The forty-ninth chapter has this life but not the afterlife
Whoosh~
The military shuttle landed at the military airport on the outskirts of Taipei. Li Yi did not expect that the headquarters of the Ranger Corps was actually located here. He thought the shuttle would transport him to a remote place in the wilderness.
After getting off the shuttle, he saw Zhang Jindong and Otto waving to him from a distance. Li Yi smiled slightly and walked out of the airport to meet the two masters.
Otto sighed, "When we woke up this morning, we found that you were gone. We thought you were not even willing to say goodbye. Who would have thought that I would see you here in the afternoon."
Zhang Jindong patted Li Yi heavily on the shoulder, "Good boy! I happened to be in the regimental leader's office when the personnel department sent the dispatch order. When I saw your name, my eyes almost popped out. Since you are coming, why?
Don’t say hello to us.”
Li Yi shrugged and said, "Isn't telling you in advance equivalent to taking the back door? After all, I don't know if I will pass the review."
Zhang Jindong and Odo both smiled bitterly. Zhang Jindong said: "Approval? Do you know that the military department's head hurts to death in order to replenish the Rangers? You are the first person to take the initiative to apply for transfer to the Rangers this year."
For the cavalry unit, the personnel department approved you without even blinking an eye, and then immediately sent you to the ranger headquarters, just in case you suddenly changed your mind."
"Others try their best not to think of the Ranger Corps, but you took the initiative to apply to come here. I really don't know what to say to you."
Odo raised his chin and motioned to Zhang Jindong to pick up the car, saying, "Let's go. I'll take you to the camp first to have a look. Have you talked to Lao Hei?"
Li Yi shook his head, "No, Jacob should also agree with my choice, right?"
"That's not necessarily the case." Odo said solemnly: "Old Hei knows what the Rangers mean. If it's really for your own good, he will definitely stop you."
Li Yi followed Zhang Jindong and Odo on the road. All the vehicles they encountered along the way, including the military vehicles with Rangers printed on them, all stayed away. The traffic was smooth and unimpeded. There were even people who saluted the military vehicles with solemn expressions.
Probably these common people also understand in their hearts that the Ranger Legion is known as the always-defeated legion, but their efforts to defeat the darkness cannot be ignored, so they respect the Rangers from the bottom of their hearts.
The Ranger Corps' camp is actually in the city, a rather prosperous place, surrounded by pubs, restaurants, and even a dance hall.
Zhang Jindong said with a smile: "You have learned a lot. As long as our Rangers are not on missions, we can do whatever we like. Even the military police pretend not to see it. The commander of the regiment specifically applied to build the military camp here. It is convenient.
Everyone has fun.”
The Ranger Corps compound is supposed to be an important military institution, but there are no guards at all. Anyone can come and go at will.
On the basketball court, a group of local teenagers were playing basketball, and two men wearing military vests mingled with the teenagers.
A middle-aged soldier put his son on his shoulders and rode a big horse, holding his wife's hand. The family walked out happily, and they didn't forget to say hello when they saw Otto and Zhang Jindong.
Can this be called a military camp? It was more lively than the courtyard of a machine factory. There were children everywhere. A group of wild dogs who came from nowhere stole meat and bones from the canteen. The fat master was so angry that he yelled and cursed.
In doubt, Li Yi was taken to the regiment leader's office by Odo and Zhang Jindong. He saw several middle-aged men dressed as military officers gathering around to play chess. There were beer bottles on the table. Apparently, they had had two drinks at noon.
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Pa~
Li Yi stood at attention, saluted with a standard military salute, and said in a deep voice: "Li Yi, a new member of the Ranger Corps, come and report!"
Huh~
Everyone raised their heads and stared at Li Yi, while Odo and Zhang Jindong smiled evilly behind Li Yi.
"Are you Li Yi?" A middle-aged man wearing only a vest leaned back and asked.
"yes!"
"Well, let's put the chess away first. This is our first warrior to apply this year, and he is also a commander." The middle-aged man said.
So everyone put away the chessboard, and the middle-aged man came to Li Yi and said calmly: "The old ghost and the fox have told me about you. In the Rangers, there is only one thing you need to remember. In the Legion,
There are no officers, only brothers!"
"My name is Xiao Chen, the seventeenth generation of the Rangers. That is Lin Feng, the commander of the first battalion. The one with the beard is Howard, the commander of the second battalion. The dark and thin one is Tu Lei, the commander of the third battalion."
"If I die one day, even if Lin Feng is sitting in this position, you will still be his brothers." Xiao Chen, the commander of the regiment, seemed to regard death as a child's play, and spoke lightly.
Lin Feng smiled and waved his hand and said: "Whoever wants to take the blame will do it! If you die, I think Tu Lei will take over."
Tu Lei, who was dark and thin, was furious. He pointed at Lin Feng's nose and said, "You surnamed Lin, how can you be so shameless!? The lottery obviously picked you, okay!? You have to take the blame even if you don't want to!"
Lin Feng naturally sighed, and Li Yi was a little confused. Can the commander of the emotional army draw lots? What kind of army is this!?
Xiao Chen laughed heartily, ignored the interesting group of battalion commanders under his command, put on his coat, and led Li Yi out of the office.
"Boss, are you not going on a mission these days? I promised to take my girlfriend to Yilan for a few days." A young soldier with curly hair asked.
"Then what are you waiting for? Go to the logistics department quickly and get a car, take your girl with you and get away as far as you can! If you don't have enough money, go to the property to withdraw the subsidy in advance. Is it enough to give you one year's payment first?" Xiao Chen was very worried.
said happily.
"That's enough. I won't need that much. I've already paid several years of subsidies in advance." The curly-haired young man touched his head in embarrassment.
The old ghost interjected from the side: "Liu Zi, take it if it's given to you! Who did you learn to be so pretentious? We rangers don't like this!"
Soon, Liu Zi advanced a year's subsidy from the finance, drove the legion's bus, and left the legion station with a very shy girl, and someone even gave him a few boxes of condoms as a prank...
Passing by the basketball court, Xiao Chen was pushed onto the court by several of his men to play basketball for a while. When they heard that Li Yi was new here, they pulled Li Yi down too.
Although Xiao Chen is the commander of the legion, he is obviously not proficient in basketball. After Li Yi blocked the legion commander with a block, everyone actually laughed at Xiao Chen for his poor skills, but praised Li Yi more.
"No more playing! No more playing! Do you guys know how to bully me and have the ability to compete with me in football!?" Xiao Chen waved his hand and jumped out of the circle.
In this way, Xiao Chen led Li Yi all the way, and was stopped by various inexplicable people along the way.
A soldier's newborn son even peed on Xiao Chen's pants, but he was not angry at all. He even said that this kid had the guts to pee on the legion commander, and that he would be better than his father when he grew up.
A few hundred meters away, Xiao Chen took Li Yi for more than an hour. Along the way, he kept talking to others, sometimes sullen, sometimes laughing. Everyone seemed to recognize him, even those who lived nearby.
Children are no exception.
Pointing to a six-story empty military camp, Xiao Chen said: "This is your dormitory."
Li Yi was slightly startled, frowned and said, "All?"
Xiao Chen nodded and said: "The Ranger Corps is a standard organization of 5,000 people. Now there are less than 1,000 people. You can live in whatever you choose. These dormitories are empty, at least they are empty now..."
Zhang Jindong turned his head to the other side, as if he didn't want to see the empty military camp, while Otto sighed deeply.
"Li Yi, what do you think of the Ranger Corps?" Xiao Chen asked.
"It's different from what I thought. When I was in school, there were many rules. For example, subordinates must obey their superiors, salute when meeting leaders, and those who are sitting in their seats must stand up and wait for the leaders to leave before they can sit down..." Li Yi thought about it
Yixiang replied.
"Fuck the rules." Xiao Chen curled his lips, glanced at the barracks where his brothers once lived, but was now as quiet as a tomb, swallowed, and said hoarsely: "Remember, there is no one in the legion.
Superiors and subordinates are only brothers!"
"As brothers, there is this life and no afterlife..."
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Perhaps out of fear of being offended, no one accompanied Li Yi into the barracks.
Pushing open a door, Li Yi saw a folded quilt, half-eaten chocolate on the table, a crisp military uniform that had just been dry-cleaned, and photos taken with his family.
Obviously, the owner of the room has left, and his family has not had time to collect his belongings in the military camp.
Someone placed a bouquet of small flowers on the bed. They had just been picked in the morning, exuding a faint fragrance, and the morning dew still remained on the green branches and leaves.
Pushing open another door, it was still the same. The bright flowers added a bit of life to the lifeless barracks.
Finding an empty room, Li Yi put down his luggage and lay on the bed, looking at the empty ceiling.
I don’t know who the past owner of this barracks was and what its story was.
Since the establishment of the Ranger Corps, hundreds of thousands of soldiers have lived here like Li Yi, but now there are less than a thousand left...
Hundreds of thousands of stories don't know where they start, but they all end here.
Before I knew it, it was already dark.
Li Yi suddenly felt a huge depression. He hurriedly walked out of the room, lit a cigarette for himself, and took a deep breath.
Downstairs in the six-story dormitory, someone lit candles to pay homage to the brother they had just lost.
Hundreds of candles are like stars in the sky. The red flames are blown by the wind, as if they are dying and will be extinguished at any time. But when the wind passes, the candles burn tenaciously again, reflecting the six-story barracks into the color of the sunset.
, it looks beautiful from a distance.
Unlike during the day, the entire military camp was unexpectedly quiet.
These guys from the Ranger Corps are so heartless, but after witnessing countless laughter and farewells, they are more accustomed to burying their thoughts in their hearts.
After blowing out a smoke ring, Li Yi lay on the railing and looked at the candles lit for his brothers at his feet. He seemed to suddenly understand what Xiao Chen said today.
"As brothers, we have this life and no afterlife."