Hao Shuwen, Xiao Suizi, Zhu Han and others acted coquettishly around Xiang Nan, complaining that he only liked Xiaoping and not them, making Xiang Nan dumbfounded.
He knew in his heart that these veterans were so familiar with him that they naturally had no respect for him. Dare to make fun of him, dare to act coquettishly to him.
"Compassion does not command troops. If you find an opportunity, you have to show your majesty. Otherwise, they will always use bean buns as dry food." Xiang Nan summed up in his mind, "Okay, you guys, stop making trouble and get some snacks to practice. Tell me. You said, this tour is a task specially assigned by superiors, and whoever performs well will be recommended by the group to receive awards for meritorious service."
"Really?! Don't lie."
"You're not trying to trick us, are you?"
"Can you really receive an award for meritorious service?"
When everyone heard this, they became energetic.
If it's just an ordinary performance, just make do with it. Anyway, no matter how bad their performance is, the soldiers will warmly welcome them.
But if you can make meritorious deeds and receive awards, then it is worth performing well. After all, everyone hopes to achieve meritorious service and promotion.
"You still don't believe it! This tour is just like the one I followed Lei Feng three years ago." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "I won the third-class individual merit just because of my outstanding performance."
After hearing what he said, everyone nodded, it was indeed true.
Therefore, everyone was much more serious about the following rehearsals.
This also made the squad leader and political commissar very satisfied with Xiang Nan's leadership ability.
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A week later, the cultural troupe began touring various cavalry companies.
The cavalry companies are distributed in various grasslands on the Sichuan-Tibet Plateau. It would take at least two or three weeks for all the cavalry companies to reach them.
The Sichuan-Tibet Plateau is more than 3,500 meters above sea level. The air is thin and the climate is harsh. It is difficult for children who grew up in the plains to adapt there.
In addition, it is now January 1979. Although it is spring, the temperature is still very cold, which makes this tour even more difficult.
This makes many soldiers feel afraid of difficulties. There were even several soldiers who asked for sick leave or deserted before departure, and did not want to participate in condolences.
"Captain, I'm really sick. I have a cold and a fever. I really can't go."
"Captain, I also have a severe headache. Maybe I have a cold. I also want to take a sick leave."
"Captain, I may have caught a cold. It was probably infected by them. I also have a severe fever now."
They complained to Xiang Nan one after another and asked for leave.
Xiang Nan took a look.
He knew all these soldiers. They were all veterans of the regiment. Their performance in the past two years was pretty good.
However, in the past two years, with the changes in social atmosphere, they have become more and more impetuous and slippery, and have the tendency to become old veterans.
During training, he cheated and acted slippery, and when performing, he was perfunctory. He didn't even take part-time roles or pull the curtain seriously. They also fell in love privately, played cards openly in the dormitory, circulated banned books, and even ganged up to bully the recruits...
In fact, the political commissar has already mastered the bad things they did and is looking for an opportunity to deal with them.
Now seeing that their faces were glowing red, their voices were loud, and they were full of energy, and they didn't look like patients at all, Xiang Nan guessed that they were probably pretending to be sick.
"Okay, pretending to be sick to avoid the performance, that's a big deal." Xiang Nan sneered in his heart, then he straightened his face and said to the soldiers, "You are sick and want to ask for leave, okay! Get it right now The military doctor came and I conducted physical examinations one by one. If you are really sick, I will give you leave immediately. If you are not sick and pretend to be sick and evade the mission, don't blame the military law for being ruthless."
Hearing what he said, a few people responded stiffly, "Captain, we are really sick. We are definitely not avoiding the performance, let alone lying to you."
Xiang Nan waved his hand to signal them to stop talking nonsense.
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A military doctor was quickly called.
Several people were then taken down for examination.
After a while, the military doctor returned to Xiang Nan's office.
"How are they? Are they really sick or are they pretending to be sick?" Xiang Nan asked with concern.
"Take a look at this thermometer." The military doctor handed the thermometer over.
Xiang Nan took it and looked at it, and was a little surprised, "Thirty-nine degrees?! Are they really catching a cold?"
He thought they were pretending, but unexpectedly, they actually had a high fever. In this case, they really can't go to the plateau. Otherwise, they would die from cold, fever, and altitude sickness.
"No, the thermometers I gave them are all round, but these thermometers are all diamond-shaped." The military doctor explained.
"Swapping the package?!" Xiang Nan understood immediately after hearing this.
In the movie, He Xiaoping used this trick to pretend to be sick, and was accidentally exposed by the military doctor. It seems that pretending to be sick in this way is no longer an exception.
The military doctor nodded, "These soldiers like to pretend to be sick and avoid rehearsals and performances. Commander, you have to take good care of them."
Xiang Nan nodded.
The whole group was immediately called together, and the "sick patients" were asked to go out alone.
This made them a little worried, worried that Xiang Nan would see through their plan and teach them a lesson in front of the whole group.
However, it doesn't matter to them if they are punished. They are all old men, and their skins, honed over the past two years, are thicker than the city walls. A scolding is not harmful at all to them.
Even if they are transferred or demoted, they don't care. Anyway, it’s not the same everywhere. What's more, the outside world has changed so much that being a soldier is no longer the best thing. They wish they could change careers as soon as possible.
"This time the cultural troupe came to the cavalry company to perform a condolence performance. The comrades showed great enthusiasm, actively trained, and prepared carefully." Xiang Nan nodded, "Especially these comrades, who were slightly injured and could not leave the line of fire. They were obviously suffering from a severe cold. , with a fever of 39 degrees, but he was still unwilling to ask for leave, and was willing to go to the plateau to perform a condolence performance.
Their spirit is worth learning from. Come, let us all applaud them together! "
After finishing speaking, Xiang Nan took the lead in applauding.
Hearing what he said, the few people who pretended to be sick and the entire regiment were a little confused.
All the soldiers in the regiment basically know the behavior of these people who pretend to be sick. They "could not leave the line of fire even if they were slightly injured", and "were willing to go to the plateau to perform" even though they had a fever. How could they have such a high level of consciousness?
Xiang Nan is really a fool, he was deceived by them like this. For a moment, everyone doubted his mind.
Those who pretended to be sick were also depressed. Who is so slightly injured that he can't get out of the firing line? ! They wish they could take leave and not go.
But Xiang Nan has now set them up as role models. If they continue to be stubborn, capricious, and fool their superiors, this will not be a matter of changing jobs, and they will have to be detained for a few days. To be more serious, they will be punished and recorded in the file, and they will not be able to find a job if they change careers. At that time, it will be even more troublesome.
Therefore, they had no choice but to knock out their front teeth and swallow blood, and chose to go to the plateau to perform condolences.
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