Anti-Japanese War, weapons designer at Fengtian Arsenal

"Sister! Are you leaving? I don't want you to leave, wuwuwu..."

When the Tan siblings returned home, Tan Tianyun hugged her sister and started crying.

"Don't cry, Yuntian. I'm only leaving temporarily. I'll be home soon. The uncles in the store will take good care of you while I'm away."

Tan Yuqing stroked Tan Tianyun's hair and comforted him softly.

"Wuwuwu, sister, don't go! I don't want my sister to go!"

Tan Tianyun was still crying, but Tan Yuqing's decision to join the army was not shaken at all. Before, she had been passively enduring it, thinking that as long as she could hold on, everything would be fine.

But Tan Hongtao broke into her house before dawn, kidnapped her, and sold her brother. She was so powerless at that time and she almost lost her brother.

She hated herself so much at that time, hated herself for being incompetent!

Now she has come to her senses. She must seize every opportunity, any opportunity to keep her brother alive. Joining the army is this opportunity. As long as she becomes a soldier, her brother can live well regardless of whether he dies in battle or not!

She comforted her crying brother, and Tan Tianyun soon fell asleep crying.

Tan Yuqing put her younger brother to bed and started doing housework. There were still three days before she was to join the army, and she had to take good care of her younger brother during these three days.

Tan Yuqing quickly cleaned the house and then started cooking. After the meal was ready, her brother was still not awake, so she kept the meal warm and waited for him to wake up.

While waiting, she remembered that Tan Hongtao could easily rush into his house every time, so she tied the door with a rope, then put the kitchen knife on her waist and looked at the gate of the yard vigilantly.

Three days later, the day for military inspection arrived. Suddenly, many young people who had never been seen before came to Huangtu Village, and charcoal carts carrying carts of people arrived at Huangtu Village.

Huangtu Village is actually a well-connected village, connected to seven or eight surrounding villages. On the first day of every month, people from the surrounding villages will open a temporary market outside Huangtu Village to exchange daily necessities.

So Li Wei’s Longlong Grocery Store is actually a main site.

The agricultural products received by the surrounding Longlong stores will be concentrated here by Li Xi, who will then transport them to the county town. Then the materials from several county towns will be transported to a secret area for collection. The materials gathered on this level are enough for Li Qinwu to open a portal to collect them.

The same applies to the military inspection. Suitable soldiers from the surrounding villages will sign up at the Longlong Store in this village, and then gather at the Li Wei station for military inspection. If they are suitable, they will be sent to the next level.

When Tan Yuqing arrived at Longlong Store, about 30 young people had already arrived, but the store was not open yet, so everyone was waiting around the store.

She looked around and found that almost all of them were men, which made her feel like an alien and she was a little afraid to get close.

But thinking of her brother, she regained her courage and walked straight to the group of men and sat down against the wall.

The young men were bragging and chatting, but when they saw Tan Yuqing walk over and sit down among them, they were all a little curious. Could this be the legendary female soldier? Does a powerful army like the Punishment Army really recruit female soldiers?

Being stared at by the men, Tan Yuqing's heart was pounding, but she did not leave. She just stood there.

Her appearance made the men feel embarrassed and they subconsciously stayed away from her.

Tan Yuqing had nothing to do, so she started studying the mud on the ground. Suddenly, two women came up and squatted beside her.

Tan Yuqing was stunned, not knowing what the two women meant. When they saw her look, they looked away embarrassedly.

In fact, the two women also came to check the soldiers. They had arrived a long time ago, but when they saw the entrance of Longlong Convenience Store was surrounded by men, they did not dare to get close and hid behind a big tree in the distance.

But when they saw that Tan Yuqing dared to stay among the group of men, they felt like they had found a backbone, so they all moved closer.

When everyone was imagining a life in the military, several men wearing camouflage uniforms, belts, pistols on their waists, and training caps came up.

The people who were just chatting fell silent in an instant and made way for them. Li Wei and a few other Longlong Store owners came to the door, took out their keys and opened it.

Li Wei said to everyone: "I am Major Li Wei. Now I will take you to watch the internal education film before joining the army. In the educational film, you will learn what kind of army the Punitive Force is, you will understand the life in the barracks, and you will understand war."

Having said that, he looked around very seriously, making everyone feel depressed.

“Warm reminder, in the educational film, you will see a lot of blood, severed limbs, exposed internal organs, severe burns, and a large number of corpses.

If you feel uncomfortable while watching, you can leave at any time, but this means giving up joining the army and you can go home directly.

Now everyone line up and enter in turn."

Everyone immediately lined up as ordered, and were then taken one by one to a dark room behind the Longlong Store, which contained rows of benches, a screen in front, and a translation machine and battery assembly in the back.

After entering the venue, Tan Yuqing was arranged to sit directly in the front row. If she had sat in the back row, she would not have been able to see anything.

She looked at the dark room with great curiosity. She had heard from villagers before that there was a room dedicated to shadow puppet shows in the backyard of the store. The shadow puppet shows there were very interesting. It was a pity that so many things happened in her family that she had no chance to watch the shadow puppet shows.

She looked around curiously, and finally her eyes fell on several men in military uniforms at the door. They were led by Li Wei and were talking about something.

The avatars of the Punishment Army were all created by Li Qinwu. They all have the body shapes and looks of handsome and tough guys. In addition, they are wearing military uniforms, belts, and high-top combat boots, which immediately exudes their aura.

Is this a soldier?

This thought flashed through Tan Yuqing's mind.

While I was daydreaming, two other women also entered the screening room. They looked around and sat directly on Tan Yuqing's bench. There were men everywhere else, so they didn't dare to sit there.

When everyone was present, Li Wei entered the screening room.

"Silence. From now on, no talking is allowed. Our Punishment Army is a disciplined force. Anyone who disobeys orders can leave now."

The whole audience fell silent for a moment. Li Wei lowered the black cloth at the door. The light outside was completely blocked and the projection room fell into darkness.

But the darkness did not last long, and the projector light soon came on.

There was a 10-second countdown on the screen, and the two speakers on both sides of the screen made a beeping countdown sound.

Tan Yuqing suddenly focused her attention. For no reason, she felt that the scene in front of her was so grand and wonderful.

As she looked on curiously, the countdown on the screen reached zero.