this day.

The atmosphere in the Frontier Army Divisional Hospital was solemn, and after Lin Shu's family came, Ma Junjie and Tao Tiangui's family also came.

The oppressive atmosphere in the hospital was uncomfortable, and Chen Ming had been silently following, accompanying the families of his comrades-in-arms, hoping to bring them even a little comfort.

At night, he sat alone on the hospital bed staring blankly at the dark night sky outside, not knowing what to think again.

Chai Shuyao moved a chair and sat in front of him silently.

"Didn't you say that the Propaganda Department of the National Birthday was going to carry out a war singing activity?"

"How did you get here?"

Chen Ming looked at his wife slowly, a trace of guilt flashed on her face, she came all the way over, when she arrived here, she was still in a coma, and after waking up, she was in a daze, not saying a word, she should be very worried.

But he has been immersed in grief and can't extricate himself.

I don't have time to pay attention to anything else.

"No, I'm now the deputy director of the Ministry of Information, and I need to carry out battlefield singing, but I am needed for the preparatory work, and singing is none of my business."

Chai Shuyao looked very happy when she saw Chen Ming speak, got up and walked to the front of the hospital bed and sat down sideways, raising her slender fingers to help Chen Ming pinch his shoulders.

"We don't want this to happen, but it's not your fault, you're good enough."

"Soldiers fight on the battlefield to defend their families and the country, it is inevitable that there will be sacrifices, don't carry the burden of mistakes on your back, what we have to do is to continue to be strong, only when we are really strong, we will not be bullied."

"A tragedy like this won't happen."

"Grandpa already knows what's going on here, and his old man says you're doing well."

"Well, I know, don't worry." Chen Ming pulled Chai Shuyao to sit down, he was still young, and he couldn't pinch his shoulders or anything.

The instructor of the Second Frontier Company is right, he has his mission, and the people here naturally have their own mission, and everyone may be working in different directions, but the goal must be the same.

It was late at night.

Chen Ming chatted with Chai Shuyao, and learned that the current establishment of the 169th Composite Brigade has been completely banned, and it is now the 704th Division directly under the theater.

As for the new station, the site selection of the engineering troops has been arranged above, and the location has not yet been clarified, but it is believed that there will be news soon.

After the site selection is completed, the construction of a new station and the construction of a giant city dedicated to exercises will be started, which may not be difficult to finalize in a few years.

But there is good news, that is, the eastern and western theaters have stationed temporary offices in the 704th Division, and they are working together to put the pilot units on the right track.

With these two offices in one place, everything is easy to talk about when it comes to mobility.

In the next few days, Chen Ming did not return to the company, but together with the soldiers of the whole company, saw off the comrades who died this time.

I especially remember that day, the light rain was dripping, and the dark clouds covered the mountains, and the clouds were very low, as if they were about to overwhelm people.

On the day of the send-off, everyone in the border regiment stood neatly, Chen Ming and they were all wearing black raincoats, and the raindrops fell on the raincoats, exploding a little splash.

Everyone stood in the wind and rain, looking at the two new tombstones that had been added there, and their hearts were heavy.

Especially the people of the second company, looking at the black and white photos on the black tombstone, they were stunned.

A few days ago, everyone was still comrades-in-arms fighting side by side.

Their voices are still clear in their ears, and their smiles are sprinkled with sunshine and confidence, but at this time, their faces are forever frozen, and all the voices have become memories, like a touch of wind, which has obviously come.

But they were no longer to be found.

The commander of the border regiment silently stepped forward and gently placed the white chrysanthemum in his hand in front of the tombstone.

The petals as white as jade were baptized by the rootless water in the sky, lying in front of the tombstone, revealing the beauty of the world.

The photo on the tombstone has a young and hearty smile on his face, and the smile is as holy as a flower.

Then came the political commissar of the regiment, he stepped forward and stood in front of the tombstone for a long time, and the people who watched it were congested.

After that, there are various company commanders, platoon commanders, and squad leaders.

In the end, it was Chen Ming who supported the old bear squad leader, and he was still carrying an oxygen cylinder, but everyone couldn't resist him.

This may be an obsession in the heart of a veteran.

Chen Ming also put the three white chrysanthemums on his body, one represents his mind, the other is his wife's mind, and the other is the apprentice's mind.

I remember that day, the tombstone was already full of mourning chrysanthemums, and their tombstones were erected in a sea of holy flowers, with flowers to sleep.

The regiment commander stood at the front of the line, stared straight at the tombstone, and shouted loudly: "Silence!" ”

The voice was mournful, accompanied by a gloomy rain, and it struck on everyone.

Everyone buried their heads with the memory of the hero in their eyes.

In the second company of border defense, someone lowered his head, and hot tears merged with the cold rain, dripping and falling to the ground.

Someone stared blankly ahead, as if at that moment, nothing existed.

Some people sobbed and covered their faces and cried bitterly, which was difficult to suppress.

When he was about to disband, Chen Ming and many soldiers in the company said goodbye silently, although everyone didn't say a word, Chen Ming could see it.

This is definitely not a joke on the spot, but an expression of true feelings, and it is the most sincere concern of these comrades-in-arms for themselves.

They may not know why they are leaving, why they don't go back to the company, but no one asks, maybe this is not the first time this has happened in the second border company, and it will definitely not be the last.

They, used to it.

After sending off his comrades-in-arms, Chen Ming then called Wang Junwei, the former commander of the 169th Brigade, and roughly explained the situation of Xiong Jiuchang, the head of the shift, and Shen Zufei, the bald man.

Let the old brigade commander help, run errands and sign to transfer people over.

Chen Ming opened his mouth about this, and the squad leader and the bald man were border guards, so Wang Junwei naturally accepted it without saying a word.

Now the 704th Division is very lively, and the Canadian military departments in the two major theaters have temporary offices, and many experienced cadres of the composite division here have passed on their experience in the past, and the transfer across the theater is much faster than usual.

That is, on October 8, the National Birthday holiday had just ended, and Chai Shuyao saw that Chen Ming was okay and was ready to report back to the Propaganda Department.

Originally, Chen Ming planned to go back with her, but considering that the squad leader's condition may need to be observed for a few days, the bald man can't get out of bed at the moment.

There was no news from the National Defense University, so he planned to wait for the squad leader's condition to be stable, and he would take over the company's people to take care of the bald man and other seriously injured people, and let Wu Bing and Zhao Haojie return to the company to report Chen Ming before leaving.

The plan is good, but unfortunately it hasn't been implemented yet, and even Chai Shuyao didn't leave.

The hospital ushered in a big man, a real big man.

Lin Qingyuan, vice president of the Shimen Joint Operations Academy, came.

This old man's reputation in the army is not necessarily much better than Chen Ming's territory in the Eighth Division of the Tianshan Mountains.

It can even be said that it is half a catty.

This is not an academy after all.

In the early morning of the 8th, Chen Ming just washed his face and came out of the public toilet of the hospital, and when he came out, he saw Chai Shuyao coming over with a big bag of breakfast.

"How do you buy so much? Just a few of us, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish it in one day, right? ”

Chen Ming followed up the ward curiously, during this time, Chai Shuyao was living in an outside hotel, Chen Ming was still living in the ward, mainly taking turns to take care of his comrades, and there were several people in the second company who couldn't get out of bed and needed someone to be on call.

He couldn't leave.

Chen Ming opened the breakfast bag, fanned the wind with his hand on the wing of his nose, and sniffed violently: "Well, this meat bun is very fragrant, not bad."

"Seeing I'm hungry, I'll get two first, and then I'll give them to those bunnies."

"Eat every day, you can't eat enough." Chai Shuyao said with a smile, picked three meat buns from the bag and handed them to him.

These breakfasts were bought not only by the two of them, but also by the two who were in charge of nursing, as well as the squad leader.

Chai Shuyao is inconvenient to participate in the escort, so she will naturally run more errands, and she is happy to do so.

"By the way, when I came here just now, I saw that the downstairs was very lively, and there were a lot of people in military uniforms, I don't know if there is an examination in the hospital today."

"That's normal, this is a military hospital, and the doctors also wear military uniforms." Chen Ming bit the bun and responded nonchalantly.

Just as the two of them were chatting.

Medical staff Zhao Haojie pushed open the door of the ward with a "clang" and strode in.

When he opened his mouth and was about to speak, he also smelled the fragrance, grabbed a bun and stuffed it into his mouth, and muttered: "You kid eats alone here and doesn't know how to share and share." ”

"Oh, yes."

"The company commander told you to go down, saying that a chief wants to see you, that scene, hey, good guy, we can't squeeze in front of the company commander's level, and it's very lively downstairs."

After Zhao Haojie finished speaking, he grabbed a bun and stuffed it into his mouth、The one that eats is called an unceremonious。

Chen Ming pondered for a long time before he understood what he was trying to express.

"The company commander called me?"

"Well, why else am I here? Do you eat steamed buns? Zhao Haojie asked rhetorically,Grabbed two more and started gnawing。

This guy is really embarrassed for him on the snowy mountain, and he has been down the mountain for a week, and the oil and water in his stomach have not gathered.

When Chen Ming saw this action, he didn't bother to bother with him, and said as if you were eating less.

The two hurriedly came downstairs, and they didn't see the lively scene, but they did see Wu Xueliang, the commander of the second border company, and the instructor Geng Yanrong standing in the open space on the left side of the physical examination building.

I saw Chen Ming coming down.

Geng Yanrong rubbed his hands with an unnatural face, and said with a smile: "Chen Ming, I may have done something wrong." ”

"Good intentions do bad things."

Good intentions do bad things? What do you mean?

Chen Ming just came downstairs, and when he heard the instructor say this, he really didn't react for a while.

Looking at his puzzled look, Geng Yanrong stretched out his hand and pointed to the office building in front of the physical examination building and said with a dry smile: "What, you go, there is a chief looking for you there." ”

"As soon as our Second Frontier Company was disarmed, and when we returned to the garrison of the Frontier Regiment, a team of officers came to the war zone to interview me, and I didn't take it seriously at that time, thinking that it was the same as before to record the hard life of the border troops."

"But this time it seems to have really been rectified, at that time, even the company wrote a report to you, and all the companies signed it, all in front of that group of officials."

"I don't know if this will affect you much."

Signing, how does it affect me?

Chen Ming's head is absolutely good, and when he heard the instructor say this, he roughly understood what was going on.

If you can have anything to do with him, it must be someone from the National Defense University.

Signing in front of the officers, these officers will not be the commissioners arranged by the college, right?

Chen Ming suddenly had two heads, and after having the previous understanding, he knew very well the style of Old Man Lin's work, which was not a little fake.

At that time, the instructor gave him the signed materials and a handwritten certificate of completion, but Chen Ming only glanced at it and did not express his position, because he knew the character of Old Man Lin too well.

If you change to someone else, you may be very happy when you see this kind of joint book, thinking that your grades and performance are good, but this hangs.

So he never mentioned it, and he didn't even contact the academy, and now it seems that the old man should have rushed over in person.

This dedication is indeed in line with him.

Thinking of this, Chen Ming raised his hand to the office building of the hospital and said with a wry smile: "Instructor, the chief you are talking about is Vice President Lin, right?"

"I don't know if it's Vice Dean Lin, but it's true that his surname is Lin, he looks quite abstract, and he doesn't like to laugh, and he does have the kind of stubbornness to engage in academics, you can go and see it."

"Hey, I knew it was him."

Chen Ming smiled, the good ones don't come, the ones who come are not good, except for a responsible person like Lin Qingyuan, who would come to southern Xinjiang because of a student's stage results across thousands of kilometers from Shimen?

No wonder there hasn't been any movement lately.

I am afraid that on the day after he left the Second Company, or on the day that the Second Company went down the snowy mountains and returned to the regimental station, the commissioner came.

Thinking back to his previous doubts, if he had stayed for a year from the second border defense company, the commissioner would not climb the snowy mountain, Chen Ming felt a trace of blush, this kind of thought should not have.

Because on Lin Qingyuan's body, there is nothing that can't be done, as long as he wants to.

Is it a blessing or a curse, it is a disaster that can't be avoided, Chen Ming simply waved his hand and strode towards the office building.

The instructor didn't say which office it was, but Chen Ming basically didn't need to ask, the vice president from the National Defense University was not low, just look at which office has a lot of people at the door and there are people standing guard next to it.

That's right.

Really.

Chen Ming walked around the first floor and didn't see anything special, and as soon as he reached the second floor, he turned left and saw two sentries standing at the door of an office.

He didn't talk nonsense, he directly showed his non-commissioned officer card and explained the reason, the sentry seemed to know his name, looked at him in surprise, and opened the door and let him in.

In the office, the head of the border regiment, the commissar were there, and several colonels he did not know were also sitting here.

Several people were discussing the problem, and when they saw someone coming in, they were silent for a moment, and they all looked at Chen Ming.

Lin Qingyuan looked up and saw him, waved his hand very unceremoniously: "What should you do, why are you going, don't gather here."

"Are you all idle?"

Rub!!

Under the order of the vice president, several people in the room got up one after another, judging by the situation, they should know Lin Qingyuan, not just to greet them, nodded at Chen Ming with a smile in their eyes, and rushed out.

In the blink of an eye, there were only two people left in the office.

If others encounter this strange old man, they may be weak-hearted, but Chen Ming is really true, after all, he does not cheat, let alone have a handle.

A false hammer!!

Immediately, he took a step forward, stood upright, and saluted a standard military salute.

"Report to Comrade Vice President, Chen Ming, a trainee of the training class, came to report, please instruct."

"Hmm." Lin Qingyuan heard the voice and threw the questionnaire in his hand on the table.

Glancing at Chen Ming, he said, "Since you revealed your identity in advance, the academy has arranged for a commissioner to conduct an exclusive interview with you for the past month, do you want to know the answer?" ”

"Yes, Comrade Vice President."

"Okay, then I'll tell you the answer, the company commander of the second border defense company said that you are a good soldier, brave in battle, not afraid of sacrifice, extremely strong in combat, and a rare model of soldiers."

"The instructor said that you are very positive in thinking, have a good work style, have a good spiritual quality of giving to the big self, and have a very high political consciousness."

"Even the soldiers inside said that you are humble, responsive, and actively trained, and can bring stability to your comrades-in-arms, and no matter how difficult the environment is, it will be easy to overcome."

"If I'm not mistaken, the Second Frontier Company also gave you a handwritten signed book, right?"

"Yes." Chen Ming responded truthfully, the vice president said that the people were not mistaken, and he didn't say that he was wrong, which was obviously the instructor's reminder just now was very correct.

Those officers who used to interview the Second Frontier Company were really commissioners of the National Defense University.

"Bring it to me and I'll take a look."

"Yes."

Chen Ming took out the joint book given to him by the instructor a few days ago from his pocket, reached out and handed it to Lin Qingyuan.

Five pieces of paper, three pieces of content, and two signatures, whichever you say, are pretty good reviews.

But Lin Qingyuan just glanced at it casually, and casually threw the paper on the desk.

"Stage learning evaluation, commissioner scoring, poor, medium, excellent third grades, where do you think your grades are?"

"Report, medium."

Chen Ming said without hesitation, this is really not his deliberate belittling, what kind of place is the National Defense University?

The cradle of high-ranking officers.

I am afraid that there are countless outstanding talents who have come out, and under this premise, the evaluation criteria for "excellent" must be very strict.

He wasn't confident enough to be in a fight, to be approachable, and he thought he could do it well.

Can do the level of coming to study and experience at the grassroots level, which officer is not a human being?

Can they not understand approachability, can they not understand how to mingle with fighters?

When everyone understands, whether it's true or pretended, it's a mediocre achievement.

So, check.

Hearing this, Lin Qingyuan nodded without hesitation, stared at Chen Ming for a while and said, "Since you yourself said that your grades are medium, then you should go and find you."

"Remember one sentence, the National Defense University cultivates you and lets you go down to the grassroots level, not to make you a soldier, if this is the case, why bother to train you?"

"We have millions of soldiers, and we are still training soldiers, isn't that an extra move?"

"Soldiers, there are missions and obligations of soldiers, and officers have the missions and obligations of officers."

"Don't lock the concept in a range, for the general can not focus on bravery, and must not focus on bravery, if the grassroots level is to see the achievements on these words, then it is not necessary."

"Do you understand?"

"Report, I don't understand very much."

"Very good, then go and let yourself understand, the period of January is too short, the new unit will be arranged for you, and you will leave tomorrow."

"Take your experience of the Second Frontier Company with you."

"In a year's time, I will arrange for someone to notify the new troops, and I hope you can give me a good answer when the time comes."

"Remember, the National Defense University is not about producing a good soldier."

"Yes."

"Go ahead, as for the commendation of this battle, you don't have to worry, it should be yours, you can't run."

"Everything is over when the second phase is over."

"Yes."

After getting the instruction.

Chen Ming strode out of the office, and he only told Chai Shuyao the news that he was leaving, and set off the next day.

Chai Shuyao also returned to the Propaganda Department of the war zone to report on the same day.

The new department was not arranged by Chai Yansong this time, but by Lin Qingyuan, and few people knew where he went.

But it doesn't matter, with Chen Ming's ability, no matter where he is, he can make achievements

Time flies, and soon a year passes.

The directive for the end of the second phase of the National Defense University spread to all the units where the cadets worked.

The order arrived, and within five days, all cadets were to report to the Joint Operations College.

Chen Ming naturally received the news.

(End of chapter)