Chapter 21: Fight to the Death (Part 2)

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  Wang Donghai left in a huff amidst everyone's shouting, Zhou Junsheng wanted to stay but seeing Xu Meiting's resolute expression, he knew he had no chance with this little vixen and could only leave dejectedly.

  "Mei Ting, Mei Ting, did you really see Xiao Ba in Nanjing?" Xu Tang Fei asked Xu Mei Ting urgently.

  "Hmm! I saw it." Xu Meiting said.

  "What does Xiao Ba look like in his military uniform? Hmph, that's a lieutenant general's uniform! Among our group of people, Xiao Ba is the most promising one. He became a lieutenant general in the national army at just over 20 years old!" Zhang Fuming said, "Ah, if it weren't for my parents not letting me join the military back then, I might be a field officer now too. At the very least, I should be a captain, and being a company commander is still possible, right? Look, our eldest brother is now a colonel and regimental commander, while our third, fourth, and sixth brothers are all lieutenant colonels and battalion commanders!"

  "Alright, alright! Look at you, don't even mention being an officer, let alone a general. Whether or not to let you join the army is still a question!" Xu Tang said with a smile.

  "Then why didn't you join the army?" Zhang Fuming asked discontentedly.

  "I, alas, my own brother, I'm not afraid to say it out loud and be laughed at by everyone. I'm afraid of fighting, I'm afraid of dying on the battlefield." Xu Tangfei said painfully, "All along, I thought that avoiding everything would allow me to live a good life, but I was wrong, I was really wrong!" As he spoke, Xu Tangfei burst into tears.

  "What's wrong? What is it? Why is Xu Tangfei crying so sadly?" Xu Meiting asked Zhang Fuming.

  Zhang Fuming also didn't know why Xu Tangfei suddenly burst into tears for no reason.

  Xu Tangfei wiped away his tears and said with an unwavering expression: "Meiting, what Xiao Ba said is right. We will fight to the death if necessary. As long as our patriotic spirit does not die and our national soul is not extinguished, how can we be defeated by the Japanese devils from a small island nation? No matter what you think, after the New Year, I will definitely enlist in the army. Maybe I won't be able to fight on the front lines, but I can serve as a military advisor. I want to take the military academy exam and go fight against the Japanese devils!" Xu Tangfei clenched his fists tightly as he spoke.

  "Ah, great! I'll join the army too!" Xu Meiting also said.

  "What's going on, Meiting? Why are you joining the army?" Qian Shanshan asked anxiously. After all, Meiting was her good friend, and joining the army meant risking one's life at any moment. How could she bear to let her good friend take such a risk?

  "Xanxan, you didn't see the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in Nanjing. I saw it with my own eyes. If the 77th Army hadn't arrived in Nanjing on time, I might have become a cold corpse within the city walls. The Japanese army is a force worse than beasts, they even kill little children, it's infuriating! Therefore, I must join the military, as a Chinese person, I must make some contributions to this country and nation. Liu Zhenfeng was right, even if China is currently inferior to Japan in every way, as long as our patriotic hearts remain and our national spirit hasn't been extinguished, the Japanese invaders will never be able to destroy our great China!"

  "Alright..."

  "Join the army, I'll go too! Let's make our due contribution to this disaster-stricken country together." Zhang Fuming said tightly grasping Xu Tangfei's hand.

  At this time, in Jiangnan

  "Water! Water! Give me water!" Liu Zhenfeng said unconsciously. He felt like he was floating, and he had a very long dream. In the dream, he saw his past self, who loved playing computer games. Liu Zhenfeng dreamed of his first love, Xiang Ran, a lovely girl who was the campus belle at Nanjing University. She was a beautiful and charming girl who made people's hearts skip a beat. She was a student in the medical school, one year older than him, and she was the pride of the medical school, embodying both beauty and intelligence. She was a talented woman, a famous talent at Nanjing University, whose talents made many so-called geniuses blush with shame. Such an excellent girl jumped to her death from the top of a 20-story teaching building in the summer of 2028, one year after Liu Zhenfeng graduated.

  No one knew what had happened to this proud daughter of heaven, in short, the forensic identification at that time concluded that the deceased was a suicide. This delicate flower withered like this.

  "Water... water... however, don't go, you know I've been waiting for you? For many years, your appearance has been treasured in my heart. I, cough, I'm not unwilling to find a girlfriend, but I just can't forget you, forget your dazzling smile, forget the passionate you at the Golden Flower Award University Debate Competition at Nanjing University! Why did you want to commit suicide? Why?" Liu Zhenfeng was still talking nonsense. At this time, his guard team leader Yu Zhenhai was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and the military seat had been unconscious for five days. Five days ago, although he fought to protect the military seat and killed his way out of the encirclement, only three or four hundred of the 700 brave warriors were left, but seeing the military seat covered in blood, even the iron-like man was about to shed tears.

  Yu Zhenhai led the remaining troops to the outskirts of Suzhou City, disguised themselves and entered the city to find a doctor. Finally, they found a surgeon in a church hospital in Suzhou, who was a British national living in China for a long time and spoke fluent Chinese. The church hospital might have been unable to survive due to the destruction caused by the Japanese army after they entered the city, and now they were taking advantage of the opportunity that the Japanese troops were focusing on Nanjing to pack up their things and leave. It was at this moment that Yu Zhenhai came to seek medical help. The surgeon couldn't resist Yu's persistent pleas, so he brought his medical staff and equipment with him and followed Yu to a dilapidated house on the outskirts of the city. Seeing Liu Zhenfeng lying on the stretcher, gasping for breath, he frowned and said: "The patient has lost too much blood, we need to find a way to transfuse blood to him immediately!"

  "Alright, doctor, take my blood then! Please, you have to save our Commander no matter what!" Yu Zhenhai said, rolling up his sleeves.

  "Xiao Ye, take them for a blood test and see if their blood types match." The surgeon immediately said to his female assistant beside him.

  "Okay, I'll go right away." The girl named Xiaoye immediately took the hundreds of soldiers to have their blood tested. In the end, three or four soldiers' blood matched the patient's, so Xiaoye brought them to the blood drawing room (temporarily set up) and had their blood drawn. Meanwhile, the surgeon was nervously performing surgery on me.

  Yu Zhenhai anxiously waited outside the door, with Junze's life hanging by a thread. How could he, as the captain of the guard, not be anxious?

  "Chief of Staff, I am useless in the battle at Zhenhai, I failed to protect our military position, I let down the 77th Army!" Yu Zhenhai wailed helplessly.

  "Quiet, quiet, what's all the commotion about? Do you still want your commander to live or not?" The girl named Xiaoye walked out of the operating room with a look of dissatisfaction and said to Zhenhai.

  "Xiaoye, still 400cc of blood is needed, hurry up and draw another 400cc." The surgeon yelled from the operating room to Xiaoye.

  "Take mine, take mine!" Yu Zhenhai said again, rolling up his sleeves.

  "Don't be reckless, your blood type doesn't match, if we use your blood, the patient will die." Xiao Ye scolded Yu Zhenhai.

  "Then use ours, isn't our blood a match?" Those few warriors who had donated blood before came over again, asking to donate their own blood.

  "Stop it! You've already drawn a lot of blood from them. If you draw any more, their bodies won't be able to take it." said Xiaoye.

  "We're not afraid, even if we're drained of our blood, as long as we can save the general's life, we won't be afraid to die!" Those soldiers said heroically.

  "Let all of you go and rest, no need to draw your blood. Little Deng, come and draw my blood instead, mine matches the patient's perfectly." said Xiao Ye, rolling up her sleeves.

  The rescue is still going on, and everyone's heart is in their throat.

  More than an hour later, the British doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked out of the operating room, saying to Zhenhai: "The rescue is complete, whether he can survive or not depends on his fate. As long as he can wake up, everything will be fine."

  "Thank you, thank you, doctor, thank you!" Yu Zhenhai thanked him repeatedly.

  "There's nothing, you Chinese men are all real men, the Japanese have better equipment and weapons than you, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is also one of the best in the world. With such an army, your Chinese soldiers still dare to fight head-on with them, this really makes me admire." The surgeon said.

  "Doctor, can you stay until our commander's condition improves and then leave?" Yu Zhenhai said. In fact, he also had a hidden intention, in case this foreigner betrayed them to the Japanese, they would be in danger.

  "Oh no, no, no! We have to leave, I'm going to pack up and take my people to the British Concession in Shanghai, it's safer there." The surgeon said, shaking his head.

  "This..." Yu Zhenhai was somewhat embarrassed, he wouldn't detain all these people, would he?

  "Dr. Smith, I'll stay behind and take care of the wounded!" Little Ye said with a pale face.

  "Xiao Ye, are you staying behind? But you're my best assistant, don't you want to go to England for further study?" Dr. Smith said.

  "The country has reached a critical moment of life and death, as a Chinese, I want to make my due contribution to my motherland, I want to use my own hands to save our anti-Japanese warriors." Little Ye said firmly.

  "So you mean to say that you're going to stay with this battalion and not leave?" Smith said in surprise.

  "Yes!" Xiao Ye said without hesitation.

  "What a pity, okay, Xiaoye, you stay behind! General." Smith turned his head and said to Zhenhai, "Xiaoye is my assistant, she's a good surgeon, she majored in clinical medicine at university. Xiaoye staying behind will also be helpful for your military base. Alright, I have to leave immediately, don't worry, we won't reveal your whereabouts to the Japanese." Smith said with a smile.

  Then, Smith left some medical supplies and took the medical staff away. Yu Zhenhai knelt down in front of Xiao Ye with a thud: "Doctor Ye, I, Yu Zhenhai, will never forget your great kindness for saving our military commander, thank you!"

  "Hey, hey General, get up, get up." Xiao Ye was somewhat at a loss.

  It's been five days, a whole five days, and General Wu's condition hasn't improved at all. Yu Zhenhai was so anxious that he almost cried.

  "Water, give me water." Liu Zhenfeng said unconsciously.

  Before long, a stream flowed into his mouth, and he was like a lone traveler in the desert, with dry lips that sucked greedily as soon as they touched water.

  "Cough, cough, cough." Because he drank too quickly, a mouthful of water went down his trachea, and suddenly the coughing became severe.

  "Drink slowly, drink slowly, don't rush!" A sweet voice reached Liu Zhenfeng's ears.

  Liu Zhenfeng strained to open his eyes, wanting to see who the person in front of him was. From the sound of it, it was a woman. But where was he? No matter how hard Liu Zhenfeng tried to open his eyes, he just couldn't. Helpless, he gave up and fell asleep again in a daze.

  "Stay, stay, don't leave me, stay!" Liu Zhenfeng muttered in his sleep. "Do you know? I've been secretly watching you all along, you're so beautiful, so charming! At that time, every time I could only sneak to the old locust tree behind the teaching building of the medical college, and steal a glance at you. My dormitory brothers laughed at me for being a toad who wanted to eat swan meat, but I...I wasn't even a toad, at least a toad had the courage to think about eating that white swan. But I...but I..."

  "Do you know? When I heard the news of your suicide, how sad I was. Afterwards, many friends introduced me to girlfriends, but I rejected them all. I couldn't forget you! Don't leave me~~" Liu Zhenfeng said unconsciously.

  Xiao Ye looked at Liu Zhenfeng's muttering appearance and could only sigh and continue with her work.

  "Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran, don't go! I love you! I love you! I love you, loving you, just like a mouse loves rice!" Liu Zhenfeng continued to speak nonsense.

  "Ah~~" Xiaoye's knife for cutting fruit fell to the ground with a "pa" sound.

  "Xiao Ran? Xiao Ran?" Little Ye shouted out this familiar name that couldn't be any more familiar.

  "How could he sing 'The Mouse Loves Rice', that classic old song from the early 21st century?" Little Ye stared at Liu Zhenfeng with wide eyes.

  "Could it be? Could he be? No way, no way!" Xiao Ye thought she was going to go crazy.

  "What's wrong, Dr. Xiao Ye? What happened?" Yu Zhenhai rushed in from outside the door and asked Xiao Ye.

  "Kill, kill, give me a kill!" At this time, Liu Zhenfeng, who was lying on the stretcher, was still talking nonsense. "Brothers, we, all officers and soldiers of the 77th Army, even if we die, we must fight on, dead or alive, either the little devils will die or we will live."

  "General Zhang can speak! General Zhang can speak!" Dr. Xiao Ye, is this to say that General Zhang will be fine soon?" Yu Zhenhai asked excitedly.

  "Uh-huh, uh-huh, although he can talk now, his mind is still unclear, maybe, maybe it'll take a few more days to recover." Xiaoye said dazedly.

  Xiaoye walked out of the house in a daze, the cold wind blowing on her face, but she seemed to feel nothing. She had been living in this era for over 20 years, and for over 20 years, she had sealed away the memories of her past life. She had also been constantly escaping, not even wanting to face the prolonged war. But why, why did this man make her recall the memories of before? Who was this man after all? Why did he know modern songs from decades later?