Chapter 1173

On the playground, it was another lively scene.

The soldiers stood in square formations in company units, wearing regular uniforms, standing at attention on the track.

On the rostrum, the leaders of the new recruit regiment and the leaders of the army sat above.

"Marching formation, begin!"

As the regiment leader's words sounded, before long, the tune of the Chinese People's Liberation Army March swung across the playground through the loudspeakers.

This song has a distinct image, a smooth melody, a solid tone, and a regular beat, concentrating on expressing the heroic and majestic military might of the people's army, with an indomitable fighting style and powerful strength that can crush everything.

Its lyrics are not unfamiliar to the broad masses of the people.

Forward, forward, forward~

Our team marches toward the sun

Feet stepping on the land of the motherland

Carrying the hope of the nation...

However, there were no lyrics playing now, just pure music, acting as the drumbeat for the team's advance during the drill. During the grand military parade, it was the same background music...

Hearing the order, Wang Yan, who was chosen as the flag-bearing model, unfolded the military flag he was carrying on his shoulder and shook it in the wind with a 'snap.'

Quietly waiting for two beats, matching the drumbeat, he shouted a slogan: "Forward march!"

The flag-protecting models on both sides acted synchronously, three people in the lead, marching in step. The team behind also followed Wang Yan's team in the 'forward march' shouts...

Parades are always good to watch because of the neat and uniform movements, and because the surging sense of power rushes toward you. Even if only over a thousand new recruit soldiers were being inspected, the goose-steps kicked out and the slogans shouted were also earth-shaking.

After a while, the passionate drill ended, the soldiers stood still on the playground, and the leader began to speak. He summarized the training of the new recruit company over the past three months and then began to commend the excellent new recruits.

"In the past three months, Wang Yan of the Third Squad, First Platoon, First Company, First Battalion, has trained seriously and diligently, actively united with comrades and partners, and has extremely superior military skills. After research and decision, a commendation award is given to Wang Yan. Even if the new recruit regiment is disbanded, the soldiers present must learn from Comrade Wang Yan after joining their companies. Come, Wang Yan, come up to receive the award, and let him say a few words to everyone."

The leader's speech was relatively direct, with official clichés, but there were also quite a few personal remarks. Overall, the leader was relatively relaxed.

Wang Yan, who was standing at attention facing the rostrum, was not intimidated at all. He handed the military flag he was holding to someone else, then ran with small steps, used his hand to vault, and easily jumped onto the two-meter platform.

The leader even acted as a straight man: "Look, this is called solid combat literacy. Without these two moves, he wouldn't dare to come up like this."

The soldiers also supported him, laughing in unison. In the army, laughing has to be practiced, and clapping also has to be practiced...

When Wang Yan reached the stage, the leaders issued the certificate, which stated that he had performed excellently during the new recruit company training and was given a commendation award, hoping he would continue to work hard, assume responsibilities, and fulfill obligations.

As everyone knows, a commendation is a very high-value honor. Above that are the Third-Class Merit, Second-Class Merit, and First-Class Merit. Honors after that, in the police system, are called heroic models. In the military system, it's the same—giving individual title honors, giving the August 1st Medal, etc.

But that difficulty is not ordinary.

In the "Discipline Regulations of the Chinese People's Liberation Army," the conditions for rewards are clearly stated.

Article 50: In combat, training, or other work, if the achievements are outstanding, there are special contributions, and there is a significant impact and driving role in the whole army and the whole country, and one can be called a model, an honorary title can be awarded.

Article 51: In safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and in advancing national defense and military modernization, if one makes huge contributions, establishes outstanding merits, and has a far-reaching impact and driving role in the whole army and the whole country, the August 1st Medal can be awarded.

Just looking at the description, you know what the difficulty is.

"Come on, say a few words." The leader patted Wang Yan on the shoulder kindly and pushed him to the microphone.

"Ahem..."

"Hello, comrades!"

"Comrades, you've worked hard!"

Wang Yan's first two sentences made the soldiers laugh, and there were even bold ones below echoing "Serve the people."

"The leader asked me to speak. I know I don't have the level to teach everyone any principles. I'm afraid of reading the wrong words or stuttering even if I read from a script. Are you looking at me joking here? No, my heart is drumming. There are over a thousand brothers here, as well as veteran soldiers, officers, and a row of leaders behind me, all watching me. My heart is trembling."

"Like this, I'll do a self-summary and share my personal gains over the past three months."

After a pause, Wang Yan smiled and began to speak: "Everyone is not unfamiliar with me; you know some of my things. I have liked those great heroes who fly high and low since I was a child. I was naughty and mischievous since I was a child, thinking I was acting chivalrously and acting on behalf of heaven, but in fact, I was a troublesome child who always caused trouble. But I did practice a good physique. One day I watched the military parade..."

Wang Yan started from the origin of wanting to be a soldier, talked about various training subjects, and mentioned Xu Sanduo, Wu Liuyi, Shi Jin, He Hongtao, and Gao Cheng many times during the period, treating everyone equally.

He talked about how Xu Sanduo improved, how Wu Liuyi taught, how Shi Jin was responsible, how He Hongtao enlightened the soldiers, and also talked about how Gao Cheng conveyed thoughts to encourage soldiers.

The intention was clear. The leaders behind were crying and laughing; it was the first time they had seen such a thing. He said he had no level and couldn't speak, but when he actually spoke, it was really deep and interesting.

However, the gains Wang Yan summarized and some words about understanding obligations and responsibilities were indeed quite enough. The words he came up with made them feel like they had "learned something" when they heard them.

After such a turn, Wang Yan stepped down from the rostrum.

When the leader spoke again, he even smiled and said two sentences about him: "Where is it that he can't speak? I think he speaks better than me." Then the soldiers cooperated with laughter...

Under the blessings, encouragement, and urging of the military leaders, the activity ended successfully, which also marked the complete end of the new recruit company life. This afternoon, they had half a day off, giving the good partners who had been together for three months a final chance to get along. After breakfast tomorrow, they would start to be assigned to their destinations and directly disband.

After all, even if they were in the same unit in the future, or even the same company, they wouldn't be brothers sleeping up, down, left, and right anymore; they would all have new interpersonal relationships to maintain.

It's just that the young guys now don't understand too much.

But even so, there were still some people who shed tears, making it look like a life-and-death separation.

Xu Sanduo watched with a happy smile.

Shi Jin on the side asked: "How do you feel, Sanduo?"

"I can't bear to part with the Platoon Leader, Squad Leader, and Wang Yan."

"Don't be like that; I can bear to part with it." Wu Liuyi said on the side, looking at Xu Sanduo with displeasure, "Smile, smile, smile, you only know how to smile. You have to change this problem; it's not serious at all."

"Yes!" Xu Sanduo smiled and saluted.

"Still smiling!" Wu Liuyi glared, then patted Xu Sanduo on the shoulder, "Work hard wherever you go, train seriously, and don't lose face for our family."

In the last sentence, Wu Liuyi used his hometown dialect; he finally accepted Xu Sanduo as a fellow townsman.

So Xu Sanduo smiled even more happily...

"You are a fool, you only know how to smile." Although he said so, Wu Liuyi also laughed out loud.

So everyone laughed.

Wang Yan also smiled, his heart was calm, and he didn't feel much...

He didn't have many words for Xu Sanduo either; what should have been said had already been said. Whether he could be stronger still depended on Xu Sanduo himself...

This day, although it was the day before parting, in fact, there was no big difference. Everyone was still blowing and farting together, saying improper words, but they slept very late this day and chatted a lot.

The veteran soldiers didn't care.

It wasn't until the next day that people finally understood that parting was imminent, and their emotions dropped all of a sudden. They didn't grab food when eating, and they didn't fight.

After breakfast, they returned to the barracks to pack their things for the last time. It was oppressive and silent. More people cried.

Xu Sanduo also cried.

Wang Yan patted his shoulder with a chuckle: "It's okay, didn't I say before? We can still see each other later. When you have a break, come over and see me, see the Old Platoon Leader and Old Squad Leader. When I have a break, I'll go see you."

"You don't even know where I am." Xu Sanduo wiped his tears.

"You don't know where I am? You write me a letter, I'll reply to you, and I'll tell you in advance when I go over. Isn't that it? What a big deal, don't cry and howl. I'm not dead yet, don't cry at my grave in advance."

Xu Sanduo was amused by Wang Yan and said: "When I get to the place, the first thing I'll do is write you a letter. You must remember to reply."

"Rest assured." Wang Yan waved his hand, "Let's go, stand in line."

At this time, the whole company of people were already wearing regular uniforms, carrying backpacks, and holding luggage, standing in line at the barracks entrance. Not far away, a row of cars was parked. There were trucks, buses, and other large vehicles, as well as several jeeps with military license plates.

After a while, the team finished assembling. After Gao Cheng gave two instructions, he stood to the side with his hands behind his back, and Shi Jin took the list to call the roll, deciding the assignments.

"Good soldiers get on the bus, useless soldiers get on the truck." Chengcai muttered as he originally did.

In fact, at this time, he already knew his destination. Wang Yan also knew.

It was the Third Company.

Because at the beginning, Wang Yan and Chengcai had a conflict, and Chengcai complained. Just like he was dissatisfied with Xu Sanduo raising his hands to surrender, Gao Cheng didn't like Chengcai's behavior either, even though he didn't express it at the time.

This was clearly more displeasing to Gao Cheng than Wu Liuyi saying Chengcai was not practical. Snitching is a way of life, but snitching is a matter of character.

Although snitching is not wrong, are you not allowed to say it?

I remember a long time ago, Wang Yan also complained to the teacher.

But on the other hand, this is a private conflict, and it's not a big deal, so there's no need to complain. In the army, it's even more so. If you complain about everything, that's clearly not right.

But Chengcai was one of the most outstanding people besides Wang Yan, and this point was indisputable. So Gao Cheng didn't grab him, and naturally, he went into He Hongtao's hands. These officers participated in the new recruit company training to discover good seedlings and replenish them into their own companies.

So he had already communicated with Chengcai in advance.

After all, he had to arrange a place for Chengcai. Just like Bai Tiejun, who was slippery, he went to the Seventh Company. It's just that Chengcai and Xu Sanduo left a deep impression on Gao Cheng, otherwise there wouldn't be any big problems.

He Hongtao was doing ideological work after all, and he was relatively patient, feeling that Chengcai could still grow, and he didn't care about those things.

This depends on personal likes and dislikes, so Chengcai went to the Third Company.

In fact, if Chengcai had a choice, he probably wouldn't have gone to the Seventh Company either. Because Wang Yan was in the Seventh Company, Chengcai naturally didn't want to always hear about Wang Yan's awesome deeds and hear people tell him to compare himself with Wang Yan.

He wanted to compare himself, that was his own business. If others nagged him, he certainly wouldn't be willing. He would think that others looked down on him, and his heart wasn't big...

Shi Jin's roll call continued, and soon, he called Chengcai.

He carried his luggage and walked out of the crowd, walked a few steps with his back turned, and suddenly turned his head to look at Wang Yan, who was standing at attention in the team.

The latter also felt his gaze, looked over, and smiled, raising his eyebrows at him.

Chengcai subconsciously turned his head back, but then thought, he had nothing to be afraid of, so he turned back, wanting to look at Wang Yan, but unfortunately, Wang Yan was no longer looking at him.

He was suddenly discouraged, let out a long sigh, and got on the bus in frustration.

"Xu Sanduo!" Shi Jin called the name, not reading the next one directly like other names.

Instead, he paused, watched Xu Sanduo walk out, returned a smile to the grinning Xu Sanduo, and then continued to call the roll.

Xu Sanduo stood there, waved at Wang Yan, then got on the bus, consciously sat with Chengcai, and set off before long...

He and Chengcai watched Wang Yan, who was still standing in the field. Xu Sanduo waved with a silly smile, while Chengcai stared at Wang Yan and secretly swore that he would be more awesome than Wang Yan sooner or later...

"Okay, the rest of you, get on this truck." Gao Cheng said, then got into the passenger seat of the jeep on the side with his hands behind his back, and Shi Jin also put away the list and went to the driver's seat to drive.

Wang Yan carried his bag and was the first to get into the truck's carriage.

It wasn't until this moment that others reacted that they were going to the Seventh Company. After all, Wang Yan was following Gao Cheng, which everyone in the company knew. Wang Yan was a good soldier, which was an indisputable fact.

Seeing them go with Wang Yan, how could they not know they were going to the Seventh Company?

Wu Liuyi greeted: "What are you all stunned for? Get on the car quickly!"

Immediately, a dozen people climbed onto the truck, including Wu Liuyi in the back; he had to watch these new recruits.

Bai Tiejun leaned over to Wang Yan's side: "Didn't expect it, Squad Deputy Wang, we were assigned together."

"Wu?"

Bai Tiejun was stunned for a moment, then pleasantly surprised: "Oh my, Squad Deputy Wu. I've long wanted to hang out with you guys, really, I admire Squad Deputy Wu and admire Wang Yan."

"Oh, why am I not a Squad Deputy so soon?"

"Then after joining the company, this Squad Deputy of yours is also stripped, right? Then if we go to the Third Squad, Platoon Leader Shi is Squad Leader Shi, Squad Leader Wu is Squad Deputy Wu, and you, this Squad Deputy Wang, are just Wang Yan. But don't worry, Brother Wang, I'll listen to you."

Bai Tiejun's dog-legged look earned Wu Liuyi's cold glance; he didn't like this.

Wang Yan chuckled: "Call me Brother Yan."

"Brother Yan, I'll listen to you!"

"Everyone is a brother in the same trench, what listen or not listen? Help each other, you know? Don't form small cliques, what does that look like? We are soldiers, not gangsters in society."

"Yes, yes, yes, you are the brother, whatever you say is right."

"Get out of here."

Bai Tiejun naturally didn't get out of here. He was thick-skinned and chatted and laughed with Wang Yan and Wu Liuyi. Among this group of people, he was the most relaxed...