When Xu Shijiu walked into the barracks of the guard platoon, Shu Tongwen was busy with Li Zihan and Ergua in the dark, and he couldn't even take care of tonight's extra meal, Cao Mancang had already heated a bowl of beef several times, and no one had touched a single chopstick.

Before Xu Shijiu could speak, Ergua had already shouted: "Captain, I'm going to the theater." ”

Xu Shijiu wondered: "Ergua, I used to be in Shanghai, I remember that you don't like to watch dramas?" ”

Ergua's face turned red, he lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, and Li Zihan next to him smiled: "Captain, just now a courtesan from Fishing Alley came to the door and specially invited Ergua to listen to her play, it's beautiful." After that, Li Zihan bumped Shu Tongwen beside him with his shoulder and asked, "Tongwen, what is the name of the courtesan?" ”

"Red apricots." Shu Tongwen said, "She is the number one red card on the banks of the Qinhuai River. ”

"Ouch, I can't see that our second melon is quite feminine." Xu Jiu patted Ergua's cheek lovingly, and looked at it carefully, hey, don't say it, in addition to looking a little silly, this melon is also quite beautiful, pick it up, it's really a handsome guy, and said at the moment, "Okay, hurry up." ”

Ergua thanked Xu Nineteen, picked up his crutches and hurried away.

Xu Shijiu smiled, turned back to Shu Tongwen and asked, "Tongwen, what's wrong?" ”

Shu Tongwen picked up a big photo of Tang Shengzhi and said, "It's just a picture." After a few minutes, the outline of the photo was engraved on the transparent plastic sheet, and then colored, and after a few minutes, Tang Shengzhi's color portrait appeared vividly on the plastic sheet.

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By the time Ergua limped out of town, Hongxing had already finished singing Zuihou

Hongxing was worried that Ergua would be sad in her heart, so she specially came over to comfort Ergua: "Ergua, don't be sad, when you beat away the little devil, you come to Cuixi Building, and my sister will sing you a Qinhuai Fengyue." ”

"Yo, Sister Hongxing, are you going to recommend yourself for a pillow?"

"Sister Hongxing, this Brother Bing is very beautiful, but he is a little silly."

The sisters of Cuixi Building came over to joke, but Hongxing said unimpressedly: "What's wrong?" It's good. ”

Ergua was so ashamed that his chin touched his chest, and his face was as red as a monkey's buttocks, but the big-headed soldiers nearby saw that their eyes were straight, and they all swallowed their saliva violently, thinking that Ergua was really a good mother, and he could laugh at close range with these famous prostitutes in Qinhuai, even if he died in battle tomorrow, it would be worth it.

Several prostitutes in Cuixi Lou desperately made fun of Ergua, but Hongxing maintained it in every possible way, it was really fate, and when she saw Ergua for the first time in front of the Confucius Temple during the day, Hongxing felt very kind, and when she knew that Ergua was an orphan without father and mother, she was even more strongly maternal by Jī, and especially wanted to protect Ergua.

The sisters were talking and laughing around Ergua, and a loud military horn suddenly sounded not far away.

As soon as the whistle sounded, the officers and soldiers who were walking towards the garrison in twos and threes turned around one after another, and rushed over at the speed of a 100-meter sprint.

When more than 18,000 officers and men of the 74th Army gathered in the Guangjian Field outside the town, a high-power searchlight suddenly lit up on the archway on the left side of the Guangjian Field, and the dazzling strong light shone down, illuminating the temporary main table under the archway, and I don't know when the main platform was already full of senior generals of the 74th Army.

When there was a young general standing first, the three generals on the collar badge were shining, it was Yu Jishi, the commander of the 74th Army, behind Yu Jishi, stood Wang Yaowu and Feng Shengfa, and behind the two division commanders stood the deputy division commander, chief of staff and brigade commander of the 5L Division and the 58th Division, which can be said to be star-studded.

Yu Jishi stepped forward and stood in front of the microphone and asked loudly, "Brothers, is the meat delicious?" ”

The microphone transmitted Yu Jishi's voice a few hundred meters away, and more than 18,000 officers and soldiers responded violently: "It's delicious." ”

Yu Jishi asked again: "Is tonight's play good?" ”

"Sounds good!" More than 18,000 officers and soldiers responded again.

"Good!" Yu Jishi nodded and said loudly, "Eat well and play well tonight, then you will be a good man for me on the battlefield tomorrow, don't be a coward!" Now show you a piece of diorama. ”

After that, Yu Jishi left the main table with a group of senior generals, and Shu Tongwen took two soldiers to move a slide projector to the main stage, the searchlight was quickly turned off, but the light of the slide projector was lit up, and a faint beam of light shot out through the window and projected on the screen hanging on the archway.

The first thing that appeared on the screen was a mulberry-shaped map of the country, and the four islands of Japan in the east were dyed red, like a red blood-sucking leech, and in the whispers of more than 18,000 officers and soldiers, a red arrow suddenly appeared, taking the four islands of Japan as a side, and slowly stretched across the Korean Peninsula into the three eastern provinces.

At the same time, Shu Tongwen's deep voice also sounded in the darkness: "In the 20th year of the Republic of China, in 918, more than 400,000 Northeast Army troops withdrew without a fight in the face of 20,000 Japanese troops, and the three eastern provinces fell. ”

The buzzing in the audience stopped abruptly, and many officers and soldiers showed shame on their faces, although this asshole thing was done by the Northeast Army, or Zhang Shaoshuai, but as party-state soldiers, they also felt that their faces were gloomy, and this was not only a shame for the Northeast Army, but also a shame for every soldier of the Central Army.

On the screen, the red arrow continues to stretch forward, pointing directly at Rehe.

"In the twenty-second year of the Republic of China, 128 devil cavalry entered Chengde, and Rehe fell

The red arrow continues to stretch forward, pointing directly at Beiping, Tianjin, and even the entire land of North China.

"In July of the 26th year of the Republic of China, Xiao Ri brazenly launched a full-scale invasion of China, and in less than three months, almost all of Beiping, Tianjin, and even the entire Hebei Province fell, and 80 million compatriots became slaves of the country."

On the screen, the mulberry leaf map penetrated by the blood-colored arrows was suddenly withdrawn, and it was replaced by a street scene of Beijing under the flames of war, a cold bayonet stabbed down obliquely from the upper left of the screen, and there were red blood beads sliding down the blade, and on the long street under the bayonet, there was a mountain of corpses paved by countless old and young women and children.

Then the screen was changed back to the mulberry leaf-shaped map of the country, and another blood-red arrow stretched out from the four islands of the Japanese and the capital, like a sharp blade, crossing the sea and piercing Shanghai, Shu Tongwen's deep voice immediately sounded: "In August, Xiao Ri Jianben sent troops to Shanghai, and the Battle of Songhu began, and after more than three months of fierce battles, Shanghai fell. ”

At this moment, all the veterans who had participated in the Battle of Songhu lowered their heads.

The picture on the screen was changed again, this time it was replaced by a village in the flames of war, in the lens, the smoke burning in the distant village was clearly visible, and under a big tree nearby, there were several corpses hanging upside down.

"This photo was found in the satchel of a Japanese soldier who was killed, this village is a small village near Jinshanwei, before the Japanese Tenth Army landed in Jinshanwei, the commander Yanagawa Heisuke had ordered that after going ashore, no matter the mountains, rivers, grass and trees, they are all enemies, which means that all the people and animals they see along the way will be killed."

There was a commotion in the audience, and a certain breath that had fallen into a deep sleep gradually woke up.

The image on the screen changed again, but this time it was a young woman, facing the sharp bayonets of the Japanese invaders, but she bravely puffed up her chest, behind her, snuggled up with five children, the eldest was eight or nine years old, the youngest was only a few months old, held tightly in the arms of the eldest sister, in front of the young woman, and a basket of overturned eggs.

In the darkness, Shu Tongwen's mournful voice sounded again: "This is a young mother, she saved a basket of eggs by saving money, she was reluctant to give it to the young children, but she wanted to take it out and give it to the national army, but when she faced the bayonets of the Japanese invaders, when she needed our protection, we ...... Where is it? ”

The image on the screen was changed again, but it was an embarrassed image of the national army's hasty retreat, the black pressure of the people's head surged, the not spacious highway was crowded, several cannons were pushed down on the side of the road, light and heavy machine guns and rifles were thrown everywhere, and the few national troops closest to the camera were all glazed and panicked.

"Where are we? We're fleeing Shanghai! ”

"When the citizens of Shanghai need our protection the most, when the old and young women in the Songhu area are cowardly facing the bayonets of the Japanese invaders and facing the threat of death, we are fleeing from Shanghai, brothers, we eat the people's and drink the people's, but when the people need us, we abandon them and run, shame, shame!"

The picture on the screen was changed again, but this time it was the scene of Nanjing citizens coming to labor during the day.

Shu Tongwen's heavy voice sounded again: "Now, the citizens of Nanjing have brought us food, drink, and smoke, and also invited the opera troupe to sing for us. ”

"Dead shovel, this time the old man won't run, and he won't run anymore!"

"Fight, fight with the dog's little day, turtle's son."

"His grandmother is a bear, if he runs away again this time, the old man can't afford to lose that person!"

"That's right, don't run this time, this time you won't run even if you kill the old man."

Under the stage, more than 18,000 officers and men of the 74th Army were suddenly indignant.

On the screen, a huge photo of Tang Shengzhi, commander of the Nanjing garrison, suddenly appeared, and a recording of Tang Shengzhi at yesterday's press conference was played: "I dare not say anything else about the defense of Nanjing in this battle, but there are two things that can be guaranteed: first, there will be no chaos in the face of danger, and there will be no danger in the face of difficulties, and second, there will be no order from the leader to take half a step back, and vow to live and die with Nanjing!" ”