Chapter 231 Section Thirteen

At 1:00 p.m., all the team members had recovered from the training camp, and some of them were even playing football by the lake at noon.Naturally, the players who played football were the players who knew they would go to Hainan for the final selection. Most of the players who knew they were hopeless didn't get up and stared at the top of the tent in a daze. Chief of Staff Liu, accompanied by He Zhijun and Lei Keming, inspected the training base, and personally visited the training team members who were still resting on the hospital beds.Faced with the tears of those players who had no hope of participating in the final selection, Chief of Staff Liu was also saddened.He walked out of the big tent and looked at the players who were playing football by the lake. Chief of Staff Liu suddenly asked, "Is the final list finalized?"

Lei Keming didn't dare to hide it from the chief of staff: "It's settled." Liu Yongjun nodded: "Who are they all?" Lei Keming reported his name, and Liu Yongjun felt relieved when he heard that Zhang Lei was there. Finally, the list for the training camp in Hainan was announced, and 40 team members in brand new camouflage uniforms were listening to a major chanting the 20 lucky ones aloud.Those whose names were read were not complacent, but those whose names were not read already had soldiers who couldn't help but shed tears of tough men. Tian Xiaoniu opened his mouth wide, and he didn't wake up until he read his name: "Really? I can participate in the final selection?"

Dong Qiang pulled him, Tian Xiaoniu looked at Dong Qiang: "I participated in the final selection?" Tears slid down his face, and he knelt down crying: "I participated in the final selection—" Some selected fighters also began to cry. For more than two months, they have suffered too much.This huge psychological pressure of being eliminated at any time exceeds the pressure on their physical overload training.In the last round of physical examination, four of them were eliminated because of heart problems. Lei Keming showed no expression, just raised his hands in salute.

He Zhijun raised his right hand. Chief of Staff Liu raised his right hand: "No matter how many of you go abroad to participate in the competition, you are all warriors!" The instructors present and the officers and soldiers who served as auxiliary work all raised their hands to salute. The 40 warriors burst into heart-piercing cries like an earthquake. This kind of difficult training has never been done before.The fighters who go abroad to participate in the competition will become stars inside and outside the army, while the rest of the eliminated fighters will never be known, and no one will ask them what great efforts they have put in.

"Salute—" Chen Yong shouted. Swipe—the remaining 20 training team members stood in two rows, saluting the truck going away. The truck took away 20 eliminated soldiers. There were no tears on their faces, only the fortitude of soldiers.They raised their right hands to salute the lucky ones, sincerely wishing their comrades in arms. The training base has begun to be dismantled, and tomorrow the training team will move to Hainan, where the final training and selection will be carried out in a terrain similar to Estonia.Amid all the fuss, Zhang Lei had already packed his things and put the big rucksack on the truck.

"Zhang Lei." Zhang Lei turned his head and saw Chief of Staff Liu in sportswear. "Here." Zhang Lei stood at attention and saluted. "How is it? Go for a run with me?" Chief of Staff Liu asked with a smile. Zhang Lei looked at Lei Keming who was directing the relocation in the distance. Chief of Staff Liu smiled: "It is my habit to run with soldiers before dinner every day. I told Lei Keming about it." Zhang Lei went for a run with Chief of Staff Liu in camouflage uniform.Secretary Song and two soldiers followed, but they were far away.On the asphalt road by the lake, Zhang Lei carefully followed Chief Liu a little behind.Chief of Staff Liu ran very attentively, breathing evenly, with fine beads of sweat on his forehead.

"I'm old, take a few steps." Chief of Staff Liu smiled and slowed down. Zhang Lei slowed down and followed Chief of Staff Liu. "When I was the same age as you, I was the first in the five kilometers of the whole division." Chief of Staff Liu smiled, "It's no longer possible, my civil servants are better than me." Zhang Lei smiled: "The chief is always strong." "Aren't you very good at talking?" Chief of Staff Liu smiled, "Who said you are unreasonable?" Zhang Lei also smiled: "Chief, you are a senior general and the combat leader of Military Region A. I respect you, and if you can't speak, you can't get along in the army."

"Yo." Chief of Staff Liu was very surprised, "I really didn't expect that, did you say that from your mouth?" "Chief, I hope to become a professional soldier like you." Zhang Lei said, "I grew up in the army. It's not that I don't know the rules of the game in the army; it's just that if I go beyond the rules of the game, I won't accompany you." Chief of Staff Liu nodded: "That means you know the purpose of my coming to you?" "I don't know." Zhang Lei said, "I have heard of the prestige of Chief of Staff Liu. He was a fierce general on the battlefield of the southern border defense battle. I believe that such a fierce general is a real soldier, and he will not be given to a junior. An impossible problem."

"Hehe, it's not easy." Chief of Staff Liu turned around, "Set it up for me first, then I can't say anything else, right?" Zhang Lei smiled: "Sir, I'm just a little trick." "That's right." Liu Yongjun said, "It's impossible for me to give you a problem, let alone order you to do things that have nothing to do with the army. I'm not the chief of staff of the military region now, but an ordinary husband and an ordinary father. .” Zhang Lei looked at him and didn't speak. "I want to ask you for two things." Liu Yongjun said, "First, I apologize to you on Xiaoqin's behalf. I have criticized her severely, and let her think about it behind closed doors. If necessary, I will make her apologize to you in person. "

"Thank you chief, no need." Zhang Lei said. "Second, I'll beg for my daughter." Liu Yongjun looked at the sparkling lake, "I don't want you to promise anything, you should know what kind of girl Fangfang is. She pleaded - Xiao Qin's fault is not her fault. You can still be friends with her, okay?" Zhang Lei didn't speak. "I know it's hard for you." Liu Yongjun smiled wryly, "but I definitely didn't mean to order you, I just hope you think about it. Fangfang grew up in a cadre family and didn't encounter many setbacks, but there were no more friends of the opposite sex, not to mention friends of the opposite sex. As a father, I just hope that she can grow up healthy and don't force anything. If there is still a chance to be ordinary friends, don't reject her. Okay?"

Zhang Lei nodded: "Okay." Liu Yongjun patted him on the shoulder: "That's good. You go to Hainan tomorrow. If you have the opportunity to go abroad to participate in the competition, I will treat you to dinner after returning home. Not as the chief of staff of the military region, but as the father of a friend, you can accept my offer." Invitation?" Zhang Lei thought about it, looked at the sincere Liu Yongjun, and nodded: "Okay." "Let's go." Liu Yongjun smiled, "Let's run back." Zhang Lei followed Liu Yongjun and ran back, Secretary Song and the two soldiers followed from afar.