Spike

Chapter 66

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The hot pot was gurgling and steaming.The three brothers Lin Rui, Liu Xiaofei and Zhang Lei gathered around the hot pot to drink.Lin Rui was drunk, and looked at the two brothers with a smirk: "Zhang Lei was dumped, and I was also dumped, Xiaofei, when did you get dumped?" Zhang Lei punched him: "Don't fuck Nonsense! You can’t say good things about people!” Liu Xiaofei smiled wryly: “You’re talking nonsense when you drink too much. Shall I send you back?” Lin Rui held the wine glass and said, “I’m not going back, I want to drink with you two brothers! I order You—I am a second lieutenant! Army second lieutenant! Army special forces second lieutenant! Chinese People’s Liberation Army army special forces second lieutenant! You are students, you have to obey me! I order you—to drink with me!" The two buddies looked at him and smiled wryly .

Lin Rui lay on the table with a wry smile: "Second lieutenant? What the fuck is a second lieutenant? Not as good as a gangster? What the hell am I a cadre? This is also called a cadre? I’m just a stupid soldier! Why are we arguing? Why did Wu Yun sacrifice? Just to fight for the bar and star on my shoulder, just for this! He gave his life away!--What is this? It’s not as good as a gangster who walks in the underworld!... Motherland, We are all for the motherland, and the motherland is in my heart... Are we in the heart of the motherland? Are you there? Are you there? Am I there? Am I, Lin Rui, in the heart of the motherland? ?! Ah ha ha ha..." Lin Rui smiled bitterly on the table and cried loudly, "How much hardship we have endured, how many dangers we have experienced, we have come out from the hail of bullets and fought hand-to-hand with gunmen! That is a white knife Go in, red knife comes out—how much did we sacrifice to defend the motherland and the people? We climbed icebergs and lay in swamps, practiced in winter and summer, and the camouflage uniforms were broken one after another! As a result, the soldiers now They dare not wear their own camouflage uniforms on the street because they are worse than migrant workers! What are we? We are special forces of the Chinese Army—the star of the Chinese Army, but... what are we in society?—Silly, big , Bing! Ah ha ha ha... In that ravine, in that ravine - how many stories happened, who knows? Who sympathizes? Who understands? Who knows that our fighters are fighting for a forever in this The opportunity to be a stupid soldier in the ravine cost his life?! Do you know? Does he know? Do they know? "

"We don't need anyone to know!" Zhang Lei slapped the table and stood up. "Sing high-profile!" Lin Rui laughed and cried.Zhang Lei kicked him in the chest, and Lin Rui fell to the ground: "You, you dare to hit me?" Liu Xiaofei hugged Zhang Lei: "Forget it, forget it, he drank too much."

"You don't deserve to be a soldier." Zhang Lei said coldly.Lin Rui looked at him in disbelief and asked, "You, what did you say?"

"I said——you don't deserve to be a soldier." Zhang Lei's tone was very calm.Lin Rui got up: "Say it again? In our valley, no one has ever said that in our valley! I, Lin Rui, am not the best soldier, who is the best soldier?!"

"Take off your epaulettes." Zhang Lei's tone was cold.Lin Rui pointed to his nose, the soles of his feet were still shaking: "You are so courageous! Do you know who you are talking to? You are talking to the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Lin Rui, the second lieutenant of the platoon, said this! You are saying this to Lin Rui, the most outstanding special soldier of the army! Believe it or not, I will let you be crippled here immediately!"

"What is a soldier?" Zhang Lei sneered, "The darling of war! A tough guy who doesn't even frown and blink in the face of death! Are you?" "I'm not afraid of death!" Lin Rui shouted and tore off his military uniform , showing scars all over his body, "Look, which scar is not a story?! Isn't it a story of crawling out of the shadow of death?!"

"But you are afraid of living! You have the courage to die in wartime, but you don't have the guts to survive in peacetime!" Zhang Lei roared.Lin Rui shouted: "I'm not afraid—"

"Then you stand up straight for me, stand up, and put on your military uniform!" Zhang Lei shouted hoarsely.Lin Rui shook his head and began to put on the military uniform: "Just wear it! Who is afraid of whom?"

"You are afraid of yourself." Zhang Lei picked up a cup of herbal tea and splashed it on his face.Lin Rui wiped his face: "I'm not afraid of death, who else should I be afraid of? Afraid of myself? It's ridiculous!" "You're afraid that you can't stand this kind of stimulation!" Zhang Lei looked into his eyes and said, "Look at Me, look at me! Do you know how many times I have died? How did I get here?! Look at me, look at my hair, do you see it? Less gray hair! What kind of hair I used to be, how did I become short overnight? Grayheads?!——I'm also broken in love! I survived, why can't you survive? Are you afraid of suffering?!" Lin Rui shouted: "I'm not afraid!" Zhang Lei said: "Then you just live for me. Let me see!"

Lin Rui fastened the remaining buttons, picked up the hat from the ground and put it on, and tried to sit up straight: "Let me tell you—I have the courage to die in wartime, and I have the courage to survive in peacetime! I am Lin Rui, Second Lieutenant of the Chinese Army Special Forces! The best special forces member!"

"Yo yo!" He Xiaoyu dragged Liu Fangfang in as he spoke, "I heard you yelling halfway across the street, do you think this is a training ground?"

"Xiaoyu, good time for you!" Lin Rui raised his head and stretched out his fingers, "Tell me, when will you dump Liu Xiaofei?" "Shall I dump him?" He Xiaoyu asked in surprise, "My God! He's going to stick to me Alright, can I shake me?" "It's fine if I don't shake..." Boom!Lin Rui fell asleep lying on the table.Liu Xiaofei smiled wryly: "I drank too much. Zhang Lei, you can do it too. I used all the captain scolding you here." "What happened to him?" Liu Fangfang asked. "Zhang Lei said lightly, "I'll send him back to the Staff College." "Let's take him back." He Xiaoyu greeted Liu Xiaofei, "You and Fangfang haven't seen each other for a long time, let's chat with her for a while. We I'll be back in a while." Liu Xiaofei and He Xiaoyu set up a muddy Lin Rui, and Liu Xiaofei carried him out.Liu Fangfang looked at Zhang Lei, her hair was long, and she also put on light makeup: "Why, don't you know me?"

"I know." Zhang Lei smiled bitterly, "I haven't seen you put on makeup before." Liu Fangfang smiled and asked the waiter to come in and clean up the fallen things.She sat down: "You basically didn't eat much? Just drink?"

"Yeah." Zhang Lei said, "He told us to come out and drink as soon as we could. There was no cure." "Is it the same when you are broken in love?" Liu Fangfang asked. "Me?" Zhang Lei smiled wryly, "It's not as good as him. I don't drink, and I can't sleep all night." Liu Fangfang looked at him distressedly: "Now?" I don’t know how she’s doing now, okay?” “Okay, don’t think about it.” Liu Fangfang said, “I think it’s because you feel uncomfortable, so eat something.” Zhang Lei looked at Liu Fangfang generously to himself. Jiacai: "Have you changed?" "Why have you changed? I'm still me." Liu Fangfang said.Zhang Lei looked at her wonderingly: "It's not a little girl anymore, it's a bit feminine. This isn't like the you I know?" "Are you attractive?" Liu Fangfang smiled.Zhang Lei said: "Yes. But not." "How to say?"

"For others," Zhang Lei smiled wryly, "For me, no. My heart is dead, and you are my sister anyway." "Are you rejecting me?" Liu Fangfang did not show weakness at all.Zhang Lei looked at her in surprise: "I said you can do it now!
How did it change so much?Is this still you? "Liu Fangfang smiled and asked: "You are rejecting me, right?" "I see—you spend April Fool's Day with me in advance!" Zhang Lei laughed. Liu Fangfang said frankly: "Zhang Lei, I like you." " Zhang Lei was dumbfounded: "Now it's messy enough, some share and some join, so don't get confused.I mean, my heart is dead.You are good to me, I know, but I can't like you. "

"Why?" "Because," Zhang Lei said with a calm face, "I love her." Liu Fangfang stopped talking. "You should be my little sister, so I can get used to it." Zhang Lei said.Liu Fangfang smiled: "Success, when can I say no! Come on, have a drink!" Zhang Lei held the cup and said in surprise: "I know what it means to be impressed!" "People will grow up." Liu Fangfang took His eyes were full of water while holding the wine glass, "Isn't it?"

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The brand-new colonel's epaulets lay quietly on the shoulders of the military uniform.A pair of rough and dark hands picked up the military uniform and put it on the mountain-like body.The tie is tied and the tie is aligned again.Wearing the military cap on this dark face, there is a kind of nostalgia, a kind of expectation, and a kind of determination in the eyes.He Zhijun walked out of his own office for the last time: "Let's go!" Colonels Geng Hui and Colonel Lei Keming, who were waiting outside, followed him from left to right, and three pairs of officer's leather shoes stepped on the empty corridor. rhythm.The armed sentries in front of the office building snapped to attention and raised their hands in salute.He Zhijun and the two colonels behind him raised their hands in return.

The August [-]st military flag fluttered over the entire team. Thousands of special forces soldiers were fully armed and their eyes were piercing. They paid attention to Senior Colonel He Zhijun, the deputy director of the intelligence department of the military region, who walked up to the viewing platform.He Zhijun saluted Liu Yongjun and the old man.Liu Yongjun returned the salute, and the old man in the uniform of a general who didn't deserve to wear collar epaulets just raised his right hand and waved it habitually, and didn't stick it on his temple, which no longer had a military cap.The old man said lightly: "Say a few words to your troops." He Zhijun turned back quickly, stood at attention and raised his right hand to salute. "Salute—" Lei Keming shouted on the stage.Swish—thousands of special forces members raised their right hands to salute their former captain.He Zhijun looked at these dark-faced soldiers, his lips moved. "The ceremony is over!" Following Lei Keming's order, the right hands of the team were put down neatly with a slap.There was no sound on the training ground. "Comrades!" He Zhijun's voice trembled.Swish—the soldiers stood at attention.He Zhijun's resolute voice was filled with excitement that could not be concealed, "Let me say a few words. Please rest." The special forces members waited with automatic rifles in hand.

"I, He Zhijun, am about to leave our barracks in the valley!" As soon as he said the first sentence, the veterans below couldn't help but burst into tears.He Zhijun looked at these soldiers, his heart was ups and downs, "From the bottom of my heart, I can't bear to be here! I can't bear to bear you! I, He Zhijun, don't pay much attention to people who have another star on their shoulders, absolutely not! I think I will lead you to train, and I want to lead you to fight too! I want to be with you all my life, take root in this valley, and command you to fight bloody battles on the battlefield in the future! Comrades, please believe me—” The cry below sounded .He Zhijun suppressed his emotions, "But we are all soldiers! What is a soldier? A soldier is a soldier of the party and a soldier of the country! Each of us is a screw on the huge war machine of the army! We must obey orders You have to go to whatever position the Party wants you to go to! Whatever job the army wants you to do, you have to do what job to do! I left here today to follow the call of the organization and go to a new post to realize myself once again in the military banner The previous oath! Comrades, wipe away your tears, stand up your chest, work hard at your posts, and defend our motherland! Waiting for an order from the motherland and the people at any time, go through life and death, and be a good soldier ! A real soldier!"

He Zhijun raised his right hand to salute.The tearful warriors raised their right hands in salute.The military flag was fluttering, and the police officer Xiao Wang was holding a saber, wearing a black beret, camouflage uniform, and military boots, and directed the three flag bearers to kick up the viewing platform.Xiao Wang waved his saber in front of He Zhijun to salute, and flicked his saber: "Report to Vice Minister He! The application for the flag presentation ceremony has begun—"

"You can start!" He Zhijun saluted.Xiao Wang flashed, and the flag bearer stepped forward.He Zhijun took the military flag with both hands and turned to Lei Keming.Lei Keming stepped forward and saluted.He Zhijun said solemnly: "Comrade Lei Keming, from today onwards, you will be the commander of the Spike Special Brigade of the A Military Region! I hope you will lead this unit well!"

"Vice Minister He please rest assured!" Lei Keming took the military flag with both hands.He Zhijun watched the military flag leave his hand, feeling uncomfortable as if something had been cut off from his heart.Secretary Song looked at his watch: "Chief, it's almost over. You and Vice Minister He will attend the next combat meeting." The military headquarters' cars drove up one by one and stopped in front of the viewing platform.Liu Yongjun got off the viewing stand behind the old man, and the old man turned to the tiger-like army before getting into the car.The soldiers saluted him.The old man raised his old right hand slowly, and stuck it on his temple without a military cap: "I am a veteran who has retired from active service, please allow me to pay a military salute as a veteran!"

"Attention all—salute!" shouted the chief of staff.The soldiers raised their right hands and stuck them to the brims of their black berets. "What is your belief?!" The old man suddenly shouted loudly. "Don't forget the national humiliation! Remember the mission!" Phalanx answered in unison.The old man nodded in satisfaction, and turned his gaze to Liu Yongjun: "I'm relieved." With a sore nose, Liu Yongjun went up to open the car door for the old man himself, and sent the old man into the car.He got into the second car himself.He Zhijun looked at the soldiers, and after a while, he opened the door of the third car and went up quickly.

"All of them—salute!" Lei Keming raised his right hand and shouted.In this black beret camouflage phalanx, in this neat military salute, the crying is suppressed and contagious.He Zhijun sat in the car, controlling his emotions.It wasn't until the car entered the gate of the military region that he realized that he had really left this ravine.Everything is like a dream, starting from here and returning to here.It's just that he has brought out a rudimentary army special force.

As a soldier, he already has a bottom line in his heart.

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"Lin Rui, someone is looking for you!" "Here!" Lin Rui, who was working on the sand table, got up, put on his training cap, and ran out.The Bluebird sedan was parked on the tree-lined path, and a group of trainees passed by carrying rifles and target boards, singing "Return from Target Shooting".Lin Rui ran over in camouflage uniform and military boots, and exchanged salutes with the students.Tan Min got off the car with a trembling voice: "Lin Rui!" Lin Rui slowed down and stopped.He thought for a while and strode over: "Tan Min, are you looking for me? Is there something wrong?" Tan Min lowered his head: "We want to apologize to you."

"No need." Lin Rui smiled faintly, "You choose the road yourself, I have no right to ask." "Lin Rui, don't say that!" Tan Min's eyes turned red, "I have no choice..." "He Forced you?" Lin Rui was taken aback.Tan Min cried and shook his head: "No... I can't take it anymore! There are one-to-one pairs in school, and I am the only one who reads your letters every day! When I return to the dormitory at night, I dare not go out for fear that you will call me. Go to the reception room of our dormitory... Do you know how my life is going?" Lin Rui lowered his head: "I am a soldier."

"I know you are a soldier, but I'm not!" Tan Min cried, "Why should I do this?" "You broke up with me, I understand." Lin Rui raised his head, "But you shouldn't choose him! "Why?" Yue Long, who was wearing sunglasses, sat in the back seat and asked as the car window with the solar film rolled down silently. "You know it yourself." Lin Rui sneered.Yue Long got out of the car and said: "I'm already stopping! I really like her!

(End of this chapter)