The Battle of Wuhan was coming to an end, and Shao Fei and the others continued to march west along the road, as they seemed to be getting farther and farther away from the battlefield filled with gunsmoke.

The farther Shao Fei went, the more crowded the highway became. There are all kinds of people, and this time Shao Fei has opened his eyes.

These people were all evacuated from Hankou and destined for Yichang. The wounded of their troops, refugees, students, teachers, workers, and civil servants in crisp suits...... Anything that can be reported for occupation is available on the highway. A huge long line fills the highway along it, stretching endlessly, and you can't forget the edge.

The pillar asked, "Captain, where are we going?" It's been two days. ”

Shao Fei said as he walked: "I still like you to call me squad leader, and call me kind." As for where to go? Of course, it's a time to witness the miracle together. ”

Shao Fei felt a little excited, such a team of tens of thousands of people was so spectacular. At least now there is no need to fight, and the whole person is relaxed. After years of fighting, Shao Fei also felt tired.

At this time, Shao Fei found that the knife that he usually could pull the most was preoccupied along the way, so he asked: "Knife, I will be able to see my wife and children soon, why do you have this expression?" ”

Knife sighed and said, "I'm worried." The Japanese army's bombing of the three towns of Wuhan has not stopped, and Ru Xue is about to give birth, and I am afraid of ....... ”

As he spoke, Xiaodao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "Squad leader, what did you just say?" ”

Shao Fei smiled: "I said, you can go to see your wife and children." They have long since moved, and now is where we are going. ”

At this time, a convoy slowly drove towards this side, and the cart was full of materials that had already been packaged. In the passenger seat at the front of the car was a major officer, who stuck out his head and kept scolding the crowd to disperse and not block the way of the convoy. Looking at his expression, he seems to be in a hurry.

The group quickly walked around to the side of the road, and the knife scolded: "Damn, hurry to reincarnate?" So unqualified. ”

Shao Fei knew in his heart that this was much more important than reincarnation. The materials on the car are all the lifeblood of the anti-Japanese resistance, and whether they can continue to resist the war in the future depends on these materials.

"Please, give me something to eat."

"Okay, okay, give some food, anything."

“……”

Shao Fei and his party continued to move forward, and the sound of "asking for food" suddenly sounded in front of them. Those people were not dressed like food, and several young men and women kept asking passers-by for food. women, all dressed in gray-blue uniforms; Male, all dressed in tunics. They are more like students, or aspiring young people on TV.

However, no matter how much the young people pleaded, the passers-by always had a cold expression, and they just hurried away.

During the war years, no matter how indifferent, selfish, and selfish people were, they all deserve to be understood and forgiven. Originally, life was fine, but because of the war, they had to leave their homeland, and the pain in their hearts may only be known to them.

Aspiring young people ask for food on the street, which aroused Shao Fei's great curiosity.

"I said a few of you, young and strong, a little ambitious, okay? Don't insult the words 'aspiring youth'. ”

Shao Fei's words did not make these young people feel ashamed, and those few people gathered in front of Shao Fei and saw that Shao Fei was a colonel and officer, and they were in awe. In this era, the soldiers who have fought in the bloody field are the most worthy of people's respect.

The girl with a beautiful face and short hair stepped forward and replied with respect: "Sir, you have misunderstood. It's not what we want to eat, I can bear it. ”

As she spoke, she pointed to the field in front of her and said, "It's those poor orphans." It's been a day, and I've eaten everything I can. ”

Shao Fei looked west in the direction the girl pointed, and there were hundreds of children in the field not far away, all of them squatting in the field. Some of them were so hungry that they began to dig grass roots to satisfy their hunger.

Shao Fei asked, "Who are you?" ”

The woman replied, "Sir, we are staff members of the nursery school. The poor children were all orphans rescued from North China, East China, and other war zones. We are only responsible for this small part, and the total number is as high as 3,000. ”

At this time, another girl stepped forward with a sad expression and said, "Wuhan has been bombed by devil planes everywhere, and there is not enough food at all. So ......"

The nursery was proposed by Vice Chairman Zhou and the Song sisters to house orphans left behind by the war. From the battle of Wuhan to the present, the number of orphans in the shelter is unprecedented, and it has reached an unbearable situation. Now it is the Great Retreat, and these orphans must be sent to the Great Rear.

Shao Fei looked at the crowded crowd on the highway, their expressions hurried. Whether they are refugees, civil servants or academics, they now have a name "refugee". I don't know where the road is, and I don't care about others.

The more dangerous it is, the more indifferent the human heart becomes. Shao Fei had seen too much of this truth, but he also understood, so he asked, "Do you have a pot?" ”

The girl replied, "Yes, but there is no food." ”

Shao Fei immediately ordered: "Pillars, take them to dig and eat wild vegetables." ”

"Yes!"

The woman said, "Can you eat enough wild vegetables?" What about more than 100 people? ”

The knife smiled and stepped forward and said, "The beauty is gone, there will be bread, there will be milk, everything will be there." ”

These people were suspicious, so they could only follow the pillar and they went to dig wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger. The special combat personnel know more about the types of wild vegetables than these people.

As for Shao Fei, he sat alone on the side of the road, as if waiting for something.

One or two trucks kept passing in front of Shao Fei's eyes, and what he had been waiting for was the grain truck.

After half an hour, he finally asked Shao Fei to wait for the grain convoy, so he stood in the middle of the road and blocked the way of the convoy.

A lieutenant colonel got out of the car in a hurry, came to Shao Fei, first gave a military salute, and then asked: "Brother, why are you blocking our way, we are in a hurry." This batch of supplies must go to Yichang tonight. ”

Shao Fei looked at the supplies in the car and asked, "Is the sack of food on the car?" ”

The lieutenant colonel got impatient and said, "Yes, what do you want to do?" These are life-saving foods, and tens of thousands of people are waiting for them. ”

All this grain was wanted by Lu Zuofu. Those workers, students, public servants, people from all walks of life, military and political dignitaries, etc., all have to eat, how can one Yichang city feed so many people. Lu Zuofu could only mobilize grain from the Chen family grain number from all over the country.

"Leave ten sacks."

"No! You're robbing. ”

Shao Fei pointed to the field in front of him and said, "There are more than 100 orphans in the nursery there, who are waiting to be fed. ”

After reading it, the lieutenant colonel expressed helplessness: "I'm sorry, I can't do anything." The food was designated by Mr. Lu. Now it is a big retreat, and whether it is a high-ranking political person or a military unit, all of them must obey Mr. Lu's command. Mr. Lu only obeys the chairman's orders. ”

The chairman of the NPC National Committee has appointed Lu Zuofu as the executive secretary of communications, and the people's livelihood and shipping are solely responsible for the evacuation of Wuhan. Lu Zuofu also made a military order, saying that hundreds of thousands of tons of materials and hundreds of thousands of people must be evacuated from the rear, and not a single machine part will be left for the Japanese.

Shao Fei took out his ID and showed it to the lieutenant colonel, the lieutenant colonel was taken aback, Shao Fei said: "Mr. Lu is my friend, I call him Uncle Lu." If he wants to blame, he will say that I want it. Even if you don't look at the faces of those poor orphans, you have to give Mrs. Jiang face, right? She built the nursery school single-handedly. ”

The lieutenant colonel was still very embarrassed, and Shao Fei continued: "I heard that Madame Jiang is coming to Yichang to visit these orphans soon, and I will ...... when the time comes."

"Don't say it. I also have conscientious Chinese, and I give food. ”

The lieutenant colonel immediately ordered his soldiers to unload ten bags of grain, and then went to the field in front of him, and temporarily solved the problem of food for the orphans.

Anyway, it was the same road, Shao Fei and his party took hundreds of orphans on the road together and went to the next destination: Yichang.

(End of chapter)