"You guys, you can go home."

After saying that, there was silence below.

No one moved, no one spoke, only tears slipped quietly.

After struggling together for so long, they were defeated.

Loss enveloped my heart, but the joy of returning home grew in my heart again, and I was sad and happy for a while.

After Shen Rong left, no one went to look at the book, everyone patted each other on the shoulder and walked towards the dormitory.

On the other side, Yang Xiaotao and the others sat on the stool, waiting for Shen Rong to come in, and they all lifted their spirits.

Shen Rong smiled, "Congratulations to everyone, congratulations on your successful selection." ”

Bang bang bang

Shen Rong applauded, and after several people heard it, they applauded.

"Team Leader Shen, what is the task, can you say no?"

Chen Chonghan opened his mouth to ask, but Shen Rong shook his head.

"I have no authority to tell you."

The crowd was disappointed.

"What I can tell you, however, is that you will be on a very honorable and rewarding mission."

"It makes a lot of sense."

The crowd was silent, waiting in silence for an eruption.

When Yang Xiaotao and Liu Daming came back, they saw Hou Baowei standing at the door of the dormitory with luggage.

Behind him, the truck had started.

"Lao Liu!"

"Old monkey."

The two hugged each other, and Hou Baowei had a little unwillingness and loss on his face.

"Yang Gong."

"Hou Gong."

The two also embraced.

"If you want to come on, you must win glory for our rolling mill. This time, we accounted for one-third of the six people, but unfortunately I am not angry. ”

Hou Baowei said, Liu Daming patted his shoulder, "It's okay, let's work together with your share." Also, when I go back, I will report the safety of my family and my family. ”

"And me, let my daughter-in-law not worry, take care of the child, I will go back soon."

Yang Xiaotao also hurriedly said, and wrote a letter to bring back if he knew it.

"I know, if you don't say this, I'll do it."

"Old Hou, have a good trip."

Liu Daming said, and Hou Baowei nodded.

"Come on, you guys."

Hou Baowei got into the car, and the others also boarded the bicycle in the shouting, and slowly drove away from the dormitory building and left the factory.

Watching the car leave, Liu Daming said leisurely, "Hou Liangdao, it's no worse than a mustache when you're serious, it shouldn't be at this level!" ”

Yang Xiaotao smiled, "Everyone has their own ambitions. ”

"It's better to go back and report safety."

The two of them didn't speak, they went back to the house to pack their things, and they were leaving!

Half an hour later.

"Liu Gong, let's go."

Yang Xiaotao got into the car with his luggage, looked at Liu Daming who was still in a daze below, and hurriedly shouted, the latter got into the car this time.

In the jeep in front, Shen Rong waved his hand, and the two cars started and slowly drove towards the train station.

Half an hour later, Yang Xiaotao and his party of six people entered the carriage under the leadership of Shen Rong, and four soldiers guarded the front and rear doors, and there was no one else except them and Shen Rong's working group.

So, when the train started, everyone looked for a place to sleep and rest.

Yang Xiaotao took out the book and looked at it seriously.

They don't know where to go back, and they don't want to ask, because they won't say if they do.

All they know is that this time they still have to go west, all the way to the west.

"Squad leader."

"I'm done."

On the high mountain, covered with snow, a group of people dressed in army green stood neatly in front of the stone monument with cloaks floating behind their backs.

"Return to the team."

"Yes!"

Xu Long looked through the mask, his voice was cold, and his body was still upright despite the wind.

"Salute!"

Brush~~~

Raise your hand, put away your gun, raise your head and chest, as if you want to dedicate the most beautiful thing in the world to the stone tablet in front of you.

The two strings of bright red words on it seemed to be flowing with the blood of the ancestors, and they were scorching.

"Rite over!"

Xu Long's voice sounded again, and everyone returned to their original state.

"Comrades."

"Tell me about it."

brush

The seven people in front of him took a moment's pause, and their faces were resolute.

"This mountaineering lasted four hours and twelve minutes, and the task was successfully concluded."

"However, in the process of marching, some comrades have the problem of physical exhaustion, and this kind of environment with thin oxygen is still what we should pay attention to in the future."

Xu Long spoke intermittently, and sometimes he needed to take a deep breath to finish, and the people below were still serious.

"Now, all the team, go down the mountain."

"Yes!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

Subsequently, in a queue, the group slowly descended the mountain under the leadership of the deputy squad leader.

Xu Long looked back at the opposite side of the mountaintop, the towering mountains, and the vast land.

"Good boy, you should be here."

With a low roar, he touched the stones on the top of the mountain and slowly descended the mountain behind the team.

They need to go down the mountain, eat some dry food and then return to the station.

There, too, is the top of the mountain, but at a lower altitude.

At this time, in the station, the two were nervously preparing dinner.

When the patrolling fighters returned, they were cold, and what they needed most was to drink hot water and eat a hot meal.

However, such a simple requirement is difficult to meet.

At this altitude, the water boils to more than 70 degrees Celsius, and it is not effective in killing bacteria in the water.

Steaming rice and stir-frying vegetables with water is also made with raw rice.

So here, the most made is the pancakes, the noodles are soft and well pasted on the iron pot, and they are cooked by heat.

As for other stir-fried dishes, they are also roasted, grilled, and seared.

A single ingredient and monotonous cooking are the best food for the people stationed here when they come back.

"Xiaoyanagi, have you kneaded the dough?"

An old voice came from below the station, and a young baby-faced man came out of the doorway of the room, his hands still dipped in gray flour.

"The old squad leader, it's already in harmony."

The baby-faced voice spoke with a smell of Bashu, and the middle-aged man in a military coat and carrying a bucket on the opposite side stepped on the steps and slowly came up.

Babyface hurried out to help, and the two put the water into the house and quickly closed the door to prevent the heat from the house from getting out.

"Old squad leader, I'll go fetch water in the future."

"You baby, no."

The old squad leader walked over to the stove and sat down, rubbing his knees while roasting the fire, obviously the journey was not easy.

The baby face immediately took down the iron jar on the radiator on the side, the water was a little warm, and the old squad leader took it and drank it to warm his stomach.

"Why?"

"Why? You, you need to find a clean source of water, if you find the wrong one, you can't drink it, and you can't get sick to your stomach? ”

"I can learn, you can teach me."

"Okay, next time, I'll take you next time."

The old squad leader smiled, but the baby face suddenly changed his attitude, "Forget it." Next time, I'll go out on patrol with the squad leader. Let Xiao Zhuang stay and cook. ”

"Hahaha"

"Envious?"

The old squad leader got up as he spoke, and Xiao Yanagi gritted his teeth, "No envy." Anyway, it's all about serving the people and serving everyone. ”

"Haha, that's right, we're here, not only to cook, but also to guard the station, in case an enemy appears, we are the last soldiers."

"Yes, I understand."

"Here, take the handle and pour the water into the tank."

Bang la blah

The water was poured into the water tank along the bucket, and the old squad leader reached out to test the water temperature, "It's okay, the house is warm, don't worry about freezing and cracking." ”

"It's just starting to get cold in October, and after a while, the house will freeze."

"I really can't find why your baby is here, Bashu is so far away, how warm it is, come all the way here to suffer this sin."

The old squad leader liked this newly assigned baby face very much, so he took it with him when he had nothing to do, and taught him personally, so that he could adapt to life here as soon as possible.

Xiao Yanagi was not happy, "Old squad leader, revolutionary enthusiasm is not afraid of any wind, snow and cold, and the more difficult the environment, the more it can temper the will of the revolution." ”

"I am willing to accept the most brutal challenge and turn myself into a determined revolutionary who will contribute everything to the motherland."

The baby-faced voice reverberated in the station, and the enthusiasm infected the old squad leader, and he nodded with satisfaction, then walked to the side and picked up a piece of honeycomb coal, "Then, most determined revolutionary comrade, please take the kettle away, this is an important task." ”

"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission."

"Haha"

The two of them laughed and began to get busy, and the wind whistled outside the house, and it was even colder outside.

"Old squad leader, squad leader, when will they come back?"

"It's coming!"

"As a rule of thumb, it's still an hour before we come back."

"Xiaoliu, I'll go to the pancakes, you go to stand guard above, and I'll change you in a while."

"Holo."

After saying that, the old squad leader left to go next door, Koyanagi waved his arms, picked up the gun from the shelf, and quickly climbed the sentry tower.

The wind howled, slashing across his face like a knife, and the babyface lowered his hat and lifted his mask up.

I felt warm when I had a heating stove inside, but when I came out, I felt like it was blown through and it was cold.

The round face remembered the old squad leader's teaching, don't stand in one place, but be active, so that the body can adapt to the cold wind and not get frostbite.

At nightfall, Koyanagi removed the kettle from the stove and began pouring water into the thermos.

After it was all filled, Koyanagi went to look at the stove and lifted the lid of the pot, and a wave of heat rose inside.

Around the pot, the pancakes have been formed, and the layer below the pot has turned gray, but the outside is yellow, and it smells fragrant.

If you don't want to burn the pancakes, you need to control the heat.

And in this regard, the old squad leader did the best.

The pancakes he made were also the best in the whole company.

Putting the lid on the pot and glancing at the stove, the coal was reddish, and Koyanagi closed the door.

glanced at the old squad leader on the watchtower, then turned around and prepared to boil some more water, so that the squad leader could wash their feet when they returned.

But just as he turned around, he suddenly saw a barrel-shaped thing in the corner of the shelf.

He didn't remember what it was for, so he walked over and picked it up.

Looking at the handle above, there were traces of fire burning underneath, and after observing for a while, I tried to break it hard, and the lid of the pot was twisted open, revealing the inner tank inside, in addition to a handwritten note.

The first six words above, the pressure cooker instructions.

Xiaoliu went to elementary school when he was in Bashu and knew some simple characters, but later because his younger siblings at home wanted to go to school, he gave up his studies to join the work, and later signed up to come here.

A manual, Koyanagi's first impression is that the person who wrote this instruction manual should be a reader, or a teacher, otherwise the writing will not be so good-looking.

It was this word that piqued Koyanagi's interest and made him read it slowly.

After reading the whole article, Koyanagi looked at the line of words drawn with horizontal lines, "Its improper operation caused an explosion, and the power is equivalent to a grenade", looking at the attention point, Koyanagi almost threw the pot to the ground.

What should be used with care?

Will it explode?

This can't be a new type of bomb, right?

Koyanagi thought it would be a big deal if he didn't do it, if he got into trouble.

Return the pot to its original position.

Turn around, and you're leaving.

However, when he went out, Koyanagi always felt that it was a matter of his heart, as if he would not be able to sleep if he didn't use it, and he would be able to do everything.

"Isn't it just a pot?"

Koyanagi wanted to try.

(End of chapter)