Twenty days later, Wang Ke received a notice that he would take a train to the training ground in Inner Mongolia at the train station where the military headquarters is located.
This is a military train.
There are various tanks, armored personnel carriers, communication vehicles, chemical defense vehicles, fuel trucks, cooking trucks, and life support vehicles loaded on the flatbed truck. There is even a vehicle with an unknown name. A chubby soldier next to him told Wang Ke's is called a bathing car.
"Bath car?" Wang Ke, who was carrying a backpack and fully armed, had never even heard of it.
The chubby warrior has clearly seen a lot. "Not only do I know, I have also bathed and showered on it. It is diesel-powered. The water provided in the car can wash a company at a time, but it can only wash eight to ten people at a time."
Wang Ke got acquainted with this chubby soldier. He was a deputy squad leader of the sixth infantry company of the regiment. Unlike Wang Ke, he was carrying a semi-automatic rifle.
"Let's get to know each other. My name is Qin Hu. You can call me Tiger. What about you?"
"My name is Wang Ke, and I am directly under the artillery company of the team."
"Oh, I know, you are the Wang Ke who escaped from under the car while shooting in Xishan!" With the word "ba" behind this sentence, it becomes "Wang Keba"
"I'm not Wang Keba, I'm Wang Ke." Wang Ke deliberately teased him. He felt that the comrade beside him was innocent and very approachable.
"Yes, yes, yes, you are not Wang Keba, you are Wang Ke, hahaha!" After laughing, he pointed at another soldier next to him, "His name is Yang Liyong, a squad leader of the communications company directly under your team. "
Wang Ke has been in the army for almost two full years. Wang Ke has been away from home all the time and has not had many opportunities to return to the barracks. Therefore, although he and Liu Liyong are in the same direct team, they are not very familiar with each other. The three comrades held hands together. It seemed that this winter training was a combined training of multiple arms. They were assigned to the sixth group based on the regiment.
Standing in the team, three comrades from the same regiment felt particularly friendly.
"Where is the carriage we are sitting in? Hasn't it been hung up yet?" asked the squad leader named Yang Liyong.
"Hey, I've been here for a long time. It's the tank truck in front." Qin Hu introduced.
"Ah, what kind of bus are we taking to Inner Mongolia? Isn't it a passenger bus with seats?"
"No, this one is more comfortable. After you get up there, open the doors on both sides and you can sleep. Sleeping all the way to Inner Mongolia is equivalent to a sleeper."
At this time, Wang Ke noticed that in addition to the backpack and luggage, Qin Hu was also carrying a washbasin with a bulging bag in the washbasin.
"What are you packing there? It's quite heavy. Let me help you carry it." Wang Ke stepped forward, ready to help Qin Hu carry it.
"No, it's filled with delicious food." Qin Hu was obviously prepared. Before departure, each member of the group was given five kilograms of compressed dry food, and each person was required to bring a pot of boiling water.
"Brother, you have the foresight to bring food yourself." Wang Ke was very envious.
"That's it, who are we? Don't make any noise. There are three of us after we get in the car." Qin Hu said.
Soon, the assembly whistle was sounded. A duty officer wearing an armband with the word "on duty" ran over and informed everyone to get on the bus.
There were less than twenty people in the tank car that Wang Ke was in. Coming from five units, everyone quickly sat in five small circles in the car.
With a whistle, the train started and drove slowly towards the north.
At this time, Qin Hu opened the mesh bag and took out the bag from the basin. When he opened it, he found six cans of military cans and something wrapped in oil paper.
Tiger took out six cans of military cans and said to Wang Ke and Yang Liyong: "For the three of us, each of us will have five meals of meat and one can of vegetables. Let me share them for you to eat on the road. The two braised pork knuckles are wrapped in this oil paper. The stuff is delicious, so we can keep it for the road."
This was the first time Wang Ke saw military canned vegetables and he was very curious. A closer look revealed that the military canned vegetables in Tiger's hand were canned soybeans and braised dried beans, while his own was canned cabbage and tomatoes, and Yang Liyong's was even rarer, it was canned kelp.
"Tiger, where did your military canned vegetables come from?" Wang Ke asked.
"I brought it from home." Qin Hu was somewhat proud.
"Why do you have these military cans at home? Oh, I understand, your father is also a soldier, right?" Wang Ke asked again.
"right."
Yang Liyong came over and said, "Brother, how old is your father?"
"Not big, Captain."
Wang Ke suddenly realized something. Since others didn't want to expose it, he shouldn't expose it either.
"Wang Ke, I heard how many meritorious services you have made?" Tan Hu started to chat with Wang Ke.
"Who did you listen to? It's all nonsense." Wang Ke leaned against the carriage board and heard the rhythmic sound of the train's "clang, clang, clang, clang".
Yang Liyong came over again and interjected: "It's not a rumor. Last time at your second-class merit commendation meeting, although I couldn't see you clearly because you were too far away, our direct team all knew your name."
"Wang Ke, although I am in the infantry company, we will get to know each other in the future. We are all good friends and good brothers. In the melting pot of the army, we take care of each other," Qin Hu said.
"Yes, we are all brothers from all over the world, comrades in the same heroic regiment. Cheers to our understanding!" Yang Liyong of the Communications Company unscrewed the kettle lid and motioned to the two of them.
Everyone unscrewed the kettle and took a sip of boiled water.
At this time, Wang Ke had already guessed Tiger's true identity. He was the son of Deputy Commander Qin. No wonder the chief found him and repeatedly told them to take care of each other.
He didn't expect that Deputy Commander Qin's son was also a soldier in the army, and he was willing to send his son to such a difficult place to participate in winter training!
Qin Hu has obviously suffered a lot, but occasionally still has his own personality. Wang Ke noticed this, and his admiration for the commander arose spontaneously, and he became closer to the two comrades in front of him.
During the chat, he learned that Yang Liyong was one year older than him, while Qin Hu was one year younger than him. The three of them were all soldiers of the same year. He and Yang Liyong were squad leaders, and Qin Hu was also a deputy squad leader.
But enough is enough, there is no dog in the door.
There was no talking all the way, the car kept going day and night, and the colder it got. Although she was wearing big-toed shoes with wool inside, she was wrapped in a sheepskin coat, and there was wool felt spread under her buttocks. But it was still difficult to resist the cold wind pouring in from the carriage. The entire carriage was like an ice cellar.
Riding in a car is also training.
"Yang Liyong, find another comrade, and Qin Hu and I will have sex. Qin Hu, open your backpack, I will spread my quilt underneath, yours on top, then cover us with our clothes, and put two coats on top , you hold my feet, and I hold your feet, so that you can stay warm." Wang Ke said, this is also a training subject for field survival. This way of sleeping allows you to sleep even in the snow. What people are most afraid of is the cold.
"Okay!" Qin Hu responded.
The two quickly found a place and unpacked their backpacks. Within a few minutes, Wang Ke and Qin Hu were sleeping together, each holding the other's legs with their hands. Wang Ke felt like he was holding two popsicles in his arms, and on the other side of the quilt, Qin Hu said: "Wang Ke, your body is like a stove. It's like I'm holding a big hot water bottle!"
Other comrades in the carriage followed suit. Soon the carriage was packed with bedding.
Within two minutes, both of them fell asleep soundly.
The train continued to move forward. At about four o'clock in the night, the train stopped at an unknown station. Soon there was a whistle, and then a person on duty shouted: "Attention everyone, bring all your equipment, prepare to get off the car, and assemble immediately!"
When Wang Ke heard this, he jumped up like a spring. Get dressed quickly, then pack your backpack and pack your gear.
Qin Hu moved faster, and the infantry company obviously trained more than the direct team. The three people quickly put on their backpacks and firearms, opened the car door, and jumped out of the car despite the biting cold wind. When I jumped out of the car, I realized that there were still snowflakes floating in the sky.
The carriage attendant ran to accept the assignment. Here, Wang Ke, as the temporary designated squad leader, loudly shouted the command: "Everyone is here, stand in two rows. Stand at attention, look to the right, and look forward. Count!"
"1" "2" "3" "4" "5"..."8".
After gathering, the carriage attendant ran back and said to Wang Ke: "With such heavy snow, we need to conduct a 20-kilometer emergency march in the middle of the night!"
This stuffy tank truck and this midnight march should all be planned in advance. It's just marching in the snow. I'm afraid when designing this course, no one expected it to snow.
Marching in the snow is not easy, but for Wang Ke, it is a piece of cake. The snow on the farm is heavier than this, and the wilderness in the Western Mountains is scarier than this.
"Qin Hu, Liu Liyong, here you go." Wang Ke whispered, handing over a rope.
"What's it for?" Qin Hu asked in a low voice.
"Tie it to our backpacks, let the three of us join together so we don't get lost."
"No need!" Liu Liyong looked at the lights on the platform.
"It will be useful in a moment." Wang Ke said in a low voice.
Then the troops set off, slowly, the lights of the train station falling behind them. It was pitch black ahead, and only a little bit of whitish snow could be faintly distinguished under my feet.
Someone turned on the flashlight.
"Turn off the flashlight, blackout." A shout came from the team.
The march began with one deep step and one shallow step. The snowflakes fell coldly on the neck and melted immediately.
Soon someone fell down because they stepped in the air, but Qin Hu and Liu Liyong walked steadily because they were holding on to the ropes connected to each other. The three people in the sixth group always maintained distance and contact.
Someone has already fallen behind. I don’t know when. This night was so dark that there was no direction, no reference, nothing to hold on to. It all depends on you to follow your feeling and follow the footsteps of the people in front of you. As you walk, you suddenly realize that there is no one in front of you and you are all alone.
"Wang Ke, are you there?" Tan Hu asked quietly from behind.
"Here, who are you dragging?" Wang Ke answered this little brother and comrade. Although he came from an infantry company, his field survival training was far inferior to his own.
"Is there someone in front of you?"
"Yes, I have good eyesight and have been following the team!" Behind Wang Ke, Qin Hu and Yang Liyong followed closely. The north wind was howling, and the twenty-kilometer road could be covered in more than two hours of forced marching during the day, but that was not possible now.
"How long have we been walking? Three hours, right?"
"More than that, it should be seven o'clock now."
"Then why is it still dark?"
"It's cloudy, but it's much brighter than before."
The team stopped, and the voice of the duty officer came from the front: "Count the number of people in each unit to see how many are left behind. Comrades who are left behind will be yellow cards once today, and will be eliminated after three yellow cards!"
Hearing this, Qin Hu shouted: "Oh, Wang Ke, we are in trouble today, otherwise we might have received a yellow card."
