Beacon 1937

November [-], evening

Since Chen Yuchen left Shanghai, the army has been retreating steadily. Although the front line is still resisting tenaciously, the situation is getting worse and worse.Ai Wen was already prepared to retreat at any time in his heart, but he didn't reveal even a little bit of wind.We must know that no matter how severe the situation is, only the morale of the army cannot be disturbed.Even though there are now few reports of victories, their desire to defend their country has kept them united.If there are rumors of retreat at this time, it will disturb the morale of the army and break the army.

However, that night, Generalissimo Jiang finally ordered the entire army to withdraw in two routes from Nanjing and Suzhou to the area west of Jiading.It's just that the retreat order not only came hastily, but was also revoked and changed repeatedly. As a result, the front line received three completely different orders in a short period of time. For a while, everyone didn't know whether to retreat or not. rout.

From November [-]th, the Japanese army repelled the sporadic resistance of the Chinese army and successively occupied Hongqiao Airport, Longhua, Fengjing, and Qingpu.

On November [-], in addition to the western area of ​​the public concession, scattered Chinese troops and Japanese troops in the eastern and northern areas fought fierce street battles in various parts of the concession.But many of them didn't even belong to the same platoon, and they weren't even in the same company before.The hasty and repeated retreat orders resulted in many people leaving the team and being left in Shanghai.

In that chaos, Ivan was also separated from the members of the medical team. He followed a company commander and a medical soldier to retreat, and that company commander was the one who sent him to the field hospital.Aiwen didn't even know his last name, but he was sent by such a coincidence and wanted to retreat under his cover.

Chen Yuchen seemed to have entrusted the company commander to take care of Ai Wen before he left. Although he didn't mention anything about the retreat at the time, the company commander didn't ask why.The company commander could have evacuated with the team, but because he agreed to Chen Yuchen's request, he turned back to look for Ai Wen without hesitation. After that, he couldn't find the team anymore, so he could only hide together.

Ai Wen followed the two of them and hid in the dilapidated alley to take a breath of relief. Only then did he have the energy to look around.

"Where is this...?" He couldn't help but round his eyes and murmured.

"This is the North District of the International Settlement." The company commander replied in a low voice, carefully observing whether there were any devils in front and behind, his head was almost hidden by the wall, only two eyes were exposed.

"Public concession...North District?" Here, is this still the North District of Public Lease?Is it still where Frank picked him up?This devastated and riddled place turned out to be the North District of the International Settlement!

Ai Wen didn't know that during the time he was fighting on the front line, apart from the few bombings he knew, the Japanese army would bombard the city every once in a while, and many of them landed on the within the concession.This cosmopolitan city is already scarred and miserable.

"We can't keep running aimlessly like this, we have to find a place to hide where no one will find us!" the medical soldier said to them.

He was right. In broad daylight, they were easily spotted by the Japanese army hunting them everywhere. They had to find a hidden place and wait until dark to leave Shanghai without anyone noticing. Before setting the level.

"There are almost no intact houses in this area. Where can I hide? There are no deep mountains in Shanghai, so there is a hole for you to drill into." The company commander said angrily.

"There are indeed no mountains in Shanghai, but we can hide underground." Ai Wen said suddenly.

"Underground? What do you mean?"

This is the northern area of ​​the public concession, and Nadanji Rentang is located in this area. Regardless of whether the pharmacy is still intact, the small warehouse under the kitchen has a high chance of escaping the bombing.

"There is a basement under a traditional Chinese medicine store, but I was not familiar with it, and now it is in ruins..." This is the most helpless thing for Aiwen, although he knows that there may be a place where they can stay safely. At night, but he could no longer tell the specific location of Danji Rentang.

However, the company commander happily asked: "Do you still remember the address?"

"Remember!"

"That's no problem! I'm a native of Shanghai!"

Relying on his ability to easily distinguish the southeast from the north from the north and his familiarity with his hometown, the company commander quickly found Danji Rentang.

Fortunately for them, this area didn't seem to have suffered too much damage, and it was much better than the one they passed by before. At least the Danji Rentang was a little dilapidated, but the backyard was almost intact...including the big sycamore tree.