In September, it is autumn in northern Xinjiang, and the weather is much cooler, but the autumn tiger is still fierce, especially in the afternoon, accumulating heat for a whole day, and the earth seems to be incarnated into a steamer, constantly steaming everything on the earth, including us who are running.

Ten kilometers does not sound far, if you drive at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, it will take only six minutes, and if you drive at a speed of 60 kilometers per hour, it will take ten minutes. But if you only use your legs and carry 25 kilograms of weight on your back, you can't run in 10 or 20 in such hot weather.

Thirty minutes later, I was still running forward, sweating profusely, my clothes soaking wet, and my forehead and face flushed from the sun. The rucksack on my back swayed from side to side with my body, and my legs kept moving forward as if they were mechanical.

Although I trained very hard a while ago, the progress was obvious, and I ran a lot faster, but fast speed does not mean that I will not be tired, and whoever runs will be tired. At this time, I felt that my shoulders were about to be broken by the strap of the rucksack, and my waist was also deformed, and my legs were like pouring lead, and it took a lot of effort to lift my legs every time, and sweat seeped into my eyes, and I blinked in the sand, but I had no strength to rub my eyes, so I could only let the tears keep flowing, anyway, my face was full of sweat, and who would know that I was crying. Although I am tired, I still persevere, and at this moment I have only one belief in my heart, I can't stop, I must not stop. The dream is ahead, and we must move forward!

There are others who also insist on it, and no matter what is on our minds, we all share the same belief in our hearts, at least we are soldiers.

Finally, after nearly an hour, all personnel reached the end of the line. Everyone gasped sharply, unloaded their backpacks from their backs, and sat on them.

"Get up! Get up! Get up and take a walk! Don't sit down! Looking at everyone who had stopped, I shouted loudly and waved my arms to get everyone to stand up.

Although I wanted to sit for a while, everyone knew that we couldn't sit down immediately after running, and we had to walk, so we had to reluctantly stand up and move forward.

"Whew!" With a long sigh of relief, I felt better, not like when my lungs were about to burst after the run. Looking at the sunset that is about to sink in the west, and the red glow scattered around, I feel that as long as I persist like this, I will eventually succeed, although at this time, I don't know what level of success is, I only know that I must work hard, and hard work is enough.

After dinner, I worked indoors for four hours in a row, and it wasn't until half past eleven that I read the book again and wrote today's diary before I was ready to rest. At this time, the officers and men of the whole company had already fallen asleep, and even the personnel who were preparing for the contest were resting. Looking at the dark night, I wrote in my diary that the dream lies ahead, and only by striving forward can we reach it. My efforts will be rewarded, sweat will not be in vain, wipe away tears, and continue tomorrow!

As a deputy company commander and organizer, I naturally have to set an example and not be lazy easily, and at the same time, I don't want to be lazy, I must work hard, and I must lead the team to achieve good results. For other people, the body is really uncomfortable, and I am not too reluctant, and I can't really strengthen people into devils, ah, it should be adjusted.

After completing the intensive training, I gathered everyone for the final preparations. "There are still five days left before the competition, and these five days are mainly for us to relax our bodies, adjust our condition, and meet the competition in the best condition." I looked at everyone here and felt really gratified, everyone persevered in such a high-intensity training, and I believe that we will definitely achieve good results in the competition.

After looking around, I continued, "Of course, the most important thing today is to choose the final team members. After speaking, I looked at Zhou Meilong and Zhou Chaofan who were sitting at the far end, and it was the two of them who needed to be selected, but there were four people who were affected.

After listening to my words, everyone was silent, waiting for me to make a final decision. Seeing that everyone was bowing their heads, I continued: "Yesterday and the day before yesterday, we conducted the final assessment, and the results were clear to everyone. Let's talk about the right candidates, because everyone goes to the competition together is a team, and the participating players must be recognized by everyone, otherwise if there are ideas, the combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. Come, everybody talk about it. ”

After being silent for a while, platoon commander Li Junyi took the lead in speaking: "Let me talk about my thoughts first, through a month of intensive training, we have all made progress, especially Zhou Meilong and Zhou Chaofan, the two comrades, the most obvious progress, it can be said that he has paid great hard work for the competition, and it is very unfair to him to eliminate one person at this time." But the reality is that we only need one telegraph operator, and we can only select the one with the most outstanding ability, and we also have to consider the selection of other non-commissioned officers and conscripts, so we are bound to eliminate two people. This is also clear in everyone's hearts from the beginning, and now it is finally time to prepare for the competition, everyone wants to go, and we can all understand this feeling, but we also have to make the final choice. My idea is the same as at the beginning, the operator must choose the one with strong service ability, physical fitness and professional skills almost don't matter, others can make up for it, the impact of poor business ability is too great. Judging from the business ability of Zhou Chaofan and Zhou Meilong, Zhou Chaofan is much stronger, so among the two of them, I suggest that Zhou Chaofan participate in the competition. ”

I agree with Li Junyi's words, some words are not easy for me to speak, the palms and backs of my hands are full of meat, I have practiced for so long, it is a pity not to let anyone go, this kind of thing can only be said by others, it just so happened that Li Junyi said it.

As a non-commissioned officer, Zhou Meilong has more psychological quality and experience, and in this kind of big scene, he will not be nervous and make low-level mistakes. That's why I suggested Zhou Meilong to participate. "The words were said by Chang Yongli, except for me and platoon commander Li Junyi, only he is the most qualified to express his opinion as the squad leader, but there is an inconsistency in his opinions, which makes me frown.

I thought about it for a moment, then looked at the others, and said, "Other people can also talk about it, including the two of you." ”

After waiting for a while, Zhou Chaofan spoke first: "Deputy company commander, I want to talk about it." I want to participate in this competition, I don't mean that I am better than Zhou Meilong's squad leader, and I am indeed inferior to him in many aspects. But just like the platoon commander said, the most important thing for a platoon operator is to look at the business ability, and I have been in charge of the company's reporting work for the past six months, and I am relatively familiar with the business, and although I am a compulsory soldier and I am not as long as Zhou Meilong's squad leader, I don't think I will hold the company back, and I am so nervous that I make low-level mistakes. Finally, I have one more thought, I am a private class, I should be discharged from the army at the end of the year, and I don't know if I can stay, I just hope that I can work hard in my military career, which can be regarded as a successful end to my military career. ”

Seeing that Zhou Chaofan spoke first, Zhou Meilong also hurriedly said: "Deputy company commander, I also want to participate in this competition, this year is also my last year, and I also want to work hard to make the final contribution to the company." And although my business ability is weaker, I don't lose too many points, and I can also score some points for my fitness and skills, so I feel that I am more suitable. ”

As soon as the two protagonists spoke, the scene seemed to be a presidential election, and both candidates gave election speeches. But this is not a presidential election, because it is not only about Zhou Meilong and Zhou Chaofan, but also about the other two people, one of whom will be eliminated together with Zhou Meilong or Zhou Chaofan. Therefore, seeing that the situation has developed to such a situation, others can't sit still.

The other non-commissioned officers all supported Zhou Chaofan, because if Zhou Chaofan participated, he could only be eliminated by Zhou Meilong and another conscript. Among the conscripts, Li Guoqing took the lead in speaking and supported Zhou Meilong, so as to ensure that he would not be eliminated.

Finally, it was Yang Yang's turn to speak, Yang Yang thought about the language for a while, and said: "Company commander, my idea is that Zhou Chaofan will participate in the competition. Although I was also worried that I would be eliminated, I felt that if the company wanted to achieve good results in the competition, it should, as the platoon commander said, have outstanding professional ability. From this point of view alone, Zhou Chaofan is indeed a lot stronger. Therefore, I recommend Zhou Chaofan. As for the other eliminated conscript, I think it is myself, and my ability and quality are much worse than Li Guoqing's, and Li Guoqing will definitely be able to achieve good results in the competition. ”

Listening to Yang Yang's words, everyone else unconsciously lowered their heads, when it came to personal interests, so many non-commissioned officer squad leaders were not as tall as a conscript.

"Good! Good! Good! I said hello three times in a row, and I was also moved by Yang Yang's words, it is really rare to be able to say such things at such a time, "What do other comrades think of Yang Yang's opinion?" ”

At such a time, who will say anything, who can say anything, even if they have their own ideas in their hearts, but the results are already self-evident.

I asked Zhou Meilong's opinion again, and Zhou Meilong said that he would obey the company's arrangement. In the end, the two people who were eliminated were Zhou Meilong and Yang Yang, and the people who participated in the competition were me, platoon commander Li Junyi, squad leader Chang Yongli, non-commissioned officer Li Yaopeng, non-commissioned officer Bao Ji Gelitu, conscripted soldier Li Guoqing, and conscripted soldier Zhou Chaofan and served as newspaper operators.