On the morning of June 20, the fifth year of the Republic of China, Yungang Wharf.

The sky that had been cloudy for many days seemed to suddenly clear up, with a few piles of cotton-like white clouds floating in the blue sky. The tall buildings on the edge of the coast stood tall amid the noise. This day seemed different from the past.

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...Pedestrians on the streets of Lianyungang are like a tide, flowing towards the pier. On the road leading to the pier, iron wires are hanging in the air. National flags are hanging on the iron wires. On the buildings along the street, there are also flags hanging down.

There are hundreds of square meters of national flags, but today there are no buses driving on the streets in the past. Only dark green military vehicles are seen driving in the middle of the road. On the military vehicles, soldiers wearing helmets and loaded with ammunition stand on the trucks.

From time to time, along with the cheers of people on the roadside, he waved to the people and saluted.

This is the 13th Mixed Brigade of the Jiangsu Army. For Jiangsu, this is just a component of the Jiangsu Army, but for Lianyungang, this unit has a completely different meaning. The ten thousand people who make up this unit

One thousand six hundred and forty-three soldiers are all serious "disciples of Lianyun".

This is the first unit composed of Lianyungang people. Perhaps some of them came to Lianyungang for more than a year, but many of them came here as early as when Lianyungang was first built. Perhaps, they are not

They were born here, but in the past few years, they have long been connected with this city.

Half a year ago, when the 13th Mixed Brigade was being organized, some people with bad intentions at that time "reprimanded" - "Lianyun educated his children without knowing that the country was in war".

Young people from this hometown have signed up to join the expeditionary force. Maybe they were not born here, but the experience of living here for many years has made them regard themselves as a part of this city. Finally, in this kind of

"In the midst of rebuke", an army formed by Lianyun's disciples was established.

Today is the day for them to go to war. They will go to France with up to 20,000 supplementary troops. On the French front, they will use their blood and lives to tell the country that they are not just a group of businessmen and workers.

Students, as long as the country needs it, they are willing to sacrifice their lives for this country at any time.

On this expedition day, hundreds of thousands of Lianyungang people spontaneously went to the streets to see them off. Among the farewell crowds were the officers and soldiers' relatives, wives, classmates, and colleagues. People cheered, cried, sent flowers, and sent condolences.

, constantly throwing them from the roadside to trucks and to the soldiers.

Beside the pier, the yellow sea water was decorated with various flags, but the main ones were giant ships with Chinese flags. At this time, there was a dull whistle. There were also thick smoke drifting from the large factories in Lianyungang...

Just like the two sides of the road leading to the pier, the pier today is also crowded with people of all kinds. There are government officials in suits and leather shoes, long robes and mandarin jackets, as well as ordinary citizens, students, businessmen, and rickshaw drivers. They can be found everywhere in the crowd.

I saw some banners and slogans, and one of them was more than ten meters long and read:

"Lianyun himself taught his children that one is patriotism, the other is loyalty and bravery, and the third is sacrifice!"

"I'm sending you off to battle today, and I'll be waiting for you tomorrow."

"It's okay to die a thousand times for the country!"

It seems that there is no more "ominous" slogan than this, but at this time, it does not appear to be any abrupt. There is no hope of a triumphant return, only the wish of a loyal soul to return to the country. Perhaps, this is what is happening here and other areas

The biggest difference is that more people are holding small national flags in their hands. The small national flag is waving in people's hands. This scene seems to be the same as on the street. At this time, these people are talking and looking forward to it.

, perhaps many of them had tears on their faces, but there was an expression on their faces, which looked very solemn and seemed to have a sense of mission.

For the Chinese people, now, as the national situation changes, their personal emotions are also changing. Through propaganda in newspapers, people believe that this war may be far away from China, but the victory of this war

After that, China will become a great country, a truly powerful country that no one will dare to despise anymore.

While the soldiers lined up and boarded the troop transport amidst cheers from the people, at Pier 3, a white cruise ship docked at the pier. In addition to the supplementary officers of the expeditionary force, this cruise ship carried more

Most of them are students along the Longhe Line who receive financial support from ** companies and other enterprises to study in the UK. These thousands of students are part of the large-scale recruitment of overseas students after four years of the Republic of China. However, they often sign contracts with the companies.

It is a contract rather than a unified dispatch by the government.

While the students were getting on the ship, a black Zhonghua car drove through the crowded crowd and drove into the pier. Three people got out of the car, and among the three people, a girl in a dress looked towards the cruise ship.

At a glance, although the girl's expression looked like an iceberg, her beautiful eyes were full of expectation.

"Miss, it's time to get on the boat!"

The middle-aged maid next to the girl looked at the young lady beside her and said, the girl nodded, then she carried her suitcase and walked up the special gangway to the ship. There was a "Red Cross" flag hanging on the special gangway. The girl

When boarding the ship, she would occasionally look towards the expedition. Even though there were constant thunderous cheers, her expression still did not change much. It seemed that for her, nothing could touch her heart.

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When the girl got on the ship, thunderous applause and cheers continued to be heard from the troop transport dock in the distance. They merged into a heat wave, attracting pedestrians to stop. The captains and captains of almost every merchant ship on the berth inside the Yingyou Gate

The sailors stood on the side of the ship to watch this spectacular farewell scene. The driver of each cargo ship and passenger ship sounded the whistle to pay tribute to the officers and soldiers who were about to leave.

The boat docked at the pier was covered with colorful paper, red, yellow, green and purple flags and ribbons. They were fluttering in the breeze. At this time, the "Great Eastern" cruise ship and the blue skyless

, the mixed yellow river water complements each other, creating a spectacular scene.

"Woo——"

The "Great Eastern" gave a long blast, as if calling the fleet to set off. As a component of the fleet, his long blast was just to inform the ship that he had finished boarding the passengers. Finally, near noon,

As Liandao Fortress fired a farewell salute, the fleet that was sailing from the north and growing along the way set off.

The "Great Eastern" was a 10,000-ton cruise ship "captured" from Germany during the "Jiao'ao Incident". This cruise ship was far from luxurious. But before the war, it was a general ship of the Hamburg-American Company in Germany.

One of the most important cruise ships to Asia. Although it is not a luxury cruise ship, its first class cabin is still very luxurious.

What is different from the past is that at this time, the guests in the first class cabin of this luxury cruise ship are not the wealthy gentry and officials, but a group of young girls wearing army uniforms. Most of the girls boarded the ship in Tianjin.

They are nurses who graduated from the Army Hospital Medical Training Course, and the reason why they appeared on this cruise ship heading directly to France is for a very simple reason. They will go to the French front line to establish their own field hospital belonging to the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

In addition to these young army nurses, there are also some nurses wearing white nurse uniforms in this dark green backyard. They are also nurses, but unlike the army nurses, they are civilian nurses. These young ladies

They responded to Ms. Lu Bicheng's call to join the volunteer nurse corps and go to the front line in France to prove that women can also make their own contributions in the war.

According to the principle of ladies first, they naturally live in the first class cabin of the "Great Eastern" cruise ship. Even according to cruise shipping regulations, their residence and living area are restricted areas for military officers and international students. This is to minimize

Avoid trouble if possible.

Although this is a first-class cabin, because the first-class cabins have been renovated, the passenger cabins are not spacious, but even so, the conditions are far from those of ordinary merchant ships.

The cabin was a double cabin. When Luo Zixin carried her luggage and arrived at her cabin amidst laughter, and looked at the objects on the small table next to the other neatly packed bed, she felt very excited about her future roommate.

She was a little curious as to why her "brother" asked her to join the nursing team. Although she had been curious about it, in her opinion, it might be an opportunity, an opportunity to get away from the control of others.

Freedom, this was a word she had never imagined, but ever since Big Brother made that arrangement, those two words began to emerge in her heart.

"Miss Luo, please put your luggage away. You don't have much time to yourself!"

Suddenly, a voice sounded outside the door. It was the voice of the head nurse. Upon hearing this, Luo Zixin quickly put the suitcase into the closet, straightened her clothes in the mirror, and walked out. At this time, two people were already standing in front of her.

There were more than a dozen girls in casual clothes like her, all of whom were following a woman in front.

"This is the timetable. The eight-hour nursing class every day is held in Classroom 3. In addition, after dinner every day, there will be a French class in the big classroom..."

In the corridor, a middle-aged woman wearing a nurse's uniform walked very fast. When she saw that Luo Zixin and the other thirty or so volunteer nurses who had boarded the ship from Lianyungang were mostly walking a little slowly, she frowned slightly.

"Remember, in the hospital, you need to walk 106 steps per minute. You must develop this habit from now on. On the front line, this is directly related to the lives of the wounded..."

For more than half an hour that followed, the head nurse continued to teach them some nonsense. Of course, the more important thing was to tell them about the course arrangements and the location of the classrooms. The volunteer nurse group is not an official organization, except for those in Tianjin.

Outside of a training center, volunteers who boarded the ship in other areas could only receive simple medical training on the ship. Eventually, they would be trained in a field hospital in France while rescuing the wounded. I don’t know how many of them had been full of dreams.

Young ladies cannot bear the miserable conditions in the field hospital and leave there. Therefore, the head nurses who train them have never had a good impression of these "innocent young ladies". They will eventually be struck down by the cruel reality and leave crying.

"Um……"

Finally, after an hour of "training", Luo Zixin walked to the exclusive starboard side of the nurse team. Luo Zixin took a deep breath of the new money air with a slightly drunk smell, and then leaned against the guardrail and looked towards the sea. Although she had been in Lianyungang

She has lived for many years, but this is the first time she has seen the sea

At this time, in the blue sea, the white welders continued to fly leisurely on the sea, occasionally crossing the water and picking up small fish; occasionally they would even swim on the deck, looking for food intelligently.

Everything in front of her eyes only made Luo Zixin feel an unprecedented freedom. Maybe, this, this is freedom! She closed her eyes and took a deep breath of the great air. In an instant, the feeling of freedom surged out from the bottom of her heart, and it was like

In his iceberg-like expression, he unexpectedly revealed a smile from the bottom of his heart.

Finally, when the iceberg slowly melted, Luo Zixin opened her eyes, stretched out happily, and looked to the left and right. Through the cheerful girls, she saw a picture that blended Chinese and Western characteristics.

A woman with a face, perfect features, and a good figure. The girl was leaning lightly on the railing of the deck. She raised her right hand high, and her slender fingers danced in the air, as if she was imagining that she was touching the welds and playing with them.

Her bright red lips pursed a graceful arc. Her beautiful big eyes were locked tightly on one of her eyes, with a slight smile, and her eyes followed it as they wandered between the blue sea and sky. The girl was wearing

A white nurse's uniform, although the nurse's uniform seemed very loose, still perfectly brought out her graceful and exquisite curves. Her bare arms were as white as snow, and looked even more fair under the reflection of the setting sun.

"hehe……"

Lu Qiyu couldn't help but laugh out loud as she gestured with her welding flying. Originally, her aunt was planning to let her study in the United States, but in the end, she chose the volunteer nursing corps. She didn't know exactly why. In the end, due to her persistence

Next, the aunt agreed to her request. At least, there was another advantage for her to join the nursing team. She didn't need to learn the language all over again. She could speak French and German extremely fluently.

After boarding the ship, Lu Qiyu was thankful for her original choice. Although most of these nurses were the same age as her. However, they surprisingly did not know who she was, or in other words, they did not care about her at all.

What is the "scandal"? For these girls, their starting points for joining the nursing team are different. But one thing is the same. Compared with caring about other people's scandals, they are more concerned about how to be a competent nurse.

Because of this, Lu Qiyu got rid of the "scandal" that had been bothering her and became the happy girl who loved photography again. Perhaps sensing that someone was paying attention to her, Lu Qiyu turned her head and looked in the direction of her sight.

, but saw a girl who was no less beautiful than her looking at her, so she gave her a kind smile.

It's her!

Almost as soon as the girl turned around and smiled, Luo Zixin realized that the slight freedom was just like the welding, flying away, everything was just a dream!

The girl in the nurse uniform was Lu Qiyu. Although the photo in the newspaper was not clear, Luo Zixin recognized her at a glance. At the same time, she also knew why her elder brother was so "kind" and let her join this volunteer nurse group.

Yes, it’s to...get close to Miss Lu, and what next?

Thinking that her destiny was ultimately at the mercy of others, the smile on Luo Zixin's face disappeared and returned to the iceberg appearance it had always had.

Looking at Nie, the girl who seems to be only sixteen or seventeen years old is exquisite and cute. She wears shoulder-length hair that looks a bit messy under the sea breeze. The texture of her hair is very soft, and the messy hair is caressed by the sea breeze.
To be continued...