Chapter 2 Chapter 02

To put it bluntly, in peaceful years, when the world is peaceful and prosperous, the country has millions of troops, and there are many barracks. It is not surprising that there are occasional mistakes, and it is not surprising that guns and ammunition are lost.However, it is precisely because of the peace of the years, the peace of the army, and the loss of guns and ammunition that it has become a major event.Finding something is negligence, and not finding something is a case.At that time, it was said that each of the military and political officers of the company was given an administrative penalty, but it was said that your life's hard work was wasted.They all understand that for the company, it is nothing more than honor and disgrace, but for the individual, it is fate.The company commander Zhao Lin and the instructor Gao Baoxin hurried back with the documents, and made a search plan on the way: one is to protect the scene, and the other is to block the news.This matter is only known to the company chief officer and clerks, and even the deputy company commanders and platoon leaders are not allowed to let them hear a breeze.The third is to analyze key people, talk privately, exchange ideas, and quietly hand over the gun.

At that time, the night was not deep, and there were still piles of soldiers on the playground. The low-pitched applause and the low-battery disco music were dodging and flowing, like a winding river that was careless and avoiding Shi Tieling.There should be more military cadres than political cadres in the division of responsibility for gun throwing accidents.Therefore, the company commander was at the forefront along the way.When we got to the center of the playground, the company commander said the paperwork and looked around to see if there were any soldiers from the third company.What did the document say?The company commander said to let them come back to participate in the evening roll call, and you will stand guard at this intersection tonight to keep a secret whistle.As soon as the documents left, the company commander Leng Ding stood on the playground and said to the instructor:

"Should I report to the camp?" "What do you say?" "Reporting and finding the gun counts as an accident." "That's what I'm afraid of." "The work of counting three consecutive accidents will be over this year." "I heard that the positions of the battalion and company cadres will be adjusted at the end of the year..." "Then don't report it?" "It's up to you." "You are the company branch secretary..." "Administrative work is in the hands of military cadres." "Grandma... don't report it yet!"

The company commander turned around and left, his steps getting faster and faster, as if the instructor was chasing him behind.The instructor has been in the office for a long time. He has only been in the company for half a year. He was a regimental cadre and a cadre in the early days. But when he arrived at Ren Sanlian at the beginning of the year, he suddenly found that he couldn't call the password, standing at attention, taking a rest, turning back and forth, left and right in the procession of the queue, and he would never be able to call the footsteps.At this time, when he lost his gun, he saw that the company commander was walking fast, but he couldn't catch up, so he realized that he couldn't stay in the company no matter what.Old Zhao, he said, walk a little slower.The company commander didn't look back, and said you hurry up, it would be hard for his grandmother to find the gun if it was transferred out of the third company.The instructor ran a few steps and stood shoulder to shoulder with the company commander.

"What do you say if you can't find it?" The company commander stopped suddenly and stood on the side of the road. "We have to report to the battalion first." The instructor pulled the company commander into the shadow of the trees on the side of the road, letting the black cover him. "You have to think clearly..." "If you can't find it and then fail to report a serious warning in time, it will become a serious mistake." "Is there no other way?" "What method?" "Today, Saturday, the battalion chiefs all went home..."

"If you want to report, you can call." "Old Zhao... What if the phone doesn't work?" The instructor said that the battalion chiefs all live in the regimental family's family courtyard, and they go back and forth for more than ten miles. If they get through on the phone, we will report. If there is no connection, there is a reason for not reporting in time.While saying this, the instructor stared at the company commander.The moonlight was dim, and the starlight was thin. In the shadow of the tree, Lian Chang's face was covered with black, like a black cloth.Hearing the instructor's enlightenment, he walked out of the dark tree shadow without saying a word.When returning to the company, he first went to the company headquarters. The hygienist and the correspondent were chatting at the door. Seeing him busy saying that the company commander is back?Clerks look for you and instructors everywhere.What did he say he wanted me for?The correspondent said he didn't know, and the company commander reprimanded him, saying, "If you don't sleep in the middle of the night, the company soldiers are not at all exemplary."The hygienist and correspondent hurried back to the house.At this time, the instructor caught up from behind and said that you two should not sleep, and go to each platoon to tell the soldiers who have not slept to go to bed quickly.So the hygienists and correspondents left the company headquarters and went to the shift dormitory in a haze.

The company commander hurried into the correspondent's room, unscrewed the screws on the telephone junction box, picked up the earphones, and couldn't hear any sound before leaving the room to go to the gun storage with the instructor.The gun depot is in the middle of the company headquarters, a small room with two small windows.People entered through the window, but the window glass was not broken, the latch was not broken, and it was still tightly closed, and the company commander pushed it open.The instructor said that the cleaning plug might have been forgotten a few days ago.The company commander said that his grandma couldn't be a company cadre, and if she didn't take care of her for a while, she would lose her life.Then, the instructor counted the number of guns on the gun rack, confirmed that one was missing, and checked that the bullet box was still sealed, so he closed the windows with the company commander, and went to each platoon to start checking the shops.

The 103 soldiers of the whole company were all lying on the bed, and there was nothing missing, so they returned to the company headquarters side by side. The company commander's house is the company's capital, and the messenger has kept it in order.The quilt was pulled away by the messenger, the mosquito net was put down by the messenger, and the mosquitoes were chased away by the hygienist.There is half a basin of washing water on the washbasin stand, and a neat towel is placed on the side of the basin.The tooth jar is filled with clean water.The toothbrush was lying across the mouth of the tooth jar, a strip of white toothpaste like a short worm had been squeezed on the toothbrush.In the past, when Zhao Lin went back to the house, he only needed to pick up a toothbrush and brush his teeth, pick up a towel to wash his face, and then wash his feet with face wash water. The messenger came in and poured out the water. He came back and said it was all right. The company commander said he should go to sleep , I went to bed myself.But today, as soon as he entered the room, he first locked the door, then pulled the chair over to give it to the instructor, and leaned on the table to stand upright.

The news was sealed, and I watched it on the spot.The third step is to find key people.The company commander and the instructor were silent with each other in the room, and the lights cast a layer of silver on their faces.The company commander is an old grassroots, and the instructor is an old organization. The company has lost its guns and ammunition.Because the ammunition in the library was not lost, and only one of the hundreds of submachine guns and semi-automatic rifles was taken away, it is ruled out that the stolen guns participated in some reactionary organization or carried out some activities or riots.Secondly, if the latch of the library window was forgotten and the thief knew it, the thief must be from Sanlian, or someone who has a close relationship with Sanlian.Third, if you steal a gun, you have a purpose.From experience, in peaceful years, when guns are stolen, the motivation is generally not to form any organization, not to seek wealth and murder, but mostly for some kind of revenge.Therefore, the company commander and instructor took out the company roster and calculated from the first squad in the first row to the twelve squads in the fourth row one by one, proving that there is nothing worth holding a gun between soldiers and soldiers, soldiers and backbones, and soldiers and platoon leaders. Revenge, and between each other, there is no quarrel and fight.In the end, the company commander turned his attention to the instructor and said, Lao Gao, I think the person who stole the gun is targeting you and me.

The instructor froze for a moment, staring at the company commander, and when he met the company commander's gaze, there was a crackling sound in the room.A piece of paper-thin white clothes fell from the wall, shattered on the floor between them, and exploded one by one, like a piece of glass falling in front of their feet.The humming of fluorescent lamps roared in the room, as if armor and tanks were roaring on their scalps.They just looked at each other like that, and after a while, the instructor got up and left the stool, lifted the mosquito net and sat on the bed, only two feet away from the company commander, and said, Lao Zhao, both of us will tear off the skin on our faces tonight, look What sinful things did we do in Sanlian, who did we offend, if the gun went off, it would either be you or me who would fall to the ground.

The company commander said, go ahead. The instructor threw the toothbrush on the toothbrush into the basin, picked up the toothbrush, poured a cup of raw water into his stomach, and said, Lao Zhao, I'm sorry for you, and I'm sorry for the soldiers of the third company.I have been in Sanlian for half a year, and I have done three bad things in total.One is that when I joined the Sanlian to recruit party members, everyone agreed to recruit breeders. They said that the breeders raised thirty-two pigs for the company every year, and one hundred pigs in three years. They could sell them for more than 30,000 yuan. They all mow their own grass for fodder.But that time I forced the development of the seventh squad leader, saying that the seventh squad leader is the backbone of the battle, and the development of party members should be given priority.Now let me tell you the truth, the seventh squad leader is the backbone of the battle, and more importantly, the seventh squad leader is the nephew of the political commissar of our regiment.You Lao Zhao also know why I did this, but I think the breeder is too honest to do the thing of stealing a gun and killing me... Besides, the relationship between the seventh squad leader and the political commissar of the regiment is only known to me in the whole camp.The second is that in June of this year, the countryside was very busy, and the soldiers in the company wanted to go home to harvest wheat. The whole camp took less than three days, and there were forty-two telegrams to reply to such a critical illness, but our third company didn't have one.Even the Youth League Party Committee knew about this, because my family sent three telegrams in three days. The first one said that my wife would return soon after being ill, the second that my wife was seriously ill and was hospitalized soon, and the third telegram was returning soon. Return soon.At that time, the company didn’t know if you were in the training camp or not. I deliberately threw these three telegrams on my desk, and a few people who wanted to ask for leave left my room without saying a word after seeing my telegram.Furthermore, I have been in the three consecutive seven months, the People’s Liberation Army reported once, and the newspapers of the military region reported twice that I thought carefully, regardless of personal gains and losses, and put my mind at the grassroots level. One article was written by myself, and the other two were articles I invited The reporting officer had a meal and asked him to write it... Besides, Lao Zhao, I, Gao Baoxin, use party spirit as a guarantee. I have never done anything to offend the officers and soldiers of the third company. Would you steal a gun to retaliate against my instructor?After speaking, the instructor put the cup in his hand on the table and looked up at the company commander's wide forehead. There was a thin layer of sweat on the forehead. Old Zhao, the instructor went to sit directly opposite the company commander, and said, who did I offend by saying these things?Who's going to steal a gun? The company commander didn’t answer, but wiped the sweat on his forehead with his hands, washed his face with cold water, turned around and threw himself into the buttocks where the instructor had sat, as if it was a chair for trial. "Instructor," said the company commander, "this gun was aimed at me, Zhao Lin..." "Who have you offended?" "I seem to have offended Sanlian..." "Think about specific things." "You know my family's situation... Except for Xia Sunset from the cooking squad, all the soldiers from the third company have given me presents." "Have you sent them all?" "Except for summer sunsets." "All accepted?" "All accepted." "Isn't it a great gift?" "A few packs of cigarettes, or a bottle of wine, sometimes a catty and a half catty of peanuts... In the past few years, you know that no soldier will return empty-handed. It's uncertain and super fake." "I also have this problem. The seventh squad leader will give you a silk quilt after filling out the party form. If you don't accept it, you will really offend them." "I have long felt that something will happen one day if I keep doing this." "That's not what stealing guns is for." "And then..." "Old Zhao, just because you and I are both farmers, you can just say it straight." "I have transported three sacks of rice to my hometown three times." "My hometown is so far away..." "Hitchhiking." "no one knows?" "It was all bags carried by the cooking squad leader for me." "The cooking squad leader also helped me do this kind of thing, but I didn't ask for it." "I don't think the cooking squad leader has the guts to steal a gun." "The current soldiers..." "He wants to be a volunteer." "I know." "You promised him?" "Old Zhao, you know that I never make a wish." "I promised him." "Speaking of my heart, I really need him in the cooking class." "Last month he gave me two Ashimas. I sold the cigarettes and sent the money to my wife." "What else?" "Others..." the company commander spoke halfway, then suddenly raised his head, his eyes hardened, and said, Lao Gao, you seem to be judging me like this.I know that I am not as good as your old man in terms of life, but look at the eyes you look at me, am I so bad that I deserve to be shot?The instructor blinked hurriedly, and moved his gaze from the company commander's face to the window.There is a faint tree shadow shaking the window sash outside the window, as if someone is listening to the window.The instructor hastily pushed the glass of the door and window, the shadow was gone, and the light hastily leaked out of the window.The moon went south silently, sketching the sky outside the barracks.The stars are dense and bright, scattered like beads.The instructor looked up, took a breath, and said that the company commander was just looking for a gun!The company commander softened his eyes again, saying fuck his grandma, the veteran will be discharged immediately, and then he will be transferred to the volunteer army. Maybe it is the cooking squad leader who wants to save me a hand?It's hard for the instructor to say.How about this, the company commander looked at his watch, it was already 2:30 in the morning, and said that I should touch the bottom of the cooking squad leader, and find some important points to talk about. Don't miss the breeder, there are only a few people who can't escape.The instructor closed the window and said that's it, don't make a fuss about it, and walked out of the company commander's room. As soon as he left the house, he saw the paperwork stuck in the shadow of the intersection like a wooden stake.