Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

Chapter 148 The Battle of Songhu Ends
Zhang Anping was taught how to be a good man by his cousin.

From the moment the fatwa was issued, he was actually prepared to be imprisoned.

As a result, Director Dai said that the Secret Service kept him informed of the matter and only gave him the punishment he deserved.

He thought he was probably being punished by being demoted.

As a result, he was imprisoned after coming out of a field hospital where wounded soldiers were everywhere.

It was a real confinement, guarded by a special agent brigade affiliated with the Jiangsu-Zhejiang Action Committee.

This operation really confused Zhang Anping.

Fortunately, the backbone of the special agent brigade were members of the Headquarters Operations Division and Security Division, and there were acquaintances of his. The deputy captain was still Yao Jiangjie, his old commander when he was guarding the gate. Zhang Anping, who was imprisoned, did not lose the news from the outside world.

……

The "cell" is a very ordinary house. There are usually two "door gods" guarding the door. Zhang Anping was able to escape, but the nature of his escape was even worse. Naturally, he took it seriously. Prisoner.

That night, Yao Jiangjie, deputy captain of the special agent brigade, found Zhang Anping at night with a bottle of wine.

A year ago, when Zhang Anping went to work as a guard under Yao Jiangjie, Yao Jiangjie was a major and Zhang Anping was a second lieutenant.

More than a year later, the two met again. Zhang Anping was a "prisoner" with the status of lieutenant colonel, and Yao Jiangjie was still a major.

Meeting acquaintances again, Yao Jiangjie did not act like a jailer. He placed the wine bottle on the table, opened two wine glasses and two taels of peanuts.

"Brother Zhang, please take two cups."

Zhang Anping is not pretentious:
"Let's fix it."

Yao Jiangjie sat down, raised his glass and touched one with Zhang Anping first, drank it all in one gulp, and said, "Brother Zhang, I, Yao, am just a rough guy. I usually just follow the crowd and have no ideas or ambitions."

"Ever since I was given the cold shoulder in the Secret Service, my wife and children have been the only ones who have been on the hot bed."

"Brother, you are different. You drank foreign ink and got a triple jump as an official. Why can't you think about it so hard?"

Zhang Anping heard this and asked, "Has it spread?"

"It's just a rumor in our office. Brother, I don't know what you think, but for this angry move, brother, I think this glass of wine should be given to you!"

Zhang Anping and Yao Jiangjie clinked glasses and drank the wine thoughtfully.

What does Director Dai mean by this?
This operation made him very confused.

The news spread among the Secret Service, which was actually a good thing for him - in this case, he gained a lot of fame.

But the problem is that he didn't spread this news by himself, and he didn't dare to spread it. If it spread from him, it would be called with ulterior motives.

This was obviously spread by Director Dai, but why did Lao Dai spread it?

"Brother, brother, let me say something that I think is fair." Yao Jiangjie drank another glass and then said:
"Your tenacity is something I have never seen before, brother."

"If I had known you were this kind of person, I would have become your brother-in-law no matter what!"

Zhang Anping swung the liquor in his glass and asked with a smile: "Brother, do you think I did the right thing?"

"Right? I don't know either! But I feel relieved!"

Yao Jiangjie laughed: "Brother, I have been in the army for more than ten years. I used to do a lot of bad things in the Nanchang Camp Investigation Section."

"I thought at that time, I am a military master, what's wrong with doing something bad?"

"Songhu, Songhu!"

Yao Jiangjie's eyes suddenly turned red: "A group of old brothers who followed me came to Shanghai with me this time. They didn't see much of the prosperity of Shanghai, but most of the people were gone."

"You remember that Ge San, right? It was Ge San who liked to drink you the most when he was drinking. He is also dead."

"He died in the hospital. When he died, he told me, Lao Yao, I have been a mess all my life. I have done a lot of bad things following you."

"I didn't expect that when I died, I would be less confused!"

"He said it was worth dying for me, Lao Ge. I killed a Japanese in my life, and then I was carried to the hospital by the common people despite the rain of bullets."

"He said he regretted it. Why were you so messy in the past? Why did you follow me and cause harm to many people?"

"He said that in his next life, he would be a good person and would never harm the people. He said..."

"He said that for the first time, he felt that wearing this kind of skin and protecting the country was not nonsense."

Yao Jiangjie talked to himself and drank one glass of wine.

"Brothers were at the front fighting the Japanese. Although they were constantly defeated and retreated, the people in Shanghai helped us like they risked their lives and regarded us as heroes! This is what we call soldiers!"

"Brother, tell me, is this good? This is good!"

"But why are there bastards still thinking about harming the common people? Those students, all of them are educated people, braving bullets and shells, running to the battlefield to express condolences, but those girls, all of them are so charming? They are all like young ladies. Yes, but they all ran towards the position full of body parts!"

"They are afraid!"

"But they still came. They said we were heroes. They wanted to toast us, write down our names, and let everyone know about us."

"How could that bastard do this to such a good schoolgirl?"

"Returning beauties and heroes? I'm sorry for his eight generations of ancestors!"

"I personally saw a family whose home was destroyed by the bombing and two of their three children died. They dug through the rubble, found food, carried away a bag, and gave the rest to us without saying a word."

"Tell us to eat enough so we can fight the Japanese."

"I even saw a beggar handing the begging money to the fundraiser."

"Those people, in order to support our war, donate this and that, and give this and that, but how can someone have the nerve to resell such donated things!"

Yao Jiangjie was drunk.

He scolded many people, and he cursed those bastards who had made it difficult for the country to make money and cut off their descendants.

He also praised many people, but the blood of those he praised was spilled on this ancient and time-honored land.

Finally, Yao Jiangjie said:

"Brother, I will go to the Fourth Detachment tomorrow. If I live to see you in Nanjing, you can treat me to a drink. If you don't live to that time, I will remember someday and pour you a glass of wine for me."

"Fuck little Japan, if you don't let us have an easy time, you won't have an easy time either!"

Zhang Anping stared blankly at the empty wine bottle until there was no more Yao Jiangjie's scent in the room.

……

Four days later, a piece of news came.

While covering the retreat of the main force of the Chinese army, the four detachments held their positions and fought to the death until the entire army was annihilated.

After hearing the news, Zhang Anping was stunned for a long time.

Yao Jiangjie, like many national army soldiers, is not a real soldier in Zhang Anping's eyes.

But like many others, he shed blood on this land without any regrets at a time when the country was in danger and the nation was in crisis.

The destruction of the four teams made him realize that the final moment of this battle was coming.

The frequent sound of artillery was getting closer and closer, and the special agent brigade was also packing up. They were not retreating, but fighting together with other detachments of the Rangers to cover the main force crossing the river.

This night, the gunfire sounded closer.

But an unexpected person appeared in this "cell".

Director Dai!
Compared to the last time we met, Director Dai looked more haggard at this time, and his usual neat clothes also looked a little sloppy. After seeing Zhang Anping in the "cell", he said directly:

"The first squadron of the fifth detachment lost contact four hours ago. According to the report of the third squadron, their position was captured by the Japanese army, and no one has withdrawn from the position."

Zhang Anping looked at Director Dai blankly.

Director Dai sighed, patted Zhang Anping on the shoulder and said:

"There are too many lives involved in this battle. You have been planning in Shanghai for a long time, and I don't want to see you involved in it."

Hearing this, Zhang Anping said in a solemn voice: "I...I'm like a deserter."

On the night when Yao Jiangjie came to find him, he vaguely realized the true purpose of his imprisonment.

"You're not!" Director Dai shook his head in denial.He imprisoned Zhang Anping because he was worried that his nephew would get mad and spill his blood on this land that had shed too much blood.

"Your battlefield is in Shanghai!"

"Nanshi, the last war zone in SH City, is already crumbling. The Japanese occupation of Shanghai is an inevitable result. Your battlefield is there." (In the Battle of Songhu, the last civil war zone in the city was not Sihang Warehouse, but Nanshi.)
"A year ago, in your speech at the Guanwang Temple training class, you clearly mentioned the mission of the Secret Service behind enemy lines!"

"Now, it's time for you to fulfill your original promise!"

"Anping, go back to Shanghai! That is your battlefield!"

Zhang Anping was stunned for a long time, then put his legs together and replied solemnly:

"Yes!"

Director Dai motioned Zhang Anping to sit down and explained:

"I have already told Xu Baichuan and Zheng Yaoxian about the layout of Shanghai. I won't say more about you, because you are more prepared than them."

"As for the kill list, leave the rest to me and I'll do it for you."

"But Shanghai, you have to guard it for me!"

"Even if you can't act openly, you must protect Shanghai for me!"

Zhang Anping answered without hesitation:

"Yes!"

Director Dai softened his tone: "Anping, you are too stubborn. In the past, Shanghai was our territory, but in the future it is an occupied area. You need to temper your temper, do you understand?"

"Don't worry, cousin, I won't act out of anger."

Director Dai couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, even though he was feeling heavy.

You don't know how to act on impulse?
If you don't know how to act with loyalty, how could you make such a stupid thing as a kill list?

"It's useless to talk more. Let me see how you behave."

"Also...remember to protect yourself."

Zhang Anping, who was about to leave, turned around after hearing this, looked at his cousin whose eyes were still bright, and respectfully saluted him with a military salute.

"Go."

……

Zhang Anping's return to the concession was not smooth.

At this time, fighting continued in Nanshi and Pudong. These two places were the last supporting points for the Chinese army to retreat across the Suzhou River, and therefore encountered a fierce attack by the Japanese army.

Zhang Anping avoided the Japanese troops and advanced cautiously.

Since the outbreak of the Songhu Battle, he has been running between the public concession and the war zone, but he is used to walking through the war zone - but the first squadron of the five detachments that used to accompany him has now turned into stars in the sky.

While passing by a battlefield filled with corpses, Zhang Anping spotted a staggering black figure. He quietly approached and discovered that it was a national army captain staggering with a comrade on his back.

At this time, the national army was evacuating south of the Suzhou River, but the captain of the national army, carrying his comrades on his back, was walking eastward.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Anping stepped forward quickly:
"Brother, go south, the troops are crossing the river."

The captain raised his eyes and glanced at Zhang Anping, who was dressed in casual clothes, shook his head and said, "He can't hold on."

Zhang Anping approached under the moonlight to check on the wounded.

His body was covered in blood, and it was impossible to determine the specific extent of his injuries, but he was still breathing weakly—this kind of injury might not be able to be saved even if he was taken to a chaotic field hospital.

Judging from the rank of the wounded, the other party was still a major.

Seeing that the captain's condition was not much better, Zhang Anping sighed and said, "Let me carry him."

The other party was not polite and handed the person over to Zhang Anping with difficulty. Perhaps he was afraid that Zhang Anping would misunderstand that he was a deserter, so he explained:
"I was knocked unconscious by a shell. When I woke up, all my brothers were gone. He is my brother. I pulled him out of the dead."

"If you survive a catastrophe, you will be blessed later." Zhang Anping endured the pain of the wound and said, "Find a place to change clothes later. I can't survive in Shanghai wearing this."

When the captain heard this, he sighed quietly.

The two took turns carrying the wounded on their backs. They found suitable clothes in a residential house that was mostly destroyed by the bombing, and changed the wounded into military uniforms.

Zhang Anping quietly observed the captain and found that the captain had professionally buried the changed military uniforms in a jar. This operation made Zhang Anping wary.

Taking a break, Zhang Anping asked the captain's name and affiliation seemingly unintentionally.

"Liu Xinjie, his name is Tan Zhongshu. We were originally from the corps. We were separated once. Later, we temporarily pulled up a company's broken troops, and ended up filling them all."

After these two names reached Zhang Anping's ears, he suddenly lost the desire to ask any more questions - well, he met another protagonist of time and space,

(According to the plot of the TV series, this scene should appear in the Battle of Changde.)
Seeing that Zhang Anping stopped talking, Liu Xinjie, who was still a captain, asked numbly: "Do you know us?"

Although he felt heavy and numb at this time, his agent's instinct told him that this person suddenly stopped searching, and he probably knew the two of them.

Zhang Anping actually came into contact with the list of captains and lieutenants killed in action, and casually said: "You two have been deemed killed in action."

Hearing this, Liu Xinjie let out an unspeakable bitter smile.

Zhang Anping calmed down and said, "Let's go, there's still seven or eight miles to go. There's a safe house of mine there. It's almost dawn and it won't be safe then."

The words "safe house" came to Liu Xinjie's ears, and he immediately asked:

"Secret Service? Party Affairs Department?"

Zhang Anping didn't introduce himself, he just said: "Secret Service."

Liu Xinjie was speechless after hearing this.

The two of them still took turns, and finally arrived at the safe house Zhang Anping said before dawn - a battle broke out here, and most of the house collapsed. There were many bullet casings scattered around, and there was a lot of blood.

Liu Xinjie glanced at the ruins numbly, thinking he would continue walking, but unexpectedly Zhang Anping said:

"follow me."

He took Liu Xinjie to the side room that had not yet collapsed, and moved the large, tattered cabinet away, revealing a wooden board underneath. After lifting the wooden board, a deep hole could be seen.

He arranged the cabinet to look like someone was rummaging through it, and made a small mechanism at random. After putting down the wooden planks, a pile of broken bricks could cover the wooden planks. After doing this, he signaled Liu Xinjie to carry Tan Zhongshu on his back and follow him in.

In the secret room, Zhang Anping was rummaging for medical equipment and said:

"You're lucky. There are surgical equipment in this safe house and you can get bullets for him - it depends on his luck whether he can survive."

Liu Xinjie was overjoyed when he heard this: "Can you do surgery?"

"The level of half a bottle of water depends on luck."

Facts have proved that Tan Zhongshu was very lucky. After Zhang Anping, a barefoot doctor without a medical qualification, took out the bullet, he actually survived.

Human life during war is always so tenacious.

After dealing with Tan Zhongshu's injuries, the two of them ate some food stored in the secret room and fell into a drowsy sleep.

……

Zhang Anping, Liu Xinjie, who fell asleep, and Tan Zhongshu, who was in a coma, didn't know that just as they were sleeping, Yu Hongjun issued a "Letter to the Citizens", painfully announcing the complete fall of the largest city in the Far East.

In the past three months, the Chinese army has invested a total of 70 troops, and the Japanese army has also invested a total of about 27 troops.

This battle was actually a battle that was beyond the expectations of the Japanese. Although the Japanese army finally won the battle, the huge casualties forced them to conceal the number of casualties in the country, and the number of casualties was more than [-]. , abruptly stated that there were more than [-] people, and falsely reduced the number of casualties to more than [-].

Although Shanghai fell, the Chinese nation's determination to resist the war did not weaken.

When the Japanese chose to launch the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, when they chose to completely invade China, the final outcome was actually doomed - the Japanese were not defeated in starting the Pacific War, but because of China's fierce resistance, which resulted in the benefits they gained on the Chinese battlefield. It was far less than the investment, and in the end I had to choose to go south.

Going south would inevitably lead to conflict with the Americans, so they chose to strike first.

But at this time, the Japanese had no idea that they were still complacent about occupying the largest city in the Far East.

But resistance will not end with the fall of Shanghai.

　I almost finished writing it at about 1 o'clock last night, but I was too sleepy at the time, so I didn't post it because I was afraid it wouldn't be ideal.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)