"An Yi, please stay for a moment." Liu Sitong, deputy of the engineering brigade, called An Yi after finishing his training.
"yes!"
An Yi, who was covered in military uniform and soaked with sweat, ran to Liu Sitong and stood at attention. Liu Sitong waved his hand to let him go: "Come for a walk with me... An Yi, have you heard anything recently? I mean, what have you heard outside the school?"
Are there any rumors?"
An Yi tightened his rifle strap: "Our district team has been very busy during this period of training. We have just returned from ten days of field training, and then there are exams for three subjects. The brothers are so tired that they go to bed early every day. I also have many days."
I haven’t gone to the shooting range for extra practice, and I don’t have time to pay attention to anything that happens inside the school, let alone outside the school. What’s wrong, sir? What happened? Is the Northern Expedition about to begin?"
Liu Sitong nodded noncommittally: "Didn't you notice that none of your Russian masters came to school this week?"
An Yi stopped: "I have looked for Liu Shenkov twice. I heard that he moved back to the city. Our professional instructor, Colonel Hu Lin, was not with us for this field training. If you don't tell me, I really don't think so."
I can't remember. Sir, please tell me what happened?"
"Walk slowly and talk while walking."
Liu Sitong lowered his voice and said: "Two weeks ago, the 'Zhongshan Ship' incident occurred. Someone wanted to conspire to assassinate President Jiang. Ji Shanjia, the senior adviser to the National Government, and Jia Lie, the naval adviser, and other members of the advisory group were involved. Our military
Some of them were secretly arrested, and the school’s education director Deng was also under suspicion. The atmosphere in the entire city of Guangzhou was tense!”
An Yi was shocked: "Isn't the Zhongshan ship under the jurisdiction of senior Li Zhilong? How is he?"
Liu Sitong gently pulled An Yi's sleeve and walked to the shade of a tree beside the road: "Don't shout so loud, for fear that no one can hear you... Exactly, I know you have a good relationship with him, so I told you this
Matter. This senior brother of yours is handsome, capable of both literary and military skills. He is a rare hero. In October last year, he was appointed by the National Government as the Director of the Political Department of the Navy Bureau and awarded the rank of Rear Admiral. Ouyang Lin, the Navy Director, resigned early last month.
He was immediately appointed as Acting Director and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General. He is the only one among our Huangpu graduates and the idol in the hearts of countless girls. If not for this incident, his future would be limitless! What a pity..."
An Yi asked anxiously: "No! I will never believe that Lao Li would murder the principal, it's impossible! Sir, can you tell me where Lao Li is imprisoned?"
"An Yi, calm down!"
Liu Sitong looked around and whispered: "He is temporarily detained at the First Army Military Headquarters, but I heard that he is not in danger. You must not cause trouble for him at this time. This matter involves too much and the background is very complicated. It is not you
A person of my level can understand, not to mention that you are now a military cadet, what abilities do you have and why do you want to see him? I know that you are kind-hearted, honest and treat others with integrity, and you are outstanding in both military skills and scientific and engineering knowledge, but in
Politically speaking, you still need to learn. To put it bluntly, you are still naive in this regard! Who doesn’t know that An Yi has never talked about politics since he entered school? Who has heard An Yi’s political views and comments on the current situation? This is yours
Your strengths are also your weaknesses. From a military point of view, you are very qualified, but which famous general have you seen from ancient times to the present who does not understand politics? An Yi, although I am your instructor, I have always treated you as my brother.
, not only me, but most of the instructors in the entire school think that you are a rare and outstanding talent, and have very high expectations for you. No one wants you to take more detours on the road of life. This is why I am looking for you today.
Reason for conversation.”
An Yi lowered his head sadly: "Thank you, instructor Liu! But what do you think I should do?"
Liu Sitong patted him on the shoulder: "You don't need to do anything, but you need to think calmly. Although you are usually optimistic and humorous, and you never seem to be sad, I know that this is not the case at all in your heart. From the time you were at the construction site of the Martyrs' Tomb
When you started working like crazy, I could tell that something had touched your heart. Otherwise, no normal person would torture himself like this, and the torture lasted for ten days! Fortunately, consultant Liushenkov happened to show up.
, which relieves your pressure. I support you learning shooting and playing the piano from him after you come back. Just tell your superiors that your knowledge is far ahead of your classmates at the same time. Captain Yang is also on this point.
I agree, but he doesn't know that you are depressed. It's not bad. You have perfected your marksmanship. I'm not interested in how you play the piano, but I know that no one in the military academy can match your marksmanship.
You just don’t want to be famous and deliberately hide it. In every shooting assessment or competition, you set your score at the level of third to fifth place. Don’t think I don’t know. Not everyone can shoot three out of fifteen shots.
The distribution and shape of the bullet holes in the target are all the same, but you can do it. Don't think that you are smart and others are stupid. Not many people know this, but I am not the only one. It's just that everyone respects you and doesn't want to tell it."
An Yi sighed in shame: "Sir, you are right. Many times I always thought I was smart, but soon I found out that I was stupid, so I kept thinking about it. Sometimes I felt guilty and confused."
"I understand how you feel, because... I am the same as you." Liu Sitong smiled bitterly, took out an old-fashioned pocket watch, opened it, took a look at it, and then put it back in his pocket:
"Okay, we can discuss this matter slowly in the future, but there is no time now. Your master Liushenkov is leaving Guangzhou, all because of the 'Zhongshan Ship' incident. They took the eight-hour flight at night
He ordered a boat to return home. At the moment, he was attending a farewell symposium held by the school on behalf of the evacuated instructors on behalf of the advisory group. Other advisers were also attending a farewell meeting held by senior officials at the Central Party Headquarters. He had just been watching from the balcony of the school headquarters for a while.
For your training, he entrusted me to give you his accordion, and told me through the translator that you were his best student and best friend. He was proud of you, and said that you would definitely become an outstanding general in the future.
I asked him why he didn't hand it over to you in person, and he said there was no need, as friends often don't need words to express their feelings."
An Yi looked at the school headquarters in surprise: "Is he gone?"
"It's almost time. We're leaving in ten minutes. It's a boat sent by the party. You can go to the school gate and wait for him before you have time to meet him... Hey! What are you running for, kid? You're going in the wrong direction..."
An Yi quickly ran back to his barracks, put down his gun, pushed away the brothers who were surrounding his bed and carefully admired the beautiful accordion, grabbed the accordion, turned around and ran, and disappeared after a few turns under the surprised gaze of the brothers.
As soon as An Yi ran to the school gate, he saw Liu Shenkov, who was 1.83 meters tall, and another infantry consultant saying goodbye to a group of school officials on the pier. An anxious An Yi shouted loudly to the officer on duty who tried to stop him at the school gate.
He shouted: "Lao Xie, get out of your way, or I will kill you and break up our relationship with you!"
Lao Xie was stunned for a moment. An Yi had already passed by him like a gust of wind. He could only shake his head and cursed in a low voice: "You stupid Xiao Yi, you took a shot today..."
"Old Liu..."
When Liushenkov heard the familiar call, he immediately raised his head and saw An Yi running quickly carrying the accordion he had given him. He said sorry to the people around him, strode forward to greet him, stopped and bent down.
In front of the panting An Yi, he raised his arms and said, "You don't like my gift?"
"It's not... grandma's old Liu, leaving... without even saying hello..."
An Yi, who was sweating profusely, took a big breath and wiped the sweat off his face. He didn't care about the instructors from the school who came around: "Old Liu, you promised me that you would write a new shooting training book with me."
Textbook, but you are leaving now, who should I ask if I have any questions in the future?"
The translator faithfully conveyed An Yi's words. Liushenkov smiled helplessly and pointed to his head: "You have emptied all the knowledge in me. You will definitely be able to write a better book yourself."
Textbook, I believe in your ability. There is a saying in China that there is no banquet that lasts forever. Even if I don’t leave today, I will leave tomorrow. You know I have a wife and children. I haven’t seen them in two years.
, and my comrades-in-arms, I miss them. My friend, you are a very good soldier and your only friend in China. I will miss you. I will tell you every happiness between us when I go back.
My wives and friends, let them share it with me, and bless you!"
Lyushenkov strode forward and gave An Yi a solid bear hug, regardless of the sweat dripping down his body.
An Yi was so moved that he couldn't speak. He watched silently as Lyushenkov and his companions boarded the ship surrounded by several staff members, then turned around and waved goodbye to many military academy officers who were seeing them off.
When Lyushenkov waved to An Yi at the end, he was surprised to see that An Yi had jumped onto the huge stone pier on the shore, slowly put the accordion on his back and opened the fixed leather buckle, and the beautiful, heroic and sad strange music instantly filled the air.
Quartet.
"Lao Liu, isn't your grandma laughing at me for not being able to sing? Let me tell you, it's not that I can't sing, but that I don't want to sing. I'm going to sing it for you today..."
The smooth and melodious accompaniment sounded louder, and An Yi's singing also sounded: "That morning, when I woke up from my dream, ah, goodbye, my friend, goodbye, goodbye, that morning, when I woke up from my dream, the invaders broke in
My hometown…”
An Yi's sonorous and heroic baritone, accompanied by the accordion, spread across the river, spread throughout the pier, and echoed for a long time on the wide grass embankment of the river bank. Everyone looked at him in great surprise, listening quietly to this sound that they had never heard before.
After passing the moving music, I was gradually moved by the deep friendship in the lyrics and the tragic feeling of the hero gone and never coming back.
"My God... His voice is so beautiful and he can sing beautiful tunes. It's unbelievable... Gava, did you teach it to him?"
Vasily next to Lyushenkov asked in surprise.
The steamer slowly left the shore, and An Yi's singing could not be heard. Liu Shenkov tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, and stared at An Yi standing on the stone pier with a pair of blue eyes:
"No, Vasily, I didn't teach this piece. It's also the first time I've heard it... It's great! All his mistakes in playing techniques have disappeared, and his level will rise to a new level from now on.
...Especially his soul, I can hear it... Goodbye, my friend, I will always bless you..."
"...If I die in battle, you must bury me...Every time people pass by here, they say what a beautiful flower..."