Ma Xiaoguang felt quite uneasy as he looked at the members of the special operations team and the newly formed members of the special operations team standing in awe on the campus.
He walked up to the podium made of several ammunition boxes and took a look at the crowd.
Everyone was neatly dressed in military uniforms and had a solemn military appearance - including Fatty and Lao Li, who were usually out of shape.
The female team members were bare-faced, without makeup, and were also dressed in military uniforms.
"brothers!"
Ma Xiaoguang first saluted everyone, a standard military salute.
The people in the audience may not know, but he knows very well that maybe after a while, some people will never be seen again!
Especially a group of brothers from the special operations team.
Everyone in the audience made a roar, stood at attention, and responded with a military salute.
Those present are not ordinary soldiers, they are all agents. They have much more information about the war than ordinary soldiers. Therefore, everyone knows what today's conference means...
Putting down his saluting right hand, Ma Xiaoguang said loudly to the crowd: "Today, we are standing here. This is Jinling, this is our land, and this is China..."
"I don't want to talk about any big principles here, I just want to tell you, please remember, you are Chinese!"
"If one day, the iron hooves of outsiders set foot on the land under our feet, I hope you will not forget who you are!"
"I'm not being alarmist. Everyone knows the current situation. As late as March or as early as January, we will be bleeding. At that time, I will rush to the battlefield with you... Ah no, in fact, we have already been on the battlefield. …”
"Starting today, I solemnly declare that everyone in the special operations group and special forces must fight to drive out the Japanese aggressors. We must move forward and never retreat!"
"If you don't shrink back, kill!"
"Those who disobey orders will be killed!"
"Anyone who betrays his comrades will be killed!"
"Those who harm the common people must be killed!"
"Kill those who treason and surrender to the enemy! Especially this kind of person, I not only want him to die, but also his whole family to die. I will do what I say!"
Ma Xiaoguang said the word "kill" several times in a row, with murderous intent and a ferocious face. Everyone in the audience was shocked, but no one felt that something was wrong.
Everyone in the audience became excited after he finished speaking, and they all shouted: "Kill!"
"Okay, let's move on to all parts and head to the designated location as planned."
Ma Xiaoguang waved his hand, ending the brief but solemn swearing-in meeting.
When he walked off the podium and saw the young figures hurriedly leaving on the school field, Ma Xiaoguang turned his back - he had somewhat broken his guard!
Because he knows better than anyone that when he leaves, many people will never see him again.
Laoshan's training base quickly emptied out.
Ma Xiaoguang and the special operations team returned to the Jige Lane office.
Lao Li took most of the members of the special team to Shanghai in batches.
MISS Liu (Wu Qiuyi) also took the female team members to Shanghai Tianma Yangxing Company under military orders.
The office was filled with smoke, as if a great ritual had just been performed.
"Sir, Lao Liu and the others are also setting off."
Xiao Lu helped Ma Xiaoguang turn on the electric fan while reporting the report.
"The dogs have also set off?" Ma Xiaoguang asked.
"The child refused to leave. Later, I told him that this was a military order, so he cried and got on the boat." Xiao Lu said with a somewhat sad tone.
"He is still a child... Besides, going to Yudu is not to be a deserter. A war must not have a front and a back. If you rush up in a swarm, that is not fighting, that is committing suicide!"
Ma Xiaoguang lit another Hard Gate and said in a deep voice.
"This is the truth, but everyone still wants to go to the battlefield."
Xiao Lu said a little depressed.
"Battlefield? When the war breaks out, there will be battlefields and purgatory everywhere..." Ma Xiaoguang continued.
Xiao Lu knew that Chief Ma was in a bad mood and had a lot of intelligence and messages to deal with recently, so he didn't waste any more time, helped him tidy up his desk, and then left.
After returning from Laoshan, Ma Xiaoguang stayed in the office, eating and living here 24 hours a day, and sleeping with a gun next to him.
Everyone was sent on field errands, and Fatty was also sent to support Lao Tu, keeping an eye on Liao Yaquan - that woman was too cunning, which was also a key point, so Ma Xiaoguang had to be careful.
The temperatures have been getting higher and higher these days, which seems to indicate that this summer will be unusual and different from the past.
Early that morning, Fatty came out from the surveillance point for his shift.
The weather was so hot that the fat man panicked. After repairs by the white-skinned instructor Lao Feng, he became much darker but did not lose much weight. For this reason, he was often teased by everyone...
The fat man didn't know why he couldn't lose weight. Maybe it was what Chief Ma said, wealth and destiny?
Speaking of Chief Ma, the fat man shook his head. Alas, now that Chief Ma has issued an order, everyone cannot return to the safe house for the time being. The weather is so hot and the dormitory is like a steamer. After he is off duty, he can only squat in the office with Chief Ma...
I bought a basket of fried pancakes from a roadside stall in the alley, which I brought to Commander Ma for breakfast.
When we got to the office, Chief Ma was not there.
I looked at the calendar and saw that today is July 7, the twenty-sixth year of the Republic of China.
The fat man had just put the fried buns on the table, but Commander Ma had already returned with a washbasin, toothbrush, and towel.
"Sir, are we really going to start a fight?"
The fat man asked again. In fact, he couldn't remember how many times he had asked this question.
"Eight...the eighth is tomorrow, today is the seventh!"
Chief Ma was a bit confused.
In fact, Commander Ma skipped the scene. He almost said that shocking line: The eight-year war of resistance is about to begin!
"Isn't today the 7th? What's wrong?"
"You're not alive today anyway. Just stay in the office. Don't go anywhere. Wait for the news with me..."
The military orders were overwhelming, and the fat man really had nowhere to go, so he stayed in the office with Ma Xiaoguang honestly.
The two of them just stayed in the office, not going anywhere, even going to the toilet in shifts. It was an extremely long day.
At 11:40 pm, the fat man was lying on the wooden bench, a little dazed, when he heard a harsh phone ring.
As if he had received an electric shock, Ma Xiaoguang jumped up from his chair and grabbed the phone:
"Report, urgent telegram from Yanjing, at 7:30 p.m., Neon Army military exercise. At 22:40, Neon Army claimed that soldier Shimura Kikujiro was missing and forcibly requested to enter Wanping City, our garrison station, for search. Our 29th Army's 37th The 219th Regiment of the 110th Brigade of the Division sternly refused. The Neon Army has begun to deploy for battle and there are signs of attacking Wanping."
"I know, let's inform the director immediately and inform all the officers."
Turning around, Ma Xiaoguang calmly put down the phone.
"Has it started?" Fatty asked with a sinking heart.
"It's begun!" Ma Xiaoguang's answer was low and sad.
Looking at the clock, the hour hand is still moving.
Today is July 7, 1937, and the all-out war of resistance has begun!
