Chapter 27 The joust begins

There was a drizzle in the sky, and suddenly there was a cool and refreshing feeling on my face.

Zhang Keqiang silently stood in the A Army competition arena and watched the drizzle falling in the sky, listening to the shouts and cheers around him, and when he saw the excited officers and soldiers from various military regions around the competition ground, his heart was full of reluctance.

'Alas' he sighed, and sighed in his heart, "This may be the last time I compete with the elites of various military regions, who can know the helplessness in my heart and the nostalgia for the army, let me use the heat in my heart to ignite the entire martial arts arena today!" Get the honor that should belong to me as a soldier for yourself, and let you see what is the strongest soldier king. It can also be regarded as a reward for the comrades-in-arms of the art troupe who supported me, so that in the future, all the officers and soldiers will give a thumbs up when they mention the art troupe, and the A Army Art Troupe is a cow, and my father who lives in my memory will give a satisfactory answer. ”

Commander Xu stood up from the stool on the rostrum and glanced at the commanders and chiefs of staff from various military regions sitting in the referee's seat with him.

He walked to the center of the stage with firm and powerful steps, took the loudspeaker, and said loudly to the dense officers and soldiers in the audience; "Today is a time to show the strength of the military, I am very excited to stand here, here are 10,000 elite soldiers selected from our various military regions to compete for the strongest soldier king, you can see this historical moment, I think you are as excited as I am, I will not say more, the whole army competition officially began, first of all, a thousand meters of obstacles to cross."

After listening to Commander Xu's speech, the officers and men in the audience burst into deafening applause and cheers.

When the elite soldiers from various military regions heard the guns of the starters on the competition field, they all rushed towards one obstacle after another like arrows off the string, and the scene was like a galloping of thousands of horses.

The officers and men outside the stadium were cheering for the soldiers of their military region participating in the competition, and the scene could no longer be described as hot.

At this moment, Zhang Keqiang is as fast as a leopard when he runs, and as flexible as a monkey when he encounters obstacles.

A group of elite fighters who were thrown away by Zhang Keqiang looked at his back and muttered in their hearts; "This guy is still not human! Why are you so perverted, let's play. “

The officers and soldiers of A outside the field rang out with a deafening shout; "Come on Zhang Keqiang・・・・・・・・・ Zhang ・・・・・・・ Zhang Keqiang ・・・・・・・・・ good, Zhang Keqiang, you are the best ・・・・・・・."

A few soldiers in the team of a certain military region who were watching the game began to discuss. "Ah, that's Zhang Keqiang who sings in the A Army Art Troupe! Doesn't it mean that he can only write and sing songs, and the quality of individual soldiers is very poor, why is he so perverted. "Yes, if our military region loses to the literary and artistic soldiers of a literary and art troupe, what should the officers and men of the combat units of our military region think?" "Alas, Army A is too lacking in morality, putting such a powerful person in the art troupe, this is a slap in the face of the soldiers of various military regions!" "Hmph, what are you anxious about, this is just an obstacle block, when the time comes, it will be better than shooting, five-kilometer cross-country, reconnaissance, survival in the wild, and military physical combat, he may not be able to do it, and then let Zhang Keqiang, a literary soldier, see how powerful we are."

At the same time, this scene was staged in the ranks of various military regions.

When Zhang Keqiang reached the finish line, he wiped a handful of dirt on his face with his hands, and silently looked back at the elites of the various military regions behind him who were still working hard, and did not show a smile because he arrived at the finish line early, and his eyes inadvertently revealed a sadness that was difficult for ordinary people to understand.

When everyone in the race reached the finish line, they all looked at Zhang Keqiang, who was standing not far away, and there was a trace of admiration in their eyes.

In this way, the competition is carried out one by one. Whenever a competition is completed, the officers and soldiers watching each game will collectively be silent for a moment when they see Zhang Keqiang's outrageous results, and then cheers will erupt when the game has been eliminated from 10,000 to only 100.

Commander Xu on the stage picked up the excited horn and shouted; "Today is a memorable day, because we have witnessed a soldier king with the strongest individual quality, so to speak, he convinces everyone here that this moment should belong to him, who do you say he is?"

As soon as Commander Xu finished speaking, he heard a deafening and neat shout from the audience; "Zhang Keqiang・・・・・・・・ Zhang Keqiang, Zhang Keqiang・・・・・・."

At this time, the faces of every officer and soldier were full of admiration, and they excitedly shouted Zhang Keqiang's name

Commander Xu on the stage pressed his hand with a smile, and the officers and soldiers below were silent again.

Commander Xu smiled loudly and said; "We should have invited our strongest soldier Zhang Keqiang to come to the stage to tell us a few words, and also tell us why he can be far ahead in various competitions and create a miracle that no one can complete, do you think it's okay?"

Dressed in a muddy military uniform, his face has been covered by sweat, mud and rain, and Zhang Keqiang's true face.

He walked towards the rostrum with firm and powerful steps, accompanied by the shouts of good education around him.

When he walked to the center of the rostrum, he gave a standard military salute to the old generals on the stage, and then gave a military salute to the officers and soldiers under the stage, took Commander Xu's horn, and did not have the previous cynicism, but said loudly with a sad tone; "I, Zhang Keqiang, am not as great as Commander Xu and his old man said, but I am different from most people's families here."

Saying this, Zhang Keqiang fell into silence. The old generals on the stage and the officers and soldiers on the stage pricked up their ears and did not disturb Zhang Keqiang's contemplation, the scene was quiet, and only the sound of drizzling rain could be heard.

It didn't take long for Zhang Keqiang to wake up from his contemplation.

said with a tone of nostalgia and self-reproach; "When I was very young, my father was very strict with me, 'think about it' those memorable years, when I was a child and saw other children playing happily, but I couldn't, I had to work hard every day to complete the tasks my father gave me. At that time, I was full of resentment towards my father, and I thought he didn't like me, so I spent a long time. "Until the winter of 1979, when it was snowing heavily, it was really cold, and I had just finished running 10 kilometers with weights that my father had given me every morning."

For the first time, my father didn't let me train in any other subject, but called me to my thirteen-year-old alone and said to me; "Xiaoqiang, you are already a man, Dad is about to rush to the battlefield in Vietnam, I don't know if Dad can come back alive, if I can't come back alive, you have to take care of your mother and your born sister."

When I heard my father say this, I complained to him; "Why are you going to the battlefield, is the whole country just a soldier?"

My father gave me a resounding slap in the face when he heard my words, and said sternly; "Your father is a soldier, when the country needs me, as a soldier to obey unconditionally, our family is just a small family, the country is our real everyone, when the country is insulted, if as a defender of the country does not pick up a steel gun to defend him, then he insults the sacred profession of the soldier, Zhang Keqiang, you remember, no matter if you hate me, you can blame me, but you are my Zhang Desheng's son, but also a soldier's son, today's words can not be said in the future." "At that time, I didn't understand why my father said this, and when my father left, I used my father's military skills to fight and brawl everywhere, causing trouble, until one day when my father's old comrades-in-arms handed me a death notice and a copy of my father's diary, I was stunned and couldn't believe what had happened. When I remembered my father's explanation when he left, I didn't cry, I couldn't let my pregnant mother know about my father's sacrifice, and I forced my face to laugh at home every day. In the dead of night, I opened my father's diary, and on the first page of the diary I wrote;

"In 1966, when everyone was celebrating the arrival of the New Year, I Zhang Desheng spent it at the door of the hospital delivery room with nervousness and excitement and worry, until the baby's cry came from the delivery room, I was relieved, when the nurse handed the baby with a small face to my hands, I felt my heart beat faster, looking at the child in my arms an indescribable feeling welled up in my heart, this may be a father's feeling, I made a decision to record every day of my son's growth, For this goal, I have to make it ・・・・・・・ habit of keeping a diary. ”

"In 1971, I looked at my five-year-old son, who could already do some simple training, and I wanted to teach him my skills, so that he could become a qualified soldier when he grew up・・・・・・・ but every day I saw my young son work so hard, I felt so distressed, and I had the urge to give up, but whenever I thought that if I was a qualified soldier, I couldn't even endure this hardship, how could I talk about protecting my family and defending ・・・・・・・・・the country."

"On the first day of the Lunar New Year in 1979, a new round of charges was about to be launched, and I don't know if I can come back alive in this charge, my wife at home should be about to give birth, and I don't know if Xiaoqiang's little guy listened to her mother's '''''''''''''''words at home."

When Zhang Keqiang finished telling the past from childhood to adulthood.

The soldiers on and off the stage unconsciously stood up and looked at Zhang Keqiang and said in unison; "Salute to Comrade Zhang Keqiang's father, as well as to my comrades who sacrificed on the battlefield."