(5) Treading on a sharp knife

  The entire shooting range had only me shooting at that time, the other rookies of the same year as me were standing on one side, quietly waiting for my shooting score this time!

  After the last bullet was fired from the barrel, I carefully checked the gun and then ejected the magazine. I pulled the bolt twice in a row. Then I stood up and shouted "Report!"

  After a short while, the target I had just shot at was brought over. Da Hei Lian held the target and carefully felt each bullet hole with his experienced hands. Slowly, a smile appeared on his face as he turned to look at me and said, "Tomorrow you don't have to attend training. But tell me, have you received any professional training before?"

  "Report to the class leader, I used to be in the school shooting team, and my grandfather and father were both soldiers. Coaches and family members have all instructed me on shooting!"

  "Haha! Good. I told you, without long-term effort, it's impossible to achieve such good results! Gather!"

  We all gathered together quickly with different emotions following his command. The big black face, contrary to its usual demeanor, began not so seriously. Came so suddenly, we saw a smile on his face for the first time.

  It wasn't until later that I found out, at the end of this training session, I had already been assigned to a platoon and joined that mysterious team! It was also as if it opened the door for me to enter the hellish training life.

  When the new recruits finished their swearing-in ceremony, Big Black Face fulfilled his promise to me and gave me a day off. While others gathered together after being given time off, I was left alone in the barracks. Big Black Face specifically instructed me not to go out and only rest in my room.

  It was supposed to be a holiday, but in reality it was house arrest. Because that day was the last day of our new recruit camp. Just after the Spring Festival, on a day not long after, I stayed alone in my room for an entire morning.

  It was almost noon, and all my comrades had returned to the dormitory, each one enthusiastically discussing something, while I alone sat stupidly on a small stool at the bedside, quietly flipping through the Liberation Army Daily in my hand.

  Comrades, pack up your luggage and wait quietly for the assembly order. Just as I was getting anxious, Big Black Face found me and asked me to pack my bags, instructing me not to attend when the assembly is called.

  Comrades, take your own luggage and come to bid me farewell with joy! One by one, they kept telling me what kind of unit their own troops were going to be. The pride on their faces when they spoke made me fall silent for a moment.

  Comrades have left, and the whole room is left with only me. Looking at this house that was once bustling with people, now so quiet and desolate, I suddenly feel like a drifter in the wilderness, living in an old house!

  The sound of a car engine came from outside the door, followed by the sound of the car door closing. Suddenly, the door was pushed open and a lieutenant wearing camouflage uniform walked in.

  I stood up straight and shouted "Chairman is good!" as required by the regulations.

  "Are you Yin Bing?"

  "Reporting to the superior officer, I am Yin Bing!"

  "Alright, pack up and get in the car with me!"

  The captain finished speaking and sat down on the bed board beside him, waiting for me to pack my luggage. But I looked at him in confusion and didn't pack anything.

  The captain seemed to have noticed my confusion and looked at me saying "Is there something wrong?"

  "Reporting to the superior! The class leader told me to stay in the room and not allowed to go out."

  "Haha, is my order less effective than Xu Feng's instructions?!"

  "Report? No! I want to know if Xu Ban Zhang knows that I'm following you!"

  "It was I who told Xu Feng to keep you in the room, Xu Feng is my soldier, and now you may also become my soldier. Hurry up and pack your things, I don't want to repeat myself!"

  "Yes!"

  I carried the backpack that had been packed for a long time and a bag, and the captain came over to take the bag from my hand, then walked out of the room. I followed his footsteps and also walked out of the room, just as I was about to close the door, a sudden feeling of reluctance arose in my heart, after all, this is where I started my military career, the first address in the barracks, and more importantly, there are many places here that I shared with my comrades-in-arms!

  "Come on! What are you staring at? Can't bear to leave?"

  I turned back to look at him, then slowly closed the door of that house and prepared to leave the place where I had lived for almost three months.

  The captain put my luggage on the back seat of the car, I quickly walked over and put my backpack on the back seat as well. Then I opened the camouflage off-road vehicle's front passenger door and got in.

  Captain Zheng sat in the driver's seat, closed the car door and smiled at me saying "Let me introduce myself briefly, my name is Zheng Guofeng, I am the current company commander of Sharp Blade Company! Sharp Blade Company is a special reconnaissance company directly under the Group Army. Xu Feng is the platoon leader of my first platoon."

  "Long live the leader!"

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