Since ancient times, heroes have respected heroes.
Although Zhao Beishan does not claim to be a hero, he admires Duan Wu's courage and strategy. The two chatted happily, and the previous unhappiness was forgotten.
After the two exchanged greetings, Zhao Beishan said: "Brother Duanwu, the current war situation is very unfavorable to our side. Miaohang and Dachang Town have been lost one after another. The chairman of the committee has ordered the withdrawal of troops.
Shanghai is about to fall. Brother Duanwu, why not make plans early and withdraw to Jiangyin with my 88th Division? "
After hearing this, Lao Hulu interjected: "Nephew, this Eighty-Eighth Division is a regular army!"
Duanwu knew what Lao Hulu was thinking. Zhao Beishan's warm invitation must be to invite himself and others to join the 88th Division. It was a regular army, and with royal rations, it was much more powerful than they were now.
But in this case, Dragon Boat Festival will have to listen to Zhao Beishan's orders.
This Zhao Beishan is not a light-saving lamp, and his sudden change of attitude is naturally due to his motives.
Seeing that Duanwu is a tiger general and taking him under his command, then Duanwu's military exploits will naturally belong to him.
When the time comes, Duan Wu will be promoted to company commander, and he will be promoted to battalion commander by virtue of his status as a top student in Baoding Prefecture. That is a sure thing.
However, the official career that Zhao Beishan mentioned did not appeal to Duanwu at all.
What the Dragon Boat Festival demands is the dignity of Chinese soldiers. He had to fight this battle at Sihang Warehouse, and he absolutely couldn't let Xie Jinyuan stupidly lead people to charge the bridge.
Therefore, Duanwu declined Zhao Beishan's invitation and took out a sword and gave it to Zhao Beishan.
Zhao Beishan pretended to refuse, but he was very happy in his heart. It's just a pity to miss such a strong player in Dragon Boat Festival.
Dragon Boat Festival said goodbye and left. Not far away, Lao Hulu and Sun Shiyu complained, saying: Why should they give such a good knife to Zhao Beishan?
"Haha, without that knife, do you think Zhao Beishan would let us go so easily? What's more, what do you think this is?"
During the Dragon Boat Festival, I opened my jacket pocket and took out a green pass.
Lao Hulu said differently: "Pass?"
"Haha, yes, and it's not an ordinary pass, but a special pass. With this pass, no one will dare to treat us as deserters."
Dragon Boat Festival laughed, and at this time, Lao Hulu and Lao Kan also laughed. Because with this pass, they can go home.
"Duanwu, you still have a way. With a broken knife, you can buy our way home. He is indeed my nephew!"
Lao Hulu was talking to himself there, but Duan Wu suddenly realized something was wrong. Lao Hulu, Lao Kan and others all want to go home, how can they fight the battle at Sihang Warehouse?
Thinking of this, Duanwu said quickly: "I have to go home, but just go home like this, we will live the same hard life as before. As the saying goes, wealth can be found in danger, I know a place, just grab a handful of dirt from that place, It’s enough for us to live the rest of our lives.”
"Where?"
Sure enough, all the people waiting opened their eyes with great interest.
Duanwu laughed twice but said nothing. Everyone didn't know and could only follow Duan Wu.
Sun Shiyu found an opportunity, approached Duanwu and asked in a low voice: "Sir? If you want to make a fortune, my old Sun will leave. Let's go find the 26th Division."
As soon as he heard these words, Duanwu understood the meaning of Sun Shiyu's words. The Sichuan army came out of Sichuan just to kill the Japanese.
They traveled thousands of miles to kill the Japanese, even if they were looked down upon.
They lack medical care and medicine, and even in autumn they still wear straw sandals brought from Sichuan. They did not have cotton-padded clothes, but wore khaki patched old clothes.
They lacked ammunition. Before encountering the Dragon Boat Festival, they were still using Hanyang-made weapons with smooth rifling.
But even so, they still held the determination to fight the devils to death.
But at this time, Dragon Boat Festival said that he wanted to make a fortune.
Therefore, the Taoists did not agree with each other, and Sun Shiyu was ready to withdraw with his brothers.
Duanwu looked at the Sichuan man next to him with admiration and lowered his voice: "There will be a fierce battle next."
Sun Shiyu was startled for a moment, then glanced at Lao Hulu, Lao Kan and others, and instantly understood something.
"Sir, I will go to the front in a fight without hesitation. We Sichuan people will never show off."
Sun Shiyu patted his chest and promised.
Duanwu nodded, and then said: Don't make any noise. Then he went straight to Sihang Warehouse as if nothing had happened.
Sihang Warehouse is easy to find. It is on the north bank of the Suzhou River. It is easy to find it as long as you look along the river.
Of course, on the way, Duanwu and others also encountered several waves of patrols from the 88th Division, but because they had special passes, no one stopped them.
A group of people came to Sihang Warehouse, but saw that it had been bombed by the Japanese army.
The original fence had fallen down, and some concrete bricks lay scattered on the ground.
Not far away are simple defensive positions criss-crossed with large and small sandbags, trenches about one and a half meters deep, and a cargo truck.
The car had been blown up by the Japs' bombs, and the goods on the car had been burned.
The entire Si Xing Warehouse was in a mess, but the blue Si Xing Warehouse was still majestic and majestic, entrenched here like an Asian lion.
Duanwu sighed, no wonder more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers were killed under the Sixing Warehouse. Without the support of heavy weapons, the little devils are simply here to kill people.
This place is simply amazing. As long as there is enough ammunition, not to mention two thousand Japanese troops, no matter how many Japanese troops the Dragon Boat Festival is, it can be swallowed.
Duanwu was about to order someone to go to the warehouse to check what was left in the warehouse. Unexpectedly, the old gourd suddenly shouted: "Dragon Boat Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, you see this car is loaded with cloth. What a pity. The good cloth was burned like this. The little devil is really heartless."
Lao Kan squinted his eyes and asked, "Captain, what kind of place is this? Doesn't it look good?"
Duan Wu laughed and said: "This is the Sihang Warehouse, a joint warehouse built by the Bank of Communications, Jincheng Bank, China South Bank, Continental Bank, Salt Bank, and the Department of Trust in the 20th year of the Republic of China (1931).
The building was used as a warehouse for four banks, including Jincheng, Dalu, Yanye and Zhongnan, so it was called the "Four Bank Warehouse". "
"Oh! Is it the bank's warehouse?"
The mouths of everyone, Lao Kan, Lao Hulu and others were open, and their eyes were shining with golden light.
The eyes were a bit greedy, as if if the warehouse could be moved, they would not hesitate to move it all.
"Brothers, what are you waiting for? Go in and move things. You won't have to worry about food and clothing in the future. You won't be able to spend all your money in two lifetimes, right?"
Lao Hulu shouted, and a group of seventy or eighty people, like tigers and wolves, rushed towards the main entrance of Sihang Warehouse! ...
