The Expeditionary Force was formed. Sun Liren took his newly reorganized expeditionary force to Kunming, where he rested and trained, ready to go to Burma at any time.

Newspapers and radio stations also began to spread the news that the expeditionary force was about to enter Burma, and the people on the streets also rushed to tell each other that this was the first time since the First Sino-Japanese War that China had sent troops overseas, and national self-confidence began to spread in the media.

At this time, the Nanjing Ministry of National Defense also held a meeting with the theme of "Mobilizing Educated Youths to Join the Army." The meeting decided to form a committee of intellectuals to join the army by Zhang Boling, Bai Chongxi, and others to mobilize 100,000 young people from all over the country to join the army.

A few days later, the Ministry of Defense issued an order announcing that young people in school could join the army and continue to complete their studies after the war.

For a time, the slogan of "100,000 young people and 100,000 troops" spread among colleges and universities across the country, and young people enthusiastically signed up to join the army, and this atmosphere also infected many students in school. After the Spring Festival, in the classrooms and dormitories of Southwest Associated University, the most discussed topic among students is joining the army.

"A thousand years of shame will eventually become snow. Xingye, Xu Renjie. It became three households, and it was difficult to break. Inspired by the school song of Southwest Associated University, the students of Southwest Associated University enthusiastically applied. Senior Mu Dan and Zhu Jingxing, who had long intended to join the army, decided to sign up for the expeditionary force, and Huang Zhengzhong also hid from his parents and signed up with Zhu Jingxing, Senior Mu Dan and Guan Limin of the Department of Foreign Languages.

The reason why he hid it from his parents was not that he did it intentionally, but he was afraid that his mother would disagree when she found out. When he was in Nanjing, he mentioned to his mother the idea of taking a leave of absence from school to join the army. Before the result was finished, it was denied by his mother on the spot.

Zhao Xiaowan told him, "Son, there are many ways to serve the country, and you don't necessarily have to go to the front line. Your brother is now on the front line every day to worry me, do you still want me to worry about it more? Besides, your health is not very good, and you may not be able to meet other people's requirements when you go. ”

Huang Zhengzhong naturally disagrees with his mother's point of view, when the national disaster is coming, the boy should hang Wu Hook, as for his studies and various ideal pursuits, let's wait until he has repelled the Japanese.

Huang Zhengzhong quietly went to register, and the group happily came to the registration office of the expeditionary force. The registration office is set up in the city of Kunming, and the distance from them is not too far, so it didn't take long to arrive.

The officer at the sign up was a young captain, looking about their age, but his empty left arm proved that he had experienced many brutal battles.

Hearing that several people were students of Southwest Associated University, the captain smiled happily, and he said happily: "Welcome, welcome, welcome to you aspiring young people to join the expeditionary force, we have to deal with the Americans and the British, you are highly educated, understand foreign languages, it is great to be able to come to the expeditionary force." Here, you fill out a form first. ”

As he spoke, the captain handed over four blank forms for them to fill out, and after filling them out, a basic examination of their physical condition was performed.

Because the expeditionary force is in urgent need of translators, when it comes to the issue of students from major colleges and universities joining the army, they are often open-minded, and the requirements for physical fitness are much lower.

The group lined up for a physical examination, and this was only a preliminary examination, and there was a systematic examination and academic examination at the military station.

After several people were examined one by one, they were all outside waiting for the results of the physical examination. In fact, at the end of the physical examination just now, the doctor had already told them privately that the physical condition of several of them met the requirements, that is, they were all able to participate in the expeditionary force.

After waiting for more than ten minutes, the captain came out of it: "Who is Zhao Zhengzhong?" ”

Hearing the captain call his name, Huang Zhengzhong stood up and raised his hand and said, "Report to the chief, I'm Zhao Zhengzhong." ”

"Oh." The captain glanced at him and said with some reluctance: "Your body does not meet the criteria for joining the army, everyone else does, come to me to get the form." ”

Huang Zhengzhong couldn't sit still when he heard this, he stepped forward and asked, "Sir, why doesn't my body match?" ”

"yes, sir, if you're mistaken, he's the fastest of us." Zhu Jingxing also said.

"Sir, what the hell is he not up to?" Mu Dan also came over and said.

The captain waved his hand: "I'm really sorry, your body is not up to par. But don't be discouraged, you can serve the country if you don't join the expeditionary force, or even if you don't join the army. ”

After saying that, the captain said to the others, "After you have collected the forms, come to me again and count them, and we will pick you up from your school next week." ”

With that, the captain turned and went back to the recruiting office.

On the way back, Huang Zhengzhong was extremely depressed, and Senior Mu Dan and Zhu Jingxing were comforting him, saying that there might be a problem with this military station, and he would try it at another military station another day.

Huang Zhengzhong shook his head, he knew that it was not his own body, although he was weak, he was still able to meet the conditions for conscription. He thought that his mother must have used his connections to keep him from joining the army.

He could understand his mother's actions, but he disagreed.

……

I heard that my students were going to join the army, and when I was on vacation, Professor Wen Yiduo of the Department of Literature came to the dormitory. The students who had fallen asleep got up to greet the teacher.

"Sit down, sit down." Mr. Wen Yiduo was dressed in a plain robe, and he held an oil lamp in his hand. The dormitories of Southwest Associated University are rarely electrified, and most of the time teachers and students rely on oil lamps for lighting.

Mr. Wen Yiduo walked over, sat on the edge of Huang Zhengzhong's bed, and put the oil lamp on the desk in front of him. After hearing the news, the students from the other dormitories also came to Huang Zhengzhong's dormitory, and they surrounded him with Mr. as the center.

"Kids, I've heard that most of you have signed up for the military. That's a good thing, and I'm here for you! ”

"Actually, I was initially against students joining the army. Because students are the future of a country and a nation, after the war, we still have to build and develop, intellectual youth is indispensable, if the students go to the battlefield, if they die in the battle, who will build the country in the future? Mr. Wen Yiduo said hoarsely.

"Then why did you change your mind again, teacher?" Zhu Jingxing, who was sitting on the side, asked.

Wen Yiduo looked at Zhu Jingxing and said meaningfully: "Yes, the teacher has changed his opinion." In the past, the state and the government did not levy students above high school and exempted them from military service, because there were no new weapons at that time, and there was no need for people with scientific and technological training. Now that the United States has sent new weapons, it is in need of people with scientific and technological training to use them. If there are young people trained in science and technology who do not want to join the army, who will use them? How will this battle be fought after that? ”

When the oil lamp was burning, there was a sound of lights bursting from time to time, and the dormitory was very quiet, and only Mr. Wen Yiduo could be heard talking alone.

"You are young intellectuals, and you must not only shoulder the heavy responsibility of resisting foreign humiliation, but also shoulder the heavy responsibility of leading this country and nation, democracy, science, and freedom! You have a gun in your hand, and if anyone opposes the democracy and freedom of our country and nation in the future, we will shoot him! ”

That night, Mr. Wen Yiduo said a lot of things, he was very excited, and the students were very excited when they heard it, an oil lamp, a thatched dormitory, and a group of students sitting in front of the teacher.

Despite being in a thatched hut, they talked about the future development of the nation and the country, and most of them were working hard for it.

At the mobilization meeting two days later, Mr. Wen Yiduo also said almost the same thing, and Huang Zhengzhong felt that it was with a lamplighter like Mr. that the country and the nation could move towards democracy and freedom step by step.

……

A week later, the students of Southwest Associated University who joined the army officially joined the army. This time, more than 200 students from the Southwest Associated University joined the expeditionary force, most of whom were from the foreign language department, and these more than 200 students will fight together with the expeditionary force on the battlefield in a foreign country, and many of them will stay there forever.

General Sun Liren, commander of the expeditionary force, and all the officers came to greet him, and Mei Yiqi, president of the Southwest Associated University, also made corresponding mobilization, and he encouraged the students to do their best for the country and fight hard to kill the enemy.

Huang Zhengzhong, who failed to join the army as he wished, also participated in the ceremony, and he felt sad when he saw Senior Mu Dan and them wearing grass-green military uniforms.

"Are you leaving today?" Huang Zhengzhong is a little reluctant, he has a good relationship with Zhu Jingxing, Senior Mu Dan and Guan Limin, they always talk about the past and the present together on weekdays, and today I think that several people are going to go to the battlefield, and I really feel a little uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, I will go to Nanjing to find you and talk about the works of Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Mr. Cao Yu." Zhu Jingxing said with a smile.

"Yes, Zhengzhong, I hope that after the war, we can still talk about poetry together." Senior Mu Dan said with a smile.

"The lost self in the field is growing!

Because at this time you are in front of the Japanese,

I must teach them to sing, and I hear them laughing,

The Chinese nation has reached the most dangerous time,

For the sake of a bright new society, the struggle will be launched quickly,

Get up, get up, get up......"

Huang Zhengzhong recited the poems written by Senior Mu Dan, and he liked Senior Mu Dan's poems very much, which did not have the decadence of some poets, but were impassioned.

He thought that Senior Mu Dan, who had gone to the battlefield, should write more poems.

At this time, the school song of the United Nations University sounded, and everyone sang along: "The Long March of 10,000 miles, quit the palace of the Five Dynasties, temporarily stopped in Hengshan and Xiangshui, and became a parting." Absolutely transplant the dry quality of the zhen, and Kyushu is sprinkled with Li Yuan's blood. Blowing as much as possible, the strings are chanted in the mountain city, and the love is full.

A thousand years of shame, and finally snow. Xingye, Xu Renjie. It became three households, and it was difficult to break. How difficult it is to worry about the new national fortunes, and to be tempted to endure the former philosophy. To be expelled from the enemy, restore Shenjing, and return Yanjie. ”