Special Years

It's getting bright soon.

The water at the breach seemed to be finally blocked!

"Listen to the teaching brigade, leave the staff on duty, and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd squadrons rest for half an hour and have breakfast!"

Wen Zhixing stood under the embankment with an electric horn in his hand and shouted.

The cooking class pedaled a tricycle again and sent the porridge and steamed buns to the embankment.

I can finally eat and rest.

For more than ten hours, Zhuang Yan hadn't eaten a warm mouthful. He felt that his whole body started to get cold, and his hands and feet were a little numb.

A few minutes later, he was sitting on the grass not far from the embankment, solemnly holding a pot of porridge with three huge lean meat leek buns on it.

But his hands were shaking, and he couldn't grasp the chopsticks.

Similar to the feeling of throwing a thousand grenades a day in the training team and participating in the bomb commando team is back.

Thirteen hours.

On the way, he drank an unknown number of mouthfuls of water fed by others, but only ate one egg.

"Fuck!"

Wang Datong next to him suddenly cursed his mother.

"I can't hold the chopsticks anymore..."

He turned his head to look at Majestic, and chuckled.

"You too…"

Zhuang Yan had no choice but to smile bitterly, put the rice bowl on his knees, and then poked a bun with chopsticks, raised the bun to his mouth with trembling hands, and took a bite.

"It's okay, my hands are not broken," he said.

Wang Datong looked around, almost everyone was learning to eat in a solemn manner.

Sitting in the long queue by the grass, not a single soldier could use the chopsticks in his hand swiftly.

Wang Datong suddenly stopped laughing.

He felt himself unable to laugh.

Wang Dazui, who has always laughed the most, has a sad but proud feeling.

"It's great to be in the army with you guys!"

He suddenly and inexplicably muttered to himself.

Zhuang Yan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Da Zui, me too, I feel very proud to be a soldier with you."

"Brothers! Hurry up and eat! After eating, let's continue to do the **** flood!" Wang Dazui howled vigorously.

Everyone laughed.

"Yes! Hurry up and eat! Fuck the flood!"

"If we are here, the levee will be there!"

Everyone's emotions were aroused.

Suddenly, on the muddy road in the distance, a convoy of more than a dozen cars of all kinds came.

One of them is a dark green Cherokee Jeep.

No matter how you look at it, Zhuang Yan feels familiar.

"stand up!"

Deputy Head Huang, the highest rank in the field, held an electric horn and gave the order.

All the soldiers ignorantly put down their rice bowls and stood up.

Suddenly, a light flashed in Zhuang Yan's mind.

correct!

Isn't that Cherokee the special car of Deputy Commander Cai? ?

The solemn ashes can be recognized!

Before, he had collected firewood by himself and was scattered on the concrete road outside the teaching team. It was this Cherokee and that hateful volunteer driver who taunted himself mercilessly and made himself cry a lot.

In the end, if Lao Qi hadn't come to help, maybe he would have collapsed.

From one of the jeeps came a tall soldier in camouflage.

Wang Datong sucked in a breath of cold air beside him, and said in a low voice, "My dear, it's a major general, the commander is here!"

"It's not just the commander, our commander Wang and deputy commander Cai are here..."

"Mom, what are they doing here?"

"Old Caitou is not easy to mess with... There are cadres who are going to be unlucky!"

Deputy Commander Cai, nicknamed Hei Lao Cai, has the darkest skin among division-level cadres, just like a piece of charcoal pulled out of a fire, hence the name.

He is a famous black face in the whole division.

In the 1st division, most of the senior officers have been on the battlefield, so most of them have some kind of fierce style.

However, Zhuang Yan heard from the veteran that Hei Lao Cai is quite distinctive. He never trains soldiers, only officers. Once, Hei Lao Cai trained the deputy head of a regiment at a general meeting of officers above the full division battalion to tears, crying like a child.

Therefore, all the officers of the division were afraid of Lao Cai, but the soldiers were not afraid of him.

"You are Huang Shaotao, the temporary commander here?" Commander Ye asked.

Deputy Head Huang quickly stood at attention: "Yes! Huang Shaotao, Deputy Head of the 27th Regiment, reports to the commander, please give instructions."

"Don't do this!" Commander Ye's face sank, and he pointed to Deputy Head Huang and said, "This is flood relief, not a rest time. According to the regulations, there is no need to stop and salute me!"

Deputy Head Huang blushed when he was criticized.

Commander Ye turned to the officers and soldiers around him and raised his hands to signal everyone to sit down, and said with a smile: "Everyone is sitting down, what should I do? The soldiers on the embankment should stare at me, there is no need to stare at me. Look, there is no need to stand up straight, that is, a veteran with a high rank, there is nothing to see. Besides, this is the scene of flood fighting and emergency rescue, not on the big playground of your division, so there is no need to be so restrained. "

Deputy Head Huang quickly gave an order: "Sit down."

All the officers and soldiers were already very tired. When they heard that they could sit, they were welcome. They sat down immediately.

"Commander, why didn't you notify in advance?" Deputy Colonel Huang asked.

Commander Ye said, "What early notice? Wait for you to roll out the red carpet? Or organize a welcome ceremony? I said Huang Shaotao, when did you become so fond of superficial kung fu?"

"I'm not..." Just as Huang Shaotao was about to defend himself, he suddenly met the sharp eyes of Deputy Commander Cai from behind Commander Ye, and quickly admitted his mistake: "Yes, it's my fault..."

From the trucks behind the convoy, local cadres successively unloaded large aluminum barrels one by one.

Commander Ye said: "The local government knew that you fought here all night last night. They called Deputy Commander Gong and said they wanted to express their condolences to the flood-fighting troops here. The Deputy Commander asked me to lead the team... "

After saying that, he turned his eyes and returned to Huang Shaotao.

"You did a good job last night, which is worthy of praise, but you can't take it lightly. The location here is dangerous. There are still a few hours. If you can’t keep it, you, the deputy head of the regiment, don’t do it, and you will change jobs at the end of the year!”

"Yes! I promise to complete the task!" Huang Shaotao raised his chest and stood at attention.

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news, remember, report the water situation every two hours, and stay on the levee tonight!"

"Yes! Commander!"

"Okay, let's talk about the business, talk about condolences." Commander Ye turned around and pointed to a middle-aged man behind him and said, "This is Secretary Deng of the local government, and he brought Jiang Jiang to our flood-fighting officers and soldiers. Stewed pig's feet can also drive away the cold and nourish the muscles and bones."

Deng Guihai came to shake hands with Huang Shaotao, and said, "Thank you for your hard work! Comrade of the People's Liberation Army!"

Before Huang Shaotao could answer, Deng Guihai shouted to the condolence team he brought: "Give the comrades of the People's Liberation Army trotters!"

More than 30 local cadres each carried a bucket full of pig's feet and began to give them to the soldiers and officers who were sitting on the ground like mud monkeys...

Anyway, there is no way to distinguish between soldiers and officials, they are all covered in mud, only two eye sockets are relatively clean.

Two pig feet and a bowl of **** soup per person.

Zhuang Yan asked about the smell of pig's feet, so greedy that he almost drooled.

However, how to eat these two pig feet is really embarrassing for myself.

The chopsticks can't hold it, and I can't hold it with my hands...

Not only him, but also the people around him.

In the end, everyone just drank soup and porridge, and didn't rush to eat pig's trotters.

Soon, Commander Ye, who was standing not far away, seemed to see the problem.

He walked towards the third squadron.

Wang Dazui touched Zhuang Yan with his elbow and said, "Hello! Zhuang Yan, I saw the commander coming."

The soldiers of the third squadron immediately became nervous.

Squadron leader Zhou Huping was also at a loss, and quickly stood up from the ground.

"Get up... get up..."

He whispered to the people next to him.

Then pass one by one, and soon, the entire third squadron stood up.

"Sit down! Sit down!" Seeing this situation, Commander Ye quickly motioned everyone to sit down: "I said, I'm a veteran with a senior military rank, and I'm no different from you. I've also been a soldier. , is also from a soldier to the current position of commander, no big deal!"

All the soldiers laughed.

Commander Ye walked to Zhuang Yan and stared at him for a moment.

Zhuang Yan felt that his breathing was a little stagnant, and the frequency of his heart beating was accelerating.

He really wanted to get up from the ground, but just now the commander said he didn't need to get up.

Commander Ye suddenly squatted down.

Zhuang Yan was taken aback.

Commander Ye stretched out his hand to gently squeeze the shoulders of the solemn camouflage uniform.

The yellow strip of the rank of private has been completely worn off, and the dark green fluff has been rubbed in various places, and a piece of it has been broken.

When it was opened, a large piece of skin was rubbed off.

The commander's eyes narrowed.

He suddenly grabbed a solemn hand, pulled it in front of him, and turned it over.

On the solemn right hand, there are all small wounds, all of which were scratched by the stones in the sandbag.

"Why don't you eat pig's trotters? Aren't you hungry?" the commander asked.

He solemnly and nervously glanced at Captain Wen behind the commander, as well as Zhou Huping, his squadron commander.

"Don't look at them, what are they talking about." The commander ordered.

Zhuang Yan licked his lips and said, "Actually, it's because my hands are too tired to hold chopsticks..."

Commander Ye didn't speak, stood up, and walked in front of Wang Datong.

Just like before, he checked Wang Datong's hands and shoulders.

Go over one by one.

The commander kept squatting down and getting up again and again.

A dozen soldiers were checked in a row.

Commander Ye turned around and returned to the height of the embankment, stretched out his hand, and took the electric horn from Huang Shaotao's hand.

"Comrades..."

He opened his head in a deep tone.

Around the embankment, everyone quieted down.

Everyone was waiting for the commander to speak.

But Commander Ye's gaze swept from one end to the other, sweeping back and forth several times in a row, sweeping almost all the officers and soldiers in front of him.

Finally, he continued: "Very good..."

He spoke for the second time and only said two words.

Then he continued: "I am a veteran, and I have been on the battlefield. Before, I always had a prejudice. After the reform and opening up, the soldiers are getting worse and worse, and they are not as good as before. I stubbornly believe that today's young people We no longer have the willpower of our generation to endure hardships, struggle hard, and fight tenaciously."

"But! You taught me a lesson today! I'm very pleased that this unit under me—"

Speaking of which, his eyes were a little wet.

"You are no worse than us back then! In you, I have seen the most precious qualities and traditions of our army. You can attack well, endure hardships and stand hard work, move forward bravely, and are not afraid of sacrifice! Your performance from last night to now is absolutely absolute. Deserving of a military medal! However, I can't ask for credit for each of you, this is the reality..."

"However, I beg you to accept a general's salute here, a Southern Border veteran's salute!"

After all, the general violated the regulations and took the initiative to raise his right hand and perform a standard military salute!

Under the embankment, everyone stood up.

More than 2,000 officers and soldiers returned the salute.

Huang Shaotao took a step forward and shouted: "Please rest assured, the commander of the army!"

All officers and soldiers: "Please rest assured, the head of the army!"

"Please rest assured, chief of the military region!"

All officers and soldiers: "Please rest assured, the chief of the military region!"

"Please rest assured, chief of the Military Commission!"

All officers and soldiers: "Please rest assured, the head of the Military Commission!"

"Please rest assured the central leadership!"

All officers and soldiers: "Please rest assured that the central leadership!"

"Please rest assured the people of the whole country!"

All officers and soldiers: "Please rest assured the people of the whole country!"

"Strictly guard against the dead, UU reading www.uukanshu.com swears to protect the embankment! People are on the embankment, and the embankment is dead!"

All officers and soldiers: "Strictly guard against death, never retreat! People are on the dike, and the **** will die!"

The sound resounded through the sky, like thunder shaking.

The blood at the solemn moment was hot.