Ballistic Silence of Special Years

Chapter 20 The Veteran's Last Chance

Just as Wu Yi and Li were working as excrement boys in the septic tank and toilet of the barracks, in a room next to the small conference room on the second floor, Hou Jun sternly sat opposite the company commander Xie Dong.

"Why did you run back?"

Xie Dong was shaving with an electric razor, and he didn't stop when he saw Hou Jun coming in, and raised his chin towards the table.

"The cigarettes are in the drawer, take them yourself."

Hou Jun was also polite, went to open the drawer, took out a pack of King Furong from inside, took out one, took the lighter and clicked it on, then sat in the chair and sprayed it.

While shaving, Xie Dong glanced at his soldier and said, "You, everything else is fine, but this smoking problem is not good."

Hou Jun smoked and said, "That's what you promised me when you were the platoon leader. You said that you would buy all my cigarettes as long as I can get full rings and as long as I'm still in the army for a day in the martial arts competition at the National Normal University." .”

Xie Dong snorted and smiled.

He didn't care about Hou Jun's words.

The two were actually soldiers of the same age, and both had been in the army for eight years.

It's just that Hou Jun became a sergeant for eight years, and Xie Dong went all the way to the top and became a captain and company commander.

When both of them were soldiers, Hou Jun's military training performance was no worse than Xie Dong's, but he was almost meaningless in cultural subjects.

Both of them signed up for the military academy entrance exam.

In the end, when the results came out, Xie Dong was on the list and Hou Jun was out.

But Hou Jun had expected this result in his heart.

In his own words, he knew very well how much ink he had in his stomach, and when he signed up for the exam, he was just studying with the prince.

Xie Jun is different. His high school grades have always been very good. It was a certainty to be admitted to university. Unexpectedly, a sudden illness before the college entrance examination caused him to perform abnormally on the spot, and missed the ideal university by 3 points.

He could have repeated his studies, but he chose to join the army.

After all, not only can you exercise in the army, you can also enter the military academy to realize your university dream, and you can even become an officer when you come out, which is both honorable and fulfills your personal ideals.

It ended up going to military school.

After Hou Jun failed the ranking, due to his excellent military quality and style, he was selected as an outstanding grassroots soldier of the E Division to go to the non-commissioned officer brigade for training in accordance with the policy of "changing from dry to scholar". After returning, he became the squad leader. more than a year.From squad leader to acting platoon leader, in addition to the extra ranks, he is still a big soldier.

And Xie Dong graduated from the military academy and returned to Division E. According to the principle of going back and forth from where he came from, he returned to the Tiger Regiment, returned to the second battalion and fourth company, and became the platoon leader of Hou Jun. A few years later, he was promoted to company commander .

Sometimes people's fate is so wonderful, the same starting point, running into a different track.

But Xie Dong has enough respect for Hou Jun.

Although Hou Jun has many problems with veterans, when it comes to military subjects, he is definitely at the top level of an expert, especially the sniper rifle, which can be played well in his hands.

Veterans like Hou Jun are already a banner of the fourth company of sharpshooters, and they can bring out many backbones every year. Although they are usually careless, they are always a bit of a monster when they are old, but they never let people down at critical moments. , Division and army assessments, competitions, training camps, etc., can always win back one or two flags for the fourth company and hang them on the wall to make a strong appearance.

Talents are not perfect, Xie Dong is a smart grassroots officer who knows how to win over the veterans in the company.

Just like Hou Jun, he is good at everything, but he cannot quit smoking.

Smoking is banned in the army, but the rule is that the dead are alive, and there are still people who smoke in private. This is also true.

Like Hou Jun, it is useless to force him to quit smoking. It is better to specify a place and time for him to smoke.

So the martial arts competition back then was actually an excuse. Hou Jun thought that he had won the right to smoke openly and aboveboard by relying on his strength, but in fact Xie Dong simply pushed the boat along the way and gave him a chance to smoke in a high-sounding manner.

After Xie Dong finished shaving, he opened the cover of the electric razor, pulled over the trash can next to him, sat on a chair and cleaned up the debris with a brush.

While scanning, he asked, "What happened to the training camp?"

Hou Jun puffed out a smoke ring, and said casually: "As usual, it's not like you don't know how many guns Master E has that can be put on the stage."

Xie Dong said, "Zhong Rui has gone too?"

Hou Jun's face changed slightly, he seemed a little unnatural, and he took a deep breath before saying: "Go."

Xie Dong said: "Master and apprentice met each other, didn't you start scolding?"

Hou Jun snorted and said, "Why should I scold him? Is it worth arguing with him so unscrupulously?"

Xie Dong sighed slightly: "It's been more than three years, and you still haven't let it go? Besides, he is also a soldier you brought out. Although he left our company, he is still a talent from our company after all, isn't he?"

Hearing Xie Dong speak for Zhong Rui, Hou Jun became angry. He poked the cigarette butt into the ashtray heavily, and said angrily like taking gunpowder: "I told him back then that I would teach him skills, but he must stay in the ashtray." Leading soldiers in the fourth company, even if I retire in the future, there will be someone from the fourth company of sharpshooters who can take over, right? I didn't think about him..."

Having said that, I was suddenly discouraged.

"That's right... After all, we are a motorized infantry regiment, and we are not as good as the special brigade in other people's army! People go to high places, I have nothing to say."

At the end, the anger in his chest seemed to have subsided a little, he picked up another cigarette, lit it, and continued to smoke.

Xie Dong snatched the cigarette case, put it in his pocket, and scolded: "You haven't finished smoking for you? It's almost enough, don't really eat cigarettes! You are already a special case in our camp, don't mess with yourself. The whole body smells of smoke, which has a bad influence!"

Hou Jun snorted again: "Smoking a cigarette is not a crime. Besides, if there is a soldier in my platoon who has my military quality, I will pack his cigarettes too!"

Xie Dong suddenly said: "The first batch of soldiers this year seems to be of good quality, and our regiment leader snatched them back."

Hou Jun was stunned for a moment and said: "By the way, when talking about recruits, I remembered something. Just now, two recruits were fighting, and I just came back and saw it. I didn't want to make a big deal about it, so I forgot to report to you just now. .”

Xie Dong was a little surprised: "There is no major problem?"

Hou Jun said: "What's the big problem? The recruits are just as strong as a milk baby, and their teeth are okay. If they are serious, they are weak chickens. They can't kill people. But fortunately, I came back in time, otherwise Wu —That kid doesn’t know if he can handle it well. I said that my eyelids were always twitching in the training team, and I took the time to come back today to see the recruits.

Xie Dong asked, "Which two recruits are they?"

Hou Jun said: "One is Wei Guoxing and the other is Zhang Jian. They are all soldiers from the East China Sea."

Xie Dong nodded thoughtfully and said: "Wei Guoxing's soldier foundation is average, and he has not been trained much at home, but Zhang Jian is different. He is a child of the army. He grew up in the barracks when he was young. His quality is very good. This is a good piece of steel, I will give it to you, you have to temper it well."

Hou Jun said without any concealment: "Zhang Jian has a good background, but he is proud and arrogant. I can tell that this kid is a bit like Zhong Rui."

Xie Dong knew that Zhong Rui couldn't be mentioned in front of Hou Jun, and when he mentioned the latter, he became a little crazy, so he changed the subject and said: "There is another one, a student from a prestigious university with a very good cultural foundation and good physical condition, who is also in your class inside."

Hou Jun thought for a while, and seemed to remember Li Zheng's name. He tapped his fingers in the air a few times, frowned and thought for a while, and finally remembered who it was: "You mean... the one named Li Zheng?" ?”

Xie Dongdao: "Well, he is a top student at Tunghai University Law School. I have read his file and his grades are very good."

Hou Jun stared blankly at the ceiling in a daze.

Cultural foundation.

Cultural foundation...

Back then, I suffered from a weak cultural foundation.

When serving in the army back then, high school students were the mainstream, and college students, not to mention famous universities, were rare in the ordinary three books.

It has only been so many years, and now there are students from prestigious universities joining the army.

Time flies so fast...

"What are you thinking about?" Seeing him in a daze, Xie Dong interrupted Hou Jun's train of thought and asked, "Thinking about the training camp again?"

"Hmm." Hou Jun withdrew from his thoughts, suddenly a little sad: "I will be discharged from the army in two years. This training and selection may be my last chance."

Xie Dong was taken aback.

He knew what Hou Jun said.

When the two were still soldiers, he heard Hou Jun say it.

A second-class merit medal.

This is the dream that Hou Jun has been pursuing all these years as a soldier.

"You already have two third-class merits, and the leader also said that you will declare a second-class merit before you leave the army. Are you still worried that you will not be able to realize your dream?"

Hou Jun suddenly turned his head to look at Xie Dong, his eyes unblinking, as if looking at a stranger.

Xie Dong was a little confused, and quickly asked, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

Hou Jun said, "You think I only want a second-class merit medal?"

This time it was Xie Dong's turn to be stunned.

Yes.

It is understandable that others don't understand him, Hou Jun, but it must not be him, Xie Dong, who doesn't understand Hou Jun.

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