In the training room, all the officers made eye contact in private, and their hearts, which had not been shocked by military exploits for many years, began to move.

I'm really a little envious.

Even if they can have a third-class performance at the grassroots level for most of the year, they are quite dignified on such occasions.

At least you can grow a long face in a group of old guys, right?

can also show that he is old and strong, and his majestic posture is not reduced.

It's just that they can only think crookedly in their hearts, the vast majority of meritorious service in peacetime require physical strength, and they can no longer fight for young people of one or twenty years old.

It's really hateful, and he was pretended by Chen Ming's kid again.

Everyone looked up at Chen Ming, who had a calm expression, and thoughtfully, a year ago, the vice president of the Joint Operations Academy was not seen for a few days.

Some instructors said that Chen Ming had a problem when he went to the grassroots level and encountered actual combat, but he didn't say it too clearly, so they all had an impression.

Now it is speculated that today's military merit award should be caused by that incident.

"Ahem, Chen Ming?!!"

"Come to the stage to receive the military merit medal."

Instructor Yang Fengrui coughed lightly and reminded him, breaking the peace in the classroom.

"Yes."

Chen Ming relieved himself and strode to the front podium under the gaze of everyone, his body standing in place like a javelin.

Looking at the red box held in the instructor's hand, Chen Ming's pupils flashed a trace of painful struggle, and gradually regained his calm.

The grassroots experience of being transferred to logistics for a year did not wear down his will, but he was a little more restrained, and there is a generation that has never cared about his own gains and losses.

There is a generation of people who have been sharpening the sword and shield of the motherland all their lives, compared with the courage of their predecessors who buried themselves in the yellow sand and forged swords for the country for 60 years, he also experienced this, and how can he talk about glory.

"Are you ready?" Lin Qingyuan asked, and his tone was unusually much softer.

"Yes, ready."

Chen Ming raised his head, his eyes returned to perseverance, and honor was added, sometimes it represents not all glory, but more responsibility, carrying the mission of his deceased comrades.

Honor is far from being as simple as imagined.

This is not to judge the glory on the field, nor is it the glory of the battlefield in the exercise, to be rewarded, to be able to laugh and cheer heartlessly, this meaning is different.

Lin Qingyuan nodded, faced dozens of officers in the cadre's classroom, and said loudly: "In this grassroots level, Comrade Chen Ming went to the second company of the border defense regiment of the fourth subdivision of southern Xinjiang, and received an urgent order on the eve of last year's birthday, and the whole company was dispatched."

"In the face of unknown personnel, Comrade Chen Ming, a cadet, stepped forward, fought unyieldingly, and still chose to open up a way for the vanguard of the second company when he was seriously injured.

"On behalf of all the officers and men of the Western Theater, on behalf of the military department, and on behalf of all the soldiers, I would like to award Comrade Chen Ming a first-class meritorious service."

Brush Brush Brush !!

All the officers in the classroom stood up collectively and conferred military merits, no matter what time it was, it was a sacred occasion and could not sit and watch.

Lin Qingyuan took the box containing the military medal, opened it and took it out, and hung it on Chen Ming's left chest with his own hand.

The pentagram of Venus shimmers and shines brightly, showing its glory.

Immediately afterwards, the badge of defending the border was also taken out by Lin Qingyuan, Chen Ming looked down, this badge was golden throughout, which was obviously different from the first-class military merit medal.

This is the honor of defending the country, around Chen Ming's qi cultivation kung fu to reach home, in the face of this badge, his eyes can't help but condense on it.

Excited?

Chen Ming can't describe it, maybe he would be very excited if he was himself a few years ago.

After all, soldiers respect honor and pursue honor, which is a commendation and a spur.

Lin Qingyuan picked up the badge and wore it on Chen Ming's chest, his eyes flashed, he had devoted his life to academic research, and it was the first time for him to wear such an honorary badge.

There was also a slight fluctuation in his mood.

His voice was low and faintly excited: "Pick up your certificate, turn around, don't salute anyone, go and greet the applause that belongs to you."

"Yes."

Hearing this, Chen Ming picked up the military merit certificate and honorary title certificate from the instructor's tray, and turned to face everyone in the classroom, looking calm and proud.

Bang bang bang

There were bursts of thunderous applause, and the posture almost toppled the roof, and perhaps at this moment, there was one more person in the huge team guarding the border guards.

The applause is not always given to Chen Ming, most of them are given to the heroes who defended the country, Chen Ming accepted it on his behalf, and there was no need to salute anyone.

They can afford it.

The applause was thunderous.

Vice Dean Lin Qingyuan left with a few instructors, which also meant that all their students had a three-day free period, and then they only had to wait for the commissioner's visit to send back the news.

After a few people left, the warm applause lasted for more than ten seconds, and then gradually subsided, when he first arrived at the training class, the fat colonel Zhao Shenghu, who had received a lot of attention, stepped forward with a big grin, and patted Chen Ming's shoulder with a smile.

"Good Major Chen, I didn't expect you to be assigned to the border defense company and suffer."

"Lao Chen, you have been in the border regiment of the Fourth Army Subdivision of the Southern Xinjiang Frontier for more than a year?"

"Tut-tut, honorary title, Lao Chen, you are indeed suffering at the grassroots level."

A group of people stepped forward and gathered together to watch, the badge of honor for defending the country, as an officer in the Eastern Theater of Operations, many people had never seen it.

This is also a long insight.

After more than a year, Chen Ming has once again become the focus, but this time, he doesn't seem to have the same competitive spirit as he did at the beginning.

Easily stood there and talked to all the officers.

Yan Ming transferred to the logistics of the Tibetan Military Region halfway to provide services for the military stations along the way, anyway, even if he didn't say anything about this kind of thing at the grassroots level, when the commissioner returned, the academy would probably still announce it.

The people are back, and there are still secrets to speak of.

The short class session ends.

After everyone's chatting was over, Chen Ming received the general's merit badge and badge in the box and put it in the backpack of the dormitory.

He took his military ID card and ran to the finance office of the academy, and took away the reward money of the war zone and the academy, he didn't plan to collect all the money himself, and planned to take out part of it to go to Lin Shu's house to see, the pillar of the family fell.

Leaving only the orphans, widows and two old people, he is obliged to go and see, and take out some of them at that time, which can be regarded as a little bit of his own cheap master's heart.

What he can do, what he can help is very limited, but he will do his best, staying in the Tibetan Military Region for more than a year, and not having much contact with the troops.

Chen Ming returned to the dormitory and made a phone call to Wang Junwei, the former commander of the 169th Synthetic Brigade, to inquire about the progress of the Strategic Assault Division.

There is almost no difference from the previous plan, the division headquarters of the 704th Division, as the exclusive director department, has almost complete structure and personnel.

Xu Guoyang, the former political commissar of the 169th Brigade, became the political commissar of the 704th Division, Wang Junwei was naturally promoted unchanged, and Xu Wenqian, the chief of staff of the brigade, was also promoted to the chief of staff of the 704th Division.

The new garrison has been divided, and in Fuzhou, in the past two months, all combat units, including the Tiger Wolf Battalion, will be moved to the new garrison.

Chen Ming has known these news for a long time, and during the logistics work, he did not contact others to avoid leaking too many assessment things.

But Chai Shuyao is not among them, since she has been paying attention to the progress of the strategic assault division, how can Chen Ming's news lag behind.

After calling the old brigade commander, Chen Ming contacted his family again, probably telling him the news of his meritorious service in the academy this time, and the operation of the border defense regiment is also confidential, and the local armed forces department will not tell the truth.

At most, it means that he performed well in the army, of course Chen Ming will not retell what happened again, and let his parents worry in vain, just saying that he performed well in the academy.

The family didn't ask much, anyway, their son made meritorious contributions, this kind of thing is too common for the second elder.

It's easy to accept.

After contacting his family, Chen Ming contacted Lao Xiong's squad leader and the bald man, and after the two of them were transferred to the strategic assault division, they have now been sent to the new station in Fuzhou in the first batch.

This is also the request of the two brothers themselves, to join the project of building the Blue Army Division, and to personally build the place where they will stay in the future.

For these, Chen Ming was not surprised at all, if it weren't for this, the two of them might not be willing to accept their kindness, the people from the second border company would rather retire from the army than let themselves stay in the army all day long with nothing to do to retire.

They can't accept this.

On the phone, Chen Ming told about the fact that he might go back soon, and then get together with the two of them.

Listening to Xiong Jiu's innocent laughter and the bald man's hearty voice, Chen Ming felt a lot calmer in his heart, and he had also asked the two about Lin Shu's address.

Can you get in touch or something?

It's a pity that Lin Shu is not a soldier of the second class after all, and even if the Second Frontier Company is short of people, it is impossible to say that everyone knows where the hometown of his comrades-in-arms is.

Xiong Jiuchang could only help ask, Chen Ming nodded, did not respond again, and hung up the phone.

If you really can't find out, Geng Yanrong, the instructor of the Second Frontier Company, must know that he will find a way to contact him when the time comes.

In the past, Chen Ming only knew that Lin Shu was a native of Yuzhou in the Central Plains, and he traveled thousands of miles to the border company to guard the border of the motherland, but he did not mention the specifics.

That night, Chen Ming contacted his comrades-in-arms who had been discharged from the recruit company, Ma Dazhu.

At that time, in the first squad of the recruit company, except for him, Ma Dazhu was the most physically strong, and he was tall, and later he was assigned to be directly pulled to the third detachment of the guard company as a brigade picket.

During last year's discharge season, Chen Ming ran to the artillery brigade before dawn to see off these old comrades-in-arms, but unfortunately, he ignored the rule that pickets would generally leave the army early.

I missed that meeting, and then I called a few times, and the other party kept prompting to turn off the phone, and I may not be able to recover from the fact of being discharged.

I have to say that it is a pity that I have not been contacted.

In the evening, Chen Ming tried to contact again.

There is no other reason, Ma Dazhu is the only person from Ji Province in their recruit class, and his hometown is in Shimen, taking advantage of the end of the second phase of further education in the past few days.

During the three days of free activities, Chen Ming planned to go and see.

Fortunately, the call went through this time.

The next day, Chen Ming got up early in the morning, and most of the cadres who came to study ran away yesterday, including his neighbor Xie Canxiong, who had been at the grassroots level for so long.

Just come back, those who are close will inevitably go home, and those who are far away will also take this opportunity to go out and walk around.

After all, after the end of the training, all of them will be deployed to a more remote new station, and once the Blue Division is established, it may not be possible to be so leisurely for nearly two years.

Now take advantage of the time, why don't you just have fun.

Chen Ming also changed into civilian clothes, took his student card and military ID, ran to the cafeteria to have a good meal, and left the academy directly.

As long as there is no course arrangement, the advanced officer has absolute freedom, and he does not need to come back before dinner, and no one cares whether he returns to the academy to live or not.

As long as the guide tells you when to gather, you can come back within the specified time.

Leaving the Joint Operations Academy, looking at the vehicles and crowds outside, bustling and lively, I felt that the whole person was in a lot of energy.

When he rushed back from the Tibetan Military Region, he was in a hurry to go back to the academy to report, but he didn't have time to appreciate the prosperity of the city.

Standing opposite the college, Chen Ming stretched out his hand to stop a taxi, pulled the car door and sat on it with a smile: "Master, Xiangyi Road, Xisanzhuang Township, Xinhua District."

"Okay!!"

The taxi driver is a round, chubby figure, as long as he smiles, his eyes are almost squinted into a line, and he looks quite festive.

The other party glanced back at Chen Ming and said with a smile: "Comrade, are you a soldier?" ”

"Haha, you said that place is not close to here, but I won't ask for a price indiscriminately as a comrade in our soldiers, the military and the people are close to each other, I'll send you thirty yuan."

"But that place is all selling second-hand cars, if you want to see the car, I suggest that it is better to find an acquaintance, this year the business heart is very dark, one or two thousand cars, he dares to sell you at the price of a new car."

"I don't know what the boss thinks, with that money, isn't it good for me to buy a new car? Why are you going to wade into the muddy waters of second-hand cars, comrade, are you right? ”

As soon as Chen Ming got in the car, he heard the driver's master mumping and saying a lot, and he knew that he had met a talkative person.

He immediately nodded and said, "Yes, but I'm not going to buy a car, I'm going to find a comrade-in-arms, who works there."

"Huh?! Do military comrades sell cars? That's definitely not going to trick people, that, this is my business card, it just so happens that recently I have a few friends who also want to see second-hand cars, if your comrade-in-arms is in charge, call me. ”

"We don't take care of other people's business, but it's not easy for military comrades to go home to do business after leaving the army, I have to take care of it, just take me and tell me, every time you eat barbecue, you have to go to the veterans' barbecue."

"I don't eat anywhere else, our main focus is a military and civilian family."

The driver talked enthusiastically and handed over his business card by the way.

Chen Ming stretched out his hand to take it, and had to admire that this taxi runner was really able to talk, three sentences and two sentences of the military and civilian family, and he was embarrassed not to accept the business card.

However, the other party can see that he is a soldier, which is not unexpected, standing at the gate of the military academy to take a taxi, with a clear posture, saying that he is not a soldier, I am afraid that no one will believe it.

The fat driver didn't bluff him, and sat for nearly forty minutes from where he got into the car before reaching his destination.

Charging only thirty yuan is already a very conscientious price.

Chen Ming settled the bill, got out of the car with the fat driver's business card, and looked at the rows of second-hand car stores in front of him, feeling embarrassed.

That's right, I called Ma Dazhu last night, and after the other party was discharged from the army, he couldn't adapt to the life of leaving the army, and he couldn't get over that hurdle in his heart.

In order to integrate himself into the life of the city as soon as possible, he ran out and found a job selling cars within two days of returning home.

Ma Dazhu, who has just been on work for a few days, is really appreciated by the boss, plus he is more enthusiastic, diligent in his work, and good at learning.

I always take advantage of my free time to go out to distribute flyers, engage in short videos, or wipe the car in the store, have experience in housekeeping, and pack up the vehicle like new every time.

He is a real person, down-to-earth and hard-working, and has just entered the novice protection period, even if he has not learned professional knowledge and professional skills thoroughly, he has earned a lot of income.

As a result, the good times did not last long, after half a year, the second-hand car market economy was sluggish, and ushered in a round of collective price reduction.

Ma Dazhu finally found the job he liked, and slowly came out of the loss of being discharged from the army, not wanting to give up this job.

So with the salary he earned in the past six months, plus the discharge fee, and some money funded by his parents, he successfully bought the second-hand car store from the boss.

There was only one guy in the store who knew more about cars and was relatively down-to-earth, and the rest were all dismissed.

He did a lot of things by himself, plus he was a real person, and the quotation was not so big, and this store really persisted in his hands.

And also began to slowly recover earnings.

These are the details that Chen Ming learned by phone last night, and the name of the store is also very down-to-earth, it is called "Brilliant Car Dealership".

is an old comrade-in-arms who has experienced recruit training together, and he is also the closest comrade-in-arms of the same year.

Chen Ming didn't tell the other party that he had come to Shimen, but just said that he was not worried about Lao Ma's life after he retired from the army, so he asked so much.

Getting out of the taxi, Chen Ming walked into the market while recalling the content of last night's call.

On the battlefield, in the face of fierce enemies, he has never been timid, in the face of bullets and bullets, he is not afraid of life, but now he looks at his retired comrades, Chen Ming is a little worried.

I was worried that he was not doing well, and I was afraid that he would be wronged after he was discharged from the army.

When I was eighteen or nineteen years old, everyone trained together all day long, complained about the squad leader together, and looked forward to the beauty of the next company together, and the scenes seemed like yesterday.

But looking back, it has been nearly seven years, and the longer he stays in the army, the more Chen Ming finds himself worried.

Back then, he wouldn't be like this, he was like a stunned boy all day long, rushing forward with enthusiasm, never afraid of anything, and now, he has concerns.

Walking through the rows of storefronts, Chen Ming finally saw the words "Brilliant Car Dealership" in the back row of the market.

Excited.

Chen Ming stepped forward quickly, came to the door of the store, and saw a familiar figure sitting at the front desk, holding a bun in one hand and a computer in the other.

It's hard to suppress the excitement.

This is indeed his former comrade-in-arms, Ma Dazhu, but now the other party does not have much of a tough guy picket, and it seems that he has been bent by life.

But, it doesn't matter, he will always be his good brother.

Chen Ming took three steps and made two steps, came to the door of the store, and knocked lightly.

"Old Horse ?!!!"

(End of chapter)