Chapter 1: New Recruit Training Camp

  Because Liu Zhenfeng and several others were students who had just graduated from university, as soon as they entered the army, the instructor at the new recruit training camp asked them: "You are all university graduates, you can find a good job in society, why do you still want to come over and be soldiers? Don't you know that being a soldier is very hard?"

  "Report, sir!" Liu Zhenfeng said loudly. "We know that being a soldier is hard work, but now the country is in a time of great turmoil. The three northeastern provinces, Rehe, Chahar, and eastern Hebei have all fallen into the hands of the Japanese devils. As children of China, I feel extreme pain in my heart. Our ancestral lands are being occupied by the little Japanese one piece at a time, and I am not resigned to it, sir! So we must take up our guns and go to the front lines to fight the devils to the death and recover our lost territory!"

  "Hmm, well said. However, young people, just having a passion is not enough, you are educated individuals after all, can't you serve the country in other professions? Why must you join the army?" The instructor seemed to look down on these intellectuals.

  "If all the countries are destroyed, where can we go to work? Who will we work for? Are we going to work for those Japanese people?" Jiang Cheng said with some anger, after all, being despised is not a pleasant feeling.

  "Fight against Japan? It seems our country is not ready for this yet?" The instructor said.

  "It's only a matter of time, we joined the army to defend our homes and country, and drive out those little Japanese invaders." Liu Zhenfeng said calmly.

  The instructor nodded and said, "Good, you have spirit. No matter if you are literati or not, we want soldiers like you! However, since you are educated people, it's not suitable for you to be exhausted from training every day. How about this? I'll assign you to do clerical work. Although you still need to train every day, the intensity will be much lower compared to others."

  "But we want to fight, don't we?" Lin Gang said anxiously. After all, his hometown had been occupied by the devils, and he was eager to pick up his gun and fight back to his hometown.

  "So that's how it is, hmm, let me think." Anyway, the five of them are really rare talents, and back then, those literati were all elegant rascals. Ah, I said something wrong, what am I even saying? Is there anyone who talks about themselves like this? Hehe.

  "Alright, you'll first train in the troops and work as clerks. In half a month's time, it will be the enrollment day for Nanjing Central Military Academy. I'll recommend you to sign up then, and prepare to take the military academy exam. Who knows, maybe one day you'll even lead troops into battle."

  "Officer, I'd like to ask, is the Whampoa Military Academy still recruiting? I'm thinking of taking the entrance exam." Liu Zhenfeng asked with some pretence of ignorance.

  "Hmm, good kid wants to take the Huangpu exam, unfortunately, the Huangpu Military Academy is no longer recruiting students. Even I couldn't get in back then. However, don't say that, many high-ranking officers have graduated from Huangpu Military Academy. Hmm, kid, your idea is good, but unfortunately, you were born ten years too late, otherwise, the gates of Huangpu would definitely be open for you." The instructor patted Liu Zhenfeng's shoulder and said.

  "Heh heh, um, officer, can I still ask you a question?" Liu Zhenfeng said with feigned timidity.

  "Come on, be a man, don't be like a girl, it looks awkward. You're a soldier now, a soldier should have the demeanor of a soldier, and speak with the boldness of a soldier. Speak louder, it's okay." The officer said with a smile.

  "Then I'll ask!" Liu Zhenfeng raised his voice and said: "Report to the superior, we still don't know your mother's surname?"

  "What?" The officer stared at him with wide eyes, "What did you say?"

  "Reporting officer, just now I said, we still don't know your mother's surname. What's wrong?"

  "How's your mother? What's up?" The officer's face looked somewhat out of place.

  What's with that? Who asked your mom? I'm asking you what your surname is, can't always be like this without even a surname and just being called Officer or Instructor. Liu Zhenfeng thought to himself in frustration.

  "Officer, I didn't ask about your mother, I was asking you, what's your surname? You must have misheard earlier." Liu Zhenfeng said with an innocent face.

  "Did I hear that wrong? That's impossible, right? Wait, did you guys just now hear clearly, was he asking about my mom or my name?" This guy was being driven dizzy by Liu Zhenfeng.

  Jiang Cheng and the others, even though they had just clearly heard Liu Zhenfeng asking about his mother, were holding back their laughter and said to the superior: "Reporting to the superior, earlier Liu Zhenfeng was asking for your surname."

  "Oh, really? Then I must have been deaf earlier." The instructor said with a heavy slap on his own head.

  The instructor said with some embarrassment: "I've been chatting with you for half a day, and I haven't even introduced myself yet. This is really my mistake. Hello, I'm your instructor, my surname is Jin, just call me Instructor Jin."

  "Yes, Instructor Jin!" They immediately stood at attention and saluted.

  In the following days, they were subjected to arduous training every day. As clerks, they also had to do some work such as collecting files and so on. However, Instructor Kim took good care of them.

  By mid-July, the enrollment work of Nanjing Central Army Officer School had begun, and several instructors helped them sign up. After signing up, Instructor Jin brought some review materials and said: "Study hard, you must pass the exam, don't disappoint my expectations for you! You are all graduates of National Fudan University, if you can't even pass the military academy, I'll tell you, don't think about being a clerk here, go down to the troops, be a soldier who may lose his life at any time!"

  "Yes!" Jiang Cheng and the other three said solemnly: "Officer Jin, please rest assured, we will definitely pass the military school entrance exam and absolutely won't make you lose face."

  The instructor was delighted to see the four of them so confident, but it seemed that one person had nothing to say. What was he doing?

  The instructor cast his eyes on Liu Zhenfeng and asked, "Liu Zhenfeng, why aren't you saying anything? Don't you have confidence in getting into the military academy?"

  Liu Zhenfeng asked: "Instructor, is what you said earlier true? If we can't get into military school, will we become ordinary soldiers who can go to the front lines and fight?"

  "Yes, what I said is true, and I don't care if you are university students or not."

  "Really! Too good, too good!" Liu Zhenfeng's mood was extremely excited. Why? Because when the little soldier can freely fight against the enemy on the front line, that is his dream come true.

  The instructor, Jin, looked at him like a monster, he simply couldn't believe that there was still someone who wanted to be a soldier and risk his life. This guy was simply an oddball. However, after half a month of contact, Instructor Jin also discovered that this young man was actually material for a general. His way of thinking was different from others, his ideas were quite advanced, somewhat similar to the German instructors' way of thinking, but yet stronger. What's going on here? The German army, after all, is the strongest in the world. Think about the last World War, Germany was fighting on two fronts and still had the upper hand at the beginning of the war. Looking around the world, there isn't a single country that can fight on two fronts yet. No way, this kid needs to be warned, if he doesn't get into military school, China will lose a rising star general!

  "Don't be so smug, those few won't make it to become soldiers, if you can't make it either, just come and be my orderly, doing some odd jobs every day is fine, or go be a cook, cooking meals isn't bad either." Instructor Jin said with a sly tone.

  "Why? Why?! I protest, I protest!" Liu Zhenfeng shouted. "Why can others who didn't pass the exam go be ordinary soldiers, but if I don't pass, I have to be a logistics soldier or a cook?! I protest!"

  "You protest, it's useless. I'm telling you, if you really can't get in, I'll directly blow your brains out!" Instructor Jin said viciously. Liu Zhenfeng suddenly felt a chill run down his spine from the back of his neck. This is too cruel! If I don't get in, you'll blow my brains out? Wouldn't that be a wrongful death? No way, absolutely not. I must get in no matter what. Hmm, I definitely can't die under our own people's guns before even stepping onto the battlefield or killing a single little devil."

  Seeing Liu Zhenfeng's somewhat fearful appearance, this perverted instructor felt very satisfied. He said to them with a complacent air: "I have confidence in you, the great cause of maintaining world peace is now entrusted to you!"

  Wow! Boss, you're so talented, you can even speak that beggar's classic lines, I really admire you!

  "I'm telling you, Liu Zhenfeng, what's the point of doing things like this? Hey, what's with that look in your eyes, have you got it wrong? And you're drooling, you're ruining the image of a soldier, I'm really worried that if you become a general in the future, you'll lead a whole group of people astray!" Captain Jin thought that having a soldier like Liu Zhenfeng was simply too embarrassing, he shook his head and didn't even want to look at him.

  Liu Zhenfeng and Jiang Cheng started reviewing the exam materials, feeling very confident about this military school exam. But, come on, these questions are so simple, the knowledge required is only at the level of my junior high school days in my previous life! This is an insult to Liu Zhenfeng's intelligence, he strongly despises such an exam! There's no technical content at all, sigh...

  The instructor, Jin, didn't let them train much or give them any other tasks during this period so that they could smoothly enter the Nanjing Central Army Officer School in early August. However, he saw Liu Zhenfeng wandering around the training ground every day, chatting idly, unlike Jiang Cheng and others who were diligently reviewing for the exam. He really wanted to go over and knock him on the head a few times, unable to understand if this guy had any brains at all. With less than half a month before the exam, he was still so lazy, did he really want to be a soldier or a cook?

  The day of the exam finally arrived, and on that day, Liu Zhenfeng and several others came to the examination hall of the Nanjing Central Army Military Academy, starting a two-day examination. During these two days of exams, Liu Zhenfeng was always the first to hand in his papers, with a speed that left people amazed. The invigilators saw him handing in his papers so quickly and could only shake their heads in dismay, naturally thinking that he was someone who couldn't pass the exam. Jiang Cheng and several others also felt sorry for him.

  After the exam, Jiang Cheng and a few others came over to comfort Liu Zhenfeng: "Xiao Ba, don't think too much about it, the exams are all done. How about this, we'll go talk to Instructor Jin and ask him not to send you to the front lines as a soldier or something like that, but instead have you do clerical work in the troops."

  "Hmm, thanks. But why are you so sure I won't pass? Liu Zhenfeng felt a bit depressed, having been in the same dorm for four years, how could these guys have so little faith in him?"

  "Actually, Xiao Ba, it's not that we don't have confidence in you. This exam was quite difficult and we all studied so hard that we're exhausted. You haven't even opened a book this whole time, how can you expect to do well? Besides, in college, every time you took an exam, you just barely passed, and each time it was thanks to the help of your brothers." Lin Gang ruthlessly exposed Liu Zhenfeng's old wounds.

  Liu Zhenfeng was speechless.

  Back at the recruit training camp, they continued to train as usual. If it weren't for this military school exam, under normal circumstances, after three months of recruit training, they would be assigned to local troops.

  The instructor was very concerned about their exam situation, and when he learned that Liu Zhenfeng was the first to hand in his paper for every exam, and did so much earlier than others, he finally couldn't help but give Liu Zhenfeng a loud slap, with a hint of resentment. Liu Zhenfeng didn't say how depressed he was, the results hadn't even come out yet, how could he be so rashly judged to fail?

  In mid-August, the results came out, and all five of Liu Zhenfeng were admitted to Nanjing Central Army Military Academy. Among them, Liu Zhenfeng's score was the highest among the examinees this time, and Jiang Cheng and others saw his score and fell over...

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  Here is the translation:

  Let me clarify something about Huangpu Military Academy. Actually, Huangpu Military Academy did not close down. The later Nanjing Central Army Officer School was actually Huangpu Military Academy. The military officer in the text thought that the school had moved to Nanjing and changed its name, so he said that Huangpu Military Academy had closed down. This is a misunderstanding. Hehe, I hope everyone will not really think that Huangpu Military Academy is no longer Huangpu Military Academy just because it was renamed Central Army Officer School.

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