Dou Yuquan, deputy chief of staff of the Military Region Command, returned to the K Army for the first time after two years of absence, and he came to attend a memorial meeting for Zhang Pujing.

At about 5 o'clock in the morning, when the sky had just dawned, Liang Bida, Zhang Guanghui, political commissar of the K Army, Chen Mohan, chief of staff, Ma Xiping, deputy political commissar, and the wives of the above-mentioned personnel, as well as more than 40 cadres at and above the level of the divisional, political, and rear departments of the K Army, were waiting in front of the Xiaohong Building, the No. 1 Guest House of the Military Department.

There is one less Zhu Pre-Dao in this team.

Originally, Zhu Zhudao's current identity is still the deputy military commander, as the vice chairman of Zhang Pujing's funeral committee and the actual person in charge of preparation, Chen Mohan drew up a list of funeral committees with Zhu Zhudao, but he was circled by Liang Bida.

Chen Mohan felt that it was inappropriate and said: "According to the established practice, the party committee and the head at the same level are all members of the funeral committee when the head of the level dies. Lao Zhu is still the deputy commander of the army, and he should still come forward. ”

Liang Bida sneered and said: "Comrade Zhu Zhudao is very busy with his studies now, so don't distract him from this kind of thing." ”

Chen Mohan fought again and again, Liang Bida refuted it again and again, and said nothing else, just one thing, saying that Zhu Zhudao was busy with his studies and would not distract his energy.

The so-called study is to participate in the "study class of making it clear", the army will do it first, and the army will finish the military district office, when will it "make it clear" and when will it "graduate"; Liang Bida appointed himself as the head teacher of the study class, and Zhu Zhudao's inspection has written dozens of copies, and Liang Bida said that none of them are clear.

Chen Mohan put himself in Zhu Zhu's shoes and thought about it, and he also felt pitiful, how could he explain what he did in that kind of environment? It all depends on the likes and dislikes of the head teacher. In the end, Chen Mohan moved out of Zhu Zhudao's "borrowing the auditorium" back then, and said: "Lao Zhu is at fault, but on the issue of Zhang Pujing, he didn't make a bad deal, and if he didn't let him attend the memorial service, Zhang Pujing would also have opinions." ”

In this way, Liang Bida reluctantly agreed to Zhu Zhudao's participation in the memorial service, but stipulated that he would not participate in other activities.

"Don't give him food, he is embarrassed, we are embarrassed, everyone has nothing to say, embarrassed." - That's what Liang Bida said at the time.

After half past five, Liang Bida looked at his watch from time to time, and asked from time to time whether the staff train behind him had arrived on time, looking a little impetuous.

Chen Mohan observed Liang Bida's every move very carefully, and he had a very strange feeling today, feeling that Liang Bida was a little abnormal. It is said that the deputy chief of staff of the military region command is at the same level as the commander of the army, in a sense, the deputy chief of staff is only a deputy of a department, the head of a functional organ, but the army commander is a feudal official, is a faction of real power, Liang Bida is a person of arrogance is well known, according to the practice before the "**", even if the deputy commander of the military region comes to the K army, Liang Bida will not personally go to the railway station to greet him, the only exception is before being defeated, the old deputy political commissar Wang Lantian came to the K army, Liang Bida personally went to the station. After receiving the notice that Dou Yuquan was coming yesterday, Liang Bida not only personally inquired about the reception, but also proposed to greet him at the station in person. Chen Mohan reminded that the last time Deputy Commander Zhao and Chief of Staff Lin of the Military Region came to the K Army, the army commander did not personally pick them up, and this time Deputy Chief of Staff Dou came, if it exceeds the specifications, I am afraid it will not be appropriate, and it will not be very beneficial to Deputy Chief of Staff Dou himself. It's a delicate matter, so it's better to keep a low profile. With this in mind, Liang Bida gave up his plan to personally greet him at the station, and instead sent deputy army commander Jiang Jiahu and deputy political commissar Qu Xiangqian to the station.

However, early in the morning, before the troops got up, Liang Bida had already appeared outside the door of the Little Red Mansion, and before he could listen to the news broadcast, he was pacing thoughtfully with a dumb radio in his hand. The deputies and heads of the organs had no choice but to get up early to accompany them.

Chen Mohan has a certain degree of understanding of the relationship between Liang Bida and Dou Yuquan, and in Liang Bida's words, there is struggle and unity, and unity is greater than struggle. During the war years, at the beginning of Liang Bida's participation in the Eighth Road, he suffered a secret loss from Dou Yuquan. But later they cooperated more tacitly, there were no big differences between each other, but there didn't seem to be deeper feelings, which could be heard from Liang Bida's words when he was working on the 728 farm, Liang Bida never recalled Dou Yuquan like he recalled Zhang Pujing, and there were very few things to talk about, and there were not many topics to talk about, which shows that the relationship was very dull. Moreover, in the past, since Liang Bida became the commander of the division, Dou Yuquan has always been Liang Bida's deputy, even if Dou Yuquan is now the deputy chief of staff of the military region, and his status is equal to that of Liang Bida, Liang Bida does not need to be so enthusiastic and fearful. Could it be that this is the result of Liang Bida's labor reform on the farm? Is it that after returning to work, it has become more gentle and humane?

Of course, Chen Mohan also thought of a deeper layer. Although everyone has just come back, a basic fact is that the cadres who have come back generally have to adjust quickly, and those who are capable will continue to work, and most of the older ones who can't do it will be promoted and then rested, which can be regarded as compensation. In the next step, the candidate for the deputy commander of the military region will not be able to run away from the competition, Liang Bida and Dou Yuquan will compete, and they are tacitly acquiescent to each other.

Finally, there was a shout from the walkie-talkie behind him - Deputy Chief of Staff Dou's car was about to enter the gate.

I saw that Liang Bida was in good spirits, straightened his waist, raised a pair of eagle-like sharp eyes, and glanced at all the officials below the deputy commander one by one. Everyone hurriedly touched the wind and discipline buttons, checked the military hats, laces, trouser buttons, and pocket covers again, and then automatically divided into two rows, showing a trend of welcoming the sandwich.

It's too much, it's too much, it's too much, it's a performance, it's suspicious, I don't know what strategy and tactics Liang Bida is playing. Chen Mohan couldn't help but think so. He suddenly had a strange thought, when Dou Yuquan got out of the car and Liang Bida greeted him, who of the two of them would raise their hands first to salute? The question of who salutes first is not a problem for others, but it is probably a problem for Liang Bida and Dou Yuquan. In the past, Liang Bida had a high position and shallow qualifications, Dou Yuquan was the opposite, and the current situation is that Liang is the main, Dou is the guest, Liang is the bottom, and Dou is the top, it is said that Liang Bida should take the initiative, but Liang Bida may not be able to have such a high posture in the face of a person who has been his supporting role in the past.

Thinking of this, Chen Mohan suddenly had an inexplicable psychology. He didn't care about anything else, he wanted to widen his eyes, he just wanted to see the scene of the salute between Liang and Dou today.

With the appearance of the first off-road jeep, a small convoy of three black Volga came into view, and there was a small commotion in the procession. The convoy was slow and rustling, and the second car stopped in front of Liang Bida just right.

Chen Mohan's nerves tensed - the show is about to begin.

The car had not completely stopped, and the military chief of Army K, who was sitting in the passenger seat, had already jumped down nimbly and opened the rear door, revealing Dou Yuquan's head. At the same time, Liang Bida took three big steps forward, waiting for Dou Yuquan to get out of the car and stand firm.

Chen Mohan held his breath at this time - oh my God, none of them raised their arms, they were looking at each other, speechless, waiting, none of them intended to salute anyone - just when Chen Mohan was thinking like this, another accident appeared, he really saw it, Liang and Dou both began to move, at first slowly, but then there was a large and rapid movement - the two of them raised their right arms at the same time, but it was not a salute action, at the same time as the right arm was raised, they also moved their left arm down, The two men stood facing each other, and the four arms crossed into a giant X shape. Suddenly, X was gone, and the four arms suddenly retracted, pounced on each other, and the two huge bodies hugged each other tightly.

For Chen Mohan, this is really a thrilling scene. It may even be a scene that will never be forgotten.

The hug continues.

Liang Bida patted Dou Yuquan's back and burst into tears: "I didn't expect it, I didn't expect Lao Dou, we can still meet alive, and we can meet like this." ”

Dou Yuquan also burst into tears: "Lao Liang, fortunately, fortunately, living is what it should be, and I don't know what it's like to be alive until now." ”

Liang Bida said: "We didn't become Li Wenbin, nor did we become Jiang Gubei. We live like this with a clear conscience. ”

Dou Yuquan said: "We didn't be Zhang Pujing, Lao Zhang, Lao Zhang, I couldn't keep him." I'm still ashamed of my old friend. ”

Liang Bida said: "I know everything I know, it was not easy to do that at that time, it was even more cruel than war!" ”

The sun rose as usual, and a rosy morning glow flowed from the east, bathing the people and soaking the two veterans who had come from the war......

This hug lasted at least thirty seconds, and there was no politics, no military, no philosophy, no diplomacy, no history, no future, and from the bodies of the two slightly trembling men, there was only one thing, that is, feelings, feelings that crossed war and history, feelings that crossed long difficult years and severe trials. Those who witnessed this were all moved.

The hug ended, Dou Yuquan shook hands with the other comrades of the K Army who came to greet him one by one, and Liang Bida followed behind to introduce, their eyes still moist.

After the interview, they entered the lounge hall in order.

When entering the topic of Zhang Pujing's memorial service, Liang Bida suddenly proposed to Zhang Guanghui, who presided over the memorial service: "Political Commissar Zhang, I don't think this is the case, the memorial service is still presided over by Deputy Chief of Staff Dou, and we are all old comrades-in-arms of Lao Zhang." ”

Zhang Guanghui immediately said: "Yes, completely can." ”