Chapter 389.

The Lone Army Camp had open days every weekend, during the week it was closed to any visitors, and of course, neither the lease nor the Japanese wanted them to have too much contact with the outside world.

It would have been best if they had even welded the camp gates shut.

But after a few storms, coupled with hunger strikes and sit-ins, as well as the solidarity of the general public in Shanghai as well as civic organizations.

The rentier authorities still didn’t dare to push too hard and agreed to a weekly open day.

However, the number of people entering and leaving the camp was limited, and their identities would be scrutinized, and they could not enter without a pass issued by the Bureau of Public Works.

The Lone Army Camp is actually considered a semi-closed concentration camp.

Although the people inside could move around freely, the conditions inside the camp were very hard, coupled with untimely supplies and poor sanitation, there were often deaths, and the officers and soldiers couldn’t keep up with the nutrition, and they all looked thin and out of shape.

However, there are some people who can make exceptions.

For example, Lu Jingshi, he has a public identity, is the Japanese do not dare to do anything to him, after all, the Japanese still want to use him behind Mr. Du it.

Don’t look at Mr. Du is not in Shanghai, but the control and influence of the underground forces in Shanghai is still unmatched, and Lu Jingshi is one of the people he put in Shanghai to control the underground forces.

Therefore, even if he wasn’t at the open day, he was able to enter the Lone Army Camp.

Inside the regiment’s command headquarters, the orderly reported.

Lu Jingshi seeks an audience.

Xie Zhongmin hurriedly instructed the orderly to go and invite the man to his regiment’s headquarters, and at the same time had his men go and invite a few of the regiment’s important officers to come along.

“Regimental Commander Xie!”

“Mr. Lu, please sit down.” They were all old acquaintances, so naturally they didn’t need to be too outgoing, and since Lu Jingshi wasn’t coming over on an open day, he obviously had something important to do.

Xie Zhongmin had the orderlies make tea and bring it in.

“Regimental Commander Xie, I’ve come this time, to make a long story short, there’s an important matter to discuss with you.” Lu Jingshi said.

Seeing Lu Jingshi’s serious face, Xie Zhongmin also quickly put away his smile and became solemn: “Mr. Lu, please speak.”

“Now there is an opportunity to restore freedom to some of the soldiers under that Xie Regiment’s command, but this is not an order from the top brass in Chongqing, whether or not you want this opportunity depends on Xie Regiment’s choice!” Lu Jingshi slowly spoke.

“Mr. Lu, what do you mean, straight?”

“As long as you are willing to give up your military status, you can leave the orphan camp, limited to officers and soldiers below squad and platoon level.” Lu Jingshi said.

Xie Zhongmin heard this, and instantly changed his face, they have persisted for so long, even going out for drills and training every day, always maintaining a soldier’s fighting posture, in order not to be able to go back to the battlefield one day, and continue to fuck with the brats?

Now they are told to give up their military status, what’s the difference between that and being a deserter?

“Mr. Lu, is it that the above wants to give up on us?” Xie Zhongmin asked sadly.

“No, you are locked up here, we have always thought of rescuing you out, but the British fear the Japanese, do not dare to release you, but now, there is such an opportunity to let a part of the people regain their freedom, but it must be voluntarily take off their military status to do so, this matter is by us secretly with the authorities of the Bureau of Public Works reached an agreement, in addition, this matter came to fruition, but also need to be the Japanese side to reach a tacit agreement.” Lu Jing Shi explained.

“After removing a portion of the people, your living environment and conditions can also be improved, and it will also reduce our burden.”

This was the most practical issue.

Lu Jingshi didn’t know that regarding this partial rescue plan for the Lone Army Camp, Cheng Mo had also passed the gas with Dai Yunong.

Dai Yunong also agreed before proceeding.

In addition to supporting Wang, the Japanese have always sought a direct dialogue with the old man, they naturally hope that the old man can surrender, which is the origin of the “Tong work”. Sometimes, seemingly unrelated things, on the contrary, will wrestle with each other, leading to another thing to do.

Xie Zhongmin has calmed down, the reality is to consider, although they are under house arrest here, but compared to the initial supplies, now is more and more difficult.

Now they go out to buy supplies, all kinds of extortion and blackmail, so that the already insufficient funds add to the problem, can only meet the most basic needs of life.

From the beginning of more than three hundred people, one after another, those who left, fled, and died of illness, now there are less than three hundred people left or so.

In fact, for such a long time, people’s hearts have long changed, just in the way of not being able to go out, can only endure, hold in the heart not to say.

From the occasional whiny words that reacted from below, he, the regimental commander, still understood.

“Thank you, Regimental Commander, if you miss this opportunity, then there might not be a next time.” Lu Jingshi said.

“Mr. Lu, if it’s voluntary, how many people can go this time?” Xie Zhongmin calmed down and inquired.

He didn’t know how much of a storm would be created within the Lone Army Camp once this news was announced.

Freedom, who wouldn’t want it? Trapped here, inhuman, ghostly, with no future in sight, who would want to live any longer?

“No more than a third at most.”

“What will these people do when they get out?” Xie Zhongmin wanted to make sure that when his men went out, they wouldn’t be captured and then executed by the Japanese.

Even though he knew that the Japanese didn’t have the power to arrest people in the Concession, as long as they had the list, God knows if they would do such a thing.

Maybe he had only just left the Lone Ranger camp, and the next second he would fall into the Japanese tiger’s mouth.

According to reason, Lu Jing Shi came over to say this matter, it should not be a trap, but he was cautious and wanted to ask clearly.

After all, he had written several times to the authorities of the Bureau of Public Works, asking the Bureau to release them, but they had all dropped like a stone.

“Someone will receive them and resettle them, don’t worry about that.” Lu Jingshi said, “This person, Tuanzheng Xie can be trusted.”

“What person?”

Lu Jingshi pulled out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Xie Zhongmin, “This is that person’s handwritten letter to Xie Tuanzuo.”

Shocked, Xie Zhongmin reached out and took it, tore open the seal and took a letterhead out of it.

It was really Cheng Mo’s handwritten letter to Xie Zhongmin.

In addition to greetings, the letter naturally explained the cause and effect of the matter.

Xie Zhongmin immediately brow stretch open, lonely military camp these days, he is not closed to outside news, naturally know Cheng Mo now in the Ministry of Industry Bureau of power and status, just, the intersection between them is limited to the rooftop of the four rows of warehouses and later he quietly sneaked into the lonely military camp to take away Wu Jianfeng and others, and after that, there is no longer any contact.

What Xie Zhongmin didn’t know was that Cheng Mo had been financing the Lone Army Camp through Lu Jingshi, and even secretly solved many troubles for the Lone Army Camp.

The situation of this Orphaned Army Camp is much better than it was in history.

These officers and soldiers who voluntarily give up their military status will be placed in the pharmaceutical factories and industries under his name, and will not leave Shanghai for the time being.

Not to mention that with so many people, it would not be easy to leave.

This is a good place, these officers and soldiers go out, have a place to stay, not to be without a livelihood, and then whether to leave or stay, all up to their own decision.

This is a good thing, but only for those below the rank of squad and platoon, that is to say, at most those with the rank of second lieutenant will have the opportunity, those above second lieutenant, no way.