The Japanese army had a reputation for being vicious. Seeing that Songjiang County was about to become a battlefield, almost all the people in the county had fled.
As a result, Songjiang County turned into a large barracks. Under the fire, there were countless officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army.
And these officers and soldiers are only a very small part of the officers and soldiers of the 67th Army. As for the 107th Division and the 108th Division, which are the main forces of the 67th Army, they have been sent out to stop the Japanese army.
The Sixty-seventh Army has two divisions and five divisions. Their current total strength is more than 20,000.
If more than 20,000 people were only defending Songyuan County, they should be able to hold off the Japanese for three days given the favorable geographical location.
But in fact it is not as simple as imagined, just because the defensive front required by the 67th Army is a full 30 miles long.
So this thirty-mile-long defense line requires more than 20,000 people to resist the attack of more than 100,000 Japanese troops, and prevent the Japanese troops from breaking through the defense line to intercept the Chinese troops retreating south. This is very difficult!
Because of the worrying situation of the war, no personnel from the 67th Army stationed at the scene destroyed civilian houses because they did not know when they would enter the battle.
At this time, someone climbed up the wall of a large family, and when he jumped into the courtyard, he made a "plop" sound.
Just after making this sound, people climbed up on the wall and then people jumped into the yard one after another. In the end, more than 30 people jumped into the yard.
If these thirty people were robbers, they could have broken into the house.
However, these thirty people did not make a sound, and looked like a group of thieves. But if they were thieves, there were too many of them.
In the distance, there was light caused by the Northeast Army passing by, so the houses in the entire yard looked shadowy.
There were low voices among those people, but just when they were about to enter the house, the door suddenly opened with a "squeak", and then suddenly light appeared, illuminating the people who had crossed the wall in the middle of the night. On!
"You, you, what do you do?" At this time, an old voice sounded at the door of the house. It was an old man holding the newly lit angry wind lamp in his hand.
The old man was left by this family to guard the courtyard.
The owner was afraid of the brutality of the Japanese invaders and had already hid outside the county seat.
But his family had a big business and was engaged in business, so they couldn't move all the goods out of the county, so this old servant of hers took the initiative to stay and look after the family.
The old man thought that there were robbers or thieves in his house, but the place illuminated by his angry lantern was more than 30 Northeastern Army soldiers with live ammunition!
The soldiers of the Northeast Army who crossed the wall did not expect that there were still people in this house, and the old man also did not expect that it was a group of soldiers who came in.
"Uncle, we don't rob or steal anything. We are just tired from fighting and want to rest in your yard for a night." At this time, a soldier in the lead said.
"Ah." The old man was stunned for a moment, looked at the group of young soldiers, and finally calmed down. After all, he was a servant of a wealthy family, and he had seen the world.
"It's just rained all day. How can we let the bosses, no, the anti-Japanese heroes sleep outside? You'd better go inside!" The old man felt like he was opening the door to welcome a thief, but he knew he had to If you do this, if you don't answer the questions correctly, there is no guarantee that these soldiers will become robbers!
Since ancient times, the Chinese have said that soldiers and bandits belong to the same family.
This is the Songhu area, but the accent the old man heard the other party speaking was a Northeastern accent.
The old man is well-informed and experienced, so he naturally knows that Northeastern people have a bad temper. He even remembers a folk saying that "the Siberian tiger, the Tangshan wolf, specializes in bullying Shanghai's little sheep"!
Although this is not Shanghai, it is difficult to comment on how bloody the people in the Songhu area are. However, it seems that the tempers of Shanghainese men are indeed more gentlemanly than those in other provinces.
Why do you say that? A gentleman talks but doesn't use his hands!
"Since brother said so, we are not polite." At this time, someone else among the soldiers answered. The old man took a closer look and found that the person speaking this time was an older man, apparently in his 40s. look like.
Maybe the older one can be more mature, maybe he is a commander.
Just as the old man was thinking about it, the older soldier turned around and said to the other soldiers: "Thank you, old man, for allowing us to enter the house to rest. I tell you, don't touch anything. If anyone steals something from the common people, , I’ll chop off all your hands and claws! I’m hungry!”
Just these words made the old man tremble with fear.
It seems that I really made a mistake. I thought that people would be more stable as they get older. It seems that I really made a mistake!
He was really opening the door to greet the robber. Hearing the tone of his voice, it didn’t sound like he was a soldier. He was obviously a bandit!
But the old man understood that now that he was being roasted on the stove, he could only hold on.
Just which room should these thirty people sleep in? It's definitely not possible in the living room.
There are always some expensive things in the living room of a wealthy family, such as paintings, calligraphy, porcelain, etc. If someone takes these away, who will he find?
Don't look at what this 40-year-old veteran is talking about, but what's the use!
Don't talk about military discipline. The county magistrate is better off taking charge. If you don't answer correctly, and someone ties you up in the room and gags you, then you can still go to the officer above to complain?
I guess the Japanese might have come in before I could file a complaint, and I couldn’t tell what would happen by then!
As a result, the old man could only lead these soldiers into the wing.
After all, it was a wealthy family, and the two large rooms finally accommodated all the soldiers.
But at this time, the old man felt worried again, just because he saw that the bodies of these soldiers were really muddy and watery. Who said it had rained all day?
The wing room is also a guest room, and it still has a big bed. Should we let these dirty and unsightly soldiers sleep in the big bed?
"No one is allowed to go to bed. You can sleep on the floor. You can also sleep on the table, but you have to clean the table after you wake up.
Also, this uncle. "The young soldier who spoke first called the old man again.
"Boss, please speak." The old man said hurriedly.
"It's already troublesome if you can let us sleep in the house. You don't have to put us all in such a good room. It's best if there is straw or something in the woodshed. We can lie down on the straw and sleep." The young man The soldier said again.
Alas, the young soldier's words made the old man look at him.
This young kid still knows the rules!
"How's that? How's that?" The old man said politely, but he was also thinking about how many people could fit in his woodshed.
"Who is sleeping in the woodshed? Anyone who is afraid of catching cold should go to the woodshed!" the young soldier said again.
"I'm going!" "I'm going!"
When the young soldier asked this, several other soldiers said the same thing at the same time.
But at this moment, the old man suddenly had a better impression of these soldiers.
It seems that although these Northeastern soldiers look fierce, they are still quite disciplined.
If someone didn't intend to go to the woodshed and sleep in this guest room, they could have gone up to the big bed and made the bedding on it extremely dirty!
"Uncle, we haven't eaten for a day. Do you have any food at home? We can buy it with money." This is what the young soldier said again.
"Oh, the bosses worked so hard to fight the Japanese, how could I let you spend money to buy it?" the old man replied.
In the old man's mind, as long as these soldiers didn't harm the things in the house, it didn't matter if they gave them something to eat.
He also knew that the war was tense. Even if these soldiers were living in his home today, they might be somewhere tomorrow!
"Hou Kanshan, forget it, don't go, you will scare the old man again.
Qian Chuan'er Qin Chuan, go and help the old man get some food. Who still has money in his pocket to give to the old man? "The young soldier said again.
At this point, the identities of these soldiers were clearly revealed. They were Shang Zhen's group. The one who had been talking to the old man was Shang Zhen. The veteran in his forties was naturally Mr. Wang.
