On the way out of the city, the officers and men of the special service were stopped by reporters who arrived and gave interviews.

The interviewer was naturally Fang Huai.

Fang Huai told the reporter about the picture of the baby being protected by the mother, as for how the child survived, Fang Huai said, "I don't know the specific process, there is a water source in it, and more importantly, there is maternal love, and the mother did not let her body collapse to press the child when she died." ”

When asked when the baby was rescued, Fang Huai said without hesitation:

"Two 2:29."

In fact, the moment he took out the child, he looked at the time, it was two 2:26.

But the people of the whole country need these three minutes.

This means that on the ninth day of the earthquake, someone survived.

For 192 hours, under the rubble, there were still miracles.

Because of this child, the effective rescue time of natural disasters may be extended by one or two days.

Hopefully, it will stay longer.

When the reporters got this time, they immediately contacted their units as quickly as possible to release the news.

They can imagine that this time can make the image of the people in the disaster area stronger, and the people of the whole country will rejoice.

……

In the afternoon, 3:20 p.m.

Outside the city.

A bus transporting firefighters stopped on the side of the road and had been waiting for a long time.

Fang Huai stood under the car, and the two captains of the demolition assault team saw him off.

When the bus driver heard that the earthquake heroes he was going to pick up had just rescued another baby inside, he was overjoyed, and even said, "Talk more, talk more, we are not in a hurry", and also spread smoke to the firefighters.

"Leaving?" Brigadier Jin shook Fang Huai's hand.

"Yes, Brigadier Jin, thank you for your support during this time." Fang Huai said sincerely.

"I should thank you." Brigade Commander Jin looked at Fang Huai with a lot of admiration in his eyes:

"Before leaving, you have brought such a big miracle to this rescue work, you are really a miracle boy, you will come to Chengdu in the future, you must come to see me!"

Fang Huai smiled and said:

"This kid was a miracle, I just found a miracle.

Brigadier Jin, you asked me to come to see you next time, and you didn't tell me to give you a location for your brigade, where can I find you? ”

Brigadier Jin laughed: "Call!" Call! I'll call someone to pick you up! ”

Captain Chen couldn't help laughing and said:

"It's not because the address of their unit is kept secret, it's just that Brigade Commander Jin is afraid that he is going to become Master Jin, and he probably doesn't know where he will go next!

Boy, hold on to this big tree! If you don't know, you'll be hanging ears of wheat in a few years! ”

Brigade Commander Jin's face collapsed: "Nonsense! ”

Fang Huai couldn't help but laugh and teased: "If you become the chief, remember to transfer me to the People's Liberation Army and give you a drive or something." ”

When Brigade Commander Jin heard this, he was excited:

"I have a quota now, as long as I report to the military region, you can transfer it, do you want it?

The armed police fighters who have performed well in the joint operation, we really have a quota to absorb, and the police will be transferred to the army!

Your fire fighting is also an armed police sequence, so it's not a big problem! Here, I'll let someone teach you to practice guns, just your physical fitness, you are also a sharp soldier! ”

Fang Huai waved his hand again and again.

If you don't go, you're scared.

"I've heard from your soldiers, your garrison is even more remote than Beichuan's, please take four hours off to enter the city, and it will take three hours on the way back and forth!

People don't quit the road, tigers don't quit the mountains, fire protection is more suitable for me, and I am still used to living in the city. ”

"In the firefighting..."Brigadier Jin pondered for a moment, thinking of the important position of firefighting in this rescue, his expression also relaxed, nodded, and patted Fang Huai's arm:

“… It's good. Do a good job, the country needs you, the people, even more. ”

Fang Huai stood upright, took a step back, and saluted:

"We will not fail in our mission!"

Brigadier Jin replied with a salute, and then laughed:

"You just said "people don't quit the road, the tiger doesn't quit the mountain", I also send you a sentence, in "Inspirational Poem", called "The mountain does not let the dust, the river does not give up"!

Any greatness is piled up in small things!

Step by step, go down-to-earth! I look forward to seeing you make new excellent achievements in fire protection one day, I am optimistic about you! ”

Captain Chen also patted Fang Huai's shoulder and said, "Come on, Xiao Fang!" ”

Fang Huai smiled: "This shows the cultural heritage, the big leaders all send two sentences, the captain, they will only shout cheers!" ”

"Hahahaha......"

"When I go back, I have to learn a few words from him!"

……

On the road.

Fang Huai has once again become a hot topic in everyone's mouth.

"Fang Huai, I heard that you may have to make a first-class meritorious service!"

"Are you going to be a cadre when you go back? I'm really going to be the captain of the party! ”

"People don't look down on the small cadres of the fire department now! Didn't you hear what Brigadier Jin said? You want to take him to the People's Liberation Army! Captain? If you don't have a secretary, can you keep people? ”

The people of the two squadrons were laughing, and Wen Jinsong, the "candidate for promotion", looked out the window, not knowing what he was thinking.

Maybe he also knew that the gap between himself and Fang Huai was getting bigger and bigger.

Unwillingness is certain, but more often than not, it is a sense of powerlessness.

Fang Huai returned to the environment of the squadron again, very kind, but when he heard the envious ridicule around him, he shook his head with a helpless smile and said:

"It's really impossible to talk to you group of military and political illiterates, there are hard requirements for qualifications for promotion, and you have to study in the military academy for a few months before you can come out, should you be fighting, and you will directly embed stars on your shoulders?

The war also has to be guided by Cao, Captain Ye, Captain Zhang, and Platoon Leader Wu are all dead, so it is the turn of the squad leader! Oh, there are squad leaders Hao, secretary generals, and squad leaders He in the middle, they all have positions! They're all dead, and it's almost my turn to be the secretary of the special service squad leader! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned.

Rub, you're going to fly.

The back row where Fang Huai was sitting suddenly ushered in several fierce glances.

Fortunately, Zhao Jincheng said a word to help him withstand the firepower:

"They are all dead, why are you the secretary? I'm a class leader! You're the fourth! Is it your turn? ”

There was a burst of laughter on the car, but the car happened to pass by a few disaster-stricken villagers who were carrying flat shoulders and carrying large bags and small bags back to the city, and everyone quickly restrained their smiles.

Fang Huai hurriedly leaned against the window, opened the window halfway, and said loudly:

"Fellow, I can't go to the county seat! Martial law is on! Follow us to Mianyang! There's a resettlement office over there! ”

Several villagers looked back at him and smiled warmly:

"Don't go! We are from the township, we don't go to the county seat, go home and start a new house, and don't cause trouble to the government! Thank you, comrades of the firefight! ”

With that, he waved his hand again, turned around, and continued on his way.

When everyone heard the "comrade of the firefight", they had mixed feelings in their hearts.

When they came, everyone called them the People's Liberation Army, and some didn't even know what firefighting was, whether it was the army or the people.

However, in this disaster relief, the outstanding performance of firefighting has made countless people see the importance of this unit.

Cao Yi, who was sitting in the front, looked at Fang Huai, who was still sitting by the back window and watching his fellow countrymen, who had made great contributions to the disaster relief this time, suddenly got up and walked to the vacant seat beside him and sat down.

He groaned for a moment and whispered:

"Have you really thought about it, do you want to take this road? …… It is very difficult to label it as a growing cadre, and it is very difficult to mention it in the future. ”

Most of these cadres have low educational qualifications, and they have a label of "grassroots cadres" on their heads, and they basically work at the grassroots level until they change jobs, and many of them perform very well, and they are only promoted to the deputy battalion at the age of 35, before the company level is overage.

This situation, also known as "rescue cadres", reaches the age limit, and if you don't mention it, you have to change jobs, and only then will you be forced to promote a deputy battalion.

The company commander Miao in the original work "The Last Bullet Left for Me" in "I Am a Special Soldier" enlisted on the front line at the age of fourteen, and he may not have graduated from junior high school, and he can't even be rescued.

Company Commander Miao Dan Fan is a junior high school graduate, and if he is not sure that he can stay in the army for a few more years and change jobs at the battalion level.

But in today's cultural environment, not to mention junior high school, high school students are not easy to do, and the bottom tolerance for the promotion of battalion-level cadres basically has to be a university degree.

Fang Huai couldn't help but smile when he heard Cao Yi's worry: "Instructor Cao, even if I am promoted next year, I will only turn twenty next year, don't you worry that I will become a company-level rescue cadre, right?" ”

Cao Yi looked at him and said: "This time for such a big matter, the bureau leaders will definitely give you merit, you fight for it, let the corps help you apply, maybe, you can make an exception to enter the promotion sequence in the second half of this year." ”

"Not necessarily." Fang Huai immediately shook his head:

"Whether you are admitted to school or promoted, you have to enlist in the army for at least one year.

After next spring, I have the strength and qualifications to fight for it myself, so why bother the leader.

Breaking the rules, which time behind the exception, is not a lot of blood and tears, relying on this incident to take the opportunity to put forward conditions, I feel uneasy, and the team is also difficult to do. ”

Cao Yi listened, sighed, and said earnestly:

"A year is a year, and now if you are promoted, the next team is the deputy company, and the policy will change at any time.

In the past, when we enlisted in the army, it was much easier to be promoted, but now, it is getting more and more difficult every year, and we must take advantage of the opportunity. ”

When Fang Huai heard this, he glanced at Cao Yi in surprise.

This old Cao has a very keen sense of smell, and he also thought that the policy would change.

However, the award of meritorious service from deputy company to platoon commander is a military reform, and it will be 15 years later, and there will still be seven or eight years, which is very early.

It doesn't make sense to fight for this year by yourself, from the deputy company to the deputy battalion level, there are only two hurdles, and meritorious service can be promoted in advance.

When you are promoted to the deputy battalion, you definitely need to have a degree, and the army does not recognize an adult college degree, and you have to have a graduate degree at least 6 years later.

In the deputy battalion, they are probably all at the grassroots level, if you stay in the second squadron, with your own ability, the deputy squadron leader or the squadron leader actually do the same thing, there is not much difference, there is no need to fight.

When the academic qualifications come and the threshold is crossed, the merits he has made and the things he has done will naturally become the conditions for rapid promotion.

"Director Cao, don't worry about this, I know it in my heart."

Fang Huai's two thumbs were crossed and turned, calm and calm, like an old monk in a trance.

Cao Yi looked at him as steady as Mount Tai, and felt the vicissitudes of life in his heart.

A few months ago, when this kid said in front of him that he wanted to "make meritorious contributions", he still thought it was a fantasy, but he didn't expect that in a short period of time, Fang Huai's promotion seemed to have become a sure thing, it was just a matter of time.

In fact, in Fang Huai's heart, he couldn't get a horse.

It's only been 6 years for the deputy battalion, uncle, before the fire department is transferred, can you be a deputy detachment leader?

Still thinking about doing things and doing big things, what big things can a small cadre with hair in his mouth do?

(End of chapter)