Volume 1: Xifengkou Anti-War! Chapter 22: Commissioner Escort!

  That night, Chiang Kai-shek summoned Generals Zhao Dengyu and Song Zheyuan to inform them that Zhang Xinghan would be sent to the Central Army Academy in Nanjing for further study.

  After hearing this news, General Song Zheyuan didn't care much. After all, Zhang Xinghan was just an ordinary soldier and not very important to the 129th Division.

  General Zhao Dengyu was indeed overjoyed, for he had always admired Zhang Xinghan and his love for talent was evident in every word. Now that Director Chiang personally recommended him to enter the Nanjing Army Military Academy, what an honor it was!

  Once you've learned and graduated, you'll naturally be reused, from then on you'll soar to great heights, your future prospects will be boundless.

  So both of them agreed readily.

  ………….

  Zhang Xinghan's temporary residence.

  General Zhao Dengyu's face lit up with joy as he said to Zhang Xinghan: "Xinghan, today the chairman of the committee has placed great importance on you and allowed you to enter the Nanjing Military Academy. He wants to cultivate you well. After you go there, you must study diligently. In the future, make greater contributions to the country and the nation. Remember these two sentences: If you are a soldier, you must fight for national independence and defend the integrity of the country's territory until your last breath, exhausting every last drop of blood. If you are an official, you must be diligent in performing your duties, protecting the people of the region, and bringing benefits to the people."

  "Ah! Please rest assured, sir! I will never forget your teachings and will study hard to serve the country in the future. As a Chinese man, I should be self-disciplined and strive for the revival of the Chinese nation at all times." Zhang Xinghan said solemnly.

  "Good! You're indeed a fine son of China! Get some rest now! Tomorrow at dawn, I'll be returning to the front lines and won't be able to see you off. Perhaps we'll meet again someday." General Zhao Dengyu said with a rather solemn expression.

  "After graduation, I wish to return to the army and fight side by side with you, defend our home and country!" Zhang Xinghan said with true feelings.

  "As long as the Japanese invaders' ambition to encroach on China does not die, a great war between China and Japan will inevitably break out sooner or later. As a soldier, it is not important where I am, as long as I can fulfill my duty as a soldier." General Zhao Dengyu's words were full of meaning.

  "Yes! I understand!" Zhang Xinghan stood up straight and saluted loudly.

  Zhao Dengyu patted Zhang Xinghan's shoulder and immediately walked into his bedroom with a big laugh.

  The next morning, General Song Zheyuan bid farewell to Chairman Chiang along with General Zhao Dengyu and others, returning to the Great Wall front line.

  Zhang Xinghan went to the station, accompanied by Chairman Chiang and others to see off General Zhao Dengyu and others. At this time, Zhang Xinghan's mood was quite heavy, because he knew that today they would part ways, and in the future, there might be no chance to meet again. Later, during the July 7th Incident and the Battle of Lugou Bridge, General Zhao Dengyu would certainly die a heroic death for his country.

  Zhang Xinghan was worried and confused at this time. He didn't know if he would have the ability to save this famous anti-Japanese general, national hero, when the time came.

  "Ah, Xing Han!" Chairman Chiang looked at Zhang Xinghan who was standing alone with his head bowed and not speaking, leaning on his cane, slowly walking over.

  "Principal!" Zhang Xinghan hastily stood up straight and saluted, changing his words. He knew that Director Chiang liked his students to call him "principal", after all, a teacher is like a kind father, and calling him this way made it sound more intimate.

  As expected, Chairman Chiang was delighted to hear Zhang Xinghan change his words and call himself the principal, and he couldn't help but smile: "Hmm! Very good! Now you have some of the spirit of my Whampoa students!"

  "Thank you for the compliment, Principal!" Zhang Xing said calmly.

  "General He! You make arrangements for Xinghan to be sent to the Nanjing Army Officer School." Chairman Chiang turned to his aide-de-camp, Wang Shih-He.

  "Yes!" The king's guard captain looked at Zhang Xinghan with deep meaning, then turned around and left in big strides.

  "Xing Han, I'm busy with affairs, it's not convenient for me to go to Nanjing with you. You wait here, someone will come to take you to Nanjing." Chairman Chiang said warmly to Zhang Xinghan after seeing off his son, Chiang Wei-kuo.

  "Yes! I understand!" Zhang Xinghan stood up straight and saluted with a loud "crack".

  ……

  Two days later, Zhang Xinghan finally received the news of being picked up to go to Nanjing Military Academy. Prior to this, Chairman Chiang had already returned to Nanjing with his son and others.

  "Excuse me, is this Zhang Xinghan's room?" Just then, a sweet and pleasant voice sounded from behind him as he was packing his luggage.

  Zhang Xinghan turned his head around when he heard the sound, and when he saw the person behind him, he couldn't help but feel a little frightened, because at this moment standing in his own room was a young and beautiful girl.

  To be precise, it was a young female officer, and Zhang Xinghan was surprised to see her wearing a military uniform. He looked at the young and beautiful female officer in front of him, who seemed to be around twenty years old, with clear eyebrows and eyes, slender figure, and a typical beauty.

  Seeing Zhang Xinghan sizing her up, the female officer furrowed her brow and asked somewhat impatiently, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Zhang Xinghan?" However, in her heart, she was momentarily scornful of Zhang Xinghan along with her own superior, Da Da. She was a graduate of Fudan University in Shanghai, majoring in Communications, and her foster father was the infamous Du Yuesheng, a big shot in Shanghai.

  Under Du Yuesheng's care, after graduating from Fudan University, she was sent to work at the Central Statistics Investigation Bureau. Originally, she shouldn't have appeared in Baoding, but when she heard that this mission was to escort anti-Japanese hero Zhang Xinghan to Beijing for school, she, who had admired heroes since childhood, wanted to catch a glimpse of the array of anti-Japanese heroes publicized in the newspapers.

  So I immediately volunteered and through connections, intercepted this supposedly beautiful errand.

  However, after seeing Zhang Xinghan, just as Zhang Xinghan had just turned around, her heart rippled slightly, and she secretly sighed, indeed a young hero, and also a handsome one.

  But then Zhang Xinghan looked at himself with a dazed and infatuated gaze, causing his position in his own heart to plummet. Of course, this dazed and infatuated gaze was what she thought of herself.

  Zhang Xinghan knew what the female officer in front of him was thinking, he was just a little surprised, plus this female officer looked really beautiful, probably any man would take a second look?

  Upon hearing her question, Zhang Xinghan immediately adjusted his mindset and said loudly: "I am Private Zhang Xinghan of the 217th Regiment, 109th Brigade, 37th Division, 29th Army of the National Revolutionary Army! Who are you?"

  "You don't need to know who I am. All you need to know is that I've been ordered by my superiors to escort you into the capital! Please follow me." The female military officer said coldly.

  "Oh! What should I call you then?" Zhang Xinghan nodded and asked casually.

  "Du Qianxue!" The female officer replied coldly and immediately turned around to lead the way out of the room.

  "Du Qianxue," Zhang Xinghan muttered under his breath, and then he also hastily followed them out.

  Waaaah! Got bombed at least three times today! Brothers, provide fire support! Thank you in advance!