Lieutenant Colonel Bradick walked into the Little Red Building, accompanied by Peter Zheng and Captain Rostow, and Lu Xiping, the commander of the second company, noticed that he was lying on the windowsill of the foyer downstairs watching a few ants move breadcrumbs, and the window pane reflected the figure of Lieutenant Colonel Bradick. He instinctively felt that the sudden appearance of the lieutenant colonel had something to do with freedom, so he followed him upstairs.

He knew which room the lieutenant colonel was going to and who he was going to. On the night of the retreat, he could see that the lieutenant colonel admired Battalion Commander Lin very much. When sticking to Dexin Company, the lieutenant colonel revealed the exact time of the devil's general attack to Lin Qiming, and hugged Lin Qiming next to the barricade fortifications in the concession.

Sure enough, he was looking for Lin Qiming - the lieutenant colonel didn't stop on the second floor, and went straight to the third floor.

But he could not go up, and the two guards of the lieutenant colonel and the two White Russian patrolmen under Rostow, four men guarded the staircase on the third floor, and no one was allowed to go up or down.

He sat down on the stairs on the second floor, staring for the news of freedom upstairs. He decided that it was free news: after the press conference, Lin Qiming handed over a letter of representation on behalf of the brothers, and the brothers of the Civic Training Corps and the Special Police Squadron had also been released on bail, and it was reasonable to release the brothers of their three battalions.

Lu Xiping longed for freedom, and he had never been more eager than he was today. Looking at the moon in the sky, he will think of the moon shadow in the courtyard of his hometown in Wuxi, and can see the smiling faces of the beautiful wife and naughty son under the moon shadow. He remembered them, missed them, and often told his brothers about them over and over again. After I talked about it, I regretted it, but I can't help but talk about it next time. It was not justified for the brothers to judge that he was mentally ill.

He was normal, there was nothing wrong with him - not only was there nothing wrong, but his mind was extraordinarily clear, even extraordinarily profound. Some questions that could never be understood in free time are suddenly clarified here.

For example, in the war in front of him, he did not see it very well before he lost his freedom, and was completely confused by a vigorous appearance. It seems that fighting for the country and fighting for the nation is beyond reproach, and it seems that if you do not take a gun to the battlefield, you will be sorry for the conscience of a Chinese. Now that I think about it, it was a big mistake. The root of the error lies in the fact that he only pays attention to the moral judgment of war, ignoring the relationship between each independent person and this war.

Things are very clear, war is a national business, and life is one's own business. It is reasonable to participate in war for the sake of one's own life, but it is absurd to be wrong. If we examine the problem in the early history of man, we will see it more clearly: in the ancient barbaric era, people only knew that they had their own and lived for themselves, and at that time, there was no country, no nation, no ism, and there was not so much morality to deceive life. Later, it didn't work, and the country, the nation, and the doctrine were tossed out one by one in the process of human civilization. As a result, people's individual existence is destroyed, and people have to fight for the country, for the nation, for this doctrine and that doctrine. But what do these things have to do with every breathing life? What the knows! The state, the nation, and the doctrine call you to die for its divine existence, but not to take any responsibility for the existence of your individual life. He Lu Xiping fought devils in Shanghai, Shanghai fell, and it was Lu Xiping who was imprisoned in the military camp, not the country he fought for, doesn't this still see the absurdity in it?

He was deceived, deceived by the morality derived from the country and the nation, and deceived by the enthusiasm he once had. Fortunately, after jumping into this huge scam, he quickly woke up, not like Lin Qiming, who was still obsessed.

He can't take care of Lin Qiming's affairs, he wants to go out anyway. As long as he starts to release people, the first batch will have to release him! Lin Qiming, didn't they suspect that there was something wrong with his brain? He admitted it! For this one, they have to put it first.

The concession authorities apparently did not want to keep them and quietly let them go; It not only reduces the burden, but also reduces the trouble. The problem is the name of releasing people, after all, they are combatants who are officially engaged in the Japanese army, and the Japanese will not agree to release them blatantly. The name will naturally be found, for example, Taluxipin, who has a nerve problem; For example, Niu Kangnian was too seriously injured to be detained for a long time, and so on. Of course, it is also possible to release them only from the military barracks and not from the rental area. In this way, he could take his wife and children to the concession and avoid the remaining years of the war......

I don't know how long I thought about it, but it didn't seem to be too long, but there were footsteps from upstairs, and the wooden stairs trembled. He got up from the staircase and hid in the hallway on the second floor.

Lieutenant Colonel Bradick and his entourage came down, the guards upstairs withdrew, and before the guards who were walking at the back went down to the bottom of the building, he impatiently climbed to the third floor and slammed open the door of room 307 where Lin Qiming lived.

Lin Qiming and Fei Xingyuan were both sitting on the edge of the bed in the room, and the orderly Xiao Huozi was cleaning the cigarette butts on the ground. The smell of smoke in the room was very strong, as if it was on fire, but Lin Qiming, who was sitting on the edge of the bed at the opposite door, was still smoking.

He suddenly broke into the door, which surprised Lin Qiming, Lin Qiming looked at him in amazement and asked:

"Lao Lu, there is ...... Is there something wrong? ”

"The first batch has ...... Is there me? ”

"What's the first batch?"

"Let it go...... Let them go! ”

Lin Qiming was stunned:

"Who did you hear about releasing people?"

He cried out:

"I know I'm going to let them go! The SWAT squadron and the civic training corps have been released! I just saw Lieutenant Colonel Bradick coming for you......"

Lin Qiming smiled bitterly:

"Lao Lu, it's nothing! Besides, even if you release someone, it's not up to me to let anyone go! ”

This is also true, the head of this place is Lieutenant Colonel Bradyck, Captain Rostow, not Lin Qiming. However, the internal autonomy of the Chinese soldiers, Lin Qiming is the battalion commander, and he can still speak, he still has to hold Lin Qiming in his arms, besides, Lin Qiming and Lieutenant Colonel Bradick have a good relationship.

"That'...... So what is Lieutenant Colonel Bradick looking for you? You can't hide it from me; Brother, I've never done anything to be sorry for you, big brother! ”

Lin Qiming looked at him and let out a long sigh, put his arm around his shoulder, and asked him to sit down on the edge of the bed. Then, he asked the orderly Xiao Huozi to find a company commander, Tu Guoqiang, and said that he wanted to have a good talk with them.

After listening to Lin Qiming's talk, he realized that the opposite was true, and the concession authorities not only refused to release them, but also detained them for a long time.

Lin Qiming said:

"Lieutenant Colonel Bradick came for this, and the lieutenant colonel said that the pressure from them and the concession authorities was quite high, and that the Japanese had repeatedly demanded that we brothers be handed over to them, and that it was absolutely impossible to release us under such circumstances. Even the brothers of the Citizen Training Corps and the Special Police Squadron must be released on bail one by one when they are released, and they must prove that they did not belong to any combat unit during the Songhu operation. ”

He was dumbfounded, almost desperate to cry out loud. Dementia was stunned for a long time, he broke away from Lin Qiming's embrace, stood up in a gaffe and shouted:

"I ...... I've had enough! I want to go home! Go home! Lao Tzu can find a shop in Shanghai, and ...... You can also get a certificate of good citizenship! ”

With a "plop", he knelt down in front of Lin Qiming:

"Camp Chief Lin, Brother Lin, you ...... Give me a favor! You...... You go and tell Lieutenant Colonel Bradick that I ...... I'm not a soldier, I'm ...... I have a certificate, and I have a guarantee! ”

Unexpectedly, the company commander Tu Guoqiang, who usually has a good relationship, jumped up and slapped him in the face:

"Bad seeds! If you go out like this, aren't you afraid that the brothers below will fuck your ancestors?! ”

This slap woke him up, and he suddenly realized that his desire to survive was so incompatible with the harsh environment in front of him, and people would become so small and pitiful in this situation.

He covered his face and cried.

It was Lin Qiming who saved him.

Lin Qiming scolded Tu Guoqiang for something, stopped Tu Guoqiang from venting further, pulled him up and said:

"Lao Lu, when you were fighting, you were good, and you can't be a bad seed here! Right now, the Chinese compatriots in Shanghai and the concession are looking at our military battalion, and the brothers in the battalion are all looking at us as officials, so let's show some backbone! ”

He nodded against his will.

Lin Qiming said again - not only to him, but also to Fei Xingyuan and Tu Guoqiang:

"Since we can't get out of the military camp, we have to make long-term plans, in order not to weaken our bones, and in order for the brothers to still look like soldiers in the future, we must insist on normal drills every day, we must hold national flag-raising activities, and we must also attend classes, so that the brothers can learn some culture."

Fei Xingyuan asked suspiciously:

"Raising the flag here? Bite...... How? There is no flag. ”

Lin Qiming said:

"We have a blue sky and a white sun on our heads, and red blood is boiling on our bodies, which is enough to represent the national flag! Our flag-raising is a spiritual flag-raising! ”

Tu Guoqiang strongly agreed:

"Good! This spirit is good for raising the flag! Lao Tzu and the devil swear not to stand together, Lao Tzu has to let the devils see our spiritual leader for a day! ”

It was stupid, he thought, but he didn't dare to say it.

Fei Xingyuan asked again:

"Is it necessary to practice every day?"

Lin Qiming's hand split:

"Why is it not necessary?! Now we are living in captivity under the Concession authorities, and if we are not strict with our brothers and do not insist on promoting patriotism, some of them will lose their minds and defect! ”

He felt that Lin Qiming's words were aimed at him. In Lin Qiming's heart, even if he didn't have a problem with his brain, he had already lost his mind and betrayed. Lin Qiming didn't let him attend the press conference, probably because he was afraid that he would say something disappointing and treacherous at the meeting, right?

In fact, Lin Qiming was wrong, he Lu Xiping did not lose his will and betray, but realized the true meaning of the value of life......