The sky is full of colorful clouds, and the tired birds think of returning.

Leidian Town, which has dense water network, is located in the middle of Deqing County, south of Tangqi junction of Yuhang County, Hangzhou, north of Xiashe, east of Gouli is adjacent, west of Chengguan border, ancient canal and Huhang Highway traverse the territory, about 18 kilometers away from Wukang Town, the county seat, more than 40 kilometers away from Hangzhou downtown.

The once prosperous city of Leidian is now in shambles, full of ruined walls, collapsed houses, corpses and burning trees, large and small pieces of masonry scattered in every corner of the town, and the brutal massacre has turned the once quiet and peaceful town into a living hell.

In order to speed up the march, the Japanese army did not carry food, and relied on fighting to feed the war and robbing the grain and livestock of ordinary people along the way.

The Japanese army used the food looted by Leidian to feast on it, and the captured men, women, and children were all killed after cooking, and in order to ensure physical strength, there was no wheel. In the case of rape of women, the Japanese army still brutally stripped all the women naked, stabbed them with bayonets into the organs of the human body, and satisfied the animal nature by listening to the terrible screams

Amid the shouting of officers at all levels, the Japanese army began to form a group, and a wing as the vanguard had begun to slowly march towards Hangzhou.

The sunset is gorgeous and beautiful, inlaying everything on the earth with a layer of golden yellow, which is extremely beautiful.

In this strange country, surrounded by hateful eyes, and unfamiliar road conditions, most of the Japanese troops were reluctant to march at night, but the obedience that had been formed for a long time still made them obey orders and get ready to go on the road.

Lieutenant General Sonobe Kazuichiro, who turned over on his horse, was in high spirits, threw out a beautiful whip flower from the horse whip in his hand, turned his head and shouted to the herald:

"Order the whole army, seize the time to forcibly march, we must rush to Hangzhou City before sunset tomorrow, if anyone slacks, severe punishment will not be granted"

"Hail"

The two heralds saluted solemnly, and then they both whipped the chariot, and the horses neighed with their hooves raised, and they went back and forth.

The chief of staff of the Seventh Division, Yoshio Fujimoto, hesitated a little, clamped his legs, let his horse close to Sonobe Kazuichiro, and asked: "General, our division is still in Deqing, and it is still more than forty kilometers away from Hangzhou. If we had forced the march overnight, even if we had arrived outside Hangzhou on time, the officers and men would have been exhausted. Wu Ming's damn devil is leading the new second division towards Hangzhou City, if I meet them, I'm afraid ......"

"Don't worry"

Kazuichiro Sonobe smiled disdainfully, tilted his head and said proudly, "The officers and soldiers of the empire armed with the spirit of bushido don't care about this little fatigue at all. Our 7th Division is the main division of the empire, invincible, even if Wu Ming is the devil, we will catch him, and kill the new 2nd Division from top to bottom."

Hearing Sonobe's arrogant words, Chief of Staff Fujimoto didn't know what to say. As early as when the 7th Division was heading south, Okamura Ninji deliberately took Fujimoto Yoshio's hand and warned him to admonish Sonobe Kazuichiro not to be hot-headed and act according to the predetermined plan.

But when they really go to the battlefield, how can Sonobe and Ichiro tie their hands and feet with a piece of paper?

Remembering Okamura Ninji's entrustment, Chief of Staff Fujimoto struck hard and suggested: "General Sonobe, due to the continuous ambushes on the Eastern Front, the 18th Division is still advancing slowly on the Qingyun line east of Kipshi, should we also be careful to avoid being attacked in the same way?" ”

"No"

Kazuichiro Sonobe flatly refused: "Now the new second division is no longer able to free up its hands to deal with our people There is a saying, the soldiers are fast. According to the news from the intelligence department, the city of Hangzhou is now in chaos, and a large number of citizens have fled for their lives since the morning, and if we do not hurry up, our division will not be able to achieve any results. ”

Seeing that Sonobe and Ichiro had made up their minds, Chief of Staff Fujimoto sighed helplessly and rode forward.

As night falls, the lights come on.

In the provincial government compound southeast of Hangzhou, the staff are nervously sorting out documents and packing boxes.

Huang Shao was so anxious that his lips were foaming, the provincial government documents and archives were piled up, and the population, financial and tax records, and local chronicles of various cities and counties were mixed together, with many names, where could they be sorted out for a while?

Since Luo Yuming's departure time after the release of the most deluge, Huang Shao has not rested.

Just as Huang Shao leaned down to pick up a file to check, a middle-aged man with glasses walked up to Huang Shao, his expression was a little decadent and gloomy: "Chairman Huang, there are too many things we have to prepare, I'm afraid we won't be able to prepare well in two days."

Huang Shao stood up from the ground and shouted at the comer: "What two days, didn't I say that everything will be ready before sunrise tomorrow?" ”

"I'm sorry, I admit that I made a mistake in my work, but the problem is real, can you ask the new second division for mercy and delay it for a day?" The middle-aged man bowed his head and admitted his mistake.

Huang Shao shook his head again and again, suddenly realized that his attitude was not good, and slowed down his tone: "It's better to hurry up, I'm not ignorant of your practical difficulties, but the Japanese are coming over immediately, and it will be dangerous to stay in Hangzhou for a quarter of an hour...... Alas......" Huang Shao sighed and said bitterly: "Zong Chao, you are an old man who has followed me since Guangxi, you should understand my current difficulties, don't complain at this time, let alone resist, try to deal with it as soon as possible." ”

Sun Zongchao smiled bitterly. He also knew the difficulties of the old governor of Lu Dao, due to the decline of the Gui lineage, Huang Shao, who was even the head of a province, was successively suppressed by Yu Jishi, Xuan Tiewu and other Chiang Kai-shek henchmen, Sun Zongchao has been having a hard time, and he is a man with his tail between his legs all day long. However, if the documents and files are not transferred, when they need to be used to drive out the Japanese in the future, he, the confidential section chief, will have to bear the black pot.

"Alas"

Huang Shao sighed again: "Give up what should be discarded, don't go to the old and don't come to the new, those things that are not too important, destroy them on the spot, don't let a little tatter drag us down." The Japanese devils are coming soon, and if something goes wrong, we'll all die, understand? ”

"Okay"

Sun Zongchao replied with difficulty, turned his head to look out of the dark window, and said to Huang Shao: "Chairman Huang, it's not early, I want to ask for leave to go home for a light meal, you see-"

Seeing Sun Zongchao's longing eyes, Huang Shao suddenly understood that the situation was so urgent, he must have wanted to go home and settle down.

Human nature, such a simple request, how can Huang Shao not agree?

"As long as you don't delay your business, let's go home after arranging work, but come back soon, and be ready tomorrow morning." When Huang Shao said this, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he seemed to be smiling: "Zong Chao, how can you sweep the world if you don't sweep a house?" Things at home must be taken care of. ”

Huang Shao said this for a reason, a month ago, Sun Zongchao brought home a beautiful little woman, which caused a quarrel between his wife and concubine, and he actually came to the provincial capital several times.

Sun Zongchao smiled awkwardly, nodded and retreated.

"Chairman Huang, Commander Wu of the new Second Division is here"

About an hour after Sun Zongchao left, the confidential officer rushed into the office and said loudly to Huang Shao.

"Good"

Huang Shao blurted out, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

If there is no such a strong force as the New Second Division, the retreat of the provincial government will be in a very unfavorable situation, not to mention anything else, just those traitor armies who have been bought by the Japanese will not be able to guard against it. Now that Wu Ming has led the main force of the new Second Division, it can be regarded as solving Huang Shao's urgent need.

Huang Shao led people to the gate of the provincial compound, and introduced Wu Ming and Zhang Ying and others into the living room next to the office. ”

As soon as they met, they asked directly about the matter, such a direct attitude made Huang Shao a little uncomfortable, and smiled awkwardly at the moment: "General Wu, there are too many documents and files that the provincial government needs to sort out, and there are taxes and money and grain that need to be loaded, can you give a day of grace?" ”

Wu Ming's brows immediately furrowed, and his tone was stiff: "Chairman Huang, to tell you the truth, if it weren't for Chairman Jiang's personal call, I wouldn't have gone to the troubled waters of Hangzhou." At present, the Japanese army has been outflanked from the north, east, south, and southwest, adding up to almost 100,000 troops, and the slightest carelessness of our army will be a situation of total annihilation......"

Speaking of this, Wu Ming stood up and said to the provincial government dignitaries in the room: "The battle situation is extremely critical, if nothing happens, the Japanese Seventh Division will probably arrive in Hangzhou City tomorrow evening, if you don't evacuate in time, no one will be able to leave."

"But...... What to do with those things that can't be transported in time? Is it left to the Japanese? An old man in a robe behind Huang Shao asked a little dissatisfied.

"How to deal with it is your problem, don't put the responsibility on the army, I only want to say one word now......" Wu Ming straightened his waist and glanced at everyone: "At seven o'clock tomorrow morning, the new second division will meet at the pine field in the west of Hangzhou, and after the time, we will go west on our own." ”

After finishing the matter, Wu Ming hugged his fist at Huang Shao: "The contemptible people are busy with military affairs, and they can't be delayed here for a long time, please consider how to choose for yourself."

Wu Ming turned around and left, completely treating Huang Shao, the chairman of Zhejiang Province, as an ornament. Huang Shao's expression was extremely complicated, originally he thought that Luo Yuming was very excessive, but now when he saw Wu Ming's performance, he immediately understood where the source was...... This Wu Ming is a bandit leader at all, and Luo Yuming completely learned from him

As soon as he stepped out of the threshold of the living room, Wu Ming suddenly remembered something, stopped, and turned to look at Huang Shao: "Chairman Huang, may I ask if there is a person named Sun Zongchao in the Zhejiang Provincial Government?" ”

"Yes, he is the confidential section chief of our provincial government."

Huang Shao looked at Wu Ming a little suspiciously, and couldn't help but "chuckle" in his heart.

At this time, Wu Ming was not in a hurry to leave, returned to the house, and smiled at Huang Shao: "Section Chief Sun is really a merry man, he threw his wife and two concubines aside, and slept with the Japanese female spy every day, but he didn't suspect it at all, and let the Japanese female spy keep the information out. ”

Wu Ming shook his head and sighed: "Should I say that Section Chief Sun is really confused, or is he willing to be a traitor?" ”

"What?

Huang Shao stood up suddenly, stared at Wu Ming with both eyes, and said angrily: "This is impossible...... Division Commander Wu, although you are a lieutenant general and division commander, Sun Zongchao is from our provincial government, you can't be framed casually."

Wu Ming smiled, reached out and took a stack of documents from Cheng Yuan's hand, and handed them to Huang Shao: "Chairman Huang, this is the information that the Japanese female spy named Qianqiu Ye got from Section Chief Sun in the past half a month. Sun Zongchao is your confidential section chief, who holds the most important secrets of Zhejiang Province, and there is a Japanese female spy by his side every day, I really can't imagine what secrets you have in front of the Japanese army."

"Nonsense"

Huang Shao pointed at Wu Ming angrily, and his whole body trembled with anger.

"Why don't Chairman Huang go to a play with me?" Wu Ming smiled faintly.