A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 269 Return to Zenda

"The battalion commander is back!"

A cheer broke the silence of the early morning and awakened all the soldiers stationed on the east coast. Then, cheers continued to rise.

All the soldiers walked out of the trenches and looked towards the river, to see the officer who brought them home, to see the battalion commander who led them all the way back, and to see the hero and idol who gave them confidence and courage.

Soon, the cheers from the Nujiang River alarmed the people of Zenda and the Burmese Chinese who were still staying in Zenda and were reluctant to leave.

Lu Cheng created a miracle in two days. Under the repeated pursuit of the Japanese and when Xingtian Ferry was bombed, he successfully covered more than 2,000 fleeing civilians to cross the river. He led a group of defeated soldiers to stop a regiment of Japanese outside Nantianmen, and even managed to successfully return to the east bank. Even some soldiers who died in the battle were not abandoned at Nantianmen.

Lu Cheng fulfilled his original promise and brought everyone back to China.

On the bank of the Nujiang River, all the soldiers looked at Lu Cheng with excitement.

Lu Cheng came to a higher position and looked at the soldiers below: "Soldiers, brothers, you are all great. You have guarded the Nantianmen, the Nujiang River, and the Zenda behind us. You are worthy of the military uniforms on your body and the steel guns in your hands. Lu is here to salute everyone!"

After saying that, Lu Cheng raised his hand and saluted, then turned around and looked at everyone around him and in the distance.

At this moment, a Chinese overseas from Myanmar who had hurried over raised his camera and captured this touching scene.

Soon, a group of Zenda people came over, beating gongs and drums, wearing flowery sheets and quilts, and singing and dancing to welcome the returning heroes.

There were also the young girls and wives of Zenda, who ran over with wild flowers picked from the roadside and wanted to present them to Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng immediately saw the girl who was rushing in the front, the girl who looked weak but actually had a stronger physique than most people.

She did not hold flowers like other girls, nor was she covered with a sheet like some people. She held a bamboo basket in one hand and held the opening of the basket tightly with the other hand to prevent the things inside from falling out while she was running.

Soon, she was the first to rush to the front, but then she stopped and looked stupidly at Lu Cheng who was surrounded by everyone.

After Lu Cheng nodded to the people around him, he walked out of the crowd, walked up to the girl, and opened his arms: "Xiaozui, I'm back."

"Brother Lu Cheng!"

Chen Xiaozui no longer cared about anything else or being shy, and threw herself directly into Lu Cheng's arms. The basket in her hand fell off, but was caught by Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng held the bamboo basket in one hand and picked up Chen Xiaozui in the other. He turned around and smiled at the soldiers behind him: "What are you looking at? Why don't you say hello to your sister-in-law?"

Bu La, Yao Ma, Kang Ya and others immediately responded: "Hello, sister-in-law!"

Then, the surrounding soldiers shouted in unison: "Hello, sister-in-law!"

At first, the voices were a little confusing, but by the third time, everyone had formed a tacit understanding and shouted in unison: "Hello, sister-in-law!"

Chen Xiaozui had never seen such a scene before, and he immediately hid in Lu Cheng's arms in embarrassment.

Lu Cheng waved his hands at the soldiers and said, "Alright, alright, let's all go. People from the kitchen team, why don't you hurry up and prepare food? Aren't you all hungry?"

After that, Lu Cheng opened the bamboo basket that Chen Xiaozui brought, took out a bun and an egg from it, took a bite of the bun, and then handed the bamboo basket to A Bao: "Try your sister-in-law's cooking."

"Yes, battalion commander!"

As A Bao took out a bun, the bamboo basket in his hand was snatched away by Bu La who then took out a bun and stuffed it into his mouth.

Soon after, Kang Ya, Yao Ma, She Pit and others rushed forward and snatched all the buns and eggs in the basket.

Afterwards, the empty basket was handed back to Abao. Abao took a bite of the bun and handed the basket to Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng carried a bamboo basket in one hand and held Chen Xiaozui's hand in the other, and walked towards Zenda.

The people of Zenda automatically stood on both sides of the road to welcome the return of their heroes.

Originally, the people of Zenda had already prepared to migrate the entire city and leave their homes, and even planned to burn down the entire Zenda and never leave it to the Japanese.

But Lu Cheng and his soldiers changed all that, making Zenda as stable as before and allowing the people to avoid leaving their homes.

That's why the people sang and danced and lined the streets to welcome him.

Looking at the apples, bananas, durian, roast chicken, buns, and boiled eggs held in the hands of the people, Lu Cheng also felt a little emotional.

In fact, these people were not rich, but they were still willing to take out the best things in their homes to entertain the heroes who saved them.

"Everyone, take it back. Don't be polite. We appreciate your kindness. Protecting our homeland is the duty of our generation of soldiers. It is not worth it for everyone to do this."

"That's right, brave man! Hero!"

As they were talking, a gentleman in a robe, glasses and holding a cane walked out of the crowd.

"Thank you for your hard work, warrior. Come, pour some wine!"

Then two young men stood out from the crowd. One of them held a large jar of wine, and the other held a large bowl bigger than his head. They poured a full bowl of wine and handed it to Lu Cheng.

The soldiers standing by were stunned. Even a cow would fall down after drinking such a large bowl of wine.

The gentleman said, "How magnificent! When you left, it was like clouds covering the moon. When you came back, there was no war. I have been a termite all my life. Today I heard that it is a great tragedy to die on the battlefield. The hero has worked hard all the way. Let's drink this bowl of wine. The events of the battlefield were yesterday. Now that we have returned home today, we should get drunk."

Lu Cheng looked at the large bowl in front of him, and then looked at the old man in front of him. If the thermal sensing radar had not given any warning that the enemy was approaching, Lu Cheng would have suspected that this old guy was a spy sent by the enemy.

Most people cannot handle such a big bowl of wine, even if it is low-proof rice wine. If you drink too much, you will most likely make a fool of yourself.

Lu Cheng took the bowl with both hands, and imitated Long Wenjian's approach in the original play, raising the bowl to salute: "This bowl of wine, Lu, first toasts to the heroes who died along the way!"

Then, Lu Cheng poured half a bowl of wine onto the ground.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng raised the big bowl again: "This bowl of wine, Lu, is to toast the people of Zenda. The highest honor for us soldiers is the curling smoke from thousands of households, the laughter in the village, and the happy and healthy faces of the people!"

After saying that, Lu Cheng picked up the large bowl and poured another small half bowl of wine into it, leaving less than 1/3 of the wine in the bowl.

Then, Lu Cheng raised the big bowl again: "This third bowl of wine, Lu wants to pay tribute to the land under our feet and the blue sky above our heads. Our ancestors gave us this land, but we have lost too much. As soldiers, we should always remind ourselves that sooner or later we will take back our land from the devils and rescue our compatriots!"

After saying that, Lu Cheng poured out most of the remaining wine in the bowl again, and the remaining wine barely covered the bottom of the bowl.

Then, Lu Cheng picked up the wine bowl and gestured to the gentleman opposite: "Thank you, old sir!"

After he finished speaking, Lu Cheng drank the rest of the wine.

The gentleman was stunned, but the people around him cheered in unison: "Good! Good!"

Not far away, Long Wenjian was watching this scene and couldn't help but click his tongue: "Hey, our battalion commander is really like me in this respect."

Meng Fanle also laughed: "I didn't expect that our camp commander has such a cunning side."

At this moment, the military commissioner finally arrived, looked Lu Cheng up and down, and nodded with satisfaction: "Good! You are indeed a talent valued by the general commander. Major Lu, let me introduce myself. I am a special commissioner of the military. I am here on the order of the general commander to announce your latest appointment!"