"... They dedicated their lives to their motherland. We and our descendants who come here to pay homage must think about what we should use to repay their blood!"

"Think about what we should use to repay their blood!"

Putting the newspaper in his hand on the dining table, Lin Baoren, the young designer who is famous for designing and building the world's tallest building, murmured the last words from time to time. This was what the Prime Minister said at the victory banquet of the Expeditionary Force yesterday.

Yesterday, all newspapers were talking about victory and the glory of the expeditionary force. Today, all newspapers are talking about one topic - sacrifice and dedication.

One hundred thousand expeditionary force casualties!

This was the most brutal battle in the history of human war. And in that battle, too many heroes emerged, countless heroes that can be difficult to write down and record with pen and ink. It was just a telegram received by the War Department.

Among them, as many as a thousand officers and soldiers received special commendations.

"On the 13th, when the 44th Regiment of the 15th Division of the Expeditionary Force attacked the German army, it was stubbornly blocked by the German army. Based on the steep terrain on the shore, the German army used machine guns to wildly fire at the advancing channel of the Expeditionary Force.

Lieutenant Wang Lijie and Second Lieutenant Lei Ming of the 2nd Battalion took the lead. They tied a bundle of grenades on their waists in front of the entire platoon and crawled toward the enemy's firepower point. The entire platoon covered them with machine gun fire. Lieutenant Wang Lijie and Second Lieutenant Lei Ming used the river bank.

The rocks moved forward quickly, rolled sideways to the front of two German firepower points, raised grenades and threw them over. The enemy's machine guns were silenced, but the two men were also shot and died.

Just as the soldiers of the expeditionary force were about to charge, the third German fire point spurted out ferocious flames. Private Xie Liangze rushed forward bravely and quickly threw two bundles of hand bombs, causing smoke to spread. However, the enemy machine gun was placed in the hollow of two boulders.

Xie Liangze was still firing recklessly at the deflated area. No longer able to hesitate, Xie Liangze stood up and threw himself at the enemy machine gun, using his seriously injured body to block the hole of the machine gun that was devouring the lives of his comrades. The expedition officers and soldiers took advantage of this to launch a charge and kill the enemy in the bunker.

The Germans shot them to death one by one..."

Looking at that short story, Lin Baoren's eyes couldn't help but moisten, and tears fell down his cheeks. What should we use to repay their blood?

This is a problem!

All Chinese owe something to the expeditionary force!

It is the sacrifices of the soldiers that make Westerners now look at the Chinese people seriously!

But how can the citizens repay the blood shed by the soldiers?

Their blood will never be shed in vain. Their blood must be repaid!

Thinking of this, Lin Baoren's heart was filled with excitement. He closed his eyes, and the scene of those soldiers risking their lives on the battlefield appeared in his mind. The short stories of the expedition officers and soldiers reported in the newspapers began with

came to his mind.

"Build a monument to them!"

When this idea first emerged, Lin Baoren shook his head. It seemed that this was not a good idea. A monument must be built for them, but did they just need a monument?

No!

What they need is a place for their loyal souls to return, just like... Lin Baoren's mind came to the Martyrs' Shrine in Lianyungang, which was built for the officers and soldiers of the Jiangsu Army to commemorate those Jiangsu Army soldiers who died in the "Battle of Jiao'ao"

Officers and soldiers, perhaps. Jiangsu Army soldiers in the expeditionary force can go to the Martyrs' Shrine and receive the honor of offering sacrifices four times a year, but what about the officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force?

They were sent in the name of the country. But what did the country do for them?

"A Martyrs' Shrine should be built for them in the name of the country!"

To judge the character of a country, we must not only look at what kind of people it has cultivated, but also what kind of people its people choose to pay tribute to and remember...

While Lin Baoren was muttering softly to himself, a sentence from the speech delivered by the Prime Minister who was the Economic Envoy to Huaihai at the memorial ceremony held at the Martyrs' Shrine in Lianyungang after the "Jiao'ao Incident" came to mind.

"It also depends on what kind of people its people choose to pay tribute to and remember..."

Once again, when Lin Baoren whispered to himself, a real national cemetery emerged in his mind, a place where loyal souls return, where some people can be remembered in the name of the country.

"Respect the souls of those who sacrificed their lives for the country. Give equal honor to every martyr who dedicated his life to the country!"

Perhaps it was the Lianyungang Martyrs' Shrine that inspired Lin Baoren. When this idea emerged in his mind, it began to get out of hand. He almost threw away the newspaper and breakfast in his hand, and headed towards himself

He walked quickly to the studio, regardless of his wife's surprise.

As soon as he entered the studio, he immediately went to his desk and used a pencil to compose a spectacular architectural sketch. Similar to the Lianyungang Martyrs' Shrine, this cemetery is also centered on a building, but unlike the Martyrs' Shrine, this cemetery

This building is Chinese style. In Lin Baoren's view, this building symbolizes a country, a nation, a culture or an era. Therefore, this building as the center of the national public display must be Chinese style. Only in this way can it be clearly told

Others, what is this place?

This is a place to remember heroes!

When he was drafting the architectural sketch, a huge national cemetery slowly began to take shape in Lin Baoren's mind. Under his pencil, he continued to plan. At the same time, the systematic Chinese studies education he received,

It also made him constantly recall any historical articles related to the memorial ceremony for loyal souls that he had learned, in order to make the cemetery more Chinese and oriental.

On the sketch, as his pencil moved, an archway was slowly drawn, and that archway was located on the entrance road to the National Cemetery.

"Defend my mountains and rivers?"

After writing these four characters, Lin Baoren crossed them out casually. These four characters were not suitable, so what should be used? After thinking about it, Lin Baoren still didn't get the answer. In the end, he chose to leave a blank

,Perhaps, others can give a suitable inscription.

On both sides of the road at the entrance to the National Cemetery, there are pines and cypresses planted. Further inside, there is a sculpture, a large sculpture...

"This should be the statue of loyal martyrs..."

When he wrote the name on the sketch, the first thing that came to his mind was "Yue Fei", it was Wen Tianxiang, it was... But in the end, after biting his pencil and thinking for a moment, he changed the "loyalty sculpture" to

"Soldier Sculpture".

"They are soldiers, those nameless little people. They are those little people who are not recorded in history books..."

Lin Baoren wrote this sentence aside with some excitement. For the first time, Lin Baoren went beyond tradition and no longer paid attention to the so-called famous generals or those who left a lasting legacy. What he saw were only those things that were not recorded by history.

Little people - the most ordinary soldiers. In his mind, the appearance of a simple and rough soldier statue even emerged. It was a soldier on the offensive. Famous ministers and generals in history may represent loyalty, but it is these

The nameless soldiers made the great achievements of the famous generals. It is also these nameless soldiers who are not remembered by people, who made the history of this country and made...

"This may be the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier!"

An unfamiliar term came out of Lin Baoren's throat again. He even deliberately modified the "Soldier Sculpture" again and changed it to the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier", which was a monument used to commemorate those unknown little people.

….

Further back, there is the tall and majestic Chinese-style palace. There is the center of the National Cemetery - the Martyrs' Shrine. Above the Martyrs' Shrine, Lin Baoren specially noted with a pencil: "Here, the memorial is being held."

Their loyalty is shared by the country they serve. Each one of them, regardless of military rank or status, whether he is a hero with outstanding achievements or an ordinary soldier whose identity cannot be identified, enjoys his own symbolic honor here.

The place where loyal souls belong, where the names of every person who has served the country loyally will be engraved..."

fair!

In Lin Baoren's view, this cemetery must be fair. Just like the Lianyungang Martyrs' Shrine, in order to show the concept of equality for everyone, the tombstones of officers and soldiers adopt uniform specifications, and the families of fallen soldiers also have the right to choose the cemetery.

Location.

Finally, after spending a whole morning, Lin Baoren drew a sketch of a huge national cemetery. Standing in front of the sketch that had been revised several times, Lin Baoren looked very excited. He knew that this might be what this country could do.

What those fallen soldiers could do.

What can be done in return for their blood?

Only with everlasting sacrifices and everlasting gratitude! Only in this way can we repay their blood!

"Should send it to the State Department!"

While whispering to himself, Lin Baoren denied the proposal. This should not be a matter of the State Council, but a matter of a country. It should not be something that the State Council implements through administrative orders, but a matter of a country and a nation.

Things that must be done with a grateful heart.

In the classroom of the Third National Senior High School in Foshan County, Guangdong Province, a teacher was reading a news report from a newspaper in a voice full of spirit and emotion.

"Every day on the front line, I was moved by something, and the tide of my thoughts and feelings was flowing wildly. It made me want to tell everything to my friends in my motherland. But I am most anxious to tell you.

It is an important experience in my thoughts and feelings. This is that I feel more and more deeply who is the most lovable person in us!

Who is our cutest person?

Our army, our soldiers, I feel they are the cutest people..."

Amid the teacher's affectionate reading, a strange atmosphere filled the classroom. The primary school students, who were only about ten years old, listened to the teacher's reading, and tears kept falling down his cheeks. For

For these inexperienced primary school students, there was a time when the war was too far away from them. From the words of the teachers, they knew that the reason why those big brothers in the army gave up their lives was for the honor of the country and for the sake of the country.

It is they who can enjoy a "fair and happy future."

"...Please realize that this is a kind of happiness, because only if you realize this, you can have a deeper understanding of the reasons why our soldiers fought so hard in France.

Friend! You already know how to love our motherland and our land, please love our soldiers deeply, they are indeed our most lovable people!"

Finally, the teacher finished reading this article, which has become popular across the country due to newspaper reports in recent days. The teacher with tears in his eyes looked at the students in front of him and said in a low voice.

"Okay, students, you have studied this documentary report. Now, I have a question. I want to ask you all,"

Looking at the classmates, the teacher's question is natural, who is the cutest person? There is no doubt. It is those soldiers, those soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country, the teenagers with tears in their eyes shouted without hesitation

.

"So, classmates, the military brothers have dedicated their lives to their motherland. Should we think about what we should use to repay their blood?"...

Another question was placed in front of these teenagers, and each of them was thinking about it. They were thinking about how they should repay the blood of their military brother.

"Students, we should write letters to our military brothers and tell them our gratitude!"

One classmate's suggestion immediately received responses from other students. This was a unanimous response. While the teacher nodded, another classmate suggested.

"In addition to writing letters to our big brothers in the military, we will use weekends to hold charity sales on the streets to raise funds. We will build a national cemetery so that every fallen soldier can have a place to rest!"
To be continued...