Under everyone's expectant gazes, Li Zheng gritted his teeth and said slowly: "I will cut off my comrade's parachute rope to give him a chance to open his backup parachute, and then try to save himself."
Zhang Yan said: "I have said that in most parachute accidents, after cutting off other people's parachute ropes and separating them, you often have no time to save yourself, so you can only survive one. If you can only survive one, what will you do?"
Everyone's eyes returned to Li Zheng again.
Because none of the recruits have a definite answer in their minds.
Anyone can say something high-minded.
But if you want to tell it in front of so many people, you have to tell the truth with a clear conscience.
These soldiers are relatively pure people and have a natural sense of shame about lying.
Before getting Li Zheng's answer, Zhang Yan reminded again: "I only listen to the truth. If you just want to be nice, you don't have to answer me."
Li Zheng said the last word: "Let your comrades live."
A glimmer of light flashed in the eyes of all the soldiers present.
Shao Xiaoqian's eyes turned slightly red and she felt a little warm.
Tong Zhi, who had been silent beside the team, turned serious.
Zhang Yan saw the sincerity in Li Zheng's expression and eyes, and he was sure that the other person was telling the truth.
After a long time, he asked: "Why? Give me your reason."
Li Zheng breathed out softly and answered Zhang Yan calmly: "Because I have been saved by someone before. During the earthquake that year, I was buried under the ruins. It was a group of soldiers who saved me.
There were aftershocks during the process. If they withdrew, I would be dead. If they didn't, they might be dead. In the end, they didn't evacuate... From that day on, I decided that I must wear a military uniform once in my life."
Zhang Yan nodded slightly, glanced at everyone, and finally said: "I can't ask everyone of you to come to the same answer as Li Zheng when encountering danger, and I don't have the right to ask you.
Do this. But here I want to tell you a story that really happened here. Two years ago, during a skydiving, unfortunately, a parachute entanglement accident occurred due to airflow. One of the victims in the accident was a captain from the company.
The captain and the other were soldiers. In the end, the company commander cut the parachute rope entangled with his soldiers and quickly separated from the other party, but he died because he lost the opportunity to save himself."
The whole place was silent.
This seems to be a heavy topic.
"Soon you will be boarding a plane for the first jump of your life. I wish you all the best. I will accompany you on the plane when the time comes."
Finally, Zhang Yan waved his hand: "Let's eat!"
In the two days after the ground training assessment, I practiced parachute stacking repeatedly, and the amount of physical training was also reduced. I only did one training session on the aerial posture shaping equipment called the "three-dimensional space ring" every day.
The actual jump became a topic that every soldier from the Special 1st Company who came to participate in the parachute training in those two days talked about.
In the evening, Devil Tong took an hour off and asked everyone to go to a small supermarket to buy some daily necessities and snacks to relax and prepare for the upcoming live performance.
The management at the parachute training base is very strict. In the past two months, every day has been training, training, training, and there has never been a day off.
It was a rare two days of relaxation. Everyone was in a good mood, and they all went to the supermarket at the base to do some shopping.
As soon as he entered, Li Zheng saw the female soldiers' class who had already arrived and Shao Xiaoqian laughing with her comrades beside the shelves.
There were many people, so he wanted to go up and say a few words, but he didn't dare to make any mistakes.
Shao Xiaoqian has been with the Special Forces Brigade for several months. Apart from two secret meetings, the two of them met each other in secret, each time just like an underground party meeting, saying a few words in a hurry, and then leaving in a hurry.
It was not easy to join the special operations brigade. Although Li Zheng felt that there was nothing shameful about the two of them. After all, they were lovers before joining the army. They just happened to meet each other now, so it could not be considered a violation of the regulations.
But he and Shao Xiaoqian are both worried about one thing. If their relationship is confirmed, what will Lian Li do?
Will one of them be transferred?
This is a result that neither Shao Xiaoqian nor Li Zheng want to see.
"Don't panic when you go skydiving the morning after tomorrow, stay calm..."
Shao Xiaoqian deliberately walked to a remote corner to pick up something on the shelf. Li Zheng pretended to be fine and came over to her. Although his eyes were always on the goods on the shelf, he actually started to care about Shao Xiaoqian.
"I won't panic even if you panic, you're looking down on me!"
Shao Xiaoqian thought for a while and then said: "You were so handsome when you were talking in front of the canteen that day!"
After saying that, someone came over, and Shao Xiaoqian quickly left and went back to her companions.
So handsome?
It took Li a while to react.
I remembered that those were Zhang Yan’s questions and the words he answered.
During the timeout, a few more veterans suddenly came in. The camouflage uniforms looked like they didn't look like airborne troops. They were from the army like me, and I didn't know which army they were from.
Fatty Wei said to Li Zheng: "Look at that thing on the front of their chests, why don't we have it?"
"What?" Li Zheng asked curiously, looking at the airborne troops.
At first glance, there doesn't seem to be anything special about it, but upon closer inspection, I finally found something different.
There is a mark on the flap of the bag on the right side of the chest of the veterans' camouflage uniforms, which looks like a parachute with a wing on one side.
I looked down at myself again, and there was none.
"Did you see it?" Fatty Wei asked.
Li Zheng shook his head: "I saw it, but I don't know what it is."
Fatty Wei couldn't help his curiosity and simply stepped forward to inquire: "Old soldier, veteran, what is that badge on your chest? It's pretty good-looking."
The veteran who was shopping looked at Fatty Wei, then at the flap of Fatty Wei's pocket, and then asked Fatty Wei quite proudly: "You are a recruit who comes here for parachute training for the first time, right?"
Fatty Wei smiled and said: "Yes, look at my military rank, I am a private."
The veteran with the rank of corporal said: "Which army are you from?"
Fatty Wei said: "He's from the Menghu Brigade."
The corporal suddenly realized: "Oh! That newly established special operations brigade?"
Fatty Wei could only nod again: "Yes, newly established."
The corporal put the things in his hand back on the shelf, stretched out his hand to pinch the badge on the flap of his pocket, raised it forward, and then proudly said: "This is called the umbrella badge, which is divided into three levels: gold, silver and bronze. Mine is
It's made of bronze, and you have to jump at least 20 times with excellent results to get it. This year, after I come here for training, I can get the silver one by jumping a dozen more times."
He smiled and reached out to pat Fatty Wei's elbow.
"Recruit, come on! Work harder, maybe you can get a copper one as a souvenir before you retire."
After saying that, he picked up the goods, settled the bill with his comrades, and left.
Fatty Wei looked at the backs of several veterans leaving, and froze on the spot for a while.
Li Zheng came over and pushed him, saying he should go back early.
Fatty Wei said: "Did you see it? Umbrella emblem! Look at how good they are, how difficult it is to say it."
"Don't tell me yet, at least it won't be easy." Yang Hui's voice came from the side.
He appeared out of nowhere.
"Umbrella badges are not something that everyone can get if they want to. Those who can get them are those who have excellent results in the parachuting profession. It used to be done by the airborne troops, but later our special forces also did it.
Moreover, the minimum requirements for those who get the Special Forces Umbrella Badge every year are to jump 20 times and have excellent results or above. Passing is not enough. I heard that the proportion of getting the Special Forces Umbrella Badge is one-tenth. If you want to get the Special Forces Umbrella Badge, then
It’s not simple.”
Fatty Wei was still unconvinced after hearing this. He tilted his head and looked at the door for a long time, and finally said: "This is a good thing. Why should I get one to take home?"