That day when we were rushing to the top of the mountain, the pretty boy Jiang Xuan was carried down the mountain by Li Zheng, Fatty Wei and Yang Hui.
Li Zheng still couldn't leave Jiang Xuan alone.
Before returning to the camp, Fatty Wei began to cry in mourning.
"It's over, it's over, we're done..."
The time has expired.
The recruits are required to complete a trip to the mountain within ten minutes.
In fact, this time is not short, veterans only need seven minutes.
Unfortunately, even ten minutes is too much.
When he returned to the camp, Wu Yi was already standing on the lawn beside the basketball court with a stopwatch. When he saw a few people, he shook the watch in his hand and shouted: "Comrades, you have exceeded the time limit!"
Timed out.
It means being punished.
Li Zheng put Jiang Xuan on the lawn, and when he let go, they both fell to the ground.
Fatty Wei and Yang Hui were also very tired. When they were going down the mountain, the three of them took turns pulling and supporting Li Zheng. He slipped and almost became a gourd.
"You three are the only ones in the whole platoon who have exceeded the time limit." Wu Yi held up a stopwatch and handed it to Li Zheng: "Look, it's already eleven minutes and thirty-two seconds. I said that those who exceed the time limit will be fined a three-kilometer trip. You guys
Take a break, we’ll start running in ten minutes.”
His eyes fell on Jiang Xuan beside him.
Zhang Jian and a row of other recruits who had returned early had already recovered their breath and were standing not far away talking quietly.
"I told you to leave Jiang Xuan alone, but I didn't listen."
"Oh, one person has affected three people..."
Li Zheng was sitting on the ground and did not answer Wu Yi's inquiry.
It's not that he doesn't want to answer, it's that he's almost falling apart. He hasn't recovered from his anger yet and it's uncomfortable to speak.
Hou Jun suddenly walked up to Li Zheng, squatted down, and looked at the new recruit in front of him for a long time before asking: "Answer me, you can run back without being punished, why do you want to help Jiang Xuan?"
Li Zheng wiped his face with his camouflage hat. Thinking that he was about to be punished, he could only smile bitterly and said: "I will not abandon anyone."
The platoon leader was right. If he had continued running regardless, he would definitely not be punished and would not have timed out.
But he would never do that.
Hou Jun stared at him, as if he wanted to see through Li Zheng in front of him.
"tell me why?"
Li Zheng finally regained his breath and said calmly to Hou Jun: "That year... there was an earthquake in my hometown. My parents and I were buried in the rubble for four days in a row. I was looking forward to it every moment during those days.
I was hoping that someone would come to rescue us, but I was very scared. I was afraid that the people on the ruins would not know that my parents and I were here, and I was even more afraid that they would not find us and give up the rescue."
He sat upright, met Hou Jun's gaze, and continued: "Platoon leader, I know what it feels like to be abandoned. It's really scary. Fortunately, the people in the army didn't give up on us back then.
I stopped looking for us and didn't abandon us, otherwise I wouldn't be here to serve as a soldier today. Therefore, I came to serve as a soldier precisely because of the words "don't abandon, don't give up." Platoon leader, I won't give up on anyone.
Human beings, let alone their comrades."
After hearing this, Hou Jun nodded vigorously and stood up without saying a word.
Said to Wu Yi: "Gather."
Wu Yi shouted to a row of soldiers: "Gather, gather! Come and gather!"
The recruits were confused, but they still rushed over to gather together. Li Zheng, Fatty Wei and the others also joined the queue.
"Look to the right, look forward! Take a break!"
The team quickly assembled.
Wu Yi handed over the team to Hou Jun.
Hou Jun stood in front of the team, his expression more serious than ever.
He stretched out his hand and said to Wu Yi: "Give me the stopwatch."
Wu Yi also looked suspicious, but still handed over the stopwatch.
Hou Jun looked at the time on his watch and it stopped at eleven minutes and thirty-two seconds.
"This is the result of Li Zheng and the others. To be honest, 11 minutes and 32 seconds is really bad. I think it would be faster than this even if I called the owner of the shop next to the training ground, Lao Chen, and asked him to run."
Someone in the team couldn't help laughing.
Only Zhang Jian felt something was wrong.
He changed the subject.
"but--"
Hou Jun's eyes glanced coldly at everyone in the team.
"They're 100 points on another level, and you--"
He pointed at the other soldiers.
"It's 0 points!"
After saying this, Hou Jun took a deep breath.
"In the army, what is the most important thing between comrades? Is trust, what is trust? I can hand my back to you. I believe you will take the bullet for me when I am in danger. I believe you will take the bullet for me when I am injured.
You will come to save me when the time comes. No matter how dangerous it is, you will never abandon me or give up on me. This——"
He raised an index finger and waved it vigorously in the air.
"It's called don't abandon, don't give up! It's the supreme principle of soldiers! It's also the magic weapon for whether an army can win a war! But look what you just did? Jiang Xuan collapsed and stopped running. There were 30 people in the entire platoon.
Only 3 people stayed with him to help him get through the difficulties, but what about the rest of you? Ran away, slipped away, out of sight, out of sight?! Are these comrades?! What I want is a group of soldiers, not a group of soldiers.
Selfish villain!"
After a scolding, all the recruits lowered their heads.
I have never seen Hou Jun so angry.
Like a ignited explosive barrel.
"Now, except for Li Zheng, Wei Guoxing, and Yang Hui, the rest of the people, including Jiang Xuan who was crying just now, what the hell, soldiers don't believe in tears, crying is useless, practice is useful! Listen to the command, and you have it all -"
He half-turned around and pointed towards the distance.
"Get ready for three kilometers!"
The recruits were at a loss for a moment, as if they were in a dream.
Why did I run within the required time, and now I am the target of being punished for running...
"Remember, I will teach you a lesson today. You must never give up or abandon your comrades! Otherwise, you are not worthy of being a soldier! Start - run!"
Except for Li Zheng and the others, the others rushed out with a roar.
Hou Jun threw the stopwatch to Wu Yi, and then walked towards the row of rooms. When he passed by Li Zheng, he gave him a thumbs up and said, "Not bad, I like you kid!"
Looking at Hou Jun's retreating back, Fatty Wei secretly tugged at the corner of Li Zheng's clothes and whispered: "Fuck, I was scared to death just now... Fortunately, I turned around to help, otherwise I might be the one being punished now."
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"Why are you willing to look back?" Li Zheng was suddenly curious to find the answer from Fatty Wei. Normally, Fatty Wei was a greasy person, but he didn't expect that he was unambiguous at the critical moment.
Fatty Wei said: "We are good buddies!"
Yang Hui on the side also smiled and said: "Yes, we are good comrades, I can't watch you take care of the pretty boy by yourself, can I?"
Li Zheng felt warm in his heart.
In the past, he only saw the three words "comradeship" in movies, TV series and works of art. Today, he has a deeper understanding of these three words.
Looking back, looking at the back of Hou Jun walking towards the platoon room, Li Zheng thought to himself, this acting platoon leader is really interesting, not as impersonal as he usually seems.
Hou Jun usually feels absolutely selfless, and even the Emperor and I don't recognize him during training, but today he made people feel a special kind of warmth.
After getting along with him for more than a month, Li Zheng increasingly felt that there was something very warm about this veteran.