Chapter 185: Early Graduation

The bloody storm once again set off by Wang Yuyin's agents against the Japanese in Shanghai did not affect the situation of stability and unity under the rule of the rear autonomous government in the slightest. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

On February 21, after more than a month of holiday during the Spring Festival, Kunming Luyuan once again ushered in the opening day. On this day, the cadets of the 14th Squadron of the Army Academy, who had fought with the 8th Regiment of the 3rd Division in the Burma War and suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Prome, once again stepped into the gate of the Army Academy, where they had lived and studied together for a year, after several months of rest and treatment.

After a short period of commotion, the house where Li Zongren, Bai Chongxi and Mo Youbin lived was crowded with their friends and the backbones of the 14th Squadron. The current 14th Squadron is no longer the original Old 14th Squadron, although most of the people in the old 14th Squadron are still there, but the missing part will never come back. At this moment, the students of the 14th Squadron were excited, and they were chatting with each other constantly and excitedly, and only when they occasionally mentioned those students who had died fighting for the motherland in a foreign land, their faces would have a faint sadness.

Because they had already received the notice before, after breakfast the next day, the students of the 14th Squadron came to the academic lecture hall of the Lu Academy under the leadership of the district captain Mo Youbin.

The so-called academic lecture hall is actually the size of an ordinary classroom. At this moment, there were three officers sitting on the rostrum inside, a colonel with glasses in the middle, a major on his left, and a captain on his right, but none of the cadets of the 14th squadron knew him. After seeing the students arrive, the bespectacled colonel spoke first: "Everyone should be here, then we will have a meeting below." ”

"First of all, let me introduce myself, I am the deputy director of the Political Department of our Kunming Army Academy, my surname is Kang, and my name is Kang Yiren. Many of my classmates may not have met me, but it doesn't matter, we know each other today. Director Kang Yiren had a slight smile on his face and a gentle tone, which was easy to make people feel close. However, without waiting for any reaction from below, Director Kang continued to speak: "The major on my left is the head of the Cadre Section of the Political Department of our Army Academy, and the captain on my right hand is Officer Yuan of the Cadre Section of the Political Department. ”

Director Kang's words landed, and the two officers stood up and saluted all the colleges present, winning a round of applause from everyone.

"The main purpose of gathering you here today is to solicit the opinions of comrades on the issue of your future stay and departure." Director Kang's tone was still gentle, but it was like a thunderbolt in the ears of the students present.

Go to stay questions? What do you mean? Don't we have a year left before we officially graduate? After a period of silence, the whispering voices of the students of the 14th Squadron sounded in the small academic lecture hall. The three officers of the Political Division not only did not care, but also specifically said that they would give the team members a while to think and discuss.

At this time, Bai Chongxi couldn't help it, he secretly asked Li Zongren and Mo Youbin who were sitting next to him, "What do you mean?" Go to stay questions? ”

Li Zongren frowned, but he didn't know what to say, in fact, he was quite puzzled at this time. In fact, it was not just him, everyone in the lecture hall looked very helpless at this time. In the end, Mo Youbin replied: "Jiansheng, don't be impatient." ”

After seeing the district captain with a mysterious smile on his face, a glimmer of light flashed in Bai Chongxi's heart, and he stopped asking. Bai Chongxi still knows a little about his district captain. According to his observations, although this person has a deep background, he is low-key and not arrogant. Needless to say, his personal ability was not to mention his hard work and serious training, and his overall results were often among the best in the entire 14th Squadron, and he was the first soldier and brave in the Battle of Prome, but he was seriously wounded. Although he didn't say anything, in his heart, Bai Chongxi still admired his district captain.

Just as Bai Chongxi was thinking, Director Kang spoke again: "Don't be too surprised, comrades, I'll explain this matter to you briefly here." ”

The students, who were quiet in an instant, returned their attention to Director Kang, and Bai Chongxi, who came back to his senses, also faintly had more expectations in his heart. You must know that the political department of the Lu Academy is usually responsible for the political education of the college, cadre personnel, graduation distribution of students, etc., usually they will not personally face the students on special occasions, and the officers of the political department can do these small things, but today for the sake of their dozens of students, the deputy director has come forward, what important things will there be? There is also the question of where to stay.

"That's right. I believe that comrades know that at first, when you went to the field troops, you originally went to experience life as trainees, but later because of the changes in the situation, a considerable number of students directly followed their units to participate in the war in Burma. You here are the best representatives of this group of students. For the sake of the country and the nation, the comrades have made tremendous efforts and sacrifices, and having a group of students like you can be said to be the pride of our Lu Academy. Speaking of this, Director Kang's expression was a little serious: "According to the original study plan, your study period is two and a half years, but in fact, you have only studied in school for one year, and you should have another year and a half of study life, but because you went to Burma to participate in the war and the rest later, you threw away six months of study time. Although you will be exempted from studying for the next six months after reporting to the higher authorities for approval, according to the original plan, if you continue to study, how many of you will be able to graduate normally after one year? ”

Oh, yes! If you just follow along, even if you are exempted from the six-month course, what about the next year's course? What about courses that build on the previous ones? How do I learn it? As soon as the cadets of the 14th Squadron thought of this, their hearts began to beat a little.

Seeing the hesitant looks on the faces of the students under the rostrum, Director Kang didn't care, and then said: "However, there are exceptions to everything. In consideration of the comrades who were born and died on the battlefield in Myanmar and made indelible contributions to the country, the college decided to exempt you from all your studies for the rest of the time, and at the same time, you were also exempted from the graduation assessment, and you were directly included in this year's graduation distribution plan as a graduate. ”

What the? All the students were dumbfounded, the ups and downs were just like that, Bai Chongxi and the others were also stupid, they couldn't have imagined that the academy would let them graduate early. At this time, he finally understood what the mysterious smile on the face of the district captain Mo Youbin was, and the relationship really had an inside story!

Director Kang was very satisfied with the bombshell he dropped, and said with a smile on his face: "Of course, because your studies have not been completed, after the college and the higher authorities have coordinated, after you graduate this year and go to the army, you will first have to practice for nine months, and then according to your actual graduation time, you will be issued a graduation certificate, and your position and military rank will be determined." ”

At this moment, all the students in the academic lecture hall were in an uproar, and everyone was talking about it below, completely ignoring the three officers of the political department who were still sitting on the rostrum.

"Hello, you say." Bai Chongxi tilted his head to Li Zongren and said, "What about these conditions?" I think that's pretty good! ”

"In that case, why doesn't the academy let us stay for another year?" Li Zongren said with some hesitation.

"Why? Didn't Director Kang just say it, I'm afraid we won't be able to keep up with the class! ”

"Anyway, they're already exempted, so why are we afraid that we won't be able to keep up with the class?" Li Zongren was still a little puzzled.

At this time, I heard Mo Youbin next to him say: "I think it may be for us to have more experience in the management of the troops." You see, our army has recently expanded, and we are recruiting new recruits to form a new unit, and when we graduate from the army now, it is just in time to welcome new recruits, which allows us to start working from scratch in the army, so that we can adapt to the army more quickly. ”

"Then we still have a lot of things to learn, and when we get to the army, will we?" Li Zongren nodded at first, but then he hesitated.

Bai Chongxi smiled, stretched out his hand and patted Li Zongren's shoulder and said, "Delin, you will know when you get to the army, in fact, we have to learn a lot of things when we get to the army." ”

Mo Youbin nodded and agreed: "Jiansheng is right, each unit has its own traditions and training methods, and these things we learn in the military academy are just to lay a necessary foundation for us, and when we get to the army, we really have to start everything from scratch, so your current worry is not too necessary at all." ”

"Hey, hey, hey." Bai Chongxi didn't understand anything else, but he knew that he could graduate early and leave the army: "Great, I can finally go to the army to realize my ambitions." ”

Several people nodded and agreed with Bai Chongxi's words. In this era, those who will choose to serve the country in the army, which one is not a hot-blooded man? It is a good thing to be able to get out of the army in advance to realize their ambitions, so everyone is still in a good mood.

At this time, they had already begun to imagine what it would be like when they left their troops. Don't mention anything else, let's just talk about training recruits, think about how majestic that is? They have been being trained since they came to the Lu Yuan, and now they are going to become officers, and when they arrive in the army, they will at least have a platoon of dozens of people, and now they can finally train others. But where will they understand that those soldiers will not obediently stand there and wait for you to train, especially if you don't have the ability to control them, then maybe it will be your turn to be rectified.