PFC Chapter 219 I should have been dead by then!
Chapter 219 I should have been dead by then!
Side of the stage.
Pan Yinian returns to the stage.
Ignoring everyone's astonishment, he covered his ears with his left hand, held the mobile phone close to his ear with his right hand, and looked hard towards the entrance of the playground.
Ahead...
The night is dark and the lights are dim.
But he still saw a little bit of the shining red collar badge.
But he still saw many hunched but determined figures.
Hua Zai, who had just finished singing a song, was about to say something when Pan Yinian quickly rushed to the center of the stage, picked up the microphone, and shouted two words towards the entrance of the playground, "Turn on the lights!"
"Turn on the lights!"
"Turn on the light..."
Pan Yinian's roar suddenly exploded, echoing back and forth over the playground.
clack clack...
The concert lighting engineer almost instinctively turned on all the headlights, adjusted the direction, and illuminated the ground at the entrance of the playground.
I saw the entrance to the playground.
At some point, a group of old people appeared.
His hair is gray and his back is hunched.
Some had broken arms, some had amputated legs.
But it is this group of elderly people who make everyone feel an inexplicable sense of tragedy in their hearts.
It’s just because these old men were all wearing old military uniforms with dazzling medals shining on their chests.
Seeing these veterans, everyone almost instinctively made way for a passage leading directly to the stage to let them pass.
"Hua Zai, Su Ying, let's go."
As he spoke, Pan Yinian jumped down from the stage which was more than two meters high and strode towards these old people.
Su Ying followed closely behind.
Andy was slightly startled, then jumped off the stage.
The two men, one on the left and one on the right, were half a step behind Pan Yinian and walked in front of these old seniors.
Looking at Pan Yinian coming towards them, these old seniors stood in place and kept looking Pan Yinian up and down.
It was not until Pan Yinian stood in front of them that they smiled and nodded.
"Good boy, you are a good boy."
The old man leading the group, leaning on a cane, stepped forward and patted Pan Yinian on the shoulder, his face filled with deep guilt. "Good boy, we're sorry for you. We're late..."
It was just a simple sentence, but Pan Yinian couldn't help but tremble his lips.
He knew what the old man was talking about.
I mean, the demonstration a month ago;
It is said that he was arrested and put into a detention center for protecting veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression;
They didn't arrive in time, almost a month late...
Can……
Looking at the old uniforms of these veterans,
Looking at their gray hair,
Looking at the old shoes on their feet,
Who can say they are late?
"Do not……"
Pan Yinian shook his head, his tone firm, "You are not late, you will never be late, it is us who are late..."
"We were born too late to witness that bloody battle;"
"We discovered it too late, and you have to bear everything;"
"We woke up too late, causing you to suffer so much hardship and grievance..."
"It's too late, it's us..."
Pan Yinian's voice was trembling, but powerful.
Others realized something and recognized the identities of these people, but they also did not recognize their identities.
Looking at the way these people are dressed, others only know that they are veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, but they don't know which unit they belong to.
Looking at the veterans of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression who were sighing with emotion and tears in their eyes, and at the confused Andy Lau fans and Nanjing University students and teachers beside him, Pan Yinian gritted his teeth, turned back to the stage, held the microphone in his right hand, pointed in the direction of the veterans with his left hand, and said with all his strength:
"Do you know who they are?"
"Do you know where they come from?"
"We live in a peaceful and prosperous era. This is both our luck and our misfortune."
"Because we can never imagine how desperate a country must be to send a group of children with an average age of only 12 to the battlefield."
"More than 7000 child soldiers went to the battlefield carrying guns taller than themselves. This is a truly tragic and heroic event for a country and a nation."
"And this scene happened during the Battle of Songshan in 1944."
“There is the most tragic martyrs’ cemetery in the country.”
“If one day you can go to that place, please bow your head in tribute.”
"Because when they died, the oldest was no more than 15 years old, and the youngest was only 9 years old. They experienced the most tragic Battle of Songshan in the history of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression."
"Countless soldiers fell on the road of charge."
"On the summit of Songshan, blood flowed like a river."
"The expeditionary force suffered heavy casualties."
"At that moment, the country and the nation faced a matter of life and death."
"At that moment, more than 7000 child soldiers, with an average age of only 12, enlisted in the army."
"They resolutely went to the battlefield for the sake of their country and nation."
"Most of them are orphans whose parents died in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. As the families of martyrs, they followed the troops and wandered around."
"If it were now, at their age, they should be studying in spacious and bright classrooms, or acting cute around their parents, enjoying a happy childhood. But they used their young bodies to defend the dignity of the Chinese nation, carrying rifles taller than themselves and bravely charging into the face of enemy fire."
"Behind their tender faces was a deep hatred for their country and their families, and in their eyes was a determination to face death. Knowing that their chances of returning alive were slim, they charged towards the enemy positions without hesitation, fighting bloody battles with their weak bodies."
"The Battle of Songshan began on June 4th and ended on September 7th. The expeditionary force launched a total of 10 large-scale offensives and hundreds of small-scale battles. After 95 days of bloody fighting, the expeditionary force finally captured the Songshan defense line with great difficulty."
"In this battle, our army suffered 7773 casualties, including more than 1000 child soldiers."
"Before the war, an international journalist interviewed a group of child soldiers, asking them, 'What do you want to do after the war?' They replied in childish voices, saying, 'Go home and herd cattle, farm, become apprentices, go to the big city...'"
"One of the children responded with a maturity beyond his years. With a serious expression, he said, 'China will surely win the war of resistance, but I might be dead by then, right?'"
"For the future of the country and the nation, these child soldiers sacrificed their lives."
"Today, more than 60 years have passed since the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression."
"The towering Songshan Mountain and the surging Nujiang River once recorded the most tragic and heroic chapter in the lives of China's military and civilians."
"As it is said in 'On China': 'I believe that the most fortunate people in the Chinese nation are those who were born here. The safety of this country depends on the brave men and women who guard it tirelessly. However, who could have imagined that the warriors of China would be a group of infants! We are fortunate to live in peacetime, and it is hard to imagine that in the past, more than 7,000 children, the elders less than 15 years old, the youngest only 9, would raise spears taller than their bodies, resolutely face the enemy's artillery fire, and swear to fight for their lives! Yet, these patriots did not fear in the face of great danger, and not a single one of them flinched, but died with heroic bravery!'"
"We must remember the sacrifices of the martyrs and the heroic spirit of the expeditionary force."
"We must also remember that those child soldiers who fought bloody battles with their weak bodies were child soldiers from the 74th Army of the 11th Group Army of the Chinese Expeditionary Force."
"That is, the senior who appears before us now, at this moment, is the only surviving veteran of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression."
"salute!!!"
With the final roar, Pan Yinian suddenly stood at attention and saluted.
Wow!
Nanjing University students and teachers, stand at attention and salute.
Andy Lau's fans were confused, but they also stood at attention. Some saluted, while others stood at attention and saluted.
Even Andy himself raised his arm solemnly, with the fingertips of his right hand level with his eyebrows...