"Yes, maybe the head of the regiment made some promise to Liu Haidong. But Liu Haidong didn't have any support in his heart and didn't dare to say it. ”

"Wenhua, do you think Liu Haidong can accept the reality that you, the acting platoon commander, will take his place?" the company commander turned his face to me.

"Ostensibly, he supports my work. I pondered it carefully, and then said, "However, from his calm and relaxed state of mind, I seem to feel that there is a strong backer behind him.

At least, this backer is his spiritual support point. Therefore, he showed an indifferent bearing towards my 'usurpation'. ”

Now it seems that his spiritual backer seems to be the head of the regiment. The company commander made a presumptuous judgment, and then said like a prophet:

"Hmm. In the past few days, there will definitely be some lively things around Liu Haidong. ”

The next day, the artillery technicians and vehicle assistants of the battalion headquarters came to the Eighth Company, saying that according to the instructions of the battalion commander, they would conduct a routine annual inspection of the maintenance of the vehicles and guns of each company.

Naturally, the company did not dare to slack off, so they asked the deputy company commander and clerk (part-time ordnance officer) in charge of ordnance and the commanders of the first and second platoons of the artillery to report the situation, and accompanied the artillery technicians and assistants to inspect the scene together.

Platoon Commander Xu and I came to the company headquarters and first made an oral report on the vehicles and guns and the daily maintenance, which was nothing more than wiping and maintaining them in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the "Regulations", conducting regular inspections, and reporting for repair in time when faults were found.

The report of the second row is much the same as that of the first row. Artillery technicians and assistants are the people of the battalion headquarters, and they are not like the people of the regimental organs, who are required to write written materials, mainly to see them on the spot.

When the deputy company commander came to the artillery field, he first lifted the gun jacket and checked the appearance of the artillery, and then the gun technician pretended to pull the gun tether, and when he saw that everything was normal, he praised the Eighth Company for attaching importance to the management of ordnance.

Subsequently, the vehicle assistant inspected more items. He asked the drivers of the artillery trucks to start the vehicles on the spot and listen to the sound of the engine not malfunctioning before letting them pass.

Anyway, this is all a matter of commanding the platoon driver's squad, and it has nothing to do with me and Platoon Commander Xu, the assistants checked it, and Platoon Commander Xu and I walked around the artillery field, looking lively.

Just as the inspection of the gun truck was over, suddenly there was the sound of a motorcycle, and then, a three-wheeled motorcycle drove into the gun field, I saw that the driver's face was so familiar, but suddenly I couldn't remember who he was?

It wasn't until people shouted loudly, "Wenhua fellow!" that I remembered that this was my fellow countryman, Lao Zhang, the regimental commander of the company's motorcycle communications class.

It turned out that they had taken newspapers and magazines from the post office in the small city, and after the regimental headquarters had left behind the organs and regimental units, they had to send them to the battalions and companies respectively.

Hearing the sound of the motorcycle's motor, the battalion headquarters correspondent and the three company correspondents rushed to the artillery field and retrieved their newspapers, magazines, and documents.

Just when Lingbao, the correspondent of the Eighth Company, was returning to pick up newspapers and magazines, he didn't know how to accidentally drop a letter on the ground.

"Lingbao! Why are you so so-so? Look, the letters have all been dropped!" Our clerk saw the letter that had fallen on the ground and hurriedly picked it up.

However, when Lingbao stretched out his hand to take the letter, the document was in his hand and was not given to him. The envelope was pink, and the handwriting on it was so beautiful that it was written by a beautiful woman to her warrior fiancé.

Especially in the recipient's position, the words "Liu Haidong Platoon Commander Receiving" were written, which made his eyes light up and he thought: Here is the situation!

Then, with his keen sense of smell, his eyes were fixed on the stamp stamped by the postmark, which clearly read "Benxi Small Market". Damn, Liu Haidong enlisted in the rural area of Yi County, Jinzhou, Liaoning Province.

His fiancée's letter should have been sent from the post office of Jinzhou City or Yixian County, but now, how could there be a letter sent locally? Could it be that this kid is "linked" with a nearby girl?

Hooking is a common name for the army's behavior of a soldier who violates discipline and falls in love with a young woman in the station. In order to prevent such behavior, the company's clerks had a special function: to check the letters of the soldiers.

All letters sent from the soldiers' hometowns are considered normal letters and are exempted from inspection.

All letters sent from the vicinity of the station, especially if the sender is female, are subject to strict filtering and review. If necessary, the clerk can even open the letter to check the contents.

There is no full certainty as to whether Liu Haidong will be linked to fall in love in the nearby area.

However, now, he and Liu Haidong are already competing for candidates to go to the military academy. Now, he has to nitpick the scrutiny of this competitor.

"You go back first, this letter, I'll give it to you later. The clerk waved his hand at Lingbao, and Lingbao had no choice but to leave.

After sending off the gunsmith and assistant, the paperwork was like a treasure, and he took the letter back to the house.

At this time, he saw that the hygienist was playing with the small scalpel blade again, and suddenly he had an inspiration and asked the hygienist:

"I have a letter here that needs to be reviewed. Can you use a blade to get the letter paper out of the envelope and put it back in its original state without any trace?"

"Leave this matter to me!" the hygienist immediately became excited when he heard the clerk say this, and knew that there was another clue to the hook.

According to the usual requirements, he took the letter, first approached the light bulb and carefully looked through the light to see the general content on the letterhead, and as expected, at the end of the letter, two big names "Chunyan" appeared.

"Chunyan, it must be a woman. How can a man have that name? The clerk analyzed the situation and immediately asked the hygienist to start the letter-opening operation.

The hygienist laid the envelope flat on the table, then pinched the scalpel blade, aimed at one end of the envelope, and gently cut it, and after a while, the top of the envelope was cut by a thin blade, and then, he gently pinched the envelope, and the envelope was bent, and then the envelope was cut and shaken down, and a thin piece of stationery floated out.

"Alright, alright!" the clerk was overjoyed, not expecting that the hygienist's skills would be so superb. He opened the letter to share the joy of catching prey with the hygienist, but there were only a few lines on the letter:

Hello Haidong Platoon Commander,

Today I met with the head of your regimental headquarters, and he said, "You, the acting platoon commander, are still soldiers at heart." Fighters are not allowed to fall in love at the station.

I like you, but I can't let you make mistakes. Influence your bright future. For the sake of your career, let's break up!

This salute is like your spring swallow

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"Damn, it took a long time to get just a few lines. The hygienist was very disappointed.