At five o'clock in the morning, the sky was dark and full of stars, and it was a clear sky. After the strong typhoon, the outside of the disaster area has even taken on a new look. At this time, most of them are still asleep, but there are exceptions.

When several people noticed that the convoy of troops had driven out of various temporary camps, they immediately realized that the troops were leaving. They immediately called and sent friends to their friends, and in a very short period of time, more and more people came out of their homes and took to the streets. Immediately, some people judged the route of the troop convoy and spontaneously organized themselves and ran to the front to bid farewell.

Grassroots organizations in the streets, communities, and so on have been prepared for a long time, and all kinds of farewell banners and condolences have been prepared a few days in advance, just waiting for the day when the troops will withdraw. These grassroots organizations are manned 24 hours a day, report to the police as soon as they receive the news, and act quickly in accordance with the established plan.

But their movements were clearly not as fast as the masses.

In the past few days, officers and men of the unit have been seen everywhere, and they will appear wherever they are needed; no matter when or what they do, no matter how hard, dirty, or tiring their work is, they cannot shake their firm conviction. The local people saw it in their eyes and touched their hearts. In times of desperation, the divine soldiers from heaven overcame all difficulties, and these divine soldiers were the people's soldiers.

For middle-aged people in their forties and fifties, these soldiers are as old as their own children, and their children are either going to college or have just entered the society and need financial support from their families, or they have become gnawing at the old clan when they have achieved nothing, while these soldiers of ordinary age are already working hard for others.

In contrast, the judgment was made.

The people's army is for the people, and the people's army loves the people. The familiar slogans that can often be heard, to say a heart-wrenching word, unless a disaster comes, few people will think of such a group of people who are silently dedicating. Obviously, the people in the disaster area of Shuidan Town feel this very deeply.

From saving the masses from fire and water at critical moments to helping the masses return to normal production and life as soon as possible, the people's soldiers are fighting on the front line. They also have parents, and they are also the hearts and minds of their parents at home, but wearing a military uniform is like adding invulnerable armor to the front line.

The masses in the disaster-stricken areas have been deeply moved by the bits and pieces of the past few days, and their respect for the people's army has reached the highest peak, and their love for the soldiers has reached the highest peak.

At this time, the soldiers did not want to cause trouble to the masses of the people and had to leave quietly, which could not be agreed under any circumstances.

In just a few minutes, tens of thousands of people gathered on both sides of the streets out of the city, holding all kinds of pre-prepared gifts in their hands, and some pulled up banners. After a while, all the street lights on both sides of the street were lit up, and the government departments responded quickly after receiving the news.

A part of the masses spontaneously formed a group to report on the situation of the troops, and promptly sent out the situation of the troops to inform the masses of the farewell in the middle of the road to update their positions.

Political Commissar Yuan's domineering off-road vehicle is the head car, and Li Zewen is the driver. Seeing that the street lights suddenly turned on, and more and more people gathered on both sides of the road to put up farewell banners, Li Zewen was taken aback and hurriedly asked for instructions, "Political commissar, our plan has been exposed." ”

"Expected." Political Commissar Yuan did not feel that there was any fuss; in the case of non-military operations, the secrecy of the troops' actions was very lenient, and they would even take the initiative to inform the outside world of information, and it was impossible for the troops to withdraw quietly, and it was certain that a part of the masses would be awakened.

However, when he received the report that there were crowds of people on both sides of the route out of the city, he was still surprised. The sheer number of people was unexpected, and the adequacy of the preparation of the masses was unexpected. The speed of the local government's response was also unexpected, indicating that they have been preparing these days.

"Commissar, what should I do?" Li Zewen asked, "The front seems to be blocked." ”

As he spoke, the crowds on both sides of the road in front of him walked down the street one after another, holding farewell banners and carrying various gifts, and the wide road was soon sandwiched into a small path by the masses on both sides, and Li Zewen had to slow down. It can be seen that the emotions of the masses of the people are very excited, and they have not had a chance to express their love for the soldiers in the past few days, and now that the troops are leaving, it will be too late to express them. However, they did not lose their minds, and still reminded themselves not to interfere with the actions of the troops.

However, how can the troops turn a blind eye to this situation?

"Parking?" Li Zewen asked again.

Political Commissar Yuan thought about it and said, "Slow down and pay attention to safety, but don't stop." ”

"Understood." Li Zewen controlled the speed of the car at 20 kilometers per hour.

The marching speed of the mobile column composed of hundreds of military vehicles slowed down suddenly, and the masses rushed up without hesitation to trot along with the military vehicles, trying to shoehorn their contents into the vehicles.

Li Shuai sat on the right side of the co-pilot of the eight-wheeled heavy-duty military truck, Su Pingguo was in the middle, and the eight-wheeled heavy-duty military truck behind was led by Chen Xueer and Zhu Wei, which was all the strength of the two platoons. Chen Xueer originally wanted to take a car with Li Shuai, because Niu Jun wanted to take the organ's commuter car to shoot the material of the troops' maneuvering back to the camp, so this was a good opportunity to be alone with Li Shuai. But Chen Xue'er was angry when she saw Li Shuai's expression of not recognizing her six relatives, and she sat down with Zhu Wei in a fit of anger.

More and more people swarmed in, and more and more people gathered around and ran after the vehicle, talking excitedly to the officers and men in the car.

Li Shuai was very worried and said, "Xiao Zhang slowed down a little and paid attention to the sides of the vehicle." ”

"Handsome squad leader, I'm already very slow." The driver Xiao Zhang was so nervous that he was not afraid of running into people, but he was afraid that the crowd would be too excited to bump into him, in which case a good thing would turn into a bad thing and then spread thousands of miles.

The road in front was probably blocked, and the car in front stopped, and then I saw the cadres with the car in front of me getting out of the car and explaining something to the enthusiastic crowd. Li Shuai couldn't sit idly by when he saw this situation, and he and Su Pingguo hurriedly got out of the car. As soon as they got out of the car, they were surrounded by the crowd.

"Comrade! We're not going to stop you when you're leaving! But these are our hearts, and you must accept them! ”

"yes, yes! In the past few days, you haven't eaten a mouthful of our food or water, and you have to appreciate it if we send something away! ”

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gossiping, and then someone who was smart stuffed things into the hands of Li Shuai and Su Pingguo, and turned around and left. Where have Li Shuai and Su Pingguo seen this formation, they were blinded all of a sudden, and they could only keep emphasizing discipline.

"Uncle and aunt, we really can't accept it, the army is disciplined, we can't take a stitch from the masses, it's really not good, please understand, please understand!" Li Shuai explained loudly.

One of the lads cried out, "It's not you who took it, it's what we stuffed for you!" Comrade of the People's Liberation Army! No, you have failed our kindness! ”

"It's good to say it anyway, if you can't take it, you can't take it, please understand, please understand!" Su Pingguo kept waving his hand and shaking his head in refusal.

On the one hand, the enthusiastic masses must stuff gifts into the officers and men, and on the other hand, the officers and men who scrupulously abide by the three major disciplines and the eight points of caution and resolutely refuse to accept them. Similar scenes are happening on various sections of the route out of town. What are the gifts? Fruits, eggs, milk, snacks are the mainstay, and there are also down-to-earth ones, such as live chickens.

When Political Commissar Yuan saw this situation, he realized that the military and civilians were almost here, and decisively gave orders to all the cars to continue to drive. The cadres and backbones with the car quickly got into the car, and the driver accelerated slowly.

When the crowd saw this situation, they immediately became anxious, and ran behind the car without doing anything, throwing the things in their hands into the carriage with "hey, hey, hey, hey", whether you want to take it away anyway.

This situation surprised the soldiers in the carriage, and they didn't know how to deal with it, so they hurriedly asked their superiors. Before the superiors replied, the crowd threw gifts into the carriage smoothly.

Soon Political Commissar Yuan issued instructions: "Handle it according to the specific situation, and neither hurt the hearts of the masses nor violate discipline." ”

Yes, this indicates that everyone is confused, what kind of order is this, no matter how you look at it, it is two requirements that cannot be taken into account! The officers and men had no choice but to push what they could, and those who were far away could be thrown into the carriage with all their might, and there were not many things that could be thrown in forcefully after all, and most of the people who chose this method were young people, and people of a certain age were chasing the car and must hand over the gifts to the officers and soldiers.

Regardless of what the superiors think, the feelings of the recruits are very, very good, and everyone has the same feeling - any effort in the past is worth it. A few disgruntled recruits have long since disappeared from the resentment in their hearts. For the first time, they understood the phrase "the sacred mission of the military."

The independent platoon of female recruits smiled and refused the gifts of the masses and then asked everyone to withdraw to both sides of the road so as not to affect the movement of the convoy. They are so happy, because of the injuries of Li Fengxiang and Chen Xiao in the past few days, the atmosphere in the platoon is very depressing, and everyone does not feel sorry at this time.

The small vehicles of the agency hurriedly ran back and forth, using loudspeakers to persuade the enthusiastic crowd, and finally managed to reluctantly return the convoy to its normal speed.

Political Commissar Yuan suddenly informed Li Shuai, "Li Shuai! Your platoon is adjusted to the end, changed to the rear car, and is responsible for picking up some of the officers and soldiers of the police dispatch! ”

"Received, received!"

Li Shuai asked the driver to pull over and slow down and stop, waiting for all the vehicles behind him to pass. The eight-wheeled heavy-duty military truck they sit in is much larger than the four-ton military truck in the front two and the fourth in the back, and there is no problem in sitting 40 people without being fully armed. The police dispatch detachment reported that there were seven or eight officers and soldiers guarding several intersections in front of them who needed to send another car to pick them up, and Political Commissar Yuan handed over this task to Li Shuai.

After the last car passed, Li Shuai's car followed.

At this time, He Biting, Zhang Xiaoran, and Fang Yasong, the three squad leaders who were sitting at the back of the carriage, saw a boy running and chasing after him, and looked at Feng Liang. He Biting hurriedly used the walkie-talkie to report to Li Shuai.

Feng Liang ran from the hospital, and when he learned that the troops were leaving, he picked up a small bag of hard-boiled eggs and rushed out of the hospital, running for five or six minutes in one go, but when he arrived, the convoy started again, he didn't give up, gritted his teeth and continued to chase forward, catching up with the car where the independent platoon of female recruits was located, and it was the PLA sisters who pulled grandpa, grandmother, and sister out of the rubble.

"Sister! Sister of the People's Liberation Army! Wait a minute! Wait! Feng Liang shouted loudly, seeing the car getting farther and farther away, he was so anxious that he shed tears, "Wait! ”

Li Shuai asked the driver to stop, pushed the door and jumped out of the car and strode backwards.

Feng Liang was overjoyed, gritted his teeth and ran up to stand in front of Li Shuai, stood up in a military posture, and said, "Brother of the People's Liberation Army, my grandmother boiled eggs to give to the injured sister of the People's Liberation Army, can you help me hand them over?" ”

Li Shuai looked at the small bag of eggs that Feng Liang was holding in his hand, about four or five, who was still wearing a hospital gown, and said, "You ran from the hospital to deliver a few eggs to the injured PLA sister?" ”

"Yes, my grandmother said that eggs supplement nutrition, and I hope that the injured PLA sister can recover soon." Feng Liang said, looked at Li Shuai, and then looked at the PLA sisters in the carriage, his eyes were full of gratitude and reluctance.

Li Shuai took the egg, "Thank you." ”

He asked Manager Feng Liang.

Feng Liang took the Young Pioneers salute seriously.

"Go back quickly, take good care of grandparents, young man, goodbye." Li Shuai gently patted Feng Liang's shoulder.

Feng Liang looked at Li Shuai's back as he turned around, and suddenly shouted: "When I grow up, I want to be a soldier!" ”

Li Shuai stopped, turned around and smiled, "I'm waiting for you in the army, come on!" ”

"Yes! Heads! ”

The vehicle started again, and gradually moved away, Feng Liang stood in place and watched, his figure getting smaller and smaller.

"I must be a soldier! Be a brave soldier! Feng Liang shouted loudly at the taillights, and his voice drifted far away.

The reporters went from the farewell site to the temporary cantonment points of the various units, which were basically schools. They were surprised to find that there was almost no trace of human activity in the whole school, there was no garbage, the desks were neatly arranged, and the floors were clean. Perhaps only the message on the blackboard reminded everyone that hundreds of officers and soldiers had been stationed here, and this was the only trace they left.

In the classroom where the female recruits live in the independent platoon, the desks and chairs are lined up, and on the blackboard is a beautiful blackboard newspaper full of steel tenderness.

The elegant blackboard text reads: Dear students, although we have never met, you have always been in our hearts, and you will always be in our hearts in the future. Students, our appearance is for your blooming, you are the future of the motherland, for you to have a peaceful learning and living environment, we are willing to pay any price, I hope you study hard, grow up to contribute to the construction of a prosperous and strong motherland, salute!

The 301st Comprehensive Training Base Recruit Regiment Female Recruit Independent Platoon.