War Military: From 1978

Chapter 287 New Year's Eve Gala!
Although the graduation thesis is annoying, it is not the whole of life and study.

Moreover, there are priorities and urgency in everything.

The Lunar New Year is a traditional Chinese festival.

Although everyone is unable to go home for the Lunar New Year now.

However, it's impossible to continue classes and training as usual at a military academy.

On the 27th day of the Lunar New Year, training and classes were completely suspended.

Although everyone was still burdened by their papers after the break, they all tacitly put them aside on Chinese New Year's Day.

"Wow, there's abalone! Where did you get it? I thought we wouldn't be able to get it anymore once we left the front lines!"

Inside the canteen, as plates of fragrant food were served, the cadres and trainees, who had been tormented by their papers, all broke into smiles.

Abalone, prawns, and braised pork.
Dishes that I would never have dared to dream of in my daily life appeared before me tonight.

Chu An also swallowed hard.

Since his rebirth, he has always had a good appetite, and he has never neglected his stomach before or after the war.

Because the front line was not far from the sea, they had even eaten abalone and prawns.

But he hadn't had a feast like tonight's in a long time!

"Fellow students!" The principal and a group of school leaders were also present at the head table in the cafeteria tonight.

The principal raised his glass and said, "Tonight is a bit of a luxury. At a time when we should be living a hard life, we're indulging in a feast."

The principal spoke loudly with a smile: "But today, this is also a unanimous decision made by all of us old bones!"

"Comrades, you have worked hard for our country."

I won't use any bad words tonight.

On behalf of the school, the people, and the Party, I wish you all a Happy New Year!
Dry! "

The principal downed his drink in one gulp, and the students at the other tables also stood up and raised their glasses.

"Dry!"

Hundreds of students also drank it all in one gulp.

Everyone here drinks alcohol.

Because those who remained were all trainees like Chu An and his group, who had completed a one-year program and were promoted to officers after making meritorious contributions on the battlefield.

The other new recruits who are still at the training grounds, including the senior students in the school, have all gone home for winter break!

On the battlefield, especially before a battle, even a new recruit who doesn't drink can be infected by the atmosphere.

Of course, not all of Chu An and his group were actually present.

Although they had a two-day holiday, these trainees were assigned another task after the holiday.

On duty and on guard.

This was something that had nothing to do with them, the cadre trainees.

The school has always had a guard company, and they are responsible for the daily work of standing guard and performing duties.

But with the arrival of the Lunar New Year, these cadre trainees must learn a tradition.

To stand guard for the soldiers.

Chu An also has plans for tonight: guarding the school gate from midnight to 2 a.m.

Soon, everyone finished their drinks.

The principal smiled and asked everyone to take their seats.

After he spoke again, the chairman also stood up and toasted everyone.

After that, we started eating and drinking.

Half an hour later, the cafeteria had become quiet.

But the auditorium at the end of the school playground was brightly lit tonight.

"Comrades, war has brought us pain, but we cannot keep our pain inside us forever."

The new year is approaching.

We should greet the new year with joy and a fresh start.

A huge screen has now been erected in front of the auditorium.

In the past, this was a place where people would watch movies on weekend nights.

Both sides of the screen are used for projection, and the students are seated on either side.

But tonight, the screen is just a backdrop.

School leaders, including the chairman, once again spoke on a temporary stage in front of the screen.

Cultural performance.

This is the plan for tonight.

"Here they come! Class monitor, it's your turn to go on stage soon!"

In the audience, Huang Jianping, sitting on a small stool in the first squad, seemed even more excited than Chu An. Chu An glanced at him, then turned back to look at the committee member on the stage.

I completely ignored him.

For the arts and culture performance, students can register for programs as a class or district team.

Each district team must have at least one.

To be honest, this is actually quite difficult for people.

Apart from female soldiers in the communications major who might have some talents, the rest of the male soldiers are basically country bumpkins.

In an era where people have to work incredibly hard just to have enough to eat, art is something that is extremely unfamiliar to most people.

But this task was assigned a month ago.

However, the members of the first squadron specializing in combined arms command don't have this problem.

Because on that very day, the task was involuntarily assigned to Chu An.

Chu Anxue wrote that he hadn't kept his songwriting a secret from anyone.

Although Chu An only said at the time that he was learning composition, he was not in a hurry to produce a song.

The main reason was that he felt military academies weren't exactly good places to sing songs.

He was planning to release the song after returning to his unit.

But because of the cultural performance.

Everyone in the class and the other people in the squad said that Chu An was researching these things, and now was the perfect time for him to show off his talents.

Then Chu An was forced to register.

Of course, he didn't actually resist much.

Since there's a platform, the song should be released as soon as possible.

Anyway, he had already thought about this day when he went to study composition.

Soon, the chairman finished speaking.

Afterwards, the director of the academic affairs office also went on stage to say a few words, and then the two hosts selected by the school, a man and a woman, came on stage in military uniforms.

The first program was not Chu An's.

In this school where men outnumber women, there are female soldiers, so the opening scene will definitely feature female soldiers!

The female soldiers specializing in communications performed a dance on stage, with the theme of remembering their comrades-in-arms!
The female soldiers performed very seriously, and their dance was certainly not the kind of suggestive dance that appeared in later generations.

This performance uses dance movements to tell the story.

That's a characteristic of that era.

Chu An had seen something similar when he visited cultural troupes after the war.

Next, students from other majors took to the stage to perform.

A grand chorus of "Ode to Heroes"

Recite "Step Back, Let Me Do It!"

Although the host said at the beginning of the performance that everyone should forget the pain and welcome the new year, tonight's performance was entirely related to war.

But that's how it should be.

This is because it's not just school arts festivals that are like this now; arts festivals everywhere are filled with elements of war.

at last.

After another performance on stage ended.

The male soldier host on stage began to speak.

"The battlefield is ruthless, but people are compassionate!"

The female host chimed in: "Yes! On the battlefield, countless brothers and sisters fell, but countless heroes and role models also emerged."

Tonight, we are honored to have Chu An, a first-class model hero from the Synthetic Command major, perform his original song "The Blood-Stained Glory."

At this moment, Chu An's expression was slightly awkward.

It's not that I'm afraid of going on stage.

It was because he heard the female soldier say that it was a song he had composed himself.

After all, this can be plagiarized and cannot be considered original.

Although no one knows this, and in this time and space, it was definitely his creation.

But this is something that others may not know, and there will always be a hurdle in one's own heart.

Of course, knowing that this song later became a taboo subject, Chu An easily overcame this mental hurdle.

This song should not be forgotten.

Chu An rose and went on stage amidst applause.

(End of this chapter)