Chapter 16 Chapter Sixteen

In the broadcasting room upstairs, Xiao Liu adjusted the broadcasting equipment for Feng Jiusi, and explained the easiest way to use it, and then went downstairs to help Yang Bingxin fight the enemy.Miss Lan also wanted to go with Xiao Liu, but Feng Jiusi disagreed, and just asked her to guard the "civet cat" in the large room outside the broadcasting room with a metal microphone, in case this guy broke free from the rope.Ever since he saw Yang Bingxin's escape plan in the warehouse, he no longer believed that ropes could hold people together. Zhou Xiaocun sat with his head down in front of the microphone without saying a word.Feng Jiusi didn't urge him, because he knew that Zhou Xiaocun must be full of contradictions in his heart at this time, and urging him was useless, those things could only be resolved by himself, if he was not allowed to figure it out, the effect of the broadcast would definitely not be good .

Zhou Xiaocun suddenly asked: "Is my wife dead already?" Feng Jiusi said: "I don't know." He really didn't know whether "Bailing" had died with the enemy. Zhou Xiaocun sighed and said: "She must be dead, whether she was killed by you or by the Japanese, an idealist like her will definitely choose to die at this time..." Feng Jiusi pushed the microphone towards Zhou Xiaocun and said, "You have to do something, you can't let your wife die in vain." Zhou Xiaocun pushed the microphone back to the original place again and said: "I know what you want me to do, I already knew that sooner or later, the 'Yoshida Incident' related to me will be exposed, but I didn't expect it to be like this, We're all going to die here, so what's the use of telling the truth?"

Feng Jiusi said patiently: "It is very useful, really very great, at least it can wash away the unjust injustice suffered by our party." Zhou Xiaocun said disdainfully: "Your party? Then what about our party? What about the oath I made when I joined the party? Sorry, I am a loyal gentleman and will not betray the party." Feng Jiusi said: "I didn't ask you to betray the party, I just ask you to tell the detailed process of instigating the 'civet cat' to create the 'Yoshida incident', so that you can tell the truth." Zhou Xiaocun said: "This truth is indeed beneficial to your party, but it will cause harm to our party."

Feng Jiusi could only persuade patiently: "Everyone is now fighting together. It is not shameful to correct mistakes after knowing them. Besides, the responsibility for this matter is not on you, but the mistakes made by your superiors." Zhou Xiaocun shook his head and said: "Everyone is going to die now, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, the fault of this matter is actually on me, I bought the 'civet cat' long before that, and it is precisely because there are Because of his relationship, I thought of the method of framing your party, made suggestions to my superiors, and designed the entire operation. My superiors approved my action because it was in the interests of the party and the country..."

Hearing this, Feng Jiusi was furious for a moment, but he had to try his best to suppress the rough side of his character, so as not to strangle Zhou Xiaocun to death in a fit of anger.After a long silence, when he felt the blood rushing to the top of his head start to flow back, he reasoned with Zhou Xiaocun again.He said: "This matter is indeed in your interests, but it has damaged the interests and reputation of the partners who jointly resisted Japan. In fact, it is equivalent to damaging the entire cause of the Anti-Japanese War; whether you designed this action, your superiors approved you. No matter what actions you take, they are all short-sighted, only considering the self-interest of your own party, but in the end harming the interests of all Chinese people.”

Zhou Xiaocun sighed and said: "The party, the country, the people, damn it, I have never figured out which item should be the first." "The people are the most precious, and the community is second." Feng Jiusi couldn't help but utter an old saying that he had read in his childhood. Alas, Zhou Xiaocun is still sighing. At this time, the battle on the stairs began again.He knew that it would be difficult for Yang Bingxin and Xiao Liu to persist for a long time.Besides, there is another layer of worry that he hasn't told anyone, that is, he doesn't know what effect this broadcast they are working so hard on will have, and now people all over the world must be focusing on the news that Japan and the United States are going to war , who cares about an old incident that happened two years ago in the Tianjin Concession?

However, he felt that he had to "do what he knew he couldn't do". This was his duty and his destiny. "Do your best and obey the destiny".So he suddenly realized that at this critical moment of life and death, right and wrong, only the quotations of his ancestors could describe his state of mind most accurately. When Feng Jiusi was at his wit's end, Zhou Xiaocun suddenly spoke, but it was an old saying.He said: "My wife is dead." Feng Jiusi said: "Maybe she died, but maybe she is still alive." Zhou Xiaocun said angrily: "She is already dead." Feng Jiusi could only give up the sudden idea of ​​using torture to force him to submit , followed him and said: "Yes, maybe she has been loyal to the party."

Zhou Xiaocun said again: "My two daughters are still young, I put them at my sister's house, but my brother-in-law is a scoundrel, I don't worry about it, let alone entrust all my daughters and property to that guy." Feng Jiusi continued to obey Say something nice: "Yes, your daughter should be taken care of properly." Zhou Xiaocun picked up a pen and wrote two lines and handed it to Feng Jiusi: "These are two accounts of Citibank and HSBC, you take care of them." Feng Jiusi He took the note and put it in his pocket.Zhou Xiaocun pulled out a gold chain from under his collar, with a small gold seal tied on it. He sighed and said, "If I die here, you can take this seal and those two accounts, and bring Take my daughters to the United States, put them in the school there, and then buy them all my money into a trust fund, please." Feng Jiusi asked doubtfully: "How can you trust me?" Zhou Xiaocun smiled wryly : "At this time, who else can I trust? Besides, your Communist Party has 10,000 bad things. It's good to be honest and keep what you say." So Feng Jiusi didn't speak anymore, but nodded solemnly.Zhou Xiaocun said again: "I've thought it over a long time ago, even if we escape, you will definitely hand me over to your superiors, they will not spare me, so you must take good care of my daughter when the time comes , this is not only for me, but also for my wife, who is your 'Bailing'."

Feng Jiusi stretched out his hands to Zhou Xiaocun, but Zhou Xiaocun hugged him and thanked him repeatedly. Everyone has their own concerns. Feng Jiusi would not blame Zhou Xiaocun for these thoughts at all. On the contrary, he felt that if he was in Zhou Xiaocun's current position, he would definitely not be able to find a more comprehensive solution than this. At this time Zhou Xiaocun said to him: "There is a cabinet behind the broadcasting room, you can move it away." Feng Jiusi moved the cupboard and found a small door with a square meter behind it. After opening the small door, he realized that there was an elevator shaft inside.Zhou Xiaocun said: "Try to see if it still works, and then lift up the elevator. It used to be a printing factory. I thought the printing presses were too noisy, so I moved them to the basement. The basement was originally a warehouse. This elevator directly connects to the basement." get there."

Feng Jiusi manipulated the hoist to lift the elevator up, but found that it was just a crate for transporting goods, and it could only transport one person at a time.So he asked: "You mean, we can escape from here?" Zhou Xiaocun said: "It is possible, unless you can use explosives to blow open the wall leading to the basement next door. This building is integrated with the villa behind. The wall is not too thick.” Feng Jiusi asked: “What’s behind?” Zhou Xiaocun said with a wry smile: “Behind is our workstation, but all the people inside must have escaped now, I hope the Japanese didn’t set up defenses there. "

At this time, Feng Jiusi turned serious and said, "It's just that I can't let you escape yet." Zhou Xiaocun smiled and said, "Yes, if I don't broadcast, you won't give me a way out, and you won't take care of me after I die daughter……" Therefore, Feng Jiusi turned on the microphone switch, imitating the tone of the newscaster who made a fuss and first stated the facts, explaining the whole story of the "Yoshida incident" two years ago, and then Zhou Xiaocun described how he used the traitors of the CCP to change the simple assassination incident. The method and process of successfully attacking the CCP’s anti-Japanese armed forces. Now is the time when every radio station is broadcasting the morning news. Feng Jiusi doesn't know if this broadcast will be heard by anyone, but he knows that he has tried his best, and he has made the kind of effort that he will die without regret. After the broadcast in Chinese, they began to broadcast in English again, because he believed that journalists from various countries who were besieged by the Japanese army in the concession must also be listening to the radio broadcast. From the NBC News to their radio.However, what he couldn't judge was whether these reporters would have the leisure to care about these old things under the cover of the bombshell news that the Japanese navy had declared war on the United States.Alas, the so-called "do your best and obey the destiny" probably means this.Everyone's actions do not necessarily have final results. Now what he, Yang Bingxin, Miss Lan, Xiao Liu, Zhou Xiaocun, and all the comrades who sacrificed are doing, just to be ashamed of their hearts. At this time, through the glass window of the studio, he saw that smoke had drifted from the corridor into the large room outside.He couldn't hear the explosions outside in the soundproof studio, but he could feel the vibrations. He knew that Yang Bingxin and Xiao Liu must be desperately trying to stop the Japanese soldiers in order to buy time for them to broadcast. Oops, the Japanese soldiers must have already reached the third floor. He saw Miss Lan rushing to the door, taking out explosives from her sailor bag and handing them to the people outside. Yang Bingxin and the others must have been pushed to the door, and there was no way out. .Maybe in a few more minutes they would all be sacrificed.But he thought again, no matter what, he finally did what he was supposed to do. No matter what the final result was, he at least wiped the ass of the "Yoshida incident" clean. Not Miss Chaolan, I couldn't give her a few days of romantic and happy days. At this time, he noticed again that the "civet cat" tied to the chair was making faces with wry lips and winking eyes at him.What the hell is this bastard trying to do?Then he suddenly understood that "civet cat" was signaling him to call.This guy is trying to curry favor with him for his life. He asked Zhou Xiaocun to continue broadcasting, to repeat the facts without interruption, repeating English and Chinese until the last moment, then he rushed out of the broadcasting room and picked up the receiver.Oh my god, it's actually the superior leader.The leader asked, how are you doing now?Is anyone hurt? The leader is really benevolent and righteous, not asking about success or failure, but about damage. Feng Jiusi sighed, but said: "Comrade Yang Bingxin is outside to stop the enemy, and Zhou Xiaocun and I are broadcasting..." The leader said: "I heard your broadcast. No, I can’t find you either. This action is no less than a big victory, and the central leadership has decided to take credit for you, you are really great.” Feng Jiusi felt relieved, knowing that their efforts were not in vain after all.I don't want the leader to say, "I'll send someone to help you break out now. You have to bring Zhou Xiaocun out. The 'Yoshida incident' can't be done with just this broadcast. We need all the witnesses and material evidence, and then announce the truth to the world. Prove the innocence and nobility of our party." Well, this time, even if he wanted to die, he couldn't die. For this reason, Feng Jiusi even felt a little bit of regret for not being able to become a hero.But he still said: "We can only find a way to break through. You must not send people. We are surrounded by hundreds of Japanese soldiers. It is impossible to send comrades to fight hard. It will only die in vain." So the leader said : "I order you, you must lead them out, even if you can't bring Zhou Xiaocun out, you must come out to see me alive." Then the leader explained to him two meeting places in code words. This order made Feng Jiusi feel very strange, so he quickly asked: "Why?" The leader said: "I have to review this matter with you. Let's talk about it after we meet, let's talk about the important things first, do you remember the evacuation plan you designed last year? Can the relationship with those gangs still be contacted? Do you know that more than two hundred comrades are now trapped in the concession, Among them are the central leaders, whose lives are in danger at any time, so we urgently need you to come back and implement the evacuation plan." hell!Although Feng Jiusi was very dissatisfied with the leader's original decision, he still agreed to the leader's request, because if these comrades did not withdraw, they would be arrested sooner or later. However, he believed that the Japanese had already controlled the telephone exchange at this time. The secret relationship used for retreat cannot be told to the leader on the phone.This is because, as long as he speaks out about those relations, the Japanese can easily sabotage their retreat plan. So he said to the leader: "I will retreat immediately after broadcasting again, you wait for me. In addition..." He took out the note left by "Bailing" from his pocket, intending to read the set of passwords to the leader However, at this moment, the Japanese soldiers cut off the telephone line, and he failed to complete the entrustment of "Bailing" before his death. Immediately afterwards, the Japanese soldiers cut off the power supply of the building, and he couldn't make a broadcast.He hurried back to the studio and said to Zhou Xiaocun: "That's it, let's go." Because the power had been cut off, the hoist that operated the lift was not working, and they could no longer ride the crate down to the basement.But Zhou Xiaocun said: "We can climb down the shaft, but we must dismantle this wooden box." Feng Jiusi said: "Then what are you waiting for, do it quickly, I will help Yang Bingxin." He came to the door and found There was thick smoke billowing in the corridor, and only Yang Bingxin and Xiao Liu could be seen hiding behind a few overturned file cabinets, picking up grenades thrown by the Japanese army and throwing them back.Miss Lan was also hiding there, her face was already blackened, she was busy dismantling the explosive pack, connecting the fuse, and handing it over to Yang Bingxin and Xiao Liu, and then they lit it with Zhou Xiaocun's cigar, and headed towards the stairs. Throw away. After taking a closer look, he found that Xiao Liu's left arm had been seriously injured, and it was hanging bloody and bloody, while Yang Bingxin's foot had been blown off, and Miss Lan's woolen scarf was wrapped around it indiscriminately, but there was no blood. stop. While bandaging Yang Bingxin's injured leg, he conveyed the leadership's instructions, but Yang Bingxin said: "You are a loyal and good comrade, but I have no chance to report the conclusion of your screening to the leadership. I'm really sorry." Feng Jiusi's nose was sore, He hurriedly said: "That's nothing, don't take it to heart. The leader gave me a new task, which means that they have come to a conclusion about me, and they trust me again." Yang Bingxin asked: "Do you have a way to break out?" He said: "Yes, Zhou Xiaocun is unpacking boxes, let's climb down from the shaft." Yang Bingxin smiled wryly: "Do you think I can climb the shaft? Don't be kidding, you'd better go and get me the detonators that detonated all the bombs on the third floor." Feng Jiusi went back to the house to bring the detonators, and Yang Bingxin said: " I've been worthless in this life, and there are still some things I can't let go of until I die, please help me with a few things after you escape." Feng Jiusi said: "If you have anything to do, just order it." Yang Bingxin ignited a bomb that Miss Lan handed him and threw it out, and then said: "Killing Jiro Yoshida is my mission. I failed to complete it two years ago..." Feng Jiusi Picking up a grenade thrown by the Japanese army and throwing it back, he said, "That's my task too, and I will definitely do it for the two of us." The Japanese soldiers rushed up again at this moment, but were repelled by them desperately.There was one thing that Feng Jiusi could never make a decision on his own, so he asked, "What about your foster brother 'civet cat'?" Yang Bingxin said: "We changed the 'Lanpu' and knocked our heads to the ground...I swore in front of Master Guan..." Hearing this, Feng Jiusi had nothing to say.At this time Yang Bingxin suddenly grabbed his arm and said: "It is said that the matter of 'entrusting a wife and child' can only be entrusted to the sworn brother, but now..." Feng Jiusi immediately understood, and hurriedly called Big Brother, then took a bomb from Miss Lan and lit the fuse, saying, "Take this fuse as a god-respecting incense, I swear to Master Guan..." He threw the bomb at the enemy, bowed his head, and then continued: "I don't want to be born in the same year, the same month, and the same day as my elder brother, but I want to..." Yang Bingxin put out his hand to cover his mouth and said, "Brother, it's enough to have this intention, it's not good to talk too much, you take Miss Lan and go now..." Feng Jiusi had to express his heart, he said: "I will definitely arrange Dafu well." But Yang Bingxin said: "There are also two daughters of 'Bailing'..." Feng Jiusi said, "Don't worry..." After finishing speaking, he pulled Miss Lan up and ran into the house. No, Yang Bingxin chased after him and shouted: "I can't pay you back the five yuan, let Dafu pay it for me when he grows up..." The last sentence he heard made Feng Jiusi so ashamed that he wanted to jump off the building, but he knew that he was absolutely not qualified to commit suicide or blame himself at this time, because he had to take Zhou Xiaocun and Miss Lan to escape.Back in the house, he found that Zhou Xiaocun had already dismantled the wooden box, so he helped Miss Lan climb down the shaft first, and then let Zhou Xiaocun go down. The "orangutan" finally spit out the rag that was stuck in its mouth, and yelled at the same time, asking Feng Jiusi to untie the rope for him, but Feng Jiusi ignored him.The guy started yelling, dragging his chair and rushing towards the door.Suddenly, an explosion outside the door rushed him back... Feng Jiusi didn't have time to see if the "civet cat" was killed. He climbed down the shaft wall quickly, but he could still hear the sound of explosions from upstairs, knowing that Yang Bingxin and Xiao Liu were trying to cover up They are still desperately resisting.He thought to himself, the eldest brother Yang Bingxin must be very painful at this time, because today he has to die with his brother who has been sworn for many years, but he has to entrust this incomprehensible brother who has just sworn to take care of his relatives. Alas, even if I "reincarnate" twice, I won't become a person like my elder brother. His kind of person is a hero in essence. Compared with him, I can only be regarded as a small reptile.The process of descending from the shaft to the basement made Feng Jiusi feel like he had experienced a rebirth. The courage and sacrifice of his comrades finally made him learn to blame himself. But after thinking about it, he realized that he couldn’t say anything dead. If I can fulfill my elder brother’s entrustment to me and complete the tasks assigned to me by the leader, I should be able to become a person like my elder brother. Yes, I should Yes, maybe, fucking sure... The poisonous gas and dust caused by the explosion flowed down and filled the basement, making the three of them cough uncontrollably.Zhou Xiaocun led them to a wall, and said to Feng Jiusi, "This is the place. The wall is not thick, but you can't tear it down with your hands." Feng Jiusi groped along the wall, and couldn't see clearly in the dim light, but he could feel that this was at least a wall made of single bricks and cement, and it was impossible to tear it down.He touched his body, only the throwing bomb that Yang Bingxin gave him was very small, there was not much explosive in it, and putting it under the base of the wall would not blow the wall down at all. At this time, he heard that the explosions upstairs had almost stopped. It seemed that both Yang Bingxin and Xiao Liu had probably died. The Japanese soldiers would definitely search the building in a while, and they would have nowhere to escape. You can't let down the comrades who sacrificed for you, you must take Zhou Xiaocun and Miss Lan out.He made up his mind in his heart, and fumbled around the wall with his hands, finally, he found an air hole at the foot of the wall.This must go is the air hole left by the architect to prevent moisture and facilitate the air circulation in the two basements. However, there is no sound from upstairs now. If he detonates the bomb in this air hole, it is very likely that the Japanese soldiers will be attracted.So he asked Zhou Xiaocun: "After going through the basement to go there, do you have a way to get out?" Zhou Xiaocun said: "The material reserves over there are very rich, there are cars and bicycles, and we can also make up..." Feng Jiusi thinks that Zhou Xiaocun's thinking is a bit weird, and he still puts on makeup?It's almost time to get on the sedan chair, how can I have time to prick my ears and eyes!However, if there is an opportunity to escape, it must be used.He put the bomb into the bowl-sized air hole, and at the same time listened carefully to the movement upstairs, hoping that the Japanese soldiers were still on the third floor. At this moment, there was another explosion from above.Feng Jiusi also quickly pulled down the fuse of the fuse and hid behind the printing press.Immediately afterwards, a shattering explosion erupted upstairs, drowning out the sound of the bomb that Feng Jiusi placed. Not good, Feng Jiusi yelled, because he saw that the concrete pillars supporting the basement had begun to burst, he pulled Miss Lan up, stuffed her into the small hole he had just blasted in the wall, and let Zhou Xiaocun crawl through, and then It was him... The building was about to collapse, and the basement next door was not safe, and they rushed out of the basement and into the street... The building fell to the ground, and the dust it stirred up was the best way for them to escape. After they had escaped for several blocks, they turned around and watched, and found that the rising dust formed a huge smoke column in the air, which lasted for a long time. Feng Jiusi knew that Yang Bingxin must have used a detonator at the last moment to detonate the large number of bombs he had placed on the third floor for the purpose of killing the enemy together. Xiao Liu and the "civet cat" must also be dead, as well as many people who broke into the building. Japanese soldiers.For this reason, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, thinking that his newly sworn sworn brother finally fulfilled the oath he swore with his sworn sworn brother "Civet Cat" in front of Master Guan - "but I want to die in the same year, same month, same day".