631, a nameplate and a suicide note (2/3)
Tang Shuang didn't go to Tang Jin, he knew that whenever this happened, there must be something important, and it was inconvenient to bother, so if he thought about it, Tang Jin would naturally come out.
The big orange cat seemed to have finally slept enough, stood up lazily, bowed his body, stretched his waist, yawned, and then leaned over to Tang Shuang's side, twitched his nose and sniffed, rubbed his head affectionately on the trouser legs, and then moved like a rabbit, jumped up the wall in three or two steps, stood on the wall with his tail raised high, and walked catwalks, while looking left and right, as if inspecting its territory.
It stopped, looked out at somewhere outside the wall, where there was the sound of children playing, the sound was familiar, it looked back at the courtyard, and then, as if determined, jumped off the wall and disappeared from Tang Shuang's sight.
Tang Jin's voice came at this time: "The big orange cat is really good. ”
Tang Shuang asked him, "Have you thought about it?"
Tang Jin nodded: "I have thought about it a long time ago." ”
Tang Shuang asked, "Tell me something?" ”
Tang Jin took out a metal chain from the pocket of his leather jacket and shook it, and a silver-white metal piece was tied to the bottom of the metal chain.
"Grandpa, look at it. ”
Tang Shuang saw Tang Hongjun's hand trembling and took the metal chain, and he was really worried that he would not be able to hold it. Tang Hongjun's body was still healthy, but his hands trembled early on.
Tang Hongjun's calloused hands rubbed against metal plates with Chinese characters, letters, and numbers. Although he was illiterate, he could still recognize the names of his sons and grandsons, and the name of Don Kim was written on the metal plate.
Tang Shuang leaned over and said, "Tang Jin's name is written on it, as well as blood type, place of origin and number information, written in Chinese, English and French respectively, this is?"
He looked at Don Kim in surprise: "This is a soldier's nameplate, how do you have this?"
Generally speaking, Chinese soldiers do not wear nameplates, but if they go to the battlefield, the army will give one to each person, and after returning from the battlefield, they will put it away again. Therefore, there are very few metal nameplates, and those who wear them indicate that they are the most front-line fighters.
Now that Tang Jin has such a nameplate in his hand, he can't help but surprise Tang Shuang, is he going to the battlefield?
"You want to go to the battlefield?" Tang Shuang couldn't help but ask.
When Tang Hongjun heard this, his body stiffened, and then the momentum on his body changed significantly, and his cloudy eyes seemed to shine, and he looked at Tang Jin fiercely.
Tang Jin nodded at the two of them: "Yes, I want to go to the battlefield." ”
Tang Shuang asked, "Where to go?"
Donkin: "Africa. ”
People don't talk much, it's really annoying, Tang Shuang said: "Don't ask a word, tell me, grandpa is asking you." ”
Donkin recounted the incident at the moment, yesterday his unit's Marine Corps sent to Africa was ambushed and suffered heavy losses, a 12-man squad killed 8 people, and the other 4 were also seriously injured and are being rescued in a military hospital.
He simply talked about it, and he did not say where he was in Africa, nor did he say what mission he was on, what kind of ambush he encountered, what kind of forces the other side was, why he was ambushed, and so on.
Tang Shuang didn't ask, knowing that it was useless to ask, Tang Jin needed to keep it secret, and he wouldn't say it.
"Now the troops are going to send the marines over again, the mission over there has not yet been completed, and the time is very tight, I was notified last night. ”
After Tang Jin finished speaking, Tang Shuang immediately asked, "How many of you are going?"
Don Kim looked at him and didn't speak.
Tang Shuang: "Oh, I forgot not to ask that, I mean the army sent you?"
Don Kim nodded.
Tang Shuang: "Although I shouldn't ask that, I still want to know, can I not go?"
Donkin: "I officially replied to the troops at 12 noon today, so if you don't want to go, it's okay." I won't say no, though. ”
Tang Shuang was anxious: "My sister-in-law is about to give birth, you are still running to the war-torn place!"
Tang Jin's face struggled slightly, and he quickly said firmly: "When she was with me, I told her, and she understood that being a military wife is sometimes more difficult than being a soldier. ”
He looked at Tang Hongjun and said, "Grandpa will support me." ”
Tang Hongjun hung the nameplate in his hand on Tang Jin's neck and patted him on the shoulder, needless to say, his attitude has shown that he supports Tang Jin.
Tang Jin smiled: "I knew that grandpa would support me, rest assured, I will come back safely." ”
Tang Shuang pursed his lips and asked, "How long will it take?"
Donkin: "Half a year." ”
Tang Shuang said loudly: "My sister-in-law has given birth for half a year ??? half a year, and you won't get married? Isn't the wedding scheduled for the Spring Festival?"
Don Kim said calmly: "Then what can be done." ”
Tang Shuang: "Aren't you carrying out an unfinished task? Why does it take so long?"
Donkin: "Carrying out unfinished tasks is only one of them, and since you are at the front, you will not come down for a while." ”
Tang Shuang asked worriedly, "You won't have to go to the front like this in the future, right?"
Don Kim shrugged his shoulders, in fact, he didn't know.
Tang Shuang muttered: "Crazy, crazy, you, you must not have told your sister-in-law and auntie, did you reply at noon? ”
Donkin: "No, they can understand me, and this matter needs to be signed by the family." ”
Tang Shuang: "Aren't you an officer, why do you still have to go to the front line?"
Donkin: "The soldiers on the front line also have someone to command, and I am one of the commanders on the front line. ”
In the sit-in of the Tang Red Army just now, he was not thinking about whether to go to the front line, the battlefield was definitely going to go, he was meditating to relieve pressure. What if he gets into a desperate situation on the battlefield, he is not only responsible for himself, but also for the lives of dozens of soldiers under his hands, and the pressure comes like a mountain when he thinks of this.
If a soldier's pressure value is 10 and a commander has 10 people under his command, then the pressure on the commander will increase several times.
Tang Shuang looked at Tang Jin, and then at Tang Hongjun, knowing that what he said was useless.
The three of them sat for a while, Tang Jin and Tang were about to leave, and when they were about to leave the courtyard, Tang Hongjun, who was watching them leave, suddenly stood up, made some ahhhh
Don Kim immediately turned around and returned a standard military salute.
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On the way back, Tang Jin was silent, and when Tang Shuang drove him to the door, Tang Jin broke the silence and said, "Do me a favor." ”
Tang Shuang: "No problem. ”
There is no need to ask any favors between the brothers, they will agree first.
Tang Jin took out an envelope from his personal coat pocket, handed it to Tang Shuang, and said, "Help me keep this letter, if I come back successfully, you will return it to me, if I can't come back, you will hand it over to my father." ”
Tang Shuang's hand shook and almost threw the envelope, which was obviously a suicide note.
People who go to war will first write a suicide note, and then transcribe a copy. The originals are generally at their disposal, either directly to their families, or to relatives and friends for safekeeping, or they can also be handed over to the troops. The transcribed suicide note will be carried with you, and in case you die on the battlefield, this suicide note will be sent by the army to the family.
Now what Tang Jin handed over to Tang Shuang is the original of the suicide note.