Li Ruohua is a surgeon who works at the Second People's Hospital of Hanjing. Graduated from the Southwest Medical College, she is a veteran of medical skills, and a scalpel is particularly exquisite, but she has always been a knife in the surgical operating room of the hospital under the popular remarks of the 34s that there was no female surgeon in front of the operating table.

In the past, many female doctors were considered unsuitable for surgery, but after graduating from Southwest Medical College, Li Ruohua has always been known for her excellent skills and energy, and she has been operating on the operating table for hours for a long time.

On September 27, it was supposed to be a Saturday holiday, but the hospital suddenly came to a patient who had a car accident and needed to amputate his left leg, and the doctor on duty was not sure, a phone call to Li Ruohua's home, she hurried to go, and the operation lasted until more than six o'clock in the afternoon, and it was already dark when she returned home.

"Qiangqiang, are you hungry?"

When Li Ruohua returned home, he saw his son Zhou Qiang, who was in the second grade of primary school, sitting in front of the TV watching the Imperial News broadcast, so he asked him if he had eaten.

"Mom, I ate egg fried rice, and I also helped you fry a bowl and put it in the refrigerator, you can use the microwave to heat it up and eat it." Zhou Qiang has been influenced by his father since he was a child, his surname is very strong, and he is also very obedient, his father is not at home all the year round, and his mother is a very busy doctor. If it's bigger, you can even stir-fry your own fried rice and eat it.

After Zhou Qiang helped his mother take the coat and hang it up, he quickly ran back to the sofa and lay down, the Imperial News Network is the news he must watch every day. The 30-minute Empire News broadcast was very tight, starting with domestic news, followed by international news, and finally the most important military intelligence broadcast.

Hearing the familiar melody of the news broadcast on the TV, Li Ruohua suddenly asked, "Qiangqiang, can you play this fishing song?" ”

"Not quite yet."

Zhou Qiang is usually quiet at school, belonging to the quiet type, Li Ruohua has no choice, only let him find more hobbies to become cheerful. This kid is still a little different from his father's toughness and domineering of the iron-blooded soldier. However, Zhou Qiang especially admires soldiers, especially his father.

Li Ruohua put the fried rice in the microwave oven and sat next to her son, her husband was not at home all the year round, mysterious all the year round, she worked at home alone and took care of the children, very tired and sufficient.

Her husband doesn't even have very many phone calls and letters, but Li Ruohua is very concerned about the affairs of the army and the country, and the daily news broadcast is a must-see, especially Zhou Qiang.

“…… Shusheng announced earlier today that its personal computer company is expected to launch a computer ...... for home users next month.

Today's news broadcast seems to be a little unusual, and it throws out this blockbuster news at the beginning, and the five-minute news is all about the launch of personal computers by Shusheng Company.

“…… Shusheng company will implement the consistent purpose of serving the people, and will promote scientific and technological progress and improve people's lives as its own responsibility. We are the first in the world to launch a personal computer product for the first time in order to...... In the next 20 years, we will complete the first popularization of personal computers nationwide at the rate of one small generation a year and a major generation every four years......"

In the TV screen, Sun Laixi, the global vice president of Shusheng Company, who is a household name in the country, is telling reporters about the original intention of launching personal computers and the outlook for the future.

On television, Mr. Sun lifted a red cloth and showed the national audience the personal computer, which was about one-third the size of a desk. This kind of personal computer, named "Shenzhou" computer, in addition to a monitor, also has a chassis, a keyboard, and a mouse. Sun Laixi made a fuss on the spot, although it was just a simple opening of the file, typing, copying and pasting, etc., but it made the reporters who were interviewing the scene burst out with incredible cries.

"So soon, PCs will be for home users?" Li Ruohua couldn't help but say that she is no stranger to computers, and she often uses them in hospitals, after all, computers have been around for many years, but personal computers, especially such microcomputers, have not been introduced to the society, and she even saw such a microcomputer for the first time. The hospital computer is the size of a few tables, and the work and input are not something that ordinary people can do.

"Wow, computer!! Mom, this kind of computer looks much better than the school computer, it's so fun. ”

Zhou Qiang saw the personal computer on the TV and said happily that the school also has computer classes, but they are all some first-generation analog computers. Li Ruohua saw that his son was so excited, so he said comfortingly: "You, usually be cheerful, communicate more with classmates and friends, and when this kind of computer is on the market, my mother will buy you one." ”

"Good. Mom is so nice. ”

The mother and son continued to watch the news broadcast, and today's news broadcast was all some relatively important news, with policies, and even Premier Zhou Guolai and Vice Chairman Sun Changqing, who had not appeared on TV for a long time, appeared one after another.

Finally the time for military news. Zhou Qiang looked at his mother and asked, "Mom, did Dad write a letter and call back?" ”

"No, your dad has a mission. The army has a secrecy policy, and it is not that you can write a letter if you want to, but you can call when you want to, and I have told you many times. Li Ruohua's eyes were slightly dim, and she couldn't help but think of what her husband told herself before he left home on the mission, and her intuition told her that her husband's mission this time was very important, and she didn't know if there was any danger. She even worries that if the mission fails, her husband will really die for the country as she told her. But she knew that, as his wife, she had to believe that he would be able to complete the mission, and she had nothing else to do, neither knowing her husband's troop number, nor his comrades and superiors, nor even where he had gone. If she didn't know that her family had always lived in a military community and that her husband was a real lieutenant general, she would even wonder if her husband was really a senior general of the empire.

She couldn't help but silently pray that the task of God to bless her husband must be completed, and no accidents will occur.

"Mom, what kind of officer is Dad?"

Zhou Qiang looked at his mother pitifully, he admired his father very much since he was a child, but he never knew what kind of officer he was, and he saw his father very little every year, sometimes even this time he saw his father as a lieutenant colonel, and the next time he saw his father, he was already a colonel. And this time period is two years, and the family only returns occasionally.

"Your father is a lieutenant general in the empire, and the army has secrecy regulations, and the children's family asks so much about what to do."

Li Ruohua still sends her son the same way, not that she doesn't want to say it, but she doesn't know, after being married for so many years, she never knows what army her husband is, where he served, and never knows his comrades-in-arms, superiors and subordinates, and even if he receives his letter at home, there is no postmark information on the mail.

She once suspected that her husband was an agent, but he assured her that he was not. But within the scope of the regular army, she checked all the public information, and did not find the name of her husband Zhou Ting, let alone news reports, and never heard of such a lieutenant general in the empire.

When children are young, it is inevitable to talk about their fathers when they are in school.

The school where Zhou Qiang went to school also had children of officers, but there was only one lieutenant general like Zhou Qiang's father, and it was difficult for his father to become an imperial lieutenant general based on his age as a second-grade elementary school student. The sons and daughters of the lieutenant generals of the empire were far older than his age, and the major generals were much younger than him. Because of the problem of the award system and the time of awarding the title, the rank of lieutenant general was originally a major watershed in the rank system of the emperor's [***] team.

In Zhou Qiang's class, there are children of officers, children are not sensible, and they usually like to discuss their fathers, one male classmate's father is a major, and a female classmate's father is even more powerful is a lieutenant colonel.

Zhou Qiang was originally very silent, but when discussing things like soldiers, he naturally liked to participate, so he told his classmates that his father was a lieutenant general.

The classmates naturally didn't believe it, and they didn't see this so-called lieutenant general's father once but picked him up, and finally the classmates said that he was a little liar, and the two had a fight and got into trouble with the teacher.

Li Ruohua was invited to school, and the head teacher specifically asked about this matter, after all, if he was young, he lied and said that his father was a lieutenant general, which was dishonest. Even the teacher didn't believe that there was a son of an imperial lieutenant general in his class. In desperation, Li Ruohua also brought his military ID card and honor card. She believes that if the child did not lie, then she has to prove it for him.

As a result, the head teacher was naturally surprised, but he didn't expect this little guy with good academic performance and usually few words, and his father was really a lieutenant general. Although the matter has passed, Zhou Qiang has always had a wish in his heart that one day his father can attend a parent-teacher conference. Although the head teacher testified for himself, he always felt as if his classmates were suspicious of him and his father.

He couldn't stand being thought to be a liar, and he couldn't allow others to question his father, the great father.

"My father was a lieutenant general, he was a hero, he had made many meritorious ......"

In the face of ignorant doubts among children, he always responds like this. Of course, the children will continue to question, "So what battle did your father participate in?" Did your father fight in Southeast Asia or in the Far East? Was your father in the Army or Air Force? Don't you know? ”

At this time, Zhou Qiang was always at a loss for words, and he even secretly took his father's meritorious service certificate to school, but compared with his classmates, it was completely different, the classmate's father's meritorious service certificate was written on a certain unit, and his father's certificate was actually written only one unit: issued by the Emperor's [***] Affairs Committee.

This unit is certainly the heaviest weight, but it is too general. Ignorant children, how can they know so much.

"Mom, when Dad left, I asked him what army he belonged to, and I told him that the teacher said that adults are not allowed to lie to children. But Dad still didn't tell me, just said that I would find out soon. ”

Zhou Qiang said a little frustratedly.

Li Ruohua was stunned again, and her husband said the same to himself, saying that no matter whether the mission succeeds or fails, he can quickly know his troops.

"Well, your dad didn't lie to you, you'll find out soon, be obedient, don't talk, watch TV well."

At this time, the military news time in the news broadcast officially began, and the host said, "Audience friends in front of the TV, this station has just received an order from the Imperial Propaganda Department, and today's news network will be extended by about thirty minutes in the military news stage.

Here's what we just received. ”

The host paused slightly, looked at the broadcast script, and read solemnly, "The Imperial Ministry of Defense has just announced that the heroic strategic rocket forces of our army have launched nuclear strikes on Washington and Chicago at four o'clock and half past four o'clock in Hanjing time this afternoon.

Next, we will send you a report on the scene from Shao Jianhua, the military host of this station, at a certain strategic missile base. ”

"Mom, it's a nuclear bomb!! And missiles. Zhou Qiang jumped up from the sofa excitedly, he was born in a military family, and he has always had a preference for military affairs, he naturally knows the nuclear bomb, a weapon of mass destruction known to the whole people, and as for the missile, it is mentioned in the school textbook.

"Nuclear warheads? Intercontinental ballistic missile? Hit Washington and Chicago? A nuclear strike? ”

Li Ruohua was also stunned, she was not Zhou Qiang, who had just entered the second grade, and knew how shocking the world was contained in these keywords. ICBMs, which are literally scary, and how incredible it is that a nuclear strike is carried not by bombers, but by missiles, that is, by such missiles across Asia and the Americas, from China to Washington and Chicago.

The news screen quickly switches to a strange wilderness, where mountains are everywhere in the eye, and the camera is focused on a host, who is Shao Jianhua, the military host of Imperial TV.

"Hello viewers and friends in front of the television, you may have learned the good news that our strategic rocket forces have successfully used the Vostok-42 ICBM to carry out ultra-long-range nuclear strikes against the enemy.

Behind me is the silos, and what you see is ......"

So, next, Shao Jianhua brought a very detailed report on the whole process of nuclear missiles from preparation to attack in front of the national television set, and Zhou Qiang and Li Ruohua watched it very devotedly, cheering from time to time, and being extremely excited. How inspiring it was for the empire to achieve such a great victory, there were even two brief shots of Washington and Chicago on TV, which showed that a huge mushroom cloud rose up in the night in the two cities, illuminating the city, and in the huge explosion, I don't know what it was filmed, and even the White House at the moment of destruction could be seen ...... "Audience friends, we interviewed the commander-in-chief of this operation twice at the time of the missile launch and after the launch, and now ......"

However, the next picture made Li Ruohua and Zhou Qiang stunned, and the mother and son looked at the TV with wide eyes as if they were stupid.

Shao Jianhua was interviewing a commander-in-chief wearing the rank of lieutenant general, and the introduction typed out on the screen was: Lieutenant General Zhou Ting, commander of a certain unit of the imperial strategic rocket forces and commander-in-chief of nuclear strike operations.

“…… On behalf of the Imperial [***] side, the Imperial Strategic Rocket Forces, I hereby assure the people of the whole country that we will at any time and under all circumstances, in accordance with the orders of Chairman Zhang Shusheng of the Supreme Council, reserve the right to inflict nuclear strikes on any enemy. To borrow an old saying, those who offend my Chinese Tianwei will be punished even if they are far away. ”

In the TV screen, Shao Jianhua handed the microphone to Lieutenant General Zhou Ting again: "General Zhou, before today, the Strategic Rocket Forces have been in the highest state of secrecy, do you have anything to say?" ”

Zhou Ting: "Yes, audience friends, before today, our strategic rocket forces have been unknown, and even in the internal system of the army, we only have a very high degree of secrecy of the number. From the number of the unit, the equipment of the unit, to the officers and men, they are all kept in a state of high secrecy to the outside world. However, our troops have been formed for more than a decade.

Here, I would like to say to all the families of the officers and men of the Strategic Rocket Forces: You have worked hard, we may have concealed it, we may not have been able to accompany you for several years, and we have failed to live up to your ardent eyes countless times and have not been able to report good news to you. However, we have never slackened off, we have never been in a vegetarian position, we have been fighting for the construction of the Imperial Strategic Rocket Forces.

I would like to take this opportunity to apologize to the families of the 100,000 Strategic Rocket Forces on behalf of General Lu Ziyun, Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Rocket Forces, on behalf of him. ”

After speaking, Zhou Ting on the TV screen stared at the camera, stood up and saluted, and silently shed male tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Mom, that's Daddy, Daddy is on TV. Dad is not a liar, Dad is a real lieutenant general, Dad is a lieutenant general, Dad is a commander. ”

Zhou Qiang, who was young, laughed happily at first, and then cried.

Li Ruohua also cried, in the past ten years of marriage, all the grievances, all the incomprehension, and all the speculation turned into tears at this moment just now.

It turned out that he really had been on the most secret mission, the most secret military mission in terms of nuclear strikes and strategic rocket forces. He never lied to himself, he just couldn't tell himself.

He is also a real lieutenant general, and for more than ten years, he has participated in the construction of the most mysterious troops step by step, and even commanded such a major military task.

Li Ruohua also understood what her husband said before leaving, if the mission fails, he will be loyal to the country in the way of a soldier.

She had suspected that her husband was under pressure from his superiors, but now she understood that this pressure did not come from his superiors, but from his heart, from the most loyal and selfless love for this nation, for this empire.

She now believes that if such a mission really fails, her husband will definitely choose to be loyal to his country.

She also understood why her husband was going to join the army even though he was a very good physics graduate student, and he was promoted so quickly.

This is all because, he is an officer of the Strategic Rocket Forces, and he makes his own contribution.

"Daddy never lied to you. Before he left, Dad told Mom that he would have a long vacation when he came back next time. He can go to your parent-teacher conference, and we will go to the park together, and accompany my mother and you to buy a lot of clothes, a lot of things......"

Li Ruohua was already incoherent with joy and excitement, and finally cried again, but Zhou Qiang smiled and smiled reassuringly.

…… At the same time, Han Jingshan and Zhang Shusheng also sat in front of the TV and watched the live show.

However, unlike ordinary families, there are a large number of high-ranking military and political officials of the empire who accompany him to watch TV.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

Everyone applauded, because Zhang Shusheng did not announce the news of the success of the nuclear strike in advance, but asked everyone to watch the show quietly with the national audience.

When the huge surprise came from the TV, everyone stood up and applauded desperately, including Zhang Shusheng.

And all of this was personally ordered by Zhang Shusheng.

It was his good-natured 'premeditation' to announce the news of the success of the nuclear strike to the national audience as soon as possible, broadcast it live on television, broadcast the missile launch live, and present the entire strategic rocket force and the infinitely powerful intercontinental nuclear missile in front of the people of the whole country.

When Shao Jianhua interviewed Zhou Ting, Zhang Shusheng was also moved, among the people present, only Lu Ziyun and him knew that this Zhou Ting was born in a professional class, and he had a military surname, not only proficient in theory, but also very good at military command and management, and his promotion to lieutenant general at a young age was naturally not extraordinary. Even the 'determination' he secretly expressed to Lu Ziyun before participating in the operation was clearly known.

From Zhou Ting, he felt the kind of unknown hard work for the empire for more than ten years without being known. Countless secret missions, far fewer opportunities to visit relatives than ordinary officers, and the time to visit relatives is very short, family members are not even allowed to join the army, and many people can even ask for leave to go home only if there is a drastic change in their families...... Zhang Shusheng felt that Zhou Ting was very familiar, very similar to a movie he watched before returning to this era.

He still remembers that the movie was about an extraterrestrial meteorite coming to Earth, and the only solution was to send an oil drilling team to drill holes in the meteorite and put nuclear bombs to blast it.

The workers in the drill team were ordinary people, and one of them went to see his divorced wife and son for the last time before the operation. His ex-wife still doesn't forgive him and warns him not to influence his son.

He did not tell his son that he was his father.

"Mom, who is that person?"

"He's a salesman."

However, when the son finally saw the drilling team traveling on TV, saying goodbye on the space shuttle, he saw the man. "Mom, that salesman is on TV."

The ex-wife finally cried and told her son, "He's not a salesman, he's your father." ”

Zhang Shusheng has always believed that under the glory of the empire on the surface, under many glorious positive examples, there are too many unknown people, including the officers and soldiers of the strategic rocket force like Zhou Ting, and even those nuclear bomb experts and rocket experts, who have been working hard for more than ten years, but only after retirement, or even old age, can they reap the honor that should be attributed to them. They have encountered countless incomprehensions from their families, and even encountered strange glances from relatives and friends, but they have never defended, but have been paying silently.

After watching the TV program, Zhang Shusheng didn't say much, but ordered to immediately start strategic nuclear missile strikes on the intended Allied targets in Britain and Europe and left, and he also wanted to go back to accompany his two wives. Whenever the empire achieved great achievements, he wanted to get away from everything and go back to have a meal with his family and chatter.

(To be continued)