The Republic of Hongwu, with an area of 10 million square kilometers and a border of 30,000 kilometers, borders 30 countries, is one of the largest countries on the Asian continent. The two countries are adjacent to each other, and the border line is 3,000 kilometers long. The border between the two countries is mostly water, and a small part is land.

On the 30,000-kilometer border of the Hongwu Republic, hundreds of border defense companies are stationed and tens of thousands of border guards are stationed. They have built the Great Wall of Steel on the territory of the motherland, guarding the happiness and tranquility of hundreds of millions of people in the motherland.

In the northern frontier of the Hongwu Republic, there is such a company, stationed on the side of the North Sumu River, across the river from the neighboring Shaya Federation, like a bunker, guarding the land behind it and the people on it. This company is the third company of the first battalion of the 15th Frontier Regiment of the Frontier Army of the Hongwu Republic. And I am the platoon commander of this company.

Anyone who has ever served in the military knows that different branches of the military have different lives. And people who have never been a soldier think that as long as they are soldiers, they are all the same. But I want to say to those who have never been a soldier, is it really different from a soldier, can a plane be the same as a tank? Can a boat ride be the same as a car ride? Can someone sitting in the office blowing the air conditioner and reading the newspaper be the same as pulling weeds in the sun? Of course not! Unfortunately, I'm the one who pulls weeds against the sun.

I remember the time when I was assigned to the border guard force just after graduation, because I had just graduated at that time, and I still had close contact with my classmates in college, and I often called and chatted to ask each other how the troops were and whether the working environment was good. Once, a classmate with whom I had a good relationship in college called me and asked me what I was doing. I was pulling weeds in the company's vegetable patch, so I told him to pull weeds. I asked him again, "What are you doing?" He hesitated for a moment and said, I'm afraid you'll be depressed, I'm blowing the air conditioner in the office, reading the newspaper and drinking tea, it's too hot, and it's okay, waiting to get off work. I didn't say much at the time, what is there to compare with people, if I always compare with others, then I would have jumped off the building a long time ago. Since then, though, I haven't been in touch with that classmate.

Saying this, I just want to tell you that soldiers and soldiers are really different. I was a border guard, which was different from those city soldiers, machine soldiers, and even field soldiers. We are stationed in the frontier, and everyone's first feeling about the frontier should be that it is remote and difficult, and it is sparsely populated. I want to say that everyone feels right, that's it, it's exactly the same, it's very remote and difficult, and it's really sparsely populated.

I've always loved to remember. Looking back on the two years I have been in the frontier, I feel that these have been very dull two years, muddy, mediocre and mediocre. I don't know what the other people are like, anyway, since I came to the Frontier, I have never been in the form, and I have drunk several cases of pulsation, but I haven't found the state. Sometimes I also want to work hard, use my own hard work and hard work to break out of the world, and do a career. But I will always be ruthlessly hit by reality, repeatedly consumed, and finally become a "bastard", which is the nickname given to me by the same platoon commander, "bastard". As you can tell from this nickname, I was in a state at the time.

Summer in northern Xinjiang is very short, only two months. But no matter how short it is, it's summer, and it's hot. It was dog days, and although the dog days in the northeast frontier were not as good as the sauna steamers in the south, they were like ovens when it was particularly hot at noon, scorching the earth. Although the weather is very hot, the company's training is carried out as usual, and it will not be delayed because of the bad weather. Don't you fight in bad weather? As a result, no matter how bad the weather was, whether it was hot or cold, or whether it was stormy or snowy, the company's training never stopped.

I remember when I just graduated, three of the platoon commanders who graduated together were assigned to three companies, it was summer, the company commander organized the whole company to carry out armed five-kilometer training, we all just graduated, how did we experience such intense training when we were in school, running against the sun of more than 30 degrees, or armed for five kilometers, and I didn't run a few armed five-kilometer in college. I just came here after graduation, and before I finished running, a platoon commander fainted. As soon as he finished running, the other platoon leader also waded on the ground with various cramps. Fortunately, I didn't have anything to do, not because I had good physical fitness, but because I wasn't stupid, and after listening to the company commander mobilizing a few words in front, I ran forward desperately, which was pure torture for myself. I followed slowly and leisurely, nothing happened, and I didn't faint or pump. After a long time in the company, everyone got used to it and didn't faint and cramp anymore, and they may have learned to be smart.

I think I'm smart and always come up with ways to escape training, and I'm very nimble in that regard. Less than a year after graduating and joining the company, I was assigned to the observation post as a post commander. The main function of the company's observation post is to observe the situation on the border, which requires 24-hour continuous observation. And it became another way for me to escape training. During training, go to the observation post to be on duty, so that you can evade training. Over the past year, I have avoided a lot of demonic training, so that I can still live a healthy life in this world. Of course, devil training is not so exaggerated, but it is really tiring.

It was one of the hottest days of the summer, and I was going crazy with the heat, and I couldn't train at all, and I was confused when I sat down, let alone trained. And on this day, the company commander received an order from his superiors to go to the border to carry out urgent tasks. It just so happened that the company commander was not at home, so I could go to the post again with peace of mind and not worry about being scolded by the company commander.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, I felt that the training was almost over, so I came down from the observation post, and as soon as I returned to the company, I found that the atmosphere of the company was particularly abnormal. The physical training had just ended, and the officers and men of the company were washing. As usual, whenever the officers and men washed and took a shower, they inevitably howled a few times, showing the unique charm of the good voice of the barracks. However, at this time, the atmosphere of the company was extremely depressing and dull, and the whole company was quiet, and everyone looked silent and in a hurry.

"What's wrong? What happened? How is the atmosphere of the company? Came to lead the inspection? Or is something wrong? Could it be that there is a problem with the execution of the mission? "When I returned to the dormitory, I grabbed Chen Li, the leader of the observation class, and asked him my questions. Chen Li is the squad leader of our observation class, he has been a soldier for 7 years, his physical fitness is very good, his professional ability is also outstanding, he is relatively dark, and he likes to joke.

Chen Li put down the basin in his hand and said, "Platoon commander, you ask so many questions at this time, which one should I answer first?" ”，

I said, "Then I'll ask one by one, is there a leader to check?" ”

Chen Li shook his head: "No." ”

I nodded reassuringly and said, "That's good, I also guessed, there are no cars in the yard." "For our officers and men at the grassroots level, leadership inspection is the most influential thing, at least for me, the most annoying thing is leadership inspection.

I then asked, "What's going on?" The company commander returned from a mission? How's the task going? In our company, only the company commander has such great power, and the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of one person can affect our whole company. ”

"The company commander just came back, just half an hour ago, the task should have been carried out very smoothly, I also heard the first squad leader Chang Yongli say just now, Chang Yongli didn't follow the company commander to carry out the mission." Chen Li said as he looked out the door, as if not everyone was qualified to know the following words. He continued: "Listening to Chang Yongli, the mission was carried out very successfully, there were six people on the other side, a fisherman who led the way, five terrorists, we killed one terrorist, wounded one terrorist, and captured the rest of the personnel. ”

I exclaimed, "Isn't this a success?!" It's just perfect! ”

Chen Li shook his head and said, "But, I heard Chang Yongli say that after the company commander reported the situation to the regiment, he was severely criticized by the regiment leaders, and asked the company commander to come back for reflection and inspection, waiting to be dealt with." After returning to the company, the company commander was anxious as soon as he got out of the car, and before he entered the house, he scolded the leader in the courtyard. ”

I asked in surprise, "Which leader criticized the company commander?" ”

"I don't know, Chang Yongli didn't say it, and he didn't even name him when he scolded."

"What did the company commander scold?" I asked.

"Can you scold for ten minutes, I'll sum it up, and it means the same thing, is this still an army? Can such an army still fight? Don't you dare, don't dare, don't do that, don't do that, what's the point of killing someone? What's wrong with killing a terrorist? I guess the company commander killed the terrorists, and then he was criticized by his superiors, so I was not convinced. ”

"I'm not convinced. If I want to say, all five terrorists were killed, what can I do! What can I do! Before carrying out the mission, didn't the instructions from the superiors say that it is possible to shoot, wound or kill terrorists, how can this be criticized? I said with indignation, turning my head to look out the window at the patrol car that had just returned from a mission, which was parked in the parking space on the side of the camp, and I felt very puzzled in my heart, the mission was carried out smoothly, why should it be criticized. This is the army, and sometimes I can't tell what is right from wrong, and I don't know what to do.

"That's all I know, I don't know anything else. If you want to know the platoon commander, you can ask the company commander yourself. Chen Li's tone was full of banter.

Hearing Chen Li's words, I was startled, almost scared to pee, and hurriedly said, "Don't mind, pull it down!" At this time, whoever goes will die, I don't want to die yet. It's okay, there's no hurry, you'll know sooner or later. I'm such a character, my curiosity is not strong at all, unlike some people, who have to inquire about everything, and if they can't find out, they scratch their hearts and livers as if they are going crazy to death. I'm not like this, I just ask casually if there is any situation, and I know as much as I can know, and I don't ask if I don't know. Anyway, things will always fall into place, and everyone will know about it.

Since there was no more news, I went back to my bedside, leaned against the bedside, took out my phone, and looked at it. When I was in high school, I became obsessed, at that time fantasy was not too popular, mainly watched martial arts, all kinds of grievances and hatred in the rivers and lakes, swords and swords, I watched I was enthusiastic, I wanted to drop out of school to break into the rivers and lakes, fortunately I was pulled by the same table at the time, or I don't know which street to wander in. To this day, I occasionally regret why I was so fascinated at the time, at the level at that time, even if I couldn't get into the top universities in China, how could I get into a very good key university, at least not to be admitted to a military school, become a soldier, and come to this place where birds don't and suffer this crime. But now it's too late to say anything, I was really engaged and fascinated by what I watched at the time, and then after I went to college, I was even more sleepy, first watching martial arts, then watching fantasy, all kinds, reading hundreds of books, it seems that only in it can I feel the passion of struggle and struggle, and I can appreciate the value of hard work and enterprising. When I was in college, I was most obsessed with a period of time, I didn't sleep all night, I always wanted to sleep after reading this chapter, but after reading this chapter, I wanted to read the next chapter, and finally looked out the window, and it was dawn, so I quickly squinted for a while. Until now, it is common to see late at night.