It was almost early in the morning, and the sound of artillery fire in Fuling was still tight, and because the battle was raging, all the firepower of the two sides was concentrated together. Although the nearest troops were urgently mobilized, due to Zhang Keming's mutiny, the Soviet Fourth Army was scattered, and in addition to Gu's army, there was also a small Soviet army attacking the defensive line.

The headquarters was only twenty kilometers from the defensive line, and because of the lack of troops, it had been losing ground since two hours earlier. Seeing that the Gu army was about to capture Fuling, Zhao Zhiyong, the staff officer in charge of the garrison, had to retreat from the defense line and go to the headquarters by car, the rain kept falling, so the road was very muddy, the sound of artillery fire in the distance was getting closer and closer, the sky was shrouded in thick black smoke, and the air was mixed with the smell of artillery fire.

The car soon arrived at the command headquarters, Zhao Zhiyong went all the way inside, and when he entered, he saw that the lights in the hall were like daylight, Su Huiyi and a few henchmen and staff, as well as the staff officer who commanded the operation, was having a meeting, and there were guards on the side who had been trying to electrify the outside world, and the people in the hall were noisy, and several staff officers were obviously a little restless, and they were fiercely expressing their opinions on the combat plan.

And Su Huiyi sat in the top position, smoking a cigarette while looking at the defense map in front of him, silent. The artillery fire at that end roared, and the headquarters of the bombing trembled, Zhao Zhiyong knew that he couldn't delay any longer, so he shouted a report, saying: "Seven Shao, the defense line has no way to retreat!" You must evacuate now! ”

Several staff members were sharpened in the rain of bullets with Su Huiyi, so they knew that the Gu army was about to fight, but they were quite calm, Qin Tongjun opened his mouth first when he heard this, "In my opinion, the current strength of the Fourth Army should all be withdrawn from Fuling, this battle Gu Jun has made full preparations, we are really a little caught off guard, seven less, Fuling will be captured at the latest, no more troops can be lost, we must evacuate immediately." ”

Su Huiyi pondered for a moment before he said: "The rear of Fuling is Chenjiadian, the garrison there is the top priority, if we withdraw, the Gu army will immediately attack Chenjiadian, there is a direct line to Mingyang, once captured, the Gu army is equivalent to occupying the entire central part of the south!" So no matter what, you have to hold on until reinforcements arrive! ”

Everyone's faces were a little solemn, but they were still fearless, Qin Tongjun pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Qishao, you are the commander-in-chief, you shouldn't stay here at this time, you should go to Chenjiadian immediately." As he spoke, he summoned the attendant, "Go and get the car ready." ”

Su Huiyi stopped the attendant officer, threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground, and said calmly: "According to Zhang Keming's methods, there should be someone ambushing along the line, and his identity as a traitor is now revealed, and he just wants to take my life to ask Gu Shuai for credit, so I can't leave now." ”

After a pause, he asked, "When will the reinforcements arrive?" ”

Since all the lines had been cut off, the staff officer in charge of liaison could not answer for a while, so he could only stubbornly say: "We have already urgently mobilized troops last night, and it is estimated that we will arrive in the morning at the earliest." ”

Su Huiyi didn't speak for a while, just looked thoughtfully at the defense map in front of him, and everyone in the hall didn't urge when they saw this, and continued to discuss the strategy of the battle. The roar of artillery not far away continued, and the headquarters was shaken, and once again it trembled, and even the tables and chairs were shaky.

The signal soldier of the defense line ran in from the courtyard, and after shouting a report, he said, "Seven Shao, Gu Jun is about to break through the defense line!" ”

Su Huiyi frowned when he heard this, stretched out his hand to look at the time, and said in a deep voice: "Mobilize all the troops to the defense line, and hold out as long as you can!" ”

He stroked his forehead and said a little tiredly: "There is no time, I can only wait for the opportunity to break through." As he spoke, he put his hand on a position on the defense map and said, "Gu Jun's current firepower is all concentrated in this position, and he can send two teams of elites to blow up their rear." ”

Everyone who was originally discussing the battle plan stopped, Qin Tongjun immediately nodded, and said: "At present, there is only one way to do it, Staff Officer Zhao, immediately mobilize two teams of elites, and do what Qi Shao said." ”

Zhao Zhiyong immediately responded, but saw Su Huiyi suddenly stand up, tied an armed belt around his waist, and said, "I'll personally bring people over." ”

When Shen Qiangrose woke up, it was already a day later. She caught a cold due to the rain, and she only felt top-heavy, although Lin Ning arranged for doctors and nurses to accompany her, but she is now pregnant and can't take medicine. So the doctor just used a diet supplement prescription and got some ginger syrup for her to drink.

She was not in good health, but now she has a cold, and she has always been miserable, and she is on the boat, and the whole person is in a groggy state, and she has been lying in bed for several days in a daze. Seeing her heartbroken, the nurse often mentioned to her the fetus in her womb so that she could take more supplements. As if he knew what was on her mind, he said to her, "Miss, don't think nonsense, the seventh young man will always come to you." ”

She remembered that Su Huiyi had promised her that no matter what, he would not leave her, but in the end he said that he didn't want her anymore.

Although she is on the verge of collapse, now for the sake of the child in her womb, she has to cheer up and raise her carefully. The steamer stopped and stopped along the southern boundary and slowly headed west, and the sound of artillery fire was heard all the way, as if there was a war going on everywhere.

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, and the ship is about to arrive in the United States. Shen Qiangrose's body is getting better, and she often walks around on the deck, and the ship has been heading west, and everywhere she passes is the vast sea, as if it is boundless.

The farther west she went, the weather gradually improved, and on this day, because she had accumulated food, she asked the nurse to accompany her to the deck, and it was noon, and the sun on the sea was extremely hot, and the golden light shrouded the sea, and as far as the eye could see, it was sparkling.

The two of them walked around on the deck, and the nurse helped Shen Qiangrose to sit on the bench, and there was a middle-aged man sitting at the end, who was unfolding the newspaper in his hand and looking at it carefully. ”

The man was dressed quite well, and when he saw that he was a compatriot, he said kindly: "Of course, it's just that this is the newspaper from two months ago." Now the war is raging in the country, and every day is different. ”

He handed over the newspaper and said, "The news on it is very old, but for those of us who have been forced to leave our hometown, it can be regarded as a kind of comfort for our hometown." ”

Shen Qiangrose took the newspaper gratefully, and after thanking him, she couldn't suppress her crazy heartbeat, took a deep breath, and dared to take a closer look, all of which were about the battle situation between the north and the south, such as the defeat of the south and the retreat, and the fact that the north finally captured Mingyang. She didn't care about the war originally, but she just thought about Su Huiyi's current situation, and she just wanted to read every word seriously.

But the more I looked back, the more shocking I felt, and I couldn't help but sigh again and again, it turned out that the south was already full of holes, on the one hand, the north and Fusang jointly attacked, and on the other hand, Su Qingyang led the overseers to declare independence, as if they were suffering from the enemy and were torn apart.

She was about to close the newspaper, but her eyes suddenly touched the page on the other side, "A generation of clans, Jiangmen Huzi, well aware of the righteousness, the royal army resists the Japanese...... She glanced at it hurriedly, and saw that the end of the book read, "The Su family is a family, prosperous and prosperous, and the honor is eternal." ”

There is a photo of Su Huiyi in the newspaper, still the handsome appearance in his memory, with deep eye sockets, and a kind of indifference in his eyebrows. This photo should have been taken when he was invited to interview, wearing a straight and slim military uniform, with a unique posture of a soldier.

She watched quietly, only to feel that the blood around her body was solidified, at this moment hundreds of thoughts flashed in her heart, but she looked at it in disbelief, as if she had been hit head-on, the newspaper in her hand fell to the ground with a "snap", and she looked at the front in a little dazed, and the tears in her eyes slipped down, and she couldn't help but touch her chest and gasp quickly.

Seeing this, the man who was waiting on the side hurriedly asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" ”

The nurse asked several times, but she didn't answer. The man picked up the newspaper in some surprise, glanced at it, seemed to suddenly realize, and hurriedly said: "Miss, this newspaper says very clearly, Su Qishao is just missing, and he does not assert life and death." ”

The nurse hurriedly echoed: "Qishao will definitely be safe, young lady, you must take care." ”

Shen Qiangrose had already wet her eyelashes with tears, and she couldn't help but comfort herself in her heart when she heard the words, saying over and over again, he would definitely be fine, he would definitely be fine...... It's just that at such a time, it seems that there is no confidence in saying anything. Those terrifying thoughts surged out from the depths of her heart one by one, like vines, tightly wrapped around her heart, and she only felt that her heart was like a knife.

It was as if he was going to die.

She had never known that she was so weak, and the parting scenes in her memory were still new, so that now that in retrospect, she could read the deep feelings in his eyes, and at that time she couldn't help but think that maybe that was the last intersection of each other in this life...... On that rainy night, the two didn't even have time to give each other a decent goodbye. I kept thinking about that sentence, "From now on, life and death have nothing to do with marriage." "Thinking about it at this time, it's really heavy. This half of his life has been waiting for him, but after all, he has lost completely.

Tears fell silently, and the overwhelming sadness and despair wrapped her whole body tightly, so that she didn't even have the courage to persevere.

In front of me was the vast sea, and the bleak autumn wind was blowing in gusts, as if the whole body was blown numb. She still remembered that when she first met him, it was drizzling outside, gently beating the eaves, the partition of the study was ajar, and he was holding a scroll in his hand with a handsome face...... In a blink of an eye, it seems to be a matter of the previous life.