The Japanese were probably aware of the attempt of the North Thai defenders to use the airfield to break out. began to bombard the runway violently, but Chen Zikun and the others had already given up the airport, found a car to pull the last plane away, and did not forget to pour gasoline on a fire before leaving, destroy the corpse, and help Wang Sanliu extinguish the evidence of the fire and crime.

Chen Zikun and others pulled the plane onto Liberty Avenue, this straight asphalt road was considered to undertake the task of a wartime runway at the beginning of construction, there was not a single car on the road, only a few broken bricks and tiles, the soldiers urgently cleaned up, the pilot climbed into the plane, started the engine, and the propeller spun.

Suddenly, a herald ran from the direction of the city hall headquarters and reported to Chen Zikun: "Chongqing emergency telegram, order you to evacuate quickly." ”

The sound of the propeller became louder and louder, and Chen Zikun pointed to the plane and shouted: "Got it~~"

The pilot poked his head out of the cockpit and made a boarding gesture to Chan.

With the sound of artillery roaring in the distance, the Japanese launched an attack on the last fortress in North Thailand, and the heralds hurried back, just as a group of soldiers who had withdrawn from the airport carried the wounded passing by, Chen Zikun beckoned them to carry the seriously wounded onto the plane, and also took off his military uniform and covered a soldier with a broken leg.

This plane can only carry ten people, and there are even fewer stretchers, and the pilot is anxious: "Director Chen, hurry up!" ”

Chen Zikun waved his hand: "Let's go, I'll stay!" ”

The Japanese artillery fire had already extended to Freedom Avenue, and it was too late to go any further, so the pilots had no choice but to take off under artillery fire, and the last plane left North Thailand, and the airfield was lost.

At the headquarters of the city hall, cannonballs rained down, and dust fell on the bombed ceiling, Yan Su couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Chen Zikun coming in: "Didn't you withdraw?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "You haven't left, how can I go, besides, my wife and children have fallen into the hands of the Japanese, if you don't save them, I vow not to leave Jiangbei." ”

After Yan Su understood the situation, he said: "I said a long time ago to let my younger brothers and sisters evacuate first, but you just didn't listen, alas, now you can only count on the person surnamed Wang, by the way, just now we have telegraphed back to Chongqing, saying that you take the opportunity to evacuate." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Send the report again, I will draft the draft." ”

Yan Su said: "Just after sending the telegram, the transmitter was blown up, and we have lost all contact with the outside world. ”

Chan asked, "How many more are there?" ”

"There are still more than 100 people in the headquarters, and it is not clear elsewhere, the Japanese army has divided and surrounded us."

"Execute the final plan, withdraw!" Chen Zikun's tone was a little heavy, he paid a huge price, and he still lost Beitai after all, but as a soldier, this is where the duty lies.

In the evening, the Japanese army launched a final attack, and finally occupied the city hall building after a bloody battle, looking at the Japanese army standing on the building they were most proud of in the distance, dancing and waving the sun flag, Xiao Lang calmly picked up the dagger, and put the cold blade on his neck.

"Xiao Sang, you are not afraid of death, are you still afraid of living!" Behind him, there was a question from Taji Chaoyi.

"Beitai is dead, and there is no point in my life." Xiao Lang didn't look back, his eyes were full of devastation, the once bustling and noisy city has become a ruined wall, a scorched earth, fierce street fighting, and not even a complete house has been left in the center.

"Xiao Sang, there are still your compatriots in the city, and you still need to build the ruins, let's build the Imperial Paradise together." General Tian Lu said earnestly.

Xiao Lang finally put down the knife: "Tian Lujun, thank you for reminding me, I can't die, my citizens need me." ”

The fortress of North Thailand, which had been fought for several months, was finally overcome, and the former building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government, now the headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army, was jubilant, even more excited than the capture of Wuhan, because Beitai was an example of resolute resistance set by the propaganda system of the Chongqing authorities, and Chen Zikun has always maintained an invincible glorious image.

At the Beitai airport, the sappers were sweating to repair the runway, and the two planes landed before and after, and they came respectively, General Shunroku Hatata, commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, and Major General Naosaburo Okabe, chief of staff of the North China Front, and Major General Okabe arrived on the same plane as a woman wearing the uniform of a general of the Xing'an Army of Manchukuo, who is said to be the sister of Emperor Kant, a red man of the Kwantung Army, Ms. Jin Bihui, whose Japanese name is Yoshiko Kawashima, and this unreliable action was planned by her.

In the final stage of the campaign, both the North China Front and the Kwantung Army extended a helping hand and sent the Manchukuo Joint Special Air Support Force of the Kwantung Army, which was training on the North China Plain, to the Beitai airfield, but the communication was slightly poor, and the Tianlu detachment was not officially notified until the end of the campaign.

The special air force did not achieve any decent results, but lost many horses, and the captains and deputy captains of the Kwantung Army all died honorably in the crossfire with the defenders of the airport, but the Manchukuo Army survived by luck, and the generals were quite complaining about this, but in order to balance all sides, everyone tacitly said that the victory of the North Thai was the result of the concerted efforts of all parties.

Yoshiko Kawashima took out a handkerchief to cover her nose to block the stench of rotting corpses, and asked, "Where is Chen Zikun's body?" ”

Major General Tian Lu said: "I'm sorry, the enemy blew up the air-raid shelter at the last moment, and the corpses were crushed under 10,000 tons of concrete fragments, and it was really impossible to dig up." ”

Yoshiko Kawashima chuckled: "That's that I didn't kill him, I know this person very well, but it's not so easy to die." ”

The sixth general of the sixth army also said: "Tian Lujun, for the sake of safety, it is better to clean up the scene and dig up the corpses of the enemy generals, so as to hit the morale of Chongqing." ”

Tian Lu was unhappy in his heart, but he still bowed his head: "Hai." ”

Wang Sanliu, a colonel of the Manchukuo Praetorian Guard, accompanied the Japanese generals to inspect the battlefield together, this time he was considered to have taken a shit luck, a fire in the hangar destroyed all the incriminating evidence, and his brothers were even more tight-lipped, and the fire and the affairs of his Japanese colleagues became a secret, and he became a combat hero and a model figure of Japan-Manchurian goodwill.

Yoshiko Kawashima walked beside Wang Sanliu and gently hit him with her elbow: "Wang Sang, go back to me and report the results." Said an ambiguous wink.

Wang Sanliu Khan has come down, and the iron-like sturdy man can't stand a wolf-like lady like Yoshiko Kawashima.

But in order to protect himself and his brothers, he had no choice but to obediently obey: "Hai." ”

At the end of the inspection, Wang Sanliu returned to the station, where he had his brothers forcibly occupy a building and hide the old lady and the captive woman.

Seeing her son come back, Aunt Wang said eagerly: "Fang Guan, what are you going to do?" ”

Wang Sanliu said: "We are from the northeast to participate in the war, we can't stay for long, mother, you go back to Xinjing with me, meet your daughter-in-law and grandson, these people ......" He looked at Lin Wenjing and the others.

"She's my mother's goddaughter, don't be bad." Aunt Wang became vigilant.

Wang Sanliu smiled: "Mother, she is not your goddaughter, she is Chen Zikun's daughter-in-law." ”

……

At Chongqing Coral Dam Airport, the first batch of family members who arrived by plane were looking forward to waiting for their relatives to return, but more than ten hours had passed, and there was still no news.

The military committee said that it had received a telegram from Beitai that Chen Zikun had already left Beitai by plane, and it was supposed to have arrived, and he did not know what had gone wrong on the way.

Uneasy emotions permeated the airport, Yao Yilei held Jian Bing's hand tightly, and muttered: "It's going to be fine, it's going to be okay." Jian Bing's hand was extremely cold, but he still smiled: "Yes, the old man Ji is a natural appearance, he must have flown elsewhere halfway, he is a person, he likes this." ”

After waiting for a while, it was getting dark, and a plane came back from the east, Yan'er ran out happily, but came back again, it was a reconnaissance plane, not the plane that her father was on.

Suddenly, a team of cars came, and it turned out to be Song Meiling, the wife of the chairman, who got out of the car, her face was extremely solemn and she was wearing a black cheongsam.

Yao Yilei had a bad premonition, and suddenly stood up, her voice dry: "Madame......"

Song Meiling brushed her tears down, stepped forward to hug Yao Yilei and Jianbing, and the two of them understood, and suddenly burst into tears.

Yan'er is a smart girl, and she suddenly guessed the reason why the adults were crying, and shouted, "Daddy is fine, I'm going to find Daddy." With that, he ran to the runway.

Xiao Nan's ears are weak, and he doesn't have hearing aids, but he can see from everyone's mouth shape that something happened, he is only more than eight years old, but he is already sensible, and he also cried loudly.

Yao Yilei was more tenacious in the end, cried for a while, wiped her tears and said, "Madam, where is my general's sacrifice?" ”

Song Meiling said: "An hour ago, our guerrillas found the wreckage of a plane in Hubei, the tail number was the one that Zikun was riding, and the members of the plane were all charred, and one of the corpses had the metal rank of general remaining......"

Yao Yilei bit her lip tightly and nodded vigorously: "I'm going to Hubei and pick him up." ”

Song Meiling said: "The chairman of the committee has ordered that General Chen's remains be sent to Chongqing at all costs. ”

……

Late at night, Beitai, Huaijiang municipal sewer outlet, the iron grate was gently opened, a dirty head poked out, looked left and right, confirmed safety, and then slowly climbed out, armed with a guard, and then crawled out again, another one, each of them was stinking and full of filth.

"I already knew the rough design of this section of the sewage pipeline, and I don't need to bury it so much." Chen Shou complained.

Chen Zikun said: "Isn't it that in the end, there is a shortage of funds, and the money is used to buy artillery and tanks. ”

More than 100 people climbed out of the sewage pipe, standing waist-deep in the sewage, and several leaders whispered: "Where to go?" ”

Chen Zikun looked at the Japanese gunboats cruising in the river in the distance, and said: "The southeast and northwest are full of devils, and there is no way to run, so I can only go to Nantai first, and the idea is to break through from Daqingshan." ”

Everyone waded through the water, found a reed swing and climbed in, carried a package containing captured Japanese military uniforms, picked some clean ones to change into, and took advantage of the darkness to go southwest.