Chapter 47: Raising the righteousness of heaven and earth (Part 1)

"We handed over all the weapons in our hands, and they changed their minds. Their faces were just flipped!"

If it weren't for what he saw with his own eyes, no one would believe that such a man with his face was covered with sweat and even tears, his whole body was covered with dust, and his military uniform was even cut in the east and west, a fighting hero who followed Xie Jinyuan to face the Japanese army a hundred times more than him in the Sihang Warehouse, fighting for four days and five nights.

As soon as he saw Xie Jinyuan, he cried out loud: "Those British guys don't allow their brothers to return to the army. I heard from their squad leader that the British would send all their brothers to Jiaozhou and ask us to 'guest' there!"

Xie Jinyuan opened his eyes wide open, stood up suddenly in the wheelchair, and then fell heavily onto the chair. Hearing this news, Xie Jinyuan felt a hammer hit his chest hard, making his eyes appear and his hands tremble.

After taking a few deep breaths, Xie Jinyuan finally reluctantly calmed himself down and asked, "Who gave the order, where is Lieutenant Colonel Smith?"

"It's gone. Commander, you took the battalion commander and Smith left with him. He said that his work has been completed and there will be new officers to be responsible for receiving us!"

As soon as he heard this, Xie Jinyuan's heart instantly sank to the bottom. As soon as Lieutenant Colonel Smith disappeared, all the agreements, all prior verbal agreements, and Lieutenant Colonel Smith's personal promises would be verified without evidence.

"The newcomer is a major named Ma Fei, a small team leader in their army.

The regiment commander, that guy was a totally smiling tiger. In front of thousands of Shanghai compatriots, he politely invited all his brothers into the military barracks with a smile on his face, saying that he wanted us to have a good rest.

When the weapons in the hands of the brothers were handed over, even the shavings were handed over. When they were dispersed into their barracks, Ma Fei immediately changed his face.

He asked us to stay in the barracks honestly and wait for their handling. He also warned us that if we dared to make trouble and cause any trouble, the British troops who were holding machine guns in front of the barracks would shoot us! The deputy battalion commander just depends on the situation.

So I found a way to contact several brothers in the barracks, and caused a little disturbance to cover me and jump out of the window to escape, and report to the delegation leader!"

Xie Jinyuan's eyes kept beating. The British army's actions were not what "assisted" the Chinese army to retreat from the concession, and asked their troops to rush to Nanjing in military vehicles.

Putting the machine gun in front of the military camp is like putting the more than 300 Chinese soldiers he has led as prisoners who have surrendered!

"Take me back immediately," Xie Jinyuan took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "I want to have a good talk with this Major Ma Fei in person."

One hour later, that is, in 1937.

At ten o'clock in the morning on October 31, Xie Jinyuan, who was wrapped in thick bandages on his thighs, his haggard face, but his angry flames flashed in his eyes, sat in the office of the British army's captain Ma Fei.

"For the opinions on your department's handling of our government, I can only say sorry, I am a soldier, I must abide by the orders of my superiors, and I have the duty and obligation to protect the territorial integrity of the UK and defend the dignity of Britain with my life.

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Like Lieutenant Colonel Smith, Major Ma Fei was able to speak fluent Chinese proficiently. He even spoke more and said that he was talking about the duty and obligations of soldiers.

But in Xie Jinyuan's eyes, Major Ma Fei was more like a politician than a soldier.

At this time, Xie Jinyuan already knew that their troops were probably already a bargaining chip for politics, or could simply be said to be victims.

A famous writer in the West said that in the blood vessels of politicians, the liquid flowing is all black.

"We in Britain are a country that advocates peace, freedom and democracy. We respect the territorial integrity and politics of any sovereign state and freedom of belief. Faced with the war between two sovereign states.

We have been emphasizing the use of negotiation methods to resolve peacefully. We will never use our own military power to involve such military wars."

With a righteous face and a lie that can make you lie in the daytime, Major Ma Fei kept looking at Xie Jinyuan with a confident smile on his face.

Major Ma Fei is indeed qualified to laugh. After all the subordinates led by Xie Jinyuan walked out of the Sihang Warehouse and handed over all the weapons in their hands, they were eagles without wings, tigers without teeth and sharp claws. Even if the murderous aura on them was still there, they no longer had deadly weapons, nor did they have capital to resist.

The negotiations between him and Xie Jinyuan were like a hundred years ago when they used warships to open the customs and gates of the Qing government, winning a lot of silver and opening ports for them. They were destined to be an absolutely unfair battle. Before the negotiations of the final winner had already been decided.

"In this Sino-Japanese War, if we help your troops cross the concession, it would be like publicly to say that our British army supports China.

Once we lose our neutral position, our British government is actively promoting it and hopes to use peace negotiations to resolve the Sino-Japanese War, the beautiful willingness will become a bubble.

Neither the Japanese army, the Japanese government or the Japanese nationals will admit that a country whose position has deviated, so as to adequately serve as a mediator, right?"

Major Ma Fei looked at Xie Jinyuan, and he said it as if he was like a knife: "I personally think that even your National Government would not want to see this, right?"

Xie Jinyuan opened his mouth, but his lips kept stammering, but in the end he didn't say anything. He must admit that Major Ma Fei really understood their National Government!

"By the way, I have another order just issued by your government, and I hope I can convey it to you." Major Ma Fei put a telegram document at Xie Jinyuan's hand.

This is a commendation order issued by Chairman Jiang himself. Its substantive significance is very simple. In order to commend the officers and soldiers of the 524th Regiment who fought bravely in the Sihang Warehouse defense battle, all officers and soldiers who participated in the Sihang Warehouse defense battle were promoted to the first level. Xie Jinyuan was promoted to the colonel's regiment commander and the official promotion order will be issued in the near future.

Looking at the commendation order that should have been the commander of the division commander Sun Yuanliang or the chief of staff of the Zhang Boting Division, Xie Jinyuan raised his head and slowly breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, Xie Jinyuan was already in tears.

I understand, everything is understood.

That's right, the troops led by Xie Jinyuan fought fiercely with the enemy who was a hundred times more powerful in the Sihang Warehouse for four days and five nights. Their existence has become a beacon in the hearts of all Chinese compatriots during the War of Resistance.

But... they are just a small army of hundreds of people after all.

In order to implement the strategic plan of exchanging territory for time, the National Government could even abandon the three eastern provinces. What could he not abandon the small army like this with only a few hundred people?

Such a telegram was of course a commendation order, but when it appeared in Major Ma Fei's office, an exotic officer.

I learned this news earlier than Xie Jinyuan himself, which reminded Xie Jinyuan that the decision of the British army may have passed the permission of the National Government.

He thanked Jinyuan and his more than 300 brothers under him, and had become the UK's dignity and neutral position. The sacrifice that must be made!

At this time, Xie Jinyuan, who had already been preparing to sacrifice his life for justice and had already been preparing to wrap his body in the horse and leather, burst into tears.

He knew at this time, he knew that he should be strong and face Major Ma Fei, and showed a plain smile, but at this time, he really couldn't do it, he just burst into tears.

If he had known this, he would have been better than taking his brothers with his brothers. He would have been fighting the enemy with openness and swaying to death in the ruins of the Sihang Warehouse. He would have been better than leading all his brothers to walk towards death with a smile in his hands and smile!

A government wants to sell the land in several provinces in exchange for temporary peace; a country wants to sell its own soldiers and sell the heroes who have shed blood and sweat for the country and nation.

In exchange for the dignity and justice of another country, in exchange for the increasingly slim hope! Even now, in the city of Shanghai, you can often see "Chinese and dogs" that are not allowed to enter the mainland.

"Congratulations, Colonel, as a major, I should raise my hand to salute you."

"Hahaha……"

Xie Jinyuan suddenly burst into laughter. As a soldier, who doesn’t want to be promoted, who doesn’t want to raise the salary, and who doesn’t want to be successful? From the deputy commander to the full commander, not to be just this step, it is an absolute leap in power.

But such promotions and such leaps, the three words "Col. Xie" spit out of Major Ma Fei's mouth are really the biggest irony in the world and the biggest joke in the world. Listening to such irony and such black jokes, Xie Jinyuan really has to laugh.

Xie Jinyuan laughed loudly, and he laughed forever. He was crying for the future of the Chinese nation, and he was crying for the future of 400 million compatriots.

What a cruel reality and helplessness to make the hero bleed, sweat and cry again.

Facing such a country and such a government, these grassroots officers are full of passion for serving the country. Faced with the irreversible torrent of history, they let their lives burn for it, and how small it seems?!

At 10:45 am, the "negotiation" between Xie Jinyuan and Major Ma Fei had ended, and twelve military trucks had already driven into the British military camp and stopped in front of the barracks where Chinese soldiers were detained.

More than 300 Chinese soldiers, including Battalion Commander Yang Ruifu, who stabbed his leg with a bayonet, stood upright in front of the right side of the unit with a crutch.

Everyone looked at Xie Jinyuan, and everyone's eyes fell on Xie Jinyuan's red eyes and tears that were not dried on his face.

“I just saw a commendation order issued by Chairman Jiang himself.

"Xie Jinyuan looked at the soldiers in front of him. He sucked his breath gently and said in a strange tone: "We have achieved the dignity of soldiers and the prestige of the country because of our merits in killing the enemy. Therefore, Chairman Jiang sent a telegram to order that all of us will be promoted to the next level!"

There was no applause or cheer, and everyone was still standing there quietly. I believe that no matter who it was, in an environment where machine guns were installed everywhere, he would not cheer or even shout with pride?

"Everyone also saw the twelve military vehicles parked next to us. According to the original plan, we should take these twelve military vehicles through the British Concession, and after getting rid of the Japanese encirclement.

Rapidly advance towards Nanjing and participate in the Nanjing Battle that may break out at any time.

However, now our itinerary has changed. I believe you can see that if they really handed over our weapons to their temporarily "kept" army as guests and friends, they would never use machine guns to target us.

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"We are going to be sent to a military camp on Jiaozhou Road, Luxi. We are there to be a "temporary" guest.

I don’t know what kind of treatment we ‘guests’ will face there, and I don’t know how long the host will stay there to keep us ‘guests’.

"Xie Jinyuan's eyes slowly flew over the faces of every soldier present. He suddenly raised his arm and shouted loudly: "No matter where we are going, no matter what kind of fate we are facing, here I want to say loudly that we are a group of soldiers who have already prepared to face death.

We are not even afraid of death on the battlefield and horses and corpses. What else can we be afraid of? No matter what the future is, it will come if it is about to come!!!”

At this time, everyone's eyes lit up. Xie Jinyuan was right. They were not even afraid of death. They still had so many brothers who shared life and death. Why are they still afraid of the unpredictable future?

"Now listen to my orders and lift your chest!"

Xie Jinyuan pointed to the twelve military trucks and said proudly: "Remember, we are not prisoners of war.

It is not a surrendered army, or a soft cock who begs mercy to the enemy when facing death! The weapons in our hands are not captured by the enemy, but we accept the orders of our superiors, and only after we get the promise that we will return the weapons to us, we will hand them over to others for temporary custody.

We are a heroic army, we are a victorious force.

He successfully broke through the heroic troops surrounded and blocked by tens of thousands of enemies! So I want each of you to stand up your chest, raise your head, take out the attitude of a winner, and face the compatriots outside the military camp who cheered us and cheered us up; I want all of you to show your best condition, give the Japanese spies hidden in the crowd, and blocked their tens of thousands of troops in the Sihang Warehouse for four days and five nights.

What kind of hero is it!”

At about 11:00 am that day. Under the leadership of the regiment commander Xie Jinyuan, more than 300 Chinese warriors boarded the twelve military trucks.

When the twelve cars carrying more than 340 Chinese warriors slowly drove out of the British military camp, applause and cheers suddenly rang out like a storm on both sides of the road.

I don’t know how many Chinese compatriots stood on both sides of the road. When Xie Jinyuan sat in a military truck, rolled down the window and raised his hands to his compatriots on both sides of the road, a raindrop composed of bread, fruits and cigarettes suddenly fell from the sky.

There were crowds of cheering everywhere, small national flags fluttering in their hands everywhere, fanatical shouts everywhere, respectful eyes as hot as fire, and Chinese compatriots who bent down to pay tribute to this small convoy, to this group of Chinese warriors with uncertain future.

I don't know how many girls in the spring ran under the military car with red faces. Their eyes quickly swept the car in the car, and then quickly stuffed a love letter that had been prepared long ago into the hands of a soldier who they liked the most, and then covered their faces and ran away quickly.

"Long live the anti-Japanese heroes" and "destroy Japanese imperialism" have been undulating on both sides of this long highway. Xie Jinyuan and his subordinates, in the military vehicle, waved their hands desperately at these enthusiastic compatriots, allowing their tears to flow from their eyes.

At this time, looking at those enthusiastic faces, whether it was Xie Jinyuan or every soldier led by him, he felt that their fierce battles for four days and five nights, their experiences of nearly dying and living life again and again, and the unknown future they had to face seemed to have become insignificant.

Twelve military vehicles finally drove into their final destination. When more than 300 Chinese soldiers jumped out of the military vehicles with their arms full of fruits and bread, and watched around, they were all shocked.

Looking around, the entire "military camp" covers dozens of acres of land, which can be called "a vast territory", but the entire camp is desolate. The ground has become bumpy due to the lack of necessary maintenance and repairs, and there are household garbage dumped by the surrounding residents everywhere.

Housing is so simple that it can only serve as a shelter from wind and rain.

It is such a camp that can only be described as a refugee camp. It is surrounded by a barbed wire elevated frame of more than two meters high. There is a small team of fully armed Belarus soldiers guarding it in front of the gate, and light machine guns are also installed on the sentry tower.

It is better to describe it as a prisoner of war camp than a military camp.

Major Ma Fei stood beside Xie Jinyuan and "appreciated" this lonely military camp with him. He suddenly said: "Before leaving, Lieutenant Colonel Smith, please tell me a word to Colonel Xie. It's a pity that a hero like you was born in a weak nation and in an unsuitable era.

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Chapter completed!