Republic of China

recognized), will never be recognized by the central government.

The invasion of North China by the Japanese army has almost never stopped. At the beginning of January 1933, Shanhaiguan, Rehe was in a tight situation, and Pingjin was in crisis. They fought against the Japanese invaders in Jielingkou, Jielingkou and other places. However, the supply of ammunition, medical treatment and supplies could not keep up, causing the number of casualties to rise sharply. By March of the same year, the original number was more than 600 , there were only more than 29 left. During the battle at Xifengkou in cooperation with the [-]th Army, Shen Yuezhi was hit in the abdomen by a stray bullet and was seriously injured. They fought with all their strength and even brandished a big knife, but they were still no match for the planes and artillery of the Japanese invaders, and ended in failure. However, the battle at Xifengkou was a glorious defeat, which greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese soldiers and civilians.

At the beginning of April, all the national troops withdrew from Xifengkou, and Shen Yuezhi and Chief of Staff Tong returned to Beiping with the remnants of the troops to rest. The mood of the two fell to the bottom instantly, but Fulai still held on to his smile and worked tirelessly in front of the sick bed every day. Major Shen.

That evening, Fulai was sitting on the chair in front of the bed and coaxing his second son Tianyi to sleep, when his mother Chunyan gently opened the door, beckoned to him, and motioned for him to come out and talk.

He looked at Yuezhi who was sound asleep on the bed, then carried his son out of the house and came to the yard.

"Is Yuezhi better?" She asked with concern. Ever since the young couple withdrew from the front line, Major Shen had no smile on his face, and he seldom spoke. Everyone was worried about him.

"The wound is not serious, but he is very sad!" After he finished speaking, he sat down on the stone bench in the yard with his mother, wanting to vomit quickly, because he had suffered a defeat and lost many brothers. My heart is also full of grief!It is already the season of spring and flowers blooming, but this year he has no interest in going out to enjoy the flowers.

"Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Don't take it to heart. We still have people, so we have a chance to drive out the devil. You have to persuade Yuezhi well, and don't let him get into the wrong place." She sighed after she finished speaking.

The loss of the Northeast is not anyone's responsibility. There are many complicated factors. Outsiders are not qualified to stand up and talk without back pain. She hates seeing those people in the newspapers "condemning" command errors and scolding "non-resistance". In the end, only half of the members of the independent regiment were beaten. Can this still be called "non-resistance"?She heard from Jianhua and his family members that during the War of Resistance in Rehe, due to the shortage of supplies, most soldiers could not get a gun. Occasionally, a dozen shots in a row will not explode. How can you fight the Japanese with such equipment?So when fighting with the Japanese, one person will die, and the national army will die five or ten. The soldiers are exchanging their flesh and blood for victory. It is epic, but it is even more tragic!

Fulai nodded: "Well, I know, it will be fine in a few days, don't worry about us, I heard that Brother Zhao said that Dad is not feeling well recently, you should go back to Nanjing?" Mother has lived in Beiping for a year , It's time to go back to Nanjing, my aunt has suffered a stroke and is paralyzed, it's impossible for her to have no one to take care of her at home.

She said: "I'll go back next Tuesday. Nanny Zhang will stay in Beiping to help you take care of the child. If you need anything, just tell me. Mother is just a son like you. Of course, I want you to live well." Although She may not see Fulai marrying a wife in her life, but she is worth it if she finally has two lovely grandchildren!

"I'm going to buy gifts for my father and aunt tomorrow, what would you like to bring?" His mind is not on trivial matters, so he can listen to his mother for everything.

Tong Chunyan smiled gently: "You don't have to worry about it, I'll take care of it, Mrs. Shen and the others will accompany me to buy it, you have to take good care of Yuezhi, so that he doesn't have to worry about it all day long, life must go on Yes, even if you don’t lead troops to fight in the future, you can do other things.”

"What you're talking about... I'm starting to hesitate now too. Seeing so many brothers die in battle, and being powerless to recover, it's really worse than death!" Fulai said with a heartbroken heart. Tianyi touched his chin with his small hand, and called out affectionately: "Daddy, daddy... eat milk!" In fact, he just wanted to drink milk.

Fulai said to his son apologetically, "Father has run out of milk for a long time... Let wet nurse Zhang get you some milk later." In order to go to the front line, he only fed Tianyi for a few months, not enough Being a mother will be a regret for the rest of his life.

At this moment, Nanny Zhang had already prepared the milk and came over, and took the young master with great eyesight: "Master, you can talk to the old lady, I put the child to bed, and Tian Yu slept in the second grandma's room." .”

"Okay, you are busy." He was very grateful to nurse Zhang, if she hadn't helped take care of the child, the family would have been in chaos.

After the nanny went back to the house, Shen Jianhua came out of the room in a wheelchair. He saw Fulai sitting in the courtyard talking to Aunt Tong, so he went towards them.

"Auntie, I heard you are going back to Nanjing?" he asked.

"Let's go next Tuesday, Jianhua, I'll need you to take care of Fulai and Yuezhi from now on." She said with a smile, the boss of the Shen family is a very easy-going person with a very good temper, but it's a pity that he is disabled.

"Fulai has always been taking care of us. Now I only have a good brain and can earn some money for the family." Jianhua and his wife have been busy with the business of two rice shops and a drugstore this year. Now that the roots have been laid down, with the capital accumulated over the years, the business is on the right track, and it is not a problem to support the whole family.

"Brother and sister-in-law are our strong backing!" Fu Lai praised, if it wasn't for brother and sister-in-law supporting the Shen family this year, how could they be at ease on the front line?

Jianhua was very embarrassed when he heard the opposite, he scratched his head: "You praise me so much, I am really embarrassed!"

While the three of them were talking in the yard, Shen Yuezhi woke up on the sickbed. He propped himself up, sat up, poured himself a cup of hot tea, and looked at the family talking outside the window, his face was still covered with clouds.The abdominal wound is about to heal, but who can repair the hole in my heart?

He knows that being depressed all day will make everyone worry about himself, but he can't easily get out of the predicament and confusion.

When sleeping at night, Shen Yuezhi asked the people around him: "If one day I suddenly don't want to lead soldiers to fight, will you think I'm worthless and bloodless?"

Fulai immediately turned around, looked at the man he loved by a little moonlight, and replied softly: "As long as it is your decision, I will accept it." This is the most sincere thing Yuezhi told himself in half a month In a word, he was not shocked by this, everything was in his expectation.

Major Shen covered his face and smiled bitterly: "I'm so ashamed to let you see me like this. I'm sorry for everyone, I'm sorry for the dead soldiers, I'm sorry for their relatives, I'm sorry Forty million compatriots!" Before that, he did not expect the battle with the Japanese to be so difficult, and he did not expect the situation to be so chaotic. Under the chaotic political situation, how could the army be orderly and obey a unified command , How can the fastest response?In this war, it is said that it was lost to the Japanese, but it is better to say that it was lost to its own people!

He is deeply aware that this situation cannot be changed in a short period of time, even if China is given a few years, or even ten years, it will be difficult to reconcile.The jackal-like Japanese can't wait, and they won't wait so long. They will definitely take the opportunity to counterattack, and then they will pour their country's strength and fight China recklessly. At that time, the test they face will be many times larger than now of.When the war started again, it would be a day of disaster for China, and he couldn't even imagine the result!

"I understand, but there is nothing we can do about it. We have tried our best." Fulai comforted him. The spirit of shattering a piece of jade does not apply to this war. strength, how can we talk about winning?The correct choice is to preserve strength, recuperate, and wait for an opportunity to fight.

Shen Yuezhi choked up and said: "I can die in the line of duty... This is the last bit of glory as a soldier, but even if we all die in battle, what can we change?" Many soldiers were sacrificed.

Fulai hugged his shoulders, and comforted him: "Don't say that, if you want to live, we all have to live."

"I can't let you have an accident. Mr. Tong and Auntie entrusted you to me to take good care of you and love you. If I let you go to the front line to die in vain, wouldn't I be a sinner forever?" He couldn't let go of Fulai and his son, and it didn't matter if he died a thousand times, but Fulai couldn't go on business trips.

Captain Tong hooked his neck, kissed him, and forced a smile: "Don't you believe in fate, good people will be rewarded, and seeing too many dead people will become pessimistic , but if we don’t learn to let go, how can we go on the road ahead, we have to live, if we don’t even have this courage, how can we fight the Japanese?” When he participated in the Central Plains War three years ago, he also fought with Yuezhi was in a similar mood, but after a year of repairing and distorted psychology, he gradually healed, and now this bad state is back, but this time he and Yuezhi fell into it together. In addition to comforting each other, he has to work hard Calm down your mood, the bitterness in it may only be understood by people with the same experience.

After hearing these words, Shen Yuezhi began to ponder again. Although he is a 100% man, but