Sino-Japanese War, the Imperial Army has been committed to navigating the mainland, sending spies to draw maps of various parts of China, studying folk customs, and the military maps drawn by the General Staff Headquarters are even more accurate than those drawn by the people themselves.

Open this book of military gazetteers, it is clearly written that Jiangdong Province is divided into north and south regions by the Huai River, the people in the south are simple and cowardly, and there are similarities with the people in the Yangtze River Delta region, while the people in the Jiangbei region are fierce and wild, tenacious, hard-working, and the geography of mountains and rivers is also relatively complicated, Daqing Mountain is vast and unfathomable, and even the military map only roughly marks the elevation of a few peaks.

Takeshita Osa furrowed his brows, the 45th Wing was originally a front-line field force, but now it is used for garrison tasks, which is already a kind of punishment, if the guerrillas in the jurisdiction cannot be eliminated, I am afraid that there will be no future.

The adjutant came in and reported: "Dazuo, Xia Sang asks to see." ”

"Let him in." Takeshita Dasa was a little displeased, this Xia Jingqi was not doing well, if it weren't for the face of the intelligence agency, he would have been shot long ago.

Xia Jingqi strode in, wearing a suit, breeches and leather boots, and a royal hat, dressed in a nondescript manner, and saluted when he entered the door: "Your Excellency Dazuo, I have important information, Chen Zikun is still alive!" ”

"Nani!" Takeshita Dazuo jumped up suddenly, this is explosive news, the command of the dispatch army has confirmed the death of Chen Zikun, and Chongqing has also held a state funeral, how can he still be alive.

"Yours, tell me more!"

Xia Jingqi didn't dare to sell Guanzi, 1510 recounted the information, after Xia Dalong's death, the Xia family collapsed, but there are some distant relatives who live in the Kushuijing area, and have been bullied by the Chen family for more than ten years.

After the Battle of Beitai, there were 100 people from the countryside, and their faces were very familiar, Chen Zikun, Chen Shou, Xue Bin, as well as Gong Zijun, the eldest young master of the Gong family, and Yan Su, the former chairman of Jiangdong Province, all gathered in the area of Xiamapo and Gongjia Village, recruiting troops and horses, in an attempt to fight against the imperial army.

"Xia Sang, is the information accurate?" Takeshita Dazuo was so excited that he grabbed Xia Jingqi's collar.

"Your Excellency Dazuo, I dare to guarantee my life, there will be no mistake, Chen Zikun is a tall man, wearing an American-style leather jacket, and everyone in the countryside knows him."

Yoshiharu Takeshita paced back and forth, the saber at his waist was sonorous, and his heart was full of grandeur, and the merits of Admiral Takeshina's capture were enough to offset the shame of the loss of the wing flag, and maybe this battle could also bring the wing back to the field sequence and no longer be a second-rate garrison.

But the things recorded in the military gazetteer also made him a little worried, the people of Jiangbei were too strong, in the early years of the Republic of China, there were bandits everywhere here, basically adult men would fiddle with firearms, and the imperial army wanted to surprise him, and he had to make detailed arrangements in advance.

"Xia San!"

"Dazuo!"

"The Imperial Army has important responsibilities to be handed over to you, can you be confident?"

"Great faith! Do your best and then work! ”

"Yo Xi, let your cousin secretly investigate the law and scope of Chen Zikun and others' activities, report regularly, don't worry about the reward, the military ticket is big."

"Hay!"

……

Nantai, at the Dawanghe Wharf in the dark, Chen Zikun and Liu Ting were saying goodbye: "When we arrived in the provincial capital, everything went according to plan." ”

"Understood, I will contact Liu Youjin to purchase medicines, weapons and ammunition and send them to Jiangbei."

"You can also make a few more trips to Shanghai, the concession is still safe, and you can entrust Li Yaoting to help you with things that can't be bought in the provincial capital, and Lin Wenjing and her mother, it's time to go back recently, I can't get out, so I'll leave it to you."

Liu Ting nodded: "Don't worry, I will definitely send them to Hong Kong safely." ”

"Also, when I arrived in Shanghai, I sent a telegram to Chongqing to report safety."

"Well, I made a note of it."

Zeng Jiao, who was sitting on the bow of the boat, let out a whistle to signal that it was time to start the boat.

Chen Zikun suddenly made a move and hugged Liu Ting tightly in his arms, this was the first time that the two showed their intimacy in public, Liu Ting was very worried that the parents, younger sisters, and little niece sitting on the boat would see it, but then they calmed down, in the era of fire, every goodbye may be life and death, what is there to worry about.

The wooden boat set sail silently, the cabin was black and empty, only Liu Cunren's cigarette butt was extinguished, ran back and ran for a few months, and finally returned to the starting point, the loss of more than half of the family wealth, the most precious collection of books was also lost, I knew what to toss, all blamed on the Japanese, insatiable invasion of China, otherwise I would still be working in the provincial government, and the family would be happy, how good.

Compared to Nantai, the provincial capital is still safe, the Japanese in order to buy people's hearts, no longer carry out massacres, but also appointed Liu Youjin as the maintenance president, back to his hometown, do not have to worry about his livelihood, the only worry is to stay in Nantai to fight guerrilla son Xiaoyong, the war is extremely cruel, I don't know when the yin and yang will be separated.

On the bank of the Pingchuan River, the horse's hooves galloped, and Chen Zikun and Liu Xiaoyong galloped along the river bank to see off their relatives.