"You guys are from the 88th Division?" The officer who introduced himself surnamed Wu handed Liu Goat a cigarette, and then said, "We are all stragglers who have withdrawn from various units, and Rujiangmen will not let us out, so we want to fight the little devils here, and if we can hold out until the 36th Division guarding Rujiangmen leaves, we will naturally have a chance to get out of the city." The officer surnamed Wu's words were quite sincere, but the meaning in Liu Goat's eyes was clearly not interested, he didn't want to be used as cannon fodder by others anymore.

"You're saying you want us to join us? But there are only three of us, and we don't have much ammunition, so I'm afraid we can't help. "Liu Goat came here just to find out the news of the 88th Division, and he didn't want to fight with the Japanese army in the city with these guys, so Liu Goat directly refused the attraction of the officer surnamed Wu." Let's go, get out of here, bunch of fools. Liu Goat called Tang Cheng and Jiujin swaggered away from the street along the rejected horse, but those from the Sichuan army also chased them out.

"Chief Liu, where are you going? Can you bring us along? "I learned from the mouth of the mountain baby that Liu Goat and Tang Cheng had a hard fight and killed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers, and those people from the Sichuan Army immediately felt that they were the safest to follow Liu Goat, so they chased Liu Goat after they left." My surname is Ma, everyone calls me Ma Lao, and my brothers call me Uncle Ma, I know that you want to go out of the city, and I hope to bring us with you. The Sichuan army veteran introduced himself, but Liu Goat did not show any opinion, so the two groups merged into one team.

Liu Goat They only have three people, but they have all the weapons and ammunition, Uncle Sichuan Jun They have 14 people, but they only have 6 rifles and the shell gun in the hand of the Sichuan Army boy, and the shriveled bullet bag on the body is obviously not a few bullets, if it weren't for the fact that Uncle Sichuan Jun is a striking person, Liu Goat may not agree to be with them at all. A steel helmet on the battlefield may allow you to save your head from being beaten into a rotten watermelon by the enemy's bullets, but a gun can allow you to shoot the enemy and save your own life.

"Come with me, I'll get you some guns and bullets for yourself." Liu Goat took everyone back to the bar where the Japanese had just exchanged fire, and it was not only the dozen Japanese soldiers who died here, but also the four national soldiers that Liu Goat wanted to rescue. The fierce battle consumed a lot of physical strength from Liu Goat and Tang Cheng, and when they left here, they only took the grenades from the corpses of the national soldiers, but ignored the rifles and bullets on the corpses, because Liu Goat found that when fighting in the streets, flower traps and shell guns were far better than rifles.

The bar seems to be a place that has been forgotten at all, what Liu Goat was when they left, and what it is now, there is no shortage of rifles and bullets that fell from the corpses of the national soldiers. 4 Mauser rifles and 140 rounds of ammunition made the people of the Sichuan army happy, and compared with the old sleeve rifles in their hands, the Mauser rifles in their hands simply made them feel like they were flying through the clouds.

"It's a good gun, if our Sichuan army also has such a thing, it will be chased and beaten by little devils in Shanghai." Pulling the bolt of the gun, Uncle Chuan Jun smelled the smell of gunpowder emitted from the chamber of the gun a little greedily, and the tears that had been in his eyes couldn't help but flow out. During the Shanghai operation, the Sichuan army's weapons and equipment were the worst among all the participating troops, and the Sichuan army repeatedly applied to the Songhu Theater for compensation for ammunition and supplies, but it was always pressed from above, until the Shanghai battle failed, the troops retreated on a large scale, and the Sichuan army still looked like a flower child, and it was no wonder that the Sichuan army would cry.

Tang Cheng, who was watching Sichuan Jun laughing and crying from a distance, suddenly found that he seemed to have changed a lot, from sentimentality to becoming hard-hearted, seeing that Uncle Sichuan Jun was half-white and crying like a child, Tang Cheng didn't mean that his nose was sour. Looking at Uncle Chuanjun's thin and stiff back, Tang Cheng seemed indifferent, he didn't know what was wrong with him, how could he become so indifferent. If it was placed in the past, Tang Cheng would have already cried with tears in his eyes or cried along, maybe when Robert died and was cremated, his tears had already dried up, and Tang Cheng finally found a reason for himself to barely get by.

It doesn't matter what the reason is, the important thing is that Tang Cheng has found a reason for his change, and that is enough. Squinting his eyes and looking into the distance, Tang Cheng suddenly walked forward briskly with his flower machine. Liu Goat, who was talking to the people of the Sichuan Army in a low voice, couldn't help but look up at Tang Cheng, and when he saw clearly the building in front of Tang Cheng that was faintly protruding, Liu Goat smiled, what appeared in his sight should be a church, and Liu Goat recognized the cross sign on the building.

In Europe, Christ churches tend to be the most magnificent buildings in a town, while in China, Christian churches are not very grandiose and tall, and the reasons for the popularity of Christianity in China are varied, and some theologians and historians are interested in going back to the roots. In Tang Cheng's view, religious belief is nothing more than a spiritual support, an ideological pillar for people to overcome difficulties in the face of practical shortcomings. When a person is in constant pain in life, faith may become the only reason for him to live.

Mo walked for ten minutes, and the church that Tang Cheng saw from a distance appeared in front of Tang Cheng, probably Tang Cheng's subconscious, Tang Cheng, who was standing in front of the church, compared this place with Robert's church in Shanghai, and the result of the comparison was naturally that the church in Shanghai was better than here, because it used to be Tang Cheng and Robert's home. As he had to do before entering the church in Shanghai, Tang Cheng slung the flower trap on his shoulder, took off the steel helmet on his head, and straightened his clothes, and finally pushed open the door of the church with trepidation.

Walking into the porch of the church, the gray arches and walls immediately give people a solemn feeling. Tang Cheng couldn't help but slow down, only Tang Cheng's footsteps echoed in the empty church. The church was not as grand as the one Robert had built in Shanghai, and the narrow and long main hall even gave a sense of crampedness, with two rows of benches running from the entrance to the front of the altar, which was estimated to hold about a hundred people.

There were only a few people sitting on the pews of the church, and when Tang Cheng pushed the door in, these people in civilian attire all turned their heads to look at Tang Cheng, which made Tang Cheng a little surprised, he didn't know that there would be people running to the church to pray after this meeting. Some of these people are bowed with their heads folded, some are looking at the statue of Christ with their hands folded, and some are just sitting with their bodies upright and expressionless, and the empty seats around them are all suitcases or bags.

Tang Cheng didn't put his weapon at the door next, but walked forward with a loaded gun, until he reached the position of the second row of benches, Tang Cheng stopped, and the other people in the church were already blocked by Tang Cheng at this time. Moved to the right side of the wall and sat down, only then did Tang Cheng notice that the statue of Jesus enshrined on the altar in front of him was not his usual "Passion of Jesus", but here Jesus was wearing a white robe and spread his arms with a peaceful and benevolent gaze, as if he wanted to spread blessings all over the world. For Tang City, who had just returned from the battlefield, it was the embrace of God's love, a harbor to escape from storms, and a sacred place to atone for the sins of the world.

Between the lower edge of the dome and the upper part of the arch are two rows of windows that are not completely connected, but most of their stained glass has broken and fallen off, just as a ray of sunlight shines through the broken windows into the church, and the magical halo effect suddenly appears on Tang Cheng, which also envelops the whole church in a mysterious and solemn atmosphere. There was no roar of planes and tanks, no roar of artillery and gunfire, and no screams and screams, such a special environment made Tang Cheng's mind calm down quickly, and for a while, he even forgot his battlefield experience in the past two months, forgot those comrades who died in various ways, and forgot those enemies who were shot by himself.

However, only a moment later, the scene that could not bear to look back was still hovering in Tang Cheng's mind like a marquee, he looked up and looked straight ahead, the snow-white porcelain statue of Jesus stood quietly on the altar, his eyes were half-open, neither surprised nor sad, looking at the bloody slaughter in this world with an all-inclusive mind, and his outstretched arms began to have a downward range from his shoulders, which just showed God's mercy on mortals. Tang Cheng let go of the flower mechanism that his fingers were clenching tightly, then put his forehead on the back of the bench in front of him, put his hands on his knees, and closed his eyes tightly.

Liu Goat and the others who followed over stood at the door of the church together, looking at the thin back in front of them, except for Liu Goat, the others didn't know what Tang Cheng would come to the temple of foreign monks. Are you praying for yourself? Liu Goat slanted the corners of his mouth, he remembered that Tang Cheng was an unbeliever. Everything on the battlefield is full of accidents, not believing in God does not mean that you will die before others, after several months of fierce fighting, countless soldiers died on the battlefield, Tang Cheng was so temporary, Liu Goat did not think it would be useful.

After staying in the church for about ten minutes, Tang Cheng got up silently and walked out, and when he met Liu Shanyang and them at the door of the church and stopped for a while, Liu Shanyang noticed that although Tang Cheng's mental outlook at this time was not so refreshed, the gloomy component was somewhat reduced. In Liu Goat's opinion, Tang Cheng seems to have completely let go of something in his heart, which is good, Tang Cheng is getting closer and closer to becoming a qualified soldier.