〖BT1〗9.?

  I left my first home in the troops, I will always miss her

  It wasn't long before I was basically qualified for this position. It can be seen that "culture is combat effectiveness" has some truth to it, the higher the level of education, as long as you have a good physical foundation and are willing to study hard, the faster your progress will be, which is difficult for soldiers with lower cultural levels to match. Even Battalion Commander Lian was surprised at how quickly I mastered the comprehensive business of the document. Because this means that you have already grasped all the subjects of reconnaissance specialty in theory, and can even be said to be proficient.

  Apart from this, I also made significant breakthroughs in practice. In fact, I really have to thank Lao Pao, if it weren't for his rigorous training, I wouldn't have such good physical quality and basic military skills, which were all useful when mastering reconnaissance skills. Hand-to-hand combat, vehicle driving, aerial capture, basic climbing, reconnaissance shooting, photography, and videography - all of these benefited from my passion for photography techniques before joining the army. Switching from artistic photography to applied photography was much faster than learning from scratch, as most soldiers didn't even know what aperture, shutter speed, and ISO meant. I had played with multiple cameras and lenses from Minolta, Canon, and Nikon, and had even published a cover photo in a magazine during high school (of course, it was a beautiful girl). In the reconnaissance unit, I usually completed tasks using artistic photography techniques under military premises, so one of Miao Lianchang's hobbies was looking at my photos, which he thought not only had great military value but also looked good. He would often enlarge and hang them on the wall or give them to other company commanders. Eventually, even the division headquarters hung up a landscape photo I took, making the propaganda officer unhappy every time they saw me. One time, when Miao Lianchang's family came to visit, he assigned me to take photos of them, saying it was for artistic portraits. The result was that his family members were all shocked when they arrived, and I was afraid the lens would explode during the photo shoot. When the photos didn't meet Miao Lianchang's expectations, I didn't dare say anything, thinking to myself that even I couldn't do better. Sign language and encrypted communication, squad reconnaissance assault tactics, map reading, climbing, and rappelling - I mastered all these reconnaissance combat skills quickly, and in many subjects, I could compete with veteran officers who had several years of experience.

  This time, the platoon leader looked at me with new eyes. Not only was he willing to take me for training, but also kept teaching me many advanced skills that only undergraduate students in the reconnaissance major of military academies would learn. I didn't know what a scout should learn or what a platoon leader should learn because I knew nothing! At that time, I was just afraid of falling behind and could be said to be like a sponge absorbing knowledge. The two of us also became good friends. He had many love letters written by me, and how hard it was for me!

  Every time I write a love letter for him, I think of Xiaoying. Where is she now? Every time I think of her, my pen flows with true emotions, and the words flow like clouds and water. When I read it again, I'm so moved that I want to cry myself. The colonel was extremely satisfied after reading it, saying that he didn't need to look for any more Shi Miyuan or Pushkin. Later, he treated me as a buddy and asked me to take a look at his girlfriend's photo. As soon as I saw it, I felt sorry for my emotions, but I didn't dare say anything. Later, when writing again, I simply closed my eyes and pretended to write to Xiaoying, and that's how I got through it. At the time, I really didn't understand why a talented colonel like him would choose a girlfriend who wasn't very impressive. But after looking at the family members of our unit, I understood. This isn't an era where being in the Liberation Army is the most lovable thing. Girls want emotions, but they also want houses, cars, and tickets. Most importantly, they want time, which young officers in a field army absolutely don't have.

  What should I call him? Let's call him Chen Pai, he doesn't have the surname Chen, but let's just call him that for now. He was a top student at a certain military academy, and is very good with people, especially soldiers, and has a high level of training. In our eyes as soldiers, he's the best platoon leader. He's also quite handsome, a bit like Yu Rongguang.

  Immediately after the reconnaissance company conducted its first baseline assessment, focusing on one-year soldiers and several new recruits who had just been assigned. Because next month will be the full-scale military reconnaissance business competition, outstanding ones will have the qualifications to participate in the military district-level reconnaissance business competition, and finally select from here the seed members who can enter a special force directly under the command of a relatively large scale headquarters.

  This special unit, codenamed "Wolf's Fang", is a renowned elite team both within and outside the military, but has always been shrouded in mystery. Its members are selected from outstanding reconnaissance and field combat units, with an extremely high elimination rate and a very complex selection process that lasts for a month, during which they undergo constant assessment and training, with the possibility of being sent back to their original unit at any time.

  Being selected for the "Wolf's Tooth" special forces is the dream of every true field scout.

  For example, Miao Lian, if he hadn't lost an eye, he wouldn't have given up on this opportunity. He was actually selected when the "Wolf's Fang" squad was first formed, but a military doctor's words sent him back, and from then on, his dream of making it big in the "Wolf's Fang" squad was shattered. The reason was simple: during underwater training, the pressure would squeeze out his prosthetic eye, which was still a relatively light consequence; the worst-case scenario was that the blood vessels in his left eye would rupture and he would die. He could only return with regret because the "Wolf's Fang" squad wasn't a traditional army reconnaissance squad, but a true amphibious special operations group, where every member had to master skills for fighting on land, sea, and air, not just the traditional scout's "one rope, one knife". Forget about it if you can't dive.

  Miao Lian could only return with regret to continue serving as a scout in his infantry battalion. However, from then on he became addicted and his greatest pleasure was to try to get his soldiers into the "Wolf's Fang" special forces unit. For him, the sense of satisfaction he got from this was indescribable. I think it's a bit like our high school class teacher, who always wants to send their students to the university they themselves had wanted to attend back in the day, and then gets a kind of inexplicable sense of satisfaction from it. It's hard to put into words, but it's as if one's own ideals are being realized through one's students or soldiers.

  Chen Pai's dream is to enter the "Wolf Tooth" team, and we think he absolutely can do it. He tried once last year, but was eliminated due to leg cramps during the armed swimming assessment because of inadequate preparation work. This year he is determined to succeed.

  Many soldiers are eager to try, having been scouts for several years, if they can become special forces, this will be the greatest achievement in their lives.

  What about me?

  I never thought of it at all.

  This scout is already enough to get me annoyed, why should I go and become a special forces soldier?

  And I've gotten used to the current situation.

  It may be that I was suppressed for too long in the new recruit regiment, but in the reconnaissance regiment's team brotherhood environment, I really couldn't bear to part with it. Everyone treated me especially well because I was relatively young in the regiment and one of the few city soldiers who were willing to suffer hardships, so everyone liked me.

  Let me go? Adapt to another strange environment again? I'm not willing!

  But the assessment is the assessment, I was afraid that one of my subjects would not pass, and dragged down the whole class. As a result, I used too much force at once, and the overall score of the whole class came out, I not only ranked first among the new recruits but also third in the comprehensive subject among all officers and soldiers in training. The first place was Chen Pai, and the second place was a squad leader from San Pai. Miao Lian was so excited that he shouted loudly, because this proved that he had not misjudged me, and he showed off everywhere. The relationship between Wen He and Lian Chang is very special, if there is a big age gap, they really treat you like their own son. So Miao Lian's excitement is not ordinary.

  It's settled then, this time I have no choice but to participate in the military region's scout competition.

  I got on the bus with Miao Lian Chen Pai and a dozen other officers and veterans, and I circled around again on the Pan Mountain Highway.

  But this time is up the mountain, and this time is down the mountain.

  As I looked out of the back of the truck, the gate of our barracks got farther and farther away until it was out of sight. My eyes moistened and this time I really cried. I didn't know what I was crying about.

  I'm no longer afraid of hardship, what I fear is the heart-wrenching pain of leaving.

  If I knew that once I left, I would never come back, I would immediately jump off the car and run back to the reconnaissance company's barracks, hug my bed's iron frame and never get up. Even if you kill me, I won't let go, because I only belong here, I don't want to leave. This is my home, they are all my brothers.

  I used to be a person who hated this place so much, but after half a year passed and I got used to the life here, I didn't want to leave, extremely unwilling to leave. Usually don't feel it, but when it really comes to temporarily leaving, it's so hard to bear.

  A certain regiment of a mechanized infantry division of a group army of the People's Liberation Army, located in the mountains at an altitude of 3000 meters, was established during the Jinggangshan period and has experienced two civil wars between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the War of Resistance Against Japan, with outstanding military achievements and renowned reputation. Later, it also fought on the Korean battlefield, defeating MacArthur, and in the one-year South Xinjiang Defensive War, produced three combat heroes and thirty-one martyrs.

  A certain troop, my old unit, my reconnaissance company, was my first home in the army.

  And from then on, I never came back again.