Jiang Nan sighed: "It seems that our plan must be adjusted. We were a little too optimistic before."
"I think so too." Wang Husheng nodded and continued, "Our estimate of the difficulties was indeed somewhat inadequate. The veterans of the National Army who are stranded in Shanghai may still have the will to resist the war, but they are not as strong as they were at the beginning. , many veterans have even married and had children, so their will to fight is even weaker."
Xu Rui shook his head and said with a smile: "Why, you gave up so quickly?"
"Old Xu, this is not called giving up." Wang Husheng said, "This is called recognizing reality and facing reality."
"Reality?" Xu Rui said, "The reality is that two million compatriots in the Public Concession and the French Concession are suffering from hunger. The reality is that tens of millions of compatriots in Shanghai Huajie, Songhu area and even the entire Beijing, Shanghai and Hangzhou areas are suffering from hunger. Kou Tietei's **, they are looking forward to rescue all the time."
After a pause, Xu Rui added: "Compared to the common people, the veterans of the National Army who were stranded in the concession had a stronger desire to resist the war. The reason why they were very indifferent to joining the Hurricanes was not that they were unwilling to participate, nor that they did not want to fight the Japanese. , but because they have no confidence in the Kuomintang."
Wang Husheng said: "I'm afraid we have the same lack of confidence in our Communist Party."
"I admit this." Xu Rui nodded and said, "The Songhu detachment and the Shanghai underground party suffered heavy losses before, which has seriously damaged the image of our party and our party's armed forces. Therefore, the veterans of the National Army who are stranded in Shanghai have no regard for us. Confidence, that’s completely understandable.”
Wang Husheng said: "Isn't this what Jiangnan and I said? The situation is not as optimistic as we imagined, so do we need to make corresponding adjustments?"
"There is no need to adjust, our plan is appropriate." Xu Rui shook his head and said, "What is missing now is a flag. As long as a flag is erected, not to mention the tens of thousands of National Army veterans stranded in the concession, it will be the public concession, the legal The enthusiasm of the refugees in the concession and the compatriots in the entire Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou area will be ignited, and by that time, the devils in the entire Shanghai and even the entire Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou area will be plunged into the vast sea of people's war!"
The vast ocean of people’s war? Jiangnan's heart was pounding.
"Put up a flag?" Wang Husheng frowned and said, "The question is, where can I find such a flag?"
"We have found it." Xu Rui said with a smile, "The solitary army camp is a suitable flag."
"The Lone Army Camp?" Wang Husheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then his expression dimmed again. He frowned and said, "The problem is that the Lone Army Camp is now detained in the concession, guarded by the Italian army and Belarusian mercenaries, and we lack enough people. , it is very difficult to rescue them, and even if the lone army camp is rescued, they may not be willing to listen to us."
Xu Rui said herrily: "Old Wang, you must not have thought that the horse-killing prince who assassinated me today was the one who slipped through the net in Gujun Camp. He has told me clearly that as long as I can find a way to rescue Gujun Camp, Brother, they can accept the leadership of our party, so now there is only one question left, when will we rescue people?"
"Really?" Wang Husheng said fiercely, "That's really great."
Jiang Nan said: "However, it is not easy for us to rescue the Lone Army Camp."
Xu Rui shook his head and said: "Jiangnan, you are wrong. It is actually easy to rescue the lone army camp. The British army, Italian army and White Russian mercenaries guarding the prison are only about twenty people. Digua can easily kill them all alone." , so if we really decide to save people, we can do it at any time."
Digua asked in confusion: "Commander, since it is easy to save people, why doesn't the Nationalist Government rescue the Gujun Camp?"
"Because they didn't dare." Xu Rui said cheerfully, "Or to be more precise, Chairman Chiang did not dare to offend the British, because by rescuing the Solitary Army Camp, he had offended the British. Chairman Chiang also pointed at the British A person can speak out for the National Government and support it at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, but how dare he offend the British?"
Xu Rui is telling the truth. Historically, although the Lone Army Camp was disarmed, if it wanted to break out, it could not be stopped by the dozens of British troops guarding the prison and the White Russian mercenaries alone. Therefore, if Comrade Chiang Kai-shek The commander made up his mind that the Lone Army Battalion would actually be able to break out of the public concession and then return to the National Army structure.
However, Chairman Chiang never dared to make this determination.
Because Chairman Chiang felt that compared to the British government's attitude towards China, the lives and deaths of more than 400 National Army soldiers were nothing at all, and the sacrifice was worth it.
Digua spat lightly and said, "Chairman Chiang is really bad."
Wang Husheng said: "It is indeed not difficult to rescue the lone army, but the subsequent problems are difficult to deal with."
"Old Wang, you are right to the point." Xu Rui said, "The difficult thing is how to put up the flag of Gujunying. If you want to put up the flag of Gujunying, you must create a large enough explosive The news should preferably be enough to shock the whole of Shanghai and even the whole country, and even announce to the whole world the collective return of the eight hundred warriors of Sihang Warehouse."
Wang Husheng said: "News is not a problem. The collective escape of the Gujun Camp is already big news. The difficulty lies in the reorganization of the Gujun Camp after the escape and how to carry out the war of resistance? According to Lao Xu, we will fight urban guerrillas in Shanghai from now on." , then the lone army camp is bound to be unable to leave the city of Shanghai, so how can they escape the Japanese army? Nan Ye said: "Yes, without a stable base, there is no way to fight this battle?" "
"Is it a stable base?" Xu Rui touched his chin and suddenly said, "Yes."
Wang Husheng immediately asked: "What can we do?"
Xu Rui smiled and said: "It will be kept secret for now."
An abandoned military camp on the western edge of the French Concession is the detention center of the Lone Army Camp.
Xie Yuanzheng, the battalion commander of the Gujun Battalion, led more than 400 brothers to practice on the playground.
After the Gujun Camp was detained, the officers and soldiers had nothing to do and problems were prone to occur, so Xie Yuan formulated an extremely strict training plan for the Gujun Camp, even more stringent than before.
Just halfway through the training, a tall and powerful White Russian mercenary came to the playground and told Xie Yuan that someone was coming to visit the prison. Patriots came to visit the prison and sent condolences and medicines to the isolated camp.
However, the quantity of these condolences and medicines is not large, and most of them will be corrupted by the British troops or White Russian mercenaries who are guarding them. Very few of them will actually end up in their lone camp. Therefore, their life in the lone camp has always been very difficult. Even the most basic food and clothing cannot be solved.
But then again, something is better than nothing, right
So after receiving the notice from the Belarusian mercenaries, Captain Xie Yuan happily came to the visiting room.
However, after entering the visiting room, Xie Yuan unexpectedly discovered that the person who came was not a patriot from Shanghai, but his old subordinate Ye Ming. At that moment, Xie Yuan calmly sat down at the visiting seat. This was not Ye Ming's first Coming here once, in fact, Ye Ming has been to Gujun Camp many times and has also sent a lot of supplies.
Ye Ming gave the guarding White Russian mercenary a five-dollar bill, and the White Russian mercenary left happily.
Only Ye Ming and Xie Yuan were left in the visiting room. Ye Ming whispered: "There is something good going on in the camp."
"A good thing?" Xie Yuanye whispered, "You did another big job? Did you earn a lot of commission?"
"What good thing can a few bad dollars do?" Ye Ming smiled and said, "I mean, our lone camp will soon regain its freedom."
"What?" Xie Yuan was displeased when he heard this and said sternly, "Adjutant Ye, please don't mess around!"
Xie Yuan also said that this kid Ye Ming couldn't hold himself back and wanted to take risks to rob the prison alone. This was not possible.
"Yingzuo, don't get excited." Ye Ming quickly signaled Xie Yuan to calm down, and then said, "Listen to me and speak slowly."
Now Ye Ming will accept the assassination commission on the 16th and then meet Xu Rui, and tell the truth.
After hearing this, Xie Yuan said: "You kid, I'm not telling you, at least you looked at the target when accepting the task. You can also accept the task on the 16th? Fortunately, you didn't get it this time, otherwise you wouldn't Didn’t you become the traitor’s lackey and accomplice? If that’s the case, don’t recognize me as your commander from now on.”
Ye Ming said with a shy face: "Isn't this a killing?"
"Fortunately, we didn't kill him." Xie Yuan glared at Ye Ming, then frowned, and said, "But, is this Xu Rui you said reliable? Can he really rescue us?"
"It can definitely be done." Ye Ming said with great certainty, "Bingzhu, you are detained in the lone army camp, so you don't know, but if you go outside and ask, almost everyone in Shanghai doesn't know Xu Rui. Speaking of this Xu Rui is so famous, let me put it this way, almost twenty Japanese generals died under him alone."
Xie Yuan has been detained here together with the Solitary Army Camp since the Battle of Songhu. He has completely lost contact with the outside world, so he really doesn’t know what happened in front of him. After hearing this, he said in disbelief: "What? What did you say? This Xu Rui, there were almost twenty Japanese generals who died under him alone?"
"That's not what happened." Ye Ming immediately recounted what he had read about Xu Rui's deeds in the newspaper.
Xie Yuan didn't come back to his senses for a long time after hearing this. It wasn't until Ye Ming called him twice in a row that he finally woke up like a dream.
After waking up, Xie Yuan said: "If this is the case, this Xu Rui might actually be able to rescue us."
"But there is one condition for the camp seat." Ye Ming lowered his head and whispered, "They said that after our lone camp regains freedom, it must accept the command of the Communist Party."
"There is still this condition." Xie Yuan frowned immediately upon hearing this.
Ye Ming was afraid that Xie Yuan would not agree, so he immediately advised: "Bingzhao, anyway, I have seen through it a long time ago. The National Government and Chairman Chiang have forgotten us a long time ago. They will not offend the British for our lonely camp, so instead of Being detained in the French Concession and wasting his life like this is a waste of time. It would be better to simply join the Communist Party."