The black Chevrolet sedan left Xiyuan and headed south, turning two flower-filled intersections and slowly stopping in front of the spacious three-story western-style building.

An Yi instructed Shen Fengdao and Lin Yaodong to wait outside, walked into the door of the party headquarters alone, and was respectfully greeted by the guards immediately after showing his documents, and one of them warmly led An Yi to the door of Gong Qian's office at the east end of the second floor, and then he saluted and left excitedly.

An Yi tidied up his wrinkled military uniform, pulled the holster on his waist, raised his hand and was about to knock on the door, the door opened from the inside, and a delicate female employee was slightly stunned when she saw the handsome An Yi, and then recognized who it was, and was so happy that she wanted to scream.

An Yi hurriedly put a finger in front of his mouth, signaled silence, stretched out his head to look at Gong Qian, who was writing behind the desk inside, shook his head and smiled, and whispered a few words in the ear of the young female employee.

The female staff nodded in understanding, left with a smile, and looked back at the handsome An Yi a few times while leaving.

An Yi quietly flashed into the door, gently closed the door, and walked in front of Gong Qian silently, through the wide tabletop, quietly looking at Gong Qian, who was holding a high bun and concentrating on writing, and his heart was so excited that his heart was "pounding".

"Xiao Xin, why did you come back, is there anything else?"

Gong Qian didn't look up to check, she thought it was the female staff who didn't ask kindly, and the gentle and peaceful voice made An Yi extremely kind and excited.

An Yi swallowed his throat and replied in a low voice, "Hmm." ”

"Tell me something, I'm busy." Gong Qian was still immersed in her books, and her white neck was as delicate as a swan.

"Seeing you so tired, I feel distressed!" After An Yi finished speaking, he let out a long sigh.

When Gong Qian heard the mellow male voice, she suddenly raised her head, looked at An Yi blankly for a while, suddenly screamed with joy, stood up quickly, hugged An Yi's neck across the table, clenched her other hand into a fist, and gave An Yi a good beating:

“…… Damn fellow, I haven't seen you for so long, and when we met, I dared to tease my sister and beat you to death......"

An Yi didn't have time to pick up his hat when he fell to the ground, begged for mercy again and again, slowly bypassed the table, gently hugged Gong Qian's shoulders, pushed away the soft and charming delicate body, and looked at Gong Qian's white face affectionately:

"Sister, you've lost weight, but you still look so beautiful!"

Gong Qian's heart fluttered, raised her slightly trembling white hand, gently stroked An Yi's handsome and resolute face, her moist lips moved a few times, and spit out a few words: "Xiao Yi, you have grown up...... It's also a lot darker...... Come, let my sister see the wound on your shoulder......"

An Yi grabbed Gong Qian's warm hands, gently pushed her to the chair and sat down with a red face, walked to the side and brought a chair, and sat on her side:

"Don't look at it, the wounds are all healed, only a small scar on the front of the shoulder, and a slightly larger scar on the back, but it's all right...... Sister, you don't know how much I miss you! I have dreamed of you several times, and I also dreamed that Wu's mother made me a lion's head, so hungry that I woke up and my pillow was wet. ”

Gong Qian laughed coquettishly, slapped An Yi's arm lovingly, and asked softly while arranging An Yi's somewhat rolled collar:

"Dirty...... Why do you still wear this kind of school official clothes? I heard that Principal Jiang sent you a full set of general's uniforms, why don't you wear them? ”

"Sister, you don't know the situation, you can't just wear a general's uniform on the front line, otherwise it is very likely to become a live target for the enemy's priority. For example, the combat platoon under my command, each platoon has several shooters with good marksmanship, and when fighting, the opponent's officers are specially selected to shoot, and it is easy to take the surname of the enemy officer within a distance of two or three hundred meters, so I have made special regulations for this reason, all officers in our department are forbidden to wear collar badges during the battle, and it is forbidden to wear officers' armed belts, and they must be dressed in the same attire as the non-commissioned officers, including myself, and the size of the rank can only be identified by the nameplate on the chest at close range, so over time, everyone is used to it. ”

An Yi smiled, looked at Gong Qian's beautiful and clean face, and smiled badly: "Sister, it's been almost a year in the blink of an eye, are you ready for my brother-in-law?" ”

Gong Qian raised her hand and slapped it, and it gently fell on An Yi's head: "Bad boy, you are not serious, you dare to laugh at the eldest sister?" No more, see how I clean you up! Tell me, how did you have time to come to Nanjing today? Didn't you say that your newly expanded reader is fighting fiercely with the enemy of Taizhou every day in Jiangdu, east of Yangzhou? How can you, the newly promoted major general division commander, leave the front line without permission? ”

An Yi enjoyed feeling the pulse and body temperature from Gong Qian's palm, and briefly explained what happened, Gong Qian listened while withdrawing her hand, pulled out the pen in An Yi's jacket pocket, saw that it was her own gift, smiled happily and contentedly, gently inserted it back into place, and then grabbed An Yi's left hand, stroked the watch he gave on his wrist, and then held An Yi's hand and refused to let go, looking at An Yi's clear and bright eyes, he was a little drunk.

“…… When I came out of the principal's place, I immediately drove to find you, and I was worried that you were not there along the way, and my heart was full of worries, but when I got to the gate, I asked the sentry that I was there, and my heart was completely relieved...... Sister, don't look at me like that, okay? You don't know how tempting it is, it's annoying me, be careful that I bite you! ”

An Yi couldn't stand the gentle eyes like water, and his mouth was hard, but the hand that was held shook involuntarily twice, and when he saw Gong Qian pretending to be annoyed, he hurriedly said:

"Sister, I'm about to return to Zhenjiang, the front-line war is tense, the principal instructed me to rush back to the headquarters immediately to command the battle, and when the Northern Expedition is over, I'll come back to see you, and accompany you around, and ah, I haven't eaten the food made by Wu's mother for a long time, and I'm so hungry!"

Gong Qian's heart was sour, her eyes were moist, she had just met and was going to be separated again, which made her feel lost and sad, and the restless feelings in her heart in a trance were like a spirit under the water, wanting to surge on the ocean of sunshine and warmth, the more she deliberately suppressed, the more intense the struggle became, so strong that a person like her who was tough and subtle could hardly suppress it.

Gong Qian took a deep breath, endured her sorrow, and smiled: "Mother Wu talks about you every day, every time she reads the newspaper, she looks for your news, and praises you vigorously, saying that you bet with her to fight Nanjing for a year, and if you win, she will make you a lot of delicious ......"

An Yi raised his hand, gently wiped away a teardrop overflowing from Gong Qianmei's eyes, gritted his teeth and said gently:

"Sister, don't worry, I will definitely take care of myself, and I won't let you and Mother Wu worry about me anymore...... Look, this is my gift to you, a jade carved lotus, my old Taoist said that this jade lotus is a bit like a royal tribute of the Song Dynasty, I don't know if it's true or not, but unfortunately I don't have time to match it with a red silk rope or something, give! Holding ......"

Gong Qian looked at the crystal clear and exquisite Cuilian in her palm, and her eyes moistened again. She hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe her eyes, carefully put the gift in the drawer, sighed faintly, stood up slowly, tidied up the placket for An Yi, and gently admonished:

"You have a heavy responsibility on your shoulders now, you can't make mistakes in every step, my sister can understand you, and I am proud of you when I see you make such great achievements and make so many achievements......

"Tuk Tuk ...... Tuk Tuk ......"

The knock on the door interrupted Gong Qian's whispering, An Yi smiled and said in a low voice: "You sit down, I'll open the door, I hope I don't know who came, otherwise it will inevitably be another round of greetings, when I come to Nanjing, no matter who I see, I have to fight haha, laughing so much that my face is about to cramp, I am very annoyed!" ”

Gong Qian nodded, returned to her seat, and quickly regained her calm demeanor.

An Yi picked up the hat on the ground, put it on, and strode forward to open the door, and saw Chen Lifu standing outside the door, and smiled happily: "Instructor Chen, I still want to call you to say goodbye...... Belch...... The subordinates had to return to the front line immediately and say goodbye to their sister before leaving. ”

"Haha! You don't need to explain it to me, I know, in fact, many people in the party department and the headquarters know about your two sisters and brothers, and they have been rumored to be a beautiful talk! ”

Chen Lifu didn't expect to meet An Yi again here, he had just come down from Chen Guofu's office upstairs, and wanted to call Gong Qian, who was in charge of party affairs propaganda and review, to go upstairs to convey President Jiang's latest order, the content was about An Yi's empty statement and An Yi's Northern Expedition Declaration, and he didn't want to see An Yi unexpectedly, which made him feel quite embarrassed and apologetic.

How did An Yi know the purpose of Chen Lifu's coming, returned to the table and smiled at Gong Qian, and said in a low voice:

"Sister, take care of your health, I'll go first! Say hello to Wu's mother for me and tell her that I will definitely bring her a gift when I come back. ”

Gong Qian stood up and whispered an apology to Chen Lifu, sent An Yi out of the door, and watched his figure disappear around the corner of the corridor, and then returned to the office with a heavy heart.

After listening to the order of Commander-in-Chief Jiang and An Yi's statement conveyed by Chen Lifu, Gong Qian was stunned for a while, nodded and replied seriously: "Obey!" ”

"Okay, I won't delay you! Goufu is waiting for you upstairs, you can discuss it and see how you can do it best! Remember, tomorrow's newspaper must be published. ”

Chen Lifu bowed slightly politely, strode out of the office, and politely closed the door.

Gong Qian hurriedly stood up, walked to the window behind her, lifted the corner of the curtain, and saw An Yi warmly shaking hands with a major general to say goodbye, getting into the black car and driving away quickly.

Gong Qian suddenly felt a deep worry, she still didn't know whether the so-called statement was from An Yi's original intention, but she knew that after this statement was released, it would have a huge and far-reaching impact.

An Yi, who was ignorant, drove the car back to the Grand Mansion Hotel in the north, and quickly convened everyone under his command to hold an emergency meeting.

Ding Molan, Zhang Ruyi and others, who had the opportunity to walk around Nanjing City freely, sat at a table next to An Yi, and originally wanted to report to An Yi a few of their fruitful procurement results, but seeing that An Yi was talking in a low voice with Huang Yingwu, director of the Nanchang Recruitment Office, and seven or eight officers including his generals Gu Changfeng and Shen Fengdao while eating, Ding Molan dispelled the idea of going up to report, looked at Qiu Mingxuan across the round table, and asked in a low voice:

"Mingxuan, do we all have to go back to Zhenjiang together later?"

Qiu Mingxuan put down his rice bowl, looked preoccupied, looked around, stretched his neck and consciously lowered his voice and said:

"Just now I occasionally heard the division commander say that our teaching company and your female soldier company will all be transferred to the Nanchang training base, and the reason is not very clear to me, and I don't know why the division commander suddenly made such a decision."

Ding Molan and Zhang Ruyi were taken aback, and they all turned their heads to look at An Yi, all of them looking incredulous.

Ding Molan turned her head and asked in an unusually anxious manner, "How can this be?" Isn't it good? Doesn't it mean that after the completion of the three-month training, all of them will be assigned to all units directly under the division headquarters? ”

Qiu Mingxuan shook his head regretfully: "It may be that there is going to be a vicious war, otherwise the division commander would not have made this decision rashly, no!" When I go back, I will definitely find an opportunity to ask the division commander why, I must go to the front. ”

"Me too!" Ding Molan said firmly.

"What's the same?"

An Yi walked over with a rice bowl in his hand, sat beside Qiu Mingxuan, unceremoniously stretched out his chopsticks to pick up vegetables, stuffed them into his mouth and ate them in a big gulp:

"Eat quickly, there will be nowhere to eat when we set off later...... Ding Molan, Zhang Ruyi, what good books have you two bought? ”

Zhang Ruyi lowered her head a little shyly, and Ding Molan replied in a red face and whispered: "There are a lot of books, as well as calligraphy, almost ten boxes." ”

An Yi smiled with satisfaction: "Not bad, but you don't need to take it back to Zhenjiang, let Lieutenant Colonel Huang Yingwu transport it back to the old Nanchang training base, after you go back, your female soldier company will go to the old Nanchang base with one hundred and eighty-five sergeants who have reached the age of discharge, and the retired brothers will enter our factories as workers or security guards, and you will all be transferred to the non-commissioned officer training base to continue to receive unfinished training, and then you can decide where to go." ”

"Nope! I won't go to the old Nanchang training base, I will stay on the front line and follow the troops to continue the Northern Expedition, defeat the warlords and unify the whole of China! ”

Ding Molan objected loudly, and only after saying it did she realize her abruptness, her nose was sore, and she lowered her head and quietly wiped away her tears of grievance.

An Yi looked at this and then at that in surprise, then put down his rice bowl heavily, and said solemnly:

"Soldiers regard obedience to orders as their duty, and in the face of orders from their superiors, there is no room for bargaining at all.

Besides, how can you female soldiers stay on the front line even if they can't even shoot now? Every battle that goes down is extremely arduous, and it is not possible to be competent with courage and determination, so you must all drive back to the old Nanchang training base and conduct complete military training before you can be regarded as qualified revolutionary soldiers, and only then can you be assigned to various departments of our division for formal service according to your specific situation and wishes. You're girls, and I have to be responsible for your safety! ”

Qiu Mingxuan was sad when he saw his favorite Ding Molan so sad, thought about it and asked An Yi with courage: "Division commander, what should we do with our recruit company?" ”

An Yi replied: "A small number of people with specialties such as ordnance repair, telephone and wire installation and erection, etc., will stay at the division headquarters to teach the brigade and train while fighting, and most of them will go to the old Nanchang training base with the female soldier company, including you, you must also go to the old Nanchang for training, and then it will be further distributed." ”

"But I can repair firearms, why did you transfer me back?" Qiu Mingxuan asked puzzled.

An Yi thought for a while and asked, "Mingxuan, have you seen the latest German-made special firearm repair equipment?" These include rifling machines for barrel rifling, and cutting lathes for finishing gun machine magazines, and you have heard that only the arsenal in Shenyang has two sets of this new equipment in the whole of China, have you ever seen it? ”

Qiu Mingxuan shook his head: "I've heard of it, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes, if there are these two kinds of machine tools, and then buy some high-quality steel, you can basically imitate the barge gun that is currently commonly used in the army, and even the flower machine gun can be easily made."

As far as his subordinates know, non-professional workshops in Jiujiang, Fuzhou, Xi'an and other places have successfully imitated the above two types of firearms, their equipment is very simple, those workers have almost no special education, many people can make it without even knowing the words, but due to the limitations of materials and tools, the product surname can be too poor. ”

An Yi asked again: "If possible, are you willing to build our army's first shell gun?" ”

"Of course, my subordinates are learning mechanics, and it is the dream of many people to be able to build their own guns, even if it is imitated, it is a kind of pride. It's just that the subordinates want to train on the front line for a few years, as long as they survive, they will have time to do their old jobs in the future. Qiu Mingxuan seemed to have guessed what An Yi meant.

An Yiwan smiled, pointed at Qiu Mingxuan and said: "Then don't hesitate, go to Nanchang, the machinery and equipment have already been transported there, and what is lacking is only professionals like you." ”

"This ......"

When Qiu Mingxuan heard that the machine was in place, his heart was suddenly moved.

An Yi put away his smile and said solemnly: "The old Nanchang Ordnance Institute we established has been approved by the General Headquarters and registered with the Ordnance Industry Bureau.

The establishment of the ordnance department belongs to my reading division, and the division headquarters still retains your military status, I hope you will think about it again, if you really don't want to go, it doesn't matter, stay and fight with me, but it is a waste of your professional knowledge. ”

Qiu Mingxuan looked at Ding Molan, who slowly raised her head, and her mood was extremely conflicted. Zhang Ruyi, who was very delicate and shy, bit her lip and asked An Yi: "Division commander, what about the dozen or so female health soldiers like us?" You can't stop us from staying on the front line, right? We also have professional knowledge of first aid. ”

An Yi explained kindly: "The troops need you very much, but the next battle is too difficult, our reading division is a little different from other divisions, the task to be undertaken is very severe, and the speed of sudden advance or rapid withdrawal will be very fast, so for the time being, we can't let you more than a dozen professional female health soldiers go to the front line, and the eighteen people currently in the division health team are basically enough."

In addition, the recruit education of the recruitment department, the cultural education of the non-commissioned officer training base, and the medical care all need you, where you can display your talents even more, and you are also revolutionary soldiers, and you do not necessarily have to carry guns to the front line, not to mention that you have not completed the most basic military training. ”

Ding Molan and Zhang Ruyi didn't refute anymore, they lowered their heads and thought about their hearts. Qiu Mingxuan looked at Ding Molan, whose face was pale, worried, and his face was full of concern.

An Yi saw it in his eyes and sighed secretly, it just so happened that Lao Dao and others arrived in time at this time, and finally let An Yi get out of this embarrassing situation. He stepped forward with Huang Yingwu, Gu Changfeng and others, and warmly greeted Lao Dao and an old man in his sixties who was physically tough and energetic.

Under the introduction of the old way, An Yi took off his hat and respectfully saluted the old hunter with a long beard of five willow flowers and white beard.

An Yi politely helped the old man to sit down, turned to his little brother An Jin, who was shy and restless with wide eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Have you decided to become a soldier?" ”

"Well, grandpa promised me."

An Jin lowered his head embarrassedly.

An Yi looked at Lao Dao, Lao Dao stroked his beard reservedly and nodded slightly, An Yi shouted with joy: "The shopkeeper's ......"

The hotel manager hurriedly stepped forward and said, "What does General An command?" ”

"Please help me set up an incense hall." An Yi smiled politely.

The hotel manager hurriedly agreed, quickly retreated to prepare incense candles and fruits, and Gu Changfeng, Huang Yingwu, and a group of brothers congratulated happily, which surprised Ding Molan, Zhang Ruyi, Qiu Mingxuan and others who were secretly sad. These young intellectuals who had received a new type of education recognized An Jin, a young hunter with a shotgun on his back, and were deeply surprised that An Yi, who was a general, would actually marry a young man in the mountains.

An Yi didn't care so much, seeing that the incense case was placed, the smiling old Taoist and the elder An Yongshan were helped by the brothers to sit on two chairs, one on the left and one on the right, An Yi took off the shotgun on An Jin's back, took his hand and asked in a low voice:

"An Jin, eldest brother, I am an orphan, and I have no parents and siblings like you, so I really want to have a younger brother and fight hard with me in this troubled world, are you willing to be a brother with me?"

An Jin nodded heavily: "Yes, Uncle Lao asked me along the way, and my grandfather was very happy, saying that we were originally a family, and I really want to have you as an elder brother." ”

An Yile couldn't help laughing, took An Jin's hand in the cheers of the brothers, came to the old man An Yongshan who was smiling from ear to ear, knelt down respectfully, took the wine handed by the brothers and respectfully worshiped the ghosts and gods, and then both held a full bowl of wine, raised each other's heads, and poured down with a heavy touch.

Removing the wine bowl, An Yi and An Jin, whose faces were flushed, took the fragrant tea handed by the brothers, stepped forward on their knees according to the rules of the old way, and respectfully served it to Old Man An.

Old Man An took the tea excitedly, took a sip beautifully, and took out a long-cherished tiger fangs and hung it on An Yi's neck.

An Jin walked to Lao Dao on his knees, and offered the tea tremblingly, Lao Dao just took the tea bowl and drank it, put down the tea bowl, and took out an object from his arms to give it to An Jin, but he didn't want An Jin's body to be crooked, and he fell to the ground and got drunk.

The brothers were taken aback, and hurriedly helped Xiao An Jin up, and the old man An smiled and said kindly: "It's okay, it's okay!" This kid drinks lightly, and he secretly drinks my wine and sleeps for a day on Qingming Day, haha! It's all right......"

(To be continued)