The 8th Squadron of the 2nd Brigade is the old squadron of Squad Leader Zhao, and he has told me many times about the glorious history of this squadron, especially the resounding title of "pacesetter squadron", which makes him full of endless pride. However, when I came here with Instructor Zhang Yin, there was no trace of joy and excitement in my heart, the ordinary camp furnishings are no different from ordinary squadrons, in fact, this is an ordinary squadron, if there is no martyr Pang Bao's sacrifice in the battle of Yuanping, the honorary title of "pacesetter squadron" of the eighth squadron cannot be said, in my opinion, the title of "pacesetter squadron" has a certain element of chance and speculation. In my eyes, only the special operations detachment is the most dazzling knife squadron. I originally thought that as long as I worked hard enough, I would have a chance to enter the special operations detachment, but now it seems that it is really a fool's dream.

"Hu Yongquan, come here, take him to familiarize himself with the environment, and he will follow you in the future" Zhang Yin beckoned to a white and chubby warrior.

"Huh, huh, thank you, thank you, thank you instructor, I will spare no effort to bring him well, as soon as possible to adapt him to the clerical job" Hu Yongquan kept kicking, from his position just now here, it will not be more than twenty meters away, and he panted, it is clear that he is a person who has just run ten kilometers of armed cross-country, I can't help but feel pity for him, when a soldier is in this position, where is there a little soldier.

"I don't agree, I just want to be like an ordinary soldier, and I hope that the instructor will approve it" At this moment, I have a very ridiculous feeling that I can't be a special soldier, and I admit it, but judging from the current situation, wanting to be an ordinary soldier has become a very luxurious thing.

"Obey orders and obey commands, didn't the squad leader of your recruit company teach you?" Zhang Yin's face immediately sank.

"Instructor, leave it to me, I will convince him" Hu Yongquan saw that the situation was not good, and quickly interjected, Zhang Yin waved his hand at him, and then left without looking back. Hu Yongquan let out a long breath, grabbed my arm tightly, and walked to the opposite office, where a small iron sign was hung on the door with the words "clerical room" written on it.

The area of the clerical room is not large, and two-thirds of the area is occupied by bookcases. Books such as "Research on Party History," "Introduction to Marxism-Leninism," and "Outline for Army Building" are neatly displayed in clean and tidy glass bookcases. Next to the bookcase, there was a newspaper shelf, on which hung a copy of the "People's Liberation Army Daily" and a copy of the "Armed Police Force Daily", and in it was placed an old-style computer desk near the window, the window was very large, and the cold wind blowing from the outside was mixed with a faint smell of tobacco, and the ashtray on the windowsill immediately attracted my attention. In the army, smoking and drinking are strictly prohibited, and the ashtray placed on the windowsill is suspected of "there are no silver three hundred taels here."

"Do you smoke?" Hu Yongquan pulled out an unopened pack of Dahonghe from his pocket.

"Thank you, I won't" The golden precept that smoking is harmful to health was instilled in my mind at a very young age, "You can drink alcohol, but you must not smoke it", this is what my father said to me the most, and I heard and saw it, and I fell deeper and deeper in the direction of an alcoholic, just like him.

"Hehe, it's good not to smoke, it hurts both body and money, help me close the door, it's not good to open the door, you can't bring you recruit dolls to ruin" Hu Yongquan seemed to be in a very complicated mood when he said this.

"Why don't you want to be a clerk?" Hu Yongquan spat at me, with a faint provocation.

"I don't think paperwork is for me, it's the life I want to live on the training ground, and when the motherland needs it, I'm willing to be the vanguard of the charge, dying on the battlefield and shrouding myself in horse leather, this is my truest idea. My answer moved him a little, and perhaps, this was also the ideal he once had.

"Your current appearance is very similar to what I used to be, but like the words you just said, I have heard too many in the years I have been a clerk, especially at the sensitive moment of joining the party and electing non-commissioned officers, there are countless impassioned and enthusiastic statements, there are true and false in these words, only the person who spoke knows it, and I also do not make any evaluation of what you said. There are hundreds, thousands of ways to serve the country, and dying on the battlefield and shrouding the horse leather are just one of them, and in peacetime, this kind of ambition of yours can only be expressed in words and determination, and in my opinion, instead of clinging to such flashy things, it is better to make some dedication to the construction of the army."

"Hehe, what do you mean by dedication? Why do you need to make dedication, but I'm the one who needs to make it/" In my opinion, Hu Yongquan's words are a kind of bandit logic.

"Yes, why you? Many years ago, I asked myself, why me? At that time, I was just like you now, full of confusion and unwillingness, but many years later, I finally understood that in fact, the army is like a machine with a precise structure, we are all parts in this machine, as big as an engine, as small as a screw, each part has its own position, its importance is the same, the importance of the work of the clerk and the work of the soldier, but the revolutionary division of labor is different, why is it you who is the clerk? Because the capable must work more, as a college student soldier, it is natural to take on more responsibilities, our soldiers, the cultural level of the majority of the duty is still in the junior high school and high school stage, it is difficult to be competent for clerical work, the importance of the clerical post can even affect the overall combat effectiveness of a team, it has never been an insignificant post, this post is not as easy as most people think, and the dedication and sacrifice will only be more than that of ordinary soldiers, since the leader can choose you, must have done enough investigation of you, I hope you don't let them downHu Yongquan's face was full of sincerity.

"Let me think about it" My answer finally relieved him, he looked out the window, lit a cigarette again, and looked at the small smoky window, I seemed to understand what he said about sacrifice and dedication, who would have thought that in the countless days and nights he had walked, there had always been a lonely figure in the tightly closed clerical room.