Chapter 2: When I Wake Up
"Big squad leader!"
Zhang Qiang shouted and woke up from his sleep, opened his eyes with difficulty and gradually regained consciousness, only to find that he had fallen asleep on the table in the study room at some point, his face was covered with sweat, and the vest he was wearing inside seemed to be soaked with sweat, fortunately, there were no other comrades in the study room only himself, if someone around him would definitely be startled by his shouting.
It just so happened that Liu Xiaodong, the squad leader, walked in and bumped into Zhang Qiang, who was sweating profusely and had just woken up.
"What are you doing? Another nightmare? The surprised Liu Xiaodong asked Zhang Qiang in a somewhat joking tone, but for Liu Xiaodong's ridicule and abuse, the soldiers in the squad were already surprised, not to mention Zhang Qiang, the deputy squad leader.
Liu Xiaodong is from Shandong, not tall, black, thin and thin, Liu Xiaodong, who is good at talking and laughing, will leak out his white teeth when he smiles, Liu Xiaodong is not highly educated, he practiced martial arts in Henan Shaolin Temple for four years before enlisting in the army, his comrades-in-arms are used to calling Liu Xiaodong Shaolin Temple, in the special combat team in terms of grappling and fighting, basically no one is the opponent of Shaolin Temple, there is a legend that Liu Xiaodong met a few little hooligans in the society when he was not enlisted in the army and wanted to grab his bag, he picked five and beat three of them into the hospital, This year is the second year of the first phase of the non-commissioned officer of Shaolin Temple Liu Xiaodong, he enlisted in the army a year earlier than Zhang Qiang, Shaolin Temple's optimistic and cheerful personality just formed a perfect complement to Zhang Qiang's unkind words, a half day without speaking can suffocate to death, a half day is unwilling to say a word, the company commander may also fancy the two of them, so they let them take a team to be the squad leader of the seventh class, deputy squad leader, and the two people walking together is also very fun, Zhang Qiang, who is more than 1.8 meters, and Shaolin Temple, who is 1.7 meters tall, has formed the most cute height difference.
"No. No nightmares. Zhang Qiang was a little flustered by the Shaolin Temple's inquiry.
"It's hard to rest on the weekend, you go out for a walk, how good it is to breathe!" Shaolin Temple said as he rummaged through his cabinet, not knowing what he was looking for.
Zhang Qiang tried to recover his senses, only to see Shaolin Temple standing there with a razor in his hand and looking at him with a strange expression.
The expression was as if the new aunt had seen his daughter-in-law, but Zhang Qiang was scared.
Seeing Shaolin Temple looking at him intently, Zhang Qiang was a little overwhelmed.
"Huh! I'm a good girl! What's wrong with you? It's the first time that a big girl worships heaven and earth! Why are you still crying?! "Shaolin Temple always speaks like this, the word 'hey' has a long tone, and the pitch is very high.
On the other hand, Zhang Qiang listened to the words of Shaolin Temple, and he was even more inexplicable, and asked Shaolin Temple for some reason.
"What's the matter, squad leader!? What are you talking about? What the... Crying? ”
"Huh! My dear mother! What's going on with you? Shaolin Temple reached out and wiped the tears from the corners of Zhang Qiang's eyes.
Zhang Qiang subconsciously turned his head to dodge, and when he touched his face, he found that there was not only sweat on his face, but also tears flowing from the corners of his eyes. Zhang Qiang instantly felt the blood rushing to his face, and if there was a crack in the ground at this time, he couldn't wait to get into it himself.
"What's the squad leader? Dreaming of marrying a daughter-in-law? Married half of the dream and woke up? Shaolin Temple showed a wicked smile and teased Zhang Qiang.
Zhang Qiang glanced at Shaolin Temple helplessly: "Don't mess with my veteran Liu!" After that, he wiped the 'mixed liquid' on his face and got up and went to the bathroom, he was afraid that other comrades-in-arms would see his embarrassment again, and he was a squad deputy and a veteran.
Shaolin Temple stood there shaking his head and smirked, before Zhang Qiang turned to a non-commissioned officer, Shaolin Temple used to be a veteran of Zhang Qiang's same class, Shaolin Temple felt that this child was affectionate and kind, so when Zhang Qiang was a recruit, he took care of Zhang Qiang in every way, and the enthusiasm and simplicity of Shandong people were vividly reflected in Shaolin Temple. Zhang Qiang never could get past the Shaolin Temple, and he knew better than anyone else.
"Hahaha! This kid grows melons on the windowsill - still doesn't grow big! Shaolin Temple watched Zhang Qiang go out and sighed with a smile, and after a few seconds, he suddenly fell into a trance, patted his head and asked himself. Ay! Why am I here? What am I doing with a razor? "Shaolin Temple held a razor in his hand and forgot what he was going to do, what a warm and lovely guy.
Zhang Qiang touched his pocket and took out a cigarette from it and smoked it, looked out the window along the window of the bathroom, a tall pine tree blocked a large part of the window's view, this pine tree is thick and strong, almost half of the window is blocked after the branches and leaves, and the gap left by the pine tree can barely be seen outside the window, looking out of the window, the comrades who come and go in the camp don't know what they are busy with, some are playing football, some are playing badminton, today is the weekend, the soldiers are resting, There are also a small number of hard-working special combat personnel who carry sandbags on their backs and 'add small stoves' to themselves to exercise and run.
The life of the army is relatively boring compared to the place, every day is training, training, training, which can compare to the outside world of flowers, Zhang Qiang, who had just enlisted in the army, like most new soldiers, looked forward to being able to leave the army as soon as possible and went home all the time, missing his parents, relatives, and friends at home, Zhang Qiang admired those veterans who had been for ten or eight years, and he even suspected that they had no family for a while, and then Zhang Qiang gradually understood that they not only have families, And every comrade-in-arms in the army is his own family.
Now that time flies, and he has been in the army for three years in a blink of an eye, Zhang Qiang has become accustomed to the life of the army and loves it. Zhang Qiang smoked his cigarette and looked at the tree again, recalling that when he was first assigned to the special combat team, the tree was not as tall and stout as it was, and he probably invested too much energy in military training on weekdays, so he didn't have time to carefully observe the tree, recalling that the pine tree was almost so lush because it turned into firewood in a blink of an eye.
Zhang Qiang clearly remembers that when he was a two, he often mixed behind the butt of the Shaolin Temple, a veteran of the Shaolin Temple at that time, once the two of them hid in the bathroom and smoked secretly, and suddenly the platoon commander walked in, Zhang Qiang was so frightened that he threw the cigarette butt out of the window, and he didn't think that it happened to fall on the root of the big pine tree in this lesson, and the cigarette butt ignited the dry weeds under the root of the tree and almost lit the big pine tree.
Time flies so fast, Zhang Qiang couldn't help but sigh, looking at himself in the mirror, Zhang Qiang carefully looked at the subtle changes on his face in the past three years in the army, the little two who used to be full of youth now has become a non-commissioned officer, and the little boy who used to be homesick in the middle of the night and secretly wiped his tears is now also a deputy squad leader.
"Seven-class deputy! What about smoking here? The soldiers in the corridor came and went, and a passing little soldier said hello to Zhang Qiang, Zhang Qiang turned around and nodded with a smile when he heard the sound, and made the simplest response, then turned around and set his eyes on the tree.
"Class deputy! Smoke less! A voice in a dialect came from outside the bathroom door.
Zhang Qiang turned his back to the man and sounded very familiar, the name of the owner of the voice was in his ears, but he couldn't remember who it was, Zhang Qiang turned his head and saw that it was no one else, the burly Huslen was leaning against the door of the bathroom and looked at Zhang Qiang with a smile, Zhang Qiang quickly extinguished the half-burned cigarette in his hand, and walked in front of Husleng in three or two steps, the Mongolian warrior from Inner Mongolia may be the specialty of Inner Mongolia for the sake of Husleng's extraordinarily strong man.
"Squad leader! Haha, don't make fun of me! ”
Hu Silen patted Zhang Qiang's shoulder hard, and his glasses widened with a very surprised look.
"Yo! Now that I'm a work deputy, my physical fitness is much better than before! ”
"Yes! You see, your veteran's strong body is also a sword! Zhang Qiang joked with Hu Silen.
The two of them laughed, Zhang Qiang handed Hu Silen a cigarette and lit another cigarette himself, and the two of them sat on the washstand.
"Where's your kung fu master? Why didn't I see him! Hu Silen asked about the whereabouts of the Shaolin Temple.
"You said Shaolin Temple!? I was still in the study room just now! I guess I'll go upstairs and watch TV! ”
The company barracks of the special combat team has a total of five floors, the first floor is the company headquarters, the second to the fourth floor are the first row, the second row, the third row, and the fourth floor is the conference room and club.
"This kung fu master's love of chasing dramas can't be changed! Hahaha! Hu Silen teased the Shaolin Temple.
Coincidentally, the Shaolin Temple happened to walk in with a razor, and he was surprised to see Hu Silen.
"Yo! Isn't this a squad leader? Why is it so leisurely and elegant that we are in the third row? The Shaolin Temple showed two rows of white teeth.
"You kid didn't go to the TV series? Didn't I see you just now? "Hu Silen saw that Shaolin Temple was coming, and came down from the washstand and approached Shaolin Temple, seeing him fiddling with a razor, Zhang Qiang still sat on the washstand and watched the two veteran oils 'flirting' there.
"Huh! Don't mention it, this razor didn't work well this morning, so I thought about bringing it over and washing it. Shaolin Temple fiddled with the razor in his hand with a regretful expression.
"Squad leader, smoke!" Zhang Qiang took out a cigarette from the cigarette case and intended to hand it to the Shaolin Temple.
Shaolin Temple saw it and waved his hand: "Hey, don't smoke, I think this razor is expensive!" You two talk, I've got to hurry up and see who's out today and ask him to bring me a razor! Then he turned and walked away.
Seeing this, Hu Silen did not forget to take Shaolin Temple to find fun, stretched his neck and shouted: "Hey, Shaolin Temple! I really can't lend you my drone, that thing's wings are sharpened! ”
Shaolin Temple has already left, it seems that he didn't hear it, otherwise he would definitely have to tease with Hu Silen for dozens of rounds, Zhang Qiang listened to the silly music sitting on the washstand.
Hu Silen is a squad leader, when the company was divided into classes, Hu Silen spent a lot of effort to get Zhang Qiang into his class, but the third platoon leader didn't let go, who wouldn't like such a sharpshooter in the platoon? This three-platoon leader is the hot temper - Niu Ben Niu Demon King.
"Squad leader, why did you come upstairs so leisurely when it comes to drones? You don't have to take care of your treasures, do you? Zhang Qiang asked Hu Silen with a grin.
Hu Slen loves his 'those treasures' very much, even to the point of treating them as his own, even Li also took a fancy to Hu Slen and cherished these high-tech equipment, so let Hu Slen manage these equipment, you must know that these equipment are expensive to take out one casually, Hu Slen always said that at the critical moment, although these high-tech can not protect themselves like close comrades, but if they are there, they can always make each mission achieve twice the result with half the effort.
Husleng took a puff of cigarette and shook his head, and said helplessly: "Hey! Don't mention it! The EOD robot was broken, and the headquarters pulled it back for repair, and I don't know what went wrong! ”
"I wonder if it's a flaw in the design? I always felt that something was wrong with that device... Hu Silen muttered to himself evaluating his high-tech 'babies', like a woman who noticed her man's cheating.
"Hey, that's right, squad leader! In a few days, the recruits should be in the company! I don't know what the quality of this year's raw melons and eggs is? ”
"Isn't it almost time to get off the line, and there's another batch of fresh blood! At that time, your grumpy platoon leader Bull Demon King still hurt me, saying that I am not as calm as you, a raw melon egg! Haha, it's been so long in a blink of an eye! You're a class leader! ”
Hu Silen's unintentional words reminded Zhang Qiang again of that night a year ago, when Zhang Qiang didn't speak and lowered his head to smoke after listening to it.
Seeing Zhang Qiang's bitter face, Hu Silen seemed to realize that he had said the wrong thing.
"What? Still can't forget? ”
Zhang Qiang nodded lightly and looked out the window, tears rolling in his eyes, and he tried his best to control his emotions.
"I can't forget it, I just fell asleep in the study room and dreamed about it!"
Hu Silen was also a little uncomfortable when he heard this, and comforted Zhang Qiang and said: "We always have to face these things, go what we should go, and stay what we should stay!" ”
Zhang Qiang's tears still couldn't be held back, and he sobbed quietly.
"Yes! You're right squad leader! We're going to have to face it! ”
If it weren't for that mission, I'm afraid Zhang Qiang wouldn't have stayed and turned to a non-commissioned officer, he has always had a hurdle in his heart, and this hurdle can only be overcome by himself, and no one can help him.
Zhang Qiang took a puff of cigarette and said to himself: "You have to face it!" ”