The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 178 Evacuation Successful
1:11, south bank of Garbage Bridge.

At the command of "salute", the remaining members of the 524th Regiment, divided into two teams, saluted their brothers on the opposite side for the last time.

The team on the left is smaller.

It was Captain Xie and his 63 brothers who were the most seriously injured. Not only did they have no ability to move, they were even unable to move with the troops for a long time.

There are obviously many more teams on the right side.

Led by Hu Biao, Bo Shu and Chen Tang, there were a total of 186 brothers preparing to evacuate.

The two teams together had a total of 253 people, which seemed to be all the survivors of the brave warriors of the Sihang Warehouse.

Time is tight and there is no time to waste.

Even though Hu Biao knew that after they parted here, the brothers of the two teams of the 524th Regiment would probably never see their comrades who fought side by side with them again in their lives.

Still shouting at the top of his lungs, "Set off immediately."

After saying that, he took big strides and walked quickly without looking back.

Because he was worried that if he looked back, or even just walked a little slower, he would not be able to help but turn back and take Captain Xie and the 63 brothers with him no matter what.

Instead of staying here and being locked up by the foreigners.

Seeing this, the people behind Hu Biao hurriedly followed Hu Biao, and also did not dare to look back.

Then, Hu Biao and his group of 189 people began a march in the prosperous concession of Shanghai, which would still be remembered many years later.

Normally, by this time, even in the Great Devil City, known as the city that never sleeps, most ordinary people should be asleep.

Only some practitioners of special professions and guests are still in the party.

But the gunshots and explosions that broke out at midnight woke them up again; and the army marching through the streets aroused their greatest enthusiasm.

Magic City, no sleep tonight!
That's right! After many days of hard fighting, Hu Biao and his men hurriedly washed their faces and shaved before setting off.

At this moment, they all looked dispirited, their bodies covered in smoke and bloodstains, looking extremely miserable.

There were even a large number of wounded soldiers. In addition to many who needed help, some could only be carried on simple stretchers, which made the troops look even more shabby.

However, none of the people in the Magic City who were standing on the roadsides, roofs, balconies, and even climbing up the trees on both sides of the street could see these people clearly and mistook them for a group of defeated soldiers.

Because while walking, these people straightened their chests and stomachs, held their heads high, and were filled with high morale and the indomitable spirit of veterans who had fought many battles.

The blood-soaked gauze on their bodies and the smell of gunpowder all over their bodies were as dazzling as military medals.

More importantly, their glorious record of holding the Sihang Warehouse for four days and four nights, killing and wounding several times more Japanese soldiers, has long been familiar to every citizen of Shanghai.

The people of Shanghai were filled with admiration and had long wanted to meet them in person and comfort them.

Therefore, the march of Hu Biao and his men at this moment was not a great defeat at all, but a victory parade.

During this process, countless people from Shanghai rushed up, cheering loudly while stuffing food, cigarettes, daily necessities, dollars, banknotes and other valuables into people's pockets.

The simple stretchers that were being carried were the hardest hit and were soon filled with a lot of things.

There were too many enthusiastic people in Shanghai and their attitude was too firm. Hu Biao and his friends couldn't refuse and could only passively accept it.

I could only beg loudly to please everyone not to block the road ahead.

They also had urgent military matters that allowed the team to move forward quickly.

The only thing that made the people of Shanghai feel a little disappointed was that they did not see Captain Xie, who had the rank of lieutenant colonel, in the team.

Fortunately, they soon stopped caring about the situation because a dancer standing on a balcony accidentally saw Hu Biao's face.

Thanks to the series of reports in newspapers some time ago, the story of Hu Biao and Anne, the principal dancer of the Paramount Ballroom, has touched countless people.

Especially among these dancers in the Magic City, they felt an indescribable closeness to Hu Biao, and imagined that if such a thing happened to them, it would be worth it even if they died.

Under such circumstances, these dancers completely remembered Hu Biao's face.

So she immediately threw away the benefactor who was hugging her and shouted in a soprano voice that could shatter glass:

"That's Hu Biao, Commander Hu. He's not dead. He's still alive."

By the time she got to the end of the song, the dancer was already crying with joy.

Hearing such a loud voice, more people reacted and rushed towards this troop and the leader Hu Biao, making the atmosphere in the Magic City even more heated tonight.

Oh right! Faced with this situation, how do the foreigners react?

They had no reaction, or perhaps they simply didn't dare to react; because they had never seen Chinese people so emotional and passionate.

Such Chinese people made them feel extremely unfamiliar and even had a strong fear.

I was worried that if I tried to stop them a little, I would be completely overwhelmed by these Chinese people.

So the Municipal Council police decisively put away their weapons, while the ordinary foreigners were simply stunned. Only a few reporters remembered to pick up their cameras, recording everything with a click...

*****
At 1:22, I watched a group of British soldiers approaching cautiously with their weapons in hand.

Commander Xie, standing upright like a mountain, took off the holster from his waist and threw it on the ground. He said lightly, "I am Xie Jinyuan.

We don’t have any weapons now, and a large number of seriously injured people are in a very bad condition. They must be treated immediately…”

At 1:28, the last brother of the 524th Regiment also left the concession; not far outside the concession, there were brothers from a battalion of the 88th Division who had been waiting there early to provide support.

But in the first moment, a man in a Zhongshan suit, accompanied by a dozen soldiers armed with live ammunition, trotted towards Hu Biao and others.

I think the elite members of the Military Control Commission have all gone to the Sassoon Building tonight to prepare for a robbery.

After discovering Hu Biao's whereabouts, the remaining people took urgent action. After revealing their identities, they mobilized some people from the 88th Division's support force, preparing to capture Hu Biao, a gold mine.

However, the brothers of the 524th Regiment immediately surrounded these people with their bodies.

Without any hesitation, Hu Biao took out a signal gun and pulled the trigger into the air; immediately a shining signal flare rose straight into the sky, visible from a distance to the surrounding area.

Then, together with Chen Tang and Uncle Bo, they ran quickly towards an alley nearby.

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace; this was also the last time many of them saw Hu Biao and Hu Tuanzuo...

At the same time, when the signal flares began to rise, Yoshiko Kawashima and Shen Zui from the Military Control Commission saw this situation.

The two on-site commanders' expressions changed drastically when they suddenly thought of something.

He immediately shouted, "Not good! Act now!"

The difference was that when the Military Control Commission's personnel were preparing to take action, a lot of bullets were fired from nearby, killing and injuring many of them.

At some intersections, there were many mysterious people blocking them from rushing towards the Sassoon Building.

They watched helplessly as a fierce gunfight broke out in the Sassoon Building, but for a moment they were unable to rush through...

(End of this chapter)