On October 21, the Third Armored Division of the People's Army, which got off the train from Zhangjiakou, finally rushed to the grassland outside Zhangbei County, Chahar, after a half-day march. After arriving in Beijing, www.biquge.info were about to drive northeast along the Beijing-Fengfeng Railway, but they suddenly received an order from the General Staff Headquarters to come here to participate in a military exercise to show the many high-ranking generals of the People's Army the results of the training of their armored division over the past six months.

After a short rest, the officers and men of the 7th Company of the 8th Regiment of the division were all neatly dressed and stood in a neat formation in the temporary camp. Today, they are going to be here to hold the unique and ancient recruit ceremony of the Seventh Company for Lieutenant Bai Chongxi, who has officially become his deputy company commander.

The 7th Company of the 8th Regiment of the 3rd Armored Division, also known as the 7th Company of the Bloody Pioneer Steel, was named by its first company commander, Xiao Mubai, who is now the chairman of the Military Commission, when it was originally formed in the mountains of Guangnan, Yunnan.

The Seventh Company of Steel was formerly an infantry company, but now it is an armored reconnaissance company after reorganization. The current company commander is named Wei Mingxuan, a veteran of the 7th Company who survived the Burma Campaign, and the 11th company commander of the 7th Steel Company in the history of the 7th Company. Therefore, in a sense, the officers and men of the Seventh Company live between the hope and honor of the martyrs! The current Seventh Company is a young unit that records the exploits of its predecessors, and it is also a unit that is always ready to fight!

The Seventh Steel Company is crazy, not only because it is the sharp knife company of the whole division and even the whole army, but also because it is also the only company in the entire people that has won two collective first-class merits. What does the two collective first-class merits mean? It means that more than one-third of the enemy was killed in the two bloody battles, that the enemy was destroyed more than twice or even 20 times in the two hard battles, and that it played a tactical role that surpassed the company system in the two major wars.

Bai Chongxi cherished the ability to serve as the deputy company commander of such a company that had integrated honor into his bone marrow, and the officers and men of the whole company were arrogant from top to bottom, and even his husbands were arrogant.

After completing the reorganization, the 7th Steel Company is now an armored reconnaissance company, and in addition to the scout skills, the mechanized infantry must also be done well. Unlike life in a military school, the daily training here is not only large, but also full of all kinds of other things.

Wake up at half past five in the morning, 5,000 kilometers and others, breakfast, all kinds of military training depending on the specific subject. After lunch, we will take a lunch break, and in the afternoon we will train to learn how to operate and maintain the tank, and finally we will have 5,000 kilometers and other things before going to bed in the evening.

The rest of this refers to physical fitness that can be practiced at any time: 100 push-ups, 100 wall squats, 100 pull-ups or weights. Anyway, according to the temperament of the company commander Wei Mingxuan, within the scope permitted by the regulations, and with the motto of training, training, and retraining of the Seventh Steel Company as the standard, the daily training is full of all kinds of irregular accidents or surprises.

The Seventh Company of Steel is notoriously competitive, and everyone in this company is not ordinary, and it is extremely difficult for any new officer and soldier of this unit to win their respect. And Bai Chongxi, who had just left the army, had a position in this company that began with a horizontal bar practice a week after he came to the company.

That day, after breakfast, the Seventh Company took advantage of the fact that it was not hot in the morning to conduct routine equipment training. They did three exercises on the horizontal bar, and a few soldiers went up and came down neatly, but after they saw Bai Chongxi, the veterans looked at each other.

"The deputy company commander has one! Come on! A group of veterans began to coax, and there was a cunning light in their eyes.

Bai Chongxi was stunned for a moment, and in an instant, he understood in his heart that this was the dismount that the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Company gave him. Looking back at Wei Mingxuan, the company commander who was looking at him with a playful look, and the instructor with a worried look in his eyes, Bai Chongxi's competitive spirit also rose. There are pros and cons to everything, and for him, this is not an opportunity to gain a firm foothold in the Seventh Company.

"Come on!" As he spoke, Bai Chongxi was already hanging on the horizontal bar.

Pull-ups, rolls, hangers, loops before bracing, and twists on bars...... Bai Chongxi didn't get off the bar at all, he did the horizontal bar six exercises in one breath from the horizontal bar practice to the horizontal bar in one breath, and after coming down, his face was not red or panting, and his movements were much more standard than those soldiers just now, just like a textbook. At this moment, it immediately won the warm applause of all the officers and men of the Seventh Company.

Bai Chongxi looked at the company commander who nodded on the side and the few soldiers who came up next to him, and secretly laughed in his heart. It seems that it is really like the rumors, you must show your real skills to shock these veterans, otherwise you will never want to raise your head in the Seventh Company.

Before he could say anything. Several veterans beside him began to say to the company commander Wei Mingxuan again: "Company commander, come one!" Company commander, come one! ”

Wei Mingxuan glanced at Bai Chongxi with a smile, didn't speak, just walked towards the horizontal bar in front of him, jumped up and held it, then took a deep breath and walked himself back and forth. Soon, the body was flush with the horizontal bar.

Eight exercises, a full eight exercises in the big loop, Bai Chongxi was very surprised. To say that the veterans did the eight practice loops, he was not too surprised, but Wei Mingxuan, as a company commander, actually maintained his physical fitness so well. The soldiers began to applaud warmly, and Bai Chongxi couldn't help but admire his company commander, and then began to applaud warmly.

Originally, Bai Chongxi didn't quite understand what Wei Mingxuan meant by looking at himself before he got on the horizontal bar, but it wasn't until later days that he gradually understood. That's because of the policy of the Seventh Company of Steel, the Seven Companies that others can't do can do, and the Seven Companies can do it all by one person. His company commander was telling him that although we have recognized you now, in the Seventh Steel Company, just like you, you are just qualified.

Chahar, on the grassland outside Zhangbei County.

The flag hunted, and the team of the Seventh Company of Steel stood there without moving. Wei Mingxuan was like a trapped beast, he was personally guiding his deputy company commander Bai Chongxi's queue posture.

"Chest up! Head high! Even if there is a bullet in front of you, you have to stand next to each other with your chest held high! As he spoke, he slammed two punches into Bai Chongxi's eye sockets, and only stopped them when he was close to Bai Chongxi's eyebrows. Bai Chongxi didn't disappoint him, he didn't blink. Wei Mingxuan retreated with satisfaction, and motioned for the two platoon commanders in the queue to come out with the company flag in hand.

"Lieutenant Bai Chongxi, how many people are in the Seventh Steel Company?" A platoon commander asked first.

"The Seventh Company of Steel has a history of almost seven years! In the seven years of company history, a total of 438 people became members of the Seventh Steel Company! ”

"Lieutenant Bai Chongxi, how many soldiers are you in the Seventh Steel Company?"

"I am the 438th soldier of the 7th Company of Steel! I'm proud of myself! Proud of the four hundred and thirty-seven people before me! ”

"Lieutenant Bai Chongxi, do you still remember those seniors who sacrificed their lives for the country for the Seventh Steel Company?"

"I remember the two hundred and eighteen seniors of the Seventh Steel Company who sacrificed their lives for the country!"

In a trance, Bai Chongxi seemed to have returned to the battlefield in Burma, where the artillery was raging, and he seemed to see those comrades-in-arms who had sacrificed themselves in a foreign country one after another. At this time, he finally understood the words that the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Steel Company always remembered: The soldiers of the Seventh Steel Company must remember the predecessors who died in the seven years of the company's history, and they should also use the most powerful way to ask any member of the Seventh Steel Company to remember those ancestors!

The Q&A between the two platoon commanders and Bai Chongxi continued.

"Lieutenant Bai Chongxi, when the battle is the last man, do you have the courage to carry this flag?"

"I am the 438th soldier of the 7th Company of Steel! I have the courage to carry this flag! But I had the courage to die first! In front of Bai Chongxi, there was a bright red flag with seven golden characters on it, which was waving in the wind.

"Lieutenant Bai Chongxi, do you have the courage to sacrifice for your comrades?"

"They are my brothers. I am willing to die for my brother. ”

Yes, I am willing to die for my brother. Unconsciously, the corners of Bai Chongxi's eyes suddenly filled with tears, and he remembered his instructor Zhu Wenbo in the Lu Academy. The mild-mannered young officer once said that as long as you are a member of the Chinese People's Army, I will block bullets for you on the battlefield. Later, in Burma, he did block the bullet for his cadets. Tears finally flowed, but the ritual that belonged to him continued.

"Lieutenant Bai Chongxi, no matter who it is, whether it is a general or a private, as long as he was a member of the Seventh Steel Company, you have the right to ask him to remember the ancestors of the Seventh Steel Company!"

"I will ask him to remember the predecessors of the Seventh Company of Steel, and I will also remember every word I say today."

"Lieutenant Bai Chongxi, now recite this song with us, some of the seniors who can sing this song have already died, and now only the soldiers of the Seventh Steel Company are left here to recite the lyrics, but we hope..." The platoon commander didn't finish speaking, and there were two more tears in the corners of his eyes, as one of the surviving veterans of the Seventh Company, obviously he also remembered something. After a pause, he resumed his words: "... But we hope you can hear the singing of four hundred and thirty-eight voices in your throat! ”

The soldiers of the Seventh Steel Company began to shout out the songless lyrics made by their first company commander, Xiao Mubai:

With a thunderclap and a sword, a group of fierce tigers and steel seven companies;

Iron will, iron man, iron and blood to defend the country and protect the homeland.

The sound of killing scares the enemy's courage, and the reputation of a hundred battles is spread.

Attack must be conquered, defend must be strong, step on the bones of the enemy and sing triumphantly.

As twilight fell, the sound of the trumpets of the companies of the 3rd Panzer Division in front of their meals was constantly heard in the makeshift camp. After the ceremony, the officers and men of the 7th Steel Company also began to go to dinner under the leadership of their company commanders, and they will continue to compose their brilliance and deduce the power of the armored unit as the sharp knife unit of the whole division in tomorrow's exercise.