~.-~ Reflections on Deserters

"What is war?

The word "war" is a general synonym for cruelty, misery, violence, arson, massacre and other inhumane evils.

The so-called war is a huge pocket of demons that includes all inhuman evils. It poisons living beings, destroys fertile fields, destroys houses, commits wanton violence, destroys culture, turns the world into a hell, and turns countless souls into lonely ghosts.

.—This is war.

What is justice?

Justice is strength, and only strength is justice. Everything is nothing more than the law of the jungle.

Humanity and all other beauties, morals, and justice are weak compared to strength.

What exactly is sacred slaughter?

What kind of knowledge can be used to understand the facts of multiple existences?

The God of Peace can only accompany the God of War."

——"The War of the Republic"——The beginning

The soldiers built a house in Dagang Industrial Park with black iron roofs, each of which could accommodate hundreds of people. The house was surrounded by barbed wire, and a white sign with the words "Expeditionary Force" written on it was hung next to the door.

The big sign with black letters indicates that this is not their permanent residence, but only temporary. For them, all soldiers will eventually go on an expedition, just as the big sign says - "Expedition to Europa!"

A room with a tin roof was crowded with young people of different ages. They were wandering around the room, smoking and chatting loudly. People spoke various dialects, including Hebei dialect and Shandong dialect.

dialect, Shanxi dialect, Anhui dialect, Jiangsu dialect, Hunan dialect, in short, various dialects, gathered in the military camp of the expeditionary force.

These people are far away from home and are in military camps, waiting for the upcoming expedition. On the central training ground, a theater troupe from the capital is performing a play. Under the stage, tens of thousands of soldiers are densely packed.

They sat there, listening to Peking Opera. Although many people could not understand it, they still listened there.

The contents of these condolence Peking opera performances are very simple, most of them are plays related to military and war. At this time, the loudspeaker is playing "Liu Lang Visits His Mother". In this room, the reason why these people did not listen to the play

, the reason is very simple, they are waiting to receive the "family visit permit". Before going off to the expedition, these soldiers whose families are nearby have four days to visit their relatives.

"Wen Depeng!"

"have!"

In response to the officer's call, Wen Depeng squeezed through the crowd. When he walked to the table, the officer handed him a piece of tissue paper with the large seal of the Expeditionary Force Headquarters and the literacy training he received in the Expeditionary Force.

Education enabled Wen Depeng to understand the sentence on the paper: "The expeditionary officers and soldiers went on an expedition to Europe to bring glory to the country. This time they returned home to visit relatives and provide help!" This was the "visit card".

After completing the formalities, Wen Depeng left the military camp in a truck like everyone else. From the packed truck, he looked at the industrial area. It was once just an industrial area on the beach, but now dozens of companies have settled there.

, the large chimney of the power plant in the distance was spewing soot. The soldiers who were out of camp to visit relatives on the carriages had their noses runny from the ice. It was obviously not a bad thing to ride in a truck in this winter.

But despite this, when the truck left the industrial area and passed through a village, the children in the village still crowded and chased the truck, and then sang and shouted loudly.

"If you don't see me, the army of the Han Dynasty will end, and the weak-headed prisoners will ask for long tassels. If you don't see me, the ban will be far away, and the Jueyu Qingqi will urge the war cloud..."

The children's singing followed the car. First one, then several more soldiers were leaving the camp on the car, and finally everyone started singing along.

"A man should be in a dangerous career, so how can he let a scholar's crown ruin his life? The situation is that the country's majesty is like a tired egg, and the feathers and feathers are competing for a long time. I abandon my old pen, but I am cautious in war. I call my comrades to millions and sing loudly

The war song is "Qi join the army. Qi join the army, clean up the dust, vow to wipe out the enemy and invaders without caring about themselves."

This military song, which can be said to have the most Chinese martial temperament and cultural heritage, was first heard on a radio station during the "Jiao'ao Incident" and later spread throughout China. After the formation of the expeditionary force, it almost naturally became the military song of the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

, these expeditionary force soldiers are no strangers to this song, they sing it twice every morning and evening.

Finally, when approaching the train station, Wen Depeng jumped out of the truck.

"Brothers, walk slowly, I'm going home first!"

"Come on, you kid, you speak with an authentic Wannan accent. Why don't you live in Tianjin? Don't think of becoming a deserter!"

deserter?

Although there was a burst of laughter, Wen Depeng's heart still trembled, and his face instantly turned pale. Yes, he just wanted to be a deserter, but his family was indeed in Tianjin and came to Tianjin more than ten years ago.

He arrived in Tianjin, but since he was organized into the expeditionary force, he has never asked for leave. Instead, he has trained harder and harder, just so that the commander can finally issue him a family visit permit smoothly, and then go out with the family visit permit.

Camp, escape.

"Master Jun! Come and make my car!"

Almost as soon as the truck drove away, a sharp-eyed driver pulled a foreign truck and ran up to him. The driver was respectful and had no intention of avoiding it. Wen Depeng, who had also been a driver in the past, looked at the driver.

But I was stunned for a moment, what's wrong with this guy? Aren't you afraid that he won't pay for the car?

Just as he was puzzled, two more coachmen came over. Before the two men could speak, the coachman who came earlier started shouting.

"Hey, brothers, this business is not so fierce. I came here first. Master, please..."

"Master Jun, it's free to do this for me. This Sun Laosan is really heartbroken. I can't get out of his car without 20 cents..."

"What are you talking about, old Pichu, two cents? I, Sun Laosan, also know that not everyone can earn money. If anyone wants to pay for the car, his son will die..."

The argument between several people made Wen Depeng stunned and never recovered. Perhaps he noticed the surprise on his face, and the fortune teller standing next to him with a fortune teller said to him.

"Master Jun, you'd better choose someone to get on the bus, otherwise, they will definitely tear you up!"

"this……"

"It's not about anything else, it's just about your military uniform!"

The fortune teller touched the woolen military uniform worn by Wen Depeng, but what he touched was the armband on Wen Depeng's shoulder.

Finally, Wen Depeng got on the foreign cart. As soon as he got on the cart, the driver pulled the cart and started running. The cart driver shouted:

"Master? Hey, I heard on the news that the military is about to go on an expedition!"

"Alas, alas..."

In response, Wen Depeng didn't know what he should say. Along the way, the coachman kept talking. Finally, more than half an hour later, he arrived near Wen Depeng's house. When he got off the bus, Wen Depeng hurriedly asked him to leave.

He took the money in his pocket, but was stopped by the driver.

"Master Jun, I won't talk about anything else. If I can bring him here, I, the Sun family, have done their best for the country..."

The driver surnamed Sun looked at Wen Depeng with a smile on his sweaty face.

"Master Jun is going to Europe to fight foreigners, even at the risk of his life. If I want your old money again, I will still be a human being!"

"You have to ask for money. Yes, there are military orders. There are military orders. Don't take a needle from the people..."

"Master, don't bother me anymore. It's not easy for a soldier to get two military pay. You can keep this money to buy more things for your parents..."

As he said that, the driver pulled the cart and ran away, leaving Wen Depeng standing blankly on the side of the road with a few "little foreign" in his hand.

"Look, isn't this the boss of the Wen family!"

A voice made Wen Depeng come back to his senses. When he looked back, his face immediately became unnatural. It was Aunt Feng. She was his neighbor, but this person never spoke leniently and even spoke harshly.

Thin.

"Boss of the Wen family, these clothes are quite impressive. The high-ranking officials who rode foreign horses in the past wore only this kind of foreign material. Tsk, tsk, if you can die wearing this material, it's worth it..."

"Damn old lady, I think your life has been in vain, I let you make a lot of noise..."

There was a burst of scolding at the end. It was Uncle Feng who slapped Aunt Feng in the mouth first, and started to curse while she was crying. Then he turned his face and apologized to Wen Depeng.

"Dapengzi, don't blame your aunt, her mouth is not blocked from the wind..."

"Uncle, look what you said, my aunt has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Do I still know..."

Seeing that Uncle Feng was angry, Wen Depeng quickly persuaded him.

What's going on today?

Wen Depeng couldn't react. On the way home, people he was familiar with and people he wasn't familiar with were all very close to him. That was Feng who usually didn't even say a word and let his mother-in-law yell and scold him.

The uncle, as if he had drunk too much, whipped his mother-in-law, and finally arrived at the door of his house. He unexpectedly saw a piece of red lingzi at the door of the house. Under the red lingzi, there was a bronze medal. On the bronze medal was clearly

The military badge of the Expeditionary Force that he was very familiar with had a few words on it.

"Expeditionary family members are the most glorious family!"

This...what's going on?

Looking at the bronze medal, he remembered that when the expeditionary force was established, the officers seemed to want their detailed addresses and military attributes plates to be made, as if there were any preferential treatment.

"Mom, I'm back!"

After opening the door and shouting towards the door, Wen Depeng saw his mother walking out.

"Depeng is back!"

When the woman came out of the house and saw the people in the yard, her face changed. She was a little happy, but also a little worried. At this time, Wen Depeng smelled some Chinese medicine in the yard. Who was sick?

"Where's dad?"

As he spoke, Wen Depeng's heart tightened. He knew that if his usually frugal father had not been seriously ill and had no other choice, he would never ask his husband to take medicine. The strong smell of medicine in the house was obvious.

I've been taking the medicine for a long time.

"Your dad has been having a problem. He feels uncomfortable in the winter. He's in the back room..."

Mrs. Wen Li said, looking at her son's military uniform, her face became uncertain. When her son went to join the army, it was not because of life, but he thought that he might fight if he joined the army. Who would have thought...
To be continued...