On the day he returned to the base, Li Zheng saw his brigade commander Zhuang Yan as soon as he got off the helicopter.
He didn't expect to see Zhuang Yan here and was stunned.
"What? You don't dare to go over and say hello after meeting your own brigade commander?" Instructor No. 5 teased Li Zheng: "A recruit is a recruit!"
After saying that, he went up directly and saluted Zhuang Yan.
Return the gift solemnly.
Instructor No. 5 said: "Madman, why are you here?"
Zhuang Yan said: "Come and see my soldiers. I am the happiest when they come back."
Instructor No. 5 said: "They are also my soldiers. Are you talking as if I am unhappy?"
Zhuang Yan said: "Come on, you said this ten days ago, but now you say it? Are you interested in my soldiers? I can tell you, No. 5, there is no way to do this!"
Instructor No. 5 said: "What's wrong? They all look like you? Are you going to become a brigade commander?"
The solemn face became solemn: "I respect you very much, and you know it."
Seeing that Zhuang Yan was serious, No. 5 stopped joking. He patted Zhuang Yan's arm and said, "Okay, I was just kidding. Without you training excellent soldiers for us in other units, we would have no place to choose." .”
The two were talking and laughing when a soldier suddenly came.
"On the 5th, the troop commander has something to ask for."
Instructor No. 5 was slightly startled. He looked around and saw that Lao Baimao was nowhere to be seen.
He secretly thought to himself, when he left, he came to see him off, but when he returned in triumph, he didn't come?
Something must be wrong.
He didn't say anything, and handed his equipment directly to No. 20 for him to take back first. He solemnly said goodbye and hurriedly followed the soldier to the team headquarters.
After No. 5 walked away, Zhuang Yan came to Li Zheng and Hou Jun. He didn't say anything, but just looked up and down.
After a while, he finally said, "Well, I finally feel like a real soldier."
Then he said to Li Zheng: "How do you feel?"
Li Zheng replied: "Report to the brigade commander, I feel good!"
Zhuang Yan asked Hou Jun: "You are a veteran, do you have any questions?"
Hou Jun said: "No problem. Don't worry, brigade commander. Who do you think I, Hou Jun, am?"
Zhuang Yan smiled: "Is it dangerous? Do you blame us for sending you to a place like this?"
Li Zheng and Hou Jun shook their heads quickly.
Zhuang Yan suddenly stopped laughing and his expression became serious: "Remember, you and I are both soldiers. Soldiers must know what their purpose is in joining the army. Although it is a peaceful era, the purposes of being a soldier are varied, but remember one thing, the ultimate purpose of a soldier It is to defend the country. What do you rely on to defend the country? Rely on force. Without force, you cannot win peace with words. The truth is only within the range of the cannon! So, you just realized this earlier than your comrades. The country To safeguard interests and national interests, it has never been about tenderness or tenderness, nor about the scholarly energy at the negotiation table, but about soldiers like us. Otherwise, what you can’t get on the battlefield, you’ll never get at the negotiation table!”
Li Zheng was shocked inside.
Zhuang Yan was different from many officers he had seen.
Zhuang Yan never shied away from war, and he was completely iron-blooded.
In the final analysis, there are two words in one sentence - don't pretend!
Li Zheng felt sincerely comfortable getting along with Zhuang Yan.
But when I thought about being discharged from the army in half a year, my heart immediately became confused again.
I wanted to answer the solemn words in a straightforward and heroic manner, but I lacked the confidence and felt a little guilty.
"Remember!" Hou Jun replied quickly.
Li Zheng replied: "I remember."
"Why don't men take Wu hooks and collect the fifty states in Guanshan!" Zhuang Yan suddenly recited a poem, and then asked Li Zheng: "College student, please answer me, what does this poem mean?"
Hou Jun secretly glanced at Li Zheng.
He had heard of this poem, but if he was asked to analyze its meaning, he couldn't explain it.
Li Zheng was in a mess.
He smelled the meaning of the poem solemn.
This is a poem "Thirteen Poems of the South Garden (Part 5)" by Li He, a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The literal meaning is - Why don't manly men bring sharp Wu hooks to regain the Guanshan Mountains where the Yellow River divides the north and south? Fifty states? Please go up to the Lingyan Pavilion where the founding heroes of the country are painted to see. Which scholar can be canonized as a prince with thousands of households in the city?
But Li Zheng knew it was not that simple.
To him, the poem was actually majesty beating upon itself.
His solemn eyes never left Li Zheng, looking forward to his answer.
He was wondering, could this jade be withered?
It depends on his answer.
"Actually, this poem has the same meaning..."
Li Zheng hesitated for a long time and finally spoke.
"What do you mean?"
Zhuang Yan didn't rush to ask, but he made Hou Jun beside him anxious.
"Tell me, why are you lingering?"
Li Zheng glanced at Hou Jun, his face felt slightly hot, and he turned to Zhuang Yan and said: "It means that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the country."
Zhuang Yan smiled again.
"Yes, he is a talent."
He sighed: "No wonder No. 5 likes you so much."
Then the conversation changed: "Hurry back and put your things away, wash up and go gather. The cafeteria has prepared a celebration banquet for you tonight. By the way, you can drink tonight. I have approved it."
Li Zheng was carrying a rucksack and hurriedly started walking with a lot of thoughts.
Hou Jun, on the other hand, looked confused.
He felt that Zhuang Yan and Li Zheng were just playing riddles. Looking at Li Zheng's hurried away figure, Hou Jun couldn't help but ask: "Brigadier... I didn't quite understand what you asked and answered just now."
Zhuang Yan said: "Don't understand? I am retaining your favorite soldier for you."
After that, he left, leaving only a confused Hou Jun.
The celebration banquet was held as scheduled and was held in the cafeteria.
What is different from usual is that tonight in the canteen, it is not a buffet mode, but a banquet mode, with ten dishes on a table and white wine.
When people were gathering at the entrance of the canteen, Li Zheng suddenly discovered that there were more people in the team today.
Some of them have never been seen before and are very strange. They are all officers and old non-commissioned officers.
Even No. 20 and others were very surprised. They didn't know who these people were. They all took a peek. After looking for a long time, they roughly guessed that they might be the old team members here.
Old Baimao appeared, and everyone stood up straight.
I thought it was time to start dinner after saying a few words, but I didn't expect Lao Baimao to walk in front of everyone with a serious face.
"Tell me a few words."
Everyone reacted conditionedly and stood at attention.
Old Baimao saluted: "Take a break."
Everyone takes a break.
"Today is the day when the student team went on a mission for the first time and returned triumphantly. It is also the day when our second team returns after completing another mission."
He looked back at the cafeteria.
"As usual, a celebration banquet will be held tonight. However, before the celebration banquet, we will conduct a ceremony that everyone will participate in. After that, we will come back here to celebrate."
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ceremony?
Do you need a ceremony before having a meal to celebrate?
Everyone was a little confused.
