Meng Shaoyuan parked the car and went to a nearby noodle restaurant to eat a bowl of noodles.

It's time for breakfast, and those who like to have a morning drink often call a friend or two to order a few toppings at the noodle shop.

A small plate of pickles, a small plate of shredded bamboo shoots, a small plate of vegetarian three fresh, a small dish of dry-cut shredded shreds, and then a bottle of wine, one bowl of noodles per person.

It doesn't cost a few bucks.

This noodle eating is particular again.

Before drinking, pour some liquor into the noodles. In this way, the noodles will not be rotten.

There are many people who eat breakfast and drink morning wine.

The war between China and Japan was discussed everywhere in the noodle shop, and everyone made up with noses and eyes, as if everyone had seen it with their own eyes.

There are also people who actually talked about the "Pantian Tiger" there.

Who, who is the "Pantian Tiger"?

When a bowl of noodles came up, Meng Shaoyuan poured the toppings into the noodles, a little curious.

The next table, with its euphoria, also attracted the other customers in the store:

“…… That thousand-handed slash is also the number one person, the big disciple of Yanagawa in Japan, and the invincible in Japan, after arriving in China, he has never met an opponent......

Thousands of hands slashed to Shanghai, cross-cutting and domineering, which annoyed the Pantian Tiger...... The city wall is more than three zhang high, and Pantianhu will go up with a swallow and three waters......

Seeing the corpses of his eight disciples on the ground, Thousand Hands Slashed was angry, and his evil was born to the side of his guts, and he said that he wanted to fight Pantianhu alone......

Who is Pantianhu? Shanghai's No. 1 killer, the king of killers, when he heard this, he threw away the two shell guns in his hand, and with a backhand, he pulled out the gold-backed mountain chopping knife......"

Isn't that stupid X?

Meng Shaoyuan smiled, this stupid X Pantian Tiger, you don't need a good shell gun, you have to move with others, isn't it water in your head, what is it?

But the more he talked about it, the more lively it became: "A corpse was cut with a thousand hands, and it was almost unrecognizable by a golden-backed chopping knife, Pan Tianhu sneered, 'swish, swish, and disappeared in a flash......"

"Lao Li, what is the origin of this thousand-handed slash? And that Heavenly Tiger, who is it? ”

"It's hard to kill with a thousand hands, a child of a Japanese family, his surname is Akagi, and his name is ...... Who is Pantianhu? I don't have the ability to know, I only know that his surname is Meng ......."

That stupid X's plate...... Well?

Akagi pro-yuki? Pan Tianhu's surname is Meng?

Isn't that what you mean about your Young Master Meng?

No way?

I scolded myself.

This happened......

How did Akagi kinyuki die, and the case has not been solved so far, and China and Japan have tacitly remained silent.

But in folklore, Akagi Qinyuki's death has been linked to some "Pantian Tiger".

In all folklore, there will always be a hero in it, no matter what happens, just put it on the head of this big hero, regardless of whether it has anything to do with him or not.

It's good now, the story is accurate by mistake, and Akagi Qinzhi was really killed by Meng Shaoyuan.

After eating a bowl of noodles, Meng Shaoyuan got up and left the noodle shop.

At the door of the shop, the old beggar was there again.

No one knows the old beggar's name, only that he has been begging here for more than ten years.

Come by day, go by night.

No one knows where they live.

There is a broken bowl in front of you, if you are willing, throw down two, and if you don't want to, he will never ask you for it.

Sit there all day and don't say a word.

Some say he's dumb, others say he's stupid.

Meng Shaoyuan would come here to eat noodles every morning as long as he was free, and since he saw the old beggar, when he went out to eat a bowl of noodles, he would always give him a little money.

Sometimes, they would ask the guys in the store to put a bowl of noodles in the old beggar's broken bowl.

Meng Shaoyuan touched it, there was no change in his pocket today, and called inside: "Man." ”

"Master, did you order, and gave Lao Huazi something to eat?"

"yes." Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Get him a bowl of noodles, by the way, add a piece of meat, fat, ten yuan here, put it in your account, and count it together in the future." ”

"Okay, master, I'll go now." The man took the old beggar's broken bowl and went back to the shop.

The old beggar, who was originally sitting there stupidly, suddenly kowtowed three times to Meng Shaoyuan.

I can understand the words......

……

"Director Meng."

"Say it."

On the 15th, the Japanese Sixth Division captured Kunshan, and on the 16th, Wujiang fell. On the 18th, the Japanese concentrated the strength of three divisions and launched a fierce attack on Suzhou. The 40,000 defenders inside and outside the city of Suzhou were routed in the direction of Wuxi. ”

"Wuxi can't hold it either."

Meng Shaoyuan frowned: "Order, I, the Taihu guerrillas, are responsible for collecting and responding to the remnants." Once the Japanese occupied Wuxi, the guerrillas launched raids and harassment operations in Wuxi, Suzhou, Changshu and other places. ”

"Understood."

"Also, send a telegram to He Ruyi, if his students have good training, they will be transferred to Shanghai as soon as possible."

"Understood."

"And. Tell the people in Nanjing that according to the previous plan, the evacuation will be carried out in batches. Sleepers, make sure you are safe, and don't fight the Japanese. ”

"Understood." Wu Jingyi hesitated for a moment: "Director Meng, Nanjing, will it be lost?" ”

"Will be lost."

"I don't think it's that serious, right? In Nanjing, there are two protégés of the Son of Heaven, Gu Zhenglun and Gui Yongqing, a military police, and a central teaching corps, all of which are the elite of the elite, and assisted by Luo Zhuoying, who fought in the defense of Luodian, plus the famous general Tang Shengzhi in charge of the overall situation, I think Nanjing is not so easy to lose. ”

"The famous general." As soon as Meng Shaoyuan heard the name "Tang Shengzhi", his face was not very good-looking: "Nanjing is dead from the water, the Japanese army can use the navy to carry out artillery blockade on the river, and it can also attack Wuhu in a roundabout way, cut off the rear line of communication, and then attack Nanjing in three dimensions, how can Nanjing be defended?" How can it be kept?

Tang Shengzhi swore that he said that Nanjing must be defended and will definitely be able to hold it, and that as long as he sends a military commander and a few divisions to hold Nanjing, this is not a fart. Millions of armies have not been able to hold Shanghai, how many divisions can hold Nanjing? ”

Director Meng was so angry, which Wu Jingyi didn't expect: "I listened to the news from Nanjing, and the chairman seems to appreciate Tang Shengzhi very much, and he is also determined to defend Nanjing?" ”

"Do you think the chairman can really believe that Nanjing can be kept?"

"Then this is ......"

Meng Shaoyuan lowered his voice: "Tang Shengzhi said that Nanjing can be held for at least half a year, but the chairman said at the military commission that Nanjing can be held for one to two months, which shows that one to two months is already the limit in the chairman's heart, and he knows very well that Nanjing cannot be held at all." But why do you still have to keep it? That's our capital.

Nanjing's position in the minds of the Chinese people is very important, and the international audio-visual influence is very great, and the easy abandonment of Nanjing will hinder the international view, and the confidence and morale of the Chinese people in the victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression will also be greatly damaged. Liu Fei, director of our Operations Department, said it well: After the decisive battle of Shanghai, our army will not be able to fight a decisive battle again in a short period of time, and Nanjing must be defended, but it can only be a symbolic defense. After making appropriate resistance, take the initiative to retreat, not caring about the gains and losses of one city and one pool. 12 regiments, at most 18 regiments to defend Nanjing, will do. ”

At the same time, the troops should be reorganized and repaired in the rear, and then they should look for fighters and then fight a decisive battle with the Japanese invaders.

Unfortunately, Liu Fei's operational proposition was not adopted.

The chairman of the committee knew that Nanjing could not be defended, but he must defend it.

Although Tang Shengzhi was the main formulator of the previous Nanjing Defense Guidelines, and his qualifications were very old, the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee still saw the wrong person if he wanted him to take charge of himself and defend Nanjing to the death.

"If Nanjing falls, it will inevitably be bloody." Meng Shaoyuan said in a daze: "Assistant Wu, tell our people that those who can evacuate, all evacuate, and save the vitality." ”

Wu Jingyi really didn't understand why Director Meng was so pessimistic about the defense of Nanjing, in her impression, Director Meng has always been a very optimistic person.

Those tasks that seemed impossible to accomplish were also done by him incredibly.

Although Shanghai is lost, but in Nanjing, famous and elite gathered, why can't it create another miracle?

This can't be blamed on Wu Jingyi, most of the Chinese people thought like this at that time, they saw with their own eyes that the soldiers of the national army fought in Shanghai for more than three months, defending the capital, and they could always defend it for a year and a half, right?

What they didn't see was that the Battle of Songhu had wounded and disabled all the Chinese troops, and when they retreated, they were in chaos and had no organization.

The most important thing to do now is not to defend the capital, but to withdraw to the rear as soon as possible, replenish the troops, and rest the troops in order to fight again.

However, this is not something that he can interfere with, and if he openly says that Nanjing cannot be defended, he will be regarded as nonsense at best, and at worst, I am afraid that he will be put on a hat that destroys the War of Resistance and shakes the morale of the army.

Forget it, let's keep this little life and continue to fight the Japanese to the end.

"Prepare the car, I'm going to go out." Meng Shaoyuan was a little helpless.

"Okay, I'll let the ponies come over."

"Ponies? What about Du Changshui? ”

"I'm on leave."

Wu Jingyi immediately said: "Today is the sixtieth birthday of Du Changshui's old mother, Du Changshui is a filial son, so he asked me for a day off, and I agreed." ”

"That's right." Meng Shaoyuan didn't care: "Have you helped me give a gift to the old man?" ”

This is also Meng Shaoyuan's habit, whoever has a red and white affair at home, he will always ask Wu Jingyi to help him send a heart, whether it is to take care of his subordinates, or to win people's hearts, in short, it is beneficial and harmless.

"Yes, in your name."

"That's it." Meng Shaoyuan asked casually: "Did your husband and children go to Hong Kong?" ”

"Counting the time, it shouldn't be here yet." When it came to her husband and children, Wu Jingyi's face showed some smiles: "Director Meng, I really want to thank you for evacuating my husband and children from Shanghai. Wait until the war of resistance is won......"

"It's early." Meng Shaoyuan smiled bitterly: "This war of resistance has just begun, where did you think of the day of victory?" You and me, let's survive first. ”

Surviving first is the most basic requirement.