Zhang Xinghan Xinghan walked out of the hospital, but Guo Zhong hurriedly walked over: "Brigade seat, the brigade headquarters has just received news that a group of students from Beiping want to join our garrison brigade, and the Seventh Brigade of Reading Force has escorted them to Xinmin, in order to prevent accidents, they asked us to send someone over to pick them up." ”

"Students? Are they all college students? Zhang Xinghan asked.

"I don't make it clear, but it should be." Guo Zhong said uncertainly.

"It just so happens that our troops are short of literate people now, so let's go and inform the cavalry company to assemble immediately, transfer six more military trucks, and I will personally take them to recruits." Zhang Xinghan said.

"Luza, do you want to lead the team yourself?" Guo Zhong was a little puzzled.

"Hmm." Zhang Xinghan smiled and said: "I am planning to go out of the city to reconnoiter the surrounding terrain in the past two days, and today I will bring this group of students to show that my garrison brigade attaches great importance to them." ”

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." Guo Zhong stepped forward violently.

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In the Lushun Military Port, the weather in September was getting colder, and the sea breeze was blowing, and the chill made a ghost soldier guarding the corner of the military port unable to help but sneeze.

The devil soldiers didn't care to wipe their noses, and looked at the warships that were entering the harbor with their eyes.

It was the warship of the Lord, the invincible warship of the combined fleet of the Navy of their Great Empire.

As the warships entered the port, the devil soldiers clearly saw that the deck of the warship was full of heavily armed imperial soldiers, and a steel helmet reflected a dull light in the sunlight.

The bayonets on the rifles formed a dense forest of bayonets, the cold light flickered, and the aura of slaughter was invisibly diffused.

As the landing ships docked, groups of heavily armed Imperial Army officers and men carried rifles, grenadiers, mortars, and light and heavy machine guns on their backs.

After landing on the shore, they quickly marched to the predetermined area under the leadership of their respective commanders.

The whole process is methodical, and everywhere shows the military quality of these imperial troops.

Immediately behind the infantry landed were Imperial tanks and armored fighting vehicles painted with the sun flag, as well as mountain guns and field guns.

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In Xinmin City, Zhang Xinghua and other students ate something in the garrison barracks, and then they were taken by the garrison major to the north gate of the city to wait.

Because the major had just received a reply from Shenyang, he would immediately send someone to pick them up and enter Shenyang.

At the head of the city, the north wind was cold, blowing people's cheeks a little painful, Zhang Xinghua looked sideways, and saw Su Hanyun and several female classmates looking at the northeast with a few female classmates, discussing something with some excitement

Su Hanyun may have noticed Zhang Xinghua's gaze, turned her head to look at him, raised her hand to brush her hair, which was a little messy by the wind, and smiled at Zhang Xinghua.

Zhang Xinghua smiled and nodded, then retracted his gaze and looked towards the north outside the city.

The sky is high and cloudy in the endless Northeast Plain, thinking that he is about to return home and see his parents and eldest brother, Zhang Xinghua can't help but get excited.

Suddenly, Zhang Xinghua noticed that some small black spots appeared on the edge of the distant sky.

He hurriedly widened his eyes, and at this time, the defending major on the side raised his binoculars, looked at it, and said with a smile: "It's cavalry, it seems that the people from the garrison brigade are coming." ”

Zhang Xinghua didn't speak, but tried his best to look, and as the distance approached, he clearly saw that it was a group of cavalry in blue uniforms.

They carried steel spears on their backs, and their expressions were grim, and they rode their horses and galloped wildly.

Standing at the head of the city, Zhang Xinghua could vaguely feel the shocking sensation.

Outside the city, Zhang Xinghan grabbed the reins with one hand, raised the whip with the other, and whipped the war horse from time to time: "Drive!" ”

The war horse was in pain, and kept speeding up, and more than seventy cavalrymen who had survived the bloody battle followed closely behind, hundreds of horse hooves rushed at the same time, and everywhere they passed, grass clippings splashed and the earth roared.

Behind them, six military trucks were also moving at full strength.

However, in this era when there were no highways made of reinforced concrete and asphalt, especially in this endless plain and barren meadow.

At this time, the speed of military trucks was far less fast than that of war horses.

At the head of the city, looking at the approaching cavalry, the major of the defending army said: "I'll go to greet you, and the students will wait at the head of the city first." With that, he took a soldier and walked straight down to the city.

Not long after, Zhang Xinghan led more than 70 iron horsemen to gallop like a whirlwind.

When he arrived at the city, Zhang Xinghan suddenly pulled the reins, the war horse screamed, the whole person stood up, the front hooves rose high, and the students on the city, including Su Hanyun, were terrified in their hearts.

"Phew!" Zhang Xinghan relied on his superb riding skills to stop his horse, turned sideways and said loudly to the head of the city: "Zhang Xinghan, the colonel of the Shenyang Garrison Brigade, has come to pick up the students from Beiping, please open the city gate quickly." ”

Su Hanyun and several other girls at the head of the city saw that Zhang Xinghan was so handsome and young, riding a war horse and leading his subordinates to gallop, and their hearts began to collide with the deer in their hearts.

This is a real man, a real soldier.

"Big brother!" Zhang Xinghua suddenly shouted excitedly.

Su Hanyun was shocked when he heard it, he was actually Xinghua's eldest brother? Zhang Xinghan?

Su Hanyun looked at Zhang Xinghan again with complicated eyes.

Zhang Xinghan heard someone shouting again in the city, looked up carefully, and immediately raised his horsewhip: "Xinghua!" What are you doing here? Haha, come down. ”

"Hey!" Zhang Xinghua was excited, and hurriedly turned around and ran down the city.

By this time, the gates had been opened, and the major of the garrison trotted out with the orderlies.

When he came to Zhang Xinghan's horse, he stood up and saluted: "I don't know if the chief is in person, and the humble position is far away, please don't blame the chief!" ”

Zhang Xinghan turned over and dismounted, and saluted: "Brother, I have seen this, you and I are comrades-in-arms, why is it strange?" ”

"Big brother!" Zhang Xinghua excitedly ran out of the city cave.

"Stinky boy, why don't you write to tell your family when you come back." After the two brothers embraced, Zhang Xinghan hammered Zhang Xinghua's chest and blamed.

"Hehe, I was in a hurry to get out of school, and I didn't have time for a while, no, I just went home to surprise our parents." Zhang Xinghua said with a smile.

"By the way, aren't you studying in Yanjing, why did you come back at this time? Don't you miss your studies? Zhang Xinghan asked.

"At the time of the national crisis, in order to respond to your recruitment, our school specially mobilized our classmates to abandon their pen and join the army to serve the country. Now that the nation is in crisis, my generation of men should put the country and the nation first, as for their studies, when they beat away the devils, it is not too late for me to go back and continue studying. Zhang Xinghua said seriously.

"Okay, that's a good point, it seems that you haven't been in Yanjing in vain in the past few years. From today onwards, following the eldest brother, our brothers will join forces to fight the enemy and defend the country. Zhang Xinghan nodded with a smile of relief.

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Extremely smoothly, Zhang Xinghan led the cavalry company with Zhang Xinghua and his classmates to return to Shenyang.

In the compartment of a military truck, a female student said to Zhang Xinghua with a smile: "Xinghua, your eldest brother is really majestic." ”

"Of course, my eldest brother has been in the army for four or five years, and he has fought the Russians with the young marshal, and when the 918 incident broke out, he was already promoted to the lieutenant colonel and battalion commander of the 7th Brigade of Reading Power for his merits." Zhang Xinghua said proudly.

"By the way, Xinghua, how old is your eldest brother this year?" The schoolgirl asked with some gossip.

"My eldest brother is three years older than me, born in the thirty-third year of Guangxu (1907), and is now twenty-four years old." Zhang Xinghua replied without thinking.

"Twenty-four? So didn't he actually join the army at the age of nineteen? Everyone, including the female students, was slightly surprised.

"Well, my eldest brother signed up for the army after finishing middle school." Zhang Xinghua nodded.

"Then is your eldest brother married?" The female students expressed the voices of many female students, including Su Hanyun.

"Nope." Zhang Xinghua shook his head and said suddenly: "However, the eldest brother already has a fiancée, who is the beloved daughter of General Wang Yizhe, the commander of the Seventh Brigade of Reading Force, Wang Ruoying. ”

"Oh." Including the female students who questioned them, the other female students were a little lost in their eyes when they heard this.

"Oh, Song Shan, why are you asking this? Now that the country is in trouble, we came to Shenyang to join the army to serve the country and do our part for the country. Su Hanyun felt that something was wrong, and pushed the female student, and said angrily.

"Aren't people curious?" The student named Song Shan blushed a little.

"The one in the car is almost there, you guys are ready to get out of the car." At this time, a soldier's reminder came from the wheelhouse.

"Oh, got it." Zhang Xinghua was already a little embarrassed, and hurriedly turned his head to respond.

At this time, Zhang Xinghan had already returned to the garrison brigade headquarters with the cavalry.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I saw that Wang Yicai, Liu Jianguo and others were waiting at the door.

Turning over and dismounting, Zhang Xinghan handed the reins to the guards, walked over and asked, "Jianguo, Yicai, why are you all here, how are the recruits going?" ”

Liu Jianguo, Wang Yicai and others hurriedly greeted them and saluted: "It's basically almost, in the past few days, the young and middle-aged people who can be recruited in Shenyang City and the soldiers from the surrounding villages outside the city have been recruited by us, a total of more than 6,000 people. ”

"Oh, that's good, let's go in and discuss how to expand the troops." Zhang Xinghan said and took the lead towards the headquarters.

Liu Jianguo and the others answered, followed closely behind, and walked in.