Chapter 8: The Blood Oath in Front of the Martyrs' Tomb

  Wang Weiye opened his eyes and sat up in bed, stretched a lazy waist, raised his left arm to look at the Swiss Rolex watch on his wrist, and saw that the pointer was pointing to 7:35. He got dressed while re-examining the room. He hadn't expected to end up here, living in a single room with two rooms and an extra bathroom.

  Yesterday evening, Wang Weiye played with the living treasure for half a day. Under Li Gang's introduction, he got to know all his comrades in the squad and also learned the names of those ladies. Afterwards, Li Gang led him here, handed over the key to him, and told Wang Weiye that from now on, this room was his. After morning, he would arrange for his training matters.

  When Wang Weiye arrived at the cafeteria, it was already empty. Wang Weiye didn't care if there were people or not, seeing the various dishes on the big table, he picked a few of his favorite ones and started eating alone. After finishing his meal, he immediately went to find the base's affairs director to receive his equipment. Wang Weiye carried all sorts of clothes and equipment back to his own room, changed into new clothes, lit a cigarette, and headed towards the training hall.

  Li Gang saw Wang Weiye, this young master, with a cigarette in his mouth, swaggering onto the training field. He couldn't help but smile wryly to himself. In name, Wang Weiye was now a regular army officer. But from his speech and behavior, he was still a complete rustic. Moreover, he was a foul-mouthed, street-smart hoodlum. It seemed that changing his current habits wouldn't be easy. Li Gang approached him loudly saying: "Wang Weiye!"

  Wang Weiye still hasn't gotten used to military life, and when he hears the captain call him, he hastily raises his hand to greet Li Gang: "Hey, big brother."

  Li Gang was very unaccustomed to Wang Weiye's greeting, and he quickly said: "That Wang Weiye, we are in the military here, it is not allowed to call someone 'big brother', you can call me captain or shout my name, but just cannot shout 'big brother'."

  "Oh, I see, big brother... no, it's Captain Big Brother."

  Li Gang had no choice but to let Wang Weiye change his habits over the years, and this young master didn't know what he would shout out. As for this point, it could only be done slowly, and as they walked towards the training ground, Li Gang asked: "Wang Weiye, you've been a soldier for five days now, including today, but you haven't received any specialized military training. There's still a lot to learn in the future, so you need to humbly learn from your older comrades."

  "Got it, Captain." Wang Weiye was about to call him "brother", but he remembered that the captain had just told him not to call him that, so he quickly changed his words.

  Li Gang heard that Wang Weiye still couldn't change his words, so he could only sigh in his heart and ask: "Wang Weiye, I still don't understand how you ended up here. According to the usual practice in the military, you should have served for at least five years, been tested by the party organization, and received recommendations from department heads before undergoing concentrated training and assessment. But you didn't go through any of that and came straight here. Can you tell me why? I thought about it all night yesterday and still couldn't figure it out."

  Curiosity is an innate nature of human beings, especially after what Wang Weiye did last night, they were so excited that they almost didn't sleep. Today, when they saw this treasure arrive, everyone perked up their ears to listen to what Captain Li Gang had to say to this treasure. Although Captain Li Gang spoke in a low voice, some people still heard him. They immediately stopped and wanted to hear how this treasure ended up here.

  And when Wang Weiye heard Li Gang's question, the fire in his heart was stirred up again. He forgot where he was and loudly said: "Damn it, it's still those B people who are causing trouble for me. Damn it, if I had known that these B people were so unscrupulous, I would have been more ruthless when I dealt with them earlier, and I wouldn't be here now."

  Li Gang frowned again as soon as he heard Wang Weiye's foul language. But after listening for a long time, Li Gang didn't understand anything except Wang Weiye's cursing. So Li Gang had to ask again: "Hey, Wang Weiye, can you explain it in detail? I don't understand what you mean by 'heavy-handed' and what exactly did you do outside? What does this have to do with your coming here?"

  Wang Weiye's scolding voice was really too loud, and everyone who was training heard his scolding. Nobody knew what had happened to this live treasure again, so everybody gathered around.

  When Wang Weiye saw everyone gathering around, his small self-esteem was satisfied, and his personal heroic cells immediately became active. He began to talk about how he had fought bravely: "At the Hailar train station, I led 19 younger brothers and beat up a platoon leader until he was toothless. The regiment commander directly ordered us to be sent to the special forces company of the military district. But as soon as we arrived at the company, several brothers' uniforms were stolen by old soldiers who wanted to return home. Who am I? I'm someone who can cause a 7-magnitude earthquake in Harbin with just one footstep! Of course, I wouldn't stand for it, so I went to reason with them. But those sons of bitches not only refused to return our clothes but also dared to hit me. Screw their mothers! I've been leading my brothers since I was 10 years old, wielding knives on the streets, stabbing and robbing people to occupy territory. If someone dares to raise a hand against me, I'll definitely cripple him. You guys don't know, at that time those bastards were so fierce, with 50 or 60 of them beating up just one of me. But I was like a dragon entering the sea, a tiger descending from the mountain, charging into the crowd and knocking down over 20 people in less than a minute."

  When all the team members heard Wang Weiye say that he had knocked down more than 20 special forces soldiers in less than a minute, they couldn't help but take a cold breath. They were all from the special forces themselves, and those people weren't easy to deal with either.

  Wang Weiye had already said that he was on a roll and couldn't stop, spitting out stars flying across the sky: "Damn it, if it wasn't for that dog-fucking company commander firing warning shots, I guarantee you that in less than two minutes, I would have taken them all down. When everyone else didn't dare to move, I saw people lying on the ground, with knives, guns, swords, and spears scattered everywhere. I told them, if they wanted clothes, they had to leave one hand for me. They didn't say anything, which meant they agreed, so sorry, but they had to give me one hand. This big of a deal shocked the higher-ups, and helicopters started flying in one by one. Our military district commander was furious when he saw the room full of people who were either dead or alive, it was like thunder. That night, I was thrown into the detention center's solitary confinement cell. I stayed there for two days before the commander brought me to his office and told me that three people had become vegetables, over a dozen would be disabled for life, and the others were as good as dead. He pointed at my nose and said: "You little rabbit, I'm giving you two options. One is to go to prison and serve your time; two is to redeem yourself by coming here to kill people, set fires, and... you know, that thing, let you kill more old Maozi."

  The silence was terrifying, the entire training hall, everyone held their breath. What they saw now was completely different from the live treasure of last night. Yesterday he was still a live treasure, but today in everyone's eyes, he was not only a local rascal, but also a killer who didn't blink an eye, and what's more, he was an extremely dangerous person. Now they finally understood why this Wang Weiye had been a soldier for only four days.

  Everyone was at a loss for words, when suddenly, a very out-of-place voice came from the crowd. As soon as this voice entered everyone's ears, the entire training hall burst into laughter, washing away all the gloom in people's hearts. "Third Master, he is a Communist?"

  When everyone had laughed enough, Captain Li Gang was also stunned. This Wang Weiye was a thorough scoundrel and an extremely dangerous character, this was simply a time bomb that could explode at any moment. But since his superiors sent him here, it meant the organization trusted him. He didn't want to make the same mistake again, first he had to give him a lesson on patriotism, if this little brat started throwing a tantrum and killing people indiscriminately, it would be disastrous, after all the army was an organization with discipline. Li Gang thought of this and bellowed at everyone: "Attention! Form four rows facing right... Eyes front!"

  Wang Weiye

  "Wang Weiye responded loudly."

  Li Gang pointed with his hand at the end of the team and said: "Join the ranks"?

  "It" is a simple military theory, Wang Weiye still understands it.

  "Take a short rest, stand at attention! Right turn, target O number land running... march!" Li Gang shouted out the order.

  Uniform footsteps echoed in the training base, meanwhile, "Raise vigilance, defend the motherland. Make a firm resolution, don't be afraid of sacrifice, eliminate all difficulties, strive for victory." The loud and clear slogans of the soldiers pierced through the thick walls of the base, reverberating throughout the entire primeval forest.

  The team stood at attention in front of a nameless tombstone, their faces filled with grief and indignation. Captain Li Gang stood at the forefront of the formation, facing the tombstone and shouting loudly: "Attention! Salute!"

  Wang Weiye followed the team to get here, he felt a strong killing aura emanating from his teammates. Wang Weiye was also infected by this aura, he put away his usual playful and frivolous attitude, standing very seriously in the formation.

  After saluting, Li Gang did not turn around. He just shouted loudly: "Wang Weiye, step out."

  "Ah, here." Wang Weiye didn't think the captain would call him. As his mind was wandering and thinking about things, he was wondering who was buried under this tombstone and why there was no name engraved on it. When Li Gang shouted his name, he really startled him, and he quickly stepped out of line and walked to Li Gang's front.

  "Wang Weiye, do you know why I brought you here?" Li Gang asked with a very serious expression.

  Wang Weiye didn't say a word, he just shook his head slightly, which was enough to answer Li Gang's question.

  He pointed to the unmarked tombstone and said, "Inside this unmarked tombstone are stored the remains of 726 martyrs. These martyrs fought for the dignity of our nation, defending every inch of our motherland in unknown places against the American imperialists, Soviet revisionists, and those reactionaries who refused to die and attempted to split our country. Those reactionaries provoked incidents on my border, slaughtered my border people, infiltrated cities, assassinated our key leaders, and destroyed our industrial facilities. Our martyrs wrote a song of praise with their blood and lives, time and again, in the mountains and valleys where they still lie today. We are a special unit without a number, only one name - 'Tiger', we are the Northeast Tigers fighting against the polar bears here."

  Wang Weiye silently listened to Li Gang's explanation of the origin of this wordless monument. When he heard that it was a grave for 726 revolutionary martyrs, the impact and shock in his heart were beyond words. It was only then that Wang Weiye truly understood what it meant to be a man, what it meant to be an iron-blooded soldier. He didn't salute the tombstone, but instead took two steps forward, "thud" and knelt down, "bang... bang... bang" and knocked his head three times. When he lifted his head, his body was filled with killing intent. Wang Weiye, who had not shed a tear in eleven years, had two lines of hot tears flowing from his deep eyes. A man has tears but does not easily shed them, only when the heart is deeply moved. He shouted loudly at the wordless monument with both hands clasped: "Brothers, I have knelt and knocked my head for you! You are worthy of the blue sky above your heads and the earth that nourishes you below. I have never knelt or knocked my head to anyone before. Today, I kneel and knock my head to you brothers because I admire you, you are the true men of this world. When I was seven years old, I once vowed to the heavens to become the greatest rogue in the world, making everyone kneel at my feet. I have killed people, set fires, and done all sorts of evil things. Originally, I didn't have the qualifications to pay respects to your noble spirits. But I am also a person with flesh and blood, a proud and upright Chinese, a descendant of the Yan and Huang Emperors, a successor of the dragon. The fresh blood flowing through my body is also hot, just like yours...".

  Everyone was listening to Wang Weiye's powerful words at the gathering place, when they saw Wang Weiye's left hand flash with a cold light, and his right hand sprayed out blood like a fountain, splashing onto the pure white snow in front of the wordless monument. And Wang Weiye remained kneeling there, continuing to speak.

  "Gentlemen, there are gods above us. My brother Wang Weiye makes a blood oath before your spirits. The me of yesterday is already dead. Today, my brother will take up the flag you left behind and follow in your footsteps. Our heads can be cut off, our blood can flow, but the dignity of our nation cannot be lost. I will use this knife to avenge you, gentlemen. Let everyone in the world know that those who offend China will be punished no matter how far away they are."

  Wang Weiye stood up and walked to the grave with great respect. He placed the knife on the base of the tombstone, took a few steps back, and loudly recited Yue Fei's "Man Jiang Hong".

  Indignant hair stands on end, leaning against the railing, the rain has stopped. Lifting my eyes to gaze up at the sky, a long sigh, with a heroic spirit, thirty years of fame and fortune are but dust and dirt. Eight thousand miles of road, clouds and moon, do not wait in vain, white-haired youth is gone, empty sorrow, still unavenged, the shame of Jingkang has not been washed away. When will I destroy the enemy's chariots? With a strong will, I eat the flesh of the barbarian Huns, laughing and talking, drinking the blood of the Xiongnu. Waiting to reorganize the old mountains and rivers, facing the sky, the magnificent work is about to turn around, he saw that his comrades-in-arms had changed their eyes, they were different from before.

  Now Wang Weiye has gained a few more points of approval in the eyes of his male friends. They didn't expect that this live treasure plus rogue would have such a bloody side. And those girls who were taken advantage of by Wang Weiye, they also had a change of heart towards him, this shameless rogue and philanderer also has such a lovely side.