Chapter Seventy-Seven: Farewell, Veterans
"Today, this is a special day for them, and it is also a very meaningful day for you."
"Because today, they, the never-known heroes who once bloodied northern Myanmar, are leaving."
"After today, they will forget the past, bury the glory and glory of the past in the deepest part of their memory, and let it become a legend forever."
"The road to glory is forged of the bones of the dead, and it is guarded by their lives! They have given so much, and they are waiting for you to come. ”
Although the Eagle Force is the top special operations force in China, its ordinary personnel composition also needs to be rotated, and it is impossible to rely on the same group of people for many years, not to mention the extremely high casualty rate of the Eagle Force in carrying out tasks.
As a matter of fact, the selection and promotion of the Eagle unit has never stopped, and among the various assessment results of the major military regions over the years, there are personnel in charge of data auditing who have been specially responsible for auditing the eagles, and those good seedlings have been found and secretly cultivated as reserve personnel.
Prepared, these people who are secretly cultivated and cared for are the last hope of the eagle. If there really is a day when they are all activated, it can only mean that the eagle is ready to burn the jade, and Huaxia has reached the moment of life and death!
"Today, we have not only inherited this base from them, but also have the heavy responsibility of defending our Chinese frontier!"
"Generations have passed away, and now, it's our turn to take up the steel guns on our shoulders and defend the ground beneath our feet, and tell me, can we back down in the face of a strong enemy!?"
"Can't! ――”
"Can't! ――”
"Can't! ――”
Ouyang Longyun's passionate words stirred up the string in everyone's hearts and deeply stimulated everyone. They roared selflessly, pouring their answers into the earth-shattering roar.
"Now, to your seniors-" Ouyang Longyun pointed his right arm behind him and never said a word, just stared at the veterans with those sharp eyes, and said, "Salute-"
"Salute!"
Smack-
With a snap, Ouyang Longyun took the lead in saluting the military salute, and looked at the two hundred or so people silently behind him, towards their sharp eyes.
Immediately afterwards, there was an almost uniform snap, and six hundred people saluted in unison, facing the seniors in front of them and these former heroes!
Smack!
There was another soft sound, and there was no one to command or coordinate with the two hundred people, but they all raised their arms at the same time to return the salute, which is the etiquette between the soldiers, and the handover of two generations of soldiers!
"Run-walk!"
Immediately afterwards, the leader of the veterans' platoon gave an order, and consciously, everyone formed a two-way column and ran in the direction where everyone came.
At the airport, the transport plane on which everyone was traveling had not yet left, they were quietly parked on the runway, also waiting.
The two teams soon came close at hand, and then passed by.
Recruits, veterans, thus completed their handover, this is a handover that belongs only to the eagle, and only they understand the meaning.
It's all in plain sight.
From a distance, these two hundred or so people seemed to be not much older than Yang Feng and them, and they were all young people in their prime. It wasn't until this moment, when they walked closely, that everyone realized that they were no longer young.
Many people have early hair, maybe not much, a few or a wisp, and with the scars on their faces, the vicissitudes of life make people feel inexplicably sad.
They dedicated their most precious youth to Huaxia, they did not hesitate to defend Huaxia with their lives, even at the last moment before leaving, they still can't let go of their hearts, they are the sons of Huaxia's mother, they are the unknown true heroes!
The veterans were gone, and before they left, they didn't look back at the place, not even a single plant or tree - they buried all their memories in their hearts. After today, they are just one of the hundreds of millions of people in China, and they may never intersect with the Eagle Force again, never come to the Qinling base again, and even regard the bloody battle in the jungles of northern Myanmar as a dream!
All the past will be ashes, just a big dream, a new life awaits them. However, as long as the motherland needs it, with just one order, they will not hesitate to stand up and fight to the death for the country!
Veterans don't die, they're just afraid of being forgotten!
Along the mountain road when I came, I walked on the winding and rugged road, once again feeling the traces of time, nostalgic for the breath of this place - reluctant, but still walking.
The traces of knives and axes on the mountain wall still tell the past, the sound of galloping footsteps echoed in the mountains for thousands of years, throughout the ages, teams of soldiers came and left, and the only thing that remained unchanged was the emerald green of the ground.
Gone, gone, obviously they are all iron-like men, but there is still a bit of moist smell in the air, salty.
Six hundred people maintained a saluting posture, watching the departure of their predecessors, silently, no one had the heart to think about anything else.
Until the last person turned over the mountainside, everyone remained in this posture and did not change.
It was a form of respect, an affirmation of their merits and glory, and the last mass salute they could ever encounter!
From now on, the sea and the sky, the future, will be handed over to the new generation of soldiers.
"Rite over!"
Ouyang Longyun personally shouted the slogan, which in itself was an affirmation, an affirmation of two hundred people.
Although Ouyang Longyun is nearly in his middle age, he is still a high-powered major general and deputy commander, but in the face of the soldiers who have fought with the Delta Force, the ace special force of the United States, successfully completed the task and repelled the Delta Force at a very small cost, he respects it in his heart!
Especially Ouyang Longyun was also slowly promoted from a small soldier in the barracks, he had not seen a lot of bloody wind and rain, and he had hundreds of lives on his hands, for these people who had fought and experienced the battlefield, he had a natural good feeling, and he couldn't tell the truth, perhaps, this is only a veteran who has survived a hundred battles to understand the sympathy.
Smack-
With an almost neat snap, everyone lowered their arms and looked at Ouyang Longyun in front of them.
There was something more in everyone's eyes, hidden in the depths of their respective eyes, and perhaps, even they didn't know it.
"From today onwards, even if you are an anonymous member of the Eagle Force, but remember, you are only a small part of it, don't be complacent, because the future training will only be more cruel, and you may be eliminated at any time!"
"Now, tell me out loud, do you have the confidence to stay!?"
"Yes! ――”
He was answered by a roar that shook the sky, and the sound wave scattered the clouds and swept them into the sky.