Chapter 4 The Honor of the Germans
"Sit, sit, sit, sit, don't stand! I said, Malan, why did you run out of the hospital after only a few days?"
Malan looked suspiciously at Qiu Qilou, the battalion commander who was suddenly overly friendly. Seeing that the flowery smile of an iron tree appeared on Qiu Qilou's face, Malan's heart slowly felt a sense of uneasiness. It was like when she was undergoing survival training in the jungle, she was sitting under a tree to rest due to excessive fatigue, and a golden ring snake more than three feet long hung upside down on her head.
This Battalion Commander Qiu Qilou is a talented student who graduated from the fifth phase of the Whampoa Military Academy. He has been educated and trained by German military experts aiding China since 1927 and is one of the few special operations experts in China.
The decade-long contact with German soldiers allowed Qiu Qilou to learn the world's most advanced special combat technology and command theory from German instructors, but also continued the unique rigor of German soldiers.
No matter when, Qiu Qilou's military uniform was always meticulous, his leather boots were always smooth, and his 180 cm tall and strong body made him naturally the focus of all women wherever he went. Unfortunately, his face should have looked pleasing to the eye, but it was too serious and too rigid, and his eyes were so sharp that people couldn't help but think of the cobra.
Qiu Qilou has been rolling in the military camp all his life, but he likes to stare at the other person coldly until the other person can't bear it and turn his head, but still doesn't know how to restrain himself... In addition, the belief of "How can you be a family if you don't drive away foreign humiliation?" So until now, this Lieutenant Colonel Qiu Qilou is still a bachelor!
Not only that, this Battalion Commander Qiu Qilou is also a chauvinist who believes in "war makes women go away". Malan still clearly remembers the scene when Battalion Commander Qiu Qilou first met her...
That was four years ago, when Malan was just over twenty years old.
Looking up and down at the girl in front of him who was too beautiful and had a sense of admiration in his eyes, what Qiu Qilou showed was not the man's appreciation of beautiful women, but the vigilance or even the hostility he could directly say! And when he opened his mouth, he said something like a mixture of ice water spooned out of the Arctic Ocean. As soon as he met, he brought you a bucket of it, "Are you planning to let our brothers in the secret camp, because how many of you will die?"
Faced with this inexplicable inquiry, Malan couldn't help but widen her eyes, "Hmm?!"
"When you entered the military camp of our spy camp, you saw men, right?"
"Um!"
"Even military doctors here are men. If necessary, they can fight against the enemy with weapons! We often have to go to some places where people are rarely visited and receive terrain adaptation training under the leadership of instructors."
Qiu Qilou stared at Malan and said, "You are the only woman in the entire military camp! In that closed environment, it won't take long to get the soldiers who will still be overly energetic no matter how they train, they will feel good about you, and they may want to find opportunities to show themselves in front of you."
"In peacetime, I don't mind a small embellishment in my troops, which can even increase their morale." Qiu Qilou casually threw Malan's archives into the office, staring at Malan coldly with his cobra-like eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Now the Japanese are eyeing our China. They have occupied more than one million square kilometers of land in the entire three eastern provinces and occupied territories that are three times larger than their country, but they are like a wolf that is still not fed. They will bite us hard at any time, and even intend to swallow us. Large-scale wars may break out at any time!"
Seeing Malan's lips slightly moving, Qiu Qilou interrupted Malan without hesitation: "Don't tell me that women can go to the battlefield, let alone tell me the story of Mulan joining the army! In the history of famous generals, just one Mulan can be repeatedly told by your women for hundreds of years, which itself shows the true nature of war! I can tell you clearly that our troops are likely to frequently penetrate into the enemy-occupied areas to carry out various unconventional combat tasks. When performing missions, once they are seriously injured and unable to exit the battlefield, in order to keep secrets and prevent these people from being tortured by the enemy, other comrades will shoot directly at the wounded!"
"But you are a woman or a beautiful woman. Once the soldiers in the same team cannot start, they must bring you a burden like this. A special force with maneuverability and flexibility as the main combat style. Once there is a burden, it is likely that the entire army will be wiped out because of you alone!"
Malan must admit that she was really stunned.
"In your heart, becoming a soldier and dying on the battlefield is the worst ending, right? For us men, maybe it is. But for you..."
Qiu Yongjie said this, his eyes became even colder, "After experiencing a fierce battle, every person who is still alive is a crazy beast! What do you think will they do when facing a woman who has lost her combat ability but is still beautiful? You will fall down and still have no breath and still have eyes open. In front of those comrades who are desperately trying to protect you, but still have no breath and still have their eyes open! Faced with this situation, these brothers will not be able to rest in peace even if they die! And those soldiers who have successfully left the battlefield may not be able to resist disobeying military orders and return to the battlefield and throw their lives at your feet! Also, don't underestimate the Japanese spy agencies. If they know that you are the eldest lady of the Ma family, they can do more drastic and ruthlessly!"
"Don't believe in the radio broadcasts, and don't be confused by the fairy tales of beauties and heroes."
Qiu Qilou stuffed Malan's archives into her hands and said, "You are the daughter of the Ma family. A girl like you who has status and beautiful appearance should be born to be surrounded by the rich children of the upper class to enjoy their praise and pursuits. Believe me, a profession like a soldier is not suitable for you, and the battlefield is even more suitable for you."
Seeing that Malan was still standing there without moving, Qiu Qilou thought for a moment and added: "Otherwise, when the Japanese are driven away by us, there will be no war again. I welcome you to join our troops."
"Sir, I want to invite you to see something!"
Malan rolled up the sleeves of her left arm in front of Qiu Qilou, and on her left forearm, there was a dagger fixed with a cowhide belt.
Malan looked back at Qiu Qilou's eyes and pulled out the dagger that was only three inches long but narrow and sharp. There was a faint green color on the blade. A kind of indescribable pride suddenly rose on her face. Malan said word by word: "It is called the Chastity Guard! As long as I stabbed it into my body, no matter where it was stabbed, as long as it was blood, I would die within one minute. In half an hour, my whole body would begin to rot! If someone really didn't open his eyes within this half an hour, even my body would not let go, I would never mind using my body to pull a few enemies to accompany me on the road!"
"If I was really injured on the battlefield and had to be eliminated, I would use it to solve myself!"
Looking at the Chastity Guard emitting a faint green light in Malan's hands, and then looking at Malan with her lips tightly pursed, Qiu Qilou was silent.
"Maybe she was just curious for a moment, and was angry because of my attitude. After a long time, her curiosity was over, she would leave on her own initiative if she was angry? Besides, even men couldn't stand the training methods of the instructors of the German special forces, let alone she was just a spoiled daughter!"
With this idea, Qiu Qilou finally agreed to Malan join the army. The first female professional soldier finally appeared in the secret camp of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps.
But Qiu Qilou didn’t expect that, in fact, no one expected that Malan would persist day by day!
Before returning to China, the German special forces instructor, who had always been known for his seriousness and rigor, personally put a second-level Iron Cross medal he received during the First World War in 1916 on Malan's clothes.
"I haven't seen a Chinese person who can surprise me yet!"
The instructor suddenly stretched out his hands and hugged Malan into his arms. His eyes, which were as blue as the sky, flashed with a hint of fatherly warmth and smile. He gently patted Malan's shoulder and smiled: "But you, Malan, have surprised me more than once! I am not right to issue medals to Chinese soldiers, but I think you are already qualified to wear the pride of our Germans!"
It was this second-level Iron Cross that affirmed Malan and everything she had done in this thirty-month training. It affirmed that she opened her eyes again and again in the middle of the night in pain, fell on the hard land of the training ground again and again, pouring tears and sweat into the world belonging to men again and again...
Listening to the gentle voice of the instructor who was scolding in the training ground and feeling his recognition and praise for himself, Malan felt that everything he had given was worth it!
It was a second-level Iron Cross Medal that further established Malan's position as the Special Service Battalion of the Central Military Academy. Even if Qiu Qilou became the battalion commander and the supreme commander of this unit, facing Malan, whose military technology is becoming increasingly mature and whose will is more firm and impeccable, Qiu Qilou could only watch Malan, the "black sheep", climbing up step by step with his own efforts!
Chapter completed!