Chapter 18 Recruit Company - 1

one The first meal in the recruit company was lamb ribs.The meat looks quite red, it just keeps pulling, and some have blue veins.The soldiers of this company were all drawn from Yanjin, Henan Province. People from the countryside don't have much oil in their stomachs. Everyone said that the stewed meat was delicious.The meat of this army is stewed with flavor.But everyone felt that their identities were different now, and they couldn't appear too lowly, and they all showed that they didn't care much. Everyone didn't finish the meat, and there were two bones left on the bottom of everyone's plate.The whole house, the platoon leader finished the meat.The platoon leader was Song Chang, twenty-six or eight years old, and led us from our hometown to this place far away from home.After the platoon leader finished eating the meat, he walked around the room with his hands behind his back, looked at everyone's plates, and asked:

"Is everyone full?" Everyone replied in unison: "I'm full, platoon leader!" "Let's clean up the housework when you're full!" "Cleaning up the house" means tidying up the house.In this house, except for the platoon leader who built a plank next to the window, all the dozen or so people in our class slept next to each other on the floor.At this time, a fellow villager and classmate of mine, nicknamed "Old Fatty" So I want to grab the heating bag and say: "I like to be cold, so it's better to be next to this thing!"

A few other people from other villages pouted their lips in displeasure: "You love the cold, who doesn't like the cold?" At this time, the platoon leader was rummaging through his dirty clothes (changed on the way) on the bed, and when he stopped rummaging, he shouted, "Li Sheng'er!" "Li Sheng'er" is the scientific name of "Old Fatty". We have learned to stand at attention on the train, and "Old Fatty" quickly put his hand on the seam of his trousers and replied: "arrive!" "Sleep to the door!" "Old Fatty" pouted unhappy: "I don't sleep at the door, there is wind at the door."

"You won't sleep when there's wind? Tell me, who will sleep if you don't sleep? Who will sleep well? You point to one!" "Old Fatty" can't point out who is suitable for sleeping, because he refers to who offends whom. The platoon leader said: "If you can't point it out, it means that you sleep properly. Tell me, is it suitable for you to sleep?" At this time, "Old Fatty"'s eye circles were red, and he said, "It's suitable." The platoon leader said: "Since you said it is appropriate, then you can go to sleep."

After the platoon leader left, "Old Fatty" spread the rolls at the door and complained to everyone: "You are not good people. We are fellow villagers, why do you run on me in front of the platoon leader?" Everyone said: "You are the one who wants to grab the heating bag, who ran you?" In the afternoon, one class as a unit, go out together to familiarize yourself with the environment.Then "Old Fatty" found me, his eyes were red: "Squad deputy, I think I'm done." I said, "I just became a soldier for a day, how can I finish?"

He said: "It seems that the platoon leader has a very bad impression of me." The white-faced scholar Wang Di who was walking beside him interjected, "Who told you to urinate and grow a pair of pants?" This is a thing on the boring car.We came from our hometown to the army in a boring car.There is no urine tank in the car, so the car door has to be opened a crack to urinate directly to the outside. "Old Fatty" had a problem. He couldn't urinate during the action, and the car was "clanging" and "clanging". He stood at the door of the car for half an hour and didn't urinate a drop.Others were still waiting to spread, so they said:

"You didn't pee, what are you doing occupying the door?" "Old Fatty" said: "Why didn't you urinate? The urine bubbles are painful, but this car keeps moving, and I can't urinate a drop." At this time, the platoon leader saw a group of people gathered at the entrance of the car, so he yelled at everyone to go back, and said to "Old Fatty": "If you can't pee, you don't pee, go back!" Unexpectedly, "Old Fatty" turned around, spilled backwards into the car, confiscated the brake at once, and peed in a row of long pants.

Make the platoon leader jump in a hurry: "Okay, okay, Li Sheng'er, I know you now!" Wang Di's words hit the heart of "Old Fatty". "Old Fatty"'s eye circles became even redder. I comforted "Old Fat": "Don't worry too much, peeing doesn't mean anything." "Old Fatty" whispered to me again: "Wang Di is the best at flattering the platoon leader. I saw him washing the platoon leader at noon." I said, "Okay, okay, who won't let you wash it?" Just as he was talking, a group of Mongolians passed by in front of him.A man in a long robe and short jacket, riding a horse, with a thick layer of human oil on his coat collar.Where have you seen this in Henan?Everyone stopped talking and stood there watching.

Suddenly Wang Di asked: "Why don't you see the girl?" One named Yuan Shou—everyone called him "Führer"—pointed at him and said, "Why are there no girls? That's right, the one with the red turban!" Sure enough, the one wearing the red turban was a woman.It's just that he looks too ugly, and his face is tanned and red. At this time, Wang Di said: "I understand, it's not bad to have such a woman in the frontier area." Then he straightened his military cap. The Mongols passed by and looked around again.Surrounded by a vast desert.Wang Di pointed to the pebbles on the ground one by one, and told everyone that the so-called Gobi, primitive society is the sea, otherwise why are the pebbles one by one?Otherwise, how come there is still no grass growing?

"Old Fatty" was dissatisfied: "Why doesn't a blade of grass grow? Look, it's not a tree, but a river." Everyone followed the finger of "Old Fatty", and sure enough, there was a cluster of dark trees in the distance, and there was a river beside it.Above it, a sheet of water vapor rises, trembling in the air. But leaving the cluster of trees, there is nothing else. So everyone said: "Don't care about the sea or not, anyway, this place is desolate enough!" Wang Di said: "When the platoon leader led the troops, he still said that he was in Lanzhou. Who knows that there are more than a thousand away from Lanzhou!"

"Old Fatty" said: "Then you wash the clothes for the platoon leader!" Wang Dima blushed, "Who did the platoon leader's laundry?" When two people get together, they want to fight.I pull them away.At this time, the squad leader stood in the barracks and called us to let us go back to the squad meeting. The squad leader was Liu Jun, a veteran who was in charge of our military training.The class meeting is held in the dormitory, and everyone sits on their bunks.The squad leader made a call, asking everyone to respect the leader, unite with comrades, observe discipline, and practice hard to kill the enemy.Then he criticized the noon meal, saying that everyone was wasting too much. The mutton ribs were not finished, and each person had two pieces left, which were poured into the slop bucket; Don't play so much if you can't finish it.Everyone was aggrieved after hearing this, because they were reluctant to finish eating for the sake of face, but the squad leader criticized the waste.So when it was dinner, everyone stopped being polite and started to eat with open stomachs.The vegetable roots at the bottom of the plate were all licked clean. The "head of state" ate eight big steamed buns at once.It seems that whoever eats more will not waste it. At this time, "Old Fat" made a fool of himself again.The afternoon dish is pork stewed cabbage.The meat is not much lean, and it is full of big white fat pieces floating on it.But compared to home, it's still pretty good.Everyone finished the food, but the platoon leader didn't finish it, there was still half of the plate left, and there one bun star was delivering it to his mouth. "Old Fatty" saw that the platoon leader didn't eat food, so he thought that the platoon leader was reluctant to eat, and he meant to make up for his mistakes. He poured half of the dishes he didn't want to eat into the platoon leader's plate at once, and said: "Platoon leader, eat!" But how did he know that the platoon leader didn't eat this dish because he thought the big fat meat slices were not tasty, so "Old Fatty" suddenly rushed in and dumped the leftover dirty dishes on his plate, trembling with anger, Pointing at "Old Fat": "You, what are you doing!" Then drop the plate to the ground.The rotten vegetable leaves splashed all over the ground. Going to bed at night, "Old Fatty" was in a bad mood.With a sigh in his mouth, he turned over at the door.When I woke up, I saw him rolling over with his head in his hands.I went out to relieve myself, and he also came out pulling his heels.When we got to the toilet, he spread his hands to me in a crying voice: "Squad deputy, I have a good heart!" I said, "Well-intentioned or not, I made people suffer again." He said: "I don't get annoyed when the platoon leader is anxious about me, I only annoy Wang Di and the others. When the platoon leader is anxious about me, they all secretly cover their mouths and laugh..." I said, "I have done a terrible thing, but can I still stop people from laughing?" Then he comforted him a few words and advised him to go to bed early.He said, "Squad deputy, you have to talk to me heart to heart." I said: "See what time it is, and talk about it. Go to sleep, training will start tomorrow." He sighed and went back to bed with me.At this time, the crescent moon was already in the west, and there were only two sentries on guard, swimming in the moonlight in the distance. two Military training has begun.Take a class as a unit and form a team to practice: walking in unison, walking forward, and running. They also practice lying down and crawling forward: when the body falls to the ground, it is not allowed to use the pedals, and it is necessary to drag the body forward with two arms... Tired all day during the day, and also restless at night, practice emergency assembly.Sleeping soundly in the middle of the night, a "beep" whistle sounded, and we assembled urgently!You are not allowed to turn on the lights, and it takes you ten minutes to dress neatly, carry a backpack, and run to the playground with a long gun.Everyone is not afraid of training during the day, but they are afraid of gathering at night.During the ten minutes of darkness, the room was full of quarrels, either you took my socks, or I put on your pants wrongly, where can I get out?But the company commander and the instructor are already standing on the playground with pistols on their backs, checking the number of people to see which class is the last one.Then he said solemnly: there are spies a few kilometers away, and they have to arrive within 20 minutes.Just drag your spear and run away.When you came back from running around, you were so tired that you were sweating and panting. At this time, the company commander and instructor were waiting for you on the playground again, checking whether everyone’s backpacks were loose and whether their clothes were worn correctly. There are some fools in every class.The ones who make the most fools in our class are "Old Fat" and "Head of State". "head of state" He is thin and thin, usually with a serious face, he doesn't like to talk, and loves to do things with his heart, but he doesn't do things well.He likes to wear the left and right feet backwards, the left shoe is worn on the right foot, and the right shoe is worn on the left foot.The company commander asked him to go out and walk back and forth in front of the team. His shoes were splayed, and he walked around like a lame sick duck.Everyone laughed.After leaving the team and returning to the dormitory, Wang Di, a white-faced scholar, said: "Actually, the company commander shouldn't criticize the 'head of state'. He hastened to gather spies. Wearing shoes backwards is beneficial, and footprints are not easy to identify." Everyone looked at the "Führer" and laughed again. The "head of state" hadn't changed his shoes yet, so he sat on the shop head in suspense and didn't speak, but just gave Wang Di a hard look. "Old Fat" makes a fool of himself because he likes to put his pants on backwards, with his mouth facing back and his butt exposed.The company commander didn't want him to appear in the exhibition, but he just said that someone put on his pants backwards, "I haven't caught the spy yet, so I put my pants on backwards first!" Very frustrated.It seems that the secret agents missed it all because of his pants. Not only did they assemble urgently at night, but they also had to stand guard.There are two people in one class, one class for an hour, and a horseshoe watch is passed down.Sixteen or eighteen-year-old children are still at the age of sleeping in the threshing field at home, and now they train all day during the day, how can they not feel sleepy?Not to mention sleepy, still hungry.I was obviously full for dinner, and I ate several steamed buns, and I was hungry as soon as I stood guard at night. Not to mention hungry, still cold.The thirty-ninth day in the Gobi Desert is really unusual, ten or twenty degrees below zero.When it was my turn to stand guard, the place I most yearned for was the boiler room of the company.The veteran who fired the boiler was called Li Shangjin.He is different from other veterans, he doesn't bully new recruits, and when he sees me, he calls me "Vice of the Eighth Squad".He burns the boiler for night shift meals, that is, seven or eight steamed buns, which he bakes on the stove.Every time I go, he gives me two evenly, and then sits on the bench that burns the fire, kicks his legs, and squints to see me chomping.His steamed stuffed bun was indeed well baked, it was browned and fragrant, and he wanted to eat it even after eating it.It's a pity that I couldn't grab the night shift meal too much, so I had to wipe my mouth and say: "I'm full, I'm full", and pushed back the steamed stuffed bun that was handed over again.He loves to laugh, very simple and honest.Ask me when you meet for the first time. "Is it written in the party application?" I shook my head and said, "You just wrote when you arrived in the army?" He patted his thigh, seemed to be more anxious than me, waved his hand and said, "Write it quickly, write it quickly, write it when you get back! Like me, because the application was submitted late, I have been a soldier for three years now, but I haven't been admitted yet! " But when I inquired about other veterans secretly, it was not a decision to submit the application early and late, but to talk to the organization.What's more, Li Shangjin's failure to join the party in time was not because the application was submitted late, but because he had been punished. The reason for the punishment was that he secretly brought home a bayonet while visiting relatives.The purpose of the bayonet is to talk to someone.On the day he met the subject, he wore a new military uniform with an armed belt and a bayonet hanging from his buttocks. He walked through the market with his parents, feeling quite majestic.Afterwards, the object was negotiated, but somehow the troops found out about the hanging of the bayonet, and they gave him a punishment, which also affected his progress.The second time we met, I couldn't help but care about him and asked: "Then when will you be able to solve it?" "He held the iron rod that stabbed the fire with one hand, and held the small beard that had just grown out with the other, and said: According to my estimation, it will be soon." "Why so soon?" "Look, doesn't this stop me from burning the boiler?" I can't figure it out, why can I join the party by burning a boiler? He said: "The leader asked you to burn the boiler, isn't it a test for you?" I suddenly realized, and I was also happy for him, saying: "No matter sooner or later, you can always solve it. I heard that some veterans can't solve it until they are demobilized." Li Shangjin said, "That's really embarrassing." Half a month passed in a blink of an eye.Everyone is somewhat familiar with life in the army, even walking like a veteran.At this time, everyone also began to know how to pursue progress, wrote applications for joining the party and joining the league, and started grabbing broom handles in the morning.Then the relationship between people is also tense.Because everyone can’t make progress together. If you make progress, I cannot make progress, and if I make progress, you cannot make progress. So everyone was very nervous and couldn't fall asleep at five o'clock, thinking of grabbing the broomstick as soon as the wake-up call sounded. At this time, the "backbone" must be determined in the class.The so-called "backbone" refers to the key use in work.Becoming a "backbone" is the first stop for personal progress, so everyone is staring at wanting to be a "backbone".But Lianli stipulated that only three "backbones" could be identified in a squad, which added to the complexity of the problem.Take our class as an example, I am the deputy of the class, and I am the natural "backbone".The other is Wang Di, and everyone didn't talk about it, because he could write and draw, he could write imitation Song characters horizontally and vertically, published posters, and even sang in front of the team.The problem lies with the "head of state" and "Old Fatty". There is a big debate about which of them should be the "backbone".These two are typical examples of the recent transition from backward to advanced.Emergency assembly is no longer a mess. The method of the "head of state" is to press the left and right shoes with bricks, so that the feet will not be wrong;In this way, the two often ran to the playground before others, and their performance was more outstanding.What's more, they usually take the initiative to do other good things. The "Führer" digs the toilet in the company without making a sound; the "Old Fatty" grabs the broomstick when he gets up early in the morning, and does good deeds one night, standing on guard all night by himself.The two compared each other, but they couldn't stand each other.At this time, the squad leader remembered the light rope.In the army, the light rope is not pulled casually.It is necessary to guard the "backbone".The lamp rope was hanging by the door, and "Old Fatty" just slept next to the door.If you let the "head of state" be the "backbone", you have to change positions with the "old fat".But the squad leader was afraid of trouble when he came, and it was decided by the platoon leader that "Old Fatty" slept by the door, so he said to me: "Let Li Sheng'er be the one." Thus, "Old Fatty" became the "backbone" and continued to be in charge of the lamp rope.It was the platoon leader's punishment for letting "Old Fatty" sleep at the door, but now he has become a "backbone" because of a blessing in disguise. "Old Fatty" showed two big yellow teeth and had fun for two days.The "head of state" was very depressed, but he didn't dare to show it, so he had to write a letter of determination to the squad leader, saying that he didn't become a "backbone" this time because he didn't work hard, and that he would report to the "backbone" in the future. Learn and strive to become the "backbone" next time.More than a dozen other fighters also wrote letters of determination. At this time, the company has to pull sheep manure.The so-called sheep dung refers to the circles of dung left on the wilderness by the Mongolians after grazing. Now they are pulled back and wait until spring to plant vegetable fields.The company dispatches cars uniformly, and each squad dispatches people.Since they were going to work in the company, each squad sent a "backbone".When it's our class's turn, we should send Wang Di and "Old Fatty".But Wang Di was going to publish a poster these two days, and I couldn't get away, so the squad leader said: "Let the 'head of state' go." The "Führer" had no intention of pulling sheep dung, and was already holding a big gun to gather at the playground. Now, when the squad leader told him to pull sheep dung and do the work that the "backbone" should do, he couldn't hold his tongue for joy, and hurriedly threw it away. He fired his big gun, straightened his clothes, and took a look in the small round mirror, happily pulling sheep manure.After pulling sheep manure for a day, I came back, my body was covered with dirt, my eyebrows and hair were full of dung, but I was still very happy. I washed my face with cold water and said to everyone: "The company commander said, stop for two days and pull sheep manure!" Then he brushed his fur hat and leaned against the heating bag to dry.At this time, the whistle was blowing outside, and the company had to gather urgently for roll call. The "head of state" panicked.The platoon leader rushed in and saw the "head of state" wet hat, throwing a tantrum: "It's time for roll call. Get your hat wet. You won't be called when it's wet? How can you get wet? How can you dry me? If you don't, wear a wet hat to roll roll!" The poor "Führer" had no choice but to put on a wet hat and stand in the wind to roll his name.Counting nine cold days, a name is called, and the hat is covered with glass horns.At this time, the platoon had to roll their names again.The platoon leader made a speech, criticizing some comrades for being unorganized and undisciplined, and even wet their hats when they came to roll call.Everyone turned their heads to look at the "head of state". The "Führer" remained motionless. After the names were counted in the platoon, the "head of state" disappeared.I went out to look for him, but he was still wearing his wet hat, sitting in the wind behind the barracks, motionless.I thought he was crying and went up to push him, but he didn't cry, he just rolled his eyes and looked at me.I say: "'Führer, take off your hat, it's frozen hard." He suddenly began beating his head with both hands, and kept saying: "Why am I such a mess!" I said, "It's not your fault, you pulled sheep manure today." At this time, he cried "woo hoo" and said, "Squad deputy, it's all my stupidity's fault." I said that this can't be blamed for being stupid, no one thought that there would be a sudden roll call. He gradually stopped crying, and told me that he received a letter from his father today, asking someone to write it, asking him to do a good job in the army, but he just messed up this today. I said it's nothing, who doesn't fall down?Just fall and get up. He nodded. Early the next morning, the "head of state" handed over a letter of determination to the squad leader, saying that the ideological root of the wet hat yesterday was lack of organization and discipline. Now that he has fallen, he is determined to get up again... three The squads were training, and the company suddenly gathered to speak, saying that a chief executive would come to review recently, and that the squads should stop other training immediately.Let's train together.Everyone has never met the chief executive, and they were all very excited when they heard the news.While retraining the phalanx, they quietly discussed: How long is this chief?Shouldn't it be the leader?I stood guard with the squad leader at night, and I asked the squad leader. The squad leader didn't necessarily know about it, but he told me it was a military secret. After more than ten days of training for the square team, a notice came from above, and it will be inspected tomorrow.At this time, let me tell you that the person who came to review was not the regimental commander, nor the division commander, but the army commander!The barracks erupted.Said that the army commander is coming to inspect us!Some immediately wanted to write letters home, saying such good news.The squad leader also happily told us what the army commander looks like, and don't cough when the time comes for the inspection.Then they lined up again, who stood where who stood.Everyone unbolted the gun again in a "scramble", wiped the gun, and wiped the bayonet until it was shining brightly. At just eight o'clock in the evening, the lights were blown in the company, asking everyone to rest early and recharge their batteries.Although the lights are off, how can everyone sleep?Then I fell asleep for some reason, and there was another "beep" whistle outside.Everyone was stunned, and the "head of state" hurriedly asked: "An emergency assembly again?" Everyone panicked and didn't dare to turn on the lights. They began to dress and pack their backpacks in the dark, complaining, "Tomorrow, the army commander is going to inspect, so why is there an emergency assembly?" At this time, the company commander came in, "snapped" the light, and told everyone that it was not an emergency assembly, but getting up early. Immediately after waking up, go to the cafeteria to eat, and immediately stand in line to get on the bus after eating; before eight o'clock, you have to rush to the military inspection field. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and let go of their worries.They said one after another: "I don't think there should be an urgent assembly." They were as excited as yesterday.Look outside the window, it's still dark. Blood-red clouds appeared in the east.This is the morning glow on the Gobi Desert.The Great Gobi is endless and unobstructed, just waiting for the red sun to roll out of the sea of ​​blood.It's still winter, ten degrees below zero, but everyone doesn't feel cold, they stand crowded together on the big truck.The driver also seemed very excited, the car was whirring, and when they encountered a ditch, everyone said "oh", they were bumped up by the carriage, and fell back down again.The bayonets on the big guns were all coated with protective oil, and they were held in their arms one by one. The military inspection field has arrived.My dear, it turned out that our company was not the only one that was inspected. There were tens of thousands of people on the inspection field. Squads and squads of soldiers were moving back and forth in all directions, looking for their positions.I asked the monitor: "How many people are there?" The squad leader put up the canopy to look among the crowd, "There must be a division." There was a lot of voices and dust.We all guarded our bayonets to keep them from getting soiled.The company commander ran around in the ranks with a pistol hanging from his buttocks, shouting all the time: "Keep up, keep up, don't distance yourself!" Everyone will stand next to each other, moving forward with their hearts attached to their backs. It was half past seven, and the teams were basically in their positions.The sound of walking footsteps and passwords decreased, and the square became quiet.But what followed were human voices.Some were talking about today’s people, some were pointing at the reviewing stand, and some were fellow villagers who were not in the same company at ordinary times. Now that they saw each other, they rushed across the team to meet each other, and were yelled back by the platoon leader and company commander...Suddenly, everyone fell silent down.It turned out that there was someone on the reviewing platform, a man who looked like a staff officer, and was announcing the reviewing discipline into the microphone, so that everyone could learn a few words.That is, when the army commander walks past the front of the team and shouts "Comrades have worked hard", everyone should work together to shout "The chief has worked hard".Then ask: "Do you understand?" Everyone shouted in unison: "I understand!" Then let's check the weapon again.As a result, the whole square resounded with the sound of "splashing" gun bolts. The weapons are almost finished, and the finishing team has begun.Leaders at all levels began to report.When a company is organized, it reports to the battalion; when a battalion is organized, it reports to the regiment; when a regiment is organized, it reports to the reviewing stand.The clear sound of reports from the whole square came one after another. Finally, after finishing all the arrangements, the team quieted down, and a gray-haired old man accepted the report.He stood on the podium and looked at the team from left to right.I quietly poked the monitor: "Who is this?" "Teacher." At 7:50, the teacher began to look at his watch, and then began to organize the team himself.Such an old man, shouting "stand at attention" and "rest", his voice is stagnant and old, coupled with that white hair, that meticulous seriousness, makes people awe and moved.So people stood on tiptoe one after another, looking at the front, back, left, and right, making the huge square, with so many thousands of troops and horses, into horizontal, vertical and oblique lines.What a neat and spectacular team.In the entire square, there was no sound, only the military flag on the flagpole fluttering in the cold wind. It's eight o'clock.It's time for the commander to come. The time was ticking and ticking. Fifteen minutes had passed, and the commander hadn't come yet.The teacher kept looking at his watch on the stage.The ranks began to riot again. "Old Fatty" said: "Don't tell me the commander forgot?" The "head of state" said: "If you forget, you will never forget. Maybe something has been delayed." Half an hour passed, and everyone became even more anxious.At this time, Wang Di said: "It seems that the review will not be completed." Just as they were talking, a group of convoys appeared at the end of the road, and they arrived in front of the team in a blink of an eye.There are several long black cars, shining brightly.Everyone said: "Come, come." Immediately, the spirit doubled, and there was a "buzzing", and the square became quiet again.This time, it was so quiet that a needle could drop into the ground, and the sound of the car door opening could be heard in the wind.Then some people got out of the car.There were some fat old men, some young ones, and a beautiful female soldier.The old ones put their hands behind their backs, and the young ones immediately scattered into skirmish lines and looked around.At this time, the division commander was nervously arranging his military uniform on the stage, and then turned around to reorganize the team: "Listen everyone, stand at attention—look to the right—look forward—take a moment—stand at attention!—" The last "Stand Attention", the old man shouted through his throat, shouted with all the strength of his body, then raised his fists, ran off the stage, and saluted one of the old men in the audience: "Report to the Chief of Staff, X Army X Division Now that the assembly is complete, please instruct!" The old man waved his hand and said, "Relax!" "Yes!" The division commander raised his fists, walked back to the reviewing platform panting, and said to the troops, "Take it easy!" The troops rest. The old chief of the army staff walked up to the reviewing platform with difficulty, stood in the center, looked at the troops, and said: "Comrades—" As soon as "comrades" was said, the team immediately stood at attention, and the sound of thousands of heels knocking echoed in the square. The old man said again: "Take it easy!" Then he said: "Today the army commander inspected us, I hope everyone..." After a few words, he himself organized the troops again, raised his fists again, ran off the stage, and greeted another fat man. Yes, the face is a little sagging, and the person with two meat bags now reports: "Report to the army commander, the team has been sorted out, please review it!" The old man was quite kind, and the two meat bags smiled and said, "Okay, okay." Then, the review begins.It is said to be a review, but in fact it means that the army commander passed in front of the team.But everyone can let the commander pass in front of his face, which is considered very good.So the eyes were right and Zhudi stood there like a wooden stake. The bayonets were shining brightly and lined up with the people. At this time, the sun came out and radiated neat rays of light.Rows of people, rows of guns and bayonets, rows of lights, are truly solemn and spectacular.People dissolve in the collective, and everyone seems to be a square.In this solemn and solemn scene, the army commander seemed to be moved, and raised his hand to the brim of his hat. But he didn't seem to have learned to salute, and one hand was hunched over and bent there.But there was a sparkle in his eye. Halfway through the team, he began to say to the team: "Hello, comrades!" Everyone panicked.Because the greetings given by the army commander were different from those given by the staff officer.The staff officer explained: "Comrades have worked hard." But everyone immediately turned around and shouted loudly: "Hi sir!" Fortunately, it was still neat, and everyone was relieved.Only "Old Fatty" made a fool of himself. Among the tens of thousands of people, he still yelled, "Boss, hard work!"Fortunately, he was alone, and the army commander might not have heard it.But our company commander immediately turned his head and stared at "Old Fatty" angrily. The army commander walked up to our team.At this time, there is a gun-changing ceremony, that is, when the army commander walks to which team, which team should change the gun neatly: divide the gun on the chest into three movements, and switch to one side; Three times, the gun clapped loudly, it was really spectacular and beautiful.At this time, the "head of state" showed his face.When changing the gun, he used too much force, and the bayonet wiped his forehead, and the blood immediately gushed out and flowed in several streaks on his face.But this action is not easy for others to spot, and he himself dare not say it, still standing with his gun, motionless, but unexpectedly, the army commander noticed it with sharp eyes, stopped the review suddenly, and came in front of the "head of state". The "head of state" knew something was wrong, but he didn't dare to move.The army commander stared at the blood on his face, and suddenly asked: "Who is the company commander of this company?" The company commander immediately ran over, stood at attention and saluted: "Report to the commander!" But immediately frightened the chaff.Our entire company was terrified, the army commander was going to scold us, and the squad leader stared at the "head of state" angrily.Unexpectedly, the army commander suddenly laughed, moved the two meat bags, patted the "head of state" on the shoulder with his hands, and said to the company commander: "This is a good soldier!" Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The "head of state" was very moved.The company commander also saluted the army commander in high spirits: "Yes! Report to the commander, he is a good soldier!" The army commander gave a "hmm", nodded, and waved behind him. The flowery female soldier who followed behind him immediately stepped forward to bandage the "head of state".Only then did we know that she was the military commander's health doctor. At this moment, the "Führer" was so moved that the corners of his mouth trembled, and tears welled up in his eyes, which flowed down together with the blood. After the military commander's inspection was over, all the formations dispersed and marched neatly, singing military songs, to their respective camps. At this time, the army commander was still standing on the reviewing platform, pointing to us. We went back to the barracks.Lianli began to summarize the work and comment on the review.He severely criticized the "Old Fatty" and made a mistake in shouting a tribute; he also praised the "Führer" and said that he was a good soldier, he was stabbed in the head with a gun, and he was still motionless, and he wanted everyone to learn from him.Then there was another meeting in the class.In view of the above situation, the "backbone" in the class has been adjusted: the "old fat" has been withdrawn, and the "head of state" has become the "backbone".Immediately let the two change berths: "Old Fatty" went to sleep inside, and "Head of State" moved to the door to grasp the light rope. "Old Fatty" couldn't hold back any longer, and fell down crying as soon as he arrived at Xinpu.The monitor criticized him: "Why are you crying? Are you still wronged?" "Old Fatty" immediately stood up again, wiped away his tears, not daring to be wronged. The "Führer" was naturally very happy, and immediately went to the shop at the door to write a letter to his family.At this time, Wang Di came to him, turned his head, looked at the bandaged wound, and said, "You are really a fool!" At night, turn off the lights and go to bed.I still think about the Jianyue during the day, and I think the commander is a good person, the more the chief, the more he cares about the soldiers.Thinking of going out to relieve myself in the middle of the night, I happened to meet the platoon leader in the toilet.Why don't you talk when you see the platoon leader?I struck up a conversation and said, "Today's review is really powerful." While buttoning his trousers, the platoon leader acted like a veteran who didn't care: "That's all." When I got out of the toilet, I said again: "The commander really cares about the soldiers." Unexpectedly, the platoon leader snorted and left.After walking a long way, he turned his head and said, "How would you know, he is a big hooligan, and he played with so many female nurses in the hospital!" I stood there in a daze, unable to recall it for a long time.Back in the dormitory, lay down on the bunk, tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep again. I don't believe the words of the platoon leader.So how can an amiable old man be a hooligan?How could such a spectacular scene have such an ending?Thinking about it, I couldn't help being sad and disappointed, and tears shed unconsciously in my eyes. Four The troops have political studies, and now they want to criticize Lin Piao and Confucius.At this time, an old man died in our squad leader's home, and a telegram came suddenly. The squad leader packed his luggage while crying, and left in a hurry. There was no squad leader in the class for a while, and the work couldn't go on, so Li Shangjin, the boiler burner, was brought in by the company. The whole class was very happy to hear that. Everyone knew that Li Shangjin was a warm and down-to-earth person.I went to the boiler room to help Li Shangjin carry the luggage, but he stretched his leg on the plank with a displeased face.I said, "Squad leader, I'm here to help you carry your luggage." He glanced at me and said, "Squad deputy, come and help me think of an idea first." I sat next to him and asked, "What idea?" He said, "Do you think it's a good thing or a bad thing for me to be the squad leader?" I said, "Of course it's a good thing." He shook his head and sighed: "But after burning the boiler for two months, why hasn't the organization developed me?" I was also stunned there, but said: "Probably still have to test it." He looked at me and nodded, "Probably so." Then he let me carry my luggage. To criticize Lin and Confucianism, the company mobilized, and everyone approved it when they came back.It's a pity that everyone is not well-educated. They have heard of Confucius, but they don't know much about him; they only know that Lin Biao is a ticking time bomb buried next to the chairman, and he wants to blow up the chairman.Criticism comes and goes like this, but the higher-ups said that the criticism was not profound, so they sent a propaganda team to help everyone raise awareness through acting.In the play, the old man complained about how Lin Biao's family was a landlord and exploited the poor.Now everyone's understanding has improved. "Old Fat" said: "Too Dai is too careless, his family is a landlord, how did he get into the Politburo?" The "head of state" also coughed with excitement, and he also complained about his suffering, saying that his grandfather was also exploited by the landlord.The whole class wrote determination letters one after another, and their emotions were very high. In the bustling class, only Wang Di was depressed.Since he joined the army, Wang Di has been performing well, he can write and draw, and he is the "backbone" in the class, but he is too smart, and now he is mistaken by his cleverness, and he has fallen into a low school. During the campaign to criticize Lin Piao and Confucius, he didn't criticize Lin Piao and Confucius properly, but he actually had his own little calculations.The "backbone" in the class is doing well, but he is not satisfied and wants to work as a clerical in the company.The paperwork is at the monitor level.In order to serve as a clerk, he gave the company commander a plastic leather notebook, on which he wrote a paragraph to "share encouragement" with the company commander.Unexpectedly, the company commander did not "share encouragement" with him, and returned the notebook to the platoon leader.The platoon leader felt very uncomfortable when Wang Di passed him and went directly to the company commander, but he didn't say anything clearly. He just returned the notebook to Li Shangjin, explaining: "This soldier has a problem with his quality." Li Shangjin returned the notebook to Wang Di. drop.Wang Di blushed and said, "Actually, this book is left over from me." The second thing Wang Di committed was "a problem with his style of work".那天宣传队来演穷人受苦，有一个砸洋琴的女兵，戴着没檐小圆帽，穿着合体的军装，脸上、胳膊上长些绒毛，显得挺不错。其实大家都看她了，王滴看了不算，回来还对别人说： “这个女兵挺像跟我谈过恋爱的女同学。” 这话不知怎么被人汇报上去，指导员便找王滴谈话，问他那话到底是怎么说的。 王滴吓得脸惨白，发誓赌咒的，说自己没说违反纪律的话，只是说她像自己的一个女同学。指导员倒也没大追究，只是让他今后注意。可这种事情一沾上，就像炉灰扑到身上，横竖是拍不干净的。大家也都知道王滴没大问题，但也都觉得他“作风” not clean.他从连部回来，气呼呼地骂： “哪个王八蛋汇报我了？” 这两件事一出，好端端的王滴，地位一落千丈。大家看他似乎也不算一个人物了。连里出墙报，也不来找他。他也只好背杆大枪，整天去操场训练。谁知这白面书生，训练也不争气。这时训练科目变成了投手榴弹，及格是三十米。别人一投就投过去了，他胳膊练得像根檩条，也就是二十米。这时王滴哭了。过去只见他讽刺人，没见他哭过，谁知哭起来也挺熊，一把鼻涕一把泪的：“娘啊，把我难为死吧！” 鉴于他近期的表现，排长决定，撤掉他的“骨干”，让“老肥”当。“老肥” 在军长检阅时犯过错误，曾被撤掉“骨干”；但他近期又表现突出，跟了上来。批林批孔一开始，他积极跟着诉家史——家史数他苦，他爷爷竟被地主逼死了；军事训练上，他本来投过了三十米，但仍不满足，晚饭后休息时间，还一个人到旷野上，跑来跑去在那里投。于是又重新当上了“骨干”。王滴“骨干”让人给戗了，犯了小资产阶级毛病，竟破碗破摔，恶狠狠地瞪了“老肥”一眼： “让给你就让给你，有什么了不起？你不就会投个手榴弹吗？” “老肥”被抢白两句，张张嘴，憋了两眼泪，竟说不出话。到了中午，班里召开生活会，排长亲自参加，说要树正风压邪气。排长说： “自己走下坡路，那是自己！又讽刺打击先进，可不就是品质问题了么？” 王滴低着头，不敢再说，脸上眼见消瘦。 “老肥”虽然当了“骨干”，又被排长扶了扶正气，心里顺畅许多，但大家毕竟是一块来的，看到王滴那难受样子，他高兴也不好显露出来，只是说： “我当'骨干'也不是太够格，今后多努力吧。” It's spring.冰消雪化。这时连队要开菜地，即把戈壁滩上的小石子一个个捡起，然后掘地，筛土。大家干得热火朝天，手上都磨出了血泡。王滴也跟着大伙干，但看上去态度有些消极。李上进指定我找他谈一次心。晚饭后，我们一块出去，到戈壁滩的旷野上去。我说：“王滴，咱们关系不错，我才对你说实话，你别恼我，咱可不能破碗破摔。眼看再有一个月训练就要结束了，不留个好印象，到时候一分分个坏连队，不是闹着玩的！” 王滴哭丧着脸说：“班副，我知道我已经完了。” 我说离完还差一些，劝他今后振作精神，迎头赶上来。 他仍没精打采地说：“我试试吧。” 谈完心，已经星星满天。回到宿舍，李上进问： “谈了吗？” 我说：“谈了。” “他认识得怎么样？” 我说：“已经初步认识了。” 李上进点上一支烟说：“认识就好，年轻轻的，可不能走下坡路，要靠拢组织。” 又忽然站起来说：“走，咱俩也谈谈心。” 于是，我们两人又出来，到星星下谈心。 我问：“班长，咱们谈什么？” 他“扑哧”一声笑了，说：“我让你看一样东西。” "what?" 他四处看了看，见没人，又领我到一个沙丘后边，在腰里摸索半天，摸索出一张纸片，塞到我巴掌里，接着揿亮手电筒，给我照着。我一看，乖乖，原来是一个大姑娘照片。大姑娘又黑又胖，绑两根大缆绳一样的粗辫子，一笑露出两根粗牙。 我抬起头，迷茫地看李上进。 李上进问：“长得怎么样？” 我答：“还行。” 他搓着手说：“这是我对象。” 我问：“谈了几年了？” 他说：“探家时搞上的。” 我明白了，这便是扎皮带吊刺刀搞的那个。我认为他让我提参考意见，便说： “不错，班长，你跟她谈吧。” 李上进说：“谈是不用再谈了，都定了。这妮儿挺追求进步，每次来信，都问我组织问题解决没有。前一段，对我思想压力可大了，半夜半夜睡不着。” 我说：“你不用睡不着，班长，估计解决也快了。” 这时他“嘿嘿”乱笑，又压低声音神秘地告诉我：“可不快了，今天下午我得一准信儿，连里马上要发展党员，解决几个班长，听说有我。要不我怎么让你看照片呢！” 我明白了他的意思，也替他高兴，说：“看看，当初让你当班长，你还犹豫，我说是组织对你的考验，这不考验出来了？” 他不答话，只是“嘿嘿”乱笑。又说：“咱俩关系不错，我才跟你说，你可不要告诉别人。不是还没发展吗？” 我说：“那当然。” 李上进躺到戈壁滩上，双手垫到后脑勺下，长出一口气：“现在好了，就是复员也不怕了，回去有个交代。不然怎么回去见人？” 接下去几天，李上进像换了一个人，精神格外振奋，忙里忙外布置班里的工作，安排大家集体做好事。操场训练，口令也喊得格外响亮。 停了几天，连里果然要发展党员。指导员在会上宣布，经支部研究，有几个同志已经符合党员标准，准备发展，要各班讨论一下，支部还要征求群众意见。接着念了几个人名字。有“王建设”，有“张高潮”，有“赵承龙”……念来念去，就是没有“李上进”。我懵了，看李上进，刚才站队时，还欢天喜地的，现在脸惨白，浑身往一块抽，两眼紧盯着指导员的嘴，可指导员的名字已经念完，开始讲别的事。 会散了，各班回来讨论，征求大家对发展入党同志的意见。这时李上进不见了，我问人看到他没有，这时王滴双手搭着脑壳，枕着铺盖卷说话了，他又恢复了酸溜溜、爱讽刺人的腔调： “老说人家不积极，不进步，自己呢？没发展入党，不也照样情绪低落，跑到一边哭鼻子去了？” 我狠狠瞪了王滴一眼：“你看见班长哭鼻子了？” 这时“老肥”说：“别听他瞎说，班长到连部去了。” 王滴又讽刺“老肥”：“现在还忘不了巴结，你不是当上'骨干'了吗？” “老肥”红着脸说：“谁巴结班长了？”两人戗到一起，便要打架。 我忙把他们拉开，又气愤地指着王滴的鼻子：“你尽说落后话，还等着排长开你的生活会吗？”接着扔下他们不管，出去找李上进。 李上进在连部门口站着，神态愣愣的。连部有人出出进进，他也不管，只是站在那里发呆。我忙跑上去，把他拉回来，拉到厕所背后，说： “班长，你怎么站在那里？影响多不好！” 这时李上进仍愣愣地，似傻了：“我去问指导员，名单念错没有，指导员说没念错。”接着伤心地“呜呜”哭起来。 我说：“班长，你不要哭，有人上厕所，让人听见。” 他不顾。仍“呜呜”地哭，还说：“指导员还批评我，说我入党动机不正确。 可前几天……怎么现在又变了？ " 我说：“班长，你不要太着急，也许再考验一段，就会发展的。” 他说：“考验考验，哪里是个头啊！难道要考验到复员不成？” 我说：“班长，别的先别说了，班里还等你开会呢！” 便把他拉了回来。可到班里一看，情况很不妙，指导员已经坐在那里，召集大家开会，见我们两个进来，皱着眉批评：“开会了，正副班长缺席！赶快召集大家谈谈对这次发展同志的意见吧。” 说完又看了李上进一眼，走了。 李上进坐下来，没精打采地说：“大家随便谈吧，让班副记录记录。” 接连几天，李上进像换了一个人，再也打不起精神。也不管班里的事情，也不组织大家做好事，军事训练也是让大家放羊。周末评比，我们的训练、内务全是倒数第一。我很着急，“老肥”和“元首”也很着急。惟独王滴有些幸灾乐祸，出出进进唱着“社会主义好”。我们都说王滴这人不好，心肝长得不正确，又委托我找班长谈一次心。 又是满天星星，又是沙丘后边，我对李上进说：“班长，咱俩关系不错，我才敢跟你说实话，咱可不能学王滴呀！你这次没入上。破碗破摔，不以后更没希望了？” 李上进明显瘦了一圈，说：“班副，你说的何尝不是？只是我想来想去，就是想不通，我不比别人表现差呀！” 我说：“这谁不知道，你烧了那么长时间的锅炉。” 他说：“烧锅炉不说，就是来到班里，咱哪项工作也没落到后边呀。” 我说：“是呀。”又说：“不过现在不能尽想伤心事，我劝你坚持到训练结束，看怎么样。” 他叹息一声：“我也知道这是唯一的道路，不然情绪这样闹下去，把三四年的工作都搭到里边了。” 我安慰他：“咱们还是相信组织。” 他点点头，又说：“班副，你不知道，我心里还有一个难受。” 我一愣，问：“还有什么难受？” 他叹一声：“都怪我性急。那天让你看了照片，我就给对象写了一封信，说我要加入组织，她马上写信表示祝贺。现在闹来闹去一场空，还怎么再给人家写信？” 我说：“这事是比较被动。不过事到如此，有什么办法？依我看，只好先不给她写信，横竖训练还有一个月，到时候解决了，再给她写。” 他点头：“也只好这样了。” 从此以后，李上进又重新打起精神，变消极为积极。班里的事情又开始张罗，号召大家做好事。班里的训练、内务又搞了上去。 一天，我正带着“老肥”“元首”掏猪粪，李上进喜孜孜地跑来，老远就喊： “班副，班副！” 我扔下锹问：“什么事？” "come over!" 我过去，他把我拉到猪圈后，神秘地说：“告诉你一个好消息。” 我问：“什么好消息？” 他说：“今天我跟副连长一块洗澡，澡塘里剩我们俩时，我给他搓背，他说，要经得起组织的考验，横竖也就是训练结束，早入晚入是一样。” 我也替他高兴，说：“这不就结了！我说组织也不会瞎了眼！副连长说得对，早入晚入，反正都是入呗，哪里差这一个月！” 他说：“是呀是呀，都怪我当时糊涂，差一点学王滴，破碗破摔！”说完，便兴冲冲地跳进猪圈，要帮我们起圈。 我和“老肥”“元首”拦他：“快完了，你不用沾手了。” 他说：“多一个人，不早点结束？”又说：“今天在这儿的，可都是'骨干'，咱们商量商量，可得好好把班里的工作搞上去。” 于是几个人蹲在猪圈里，商量起班里的工作。