Ballistic Silence of Special Years

Chapter 334 The Lonely Veteran

The veteran Hou Jun hid in a corner of the clothes drying yard. Looking out from here, his eyes were full of verdant mountains.

He took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, pulled out one, and lit it.

He looked at the mountain, and the mountain looked at him, both sides were quiet.

Lao Hou took a deep breath, exhaled a lonely smoke ring, watched it spread out in the wind, and it was gone.

"Squad leader."

Hou Jun was startled by the voice behind him.

Turning around, he saw Li Zheng.

"Are you here to dry the clothes?"

Li Zheng shook his head: "No, I see that the monitor is going this way, I guess you must be smoking, so come and have a look."

Hou Jun glanced at Li Zheng, said nothing, turned his head and continued to look at the mountain.

Li Zheng said: "Squad leader, is it easy to smoke?"

Hou Jun was stunned, held up the cigarette in his hand, stared at the curling light smoke for a moment, and said, "It's not easy to smoke."

Li Zheng asked: "Then you still smoke?"

Hou Jun suddenly asked nonchalantly, "Is it hard work for your grandma to pull you up?"

Li Zheng nodded: "Very hard."

Hou Jun said: "That's right, she worked so hard to get rid of you."

This time it was Li Zheng's turn to be stupid.

This seems wrong, but I can't tell what's wrong.

Li Zheng said: "Squad leader, you have something on your mind."

Hou Jun said, "You're lying, it's none of your business!"

Li Zheng refused to let go: "Squad leader, if you have something to say, you can find someone to tell it, and it will feel good to say it."

Hou Jun glanced at him, and said impatiently: "Why didn't I see that you are so annoying before? Get out!"

Li Zheng didn't leave, but stood there looking at the mountains.

After a long time, Hou Jun couldn't help but glanced at him, and suddenly sighed.

"Old Tong is a year older than me in the army. He was there when I first participated in the top shooting training in the military region. Sergeant, at that time we were all ambitious and said that we must win the ranking and then be promoted."

Li Zheng listened quietly without making a sound.

Hou Jun continued: "However, neither of us entered the top three in that martial arts competition. There were many veterans and many masters. When he left, he told me that he would definitely win the ranking in the future and be promoted to be an officer."

With that said, he took another breath of the cigarette.

"Now he's achieved it, and I'm not."

Li Zheng knew that Hou Jun was touched by platoon leader Tong Zhi's promotion, but he didn't know how to comfort him, so he kept silent and continued to listen.

Hou Jun went on to say: "Before I became a soldier, I bragged to the girl I liked in the village, saying that I would definitely win first-class merit in martial arts competitions, and I would definitely be promoted in the future. As a result, I became the sergeant squad leader. When I went back to visit relatives, I found out that she was married. When I met her at the entrance of the village, she was still so pretty, but she dragged a baby and met me, she was not embarrassed, but I was quite embarrassed."

Li Zheng said: "That's because she didn't wait for you, she should be embarrassed."

Hou Jun shook his head: "No, they didn't promise me anything, I was thinking too much. Besides, I am a soldier, even if I become a non-commissioned officer, I am still a soldier. The short term may be five years, or as many as five years." More than ten years, why should people wait?"

After that, he started smoking again.

Li Zheng said: "Squad leader, don't be discouraged. You see, Tong Pai is only promoted in the last year. You may have a chance next year."

"Is there a chance?" Hou Jun smiled wryly: "Our brigade has just been established, and we will need more backbones in the future. The best way is to recruit from other troops. You can't just let them come here for nothing. Even talents have to stay. Wait, how can I argue with others? What's more, the brigade commander talked to me that day, and I know what he meant in the open and in the dark. In the future, I might be a logistics cadre or something like that. It would be great to be an officer. Isn’t this my dream before? But when I was really asked if I wanted to go, I hesitated again.”

Li Zhengqi said: "Why didn't you agree? The development prospects at the headquarters are good, and it's relatively easy to get promoted."

Hou Jun shook his head: "I also knew this was an opportunity, but when it came, I declined it. I finally understand that I am a wild boar who cannot eat chaff, and I can't stand being a logistics cadre. It's too comfortable, and I will panic instead. I have been a soldier for so many years, and I stayed in the infantry unit. Now I am transferred to the special warfare brigade, and I am still playing with guns. You let me touch the steering wheel? Become a warehouse manager? Or go to the logistics organization to sit in the office? Then I It's better to leave the army and pull down."

Li Zheng listened, feeling a little sore in his heart, as if something was blocked in his throat, it was extremely uncomfortable.

Veterans like Hou Jun, you say no results?

Have.

Of course there are.

However, there are many infantry units, and special warfare units are highly competitive. Promotion is not only based on performance, but also depends on luck.

Combining all kinds of things, the veteran Hou Jun became a tragedy.

Every year, there are countless veterans who take off their military ranks and take the train home. In those inconspicuous suitcases, there may be one or even several military medals.

These people have dedicated their youth to the cause of national defense. Even if they have the heart to continue, they have lost this opportunity.

It is an indisputable fact that there are only a few left behind.

After the cigarette was finished, Hou Jun threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it.

"Maybe this is my fate."

He said.

Li Zheng said suddenly: "Old squad leader, I don't believe in fate."

Hou Jun was a little surprised.

Li Zheng said: "It's not a question of whether I believe it or not. I think that even if there is such a thing as fate, when you are alive, as long as you are not dead, you cannot accept fate. When the earthquake and the house collapsed, my parents were still alive at the beginning. , I found out later that they were gone, and I survived for another two days, if I resigned to my fate, I wouldn’t be able to live today.”

Hou Jun listened, thoughtful.

Fatty Wei ran over at this time: "Squad leader, Li Zheng, why are you still standing here? Class is over!"

Class begins?
That's right.

Class begins.

Every day in the peacekeeping training, there are many, many courses to be taken, such as learning foreign languages, learning peacekeeping codes, learning first aid, and learning crisis management...

Anyway, there are endless lessons every day.

Fatty Wei said that it was harder than when he was studying, Li Zheng laughed at him and said, "Do you think you don't have to study when you come to the army?"You underestimate the current army too much.

Everyone has a variety of small stories during the peacekeeping training. Those whose family members disagree, those who object to them, and those whose newborn children have not seen them yet are about to go to other countries. These are all kinds of officers and soldiers. This peacekeeping force dispatched to country L.

Regardless of any difficulties, must be customer service.

Because the peacekeeping training is a full-scale elimination system from beginning to end, if it does not meet the dispatch conditions, it will be replaced immediately.

So no matter how much Fatty Wei complained, he still had to grit his teeth and persevere.

The happy event of Tong Zhi and his partner Xiao Guihua was very lively. On the second day, the whole training team gathered together, and the cooking class of the teaching brigade added eight extra dishes. They did not engage in self-reliance, but arranged banquets.

Brigadier Zhuang Yan, political commissar Luo Ruo, and the head of the teaching brigade presided over Tong Zhi's wedding together. The couple's registration procedures were also completed, and the political commissar went out in person, so there was no difficulty.

During the banquet, Luo Ruo said during the toast that Tong Zhi is really holding a certificate this time, and he has been upright since then, so Xiao Guihua lived in the temporary reception room in the family building for the past few days when he came to the team.

That night, for the first time, the soldiers in the first platoon saw that their platoon leader hadn't made a face all day long, and also saw that the platoon leader with a cold face on the training ground was so afraid of his wife...

Xiao Guihua announced a decision on the spot, and she will leave tomorrow.

In order not to delay Tong Zhi's mission.

"I know it's not easy being a military wife, but I chose this path, this man, I chose it, and I don't regret it!"

As he spoke, he picked up the beer glass and pulled Tong Zhi up who was already stunned.

"Big head, from now on, I will guard Xiaojia, and you will guard everyone. I will not lose my temper with you like before, nor will I run to your army to bother you. Work hard, and I will wait for you to come back." .”

When you're done, drink it up.

Tong Motou was so moved that he almost didn't shed tears on the spot. He shivered for a long time while holding the wine glass, wiped the corners of his eyes twice, and then drank it into his mouth.

After the wedding that night, Tong Motou did not return to the row room, but accompanied Xiao Guihua to the family building.

After the lights were turned off, the soldiers were so excited that they couldn't fall asleep, chatting quietly through the mosquito net.

Finally, big V Yang Hui suddenly said: "Do you remember what sister-in-law Guihua said in the dining hall just now?"

Fatty Wei asked, "What did you say? I didn't pay attention."

Yang Hui pinched his throat and imitated Xiao Guihua's voice and said: "Big head..."

"Hahahaha!"

Everyone laughed.

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