Opening game, American Tycoon

That night, friendly forces broke through the US defense line from three directions and entered the city of Berkeley. Tens of thousands of troops swarmed into the city.The national flag hoisted in front of the city hall was wet with rain and rattled.

Before dawn the next day, the troops began to sweep the city, and occupied Berik City by noon.

Kang Mingwei's unit directly lived in the University of California, Berkeley - there was no one there, and the enlisted soldiers lit fires everywhere to dry their clothes, lying on the floor of the classroom around the fire to sleep.

After a short rest, all the surviving soldiers of the company lined up to bid farewell to the remains of the real company commander and comrades-in-arms. Gudean lit a fire on the pyre, and after several hours of burning, they finally burned their remains to ashes , and then use homemade chopsticks to pick up the remains and put them in the cloth, then stuff the cloth into the tinplate ammunition box, then wrap it in white cotton cloth, put the box in the library hall, and hang their identification tags , Soon, these urns will be sent to the rear, and then transported back to their hometown by water.Some people found olive oil and lit a long burning lamp in front of the ashes.Those who did not get oil lit cigarettes and stood them in front of the urn as incense.

When night fell, the soldiers were resting in the reading room used as the barracks. While the comrades were resting, Kang Mingwei, who had just been promoted to a warrant officer, walked into the library, and then he silently collected the books scattered on the ground. Put it back on the bookshelf.

Picking up a book, Kang Mingwei looked at the title of "War and Peace". Jevich Tolstoy won the Sidley Emperor Literary Prize for this novel six years ago.For the past few years Tolstoy has been traveling throughout the empire.

Looking at the book in his hand, Kang Mingwei heaved a long sigh. When he opened the book, he saw the seal of "University of California, Berkeley".

"If there hadn't been a war, maybe the students would be reading here right now."

While Kang Mingwei was talking to himself, Li Hongan came over.

"Sir, are you reading a book?"

Glancing at the director, Kang Mingwei shook his head, then looked at the books on the ground and said.

"I want to tidy up here. After all, after the war is over, people still have to go to school to study. This is a university... This is a library, and we are not barbarians."

How is barbarism different from civilization?
It is nothing more than how to treat words.Sometimes it’s that simple to find other ways, like the Manchu Qing Dynasty’s literary inquisition and the destruction of Chinese civilization.It is barbaric.The massacre of Shanghai can be explained by the atrocities in the war, but what about the implementation of literary inquisition.

This is not barbarism, what is barbarism?

"It's true what the officer said."

After finishing speaking, Li Hongan shouted to his comrades who were resting and chatting with the books scattered on the ground.

"Brothers, everyone, please help, don't let people say that the imperial soldiers are a bunch of barbarians who don't know how to love books!"

After all, Li Hongan bent down to pick up the book, and other comrades in arms joined in one after another. However, it took only ten minutes, and the messy library was restored to tidy again. When sorting out the books, some soldiers even Many books in Mandarin were found among them. Although many of them were scientific periodicals, there were also novels of the empire.After all, after years of hard work, Chinese, like German, has long been a language for disseminating science. Chinese has long been a compulsory course in many foreign schools. After all, many scientific works are published in Chinese.

The soldiers who were chatting there picked up the books one after another, lay down on the desk to read them, and soon the library became quiet, and the soldiers seemed to have returned to school again. Of course, some people did not find what they were interested in. They gathered around the outdoor campfire and chatted there.

Ban Taro, who had just been promoted to acting platoon leader, was sitting around the fire with a few soldiers in the platoon. Because his boots were being warmed, he sat there very casually with bare feet, speaking foul language in his mouth.

"The skin on the heels of the feet is fucking thick again. At this time, I really should take a hot bath and soak my feet again."

Chen Lei noticed that he was wearing a gold ring on the ring finger of his left hand, so he asked.

"Platoon leader, what's that?"

"What? This? Do you even need to ask?"

Ban Taro grinned, and then raised the hand of another soldier beside him for Chen Lei to watch.

"This kid is wearing it too."

"Where did you get it?"

"Well, the Yankee gave it to me during the previous battle."

The soldier scrambled forward.

"It's exchanged for bullets, Taozi, right?"

"That's what happened."

Li Tao nodded in response.

"We said no and refused, but the Yankee said he would ask me to accept it no matter what. The kindness is hard to refuse, so I had to accept it."

It seems that all Americans have to wear rings after marriage. Although there is such a habit in the empire, many men don’t like to wear rings, but Americans wear them every day. They are all gold, and the workmanship of the rings is very delicate. Some rings are engraved with their names and lovers.

Chen Lei looked at the rings on the hands of his comrades and said with a smile.

"I want to get one as a souvenir too!"

In this way, Li Tao became energetic, he shouted.

"It's easy to say, the next time Squad Leader Chen cleans the battlefield, we will definitely meet the Yankee who offered to give it to you. At that time, the kindness will be hard to turn down, Squad Leader Chen, you must accept it. Haha..."

While his comrades were chatting, Kang Mingwei sat in the library and read books. When he was flipping through novels, it was difficult for him to calm down. All he thought about was about returning home.

The battalion commander has confirmed his promotion on the battlefield and has reported it to the regiment. After the regiment headquarters reports to the division headquarters for approval, he can return to the military academy for training. This is the only way for a non-commissioned officer to be promoted to an officer.

However, for Kang Mingwei, what really attracted him was not his promotion in the army, but his return to China!

Back home!

This means that they can go home, at least before reporting to the military academy, the army will definitely give them enough time so that they can go home and see their families.

"When San Francisco is captured, it's almost time to sail home."

For soldiers fighting in foreign countries, there is nothing more joyful than going home. Even if they just go home for a few days, even if they just take a look at their families from afar, it is enough for them to cheer for them. excited.

Thinking of seeing his wife and children soon, Kang Mingwei could even hear his heart beating excitedly. While excited, he picked up the photo of his wife and children again, and stroked the photo with his fingers , he looked a little excited...

Soon, you will be able to go home!