Chapter Nineteenth: The Spirit of Huangpu Lives On

  For Li Zhi Long's sudden appearance, everyone was still quite different, but from the sparkle in Li Zhi Long's eyes, there were many people who were happy for him.

  Chiang Kai-shek was also very happy today and did not show any displeasure to Li Zhi-long, even nodding at him. This is a good sign.

  In the courtyard, there were more than 20 large tables set up. On each table, there were over a dozen people and on each table, there was a big bowl of noodles, which was the result of everyone's joint labor.

  Chiang Kai-shek and a few others sat at one table in the first row, while the rest were seated relatively casually, especially Guan Linzheng who surprisingly sat together with Wang Yaowu.

  As for Liu Yuan, he didn't eat noodles with everyone, but instead performed a play with Li Zhilong for everyone, which hasn't happened in a long time.

  This time, Liu Yuan plays a Nationalist Party officer, wearing the Nationalist Party uniform, with medals on his chest, so handsome that he won the screams of the school sisters as soon as he came on stage. As for Li Zhilong playing CP's army, he actually held a Hanyang rifle in his hand, and even had a large knife and spear on the flag of the little soldier next to him.

  Chiang Kai-shek was still very displeased with Li Zongren's getup, but when he saw Nanjing fall and the massacre begin, he was truly stunned. He had never imagined that one day a country would carry out an inhumane slaughter of China.

  But this country is still Japan. Chiang Kai-shek had studied in Japan before, and he was very clear about Japan's strength, even with a kind of inner fear.

  But today Liu Yuan and Li Zhi Long's performance, not only for Chiang Kai-shek, but also sounded the alarm for all those who are doing it.

  Finally, when the KMT and CPC cooperated to resist Japan, and Li Zhilong sacrificed himself to cover Liu Yuan's escape, many people shed tears.

  The play also ends with Liu Yuan's sacrifice, after his death, his eyes cannot be closed, and he can only look at the women in front of him being raped by Japanese soldiers and cry.

  The last play was over in the woman's tears, many people threw bowls of noodles they had just eaten onto the heads of Japanese officers, and innocent actors were covered with noodles on their heads.

  Chiang Kai-shek also understood the meaning of Liu Yuan's words at this time, stood up and said, "What did we Northern Expedition for? It was for national unification, it was for winning national independence. However, I recently heard that some of my students have started to degenerate, going to brothels and harming the people."

  I think if you continue like this, one day the country will end up like in Liu Yuan and Li Zidong's play, where the Japanese will first kill you guys and then rape your women, so don't you know what to do now?

  "Got it!" The voice was loud and clear, as the post-80s generation, known for being the most united, talented and responsible, because this generation has its own legend.

  "Alright, today is our internal activity at the Whampoa Military Academy. Let's not be so serious and have something to eat together while chatting. I know why you all came to see me - aren't you here to fight? Go ahead and fight, otherwise one day when the wolf comes, we won't even have the strength to fight against it." Chiang Kai-shek continued.

  Just as Chiang Kai-shek was speaking to the crowd, Liu Yuan disappeared with several bowls of noodles. He sent noodles to the soldiers, as many as he could, and personally handed them over to everyone. The soldiers held the noodles given by Liu Yuan, and their eyes were about to shed tears.

  Many CPs also took the opportunity to visit the Third Division, looked at the quality of the soldiers of the Third Division, and finally sighed, Commander Hua is indeed a capable person. This is still the division commander, if it were the army commander or the group army commander, or the corps commander, how many excellent soldiers can he lead?

  Moreover, in the command room, they could see a large number of professional combat staff officers making deductions on maps and sand tables, and it was precisely the deduction of the Northern Expedition War that made many of these Whampoa graduates blush.

  As for the special forces, they are not to be underestimated. Wang Erzuo still wanted to blend in, after all, he had mixed with Liu Yuan at Huangpu before, but ended up not even knowing how he was knocked out.

  It wasn't until nightfall that the crowd silently dispersed, and for the first time Chiang Kai-shek did not give a speech to everyone, but instead bowed to all including Liu Yuan.

  Before leaving, he said only one sentence: "The country is relying on you."

  The second and third year students were reluctant to leave, knowing that the seniors would definitely have activities. As a result, they guessed correctly. The seniors lit a bonfire in the empty space. The first-year seniors sat in the middle, while the second and third years could only spread outwards, and the girls did the same.

  Liu Yuan spoke first, "I still remember when I first entered Huangpu, everyone was fooling around, then we were punished by the teacher to run around the playground, and then everyone spent a night on the playground."

  Liu Yuan suddenly stopped after finishing his speech.

  Hu Zongnan was puzzled, "Fu Guo, why didn't you say anything?"

  "Hasn't Xu Ke recited his poem yet? Every time it gets to this point, Xu Ke always has to recite a poem. Everyone quiet down and listen to Xu Ke's poem." Liu Yuan sat there, perking up his ears, as if he was really listening.

  Liu Yuan's words left everyone in a state of sorrow, for since the business group, more and more classmates from Huangpu have passed away, and due to various reasons, there are fewer and fewer people who can sit here.

  This group of people obviously accepted Li Zhilong, and Li Zhilong sat not far from Liu Yuan, nodding his head and saying, "In the past, Chen Gong would often make jokes. Now, there isn't even anyone to tell a joke."

  Li Zhi Long didn't say anything, but when he did, many of his classmates who had a good relationship with him were shocked and sighed, "He Jie Han also exchanged letters back and forth, being in a foreign country is not the same as being at home."

  Liu Yuan also nodded, "Everyone knows that we Huangpu promote quickly, but who of them sees our comrades dying under the enemy's guns, who sees the difficulties of our classmates in a foreign land? We are the product of cooperation between two parties, and our parents' relationship is not good. As their sons, we also suffer."

  "We may have suffered some grievances, but what about those brothers who died? In Huangpu, how many of our brothers are buried inside? We must work hard, whether it's the Communist Party or the Nationalist Party, we must remember that first and foremost, we are Huangpu soldiers. Our existence is for the country's prosperity, we are the disciples of the Premier." Jiang Xianyun stood up.

  "Right, since we are still alive, we must prepare to continue fighting, and I believe my gun will not point at my own brother." Huang Wei was nicknamed "fool" by his classmates, but he had a very human touch.

  Wang Erzhuo smiled and said, "Foolish kid, today everyone present is a good brother, but those who can come but don't come, it's really hard to say, who knows one day they might not only shoot at their own people, but also fire cannons."

  "Cut it out, you fool! Those unfeeling guys, are you afraid of them? You don't know what level they're at. Almost all the capable ones from Huangpu's first batch are here, and those who aren't are abroad. When the time comes, they won't care about relationships, so neither should you. It's just a lesson." Guan Linzheng scolded Zhou Shidi, quarreling with him nonstop, but Zhou Shidi wasn't annoyed and kept talking about Guan Linzheng's foolishness in school.

  Moreover, apart from a few special people, the majority of the remaining three periods have never thought that their seniors graduated earlier than them but bear such great pressure, no wonder they progress so fast.

  "Let's not talk about these annoying things. As the Tang Dynasty poet said, 'A thousand sails pass by the boat sideways, and a million trees bloom in front of the sick tree.' Although it's difficult now, the future prospects are very good. As long as we work hard, everything will be fine."

  The singing gradually rose, "Raging waves surge forward, party flags fluttering, this is the revolutionary Whampoa..."