Prior to this, Ren Xiaosu had never been to the west of Fortress 178.

The place outside the fortress is not as desolate as imagined, and Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin can still see many Northwest people cultivating and grazing in the wilderness when walking on the wilderness.

Zhang Jinglin explained: "The factories are all within the protection of the fortress, and you should have seen those factories when you came from Barrier 144, but if you want to cultivate and graze, it is more suitable for the northwest." The purpose of the outpost's existence is not only to inform the fortress in advance to prepare for battle, but also to buy time for the evacuation of these civilians engaged in production. ”

Ren Xiaosu nodded silently, the environment of the 178 fortress is special, and there are relatively few places that can be cultivated and grazing, so it must be fully utilized.

He suddenly asked, "When did it become a rule that the person who took over the commander had to walk through the outpost?"

"It was a long, long time ago," Zhang Jinglin said calmly: "The outpost is very miserable, some soldiers have been there for many years, exposed to the sun in the summer, and the roads are closed by ice and snow in the winter, and there is a lack of resources. The more important posts may have five or six people, which is not too lonely, but some posts only have two people, so you have to endure loneliness. ”

Zhang Jinglin continued: "Of course, the commander is comfortable staying in the fortress, but you must understand that those 178 outposts carry the most dangerous responsibilities of the war, and what they are experiencing. Just like I let you into the Knife Company, you have to be in the most dangerous places to understand what your every decision means. Only those who have been born and died with everyone are qualified to be this commander. ”

I have to say that the 178 fortress can attract Ren Xiaosu place, and it is probably this people-oriented spirit.

Zhang Jinglin said with a smile: "And this also has a psychological role, I don't know if you can understand it, hard-working people will look down on lazy people from the bottom of their hearts, if a commander has been to the sharp knife company and walked through all the outposts, he will look down on those bureaucrats who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and do not act." I didn't notice it at first, but then I realized that if I found out that a general was cheating, I would subconsciously say, 'Wouldn't you be ashamed to think of those lonely outpost soldiers, and then think of those brothers who were born and died on the front line?' ”

"Generally speaking, this is to let the commander of the fortress understand what the responsibility of a commander is," Zhang Jinglin said.

Walking to the outpost and entering the sharp knife company, these two things are like a unique inauguration ceremony.

In fact, Ren Xiaosu didn't understand it at first, since he was a candidate for commander, what if he was sent to the Sharp Knife Company if he really died, you must know that the battle sequence of the Sharp Knife Company, it is normal to have no one in a battle.

And it usually takes two months to walk to the outpost on foot, and the new commander still needs to be accompanied by the old commander.

But now he suddenly realized that the convention of Fortress 178 was to select a person worthy of the task from the most difficult road, and then carry the fate of the entire northwest.

When he was on the way to turn refugees in Daxing Northwest 2.0, Da Yu told Ren Xiaosu about the time when he went to the outpost.

Da Yu said that when he was at the outpost, his job after waking up every day was not to stay at the outpost, but to go out on patrol with a gun on his back.

In the cold winter season, a man walks up the mountain road with a gun on his back, sets off before dawn, and when he returns to the post in the evening, it is already dark.

The runny nose will freeze on the face, the shoes will be covered with a thin smoothie, and the cheeks will be red from the cold.

Don't dare to get too close to the campfire when you bake the fire in the outpost at night, because the sudden heating will make you feel bloated.

On the patrol road, his only chance to communicate with the outside world was to walk up to a hill called Tiger Ridge at 12 noon and wave to the sentry on another hill.

There was no overlap in the patrol routes of the two sides, and the closest places were the two hills.

Everyone tacitly arrived at the top of the mountain at 12 noon every day, and then waved their hands and continued to embark on their respective patrol paths.

Regardless of the wind, rain or snow, the two sentinels must rush to the top of the hill at 12 noon, and when they see that the other is there, they can get some solace in their souls.

It's not that everyone is too idle, it's because they're too lonely.

If this sentry is ready to leave after his service is over, he will definitely tell the new sentry: you must arrive at Tiger Ridge at 12 o'clock every day and wave to your comrades on the other side of the mountain, because he is waiting for you.

In the past 100 years, there have been 178 outposts since the establishment of the 178 Fortress, and these 178 outposts are like lonely stars and torches in the wilderness.

Ren Xiaosu said curiously: "Mr. Zhang shouldn't have known my strength at the beginning, right, aren't you afraid that I will die like this if you send me to the sharp knife?"

Zhang Jinglin said calmly: "I am only in my early forties, and I am still relatively young in the age of the commander, so if you really die in the war, I should have more time to choose the next one." You must know that some commanders only found suitable candidates in their seventies, and I am relatively lucky. ”

Ren Xiaosu raised her eyebrows: "Is it too late for me to run away now?"

"Of course it's too late," Zhang Jinglin laughed: "Didn't you say you shouldn't turn back?" ”

Many people think that Zhang Jinglin is serious and serious, but Ren Xiaosu has seen Zhang Jinglin's appearance when he was in the market town, and he actually understands that this product can be the commander of the 178 fortress because this product is also a hooligan in his bones.

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The first outpost was 80 kilometers northwest of Fortress 178, and Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin were expected to leave in the morning and arrive in the evening.

Then Zhang Jinglin found that he was so tired that he collapsed a little, but Ren Xiaosu still didn't have any.

This plan to go all over the outpost itself is also to hone the minds of previous commanders, so it is necessary to go on foot.

But the old commander, who estimated that he had set this rule before, did not expect that such a transcendent person with physical strength like a beast would be drilled into this commander, and the so-called experienced mind would not play its due role at all......

In Zhang Jinglin's plan, Ren Xiaosu has experienced too many battles in recent years and killed many people, this time he hopes that Ren Xiaosu's temperament can calm down, so that Ren Xiaosu has a chance to precipitate himself.

As a result, Ren Xiaosu didn't have anything to do, and this hike was more like honing Zhang Jinglin himself......

In the afternoon, Zhang Jinglin looked at the lively Ren Xiaosu and finally couldn't help it: "You go and carry a stone!"

Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment: "There was no such rule before, right?"

"Now there is," Zhang Jinglin said seriously.

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There are two more chapters in the evening