Military compound

Shan Jun struggled and was supported by Zhou Haifeng. Bullets whized past their heads. Zhou Haifeng grabbed Shan Jun's hand to avoid bullets, and pulled him into the dense jungle...

The instructor was outside the forest, looking down at his watch.

The soldiers lying on the side were like a school of dead fish, surrounded by health workers.Shan Jun looked up at the sunlight falling from the gaps in the leaves, as if he had died once, even his thinking was numb.He didn't even know why, why he came here to suffer.

Another person ran towards the finish line, the oil paint was washed into sweat mud, tattered clothes and scars all over his body, struggling to the finish line with his last strength.The soldiers looked at them silently, and the instructor was also silent.

The only sounds in the forest were their bellows-like panting and persistent footsteps.When they reached the finish line, they fell to the ground with empty eyes.There was no celebration, no joy, just silence.Because they have been eliminated.

The closer to the last days, the elimination every day seems so cruel.

A veteran dragged an injured foot and fell ten meters before the finish line.He wanted to climb but couldn't get up, and moved forward with difficulty.Someone wanted to help him, but he threw him away. He climbed the last ten meters under the silent gaze of everyone.

After crossing the finish line, he didn't get up, just sat on the ground blankly, and suddenly raised his head to the sky and roared like a trapped animal: "...Why me—!...I don't want to leave!!..."

He wailed, the cry was tragic and tragic, it was the desperate cry of a veteran, and it broke everyone's heart.

He has reached the end of his life, and the soldiers who have not been transferred to non-commissioned officers will be eliminated, and what awaits him is to be discharged.He will take off this uniform forever, and say goodbye to the barracks, and this is only the last step.This step announced the end of his military career. Next year, he will never have the chance to do it again, and he will lose this opportunity forever.

Someone wept.Only those who have served in the military can experience this feeling.

Shan Jun stared fixedly at the weeping veteran.

Soldiers, this uniform, this five-pointed star.From the moment he was conscious, he knew that he would take this path in the future, and he was used to all of this. He never thought about how it felt, it seemed to be logical, and he never really thought about its meaning.

The tears and desperate cries of a man who was about to take off his military uniform shocked Shan Jun at this moment.

Some people go, some people stay.Some people want to stay, but they can only miss forever, leaving a lifetime of regrets.

Zhou Haifeng helped the old soldier up, aligned the gun behind him, picked up the helmet on the ground, and put it on his head again.

The veterans limped toward the truck that would take them away.

Before getting into the car, he turned around, Zhou Haifeng raised his right hand, and saluted his tearful face with a military salute.

The veteran straightened his back with tears in his eyes, and returned the salute...

The people behind all stood up and raised their right hands in unison...

Here, someone always has to leave.However, there are always some things that are left here forever.Stay in the back of every one who leaves.

Shan Jun stood among them, holding his hand for a long time...

Shan Jun later asked Zhou Haifeng, why did you come to be a soldier?

"Is it worth it? They, and us, and these people." Shan Jun pointed to the remaining people, each of whom was manipulated so that they looked neither human nor ghost. "For what, Faith? Don't talk nonsense, the army has changed now, it's not the time of war, I know what you are called outside, silly soldiers! Is it worth it?"

I know the current troops, agencies, and single army too well. In the era of the market economy in the 90s, there were so many cadres who couldn’t wait to take off their military uniforms and go into business when they were panning for gold and getting rich.Those who run officials are corrupt, those who pull relationships through the back door, those who lead troops to do side jobs to make money, and those who sell promotion indicators as business, Shan Jun takes too much.So he doubts the meaning of modern soldiers, the real glory and dream of this profession, only belongs to the era of artillery fire.No matter how many difficult and dangerous tasks a volunteer soldier gets promoted, how many training achievements and honors he gets, he is no match for a phone call from the government compound!What are they fighting for? !Just for this uniform?

"Maybe not worth it."

Zhou Haifeng said.

"But some people don't have many choices. He can only do what he thinks is right among his few choices. You can say it's worthless, but you can't say it's worthless."

"..." Shan Jun fell silent.He was lost in thought.

Shan Jun asked Zhou Haifeng, do you really want to stay until the end?

Zhou Haifeng said without hesitation, yes.

Shan Jun asked, why?

Zhou Haifeng said, for a promise.

On the training ground, teams of two compete in formation.

In front of the high plank, Zhou Haifeng leaned his back against the wall and put his hands together, Shan Jun stepped on his hands and flipped onto the high plank neatly.Shan Jun pulled Zhou Haifeng up with his backhand, and the two climbed over and landed at the same time, and their highly consistent movements were neat and orderly like one person.

They pulled the rope and swung across the pool in pairs. Several moving targets popped up on both sides at the same time. The two shot each target in a lying, kneeling and sitting position.In the end, the hostage target popped out, which was Shan Jun’s shooting position. Zhou Haifeng swung the pistol at his waist, and Shan Jun accurately received it in his hand, as if he had cooperated for many years. He kneeled and slid backwards to aim and shoot, and hit the hostage with one shot. The head of the gangster behind the target.

Before the competition, the two practiced many times. Zhou Haifeng taught Shan Jun the obstacle-crossing skills hand in hand. He led him to practice a lot at night, and the cooperation was flawless.

Amidst the cheers, the two threw down their guns and put on two hemp ropes that were held in the air. One stood on one side of the ropes, with a basketball sandwiched between his chests. This was a subject for training balance and coordination. Both of them shook their bodies slightly. Carefully rest your chest against that basketball, moving in sync on the rope.Zhou Haifeng looked into Shan Jun's eyes, and Shan Jun also looked at him. Next to him were cheering shouts. The two of them controlled their breathing in sync, even the frequency of their chest rising and falling...

After reaching the finish line steadily, they jumped off the rope and ran to another subject point. The instructor handed them a one-kilogram explosive package and ignited the fuse.

It burns in the hands for only 30 seconds, and it is passed between the hands of four people. The instructor keeps shooting and harassing with gunshots at the same time, and the four people answer questions while passing it.

"What is four plus two!"

"Six! What's my last name!"

"one!"

"Today's password!"

After a few tense laps, the explosive package was in the hands of Shan Jun again, and the 30 seconds were coming to an end. They had to ask questions and answer while calculating the explosion time, and points would be deducted for early release.

After finishing asking the questions in the first two rounds, Shan Jun's mind suddenly went blank when the explosive package was in Shan Jun's hands and he saw the sparks of the fuze approaching the final root rapidly.

But he can't stop, and if he stops, points will be deducted.He handed the explosive package to Zhou Haifeng, and the moment he opened his mouth, a word flew out of his brain at all: "Do you like me!"

Holding the dynamite pack, Zhou Haifeng froze suddenly.

Shan Jun was also stunned.

The moment they were stunned, the instructor's face changed color and he rushed over.

Shan Jun suddenly woke up, grabbed the explosive package from Zhou Haifeng's hand, and threw it into the culvert.

"Get down!"

The instructor yelled, and everyone fell down. Zhou Haifeng threw Shan Jun on top of him. With a bang, the water in the splashed culvert blasted out headlessly and hit them.

The results are valid, and everyone else is focusing on the explosives in an emergency, and no one listens to what Shanjun said.Shan Jun got up and ran to the next subject, and jumped into a 2-meter-deep ditch. Zhou Haifeng jumped in after him and grabbed him inside.

"Who asked you to snatch it?! What if it blows up!"

Zhou Haifeng's eyebrows and eyes changed. Just now, the single army rushed forward to grab it, and it may be detonated in advance at any time!

"Then let it blow you up?" Shan Jun shouted.

"I can throw it away!" Although Zhou Haifeng could only throw it out because of the safety of the single army position, it would definitely violate the rules if he couldn't throw it into the culvert, but it was safer than this.

"That point is gone! Don't you want to stay until the end? Get out of the way!"

Shan Jun roared, pushed him away, put his hands on the wall and jumped to the ground with a kick.

"..." Zhou Haifeng froze in place until the soldier who jumped in behind pushed him...

After that day, Shan Jun wanted to talk to Zhou Haifeng several times to explain what he said that day, but he didn't know what to say.

Although he was annoyed by that sentence that day, he just asked, and he didn't regret it.

Others didn't hear clearly, but he knew Zhou Haifeng could hear clearly.Shan Jun could clearly see Zhou Haifeng's expression even in such a tense situation.

He wanted to know what Zhou Haifeng thought, and if Zhou Haifeng had answered at that time, how would he have answered...

Just as he was messing around, someone came, someone he didn't expect.

That day, Shan Jun was climbing a building surrounded by a group of people. During the sound of cheering, Shan Jun went up to the top of the building. Zhou Haifeng looked at his watch, raised his head and made a sign of eight to Shan Jun. Shan Jun smiled complacently.

Just as it was bustling, there was the roar of cars in the distance, everyone turned their heads, and Zhou Haifeng also turned their heads.

A luxurious off-road jeep passed the training field arrogantly, and drove quickly, stirring up smoke and dust behind it, as if entering no one's land.When it got close, an exaggerated tail flick made an emergency stop, and amidst the sound of sharp brakes, it stopped arrogantly.

"..." The noise fell silent, and everyone stared blankly at this dazzling super off-road vehicle and the military plate on it.The initial letter and a series of dizzying "0"s are enough for these soldiers to instantly understand where the car came from and what it is.

The door opened and a person got out.He was dressed in a fashionable and bright style, like a Hong Kong and Taiwan star on TV, in stark contrast to the gray-faced soldiers in front of him.

He closed the car door, leaned lazily on the car, took off his sunglasses slowly, raised his face, squinted his eyes and smiled towards the roof.

Shan Jun stood on the top, dumbfounded...

"Xiangzi!" Shan Jun went down to the ground, and hugged the person smiling at him fiercely.

"Why are you here!" Shan Jun slammed his fist on the prince's shoulder, surprised, he didn't expect the prince to come to this ravine.

"You can come, but I can't?" The prince still had the same slutty tone, his eyes were fixed on Shan Jun's face. "I heard that you are a savage here, please open your eyes."

"Fuck you! You made this new?" Shan Jun looked at the burnt armed off-road jeep with great interest. "Okay, the taste has improved?"

"Imported original, there are only three cars in the whole city. How about it?" The prince patted the car shell, "I like it, it's yours."

"I'll burn you!" Shan Jun said with a smile.

After talking for a while, Shan Jun realized that the atmosphere was not right. When he turned his head, the soldiers around him looked at them strangely, and they were surprisingly quiet.

"You go to the team headquarters first, I'll come over after training." Shan Jun pulled the prince aside and said.He forgot for a moment, what kind of place this is, this car, this person, and this place are all too conspicuous.

"Is it so troublesome? Staff Officer Cheng!" The prince lazily shouted, and the cadre standing on the other side of the car came over, with two bars and two stars on his shoulders, he was a lieutenant colonel.He came with the prince.Staff Officer Cheng went to talk to the two instructors, and the instructors approved the leave.

"Let's go? My young master?" The prince opened the car door for Shan Jun.