Agents of the Republic of China

The officer looked up at Lin Xiaotang, took the application form Lin Xiaotang filled out in surprise, read it carefully, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Are you a college student at Nanjing University?"

Lin Xiaotang subconsciously put his heels together, and replied loudly: "Yes!"

The officer stood up and said to Lin Xiaotang with a smile: "You can come and sign up directly. We want as many young students as you have!"

The crowd behind started whispering, barefoot men wearing bamboo hats pointing, "Look at people who can only read because they are scholars, it's different!"

Lin Xiaotang followed the officer into the backyard of the recruiting office. It was a small courtyard with red bricks and white walls. The small courtyard was filled with benches and several kettles. There were already more than a dozen young people in the courtyard. Lie down on the table and write something seriously.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, everyone looked up, "Lin Xiaotang, Lin Xiaoqi!" Two voices rang out at the same time.

Lin Xiaotang turned his head to look, and the two figures rushed over, hugging Lin Xiaotang, shouting and jumping.

Lin Xiaotang took a closer look, and was also very pleasantly surprised. It was his two classmates at Nanjing University, "Big head, little fart!"

The name of the big head is Cai Yong, because of his fat body and head as big as a bucket, he got this nickname.Xiaopi's name is Gu Weiguo, and his name is very imposing, but he is the youngest in the whole grade. He has a bad temper, so his classmates call him "little fart boy", and over time, he is shortened to "little fart".

The three hugged each other, and the reunion after the catastrophe made them very excited.

The officer came out of the room, smiled and did not speak, just stood aside, and when the three gradually calmed down, he handed Lin Xiaotang a few letters, "Come on, write down your situation in detail, and come to Just give me the door."

Lin Xiaotang smiled embarrassedly, and hurriedly took it.

The three of them got together and began to write their resumes.

It turned out that Datou and Xiaopi came to Changsha with the teachers and students who were the first to withdraw from Nanjing. After staying in Southwest Associated University for a few days, they learned that the school would be relocated to Kunming. The two had no relatives in Kunming. , and there was not much travel expenses left on him, so he came up with the idea of ​​joining the army, and today he came to try his luck, but unexpectedly, he met Lin Xiaotang.

Lin Xiaotang also briefly told the two of his experiences, and the three of them couldn't help but feel a little sad, but when they thought of working hard in *** from now on, the three young people quickly let go of their worries and regained their spirits.

The three reported their written resumes and family situation to the officer. The officer couldn't help laughing when he saw the dozens of letters they had written, and told them to report here at [-] o'clock tomorrow afternoon and bring their belongings. Well, if the review goes well, they will be living in the barracks tomorrow.

Big Head and Little Piss cheered happily. According to them, since the school was relocated, the two of them had no fixed place to live. Sometimes the money they earned from doing odd jobs was all used to entertain their mouths. Usually they were on the benches of the train station. To deal with it, I have been living there for a week.

Lin Xiaotang thought for a while, he still had some spare money in his hand, and he was going to live in the military camp soon, so it was meaningless to carry this money with him.Besides, He Chong's place is the officer's dormitory after all, and all the officers coming and going are the officers of the headquarters, so it's not convenient for him to go in and out there, so it's better to move out and find a hotel to catch up with the big head and the little fart, and just make do for one night.

Having made up his mind, Lin Xiaotang took the two of them around the neighborhood, found a cheap hotel, booked a room, settled the two of them, and then he planned to go back to the officer's dormitory, tell He Chong to leave, and get himself back. luggage.

But when he returned to the garrison headquarters, he did not see He Chong. After inquiring, he found out that the Xuzhou war was over. Although the Banyuan Division was hit hard, he still gave up Xuzhou in the face of the aggressive Japanese offensive.In order to deal with the upcoming war, the Wuhan base camp held a military meeting of senior officers. He Chong followed Xue Yue, the newly appointed commander of the Ninth War Zone, to Wuhan to attend the meeting. It was estimated that he would not be able to return until a week later. Before leaving, he asked the orderly to deliver a letter to Lin Xiaotang. .

With no other choice, Lin Xiaotang had no choice but to pack his luggage, leave a letter to He Chong explaining his enlistment in the army, return the room key to the orderly, and then left the garrison headquarters.

Seeing Datou and Xiaopi gobbling it up, Lin Xiaotang laughed out of breath, "Big brothers, let's not do it, you guys take your time and eat, I don't have much money on me!"

Datou hugged a hoof, gnawed until his mouth was full of oil, and replied vaguely: "You know what, the two of us haven't seen meat for more than a month, this time we have to eat anyway, this time In the army, I don’t know what the food is like!”

Xiaopi held a chicken leg in each hand without raising his head.

Lin Xiaotang lit a cigarette, looked at the bustling street scene outside the window of the tavern, and asked casually, "Do you have any news about Xia Zhiping?"

With a "snap", Datou threw the hoof into the plate, snatched the cigarette from Lin Xiaotang's hand, and took two deep puffs, "Lin Xiaoqi, you haven't given up yet, do you know what I despise the most about you?" , is your stubborn temper!"

Satisfied, Xiaopi was sucking the chicken bone, and said in a strange way, "You treat her like a treasure, hehe, she treats you like a fool!"

Datou went on to say: "She is a lady of every family, with a scholarly family background, and she pays attention to the right family. What are you, Lin Xiaoqi, a poor student, and your so-called brother, fart! If you sell you, you have to count the money for him Woolen cloth!"

Seeing that Lin Xiaotang's face turned gray, he patted his mouth with his big head, "I'm sorry, I have a straight temper. I don't sound good, but even if it doesn't sound good, you have to listen to me. The two of them are already flirting with each other. Double Flying, you are still thinking about what to do with these things, you are not the same person at all, why do you care about their life and death!"

Xiaopi said: "Nanjing fell, the two of them ran away early in the morning, and I didn't see you, the old man, to remind you or say hello. It's good for you, crawling out of the dead, still thinking about how well you are. One word , cheap; two words, cheap; three words, really cheap; four words, really cheap; five words, really fucking cheap; six words... ".

The big head slapped the little fart on the head, "You stinky mouth, don't say a few words!"

Lin Xiaotang grabbed the wine bottle and took a few sips, "Little Fart is right, I am indeed a bitch!"

Datou squinted, "If the second senior brother was here, you would definitely listen to what she said. If you ask me, she is no better than that Xia Zhiping. Even a fool knows that she is interested in you. You are just stubborn, I...".

Lin Xiaotang didn't speak, but stared at his big head with red eyes.

In this way, the big head and the little fart were embarrassed to say anything, they looked at each other, sighed at the same time, raised the wine bowl, "Come on, brothers, let's have fun with you, if you have wine today, you will be drunk today!"

The noisy streets and blurred lights add a touch of sadness to the city.

It had been an hour since the car left Changsha City, and the convoy was driving along the mountain road at the foot of Yuelu Mountain.The up and down bumps made everyone dizzy, and the leisurely mood when they got on the car just disappeared without a trace in a blink of an eye.

After traveling for two hours, the convoy stopped at a piece of flat land in an unknown valley. Hundreds of military tents, large and small, had been erected here. The colors of the tents were also varied. From a distance, it looked like a grassland. Overgrown with mushrooms of various shapes.

There is a battalion of the 57th Division stationed here. The terrain here is flat and surrounded by high mountains, which can effectively prevent deserters from appearing, so this place is chosen as the training base for recruits.

There were about 500 recruits this time, and there were only 57 college students like Lin Xiaotang who signed up to join the army, so they gathered together to form an intensive class. The [-]th Division attached great importance to this group of student soldiers, and the battalion specially dispatched three experienced grassroots officers to take charge of the training of the college student class.

Among the three officers is a Captain **, aged 26 years old, surnamed Huang, tall and thin, from Tangshan, Hebei, and was nicknamed "Cucumber Squad Leader" by the student soldiers.There are also two lieutenants who are a little older and serve as squad officers. One is surnamed Wang and the other is surnamed Liu.

The three of them stood upright in front of the student soldiers, and their every move was very regulated. Lin Xiaotang keenly discovered that these three were definitely the elite of the 57th Division, and they all exuded the taste of veterans of many battles.

As soon as they met and made a brief introduction, the three officers came to dismount.The student soldiers tossed about on the truck for more than two hours. Many of them were still retching after getting out of the truck.

Seeing the unsuspecting expressions of the three officers, Lin Xiaotang knew that he wanted bad food, and sure enough, Squad Leader Huang spoke in a Tangshan accent immediately, "Look at you, you are in good spirits, and finally you haven't got down, so let's run away first." Loosen your muscles and bones!"

Ever since, the eighteen heroes carried their luggage and began to run around the newly leveled training ground, but this large piece of land was only flattened, and there were many large and small pits. From time to time, someone was tripped, and within a lap, the whole team became sparse.

However, it seems that the instructors' methods are similar, and soon, more than 500 recruits ran onto the field, but these people who had just put down their hoes and ate food to serve as soldiers were obviously much stronger than the student soldiers, and they were all present screaming. Running fast on the ground, he quickly overtook the student soldiers running in the forefront.

This kind of training is a piece of cake for the current Lin Xiaotang. He didn't feel anything after running two laps. Looking back at his teammates, he quietly slowed down and joined the student soldiers.

Most of the recruits quickly ran the distance of ten miles. Those barefoot recruits squatted down on the side of the field with a look of embarrassment after they finished running, watching the student soldiers make embarrassments, but they were rushed to the tent by their squad leaders with smiles on their faces, ready to have dinner .

The student soldiers were still struggling desperately on the field, and the line dragged on for as long as a mile.Lin Xiaotang ran in the middle of the team with one hand in each hand, holding the exhausted Big Tou and Xiaopi.

When running past Squad Leader Huang, although it was getting dark, Lin Xiaotang could still feel his livid face and uncontrollable anger.