My Military Career in a Parallel World

December 13th.

This is a special day.

After a week-long hiking training, Jiang Chen and others set out from Jinling, walked hundreds of kilometers, and finally returned to the city.

However, this time their destination was not the Army Command College, but a memorial hall located on Shuiximen Street.

"Now I give you half an hour to take care of your personal hygiene, tidy up your appearance, and change into the regular clothes in your backpack!"

"Yes!"

Although no one knew what the battalion commander wanted to do, everyone did as he asked.

When the regular uniforms were set out for training, Hong Haijiang specifically requested the squad leaders to make sure everyone carried them.

At that time, Jiang Chen was quite puzzled as to why they had to wear regular clothes for the training, until he saw the training destination specially marked by Hong Haijiang on the map.

Jiangdongmen Memorial Hall.

It also has another name, "Memorial Hall of the Victims of the XX Massacre".

Hong Haijiang held the commissioning ceremony for new recruits here.

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"Platoon leader."

"Ok?"

"Why did the battalion commander ask us to change into our regular uniforms? We are not going to walk back to school from here in our leather shoes!"

"Just change it if I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense? I'm telling you guys, be serious now and stop smiling!"

Jiang Chen said without turning his head, and finally did not forget to warn everyone.

The new recruits shut up immediately and changed their clothes obediently. Old soldiers like Zhang Wuqiang seemed to have thought of something and their faces became serious.

Half an hour later, everyone changed their clothes and lined up.

"stand at attention!"

"Take a break!"

After simply arranging the queue, Hong Haijiang walked to the front of the team in his casual uniform.

"Before you leave, I have two requests!"

Hong Haijiang looked at the more than 400 recruits in front of him with an extremely serious tone.

"First, when we get there, open your eyes and look carefully, and listen carefully!"

"Secondly, keep your mouths shut! Don't let me hear any sound that doesn't belong to this place!"

Hong Haijiang's tone was very serious. Jiang Chen and others, who also knew the destination of this trip, also maintained solemn expressions on their faces.

Although the recruits didn't know what was about to happen, seeing that their squad leader and platoon leader both had serious faces, they were very "sensible" and kept their mouths shut.

"set off!"

After saying these two sentences, Hong Haijiang stopped talking nonsense and gave orders directly.

More than 400 recruits, lined up in four columns, marched in neat steps for about one kilometer, and a solemn and dignified memorial hall came into view from afar.

Five hundred meters away from the memorial, there was a truck parked, loaded with white flowers.

Without saying a word, everyone walked silently to the truck. Without needing help from others, everyone very consciously picked up a bouquet of flowers and held it solemnly in front of their chest.

When they reached the gate of the memorial hall, the team stopped moving forward.

Hong Haijiang's voice came again: "Take off your hat!"

More than 400 soldiers in regular uniforms took off their military caps and held the flowers in their hands at the same time.

"Let's go together!"

The team moved forward slowly. Jiang Chen didn't know if it was an illusion, but when he stepped into the gate of the memorial hall, he felt that all the colors of the world faded away in an instant, leaving only the black color that symbolized solemnity and majesty.

At this moment, no one needed to remind them, and no one needed to explain. Everyone's expression became solemn at the same time, and there was no longer a trace of doubt in their hearts...

The scene was very quiet, with only the sound of footsteps echoing in the ears.

"Standing!"

The team stopped in front of a huge black stone wall.

"To the left!"

Jiang Chen looked up at the large characters "300000 victims" engraved on the stone wall, walked forward silently, slowly bent down, and gently placed the flowers in his hand on the ground.

"salute!!!"

More than four hundred recruits held their military caps in one hand and raised their other hand while staring at the large characters on the stone wall. The fire in their hearts, like a raging fire boiling oil, reached its highest point at this moment.

"First of all, welcome everyone to visit our museum. We are now in the historical materials exhibition hall..."

A museum staff member stood in front of a huge rusty steel plate at the entrance of the exhibition hall, explaining the contents on the plate to everyone.

After entering the venue, everyone saw even more shocking things.

There are photos, historical images, but more of them are strings of suffocating numbers and names...

Return to the solemn black stone wall again.

"After reading it, what do you think?"

Hong Haijiang stood in front of the team. His voice was not very loud, but it was clearly heard by everyone.

"Think about the military uniforms you are wearing, what exactly does it mean? Every one of you should think carefully about the meaning of wearing this military uniform, what exactly does it mean!

Some people may think that this is just a set of clothes, clothes that make you feel handsome and cool when wearing it!

Some people also believe that this dress represents the future. Wearing it home during festivals can bring honor and face, and relatives and friends will follow behind and praise how promising so-and-so is, having been admitted to a military academy and becoming an officer! "

Hong Haijiang's words were deafening, and many people couldn't help but show shame on their faces.

Obviously, there are more than one or two people who have similar ideas.

"What does a military uniform mean? It means responsibility and mission!

I have said this many times, and you have heard it many times, and you may even be tired of hearing it!

But I still want to ask, do you really understand what responsibility and mission are?"

Hong Haijiang's voice suddenly rose:

"The responsibility and mission is to ensure that tragedies like this will never happen again on Chinese soil!!!"

When Hong Haijiang's voice fell, the eyes of more than 400 new recruits, including veterans like Jiang Chen, were red at this moment, but their identity as soldiers and the uniforms on their bodies made them hold back the tears in their eyes.

"So how do we accomplish such a responsibility and mission?!"

Hong Haijiang's voice sounded again. He looked at everyone with sharp eyes and roared again: "We can only fight! We must rely on the soldiers wearing the same military uniforms as us to fight! We must fight the enemy to the death with our lives and blood!"

"So, I want to ask you, are you ready? Are you ready to fight the enemy to the death with your life and blood, and defend this land and its people to the death?!!!"

"Ready at all the time!"

"Ready at all the time!!"

"Ready at all the time!!!"

More than four hundred soldiers roared in unison.

This was the first time they spoke since they set foot on this land.

"Okay! I will remember what you said today. I also hope that you can remember what you just said and put it into practice in the near future!!!"

"Now everyone listen up! Wear your military caps!"

After the speech, bright red cadet shoulder straps were distributed to each soldier, and two people worked in a group to quickly put on each other's military rank.

Facing the huge black stone wall with the images of their fallen compatriots engraved on it, everyone clenched their fists and raised them above their heads, turning the raging flames in their chests into roars:

"I am... a soldier. I swear to obey... to serve the people wholeheartedly, to obey orders, to strictly observe discipline, to be brave and tenacious, not to fear sacrifice, to practice hard to kill the enemy, to be ready to fight at any time, to never betray the army, and to defend the motherland to the death..."