After the two introverts who didn't seem to talk much opened their chatterbox, they were out of control, and they chatted for nearly an hour before they temporarily stopped. (Read the novel to the leaves・Yo~Yo.YZuU.) Please remember our website) (Chengdu: hand-hitting) This is not that after an hour of chatting, there is nothing to say between the two people, but it is already lunch time, no matter how enjoyable the conversation is, it is impossible to affect the belly.

Among the three people, especially Cheng Zhichao's stomach screamed the loudest. After hearing the cooing, the old soldier and Xiao Lang were stunned, and then showed a knowing smile. The veteran's eyes flashed, and he stood up: "Patronizing and talking, I forgot about eating, you wait for a while, I'll cook, and you two will go down the mountain after eating." ”

"Do you want to eat a little bit back?" Cheng Zhichao was secretly surprised, he never dreamed that this veteran would be so hospitable, and he would even cook and entertain the two of them personally. I vaguely felt that something was wrong in my heart, but he was a new soldier, and he had never had any right to speak in front of this kind of veteran, so he could only say what people said and what he did, although he felt that it was not appropriate, but he couldn't speak out against it.

Compared with him, Xiao Lang's military age is longer, but in front of this veteran, he is just a rookie egg, and he also has no right to speak, and he can't speak out. Seeing that the veteran had already taken out the rice and vegetables, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to start his work, so he hurriedly stood up and followed: "Squad leader, you rest for a while, I'll come." ”

The old soldier smiled: "You two are guests from afar, how can you be embarrassed to let you do it, or I will come." ”

"Squad leader, don't shirk it, if we let our squad leader know that you will entertain us, he won't scold me so much that I have to find a crack in the ground to get into? Unless you want me to go back and be scolded. ”

As soon as he said this, the veteran couldn't let him be idle, so he had to get out of the way, sat back on the chair, his eyes were blazing, he turned his eyes to Cheng Zhichao again, and asked kindly: "Young man, what's your name?" ”

Cheng Zhi was taken aback, respect and respect, but the old squad leader who loves to talk to people is obviously very bored when Xiaolang goes to cook, and he hits the idea on himself, he doesn't have so much to say, the only way is to make a long story as short as possible, the advantage of this is that it does not reject people thousands of miles away, but also gives the other party a hint that he is actually a shy person and does not say much, he sat up straight at the moment, and replied with a straight look: "Report to the squad leader, my name is Cheng Zhichao." ”

The old squad leader smiled and said: "Relax, there are not so many rules in my place, there is no need to be as serious as in other places, although I am much older than you, but the PLA family does not distinguish between officers and soldiers, they are all comrades-in-arms, and there is not so much attention." Xiao Cheng, how old are you this year? Judging by your age, it seems that you are a little older than the average person. ”

This old squad leader doesn't know if he has been alone for a long time, and there is very little communication with others, so the way of thinking is different from ordinary people, just one sentence, contains a lot of information, and there is not much logical relationship in it. When he was talking to Xiao Lang, Cheng Zhichao hadn't reacted much, and now it was his turn to talk to himself, Young Master Cheng couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable, his brain was running at high speed for a while, and he could barely digest the information in his words, but he still didn't dare to relax himself as he said, and forced out a smile: "Twenty-two, a few years older than other recruits." ”

"Twenty-two?" The veteran's brows furrowed: "When did the army change the rules?" Aren't they all 18 to 20 years old? I've seen people come to join the army at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and I've never seen anyone in their twenties who can still enlist in the army, how did you enlist? ”

Cheng Zhichao saw that his brows were tightly locked, his face was incredulous, and he hurriedly said: "I don't know the specific situation, but I enlisted directly in the university, it seems that the age of college students enlisting in the army is different from the age of local ordinary young people enlistment, and the nature is different, so the age group is relatively relaxed." At my age, I should have caught a tail. As for whether there is a rule on the age of enlistment after graduation, I don't know. ”

When the veteran heard that Cheng Zhichao turned out to be a college student recruit, he couldn't help but be in awe, and he rubbed his hands excitedly: "Oh, you turned out to be a college student?" ”,

"It's not a good university, I guess if I can be admitted to key universities such as Peking University and Tsinghua University, I'm afraid I won't be able to come."

His words were just polite, but he didn't expect the veteran to think so: "This is not bad, those college students from prestigious universities are too late to make money, and it is absolutely impossible for them to come here to suffer this crime." However, you are not college students from prestigious universities, but you are more enthusiastic than them. ”

Cheng Zhichao secretly thought that Lao Tzu actually didn't have such a high consciousness, if he hadn't been caught by the old man, Lao Tzu would still be living the days of his wife and children hot kang head, and he wouldn't have come all the way here to suffer this crime.

Thinking like this in his heart, he said: "Those students of prestigious universities are the elite of the elite, in a word, there are more important things waiting for them to do, and if they are allowed to run to serve as soldiers, it is a bit overkill." ”

"Yes, yes, the elite, the elite of the elite." The veteran nodded and echoed a few words, the expression on his face was not shocked, and Cheng Zhichao couldn't tell whether he really thought that those people were the elite of the elite, or he was talking back there, so he had to laugh and say nothing.

The veteran sighed a few words, changed his words, stretched out his finger and pointed at him, and said: "I have been in the army for more than 20 years, and I am older than you, but this is the first time I have seen a recruit with such a high degree of education as you. Well, you're also an elite, an elite of the elite. ”

Praised by this, Cheng Zhichao couldn't help but be flattered, and hurriedly humbled a few words. The veteran seemed to have found a topic of interest, and kept asking Cheng Zhichao about some things in college, as if he wanted to dig out some happy things. But Cheng Zhichao's study and life in the university are boring, and the only wonderful thing is the things he dealt with Fang Xiaochen and Fang Yueyuan, Zheng Huaizhu, Zhang Cheng and others, but there are too many ulteriors in it, and they must not be told to him. Besides, he didn't dare to talk too excitingly, lest this old man be addicted to it, it would be bad.

First, there was really nothing exciting, and secondly, under Cheng Zhichao's deliberate simplification, the veteran couldn't help but sigh, and was about to ask something else, but at this time, Xiaolang had already prepared the meal and beckoned the two of them to come over for dinner, which finally saved Cheng Zhichao's life. 【】【】

The food is very simple, the food standard in the normal army, especially the lunch should be four dishes and one soup, but this radar station is only the veteran, so it is not so particular. Xiao Lang's hands and feet are still relatively quick, in a short period of time he actually made three dishes, and also simmered a pot of rice in a rice cooker, the only regret is that it is not his turn to go to the chef school for training, and the dishes made are much worse in color and taste than the certified cooking squad leader.

The veteran's interest was quite high, and until the end of the meal, his face was full of spring breeze, and it seemed that if it weren't for the rules of the army that alcohol was not allowed, maybe this old man would have to have a drunk with these two little brothers who were about the same age as his own son. It wasn't until more than one o'clock in the afternoon that he saw that he couldn't keep the two of them anymore, so he reluctantly let the two go down the mountain.

After turning a few corners, he couldn't see the radar station anymore when he turned around, Cheng Zhichao let out a sigh of relief, and secretly said a terrible sound, thinking that such an unremarkable veteran tossed Lao Tzu, and it was on par with Fang Xiaochen, who had been pampered since childhood, it seemed that the army was really a place where the dragon and the tiger were hidden.

In the radar station, Xiao Lang's mouth was broken like a long-tongued woman who was pulling his wife's tongue everywhere, but when he left the radar station and walked on the path, the long-tongued woman immediately turned into a stuffy gourd again. In addition to the rustling sound of the two people walking, Cheng Zhichao's ears were the sound of birds singing and flowing water, and this guy didn't speak again.

But Cheng Zhichao was full of curiosity about the veteran, if he didn't ask to understand, it would be really itchy, since Xiaolang didn't speak, then he could only take the initiative to ask for an understanding. Anyway, apart from the two of them, there was no one else, and there were many fewer scruples between veterans and recruits. At the moment, he walked a few steps quickly, and caught up with Xiao Lang who was walking in front with an empty basket on his back: "Squad leader, squad leader, you go slowly, I have something I want to ask you." ”

Xiao Lang slowed down and didn't look back: "After saying most of the time, you're not tired at all?" Why is there anything else to ask? ”

"It's because I have been talking for a long time that the conversation box has been opened, and the whole spirit has been in a state of excitement, so I can't hold back my words." Cheng Zhichao's shoulders moved a few times, adjusted the position of the back basket, and said as he walked. ,

"You want to ask me about Squad Leader Fu, right?"

"This guy is smart, he already knows before I even ask." Cheng Zhichao smiled, "This old squad leader looks quite old." ”

"That is, I heard our squad leader say that when his squad leader was a soldier, Squad Leader Fu was already in our army. For more than 20 years, the recruits who joined the army at the same time as him stayed in the army, and the youngest who remained in the army was a deputy regiment-level cadre, but this squad leader was still a soldier. In terms of qualifications, he is also on an equal footing with the head of our training group. ”

Cheng Zhichao stuck out his tongue: "Then this squad leader Fu must be irreplaceable in terms of technology." ”

"I can't say that." Xiao Lang's eyelids twitched a few times, and he licked his lips, "In terms of technology, Squad Leader Fu can indeed be called a master, but in our army, there are people who are better than him in technology, but our division ...... It should be our brigade, but his position is irreplaceable. ”

Cheng Zhichao was curious: "I don't understand, according to common sense, he is engaged in technology, if his status is irreplaceable, then there can only be one possibility, that is, his technology is unsurpassed." He is now a fifth-class non-commissioned officer, and as far as I know, being a soldier can reach the level of his level, which is not a height that ordinary people can achieve. ”

Xiao Lang snorted: "Level 5 non-commissioned officer, what's the use?" You just said that according to common sense, his position is irreplaceable, and there is only one possibility, that is, his technology can be surpassed by no one. If this is according to common sense, there is nothing wrong with it, those veterans of the maintenance company, as long as they can set the fourth level, are basically technical masters. But you also said it, that's common sense. It's just that this old squad leader can't be said with common sense. ”

Cheng Zhichao scratched the back of his head: "Can't you use common sense? Could it be that there are other factors? ”

Xiao Lang stopped, found a stone on the side of the road and sat down under his buttocks. Reached out and took out half a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out two cigarettes, and handed one to Cheng Zhichao: "Since you are so curious, I will tell you about the squad leader, smoke a cigarette first." ”

Cheng Zhichao politely declined, he does not smoke. When I was a child, I didn't smoke because Cheng Weiguo was strict, and he didn't have the courage at all, and when he grew up, Fang Xiaochen hated smoking men. No matter when I was a child or when I grew up, someone took care of it, and the habit of smoking has never been formed.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Xiao Lang was not polite, put the cigarette given to him back into the cigarette case, stuffed another cigarette into his mouth and lit it, took a deep breath, and after spitting out two smoke rings, he said slowly: "In fact, Squad Leader Fu's position in our brigade is irreplaceable, not because of how good his skills are, but because of the word loneliness." ”

"Lonely?" Cheng Zhichao seemed to understand a little, but he didn't fully understand, so he had to listen quietly.

"The radar station was erected more than 20 years ago, when we were not a teaching brigade here, but a material warehouse. At that time, we were fighting with the south, and this was far from the border, and although it was not close, it was not far away, and if the Vietnamese wanted to carry out a sneak attack, they could put this place at any time. ”

"It's hundreds of kilometers away from the border, so can the Vietnamese really infiltrate us hundreds of kilometers deep and wreak havoc?"

"I haven't dealt with them, so I don't know if they have the ability to do this, but even if their people can't get over, the plane can finally come, right? Besides, what if someone from someone else really infiltrates me? Don't underestimate those Vietnamese, they are no worse than us in their tricks, so it is necessary to build a radar station. ”

Although Cheng Zhichao had doubts about the air force of the Vietnamese at that time, he was already impatient when he listened to Xiaolang's words, and he didn't dare to interject indiscriminately, just nodded his head in a series of ways.

I only heard Xiaolang continue: "At that time, the radar station was a new thing, and there were not too many people who knew this business, and the radar station was built, and the problem arose, that is, I didn't know who should be sent to guard it." If you send someone who doesn't understand anything up and can't figure it out, this radar station will be built in vain. But if you send a skilled person up, you don't know where to go to find this person. Besides, you have also seen the conditions of the radar station, who is willing to nest there if the technology is really good? Just when the leader was worried, the squad leader Fu stood up. ”

Cheng Zhichao's scalp exploded, and before he knew it, a layer of fine goosebumps appeared on his body, and he couldn't help but hold his hands in front of his chest, and asked with wide eyes: "You mean, from that time on, squad leader Fu has been guarding the radar station?" ”,

"You're right." Xiao Lang recalled the conditions of the radar station, and his face was also shocked: "It is said that although the education of squad leader Fu is not too high, he usually likes to engage in radio or something, and compared with others, he finally has a little advantage, and the leaders of the army sent him as soon as he studied it." At that time, it was said that at most, let him work on it for a year or two, and when the border was too peaceful, let him come down. But who would have thought that a dozen on the border side would be more than ten years, so Squad Leader Fu has never been removed. ”

Cheng Zhichao said "wow", if it is two people stationed, that radar station is really a good place, at least it is a paradise for lazy people, at least there is no need to go out to exercise every day, and there is no need to worry about someone checking internal affairs. But if you are stationed alone, you can't find someone to talk to, and this kind of loneliness is really not something that ordinary people can bear. At least he asked himself if he couldn't stand it.

Hearing this, he finally understood a little why Xiao Lang said that no one could replace the position of squad leader, but for some reason, Young Master Cheng suddenly felt bitter and sour, and a lonely veteran seemed to appear in front of him, stationed alone at the radar station, his chest was stuffy for a while, but he didn't know how to resolve this depressing feeling.

After a long while, he asked in a low voice: "Then for so many years, the army has not considered replacing people?" ”

"It's not that the troops haven't thought about it, but there really is no one who wants to go up. Not to mention others, even the wife of the squad leader has come to the army to talk to the leader dozens of times, which is nothing more than begging the leader to be gracious and let their old Fu go home as soon as possible, so that their family can be reunited. But the leaders of the army have no choice, there is a shortage of talents, and on several occasions, the leaders said that as long as the squad leader Fu brought out an apprentice who was willing to stay there, he would let him retire and go home. But when the squad leader brought the apprentices out, they were either transferred away, or because they would rather choose to leave the army than stay there. In this way, the old squad leader has never been successful, and he has stayed for more than 20 years. ”

"My God, no wonder he can set the fifth level, I think his position is really irreplaceable."

"The current squad leader Fu has become a symbol of our brigade, what is the spirit of the old scalper, hehe. I heard that the son of the squad leader Fu was also admitted to the university last year, it seems to be what Shijiazhuang Army Academy or what college, I can't remember clearly, it is said that the score was not enough, it seems that the army came forward to help do it, I have seen a few years of his son graduated, maybe he will be scored to our army, at that time it will be lively, Lao Tzu is a soldier, his son is an official, I really don't understand whether Lao Tzu is in charge of his son, or his son is in charge of Lao Tzu. ”

After saying that, Hehe laughed.

Leopard Hidden Chapter 273 Loneliness is irreplaceable (text)