War Military: From 1978

Chapter 289 Standing Guard with the Principal

The winter mornings are bitterly cold.

Chu An stood silently at the school gate, clutching the cold steel gun.

The first sentry post of the new year, and Chu An wasn't the only one on duty.

The principal, who was in his early sixties, stood opposite him.

He didn't know about this before he started his job.

He initially thought that he was standing with other trainees.

But he didn't realize it was the principal himself until he arrived at the school gate to take over.

This is true teaching by example!

Of course, Chu An wasn't too surprised.

Our army itself emphasizes leading by example.

Moreover, this first shift of the new year does have a special significance.

By now, Chu An knew that whether it was the gate guard post or other posts within the school, they were all held by recipients of the First-Class Merit Citation.

Moreover, a school leader will always be present next to them.

This is a luxurious configuration, and one that is unlikely to appear again after this year.

After all, aside from wartime, how could you possibly gather so many first-class meritorious officials?

Although we will have another ten years of rotation in the war.

However, the following decade consisted of localized conflicts, not a full-scale war. First-class merit awards would still be awarded, but not as many as before.

"Chiji~"

Fireworks lit up the sky in the distance, towards the city.

Welcome the New Year.

Although it was a poor era.

But it is undeniable that there are always wealthy people in every era.

At the beginning of the new year, setting off some fireworks to bring joy is not an unacceptable thing for people whose lives are not too hard.

However, the area around the school gate was completely silent.

The school's fireworks display ended long ago, and although there are two people on guard duty now...
But the person opposite him was the principal, so Chu An dared not be careless.

Since military ranks have been abolished, the principal opposite Chu An is wearing the same military uniform.

But Chu An knew that the person opposite him was a founding lieutenant colonel.

……

It would be a lie to say I felt no pressure.

If Chu An had a military rank, his years of service would be insufficient. Even if his administrative rank was deputy battalion commander, he would only be able to wear the rank of captain.

The difference was significant, so Chu An dared not be dishonest.

"Cold?"

After standing there for more than twenty minutes, the principal across from me suddenly spoke with a gentle smile.

"Reporting, sir, it's not cold!"

It would be a lie to say he wasn't cold, but he could handle it.

"Haha, time really does wait for no one! I've been standing here for a while and my body feels a bit stiff!"

The principal said that, but he didn't move and remained standing there perfectly still.

"Commander, why don't you go inside and rest for a bit?" Chu An said softly.

There is a guardhouse at the school gate.

In fact, for daily guard duty, one person is enough to stand at the school gate, and another person can sit inside the guard room.

But tonight the principal insisted on standing outside with us.

"Haha, no need for that. This little bit of cold is nothing. Back in the CX battlefield, that was truly freezing cold!"

"Commander, you've worked hard. You soldiers of this generation will always be our role models!" Chu An said righteously.

"You rascal!" the principal chuckled. "Let me tell you a story from our past!"

The principal was indeed starting to lose his footing.

As people get older, it becomes increasingly difficult to keep up with guard duty, even though it was possible in previous years.

So find something to do to distract yourself.

Naturally, Chu An was very happy to agree.

He was bored too.

Or rather, no soldier on guard duty is ever not bored.

Standing motionless at the gate like a doorman, not a mindless robot, who wouldn't get bored?

Moreover, he genuinely wanted to hear the stories of those who had experienced those events firsthand.

"Back in the day..."

At the school gate, the principal told Chu An the story from back then for almost half an hour.

Some of them were from the War of Resistance against Japan, and others from the War of Resistance against the United States. Chu An also shared some of their experiences in northern Vietnam.

It's a pity that the principal's story is too long and too numerous, but there's too little time left now.

Because the person taking over the shift arrived too early.

The company commander and the sixth squad leader of the combined command specialty.

The two of them arrived an hour early to take over their shift.

He was very proactive, but Chu An was not surprised at all.

After all, the position they took over was where the principal was standing.

In fact, if the principal hadn't forbidden them from staying there, they would have stayed with him the whole time he took over.

Now that they've taken over their posts ahead of schedule, even though the principal scolded them, they haven't been laid off. Instead, they've stayed on one side of the school gate, enduring the midnight northwest wind.

"Does Xiao Chu have a boyfriend?"

After being laid off, Chu An walked on campus with the principal once again.

Suddenly, the principal asked this question.

Chu An was taken aback, then nodded with a smile: "Yes, I've got it!"

"Oh, so fast!" The principal was a little surprised.

He knew Chu An's age very well.

Asking Chu An if he had a boyfriend or girlfriend, the implication was quite clear.

I want to help Chu An with the connection.

Although he doesn't have a granddaughter of marriageable age, his sister has one.

And it doesn't have to be your own home; other leaders' homes within the school are also acceptable.

It's not uncommon for organizations to assign people to positions of responsibility, especially for young people with great achievements and promising futures.

To be realistic, if we let young people talk about it themselves, we're afraid they might be tricked by the enemy using a honey trap.

Only those who are truly our own can be trusted.

This can be considered as the organization assigning you a partner after your personal potential and abilities have reached a certain level!

"Yes, he's a comrade from my C Regiment's communications platoon, and a soldier my age!"

Chu An wasn't stupid; he understood the principal's meaning, so he took the initiative to explain Qin Wanqiu's identity.

"Hehe, that's great!"

The principal nodded with a smile, though he was slightly disappointed.

Yes!

If given the choice, who wouldn't want to find a good match for their offspring?

And Chu An now is clearly one of them.

A first-class hero, nineteen years old, and with an academic background.

Although Chu An's academic qualifications will not amount to much in the future.

But these days, anyone who barely makes it into university is definitely a talent.

What's more, Chu An is now enrolled in a military academy.

Soon, Chu An and the principal parted ways.

Inside the dormitory, many students in other dormitories were suffering from insomnia.

But those two from Class 1 slept very well tonight.

This wasn't the first time I'd heard "The Bloodstained Glory," and I'd already had my emotions released before, so it wouldn't affect my sleep.

Of course, the main reason is that they don't have to stand guard tonight.

The next few days passed relatively peacefully.

School is closed until the third year of junior high.

In the past few days, only the staff of the school's publicity department and the teacher from the School of Arts came to see Chu An.

The purpose is simple.

This song is for the glory stained with blood.

Chu An didn't press the matter further, refusing to record the song himself, only retaining the rights to be credited as composer and lyricist, leaving everything else to the teachers from the school's publicity department and art college.

Chu An told them to find someone to sing themselves, and to try not to let this matter interfere with their studies.

His reasons were very compelling.

He needs to prepare his graduation thesis; that's his real business.

Naturally, they were all from the same school and were also soldiers, so they accepted this powerful reason.

For a moment, Chu An's place fell silent.

After classes started on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, life continued in an orderly fashion.

However, while his life became peaceful, trouble began to stir in the outside world.

A song that arose from the glory stained with blood.

(End of this chapter)