"You still want to be a soldier?" Liu Minyou looked up at Zhang Erhui in surprise after reading the resignation letter in his hand.

Zhang Erhui straightened his chest and said, "I want to go to the Guards Camp." ”

"You are the director of the Construction Department, a senior official of our Dengzhou Town, and your performance over the years has been good, and my eldest brother also hopes that you can stay, you can think about it again."

"I've got it figured! I don't want to be the director, I wanted to be a soldier from Weihai, at that time, Mr. Liu, you said that I was too young, first go to the workshop to help with things, this did it for eight years, and I also became the director, but I still want to be a soldier. ”

Liu Minyou looked at the desktop and asked softly, "Do you dislike the position of the Construction Division?" Or do you think the money is less? ”

"I don't like the construction department, but I feel annoyed by those plans and budgets."

Liu Minyou looked up at Zhang Erhui, then pulled the rattle, a secretary appeared at the door, and Liu Minyou said loudly: "Call Yang Yi in." ”

Zhang Erhui looked at the door strangely, and a very young officer came in after a while, looking only seventeen or eighteen years old, Zhang Erhui recognized this person, it was the uniformed guard who was matched by Liu Min in the attendant's room. This Yang Yi gave his tongue, and every time he saw Zhang Erhui, he was the director of the department and the director of the department, and he called him very affectionately.

"Yang Yi, how old are you this year? What military position? ”

"Eighteen! Non-commissioned officer of the first class! ”

Liu Min pointed at Yang Yi and said to Zhang Erhui, "Call the chief." ”

Zhang Erhui opened his mouth, the twenty-two-year-old Zhang Erhui has been the head of the construction department for several years, and there are more and more people under him, and he has long been accustomed to the feeling of leadership. I couldn't help but blush. Yang Yi stood in place, a little at a loss.

"Can't call it?" Liu Minyou asked, but Zhang Erhui did not answer.

Liu Minyou waved his hand to let Yang Yi withdraw. Only then did he say to Zhang Erhui, "Then I'll sue you." You are so big in the army, there are still generals, and there are thousands of generals. No matter what kind of director you are now, it is the position of the Civil Department, and when you go to the army, you start from the first-class soldier, and follow a group of recruits into the training base, where you may also meet several people from the construction team of the Construction Division, who used to be your subordinates at a few levels, but you have to be called a commander. ”

Zhang Erhui looked down at the ground. Liu Minyou walked up to him and said softly, "Everyone has their own way, and the road you imagine may be very good, but it may not be really suitable." ”

Zhang Erhui said in a low voice: "I have always wanted to be a soldier. ”

"Erhui, you now have a wife, a concubine, and three children, no more than eight years ago, this year the Military Affairs Department just issued a military order to remove ordinary soldiers with more than two children. If you really want to be a soldier, the military affairs department may not be able to choose you. Even if you go in, if the person who comes out of the labor team of the Construction Division is your officer, how should they treat you, the old director? ”

Zhang Erhui looked up at Liu Minyou. Tears will fall from his eyes.

Liu Minyou patted him on the shoulder, "I know that you have always wanted to join the army, and it is also the civil side that has delayed you." But the Ministry of Civil Affairs is also part of the town of Dengzhou. Without our civil department, where would the army's salaries come from, and where would the military rations come from? I need you on my side too. Stay. Anyway, you are also the reserve soldier of the Construction Division, and you can be regarded as a soldier. ”

Zhang Erhui stood for a moment. Wiping the tears on his face, he nodded slightly, turned around and went out lonely......

"Fatty, are you back?"

Xie Fei and Huang Shan happily went up to take Tang Wei's backpack and baggage, hurriedly rummaged through the contents of the contents, and after finding the cured meat and pickled fish wrapped in oiled paper, the two immediately cheered.

Xie Fei poured out all the meat inside, and he also found a package of rock sugar and white sugar produced in Fujian (note: it was already available in the Ming Dynasty, see the sixth volume of "Tiangong Kaiwu", and immediately opened it and Huang Shan to eat it. Huang Shan ate with a smile on his face, he didn't have enough military age, and he didn't have a home to go back to, the Spring Festival only lasted five days, and he spent the New Year with his comrades in the military camp, he was actually very envious of those who could go home.

When he turned his head to look at Tang Wei, he found that Tang Wei had fallen on the bed, Huang Shan leaned over and asked, "Fatty, did your mother promise you and Guan Xiaomei a family affair?" ”

Tang Wei stared at the roof with his eyes, and said absentmindedly: "The Military Affairs Department wants to retire the only son and no heir." ”

Xie Fei wrapped a piece of rock candy in his mouth, "What's the matter with you?" ”

Tang Wei sat up and said to Xie Fei: "The Military Affairs Department wants to get rid of the only son, and Lao Tzu is just that." ”

Xie Fei gloated: "I have a brother and a brother, my brother has entered Tunpu, and my brother is still working in the lacquerware shop in Huang County, so I don't worry about my family." So what do you do? ”

Tang Wei bowed his head and said: "I didn't marry a daughter-in-law this time, and there is no vacation later, it is estimated that I will not be able to give birth to a baby this year, and Lao Tzu should be discharged from the army by this time next year." ”

Xie Fei sat down next to Tang Wei, "Then Guan Xiaomei can't get married, you write a letter to her and say, it's not that you don't want to fight, it's that the Military Affairs Department won't let you." ”

"What is there to say, I, my parents are old, it's good to go back."

Xie Fei clapped his hands and said, "Then you should be happy." ”

"But...... But I like to be a soldier a little, and on the way back, I was in the same car, and everyone rushed to get into my car, saying that it was safe to have soldiers. I've never been like this. ”

"Well, yes, when I went back, the neighbors praised me when they saw my military uniform. It's no wonder that Guan Xiaomei said that she was looking for a combat hero. ”

Huang Shan asked while eating candy: "I always say that this Guan Xiaomei, is it possible that Guan Xiaomei is a heavenly immortal?" ”

"Immortals." Tang Wei's face showed a hint of yearning, "When I watched her talk and sing, my heart was very beautiful, but it was a little darker." ”

Xie Fei smiled, looked at Tang Weicai and said, "The immortals in the eyes of the fat man, I seem to be more immortal than Guan Xiaomei." ”

Huang Shan wiped his mouth, "Then find another one, I think, as long as there is a house and land, and a daughter-in-law sleeps in her arms, that day will be beautiful." ”

The two glanced at Huang Shan together, Xie Fei turned his head to Tang Wei and said, "Isn't there still a year, you are good at reading and accounting, as long as you make meritorious service, you can be promoted to an officer, and you don't have to retire." ”

"That's right." Tang Wei's eyes lit up and he sat up, "But can we fight or not?" ”

He yelled at Yuan Guzi, who was sitting outside: "Captain Guzi, are we going to fight?" ”

Yuan Guzi was practicing on his bed. After listening to it, he replied: "I don't know, I haven't heard that there is going to be a war." I just said that I was going to start mountain training in two days. ”

Tang Wei fell back to the bed in frustration, Xie Fei leaned over and asked, "Fatty." Let me ask you, are you a soldier for Guan Xiaomei, or a soldier for yourself? ”

Tang Wei looked at Xie Fei blankly for a moment, and finally shook his head and said, "I can't say it." ”……

Two months later, the Liaohai Sea froze. In the school field on the east side of Dengzhou Water City, the playground is full of red figures, and the orders of the whole team come and go.

"Sit down!" The company commander who led the team shouted, and Tang Wei and more than 200 other soldiers sat on the ground together, and there was a burst of dust on the ground. The company commander then appointed the duty officer. I turned around and ran in the direction of Mr. Qianqi, and completed the prescribed reporting process around Mr. Qian.

Tang Wei's second guard battalion was pulled out of Jiaozhou five days ago, along the repaired official road to Dengzhou, the briefing at the time of the opening said that it was a long-distance march and training, Tang Wei didn't think much about it, until they entered the Dengzhou area, Tang Wei felt that it might not be as simple as training.

Strings of carriages entered from the direction of the camp gate, and batches of wooden boxes were unloaded on them, and Tang Wei looked at the marks marked with red paint on them. Knowing that it was the infantry's flintlock pistol, he had seen it many times when firing live ammunition, and the quartermaster soon began to count the goods and handle the handover with the personnel of the quartermaster department. This is about to be fired.

Tang Wei sighed in his hand, and then held the cold barrel with both hands, although the flintlock pistol that had been with him for several months was cold. But it made him feel a kind of reliance in his heart, and he pointed all the way down. Felt the hammer with bolts, and there was no flint between the two pieces of iron. In his waist bag was a carefully selected flint and steel, this small stone was one of the keys to the flintlock pistol, each soldier had several pieces, and when he entered the combat area, he would be required to mount it on a hammer, and his right arm was next to a long strip of stuff, which was his bayonet hanging on the belt, this kind of triangular iron shaped bayonet made of imitation cycada was expensive, and the sleeve at the bottom of the barrel was inserted into the barrel and rotated in a small half turn, fixed with the tenon on the barrel, and then fixed the bottom of the sleeve with bolts, it became a flintlock pistol that could be used in close combat, It is also Tang Wei's main battle weapon.

There was also a short dagger on his left waist, which was a spare weapon for the infantry, but it was just a psychological comfort, and against a heavy cold weapon such as a broadsword and spear, it was not much different from a bare hand.

The company commander led a few soldiers to receive the ammunition box, but it was not distributed to the soldiers, and the staff officers of the surrounding divisions came and went, busy but not cluttered.

The atmosphere is obviously different from the training, Tang Wei looked at the high school review platform, Zheng Sanhu, Zhong Laosi, Zhao Xuan, Liu Pojun and others were discussing something on the stage, the red background flying tiger flag of Dengzhou Town was flying high on the stage, the skeleton flying tiger flag of the second battalion of the guards was inserted on the right side, and a flying tiger with teeth and claws was standing on a skull.

Tang Wei likes this pattern very much, that is, it is more majestic than the flying tigers of other battalions, and the flying tigers holding spears, I heard that Lord Chen designed a few, and Zhong Yingguan directly chose this most alternative.

"Stand up!" The company commander came over and shouted angrily, this company commander was born in the Guards Battalion, and he studied a crash course in martial arts, his speech was crisp and neat, and he was also very neat when he fought people, anyway, Tang Wei felt that it was more terrifying than Tartar.

The company stood up together, singing Man Jianghong walked out of the camp gate and went to Shuicheng, the people watching along the way cheered like thunder, Tang Wei unconsciously straightened his chest, the second battalion entered Shuicheng under the guidance of the Zhenfu soldiers, and the coast of Shuicheng was full of large and small boats.

Tang Wei's platoon was arranged on a No. 2 Fu ship, and all the members were organized on the deck according to the squad, and entered the cabin one after another to arrange accommodation slots, and after putting away the luggage, the soldiers went up to the deck again and sat down according to the squad.

At this time, the Fu boat slowly went off the shore and slowly drove towards the water gate, Tang Wei poked his head out by the guard, although he grew up in Aoshanwei near the sea, but it was indeed the first time to sit on such a large sea ship.

After looking at the scenery for a while, the platoon commander came to the position of the mast, this platoon commander was Tang Wei's recruit instructor Liu Liu, who was also transferred from the mobilization department because of the uneven staffing, and directly entered the combat soldiers. As soon as he stood up, the soldiers who were talking below stopped talking, and Tang Wei also hurriedly sat down.

"Listen up, now release the official campaign briefing, our battalion will participate in the upcoming spring offensive in Liaodong, this offensive will dispatch most of the army in southern Liaoning, carry out a comprehensive attack on the periphery of Jiannu Liaozhong, and the hope of recovering Liaodong is not far away. The task of our company is to follow the main force of the battalion to station in Xiuyan, and stand by to attack Haizhou, Gaizhou, Phoenix, Lianshanguan and other places, accompanied by a division of the Jimoqian Headquarters and an independent mountain infantry company, as well as a small number of special service teams, the attack area is mountainous and valley terrain, remember the experience of training in the avant-garde mountains of Fushan, remember the discipline of our battle infantry, queue or queue ......"

At this time, there were cheers around, the soldiers looked up one after another, Tang Wei poked his head out again, and there was also a No. 2 lucky boat not far from the right, on which the Wendeng blue-bottom flying tiger flag was hung, and the top of the mast was a six-foot red flag of the general army, with a big Chen character written on it.

"It's Lord Chen's ship!" Liu Liu shouted loudly and threw himself in front of the guard.

Tang Wei and the others stood up one after another, cheering towards the handsome ship over there, and thousands of sails on the sea were racing and responding, and bursts of cheers shook the sea frontier. (To be continued......)