Zhu Tian: Beginning to Cross the Changjin Lake

Li Guotao observed the situation around him and suddenly found a group of people in the distance driving towards the Sihang Warehouse.

Li Guotao tried hard to recall and guessed that this unit might be the machine gun company that rushed to the Sihang Warehouse for support.

Li Guotao tried hard to recall the plot of the movie at that time. It seemed that Duanwu and his friends also followed this team into the Sihang Warehouse.

In this way, Li Guotao became more certain of his guess.

Judging from the current situation, this seems to be the only way for Li Guotao to enter the Sihang Warehouse without being suspected.

After making up his mind, Li Guotao quietly slipped down from the roof and under the cover of night, came to the route that the team had to take.

Just as Li Guotao guessed, this team was the machine gun company rushing to the Sihang Warehouse to meet with the defenders, and the leading captain was the company commander Lei Xiong.

Li Guotao deliberately crossed a street quickly when they were about to pass by.

"who?"

As expected, Li Guotao was discovered. The soldiers walking in front raised their guns and stared at the broken wall where Li Guotao was hiding with a wary look on their faces.

After hearing the noise, the people behind also ran up and immediately dispersed.

When Lei Xiong heard the noise, he also ran up, holding up his gun and asked, "What's going on?"

"Captain, there is someone ahead, hiding behind the broken wall over there."

Lei Xiong raised his gun and shouted, "Who are you? Come out, or we will shoot."

"Machine guns, grenades ready."

"Yes!"

Two light machine guns were set up in advantageous positions, and the black muzzles were aimed at the place where Li Guotao was hiding.

The three soldiers also took out their grenades, ready to throw them at any time.

"Don't shoot!"

Li Guotao originally wanted to join this team, so he naturally came out obediently at this moment.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Li Guotao raised his gun and slowly walked to the center of the street.

Lei Xiong waved his hand and two soldiers immediately rushed forward, took away Li Guotao's gun first, and stared at Li Guotao with a wary look.

Lei Xiong also came over, glanced at Li Guotao, and asked, "Who are you?"

Li Guotao replied: "From the Hubei Security Corps."

Lei Xiong frowned and asked, "Why did you come here?"

Li Guotao replied: "We were ordered to come to Songhu for support, but our team was dispersed by the Japanese, and we accidentally ran into the city."

"I originally wanted to find the main force to join up, but I saw that the military police were catching deserters everywhere and would shoot them if they were caught, so I didn't dare to show up and hid everywhere."

"Hubei Security Group!"

Lei Xiong frowned slightly and said, "Those three guys just now are from the Hubei Security Group. Let them come over and identify the people."

"Yes!"

When Li Guotao heard this, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Those three guys were really caught by them. It seemed that the plot had not changed.

Li Guotao was also worried before that the plot would change because of him.

Unexpectedly, by some strange coincidence, the plot is still developing along the previous trajectory, which is undoubtedly a good thing for Li Guotao.

Soon Duanwu and others were brought up. Lao Hulu was carrying a shoulder pole with the front and back baskets filled with bullets.

Duanwu was carrying an ammunition box, and Xiao Hubei was also carrying several rifles.

Lei Xiong pointed at Li Guotao and asked, "Do you three know him?"

Duanwu spoke frankly, "I know him. The four of us originally ran here from Dachang Town together."

Lei Xiong then asked, "Why did you separate later?"

Old Gourd quickly explained: "Then we had a disagreement and separated."

Lei Xiong saw that Lao Hulu was feeling a little guilty, so he walked up to him and asked, "What's the disagreement?"

The old gourd explained: "We are unfamiliar with this place and don't know the way. He insisted on going forward, but we didn't want to go forward and wanted to go back."

“Then we separated.”

Lei Xiong walked up to the youngest boy, Xiao Hubei, and asked, "Little ghost, is what he said true?"

Xiao Hubei nodded slightly and said cautiously: "We were together before, but we just separated. After we separated, I ran into you."

Lei Xiong turned around and walked up to Li Guotao, stared at him for a while, and asked, "Where do you want to go?"

Li Guotao replied: "Fight the devils!"

"Fight the devil?"

"Yes, our Hubei Security Corps came to Songhu to fight the Japanese, didn't they? But we were dispersed by the Japanese as soon as we met them, and suffered heavy casualties. I can't come here in vain, I have to go to the battlefield and kill a few more Japanese."

"Have the guts!"

Lei Xiong smiled slightly and reached out to take the rifle from the soldier next to him. This rifle originally belonged to Li Guotao.

Lei Xiong said: "Is this your gun?"

"Yeah!" Li Guotao nodded.

Lei Xiong smiled and said, "This is the Japanese's Type 38 carbine. Do you have such a good gun in the Hubei Security Corps?"

Li Guotao replied: "I killed a few Japanese cavalrymen in Dachang Town and seized it."

"How many Japanese cavalrymen were killed?"

Lei Xiong couldn't help but widen his eyes in surprise, and said in disbelief: "Are you bragging?"

Killing a few Japanese cavalrymen, are the Japanese so easy to deal with?
And seeing how easily Li Guotao spoke, Lei Xiong instinctively thought that this kid was just bragging.

Li Guotao explained: "Dachang Town has become a ruin now, with broken walls everywhere. The Japanese cavalry is limited, so it is much easier to deal with them."

Lei Xiong pondered for a moment. This was true. If it were in that kind of environment, it would not be impossible for an experienced veteran to kill a few Japanese cavalrymen.

But what kind of force is this security corps? It’s just a group of rabble. How could there be such capable people in such a force?
Lei Xiong looked at Li Guotao in front of him, and for a moment he could not tell whether what he said was true or false.

Li Guotao said casually: "If you don't believe me, you can ask them."

Lei Xiong turned his head and glanced at Lao Hulu and the other two behind him.

Duanwu said quickly: "It's true, we saw him kill several Japanese cavalrymen with our own eyes."

In fact, Li Guotao killed more than a few Japanese devils in Dachang Town at that time.

Just during the Duanwu Festival, they saw at least several Japanese devils, and there were even more who they didn't see.

But Li Guotao didn't want to say too much, otherwise the other party would be even less convinced.

After all, although the Japanese devils are hateful, their combat skills are still quite good and their troops are very strong.

Especially in the early stages of the war, the Japs were all well-trained veterans with very strong combat effectiveness.

Lao Hulu and Xiao Hubei also nodded repeatedly, indicating that they had seen Li Guotao killing the Japanese with their own eyes.

At this time, Lei Xiong had basically believed what Li Guotao said. After all, the words could be false, but the gun could not be false.

The Japanese couldn't have given them the gun themselves, so they must have stolen it from the Japanese. Of course, it could also be picked up from the battlefield.

But Lei Xiong was not stupid. Seeing that Duanwu and the other three did not seem to be lying, he basically believed it.

Lei Xiong reached out and patted Li Guotao on the shoulder, smiling and said, "Boy, you can do it!"

"We just happen to be in need of people right now, so come with us."

Li Guotao pretended to be stupid and asked, "Where are you going? What are you going to do?"

Lei Xiong raised his hand and pointed forward, saying seriously, "Sihang Warehouse, fight the Japanese."

Li Guotao smiled bitterly and said, "Do I have any other choice?"

Lei Xiong smiled and said, "Yes, if you refuse, I can only treat you as a deserter and execute you on the spot."

Li Guotao frowned and said, "You are scaring me."

"You can try!"

"I just said, I'm not a deserter."

Lei Xiong smiled and said, "How do you prove that you are not a deserter? Just based on your one-sided statement? Why should I believe you?"

"Of course, I can't prove that you are deserters."

"The situation is urgent now, and I can't investigate carefully. Once I hand you over to the military police, you will be shot."

Li Guotao nodded with a wry smile. He was originally going to the Sihang Warehouse, so naturally he didn't want to create any more trouble. If he didn't want to go, these people really couldn't force him.

Lei Xiong could see that the boy in front of him was indeed not simple. For such a person, you can't just scare him and force him to do things he doesn't want to do. Capable people are arrogant. It is better to let him go willingly to avoid trouble in the future.

When Lei Xiong thought of this, he immediately put on a smiling face, hugged Li Guotao, and said with a smile: "Brother, didn't you just say that you wanted to go to the front line to fight the devils?"

"Then you have no choice but to follow us. I'm sure you've seen just now that the main force is retreating."

"We are the remaining rear guard force, the last force left in the city."

"If you want to fight the devils, you have to come with us."

"Unless what you just said is not true, you are not going to fight the devils."

If we are not going to fight the Japanese, then what is that? That would be like being a deserter.

Li Guotao naturally didn't want to admit that he was a deserter, and now Lei Xiong had given him enough respect.

Li Guotao nodded slightly and said, "It's the same wherever we fight the Japanese. Anyway, our security team is gone, so I'll go with you."

"now it's right!"

Lei Xiong said with a smile: "For those of us who are soldiers, if we want to achieve success, get promoted and make money, we can only go to the battlefield to fight for our lives and kill the devils."

Li Guotao thought, you don't need to paint a rosy picture for me. Given the current situation, even those who truly fight against the Japanese and kill them may not necessarily achieve great success, get promoted, or get rich.

However, now that the country is in crisis, every citizen has the responsibility to defend the country and fight the war.

Since Li Guotao has come here, he will naturally do his part, and not just for the system task.

Li Guotao smiled and said, "I haven't really thought about getting promoted or getting rich. I just want to kill a few more devils now."

"We passed through several cities along the way. Although none of them were occupied by the devils, they were bombed and suffered heavy losses!"

"When we got to the Songhu area, there were corpses everywhere and ruins everywhere."

"If the Japanese really take Songhu and then invade the interior, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Although I don't have much ability, I still want to do my best, even if it's just to kill a few more devils."

"Well done!"

Lei Xiong said with a little surprise: "You said you are so good at fighting and knowledgeable, why do you stay in a unit like the Security Corps?"

Li Guotao smiled slightly and said, "This is all fate!"

Lei Xiong didn't say much. He handed the rifle to Li Guotao, then waved his hand and shouted, "Keep going."

"Yes!"

The team continued on their journey and soon arrived at the Sihang Warehouse.

Both searchlights shone towards the team that suddenly appeared.

"who?"

Lei Xiong shouted loudly: "Lei Xiong, the company commander of the machine gun company of the first battalion, led his troops and reported here under orders."

"Open the door quickly."

The people in the warehouse saw Lei Xiong in the front through the window and shouted, "It's Captain Lei and his men."

"Open the door quickly!"

The door opened quickly.

Lei Xiong waved his hand and led the soldiers in a line into the Sihang Warehouse.

Li Guotao observed the surrounding situation and followed the team into the Sihang Warehouse.

At this moment, Li Guotao was very clear that once he entered the Sihang Warehouse, it would not be easy to get out.

Of course, whether in history or in the movie, it was extremely difficult for the Japanese to capture this warehouse.

But in the end the defenders were forced to retreat into the concession, where they were disarmed by the Municipal Council’s troops and held as prisoners of war for several years.

Li Guotao naturally does not want the tragedy to happen again, but changing this outcome is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Li Guotao can only take one step at a time now.

As soon as I walked into the warehouse door, I heard someone shouting inside.

"Brothers, it is now October 26, the 26th year of the Republic of China, and 10:07 p.m."

"All the troops that can stay in Shanghai are here."

"Brothers, now that we are here, we must be determined to die."

"Everyone, don't be complacent and have the delusion of living a life of mediocrity."

"Understand?"

"Yes!"

The soldiers of the 524st Battalion of the th Regiment in the warehouse shouted in unison.

When Old Gourd heard these words, he thought to himself that this was the last troop left behind, and staying behind to cover their retreat would be tantamount to committing suicide.

It seems that I absolutely cannot stay here any longer. I must leave here to save my life.

This old fox still has some experience after all.

Old Gourd came to Duanwu and Xiaohubei and said to them softly, "You two should be smart and follow me closely. We will act together. If a fight really breaks out, don't show off. It's important to save your lives."

Duanwu and Xiao Hubei didn't know that the old guy was still thinking about escaping at the moment.

Although Duanwu was a little worried, he didn't think about running away. In his opinion, they came to Songhu to fight the Japanese, so how could they escape in the middle of a battle? Moreover, if they really became deserters, they would be shot if caught.

Little Hubei is younger and more innocent, and has a completely "make the best of it" attitude. (End of this chapter)