"Toot-"

A long whistle shattered the tranquility of the dawn, echoing for a long time in the engineering barracks, and then the assembly whistles in the camps sounded one after another, and the sound of urging, scolding, and footsteps sounded one after another, and the Whampoa Military Academy, which was still silent just now, boiled in a blink of an eye.

In the morning light, Yang Luyuan, the captain of the engineering brigade, looked at An Yi, who was the first to run to the front and stood upright, nodded with satisfaction, An Yi's neat military appearance and javelin-like military posture made the thirty-two-year-old Anhui instructor very pleased, among the 150 enlisted students of the engineer brigade under his jurisdiction, An Yi's performance was the most satisfactory to the instructors, and he was even a little shocked.

"Brother Lu Yuan, it is estimated that this time the assault assessment of our engineer brigade is the first again, no matter how the school headquarters changes the trick assessment, we have almost been the first in the past two months, even the captain of the infantry department feels incredible and unconvinced, the infantry companies have been competing with our engineer brigade for two months, and no one has ever asked for the slightest benefit." Liu Sitong, the proud vice president of the team, is from Cangzhou, Hebei Province, and his tall and straightforward surname is very popular with students.

Yang Luyuan raised his head and looked around, and his eyes returned to the team that was making the final adjustment: "Thanks to Brother Qin Yi's teaching, without your dedication in the past three months, how could there be such excellent results?" The officers and men of the engineering brigade, who were originally despised, can now hold their heads high wherever they go. ”

Liu Sitong smiled humbly: "No, no, I think the greatest credit is An Yi, without his easy-going generosity, there would be no unity and upward collective, without his exemplary role, there would be no spirit of 'always striving for the first' that today's students remember, it can be said that most of my achievements are fulfilled by this kid." ”

Yang Luyuan immediately remembered that he and Liu Sitong had just been rated as excellent instructors and received the honor of being awarded once, and he sighed deeply at this hard-won achievement:

"None of my colleagues looked at the two of us three months ago, and I still remember the way they looked at us at first, haha...... Brother Qin Yi, discuss things with you, Lao Zhang, the district captain of the first team, was urgently transferred to the first division of the Eastern Expedition battlefield as the commander of the engineer company, and there is no candidate for the vacancy left, I really want to recommend An Yi to the above, but there is no precedent for the establishment of the military academy, so I have been hesitant. Again, because the two brother troops left behind in the vicinity of Guangzhou have already set out, and the rebels such as Deng Benyin and others in Gaozhou and Qiongzhou in the south have been defeated, and the troops around Guangzhou are empty, so we will also participate in the vigilance mission of Guangzhou City in a few days, so we must give this matter a priority before departure, and we cannot delay it any longer. ”

"I agree, after the inspection, I will ask the paperwork to make a report and send it to the school headquarters in the name of the two of us."

"Lizheng—"

Li Jishen, the vice principal who stayed behind, and several other generals stood on the review stand, looking at the more than 2,600 young students in the audience with satisfaction, and Wu Siyu, the director of the training department, listened to the loud reports of the chief officers of the various departments in the audience, returned a military salute and came to Li Jishen's side and whispered a few words, Li Jishen nodded and took a few steps forward: "Today, the performance of all companies and teams is very good, and great progress has been made!" In particular, the Engineer Brigade, as always, maintains the fastest assembly speed and high spirits, and here, on behalf of the school headquarters, I once again give praise! ”

The applause rang out, and the engineer brigade with its head held high and in a strict formation once again became the focus of the audience, and An Yi, who was in the first row of the phalanx, had a serious expression and did not move, as if his spicy eyes had nothing to do with him.

"Lizheng - disbanded!"

Li Jishen on the stage quietly watched the various teams leave the field in an orderly manner, and waved his hand to call his adjutant: "After breakfast, you go to Major Yang Luyuan of the Engineer Brigade and ask him to inform An Yi to come to my office." ”

"Yes!"

Half an hour later, a loud report sounded in front of Li Jishen's door, Li Jishen put down the documents in his hand and ordered to come in, An Yi walked to the desk with strong steps and stood two meters and saluted: "Report to the chief, An Yi, a cadet of the fourth enlisted student engineer brigade, is ordered to report to you!" ”

"Take a break!"

Li Jishen, who has a rigorous style and does not smile, showed appreciation in his eyes: "An Yi, you have performed well in the past 80 days, not only to train pacesetters, but also to help and drive your classmates to make progress together, making the engineering brigade a united, mutually helpful, vigorous and advanced brigade. ”

"Thank you, sir, for your encouragement!" An Yi's answer was short and forceful.

Li Jishen nodded: "An Yi, Mr. Ou Yaoting found me again last night and asked me to put you back anyway, seeing that I didn't agree, Mr. Ou took out the three drawings you left for him, I was very shocked when I saw it, I didn't expect that the military combat training rubber shoes you designed, the individual soldier draping suit, and the rotatable small electric fan are so advanced and exquisite, and even the production instructions and the difficulties you don't know are marked one by one, and I am deeply impressed by the huge business opportunities and development potential." Maybe you don't know, Mr. Ou and the late Mr. Zhong Kai are my best friends for many years, his request made me feel very difficult, before he said that you are a genius in the field of industry and commerce that you have not met in a hundred years, if the time is said to be able to make outstanding contributions to our backward national industry, at that time Mr. Zhong Kai and I were skeptical, but last night I saw the drawings you made, I believed it. ”

Seeing An Yi standing expressionlessly in front of him, Li Jishen couldn't help but secretly admire this young and old student: "To be honest, I really don't want you to leave the military academy, your performance since entering the school is amazing, almost all the instructors think that you should be a soldier by nature, although you are usually low-key and introverted, but your every move, word and deed all fall in our eyes, it can be said that you are very good except for joking and speaking unscrupulously, I heard that you have been studying the professional subjects of engineering and infantry and cavalry on your own, and your classmates have also taught themselves professional knowledge in advance under your guidance, forming a learning boom, is there such a thing? ”

"Yes, the students feel that these months are all queues and ordinary military skills training, and the rest time is relatively abundant, and it is a pity not to make full use of it, and the seniors in the first and second phases before the Eastern Crusade have given a lot of encouragement to the students, and the students cannot live up to their expectations." An Yi answered truthfully.

Li Jishen asked: "Can you afford to study three majors at the same time: engineering, step, and riding?" ”

As soon as An Yi heard it, he knew that this was the rigorous and realistic Vice President Li who was warning himself not to be too ambitious and greedy, but after thinking about it, he decided to tell his actual situation:

"Sir, the students have completed the theoretical knowledge of topography, surveying and mapping, and various subjects, and are studying the subjects of city building and war defense under the guidance of the two captains, Yang and Liu. The theoretical knowledge of these subjects is not difficult, it is easy to memorize, and the students are also studying the translation materials such as the Russian Engineer Dictionary that the Russian instructor Colonel Hulin gave me before the Eastern Expedition, and the students are also studying it repeatedly, but the difficult thing is that the students have not yet had the opportunity to practice, especially the last few syllabuses in the city building course, as well as the construction of the boat bridge unit that the Russian army is currently discussing, and perhaps the students will not have the opportunity to practice it in their lifetime. ”

Li Jishen was secretly surprised, and immediately understood that this kid had learned very deeply and steadily, otherwise he would not have this opinion, such a learning progress is really unimaginable, which made Li Jishen have to look at An Yi with admiration, and at the same time, it is difficult to give up such an excellent military talent:

"Very good, you have studied very carefully, I am relieved...... An Yi, Mr. Ou and I are like brothers and sisters, and he is also a close friend of our revolutionary army and the national political axe, he has been silently supporting our revolutionary cause for many years, the late Mr. Zhongshan and Mr. Zhong Kai have said more than once: 'We owe Ou Yaoting too much, and we must pay it back if we have the opportunity in the future', Chairman Wang and President Jiang also wrote to Mr. Ou before the Eastern Expedition, asking him to return to Guangzhou and prosper national industry and commerce. Therefore, Mr. Ou's request last night made me very difficult, so I had to call you in to ask for your opinion, you can choose your own future, and I will support you no matter what decision you make. I'll leave you a message here, no matter what kind of work you do in the future, I am willing to treat you as a good student of myself. ”

An Yi was surprised and very grateful, surprised that so far, there are very few young people who have served as an instructor of the former Zhengaxe Army University, have rich practical combat experience, and are highly respected in the revolutionary army, especially in the Guangdong-Guizhou military circles, and are grateful for Li Jishen's trust in him, and grateful for the appreciation and care that flowed out of his seemingly plain words.

"Sir, before deciding to take the military academy, students have already seriously thought about this issue, and choosing to join the army is not a temporary hot-headed student, nor is it looking for a temporary place to stay or the so-called promotion step, but to make up their minds to fight for the reunification of the motherland for life......

An Yi paused for a moment and sorted out some excited emotions: "Sir, students don't want to say anything beautiful, in order to prevent those political instructors from looking for ideological work every day, in order to save time and learn more professional knowledge, I have to say something beautiful to show that my political consciousness is high." Students have always believed that what the current country needs most is a stable environment without civil war and external humiliation, as long as it is stable, we Chinese can develop rapidly, and in the face of the patriotic enthusiasm and wisdom of the people, those few drawings are nothing at all. However, the Western powers and Yue himself absolutely do not want to see China with one heart, will never give up their interests in China, and will even try by all means to increase the intensity and speed of plundering and enslaving us, and achieve their goal of controlling China for a long time by supporting warlords like Chen Jiongming and Wu Peifu; they are willing to see the Chinese fighting themselves, and as long as they fight infighting, they will ask them for assistance, and they will be able to profit from it; they are happy to see such a situation, who cares whether the people live or die? Therefore, students choose to join the army and speak directly with the barrel of a gun. ”

Li Jishen looked at An Yi in surprise, he couldn't imagine that the easy-going and handsome student in front of him was so tough in his heart, and he saw the current situation of the country and the interests of various groups so thoroughly.

Li Jishen stood up and slowly walked to An Yi's side, patted him on the shoulder, and said kindly: "I understand, I'll call Mr. Ou later, you can go back." If you have anything in the future, you can come to me at any time if you want,"

"Thank you, sir! The student said goodbye. ”

An Yi finished saluting and strode out of the office, and walked down the stairs to leave the school headquarters with the steps of a soldier.

Walking out of the courtyard An Yi's footsteps involuntarily slowed down, feeling a little sorry for Ou Yaoting in his heart, although he quietly entrusted Uncle Jiu to hand over a few well-designed drawings as a reward to Ou Yaoting, but Ou Yaoting's affection for himself always made An Yi unforgettable.

An Yi raised his head, looked at Du Yuming, the commander of the enlisted student company who was demonstrating the new students with a gun on the field, shook his head and smiled, and let out a long breath.