bookcurios Chapter 166 Huimin presents the flag
Chapter 166 Huimin presents the flag
Yang Huimin crouched down and, under the cover of darkness, groped her way towards the Sihang Warehouse.
"Who?!" A low shout was heard, and the beam of light from the flashlight suddenly shone over her, blinding her eyes.
"Don't be nervous, we are one family!" Yang Huimin quickly raised her hands. With the dim light, she could see who was coming. They were two soldiers armed with live ammunition.
"What are you doing so late at night?" one of the soldiers asked warily, his gun still pointed at her.
"I... I'm here to deliver something..." Yang Huimin was wet all over and shivering with cold.
"Deliver something? Deliver it here? What do you think this place is?" The other soldier obviously didn't believe her and looked her up and down.
"I am a Boy Scout, and this is my ID." Yang Huimin took out a small notebook wrapped in waterproof oil paper from her arms and handed it over.
The soldier took it suspiciously, opened it and saw that it was indeed a certificate of the Boy Scout Field Service.
"You're a girl, why did you come to the front line instead of staying at the rear?" The soldier's tone softened a little, but still full of doubt.
"I... I'm here to deliver the national flag!" Yang Huimin took a deep breath and unzipped the collar of her Boy Scout uniform, revealing the bright red color underneath.
The soldier saw a corner of the flag with a blue sky, a white sun and a red ground in the dim light and was stunned.
"You wait here and don't go anywhere!" one of the soldiers said, then turned and ran into the warehouse.
Yang Huimin's heart was beating wildly, she didn't know what was waiting for her.
On the third-floor platform of the warehouse, Xie Jinyuan was discussing the next battle plan with Jiang Shijia when a patrol soldier ran in hurriedly.
"Reporting to the two regimental commanders, there is a little girl outside, she said she is here to deliver the national flag!"
"Send the national flag?" Xie Jinyuan and Jiang Shijia looked at each other and saw surprise and confusion in each other's eyes.
"Yes, she claimed to be a Boy Scout and showed her ID. I took a look and it was real," the patrol soldier quickly added.
"Let's go and take a look!" Xie Jinyuan put down the map in his hand and walked out first.
To be on the safe side, Jiang Shijia also arranged for Jiang Shiyuan and Chen Qingyan to search Yang Huimin first, and then took her in after confirming that there was no problem.
"What's your name? Why did you send the national flag over?" Jiang Shijia asked softly, looking at the thin but determined girl in front of him.
"My name is Yang Huimin. I saw that the Sihang Warehouse was fighting alone, but it didn't even have a national flag of its own, so..."
Speaking of this, Yang Huimin's voice was a little choked.
"Good job, little girl! We need a national flag to boost morale!"
Xie Jinyuan patted Yang Huimin on the shoulder, his eyes full of admiration.
Then Jiang Shiyuan and Chen Qingyan took Yang Huimin to the office on the top floor of the warehouse and carefully removed the national flag wrapped around her body.
Wei Yuqing held a camera at the side, recording the precious scene of Yang Huimin presenting the flag.
At this moment, Xie Jinyuan and Jiang Shijia, on the third-floor platform, solemnly took over the wet and heavy flag of the Republic of China from Yang Huimin in front of the "Eight Hundred Warriors".
"Don't worry, we will defend this national flag to the death!"
"We swear to defend Shanghai's last stand against the Japanese invaders to the death!"
Xie Jinyuan and Jiang Shijia together unfolded the huge national flag and then held it high.
"salute--"
The soldiers under the platform all held their heads high, looked at the national flag, and saluted in unison.
"Long live China!"
"The war of resistance will be won!"
Then they cheered excitedly, with tears in their eyes.
This precious flag with a blue sky, a white sun and a red earth symbolizes the most firm belief in their hearts!
Xie Jinyuan looked at the excited soldiers below the stage with mixed feelings.
He knew that this battle was much more difficult than he had imagined.
"Brothers!" Xie Jinyuan's voice echoed on the empty platform, "I know everyone is working hard, but we must hold on here!"
"To defend the Sihang Warehouse is to defend our last dignity!" Jiang Shijia's voice also rang out, firm and powerful.
"We have received orders from our superiors," Xie Jinyuan paused, his eyes sweeping across the young and resolute faces, "We must stay here and hold out until the Brussels International Conference is held!"
"what?!"
"The Brussels International Conference?"
"When was that?"
The soldiers were talking among themselves, obviously very surprised by the news.
"It should be early November!" Jiang Shijia immediately added: "The higher-ups hope that we can hold out in the Sihang Warehouse until then and prove to the world that the Chinese army is still resisting tenaciously in Shanghai!"
"Prove to the world that we haven't given up!"
Xie Jinyuan's voice was loud and firm, "We want to let the whole world see that the invasion of Japanese pirates is unpopular!"
"We want the whole world to stand on our side, impose moral and economic sanctions on the Japanese pirates, and support our China!" Jiang Shijia continued.
"Brothers, can we do it?" Xie Jinyuan asked loudly.
"can!"
"can!"
"can!"
The soldiers shouted in unison, the sound was deafening and echoed through the night sky.
"Good!" Xie Jinyuan nodded with satisfaction, "I know that you are all the best and bravest warriors in China!"
"But we must also prepare for the worst!"
At this point, Jiang Shijia's voice lowered, "If we hold a flag-raising ceremony early tomorrow morning, the Japanese pirates will definitely not tolerate it. They will attack frantically and even send out planes and artillery to bomb!"
"By then, we may not be able to hold on and many people may be sacrificed..." Xie Jinyuan's voice also became solemn.
"Commander, we are not afraid of death!" a soldier shouted, "We have long been prepared to sacrifice at any time!"
"Yes! We are not afraid of death!"
"Humph, the Japs don't like us raising the flag, so we're going to make them unhappy!"
"Yes, we must raise the flag for the people on the other side who have always cared about us to see!"
The soldiers all echoed and no one backed down.
"Okay!" Xie Jinyuan's eyes were a little moist, "In that case, let's fight them!"
Jiang Shijia waved his hand and ordered loudly, "Raise the flag on time at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning!"
“Raise the flag!”
“Raise the flag!”
“Raise the flag!”
The soldiers' shouts resounded through the sky and echoed in the Sihang Warehouse for a long time.
Jiang Shiyuan and others looked at the scene before them, their hearts filled with admiration and emotion.
These "eight hundred heroes" chose to stay here and die bravely for the sake of their country and nation.
And she also wants to record this tragic and glorious moment with her friends.
Jiang Shiyuan turned to look at Wei Yuqing who was holding a camera beside him, "Yuqing, are you ready?"
"Yes!" Wei Yuqing nodded, with a determined light in her eyes, "Miss Jiang, I'm ready!"
"Okay!" Jiang Shiyuan took a deep breath and took Chen Qingyan and Wei Yuqing's hands respectively, "Then let us witness history together!"