Awakening from his slumber, Tang Cheng was a little restless, the sound of gunfire throughout Shanghai had been going on for a long time, and through the velvet window lattices of the room, Tang Cheng could easily see the smoke rising from the old height. The new priest of the church did not let Tang Cheng go out, and also opened the door of the church to accommodate those who did not dare to stay at home, this church that had lived in Tang City for several years was crowded after sunrise, and at least nearly a thousand people were crowded inside.

The pistol left by Robert has been hidden by Tang Cheng very secretly, and the boning knife that killed people has also been put back in the kitchen of the church, everything looks the same as usual, only Tang Cheng knows that he is very different from before, after all, he has killed people. Tang Cheng, who was standing in front of the window and looking into the distance, was thinking about what he should do next, the three Japanese could not relieve Tang Cheng of the ruthlessness in his heart, Mike had not come to urge him to leave now, he still had time, he should continue to assassinate the Japanese, only in this way would he feel that he had the meaning of continuing to live, because he was avenging Robert.

"Tang Cheng, the Central Army and the Japanese are fighting in Shanghai, do you want me to send the bodyguards at home to pick you up and come to my house to live, Shanghai is not very peaceful, it will not be safe for you to live alone in the backyard of the church, come and be with me, the cook I invited to cook is very delicious." Hou Xiaotian's deliberately lowered voice came from the phone, the concern from his friend made Tang Cheng's heart warm, but he still wanted to avenge Robert, and it was impossible to go to Hou Xiaotian's house, so Tang Cheng refused Hou Xiaotian's kindness.

"Monkey, stay at home honestly, don't worry your parents, I'll stay in the church all the time, and I'll go and play with you when it's not so messy outside." Hou Xiaotian's father is an agent of a German company in China, and Hou Xiaotian's eldest sister who studied in Germany also found a German officer as her husband.

"Oh, don't hang up on me, I still have something to say." There was already a beeping sound in the receiver of the phone, Hou Xiaotian on the other end of the phone hung up the phone with a depressed face, and Xie Xiaoli and Xiao Yalan, who were guarding the side, looked at Hou Xiaotian inexplicably. "Tang Cheng hung up the phone, and he also said that it has not been peaceful outside these days, and told us not to run around to worry the family, and said that it will not be so chaotic in a few days and come to play with me again." Although Hou Xiaotian was a little unwilling to stay at home and couldn't go, there was indeed gunfire everywhere outside, and it should be safer to stay at home, Tang Cheng was right.

"You know that Lu Dao and Tang Cheng are going to play, is it time to play? The Central Army has already started a war with the Japanese, and now that the national crisis is at hand, we young people who have vowed to give up everything for the country and the nation should do our part. The doll-like Xie Xiaoli poked Hou Xiaotian's head with her index finger, her face full of hatred that iron is not steel, what is there to do in that Tang City, when he sees the war, he will only hide in the church, where is there still a little hot-blooded young man.

Hou Xiaotian didn't dare to do anything to Xie Xiaoli, so he had to hug his head and beg for mercy, and finally under Xiao Yalan's persuasion, Xie Xiaoli, who was angry, let Hou Xiaotian go. "Hou Xiaotian, I don't care what method you use, you must call Tang Cheng out, we are going to go to the labor army today, those cans and biscuits are too heavy, we girls can't move them at all, you boys are responsible for moving things for us, if you dare not go, I will tell Uncle Hou that you are bullying me." Xie Xiaoli, who has a little pepper personality, threatened Hou Xiaotian with her hands on her hips, and when the latter saw that he had moved out of his father, he could only raise his hands extremely reluctantly to agree.

"You're going to the Labor Army?" Looking at the three cars parked outside the church and several rickshaws full of things, Tang Cheng didn't know what to say, didn't these guys know that there was a war going on outside the road? Tang Cheng originally thought about killing the Japanese with the help of Xie Bo of the national army to avenge Robert, but now he can assassinate the Japanese in the concession independently, and it has been two full days since he killed people in the sushi restaurant, but the patrol room in the concession has not been searched for anything about this matter, Tang Cheng doesn't know if he is lucky or what, but he doesn't expect Xie Bo now, and it may be freer to do it alone.

"Tang Cheng, don't you often say that the eldest husband should be shrouded in horse leather, and he should go into battle to kill the enemy, if there is a war, you will be the first to go? We are going to the front-line labor army now, do you dare to go? Xie Xiaoli still has a chili temper, and it's not just for anything, she is angry when she sees Tang Cheng. It is useless to talk to Tang Cheng with good words, and the method of agitating generals may be better, and I don't know why Xiao Yalan has to pull Tang Cheng to work with him, causing his car to go around in a big circle in the concession.

"Don't dare, you guys go, I still have to help the priest." In Tang Cheng's opinion, Xie Xiaoli and the rich children are full of food and leisure, and there is a war in front of them, and there are dangers everywhere, so they have nothing to do anywhere. Realizing that he has already killed people is already an adult, Tang Cheng is a little disdainful of messing around with these guys who don't grow up, and it is better to fiddle with the pistol left by Robert when he has this time.

Seeing that Tang Cheng directly rejected herself, Xie Xiaoli, who felt that she had no face, turned her head to look at Xiao Yalan and shouted sharply, "Look, look, I just said don't come here, Tang Cheng doesn't have the courage to go to the labor army with us." You have to come here, these are okay, people don't want to deal with us at all, and they all blame you for a lot of things. "Xie Xiaoli and Xiao Yalan are good friends who grew up with children, and they talk a lot more casually, coupled with Xie Xiaoli's fiery temper, the words seem a little insignificant.

The people on the side didn't say anything about Xie Xiaoli's family background, but Tang Cheng, who had always secretly liked Xiao Yalan, was not happy, "Xie Xiaoli, I don't want to go myself, what are you yelling at Xiao Yalan." Isn't it just going to the labor army? What a big deal, can't I go, let's see who will be scared to pee our pants by then. Tang Cheng's stubborn donkey temper came up, even Robert couldn't control it, Xie Xiaoli immediately became dumbfounded, Hou Xiaotian and a few of them hurriedly came up to play the round, only Xiao Yalan's face was flushed, and he lowered his head and rubbed the corners of his clothes, not knowing what he was thinking.

Tang Cheng didn't talk to the new priest in the church, only said that he was going to go to his classmate's house for a walk, and the priest saw that Xie Xiaoli was not dressed like ordinary children, and there were several cars parked behind him, so he didn't stop Tang Cheng from going out, only said that he would let Tang Cheng come back earlier. didn't want to sit in the car with Hou Xiaotian and them, Tang Cheng got directly into the rickshaw behind the most Lu, saying that he walked behind the most Lu and could just stare at the food on the rickshaw, in fact, Tang Cheng was afraid that Hou Xiaotian and they would find the pistol pinned to their waist and the bullets in their pockets.

Xie Xiaoli: The place where they were going to the labor army was the Bazi Bridge National Army position, which was also the Bazi Bridge that Tang Cheng heard the young cyclist shouting in the early morning of that day. At 9:15 a.m. on August 13, the Japanese marines, under the cover of ironclad vehicles, launched an attack on the defenders' positions on Xibaoxing Road in Zhabei. Earlier in the same day, there were already Nationalist troops fighting Japanese troops at the Bazi Bridge on Jiangwan Road, and the smoke that Tang Cheng saw when he left the sushi restaurant and walked to the church was the smoke from the explosion of the National Army when they met the Japanese army at the Bazi Bridge.

Tang Cheng didn't know that it was the troops of the 88th Division who fired the first shot against the Japanese army at the Bazi Bridge, but that unit was subordinate to the 523rd Regiment and was not the same regiment as Xie Bo. The Japanese army did not expect that the security regiment in Shanghai had already been secretly replaced by the elite troops of the Nationalist army, and the Japanese army was fiercely counterattacked by the defenders as soon as the attack on the 13th began. However, under the cover of the fierce shelling of the Japanese warships anchored in Takahashi, at 4:01 pm on the 13th, the Japanese Marine Corps station hung a signal flag and ordered the Japanese army to attack on all fronts, but the Japanese army only had 6,000 marines in Shanghai, while the national army had about 20,000 troops. Xie Xiaoli's family has people who work in the government, and it is not difficult to know the battle situation in front of the road, and the Bazi Bridge is now under the control of the national army, so Xie Xiaoli will pull her classmates to go to the labor army. It took twice as long for the convoy to move along the road avoiding the crowd on the road, and Tang Cheng and his party finally saw the Bazi Bridge full of gunsmoke and the Nationalist guards who were busy building fortifications.

"What do you do? I don't know if there's a war going on in front of the road? All go back, it's forbidden here. There was still some distance from the Bazi Bridge, and the convoy was stopped by two national soldiers with rifles, but when they saw Xie Xiaoli and a few girls who got out of the car, the young national soldiers with an Anhui accent were a little embarrassed.

"We are here to work for the army, I wonder if your commander is not there?" Xie Xiaoli's chili personality played a role at this time, and when Xiao Yalan and the others didn't know what to say, it was the doll-like Xie Xiaoli who stood up and negotiated with the two national soldiers who stopped the convoy. Tang Cheng, who was standing at the back of the most thorough, was paying attention to the food pulled up the rickshaw while carefully looking at the Bazi Bridge in front of him, which was still smoking gunpowder.

I don't know if Xie Xiaoli's doll appearance played a role or the canned food and biscuits pulled on the rickshaw played a role, the defenders who had just taken over the defense here soon came an officer, but it was not what everyone expected, the officer did not come to receive the labor supplies, but wanted to find a student who was familiar with the terrain of Shanghai among them to lead the way for their infantry company. "I'll go, I'm familiar with Shanghai." Tang Cheng's ghost envoy stood up like a god, and under the strong persuasion of Xiao Yalan and others, Tang Cheng followed the officer without looking back.