"Actually, you don't even need to mind about it!" I said to Zheng Liangqiang: "As a cadre...... I think you also know that protecting your subordinates is what we should do, if not to protect our subordinates...... It is also appropriate to consider from the aspect of comrades-in-arms and from the aspect of killing enemies...... On the battlefield you save me, I save you...... It's so common, if everyone wants to return the favor...... I'm afraid I can't afford to pay it back myself! ”

"I know that!" Zheng Liangqiang replied: "But the feeling of the rescued person is different...... My son feels like you gave him a second life, as his father...... I also think you saved my only hope! ”

"Your only hope?" I couldn't help but be a little puzzled when I heard this.

Zheng Liangqiang nodded heavily and said, "His mother died early, and I was left with this son to rely on each other, if he had any long-term and two-short...... I really don't know how to survive in this world! ”

"Hmm!" I nodded.

I just learned about Zheng Liangqiang's family situation...... I admit that I am a little irresponsible on this point, and Commander Zhang gave me all the information assigned to the pilots assigned to me before, but I never looked at it......

But then again...... It's all about "origin", "age", and so on...... There are a lot of jù, who would be interested in seeing those!

Now you know...... I think I can understand Zheng Liangqiang's feelings, his son can be said to be his only relative in the world, and Chinese also pays attention to blood inheritance......

"And for your own sake?" I asked again.

"It's easy for myself!" Zheng Liangqiang smiled: "Actually, the comrades who came to this base are almost the same as me, and they all want to fight!" ”

"Want to fight?" I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard this: "This is also the reason? ”

"Of course!" Zheng Liangqiang replied without thinking about it: "Battalion commander...... You don't know the suffering of our pilots, we can fly planes...... It looks imposing. But what I have been doing for more than ten years is forest protection and fire prevention. Transporting things or being a driver for the chief...... Polished out all our tempers! What are we soldiers for? It is to be able to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions. I didn't expect to sit on this cold bench...... I didn't even see a shadow of an enemy! ”

Hearing this, I secretly said in my heart, it turns out that Zheng Liangqiang also has self-knowledge...... But it doesn't seem to be to blame him, the general environment of the whole army is like this, and the previous atmosphere is like this, who can not be affected?

"Originally......" Zheng Liangqiang continued: "This counterattack has begun...... We were thrilled for a while, thinking that this would finally come in handy! But after waiting for a long time, I realized that the Air Force did not participate in the war...... But to be honest, even if we participate in the war, we can't fight, and the helicopters we flew before are not suitable for war at all! It's different now......"

Speaking of this, Zheng Liangqiang straightened his chest and said: "I watched these helicopters transform step by step, and the changes were not so obvious at first. Just add some avionics and change the fuel tank to an external ...... But I knew at a glance that this was a preparation for war, and later an anti-aircraft machine gun and a rocket launcher were mounted...... Even a fool can see it! I...... How to say that he is also a deputy head of the regiment, and he is relatively well-informed...... I also heard that these converted helicopters were used to accompany the composite battalion...... Then there's no need to say it, just follow this batch of straight five changes! ”

"So you're still mentally prepared!" I say.

"Of course!" Zheng Liangqiang stepped forward and said: "I also know that if you want to be on the battlefield, you have to obey discipline absolutely, and I know that the battlefield is not a joke...... So please rest assured that the battalion commander commands! ”

"Are the other fighters as prepared as you are?"

"Mostly!" Zheng Liangqiang replied: "But it is not excluded that some of them participated in it for the sake of expression!" ”

I can understand what Zheng Liangqiang said...... The long-term habit has made many people in the army untruthful...... A considerable number of people are actually not really ready to go to war in order to "not lag behind in thinking"!

But that's not a big deal...... Fight one or two battles and you'll know!

"Good!" I nodded at Zheng Liangqiang: "Let's return to the team!" ”

"Yes!" Zheng Liangqiang did not resist my order at all, saluted me and ran back to the queue.

Look at the pilots who are walking in line at the orders of the instructor...... I suddenly had another layer of confidence. At the same time, I also secretly admired Commander Zhang in my heart...... This Zheng Liangqiang and these pilots under him are afraid that they were all carefully selected by Commander Zhang...... Just like the instructor he chose for me before, Zhao Jingping.

"Staff Officer Zhao! Staff Officer Zhao ......, "When I returned to the battalion headquarters, I found Zhao Jingping in a daze in front of the map. So he screamed a few times strangely.

"Hmm, camp...... Battalion commander! Zhao Jingping seemed to wake up from his contemplation.

"What are you thinking?" I think it's a bit strange for Zhao Jingping's expression. Now is the time for training, and it is not yet for the sake of the exercises, let alone any combat missions, so there is no need to stare at the map at all.

"It's nothing ......," Zhao Jingping replied: "I was distracted just now!" ”

"Oh!" I said, "It's been a hard time for more than a year...... Now that you're finally back home, you should have a good rest! ”

In fact, it is really not easy for those of us to be cadres, and I, the battalion commander, are fine...... My staff officers, who have just finished the war, have to make a training plan, prepare for this and that...... There is no free time at all!

"Rest assured, battalion commander!" Zhao Jingping stepped forward and replied: "I can stand it, and I won't hold back the troops!" ”

"That's good!" I nodded gratefully at Zhao Jingping...... If it weren't for his help, I don't know how many trivial things I would have to worry about!

After Zhao Jingping left, the guard Xiao Li secretly told me on the side: "Battalion commander...... Staff Officer Zhao has something! ”

"Hmm, what's the matter?"

"That's right!" Xiao Li looked in Zhao Jingping's direction, and seeing that he didn't pay attention, he said in a low voice: "Staff Officer Zhao didn't have a holiday...... I haven't even seen a child who was born two years old, and my sister-in-law wants to ...... Take the kids to see Daddy...... Staff Officer Zhao was not available, so he asked the correspondent to pick him up for the past two days...... It never followed? ”

"Didn't continue?" I couldn't help frowning: "It was supposed to be there in a few days, right?" ”

"Yes! It should have arrived three days ago! Xiao Li replied: "In the past three days, the correspondent has been waiting for the train every day, but he has not continued every time!" My sister-in-law is not in good health, so Staff Officer Zhao is worried......"

This is a big or small thing for this day and age...... Let's talk about it in a small way, then it's lost, and if it says in a big way, it's missing...... You must know that in this era, not everyone has a mobile phone, and people do not have the habit of making calls...... In fact, it is because the phone numbers of our troops are rarely released to the public...... Externally, we are all in the name of the 40th Division, so the family members call the 40th Division, and the answer we get is basically "I am on a mission, I will come back in a few days, and I will tell you if I have something!" ”

So it took a long time...... Family members don't call anymore, and they can't remember phone numbers.

"Why didn't you say it earlier!"

"I ......," the guard replied, "It was Staff Officer Zhao who refused to say it, and he said that it was a private matter...... I don't want to affect the training of the troops! ”

"Play the piano!" I stood up and said, "Who said it was a private matter...... The business of the military family is the business of our troops! Immediately call a meeting of cadres! ”

"Yes!" The guard answered, and the order was quickly relayed.

In the conference room, the cadres were sitting in a precarious position, and when they saw that I was in such a hurry to summon them, they thought they had some urgent tasks...... So everyone didn't dare to breathe and waited for me to give the order!

"This mission is to find someone!" I pointed to the railway line on the map and said, "The target was supposed to arrive three days ago by a certain train, but it was an accident when I was changing trains in Xuzhou...... The target is named ......"

As I spoke, I turned my gaze to Zhao Jingping, and only then did Zhao Jingping open his mouth wide, and said in a panic: "Battalion commander...... This ......"

"What's the target's name?" I interrupted Zhao Jingping's words.

"Called...... Chen Xiuyun! ”

"Do you have any photos?"

Zhao Jingping hesitated, and then took out a black and white photo of a woman from his pocket......

I took it and handed it to the staff officer next to me: "No matter what method you use...... Immediately enlarge it for me, and wash it out dozens more! ”

"Yes!" The staff officer answered, took the photo, and walked out of the conference room.

"Target with a two-year-old!" I continued, "And you're not in good health, so you're going to have to get them back to us within two days, is the mission clear?" ”

"Clear!" All the cadres replied in unison.

"Battalion commander......" Zhao Jingping walked up to me: "This is my business...... How good ......"

"Your business is our business!" I interrupted Zhao Jingping's words and said, "Staff Officer Zhao...... It's not just because of you, it's for any fighter's family if that happens, and so will I. If it's someone else...... It's one of our warriors, will you do that? ”

Zhao Jingping was silent when I asked like this!

"That's right, Staff Officer Zhao!" The instructor persuaded him, "Stand in the position of the instructor...... I'm going to criticize you a few words, how can you hide this from you until now after this has happened for so many days...... If I had said it three days ago, I wouldn't have had so much trouble! ”

"Instructor, I ......"

"Don't me, my ......," the instructor replied, "Our soldiers shed blood and died on the battlefield, and the military families are suffering and poor at home, we have nothing to do for the military families, but we can't let them have accidents on the way to visit us!" The battalion commander was right...... It's not just you, it's any fighter who is in this situation, we should do it! ”

Zhao Jingping nodded with emotion, and shook my hands and the instructor's hands respectively, this staff officer who had never said a bitter and tired voice on the battlefield was in tears at this moment! (To be continued......)