Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 138 You have confidence and amulets
As soldiers, how could they not understand the sorrow of this Chinese lieutenant colonel!
On the territory of one's own country, even fighting is constrained, whoever it is will feel humiliated!
However, everyone has someone to protect.

It is the most normal human nature to sacrifice what has nothing to do with oneself, to protect oneself and what one wants to protect.

"Lieutenant Colonel Xie, from the perspective of a soldier, I understand your feelings, and at the same time express regret for the end of this war.

However, as the commander of the coalition forces stationed in the concession, I must ensure the safety of everyone in the concession, no matter if he is European, American or even Chinese. "The brigadier general's face showed enough firmness.

"I still hope that you can persuade them to cross the river, not to mention that their current strength is less than one infantry company, even if you and your subordinates re-enter, if the Japanese can bring in two heavy artillery pieces, they may bring in more, Sihang Warehouse No matter how strong it is, it will turn into powder.

Even the Chinese in the concession will be implicated. The brigadier general tried to continue his efforts, pointing to the Chinese people who were standing at the intersection of the street a hundred meters away because they were alarmed by the explosion of the bridge.

"You should also think about these people. If the concession falls into war, your fellow clansmen will have no place to stand."

"General, what you said is very reasonable. Unfortunately, you don't understand us. It's because your country has not been invaded." The lieutenant colonel shook his head.

"No one does not cherish life, but when robbers come, your parents will be killed, your sisters and wives will be enslaved, and your son will have no tomorrow. Then we would rather die and die in resistance."

"What you see is just these hundreds of Chinese soldiers and tens of thousands of Chinese people, but there are tens of millions of Chinese people after Songhu. Every inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood, Songhu has been stained with hundreds of thousands of outstanding Chinese people. Erlang's blood, so what if I add a little bit more?" The lieutenant colonel said so far, the former Qi Rong was no longer on his face.

There is light in his eyes.

He is proud of his men and brethren.

Death in battle is not scary.The terrible thing is that they have no value in dying.

If Tang Dao and Lei Xiong were not decisive enough to abide by the military order and set foot on the Suzhou River Bridge, and die worthlessly in the trap set up by the Japanese army, that would be his greatest sorrow as a general of the army, and also the tragedy of the entire nation sorrow.

After boldly dropping these words, the lieutenant colonel puffed up his chest and turned to leave.

Stand back in front of nearly 300 soldiers standing neatly in front of you.

Surrounding them was an entire infantry battalion of concession soldiers.

When Yang Ruifu roared and asked the soldiers to take back their weapons and return to the warehouse, the soldiers in the concession collectively felt as if they were facing an enemy. They were afraid that these tough Chinese soldiers would go crazy, even if they had at least four heavy machine guns aimed at them quietly, Even if most of these Chinese only have rifles and light weapons such as shell guns.

But no one dared to underestimate them. It was this group of people who beat and maimed thousands of Japanese in just three days under their noses.

Now, their commander is back.

"He is an excellent commander, but also a real soldier." The brigadier general looked at the back of the straight lieutenant colonel who chose to stand with his soldiers under his gun, and was silent for a long time. "I think we should treat them like real soldiers."

"But, General, the Japanese." Anxiety flashed in Colonel James' eyes.

Two minutes ago, the communications corps of the headquarters handed him the telegram sent by the headquarters of the Japanese Songhu Expeditionary Army, with extremely shameless words.

However, such a shameless Japanese is even more worrying.

This seems to have confirmed the old fable: It is better to fight a lion than to deal with wolves.

"What's wrong with the Japanese? They can ignore the agreement time and time again, so we should take the waste paper? The sun never sets Imperial gentlemen will only take off their hats to the same people, and will not bow to jackals and tigers.

If the Japanese want war, tell them, come on!I, Smallet, am not afraid of war. Thousands of soldiers here are not afraid of war. Western people who love freedom and democracy are also not afraid of war! "The brigadier general interrupted his adjutant and raised his stubborn goatee.

"Go and tell our dear consuls that the garrison in the concession will enter the first level of combat readiness from now on. If the concession is invaded, our army will fight back to defend the homeland. If they feel that I am wrong because of timidity, they can report to the parliament. Help the idiot impeach me."

The colonel and the surrounding western school officials looked at each other, not knowing what kind of medicine his commander had taken today. He put on an attitude of wanting to fight the Japanese, but even the consul and the nobles in the parliament They all scolded.

Or the kind of public scolding.

Perhaps, only real soldiers can understand.

Real soldiers never give in to power, they are only loyal to their duties and guard their homeland, even if they die.

The nearly 300 soldiers standing not far away are the same, as are the more than 100 soldiers who blew up their only retreat on the opposite side.

At night, the lieutenant colonel and the rest of the army entered a battalion-level barracks vacated overnight by the garrison in the concession. Heavy equipment such as two mortars and four heavy machine guns were symbolically kept on their behalf, but light rifles, shell guns, and light machine guns were kept. Fire equipment is allowed to carry.

This is also the lowest bottom line accepted by the major general and the lieutenant colonel, otherwise, the angry two would most likely jump off the Suzhou River and swim back to the warehouse with their subordinates in a fit of anger.

As for whether the soldiers in the Western Concession dared to shoot at them, you can know the result with your ass.

The people in the warehouse tens of meters away are no longer a group of 'lunatics' who are under the control of the Chinese government. When they are not crazy, they can beat the Japanese into shit. Seeing their comrades being attacked, what will happen when they become crazy?

In the previous time and space, after several hours of armed confrontation between these soldiers and the garrison in the concession, the military order from the highest level came again, and they were forced to hand over all their equipment, and the entire army was trapped in an abandoned military camp.

At least one infantry platoon was fully armed and guarded. For more than three years, very few people were able to leave the barracks, just like heavy prisoners.

But this time, they were tough enough to destroy more than a thousand Japanese troops in World War I.

Achievement is the confidence of a soldier.

Dignity has always depended on fists.

Of course, apart from being tough enough, Tang Dao and Lei Xiong, the more than 100 lone army who hadn't crossed the river, were also the best amulets.

As long as they are not dead, the concession will not dare to treat the 300 people who have crossed the river too harshly.

Two days ago, the Chinese soldiers had already told everyone by blasting a bank building that they also had the ability to turn the Sixing Warehouse into a large bomb.

Do you think that the brigadier general of the empire, who has experienced a lot of experience in the world, risked war with the Japanese and rejected the Japanese just because these Chinese soldiers were real soldiers and he couldn’t appreciate them?

You really think too much.

He appreciates real soldiers, but that doesn't mean he can make fun of the lives of nearly a million concession residents.

He used his own attitude to tell the Chinese soldiers on the opposite side who would not retreat even if they died, that the Japanese are idiots and don't abide by the agreement. You can fight, but we Westerners value credibility, so don't be impulsive!

From the window, I watched my colleagues salute the warehouse with their guns in hand, and then walked away in a row.

"They're all smart people!" Tang Dao heaved a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)