Chapter 30 Down to Company 4

  Others saw that the two leaders had stopped moving their chopsticks, so they also stopped. At this time, Bai Mianshu suddenly turned to Lei and said with a smile: "Hehe, it seems that no one has spoken yet. From now on, I will be your battalion commander. We both just joined that battalion, so we must take care of each other in the future." After finishing speaking, Bai Mianshu extended his right hand to Lei.

  Lei Yu hesitated for a moment, then hastily stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Bai Mian Shu Sheng, before giving him a standard military salute, saying loudly: "Battalion Commander!"

  The young scholar in white waved his hand at Lei and said, "Sit down, sit down quickly. We are now on the territory of Luotian, so you don't need to call me Captain either. Oh, my name is Wei Heping, just call me by my name here."

  "Yes, Battalion Commander!" Lei replied loudly. Although the pale-faced scholar said so, how could a new recruit like him dare to address the battalion commander by name?

  To ease the atmosphere, Wei Ping picked up his chopsticks and shouted to everyone: "Eat, don't be stunned! Such good things, who knows when we can eat them again!", after finishing speaking, he took the lead in eating wildly.

  Although everyone picked up their chopsticks again under Wei Ping's lead, no one was in the mood now. Lei ate a few more mouthfuls before putting down his chopsticks, he really didn't have any appetite. Lu Tian asked Lei at this time: "Lei, are your gifts all prepared?"

  "Not yet, I'll go prepare first." Lei said and then got up to run back to the dormitory. Actually, Lei's luggage had been packed for a long time, he just didn't want to stay there anymore. Lei sat alone on his bed, gently stroking the bed board, reminiscing about the past. When he first knew he was going to leave this place, Lei really wanted to be the first one to leave, but now that it's finally time to leave, Lei couldn't bear to part with it.

  When Lei walked out of the dormitory gate with his luggage, Wei Ping was already standing at the door waiting for him, and a jeep was parked five meters behind Wei Ping. Lei looked around and found that none of the four people, including the company commander, non-commissioned officer, superior soldier, and medic, had come to see him off. Lei smiled slightly, thinking it was better this way, they must be as afraid of parting as he was. Wei Ping asked Lei in a low voice, "Have you got everything?"

  "Uh-huh, everything is here." Lei nodded and said. Lei's departure was as simple as the new recruits who left this place, with only a backpack and a bag.

  The driver ran over to help Lei put the luggage on the car, and Lei followed Wei and Ping onto the car. The car slowly started moving, and through the blurry window, Lei took a last look at the military camp. Yes, just like Lianzhang Road Tian said, this place was one that he would never forget.

  Because he didn't eat well today, and the effects of yesterday's drinking hadn't completely worn off, Lei fell asleep soon after sitting in the car. When he opened his eyes again, he found that the driver had been replaced by Battalion Commander Wei. It seemed that the original driver had driven for a long time already. Lei looked out the window and saw that it was already slightly bright outside, with weak sunlight shining through. He asked Battalion Commander Wei in a soft voice, "Battalion Commander, may I ask you something?"

  "Oh, you're awake?". Wei He Ping concentrated on driving while responding to Lei: "Go ahead and ask whatever you want."

  Lei straightened his back a bit to make himself more comfortable, then asked: "I'd like to know where we're headed? What's the name of our unit?"

  Perhaps it was their conversation that woke up the driver. The driver rubbed his eyes and said to Wei Ping, "Captain, I'll drive."

  "Oh." Wei Ping replied softly, he slowed down the car and stopped it, then swapped seats with the driver. When the car started moving again, he took out a pack of crackers from a bag beside him and tossed them to Lei: "You eat, I think you must be hungry too."

  Lei took the cookies and said, "Thank you, Captain." He was really hungry now, having only eaten a few pieces of chicken last night, which was at least ten hours ago, not enough time for digestion for Lei who was still growing.

  Wei Ping himself also opened a package of crackers, and as he ate, he said to Lei: "Our unit is the 95431st unit of the 70th Division of the 81st Army. It's two hundred kilometers away from your new recruit training place, also in the mountains, but the facilities are slightly better than yours."

  Lei munched on crackers while listening to Wei Ping's words, imagining what the place he was about to stay in would be like.

  Wei Ping saw Lei not speaking, so he turned to ask the driver: "About how much longer will it take to arrive?"

  "The driver listened and hastily replied: 'It will probably take about two more hours, Battalion Commander.'"

  Wei nodded and turned to Lei, "We'll arrive soon, you can sleep a bit more." After saying that, he lay down himself and closed his eyes, seemingly not having slept much the previous night either.

  Let me sleep a bit more, how can Lei still sleep now? The sky is getting brighter and the scenery outside the car window is becoming clearer. Lei sat there, looking out of the window at the passing scenery, imagining that one day he would meet Lian again on a long journey. He thought to himself: "I must become stronger, when I get to the new squad, I will have to work harder than others, I definitely can't let Lian see me as weak again."

  Indeed, as the driver had said, they arrived at the camp within two hours. According to Lei's observation along the way, he found that although there were also villages near the camp, the nearest one was at least two kilometers away, and the village was very small, with only a few dozen households. Moreover, the distance between this village and the next one was at least more than ten kilometers. When they arrived, everyone in the camp had already lined up outside the gate to welcome the new camp commander. After getting off the car, nobody seemed to notice Lei, nor did anyone care what he was doing there, and Lei could only follow behind the commander like a child without a mother, wandering around everywhere.

  Wei Ping had been busy since he arrived, first meeting with his new comrades and giving them a brief report. Then there was the leadership handover meeting (mainly just getting to know each other). By the time Wei Ping stopped, it was almost lunchtime. As he walked out of the conference room, he saw Lei waiting at the door with gifts, and only then did he remember that he hadn't arranged anything for Lei yet. He turned around and called out: "First Company Commander."

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