Section 10 Demobilization

Iron battalions, flowing soldiers. Four years is over, and it's time for the veterans to be demobilized. I didn't feel anything in normal times, but once I was demobilized, the mood of the soldiers was different.

Wang Wang, Xiao Shi and other veterans, the moment they were announced to be demobilized, their hearts began to be empty. The last time they wore their uniforms, the uniforms were new, and the collar badges and cockades were also new, so the veterans dressed up like the recruits and took pictures everywhere in the corners of the company as a commemoration. I didn't feel anything about wearing military uniforms for four years, and every Sunday, soldiers were always willing to secretly change into civilian clothes, go around the streets, or put their hands in their trouser pockets and stand at the door of the company, and at that time they thought civilian clothes were beautiful.

The veterans are about to take off their uniforms, and only then do they begin to be nostalgic for their uniforms, and at that moment, let eternity freeze. Four years is not a short time, nor is it a long time, but in the memories of the soldiers, it has left a vivid memory of youth.

At the last moment, Wang Wang, Xiao Shi and other veterans took off the collar badge and cockade, and put the red five-star and red collar badge at the bottom of the bag very carefully. When Wang Wang and Xiao Shi were recruits, they experienced the demobilization of veterans several times, and whenever they saw those veterans grinding before leaving the team, they laughed at the veterans incomprehensibly, quite big and manly, as for it? How good it is to take off their military uniforms, wow, they re-enter society, they don't get up on time, they don't have to turn off the lights on time, they don't need to ask for leave when they go out, they go out when they want, they come back when they want, and at that time, they are looking forward to this day coming as soon as possible. Now they're leaving, and I can't tell why they're grinding like.

In the last days of the company, they looked at everything so kindly, what were the northeastern, northwestern, and southern soldiers before, there was still some estrangement, but now there is nothing, shaking hands over and over again, saying some separate words, leaving home addresses and phone numbers again and again, and repeatedly telling them that they must come to play when they have the opportunity. patting the shoulder and back, is closer than a brother.

No matter how poor the company's usual life is, the last dinner of the veterans must be extravagant, the pigs are killed, the vegetables are bought, and the wine is bought. Then eat and drink, which is incomparable to the New Year and the Festival, and the soldiers are rarely allowed to drink during the New Year's Festival, even if the wine is limited, at most one person has a bottle of beer. The demobilization of veterans is different, except for those on duty on combat readiness, who cannot drink, both veterans and recruits are open to drinking. Recruits toast veterans with words of respect, and veterans toast recruits with words of friendship and encouragement. The leader toasted the veteran and said words of peace, and the veteran toasted the leader, with a look of respect and inseparable.

The autumn nights are clean, and the stars are shining in the distant sky, as if they are also looking at the joys and sorrows in front of them.

The veterans sat in the courtyard of the autumn company, and those who could smoke and could not smoke had to smoke one and let the stars shine on their lips. At this time, there were more words to each other, and the four-year friendship seemed to be about to be finished in this night. The words are very thick, the wind is very cool, and before you know it, the east is white.

Then, morning came.

The old-fashioned Liberation truck, pulling the veteran to the train station.

Under the car were the recruits and leaders who saw them off, waving their hands in unison. When the vehicle started and gradually moved away from the company, the veterans could no longer control themselves, and tears flowed from the ground, blurring their vision and blurring the company......