It was getting dark, but the camp was brightly lit, and the soldiers who had finished their work came out of their tents and gathered together in twos and threes.

Tonight is a three-day cultural class, and after seven o'clock, the soldiers of each company will gather together to listen to the instructor's lecture and learn some basic cultural knowledge.

Because of the requirements of the new army construction, every ordinary soldier has assessment standards, and he must be able to read and write 100 Chinese characters to be qualified.

Rather than fighting on the table with those fields and brushes, many soldiers still prefer to go to the training ground to sweat, because they feel that it is easier to use physical strength than to use their brains...

"Brothers, in the last class, I told the story of Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions during the Western Han Dynasty, when our Chinese influence in the world was very great, and the Silk Road was even more world-famous......

Do you know that in that era, the Xiongnu in the north have continued to harass my Chinese people, they burned, killed and looted all kinds of evil, seriously affecting the living space of the Han people in the north, in order to solve this threat, the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent the generals Wei Qing and Huo Quai, gathered hundreds of thousands of troops in Mobei and the Xiongnu to fight to the death, today we will tell: the story of the battle of Mobei......

In a simple vacant warehouse, instructor Zhang Chunhua was writing a few big words on the blackboard for the Battle of Mobei, and countless soldiers below sat together, looking at the podium with one hundred and ten pairs of eyes, quietly listening to his explanation.

Before the start of each cultural class, the instructor has to tell the soldiers some famous deeds about ancient China, the purpose is to let them understand the history of their country, establish a sense of national pride, and let these big-headed soldiers know that the greatness and brilliance of our five thousand years of China cannot be covered up by the weakness of these short decades.

In this era of lack of entertainment, the soldiers are very fond of listening to the instructors talk about these human history, and sometimes they can't help but applaud when they hear the critical moments, and the high-pitched emotions continue.

"Look, it's really late, I knew that Lao Tzu shouldn't have gone with you, and it would take a long time to send a letter, and the company commander wouldn't be able to clean us up later? Really..."

On the way back, Li Da was babbling endlessly, originally to accompany Qiu Lin out to send letters, but the two of them met the gendarmerie at the gate of the camp, blocked the door for a long time and couldn't get out, and they were almost pulled to the gendarmerie to drink tea.

I finally finished everything, but it was getting late, and seeing that it was past the lecture time, the two of them hurriedly quickened their pace and rushed back.

"Stinky boy, if the company commander asks him later, you will say that he was caught by Yan Tou of the gendarmerie, and that old boy and our company commander don't deal with it, do you hear..."

"Got it, Brother Li."

Although Big Li kept thinking in his mouth, Qiu Lin knew that the other party was still out of kindness, otherwise he would not accompany him out to send the letter.

Just now, because of the wrong address, I was delayed for a long time at the mailing office, and when I came out, it was already dark, and it happened to be discovered by the patrolling military police.

Because of the strict military control implemented in the base, the soldiers were not allowed to leave their company camp for no reason after dark, if it weren't for Li Da'er's clever words, they would probably have to be dragged to the small black house, so Qiu Lin's heart was also full of gratitude.

And there is a reason why Qiu Lin has to come out to send letters, although his parents died early, he met a little girl with the same fate as himself in the concentration camp.

That little girl is only sixteen years old this year, in order not to be discovered by the little devils, she shaved off her hair and dressed up as a man, rolled in the mud pit of the thatched house, made herself unkempt, and even pretended to be crazy and stupid, and even ignored the sores and stinks on her body, so she escaped the prying eyes of those beasts, otherwise a girl of her age would have been caught in the comfort camp and became the object of the little devil's venting.

Qiu Lin was the first to discover her secret in the concentration camp, but did not make a noise but tried to help cover it, the two depended on each other like brother and sister, and more than a year of prison life taught them to be strong and patient, but fortunately, the endless road was finally rescued by the expeditionary force to get out of that hell.

Afterwards, they came to live in the base area with the crowd, and after registering, they were also assigned their own houses and land

, but after all, the two are still young, and it is still difficult for them to live without support.

In addition to wanting to avenge his parents, Qiu Lin joined the army to serve as a soldier, on the other hand, it was also for the military salary of three and a half yuan per month and the subsidy for the families of those who joined the army.

The expeditionary force treats soldiers very well, as long as they can enter the army, they can not only solve their own food and drink problems, but also have a lot of money and food to receive, and these subsidies can stay in her sister to make her life better.

Due to military control, ordinary soldiers were not allowed to leave the camp in normal times, so every time it was time to pay their salaries, Qiu Lin would send his military salaries to Heihe Town, seven or eight kilometers away from the base, through the regimental headquarters mail office.

Looking at the brightly lit huge warehouse in front of them, Li Da'er couldn't help but speed up a few points.

Fortunately, there was no one standing guard outside, so I found two stools at random, and I wanted to quietly blend into the crowd, but unexpectedly, the platoon commander who came to the door to inspect still found them.

"Li Shuanggui! Qiu Lin! Where did you two bunnies go? Huh!?"

Big Li was so frightened by this voice that he trembled, his forehead was instantly covered with beads of sweat, and he hurriedly laughed and said, "Hehe, platoon leader, why are we going to the outer area to send letters, isn't it too late to come back..."

"Came back late...? Hum! It's simply unorganized and undisciplined! Let's see which platoon will give me a slip number when you get to the point, and you two will stand with me at the door, and reflect on it!"

The platoon commander raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes, and unceremoniously output for a while, he is a well-known living Hades in the company, and a person who can't tolerate half a grain of sand in his eyes is usually caught by him.

At this time, the instructor who was lecturing on the stage also noticed this, and asked a few people with a megaphone, "What are you doing? Do you want to come up and say two sentences? Come... Tell me what you did. Why haven't you come back until now?"

"Report instructor, I went to the regiment headquarters to send a letter this afternoon, because it was too late to go out, and the gendarmerie was delayed for a while on the way, and Brother Li was also late because he waited for me, so blame me." Qiu Lin hurriedly stood up and explained, he was a little reluctant to go, so he simply stopped the responsibility on his head.

The instructor didn't say anything, but looked at Li Da'er and asked expressionlessly, "Monk Li, I remember that you have no relatives and no reason, why do you still have to send a letter?"

"Hehe, I'm not going to send a letter, I'm afraid that he will go out alone and encounter something, this kid has only been here for a few months and doesn't know the rules, so many people will take care of it."

Big Li replied with a grin.

Before he joined the army, he was originally a monk in a temple in western Yunnan, and then after the Japanese beat him, the temple was demolished, and the abbot and the brothers were arrested to do coolies, leaving him to escape from death, and then he resolutely ran to become a soldier after returning to the customs, and now there is no grass on his head and six ring scars.

"It's still a strong word! You don't know how soon to come back? He doesn't understand the rules, and you don't understand either? Have you forgotten the eight points of attention to soldier conduct? It's a shame for Lao Tzu!" The platoon leader next to him didn't get angry, if he hadn't been in front of the instructor, he would have slapped the other party's big head.

"That's... So what... The instructor said last time that comrades-in-arms do not abandon or give up, and go out together to return to the camp!"

Big Li, who was scolded, hurriedly stood up and preached, neither humble nor arrogant.

The platoon commander was obviously speechless, and he couldn't find the words to teach the other party a lesson for a while, and even Qiu Lin, who was with his head down, was moved to the ground.

"Okay, don't stand, your bald head is shaking so much that Lao Tzu's eyes hurt, hurry up and find a place to sit down!"

The instructor pretended to scold with disgust, but nodded silently in his heart, there is nothing wrong with this, the comrades-in-arms will go and return together... It's not easy to realize this.

"Hahaha..."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was amused, and even Li Da'er was a little embarrassed, touched his shiny head, and quickly pulled Qiu Lin to sit next to his comrades.