Chapter 142 The flowing camp and the iron soldiers
Chapter 142 The flowing camp and the iron soldiers
Seven transport trucks from the Northern Expeditionary Army Headquarters drove out of the Model Camp in the south of Fengxin City and drove to the simple Second Division Field Hospital in the west of the city. As planned, they carried as many seriously wounded people as possible across the Pingjiang River via Tonggu and to the Changsha General Hospital.
As for how many dying and seriously injured people will die on this bumpy road, it is a topic that everyone is worried about but no one wants to talk about.
All 1,590 officers and soldiers of the Model Battalion finally received winter clothing. Twelve days have passed since the end of the Battle of Fengxin. The Model Battalion received more than two days of rest for the first time since its establishment.
However, during the twelve days called rest, no one in the battalion except the wounded had a day's rest. Training three times a day left more than a thousand officers and soldiers exhausted but without any complaints, because a large number of newly promoted officers and soldiers were very motivated.
Like the soldiers, the officers of the company and platoon embarked on a five-kilometer cross-country trip in full gear as soon as the bugle sounded at six o'clock in the morning. They had breakfast and then conducted a two-hour queue training. Then they drove out of the camp in company units and headed to the surrounding areas separately.
The mountains are surrounded by wide valleys, and taking a short break after picnicking is the unstoppable shooting training every day.
In contrast, the brothers of the battalion's guard company, who had become very powerful and mysterious in the minds of the whole battalion brothers, suffered even more. The entire company of one hundred and thirty-five officers and soldiers quietly set out at noon on the fourth day after the competition.
Except for one day's dry food, they were all weapons, ammunition and all kinds of unfamiliar equipment. They had been there for six days and did not return to the camp until yesterday evening. They were all in ragged clothes and were so haggard that they could no longer identify their faces. Eight people in the middle of the team were carrying two sheets of paper.
On the homemade simple stretcher were two officers and soldiers who were injured for unknown reasons. However, they still straightened their backs and maintained a neat formation. They entered the gate of the camp silently and looked at the surprised eyes and shouts of the brothers in the camp.
Turning a blind eye and not hearing the exclamation, they soon filed into their rear barracks amidst the salutes of the two sentries at the side gate of the battalion headquarters.
For twelve days, the officers and soldiers of the model camp were very tired but also very fulfilled. They were deeply satisfied with adequate military pay, generous meals, complete clothing and handy weapons and equipment. The good officer-soldier relationship and the unique characteristics of the model camp
The atmosphere made the nearly a thousand newly joined brothers sigh with emotion and quickly adapt. They saw the conscientious and meticulous spirit of the company and platoon leaders who spoke rudely, and also saw the sincere friendship and concern. They were able to elect them according to their wishes.
Their own squad leader and deputy squad leader, and they were appointed immediately upon approval, which was unimaginable before. Not only that, the battalion commander, battalion deputy, instructor and other senior officers would take the time to visit them every day, ask them kindly what their requirements were, and patiently explain them.
Is it a revolutionary army? Why are we soldiers? How to be a Chinese soldier with a clear conscience, etc.
The Bearded Battalion Deputy is stern and serious, but his every move is really appreciated; Staff Officer Yin is attentive and easy-going, and the injured Battalion Commander An can speak multiple dialects and has no airs and is very carefree, and is in harmony with the brothers.
From time to time, one or two jokes were made during the conversation, which made the brothers laugh from ear to ear after a tiring day. The officers' easy-going, generous and enthusiastic encouragement made the officers and soldiers feel a kind of trust and warmth that they had never received before.
From the first day, the newly joined brothers felt the unique management method of the model camp: other troops often did not see any action when it was time to pay their salaries, and the soldiers had to wait until their necks grew longer and were often deducted from the troops. They were already pitifully small.
Pay, but the model camp is different. You can get pay as soon as you enter, and the pay is higher than that of any army. When the pay is paid, files are also registered. The commander of each company must make the soldiers leave the detailed address of their hometown, sir.
While recording the soldiers' self-reports, they told them: "When military pay is high, don't forget to send money to your family."
Occasionally a soldier asked: "Why do you need to write down all family members?"
The chief said carelessly: "This world is not peaceful, and it is always right to be more detailed. The reason why I ask you to explain it clearly is just in case. If one day your grandson becomes glorious, this file will allow us to transfer the pension."
Send Jin and revolutionary martyr certificates to your family."
Someone else asked: "Does every unit of the revolutionary army do this?"
The commander still looked careless: "I don't care what others do. Our model camp has been doing this since the day it was established, and we will continue to do so in the future... It's over, go away, kid! Next..."
The five Yang Bins finally felt at ease. After obtaining the consent of the division commander Liu Zhi and others that day, An Yi sought the opinions of the five Yang Bins and quickly reported their ranks and resumes to the division headquarters. They received confirmation and approval the next day.
Since then, they have been included in the officer establishment of the Second Division of the First Army of the National Revolutionary Army, and have been officially awarded and appointed: Lieutenant Colonel Yang Bin, Major Ye Cheng, Major Lu Mingdi, and Major Qu Muchen all serve as combat staff officers of the model battalion, and Captain Zhang Xiangong serves as the model battalion's combat staff officer.
The commander of the communications company. Among them, Major Qu Muchen also serves as the captain of the teaching team of the model camp.
Yang Bin and the other five were very satisfied with this temporary division of labor. They all knew that the division commander Liu Zhi was about to act as commander of the First Army. They also learned through An Yi that Ye Cheng and Zhang Xiangong's senior brother, Jiang Dingwen, the deputy commander of the second division, was the revolutionary army commander-in-chief.
The commander's sworn brothers also learned about the extraordinary relationship between An Yi and the bosses of the Second Division through conversations with Liu Zhi and others. Therefore, An Yi's application report was approved by the division within two days.
They were not surprised at all when the Ministry of Finance approved and issued the document.
At night, An Yi visited the wounded in the backyard and went to the back row of the classroom on the west side to sit down and listen quietly to the lectures given by the new battalion headquarters operations staff officer Lu Mingdi to 120 company and platoon-level cadres and non-commissioned officers with a good cultural foundation.
For a week, these 120 trainees had to come to this classroom from 8 to 10 every night to participate in the first training class held by the battalion headquarters, including infantry tactics taught by Yang Bin and Zhang Xiangong, and military topography taught by Lu Mingdi.
The basics include local defense theory taught by Ye Cheng, infantry and artillery coordination taught by Qu Muchen, foundations of engineering and soldier combat training taught by Yin Jinan, and the methods and purposes of the military's grassroots political and ideological work.
An Yi is not idle either. He lectures on patriotism education, the difference between the revolutionary army and the old warlords, the essence of the new officer-soldier relationship, the goals and requirements of training operations, etc. every week.
The decision to hold a training class for grassroots commanders was proposed by An Yi and unanimously approved through careful discussion at a meeting of all company and battalion chief officers. The content of each subject was compiled by the person in charge of teaching, writing one chapter and teaching the other, and eight people discussed it collectively.
It can be implemented after passing it. The purpose of establishing this crash training course is to improve the theoretical level and military literacy of the grassroots commanders of the model camp as much as possible through about three months of intensive learning, so that they can learn and practice while summarizing and comparing in practice.
, gradually improve, and prepare in advance for the upcoming military expansion and upgrade.
When get out of class time came, all the students stood up and saluted neatly. Lu Mingdi returned the salute, put away the lecture notes and strode to An Yi. The two chatted in low voices and walked side by side to the main hall. They nodded to the bearded people around the long table and sat down respectively.
Lu Mingdi, who had regular features and exuded a strong military temperament, saw all the battalion-level chief officers there and realized that important matters were going to be discussed. He habitually took off his big hat and sat upright.
When Huzi saw everyone gathered, he put out his cigarette butt, glanced around and announced loudly: "Jinan and I just came back from a meeting at the division headquarters, and brought back a message and an order. The message is that General Li Zongren's Seventh Army, which has been out of contact for a long time, was killed yesterday.
Before sunset, they captured Wuning, an important town in northern Jiangxi, defeated two brigades of the 4th Division of Xie Hongxun of the Anhui Clan in one fell swoop, annihilated more than 6,000 enemy troops and captured tens of thousands of people, and seized a large amount of weapons, equipment and military supplies. They are currently fighting on the front line in Wuning.
After resting, their telegram stated that they would advance to De'an, a key town on the Nanxun Line, within two days. After receiving the news of success on the northern line, the Revolutionary Army Headquarters immediately informed the entire army and gave General Li Zongren and his officers a commendation report."
As soon as the news came out, the whole house was in an uproar. Yang Bin and others, who were from the Anhui clique, looked at each other in disbelief. Before they could react, Hu Beard conveyed the order from the Revolutionary Army Headquarters:
"Based on the current situation between the enemy and ourselves, as well as the specific realities of our First Army, the headquarters ordered our division to go to Gao'an, 48 kilometers south, within forty-eight hours, to be on standby, and to hand over Fengxin City to the First Division of our army for garrison. At present, the First Division
The regiments are about to arrive in Fengxin to take over the defense. Our battalion must be handed over to the second regiment of the first division before ten o'clock tomorrow morning. As the vanguard of the division, we will set off first, go south through the mountain pass in the west, and go to Gao'an via Wangjiawei.
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Yang Bin had no time to discuss the issue of the destruction of Xie Hongxun, the ace division of the Anhui clique, so he turned to An Yi and suggested: "The time is so urgent, should we immediately summon the chief officers of each company and platoon to convey the order, so as to prepare for the change of defense and departure?"
"There is no rush, there is enough time, each company has gradually got on track, and all preparations can be completed within fifty minutes with a single order. We only need to notify the guard company commander Xia Jian and the fifth company commander Chen Kan in advance to let their two
If the company completes forward reconnaissance and security along the way, our battalion can set off calmly." Yin Jinan answered confidently with a smile on his face.
An Yi laughed loudly: "Jinan, Huzi, the Second Regiment of the First Division is exactly Lao Hu's troops! Since this guy led the army, whether it was the two Eastern Expeditions and returning to the division to quell the rebellion, or the seven battles with friendly forces during the Northern Expedition,
The eight local battles were all invincible and all attacks were invincible, which made this guy and the bosses of the first and second phases of the second regiment feel proud and awesome. Last time we won a big victory against Tingsi Bridge, he felt in his heart
He admired us but said that we were taking the wrong side of the sword and it was just a small trick. The Seventh Army and the Fourth Army won the reputation of the Iron Army by fighting He Shengqiao. Lao Hu, the grandson, put on a sour face again and said that if he had so many soldiers, he could still fight the Fourth Army.
Army, the level and momentum of the Seventh Army, I'm afraid he didn't expect that he would suffer a big defeat in Nanchang City, haha! You two should remember that the last time Lao Hu's grandson used deceit to steal my horse and horse in the northern suburbs of Changsha
Telescope, I have to ask him for advice this time and let this grandson teach us how to win the battle, haha!"
Everyone burst into laughter. After Yin Jinan laughed, he reminded An Yi in a low voice: "Don't irritate Senior Hu anymore. It's not easy for him. The first division was attacked by the enemy's main force several times his own. With no leader, only the old man could do it."
Hu's Second Regiment was basically able to maintain its structure and stand up to resist. Nearly half of the 3,600 officers and soldiers under his command were able to resist while covering the retreat of the brother regiment. This fighting spirit is worth learning. In addition, the two troops assigned to the First Division by the headquarters this time
The new corps is still training in Tonggu, so we need to give him some comfort and help at this time."
An Yi shook his head and smiled, then put away his smile. After a moment of thought, he turned to Huzi: "Huzi, you and Jinan will do some statistics later to see how many Russian-made Mogan rifles we have in stock. We will get them tomorrow morning.
Trade something else with Lao Hu, his second regiment is almost entirely equipped with Mogan rifles."
Huzi nodded: "This is a good idea. Although the Mogan rifles equipped by our army are second-hand goods sent by the Russians, they are easier to use than many domestic imitation guns. However, parts are difficult to find and maintain. Shen Jianping and Tao Xun of the Ordnance Institute asked
I have reflected several times and suggested that the standard be unified as much as possible to facilitate repair and maintenance. Most of the rifles in my battalion are 7.92-caliber German guns and made in Hanyang. It is very troublesome to keep these Mogan rifles and supply ammunition. Our ammunition models
It has reached five types. The ammunition for light and heavy machine guns is not universal, the ammunition for rifles and light machine guns is not universal, and the ammunition for machine guns and pistols is not universal. It is too troublesome. I am worried that the supply of ammunition will be a problem in the future."
"Lao Yang, what do you think?"
An Yi habitually solicits everyone's opinions. After more than ten days of understanding, Yang Bin and others have become familiar with the various departments of the model camp, and have adapted to the problem-handling methods and decision-making procedures of several chief officers in An Yi. Therefore, they heard
An Yi was very happy to express his opinions when asked. Everyone's opinions were very consistent and they all agreed with Hu Hu's views.
In the early morning of the next day, there was no routine morning exercise at Hualin Academy, where the model camp is based. Each company's cooking class took their belongings to both sides of the playground. Pots of steaming rice and meat dishes were divided up by more than 1,500 brothers.
, the officers and soldiers filled their bellies, packed the dishes and chopsticks, gathered to convey orders, and then returned to the barracks to pack their bags and prepare to evacuate. However, the Huotou Army of each company continued to be busy on the playground, preparing for the more than 1,700 officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment who were about to take over the defense.
Serve a comforting breakfast.
At 8:10 in the morning, An Yi's little black colt raised its head restlessly and neighed toward the southwest. Beard and Yin Jinan, who were familiar with horses, immediately knew that Hu Zongnan must be riding a big black horse, otherwise the smart and arrogant little black colt
I won't be so excited.
An Yi laughed happily, and with Hu Hu, Yin Jinan, Xia Jian, Gu Laoer and Yang Bin, they got on their horses and walked two miles out of the camp gate. From a distance, they saw Hu Zongnan and his entourage riding in front of the team.
An Yile got off his horse and led his doubled battalion and company officers to greet him enthusiastically. Hu Zongnan, commander of the second regiment of the first division, Li Yutang, deputy regiment deputy, and other seven or eight regiment and battalion officers also quickly dismounted.
We met again after a long absence, and it was naturally extremely cordial.
An Yi saluted in accordance with military regulations and reported loudly: "Siring officers, you have worked hard day and night! An Yi, commander of the Second Division Engineer Battalion, led his colleagues in the headquarters to pay tribute to Chief Hu and other officers! The engineer battalion has made preparations for the handover of defense, please
Sir Hu and other officers give instructions!"
Hu Zongnan, who had a complex look on his face, saw the smile twinkling in An Yi's eyes. He didn't know that the cunning An Yi was being respectful on the surface but actually disgusted him. In anger, he slapped An Yi on the head. Who knew that An Yi was already ready to retreat?
Half a step, safe and sound.
Suddenly, many unfamiliar colonels in front of and behind An Yi laughed heartily. Colonel Hu Zongnan, who had not shaved for many days, could only yell angrily: "Lieutenant Colonel An Yi, time is urgent, please lead the way!"
"As you command!"
An Yi stood at attention and finished his answer, made an invitation gesture, walked beside Hu Zongnan towards the camp, and introduced to him in a low voice how he attacked Fengxin City and obtained the five Yang Bins.
Hu Hu and Yin Jinan also met warmly with Li Yutang and other Huangpu seniors, and introduced Yang Bin, Ye Cheng and other five people to everyone.
After hearing this, Hu Zongnan sighed secretly, asked about An Yi's injury with concern, and told An Yi his own experience and some insights after the farewell in Changsha. Finally, when he talked about the tragic defeat in Nanchang, Hu Zongnan was quite angry and resentful, and he almost cursed.
Deputy Army Commander and Division Commander Wang Boling’s family is gone.
An Yi saw that Hu Zongnan was in too melancholy, and after thinking about it, he pointed at the black colt mother and her son who were already touching each other excitedly, and suggested that Hu Zongnan find a good horse to breed with.
Hu Zongnan nodded and sighed, and told An Yi in a low voice that if it weren't for this big dark horse, at the critical moment when Nanchang fell, he would not have been able to break out of the siege and find his men, and quickly collect the broken troops to resist step by step.
He himself could not escape the tragic fate of being defeated and captured.
Walking to the gate of the camp, the aroma of rice and the enticing smell of stewed meat wafted in. Hu Zongnan raised his head and looked at the steaming cauldrons on both sides of the playground with silent gratitude.
An Yi smiled and told him in a low voice that this was a wish of the brothers in the model camp. The breakfast and the big pot were left behind to avoid delaying the departure time. The model camp also had a set of spare marching cooking utensils that had been distributed to each company;
All the barracks inside have been cleaned, and everything that can be left behind has been left to save the brothers of the Second Regiment from further trouble.
Hu Zongnan was very grateful in his heart, but there was no expression on his face. He dismissed the chief officers at all levels around him. Accompanied by An Yi, Hu Zongnan entered the clean and well-equipped main hall of the battalion headquarters and sat down. He drank half a cup of fragrant tea and then
He sighed: "The model camp is a model camp... Xiaoyi, big brother, thank you! Your series of achievements in the past few months have put us big brothers to shame!"
"Hey, brother, don't say such polite words. We are just taking the first step in a journey of thousands of miles. But I have something to discuss with my elder brother."
An Yi leaned towards Hu Zongnan and whispered the suggestion of exchanging equipment. Hu Zongnan pondered for a moment and nodded: "Okay, your one hundred and twenty Mogan guns are just right for me. You saw it just now. My brothers are scarred."
Morale was completely lost, and many people fled without their guns. What a shame... Fortunately, before my second battalion fled Nanchang, they fought hard to grab six French August 1st mortars that had been thrown away by a group.
It was a new thing that had just been issued and had only fired a few rounds. Afterwards, I hid it quietly without saying a word. The division headquarters had already reported the damage to the military headquarters and the principal. Just take it and save my brothers from the first regiment.
You see that you are going to argue again, but there are no shells, but this is not a problem for you. When you arrive at Gao'an, go to the military quarters director He. He was originally promoted from your second division, and you have a good relationship with him.
As usual, it doesn't matter if you need a few basic mortar shells. If you have a chance, go to the principal and ask the principal to allocate six more to your model battalion, so that you can form a mortar company.
For your engineers with heavy baggage, it is much more convenient than having bulky mountain artillery and field artillery."
"I remember, the first room in the east wing of the backyard is my younger brother's bedroom. I leave you ten boxes of cigarettes and a box of soap inside. They were all confiscated by my new subordinates this time. Okay, I guess there are already things outside.
After the handover is completed, I have to leave as soon as possible. Brother, please take a rest early after dinner. You have been walking all night." An Yi nodded and signaled Dong Yazi to give the order to gather.
Amidst the loud sound of the bugle, Hu Zongnan stood up and tidied up his troops. After finishing, he ordered his adjutant to transfer the six mortars to the model camp, and immediately distributed the more than 120 rifles in exchange to the brothers.
After everything was explained, Hu Zongnan and An Yi walked out of the main hall side by side. As they walked, they discussed how to exchange equipment with each other and exchange what they needed. In just a few words, they decided to fully cooperate in many aspects. There is naturally a kind of friendship between the brothers that no one else can match.
tacit agreement.
Arriving under the eaves of the gate, Hu Zongnan glanced at the more than 1,500 officers and soldiers who were quickly gathering on the playground. He was very impressed by the strong and well-trained model battalion. Thinking of the outstanding achievements of the model battalion in the past few months, Hu Zongnan
His heart was extremely heavy. He knew his junior brother's extraordinary abilities, and he also knew that it wouldn't be long before his junior brother would surpass him.
After seeing the team assembled, An Yi saluted and said goodbye. He led the seven or eight brothers who came to return to work and strode up to the high platform in front of the playground. He looked around at the neatly arranged model battalion officers and soldiers in the field, and then looked at the people holding dinner around the field.
The more than a thousand officers and soldiers of Hu Zongnan's Second Regiment, who were weak, took two steps forward with a thought and delivered another important speech since the establishment of the model camp:
"Brothers, when I welcomed the brothers from the second regiment back to the main camp just now, I heard the two grandsons from our model camp sighing and talking nonsense. What did they say? It was an old saying, which is called 'the iron camp is made of iron and the water is flowing.
"Soldiers." I know what these two brothers are thinking. They think that being a soldier will be a waste wherever they go. The military camp cannot be moved. It's just that the soldiers are leaving one after another like running water. The fate of the soldiers is not there.
It won't disappear even after leaving the military camp. I don't like hearing this, and I want to beat people up when I hear it, because people who have such thoughts are not good soldiers at all. If they don't correct their ideas in time, they are not worthy of being in our revolutionary army.
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An Yi's voice echoed over the empty grassland. All the officers and soldiers present, including all the officers and soldiers of the Second Regiment, looked at the high platform with bated breath. Everyone had a premonition that Lieutenant Colonel An Yi, who was becoming more and more famous, would have more important words to say.
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Sure enough, An Yi's superhuman voice sounded again: "Since the break, our group of officers have been telling our brothers all the time what is a revolutionary army? What is a glorious Chinese soldier? What should we do as soldiers besides making a living?
What? Think about it when we hold a bowl and eat meat, can our relatives, our brothers and sisters also eat meat? These are not big principles, you all understand, because most of you,
Before entering Lao Tzu's model camp, we were all poor people who could not eat meat several times a year. Have you forgotten how hungry you were yesterday when you are full today? Have you forgotten that your relatives in your hometown are still living without food?
Have you forgotten the hard days when you are full and have no warm clothes? Have you forgotten that our disaster-ridden motherland still has tens of millions of fellow villagers who cannot have enough to eat? Have you forgotten the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed by warlords everywhere and the wanton consumption of common people? Have you forgotten the European and American powers and
Little Japan is occupying a large area of our land and insulting our relatives every day? Tell me, can you forget it?"
"cannot--"
After more than ten days of education, more than a thousand brothers all came to know each other. At this moment, infected by An Yi's highly provocative words, their blood was surging, and they almost roared and answered in unison.
An Yi nodded: "Yes! We must not forget these humiliations. As a revolutionary soldier, forgetting these many humiliations is equivalent to forgetting our roots, forgetting that we are an upright Chinese, and forgetting that we are a common people."
Chinese soldiers who live frugally and support themselves!
Today, I will tell you another truth. There is no invincible city in the world, and there is no iron-clad camp! From ancient times to the present, from the powerful Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty that created the prosperous age of the world, there has been one of the largest
What they have in common is that they have an invincible iron army, an iron-blooded army that is neither arrogant in victory nor discouraged in defeat. It is such an iron-blooded army that resists foreign aggression for the country and the people, using their blood and
Their heads resisted foreign humiliation and expanded their territory, bringing peace and happiness to their country and their relatives, and bringing glory to their country and their relatives that will last forever!
Today, facing the desolate motherland and facing our compatriots who have no enough food, clothing or warmth and live no better than horses and horses, we must inherit the blood of our ancestors, fulfill the legacy of Dr. Sun Yat-sen and countless martyrs, eliminate all warlords, and destroy all warlords.
All invaders will be driven out of our sacred land. To achieve this goal, we must turn ourselves into a steel-like army, a mighty and majestic iron-blooded army!
From now on, the sky above our heads is our quilt, the land under our feet is our bed, and every inch of land in China is our military camp! Brothers, you are a member of the glorious model camp. If you want to
For our model camp to become a steel lion, you must show your blood. From now on, straighten your back, raise your head, and move forward in the direction guided by the Three People's Principles -
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"Forward! Forward! Forward—"
The heroic voice resounded in all directions and soared into the sky. More than 1,500 officers and soldiers of the model battalion puffed up their blazing chests. Amid the roaring orders of the company and platoon commanders and the neighing of the horses, they marched out in high spirits.
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An Yi and his proud subordinates strode off the high platform and mounted their horses, and followed the high-spirited team out of the camp where they had stayed for thirteen days.
Under the tall eaves, Hu Zongnan had mixed feelings as he looked at the neat ranks of the officers and soldiers of the model camp. Li Yutang and more than ten famous captains stood quietly behind him. The more than a thousand officers and soldiers on the playground who were originally complaining all consciously kept their mouths shut.
Hu Zongnan sighed: "Grandma! This grandson An Yi is deliberately making fun of me and the cowards in our second regiment. Haha... What a good laugh, what a good laugh!"
Li Yutang, who was deeply touched, stepped forward and said, "That's a good laugh. From the officers and soldiers of the model camp, we saw extraordinary differences. If there is enough time, I really want to communicate more with Xiaoyi and the others."
Hu Zongnan laughed angrily: "There is no use communicating with him. Even if he tells all his bad ideas, we can't learn from him. This guy is so damn special. Even Baoding Military Academy and Zhejiang Military Academy
All the surrendered school officials in the hall were willing to listen to him. This grandson, Hu Jialin, and Yin Jinan were like each other and complemented each other. They were simply the three legs of a tripod. The model camp he brought out was just like them. He could fight, steal, and loot.
Can we learn from this? Let’s eat, wash up and go to bed after eating, and we’ll talk about big things when we wake up..."