Shi Chen smiled slightly, and said slowly: "I'm not worried about being listened to, but because I've always been very stage frightened, and I'll be very nervous when I talk about things in front of so many people!"

As soon as Shi Chen's words fell, the room was filled with a low burst of laughter, and the atmosphere between the two sides did not ease down a little until this time.

Shi Chen has not said a few words since he first appeared on the stage, but Pang Jindong admires him very much.

It is probably because of the characteristic of not being surprised that it is this Shi Chen who comes to Changqing Mountain, not others.

Shi Chen speaks generously and decently, without losing humor, without being humble or arrogant, and can handle the situation he faces well.

Just like this sentence just now, it was obvious that he didn't want others to know his intentions, but he used such a relaxed excuse to save face for everyone.

Pang Wenlan's feelings also eased a little, and he waved his hand lightly, signaling the others in the room to avoid it, and only left Pang Jindong, Pang Tianchong, Shen Peifu, Lin Jiwen and Jiang Yaolong.

"Okay......" Pang Wenlan took a sip of tea, and there was a smile in his tone: "Now there are only a few people in the room, you won't feel nervous anymore!

"Okay!" Shi Chen didn't shirk any longer, slowly walked in front of Pang Wenlan, took out a small box and two envelopes from his arms, and put them in front of Pang Wenlan very respectfully: "Actually, this work should have been done by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but considering the current complex form of the Kokang region, it was handed over to us!"

"Ministry of Civil Affairs?" Hearing Shi Chen say this department, Pang Wenlan felt very strange, he really couldn't figure out what kind of things would happen if the Ministry of Civil Affairs sent people to Changqing Mountain, and why he entrusted people from the army to come forward, it couldn't be to investigate his bigamy.

Pang Wenlan put down the teacup and pouted at the things on the table: "What are they?"

"I'll build General Pang or open it myself to see!" Shi Chen smiled slightly again and continued: "General Pang can rest assured, we have no malicious intentions!"

"I have nothing to worry about, there is no need for your mainland Ministry of Civil Affairs to send someone to send me a bomb!" Pang Wenlan said as he picked up an envelope with his novice.

It wasn't because he was worried that there was a bomb in that small box, but because Shi Chen deliberately put the envelope on it.

There was a thin piece of paper in the envelope, and after Pang Wenlan opened it, he looked at it twice, and his face suddenly froze.

He sat there without reacting, and after a long time, the piece of paper slipped from between his fingers and fell in front of Pang Jindong like an autumn leaf.

Pang Tianpet immediately stood up, bowed down to Pang Wenlan and asked with concern, "Father, are you okay?"

"It's okay!" Pang Wenlan shook his head and looked blankly ahead.

Pang Jindong noticed that his eyes became cloudy in an instant.

Pang Jindong picked up the piece of paper, only glanced at it, and understood what was going on.

The paper was an official document with the title "Decision on Issuing a Medal to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression to Pang Wenlan, Major General and Deputy Commander of the 14th Division of the First Corps of the Former Kuomintang Army."

One of the characteristics of domestic official documents is that even if you don't look at the text after reading the title, you basically have an understanding of the content.

This official document is the same, but the main text further explains the whole thing, which roughly means that during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Pang Wenlan commanded his troops to participate in the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing, the Battle of Xuzhou, the Second Battle of Changsha, and the Battle of Changde.

Considering that Pang Wenlan and his troops gave full play to the fine qualities of the Chinese nation, bravely resisted foreign aggression, and made indelible contributions to the overall victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan, on the occasion of the 60 th anniversary of the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan, Pang Wenlan was awarded this medal as a commendation.

The entire official document does not mention anything about the appearance of Pang Wenlan and his troops in the civil war, but there is a paragraph at the end, which does not seem to be the tone of the official document.

Pang Jindong read it carefully several times and found that there was a very vague meaning between the lines, that is, due to some factors in history, there had been an unfair evaluation of people like Pang Wenlan, but now it has been corrected.

The official document was issued jointly, and the issuing organs at the end were the Central Military Commission of Z country, the Ministry of Civil Affairs of Z and the organizing committee for the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and the official seals of these three departments were also stamped.

Pang Wenlan never took the initiative to mention his past, and Pang Jindong never asked, always thinking that his fourth grandfather was just an ordinary general, and he knew that it was only from this official document that Pang Wenlan's unit turned out to be one of the five main forces of the former National Revolutionary Army, known as the "Anti-Japanese Iron Army".

Although Pang Wenlan is only the deputy division commander, it is enough to represent the glorious history of this unit.

Anyone who has a certain understanding of that period of history will know that the reorganization of the 14th Blood Lion Division, which was formed from the reorganization of the former 74th Army, participated in almost most of the important battles on the frontal battlefield before and after the reorganization, including many tragic battles that can be sung and cried.

For example, in the Battle of Changde in 1943, more than 8,000 people from the 57th Division of the 74th Army fought against tens of thousands of people of the 11th Army of Dongying, held the city of Changde for more than half a month, stubbornly resisted the Japanese army's coordinated attack on air and ground, and fought to the death despite the heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army and even the release of poison gas.

At this time, the whole division was less than 600 people, only the division commander led 180 people to break through the siege, and the rest of the officers and soldiers volunteered to live and die with Changde, and fought with the Japanese army that broke into the city house by house, and finally all of them died heroically.

Six days later, the escaped division commander returned with the counterattacking troops and recaptured Changde.

The battle coincided with the Cairo Conference, and President Roosevelt listened to the briefing on the Chinese side of the war and specially recorded this force in the memorandum.

It was also this unit that was transported to Nanjing in 1945 to accept the surrender of the Japanese army, and was called the "Imperial Forest Army" because it defended the capital from then on.

Just when Pang Jindong was pondering this official letter, Shen Peifu was already angry at Shi Chen over there: "What are you here for?"

Pang Wenlan waved his hand weakly, his eyes were still dull: "It's none of his business!"

Shen Peifu was stunned by this scene, looked at her grandfather, and then looked at Shi Chen, who had a stern face, and didn't know what to say.

Pang Jindong lost no time in circulating this official document to everyone, and everyone was stunned on the spot, not expecting that after decades, Pang Wenlan would get such a belated medal.

Pang Wenlan pointed to the box and asked Shi Chen, "Is that .......?"

"Yes!" Shi Chen nodded vigorously and said solemnly: "I hope General Pang will open it personally!"

Pang Wenlan nodded weakly, carefully picked up the box, and opened it with the same care, as if the box contained his life in the past decades.

When the box was halfway open, Pang Wenlan stopped abruptly again, as if he didn't dare to look inside.

Once the box is found to be empty, a wish that has been cherished in the bottom of the heart for decades may come to naught.

Everyone didn't make a sound, but looked at Pang Wenlan with concern.

Pang Wenlan sat there stupidly holding the box, until Shi Chen reminded him softly: "General Pang......"

Pang Wenlan sighed heavily, opened the lid of the box forcefully, and a golden medal was immediately presented in front of him.

This medal is about five centimeters in diameter, and the front of the medal is cast with five five-pointed stars symbolizing the great unity of the revolutionary people, doves and olive branches symbolizing human peace, and battle scenes of the army and the people working together to resist the war.

Shi Chen said: "There is the autograph of the country's top leader on it!"

Pang Wenlan looked at this medal, motionless, like a statue, although it seemed to have no life, but it was so strong, no matter what kind of wind and rain could not shake it.

After a long time, hot tears burst out of his eyes, and "pop" fell on his body.

After so many years, Pang Wenlan, a strong man, finally cried again.

This time it was not for the brothers who died in battle, nor for the son who was executed for the rebellion, but for the sake of his own decades of sacrifice.

During these years of MD, the North was hostile to them, TW forgot their existence, and they wandered like orphans abandoned by their relatives.

Although you can pretend to be strong on the surface, you can't change your inner vulnerability.

At this moment, with the arrival of this medal, everything changed.

As Pang Jindong guessed, Pang Wenlan's heart is exactly such a feeling.

In countless sleepless nights, Pang Wenlan once stood in the lonely moonlight, looking at the north abruptly, for a long time.

It was his hometown, his relatives, the graves of his ancestors, and the bones of his dead brothers, and there were so many things that were unforgettable and difficult to part with.

When Pang Wenlan fell asleep with heavy nostalgia and dreamed back at midnight, it was as if he had returned to his hometown, to the village where he grew up, and to the old locust tree that he often climbed when he was young.

Every summer, the acquaintance on the locust tree would sing, and the song seemed to penetrate his eardrums again.

In a flash, Pang Wenlan seemed to have returned to the Whampoa Military Academy to relive the unforgettable years of studying and becoming a soldier.

Then, there was a battlefield full of artillery fire, and countless enemies in yellow uniforms rushed towards them with bright bayonets, and the brothers around them fell.

And at this time, news came from the rear that his brother had died......

When Pang Wenlan returned to reality from his memories, the whole person was much older, and what the ruthless years did not do in him was done by the violent collision of emotions in his heart.

He let out a long sigh, gently closed the lid of the box, put the box back on the table, and sang a song with his lips pursed: "Arise, brethren, the time is come." We counterattacked the Dongying bandits. He forcibly occupied our land and killed women and children. We have defended Beijing and Shanghai, fought Kaifeng, Nanxun Line, Xian Jingzhong, Zhang Gushan, blood stained red. We are the people's armed forces, the vanguard of resistance against Japan. The people's armed forces, the vanguard of the anti-Japanese ......"

Pang Wenlan's voice was very vague, Pang Jindong didn't understand all of it, just a few short sentences in it, remembering that he had seen it in a book, this was the military song of the 74th Division.

It seems that many years later, Pang Wenlan sang out of tune, but at this time, the song itself is no longer important, and more importantly, the people who sang this song to the battlefield finally won the belated honor.

When Pang Wenlan's love situation improved a little, Shi Chen said in a low voice: "This medal should have been sent to you a long time ago, but unfortunately, for various reasons, it has been delayed until now!"

Pang Wenlan hurriedly said: "It's not too late, it's not too late......"

"Your hometown has changed a lot now, if you have time, I hope you can go back and see ......."

"Go back?" Pang Wenlan looked at Shi Chen, choked and repeated these two words.

Pang Jindong took out a handkerchief, carefully wiped the tears on Pang Wenlan's face, and then whispered: "Yes, fourth grandfather, let's go back and have a look if you have time!"

Pang Wenlan soothed his feelings and asked slowly, "Can I really go back?"

Pang Jindong did not answer this question, but looked at Shi Chen, who nodded vigorously and told Pang Wenlan: "I believe that the people of your hometown will warmly welcome you back!"

Because China is an agrarian society, people's dependence on the land is very large, and this dependence is embodied in people's thoughts is the feeling of the countryside, and there is a word that can best represent the feelings of the countryside -- the leaves fall back to the roots.

Chinese people are thousands of miles away from home and wandering in foreign lands, even if they are rich abroad, they always hope to be able to return to their hometown and be buried next to their ancestors and family when they are old.

Of course, this kind of emotion has become very weak today, but Pang Wenlan, as a very conservative person, still has a very strong sense of the countryside.

For many years, he had been determined that he was going to die in a foreign country, but he didn't expect that this medal would create an opportunity for him to no longer have such regrets.

"Let's talk about it when we have a chance!" Pang Wenlan thought for a moment, waved his hand lightly and said: "Qingshan buries loyal bones everywhere, so many brothers are buried here, I, Pang Wenlan, can't leave them alone!"

Shi Chen didn't try to persuade again, pointed to another envelope and said, "This is a certificate of honor, General Pang needs to take a look!"

"No need!" Pang Wenlan shook his head, his demeanor had completely recovered from his former appearance.

Shi Chen hesitated, looking at Pang Wenlan as if he still had something to say.

Pang Wenlan noticed Shi Chen's expression and asked, "Do you have anything else?"

Shi Chen said very carefully: "I also have a medal here, which is awarded to General Pang Wentao!"