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This is a story that has been hidden for a long time, buried deep in my heart, and I dare not touch it easily! This is also a memory that can never be forgotten. Every time I walk through the rows of troops, hear the slogans, even a military song, this unmentioned memory will rise up in my heart... A past event that once made me decadent, made me depressed, and even dared not to recall. But everything was so coincidental, when I was least prepared, I heard a long-forgotten voice...
Everything started from when I boarded that train!
In the winter of 2000, I had graduated from college for half a year. In the vast army of job seekers, I spent half a year! When I was waiting again for the response from the company I applied to, I accidentally found my girlfriend Xiaofang, who had been with me for 4 years, lying in my university senior's bed! And that scene of her was so...! My brain at that moment seemed to have stopped, a complete blank!
As I left the house where I often drank, with a complex and heavy mood wandering outside, I saw a recruitment propaganda poster and slogan! At that moment, it was as if my dream had seen the sunlight, and my heart was so bright!
Standing in front of the banner, staring intently for half an hour, then rushing to the recruitment office without hesitation...
Back home, I told my parents about my thoughts, but I didn't mention everything that happened in the moment before I went to enlist. I just honestly expressed my aspirations. My father immediately took a supportive attitude, saying "I should go back and practice!" His words did not surprise me, because he and my grandfather were both from military backgrounds. My grandfather had fought in battles and was a genuine old revolutionary. When my father was young, my grandfather personally handed him over to his old superior's hands!
My father participated in the Vietnam War and later became a professional in the local area, becoming a police officer! My mother was neutral. She is a doctor, only knowing her own work and worrying that I couldn't bear the hardships. Finally, in a family vote, with a result of two to one, I started my own military dream!
Everything seemed to be arranged by fate, and I put on that longed-for green military uniform! Stepped onto the train heading to the destination - Southwest Military Region!
Watching the train slowly disappear into the distance, watching the parents on the platform gradually become blurry, watching the hometown in the distance... The place I yearn for is no longer far away!
The train had been running for a whole day. When I was drowsy, it finally arrived at that place - a small county town railway station!
Getting off the train, stepping on this unfamiliar land, looking at this unfamiliar city, traveling together, wearing green military uniforms and big red flowers, one by one unfamiliar faces, we all got excited!
The leading cadres asked us to calm down, but the feeling of being in a strange land was not something that could be calmed by his one word "calm".
"Shut up!" A loud voice rang out in everyone's ears!
A dark-faced, sturdy old soldier stood before us!
"Fall in from tallest to shortest!"
Everyone stood in the formation he required, quietly and swiftly, after a few seconds of pause. At that moment, everyone had an inexplicable sense of awe towards him. The aura on his body even chilled every pore on our bodies!
It wasn't until later that I realized the aura he emitted was actually "killing intent"! But what I didn't expect was that this person in front of me would end up being tied to me by an unbreakable bond! Because everything I learned after joining the army was taught to me by him, from my first "report", my first push-up, to even my first shot at target practice!
The old veteran with a dark face looked at us, his eyes seemed to be staring at me all the time! Then he pointed to the greenest of our green birds and said lightly, "What's the noise about? You're in good physical condition, aren't you? Stand up straight!"
Every new soldier looks at me, I look at him, neither of us understands the deeper meaning, but in our hearts it's as if we do, and it becomes so tense!
Under his leadership, we one by one carried our own luggage and slowly boarded a truck!
The truck took us through building after building, village after village, and finally stopped in a desolate place. We looked out of the car with disappointment and curiosity, only to find that it had stopped in front of the gate of a military camp, on which hung a sign reading "Group Army Training Regiment"!
Looking at this big gate, looking at this remote place, the excitement in my heart slowly turned into disappointment!
The car stopped in front of a large barracks. Along the way, watching the soldiers passing by next to the car, I forgot that I would also be one of them!
The car stopped and everyone got off in a hurry. The reason for the hurry was that they were worried that the black-faced old soldier would once again use his intimidating aura to urge them on!
After getting off the bus, everyone couldn't help but look curiously at the old squad leader standing in front of them! A captain walked over and stood in front of everyone, looked around, then shouted loudly "Stand at attention, start dividing troops!"
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