9. And then there's this birdman from the high school team and some of his bird affairs

  I'm going to say it because I won't be satisfied if I don't, and I'll keep writing the story until I'm satisfied. If not, I'll always be unsatisfied no matter how you feel - I need to be satisfied first! Because this high school team is really too ridiculous, I simply can't believe there are such ridiculous people!

  What I said above is what I heard, and now I'll say what I saw.

  After I joined the army, for two and a half years, I was under the command of Dog Head High School Team. Think about what kind of torture I endured! Not to mention that he bullied me, which you can all imagine. As soon as we had hand-to-hand combat training, I was absolutely the demonstration material - there's no escape from this. Even the officers in Dog Head High School Team thought it wasn't suitable. But this bastard just wouldn't let me off, so I always ended up in a lot of pain and discomfort, but without any external or internal injuries. This Dog Head High School Team is an expert, he wouldn't give me any injuries, or else I would have reported him to the team leader, with whom I later became very familiar, not just on a superficial level. But he just wouldn't give me any injuries, only made me suffer. Later, when we were drinking, he even said that it was all for my own good! So I'd like to get revenge? Of course, in the end, I couldn't beat him - this is a fact. I reckon there aren't many people who can beat him. Of course, if someone like Ouyang Feng or Huang Yaoshi were to take care of him, that would be a different story, but I don't know anyone like that!

  I'm just saying one thing, I saw it with my own eyes and even I, a small bird person, think it's absurd to the point of being unreasonable. This dignified People's Liberation Army major special warfare officer is actually playing with an eagle!

  That was when we went to Inner Mongolia for military training, living on the grasslands. The sky was vast and the wind blew gently through the grass, revealing cows and sheep in the distance. My fellow soldiers and I lived in tents, and every day after training, our mood was exhilarated and refreshing. It was summer, the best season on the grasslands, and my poetic side was fully expressed. I would often climb a small hill outside the camp to write letters to Xiaoying and compose some short poems about the grasslands. Looking out at the distant herders and white sheep grazing under the shade of the mountains, my mood was truly carefree and relaxed. So I wrote letter after letter to Xiaoying, and later, the female soldiers in our barracks joked that they didn't need to add vinegar to their dumplings anymore - because even the female soldiers were sharing love letters in the army, something I hadn't anticipated at the time!

  As I was writing, I heard the sound of horseshoes, and I knew it was that high school team playing with horses again. After training, the high school team would go borrow horses from their hometown to play, which wasn't a big deal since we also played after training, but I didn't like playing, whereas they loved it so much. Later on, when everyone else got tired of playing, he was still at it by himself. The squad leader also played with horses, but since he was older, he played less and mostly just watched the high school team play. And indeed, the high school team played really well, with a lot of flair - they had their own way of doing things. Later on, when we were training in Yunnan, he kept thinking about catching a leopard to play with, which scared us all. Luckily, they didn't end up finding one, since leopards are hard to spot in the mountains anyway. I never understood how some people have a natural talent for playing with animals. At the time, I often thought that if our country allowed it, the high school team would be monkey kings and their home would be Monkey Mountain - later on, when we were training in Sichuan, he actually caught a monkey and kept it in his tent to play with. In the end, the squad leader found out and scolded him, saying "If you don't get rid of that monkey, I'll have to punish you!" He was really reluctant to let go of the monkey - he wasn't afraid of anyone except for two people: first, his wife, and second, the squad leader, because they were even more fierce than him.

  This time the high school team was riding a horse at the bottom, and I heard him excitedly shouting: "Xiao Zhuang Xiao Zhuang look what good things I bought!"

  I looked up to see that he had his right arm in a sling, with the sleeve of his jacket still covering it. I was puzzled, and as I took a closer look, I almost fell off the small hill - a black eagle was grasping the cuff of his sleeve, staring at me fiercely, its feathers sleek, claws sharp, beak hard. In one word, it was even cooler and more handsome than the white-headed eagle on the 101st Airborne Division's insignia - an absolutely beautiful big black eagle!

  "500 yuan! Just 500 yuan and it's mine!" The high school team was so excited, just like a kid, they even forgot how to collect the money normally. When people get excited, they tend to show off, no matter who is in front of them, this is called being elated and forgetting one's shape.

  He was just admiring the scenery over there when I heard someone shouting through a loudspeaker: "Rabbit, get off that donkey!"

  He immediately became ugly and turned his horse around. I then saw the battalion commander standing behind the assault vehicle, holding a loudspeaker in his right hand, furious, and shouting at his driver to drive over. The high school team hastily dismounted their horses. I said he was afraid of the battalion commander, but not others, and even if someone had a higher military rank than him, he wouldn't be afraid, but he would still obey orders as it was his duty. Our battalion commander held the loudspeaker like Patton and drove the assault vehicle over, leaving smoke behind. I knew the battalion commander must have just returned from the training grounds because the deputy battalion commander and chief of staff were watching from below, laughing at the scene.

  I didn't see the face of the high school team, but I know his face must have turned white. The captain's car arrived in front and people jumped down without even braking - over 40 years old and still so agile is not often seen, he's fine and really runs special obstacle courses, although the speed is not as fast as ours, but it can be seen that when young, he was a good hand, not bragging.

  The team leader swung the loudspeaker onto the car and pointed at the high school team's nose, scolding: "What are you? I'm asking you what are you?!"

  High school team: "I am Xiao Gao..."

  The battalion commander pointed at his nose and scolded: "You son of a bitch, you're looking for me to clean up after you?! What are you?! Are you yourself?! You're a soldier! You're a lieutenant colonel, you're my subordinate! Playing with eagles?! Are you a descendant of the Eight Banners?! You're a People's Liberation Army lieutenant colonel! Put this thing away, damn it!"

  The high school team was clearly reluctant to part with it, not just because of the 500 yuan, but also because I knew that this guy really liked it. The captain turned around and walked away: "Cheng, if you don't let go, then don't." And then he got on the bus.

  "Let me go!"

  The team leader's voice had just fallen when the eagle flew out, and then I saw the real eagle soaring in the sky! So beautiful, I will never forget it for my whole life! Then I saw the high school team standing there pitifully looking at the eagle in the sky. The team leader didn't even look at him, turned around and got on the car, saying to the driver: "Go! Let's go back and have a meeting!"

  The assault vehicle turned around and left like a rabbit. I saw the high school team standing there pitifully for half a day, but they didn't complain at all. This bird person is not afraid of anyone in our big team, but he's just afraid of the big team leader. Because it was the big team leader who saved him from the enemy's wolf mouth, they are brothers, not just superiors and subordinates. So the big team leader absolutely has status in front of him, what kind of person can make a bird person submit?

  I forgot to mention that the captain's surname is He. It was Captain He, the reconnaissance company commander who had captured Zhong Miao Lian, a first-class meritorious service medal recipient and war hero. He gave us the name "Wolf Fang", we were all his soldiers. If I had to describe him in one sentence, it would be - a real man.

  I got a bit sidetracked, but Captain He's story is definitely worth telling. I'll tell it later, but for now, I just wanted to say that this Dog Head High School team is something else, and I've seen it with my own eyes. If it weren't for Captain He taking care of them and nurturing them, who knows what kind of state they'd be in? Captain He is absolutely a real man, a true hero, and there are few people like him in this world. Even our military district's deputy commander likes to chat with him and shoot the breeze when he has nothing better to do.

  I'm telling you, when he talks to the deputy commander, a major general in the People's Liberation Army, it's like they're brothers, using slang and colloquialisms like "mom's bastard". You might not believe me, but this is true because I saw it with my own eyes! At the time, I was providing security for target practice... you don't know how things work in the military, but a unit's personality is determined by its leader. Why is our Dog Head Battalion so weird and arrogant? It's because our battalion commander is a real weirdo!

  I've said too much, how did He Dui come out so early? Ah, the package is too early, so this doesn't count as a formal appearance, it's just to remind everyone what kind of person our team leader is. This section still talks about high school teams, but he really can't compare to He Dui, he's far inferior!

  These are all interspersed and not the main storyline. He Dui's birdman can't appear so simply, I need to design it carefully!