Daniel was content to accept the last cheque he had earned in China:

Five thousand dollars.

It was Meng Shaoyuan's reward for his efforts to agitate in front of Sinclair.

He likes the country of China and the person Meng Shaoyuan.

He really didn't want to leave.

Meng Shaoyuan is a God of Wealth to him.

But what can be done?

I'm afraid I won't have the chance to see Meng Shaoyuan again in the future.

In the afternoon, he will leave Shanghai on the American steamer "Lord Dominek" and return to his distant homeland:

United Kingdom!

That's a lot of luggage.

He wore out his servant, the black servant Arau.

A suitcase was placed next to the car, and it was full of Mr. Daniel's underwear.

Arrau turned around and went back to get another box.

As soon as I turned around, I saw a man pick up the box and run.

"Hey, stop! You bastard thief! ”

Arau was in a hurry, so he chased after him.

You know, any private property belonging to Mr. Daniel is not easy for him to be touched, otherwise poor Arrau will be abused and even beaten.

Arrau didn't want to be beaten by his master.

He chased the thief desperately from behind.

He saw the thief run into an alley, and he chased after him.

"Knock".

As soon as he entered, a stick fell on Aarau's head.

Arau fainted at once.

The thief opened the box, but he was furious when he saw it.

It was full of men's underwear and socks.

He threw the box to the ground and kicked the unconscious Arau:

"Nong deflated, chase me a few roads for a few torn clothes......"

Aarau is missing.

As Mr. Daniel prepares to leave Shanghai, his black servant Arau disappears.

And also disappeared with a box.

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Daniel, had reason to believe that Aarau had absconded with his valuables.

Yes, a box of valuables.

For example, there is a pair of socks in it, which are serious British goods that I bought the year before last. Although it has broken a hole, it is still very valuable.

Blacks can never be trusted, Daniel affirms.

If he hadn't been in a hurry to catch the steamer, he would have personally urged the patrols to catch this.

"The Japanese army is frequently transferring troops in the direction of Baoshan, and our two squads are closely monitoring the Japanese movement in Baoshan. Yao Ziqing's battalion has entered Baoshan and taken over the city's defenses. ”

Meng Shaoyuan listened to the introduction and was silent.

Baoshan bloody battle.

Yao Ziqing and his more than 500 brothers stained Baoshan with blood, killed themselves, and served the country and the nation.

Many years later, when many military history experts summarized the Battle of Songhu, they looked at the hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the national army who died and sighed that this battle should not have been fought like this!

But how can you fight if you don't fight like this?

In addition to exchanging human lives for time, there was no second way to play the Battle of Songhu at that time.

Meng Shaoyuan remembered very well that on the first day of the bloody battle of Baoshan, the Japanese army concentrated more than 50 warships, 21 aircraft, 30 tanks, and 5,000 infantry to launch a fierce attack on the position of Yao Ziqing's camp, bombing Baoshan day and night.

The Japanese army has warships at sea, planes in the sky, tanks on the ground, and even the strength of the army is 10 times that of Yao Ziqing's battalion, so there is no chance of winning this battle at all!

Yao Ziqing and his brothers all knew that in this battle of defense with no chance of winning, all they had to do was to drag the pace of the Japanese army's advance, and if they could delay it for a day, they could drag it for a second.

Life and death, forget it, there's no time to think about it.

I don't even have time to think about death, what kind of tragedy is this?

This is the cruelty of the Battle of Songhu, the Chinese army delayed the Japanese attack with one life after another, the Chinese soldiers died tragically, and the Japanese soldiers also fought very hard.

"On the 24th, our army held a counterattack on all fronts." Wu Jingyi pointed to the map and said: "Our army uses the four key points of Baoshan, Yuepu, Yangxing, and Wusong to form a prismatic defensive zone and cooperate with the main force to counterattack. Focusing on these four key points, the Chinese and Japanese armies launched a fierce battle here, and the two sides suffered casualties on each other, and the battle was very stalemate. According to the intercepted Japanese telegram, the 11th Division said in the telegram that "the war has reached a very critical moment" ......"

"That's why we don't give up an inch of land and hold every position." Meng Shaoyuan said in a daze: "It's difficult for us, and it's just as difficult for the Japanese." While holding on to Shanghai, factories and materials in Nanjing and other parts of the Yangtze River began to transfer in large quantities, and the battle of Shanghai won us time. ”

"Director Meng, I have a question that I don't know if to ask?"

"Just ask."

"I heard that you bought a house in Nanjing last year, and after we started the war in Shanghai, your Ren Yinghao in Nanjing called to ask if the house was sold, but you refused. If Shanghai falls, the Japanese army will definitely advance to Nanjing, and if the capital falls again, the house seems to be destroyed, right? ”

"What you said is too light, it's not destruction, it's either destroyed or occupied, there is no third possibility." Meng Shaoyuan said lightly: "But I have to have a home in Nanjing, even if Nanjing is really lost, we will take her back sooner or later." I want to remind myself all the time that my home is in Nanjing. The house is occupied, if I don't try my best to get it back, am I still a man? Do I still have a little bit of blood? ”

In this era, no one knows the course of history better than Meng Shaoyuan, and he told himself this from the first moment he bought a house in Nanjing:

I have settled down in Nanjing!

The house is ruined and needs to be rebuilt; Lost your home, grab it back!

Wu Jingyi seemed to understand, and she immediately took out a check and put it in front of Meng Shaoyuan: "This is your subordinate looking for you, you are not here, stay here for you." He also said that if he went back to Jiangyin, he and his brothers would not be ashamed of you in death. ”

$145,500.

Wang Jingzhong extorted money from Yao's family.

In order to raise funds for Yao Muqing's redemption, the Yao family not only sold the house, but also mortgaged the factory.

This Wang Jingzhong is also ruthless enough, and he wants a fraction of five hundred dollars.

He has the potential to be a bandit.

When the Japanese enter Wuxi Jiangyin in the future, they will have to worry about their nerves.

The phone rings on the desk.

Wu Jingyi took the phone and listened for a while: "Got it." ”

Put down the phone: "Director Meng, my 11th Division recaptured Luodian, the Japanese army mobilized aircraft, tanks, and heavy artillery to fight back desperately, and the officers and men of our army fought bravely to kill the enemy." I managed the 12th Special Forces to assist the 11th Division in its defense, and an hour ago, all of them were killed. ”

Meng Shaoyuan's heart seemed to have been pricked by a needle.

That's what he's most afraid of hearing right now.

"Prepare the car immediately, by the way, there are still medicines, call Xu Chengbo, medicine, I asked him to store the medicine, and I will transport it to me immediately. Depart an hour later. ”

"Director Meng, aren't you going to Luodian?"

"Where are you going if you don't go to Luodian?" Meng Shaoyuan's eyes widened: "In Luodian, my eighth squad and twelfth squad were all killed, and the rest of the squad also suffered heavy casualties, how can I not personally command?" Moreover, Yue Zhenchuan, Tian Qi, and Zhu Yanni's teams are all concentrated on the front line of Luodian, I have already lost a brother, and I don't want to lose another one......"

"Okay, I'll get ready right away. I'll go with you. ”

"Nope." Meng Shaoyuan flatly refused: "You still stay here, I know that Mr. Dai asked you to protect me." But you still have a husband and children, you are always at home, and your man will definitely suspect it. That's an order. ”

After speaking, Meng Shaoyuan walked out of the small building and came outside.

He needs to breathe.

Take a breath in the air in the concession, at least without the smell of gunpowder and blood.

It's nice to be alive to smell the air.

It's still safe here, and it's safe for a long time to come.

Yesterday, Nanjing sent another batch of new trainees, 30 of them, who had just arrived in Shanghai, and all of them were sent to the front.

Many of them had only been shot during training.

Since the beginning of the war, the military commander's squads have suffered heavy losses and urgently need to be replenished.

Those who finished training, those who didn't, all of them were sent to Shanghai.

Meng Shaoyuan has not been replenished here, while Dai Li was in Shanghai, Meng Shaoyuan hurriedly asked Dai Li's important person, but he didn't expect Dai Li, who has always been kind to Meng Shaoyuan, to lose his temper with his proud subordinates:

"Where can I find someone for you? Before the war, you prepared for so long, and still need people? If you look at the whole of Shanghai, you are strong and strong, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, mortars, what do you have? You still ask me for someone? I'll give it to you, join your squad or not! ”

Could it be that it is difficult for everyone, and it is also difficult for Dai Li.

"Aarau?"

Suddenly, Dai Lian saw a familiar figure: "Aarau, I'm here." ”

The black man Arau was stunned, and when he saw clearly that it was Mr. Daniel's old friend calling him, he immediately rushed to him, with a crying voice:

"Mr. Meng, it's great to see you here."

"Why are you here?" Meng Shaoyuan was a little strange: "Counting the time, Daniel has already boarded the ship, right?" You didn't go with him? ”

Meng Shaoyuan didn't say that it was okay, but as soon as he said Aarau's tears, all the tears fell: "The thief stole Mr. Daniel's things, I went to chase them, I was knocked unconscious, and when I woke up and went home, Mr. Daniel was already gone." I rushed to the dock again, and the ship had departed half an hour earlier. Sir, Arrau has been abandoned. ”

I rub!

This can't blame Arao for being so aggrieved, these black people, who have been servants since childhood, have been servants for generations, and if you want to make them not servants, they really don't know what they should do.

They won't do anything but the servants. 、

What emancipated the black slaves.

Many black slaves did want to be emancipated, but there were still many black slaves who had long been accustomed to the way of life passed down from their ancestors. They even regarded the slave liberators as beasts of prey.

"Otherwise, you can leave me here for the time being." Meng Shaoyuan thought for a moment: "I'll find a way to send you back to the UK later." ”

"Ah, good sir, you are my angel."

As soon as the desperate Arau heard this, he immediately agreed.