Chapter 1 Ignorant Youth
The fall of Beiping! Tianjin has fallen!! North China Emergency!! The Chinese nation has reached a critical juncture!!!
"The 29th Route Army worked hard to support for 23 days, Lugou Bridge gained three times and lost three, and many officers such as Deputy Army Commander Tong Linge and 132nd Division Commander Zhao Dengyu were martyred!" A newspaper full of grease stains was blown by the wind on the empty street, and finally fell into a puddle of sewage on the corner of the street, and the black body and bold lead characters that had been soaked in the sewage were unusually eye-catching, and on the upward side was a report on the deeds of the 29th Army's vicious battle at Lugou Bridge.
"Fellow citizens, do you hear the rumbling of cannons? That's our Chinese soldiers fighting the Japanese army, can you hear the shouts of killing? I can hear, I can hear the roar of the heroic soldiers when they slash and kill the Japanese army, this is the roar of the Chinese, and it is also the cry of our Chinese nation" Xiao Yalan, dressed as a female student, stood on the steps and gave a loud speech, waving her arms and shouting loudly with an angry face, Tang Cheng, who was also dressed as a student, and several familiar classmates distributed leaflets of the War of Resistance to passers-by.
Tang Cheng and Xiao Yalan are not students in the same school, Tang Cheng, who is only 19 years old, participated in this fundraiser because of Xiao Yalan, for which he also put on a pocket watch. "Tang Cheng, did Xiao Yalan really agree to go to the movies with you? Did you lie to us? Hou Xiaotian, nicknamed Monkey, pushed Tang Cheng on his shoulder, and the latter, who was obsessed with paying attention to Xiao Yalan, came back to his senses.
"When did I Tang Cheng deceive someone?" The handsome-looking Tang Cheng pointed his nose with his thumb, revealing a big grin. Tang Cheng, who has been an orphan since he was a child, went to a church school, the American pastor Robles, who is over half a hundred years old, is his sponsor, Hou Xiaotian and Xiao Yalan are both students of a national middle school, and the 19-year-old Tang Cheng often says that he has the advantage of being in the rivers and lakes for many years, so he has naturally become the object of Hou Xiaotian and his students.
"If you don't brag, you won't speak, will you? Will Xiao Yalan go to the movies with you? She had already promised to accompany me to the department store later. The round-faced Xie Xiaoli made a vicious expression at Tang Cheng and Hou Xiaotian, Xie Xiaoli, who was from a wealthy background, looked down on Tang Cheng, who was idle, if it weren't for the persuasion of her good friend Xiao Yalan, Xie Xiaoli was going to take Xiao Yalan to go to the department store today.
"Don't bother with her, this kind of woman is an old aunt who can't marry her, I invite you to smoke" Hou Xiaotian didn't want Tang Cheng and Xie Xiaoli to quarrel, so he mysteriously pulled Tang Cheng to the side and quietly stuffed Tang Cheng with a cigar. "Tang Cheng, this is a cigar cigarette given to him by my father's German boss, this thing is very expensive, we are good friends and I gave it to you, do you know how to pull it?" Hou Xiaotian stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Tang Cheng's shoulders and made a familiar expression.
Tang Cheng pursed his lips, familiarly took out an iron-shelled lighter from his pocket and played a few tricks in his hand, and Hou Xiaotian and several male classmates who watched it were envious. "Well, it tastes good, but it's a little worse than Robles' cigar." Tang Cheng took a puff of the cigar that Hou Xiaotian brought, then reached out and grabbed Hou Xiaotian's shoulder and whispered in his ear. Pastor Robles was a cowboy who went out into the West alone when he was young, and whiskey and cigar smoke were Robles' favorites, and Tang Chuan, who grew up with Robles, was naturally very familiar with cigar smoke, and he could tell the good from the bad with just one puff.
"Tang Cheng, do you think we're good friends?" Hou Xiaotian shook Tang Cheng's arm and stared at the iron-shelled lighter in Tang Cheng's hand with some. Hou Xiaotian's family is rich and bold, Tang Cheng has made a lot of good things from him, and the relationship between the two is indeed as good as Hou Xiaotian said.
"Monkey, this is not good, this is Robles's favorite thing, I stole it out to play with, if I give it to you, I will definitely be beaten to death by Robles when I go back." At a time when friendship and ass blossoming are on a par, the smart Tang Cheng chooses to keep his ass. "Tell everyone to leave, the military police are coming." Hou Xiaotian still wanted to continue pestering, but the sharp-eyed Tang Cheng pointed to the street corner and shouted.
Ever since the military and police suppressed the student demonstrations in the streets of Beiping, whenever young people dressed as students gather in the downtown areas of the Kuomintang District, military and police armed with big sticks will inevitably appear around. The reason why Xiao Yalan agreed to Tang Cheng to participate in their speech fundraising activities was because Tang Cheng's observation was sharp enough, and he could detect the danger in time when the military police appeared, so as to avoid and reduce the number of classmates being arrested by the military police.
"The military police are coming, let's go." Hou Xiaotian and a few male classmates hurriedly helped Xiao Yalan and them pack up their things, and most of the people who were listening to the speech on the long street were scattered, and the military and police picked up big sticks and beat people up, but it doesn't matter if you are a student or not, lest the people who cause trouble disperse like a tide, leaving Xiao Yalan and them alone at the corner of the street.
"Niang Xipi's dog thing" Tang Cheng cursed secretly, put the cigar cigarette caught in his fingernails in his mouth, and walked over alone to meet the military police who were hurrying and walking over. Tang Cheng wanted to make some trouble and try to win a little time for Xiao Yalan and the others to evacuate, he knew that he couldn't stop the military police from arresting people with his little arms and legs, but he had an American adoptive father, even if he was arrested, he could be released quickly, and Robles still knew many people in Shanghai.
"Catch it, this kid is with them." The development of things is often unexpected, just when Tang Cheng was about to speak, a man in a short shirt came out from the side, pointing at Tang Cheng is shouting. Bad thing, Tang Cheng's head buzzed and was blinded, this guy in a short shirt was standing beside him just now, and he greeted Xiao Yalan and greeted Hou Xiaotian's shoulder, all of which were seen by this guy, this guy turned out to be a spy of the military police at all.
"Tie up" The officer leading the team gave an order, and two people rushed out of the military and police team, and directly pressed Tang Cheng, who was about to turn around, to the street and tied him with ropes. The military police appeared too suddenly, although Tang Cheng found out in time, but Xiao Yalan and the girls were too slow, plus there were several military and police secret agents like the man in a short shirt, Tang Cheng was pressed down at the same time, Xiao Yalan and Hou Xiaotian They were already surrounded.
"Wait," just as the military and police were about to make a move on the students, a young man who had been standing outside the circle of people spoke, "They are all students, and they just said something anti-Japanese on the street, can you call them with ropes and sticks?" There were also a few men standing with the young man, although they were all dressed in ordinary clothes of different ages, but all of them had a strong aura on their bodies.
The leader of the military police who led the team was about to have a seizure, and the young man who spoke smiled, took out this document from his pocket and handed it over. "Hello sir, I offended just now" The military police leader opened the document and only glanced at it, then immediately straightened up and handed it back with respectful hands. "You students don't study well in school, what are you doing on the street? Hurry up and go back. The head of the military police seemed to have changed his face, and he persuaded Xiao Yalan and the others with kind words, and even Tang Cheng, who had been tied up with a rope, was released.
"This big brother, I really thanked you just now." After being rescued, Tang Cheng rubbed his numb arm and approached the group to thank him. Thanks to the teachings of the priest Robles, Tang Cheng had a stronger body than his peers, and standing in front of the young man, he did not look thin. Tang Cheng has been dealing with people of the third and ninth rank since he was a child, and he dare not say that he has broad knowledge, but he still has a certain eyesight, although this young man is wearing ordinary clothes, the pair of military leather shoes on his feet are eye-catching.
Xu was aware that Tang Cheng had been looking at the leather shoes on his feet, and the young man smiled, "What?" Little brother interested in eating military rations? As soon as the young man's words came out, the men around him laughed, Tang Cheng looked quite big, but when he was fighting with those military policemen just now, he was still a hairy kid at all.
"Lianza, you see that he is not as tall as a rifle when he stands up, such a kid dares to fight a little devil like you? I think it's better to forget it. The middle-aged man with a goatee next to the young man accosted him. Being underestimated, Tang Cheng couldn't help but be a little annoyed, so he glared at the goatee fiercely, if it weren't for the pride in the young man, he wouldn't have bothered to deal with these guys who eat guns.
"The mountains are high and the water is long, I have written down this favor in Tang Cheng, I don't seem to have a local accent, if you encounter any difficulties in the future, come to the Catholic Church in the French Concession to find me, although Tang Cheng is not a powerful person, but there are still a few friends on the street, farewell." Learning from the style of the Jianghu people, Tang Cheng, who was covered in dust, hugged his fists and saluted the group of people in front of him, the so-called etiquette is not strange, Tang Cheng hugged his fists like this, even the middle-aged man who ridiculed him just now had to change his face and return the salute with his fists.
"Not to mention, this kid is a little interesting, he doesn't look big, and he has a lot of ghosts in his stomach." The middle-aged man looked at Tang Cheng's distant back and couldn't help but be amazed. If it weren't for the fact that he still had a task on him, he would have wanted to pull Tang Cheng to explore the details of this kid, such a fun kid would be brought back to the barracks, and those old men might not know what the baby would become.
"Let's go, we haven't done anything yet." The young man who was faintly surrounded by the men glanced left and right, and walked forward, "Uncle Goat, what did you say the regiment headquarters called us to explore the way, just pull out the momentum and let the troops fill it in?" Why waste this energy. ”