Chapter 49: A Sudden Parting
"Stand upright...... Disband! β
"An Yi, you stay for a while." Liu Sitong, deputy of the engineer brigade, stopped An Yi after speaking.
"Yes!"
An Yi, who was covered in military uniform and soaked with sweat, ran to Liu Sitong's side and stood upright, Liu Sitong waved his hand to signal him casually: "Let's go for a walk with me...... An Yi, have you heard anything recently? I mean, don't you hear any rumors outside of school? β
An Yi tightened the rifle strap: "During this time, the training of our district team is very busy, ten days of field training has just come back, followed by the exams of three subjects, the brothers are so tired that they go to bed early every day, and I haven't been to the shooting range for many days to practice, and I don't have time to pay attention to what happens in the school, let alone outside the school." What's wrong, sir? What happened? Is the Northern Expedition about to be? β
Liu Sitong nodded noncommittally: "This week, haven't you noticed that your Russian master has not come to school?" β
An Yi stopped: "I looked for Lyuschenkov twice, I heard that he moved back to the city, and this time the professional instructor who trained us in the field was not with us, I really can't remember it." Sir, please tell me what's going on? β
"Walk slowly, talk as you go."
Liu Sitong lowered his voice and said: "Two weeks ago, there was a 'Zhongshan ship' incident, some people wanted to plot to assassinate President Jiang, Ji Shanjia, the senior adviser director of the National Political Axe, Jia Lie, the naval adviser, and a group of members of the advisory group were involved, some people in our army were secretly arrested, and the school's education director Deng was also suspected, and the atmosphere in the whole city of Guangzhou was tense!" β
An Yi was taken aback: "Isn't the Zhongshan ship under the jurisdiction of senior Li Zhilong?" How is he? β
Liu Sitong gently pulled An Yi's sleeve and walked to the shade of the tree next to the road: "Don't shout so loudly, I'm afraid people won't hear you...... Exactly, I know you have a good relationship with him, which is why I told you about it. Your senior brother is dignified, able to write and martial arts, is a rare handsome, last October he was appointed by the national political axe as the director of the Political Department of the Navy Bureau, awarded the rank of rear admiral, at the beginning of last month the director of the Navy Ouyang Lin resigned, he was immediately appointed as the acting director, promoted to the rank of lieutenant general, is the only one among our Whampoa graduates, but also the idol in the minds of countless girls, if not for this incident, his future is limitless! It's a pity ......."
An Yi asked anxiously, "No! I would never believe that Lao Li would murder the principal, impossible! Sir, can you tell me where Lao Li is locked up? β
"An Yi, calm down!"
Liu Sitong looked around and said in a low voice: "Temporarily locked up in the military headquarters of the First Army, but I heard that he is not in danger, at this time, you must not make trouble for him, this matter is too wide-ranging, the background is very complicated, it is not something that people of your level and I can understand, not to mention that you are now a military cadet, what ability and for what reason to see him?" I know that you are kind-hearted and honest, and you are outstanding in both military skills and science and engineering knowledge, but you still have to learn in politics, and you are still very naΓ―ve in this regard! Who doesn't know that you have never talked about politics since you entered school? Who has heard your An Yi's political views and comments on the current situation? This is your advantage and your disadvantage, you are very competent from a military point of view, but from ancient times to the present day, which famous general has you seen who does not understand politics? An Yi, although I am your instructor, I have always regarded you as my brother, not only me, but most of the instructors in the entire school think that you are a rare and outstanding talent, and their expectations for you are very high, and no one wants you to take more detours on the road of life, which is why I talked to you today. β
An Yi lowered his head sadly: "Thank you, Instructor Liu!" But what do you think I should do? β
Liu Sitong patted him on the shoulder: "You don't need to do anything, but you need to think calmly." Although you are usually optimistic, funny and humorous, and never seem to be sad, I know that you are not like this at all, from the time you went crazy working on the construction site of the martyr's tomb, I could see that something had pierced your heart, otherwise, no normal person would torture himself like this, and a torture would be ten days! Fortunately, Lyuschenkov's advisor happened to appear, relieving your pressure, and after you came back, you learned to shoot and play the piano with him, all you have to support, just tell your superiors that your knowledge is far ahead of your fellow students, Captain Yang is also the same as me in this point, but he doesn't know that you are depressed. It's not bad, you've practiced your marksmanship, I'm not interested in how well you play the piano, but I know that there is no one in the current military academy whose marksmanship can compare to you, you just don't want to be famous and deliberately hide, every shooting assessment or competition you set your results at the level of third to fifth, don't think I don't know, not everyone can shoot in fifteen shots The three target bullet holes are all the same in shape, and you can. Don't think that you are smart and everyone else is stupid, there are not many people who know about this, but I am not the only one, it's just that everyone respects you and doesn't want to say it. β
An Yi sighed ashamedly: "Sir is right, many times I always think that I am smart, but I soon find out that I am stupid, so I have been pondering, and sometimes I feel panicked and confused." β
"I understand your feelings because...... I'm just like you. Liu Sitong smiled bitterly, took out an old-fashioned pocket watch, opened it, glanced at it, and then put it back in his pocket:
"Okay, we can communicate about this matter slowly in the future, but now there is no time, your master Lyuschenkov is going to leave Guangzhou, all because of the result of the 'Zhongshan ship' incident. They returned home on a boat at 8 p.m., and at this moment the instructors he had evacuated on behalf of the advisory group were attending a farewell forum held at the school headquarters, and some other advisers were also attending a farewell party held at the top level of the central party headquarters. He had just watched your training for a while on the balcony of the school headquarters, and asked me to give you his accordion, and told me through an interpreter that you were his best student and best friend, and that he was proud of you, and that you would definitely be a good general in the future. I asked him why he didn't give it to you personally, and he said no, many times friends don't need words to express feelings. β
An Yi looked at the school headquarters in surprise: "Is he gone?" β
"It's almost there, there are still ten minutes to leave, it's a boat sent by the party headquarters, you go to the school gate now and wait for him to meet him in time...... Feed! Boy, what are you running, the direction is reversed......"
An Yi quickly ran back to his barracks, put down his gun, pushed away the brothers who were around his bedside and admired the beautiful accordion, grabbed the accordion and turned to run, and disappeared in a few turns under the surprised gaze of the brothers.
As soon as An Yi ran to the school gate, he saw the one-meter-eighty-three Liushenkov and another infantry consultant saying goodbye to a group of school officials on the dock, and the anxious An Yi shouted at the star officer who tried to stop him at the school gate: "Lao Xie, your mother's dodge, otherwise Lao Tzu will kill you and break off your friendship!" β
Lao Xie was stunned for a moment, An Yi had already swept past him like a gust of wind, so he had to shake his head and scolded in a low voice: "Xiao Yi, the dog said, I took gunpowder today......
"Old Willow ......"
Lyshenkov heard the familiar call, immediately raised his head, saw An Yi running quickly with the accordion he gave him, said sorry to the people around him, strode up to meet him, walked to An Yi who stopped and bent over to breathe, and raised his arms: "Don't like my gift?" β
"It's not...... Grandma's old willow, go...... I didn't say hello when I left......"
An Yi, who was sweating profusely, inhaled heavily, wiped the sweat off his face, and didn't care about the instructors of the school who came up around him: "Lao Liu, you promised me that you would write a new shooting training textbook with me, but you will leave now, let me ask who to ask if I have questions in the future?" β
The translator faithfully conveyed An Yi's words, and Lyuschenkov smiled helplessly, and pointed to his head: "You have emptied my knowledge here, and you will definitely be able to write a better textbook by yourself, I believe in your ability." You have a saying in China that 'there is no banquet that will not be dissolved', even if I don't leave today, I will leave tomorrow, you know that I have a wife, children, I haven't seen them for two years, and my comrades-in-arms, I miss them. My friend, you are a very good soldier, my only friend in China, I will miss you, and when I go back, I will tell my wife and friends every happiness between us, so that they can share it with me, bless you! β
Lyuschenkov strode forward, ignoring An Yi's dripping sweat, and gave him a sturdy bear hug.
An Yi was so moved that he couldn't speak, and silently watched as Lyuschenkov and his companions boarded the ship surrounded by several staff members, and turned around to wave goodbye to the many military academy officers who saw them off.
When Lyshenkov finally waved to An Yi, he was surprised to see that An Yi had jumped onto the huge stone pier on the shore, slowly put the accordion on his back and opened the fixed leather buckle, and the beautiful, moving, heroic and sad bizarre music instantly floated in all directions.
"Lao Liu, isn't your grandmother laughing at Lao Tzu who can't sing? Tell you, it's not that I can't sing, but I don't want to sing, so I'll sing it to you today......"
The smooth and melodious accompaniment sounded louder, and An Yi's singing voice also sounded: "That morning, I woke up from my dream, ah friend, goodbye, goodbye, that morning, I woke up from my dream, and the invaders broke into my hometown......."
An Yi's loud and heroic baritone sprinkled to the river with the accordion, spread all over the dock, and echoed for a long time on the wide riverbank grassbed, everyone looked at him in great amazement, quietly listened to this moving music that had never been heard before, and gradually was moved by the strong friendship in the lyrics and the tragic feeling that the strong man would never return.
"My God...... It's hard to believe that his voice is so beautiful that he can sing beautiful tunes...... Gava, did you teach him? β
Vasily, who was next to Lyuschenkov, asked in surprise.
The steamboat slowly left the shore, An Yi's singing was endless, Lyuschenkov tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, and a pair of blue eyes stared at An Yi standing on the stone pier:
"No, Vasily, I didn't teach this piece, and I heard it for the first time...... That's great! Several of his playing mistakes are gone, and his level will rise to new heights...... Especially his heart, I can hear it...... Goodbye, my friend, I bless you forever......"
ββ¦β¦ If I die in battle, you must bury me...... Whenever people walk by here, they say what a beautiful flower......"