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Idle throwing colored pens from Rong,

Dare to take Wu Hook to fly on the horse.

Building dreams and flowers,

Chi Huai is generous and forgets safety.

The green mountains bury loyal bones everywhere,

Didn't want to succeed boss back.

This is Colonel Chen Feihu's enlistment self-encouragement. It's a pity that I didn't have such a high level of consciousness at that time.

December 20, 1994 was the day I received the notice to enlist in the army.

With a shaved head, wearing a fat green military uniform, and carrying a backpack made by a cousin who had been a soldier, under the gaze of the villagers, he came to the site of the county people's armed forces department to send off the recruits to the army -- the compound of the people's armed forces department. The compound was crowded, and the team that came to see them off stood in groups, and the core of the crowd was the new soldier who wore a big red flower on his chest today. In the 90s, enlisting in the army was a very glorious event, not only an important moment in the life of the parties, but also a great glory for young families, although many people only achieved their wishes after "passing five levels and killing six generals".

As if it was going to be a ceremony, perhaps to break with the past and start a new journey, everyone invariably shaved their heads. As far back as I can remember, it was the first time I had shaved my head, and I was not used to it at first, and I always felt like there were many pairs of eyes staring at me. Because people who shave their heads in memory are not good people, they are all second-rate people in society. Now I see so many people all "light gourd", and my mood is much brighter. We all heard that the troops had to shave their heads after they heard about it, so we just settled it first. Start with the "head"!

"Yiniu, don't forget to write to us when you get to the army." It was my high school classmate and good friend Guangtao who came to the station. He was accompanied by his good classmate Xiao Zhu. Northerners like to add the word "cow" to the last word of people's names, and the last word in my name is "righteousness", so my classmates call me "righteous cow".

The two of them were two of my best classmates in high school. There are a total of 8 people in our 202 dormitory, who can care for each other, support each other, and learn from each other. We named our team "TOT". Guangtao and Xiao Zhu were both sports students in school, and they failed to get into college in the second year. I heard that I was going to be a soldier, so I came to see me off.

"Yes, yes", we hugged each other, our eyes moistened a little, "contact them a few times to say hello to them on my behalf". Liu Huanlin, He Liuxing, Ji Ziya, Mo Shenghui, Zhang Hongyun, all 5 of them have gone to college, in the southeast and northwest, and they have not been in touch for a long time.

"Got on board, go, go." Someone was shouting over a loudspeaker, and the shouting was like a knife that cut the distance between me and my relatives, my classmates, and my friends, farther and farther away, farther and farther away. After nearly 40 hours of bumpy driving, I finally arrived at Guigang, Guangxi, where I enlisted in the army, and later learned that there were more than 120 people who came to this place together.

As soon as we got out of the train station, everyone laughed, and the people on the street wore short sleeves, while we wore cotton clothes and cotton pants. When I was in school, I only knew that China was a vast country, and the south belonged to a subtropical climate, so I didn't really feel it, but now I really felt it, the motherland is really big, so big that you are a little overwhelmed. The recruits were issued with only one set of clothing, and they didn't have to change it, and they didn't have time to change it.

"Silly soldier, stupid soldier", passers-by all cast strange glances and talked loudly. Many of us have incomprehension and anger in our eyes, because we still have to gather, and we are not familiar with life, so we all acquiesce. Everyone was loaded into several large trucks (the troops called Dongfeng Transport Vehicles), and the tarpaulin behind them was covered, and dozens of people sat inside, and they could only feel that the vehicles kept turning and turning, where did they go? Hell knows. The purpose is not to let you know!

I don't know how long I drove, but I heard someone in front of me shouting: "Get off, get off". At this time, the vehicle I was riding in also made a sharp turn and stopped. Someone lifted the tarpaulin and asked us to come down and stand. These two people are wearing green military uniforms and military caps, and under the light of the basketball court, they can only see silhouettes, and they feel quite powerful. It seems to be at the barracks.

When I looked at the electronic watch given by my parents, it was already 2 o'clock in the morning.

According to the file roll call, everyone was taken away by different people in green uniforms. I didn't know the other 8 or 9 people, but I must have been pulled by the same train and taken to the third floor of a house by a tall squad leader.

"The first squad leader, the third squad leader, and another batch of recruits have come, how to divide them?" The squad leader who brought us here was asking for the opinions of the other squad leaders.

"You pick first." A squad leader responded.

"Do you know how to play basketball?"

"No, it won't."

"Do you know how to play football?"

"No, it won't."

"What's your specialty?"

"Nope."

With the squad leader's question, all those who have a skill have been picked out, and this person who can only answer "no" and "no" is still standing in place, and this person is me.

"Lao Qin, there is one left, do you want this soldier?" By calling each other just now, I know that the person who brought us here is the second squad leader.

"Yes, why not, come, welcome to join the recruit class of the Fourth Company of Steel Knife. I am Qin Song, the leader of the first squad of recruits. The squad leader sat up from the bed and beckoned to me.

"Squad leader, let him do a few push-ups to try." A man sleeping on the top bunk by the door turned his body over, supported his upper body with his arms, and said with a smile. I felt like he was a bit smug and a little "mischievous". I glanced at him and saw his name on the bed, his name was Angela Yang. The squad leader didn't deny him, and I leaned down and started doing push-ups.

"Shengbi, don't bully the new comrades." The squad leader stopped him.

"Deputy class, go make him a pack of instant noodles, he must be hungry so late." Good words are warm in three winters, the words of the squad leader make my heart warm, I have been out for a few days, and it is the first time that someone cares so much, and the tip of my nose is sour. I secretly swore that although I have no specialty, I must train hard to fight for the squad leader and not let him regret choosing me.

I don't know if I fell asleep, but it didn't take long for the bugle to sound.

"Get up!" I heard someone blowing a whistle below and shouting.

Everyone shouted "get up" and quickly sat up from the bed, and I looked at it, immediately put on my clothes, and followed downstairs. We were taken to a playground for cohort training.

There are a total of 8 new fighters in our class, and Yang Shengbi came earlier than us and is already familiar with everyone. He was from Hunan, smart, tall and thin, and he was transferred away a month later. Although I haven't been in contact with him for a long time, I am impressed. Many people tried to contact him, but they have not been able to reach him. Life is like this, some people have some things, and they pass by in a moment's time.

Last night, our group was the last to arrive, and many of the rules are still not understood.

"Who's that, yawning in the queue." Someone shouted 20 meters away.

"Report to the battalion commander, it's a new fighter who has just arrived. I just arrived last night and didn't get a good rest. The squad leader stood in a standard upright posture and replied to the person with a bit of a beer belly in the distance. That guy was the new Camp Commander Zou, and it was me who yawned. On the first day of the army, when he participated in the first training, he was criticized by the leader by name, and the squad leader was also trained, thinking that there would definitely be no good fruit to eat in the future.

Since then, I have also practiced my first trick after entering the barracks: yawning without opening my mouth.

Since then, I have made continuous progress while actively overcoming difficulties.

Don't open your mouth to yawn, you try?