After Lu Liansheng walked into the house, Chen Zihan, Lu Qinglan and Lu Ruorong looked at each other for a while, all with puzzled expressions, not knowing what Lu Liansheng was going to get.
"Could it be that my grandfather and your great-grandfather know each other?" Lu Ruorong said in a low voice.
Chen Zihan thought about it and shook his head. "No. My great-grandfather died in December 1937. Your grandfather is seventy years old this year, so he should have been born in 1933. Even if they met, they couldn't have recognized each other. After all, there's such a big age difference, a generation gap."
Lu Qinglan opened his mouth but said nothing.
After a while, Lu Liansheng came out with an old photo album in his hand.
Lu Ruorong had never seen this album, and Lu Qinglan didn't seem to have any impression of it either.
Lu Liansheng didn't say anything. He sat down and opened the photo album, and found a very old, yellowed, but carefully framed photo.
“Have you ever seen this photo?”
Chen Zihan turned his head and was shocked when he saw the photo clearly.
"My grandmother has this photo of my great-grandfather!" Chen Zihan pointed to the second handsome young man on the right in the photo. "That's my great-grandfather. This should be a photo of him when he was at the Whampoa Military Academy. He was a graduate of the fourth class."
"This is my dad!" Lu Liansheng pointed at the handsome young man next to Chen Zihan's great-grandfather. "My dad is also a graduate of the fourth class of the Whampoa Military Academy. His name is Lu Ke."
After glancing at Chen Zihan, he continued, "I heard from my father that he had a very close classmate. They participated in the Northern Expedition together and later served in the Central Teaching Corps. This classmate was called Zhao Shaoyun, and he was a secret party member recruited by him. Unfortunately, he died a heroic death in the Battle of Nanjing."
After hearing this, Chen Zihan was stunned.
Lu Qinglan and Lu Ruorong were also shocked.
They never dreamed that Chen Zihan's ancestors were actually related to their ancestors.
Chen Zihan's great-grandfather was actually a classmate of Lu Ke, the founder of the huge Lu family that brought honor to their Lu family.
That's magical.
"It's such a coincidence!" Chen Zihan twitched his lips, still not recovering from the shock.
My great-grandfather was not only an anti-Japanese hero, but also a secret member of the Kuomintang.
He had never heard anyone mention this before today.
Chen Zihan was sure that no one in his family knew this.
If Lu Liansheng hadn't mentioned it, perhaps this secret would never have been known to anyone.
Seeing Chen Zihan, Lü Qinglan, and Lü Ruorong all standing there in shock, Lü Liansheng smiled again. "The graduates of the first and fourth classes of Whampoa Military Academy were the best. There were many prominent figures in the fourth class, such as Zhang Lingfu, Xie Jinyuan, Li Mi, and Hu Lian from the Kuomintang camp, and Marshal Lin Biao, Liu Zhidan, Duan Dechang, Zhang Zongsun, and Yuan Guoping from our side. My father was also one of the more outstanding graduates of the fourth class. He participated in the Northern Expedition and was injured during the Northern Expedition. It was his classmates who saved his life."
Lu Liansheng looked at Chen Zihan meaningfully.
"At the time, my father was a company commander in the Northern Expedition, a powerful unit," Lü Liansheng said with longing. "In the Battle of Hesheng Bridge, he led his troops in a fierce charge and was wounded. Fortunately, his classmate led another company to support him and carried him back from the battlefield."
"The classmate who saved his life was Zhao Shaoyun." Lu Liansheng looked at Chen Zihan quietly, a slight smile on his face. "My father told me several times that if Captain Zhao hadn't saved him, he might have died on the Northern Expedition battlefield."
"Holy shit!" Chen Zi Han was shocked when he heard this, but he couldn't help but feel surprised.
Although this incident was too dramatic, it was a great thing for him.
Just based on this relationship, Lu Liansheng would look at him with admiration.
Talking about his father's generation, Lü Liansheng was quite emotional. After glancing at the three younger generations beside him who looked shocked, he continued, "After that battle, the relationship between the two became even closer. At that time, my father had already joined the Party organization, and under his influence, Company Commander Zhao also secretly joined the Party."
"Because Captain Zhao was from Zhijiang Province and had outstanding abilities, he was eventually assigned to the German-equipped division. Later, he was assigned by the organization to the Central Training Corps. At that time, the party organization assigned him the task of finding a way to fully or partially control this elite German-equipped unit. Later, the Japanese invaded our country. After the Battle of Songhu, the Battle of Nanjing began again. As the most elite unit in the Chinese army at the time, the Central Training Corps, under the leadership of Gui Yongqing, also joined the battle to defend Nanjing. If my father remembers correctly, your great-grandfather was already a major battalion commander at that time."
"After that battle, he lost contact with the organization." Lu Liansheng sighed again, then said in a low voice, "A few years later, the organization learned that he had died a heroic death in the Battle of Nanjing. In that battle, many National Revolutionary Army soldiers who had secretly joined the party organization shed blood on the battlefield and sacrificed their lives for their country."
Hearing this, Chen Zihan interrupted, "Actually, I've always felt that no matter which side they belong to, as long as they fight for their country, they are national heroes. The soldiers and civilians who fight to resist foreign enemies are true heroes who deserve our respect."
Lu Liansheng nodded, "That's indeed the case."
He immediately continued, "After the Northern Expedition, my father participated in the famous August 1st Uprising. Later, after the defeat at Sanheba, he was captured by Li Jishen, but was quickly dismissed. Later, he rejoined his troops and, with his outstanding military talent, gradually became an outstanding military commander."
Then he sighed again: "If your great-grandfather were alive and had returned to the organization, with his talents, he would definitely have achieved a high position."
Chen Zihan glanced at Lu Liansheng, gave a wry smile, and said, "That's not necessarily true. Perhaps he won't survive that era."
Lu Liansheng knew what Chen Zihan was referring to and nodded gently, but then he immediately said, "There's one thing we Lu family members will always remember: without Captain Zhao's rescue at Hesheng Bridge, there would be no Lu family. Before my father died, he told me to find Captain Zhao's descendants. However, after the Battle of Nanjing, all news was cut off, and we don't even know if Captain Zhao has any descendants."
At this point, Lu Liansheng smiled with relief. "I never expected it to be true. It all fits the saying: 'No matter how hard you try, you'll find it.' I never expected my granddaughter's boyfriend to be the descendant of my father's lifesaver!"
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