Chapter 35: I Do!
In the sixties of the last century, in response to the support of the construction of Vietnam, the troops sent to Vietnam to build highways 10 and 12, and the military camps were stationed.
There are no journalists, no long speeches, no flowers, no applause, and no spectators. But this scene at this moment is enough to engrave the eternity of history.
The sad spring rain is pouring down, as if it is going to wash away the dust between the sky and the earth, and it seems to be crying silently.
Under this hazy sky, hundreds of people from all over the world, but gathered for the same reason, were silently showering in the rain. On the long table in front of them, more than a hundred military kettles, lunch boxes, and rough wooden urns with names engraved on them were neatly arranged.
Next to each container, there is a golden military merit medal, and on the packaging box of each military merit medal, there are two sentences printed on it: Die for the interests of the people is heavier than Mount Tai!
The gray-haired, aged mother and father, their bodies trembling in the wind, stretched out their dry hands, gently caressing the container containing the ashes of the martyrs, and in a gentle call of "My son", the two old men turned their heads together. Neither father nor mother wanted each other to see the tears they had shed for forty years.
A twenty-year-old boy, hearing a name, walked to the front. "He is my cousin, he is the only son in the family, his parents have long since passed away, and his home is gone."
The wife, who came to greet her husband with her children and grandchildren who had grown up and had complicated tears, looked to be in her sixties, and her weather-beaten face was full of the marks of time. According to the rules of the army, many of the people standing here have to call her sister-in-law, and her husband is a deputy company commander who was killed by stones rolling down from the mountain in the bombing of the mountain.
The sister-in-law, clinging to the ashes of the familiar and strange man in her arms, her lips trembling. Suddenly, the sister-in-law sat on the ground, and after a long time, she hugged her husband's ashes and let out a heart-rending cry: "You who have no conscience and deserve a thousand cuts, didn't you say that you would come back well, why did you leave for more than 40 years?!" ”
Cry, cry loudly, let the tears of sorrow, the tears of pride, wet your clothes. Hold the ashes of your relatives who have been separated from the motherland for 40 years in your arms, hold the eternal smile they left on the camera before their deaths, stand on this Chinese soil, and cry to your heart's content!
Zhan Xia Ge and Wan Likai stood side by side in a hidden position, silently watching the scene in front of them one after another tragicomedy in the world, and looking at the tears flowing from the faces of those heroes' relatives.
After a long time, Zhan Xia Ge said in a deep voice: "Wan Likai, many people think that you are a very clever and slippery guy. Now everyone thinks that you are stupid and stupid enough to spend a whole year and two months doing this kind of work that may not please you, let alone be commended. Tell me, do you think you're smart or stupid? ”
"I don't know!"
Staring at the glass window, a stick along the smooth glass surface, which was constantly sliding downward, pulling out a long line of water droplets, Wan Likai said softly: "I didn't know I had been in Vietnam for so long. I always thought I was smart enough, but now I don't even know if I'm stupid or stupid. I'm just doing what I think I should do! ”
"In this world, there are many smart people, and when they face problems, they can often find easier solutions and find the way to success. But such people, after a long time, will lack the courage and tenacity to face challenges, and many smart people end up being smart and mistaken. And in this world, there are many stupid people, and a considerable number of them clearly know that stupid birds go first, and they can make enough efforts to make up for the lack of their congenital surnames, and then succeed. But a person's energy is limited, and when they reach a certain height, they have no extra time to make up for the lack of their congenital surname, so they often cannot reach the peak of success. ”
Zhan Xia Ge Huo Ran turned his head, he stared at Wan Likai and said: "You are really too smart, too smart, so smart that you will be able to achieve nothing for the rest of your life." But in the past year or so, you have learned to be stupid! Be smart when you should be smart, be stupid when you should be stupid, that is, you can find a shortcut to victory in the face of challenges, and you can rush forward in the face of challenges, and use your tenacity and perseverance to exchange for victory. In my eyes, such a person is a person with great wisdom! ”
Wan Likai's body shook involuntarily, and the eyes of the two of them finally met again. Zhan Xia Ge looked at the big boy in front of him, who was more than ten years younger than himself, and a brilliant smile slowly rose on his face, and he smiled and said: "Wan Likai, I know that it is because you like to be praised and praised by others that you will have an almost pathological attachment to victory." If you really want to hear my compliments, then listen up, you're good, really good, even better than I expected! I...... Think you're proud! ”
Wan Likai was really stunned, and the warrior song actually said that he was proud of him! Deep down in his heart, the man who respected and admired him the most earnestly told him that he was proud of him! Facing the war song as bright as the stars in the dark night, full of encouraging eyes, Wan Likai really didn't know that he could endure loneliness in Vietnam, endure the strange eyes of others, and spend a long time of one year and two months, and what supported him to persist was whether he was more unwilling to be unjust about the martyrs, or he longed to be praised by this man and recognized by this man a little more.
Wan Likai only knew that when he saw those gray-haired old men, those wives in their sixties, taking over the urns of their relatives, and when he heard the words of the war song, even if he was allowed to die immediately now, he would no longer have regrets about his life. He finally did something meaningful!
"You were eliminated by the Fifth Special Forces a year ago. Now you have two choices, first, or go home, return to the world that belongs to you, I think you have learned great wisdom, in your original world, you have enough qualifications to create your own career kingdom; Second, join my mobile unit and continue to grow in a variety of more difficult and dangerous environments until you become a qualified soldier and then return to the barracks! ”
Facing the battle song that stood with a smile and his eyes full of appreciation and encouragement, and faced the man he respected and admired the most in his life, could Wan Likai have a second choice?
"This is the dividing ridge of your life, don't rush to tell me the answer yet."
Zhan Xia Ge said in a deep voice: "You have to understand the significance of my formation of this mobile unit, we will not soak in the training ground every day, let alone use exercises and rubber bullets to improve the so-called combat experience and tactical awareness!" The elite troops I want are definitely not scouts who have never been on the battlefield, let alone seen blood! ”
"Now our China, with peaceful rise as its strategic policy, China's economy has been growing rapidly, and its status on the international stage has also been continuously improved. Under such circumstances, in a short period of time, we in China may not have any more large-scale military confrontations. However, even within our own homeland, there is always a group of people who are constantly launching politically significant attacks on China's border cities, trying to divide China's territory and build their own so-called perfect world. Under the vigorous promotion of some 'people of insight', these miscellaneous fish, which could not be moved to the table, joined forces with some old terrorist groups in the world a few years ago to form their own offensive and defensive alliances, and received support in terms of weapons and training. In the face of such a self-righteous enemy, passive defense can only make their arrogance more and more arrogant! And the mobile unit I led, in the face of this kind of crazy scum, has only one slogan. ”
Speaking of this, in the eyes of Zhan Xia Ge, a trace of essence that could almost be divided into gold and gravel suddenly flashed, and he said word by word: "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth!" ”
Wan Likai smiled, "I like this slogan!" ”
"If they dare to punch us, I will never return the punch to them, because we are not children who have learned to fight on the street. I'll take you and chop off their entire outstretched arms by the roots before they can retract them! If they think they're terrorists, I'll lead you all and make them open their eyes to what real terror tactics are! I want to make them clearly understand through practical actions that whether they are terrorists, drug lords, or some people with ulterior motives, like mice, can only hide in the shadows and constantly criticize the members of China's 'divine religion', don't think that it will be okay to escape from China's borders, as long as they have the blood of our Chinese on their hands, as long as they owe debts in China, as long as I decide to take over their 'cat and mouse' game, we will never die! ”
Wan Likai licked his lips lightly and said, "It sounds like I want to kill a lot of scum who are no longer human beings through your consideration." ”
"And you have to be prepared to be killed in the line of duty, not only do the other side have guns, but they have also been trained in terrorist training camps, and they are themselves retired soldiers or mercenaries of the special forces." Zhan Xia Ge stared at Wan Likai and said in a deep voice: "Due to the special surname of our mission, once the mission fails, the chance of death after being captured is more than eighty percent, and before death, they are often tortured to extract confessions. So, if you have to retreat and you lose the ability to safely withdraw on the battlefield, the first person to kill you will be your direct captain or the companion who was fighting alongside you just now! And the chance that your corpse will not be destroyed by the enemy will not exceed 20%. We will not let a living soldier risk it in order to retrieve a corpse. So...... Your corpse will either become the enemy's trophy, hanging in certain positions as a capital to show off, until it becomes a dried corpse; Either they are abandoned in the wilderness and become food for wild beasts. ”
Hearing this, Wan Likai's eyelids couldn't help beating, and a cold chill involuntarily rose from the bottom of his heart.
Wan Likai was not shocked when he heard the outcome they might encounter on the battlefield, and it was the person who made him feel cold all over his body.
Although Zhan Xia Ge didn't stare at him, although he was still standing there quietly, when he said this, what rose from his body was a cold murderous aura. He definitely didn't joke with Wan Likai, whether it was the Song of War Heroes, or the group of soldiers of the Fifth Special Force who grew up together and fell into the encirclement of terrorists who invaded the Chinese border in the "Ice Board", and broke out the fiercest battle, in the face of this situation, they will not hesitate to pull the trigger of the weapon in their hands against the brothers who are closer than those who have a blood relationship!
Whether it is the war hero song or the brothers around him, they have all experienced the most cruel test of war, stepping on blood and corpses step by step to the present day. In their eyes, sacrificing their lives for the country on the battlefield may be as normal or even beautiful as those silkworm chrysalis in nature, which have finally transformed into beautiful butterflies. They joined the Fifth Special Unit since they were young and received the most rigorous military training, and they would rather die honorably on the battlefield than return to normal society after receiving a large amount of military pay.
This is the real professional soldier for life!
"Think about it."
Who is willing to consciously walk on the battlefield where even the corpses cannot be returned to China, and be a soldier who cannot surface no matter what kind of contribution he makes, and can only be silently an unsung hero?
It takes a lot of courage to take that step.
Just as Zhan Xia Ge turned around and was about to walk out of this room, he heard Wan Likai think carefully and replied seriously: "I am willing!" ”
"Can you tell me a reason why you'd like to?"
Why do you want to?
Wan Likai thought about it carefully, and there were many reasons he could find, but none of them seemed to support him to make this decision to put his future destiny in the hands of the army and the country, and he could no longer choose independently.
Wan Likai tilted his head and thought for a long time before he replied: "Willing is willing!" ”
This really can't be considered a qualified answer, but Zhan Xia Song laughed. There are those who can become self-sacrificing heroes in the face of danger, and there are those who usually talk about it, but when faced with real trials, they become outright cowards. Putting aside the comments of psychologists, putting aside the analysis of what education, what DNA composition and so on, whether it is to be a hero or a coward, there is a very important reason, and that is...... I do!
There is no reason, no explanation, Wan Likai can sincerely say "I do", which is enough for a warrior song who really understands the creature of men!
From this moment on, the mobile unit of the Battle Hero Song has one more young member who has not yet received systematic military training.
And Zhan Xia Ge himself has an apprentice who is smart and stupid, that is, slippery and stupid as a pig...... Wan Likai!
Now Wan Likai is an out-and-out poor bastard, and even the money for the apprenticeship banquet is out of the pocket of Zhan Xia Ge. In line with the attitude that the mountains are not high, there are immortals, and in line with the glorious tradition that soldiers must learn to be diligent and thrifty, two guys in civilian clothes walked into a small restaurant on the side of the road.
What seven yuan a plate of fish-flavored shredded pork, what six yuan a plate of oily meat, what three yuan a plate of shredded pepper potatoes, in the kitchen behind the small restaurant, in the kitchen behind the small restaurant, a shovel and pots collided together, and soon the table was filled. The two men, who usually barely drank alcohol, raised their wine glasses together.
Wan Likai: "Master! ”
Warrior Song: "Hmm! ”
Wan Likai: "Master! ”
Warrior Song: "Huh? ”
Wan Likai: "Master! ”
Song of the Warriors: "......"
Wan Likai: "Master! ”
……
Zhan Xia Ge's eyes widened, and he finally couldn't help but say, "You call the soul?" Screaming, screaming and screaming, can't you bother you?! ”
"Hey, hey......" Wan Likai replied with a smile: "I'm sure that I really succeeded." Hahaha...... I finally worship Master as a teacher, hahaha...... I am finally Master's apprentice...... Hahaha...... It's better to be a closed disciple! Master, do you have any cheats, any tricks, any nirvana or anything like that, but don't hide your secrets. You don't want your second apprentice to be kicked out of the game as soon as he appears, and become a supporting role A, B, and C, right? Then you can't talk about it in terms of face, right? ”
Looking at the shameless and obscene face, with an action that was too intimate and had caused other people in the small restaurant to look sideways, lying on his shoulder and smirking, like an idiot two hundred and five baby apprentices, Zhan Xia Ge couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. People say that the country is easy to change and the surname is difficult to change, this sentence is really fucking true, look at it, two glasses of beer in the stomach, Wan Likai's rogue nature is once again completely exposed.
Zhan Xia Ge smiled and grabbed the wine bottle, filled the wine glass in Wan Likai's hand with a full glass, and said, "Cheats, yes, I've prepared it for you!" Nirvana, yes, of course, there is no one-hit kill, how dare I accept a precious apprentice like you? ”
Wan Likai was really too excited, so excited that he didn't pay attention to the weird tone of Zhan Xia Ge, and of course Wan Likai didn't pay attention to the weird gaze in Zhan Xia Ge's eyes.
As long as anyone who is a little familiar with the song of the warriors knows that once the songs of the warriors reveal such a gaze, there will definitely be people who will be unlucky!
(To be continued)