"This is my submariner! This is a member of the excellent collective of submarine 0021. Seeing that his subordinates were full of energy and high spirits, and they were not depressed because they did not have military merit medals, Jiang Haitao said happily, "That's it, I don't believe that everyone is less interested in sinking the Japanese and Soviets' submarines than in military merit medals." If you don't want to, I'll let him not go to sea next time.

In fact, if you think about it, many of our brothers in other submarines have not had the opportunity to participate in the war for many years, and we are lucky compared to them. At least we have fulfilled our wishes, seen the glory, achieved the results, and enjoyed the joy of fighting, what about them? Nothing. Many brothers in the base only know how to serve us in obscurity, and they can't even live normally, and have been living in the shadows. Although they did not go to war, they were also true heroes, unsung heroes worthy of our respect. Comrades, are you right? ”

"Yes!" The fighters replied loudly.

"I don't mean to say that everyone's credit is not great, it's not that the higher-level leaders don't value us, on the contrary, the higher-level leaders attach great importance to us, and the Central Military Commission specially sent a telegram for this. What I mean by these words is just to make comrades understand that we are not the only ones who have been wronged, and there are many more people who, like us, are silently dedicating themselves to the prosperity of our motherland, becoming stronger and bigger. They are not for fame, not for profit. We hope that our comrades will not be resentful because of this, and that we should accept the new tasks assigned to us by our superiors with full enthusiasm and accomplish them with the greatest efforts. Brothers, let me ask you again, are you still willing to fight the enemy with us again? ”

"Yes!" The fighters replied earnestly and loudly.

"Good! Then I ask everyone to calm down their excitement and go back to work now. Let's go home and rest for a while, and then strike again! Jiang Haitao waved his hand. Commanded loudly, as if all the warriors were in front of their eyes.

In his opinion, Guo Zhuocheng, the political commissar, was indeed a bit incompetent and did not take seriously the political and ideological work of the officers and men. He believed that the warriors were full of affection, and there was no need to do ideological work, so they did not do it.

However, this time Guo Shucheng said to Jiang Haitao: "Captain Jiang, arrange for me to say a few words." ”

Jiang Haitao was stunned. Hurriedly said into the microphone: "Comrades, please pay attention, now please ask our political commissar Guo to speak!" Many comrades may already know that this time it was our political commissar Guo who ordered an attack on the enemy's submarines. But there are some comrades who don't know, so I'll inform you here. This time, it was Political Commissar Guo who discovered that the enemy submarine was attempting to launch an attack on our submarine, and then we preemptively sank the enemy. He is a great contributor to our submarines, and now I invite him to speak. Everybody, stand upright! ”

Guo Zhuocheng said into the microphone: "Comrades, please take a break. ”

He paused. said: "Just now, Captain Jiang has already said the significance of this battle, and also said that the superior leaders have commended us, but because of the special situation, we will not and cannot accept public rewards. There may not be a military merit medal yet, but what I would like to tell you is that the organization will not and cannot forget our merits, even if there is no military merit medal now. We will have it in the future. Even if there are no rewards now, there will be in the future.

I can responsibly tell everyone. When you retire, or when you change jobs, your salary will increase, and you will have a meritorious service record in your file. Therefore, please rest assured, comrades, as long as you have done things for the country and made sacrifices for the country, the country will give you feedback and will remember us. The state may not recognize us publicly, but it certainly honors us privately. As soldiers, the only thing we have to do is to move forward bravely, that is, not to be afraid of sacrifice, and to overcome all difficulties to strive for victory. ”

After all, it is absolutely a good thing to be rewarded and to have a salary increase, and everyone wants to have a better life for themselves or their families in the future.

After Guo Zhuocheng finished speaking, the submarine floated to the periscope level, and the submarine safely and quickly approached the Night Pearl Island, and when the air was replaced and the battery was fully charged, it dived under the surface of the sea again.

By the time it rose to the surface of the sea again, the No. 0021 submarine had already entered the cave of Night Pearl Island and had already arrived at the berth in the cave.

Jiang Haitao stretched his head out of the lifting platform and habitually took a sharp breath of fresh air outside the boat.

"It's finally back!" He shouted loudly in his heart. He stepped up the stairs one step higher, his eyes scanning the submarine's surroundings. The base is still as clean and quiet as it was a month ago. Several ground crews are skillfully helping the sailors secure the submarine that has just come down.

Guo Zhuocheng was the third to walk out of the conning tower.

Ma Yanshu, the chief of staff who walked second, took Guo Zhuocheng's clothes, pointed to the shore and said, "Political Commissar Guo, look there!" ”

Looking in the direction of Ma Yanshu's fingers, Guo Zhuocheng and Jiang Haitao in front of them found that the lights on the shore were gradually getting brighter, and a huge sky-blue curtain was hung in the center in front of the cave, which was at least forty meters long and more than twenty meters high.

Just now, because the light in the cave was not strong, and the color of the curtain was the same as the usual color of the sea, Jiang Haitao, who walked in front, still didn't notice its storage.

As the spotlight gradually moved downward, a huge red flag posted on the curtain appeared in front of them.

It was so bright and dazzling that Guo Zhuocheng, who had just stretched out his head, was stunned, and his right hand was raised involuntarily.

"Salute!" Jiang Haitao, who walked in front, saw the flag of the motherland, and his calm heart suddenly became excited again, and he shouted loudly.

After the officers and soldiers who came out behind heard the command, they all solemnly raised their right hands together with Jiang Haitao, Guo Shucheng, and Ma Yanshu, and could not put it down for a long time.

When they stepped off the submarine, the lights illuminated the row of words under the national flag that was more than five meters high from the ground, and when they saw this row, they felt sweet in their hearts, which read: "Warmly welcome the victorious return of the officers and men of the submarine No. 0021!" ”。

The eight ground crews on the shore stood at the bow and stern of the boat, and they were always saluting them as they disembarked from the submarine. Jiang Haitao: They also gave them a serious return salute.

Standing under the bright national flag, the officers and men who came down from the submarine all felt that they were being embraced by a sense of affection, and tears involuntarily overflowed their eyes.

Although the national flag is not unfamiliar, and everyone has always had it in their hearts, they are still excited to see it at this moment.

Under the leadership of Jiang Haitao, Guo Zhuocheng, and Ma Yanshu, they silently lined up in front of the national flag, although their bodies were very tired, although their eyes were bloodshot, although their military uniforms were wrinkled, and although some people even had vomit ......, everyone's hearts were hot.

After all the officers and soldiers in the submarine arrived, Jiang Haitao ran forward, stood up and shouted loudly: "All line up!" Attention! ”

The sound of neatness and feet is so neat! Except for this sound, there was silence all around, and the breathing of the officers and soldiers seemed to have stopped.

This time, Guo Zhuocheng was lined up by Jiang Haitao's side, before Ma Yanshu.

Jiang Haitao turned back cleanly, and in the face of the national flag, he issued the voice of all the soldiers from his heart: "Salute to the national flag!" ”

A loud and solemn voice echoed in the cavern for a long time.

The hearts of the officers and men were excited, and the solemnly raised hands were trembling slightly.

Guo Zhuocheng was also infected, and his right hand was raised for a long and firm time, and his eyes fell firmly on the bright national flag.

Time is slowly slipping by, maybe ten seconds, maybe twenty seconds, maybe a minute. The hands of the officers and soldiers were still raised, and their eyes were still staring.

Suddenly, a loud, solemn, and powerful voice came from behind the curtain: "Salute to the heroes who have returned triumphantly!" ”

The curtain was rolled up silently and quickly, and did not stop until the bottom of the typesetting.

Soon the officers and men of the submarine saw the soldiers behind the curtain. Lined up in neat rows, they were raising their right hands and giving a solemn military salute to their group of patriotic soldiers, whose faces were full of surprise and exhaustion. Their eyes are eager, and at the same time, they can see that their hearts are as excited as they are.

In front of this platoon stood three servicemen in general's uniforms, who were also saluting the heroic submarine officers and men. Their position with Jiang Haitao was less than five meters, and although they were generals, they saluted so seriously and strictly.

When Jiang Haitao and the others recognized who the three generals standing in front of them were, tears welled up in their eyes.

Jiang Haitao shouted loudly again: "Salute!" His voice trembled slightly with excitement.

The three generals stepped forward after putting down their hands, and a lieutenant general grabbed Jiang Haitao's hand and said, "Captain Jiang, hard work!" ”

But it was a general who shook hands with Guo Zhuocheng, who grabbed Guo Zhuocheng's hand and whispered: "Comrade Guo Zhuocheng, thank you!" ”

Another general with the rank of lieutenant general shook Ma Yanshu's hand.

These three generals are Admiral Liu Zhengbang, commander of the Navy, Vice Admiral Gong Dingguo, commander of the South China Sea Fleet, and the other is a leader of the General Political Department with the rank of vice admiral.

Guo Zhuocheng smiled and whispered: "Yes, thank you for the leader's trust in me." ”

At this time, the officers and men of the submarine had not yet recovered from the shock.

Some officers and soldiers still asked themselves in their hearts: "Didn't you say that you would not give public commendations?" They are all here, even if they don't commend it, it's more grand than the usual commendation. ”

"Oh my God, the commanders of the Navy are here. That's too high, isn't it? Some officers and soldiers were sighing.

"What exactly did we sink a submarine? Alarming so many big officials? Someone turned their searching eyes on Guo Zhuocheng, "How can he judge that the submarine is so important at once?" ”

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