Half of the ballad was flying, winding around the beam three times, and lingering in the ears of countless young people. Until the end of the training, many people are still thinking about the sentence "The moon is crescent, you can beg for it~"
However, the moon tonight is not curved, but is like a jade plate, round and round like a woman's cheeks moistened by a smile. The moonlight still quietly passed through the window and sprinkled on the ground beside the bed, covered with a faint layer of white frost.
The next morning, it was April 1st. As soon as the wake-up call sounded, the entire Yanqi base immediately became hot. Even if it was facing the cold morning breeze, it did not feel particularly chilly. After all, the Qingming Festival was approaching and winter was coming. The tail of spring has shrunk, and the short but beautiful spring has arrived. Although in 2083, spring is short-lived, but for the military, no matter what the weather and wind direction, the responsibilities and missions will never change.
The 99th Motorized Infantry Regiment, also known as the famous "Yanqi Model Regiment", is ready to go. Three main battalions composed of combat engineers and cavalry were assembled. Lieutenant Colonel Wu Renjia, the leader of the regiment, announced the start of the training, and more than a thousand troops turned right and headed for the Qianshan Mountains, the destination of the field training.
Each battalion entered Qianshan from a different direction, and separated after leaving the base. Shen Rusong's 2nd Battalion can still move along the railway embankment of the expanding Longshan-Changhai line from east to west. The packhorses are firmly stepping on the gravel ballast. Looking around, the vast sky and the vast Sanjiang River can be seen. The plains are truly represented.
The mechanized seeder turned over the slightly moist black soil and planted spring wheat. The infrastructure farmers waited a long way to see a team. When they saw the horse team in the distance, they waved their hands. Their rolled-up trouser legs and arms were covered with soil. They did not carry guns or wear helmets, but wore sweat towels. Sometimes a train passed by at speed, blocking Shen Rusong's view. Looking over, he saw that the dark-faced infrastructure soldiers had already returned to the fields, hunched over, as if picking up wheat seeds.
Shen Ru let go of his hand to set up the pergola and looked far into the distance. The mountains outside the plain seemed to be hidden in the blue sky and could not be seen. But when he turned around for a moment, he always felt that he could clearly see the whole view of Longshan covered by clouds and fog. .
"What's the matter? Are you homesick for turning back so soon?"
A familiar teasing laugh sounded from behind, and Shen Rusong snorted without looking back, "I don't love home!"
Naturally, the only two young brothers, Gao Keming and Shao Gang, can allow Shen Rusong to refer to him as "I" casually. But standing behind Shen Rusong was Gao Keming, who was in the exoskeleton team of the same camp. Normally, the three of them are far apart in the base. Because they just joined the company, the training and repair tasks are very tight. In the past few months, the three brothers have not had time to get together. Until today, when the battalion maintenance team was set off, the battalion maintenance team was divided into various branches. Only then can Shen Rusong and Gao Keming continue to be linked with each other. As for Shao Gang?
"I heard that the third child has been beating and scolding very cruelly these days." Gao Keming said with a face.
Shen Rusong glanced at the new recruits in his class who were walking to the front. They were all as excited as showing off. He turned his head and said worriedly: "The third one is in the 3rd Battalion, and we are not together for this training. Hey, I hope he His bad temper has been worn away."
Gao Keming's round face like a big goose egg showed a thoughtful look, he touched his nose, patted Shen Rusong on the shoulder and said: "The third child is smart, he is the one who beats people. When have you ever seen him beaten? Right?"
After knowing each other for so many years, Shen Rusong doesn't know what Gao Keming wants to do? He immediately ran away in disgust and warned: "Blow your nose on my back, right? If you don't learn from the third child's good qualities, you'll just learn some of his bad habits!"
"Quack, quack, quack." Gao Keming smiled like a goose.
The large group rode along the Longchang Line for more than an hour, and then the entire battalion entered the fields and rode along the field roads toward the state-owned farm in Xinyuan Second District.
The view on the flat ground was excellent and the sunshine was warm. Shen Rusong could see the towering silo of the farm from a long distance away.
"When you arrive at the location, tie up your horses, rest where you are, and don't disturb the people." The messenger on a fast horse galloped past and shouted.
Shen Rusong touched the walkie-talkie fastened around his neck and laughed dumbly. It really seemed like that.
The outer wall of the farm is built extremely high and thick. It is not the stone wall of a farm as everyone imagines, but a serious base-type sloping column-supported wall. A state-owned farm covering a large area was enclosed, with the core building area covering several hectares.
The farm has already been notified that there will be troops passing by today, but it is the busy farming season. Whether it is the infrastructure soldiers or agricultural workers assigned here, all the strong laborers are on the tractors outside, and the remaining dozens of old people, women and children are all together. Get started, provide meals to the troops, and lead the horses to the stables to feed them fodder.
"Thank you, Auntie." Shen Rusong said, holding the lunch box and stopping in front of the vegetable bucket. The aunt who was preparing the rice had a heavy ladle, and she wanted to pour all the pickled cabbage and white meat into his lunch box, which made Shen Rusong hurriedly said, "That's enough." Enough is enough!"
He stepped over the bench, sat down, and finished his lunch like a pine tree. After saying a word to Deng Feng, he walked out of the empty barn that was temporarily used as a dining hall and walked outside to light a cigarette.
There are only over 200 registered farmers in this farm, but the living area is quite large. In addition to various production buildings, each household has more than a double-story building and a garden. Compared with the cramped six-story building in the underground city, Fuxing Building is simply a world of difference.
Shen Rusong was looking at the courtyard door at the moment. He couldn't break into the house without permission, so he glanced at the Spring Festival couplets posted on it. Seeing that the courtyard door was ajar, he looked over and took a second look, and saw the shop in the courtyard. It was full of corn kernels, and a woman with a red hairpin sat on a stone bench covered with tanned animal skins next to her, holding a baby wearing a tiger headscarf in her arms.
The baby, who looked to be just one year old, had a red face. Maybe he sensed the presence of a stranger. He opened his mouth and started crying at the top of his lungs. The woman was so startled that she quickly coaxed her up, lifted her collar, and gave the baby Get fed.
Shen Rusong quickly turned his head and ran away. He only felt relieved after making sure that no one saw him. He clenched his fists and unclenched them, and slapped himself. He really wanted to go anywhere with his ant legs.
Shen Rusong returned to the barn and began to help the farmers with their work. When the army came, they would definitely not be able to eat for free. Not to mention the food stamps they should pay, any heavy work would be solved as soon as possible.
A battalion of men and horses arrived at once, hundreds of young men and women who were good at engineering. They unloaded the tool boxes on the pack horses, repaired cars, repaired houses, reinforced walls, dredged waterways, etc. Those who couldn't get a job felt too embarrassed and wanted to chop wood. This is the Great Plains and coal is burned. If you want to carry water, there is a well here. In the end, I wanted to build a new wooden house on the same spot. The company commander even said that as long as there are enough materials, I can turn it into a small auditorium by night!
Shen Rusong took the 2nd class to remove all the spider webs for two hours. By the way, they pulled out all the rat nests in the barn. They sprayed them with a military pheromone gas tank for hunting mutant beasts, and all those oily old rats were visible. When we arrived, the cat jumped out in a panic.
While cleaning up, he saw Captain Xia being stopped by a farm worker, and Shen Rusong heard the words, saying that the weather in the mountains was not good at this time of year, so be careful and it was best to ask a farm guide to lead the way.
lead the way? Don't we have a map? Taking care of one person's food is probably to get some money, right? Shen Rusong thought, and sure enough, the company commander rejected the proposal.
Shen Rusong opened up a pile of old spider webs. Seeing his embarrassed look, the passing platoon leader praised him for his hard work and went to report to the company commander.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the troops set off again. After delineating the route, the entire 1st Battalion was divided into three companies of different sizes and entered Qianshan in different directions.
Shen Rusong casually wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve. When he came out of the barn, he saw Zhao Haiqiang, the 1st squad leader, walking beside Chen Xiaoxiang. The two seemed to be discussing the twenty-odd days' journey. Seeing the two talking and laughing, Shen Rusong's expression management turned into a 70-point serious expression.
"Let's go to Laotieshan, the main peak. The foot of the mountain is about forty kilometers away from here." Zhao Haiqiang said.
Shen Rusong glanced at the boy who couldn't help combing his hair with his index finger. This guy had a good face and well-polished edges and corners. He looked more energetic than Shen Rusong. Shen Rusong had been with him for a month, so he knew to some extent that Zhao Haiqiang was a humorous person with good hands. A quick master likes to say that no matter how difficult it is, it is easy to do, but nine times out of ten, it can still be done.
