On Sunday, soldiers could go out in groups. On the beach of Lushun's Nanshan Bathing Ground sat five young marines. They were Zhao Bowen, Zhao Chunyang, Guo Zhensheng, Fu Jianzhong, and Ah Hui. They sat on the pebbles that had been washed clean by the waves and looked at the endless sea. The blue water was turbulent. The waves crashed against the rocks, making loud noises. Water splashed everywhere.
Zhao Chunyang wasn't very tall. He had a small red mole on his face, and his face was pale. She had a pair of small, slender eyes that always carried a thoughtful look. He was sitting sideways on a pebble, holding two pebbles in one hand, which rattled like handballs. He said slowly,"I think we're unlucky." The class monitor did not have any ideas. Zhu Changfu was full of tricks and had to be more careful. We're all high school students. We don't even want to study anymore. However, we can't do anything if we don't meet a good person. Therefore, we must be careful.”
Ah Hui, Guo Zhensheng, and Fu Jianzhong were all very innocent. When they were in school, their minds were filled with books. They had never considered the relationships between classmates. After joining the army, it was also you who did what you did and me who did what I did. There was no such thing as having designs on each other in their minds. After hearing Zhao Chunyang's words, they felt that there seemed to be a problem. However, what problem? How did Zhu Changfu and the others react? They did not know, so they did not say anything. Their eyes were still looking at the sea.
Zhao Bowen said," It seems that they might have made some moves. Yesterday, Chen Hongquan talked to me and said that Zhu Changfu had looked for him and asked him to support the class monitor's work more. I don't know what he meant. We're all from the northeast. It doesn't seem like a big deal to fall in love with each other, just like us. The problem was what to do together. They had to be united and not split up. Right now, we have to be more careful and vigilant. But don't panic. If we walk the right path, they won't do anything. We need to unite them."
"You can't have the heart to harm others, but you can't be without the heart to guard against others. According to my observation, Zhu Changfu is playing tricks and forming cliques in class. This is very dangerous. But the key was the higher-ups, the leaders. Zhao Bowen, you're a member of the team and are better than us. You have to use your qualifications to get in touch with the leaders and reflect on our situation so that the leaders can understand us. As long as the leaders understand us, we are not afraid of anyone playing tricks.”Zhao Chunyang said as he looked at Zhao Bowen with his small eyes.
"That's fine, that's fine. We can always get in touch with the leaders during the activities of the regiment.”Zhao Bowen said,
Zhao Chunyang's small eyes turned to Ah Hui." These few days, I'll be learning the internal affairs regulations and military rules. You can represent us and write a letter of guarantee or a letter of determination. Let the leaders understand us."
When he was studying in school, every time he participated in a battle, his class would always ask Tang Xiangrong to write a letter of guarantee. He wrote quickly and well, with great momentum and inspiring spirit. Now, all five of them had asked Ah Hui to write for them, and Ah Hui gladly accepted them. On the way back to the barracks, he thought to himself that Zhao Chunyang was not simple. He was just a soldier, and he did not think about anything else. He thought about everyone and the relationships between people. He was intelligent and resourceful. He was comparable to Zhuge Liang.
The five Tang soldiers stopped at the top of the mountain. Zhao Bowen said," We've never seen Lushun properly before. Now, let's take a good look at it from the top of the mountain. It can be said that we have a panoramic view."”Ah Hui was the first to respond. In Ah Hui's heart, Lushun was a mysterious place. Lushun was the main battlefield of the 1894 - 1895 War and the Russo-Japanese War. Ah Hui looked at the military port at the tip of the island with a strange feeling. Lao She said in the article "Mountain City of Jinan" that "the hill surrounded Jinan from all sides, only opening an opening in the east". Lushun was the same. The White Tower stood tall in the north, which was the White Jade Mountain. To the east was the White Silver Mountain, to the west was the Old Iron Mountain, and to the south was the Golden Mountain. Surrounded by mountains. Between the Golden Mountain and Old Iron Mountain in the south, there was an opening that was two to three hundred meters wide, which was the sea entrance of Lushunkou.
"In such a dangerous place, how did the Japanese get in?”Guo Zhensheng looked at the towering White Jade Mountain Pagoda and said in puzzlement. She looked at Ah Hui with her slender eyes. He knew that Ah Hui was interested in history.
"During the 1894 - 1895 War and the Russo-Japanese War, Japan captured Lushun twice. During the 1894 - 1895 War, Japan took Dashanyan as its commander. On October 24, 1894, they landed at Huayuankou in Dalian. The Qing army did not resist. Huayuankou fell and Jinzhou was in danger. On November 6, the Japanese army invaded Jinzhou. Xu Bangdao, the general of the Qing army in Lushun, went to resist the enemy. He was outnumbered and returned to Lushun. On November 18, the Japanese attacked Lushun. Gong Zhaoyu, the commander of the Qing army guarding Lushun's naval fortress, fled to Taizhou. Xu Bangdao was alone against the enemy. He was outnumbered and defeated. On the 22nd, Lushun fell into enemy hands. Later on, the Qing government was forced to sign the "treaty of Shimanseki", ceding Taiwan's Penghu and Liaodong Peninsula, including Lushun, to Japan. The Russian Tsar had even greater ambitions to invade China. After the Opium War, the Tsar forced the Qing government to sign an unequal treaty and occupied more than 1.5 million square kilometers of land in China. After the signing of the treaty, it colluded with France and Germany to force Japan to return to the Liaodong Peninsula. Japan demanded 30 million taels of silver. Then, the Tsar forced the Qing government to sign the Luda Land Leasing Agreement and the Renewed Luda Land Leasing Agreement, and arbitrarily changed the leasehold to "Guandong Province." Not only did the Liaodong Peninsula completely fall into the hands of Russia, but the entire northeast also became the sphere of influence of Russia.
Japan and Russia had a serious conflict over the northeast. The Japanese thought that the Liaodong Peninsula they had conquered was occupied by Russia and were very unconvinced. On February 6, 1904, the Japanese army suddenly attacked the Russian fleet at Lushunkou, and the Russo-Japanese War broke out. In January 1905, the Russian army surrendered at Lushun, and Japan occupied Lushun again.”
"Aiya! You're really something. Why are you so familiar with history? That was great." Before Ah Hui could finish, Fu Jianzhong shouted.
" Not bad. I think you can be a historian in the future," Zhao Chunyang praised.
Ah Hui was a little embarrassed. She blushed and said," What family? I don't want to be famous and have a family. I just want to be a good soldier. I can't forget about learning history, being bullied by foreigners, and being bullied by the Chinese.”
"That's still practical. I really can't think of anything else. If I don't come out, I won't be able to say what I'll do in university in the future. Soldiers are the guardians of the country. Places like Lushun used to be occupied by foreign countries. Today, it is our honor to guard them.”Zhao Bowen puffed out his chest proudly.
The five recruits talked and laughed as they walked up the mountain. After crossing Nanshan Hill was their barracks. When they were about to reach the barracks, they saw Yuan Fusen leading a few soldiers from the northeast, walking over from the east side of the brigade headquarters. No one knew what they were going to do.
After eight o'clock in the evening, the roll call was late. With the district team as the unit, the district captain would summarize the day's situation. Before the district captain arrived, the other classes had already gathered in the meeting room. However, because the district captain had not arrived, the roll call did not officially begin. Therefore, although they stood in an orderly manner, their individual actions were relatively casual. Some talked, some laughed.
There was a lamp hanging over Ah Hui's head, but there was no light bulb. He raised his left hand and touched the lamp head. Before 1958, there was no electricity in Hebei's rural areas. When Ah Hui was in the army, Luanxian No.1 Middle School had just pulled the wires and was about to turn on the lights. However, when Ah Hui left as a soldier, the lights had not been turned on. There were electric lights in the training group, but Ah Hui was not familiar with them. He stood up and raised one hand to grab the lamp head. However, he did not realize that it was an electric lamp and was dangerous. He was just playing with it. He inadvertently put his thumb into the lamp head. Just as he felt something sticky inside, he suddenly fell flat on the ground with an indescribable speed. " Who pushed me?" Ah Hui got up to look for someone. However, he quickly concluded that it was not done by human power. No one had that much power. He then realized that he had touched the lamp head. How could touching the lamp head be like this?
When the district leaders and class monitors arrived, everyone automatically became serious. The district captain stood in front and announced the roll call. Everyone stood at attention. The district captain said," At ease " and began to speak. The district captain summarized the day's situation and said that everyone had performed well. He praised the soldiers of the fourth squad for using their break time to clean the washrooms and toilets. He said," The soldiers of the fourth squad are not afraid of being dirty or tired. They have done good deeds for everyone and are worthy of praise. Our army is a revolutionary army, working for the interests of the people. As long as the people need it, we must take the initiative to do it. This was a good performance and a good style. The comrades of Class 4 are worthy of praise and learning."
It turned out that when Ah Hui was writing the letter of determination, Zhao Chunyang found that the washroom and toilet were too dirty, so he called Zhao Bowen, Guo Zhensheng, and Fu Jianzhong to clean it up. This made the messy place look new.
What was interesting was that the district captain's praise did not only refer to Zhao Chunyang and the other four soldiers, but to the fourth class, which made the class leader, Yuan Fusen, especially happy. He felt honored to be the class monitor. He then felt that it was wrong to divide his class into Northeast soldiers and Tang soldiers. He was the class monitor, and the soldiers in the fourth class were all his soldiers. Everyone should be closely united and have a good relationship.
Before going to bed, everyone started discussing Ah Hui's sudden fall. What happened? Why did he fall so suddenly?
"I don't know. My left hand touched the lamp head, and my thumb felt a little sticky.”
"What shoes are you wearing?" Liang Huaicheng said. He had worked as an technician in the factory in Dalian.
"This pair of shoes." Ah Hui lifted her foot. He was wearing black anti-fur shoes with thick rubber soles.
"That's enough. That's an electric shock. You are lucky, your shoes saved you, they are insulated. Thank you for this pair of shoes."
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