When I returned to the military camp and told the soldiers the news of the successful conclusion of the exercise, the entire military camp immediately became excited.
"Long live the Fifth Battalion!"
"Long live the People's Republic of China!"
"**Long live!"
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The soldiers shouted one after another... To be honest, I can understand the soldiers shouting "Long live the Fifth Battalion", but the next two sentences... make me a little baffled. Our victory in this exercise is another
If you are not fighting against the Vietnamese on the battlefield, why are you calling the country "Long Live the Party"?
After thinking about it, I quickly realized that people in this era shout these words so often that they shout too much. After shouting for a long time, it naturally becomes a habit, so they often get excited, excited... and think about what to shout.
These two sentences came out of my mouth.
Therefore, this is actually just an expression of their mood at this time, a way to vent their pride, and it does not have much literal meaning.
"Battal Commander!" The soldiers gathered around him: "The division headquarters asked you to go...it must be another attempt to make things difficult for you!"
"That's not it?" Zhao Jingping said excitedly: "Then Mr. Chen is still standing up for his son, trying to drag the Red Army to the victory side!"
"Tell me...how you finally convinced them!"
"Hey!" Zhao Jingping said: "What does persuasion mean? It's a battle of words, just like Zhuge Liang's verbal battle with the Confucian scholars!"
"Really?" Xiao Shitou asked innocently: "Then who won in the end?"
"You are stupid!" The scholar hit the pebble angrily: "If we lose, can we still win this exercise?"
With a coaxing sound, the soldiers couldn't help but laugh.
"What are you excited about?" I asked the soldiers of the Second Company a little strangely: "You are not participating in this exercise, are you? And before it started... a lot of comrades said they didn't want to participate. They all said this
It's acting...Why are you so successful now that others have won this honor?"
"Hi... Battalion Commander!" Liang Lianbing replied: "We... this is called a sense of collective honor, isn't it? The glory of the first company is also our glory, not to mention that most of the recruits in the first company are our apprentices!"
What Liang Lianbing said is true. In order for the new recruits to adapt to the real battlefield as quickly as possible, many people in the first company worshiped the veterans of the second company as their teachers to learn combat experience from them... These things cannot be done by practicing individual soldier tactics.
You can learn it.
"Actually!" Scar said: "Our company didn't take this exercise seriously at first... But then we found out that the director team was so bullying, and we felt bad about it. We wanted to rush up and kill them with guns.
They swept it!"
"That's right!" The other warriors also nodded:
"The Red Army is too bullying!"
“I can’t swallow this breath!”
"Fortunately, the battalion commander spoke up for us!"
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Listening to the soldiers' words, I couldn't help but secretly nod. An army needs this kind of spirit of common prosperity and common disgrace. Only in this way will it be able to face the outside world with the same hatred of the enemy on the battlefield. Otherwise, if each army is doing its own thing, then
It will just be a piece of loose sand.
"Battal Commander!" At this time, the instructor pulled me aside, handed me a cigarette and said, "What are your plans next?"
"Continue training!" I said a little strangely: "Then what else can you plan?"
"Battal Commander!" the instructor said with a long sigh, "Have you ever thought that...the soldiers came off the battlefield...and haven't returned home until now!"
"Oh!" Only then did I realize that I seemed to have ignored this point during this time.
You know, when we came down from the front line... we almost saved our lives. Now that we are finally back, having won the battle gloriously, we naturally want to go home and have a look.
You can meet your family members and let them feel relieved. The other person can also honor your ancestors.
It was because I was homeless...so I didn't think about my soldiers!
only……
"Are you having trouble?" The instructor looked at my troubled face and said, "The soldiers didn't say anything, but I found that many of them were secretly wiping their tears at night... It's time to let them go home and take a look!"
"Instructor!" I said: "I know all this...but..."
"But what?" The instructor was a little surprised: "The superior does not agree? Don't worry about this... I will talk to the superior!"
"No!" I shook my head. In fact... I believe that if I mentioned this matter to Commander Zhang, Commander Zhang would also agree.
"Then what are you..." Hearing this, the instructor was even more surprised.
"Instructor!" I exhaled a thick puff of smoke and said, "You don't know, the victory of this exercise... has its advantages and disadvantages..."
"Disadvantage? What disadvantage?"
"Instructor, you also know something!" I said: "Our combined camp was established to show those conservatives, to convince them... It doesn't matter if we lose in the exercise, then there will be no reforms.
We talked, and now we have won... then the conservatives will say... there is still a gap between this exercise and actual combat. If you win the exercise, you will not necessarily win in actual combat..."
"Oh!" The instructor quickly understood: "You mean... we are likely to go to the battlefield soon?"
"Well!" I nodded: "Actual combat is definitely necessary...and maybe time is running out. Do you think...if we send the soldiers back at this time, it will take a week just to travel by car back and forth to a far away place.
It will take two weeks, let them stay at home for a few more days... More than half a month will pass! Training this thing, if you don't practice for more than half a month, you will be a lot worse in all aspects, and this trip home will be a good time
...My mentality will be different again when I return to this military camp. It will take at least another half month of training to recover. This comes and goes..."
The instructor also frowned when he heard this: "I really didn't expect this... However, if there is really going to be a war, we should let them go home in a hurry! Otherwise..."
Although the instructor didn't say the next words, I also understood what he meant... Otherwise, returning to China without even a visit to my home might become an eternal regret.
But what can I do? What I am facing now is a dilemma.
Let the soldiers go home...that may mean that more soldiers will be distracted and sacrificed on the battlefield in the future.
Don't let the soldiers go home. This may reduce the casualties of the troops, but those soldiers who died... can almost be said to be living outside the family.
From this aspect, I really don't like being the battalion commander... If I were not the battalion commander, I wouldn't have to make such a headache decision.
"Let's do this!" The instructor thought for a while and said, "We can treat different soldiers differently... The soldiers who are nearby will have three days off, so that they can stay at home for at least one day, and then come back to train after the vacation. Those who live farther away will
... Let the vacation be longer, and let them stay at home for a day and night and then come back immediately. This way, the soldiers can go home and have a look, and the training will not be affected as much as possible... What do you think?"
"Yeah!" I nodded. This is an acceptable method, but if there are only a dozen or twenty people who take three days off... After three days, the entire army will come back with only a few dozen people, just to train.
There is no way to train!
The plan for the vacation was quickly decided upon... and it was not too difficult to implement.
The first thing I did was to call Commander Zhang... Just as I had thought before, Commander Zhang also felt that it was time to take a break and let the soldiers go home and visit, so he agreed without much thought.
Zhang Fan, who was sorting documents on the side, heard the conversation between me and Commander Zhang, so as soon as I put down the phone, she appeared in front of me and asked a lot of questions: "Is it going to be a holiday? Do you have a holiday? How many days? Yes?
Don’t have a good idea of where to go?”
Where else can I go? I really want to go home and have a look... But my home is not here anymore!
This immediately made Zhang Fan cheer for joy: "Great! Let's go climb the Great Wall, and then go to the National Palace... to the Forbidden City..."
Well! Although the times are different, these scenic spots are no different now... In fact, the modern ones should be older.
After getting Commander Zhang's approval, it's a matter of sorting out the list... This problem is not difficult, that is, finding out the registered residence of each soldier, then finding out the time of arrival by car, and then adding one day.
.But at the end of the day...there are only five people who can return to the base to continue training in three days...even fewer than I thought.
There is no other way. The traffic conditions in this era are so inconvenient. Some people who live in remote places don't even have roads... Finally, after thinking about it, the longest vacation will remain unchanged and the shortest vacation will be postponed...
…will be extended to five days.
Of course, I, as the battalion commander, do not need to do these things. All I have to do is make a decision.
For example, the staff officer said: "Batalion Commander, there are too few people coming back in three days, please extend it to five days!"
"Can!"
"The transportation is inconvenient where this comrade is, and he may not be able to get there in five days... please extend it by one day!"
"no problem!"
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Then the fake order came out, and as soon as I announced the news... the whole battalion was shocked. Many soldiers even asked me with disbelief: "Batalion Commander, can you go home? Really?
Go home?"
"Yes!" I said: "Go home! Take your military medals, take your achievements... go back and report to your families and your fellow villagers!"
The soldiers suddenly burst into tears, especially the soldiers of our second company... You must know that they are on the battlefield and in the tunnels, looking forward to going home day and night. The most tortured thing is...
...I have obviously returned to China, and my hometown and family are already within easy reach, but I can't go home for a walk.
Now... I have finally waited for this moment, and I have waited for this moment alive.