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Volume Four, Chapter 42, Men. Soldiers

Xie Jinyuan's eyes fell on Lei Zhen's face. He put his hand into his pocket, but after touching it for a long time, he didn't find anything.

"I originally wanted to pay you a piece of clothing, but I am a poor official, and now I don't even have a penny in my pocket. I'm so sorry." Xie Jinyuan took off the watch on his wrist and handed it to Lei Zhen, and smiled and said, "Brother Lei Zhen, although we have known each other for a short time, we hit it off at first sight. When we break through, you will retreat with everyone. I will give you a souvenir to this watch... Oh, I'm sorry..."

A embarrassed smile appeared on Xie Jinyuan's face, "I am the commander, I must master the time accurately. Now I need it. I will give it to you after four o'clock in the morning, okay?"

Lei Zhen looked at the man in front of him deeply. Xie Jinyuan must be in a mess now. Otherwise, how could this man with great wisdom make such a low-level mistake? Lei Zhen suddenly said: "Don't forget that someone is waiting for you."

Xie Jinyuan was slightly stunned and replied: "Maybe, there are people waiting for you."

"If I don't go back, she won't die. But if you don't go back, many people will die."

Lei Zhen said: "I have never read books and do not understand any great principles. I cannot be sure now what the honor of a soldier is. But at least I know that no matter whether you are a soldier or a saint, you are first and foremost a man. If your wife marrys you, you are her man, you have to protect her. She gave birth to a son and a daughter for you, and she believes that you can raise your son and a daughter and teach you well."

"You threw them aside for some great principles of patriotism and saving the country. Now that they have come here, you will talk about horses and corpses and deaths on the battlefield. This looks great and sounds glorious. But I think you have already lost a man in this way and must do well! If you think that they are your own family, so you can sacrifice and give up for the needs of more people, your thinking is the greatest selfishness!"

At this time, Lei Zhen really said, "Why can you die just because you are a soldier? Because you are your wife, you should be a widow honestly. After becoming a widow, you should help you raise your children and adopt parents? You are dying happily. Do you know what it feels like to live with your children?!"

"Tell me again, why do your son and daughter, because you are a soldier, have never had a father since you were a child? Do you know that children without a father are often bullied? Do you know that children without a father, even if they fight with others, their faces are swollen and blue, and when they go back to see his mother, they can only say that they are young and fallen?!"

"I think your wife is the right choice. She wants to die together. This is called a complete end. As for your father and mother, all the young people below have died anyway, and they are not interested in living, and no one is raised, so let's die together!"

Xie Jinyuan was really stunned by Lei Zhen's words. He suddenly realized that he underestimated the big boy in front of him who was emitting a wild ray of wildness. Lei Zhen usually doesn't like to talk too much, nor does he like to deal with strangers, but he will look at it with his own eyes, listen with his ears, and analyze with his own thinking.

"The Japanese army cannot capture the Sihang Warehouse you guarded for a long time. I have threatened that if you do not take the initiative to withdraw from the Sihang Warehouse within 48 hours, their Marines will rush into the public concession and completely surround the Sihang Warehouse. At the same time, they will take all measures to attack the Sihang Warehouse! Now the Industrial Department is constantly putting pressure on our government."

"All walks of life in Shanghai considering the personal safety of you and your subordinates, you are also calling for a retreat. The Chinese Women's Movement Alliance called Soong Mei-ling, 'Zhabei alone defends and never retreats, and the courage and courage are so exciting. Please refer to my women's community, and immediately order the retreat immediately to protect the lives of these 800 soldiers and to use them for a long-term war of resistance.' Brother Zhongmin, as a soldier, you have done a good job, and retreating now is what everyone hopes to do!"

...

Even as the calls from Zhang Boting, the chief of staff of the 88th Division, Xie Jinyuan's wrist was no longer his own watch, finally pointed to 3:50 in the morning. Thousands of sacks blocked in front of the gate of the Sihang Warehouse were also moved aside. A machine gun platoon responsible for covering the large army was closely following the movements of the Japanese army.

Under the command of the platoon leaders of each platoon, a machine gun platoon and the soldiers killed, more than 350 people in the battalion, including the wounded who had the power to stand up again, stood in front of Xie Jinyuan.

At this time, no one spoke, everyone looked at Xie Jinyuan quietly, waiting for his orders.

Xie Jinyuan's eyes slowly came from the soldiers who accompanied him in the Sihang Warehouse and fought fiercely with the Japanese army for four days and five nights. Faced with the sudden breakout order, Xie Jinyuan saw a kind of joy and excitement in the faces of these subordinates. It was because of this sudden change that made everyone's eyes shine.

Xie Jinyuan pointed to the gate that had already moved the sack and could rush out at any time, and said in a deep voice: "In ten minutes, the machine guns will fire. As long as the enemy's three searchlights are fired together, everyone will immediately break through under the leadership of the platoon leader, cross the new garbage bridge, and enter the British concession! In this breakthrough operation, I only have two requirements for you. First, in order to act quickly, we will throw away all the heavy weapons in our hands, but everyone must bring the gun in our hands, no matter how they come out.

No problem can be lost. We break out just to participate in the upcoming Nanjing defense battle. If we lose even our guns and do nothing with our hands? Second, after rushing through the new garbage bridge and entering a safe position, don’t be confused. We ask soldiers to find the squad leader, the squad leader finds the platoon leader, the platoon leader finds the company commander, organize their own team as soon as possible, and then report loudly. In this way, the company commanders of each company can count the casualties of our breakout battle in the shortest time!"

Xie Jinyuan looked at the watch on his wrist again. It was five minutes before four o'clock in the morning. He untied the watch and sent him to Lei Zhen's hand, saying, "You will retreat with the main force later, so it will be safer."

Lei Zhen looked at the watch in front of him with Xie Jinyuan's body temperature, and was silent for a while. He pointed to a rifle that was extra due to the reduction in combat in the army and said, "I prefer you to lend me a gun! As for the watch, I will use the gun to exchange it with you after I go out."
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