Chapter 4 third chapter

The time at this moment stood still because of Xu Sanduo, getting in and out of the car, recruits and veterans, and logistics personnel of the combat force all stopped their movements because of the rookie's move in front of the car door, it became a non-freezing frame. Xu Sanduo's hands were still raised high. In a few months, I will understand that the most disdainful thing in this army is the action I am doing now, even if it is a joke, no one will do it.This army once assisted in the filming, and the director was going crazy, because all the soldiers can play corpses, but they will never play surrender soldiers with their hands raised.

Company Commander Gao Cheng finally woke up from the extreme shock: "You recruited?" Hong Xingguo who was asked by him looked as stunned as he was, and Gao Cheng almost gave Hong Xingguo a slap because the latter was involved in this recruitment.Shi Jin knocked off Xu Sanduo's hand, as far as Shi Jin was concerned, this action was almost vicious.Gao Cheng strode towards the car door and shouted: "What is that soldier doing? Playing the Central Army? Do you think you are very humorous?" Gao Cheng felt that something was wrong, because he was talking to Xu Sanduo's knee.He ordered Xu Sanduo: "You, come down!" Xu Sanduo jumped down in a panic, almost hitting Gao Cheng's body.

Gaocheng became even more angry: "Why are you panicking? You haven't entered the battlefield yet!" Then he shouted angrily at the tank behind him: "Don't drive the broken tank away yet! Don't let your tank company get in our way here!" The tank driver drove the tank away, and Gao Cheng looked at the smiling corner of the commander's mouth with displeasure.He became even more angry: "Everyone get out of the car! Line up! What's there to be afraid of about a few obsolete tanks that are about to be replaced?" Hong Xingguo poked him, and Gao Cheng remembered: "By the way, welcome! Everyone, come to the 353 Armored Infantry Regiment!"

He looked at Xu Sanduo resentfully. When the recruits walked between the tanks and chariots, one by one, the eight or nine hundred horsepower engines were numb.The veterans are busy, out of formation but professional, turning a blind eye to these recruits who are like new wives.This mechanized infantry regiment is changing gear.If you take a list of refitting plans, the higher-ups plan to increase the firepower of the equipment by six times this year, expand the area covered by the firepower by twenty times, and fully master and become familiar with the above equipment within three years, but what will you learn from those veterans? The faces of those gold and iron horses and the flames of the explosion are not visible. Many veterans are busy with one thing with serious expressions. They take a rag, wipe the car carefully, and then pass the rag to the next person. It is like a ceremony rather than normal. Operation.

Shi Jin followed Gao Cheng.They are very close, even closer than Gaocheng and Hong Xingguo, because the company commander Gaocheng is most willing to get close to those who are directly related to the war. Shi Jin asked: "Company commander, do you have ours?" Gao Cheng's words were full of pride: "We are the best, let us do the best if there are good ones." Shi Jin said, "I want to give away 207." Gao Cheng pointed in the direction of the flatbed truck: "Go, it's already loaded." Shi Jin's squad deputy, Wu Liuyi, was waving at him on an armored personnel carrier.

Shi Jin just wanted to leave, but was stopped by Gao Cheng: "What's the matter with this group of soldiers? Everyone's eyes are like rotten peaches?" "Crying." Shi Jin had no choice but to stop, he thought for a while and said. Gao Cheng's eyes suddenly became angry, he glanced at the recruits, and suddenly stopped on Xu Sanduo's face. "What's your name?" "Xu Sanduo." Xu Sanduo was taken aback. "What did you mean just now? Do you find it ridiculous?" Shi Jin immediately rescued Xu Sanduo: "Report to the company commander, it's not that he's not serious, it's that he...has never seen him before."

"What do you mean? He's... scared?" Shi Jin had no choice but to smile wryly again, his wry smiles were so many along the way that his face almost wrinkled. Gao Cheng: "You recruited him?" Shi Jin nodded. Gao Cheng: "Go and deliver your car. Come see me when you're done." Shi Jin walked away as if he had received an amnesty.Gao Cheng behind him was turning to the recruits. New recruits added new equipment, which was originally an exciting thing for Gao Cheng, but now a man named Xu Sanduo made it extremely disappointing. Gao Cheng shouted at the recruits: "My name is Gao Cheng, and I am the commander of the Seventh Steel Company of our regiment." He looked at Xu Sanduo intentionally, "This time I will be the commander of your recruit company..."

Not far away, Wu Liuyi had already pulled Shi Jin into the car, and handed him a rag casually: "The whole class has wiped it, so I'm missing you." Wipe it carefully. "Going away?" he asked. Wu Liuyi said: "It's changed, it's a serious infantry fighting vehicle. The company commander calculated the account and said that we are now equal to a artillery company, an anti-tank missile company, and a heavy firepower company. The company commander is so energetic that he can walk. It's like jumping high, talking like a wolf." Shi Jin patted the car under his hands with nostalgia: "But old man. Are you willing?"

Wu Liuyi was happy: "I don't care. If the old ones don't go, the new ones won't come." Shi Jin smiled noncommittally. Wu Liuyi went on to say, "This time, our No. 7 steel company has transferred three backbones to train the recruits. " Shi Jin smiled: "Then you can be pretty, many of these soldiers are from your hometown. Are you the one who went up the banyan tree? The two, the one who is being trained, and the one who is quite fair, the two who went down the banyan tree are almost in the same village. gone." Wu Liuyi looked at Xu Sanduo who was being trained and frowned: "Just the surrender soldier? When it comes to recruits, even I trained him to death!"

Xu Sanduo in the distance is shrinking his neck under Gao Cheng's reprimand. We don't know what mistakes he made, because he always makes mistakes. The military column that loaded the vehicles drove away quickly, taking away the old equipment of a battalion and some of the comrades who were transferred with the vehicles. The recruits were waiting for the car to take them to the army in the open space, and gradually they became less afraid. They began to whisper to each other because they found that the veterans were also crying, and those veterans were chasing after the car, one by one. Weeping with tears streaming down his face, he didn't have the prestige of a veteran at all.When a tearful veteran was carried past the recruits by his comrades, the recruits laughed quietly.

"What are you laughing at? Have you ever gotten into a car? How do you understand that kind of thinking?" Gao Cheng frowned and shouted. At this time, Wu Liuyi came over, gave Gao Cheng a military salute, and said with some sobs, "Report to the company commander, Wu Liuyi has returned to the team." Gao Cheng turned around and looked at Wu Liuyi, who had red eyes, and at Shi Jin beside Wu Liuyi, a little dumbfounded: "Your kid is always anticlimactic, and you say you will never cry when you blow the sky, and you will still be like this when you arrive... All right, let's get in the car." Shi Jin ran to the front of the queue: "The new recruits line up in the standard formation! Turn left! Start to go! One two one! One two one!" So the recruits walked unevenly, and Xu Sanduo walked hesitantly at the head of the team, always stepping on the foot of the team leader Shi Jin.Wu Liuyi, who was adjourned, was wiping away his tears again. Gao Cheng looked around and raised his hand to pat lightly, no one was paying attention. In the distance, several military vehicles with camouflage nets were driving on the grassland road. This is not the center of the grassland, because the shadows of towns and villages are constantly passing by. The recruit company is a place where there is not much military atmosphere except for fitness equipment, military uniforms and standardized housing. The banner and plaque "Welcome new comrades" at the door have not been removed, and the recruits are already standing in line inside.Gaocheng stands in front of the blackboard like an iceberg. What is written on the board is not the party constitution or military discipline, but a few tense words of Gaocheng's style of education: "It's a mule or a horse that comes out for a walk." The recruits are dumb and solemn, and even a little shocked . The life of the recruit company begins. In the recruit company, the first thing we learned was a sentence, to be precise, two animals: mules, and horses.Together they say: Is it a mule or a horse?Pull it out for a walk! Xu Sanduo's greatest joy in the recruit company was to look through the dictionary, which was his magic weapon, the "Modern Chinese Dictionary"-we might not think that it is possible to find life insights in this kind of thing that junior high school students use to pad the table. Written in red pen on the cover: "To Xu Sanduo, an outstanding student in the third class of junior high school——Teacher Ma." Xu Sanduo successfully found the definition of mule, it was natural, the dictionary has already been scrolled by him. No one would notice the difference between a mule and a horse in Xiayanshu, but the company commander told us very seriously: "Mule? Leave. Horse? Follow me." So I looked through the dictionary more seriously. Mule - a domestic animal, the mating of a horse and a donkey.The mane is short and the tail is slightly flat, with strong vitality and generally no fertility.Can carry things or pull carts. I focused on mules because I knew I wasn't much of a horse.The answer is not very satisfying, but it is a certainty, that is called a definition.I asked the squad leader who is now the platoon leader, and he said that an order is a definition, and an order cannot be doubted. Well, although the answer is irrelevant to the question, I have learned one more thing. But the confusion that a mule is a horse has been confusing us for a long time. It is said that even the company commander who said this sentence was also confused for a long time. The recruits of a square team are fixed in a stumbling posture of walking forward and raising their legs. Some of them are staggering. Compared with the examples of several veterans next to them, they are simply broken willows in the wind. Chengcai at the end of the team stood up very decently. When Gao Chenggang became interested in him, Xu Sanduo at the head of the team fell to the ground.What's more terrible is that he looked around and felt that no one had noticed, so he got up in a panic and stood up again.That thieves have absolutely no military demeanor, making Gao Cheng frown. The recruits were lining up and singing outside the cafeteria, which is obviously the way the Chinese army is used to waiting for food.When the tone had fallen, an ugly and trembling voice dragged on for another two seconds without knowing the timing. From Xu Sanduo, Gao Cheng shook his head, he didn't even have to look back. After dinner, Xu Sanduo was put at the end of the line, and Chengcai was put at the front of the line, out of a mentality of selling fruit. Playing songs again, this time in unison.But Wu Liu, who was at the end of the line, listened carefully, and found that Xu Sanduo just opened his mouth and kept silent—he was afraid of making another mistake. At night, Cheng Cai lay on Xu Sanduo's window and whispered, "Are you coming out or not?" Xu Sanduo hesitated in the room: "I'm afraid of checking the shop." Chengcai: "You said you would sit with me at night, but what is it that doesn't count as talking?" Xu Sanduo didn't have the agility to say nothing, he hesitated, and crept across the window lightly. The sound of a distant password.Xu Sanduo and Chengcai sat down in a safe place at the back of the dormitory, feeling very dangerous. Cheng Cai took out a pack of cigarettes and asked Xu Sanduo to light it first, but Xu Sanduo refused to smoke. "If you don't smoke, you have to learn to smoke. It's not for you to smoke, but for the squad leader and platoon leader. Do you understand?" Xu Sanduo couldn't understand, "Our platoon leader doesn't smoke." Chengcai: "Then why don't you smoke for the company commander, three idiots, do you want to be a mule or a horse? A horse is a heavenly horse, and a mule is a dirt mule. Horses are good, but mules are bad, you know that?" Xu Sanduo said: "I probably won't be able to be a horse, you know that." Chengcai was ruthless, or angry: "I don't know what you think? Want to go back to the banyan tree? Let me tell you, take a taxi to the station, and see the rumbling platform, I will make up my mind and never Going back down the banyan tree, making a fortune, or the little earth emperor, I don’t care about it, I just understand that a man should spend his whole life fucking in this rumble.” This kind of success made Xu Sanduo feel fresh: "You speak foul language? The recruits are not allowed to speak foul language." Swearing is to a certain extent a show off of talent, a show off from the feeling of recruits: "The old soldier still talks about it! The company commander still talks about it! Eat two taels of soil a day, and practice to shed three layers of skin. Swearing is nothing ? I asked you if you want to continue working?" Xu Sanduo thought about it, and answered more seriously than seriously: "I think... I just started thinking... I think more and more." Chengcai frowned: "Come on, please? What are you thinking?" Xu Sanduo said worriedly: "I don't want to leave." Chengcai is eager to get to his result: "Then keep an eye on it, let's divide our troops and get to the most powerful company." Xu Sanduo argued: "I'm growing up! I don't think it's interesting to have a small belly in the village. You beat me, you rob me. I know, it's boring. My dad said he severed ties with my second brother because the two Brother is not staying at home and going to the south, now I understand that second brother, he thinks... bang rumble." Chengcai waved his hands eagerly. He was not used to listening to others, especially Xu Sanduo. "Who taught you how to have a heart that is thousands of kilometers away? How often have I hit you? That is... friendship. You have to learn practicality, and you can use it immediately! I didn't watch TV saying that life is a long-distance race. Who the hell will you let? Another conscription, do you think I will let you?" Xu Sanduo was very down-to-earth: "You didn't let me." Chengcai wanted to act annoyed again but failed, because there were voices in the distance, the newly learned crawling was immediately used, and Xu Sanduo also completed it well. Shi Jin and Wu Liuyi didn't come for them.Wu Liuyi suddenly threw himself on the ground, and they knew that what he did was a prone shot.Shi Jin looked at Wu Liuyi's appearance, corrected him and said, "Your shoulders have sunk too much, you go to the bunker over there to experience it. If you fall like this twice, I think your elbows are almost the same." Always Proud Wu Liuyi was as docile as a sheep in front of Shi Jin: "Yes, yes. If Qilian and those boys are to be left behind, I will buy tofu at my own expense and kill them!" With that said, the two walked away.As soon as the two of them walked away, two thieves appeared, and Xu Sanduo had a face full of admiration, "I used to think that the squad leader was a fool, but he is so hardworking?" Cheng Cai also nodded frequently, "Is it clear? I think He also understands that he also wants to live a lifetime of rumbling, and he knows that this opportunity is not easy, so he puts his heart into it." "Opportunity?" Xu Sanduo didn't seem to understand the opportunity Cheng Cai talked about. "What did I tell you in vain? There is a word called survival, do you understand?" "Survive?" These two words made Xu Sanduo's heart skip a beat, but he really didn't understand. Chengcai suddenly stood up and looked far ahead, so that one foot was still on the prostrate Xu Sanduo: "Xu Sanduo, survival is not easy, and opportunities are few, so you must be more careful. I can't wait to split your head and stuff these words into Go, Xu San idiot!" A month later, Chengcai may have really seized the opportunity he said. "Five squads of new recruits, use the squad deputy as the benchmark, move closer!" Squad leader Wu Liuyi issued an order. At this moment, Chengcai Cheng's class deputy held his head high, and even felt a little complacent, because others were drawing closer to him. Xu Sanduo was the last one, and he took another step, causing commotion at the end of the line. Wu Liuyi scolded: "What is Xu Sanduo thinking? Shooting and running the target, walking out of the queue, you will be wrong in such a simple queue?" Xu Sanduo tried to defend: "I am looking at the benchmark...to become a talent and a team assistant. " Wu Liuyi said: "Stay after disbanding. I won't say anything else. I can't just let you go to the new company like this?" In fact, it is obvious who is a mule and who is a horse.I was the first mule to show up in the recruit company, and Chengcai was the best horse in the recruit company. The sun was scorching, and Wu Liuyi was desperately pushing Xu Sanduo's knees, bear to bear, Wu Liuyi was very attentive. But he finally stood up in despair.Looking at the seam between Xu Sanduo's legs, Wu Liuyi suddenly kicked Xu Sanduo's knee, "I have been in the army for three years, and I don't believe that the seam between your legs can't be healed! Xu Sanduo, what are you doing? You don’t have a circle, why do you want to make a seam?” Wu Liuyi persistently trained Xu Sanduo, and Xu Sanduo made unformed movements again and again, in exchange for the disappointment of the squad leader again and again. Wu Liuyi's efforts were not rewarded, he collapsed to the ground in despair: "Xu Sanduo, I have never seen your name, and sometimes I suspect that you are playing tricks on me." Xu Sanduo was very shy: "Am I stupid?" Wu Liuyi looked at him suspiciously: "I don't know. I've seen stupid people, but I haven't seen people with your size." Xu Sanduo said honestly, "That's why I'm stupid." Wu Liuyi suddenly patted himself on the forehead. It was unbearable despair, and the painful expression on his face was immediately concerned by Xu Sanduo: "What's the matter with the monitor?" Wu Liuyi sighed: "It's okay. I'd rather...I hope you're just kidding me." Xu Sanduo said innocently: "No." Wu Liuyi just stared at him, Xu Sanduo who was being stared at suddenly smiled strangely. "Laugh, I am very funny, what are you laughing at?" Wu Liuyi asked. Xu Sanduo said: "Squad leader...is the squad leader from Rongshu Township?" Wu Liuyi nodded happily, with a self-conscious expression on his face. Xu Sanduo was naturally pleasantly surprised: "I, I am from Banyan Township! We are fellow villagers!" Wu Liu took a look at him: "Quanlian knows that I have a fellow like you! Did you really just know?" Xu Sanduo blushed a little, so he had no choice but to rush the ducks to the shelves and continue his acting: "When I see my fellow, my eyes are watery...they are teary, does the monitor smoke? I have cigarettes here. The monitor eats spicy food too, right? The monitor is homesick Home?" Wu Liuyi simply shouted: "Think of a fart! Who taught you to talk about this?" Xu Sanduo didn't dare to say any more, "Cheng...no one..." Wu Liuyi is still yelling: "Isn't Cheng Ban deputy? The army is a place where the fittest survive, because war is also a battlefield for the survival of the fittest! You can survive if you recognize fellow villagers? I think I will tell you for the sake of fellow villagers—— I ran 5 kilometers cross-country, and ran 5,000 kilometers before I became the second in the whole division. I was a volunteer soldier who was transferred by this! Do you want to just mess around like this? There is no door—stupid people should not imitate others and play tricks!" No matter what the other party said, Xu Sanduo held his head high and deftly accepted the reprimand for countless times. Xu Sanduo, who considers himself to be a mule, is sometimes considered a horse by everyone. The difference between a mule and a horse is not very easy to distinguish from the appearance. Shi Jin is presiding over the meeting of the recruits of this platoon.The soldier sitting in front of him was already recognizable as a soldier at first glance.The company commander Gao Cheng sneaked in, but he couldn't hide it from others, because the soldiers' eyes would naturally look over.When the company commander arrives, he will naturally be invited to speak.When the recruits yelled out the company commander in a rough voice, Gao Cheng pulled out his ears amiably. He is in a good mood today, even a blind person can tell. Gao Cheng: "Yeah, you always say hello in a deep-fried voice. You guys look like soldiers, are you annoyed?" Recruits: "No trouble!" Gao Cheng laughed: "No worries, no ghosts, I'm bothered. But if you can't walk well, you will not be considered a soldier in the army for a lifetime. But don't write to your family saying that being a soldier means walking in the queue, and you will be assigned to fight in two days. You are dazzled by the troops. Among other things, my armored reconnaissance company has nine vehicles and nine guns. Those who charge into the battle, the nine vehicles are filled with top soldiers! Platoon leader Shi, you alone in the anti-tank drill How many tanks did the soldiers clear away? Shi Jin doesn't seem to like showing off like this: "Five cars." The amazed exclamation might be a bit disruptive, but that was the effect that Company Commander Gao wanted. He said haha ​​to the recruits: "That's the destructive power! Let me tell you about the training subject of the reconnaissance company, shall I? Various types of firearm shooting, of course, in various terrains including night combat environment, firearm principles, maintenance and repair, chariot driving, vehicle-mounted firearm mastery, chariot maintenance and simple repairs, individual anti-tank and anti-tank training, individual anti-tank The mastery of tank missiles and individual anti-aircraft missiles..." As he was speaking, he suddenly found that Xu Sanduo was muttering something, so he stopped. "Xu Sanduo, what are you talking about?" Gao Cheng shouted. "Report to the company commander, I'm repeating what the company commander said!" Our Xu Sanduo is always so depressed. Gao Cheng was a little stunned: "I said it so fast...you can recite it to me." Xu Sanduo just opened his mouth, just like some flat accents caused by rote memorization in many schools: "Shooting with various types of firearms, of course, in various terrains including night combat environment, the principle of firearms, maintenance and repair, driving tanks, mastering vehicle-mounted firearms, tanks maintainance……" Gao Cheng laughed: "Yes, Xu Sanduo." Xu Sanduo smiled innocently: "I don't know the meaning of many words." "I don't know the meaning now. I will know later. Xu Sanduo, why are you reciting it?" Gao Cheng smiled at Xu Sanduo for the first time.It's rare that someone remembers your words verbatim. Xu Sanduo said happily: "Report to the company commander, memorize it so that I can write a letter to my dad! Does the company commander have anything to say to my dad?" Gao Cheng's smile froze on his face: "I have nothing to say! You all copied the "Confidentiality Manual" three times before going to bed! ——Don't say what you shouldn't say! Don't ask what you shouldn't ask!" Copying the "Confidentiality Manual" naturally caused everyone to complain.You Xu Sanduo, if you really have a good memory, save it, and if you really want to reveal the secret, you can tell the pillow in the quilt.Our fool Xu San has heard too much of these complaints, so he copied them desperately while turning a blind eye.Chengcai looked at Xu Sanduo strangely: "Xu Sanduo, what are you thinking!" Xu Sanduo answered irrelevantly: "I'll copy it a few more times, so I can share it with everyone." Chengcai got angry when he heard it, and he simply snatched his pen: "It won't work like this. If you don't get retreated, you will get points to feed the pigs. If you retreat, you will be miserable. Even if you feed the pigs, you have no chance to show yourself Now, once your service period expires, you have to leave. You didn’t even touch a gun when you came to the army.” Xu Sanduo was immediately frightened by him: "Then what should we do?" Chengcai whispered to Xu Sanduo, "Look for someone." Xu Sanduo was frustrated: "The squad leader doesn't like me, and the company commander..." Chengcai: "Look for the platoon leader." The platoon leader is Shi Jin, and Xu Sanduo also has a little hope. Chengcai quickly thought of an idea: "You cry with him. In short... In short, let him think that you like this, so you don't leave." Xu Sanduo: "I like it!" Chengcai was easily annoyed again: "I mean you made him think you like it!" Xu Sanduo couldn't figure it out: "I like it? Make him think I like it?" Chengcai: "It's performance! Performance! ——Go to hell, Xu Sanduo!" He looked angrily at the disturbed class around him. At night, Shi Jin came in with a covered flashlight to check the shop. He flipped through the stack of handwritten confidentiality manuals on the table, shook his head and put them back. When leaving, You Qi looked at Xu Sanduo, and the latter left with peace of mind as if he was sleeping soundly. Seeing that Shi Jin turned around, Xu Sanduo immediately opened his eyes and made up his mind, until Cheng Cai slapped him hard on his leg.He tiptoed up and followed out. It's not just about becoming a talent, there is a head pretending to be asleep poking out from every quilt, and everyone is watching. When Shi Jin walked not far from the door, he suddenly felt that something was wrong behind him, so he turned off the flashlight, and then dodged, and Xu Sanduo recklessly walked over in the darkness.Shi Jin shouted in a low voice: "Xu Sanduo, what are you doing?" Xu Sanduo screamed in fright, but Shi Jin covered his mouth with one hand: "It's me, why don't you sleep well?" Xu Sanduo was still in shock: "You were scared just now, I can't cry now." Shi Jin was taken aback: "Why are you crying? Homesick?" Xu Sanduo shook his head repeatedly: "I don't miss home, really, not at all." As soon as he mentioned home, Xu Sanduo's eye circles turned red secretly, and he finally managed to cry out, choked up and said: "Platoon leader, I miss home, but I don't want to go back!" Shi Jin quickly blocked his mouth: "Why are you crying? Don't disturb others' rest!" Xu Sanduo blocked his mouth with his fist and sobbed. This was out of control, half-truth and half-fake crying became real money. Shi Jin smiled wryly, he was too clear about the ignorance of the recruits: "Who told you to go back? What big mistake did you make? Well, no one told you to go back, you are actually not bad, although... that It's okay, all the soldiers in this company are useful, are you a member of this company? Then there is you." Xu Sanduo was a little bit like a child, but that was only in front of Shi Jin: "I don't know how to raise pigs either." Shi Jin was stunned: "What kind of pigs are you raising? 353 is an armored infantry regiment, not a production base. Think about it, the army raises soldiers for national defense, why raise some soldiers and then raise pigs? Do it yourself, pig raising will teach you What are these for? Don’t worry, there are no pigs for you to raise, and the pork you eat is still pulled from the market.” Xu Sanduo finally expressed his worries. He asked, "Where will I be assigned to the division? Can I touch the gun? A soldier must touch the gun." Shi Jin breathed a sigh of relief, because the scale was too low: "If you can touch the gun, I guarantee you can touch the gun." Xu Sanduo: "Platoon leader, give me a company with Cheng Cai, and a company with you. I will definitely work hard, and I will also be in a company with Squad Leader Wu. I know he trained me for my own good. I am also a fellow villager... ..." Listening to his nagging, Shi Jin suddenly became angry and irritable: "Go back to sleep! This matter is not up to me, let alone you!" Xu Sanduo turned around obediently, making Shi Jin stunned so easily.Shi Jin stood blankly in the darkness, staring at the faint light from the flashlight in a daze. Xu Sanduo tiptoed back to the house and was climbing to the bunk.Cheng Cai probed and asked, "How is it?" Xu Sanduo was speechless but very relieved: "The platoon leader said there were no pigs for us to feed, and the platoon leader said that we were raising us for national defense..." Another soldier on the bunk shouted anxiously: "Speak up, Xu Sanduo!" Xu Sanduo suddenly found that everyone in the room was waiting for him. He had never been paid so much attention to his words in his life, and his voice was an octave higher. "The platoon leader said that raising us is for war, and we can't raise more people to raise pigs. It's not worth the money." Cheng Cai muttered: "Where does the meat that I eat every day come from? I don't eat so much meat at home." Xu Sanduo acted like a press release officer: "The platoon leader said it was brought back from the market." In an instant, I heard a lot of breathing and the sound of my head falling on the pillow. "What else, what Xu Sanduo?" Xu Sanduo was proud: "The platoon leader also said that I can guarantee that I can touch the gun!" Chengcai exhaled redoubledly: "You mule can touch a gun, let alone me." Xu Sanduo: "Yes, yes." He suddenly felt uneasy, "Chengcai, are you a bit... throwing stones at me for directions?" Chengcai glared at him, with a frank expression that made Xu Sanduo ashamed: "How is it possible, do you resemble me in any way? Even if you want to ask me something, can you ask me? I am only thinking of you." Xu Sanduo was immediately convinced: "Yes. You are right, I am wrong." Chengcai put his head back on the pillow comfortably: "Go to sleep. Have a good dream, Xu Sanduo. I don't have to worry about you for the time being." On the shooting range, a group of soldiers were nervous, not because of the sound of gunfire, but because they were afraid that they would not be able to shoot well.The passwords of the squad leaders followed the gunshots one after another.Chengcai stood upright, because he knew that the company commander was behind him.Wu Liuyi quickly checked a Bayi automatic rifle and loaded it. "Xu Sanduo, shoot in place!" Xu Sanduo came out to pick up the gun, but Wu Liuyi found that the spare magazine was gone, so he turned his head to get the bullets from the ammunition box next to him. After a while, Xu Sanduo was at a loss, and turned around with the gun in his hand. Xu Sanduo: "Squad monitor, I don't have any bullets." The axis swept by the muzzle included the entire team of soldiers, everyone dodged, two people did not move, one became a talent, and the other was a high-ranking city. Supervisor Shi Jin stepped over, grabbed the trigger, and quickly cocked the gun.He ejected a ready round from the chamber. Xu Sanduo's face immediately turned pale, and his clothes were soaked in sweat instantly. Gao Cheng stepped over: "Xu Sanduo, are your thoughts in the sky?" Xu Sanduo didn't even have the energy to mutter, he was left in a daze and fear now. Shi Jin whispered to him: "Don't think about it yet, play hard, this time it will be included in the total score evaluation." Xu Sanduo lay down resentfully.Shi Jin on the side whispered a word of encouragement: "Your posture is very good, don't shake your hands... don't worry about your heartbeat, there are only guns and targets now, relax... relax..." Xu Sanduo shot a few shots, and all of them hit the stones next to the target, and the stone chips flew.He looked at Shi Jin expectantly. Shi Jin was a little disappointed: "It's the same as last time." Wu Liuyi's face was sullen, he had endured it for a long time, Xu Sanduo returned to the team aggrieved, and subconsciously made a detour when he walked past Gao Cheng.Gao Cheng didn't look at him at all, instead he glanced at Cheng Cai, who was still poking, although a bit pretentious but definitely tall and straight. After a day of training, Shi Jin seemed a little tired. He walked to the company headquarters, where Gao Cheng was fighting with the company commander of the third company Hong, trying to put a box of Zhonghua back into his pocket. Compared with Gao Cheng, the third company commander is a clumsy person: "Lao Qi holds it, will it work?" Gao Cheng laughed: "China can't be like this, you don't have such a big family background, third child. Another day you put one in and I'll give it a hand, but today it won't work, it just won't work." The third company commander was a little angry, and walked away with a shake of his hands. To be honest, he was a little disheartened.Gao Cheng was heartlessly happy, and when he saw Shi Jin, he yelled: "Squad leader, come here!" The third squad leader was Shi Jin's number in Steel Seventh Company. Shi Jin hurriedly passed by Gao Cheng affectionately, and his voice became ear-piercing. "Look? Red Sanlian came to find the back door. They want soldiers, of course they want good soldiers. Who can afford this cigarette? What do you think we worked hard for March? Don't we just want to know the bottom line and get the top of the class, killing them all over the floor Are you looking for teeth?" He Hongtao, the instructor of the recruit company, was transferred from the third company, and he came out of the room and looked at them suspiciously. Gao Cheng immediately patted Shi Jin on the shoulder formally: "You have reflected the situation well. Come to my room and talk about it in detail." Wu Liuyi was thinking hard about the roster in the room.Shi Jin and Gao Cheng came in and saw Wu Liuyi in trouble, Gao Cheng asked, "Is there something that Deputy Wu can't figure out?" Wu Liuyi frowned: "Chengcai, the best in the recruit company, but I always feel that this person is fake." Hearing what he said, Shi Jin was not very happy: "Don't speak lightly of the truth." Gao Cheng stopped talking, and was happy to wait for Wu Liuyi to fight with others, but Wu Liuyi fought with him, but did not fight with Shi Jin. Wu Liuyi said: "Let's put it this way, when I look at him, I know he must know that I look at him. He behaves very well, but it seems that everything is for people to see, okay?" Shi Jin shook his head, but he couldn't say anything.Wu Liu turned his gaze to Gaocheng for questioning. Gao Cheng seems to have thought a lot about Chengcai: "Chengcai? It's simple and complicated. I thought no one knew what he thought, but I'm afraid none of the three in the room didn't know what he thought and wanted. He is a moon-watching monkey. He stared at the moon and thought, I want to climb as high as I want, but he doesn’t understand that he has to touch the ground first, become a man, and build a rocket to fly up. I’m waiting for the day he hits the ground.” Wu Liuyi was anxious about one thing: "Do you want it?" Gao Cheng laughed: "That kid is polite to everyone, but he is very aggressive and fights for everything. What is Qilian most afraid of?" "I'm most afraid that you won't fight." Wu Liu said in a low voice. Gao Cheng nodded: "By the way, I was afraid that he would start a fight with your Deputy Wu in the seventh company." Gao Cheng knew what consequences these words would cause, and the consequence was that Wu Liuyi slapped his forehead hard and wrote down his name in the notebook. Shi Jin looked at the two of them thoughtfully: "Commander, have you all started making internal appointments?" Gao Cheng took Wu Liuyi's small book and looked at it: "I like to plan ahead before the rain, plan before making a move." He seemed very satisfied with Wu Liuyi's primary election, and handed the book to Shi Jin, "Three The squad leader has a look, and I don’t need to speak if you two complement each other.” While reading the book, Shi Jin was absent-mindedly thinking about his own affairs.Wu Liuyi talked to Gao Cheng: "Company commander, you see soldiers with poisonous eyes. Tell me about me." Gao Cheng likes to talk like this, he hissed: "You would rather bend than bend, I like it. Anyone who just came to the army is in a different world and has nothing, so everyone's self-esteem has become very strong, you are too strong, you always demand everything Success, it might be called failure." Wu Liuyi was not someone who could figure out this kind of thing instantly, so he frowned. Gao Cheng smiled and patted him: "Think slowly! This is my father's parting message to me. I don't understand and I can't do it. I give it to you!" Wu Liuyi pointed at Shi Jin: "What about him? Tell me about him." Gao Cheng glanced at Shi Jin, Shi Jin didn't seem to hear it, he was still thinking about something, why it took so long to look at just a few names.Gao Cheng turned to Wu Liuyi and said, "I'm afraid of him." Wu Liuyi's eyes widened. Gao Cheng said sternly: "I'm afraid I'm sorry for him! He sees a lot and wants to do more, but he doesn't say anything. Now that the army is downsized and downsized every year, I'm afraid I won't be able to forgive him, so even if I play a little trick, I have to put it in my hands. The squad leader Shi Jinshi of my family has stayed." Shi Jin woke up like a dream when he heard someone mention his name: "Huh? Call me?" Gao Cheng didn't repeat what he said just now, but patted the book in his hand: "Well, what's your opinion?" Shi Jin said hesitantly: "I have no opinion. They are all good...but..." Gao Cheng was extremely happy: "Say, talk. You say I will do it." Shi Jin finally made up his mind: "But...Xu Sanduo...this soldier...I want him." The smiling faces of those two disappeared immediately, and Shi Jin was not extremely confident, because the person he mentioned made him not at all confident. Gao Cheng said bluntly: "There are no doors." He looked at Shi Jin seriously and said, "No matter what kind of soldier, I will find his strengths, but this soldier, I didn't find any strengths." Shi Jin murmured: "I can't say no. He knew he didn't believe it, but he still bit his lip and said, put me in the class. I promise to bring him out. To be honest, the recruits are trained well. The most serious is Xu Sanduo..." Wu Liuyi was very emotional: "Resolutely oppose! Xu Sanduo is the one who makes the most mistakes!" Gao Cheng looked at the twilight outside the window, and the playground was full of active soldiers.Shi Jin remained silent, waiting for him to continue. "I don't like soldiers who raise their hands and surrender. If you treat him badly, he doesn't care. If you treat him well, he sticks to you all day long. I don't like this kind of person who has no self-esteem." He seemed to see what Shi Jin wanted to say, He took the lead and said, "Yes, I shouldn't take my own preferences first, but you know what I care about!" Gao Cheng said sternly: "How does the company department evaluate the performance of a squad leader? Even decide whether he will stay or not? Comrade Shi Jin." Shi Jin sighed, he understood what Gaocheng meant, this was almost enough to dispel all his thoughts, Shi Jin sighed. Gao Cheng took the book from Shi Jin's hand and said, "This is my biggest scruple." Wu Liuyi has calmed down, because Gao Cheng has said what he wanted to say, and he summed up the matter simply: "He will drag you to death." Shi Jin watched Gao Cheng close the book, and he knew that Xu Sanduo's fate was already sealed. Xu Sanduo was lying on the table writing a letter, muttering about what he had written: "Dad, Yile, I wonder if I can see the second part of the letter: I am fine, I sleep well, I eat well, I practice well. It’s okay, I don’t think so, Chengcai said it’s pretty good..." Shi Jin and Wu Liuyi walked in: "Relax. The new recruits are sending out souvenirs—your target paper." Everyone rushed forward, grabbing the target papers with their names written on them that were pierced by bullet holes.Xu Sanduo couldn't find his own. Shi Jin took out an undamaged sheet from behind, and he took that sheet to prevent Xu Sanduo from being made fun of. 许三多挠挠头，连他自己都有些脸红。 史今看着他，想不出能说点什么，只能安慰道：“没事，以后好好打。” 许三多感激地点点头，回到铺边继续写他的家书，嘴里继续念叨着：“明天分兵，成才说我准能分到一个很好的连队。我说什么是很好的连队，成才说排长不保证了吗？你准能摸着枪……” 哨声吹响，士兵们拿起早打好的背包冲出宿舍，他们现在的行动和速度确实对得起那身军装。 新兵连操场上，新兵们列队站好，这时才发现晨光下有些不太一样，操场上停了几辆车，几辆军卡，一辆空调大巴。连长高城拿着花名册站在军卡和巴士之间朝他们喊： “路远，二号车；黄一飞，二号车；贾洪林，一号车；吕宁，三号车……” 新兵开始接耳：“班副，干吗弄两种车？” 成才不假思索：“还用问？去好单位的上空调车，去坏单位的上卡车呗。” 大家恍然大悟，而被分上卡车的已经快哭了出来。 “成才，二号车” 居然是那辆披着迷彩篷布的军卡，成才屹立的军姿顿时有点发萎。 “许三多，三号车” 三号是那辆空调车，许三多乐了，后发而先至，还赶在成才之前上了车。 高城瞪了他一眼：“抢什么？还要夹塞？” 许三多不好意思了，他一边上车，一边回头看了一眼，成才正垂头丧气地爬上卡车。 满操场的士兵已经上车，成才从军卡篷布里露出双眼睛，死死看着旁边那辆空调车。许三多之流正在空调车上对着卡车上的兵挤眉弄眼，年少轻狂，得意得几欲飞天。 高城在车下和指导员何红涛握手：“您就再辛苦一趟送送他们。” 来自三连的指导员何红涛笑了：“老七这次是满载而归，自然也就归心似箭了。” 高城半点不让：“红三连挑的兵可也不差。” 何红涛：“比钢七连可差远了。说着竖大拇指，高连长的眼力劲属这个。” 没等着高城说话，他上了那辆空调，很有亲和力的一笑。 空调车驶动，许三多忙对着成才做了一个足尺加八的鬼脸，成才眼圈一红，抹泪，许三多愣住，眼圈顿时也红了。 高城已经跳进了军卡驾驶室，卡车也轰鸣起来，烟尘中成才呆呆地望着远去的大巴，许三多几乎贴上了车窗，还在玩命地对他招手。 这支小小的车队穿行在战备公路上。 几个好事兵仍在瞧着远远那几辆卡车的影子，其中许三多几是望眼欲穿。 何红涛是个很能活跃气氛的人，拍了拍司机说：“走机场，绕个圈，给他们长长见识。” 又转身面对着一车兵：“大伙别说小话，从今起就是老兵了，更不能没人看就放松自己。我先给大家介绍咱们服役这个师的情况，咱师是Ｔ装甲师，全国挂号的装甲部队，咱团是Ｔ师主力装甲步兵团。大伙瞧那边——” 兵们争先恐后地瞧过去，远远的黄绿色土地上，军事禁区的标志，一辆老式T34坦克在花坛中炮管直指蓝天。 何红涛接着说：“那是我师主力坦克团，北上朝鲜南下越南，那家伙威风吧？” 新兵鼓足了劲：“威——风！！” 何红涛摇头不迭：“那是抗美援朝时候的，现在都换了四代了——大家看那边！” 赶紧地看，士兵们脖子像方向盘似的转动，也不管看没看着啥。 何红涛：“那是我师炮团，装备了自行化和计算机化的野战火炮。——那边，装甲侦察营驻地，那边，师部！那边，大家快看！”说着说着，他自己都激动了。 大家忙转头，两架武装直升机正从一个树梢高度后升起。绝大部分兵还是第一次看见武装直升机的实物，仰了脖不算，半个身子恨不得探出车窗。 何红涛声音明显高了几度：“那可是直升机大队！装备了多种型号的先进直升机，担负着重要的对地支援、反坦克和突击运输任务。” 兵们目瞪口呆：“咱陆军还有飞机啊？咱们坐直升机去连队多快呀！” 何红涛已经吹上劲了：“这个没有安排……主要是调度问题——许三多，坐回来！” 许三多探出窗外的大半截身子缩回来，正好外面一辆车擦过。车里笑声打闹声响成一片，已经让何红涛用事实鼓舞得士气如虹。 何红涛擦擦汗，是吹的也是吓的：“看看多危险。大伙，觉得怎么样？” 不用多说了，兵们你捅捅我，我捅捅你，兴奋到要爆炸。 另一辆车上，篷布低放着，一车厢的兵都沉闷地面面相觑。 成才一直盯着对面的一个兵，那个兵被他盯得想哭又不好意思，只好同样盯着他。 The muffled sound passed outside the tarpaulin. It was the two helicopters that had just lifted off and flew past.新兵嘀咕：“这啥动静？” 没人接茬，大家都有些责怪地看着他，那个兵压低帽子，不再说话。 跟那车的士气直叫云泥之别。 那两架直升机也甚是凑趣，超低空掠过，引得车厢里的兵们又一阵兴奋。 何红涛看看外边绿荫掩映的一处军营：“大家静一静，看见那处营门吗？那就是咱们所属团队，光荣的三五三装甲步兵团！我们都属于中间的一分子。同志们，骄傲不骄傲？” 兵们：“骄——傲！！” “自豪不自豪？” 兵们嗓子都要吼破了：“自——豪！！” 整车都笑，何红涛也笑了：“同志们唱个歌吧？《装甲兵进行曲》怎么样？” 这就是个唱歌的时候，一个兵自告奋勇地起了个音，一首歌吼得地动山摇，士气之高至不可再高，路人皆为之侧目。歌没唱完，车离团大门越来越近时却忽然拐了个弯，上了小道。 大家仍在唱着，有几个敏感家伙眼睛稍有些发直。后边的卡车直接开进团大门。 成才仍在坐着出神，旁边的兵听着声音不对，撩开了车篷。成才惊讶地瞪大了眼睛。 几辆步战车从侧道拐了出来，被卡车压住，车上的步兵不愿意再等，从后舱门下来，列队集合。 成才惊讶地看着那群全副武装的士兵，他们的服装，他们的步枪、机枪、火箭发射器、野战电台，还有些新兵们根本叫不出名来的玩意。 更让他们慑服的，那帮兵身上有股常在硝烟来去者的气势，和他们这帮刚打过几次靶的人绝不相同。 一个车的人也都在看着。成才忽然老气横秋：“瞧见没有？这就叫装甲步兵。” 兵们萎着的腰杆忽然挺得像杆一样直。 许三多这一车里的人仍在唱，但唱得已有些跑神。此地本就只是个因军队驻扎而兴旺的小镇，拐上小道，车外的景物立刻现出了荒凉。 兵们渐渐觉出不对：“咱们上哪？” 何红涛鼓劲着：“唱哪！同志们怎么不唱了？” 很机械地又是一首，兵们是直着眼在唱的，外边已经是一望无际的草原。地平线，地平线，除了地平线还是地平线，半沙化的土地看得让人茫然。 许三多麻木地跟唱，他身后的新兵有了点哭腔：“咱们要上哪？” 草原上广阔到能投射白云的影子，一辆车在这里实在跟蝼蚁无异。Except for a simple road, there is no one in the surrounding tens of kilometers.The voice of singing has gradually diminished.新兵们早已经唱得唇干舌燥，再也唱不下去了。何红涛还想指挥，可没人开口了。 车终于在一处小营门前停下，营里是绿油油一片菜地，几个土坷垃似的兵在门前等着，有一个手里甚至拿着锄头。 何红涛开始分配工作了：“吕宁，刘红兵，你们是这，生产基地。” 两个兵木呆呆地下车，何红涛鼓劲：“全团摄取的多种维生素就仗你们了。” 跟着，车停在另一处小营门，几个油炸麻花似的兵在营门口等着。何红涛继续分配：“油料仓库——马荣，林东志。” 两个兵一步步挪下车。何红涛机械地鼓劲：“广阔天地，大有作为。” 歌是早不唱了，车上人少了许多，车晃着继续前进，无休无止，不知要晃到啥时候。 无精打采的兵一个个从车上淡去。渐渐地，何红涛都已经昏昏欲睡，车终于停下，而且是不打算再开。何红涛醒来，擦擦眼睛，回头瞧一眼车后，就剩许三多了，许三多也瞪着他。 跟前边几个地方相比，这里能算是荒凉到绝境了，车外是荒原上兀立的四座简易房，连个迎接的人也没有。 “许三多，你就是这了。红三连二排五班，看守输油管道。” 许三多看着这地方发呆，那几间小屋总算让这一路地平线的旅程有了个目光焦点。何红涛看看他，即使是他也对这一片荒凉有些过意不去，所以又找补了一句：“一个光荣而艰巨的任务。” Xu Sanduo was stunned, as if he had been hit with a sap, and he couldn't survive for a long time.