The Beiyang government is well aware of Japan's attitude, and Lu Zhengxiang is also aware of the secret agreement between China and Japan, so they both know that the key to the success or failure of the peace talks is not in China, but in Japan. In this way, Lu Zhengxiang must first seek Japan's attitude and reach a tacit understanding with Japan on the Shandong issue, so that it is possible to fulfill the mission of peace talks in accordance with the principles of the Beijing Government. The United States again put on a posture of sympathy for China, so the Chinese delegation made another detour to the United States to seek support.

As far as the Chinese people are concerned, they just blindly think that since the Chinese government is a victorious country, it should stand in the ranks of the great powers, especially in modern times, since the Opium War, China has been a defeated country, and finally became a victorious country in the European war.

Thousands of ordinary reporters rushed to Tianjin Port to see off the delegation and placed high hopes on them, but the happy crowd and reporters did not see Lu Zhengxiang, head of the delegation representing the Paris peace talks, frowning and smiling bitterly. Everyone is too blindly optimistic, but it makes Lu Zhengxiang have a bad premonition in his heart, the expectations of the people are too big, can he have the ability to fight for them so much. He is a scholar and naturally patriotic, but he also knows from his many years of diplomatic career that China is only a weak country in the world.

On the same day that the Chinese delegation to the Paris peace talks departed, the Chinese participating troops returned from Europe and arrived in Qinhuangdao to replenish fuel, and it was originally planned to disembark in Qingdao, and the second division of the participating army went to Jinan to garrison Beijing to be controlled by the Anhui system, and the fourth division of the Northeast Frontier Army went north to return to Shenyang City to hand the Northeast Frontier Army to control it, of course. It can only be said that this was the original plan. Because now the entire Second Division has become Wang Maoru's man from top to bottom, how can he return to Jinan, so he went north with the Fourth Division, got off the ship at Yingkouzi and returned to Shenyang, and was directly stationed in the Beidaying military camp to wait for reorganization.

Duan Qirui and Xu Shuzheng were waiting for a happy time in Beijing, and after learning that the second division had defected to Wang Maoru, Xu Shuzheng fell ill in a fit of anger, and the doctor diagnosed that it was a rush to attack the heart and caused the fire poison. This time, Wang Maoru pit Xu Shuzheng once. It's revenge for the previous time.

The 2nd Division of the Participating Army and the 4th Division of the Northeast Frontier Army arrived in Shenyang in the 23rd year of the lunar month of the previous year. Although not too prepared. Wang Maoru still let the army fish run through the entire Shenyang City, even if it is a big military parade in the city, it can be regarded as an ancient cross-horse parade street clothes returning home.

The places where the soldiers of the participating soldiers passed were very popular with the citizens of Shenyang. Everyone shouted and shouted the slogans of long live China, long live the Republic of China, and long live the army participating in the war, and several cloth shops specially took out all the red cloth and brought red silk to the soldiers. Chinese like red, and the citizens make red silk to remember on their bodies, making everyone indecent and crying and laughing.

A petite figure in the crowd watched nervously and shyly at the procession, dressed in a blue cotton robe, wrapped in a white turban, and draped over a white sheepskin shoulder scarf. The pretty and pitiful figure is eye-catching. This person is Lin Rou, a Fujian woman rescued by the soldier Xiao Fuquan in Singapore, at this time Lin Rou stood anxiously in the crowd of people at the corner of the street against the cold wind in the northeast and the temperature of more than 20 degrees below zero, she was squeezed by the people around her and kept leaning back, but she still squeezed in regardless of the image, expecting to see the man.

One by one, the soldiers walked by proudly. These are all veterans of the Fourth Division of the Army, and there are 12,000 people in the city's military parade, and some of the soldiers of the Fourth Division and the Second Division moved to Shenyang and stayed in the barracks, and not all of them participated in the parade. Of course, the Iron Hammer class also participated in the reading, and the squad leader Diao Delong. Deputy squad leader Huang Fang, submachine gunner Xiao Fuquan, machine gunner Ren bench, grenadier Geng Ming, rifleman Long Ergou, rifleman Yuan Zhihua, and two supplementary recruits Chen Zheng and Wang Fugui were not eligible to enter the ranks because they did not participate in the battle.

Diao Delong grinned, and hummed happily: "Eh, mom, eh, mom, what's this, what's going on." He was so happy that he couldn't speak incoherently, and he was at a loss for what to do with the hard-boiled eggs that two fellow villagers forced in, and the old Xiao Xiaofu said with a disdainful face: "Don't be so unproductive, okay?" Yes? You are now the squad leader, why are you like picking up dung, and suddenly one day you pick up two pieces of ocean and are happy to smoke? Look at the way you look like you've never seen the world! ”

Long Ergou said with a smile: "The squad leader has picked up two golden dung eggs, look at his cracked mouth, they are all cracked to the ear, I am sure that now he is drinking water and leaking outside." ”

"Not really." Lao Xiao said.

Diao Delong was scolded for two sentences before he returned to normal, and immediately scolded: "What are you two talking about, do you still respect me as a squad leader?" Yes? What's the matter with you two? Be careful that I cut you, in the name of disrespecting the sir. ”

"The shell man lifts cow dung, you can really be a big man." Old Xiao sneered.

Since Zang Hao's promotion, there are fewer people in this iron hammer class who love to talk, Ren Bench and Geng Ming don't like to talk, especially Geng Ming, a big man with a height of one meter eight and five, unless others take the initiative to talk to him, he rarely talks on weekdays, although Ren Bench doesn't like to talk, but he is also quite active, and as for Huang Fang, he has received an order, he is about to be promoted to other armies as a platoon commander. Therefore, the only people in the class who love to quarrel and quarrel are Diao Delong, Lao Xiaohe, who was a recruit when he set off, and now he is a veteran.

A female student ran over excitedly and said, "Soldier, for you." She handed over the red silk, Diao Delong was stunned for a moment, and said, "What do you mean?" ”

"Put it on." The schoolgirl playfully said, "I'll put it on for you." ”

Lao Xiao and Long Ergou immediately coaxed, and the other soldiers also began to coax, and Diao Delong, who had always been cheeky, also blushed rarely, and said, "I'll come by myself, I'll come by myself." He hung it around his neck, and the other citizens put red cloth belts on the soldiers, and the whole procession of soldiers was beaming.

Diao Delong suddenly slapped his thigh and laughed, and said, "Eh, brothers, you said how depressed the old house is, hahaha, let him know that he has to be angry." ”

"By the way, you forgot when you left? You look at the squad leader's eyes, like envy. Lao Xiao continued to fall into the well and said.

"I'm cāo, am I envious? Am I sympathetic, sympathetic, do you understand? Big boss, you know a few handfuls! Diao Delong scolded, and laughed evilly: "Eh, Lao Xiao, do you miss your daughter-in-law?" Miss the you in Singapore? ”

"Roll the calf, I'll cut you." Lao Xiao also said.

was talking about it, passing by an intersection, he heard someone shouting: "Xiao Fuquan!" ”

Geng Ming relied on the height of his two heads taller than others, and when he saw the shouting person at a glance, he said, "Old Xiao, old Xiao, there are old ladies calling you." ”

"Who?"

"What about that?"

The crowd immediately craned their necks to look.

Lao Xiao looked in the direction pointed by Geng Ming, revealing an expression of disbelief, was it actually her?

"Who?" Diao Delong leaned over and asked, Long Ergou also stretched his neck to look, saw Lin Rou, and shouted, "Eh, isn't this the woman from Singapore?" ”

Yuan Zhihua asked strangely: "What Singapore woman?" ”

"Didn't Lao Xiao save a woman in Singapore? He and Lao Fang were two people, and then Lao Xiao didn't know what was going on, so he got this woman...... Oops, why are you kicking me, Lao Xiao. Ryuji Dog shouted.

Lao Xiao said: "Shut your uncle's mouth." Then he walked to Lin Rou's side, laughed, directly crossed the crowd watching the excitement, and said excitedly: "Why are you here?" ”

"I, I'm coming for you." Lin Rou was watched by everyone and said firmly with a red face.

Old Xiao Han laughed and said, "Then, have you returned to your hometown?" ”

"I'm going back." Lin Ju said, "My father and mother said that the water spilled by the married daughter should not come back." So I came to the Northeast to look for you, I've been here for a month, I've been waiting at the help station, they said you set sail, let me wait. She said with some hesitation, "You...... You won't want me, will you? ”

Lao Xiao picked her up sideways and turned around, and said, "You will be my daughter-in-law in the future, how can I not want you." The soldiers and citizens on the side applauded and coaxed, several soldiers whistled, and the reporters on the side hurriedly recorded this touching moment.

Seeing the reporter taking pictures, Lin Rou's face was so red that she couldn't do it, but she liked this man's rudeness and directness very much, it seemed that this Northeast person's expression was always so straightforward, she blushed and hurriedly said: "You let me down, let me down." The Hokkien girl spoke softly and greasy, and she only felt that her bones were crispy in the ears of many old and young people.

Long Ergou learned to hug Diao Delong on the side and said, "Squad leader, squad leader, don't, don't." Ren Bench and Geng Ming Huang Fang were so happy, Lao Xiao scolded with a dark face: "Get out of the calf, go aside." The crowd burst into laughter. Lao Xiao said to Lin Rou: "Let's wait a while and go back to the barracks directly, you go to the military station to wait for me, and I will find you immediately after we hand over the post." ”

Lin Rou waved the military badge that Lao Xiao gave her in Singapore and said, "Hurry up, otherwise I won't give it back to you." ”

Lao Xiao immediately said: "Okay, I'll go immediately, you pay attention to your safety." ”

"Hmm." Lin Rou said softly.

Of course, although she was gentle, Diao Delong, Long Ergou and others knew that if this woman was ruthless, she would really dare to do it, and Lin Rou was not less involved in the killing of prisoners in the first place.

Lao Xiao happily participated in the whole city reception and returned to the Beida camp to station, and the other soldiers in the same class were also very excited, although everyone was ruthless, they were really happy for their comrades, and they were scolding one by one while preparing things for him. Platoon Commander Zang Hao knew that Lao Xiao's woman had found him from distant Singapore to the Northeast, and even applied for leave from his superiors for him, and asked Long Ergou to accompany him. Everyone took out gifts one after another, and some of them paid money without gifts and said that they should be married with them, and the second squad leader Xu Laofu specially took out a month's military salary of seven yuan to give him a share of the money, and said that I am full of food and the whole family is not hungry, and I will give it to you, and hurry up to give me a big fat nephew. rs