An Yi, who was in ignorance, didn't know that his transfer would affect the nerves of the Big Five, and he didn't know that the front he was about to go to would be the only Zhenjiang on the entire front that was still shelling each other. But when he received the telegram from Commander-in-Chief Jiang personally, he happened to have a warm conversation with dozens of youth representatives from all over the country, and this group of enthusiastic and excited intellectual youths saw An Yi's face change drastically, and immediately stopped talking, and all looked at An Yi blankly, as if they wanted to seek answers from An Yi's handsome and mature face.

After An Yi signed the emergency telegram, he slowly put away the pen, glanced at the young friends in the room regretfully, spread his hands and shook his head and said apologetically:

"Everyone, I'm sorry! After receiving an urgent order, the headquarters will go to the front line of the Northern Expedition within 24 hours, therefore, the good wishes that have been talked about by friends for several days can only be handed over to the fraternal troops who take over the defense to be realized, and I ask you to tell more friends after you go back that if you are willing to join the army, you can continue to stay and wait for the arrangements of the receiving troops, and if you are unwilling, you can return to your respective schools to continue your studies, and the construction and prosperity of the country not only need soldiers, but also need specialized personnel from all walks of life. Because our department will soon be in battle, I can't be with you, forgive me! ”

The youth delegates were in an uproar, and many of them were full of reluctance, including several female students from Shanghai, whose eyes suddenly overflowed with tears, and even hid their faces in front of everyone and wept...... On the morning of 5 July, the last special train full of officers and men of the Model Battalion and the regimental headquarters of the Reading Force Regiment was about to start, and the platform of Kunshan Station was crowded with citizens and young students who had come to see them off.

During the half-month garrison period, this well-known unit left seven small bridges and 16 kilometers of newly built roads for the people of Kunshan, repaired more than 50 dilapidated houses, subsidized the lives of more than 100 lonely and widowed elderly people, burned opium to punish bullies, and won the heartfelt love and support of the people of Kunshan.

Outside the command carriage in the middle of the train, with the sound of gongs and drums, and colorful flags were unfurled, dozens of representatives of seven organizations, including the Kunshan Federation of Trade Unions, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Federation of Students, solemnly delivered pennants and plaques to An Yi, the head of the regiment, and Yin Jinan, the instructor, amid bursts of applause and cheers.

An Yi and Yin Jinan and other generals respectfully took it over and saluted and thanked the representatives one by one.

At the time of parting, the delegates signaled for the drum music to stop, and unanimously asked An Yi and Yin Jinan to say a few words.

An Yi and Yin Jinan, who were deeply moved, had slightly red eyes, and they didn't know what to say for a while. An Yi took a deep breath, gratefully glanced at the representatives in front of him and the thousands of cheering crowds on the platform one by one, and finally whispered a few words to Guan Shan, the instructor of the communication company beside him. Guan Shan walked quickly to the junction of the train carriages, quickly climbed onto the roof of the train, and shouted orders to the officers and soldiers in the open boxes in the front and rear:

"Brothers, all stand up! Listen to my command and sing "Loyal to the Country"! Get ready...... Wolf smoke rises...... Ready—Sing! ”

"The wolf smoke rises, the rivers and mountains look north, the dragon rolls up and the horse grows and hisses like frost, and the heart is like the Yellow River...... What a pity to die to repay the family and country, endure sighs, and be speechless with blood and tears......"

More than 2,000 soldiers crowded into 12 carriages were full of pride and sang loudly, and the majestic and heroic singing rose to the sky, which immediately shook the hearts of thousands of soldiers and civilians in the station.

An Yi and Yin Jinan saluted solemnly again in the loud singing, and boarded the slowly moving train one after another, without looking back.

Thousands of people and more than 1,000 reluctant students from all over the country silently watched the train go away, until the singing was ethereal and inaudible, and they still could not recover from the artistic conception of the proud, resolute and tragic singing.

In the crowded crowd, Ding Molan, a student representative from Shanghai who was trembling slightly with excitement, was still staring blankly at the direction where the train disappeared, her fair and delicate nose kept contracting and expanding, her clear big eyes were full of crystal tears, and her red mouth was slightly squirming and murmuring:

"I'm going, I'm going to go, even if I go into the smoke of gunfire, I'm going to ......"

"Me too!"

Qiu Mingxuan, a student representative from Nanjing Higher Institute of Technology, approached Ding Molan and looked at her beautiful eyes kindly and firmly:

"I wonder how Mo Lan feels at this moment? I won't hesitate anymore anyway! From the eyes of General An and Colonel Yin, from the majestic singing of the soldiers, I suddenly saw the direction of life, saw the hope of the country and the nation, and with them, I am no longer confused and lonely, I firmly believe! ”

"Me too! There were also a few sisters who came with me, and they were so moved that they hugged each other and cried their noses. ”

Zhang Ruyi, the representative of Shanghai Devon Nursing School, came up and held Ding Molan's arm tightly, shook her waterfall hair proudly, and then raised her head strongly.

Ding Molan, who was only nineteen years old, wiped away the tears overflowing from the corners of her eyes, combed the bangs that covered her smooth forehead, glanced at the slowly receding flow of people on the platform, turned to the two good friends who had not been known for a long time and smiled:

"Good! It is estimated that there are many students who think the same as us, more than 1,000 students from all over the country still choose to stay, they must have a relatively firm determination, we go back to the city to ask everyone, as long as they are willing, they will rush to Zhenjiang with us, there is no problem with the travel expenses, I will be responsible. ”

"Great! I immediately went to inform the sisters. ”

The delicate and beautiful Zhang Ruyi happily ran to a large group of students behind her.

Qiu Mingxuan smiled elegantly: "Let's go, try to catch the train at half past noon, otherwise we will have to stay in Kunshan for another day, there are so many classmates who insist on staying, and the room and board fee given by Colonel Yin is almost used up." ”

"Okay."

Ding Molan nodded, sucked Xiao Yao's nose and walked side by side with Qiu Mingxuan.

On the train, An Yi looked at Yin Jinan, who had been looking out of the window, and sighed softly at the send-off banquet at Duan Chenghuai's house last night:

"Jinan, don't worry, General Duan likes you in his heart, although he didn't say anything about you and Xin'er, but I can see that he values you very much, otherwise he wouldn't have deliberately set up a banquet to practice."

Yin Jinan turned his head to look at An Yi, his face full of loss and gloom: "Uncle Duan is indeed a respectable elder, but I can also feel that he is very worried about Xin'er's future...... It's hard to say that we can survive like this, so I haven't been closer to showing my attitude, nor have I confessed my love for her to Xin'er...... By the way, it turns out that Uncle Duan and our Vice President Li have known each other for a long time, and he told me that he will soon leave Kunshan and move back to his hometown in Chizhou to live a secluded life. ”

"What? Why didn't you tell me earlier? An Yi was very surprised.

Yin Jinan said with a wry smile: "I only found out the night before yesterday, during this time I went to visit him almost every day to appease him, who knew that he would meet Xin'er, he learned that Xin'er and I had a good impression of each other and started to date after they did not stop him, but he discussed the Battle of Tonglu and the Battle of Kunshan with me, and after I learned from me that you personally commanded and eliminated his assault company, he was very heartbroken, but he understood what you did, which made me respect his mind."

I discussed the current situation with him for a long time the night before, and finally he said with emotion that he was a brother to Vice President Li when he was in the second phase of the Army University, and I was also surprised to hear it, so I told him about the good relationship between you and Vice President Li, and he was very surprised, and then asked me to ask you to have a meal together, but I seem to think that he is quite jealous of you, right? ”

An Yi laughed, waved his hand and said, "No one likes people who defeat themselves, it's normal, haha!" But you shouldn't be dodgy, you should take the initiative to tell Uncle Duan that you like Xin'er, and tell him to visit them when the battle is over, so that they can have a hope...... Well, when the time comes, you will ask Vice President Li Jishen to help you be a matchmaker, you are also Vice President Li's favorite student, he will definitely be willing to contribute to this good thing. ”

"Don't mention it, I don't have any bottom in my heart, I'll leave everything to God to decide, if I'm still alive after the Northern Expedition is over, I'll go to Chizhou to find them, as long as Xin'er hasn't promised to marry others, I will immediately propose to Uncle Duan." Yin Jinan finally said what was in his heart.

An Yi happily praised: "This is my good brother!" You kid fights like two people in peacetime, when did you not rush to the front first? Take out half of your fighting spirit to deal with Xin'er, maybe the candles and beads in the cave room will be secretly knotted a long time ago, why wait for the victory of the Northern Expedition? ”

"Big brother, look at your mouth...... I won't tell you, what a fucking scoundrel......"

"Hahaha......"

At 11:40 p.m. the next day, the slow train finally arrived at Zhenjiang Station smoothly, An Yi and Yin Jinan, who had been informed in advance, were ready early, jumped out of the carriage without waiting for the train to stop, and trotted forward to salute:

"Report to Chief Gu, An Yi, the head of the Second Division's Reading Force, and Yin Jinan, the instructor, salute you!"

Gu Zhutong, the commander of the third division, returned the salute and smiled: "You two boys are much more mature!" In a blink of an eye, he has become a hero and model in the first four issues of my Whampoa, amazing, haha...... An Yi, why don't you call me an instructor? ”

An Yi was stunned for a moment, remembering the few meetings he had in Huangpu and the brotherly relationship between Jiang Dingwen and Gu Zhutong, and hurriedly said with a smile: "Instructor Gu, don't be angry, the instructor has a different identity now, and without the instructor's orders, the students don't dare to make mistakes." ”

"Haha! Good you An Yi, you are really exquisite, you are worthy of being a person that the third brother Ming is optimistic about, not bad, not bad! ”

Gu Zhutong smiled at Yin Jinan, and commanded loudly: "Xiao Yin, you just find someone to contact my adjutant, he will take your troops to the big camp in the city to settle down, and you will come as soon as you are done." Speaking of this, he turned his head to An Yi and said, "Come with me, An Yi, I have set up two tables of banquets in Yizhichun to catch you up, Hu Zi and Colonel Yang Bin are communicating with my combat section chief, they will also attend together later, after drinking wine and completing the handover, I will have to take this special train to Kunshan." ”

"Yes!" Yin Jinan replied respectfully.

"Thank you, instructor! Please ...... first"

An Yi respectfully accompanied Gu Zhutong out of the platform, and just about to see if Shen Fengdao, who arrived first, had brought his war horse, he was called into a brand-new American Chevrolet sedan at the gate of the station by Gu Zhutong.

An Yi knows Gu Zhutong's style, knows that the suave Gu Zhutong likes to gamble, is extremely protective of his subordinates, and is very easy-going to Gu Zhutong, who is eye-catching, without a little shelf, he has almost nothing to say about people who don't look down on him, and even a little bit of cold arrogance that rejects people thousands of miles away, so An Yi got in the car and joked with him with confidence: "Instructor, this car is really good, just leave the car behind!" ”

Who knew that Gu Zhutong laughed: "You don't know, this car was originally assigned to you, just drove from Nanjing yesterday, I saw that this car is quite new, so I borrowed it first." ”

An Yi looked at Gu Zhutong in surprise: "This ...... What's going on? Instructor, you're not kidding, are you? ”

Gu Zhutong put away his smile and explained with a serious face: "This is the principal personally assigned to you to commend your meritorious work in the Northern Expedition, this kind of treatment is only a few people in the whole army, and they are all generals, you are the only military chief officer below the lieutenant general who has won this honor, you should cherish it!" ”

"I see...... The students were inexplicably grateful, but it would have been nice to have a few trucks, and our regimental artillery battalion was short of towing and bomb-loading trucks. An Yi touched the shiny wall of the car, and said with regret while being happy.

Gu Zhutong looked at An Yi in surprise, and then nodded appreciatively: "Xiao Yi, you are worthy of being a student valued by the principal and so many of our instructors, and it is precisely because you have such a mind that you have made such great progress, which is gratifying and admirable, I have always been optimistic about you!"

In this way, I will leave you six cars, all of which are the trophies I captured from Suzhou and Changzhou, four of which are brand new Ford three-ton trucks, and two are one-and-a-half-ton Chevrolet pick-up trucks, which are estimated to be helpful to your newly expanded artillery battalion, but you have to find the drivers yourself, and I only have fifteen drivers to take with them. ”

"Thank you so much! The instructor was so polite...... How should students reciprocate? An Yi was so excited that he almost jumped up.

Gu Zhutong, who looked dignified and had the demeanor of a Confucian general, waved his hand: "It's not that I'm generous, but the principal has received the full support of the Shanghai capitalists this time, Shanghai will give the principal a batch of trucks that we urgently need, the number is about sixty, if your department is still stationed in Kunshan, it is estimated that your department will get about five to ten vehicles, after all, the great exploits of your reading force group are there, no one dares to blush you, and the principal has long had this plan."

With the arrival of military vehicles originally purchased from European and American countries, several divisions of our First Army will receive the equipment of an automobile company, and it is estimated that it will take another month or two to be in place. The reason why I left you a few cars is mainly out of consideration for the front-line war in Zhenjiang, and it will not be too late to return it to me when you have more in the future. ”

"Thank you, instructor! Thank you! An Yi thanked him repeatedly.

"Don't thank you, just drink a few more drinks later, haha......"

(To be continued)