The victory of Honghaizi has declared to the whole of China that we are an invincible contingent, and with such a contingent, we will certainly be able to do a good job in our construction undertakings. We must conscientiously sum up our experience, step up study, master excellent techniques and tactics, and accept the glorious tasks entrusted to us by the Corps at any time. Remember, glory belongs only to the past, and for us, there are always thorns ahead......

- Yu Hai

This was the speech made by political commissar Yu Hai at the meeting of the whole regiment, and it was already winter, and it had been half a month since the Second Special Regiment withdrew from the desert. In the past half month, political commissar Yu Hai and regiment leader Luo Zhengxiong have not been idle. Honghaizi's mission was victoriously completed, but the work of the Special Second Regiment was only started.

For several days in a row, they rushed on the roads of the division headquarters and the regiment headquarters, picking up new recruits and accepting new tasks.

According to the instructions of the Corps Headquarters, after the completion of the Honghaizi survey, the 2nd Special Regiment should rest for a period of time, and rest and recuperation should not be rest, but personnel should be replenished, the contingent should be expanded, the structure should be perfected, and the most important thing is that knowledge should be updated. The headquarters ordered that all those who enter the Second Special Regiment must study from scratch, and every member of the regiment, including Luo Zhengxiong and Yu Hai, must be able to pick up a gun to fight and put down a gun to engage in surveying and mapping. Those who know how to use surveying and mapping must learn to use soldiers to fight wars, and those who can use soldiers to fight wars must learn to fiddle with instruments. There are no special instructors, and those sent to the Second Special Regiment are both students and instructors, and according to the words of division commander Liu Zhenhai, they help each other and learn from each other, in short, for the same purpose, to improve and make progress together.

The Special Second Regiment has now moved to a new place, and as a reward for their outstanding performance in surveying and mapping Honghaizi, Liu Zhenhai vacated the first two small courtyards of the division headquarters and let Luo Zhengxiong be the regiment headquarters. This is a small village called Majiaying, the population is not large, half of them are Han people, this is also taking into account the reality of the special second regiment, try to let them be stationed in the area where the Han people live, and it is more convenient to live or work. The courtyard is surrounded by a poplar forest, and there is a small river in the woods, and sitting in front of the window, you can hear the noise of the small river and the chirping of sparrows in the trees. Luo Zhengxiong They are in the front yard, and the female soldiers live in the backyard, and there is a village alley in the middle. For convenience, Luo Zhengxiong took a small door on the back wall of the front yard, and standing in front of the small door, he could see the scenery in the back yard.

The wind of early winter was wrapped in an irresistible chill, hitting people's faces, and it hurt. Once the weather in Xinjiang gets cold, it will be completely cold, due to the constraints of the conditions, there is no fire in the courtyard, the squeamish female soldiers are frightened by the sudden cold, shrink into the house in broad daylight, pestering the second battalion commander Zhang Xiaotian to tell them the story of the battle. After returning from Honghaizi, Zhang Xiaotian's popularity soared a lot, and he became a figure admired by female soldiers, and female soldiers surrounded him all day long to ask this and that.

This does not bode well. Once Luo Zhengxiong and political commissar Yu Hai stood in front of the window, watching Zhang Xiaotian and Zhang Shuangyang and a few of them talking and laughing to carry water in the river, political commissar Yu Hai suddenly said: "This kid has become Jia Baoyu." Seeing that Luo Zhengxiong was silent, he said again: "No, I have to talk to him, I can't go on like this." ”

"What are you talking about?" Luo Zhengxiong asked suddenly.

"What else can we talk about, let him pay attention to the impact."

"What's the impact?" Luo Zhengxiong asked again.

"We are a special second troupe, not a art troupe." Yu Hai seemed to realize the dissatisfaction in Luo Zhengxiong's words and defended.

Luo Zhengxiong smiled: "I said Lao Yu, are you jealous of seeing that people are good with lesbians?" ”

Political commissar Yu Hai blushed: "I'm jealous, I'm so narrow-minded in Yu Hai?" ”

"I said, you are also a generous person, how can you catch such pigtails."

"I grab pigtails? This kid is too arrogant to dare to keep the head of the military region in his eyes. Political commissar Yu Hai was in a hurry and told the truth. Luo Zhengxiong's face suddenly darkened.

The matter was still because of Zhang Xiaotian and Du Lili, not long after returning from Honghaizi, Yu Hai was called by Tong Tieshan to ask how things were going. Yu Hai didn't react at first, he didn't understand what Tong Tieshan was referring to, and when he figured out that he was asking Du Lili, he said a little dimly: "I don't think it's difficult, this girl won't look back." ”

"You mean she's got along?" Tong Tieshan is a real person, and he never beats around the bush when he speaks, seeing Yu Hai frowning, he said, "Is it that Zhang Xiaotian?" ”

"I can't say for sure, but the relationship between the two is quite sticky."

"What are you doing, you said that you were going to force her back for me, why did you let Zhang Xiaotian, this kid, smell fishy. It's too bad you and I can't pay the difference. "Tong Tieshan, the political commissar of the division, is a little anxious.

"If you can't pay it, you won't pay it, someone is a big living person, what do you want me to do?" Yu Hai was a little annoyed by this, not only was he annoyed, but many grassroots cadres were annoyed. Now the top is handing over this matter to the lower level as a political task, and when the other party is not happy, he will be sent to the grassroots level, nominally for exercise, but in fact it is to engage in disguised corporal punishment. How can things be so simple, these days he communicates with other regimental political commissars, and everyone mentions this kind of thing, and they all express helplessness.

"No, you have to give me a way, you can't let them mess around, if this thing is messed up, you and I will have endless trouble." Tong Tieshan was still unwilling, the Second Special Regiment had not yet returned, and the head of the military region asked him about the outcome of the matter, and he had called every day to ask about it in the past few days, if Du Lili couldn't send it back, his life would not be peaceful.

"No way, I really can't help it. Why don't you talk to her in person? ”

"you, don't think about handing over the contradictions, I'm just waiting to hear the good news."

Back at the regiment headquarters, Yu Hai talked to Du Lili hard, but before he could say anything, Du Lili threw him a hard sentence: "You fire me." ”

The political commissar is even more difficult than the regiment commander, knowing that it is not a very unscrupulous thing, but he has to be bold enough to do work with others. Yu Hai was reluctant to "hand" Du Lili in his heart, he wished that these female soldiers sent to the Special Second Regiment had become the wives of the Special Second Regiment, so that they could work inexhaustibly, but ......

"Forget it, don't mention it, I see that the two of them have been a little farther away recently, maybe Du Lili has changed her mind." Luo Zhengxiong said.

It's true that it's far away, but it's hard to change your mind. According to Yu Hai's observation, Du Lili was still immersed in the affairs of Ahargul and Xiucai Wu Yipeng. After that incident, Du Lili handed over a review to the regiment headquarters, and she couldn't imagine such a self-righteous woman, who wrote a review, and her self-criticism was more profound than that of a veteran, and she really took her own thoughts with a cruel knife. That review made Luo Zhengxiong and them dumbfounded, no one expected that Du Lili was still a profound woman.

These days, Du Lili is particularly melancholy, not only taking the initiative to distance herself from Zhang Xiaotian, but also often locking herself in the house, not communicating with anyone, and having a cold face all day long, making people wonder what she is thinking in her head.

"Can't go on like this, it's going to make her sick." Luo Zhengxiong asked Yu Hai to pay more attention to her, and talk to her heart-to-heart when necessary.

"What are you talking about?" Yu Hai also saw it in his eyes, anxious in his heart, but he couldn't think of a good move for a while.

"You can talk about anything, in short, you have to make her happy, I don't want to see these flowery girls hiding something."

While the two were talking, a report sounded outside the door, and it was Zhang Shuangyang who came in. "The political commissar is also here, regiment commander, I want to talk to you about something." Zhang Shuangyang is timid, lacking the ambition in the desert.

"Say it." Luo Zhengxiong set his eyes on Zhang Shuangyang, he found that this fat girl who was spicy and straightforward had changed recently, and he knew that she was shy in front of men.

Zhang Shuangyang blushed slightly, glanced at Yu Hai, and seemed to be a little unable to open his mouth.

"What, let me avoid it?" Yu Hai said with a smile.

"No, Commissar, don't think so, I'm ......"

Yu Hai still walked out. As soon as he was submerged in the cold wind, Yu Hai couldn't help but make a few snorts. This was not because of the cold, he knew that his nerves had been touched again. Whenever he saw young and beautiful female soldiers talking and laughing with other male comrades, Yu Hai would inexplicably feel a sense of chagrin in his heart, or something called pain. Especially when I heard that someone in the division had a wife, I was even more sad. Yu Haidu is thirty years old and will be forty immediately, and now there is not even a shadow of his wife's affairs, although others can't ask for it, at least he can dream in his heart, but he doesn't even dare to dream. Because he was just a little interesting to a female soldier, someone immediately issued an order, saying that this female soldier had taken a fancy to him and asked him to hurry up and do his work.

Bastard work!

Yu Hai kicked out a pebble, and watched the pebble run and jump into the river, as if his heart had also fallen into it.

In the room, Zhang Shuangyang blushed and said, "Commander, there is something, can I tell you?" ”

"What's the matter, tell me."

Zhang Shuangyang hesitated not to speak.

Luo Zhengxiong is nervous, inexplicable, but very real. Unnaturally, he stretched his gaze out the window. In the woods in the distance, Wan Yue stood alone in the gray and unwarm sunlight, alone.

"I ...... I ......" Zhang Shuangyang seemed to use a lot of force, but the words were obviously stuck in her mouth and she couldn't spit it out.

"Say, when did you learn to twist?"

"Okay, I'll tell." Zhang Shuangyang snapped his legs together, made a salute movement, and said with full strength, "Yesterday, yesterday, Chief Wang from the division headquarters asked me if I had a partner. ”

"How do you answer?"

"I said no."

"Oh-" Luo Zhengxiong's tight heart relaxed, smiled at himself secretly, withdrew his gaze from the window, and stared at Zhang Shuangyang again, "Then what did he ask again?" ”

He ...... He didn't ask anything more and left. ”

"Oh?" Luo Zhengxiong felt strange, what did Zhang Shuangyang mean by telling him this?

Before he could figure it out, Zhang Shuangyang asked again: "Regiment commander, the division headquarters won't send me back, right?" ”

"Go back?" Luo Zhengxiong frowned, and then understood, it turned out that she was also worried that she would be "transferred" like Du Lili. This ghost girl! Luo Zhengxiong couldn't help laughing: "Don't worry, no one dares to take away the female soldiers of my special second regiment." ”

"Thank you, Captain!" Zhang Shuangyang saluted, turned around and ran out with a smile. Looking at her somewhat thinner shadow, Luo Zhengxiong couldn't help laughing.

The Corps' move has made people panic.

There are two classrooms, one in the front yard and one in the backyard. The division is really generous this time, from the desks to the teaching utensils are the best. On this day, it was Wanyue's turn to go to class, and Luo Zhengxiong walked to the classroom with the textbooks in his hand. These days, he and Wanyue have fewer and fewer opportunities to meet, and occasionally together, both of them are a little stuttering and speechless. This feeling is really a wretch, and Luo Zhengxiong looks down on himself a little. A big man, in front of the woman he likes, is actually stupid and can't say a word of what he wants to say.

Like? Luo Zhengxiong stopped abruptly. The word that suddenly popped out of his head this morning startled this man who was always stricter than friendly in front of female soldiers, and after thinking about it carefully, until now, he had never admitted that he liked anyone, including Jiang Wanyin, and he only stayed on the sake of one party having a heart and one party unintentionally, why did he suddenly have such a strong feeling for Wan Yue? Is it really ......

Looking at Wan Yue, who walked into the classroom in a generous manner, Luo Zhengxiong was suddenly a little scared, turned around, and wanted to escape this class, Zhang Shuangyang came out of nowhere: "Leader, go quickly, otherwise, Teacher Wan will punish you." ”

"Punish me, punish me what?" Luo Zhengxiong asked mechanically.

"Punish you for twenty math problems."

Zhang Shuangyang was talking about the fact that the class had just started, and it was also Wan Yue's class, Luo Zhengxiong actually fell asleep, and the cry was earth-shattering, Wan Yue took the whip and stood beside him for a long time, he actually snored loudly, and Wan Yue was so angry that he lifted him: "Get up, stand outside!" Wan Yue that day was really stern, as if she was not facing her own leader, but a naughty elementary school student in class. She really punished Luo Zhengxiong for standing outside for half a class, and then wrote him twenty math problems and punished him to finish them in one afternoon. It's a pity that Luo Zhengxiong hasn't done those 20 questions so far, not because he is lazy, but because he can't do it at all. As soon as I saw those foreign code characters, the sleepy insects all over my body became active.

Luo Zhengxiong was still stunned, and Zhang Shuangyang had already walked into the classroom with Zhang Xiaotian laughing. These two, why did they give the heat recently? At this time, the classroom door was closed, and Wanyue's crisp and pleasant lecture sound sounded on the podium. Luo Zhengxiong stood a little melancholy for a while, but still shouted a report, Wan Yue said "come in", his eyes did not look at him, and his expression seemed to be very stern. Zhang Shuangyang at the bottom grimaced, Luo Zhengxiong scolded her and sat down in his seat.

This lesson is about contour lines, but Luo Zhengxiong didn't listen to anything in his head. After class, Wan Yue stopped him and said, "If you really don't want to listen, don't waste your time." After speaking, no matter how Luo Zhengxiong felt, he went back to the backyard with his textbooks.

Zhang Shuangyang tiptoed over: "Why, the head of the regiment also has a time when he loses his soul." ”

"You bad girl, what are you talking about!"

Zhang Shuangyang stuck out his tongue and ran away. In Luo Zhengxiong's heart, there was a strange feeling of happiness.

On this day, Luo Zhengxiong talked to the recruits about strategic defense, because he slept late the night before, Luo Zhengxiong seemed to be lacking in energy, stood on the podium and yawned twice, and did not see the shadow of Wanyue under the stage. "What about Wanyue?" He asked. "Report to the head of the group, Wan Yue is sick and has a high fever today." Zhang Shuangyang in the audience immediately got up and answered.

"What's the matter, don't report when you're sick?" Luo Zhengxiong suddenly lost his sleepiness, and asked after him, "Is there a high fever, why don't you send it to the hospital?" ”

She ...... She...... Talking in a dream is like calling a person's name. Zhang Shuangyang was stupid, and the words he said were not flattering, Luo Zhengxiong let out a sigh in his heart, dropped the lesson plan and went to the backyard.

Quietly in the backyard, except for a few female soldiers, most of them followed Zhang Xiaotian to learn shooting in the field. Actual combat is also an important part of learning, and although it is a cold winter, I dare not relax at all in field training. Luo Zhengxiong stood in the courtyard, his heart fluctuating. In the class just now, he was too anxious, this is not good, as the head of a group, he is so unbreathable, it is not like his Luo Zhengxiong style, I am afraid that it will have a negative impact on the whole group. Especially when everyone in the regiment knows that he has a fiancée, it is the squeamish and naïve Jiang Wanyin, who suddenly lost his temper in front of Wan Yue, what do the soldiers think?

He coughed, as if he was greeting Wanyue, and then knocked on the door, and a weak voice sounded in the room: Please come in. Luo Zhengxiong pushed the door in, Wan Yue curled up, lying in the quilt, her cheeks were red, like fire, and her eyes were a little drifting away. Luo Zhengxiong touched Wanyue's forehead and burned it badly. "Why don't you report it?" He asked with a tone of reproach. "Those who are out of the way may have suffered from the wind and cold." Wan Yue forced herself to sit up, Luo Zhengxiong stopped her, Wan Yue shivered a few times in succession, Luo Zhengxiong suspected that it was not Feng Han, "Go to the hospital immediately, you can't lie down like this." ”

When Luo Zhengxiong called the orderlies, Wan Yue refused to go to the hospital, she said: "Don't you have a fever, you can mobilize the people." ”

"Fever, do you think a fever is a minor illness?" Luo Zhengxiong ignored her and ordered Zhang Shuangyang to carry Wanyue into the car.

"I don't go to the hospital, don't force me!" Wan Yue roared suddenly.

This roar frightened everyone, no one expected Wanyue to be like this, Zhang Shuangyang's outstretched hand retracted, and looked at Luo Zhengxiong as if asking for help. Luo Zhengxiong said again, and Wan Yue's scolding became even more fierce.

"What do you want you to worry about, what does it matter to you that I burn you to death, go out, let me out, I want to sleep!"

In the evening, Luo Zhengxiong called the sea, and both of them felt that this matter was a bit wrong, it was said that it was normal to be sent to the hospital when they were sick, why did Wanyue have such a big fire? Thinking of some recent rumors, as well as Wan Yue's strange behavior, Luo Zhengxiong believes that Wan Yue's illness is strange, and there are other articles in it. Yu Hai said that three days ago, he saw Wan Yue walking towards the north of the village alone, it was almost dark at that time, and Wan Yue had the habit of taking a walk after dinner, but he didn't care. But the next day, Zhang Shuangyang told him that Wan Yue came back very late the night before, and when he came back, he seemed to be preoccupied, sat in the dark for a long time, and then walked out again.

"Where did you go?" Luo Zhengxiong asked tightly.

Zhang Shuangyang couldn't tell, she wanted to go out with her to have a look, but she didn't dare when she thought about Wanyue's temper. When it was almost dawn, Wan Yue returned to the dormitory, but there were obvious traces of crying on her face. In the afternoon of the same day, Wanyue developed a high fever. ”

"Why don't you report such an important situation?!" Luo Zhengxiong was very angry, it seemed that his suspicions were not wrong, Wan Yue really encountered some kind of predicament.

"We're afraid...... I'm afraid ......"

"Afraid of what?!"

Yu Hai stammered and refused to speak, Luo Zhengxiong roared a few times, and understood, they must be worried about his relationship with Wanyue!