Defying the Storm 凭栏一片风云起 Episode 23

Zeng Nianqiao regained consciousness shortly after he was unconscious. He disregarded his own safety and frantically fired at the Japanese army. Fortunately, Zhang Qi contacted Zeng Nianqiao by radio, and Tang Shizhen couldn't help feeling emotional when he learned that he was fighting the enemy by himself. Because of this, Hanguang Squadron, under the leadership of Zeng Nianqiao, shot down a large number of enemy planes in one go.

How could he know that Lu Ziyi sent people to ambush near the school, and before the teachers and students left, he deliberately used mirrors to reflect sunlight into the air, attracting Japanese pilots to this place. Under the guidance of the national army spy, a Japanese fighter jet flew over Fuhua University. With repeated bombings, countless people were killed in the fire and ruins, and the laboratory was only left with broken pieces.

Meng Wuran and the others called Zeng Mu loudly, but luckily they heard a response, and saw him crawling out of the rubble, turning around and dragging out a suitcase, which contained all kinds of important equipment, as well as bottles and jars that he regarded as treasures. Because China lacks dynamics experts, it is always lower than the Japanese army in terms of air power. This makes Zeng Mu feel this and decides to set up an aerodynamics laboratory to develop aircraft belonging to the Chinese.

Hearing Zeng Mu's grand long-cherished wish, Meng Wuran raised both hands to support and promised to apply to the school. Just when Meng Wuran and the others were about to go back to preside over the wedding, Zeng Nianqiao came staggeringly, knelt in front of Zeng Mu on the spot, and sadly shared the news of Zeng Poshan's sacrifice.

Before the others could react, Zeng Mu had already fainted. On the other side, Zhang Qi hurried to the school, but found Meng Haitang beside the bomb crater. Fortunately, Meng Haitang just lost consciousness and his life was not serious. Later, everyone took Xu Yuanyin to the crash site of Zeng Poshan, and found that only the fragmented wreckage was left here.

Xu Yuanyin watched for a long time, and suddenly came back to her senses. She said emotionally that Zeng Poshan was not dead at all, and she couldn't accept this fact. Everyone looked at the back of Xu Yuanyin leaving alone, but didn't catch up. They really didn't know how to comfort her, while she sat on the swing by the river, looking at the sky in the distance, and then shot and ended her life.

Zeng Poshan's tombstone is engraved with the names of him and Xu Yuanyin. It was originally a solitary tomb, and there was an infatuated woman who left with her lover. She has no chance to share a white head in this life, and at least she can live and die together. But for Zeng Mu, he lost his biological son and daughter-in-law, a madman obsessed with research, and now he has become old, lonely and desolate.

When Zhang Qi faced Zeng Mu's gaze, he felt extremely guilty. If he was driving the Xishan, he would have avoided Zeng Poshan's sacrifice. Everyone supported Zeng Mu to leave, leaving only Zhang Qi and Meng Haitang. Accompanied by Meng Haitang, he knelt in front of the tomb and blamed himself.

In fact, Zhang Qi's greatest pain was the transformation of the fighter plane himself, removing the auxiliary fuel tank, resulting in uncontrollable fuel volume. If he did not reduce the load and improve, he might have a high chance of breaking the mountain to survive. Meng Haitang accompanied Zhang Qi silently until the rain poured down, still staring straight ahead without changing her expression.

Zeng Mu shut himself in the room, holding Zeng Poshan's parachute without saying a word. Through Tang Shizhen, he learned that his son would rather die than abandon the plane to parachute to protect the people on the ground, so that he lost hope of survival. Long Zhenzhu asked Xiao Hongen if he worked for Lu Ziyi. After confirming his answer repeatedly, he couldn't help feeling disappointed.

Ling Qianying wanted to comfort her master Zeng Mu, but he didn't open the door for a long time. She went back to the room to look at the group photo, and couldn't help but burst into tears. From Ling Qianying's point of view, she can understand Xu Yuanyin's martyrdom, and if it were her, she would do the same. Now she cares more about Zeng Nianqiao, so she must be under pressure.

In the days that followed, Zhang Qi thought repeatedly and decided to surgically remove the bullet from his body, but he was strongly opposed by Zeng Nianqiao. Zeng Nianqiao hopes that Zhang Qi can think of his family and Meng Haitang. After all, the success rate of this operation is very low. Zhang Qi fell silent after these words. Afterwards, he went to Zeng's house alone, but unfortunately the door was always closed.