Laoguang street, Taiji Bay, Eastern District, Hong Kong Island.
The torrential rain washed the Canton style arcades all over the street, surging out of the drain of the arcade, recklessly rushed into the street and merged with other rainwater.
Kangli Xiuli, with slightly messy hair and bloodshot eyes, stood in front of the window of Shiduo store on the corner and looked at the storm outside. Behind him was the 15-year-old girl who was beautiful and selling orchids in the street. At this time, she was coming with a bowl of hot soup: "Mr. Kang, it''s cold. My aunt and I cooked hot soup and drank some moisture?"
Kanglixiu turned and looked at the girl. He squeezed out a smile on his haggard face: "thank you ADI. I''m fine. When your eldest brother and they come back, let them drink to drive away the cold."
With that, kanglixiu continued to take back his eyes and looked out. His eyes were hot and full of desire.
He seemed to feel his eyes. There was a flash of lightning in the sky. With the flash of lightning, kanglixiu saw that more than a dozen people in the distant street were walking towards the store through the rain in the street.
The next second, the picture becomes dark again.
When kanglixiu saw the figure, his whole body was refreshed, quickly turned around, let the girl stride towards the door, opened the door of Shiduo store and stood under the rain corridor of the arcade. At this time, the rain corridor could not cover the storm, and let the rain fall on him.
The girl hurried up behind her. The hot soup in her hand had been replaced by a bamboo umbrella. She opened it and tried to cushion her feet to help kanglixiu keep out the wind and rain. When kanglixiu noticed it, she turned and smiled at the girl: "I''d better come."
After taking the umbrella, kanglixiu held it on his own, raised the umbrella surface to the girl''s head as much as possible, and most of his body was drenched in the rain. The girl''s face was a little shy, and she quietly stood next to kanglixiu.
Kanglixiu''s bloodshot eyes are the stormy night in Hong Kong, while in the girl''s eyes, kanglixiu is the only one.
On laoguang street, more than a dozen figures in black rubber raincoats hid under the storm corridor along the street. The leading figure waved his hand. More than a dozen people immediately scattered along the street towards each family. Only the leading person walked in the direction of kanglixiu and the girl.
"Mr. Kang." the visitor put on his rain hat and showed a heroic face. At the age of thirty-two or three, he may have lived by the sea for a long time, with the vicissitudes of life rusted by the sea.
"Brother Yaofu, come in quickly. It''s hard!" Kang lixiu quickly stepped aside and motioned the man to enter the house.
At this time, the girl took back her eyes from kanglixiu and just saw her brother: "brother five, are you back?"
Zhen Yaofu seems to have seen nothing strange about the performance of his sister Zhen LiuDi. He sighs and enters the room with Kang lixiu.
Take off the dripping raincoat, casually pull down the old towel hanging on the hanging rope in the room and wipe the rain on his face. Zhen Yaofu said to Kang lixiu casually: "Don''t worry, someone will keep watch day and night. I can''t guarantee that things are in other parts of Hong Kong, but no one will find them when we get to pengguwan. Even if someone finds them, as long as we don''t die, we can guarantee that things won''t go wrong."
Kanglixiu nodded solemnly, "I believe, I believe."
Laoguang street, luoguwan. The street name has explained where the residents of this street come from. Naturally, they come from Guangzhou, the provincial capital. When Hong Kong was a small fishing village, people in Guangzhou came here to fish for a living. It can be said that in addition to the aborigines in the New Territories, outsiders in this area of luoguwan can definitely claim to be Hong Kong people.
However, before it was only a gathering place for fishermen in Guangzhou, it really developed from a gathering place for fishermen and poor people to the current situation. After the fall of the provincial capital Guangzhou at the end of 1938, a large number of Guangzhou people fled to Hong Kong and settled here. Guangzhou people from all walks of life have changed it from a simple big fishing market to an independent city from Hong Kong The small Guangzhou city at the eastern end of the island, and because a large number of Guangzhou people have come to Hong Kong for a short time, they all live a low-key life, and rarely compete for business with other Hong Kong locals. In fact, most of pengguwan live a better life than the top. Small businesses and small wealth are safe.
In addition to the Guangzhou people from all walks of life, there are a small number of soldiers in luoguwan who are more admirable than those in diaojing ridge. They are only about 1200. They are some officers and soldiers of the 458 brigade of the 153rd division of the 63rd army of the Kuomintang who ran out of ammunition with the Japanese troops sent to South China in 1988. These soldiers are different from those in diaojing ridge. They are after the failure of the civil war After the fall of Guangzhou, Yu hanmou and Wu Tiecheng fled without fighting, they were led by Zhen Yaofu, who was in front of Kangli''s shave, and Zhen Yaodong, Zhen Yaofu''s fourth brother, who died in the fall of Hong Kong. They were discouraged and unwilling to work for the Kuomintang, so they came to Hong Kong to settle in pengguwan.
These soldiers are the real children of southern Guangdong. At the beginning of the northern expedition, a large number of other Guangdong troops were transferred to participate in the battle in Wuhan because of their tough fighting. In addition, Jiang Zhongzheng''s strategic judgment failed. He thought that the Japanese army would not start a war in South China, but added a large number of recruits without combat experience in Guangdong, leaving only a few brigades as Guangdong veterans.
When the Japanese army moved south, other national armies would collapse in the battle. However, these native children of southern Guangdong, from officials to soldiers, fought to death. All the five Zhen brothers were from Guangzhou and joined the army. They had read the lecture hall and worked under the command of brigade commander Zhong Xiufeng of the 458 brigade. Zhong Xiufeng was proud to introduce his five Zhen brothers to outsiders and called them his five Zhen brothers My brother is the general of the five tigers. Later, this nickname spread in the army. The name of the five tigers, the five brothers of the Zhen family, spread widely.
Big tiger Zhen Yaohua, the head of the 915 regiment of the 458 brigade, was ordered to catch up with the Japanese troops from Dongguan after learning that the Japanese troops were pressing on Guangzhou. He must stop the Japanese infantry before they arrived in Guangzhou to ensure that Guangzhou had enough time to prepare. Zhen Yaohua led the troops to rush day and night, successfully surpassed the Japanese infantry near Zengcheng, and the two sides engaged in an encounter, The Japanese army sent a large number of bombers and artillery to attack. Facing the overwhelming artillery fire, the 915 regiment stuck to the channel overnight. 90% of the regiment died in the battle, and no one retreated. Leader Zhen Yaohua died for his country. However, before his death, he successfully dragged the 916 regiment to come and take over the 915 regiment to continue to block the Japanese army.
Er Hu Zhen yaoguo, deputy head of the 916 regiment of the 458 brigade, was killed in the battle for less than half an hour. Er Hu Zhen yaoguo''s 915 regiment arrived at Zengcheng passage and continued to fight with the Japanese army. It was even too late to pick up the bodies of the big tiger and other comrades. One day and night later, 70% of the 916 regiment suffered casualties. The head was seriously injured and withdrew from the battlefield. Er Hu Zhen yaoguo took over the command of the battle and was hit by an airborne machine gun, Died in battle.
Three tigers Zhen Yaoxing, four tigers Zhen Yaogui and five tigers Zhen Yaofu. Three tigers are the deputy battalion commander of the artillery battalion directly under the brigade, four tigers are the captain of Zhong Xiufeng''s guard pistol, and five tigers are Zhong Xiufeng''s pistol players. They follow Zhong Xiufeng to Zengcheng battlefield. Three tigers'' artillery battalion was listed as the key target of artillery fire by the Japanese army. They died in bombing shortly after the battle and were disabled in Zhong Xiufeng''s whole Guangdong army, When seeking help from Yu Han in Guangzhou City, the news was that there were no reinforcements. The important members of the Guangzhou military had been panicked and were ready to give up Guangzhou city! Although Zhong Xiufeng was alone and helpless, he insisted on fighting until the last person. Even if the Japanese army hit Guangzhou one minute late, more people could escape first!
The children of southern Guangdong have a strong sense of nostalgia, know honor and disgrace, and have a clear line of gratitude and resentment. Zhong Xiufeng''s Guangdong army and the Japanese army have not formed an organic system in the end, but there are almost no deserters. Zhong Xiufeng has less than 300 people around him, which is not enough to survive another Japanese attack. He raised his gun and killed himself. Before his death, he said that Xiufeng is worthy of the cultivation of the party and the state, but the party and the state are sorry for the Guangdong people, and he is sorry for the Guangdong people, No shame to return home! Let the other living brothers retreat.
After Zhong Xiufeng killed himself by swallowing a gun, Sihu Zhen Yaogui wanted to die. The officer raised his gun and killed himself. He was stunned and taken away by his colleagues. His companions said that Yu hanmou''s people ignored the hometown of our Guangdong army''s children, and we had no reason to die for them. A group of people withdrew to meet their families. Finally, they arrived in Hong Kong. Then Sihu Zhen Yaogui participated in the battle when Hong Kong fell, The five tigers Zhen Yaofu died at the hands of the Japanese army. Because he had only one only son, he needed to honor his mother for his four brothers and continue the Zhen family incense, so he survived. Otherwise, he should die together with his four brothers while he was thinking.
Zhen Yaofu has no sense of belonging to the KMT. His mother nags all day. The ashes of his dead father and fourth brother are still placed in today''s temples in Hong Kong, thinking that one day he can go back to the countryside of Guangzhou and be buried in his ancestral grave. Now the people''s Republic of China on the mainland has been established. If it weren''t for Zhen Yaofu, he was worried that his former KMT status would be unfavorable, They have long brought these children of the Guangdong army who came to Hong Kong on the first day of the lunar new year back to their hometown for farming and fishing.
This time kanglixiu found him and asked him to settle a batch of materials that would be enough for him to die hundreds of times and wait for the opportunity to ship them back to the mainland. On the contrary, he and his brothers felt that this was not a risk, but that it was not easy to wait for an opportunity to make meritorious service and return home. After settling tonight, tomorrow, Her mother and her little sister ADI, adopted in Hong Kong, can take the ashes of her father and fourth brother from Macao and return to the mainland. She and these brotherhoods can get on the ship with materials and return to the mainland. She no longer has to live under the eyes of foreigners and be a second-class citizen.
"Mr. Kang, you really don''t have to leave Hong Kong tomorrow?" Zhen Yaofu wiped the water stains with a towel, took up the warm soup and drank it. He didn''t see the little sister''s eyes on him. Obviously, he blamed him for drinking the warm soup he had repaired and dried for Kangli.
However, ADI just tooted her mouth for a moment, and then ran in to help kanglixiu bring another bowl back. Upstairs, there was a faint sound of their rough and grumpy fisherman''s mother praying for their husbands and sons to be reborn as soon as possible.
Kanglixiu shook his head slightly, "No."
"But don''t the mainland say they want young intellectuals like you to return home?" Zhen Yaofu is a military man. Traditional ideas make him respect this younger educated man.
Kang lixiu knew what he had done this time, which put song TIANYAO, who valued him, at great risk. During the transfer of materials, other newspaper colleagues close to the mainland had already been on the Kuomintang''s watch list, but the president of his small newspaper was only responsible for giving money according to song TIANYAO''s instructions and never deliberately revealed his closeness, so it was very good to hide, But this time it was 71 planes, and the Kuomintang had an early eye on others. There was no more suitable person to steal the day and take away the precious parts and engines of the plane.
After learning about the aircraft of the two airlines, Kang lixiu didn''t want to rely on song TIANYAO to help himself. He just underestimated the strength of the Kuomintang in the dark in Hong Kong. Now he is stuck at the node. He can''t advance, retreat, die further, and even die one step back. He doesn''t feel anything until he dies. If one life changes the engine of 71 aircraft, Obviously, it was too valuable to get back the price. He would wake up with a smile when he died in the grave, but it was stuck at the point where there was no possibility of transportation. The shipping strike, which ship went to sea, naturally, was the goal of the Kuomintang.
In desperation, kanglixiu remembered his boss''s friend Mr. He in Macao. As a result, song TIANYAO was passively involved from the moment he wanted Mr. He to help.
"Ah..." Kang lixiu thought about song TIANYAO''s mood at this time and didn''t answer Zhen Yaofu''s words. At this time, he looked up blankly at Zhen Yaofu waiting for the answer and smiled a little dull: "my boss, he''s crazy, and I''m dead."