bestfiction Chapter 144 Northwest Border War!
Chapter 144 Northwest Border War!
"They look down on people!"
"That's impossible, right? You're from the capital, and your father is a high-ranking official. In our army, from the chief commander at the headquarters to the divisional commander, they are all your father's comrades or subordinates. How dare the company commanders and instructors look down on you? They all treat you like an ancestor.
"You don't understand what I mean. They look down on me from the bottom of their hearts, and it's a preconceived notion. They don't care how you perform, they've already labeled you a 'backdoor recruit'."
Yuan Jun said:
"But they're right. I did get in through the backdoor, thanks to my father, but I absolutely don't agree that I'm taking advantage. They're not convinced. I'm a backdoor person, so I guess I'm just here to get some credit, and then transferred to the headquarters to be a small leader. What about them? They squeezed their heads and finally got in, toiled and worked diligently for several years, and finally got promoted. They feel unbalanced, but what I want to tell them is that I didn't get all this for nothing. It was earned by my father who fought bloody battles and paid with his life. You don't accept it, but where was your father back then?
Besides, Deputy Commander Yao originally asked me to stay at the headquarters, but I asked to go to the company. I don't have big ambitions. I prefer to be free and easy, and I don't want to be a big leader. I just want the leaders to treat me equally. But they keep saying that I'm a relative or a backdoor soldier. How can I not be annoyed? Just because I have a good father, who the hell did I offend?
"Yuan Jun, you are indeed different from those people with connections, such as Li Shengli. I'm going to say something you won't like to hear. Actually, I was a little jealous of you before. I had to fight for something that was so easy for you. The gap in my heart is really hard to eliminate.
This is like two students. One doesn't listen carefully in class, sleeps, is late and leaves early, is careless, and never reads books. The other studies hard and stays up late to review after school. But when the test results come out, the careless student gets a perfect score, while you who stayed up late to study get a failing grade. It would be uncomfortable for either of them, don't you think?
I think it's no big deal. Just keep a calm mindset. Once you're calm, you'll feel better. Everything else won't be a problem."
"Daming, you shouldn't be an artilleryman, you should be an instructor. Where did you learn all this?"
Wang Daming was about to speak when a man's voice came over, "Yuan Jun, you two are here. I'm going to have a hard time finding you."
Yuan Jun knew who it was without even looking. He turned around and saw the person coming. "What's going on?"
Li Shengli said, "You two should wash up and go out for dinner together."
"We're not that familiar with each other, are we? Don't you worry that I'll overturn the table when we eat? No!"
"Yuan Jun, this isn't my treat. Company Commander Ji asked me to come find you. The instructor is here too, and so is Daming. If you have the guts, go flip the table in front of the company commander."
"The company commander and instructor are here. Did the squad leader go and complain about me again? I didn't cause any trouble. I won't take the blame."
"Don't waste your time. You'll know what's going on once you get there. Go wash up and get going!"
The two put down their work, cleaned up, and then left together. In the company cafeteria, in a small private room, the company commander Ji Changhe, the instructor Wu Yunguo, the squad leader Duan Tiezhu, and the rest of the tank squad, including the three of them, were all there, sitting around a large round table.
Ji Changhe saw the visitor,
"Yuan Jun, Shengli, Daming, come on, you three are the only ones missing, come and sit down."
Yuan Jun and the other two sat down and looked around. There were many delicious dishes on the table.
Yuan Jun said, "Captain, what's going on today? I feel like I'm at the Hongmen Feast."
"Yuan Jun, you are talking nonsense again," Duan Tiezhu said with a thick Shandong accent.
"This meal is a farewell meal specially arranged by the company commander and the instructor for our fifth squad. Please don't make trouble."
Ji Changhe, Wu Yunguo and Duan Tiezhu are all fellow Shandong natives.
Farewell dinner?
The other soldiers in the class were all whispering to each other, obviously unaware of the situation. "Captain, are we going to fight?"
"Who are you fighting, the Russians?"
"Our troops are deep in the interior, not on the border. This shouldn't be the case..."
"Okay, everyone, be quiet, this is not a war!"
Jichang River:
"It's not that I look down on you, but you new recruits who can't even hold a gun steady, how can you fight the enemy? Go up there and be cannon fodder. We just received an order from our superiors to extract five squads from our company to carry out a special mission. It will take about three or four months. Don't ask me what the specific mission is, because I don't know. After this meal, we will leave tomorrow morning."
"Three or four months, that means it will last until the Chinese New Year," Li Shengli was also confused.
"Captain, can we go back for the New Year?"
"It's already this time, why bother talking about celebrating the New Year or not? Shengli, you have to understand that you are a soldier now. Since you put on this military uniform, you must always be prepared to fight and sacrifice for your country."
Yuan Jun got the hint and said, "Company Commander, has something happened outside? Are those old Russians in the Northeast unable to contain themselves and doing evil again?"
Wuyunguo Road:
"It wasn't in the north, it was in the Gobi Desert on the far northwestern border of Xinjiang. It happened a few days ago. It was bound to get out sooner or later anyway, so I'll tell you about it. A border patrol team of our army was ambushed by the Russians. Over 30 soldiers were killed. Every one of them was completely disfigured by bullets, and some even burned after death, making them unrecognizable."
"Fuck the old Russians. They always do such awful things that are outrageous to both humans and gods. Damn it."
"Captain, are we going to have a fight with the Russians? Let's use our tanks to blast them to pieces."
"Okay, didn't I tell you, this is not a war?" Ji Changhe said:
"The Russians dared to kill more than 30 of our border patrol soldiers because they suffered a great loss in the Zhenbao Island conflict in Northeast China at the beginning of the year. They hold a grudge and are waiting for an opportunity to retaliate. Now the situation on both sides is tense and irreconcilable. It's like a powder keg that can explode at any time. You must understand this. If a large-scale war really breaks out in the future, going to the battlefield is inevitable. Now you have other tasks.
Don't ask me anything else, come on, raise your glasses and drink one first..."
The farewell dinner lasted about an hour, and everyone had their own thoughts. Yuan Jun planned to go to the headquarters military hospital to say goodbye to Zhou Xiaobai. After all, he would be gone for half a year. He also wanted to ask her to help mail the letters he wrote to Yuemin, Zheng Tong and others. There was only one bus a day from the company to the headquarters, and it was always crowded. There was no room for him to squeeze in, so he could only sit in the aisle at the back. Li Shengli also got on the bus. There was no room in the front, so he went to the back and sat down in the aisle. The two of them were huddled together, and neither of them paid any attention to each other.