Getting off the shuttle bus that arrived in the town, Chen Ming lifted his backpack, looked at the white snow-capped mountains close at hand, and stretched his body.

The dilapidated shuttle bus bumped all the way, and the car didn't fall apart, but he was about to fall apart.

The high altitude and thin air did not make Chen Ming feel uncomfortable, but instead swayed all the way to make him dizzy.

After stretching his body, Chen Ming took a serious look, this town that was closest to the garrison of the Second Frontier Company shown on the map was not so much called a town as a market.

The town is not prosperous, a few cheap supermarkets and a few stalls selling various things support the façade of the whole town, and the GDP of the whole town depends on these few.

The so-called sharpening knives do not mistake the woodcutter, Chen Ming was not in a hurry, the distance to the post was still far away, he had not eaten since breakfast, at this time, the most important thing was to replenish food and replenish physical strength.

It is convenient to be able to support the walk to the station of the border company.

Chen Ming walked around this small town, and wanted to find a small shop that sells rice to deal with two bites, but found that after some snacks and fruits, there was only one minced meat vermicelli shop left.

No way, there is nothing to pick when I get here, I showed off three bowls, and asked the boss about the distance up the mountain, as well as the exact location of the second border company.

Then I packed my bags and set off on my way.

According to the owner, from the direction of the town, it takes four or five hours to get there, and the total distance is about 18 kilometers.

There is some error with Chen Ming's original estimate.

At the beginning, when Chen Ming heard eighteen kilometers, he was really relieved, and according to his physical strength, it was impossible for this distance to take four or five hours.

Definitely get there before dark.

The man had eaten enough, and knew the specific direction and distance, and his confidence was quite inflated.

It's a pity that after walking for less than half an hour, Chen Ming found out that he was wrong, and the mistake was quite outrageous.

The terrain on this side of the border regiment was far more difficult than he imagined.

This road is really difficult to walk, the whole process is a mountain road around the mountain, it seems that it may be for the convenience of the troop transportation or something, and a road that can be opened to traffic has been specially widened.

But it was only widened, there were no rollers to press it, and the whole road was either rubble or icy puddles.

It was not easy to walk around the mountain, so Chen Ming began to take a shortcut, put his backpack on his back, and continued to walk up along some paths that seemed to be stepped on by soldiers patrolling.

Anyway, it was not dark at this time, and the bright national flag at the outpost above could be faintly seen, plus he had been walking around the main road, Chen Ming was not afraid that he would deviate.

However, the conditions of the trail are even worse, the mountains are full of weathered gravel, and some sections of the road are extremely steep, and they must be used with both hands and feet, even if they are empty-handed, Chen Ming can feel that his physical energy is constantly consumed at a terrifying speed.

This is him, if he is an ordinary person, the first time he comes here, he will face this strong altitude sickness, and he will not be able to bear climbing the mountain with his hands and feet.

Rao is Chen Ming's strong physical fitness, and he also needs to take a break from time to time to identify the direction, and he did not advance the more than four-hour trip.

The time that the shopkeeper said just now may be the truth that many people have practiced over and over again for a long time, in short, people have not yet arrived at the place where they registered.

Chen Ming summed up the border troops, which is one word, bitter!!

He was very suspicious that Old Man Lin had arranged him here, and when the time came, the people from the academy would come to investigate, would anyone really come?

You won't forget him here to save trouble, right?

It's hard to say, who made that old man so cautious.

Chen Ming secretly arranged it, while looking at the gate of the company in front of him, which looked like a product of the last century, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He's probably going to spend a long time here.

Maybe he was used to going in and out of the Tiger Wolf Camp, and no one stopped him at the National Defense University, but he suddenly came to a new place, and Chen Ming's thinking did not change for a while.

Carrying his backpack, he went straight to the inside.

The soldiers standing guard at the door stared at him several times, and were also startled by Chen Ming's posture of breaking straight in, and shouted loudly: "Comrade, please show your ID!" ”

Homosexuals?!!

Listening to this voice, Chen Ming stopped, and his mind couldn't help but be in a trance, almost forgetting how long it had been since he had heard such a title.

In the army before, the sentries at the gate were all respectfully saluted, some were called chiefs, and more were called Staff Officers Chen.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming shook his head lightly, it seemed that he still had to adapt, and looked up at the soldier standing guard.

This is a senior soldier, about twenty-two or three years old, quite thin, not tall, but because the conditions of the border guards are too difficult, the face on both sides is tanned, slightly molting, and the skin is still a faint purple.

Come to think of it, he should have been serving on the side of the border guards for quite a long time.

At this time, he was standing in the sentry box, holding a steel gun in his arms, even if the cold wind of seven or eight levels was blowing, even if his standing posture was not appreciated, he still stood as straight as a pine.

Chen Ming quickly walked to the sentry, took out the transfer order given by the National Defense University from his backpack, and the new non-commissioned officer card, handed it over, and said with a smile: "Brother I'm sorry, I was transferred from other troops, and I reported for duty on the first day today." ”

"When I first came to our army, I was just looking at the surrounding environment and almost forgot."

The sentry finger picked at the trigger, glanced at Chen Ming suspiciously, his guard was not lowered because of his words, and he cautiously took the order and glanced at it.

After carefully checking the non-commissioned officer card again, and after confirming that it was correct, a smile suddenly appeared on the resolute face.

"Hello squad leader, welcome, I haven't seen a new face for a long time, the squad leader is new to report, so let's go to the company commander to report, the company commander is in the office now."

"You go inside, the tallest building in the center is the officer's office building of our company, and the company commander's office is on the third floor, you just go over directly, and there is a mark on the door number."

The sentry handed back Chen Ming's documents and the order, and at the same time kindly pointed Chen Ming in a direction.

This young soldier, the nails on his hands have been deeply concave inside, and the whole is black and purple, this small detail once again made Chen Ming realize the difficulty of the border guards.

In the past, it was only through TV dramas and through the narration of some veterans, but now I can truly experience it when I stand in front of the border guards.

"Thank you, comrade." Chen Ming put away his documents, thanked him with a smile, and walked into the company quickly.

Looking around at the environment, in his eyes, this environment is really miserable, not to mention compared to the Yuanhuo Battalion, even if it is the Tiger Wolf Battalion that has just been formed, it is much stronger than here.

After entering the gate of the company, there is a runway on the left, which does not seem to occupy a large area, a circle seems to be only about 200 meters, and there is no rubber, not even cement, and the whole station presents black ground.

On the right are some simple training facilities, horizontal bars, long jump pits and the like, but those horizontal bars have long been rusted and rotten, and they are simply not enough to support daily training.

In the middle of the gate is a large square without any training facilities, and although it has been cleaned, the ground has not been retouched and is pitch black, which is really not beautiful.

At the first glance of entering the door, Chen Ming only felt a "broken" and "old", and the only eye-catching thing was the flag-raising platform in the center of the square.

This can be said to be the most extravagant building in the entire company station, the flag-raising platform is surrounded by a ring of shiny stainless steel guardrails, and the countertop is paved with red tiles, which reflect a dazzling light in the sunlight.

And the flagpole, also made of stainless steel, is erected in the center, and a national flag fluttering in the wind hangs on it.

This dazzling flag-raising platform made the entire dilapidated company form a sharp contrast, revealing a hint of prosperity.

Chen Ming walked through the flag-raising platform, as if he saw the soldiers carefully wiping the shadow of the platform every day, being on the frontier and caring for the motherland.

Life forbidden area, youth blooms!!

The moment he saw the flag-raising platform, Chen Ming felt the true weight of these words.

In their eyes, the company's environment can be broken, the facilities can be outdated, the mission can be dangerous, the conditions can be poor, the weather can be very bad, and survival can be very difficult.

But the flag-raising platform is not good, this is the belief in the hearts of the entire company, and it is also the red in the faith of all soldiers.

Perhaps this flag-raising platform, which can be seen everywhere in the interior of the motherland, is where this company's determination lies in defying hardships and resisting the cold and stationing here for many years.

After watching the audience with respect for a long time, Chen Ming bypassed the flag-raising platform and walked to the building area behind.

Recalling the guidance of the sentry just now, Chen Ming came to the office building, and the building in front of him was almost the same as the entire company, up and down, inside and out, all of which could be described by the word "old".

Except for the flagpole just now, the only place that Chen Ming can boast about is that this company is stationed, which can be regarded as a small sparrow with all kinds of organs.

Just now, all the way over, lookout posts, oil storage tanks, charging stations, dormitory areas, warehouses, etc., there are all the things that should be there.

It's just that when he saw the office building in front of him, he felt that this building brought him into an old movie in the seventies.

The style and scale of this floor is really a one-to-one reproduction in an old movie.

But there are also differences, the buildings in the old movies are relatively new, because they may have been filmed at that time when they were filmed were new buildings, and the film has survived to this day, but here, it is coming from that era day by day, weathered, mottled walls, and rusty iron.

Even the officer's office building is like this, Chen Ming can no longer imagine what kind of miserable scene his dormitory as a big soldier will be.

When he came to the third floor, Chen Ming looked for them one by one.

There are a lot of rooms here, such as archives, storage rooms, conference rooms, everything.

But in some offices, there was no one, and in some offices, only one or two people were busy, and no one noticed his arrival alone.

After walking around, Chen Ming was in the center of the floor, and finally recognized the old company commander's office.

At this time, the door of this office is open, and you can see the whole inside from the door.

It was a small office, similar to a normal room, occupied by various filing cabinets, and in the middle there was a desk, one of the legs of which looked new and was not the same size as the other three.

Chen Ming estimated that it should be the soldiers here who did it, and built a leg for the desk himself.

Good guy, I really don't know, as soon as I was scared, Chen Ming had the urge to cover his face.

It's also a company commander's office, isn't it?

At this time, there were two people in the office, sitting across the desk, and the sound of whispering conversation was heard.

It should be the company commander who is sitting in the main position, and at first glance, Chen Ming's impression of this company commander is fierce.

It's not that he's cursing, and he can't hear what is being said inside when he stands at the door, but there is a good saying, you can't hide the eyes of a person who wants to knife.

And in the eyes of this company commander, Chen Ming felt that he was thinking about the knife man all the time.

This kind of ferociousness can not be reflected by scolding, but from the top to the bottom, revealing this chilling temperament from the inside out.

This kind of temperament is not the same as the non-anger and self-authority of those old officers, it is more like a kind of anger, and it is also different from the dead indifference of the dragon's teeth in battle.

It's more like a combination of resentment and ferocity that wanders the battlefield all day long, but doesn't participate in many battles, and wants to stab others every time, but the knife is not clean.

I am afraid that this kind of temperament can only be cultivated in the border guards, otherwise, no matter how high the military rank, no matter how high the rank, no one has been on the battlefield, and has not seen those fleas who cause trouble on the border line and repeatedly jump sideways, it is impossible to cultivate this temperament.

As for the person sitting opposite him, Chen Ming could see his back, and he didn't see anything, let alone his eyes.

Standing at the door and looking at it for a long time, Chen Ming also knew that he couldn't stand here all the time to observe, he was a soldier who came to report, not his previous identity.

Thinking about it, Chen Ming reached out and knocked on the office door.

Shout: "Report!!" ”

The sudden sound made the two people in the office stop talking and turn their heads to look at the door.

In this instant, the eyes of the person who wanted to stab just now disappeared in the blink of an eye.

"Come in."

Chen Ming strode in, gave a military salute to the two, and shouted loudly: "Report, I am a soldier from the Second Frontier Company, Chen Ming." ”

As he spoke, Chen Ming opened the backpack behind him, took out the transfer letter assigned by the National Defense University, personal file materials, and non-commissioned officer certificate, and handed them over.

The officer, who looked like the company commander, got up and took the things, focused on the order, and didn't look at anything else, so he smiled and said, "Chen Ming, right?" Welcome, the above has already called us in advance. ”

"Welcome to our Second Frontier Company."

When the troops are transferred, it is naturally impossible to keep silent and directly stuff them in without the slightest notice.

Before the assignment, the leader on this side will definitely be greeted, and the people above know what is going on, but the people below are not clear.

When Chen Ming went down to the grassroots level during the period of study, the theater, the military department, and the National Defense University jointly issued a document to inform the unit directly below the unit to which he belonged, and to inform them of the true situation of the commander of the border defense regiment.

The regiment commander then notifies the company-level unit.

Of course, when the regiment commander notified, it was naturally impossible to inform Chen Ming's true identity, and their unified voice to the outside world was that the troops that had stayed in the original were reorganized and disbanded.

The members of the unit were temporarily dispersed into various units, and in consideration of the shortage of personnel in the border troops, they were temporarily replaced, possibly for six months, or several months, and then transferred.

The reorganization and temporary disbandment of the army is not uncommon in the army, although it does not happen very often.

The company commander below naturally didn't think about it so much, he only knew that Chen Ming was transferred from other units and came to the border troops for training, and he might be transferred away again in a few months and return to the original unit.

This kind of thing has not happened before, after all, it is not immutable that the border guards are stationed here, sometimes every six months, sometimes every year.

The officer who sat on the main seat and looked like a company commander, looked Chen Ming up and down, he had been in the army for many years, and with his eyes, he could naturally see that the person who was transferred to him this time was not like a recruit who didn't know anything.

From the eyes of this young non-commissioned officer, he did not see the confusion, the worry, and the decadence of the first time he joined the border guards, but his eyes bloomed with confidence and revealed perseverance.

This is a rare good soldier!!

The officer had a friendly smile on his face, blessed by a smile, and the fierce aura that was full of him just now dissipated a lot.

"Chen Ming, welcome to the Second Frontier Company again, my name is Wu Xueliang, and I am the company commander of the Second Frontier Company."

After speaking, Wu Xueliang pointed to the officer sitting opposite him with the rank of captain, and introduced: "This is the instructor of our company, Geng Yanrong. ”

Chen Ming glanced at the instructor, and the other party was also looking at him, and the two smiled slightly.

This was a tall, thin officer, probably in his early thirties, who was fair compared to a company commander or an ordinary soldier.

Wearing a military coat that is almost unrecognizable, with a cigarette between his fingers, when he laughs, he has a gentle and elegant scholarly atmosphere, which is in stark contrast to Wu Xueliang, who is full of evil spirits.

Chen Ming observed the two of them, hurriedly stood upright, saluted, and shouted loudly: "Good company commander, good instructor." ”

Instructor Geng Yanrong smiled and nodded: "Hello, Comrade Chen Ming, our border defense is hard, you have to be mentally prepared." ”

"Yes, Comrade Instructor, always be ready!!"

The sonorous and powerful response, the indomitable momentum, and the loud voice made the company commander Wu Xueliang have a smile on his face and squint at him.

Not to mention anything else, at present, Chen Ming's attitude and momentum, he likes it very much, his voice is loud, his eyes are resolute, and he can't see the slightest trace of procrastination on him.

He didn't want to see Chen Ming's information just now, but now he is interested again, he wants to see Chen Ming's past.

When I opened the file bag, I saw that it was the case, and he won a third-class merit during the recruit evaluation, and the information was somewhat similar to Chen Ming's original experience, but it was only that.

Everything else is just made up.

Wu Xueliang didn't know at all, the information he had read was already very streamlined, reduced to only one-fifth of the original information.

Rao is like this, or he is quite satisfied.

directly patted Chen Ming on the shoulder and looked at the instructor: "What, Lao Geng, you arrange a class for Chen Ming, see which class is short of people, and arrange for him to come over." ”

"Which class is lacking?"

Instructor Geng Yanrong smiled bitterly, the second border company, which class is there no shortage of people???

(End of chapter)