"Dad, how is the family? Mom, what's wrong? ”

"Fortunately, the doctor said to rest more."

After saying a word, as in the previous call, Zhang Wei and his father fell silent.

A few seconds later, Zhang Wei plucked up his courage and prepared to tell his father about his decision.

"Dad, I have something ......"

"When are you coming back? Is it the middle of next month or the end of the month? ”

As soon as his words began, his father's words on the other end of the phone made him shut his mouth.

Zhang Wei didn't reply, and the father on the other end of the phone felt a hint of ominous premonition.

"It's enough to be a soldier for two years, it's so messy over there, come back early."

"Your mother urged me to call you every day, and asked her to call by herself but not to call, saying that she couldn't hear your voice, and she cried before she took the phone."

"The doctor also said that your mother is not seriously ill, she is just worried about it, if you don't take care of it well, it will become a serious illness sooner or later."

Hearing his mother, Zhang Wei's tears couldn't help but burst out of his eyes and rolled down.

On the other end of the phone, my father continued: "From last year to now, those relatives have asked you when they meet, and your mother will cry when she hears the question, and it is useless to say anything." ”

"The second child was admitted to high school in the city, and the school is good, but the cost is not small. The third child is okay to study, listen to her, and I want to go to the city next year. ”

"I didn't let you go to college, your mother nagged every day, and the second and third said that they would go to college."

"Uncle Liu's cousin is in business and wants to find a driver, I told him okay, I'll go over when you come back, two thousand five a month."

Listening to his father's words, Zhang Wei's heart was blocked.

Thinking about what he was about to say just now, he felt very guilty and uncomfortable, and he was embarrassed to mention a word again.

"When are you coming back? I'm good to give people a quasi-number. "My father asked from thousands of miles away.

Zhang Wei raised his hand and wiped his tears, not knowing how to answer, so he could only be silent and silent.

But silence is not the way to go, and my father needs him to give an answer.

After a fierce ideological struggle, Zhang Wei finally wavered.

"I'll call you in a few days."

He has to take his father's words seriously, he really has to think about his mother, he has to think about his father, he has to think about his younger brothers and sisters, who made him the eldest son, who made him the eldest brother!

"Tell Mom, I'm fine, don't worry about me."

"Well, take care of yourself."

"Okay, I know."

Zhang Wei put down the phone, his mind was still buzzing, and it was a mess.

The squadron leader talked to him again not long ago and made it clear that he hoped that he would stay in the army, and now the troops needed him.

Zhang Wei replied that if the troops needed it, he would seriously consider it and obey the troops' arrangements.

At the end of the two-year compulsory service, whether to retire from the army or stay in the army, this question that he has been entangled with for a long time, he thought that there was an answer, and now he is back to the original point again.

The squadron leader's words are still in his ears, if he retires, how can he tell him?

"To be honest, it's been a difficult year for more than a year, our squadron has lost five squad leaders and eleven veterans, which hasn't happened in many years. But to protect the family and defend the country, it is inevitable that there will be bloodshed and sacrifice, not you are me, or him. ”

"The party and the people have entrusted us with tasks, and even if we are broken, we have to complete them. But now, we have not yet completed our task, and there are still enemies hiding in the masses of the people, hiding in the shadows, and if we do not find them out in time, they will cause even greater harm to the country and the masses at any time! ”

"The country needs us, the people need us, and our task is very arduous."

"The army needs experienced veterans to maintain and strengthen its combat effectiveness. You are the fastest growing soldier in the same two-year period, and you also have the most potential. Stay, we continue to fight until we win this war! ”

The country needs us to continue fighting, the people need us to continue fighting, the troops need us to continue fighting, what about those comrades-in-arms who have already died?

Zhang Wei was lying on the bed, his brain in disarray.

When I closed my eyes, what appeared in front of me was the picture of the squad leader spurting blood, and his last words echoed in my ears: "Child...... Did you get rescued? ”

Tears blurred his eyes again, flowing from the corners of his eyes to the roots of his ears, and they were cold.

The bloody scenes he has experienced and witnessed in the past year flashed in front of his eyes, and his heart and liver trembled in pain.

The root of all this pain begins with that weekend night a year ago.

At the end of the field training that day, it was almost nine o'clock when I returned to the station.

Three days of high-intensity training made everyone very tired, and after taking a shower, the tiredness was slightly reduced.

Zhang Wei returned to the dormitory after washing, and most of his comrades-in-arms had already lay down.

"Squad leader, what's the plan for next week?" Zhang Zhicheng closed his eyes and shouted at the top of his voice.

"I don't know, wait for the order." Squad leader Zou Yitian spoke calmly, lying on the bed, motionless.

"On a hot day, let's practice for a few days, let's rest for two days next week, right?" Lei Zengrong sat on the bed, fiddling with his Warcraft sword and axe.

"Rest, what you think is beautiful." When Zhang Zhicheng heard someone approaching, he didn't even open his eyes to know who was coming, and when he opened his mouth, he asked, "Xiao Zhang, what kind of army are we?" ”

Zhang Wei is a recruit who has been in the army for less than a year, and although he is not necessarily the youngest in the class, he is still referred to by them as Xiao Zhang in private.

Zhang Wei usually spoke little, did not communicate much with his comrades-in-arms, and rarely participated in their chat topics. ”

"Correct!" Zhang Zhicheng shouted, sat up, and seemed to be in spirit.

"Maneuver and maneuver, the focus is not on the machine, but on the movement!"

"It's that we keep moving, don't be idle, and don't think about resting."

"So two days off doesn't exist, you see!"

Zhang Zhicheng looked very understanding, and he was very proud after speaking, but everyone didn't care.

"Don't believe it, next week will definitely be harder than La practice!" Seeing that everyone ignored him, Zhang Zhicheng immediately issued a warning.

"What kind of hardship can be more bitter than training, don't talk nonsense." Zhou Yang couldn't help but interject.

"If you don't listen to the mountain people, you will suffer in front of you. Just wait, you have something to do. Zhang Zhichang sighed and lay down on the bed.

"You're not tired, are you?"

"If you're not tired, do three sets of push-ups before you go to sleep!" The squad leader stood up and reprimanded.

The squad leader is a second-phase non-commissioned officer, who has been in the army for many years, and has great prestige in the squad, as soon as he spoke, the dormitory immediately quieted down.

"Lei Zengrong, stop fiddling with toys, hurry up and go to bed."

Lei Zengrong did not refute and quickly put away his things.

Zhang Wei didn't delay much, put away the toiletries, climbed into bed and lay down.

After a while, other comrades-in-arms also came back to sleep one after another.

With a "lights out", the dormitory went dark.

Although he was very tired, Zhang Wei couldn't sleep when he lay in bed early.

Sore, conscious, he simply opened his eyes and stared at the spinning ceiling fan on the roof, trying to put himself to sleep.

"Whew...... Whoa, whoa, whoa! ”

Suddenly, a shrill and rapid whistle sounded downstairs in the dormitory.

Hearing the whistle, Zhang Wei didn't think about it, and got up instantly.

At the same time, the squad leader reflexively shouted: "Urgent assembly!" ”

The silent dormitory came alive in an instant.