As far as the eye can see, an old-fashioned train with green skins on the deserted Gobi is speeding at a relatively steady speed, covered with yellow sand, gravel, and yellow weeds, and it takes an average of four or five hours to pass through a city, and then this is the picture.

Xiang Xiaotian, who lives in a coastal city, has never seen such a scene, dragging his cheeks with one hand, tilting his head to look at the scenery whistling outside, and thinking in his heart: "Is this the west?" I haven't arrived in Province Z yet, I just arrived in the Northwest Region, and it's already like this, if I get to Province Z, I will be able to pay it back! ”

The car was very noisy, and it could be seen from the eyes of these children who were going out for the first time, they had never seen this kind of scenery before, and it felt fresh all the way, but they were all boys who quickly became one with each other.

Coupled with the allowance of several hundred yuan soon after getting on the train, the Chinese love to make fun at this time was quickly reflected in this group of next generation, showing a classic picture of Chinese-style train passengers: playing cards, bragging, sleeping, and eating some messy snacks.

Xiang Xiaotian didn't seem to have thought of joining them from the beginning, it has been more than twenty hours since he got on the bus, he hasn't said a word, he hasn't even left his seat once, most of them are looking out the window in a fixed posture.

"Alas, brother! It's been more than a day, and I haven't seen you speak, so let's talk for a while, who are you? "The one who spoke was a very handsome and sturdy young man, and his tone was also very refreshing, Xiang Xiaotian liked to deal with this kind of person very much.

stretched out his hand to Xiaotian: "Hello, Zhonghai City Xiang Xiaotian, I love to be in a daze, you forgive me." ”

The man said, "Then we are fellow villagers, do we smoke?" Let's go out and talk, it's weird and uncomfortable here. ”

Xiang Xiaotian said: "Don't smoke, then let's go, go out to breathe." ”

In the smoking area, the handsome guy lit a cigarette and leaned against the door frame, and said to Xiang Xiaotian, "Oh, that's right! My name is Lin Jie, Capital University of Technology, you can see that you are also a college student! ”

Xiang Xiaotian smiled: "Yes, I am a teacher, my father, my mother and my girlfriend are all these, cough, it's a pity, my dream is to be a businessman, fate makes people!" ”

Lin Jie replied nonchalantly: "What are you, talk about it in my heart, brother, I don't know why you came to be a soldier, anyway, I volunteered, six years of primary school, three years of junior high school, three years of high school, I was oppressed to death, and finally got to college, I told my family that either I would go to the army or I would go to work and start a business, anyway, I would not stay in school." ”

Xiang Xiaotian nodded: "You also have an idea, it's a good thing, did you pick it yourself to go to Z Province?" ”

Lin Jie immediately shook his head and vetoed: "No, absolutely not, I wanted to come here to play and hide from school, I heard that the border of Z Province is not good, I thought that anything would be another Z Province, and finally I Z Province." After that, he took a heavy puff of cigarette, and the feeling of helplessness was beyond words.

Xiang Xiaotian comforted him and said, "Cough! Complaining so much can't change anything, you will be comrades-in-arms in the future, and you will complain to each other about things to relieve boredom! ”

While chatting, the leading cadres said to everyone with a smile:

"Everyone's ready for lunch, let's get to the seats and start nodding." The tone didn't look like a military man at all.

Lin Jie turned his head to Xiang Xiaotian and joked: "Come on, let's go, let's eat, you said that it would be nice if all the officers of the army were like this!" ”

Xiang Xiaotian responded with a smile: "If that's the case, what are we doing here, it's not exciting to live!" ”

Lin Jie nodded: "That's right, if it's a dull two years, Lao Tzu might as well tease the little girl in college, haha!" ”

The two returned to the carriage and saw that the meal had been set up and devoured it, the train was running at high speed on the deserted Gobi Desert as usual, the difference in the carriage was that everyone was already familiar, and they were not restrained in their speech, and the sound of scolding their father and mother was often heard, and the amount of bets on playing cards next to them also increased.

After all, everyone had stayed together on the train for a while, and they were more familiar with the leading cadres, so they began to twitter and ask the leading cadres some things about the troops to satisfy their curiosity.

"Hey, company commander, are the troops still beating people now?" It was a skinny young man who looked to be only sixteen or seventeen years old.

"Hehe, I have never fought, you can rest assured, now the army is very scientific, modern, and barbaric in a way that only exists in the era of cold weapons." This so-called 'company commander' said, in fact, they didn't know what to call this "one-bar three-star" officer, they only knew that there was a company commander, so they called it so.

"Then the troops are allowed to bring mobile phones and computers?"

"Can I go home during my service?"

"If I want to go to a military school, what conditions are there!"

"What kind of troops are we going to, are there tanks, planes, in fact, I want to be a navy!"

“……”

In the face of some of everyone's questions, the 'company commander' patiently explained: "Hehe, because you haven't passed through the recruit company yet, I can't say much about the specific situation, as long as you get out of the company, your problems will be solved!" ”

"Damn, didn't that mean the same? We'll know when we get there, so why are you asked! "Everyone despised him in their hearts!

Only Xiang Xiaotian and Lin Jie looked at each other and shook their heads and smiled, and then continued to look outside with their cheeks raised.

As night fell, listening to the conductor saying that they would be able to reach their destination tomorrow morning, the soldiers who were gradually accustomed to seeing the scenery outside the window had lost their curiosity, and had a few more nervousness, and even fear, and their longing and yearning for the Chinese People's Liberation Army troops had been completely consumed by the desolate scenery along the way!

What kind of place is the destination, what kind of life awaits them, is it like the iron-blooded special forces on TV, who are well-equipped with face makeup, or are they holding guns all day long with tanks, planes and joint military exercises with foreign armies like in the news.

The answer will be revealed in twelve hours.