Chapter 25: Glory and Sorrow
At 5:45 a.m., there was still chaos between the sky and the earth, and the more than 180 professional soldiers on the island opened their eyes. They organize their housework and then gather together spontaneously and consciously.
These Chinese [***] people were surprised to find that Li Xiangshang, who already had the rank of major general and should be sitting in a leather sofa and an air-conditioned office, drinking strong tea while listening to his subordinates' reports on various work, had already packed up and stood quietly at the assembly point, waiting for them.
Li Xiangshang is nearly 50 years old, and in the face of a group of special forces with an average age of only 25 years old, but who have received the strictest military training, the first thing he shouted out was: "Keep up with me, don't fall behind!" ”
After saying these words, Li Xiangshang turned his head and directly led everyone around the entire island and began to run a ten-kilometer trail run. Back then, Li Xiangshang, who was only 22 years old, led the trainees of the Fifth Special Unit into the battlefield in Vietnam as the acting squad leader, and this was what he shouted; Back then, when Li Xiangshang, as an instructor of the Fifth Special Force, led the students to snipe terrorists, he shouted this sentence; Back then, Li Xiangshang took over the supreme command of the Fifth Special Force from the hands of the old principal Zheng Xun, and in the face of the teachers and students of the school, what he said was still this sentence!
Looking at Li Xiangshang, who still retained the momentum and posture of a tiger all over his body, and took the lead in opening his legs, everyone's eyes lit up. Under the leadership of several captains, these professional soldiers from all over the world and different subordinate units formed a neat four-column formation, followed behind Li Xiangshang, and began the morning exercise that they would participate in on time every day after entering the barracks.
More than 180 pairs of big feet wearing leather boots, with the same frequency, the same rhythm, lifted again and again, and fell again and again, standing in such a ranks, listening to the front and back, left and right, those brothers who have the same purpose, have the same strength, the sound of calm and powerful breathing, feel their most elite and best soldiers in China gathered together, with Major General Li Xiangshang running at the forefront as the core, the most surging power naturally exuded, an indescribable fire, suddenly flowing in everyone's veinsThey are like the coal of a furnace, influencing each other, illuminating each other, burning each other, it is in such a team, in such an atmosphere, until they turn all of them into the craziest flames tumbling and boiling!
Running and running, in the increasingly uniform footsteps of these China's most elite professional soldiers, there is a historical echo like the war drums beating wildly. When Li Xiangshang, who was running at the forefront, shouted the slogan of "one, two, three, four", everyone straightened their necks and shouted out their no regrets, their youth, their dreams, all their love, all their concerns, and all their enthusiasm.
It's just more than 180 people, but at this time, the loud slogan is really true.
The warships outside the island are still faithfully monitoring everything on the island, transmitting the live picture to the command center. Seeing this scene, everyone in the command center suddenly blushed with excitement on their faces. A word rolled in their mouths, but they never spit it out because they were so excited...... The division of tigers and wolves!
It has been said that a flock of sheep led by a lion can overcome a flock led by a sheep. Of course, Li Xiangshang is a lion or an angry tiger, a dragon that will soar into the sky and will be shocked by the nine heavens, but what he leads is definitely not a weak and bullying sheep, but a group of young tigers who will scream and terrify all beasts!
When recruits enter the camp, they must undergo three months of recruit training.
During these three boring months, they would practice the queue repeatedly, practice walking on the right foot, and many people felt miserable, and many felt that doing so was simply a waste of their time. In fact, perhaps even they themselves did not realize that it was through this seemingly simplest and most boring basic training that they acted together, breathed together, punished together, received awards together, laughed together, and grieved together, until when they stood in the queue again, they could feel the movements of other people and understand the psychology of other people, even if they did not use their own eyes or ears. It is precisely because of this that they have formed a combat team on the battlefield that they can rely on and trust each other!
No one could have imagined that Li Xiangshang used this seemingly the simplest and most direct method to unite everyone and use the strength of the team to dispel everyone's deep fears. Seeing this scene, anyone believed that there would never be any deserters like blood wolves and tanks in their group.
Suddenly, Li Xiangshang, who was running at the front, stopped, and on his face, there was even a faint sadness.
It was already the darkest hour before dawn, but with the last ray of moonlight that was about to disappear into the sky, looking in the direction that Li Xiangshang was looking, everyone in the entire team suddenly stopped.
They finally ran to the beach last night, and the landing ship was still here, the blood wolf and the tank, two people who had been rejected by everyone, and of course they were still on the beach. It's just that the blood wolf will no longer get on the landing ship, let alone leave the island alive.
The blood wolf knelt on the ground, and in his hand he grabbed the bamboo knives that the eight captains had plunged into the beach when they swore together. He used this bamboo knife made by a certain captain himself and stabbed himself in the heart. The blood wolf was ruthless enough to attack him, and the entire bamboo knife penetrated into his chest, piercing the deadliest human heart along the gap in the ribs. Blood seeped out little by little along the curved void of the bamboo slices, and a large patch was leached out on the sand below his knees.
The corpse of the blood wolf was still kneeling upright, his eyes were still round, looking at the shape of his mouth, it seemed that even if he was dead, he was still complaining about something, or hoping for something. And the tank, he was still alive, he was desperately pinching a piece of cloth that he didn't know where to tear it out of nowhere, sitting on the beach with a dull expression, staring blankly at the blood wolf whose corpse had been completely cooled, letting the tears flow out of his eyes one after another, and being dried again and again by the oncoming sea breeze.
Li Xiangshang bypassed the blood wolf, and on his body, there were already a few corpse spots, which showed that the blood wolf had been dead for a few hours, and even if the gods came, it was impossible to make the blood wolf's heart beat again. But Li Xiangshang's gaze lightly swirled on the middle finger of the blood wolf's right hand, and the wound that was bitten out with his teeth on it, it seemed that the blood wolf seemed to have written something with his own blood before he died.
Seeing this scene, Li Xiangshang suddenly felt that his throat was a little blocked. As the principal of the Fifth Special Force, Li Xiangshang certainly understood why the blood wolf used his own blood to write the blood book, but instead of biting his right index finger like a normal person, he bit his middle finger.
A professional soldier, a professional soldier with the most rigorous training, what he should love the most is his right index finger! Because they use this finger to shoot, they must ensure that their right index finger has enough sensitivity to let them pass through this finger and the gun in their hands to become an inseparable whole!
Although the blood wolf was already a deserter and was expelled from the army by Li Xiangshang in public, when he was dying, he still subconsciously protected his most important right index finger like a beautiful woman who would protect her face first when she encountered danger. Seeing this scene, even Li Xiangshang didn't know whether what was surging in his heart now was pride or sadness, or both.
Li Xiangshang finally walked in front of the tank, and he tried to use as gentle a movement as possible to take out the piece of cloth from the tank's hand that should carry the last words of the blood wolf, but he failed. The tank was like a man who was about to drown, and finally he grabbed a piece of cloth like a straw, and he grabbed it so hard that the ten fingers of his hands were glowing with the color of iron, and it was likely that his hands had become stiff and even cramped because of the overexertion.
Tank's lips kept moving, although his voice was hoarse and he could barely make any more sounds, but Li Xiangshang was still in Tank's mouth, reading the words he kept repeating: "Blood wolf, you come back, you come back." Shall we go home together and leave this island together? Wake up, let's quit the army together, okay? You, open your eyes again and look at me......"
Li Xiangshang took a deep breath, and he suddenly shouted: "Tank! ”
Suddenly, he heard Li Xiangshang shouting like angry thunder, and he was sitting on the beach in a daze, as if he had lost the ability to think, and suddenly jumped up like a clockwork in his body under the seemingly impossible situation, and hissed: "Here!" ”
"Stand upright!"
"!"
Under the silent gaze of everyone, the tank that heard Li Xiangshang's order, his brain may not have regained consciousness, but his body has instinctively become a javelin.
"Salute!"
Still without any hesitation, the tank's right hand was raised, with the rhythm and strength that had been practiced tens of thousands of times and had already been integrated into the deepest part of his life, and slashed towards his right forehead, and saluted Li Xiangshang with the most standard military salute. And at this time, he had been holding it in his hand, as if even if he was dead, the rag that would not let go was already let go by him when he saluted.
The fragment that recorded the blood wolf's last words floated all the way forward under the blowing of the sea breeze, but Li Xiangshang did not immediately reach out to grab it. Facing a soldier standing in front of him and saluting the military salute, Li Xiangshang also slowly straightened his body, and returned a military salute to the other party with the most serious attitude. Then he untied his water bottle in full view of everyone, brought it to the tank, and commanded in a deep voice: "Drink!" ”
Seeing that the tank took the kettle, and brought the spout to his mouth, pouring the fresh water inside into his stomach in the surging up and down of the Adam's apple, Li Xiangshang finally turned around and took the piece of cloth she had just grabbed in time from Xu Tingting's hand.
The green cloth, which had turned into black and red blood characters, was mixed together, and it was really difficult to make out in this kind of low visibility situation, so Li Xiangshang looked at it very slowly. He read word by word, word after word, slowly, in a voice that only he could hear.
"The tank was instigated by me, the two of us have known each other since we entered the barracks, he is too honest, too easy to trust others, and he is used to listening to my arrangements, it was I who instigated him and forcibly dragged him. If you can, please give the tank another chance! If I could, I would be grateful to you even if I died! ”
The blood wolf did not admit his mistake until he died. Until he died, he left a final declaration in his suicide note: "I am not afraid of death, I was not afraid of death, I am not afraid of now, I am just ...... Don't want to shed tears! ”
The blood wolf was too young and too composed, so he threw off his military uniform when he was most excited, but he regretted it. He was reluctant to leave the army, reluctant to get along with those comrades-in-arms day and night, he wanted others to know that he was not afraid of death, so he chose to be a deserter, so he proved himself in the most fierce and unwise, but at the same time, it was also the most effective way.
Looking at the blood wolf's body that knelt there and refused to fall down until he died, as well as the eyes that were still open, Li Xiangshang was inhaling gently, he had always been as calm as water, and his personal cultivation was even to the extent that he could be silent even if he was in Mount Tai, but now, his hands holding the rag were trembling slightly.
A strong man breaks his wrist!
Abandon the car and protect the handsome!
Everyone knows these idioms, and they take them as truth.
Raising soldiers for a thousand years and using them for a while is a philosophy that everyone believes.
Huang Jiguang, Dong Cunrui, Qiu Shaoyun, among these hundreds of thousands of people, there may not be a hero, their deeds have been made into a movie, not to mention thousands of repeated broadcasts. They are saints, they are great men, they are heroes, and their deeds should certainly be admired and remembered by future generations, but when their deeds have penetrated into the hearts of the people like spring breeze and rain, I don't know when, it has become a kind of military standard.
In order to take care of the overall situation, if the strong man breaks his wrist, they should be sacrificed; In order to let more people live, abandon the car to protect the handsome, they should face death!
Many people say these truths justifiably, but may I ask, if you stand in the position of these professional soldiers, can you really do without regrets, and can you really die impassionedly?
American [***] people, as long as they do their best on the battlefield and find that they can't do anything, they can raise their hands and surrender. When they return home, they will also be treated as heroes. In China, if a professional soldier surrenders, is captured, and finally returns to his homeland through an exchange of prisoners, what kind of face will they face?!
The American [***] team is very combative, and they believe that even if they are seriously injured, even if they are embattled, their comrades-in-arms, their superiors, will still not give up, so they can go on a rampage. The combat effectiveness of the [***] team is very strong, because everyone is using the standards of saints to measure them, once they are in a desperate situation, if they don't prepare a glorious bullet for themselves, they will disgrace the army, so on the battlefield, when facing a desperate situation, they will often break the kettle and hit the most tragic blow!
For the Chinese [***] people, this is a tradition mixed with glory and sorrow! People like the blood wolf, who rebel against tradition with their lives, are not the first, and they will not be the last!
Beside him, there was a heart-wrenching cry, and after drinking most of the pot of water, the tank finally came back to consciousness. He looked at the corpse of the blood wolf, and wept so hard that tears flowed down with snot, and he cried like a child who had lost his way and lost his favorite toy.
Li Xiangshang didn't let anyone read the blood wolf's suicide note, he carefully folded the piece of cloth with the blood of the blood wolf, and then put it in his pocket, then looked at the tank, and shouted in a deep voice: "Tank, wipe away your worthless tears." Firmly remember your current sadness, firmly grasp the opportunity that the blood wolf gave you in exchange for your life, and take the shame and honor shared by you and the blood wolf, and give me a desperate climb forward! Until one day, you can proudly tell everyone that you have lived a wonderful life for two people, and you are qualified to cry! Do you understand?! ”
Tank's eyes widened to meet Li Xiangshang's stern gaze, and a blood red mixed with hope and madness slowly rose in his eyes. He straightened up sharply and hissed, "Yes, understood!! ”
Li Xiangshang looked at the soldier who was originally honest, but had the strongest fitness and tenacity, so he was called a tank soldier by everyone, and he could almost foresee that in the years to come, this man who had no way to retreat and no reason to be weak because he was burdened with the glory and shame of two people would inevitably turn himself into a rampaging super chariot!
Li Xiangshang nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Tank, return to the team immediately!" ”
Hearing Li Xiangshang's order, the tank shook off the last tear from the corner of his eye and walked behind the captain without saying a word.
Li Xiangshang finally turned his gaze on the face of a captain, "Return the military uniform to the blood wolf, and let him leave this island as a soldier." ”
After doing everything that should be done and saying everything that should be said, Li Xiangshang Huoran turned his head and strode to the front of the team, he waved his hand suddenly, and shouted: "Follow me, keep running!" ”
A few hours later, a landing ship took the blood wolf back into its uniform, and also brought back a letter from Li Xiangshang.
Although these soldiers in the temporary command center are accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, everyone still looks at each other when they see Li Xiangshang's letter......
"I hope to be able to deliver a batch of weapons to the island, as well as competition equipment. I think that instead of sitting and waiting, waiting for all the people infected with the virus to die, and everyone is facing death, one by one is panicking, but it is better to be strong, it is better to be anti-guest, and continue the internal trial that we should have started on this island! How to maintain the most basic combat effectiveness and accomplish all kinds of difficult tasks is a subject that we are trying to study every day. And this incident, although it was unexpected, although it caught us off guard, but taking it as a touchstone is not a way to advance bravely! ”
Now that the higher-ups have not made a final decision on the smallpox virus incident on the island, Li Xiangshang forcibly landed on the island and effectively managed the eight participating teams on the island and those arrogant professional soldiers, and finally turned them into a whole, not to mention, and even closed all possible virus circulation channels.
Although there were still accidents such as blood wolves and tanks, Li Xiangshang's behavior had already made everyone present see the hope that the incident would be resolved smoothly, but who would have thought that Li Xiangshang, an excellent leader who is nearly fifty years old and has been trained for a long time, would suddenly have a juvenile madness!
Now that the situation is unclear and the opinions of the superiors are unclear, he, Li Xiangshang, dares to ask for weapons to be distributed to them! If the most elite Chinese special forces on the island get their guns, how much difference is there between them and taking off the golden hoop on Sun Monkey's head?!
Just when everyone couldn't help frowning, not knowing how to deal with the troubles that Li Xiangshang sent them, a woman's voice suddenly came into their ears: "I hope you can agree to this request!" ”
The person who spoke was Xue Ningbo!
When she woke up, she had already returned to the interior and had undergone the strictest disinfection, and in the face of this situation, Xue Ningbo didn't say anything, but entered the temporary command center as a representative of the fifth special force. In terms of level, although Xue Ningbo is the last heavyweight instructor of the Fifth Special Force, there is still a considerable gap between him and the people present, but who among the people present does not admire Li Xiangshang's daring? Under the love house and Wuxia, they still accepted Xue Ningbo.
In fact, Xue Ningbo does have the right to speak.
She could see at a glance that this kind of plan that was too radical, even with the idea of knowing that there were tigers in the mountains and leaning towards the tiger mountains, was too far from Li Xiangshang's way of dealing with people, and it could only come from the handiwork of Fengying Building. Figuring out the initiator of this plan, coupled with the years of understanding of the master and apprentice, and when others were still worried about it, Xue Ningbo had already keenly grasped the key to the matter.
"Isn't it still up to the higher authorities to decide how to deal with the smallpox virus incident on the island?" Xue Ningbo looked at the audience and said, "Everyone knows that once the smallpox virus spreads, a few days will be enough to spread to several provinces!" In this case, the superiors still maintained a silent attitude, which in fact, had already affirmed everything that Major General Li Xiangshang had done on the island, and even put the decision in our hands in a non-written way. ”
Hearing this, everyone present showed a thoughtful look. If things develop, as Xue Ningbo judged, as long as they really sent weapons and competition equipment to the island, wouldn't they also make a reply to their superiors in a non-written way?
The most important thing is that if they do send their weapons to the island, the superiors are still silent, and as long as the people on the island no longer mess around, no bomber will fly over their heads to drop incendiary bombs! In that case, what they are most worried about has been resolved into ruthlessness, and as for how many people can leave the island alive in the end, that is, it will rain, and the mother will marry, depending on their own creation!
"When people face fear, they will scream loudly and make all kinds of strange movements, which is to reduce the sense of fear through this method."
Xue Ningbo continued: "If we transport weapons to the island and let them compete in small groups, this kind of confrontation between the strong will stimulate the competitive spirit of each of them and attract all their attention. In this situation of absolute concentration and absolute dedication, even if the virus continues to attack among them, the impact will be minimized! In this way, the chances of all of them surviving will also be greatly improved! ”
Everyone present, after deep thought, nodded slightly. Using the competition to attract the attention of everyone on the island, to a certain extent, this is a copy of Guan Gong's bone scraping and poisoning. Of course, such a plan can only come from a captain like Fengyinglou, who has dreamed of being a hero of the Three Kingdoms since he was a child.
At this point, Li Xiangshang's written request was finally approved in this temporary command center.
The matter that everyone was most concerned about, and it was also the most urgent, finally began to be resolved, and after a long sigh of relief, someone raised a second question, "Because of this smallpox virus incident, we have wasted too much time, we must immediately notify our special brigade to re-select the second team to participate in the internal qualifiers." ”
Before the others could react, Xue Ningbo was already shaking his head.
"Fengyinglou, you are only twenty-four years old, you have never been vaccinated against smallpox, and your blood type is type A with almost zero immunity to the smallpox virus, of course you should know that you have signed a big name on the death register. But you will still make such a plan, watching your mind mature, until you have the freedom to laugh at life and death, and the wisdom to open your eyes to see the world, I, Master, am really happy and sad! ”
let out a long sigh in her heart, it was because she knew Fengying Building, so Xue Ningbo couldn't help but straighten her waist, and her face revealed a look of pride, and she said loudly: "Why do we choose a second team?" They are competing on the island, even though the people in the final team may be scattered, but they share hardships together, face death together, and fight against each other, such familiarity, coupled with the command of Major General Li Xiangshang, can't they combine advantages in two months, and use survivors to create a super team that gathers the national elite? ”
The dead are gone, and the people who can come down from that island and Shanghai keep seeing their closest comrades-in-arms, who are not dead on the battlefield, but have fallen under the attack of the virus, their sadness, their anger, and their unwillingness will surely turn into the most crazy fighting spirit and fighting spirit.
It is conceivable that when such a team mixed with eight super elites of special forces and with a deep sadness enters the second "Blue Shield" military competition, it will definitely set off the most violent wind on that stage!
(To be continued)