The Alatu outpost, where the Alatu post is located, is an east-west mountain range, and the border line follows the ridgeline most or so far. The place where the outpost is located is a relatively flat hill with a small area, on the main peak of the mountain range, Mount Aratu.

With an altitude of more than 3,700 meters, Mount Alathu has a typical continental monsoon climate and is affected by the Siberian climate all year round. In winter, the cold air blowing in from the north will make the mountain range cover with white armor. It was at this time that the heavy snow closed the mountain.

When Li Hangpeng's second-generation warrior entered the last straight road where he could see the Alatu outpost, Li Hangpeng saw a camouflage composite building, which was the main building of the outpost, and there were several neat row houses on the side, which were other ancillary buildings.

The most obvious of the outpost is undoubtedly the watchtower in the forward position, facing the opposite side of the border, forming a triangle with the watchtowers of the other two countries.

Li Hangpeng said to Xiao Zhang, "Find a hidden place to park in front, and let's walk over." ”

Xiao Zhang said unexpectedly, "Chief, you are going to conduct a surprise inspection." ”

"Surprise inspections are the only way to see what's really going on. Li Hangpeng said firmly.

"Yes!"

Xiao Zhang parked the car in the hidden place near the mountain in front of him and said to Li Hangpeng, "Chief, I know that there is a path that can go directly to the watchtower. ”

"That's great, lead the way. ”

The two of them walked down the path to the watchtower.

There are two places where personnel need to be on duty in the watchtower, two sentries at the top of the watchtower, and a duty room equipped with communication equipment at the bottom. A radio signal reconnaissance instrument was also installed at the top of the watchtower, and all the wireless signals collected were collected in the communication room below, and then transmitted to the regimental organs through the communication fiber optic cable buried underneath.

In the main building of the outpost, the office and residence are integrated, the three rooms and one warehouse are complete, and the post at the deputy battalion level has an establishment of 58 people, which is the outpost with the largest number of soldiers among all the outposts. Many posts usually have a dozen personnel, and some even less.

At this time, Shi Lei, the squad leader of a platoon, was smoking cigarettes in the squad room, and after half a cigarette was smoked, he vigorously stepped on the cigarette butt to extinguish it, got up and walked out of the squad room, and the soldiers in the squad who were sitting quietly studying in the squad room looked at each other.

The instructor was reading the documents in the office, and Shi Lei knocked on the door to make a report: "Report!"

"Three squad leaders, enter. The instructor looked up.

Shi Lei saluted and walked in.

"Instructor, this is my contract. Shi Lei straightforwardly put the contract in front of the instructor.

The instructor smiled, "I've figured it out." Shi Lei, although the border post is a little hard, our treatment is not bad. Anyway, it's also a remote area, and there are subsidies that other troops don't have......"

As he spoke, he flipped through the contract, and when he saw that the signature of the contract was blank, he stopped talking.

"You, do you still insist on retiring?" The instructor's face turned cold all of a sudden, and he sat back and looked at Shi Lei coldly.

Shi Lei said lightly, "Instructor, I have already decided, I don't want to continue to work." ”

The atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

After a while, the instructor said, "Shi Lei, I know you have resentment in your heart. But you also have to face up to reality. I've heard a little bit about you before. It's been eight years, you're a veteran of eight years of service, why can't you bring it up to enlightenment. ”

"Instructor, there is no problem with my consciousness. Shi Lei said slowly, "I don't blame anyone about the past. Revolutionary soldiers are bricks, where they are needed, they are moved. didn't let me do it, let me continue to work as a non-commissioned officer, I didn't complain at all. I, Shi Lei, am a soldier, not to be promoted and make a fortune. ”

Taking a deep breath, he said, "But I don't want to be so messy!"

"What are you talking about!" the instructor slammed the table.

Shi Lei said coldly, "What do I mean." If you look at the situation at the outpost, you don't know what to do, the heart that is ready to retire is no longer in the army, and the people who have not yet reached the age limit of retirement are thinking about how to pass the time every day. If you look at your cadres again, the company commander is absent from his post for four days a week, what is he doing? And your old man, people are not in their hearts, and I don't want to say much about it at all. ”

"You are presumptuous!" The instructor stood up and slapped the table heavily and pointed at Shi Lei's nose, "Shi Lei, are you still disciplined! Are you qualified to take care of the affairs of the company cadres?"

"Instructor!" Shi Lei was also furious, "Don't forget! Zamat crossed the border from the defense area of our outpost! There was such a big problem! Did the commander of your company have any rectification measures? The company commander ran to the regiment headquarters twice in three days, and what about you, he went to the village twice in three days! Don't think I don't know what you're doing!"

"Shi Lei, shut up Lao Tzu! Take off your skin and get out of here!" The instructor was furious, and he tore it to pieces with a few strokes of grabbing the contract!

Shi Lei said coldly, "I don't want to do it anymore!"

After speaking, he grabbed the camouflage cap vigorously, pointed to the instructor's nose and said, "The Aratu outpost is destroyed at the hands of you bureaucrats!"

"Roll !!"

The instructor angrily grabbed the folder and smashed it over, Shi Lei didn't move, smiled coldly, and then turned to leave. The moment he walked out of the door of the instructor's office, Shi Lei's heart was already dead, and he had completely lost hope in this army.

In the corridor outside, when the other squad leaders heard the quarrel, they all gathered there, all dressed untidy. The upper beam was not correct and the lower beam was crooked, Shi Lei really didn't want to see more, so he returned to his class room, tied up an armed belt and went to the lookout post.

His soldiers caught up and were driven back by him with a wave of his hand.

In a few days, it will be the day when the veterans will retire and the new recruits will enter the barracks, and the new regiments have already been formed at the military sub-district, and the new recruits have already been put in place one after another, and the veterans of some units have begun to bid farewell to the troops. Veterans of front-line posts, because of the peculiarities of their position, will hold out until the last day, and then leave in unison.

Walking up to the watchtower, Shi Lei replaced a soldier, hung up the Type 95 automatic rifle and stood guard, looking at the territory of other countries that was still green on the opposite side, and the two other countries' outposts leaning on each other, with a lot of thoughts in his heart.

Sometimes he wonders why he got to where he is today, is it just because he has been involved in the Hunter Commando and has carried out many secret missions?

How about the elder brothers, how about the squad leader, five years have passed, and there is no news.

Now that I think of the past, I remember it vividly. That fiery enthusiasm and fighting spirit can't be found here. Shi Lei strongly felt that he had to leave this place where he had stayed for three years, and his fighting spirit and passion were slowly worn away in the boring and casual environment day after day.

This is not the life he wants, and it is not his original intention to join the army.

Does he Shi Lei lack material, no, when he returns home, with his family's economic strength, he can have a very good living environment and a very high starting point for his career.

Why was he transferred to the border guards as if he had been unfairly treated, and he still persisted for three years?

Making the choice of retirement is very difficult for Shi Lei. Every time at this time, he would think of the days when the corpses were on fire, and what the squad leader had said to him.

"Stone, you have to remember that you are not staying in the team for me, nor for brotherhood, but for your responsibility as a Chinese man. ”

Shi Lei breathed a long sigh of relief, after all, he still had to leave the army, and the pain in his heart couldn't be told to anyone.