Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

Returning home from a visit, Lu Huaicheng leaned back on the sofa wearily.Xie Tingqun hurriedly made him a cup of tea, and ran to the sofa to give him a shoulder squeeze. "Go do your work!" Lu Huaicheng said with his eyes closed as if he already knew what he was going to do. Xie Tingqun's outstretched hand stopped in the air awkwardly. After a while, Xie Tingqun put a bulging envelope in front of him, "What is this?" Lu Huaicheng opened his eyes and asked. "Liu Tiegang, chief of staff of the submarine detachment, has come." Xie Tingqun said cautiously.Lu Huaicheng picked up the envelope and looked at it: "Is there more than three thousand?"

"Five thousand!" "What is he going to do?" "He...he wants to change jobs and you didn't agree..." "I agreed without agreeing to the gift?" Xie Tingqun hurriedly explained: "He doesn't want to change jobs anymore, the acting detachment leader wants to transfer him...he hopes he can take over as the detachment leader." "Crack!" Lu Huaicheng slammed the envelope on the table, and said angrily, "Call him and tell him, I agree that he will change jobs!" Xie Tingqun was terrified, standing there not knowing what to do.

"Tell him now." Lu Huaicheng roared. "Yes..." Xie Tingqun turned to leave. "Wait!" Lu Huaicheng pointed to the envelope on the table, "Take it back for him!" Xie Tingqun quickly picked up the envelope and left in a hurry. Watching Xie Tingqun leave, Lu Huaicheng stood up from the sofa, came to the window, pushed it open angrily, and muttered: "There is no clean air, it's a mess." Mei Xing'er put an envelope containing money on Yu Jidong's desk: "Brother Yu, I'm here to pay you back." "What money?" Yu Jidong was surprised. "You helped me repay Zhuzi's money back then!" Yu Jidong opened the envelope: "Mei Xing'er, I told you at the beginning that this money is for you, so I don't want it."

"Then how can I do it? I am already grateful for your help at the beginning, how can I not pay back the money?" Yu Jidong pushed the money back in front of her: "You only have such a small salary every month, it's not easy to save this money." "It's not only my savings, but Brother Zheng's as well." Mei Xing'er pushed the money back. "Have you seen the distant sea?" "Yeah!" Myolie Mei said excitedly, "He came from Paris to visit us at Brest Naval Port, and he even asked about you! I told him that you are now the big boss."

Yu Jidong chuckled, "I really want Yuan Hai!" After a pause, he continued, "Mei Xing'er, it's not easy for you to be soldiers. Yuan Hai is still abroad, so I really don't want the money." "No brother Yu, you must keep the money, or I will feel uneasy." Mei Xing'er said persistently.Yu Jidong thought for a while: "Okay! If you have to return it, I'll take it first, and come to me in the future if you have anything to do. I really treat you as my own sister." Mei Xing'er said happily: "it is good." "By the way, Si Ting... are you okay?" Yu Ji Dong mentioned Qin Si Ting.Upon hearing this, Mei Xing'er replied casually: "It's pretty good, I always mention you..."

"Really?" Yu Jidong's eyes lit up immediately: "Si Ting really always mentions me?" Mei Xing'er realized that she had made a slip of the tongue, so she had no choice but to deal with it: "Ah! Yes!" Yu Jidong said happily: " I'm so busy these days that I can't get away, and I'll go see her as soon as I'm free." When eating in the evening, Mei Xing'er brought the lunch box to Qin Siting: "Sister Siting, guess who I saw today?" Qin Siting stopped the food brought to her mouth and looked at her. "Brother Yu." Mei Xing'er said proudly.Qin Siting put the rice into her mouth and said absently, "Who do I think?"

"Brother Yu treats you so well, why don't you feel it at all?" "There are many people who treat me well." Mei Xing'er pursed her lips: "Hmph, I know, why would there be so many sick patients when it's your turn! They're all young cadres." "Hey! Hey!" Qin Siting tapped the other end of her chopsticks on the table, "Don't just talk about me! All the people who came to your hospital are waiting in line." Mei Xing'er smiled: "I really want to find a military cadre, um! Like Big Brother Zheng..." Qin Siting stopped talking, was stunned for a while and said: "I'm full!" She got up and left.

Mei Xing'er smiled, lowered her head and started to eat. Lu Huaicheng frowned as he faced a list of demobilized cadres, on which Liu Tiegang's name stood out.That day Lu Huaicheng said that agreeing to Liu Tiegang's change of job was just a moment of anger. He knew Liu Tiegang was a talent.But right now, the fleet cadres are notifying that new arrangements will be made for the selection of the submarine detachment leader. Liu Tiegang, who has reached the maximum number of years, can only face a job change. Lu Huaicheng was so anxious that he called Chen Jingguo and put it down in disappointment. Deputy Commander Chen went to Beijing for a meeting.For the first time, Lu Huaicheng felt desperate and helpless in the appointment of cadres.After a while, he suddenly pushed the list away, took his hat, got up and walked out.

The train station was full of people, and Liu Tiegang led his family as soon as they got out of the taxi when he was surprised to see Lu Huaicheng standing there waiting for him.At this time, Liu Tiegang was still wearing the military uniform, but the collar flower epaulets were removed.Lu Huaicheng was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion. He saw a warrior who rode a submarine, rode a whale across the sea, and galloped across the ocean. He was undergoing a painful transformation, from a soldier to an ordinary citizen, from a mountain to a ridge. From a big tree to a weed.Removing the epaulettes was like the aura of life gone. He couldn't imagine what this man who had given most of his life to the army could do without his uniform.Looking at him, Lu Huaicheng's heart felt hot, and he didn't know whether it was sorrow or tragedy.

Liu Tiegang stood at attention: "Chief of Staff!" "The detachment didn't send you a car?" "Training was tight, I didn't tell them to leave today." "What time is the train?" "Eleven o'clock." Lu Huaicheng looked at his watch: "There is still some time, I...can I invite you to sit in a nearby teahouse for a while?" In the small teahouse, Tie Gang picked up his teacup and said, "Chief of Staff, I never dreamed that you would come to see me off, thank you!" Lu Huaicheng took a sip of tea and tasted it slowly.He felt that this was the bitterest tea he had ever drunk, and it was hard to swallow, just like his mood at this time.

After a long time, Lu Huaicheng said: "Tie Gang, as the chief of staff in charge of training at the base, I have to apologize to you." Sighing, he said, "To be honest, I really don't want you to go! But for your I can't do anything about my job." "Chief of Staff, it's okay, I'm mentally prepared." "You are an excellent soldier. On behalf of the army, I thank you. Come, replace wine with tea. I respect you." After taking a sip of bitter tea, Liu Tiegang's eyes turned red: "Chief of Staff, to be honest, I really don't want to leave the army." "I know." Lu Huaicheng's voice was not loud, but it was full of helplessness and sadness. Liu Tiegang was silent for a while and then said: "Chief of Staff, I know that incident made you very angry." "Did someone encourage you to give me a gift?" He knew Liu Tiegang too well. "I told you not to be angry. I called your office once, and Secretary Xie picked it up. He told me Let me do something." An imperceptible trace of surprise flitted across Lu Huaicheng's face. Liu Tiegang continued: "To be honest, there have been unspoken rules in official careers since ancient times. Like you, I hate it. But why did I choose to give you a gift? Because I want to be the captain of this branch so much, even if I can be a gift. Worth, because I am elected, I have the right to say no, and I will completely change this shameful behavior from me. It's just... I know that you can't give it back, it's too naive." Lu Huaicheng signaled him not to continue talking, if the leader can't keep the bowl of water level, then the tears that flow down the slope must be the tears of his subordinates.Knowing that changing jobs is unfair to Liu Tiegang, but unable to speak up for him, Lu Huaicheng's inner depression can be imagined at this time. "Brother, I'm sorry." Liu Tiegang's eyes are moist. It has been twenty-nine years.The 29-year military journey has experienced too much bitterness, hardships and obstacles, and the iron man laughed and swallowed tears.Now, the general's words made the seven-foot man surge in emotion, and his mood was hard to calm down. Liu Tiegang calmed down and said, "Chief of Staff, I want to ask you something?" Lu Huaicheng raised his head. "Nan Kejiang has been studying in university for four years. He is very good in both business and thinking. This person is a good material. I insisted on his mention of the navigator. Secretary Xie forced him to drink in an emergency. I hope You can transfer him back to the submarine..." "Nankejiang? Where did he go?" Lu Huaicheng looked surprised, and Liu Tiegang was even more surprised than him, and said, "You don't know?" The military off-road vehicle was speeding on the road, Lu Huaicheng in the vehicle closed his eyes, and the scene of parting at the station lingered in his mind.The moment Liu Tiegang stepped on the train, he turned around and solemnly paid the last military salute to Lu Huaicheng. His nostalgia for the barracks, his regret for unfulfilled ambitions, and his dream and expectation for a powerful navy all disappeared silently at the moment of the salute. When he returned to the office, he saw Xie Tingqun wiping the table and packing up the documents. Lu Huaicheng threw his military cap on the table vigorously. This action made the whole office silent for an instant. Xie Tingqun said cautiously: "Chief of Staff, where have you been? How many times has Deputy Commander Chen of the Fleet called you?" Lu Huaicheng glared at him and asked back, "Are you on vacation during our visit?" "Retired." "Starting tomorrow, continue to rest." "I'm done." "Come on!" Lu Huaicheng's anger exploded. Xie Tingqun didn't dare to argue anymore, and looked at him puzzled. Lu Huaicheng picked up the phone: "Pick up Deputy Commander Chen of the Fleet." Chen Jingguo's voice on the phone reached Lu Huaicheng's ears like the shock wave of a bomb explosion: "I just came back from a meeting in Beijing and saw the list of pre-appointed cadres in your base. Was the captain of the submarine detachment sent by the fleet?" "I called you about this matter and said that you went to Beijing for a meeting." Chen Jingguo was furious: "Why don't you stand up for me? What do you do as the chief of staff? Display?" Lu Huaicheng's mind went blank for an instant, and an intuition quickly expanded from his heart to his whole body, and he realized that a turning point had come. Chen Jingguo took a breath and said again: "Huaicheng! We discussed it when we were at the base. We were most afraid of sending cadres down from the higher authorities. If the person in charge of the base is indifferent to this, who will actively work in the future? , how do we face comrades at the grassroots level?" Lu Huaicheng hastily asked: "What do you mean, Chief?" "I have already reported to the fleet commander and the political commissar. This kind of atmosphere cannot last long, and no one's relationship is good. You should consider the candidates yourself, and you must choose the most suitable ones, who are useful to the construction of the army..." Lu Huaicheng was overjoyed: "Chief, I'm running out of time. I'll check you later." He hung up the phone, turned around and went straight to the office of the head of the cadre department. "Has Liu Tiegang's files been sent out?" The cadre director shook his head: "Not yet." "Great." Lu Huaicheng couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart: "Stop posting, you go, you go in person, go now, rush to Liu Tiegang's house, and chase him back to me." The change of things made Lu Huaicheng happy, and the depression of the past few days was instantly relieved, but when he walked back to the office with easy steps and saw Xie Tingqun holding his military cap and hanging it on the coat rack, his chest just extinguished. Embers of rage rekindled. "Xie Tingqun!" "Here!" Xie Tingqun turned to him and stood at attention. Lu Huaicheng sat down at the desk: "Put my hat on the table." Xie Tingqun put the military cap in front of him. "The cap badge is at me!" Xie Tingqun hurriedly adjusted the military cap. Lu Huaicheng frowned: "Do you know why?" Xie Tingqun's heart was pounding, Lu Huaicheng's anger was definitely not a source of water, could it be... He didn't dare to think about it any further, and shook his head hastily. Lu Huaicheng said sternly: "Because there is a military emblem on the military cap, we should always face it and remind ourselves that we are not ordinary people, but soldiers, with a selfless heart and a magnanimous heart!" Xie Tingqun didn't even dare to vent his breath. "Tell me! What happened to Nankejiang?" Xie Tingqun suddenly realized, and the sweat on his forehead immediately broke out. He knew that continuing to defend in this situation would only make Lu Huaicheng more annoyed, so he lowered his head and said, "Chief of Staff, I was wrong." "Where is it wrong?" "I shouldn't have said that to Vice Captain Li." "You are too courageous!" "Nan Kejiang drank too much that day, I think you were very angry that day..." "Didn't you drag him to drink?" "Yes, I didn't expect him to drink too much and make such a big mistake..." "It's not up to you to care about that? Do you know who you are? You are a secretary!" After a pause, he shouted again, "Raise your head, you look like a soldier, okay?" Xie Tingqun raised his head and looked at Lu Huaicheng pitifully, "Calm down, Chief of Staff, I will correct my mistakes in the future." He said and handed over water and medicine, "You should take medicine." Lu Huaicheng glanced at him and didn't make a sound, and didn't take the medicine. Xie Tingqun stood there in embarrassment. Lu Huaicheng turned his face to look at the window and said, "I want to be quiet for a while, you go back first!" "Then... I'll be leaving first!" Xie Tingqun put the medicine on the table, "Remember to take the medicine on time." "Wait, leave the key on the door." "It's okay, I just use my spare time to clean up for you, I'm not tired..." Lu Huaicheng roared angrily: "Put it down!" Xie Tingqun reluctantly put the key on the table, as if letting go of a kind of power and a kind of glory, looked at it reluctantly, turned and walked out of the office. In the Pacific Bar, after several glasses of wine, Xie Tingqun was already a little tipsy.For three days, Lu Huaicheng has been lukewarm to him, which made him feel uneasy, and with the help of alcohol, he began to complain to Zheng Xiuzhu: "I spare no effort to serve him all day long, and everything I say or do depends on his face Acting, but he turned his face when he said he would turn his face, he is really accompanying a king like a tiger." Zheng Xiuzhu comforted him from the side: "Why is the chief of staff angry with you?" "What else could be the reason? I don't like it!" Xie Tingqun took a sip of his wine and continued, "Actually, the chief of staff can't be blamed for this. I am the same. I keep running to you all day long, and he can't find me. Definitely not happy." Zheng Xiuzhu said guiltily: "It's all my fault, don't come here in the future." Xie Tingqun was secretly happy, Zheng Xiuzhu's reaction was exactly what he expected: "No, Xiuzhu, I would rather give up everything for you." He looked at her with misty eyes, "Xiuzhu..." Suddenly, he froze. He thought he had drunk too much, so he shook his head and took a look. That's right, it was Nankejiang. Nan Kejiang did not expect that his fate would be so ups and downs. He came to the island in despair more than a month ago, and returned to his beloved submarine in just over a month. He was so excited that he returned to the submarine detachment to put down his luggage So he ran to find Xiuzhu, he wanted to share the joy of reunion with her, but the scene in front of him made him unable to believe his eyes at all. Zheng Xiuzhu instinctively showed a hint of surprise when he saw Nan Kejiang, but it disappeared without a trace in an instant like a passing cloud. The photo that broke her heart hurt her heart and tore her nerves. Xiuzhu looked at each other with a cold face, and Xie Tingqun's complacent expression made Nankejiang's heart tighten all of a sudden, and the cold air rose rapidly from under his feet, as if he had fallen into a hole in the ice. "Yo! Ke Jiang!" Xie Tingqun quickly concealed his surprise, and pretended to be enthusiastic, "It's a good thing that you have been transferred back! Come, come, let's celebrate tonight." "Xiuzhu, what's going on?" Nan Kejiang asked anxiously. "You go! I don't want to see you again." Zheng Xiuzhu replied coldly. "Xiuzhu!" Xie Tingqun's expression was elusive, "Ke Jiang finally came back, how could we treat him like this." He deliberately bit "us" and "other" very hard. Nan Kejiang understood, and said after a while, "I'm sorry to bother you." He turned and left. The submarine dock is heavily guarded, and the No. 072 new submarine is quietly docked on the dock. A deep dive test full of extreme dangers is about to begin. Two off-road vehicles drove up to the pier, Lu Huaicheng and political commissar Wang Hongye got out of their cars respectively, and Liu Tiegang went forward to meet them. "Is everything ready?" Lu Huaicheng asked. "Ready, all the test participants are determined to fulfill their mission and resolutely complete the task!" Liu Tiegang replied loudly. Lu Huaicheng smiled, and said to Wang Hongye: "Look, Tie Gang has learned to shout slogans just after he became a detachment leader." His tone was so relaxed that it didn't seem like he was going to go through a life-and-death test, but rather like going on a trip. Both Wang Hongye and Liu Tiegang laughed. An ambulance came and stopped not far away, and Mei Xing'er and one or two male doctors jumped out of the car and began to carry the ambulance equipment. Lu Huaicheng put away his smile: "Why is she here?" "The hospital sent an ambulance with the boat." Liu Tiegang said. "The men stay, the women go back." The chief of staff ordered. "Yes!" Liu Tiegang winked at the staff officer beside him, and the staff officer ran towards Mei Xing'er. After a while, Mei Xing'er ran to Lu Huaicheng's side: "Chief, let me go." "No!" In Mei Xing'er's memory, it was the first time that Lu Huaicheng looked at herself with such stern eyes, and she stepped forward unwillingly: "Our dean sent me here!" "I don't need you here!" Lu Huaicheng's tone was beyond doubt. "Why?" Mei Xing'er didn't understand.Xie Tingqun was afraid that Lu Huaicheng would get angry again, so he hurriedly whispered to Mei Xing'er: "Let's go!" The familiar loving gaze in Huaicheng's eyes. Inside the submarine, all the officers and soldiers looked solemn, and handed over the written suicide notes to a lieutenant colonel one by one.Nan Kejiang did not return to the 614 boat, and was directly appointed as the chief navigator of the new submarine as the backbone. When the lieutenant colonel walked up to him, Nan Kejiang said calmly: "I didn't write." It happened that Lu Huaicheng, Wang Hongye and Liu Tiegang walked into the submarine and looked up at him when they heard the sound. "I firmly believe that we will come back alive." Nan Kejiang looked confident. Lu Huaicheng nodded secretly. Wang Hongye said to Lu Huaicheng, "Old Lu, can you say a few words?" Lu Huaicheng looked around the crowd: "Comrades, this is a new type of submarine. The technical parameters are all theoretical. We need to verify it from practice, because it is very important for future actual combat. Everyone is very concerned about it. How many meters are you going to dive into today? I want to answer you this way, when you left your suicide note, you should have already thought about it, and today you will hit the limit of our army's deep diving." Nan Kejiang and the others listened solemnly. Lu Huaicheng continued: "Every one of us knows that the pressure of the deep sea is likely to crush the submarine to pieces. I don't want to mobilize here and speak bold words to everyone. I just want to say one thing, I, Lu Huai Cheng and Liu Tiegang, the leader of your detachment, also wrote a suicide note to the organization, and live and die with everyone!" Everyone was stunned, and the air froze. Xie Tingqun, who was following Lu Huaicheng, had a nervous expression on his face: "Chief of Staff, it's too dangerous, you...you can't go." Lu Huaicheng didn't even look at him: "The value of human life is the same, regardless of Is he a general or a soldier!" Nan Kejiang looked at Xie Tingqun coldly, with a contemptuous sneer on the corner of his mouth: "Cowards can't go to the battlefield." Xie Tingqun ignored him and went to Lu Huaicheng's side: "Chief of Staff, You really can't go." Lu Huaicheng glanced at him: "Are you scared? You can go back if you're afraid!" "I am your secretary, I am responsible for your safety, you are the chief of staff..." "As I said before, the life value of a general and a private is the same!" Lu Huaicheng turned to Liu Tiegang, "Get ready to set sail!" Wang Hongye said to everyone: "Comrades, I am waiting for the good news of your victory and return!" He raised his right hand to solemnly salute all the officers and soldiers. On the vast sea, the 072 submarine sailed to the predetermined sea area under the escort of the 186 ship and the 614 submarine. In the medical cabin of the 186 ship, Mei Xinger was complaining there: "The director let me go on the submarine, I am so happy! Who knew that the chief of staff was sent back again, fortunately the director asked me to go on the 186 ship to participate in the surface rescue gone." "The limit of deep diving is so dangerous. The chief is afraid that you will be in danger, so he cares about you." Qin Siting continued. "Who wants him to care? But when he drove me back, he looked at me with that kind of eyes, as if... as if..." Qin Siting looked at her strangely and asked, "What is it like?" "Like a kind father! Sister Si Ting, do you think it's strange? Everyone is afraid of him, why am I not afraid of him at all?" Qin Siting smiled at Mei Xinger's naughty way of tilting her head: "If you want me to say that you quickly recognize him as godfather, maybe we can still borrow money!" "Go to hell!" At this time, Chen Jianjun's voice came from the loudspeaker: "All groups report the situation." Qin Siting replied into the intercom: "The ambulance team is ready!" After all departments were ready, the 072 submarine began to dive.On the surface of the sea, the water splashed and the air flow gushed, and the huge submarine began to dive slowly like a giant whale, gradually disappearing on the sea surface. Mei Xing'er silently watched the submarine disappear, and a strange thought came to her mind. She seemed to be particularly worried about Lu Huaicheng, just like a daughter worried about a father.How could there be such an idea?Mei Xing'er shook her head and smiled, maybe she was too nervous. After the water injection valve was opened, the submarine dived rapidly at an angle of thirty degrees. One hundred meters, one hundred and forty meters, one hundred and sixty meters, one hundred and eighty meters, two hundred meters... The data is continuously reported through the loudspeaker. After diving to a depth of 220 meters, the sinking speed of the submarine began to slow down, but the pressure suddenly increased, and the third cabin had already begun to make slight noises.Everyone held their breath, and the tense atmosphere shrouded every corner of the submarine. It seemed that at any moment, sea water would break through the steel plate and rush in. "Two hundred and eighty-six meters, angle fifteen!" Suddenly, people heard the sound of the submarine being squeezed. "There is water seepage in the pipeline in the third compartment." A hurried report came from the speaker, and the tense atmosphere immediately permeated the entire submarine, and everyone dared not even breathe out. Xie Tingqun tried his best to suppress his nervousness, but his lips were still trembling disobediently. He lowered his head and glanced at Lu Huaicheng who was sitting aside. Lu Huaicheng was surprisingly calm. look.When Xie Tingqun raised his head, he inadvertently looked at Nan Kejiang, bit his lower lip subconsciously, and forced himself to calm down. He didn't want Nan Kejiang to look down on him, let alone his mocking eyes. "Each cabin closely monitors the status of instruments and facilities, reports the situation at any time, and continues to dive at a constant speed!" Xie Tingqun was disappointed by the command issued by the commander. How much he hoped to hear the order to stop the dive. When the submarine dived to 385 meters, the sound of seawater squeezing the steel plate continued to be heard, and everyone knew that even a pinpoint-sized flaw in the weld on the steel plate of the submarine could become a problem under the huge pressure of the seawater. The breakthrough, the danger may come in the next second. Nervous, extremely tense, so tense that everyone's sweat pores are emitting cold air. The submarine is still diving, 395 meters, 400 meters, 405 meters... Xie Tingqun couldn't bear the suffocating fear anymore, turned to the captain beside him and whispered: "Captain, I can't dive anymore." Nan Kejiang smiled at him: "Don't be nervous, this is a new type of submarine. We can still dive another fifty-five meters." Xie Tingqun's voice trembled: "That's just a theory." "The theory is also based on facts." Nan Kejiang's voice was calm. "You...you are joking about the lives of more than two hundred people." Xie Tingqun's voice became louder unconsciously. "Nankejiang..." Liu Tiegang couldn't say Xie Tingqun, so he stopped Nankejiang with his eyes. Xie Tingqun went back behind Lu Huaicheng angrily, and saw that Lu Huaicheng was still there with his eyes closed, his life and death were at stake, and he couldn't care less, he squatted down and was about to persuade Lu Huaicheng to order to stop diving, but Lu Huaicheng opened it first Mouth: "Hold down, I'm listening to the fish singing." The voice is so small that only he can hear it.Xie Tingqun had no choice but to swallow the words that came to his lips. Suddenly, there was a loud noise and the submarine vibrated. In the fourth cabin, a new soldier was on the verge of collapse due to extreme tension, shouting: "No, I don't want to die, I want to go up..." He opened the cabin door and wanted to run out, the department head hugged him: "This is 300 meters underwater, where are you going?" The doctor rushed over, comforted him, and helped him relax his body. Soon, the new soldier calmed down: "I'm sorry for the department head, I'm too nervous." The head of the department turned to everyone and said: "Any movement may affect the balance of the submarine. Everyone sticks to their posts and is not allowed to move at will without orders." In the first cabin, Lu Huaicheng even pulled Nan Kejiang to his side to play chess. You came and I fought inextricably, as if the extremely dangerous situation in front of them had nothing to do with them. The submarine continued to dive, and when it reached 415 meters, there was a report that the gauges were loaded and the pressure exceeded normal values. The captain finally issued an order: "Stop diving, zero angle, and keep hovering freely!" Just like a person who was on the verge of despair in the cold and dark night and suddenly saw a burning torch, Xie Tingqun finally let out a long sigh of relief before realizing that the shirt inside his training uniform was soaked with sweat. Various instrument data were quickly reported from each cabin, and Liu Tiegang and the captain discussed quietly based on the reported data.From Xie Tingqun's point of view, the submarine was about to float up, and a thrill of escape from death spread in his heart, and excited nerves began to beat on his face. "Angle thirty, continue diving!" Although the captain's password was clear and accurate, Xie Tingqun thought he heard it wrong.The next operation commands from each cabin disappointed him, no, it was despair.I was sweating from nervousness just now, and now it's turning into a cold sweat.No matter how much he resisted and refused to accept it in his consciousness, the submarine was still diving, and the data continued to be transmitted through the speaker... 415 meters, 420 meters, 425 meters, 430 meters... Xie Tingqun felt that the submarine didn't seem to be underwater, but it seemed to be crushed under the Himalayas.The air was suffocatingly tense, everyone's expressions were extremely focused, and any small noise might cause the nerves to collapse. Four hundred and forty-five meters, four hundred and forty-eight meters, four hundred and fifty-two meters... There was a loud noise accompanied by violent vibrations, and everyone's hearts fell into the bottomless abyss as if they were experiencing bungee jumping.What follows, however, is a calm, a calm that hides great danger. The submarine is still diving, slowly diving... Xie Tingqun took a sneaky glance at Lu Huaicheng, and he just focused on playing chess with Nankejiang as if he didn't hear him.Crazy, simply lunatic, there are a bunch of lunatics here... He cursed secretly in his heart.He thought of Xiuzhu, at this moment Xiuzhu must be worried about him, if... just in case... he didn't dare to think about it any more, and closed his eyes tightly. At 460 meters, the submarine finally stopped diving.Four hundred and sixty meters, already beyond the theoretical depth, the submarine was surprisingly quiet, the air seemed to be pressed into a piece of iron, it was so heavy that it was impossible to breathe, and even the limbs could not move. "Crack!" A chess piece landed heavily on the chessboard. Everyone's hearts were tightened all of a sudden, and Xie Tingqun felt that the blood vessels seemed to be coagulated, all parts of the body were malfunctioning, and his eyes couldn't be opened even if he wanted to. Then came Lu Huaicheng's hearty laughter: "I won!" The moment the 072 submarine came out of the water, the deck of the 186 ship turned into a sea of ​​joy, and the officers and soldiers cheered and shouted excitedly... Mei Xinger hugged Qin Siting tightly, tears streaming down her eyes. Before Xie Tingqun could get a firm grip on the joy of the rest of his life after the catastrophe, another "catastrophe" was quietly approaching—Lu Huaicheng had included his name in the list of cadres who had changed jobs. When Xie Tingqun heard the news, he panicked immediately, and rushed to Chen Jianjun for help: "Captain, I won't say anything else, but I said a lot about you in front of Lu Huaicheng when you mentioned the captain. For good words, please help me." "You... didn't you make a mistake?" Chen Jianjun frowned and asked. "No! I'm a secretary, and I'm usually cautious. I don't even dare to breathe in front of him. What mistakes can I make?" Seeing that Chen Jianjun was silent, Xie Tingqun continued to mutter: "Anyone else's secretary can mention something. I have worked hard to serve him for a few years, and I ended up like this. I have no day and no time. I have done all the work well, and I can't find any faults, right? That's how he is. Turn your face and deny anyone." "There must be other reasons for this. I know the chief of staff. He has always been right about things and wrong people. Let alone you, he is unambiguous about all incompetent people, even those around him. " "Am I incompetent? I think he is trying to kill a donkey. Captain, you have to help me!" Chen Jianjun hesitated: "What the chief of staff decides... will generally not change. How can I help you?" "Go and beg Deputy Commander Chen for me, the chief of staff is your father's old subordinate..." "My dad is his old superior, but sometimes...you know that Lu Huaicheng is a person who dares to resist." Xie Tingqun was so anxious that he was about to cry: "Captain, you can't leave your life alone!" Although he also thought that Lu Huaicheng might not buy into Chen Jingguo's account, but this is the only life-saving straw he can grasp at the moment . "Okay, okay, I'll go talk to my dad for you, but it may not work!" Chen Jianjun thought for a while, and it was time to go home again. Chen Jianjun came home suddenly, which made Chen Jingguo wonder: "If you don't even come back for the weekend, where is the sun coming out today?" Chen Jianjun smiled: "Dad, I heard that you have a cold and are not at work. I will come back to see you " Chen Jingguo looked at his son in disbelief: "When will you still have this filial piety?" "Isn't that what it is?" Suddenly recalled: "Hey? When did I leave such an impression on you? Even if I come back less, it's because I'm busy with work." "Didn't buy me a bar?" "Buy wine? You have a cold, what wine should I buy you?" "It's fine if you don't buy it. Once you buy wine, you must ask me for something." Chen Jianjun smiled, knowing a son is like a father, it seems that this sentence is correct. "Let me tell you! The captain's full training assessment is coming soon. As the best ship in the Dongjiang base, if you fail the test, I will ask Lu Huaicheng to suspend your post." "Don't worry! Your son, I haven't heard of anyone in the entire navy who is better than me in terms of technology!" "Bragging!" Chen Jingguo continued to ask, "Did you see Xiaoqing during your visit to France?" "seen!" "Did you wait all these years for nothing?" Chen Jianjun chuckled, but felt a dull pain in his heart. "Your mother called again to ask questions! You have to explain to her quickly!" Chen Jingguo didn't let him go, and chased him fiercely. "What's the rush?" Chen Jingguo deliberately sighed and said, "Oh! The son of the deputy commander of the fleet can't even find a partner, and his face is dull!" Chen Jianjun had a hippie smile: "You should say that there is no way to teach children!" "Okay!" Chen Jingguo sat up straight from the sofa, "As long as you hand over the power, I will mobilize someone to find you a partner tomorrow." "Hey, hey, stop. Dad, there are so many things waiting for you to defend the motherland, so don't bother you with this little thing." Chen Jingguo glared at him: "It's not embarrassing to be a bachelor even after becoming a captain." Chen Jianjun muttered: "The ship's regulations don't stipulate that the captain must get married?" Seeing what Chen Jingguo wanted to say, he hurriedly changed the topic, "Dad, what do you think of Xie Tingqun?" "What are you doing?" Chen Jingguo always had a vigilant tone in front of his son. "how is everything?" "That's right! Graduated from university, you have a sharp mind. If you use it well, you will develop in the future." "I think he's serving as Lu Huaicheng's secretary, which limits his performance. Why don't you help him change places?" "Why? Don't want to work at Lu Huaicheng's place anymore?" Chen Jingguo continued, "Okay! It just so happens that my secretary is training at the grassroots level. Let him be my secretary!" "For you?" Chen Jianjun shook his head like a rattle: "No, no, he is not suitable to be your secretary." "Why is it inappropriate?" "He... is too good at talking, too good at coming up with things." "Isn't it good to say something will happen?" "Sometimes... it's not necessarily a good thing." "Nonsense, I think he is much better than you." Chen Jingguo said again, "I'm afraid that Lu Huaicheng won't bear to part with him!" Chen Jianjun said to himself with a wry smile: "Yes, definitely!" When Xie Tingqun knew that Chen Jingguo intended to transfer him to be his secretary, he couldn't help but feel elated. The depression of the past few days was swept away, and the sense of happiness of turning a corner from a desperate situation spread in his heart.I was so excited that I couldn't sleep at night for several days in succession, a sense of accomplishment welled up in my heart, and I sighed to myself, there is no unparalleled road!Lu Huaicheng, even though you are the chief of staff of the base, I don't want to serve you anymore! However, what Xie Tingqun never expected was that he resolutely disobeyed his orders. Not only did he not agree to let him go, but he also insisted on letting him change jobs.Xie Tingqun was dumbfounded. He had clearly realized that since Lu "Butcher" had raised his knife, he would not put it down easily. Thinking of this, he could only feel the cool wind blowing from the back of his neck. But Xie Tingqun is Xie Tingqun after all, he will not lead his neck to be killed obediently, in order to have a bright future with Xiuzhu, and even for his own future and destiny, he decided to take the risk...