Chapter 60 Section VIII

The deputy commander led the team and inspected the canteen, oil depot, ammunition depot, garage, etc. The management was indeed orderly.He nodded in satisfaction. He Zhijun and Geng Hui thought everything was fine, but they didn't expect the old man to get in the car again.This time when the car got out of the compound, He Zhijun and Geng Hui were still puzzled, and the old man sitting in front said to the driver: "Go to the farm." The two chief officers were dragged into the car by the old man, one is to facilitate the introduction of the situation, and the other is to prevent them from notifying the units to be inspected.

When the car arrived at the farm, the sentinel on duty thought he was delusional.I hurriedly called the director, but I couldn't speak well.The director hurriedly led the security team to stand in line in front of the building to greet him. The old man got off the car and didn't go up. He just went to see the vegetable field and the fish pond. A group of generals and school officers looked at the vegetable field and the fish pond, and the old man was quite satisfied, as he was as familiar with these things as an old farmer. Just as He Zhijun breathed a sigh of relief, the old man said, "Go to the pigsty."

"Report to the chief! There, it's smelly there." The farm director said quickly. "Is the soldier ready?" the old man asked. The director dared not speak. "Lead the way." With a word from the old man, the director hurriedly led the way. Approaching the pigsty from a distance, the director was introducing the situation in front of him, but suddenly the soles of his feet suddenly jumped, and half of his legs sank into the ground.He groaned, and the soil flew up more than half a meter. "Trap!" A security staff officer shouted, "Protect the chief!"

The chief's security staff officer and guards clattered out their pistols and formed a circle to surround the chiefs. Both He Zhijun and Geng Hui were sweating. There was no movement for a long time. "Go and have a look." The old man ordered. The two staff officers stepped forward cautiously, probing under their feet, careful of traps. boom!boom!Twice. They tripped over two nylon threads, and the earth mine hidden in the grass was opened. He Zhijun understood: "This is a simulated infantry directional mine! Don't go any further, someone has turned this place into a training ground."

The old man looked at the front in surprise: "Does your brigade farm also have military training missions?" He Zhijun is not very clear either. "Explore again!" the old man ordered. More guards stepped up, and there were clips, traps, and various directional mines that protruded.A guard accidentally stepped on a noose and was hung from a tree. The old man watched carefully. "Guess who it is?" Geng Hui asked He Zhijun in a low voice. "What do you think?!" He Zhijun gritted his teeth angrily. Just as he was talking, Old Xue ran out from the pigsty: "Haha! You stepped on it by yourself, right? I won't let you down if you don't call me grandpa this time... Oh my god!"

Old Xue was so frightened that he almost sat on the ground, seeing a crowd of leaders! "Is this an institution you set up?" the old man asked. Old Xue hurriedly saluted: "Report to the chief! No!" What else did the old man want to say, there was a sound of calling the number from afar. "one two three four……" It was the voice of a young soldier, cheerful and energetic. It all depends on the direction the sound is coming from. Lin Rui was sweating profusely, wearing a washed and whitish camouflage uniform, with sandbags tied all over his body, and ran back with a backpack and a wooden gun.

"I am a soldier, from the common people..." Lin Rui was singing, when a guy saw that there was a wall of people in front of him, and immediately swallowed the song.A screeching brake hit the chiefs in front of them, panting and saluting: "Hi sir—" He Zhijun scolded angrily: "Lin Rui, look at what you've done?!" The old man reached out his hand to stop him, and walked over to look at Lin Rui. Lin Rui stood very straight, not knowing what kind of bad luck he was about to face.It's over, I can't be a soldier this time! The old man looked at Lin Rui's attire, saw his sweating profusely, and reached out to wipe Lin Rui's sweat.Lin Rui couldn't hold back the tears and burst out, darling!The general wipes the sweat of the private!All the grievances came out at once, but he gritted his teeth and didn't cry.

The old man took the wooden gun from Lin Rui, and said in a trembling voice, "You use this for training?" "Yes, Chief." Lin Rui bit his lip to keep from crying. "Where is the gun I gave you?!" The old man was furious, and turned his head to roar at He Zhijun. He Zhijun saluted: "Report to the chief! He made a mistake, and temporarily went from the combat company to the pigsty to reflect on it." "What is wrong?" After thinking about it, Geng Hui said, "Deserts." The old man looked at Lin Rui: "Is it true?" "Yes, chief." Lin Rui cried and said, "I don't blame the captain and the political commissar, it's all my own fault. I became a deserter and ran home by myself."

"Do you realize your mistake?" The old man's voice was soft. "Yes, Chief!" Lin Rui said, "I want to be a soldier, I shouldn't be a deserter." "It's good if you realize it." The old man said, "Go in and have a look." Lin Rui hurriedly ran ahead to guide everyone through the trap area. Walking into the yard of the pigsty, the old man saw Lin Rui's self-made wooden figures and sandbags that he used to practice Sanshou, as well as the thousand-layer paper on the wall, with dried blood stains on the paper.The corners of the yard were filled with bricks and sticks chopped by Lin Rui.

Entering the dormitory, I saw that Lin Rui's bedside wall was full of English words.On the simple bookshelf next to the bed are the college entrance examination review materials and military books. I randomly took out one and it was Clausewitz's "On War". "Is this what you saw?" the old man asked. "Yes, Chief." Lin Rui said. The old man looked at He Zhijun and Geng Hui: "Tell yourself, how to deal with this soldier?" "Tomorrow, I will go back to the combat company." He Zhijun said. The old man nodded: "Go out." The generals stood in two rows in the pigsty yard.The old man came out and pulled Lin Rui.

"I'll say a few words." The generals stand at attention. "Relax." The old man said, "Desert is not a glorious thing, but our soldiers are still young, and they come from home to endure hardship. Because he is a deserter, so I don't praise him, but--because he I respect him for his introspection spirit. I often worry about a lot, including whether our soldiers are willing to dedicate their youth in the military barracks under the current commodity economy conditions, and whether they can voluntarily sharpen themselves for the honor of the soldiers and the combat effectiveness of the army. .Now I have the answer. Our army, thanks to such fighters, will not be defeated!" Standing there, Lin Rui saw Lao Xue standing alone at the door behind the crowd, but he didn't say what he wanted to say.Old Xue watched eagerly and smiled at Lin Rui. The generals left and the excitement passed, only Lin Rui and Lao Xue were left in the yard. "Old Xue?" Lin Rui walked up to the dull old Xue. Old Xue smiled woodenly. Suddenly squatted on the ground and cried again: "Eighteen years! Eighteen years—I have raised pigs for eighteen years, and no chief has ever said such a thing to me—I am also a soldier! I am also a soldier..." Lin Rui hugged Lao Xue's shoulders: "Old Xue! You are a soldier, you are the best soldier, and you are my best squad leader..." Lin Rui hugged the simple and honest old Xue who was like a big tree and cried loudly. Lao Xue is like a child, and the crying makes all the pigs in the pigsty very strange.