May 19, 27th year of the Republic of China.

What happened yesterday didn't seem to have any impact on Meng Shaoyuan.

He slept until almost 10 o'clock.

When you get up, you're refreshed.

Those subordinates had been waiting outside for a long time.

"Director Meng."

As soon as he saw that Meng Shaoyuan had finally come out, Gan Ning hurriedly reported: "Since this morning, we have secretly arrested several suspicious people nearby. ”

"Oh, you're here to assassinate me?" Meng Shaoyuan was careless.

"Yes, after a surprise interrogation, they confessed their identity. Also, two groups of those we sent out to impersonate you were attacked, but fortunately there were no casualties. ”

Meng Shaoyuan nodded: "Chu Xiuyan." ”

"Here, little master, please command."

"What's for lunch?"

Chu Xiuyan was stunned: "I asked someone to kill an old hen and stew it early in the morning." ”

"Okay, okay."

Meng Shaoyuan looked very satisfied: "The old hen soup is good, get me some rice wine from Zhejiang, don't leave at noon, just drink some with me here." By the way, Yu Yanchu and Yu Shuhui, as well as Lai Songsheng, Wu Guozhu also called to drink together. ”

This Director Meng's heart is really big, he is assassinating him everywhere outside, and he still has the heart to drink?

……

A large pot of chicken soup is fragrant, accompanied by four cold cuts and eight hot dishes, this table is much richer and richer.

"Storage and repair rock."

"Yes."

"It's cost you a lot of money these days, right?"

"Little master, this is scolding me."

"You businessmen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich. Look, look, this is a sea cucumber? ”

"Yes, little master, the sea cucumber that Lushun got has been sent for three days and three nights."

Meng Shaoyuan was "tsk": "This is chicken soup and sea cucumber, how can a big man sleep alone at night?" ”

Several men immediately smiled.

Yu Yanchu didn't understand: "What do you mean?" ”

Gan Ning, Xu Zhu, Lai Songsheng, and Wu Guozhu didn't know how to answer. Chu Xiuyan and Yu Shuhui are both considered to be Yu Yanchu's juniors, and they are not easy to explain.

Meng Shaoyuan was thick-skinned: "What do you mean?" It's simple, this old hen soup and sea cucumber are both great supplements, and if they are supplemented, they must be discharged, otherwise they will not be discharged, which is very bad for men's health. ”

Yu Yanchu pondered there for a long time before he suddenly realized.

His face was red, why was Director Meng so nasty?

Meng Shaoyuan smiled "haha" and raised the wine cup: "Come, come, you all worked hard yesterday, we have successfully solved the major hidden dangers in Ningbo, we should drink a glass of celebration wine!" ”

Several cups were raised, and each of them drank one.

Meng Shaoyuan poured it for himself: "Chu Xiuyan, Yu Shuhui, I have to pay special tribute to you." ”

"Little master, we can't afford it."

"If you can afford it, how can you not afford it? It is said that I, Meng Shaoyuan, am like a murderer, and there is nothing I can't do what I want to do, but without your help this time, I will definitely not succeed. Come on, let's do it. ”

"Thank you for the wine."

Meng Shaoyuan's third cup of wine was toasted by Wu Guozhu: "District Chief Wu, I have to toast you two glasses alone!" ”

"Why?" Wu Guozhu was a little curious.

Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "First cup, thank you for your righteous action, without the full cooperation of your tax police team, I am afraid it will be very difficult to succeed." ”

Wu Guozhu is also a bold person: "I have to drink this cup." Please! ”

"Please!" Meng Shaoyuan then said: "This second cup is a little exquisite. Ningbo and Shanghai are close at hand, and although Ningbo has not yet fallen, the Japanese will covet it sooner or later. What should District Mayor Wu do when that day comes? ”

The atmosphere of the banquet fell silent.

Yes, in fact, everyone here is in their hearts, the Japanese warships will appear in Ningbo sooner or later, it is nothing more than the time sooner or later.

Wu Guozhu did not hesitate at all: "Wu commanded only some tax police, and the number was no more than 200 people, but if the Japanese really dared to land in Ningbo, Wu and his brothers would be nothing more than a death battle, and they would never be slaves of the country!" ”

That's a lot to say!

To be honest, Meng Shaoyuan really hadn't heard of Wu Guozhu, the head of a sub-district of the tax police force, and his official position was too small.

Although Meng Shaoyuan didn't know what Wu Guozhu would do in the future, he believed that since the person in front of him said it, he would definitely be able to do it:

"So, I still salute you with this glass of wine! Don't forget that you are Chinese! ”

After drinking with Wu Guozhu, Meng Shaoyuan poured it full again, but this time he saluted his subordinate Lai Songsheng: "Lai Songsheng, I respect you!" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Lai Songsheng was a little flustered.

After all, the one who toasts himself is the boss of the boss, and he usually doesn't even want to see him.

"Lai Songsheng, you have to drink this glass of wine, not for yesterday's sake. Yesterday, someone else could have helped me get things done. Meng Shaoyuan said slowly:

"I respect you, I hope that on the day when the war ignites in Ningbo, you can stand up and fight on behalf of my Shanghai Special Office and our military commanders. I also send you this sentence, don't forget that you are a Chinese! ”

Lai Songsheng's courage all came up at once: "Director Meng, Lai Songsheng is just an insignificant little person, but when that day really comes, Lai Songsheng knows what to do and what to do!" ”

……

At about 7 o'clock in the morning of August 6, 1939, under the cover of three Japanese planes, three Japanese gunboats and five motorboats entered from Tongwamen, sailed into Shipu Port, and forcibly landed.

Seeing that the flames of war were about to ignite, the people of Shipu fled in the direction of the stove in the west of the city.

However, a group of people hurried to the battlefield, they were the Liangzhejiang Salt Tax Police Unit stationed at the Yuquan Salt Farm in Shipu, and more than 200 officers and men, under the leadership of Wu Guozhu, the head of the sub-district, seized Hougang Mountain near the Japanese landing site.

Although Hougang Mountain is not high, the slope is very steep, and the Bingang Road at the foot of the mountain is only two or three meters wide, which is ambushed in the area of Fujian Street and Jicheng, and it is clear to look down.

At first, the tax police team took advantage of the favorable terrain and kept pressing the enemy.

Although the Japanese army continued to organize counterattacks with superior forces and sophisticated weapons, it was difficult to advance. After more than one hour of fighting, three Japanese planes took off from the Japanese warship outside Tongwamen and arrived in Shipu and bombed the positions of the tax police units and nearby residential areas in turn, killing three soldiers on the spot, wounding many soldiers, and destroying more than 50 civilian houses.

At this critical moment, Lai Songsheng, who had been promoted to the head of the Ningbo Armed Brigade of the Shanghai Special Office of the Military Command, led 50 agents to support the front line.

In order to reduce casualties, Wu Guozhu, after discussing with Lai Songsheng, ordered the captains of each detachment to command the soldiers to disperse and hide and fight separately.

The Japanese army found that the tax police unit was sporadic for a while, so they were busy hauling the wounded soldiers while using motorboats to increase the number of soldiers on the Japanese ships, in an attempt to outflank them in a roundabout way.

The soldiers sensed the conspiracy of the Japanese army, closely monitored the Japanese motorboats, and once they found that the Japanese motorboats were approaching the shore, they concentrated their firepower to meet the head-on attack.

The fighting lasted 12 hours, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The Japanese army never knew the reality of the tax police force, and did not dare to fight, so they fled back to the warship while it was dark and retreated from the Tongwamen.

Nearly 100 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded in this battle, which boosted the confidence and courage of the military and people in eastern Zhejiang to resist Japan.

This is the "Battle of Taierzhuang in Eastern Zhejiang".

This battle delayed the Japanese invasion of Ningbo by nearly a year.

Shanghai fell in 1937.

Ningbo, on the other hand, held out until 1940, when it was occupied by the Japanese.

This has to be said to be a miracle.

After Japan's hasty defeat and retreat, Wu Guozhu looked at the cheering soldiers with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

It's a triumphant laugh, but it's also sad.

In his arms, he was holding Lai Songsheng, who had lost his life forever!

He died from a bullet in the head while holding his ground.

Lai Songsheng is just a small spy, even if he is promoted to captain, it is only a formality.

The troops under his command were far less well-equipped and well-fed than the troops of Meng Shao's original lineage, and they were well paid.

There are more than 50 spies, most of whom have not even fired a gun before going to war.

But even so, Lai Songsheng still used his life to fulfill the oath he once made to his commander Meng Shaoyuan:

Don't forget that you are Chinese!

When Lai Songsheng died in battle, he was a second lieutenant in the army.

Meng Shaoyuan asked for merit for him and asked for him to be posthumously awarded the title of captain of the army.

After more than a year of application, there has been no sound.

Later, after a lot of hardship, I finally got the approval:

If the military merits are insufficient and the qualifications do not match, the captain will not be posthumously awarded, the official position of second lieutenant will be maintained, and the pension of 200 legal currency will be increased.

At that time, a hundred fiat dollars could only buy one bag of flour.

In other words, Lai Songsheng died for the Anti-Japanese War, but his life is only worth two bags of flour in the eyes of some people!

Who made him just a little spy?

With so many people dead, who cares about the life or death of a small person?

……

A meal of wine, drunk until one o'clock in the afternoon.

Meng Shaoyuan drank a lot, but he didn't seem to be drunk at all.

And what seems to be waiting for it.

The phone finally rang. Gan Ning took it and listened for a while: "Yes, understood...... Chief Luo called and asked you to come to him by 3 o'clock. ”

"Got it."

Meng Shaoyuan looked calm: "Is there a dog outside?" ”

"No, we've all beaten it clean."

"What about the Army Major uniform that I made in a hurry?"

"Here."

"Put it on for me!"

Meng Shaoyuan looked in the mirror and straightened his military uniform.

Although it is not as majestic as the colonel's uniform, this is a serious army major after all!

Meng Shaoyuan checked it carefully, and there was no trace of dust on the leather shoes.

"Director Meng, who are you going to see so urgently?"

Gan Ning couldn't help but ask.

"We're going to meet a group of heroes, big heroes!"

"Can we go and see you?"

"I don't know."

Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile: "It took me a lot of effort to get it. ”

Gan Ning really couldn't guess what kind of big man was worthy of Director Meng's expectations.

"Get your car ready and leave in half an hour!"

"Yes!"

Now, it is May 19, the 27th year of the Republic of China, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon!