Chapter 32: On the way home
That night, all of us were drunk and got up the next morning. Everyone was obviously not used to getting up so late. They were a little confused when they opened their eyes. Look at me, and I look at you, and then they realized that they didn’t need to train and would go back today.
Everyone was silently taking care of their clothes, and no one spoke, although everyone wanted to say something. Lu Hao walked into our room and said with a look of something wrong: "Everyone gathered at the playground and read the orders to you qualified people who passed the assessment."
Looking at Lu Hao's expression that was not very normal, everyone felt a little strange. It was logical that we should be happy for us. We walked to the playground neatly dressed with questions.
Seeing Lu Hao accompanying a major general standing in the center of the playground, the shining star was particularly bright in the sun, Lu Hao saw that we were all standing, and then he introduced loudly: "Comrades, the commander Hou Zizai of the Central Guard Division in front of you is the commander of the China Central Guard Division. Please give him a speech to us. Welcome everyone." After that, he took the lead in applause. We also applauded warmly.
"Comrades, congratulations, for passing this training and assessment, you will be the pillars of our army in the future, and you are the pride of our army now. Today is a happy day, but there is one thing I must announce to you now. Because we are afraid of delaying your enthusiasm for training, we did not inform you of something like you as soon as possible. Our founding President, Prime Minister, and General Zhu left us one after another this year. Now let us observe silence for them for 3 minutes." After saying that, Commander Hou's eyes were already a little wet. Although things had happened, it would make him feel very uncomfortable no matter when he mentioned it.
The comrades around me were a little unacceptable to hearing this shocking news. The three historical giants actually left us together in the same year. Let these soldiers who grew up under the red flag and admired the plot in their hearts be sad and shed tears. Although I had known for a long time that these three were about to leave this year, the emotions of the people around me still infected me. With decades of memories than normal people, I was still a little sad about the departure of several old people, and as the comrades around me left sad tears at the same time.
Commander Hou looked at our uncontrollable emotions and immediately stood up and continued: "Comrades, sadness is the emotional manifestation of the people of the whole country, but what are we? We are the best soldiers in the army. We must turn grief into strength and better build and defend the country. Please clean up the sadness. I will announce the following promotion order......... "
Commander Hou announced the promotion ceremony of our 20 people. No matter what rank before the training, all of them will be promoted to captains. This has never happened in the history of the whole of China. It seems that the country will entrust our soldiers who have been trained with important tasks so that they will be promoted so extraordinary. The new rank on their shoulders does not make us feel proud, but feel that it is more of a responsibility.
Seeing that everyone had put on new military ranks, Commander Hou continued: "Comrades, you cannot return to your own troops and hometowns for the time being. You are temporarily seconded by major military regions. Each person will go to a new army to show the results of this training camp and teach them to the troops below. This will be your first official task after this training camp. Now please go back and get some luggage. In the afternoon, there will be a car to pick you up and go to different troops in different cities and disband."
When we returned to the room, we had not yet fully accepted the news of the death and promotion of the Chairman, Prime Minister, and the news of the promotion. We were about to face separation. We were all in front of the luggage that had been prepared, looking at each other without saying a word. At this time, the 1st stood up and said to everyone: "Please take out the pen and paper." We all took out the pen and paper, and then said loudly: "I am No. 1, my name is Ye Hai, and the contact unit is the Reconnaissance Battalion of the C Army S Division of Nanjing Military Region. Please remember me."
Everyone understands the meaning of No. 1, left contact information with each other, and hopes that everyone will contact each other frequently. No one wants this very comrade-in-arms relationship to end.
"I am No. 333, my name is Zuo Haojun, and the contact unit is Division A and B of the Tianjing Military Region."
"I'm No. 299, my name is Zhang Dashan, and my troops are in the 7th Reconnaissance Company of the Independent Division of the Heilongjiang Military Region in the Northeast."
"I am………"
Everyone spoke out their contact information loudly, and everyone carefully recorded it on the paper. When the last person finished speaking, everyone unconsciously formed a circle, stretched out a hand, stacked it tightly, and said loudly: "Don't forget the base, don't forget the instructor, don't forget the comrades, don't forget the country. Let's meet again in the future."
The moment of separation finally came. Looking at the full jeep on the playground, everyone knew that this was a sign of going their separate ways. They spontaneously came to each instructor and hugged and said goodbye. At this time, they really couldn't help it. Everyone was crying silently. Every comrade who got on the bus deeply hugged with comrades who had lived and trained for half a year. When each car drove away, both the instructor and us would salute a standard military salute to the cars that were leaving.
When the last car drove out of the base, Commander Hou said to Lu Hao, "Xiao Lu, do you think anyone can pass the test this time? Such a cruel test is really the best test for these such good soldiers, and it is also the biggest blow to the losers. I hope they can attack this time, so as not to hit the enthusiasm of these children too seriously." After saying that, he looked at the cars gradually disappeared from a distance.
"I don't think it will be a big blow. This time they are preparing to fight quickly and will not destroy these children for a long time. You also know that they have always been not very recognized by the soldiers we trained. No one has entered them for several years. This is not our soldiers. The main reason is that their selection requirements are too harsh. Sometimes they don't give our soldiers all the opportunities to play, especially this time, are they just in a dilemma? I really hope someone can pass the test, and I really hope someone can hit them hard. Alas, my idea is always too ideal." Lu Hao answered slowly with some wandering eyes.
"I don't think so. I'm so excited about one of the soldiers. But I heard a person like me leaking a message. I wonder if you found that there was a special person in this group of soldiers?" Commander Hou looked at Lu Hao with a smile.
"Who is it, why is it special?" Lu Hao asked strangely.
"Zuo Haojun, do you have an impression? Sun Zhan told me before I came that if this child can pass your training, he should pass their test."
"Why do you say that?"
"Because Sun Zhan told me that this Zuo Haojun has been wearing a 35 kilogram load on his body and follows your training with such great intensity, and Sun Zhan also said that even so, this soldier may have preserved a certain degree of strength."
"What, this is impossible. With such a strong training, he can't wear such heavy loads. And the performance of this soldier has always been the forefront of our base assessment. It is impossible for you to say that he still retains his strength!!" Lu Hao said excitedly.
Chapter completed!