Zhuang Yan frowned slightly and looked at the naval officer in front of him who had small eyes, a big face but a lean figure. After a while, his eyes lit up and he relaxed his brows and said, "Wei Guoxing!"
Fatty Wei was so happy that he nodded repeatedly: "It's me, Brigadier, do you still remember me?"
Zhuang Yan said: "Can I remember you? You are a celebrity in the reconnaissance camp!"
Suddenly his smile faded, he looked at Fatty Wei and said, "What? Are you in the Jiaolong Commando too?"
Fatty Wei said: "Yes, yes! Brigadier, I am now a naval officer and have enlisted in the army for the second time."
Zhuang Yan said: "If you don't go back to the old army after enlisting in the army for the second time, why did you come to the navy?"
When Fatty Wei heard this, he immediately looked aggrieved and said, "Brigade Commander, don't blame me for this. I want to go back to our old army, but I can't find the entrance to our old army..."
Li Zheng couldn't help but bury him and said: "Fat man, don't talk nonsense. I told you to call the brigade commander and ask. What did you say at that time? You said that you were suddenly interested in the navy and wanted to try the naval special forces. What does it feel like?"
Fatty Wei immediately became anxious: "Li Zheng, I treat you as a comrade and brother, and you're going to criticize me like that? I was almost over the age limit at that time, and I would have no chance if I didn't join the army. I went to the Armed Forces Ministry to see you. Our old army didn’t recruit troops in the East China Sea that year, what could I do?”
Zhuang Yan comforted Fatty Wei and said, "That's what I'm asking. Soldiers like you can be successful anywhere. I remember that your family conditions are very good. Being able to enlist in the army for the second time shows that you really like the life of the army. This time you can be with Li Zheng and Hou Jun are escorting together, which also shows that it is fate, cherish it! Comrades are lifelong friends!"
Just as he was talking, Xiao Jun came over.
He saw an army colonel talking and laughing with Li Zheng and others from a distance, and he just murmured in his heart, wondering who this was.
So he came and saluted.
"Hello, Chief, I am Xiao Jun, the deputy captain of this escort team. Who are you..."
Li Zheng was the first to introduce: "This is the commander of our brigade, Commander Zhuang Yanzhuang."
Yan Yan nodded towards Xiao Jun with a solemn smile, which was regarded as acquiescence.
Xiao Jun looked at Zhuang Yan and suddenly said: "Chief, you look familiar... I seem to have seen you somewhere?"
Shaking his head solemnly: "We have never met. If we had met, I would definitely remember you."
He pointed to his head and said half-jokingly: "My memory is not bad."
Xiao Jun still looked slightly confused, still staring at Zhuang Yan.
Suddenly, he suddenly remembered.
"I have met you, and I remembered it. Chief, did you go to the T Country Underwater Special Warfare Academy for further training in XX?!"
This time it was Zhuang Yan's turn to be surprised.
"How do you know? Yes, I've been there."
Xiao Jun saluted again and said loudly: "The junior students of the XX class salute you!"
Zhuang Yan said in surprise: "Have you been there too?"
Xiao Jun nodded: "Well, I saw your photo in the honor room there! You were an honorary student of that class. When I introduced you to us, I said you were the best among all the foreign students in their college!"
Li Zheng and others were shocked.
No one knew that the brigade commander was so awesome before.
I had heard that the brigade commander was quite powerful. He had been a gun king, led a team to participate in a scout competition with Da Maozi, and had further studies at a foreign special forces academy.
But I didn't know that there would be such a thing, and he would be hung in the honor room.
Zhuang Yan asked: "The current principal should not be Aslan'er, right?"
Xiao Jun shook his head: "No, when I was here, it was Principal Achim."
"Achim!?" Zhuang Yan was very surprised.
Xiao Jun asked: "Chief, do you know him?"
Zhuang Yan's mind recalled the time he spent studying at the T Country's Underwater Special Warfare Academy, and he smiled bitterly: "Achim was my instructor back then."
Xiao Jun smiled and said: "What a coincidence! No wonder Achim is very concerned about our PLA students. It turned out that he had been in contact with you back then."
Zhuang Yan said: "It seems that I am relieved. You will lead the escort this time, and I will leave my soldiers to you."
Xiao Jun glanced at Li Zheng and Hou Jun, and said to Zhuang Yan: "Chief, you are too polite. In fact, as Li Zheng and Hou Jun said, we learn from each other. They come here to learn the professional subjects of our navy, and we also learn from them. I have benefited a lot, especially in shooting subjects, your brigade is really good."
A few people were chatting when they suddenly noticed that there were more and more people around, and many fleet leaders arrived one after another.
The farewell ceremony is about to begin.
Several people had no choice but to say their final goodbyes, and then Li Zheng and others followed Xiao Jun to gather, while Zhuang Yan returned to the guest seat and sat down, waiting for the ceremony to begin.
This ceremony was simple but of high standard. The headquarters, theater, and fleet chiefs each delivered farewell speeches. Under the scorching sun, all members of the escort formation, except for the personnel on duty, lined up on the pier, wearing formal attire and white leather shoes, and attended the ceremony in full attire.
The 40-minute farewell ceremony ended with majestic military songs. The escorts boarded the ship one after another and stood solemnly on the ship's side and deck in unified formation.
"Woo——"
With a sound of flute, the three ships slowly left the detachment's home port.
"Salute to the motherland!"
Following the formation commander's order, everyone solemnly raised their right hands in a military salute.
The harbor was full of people.
There are troop leaders and family members of escort officers.
Li Zheng kept looking at Zhuang Yan, and he knew that Zhuang Yan was also looking at him.
At this moment, two soldiers from different eras seemed to see themselves in each other——
Mission, honor, responsibility.
It is difficult to find this sacred feeling without wearing this military uniform.
Looking at the sparkling waves and the far away port, Li Zheng suddenly thought that if he were still in school, he would have graduated by now, maybe he would have stayed in school and talked about the courseware PPT on the three-foot podium. Talking, dozens of students under the podium will look at me with admiring eyes. After class, some classmates may come over to ask for professional advice...
Most of the students in the same class as him are either working in the judicial system or busy in big law firms.
They may have just finished a busy morning and finally take time to have a meal. Under the towering skyscrapers of the metropolis, they can walk into a high-end restaurant, order an exquisite but not time-consuming lunch, and drink A cup of coffee, stolen half a moment of free time, watching the bustling people coming and going outside the glass window, and feeling a sense of my own career success.
And he, on behalf of the country and the army, boarded the world's first-class destroyer and sailed towards unfamiliar waters thousands of nautical miles away. In the next few months, no one knew what he had experienced on that sea. .
Only you know.
Life is so wonderful.
Different choices bring different scenery.
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