"Jianming, we're meeting again!" The chairman took off his white gloves and shook hands with Chief Su with a smile on his face.

"Yes, the last time I said goodbye to Nanjing, after more than a year, I have been busy with official business, and I have not been able to go to Nanjing to listen to your teachings, I am ashamed! Ashamed! That's what someone says, but that's not what they look like.

"Flutter!" A soft laugh came out on the side, and it turned out to be Mrs. Jiang.

Chief Su hurriedly greeted the graceful and smiling first lady, "Hello, madam! ”

Mrs. Jiang stretched out her little hand to Chief Su unhurriedly and said with a smile: "You are Su Tong, I have heard of your name a long time ago, and now I see that you are really as young as rumored, well, you are worthy of being young and promising!" "Madame Jiang's communication skills are really as powerful as rumored.

"Madame, you've won the prize. You really embarrassed Su Tong by saying this. Su Tong stretched out his hand and shook Mrs. Jiang gently, and said modestly.

At this time, Jiang Baili, who was standing next to him, also saluted Chairman Jiang and said, "Hello Chairman." ”

"Hehe, Brother Baili, last time you ran from Nanjing to Chahar but didn't say hello to me, this doesn't seem to be your style in the fair words." It seems that the chairman of the committee still has some nostalgia for Jiang Baili's farewell last time.

"When Fang Zhen was also quiet, it made the chairman smile." Jiang Baili remained silent and gently pushed back the chairman's words.

"Huh." The chairman smiled and said nothing, and moved on to the next one.

"Hello Chairman!" Li and Bai, the two giants of the Gui family, also saluted the chairman.

"Eh, Delin and Jiansheng, I didn't expect you to come too! It seems that you still care about this little fellow of yours. ”

Li Zongren smiled bitterly and said: "Originally, Zongren thought the same way, but now Zongren wants to ask this little fellow to take care of it." ”

"Hahaha" Hearing Li Zongren's self-deprecating words, the people around him burst out laughing.

In the midst of laughter, the chairman walked up to the Social Workers Party and said with emotion: "Come on, we haven't seen each other for a long time." ”

"Yes, the chairman is still the same." Zhou Gong said to the chairman with a faint smile.

The chairman just smiled lightly, and walked in front of Liu Xiang, Long Yun and the others to say hello.

As the host, Su Tong has been accompanying Chairman Jiang throughout the whole process, and he has also met with these bigwigs in China, and he is also familiar with each other. These bigwigs only arrived yesterday, and Su Tong didn't have time to visit them one by one, but they finally met today.

When it was his turn to shake hands with Zhou Gong, someone looked at the close smile on his face and felt the strength coming from his hand, and couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, he deserves to be one of the great men, and his charm value is at least ninety or more.

"General Su, it's not easy for us to finally meet today. On behalf of our rescued comrades, I would like to thank you for your help to us. ”

Su Tong's heart sank, but he said with a smile on his face: "Hehe, you are too polite, it's just a gesture." We also met by chance. ”

Zhou Gong smiled but didn't say anything.

When they saw Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi, these two little fellows were very enthusiastic about raising their faces in their hometown, which made Chief Su embarrassed. I wondered if I would give them something when they left, I heard that the Gui family was not very happy, last time they sent Bai Ying to talk about their 'Guangxi Sons Anti-Japanese Advance Mission' and more than 100 officers, and this favor has not been returned!

After a while, the chairman of the committee finally finished meeting with everyone, and Chief Su, who had been accompanying him all the time, breathed a sigh of relief. The heart said, buddy finally got over the addiction of a follow-up secretary today, this job is really not something ordinary people can do, just one word 'tired'!

After the meeting, everyone was about to get on the bus and go to the provincial political axe building to hold a press conference. Suddenly, a communications officer hurriedly trotted over, lowered his head and wanted to say something to Su Tong in the surprised eyes of everyone, Su Tong glanced at the people who were looking at him with curious eyes, frowned and said, "If you have anything to say." ”

"Yes!" The officer reported loudly: "Report to the chief, Sir Shi, they are back." ”

The officer's voice was so loud that everyone around heard it. finish

"What's going on? Isn't it possible to get there tomorrow according to the distance? Su Tong asked a little strangely.

"Chief Shi, they were in a hurry overnight, so they felt it a day in advance."

Su Tong groaned and waved his hand, "I know, you go down first!" ”

"Yes!" The officer saluted and turned away.

"Jianming, what's going on?" The chairman, who had been talking to everyone in front of him, turned around and asked.

Su Tong embarrassedly squeezed a reluctant smile at the chairman and said, "Commission, I'm afraid I can't accompany you to the Provincial Political Axe Building to hold a press conference." ”

"Oh!" The chairman frowned.

The people around him also looked at it curiously, what could be more important today than accompanying the chairman to a press conference? This Su Tong won't be so ignorant!

"Chairman, that's right." At this time, Jiang Baili next to him spoke: "The staff officer just now came to report that General Shi Haoxing had escorted the coffins of the fallen soldiers on the Siberian front back!" According to the rules and etiquette laid down by the Chahar political axe, Jianming, as the highest military and political chief of the Chahar political axe, had to go out of the city to meet him for thirty miles. ”

"Oh? That's right! Chairman Chiang and the bigwigs around him were moved.

The chairman waved his hand and said loudly: "This is how it should be, it should be like this!" Ladies and gentlemen, how about everyone following Jianming to greet our martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the country? Although the chairman of the committee used an inquiring tone, the meaning of his words could not be refused.

"Of course, I should go!" Whether it is military bigwigs from all over the world or celebrities from all walks of life, no one dares to be absent from this kind of thing, it is going to be poked in the backbone, and they all agreed.

With a few long horns, a convoy of hundreds of trucks drove into a checkpoint in the western suburbs of Zhangjiakou, 30 miles away from the city, which was originally set up during the Manchu Dynasty, but was now requisitioned by the Chahar political axe and changed to the Chahar National Cemetery. This is the home of all Chahar soldiers after they died in battle.

I saw a big white flower hanging from each front of each of these cars.

On both sides of the wooded national cemetery, there were crowds of people, some of them ordinary people, some of them were military and political leaders from all walks of life, as well as the chairman of the committee and his wife, but they all carried the same thing, that is, a small white flower on their chests.

Shi Haoxing, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, sat in the first car, and to be honest, he didn't want to take on this errand in his heart, and he believed that the thousands of brothers behind him were not willing to take on such an errand either. This taste is so uncomfortable, how long along the way, how long his heart is uncomfortable, let's say, not a single brother here has ever had a smiling face during the journey of more than half a month.

At this time, Shi Haoxing saw the crowd in front of him who couldn't see the end at a glance, and looked at the mirror on the car, and tidied up the dress and appearance on his body, so that he could look more energetic and not damage his image as a soldier.

"It's coming! Here it comes! They're coming! An old man in a gray robe stood on tiptoe to see the arrival of the convoy from a distance and said loudly.

For a while, a series of dense firecrackers sounded next to it, and in the sound of firecrackers, the convoy slowly drove over and stopped in front of the cemetery.

Su Tong and the chairman of the committee hurriedly greeted him with a group of military and political dignitaries and countless ordinary people.

Shi Haoxing opened the car door and jumped out of the car after finishing his appearance one last time. He slowly walked in front of Su Tonghe, who was standing at the forefront of the team, and said with red eyes and a hint of crying in his mouth: "Sir, Shi Haoxing, the commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, has been ordered to bring the brothers back!" The lowly has fulfilled his promise, and the lowly has taken them out, and now he has brought them all back! ”

Su Tong saluted solemnly to Shi Haoxing and the convoy, and said in a deep voice: "Soldiers, your exploits will always be remembered by the motherland, and your heroic name will always be known to the world. Immediately afterwards, Su Tong shouted loudly as if he was about to use all his strength: "Brothers, you are home!" ”

Low sorrowful sobs sounded in the crowd next to them, and in a solemn atmosphere, the 12 Krupp salutes of 37 caliber set up on the side of the road began to fire under the help of dozens of artillery officers and men in ceremonial uniforms to welcome the return of the heroic souls of their comrades.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”

Amid the heavy and solemn sound of the salute, hundreds of officers and men on the vehicles began to slowly get out of the cars, and the first to get out of each car were two officers and men in ceremonial uniforms armed with bayonets and rifles. After they got off the train, they all stood solemnly on both sides of the carriage with guns in their hands, looking stern.

Immediately afterwards, two more officers and soldiers jumped out of the car, and they pulled the carriage door hard, and the carriage door was opened with a "bang, bang, bang" sound.

When the carriage door was opened, all the soldiers belonging to Chahar saluted the convoy, and at this time, standing at the gate of the cemetery, Jiang Baili shouted loudly according to the military regulations of Chahar: "Soldiers, your exploits will always be remembered by the motherland, your heroic name will always be known to the world, you have fulfilled your promise with your life, Chahar is proud of you, and your motherland is proud of you!" Now you're home."

At this time, all the soldiers present, whether he was a Chahar soldier or not, no matter how high or low his rank, all stood solemnly to the side and solemnly saluted a standard military salute! This is the soldiers' respect for these robes who sacrificed their lives for the country! It is also the last farewell of the soldiers against the dead robes!

The non-military ones all bow their heads and bow! The crowd was filled with weeping and crying.

The gate of the Chahar Cemetery is all made of Shandong Cangshan black jade marble, and on the left side of the cemetery is engraved a bright blue sky and white red flag, and on the right side is engraved the unique black tiger flag of the 37th Group Army, which looks solemn and solemn.

When the six officers and soldiers in ceremonial clothes carried the coffins of the fallen soldiers and got off the car, the trumpeter standing at the gate of the cemetery raised the bronze trumpet from his armpit, put it to his mouth and slowly blew the lights-out trumpet. At this time, a drizzle suddenly fell in the sky, as if crying for these heroic fallen soldiers.

When the funeral officers and soldiers solemnly passed in front of the people carrying the coffins covered with the blue sky and white white flags and the black tiger flags, the mood of the people seemed to be gloomy and breathless.

Soon, hundreds of coffins passed through, and people slowly followed the coffins to the rows of cornerstones made of white marble from Cangshan Mountain in Dali, Yunnan.

In front of the foundation stones of these tombstones are dense tombstones that have already been buried, and the rows are not in sight.

At this time, the relatives of the fallen soldiers had been invited to the front row, including the gray-haired old father and mother, and the young woman who was still holding the baby in her arms, and their tears may have dried up at this time, and their eyes were full of grief.

At this moment came from below, one hundred and twenty-eight officers and men dressed in ceremonial clothes and armed with rifles, and they came to the cornerstone, lined up in a neat line, fought in turn, pointed their guns at an angle of forty-five degrees to the sky, and listened to the commander's command, ready to see off their robes in the manner prescribed by the Chahar.

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bump!"

"Ready! Put! ”

"Bump!"

Whenever the deafening gunshots rang out, people's hearts couldn't help but tremble. The families of those fallen soldiers were at the highest point of grief, and the tears that had been dried flowed out again, and most of them needed the support of others to stand at this time.

When the gunfire was over, the soldiers lined up again and saluted the tombstone. Under the commander's command, he left without looking back.

At this time, there are six soldiers wearing snow-white gloves in front of each coffin at the same time to gently lift the black tiger flag on a white background covering the coffin, close it along the middle line, and the soldiers intersect with their hands according to the standard flag folding steps, and slowly fold the flag into a triangle.

The black tiger flag on a white background that was folded into a triangle was folded by the non-commissioned officer of the team, hugged it in front of his chest, and then slowly walked towards the family members who were immersed in grief.

Standing in front of Su Tong and the chairman was a young woman who was still nursing a baby in her arms, and saw a corporal slowly walking in front of him.

"This flag is dedicated to you in the name of a grateful nation and the political axe of Chahar! In gratitude for your husband's glorious, faithful and honorable service to the country, allow us to express our gratitude to him and to you on behalf of the whole country and the Chahar political axe with this banner, and you have a good husband worthy of our admiration. ”

The corporal's expression was calm, but his voice trembled a little, as he crossed his arms and gently handed the black tiger flag into the young woman's hand. The young woman solemnly accepted the flag, and she gently stroked the black tiger flag made of silk with her hand, and her expression was strangely tinged with a hint of tenderness, as if she was caressing her husband's face.

Placing the flag in the young woman's hands, the corporal took a step back and gave her a solemn military salute before quietly walking away.

At this moment, a group of young officers with a slightly childish face came up from below, most of them with the rank of second lieutenant on their shoulders, and the highest was only the rank of captain.

The officers came to Su Tong's face, and the captain led by him saluted Su Tong and the officers and said, "Chief Su, Rong Peng and your classmates are leaving the military academy today and leaving Chahar to go to the Siberian front. ”

"Well, you are Yang Rongpeng, the first student of the Army Academy, right?" Su Tong asked with relief.

"The student is Yang Rongpeng!" Well, Su Tong also serves as the principal of the military academy.

"Okay, you guys go!" Su Tong nodded.

"Yes! Please allow the students to say goodbye to the robes here," Yang Rongpeng said and they slowly walked to the front of this row of tombstones. Under the leadership of Yang Rongpeng, they raised their right hands, clenched their hands into fists, and said in firm and loud voices: "Brothers, your mission has been completed, you can rest in peace, it's time to see us next!" ”

"It's up to us now!" The officers in the back swore an oath in unison!

After taking the oath, the officers slowly retreated and lined up in a row, and Yang Rongpeng's leadership walked down without looking back.

"Darling! They are so respectable! Mrs. Jiang had already cried in her husband's arms, and said in a choked voice.

Member Jiang couldn't help but sigh: "Yes! Oh, yes! It's time to see us."

Looking back at the bigwigs from all over the surrounding places and their officers and soldiers, their faces all had a look of envy.

The chairman of the committee knew that they were envious of those robes who died in battle, in this era when human life was like a mustard. In this era when being a soldier is to eat a severed head, no one would have thought that the funeral of the soldiers would be so grand. This can be compared to the funeral of a country's president and prime minister.

Bai Chongxi said to Li Zongren beside him with emotion: "Duke De, I finally understand why Chahar's army was able to defeat Lao Maozi after it arrived in Siberia. ”

Li Zongren also sighed and said: "The man died in a hundred battles on the battlefield, and the Zhuangzhi horse leather shroud is still ...... If I can die in this glory! It doesn't matter if you die! ”

As the old saying goes: When soldiers know that they will die after their death, will they still be afraid of dying in battle? It seems that this Su Tong has already bought off all the hearts of his men.

Zhou Gongye, the generals behind him, and the thousands of men and women of Wang Qiang, who had been rescued by Su Tong, all stood solemnly, watching the young officers walk out of the national cemetery until their figures disappeared from their sight.