At ten o'clock in the morning the next day, the school's main transportation boat quietly picked up thirteen instructors and the company platoon leader of the enlisted student regiment who were "injured on duty". An Yi and Zhang Tianyi finally felt relieved after watching the steamboat go away. They didn't sleep all night.
After assigning tasks, An Yi returned to the command bunker and fell asleep. The heavy exercise training originally planned to start today had to be postponed.
Before lunch, An Yi, who was in a daze, was woken up by his brothers. When he came to the straw shed, he had just picked up his rice bowl and had to put it down: the transportation boat of the school headquarters had docked at the dock again.
Two unsmiling military judges strode onto the river embankment, opened a folder under the nervous gaze of seventy-five engineering cadets, and announced an important decision from the school headquarters: Everything that happened from last night to early this morning was classified as a military secret.
From now on, anyone is strictly prohibited from leaking or discussing, and violators will be severely punished!
After the military judge read out the decision, he turned around and left. An Yi and Zhang Tianyi let out a long sigh, knowing that this matter was just as they predicted. It was a family scandal that they were embarrassed to spread, and would not be mentioned again until now. They were beaten in vain.
It didn't matter to the thirteen officers, because they themselves felt useless, and An Yi, who had good smoke and good food, greeted him attentively, and kept apologizing for his faults. The sorrowful feeling of regret and regret deeply touched the hearts of every accident victim.
In addition, this is not a personal vendetta but a business matter, and three of them have long been friends with An Yi, so there is no need for anyone to take it to heart.
The six main officers of the school headquarters are not so cool. The decision was made by them. No one expected such a disastrous defeat. If word spread that the old face would not look good, the prestige of the instructors would be deeply affected. Although the second engineer brigade
The district team has performed its duties well, but the honor of dozens of new eggs is far less precious than the officials' shame. It would be best to just not reward or punish them, keep tight-lipped, and just pretend that nothing happened.
The next morning, the officers and soldiers of the second district team began to engage in intense training. The training subjects made the team members deeply regretful: within two days, all dug trenches, bunkers and other facilities should be filled in!
The team members were very reluctant at first. Seeing their first work in their lives being destroyed, few felt comfortable. However, after some ideological education from An Yi, everyone expressed their understanding and implemented it seriously: because this is not theirs.
The land belongs to the common people. Since we dug it up, we should restore it to its original state before leaving. Otherwise, sorry to the villagers, if the wind, sun, wind and rain cause the soil to be loose and on the verge of collapse, it happens that the children of the village get in and play.
How can we tolerate the three long and two shortcomings?
Two days later, this area of 5,000 square meters basically returned to its original appearance. Seventy-five brothers once again moved to the thatched shack by the stream that was leaking from all directions. Just as the brothers picked up their rice bowls and lined up in front of the small kitchen.
During the meal, Lin Xudong led forty or fifty village strongmen and broke through the obstruction of the sentries and came to An Yi.
An Yi, who was queuing up in the queue, put his rice bowl into the hands of his brothers and hurriedly greeted him: "Fourth brother, so many brothers are here, are you okay?"
Lin Xudong snorted and shook his head: "Xiaoyi, you can do it! If I don't come, you won't say hello to me when I leave, right?"
"How do you say this?" An Yi asked puzzledly.
Lin Xudong laughed twice and pointed to the filled-up ground and a circle of new soil at the foot of the hill: "Why don't you plan to fill it in? You said you would leave it to me, hum!"
"Haha! Fourth brother, you misunderstood!"
An Yi stepped forward and pulled him to the entrance of the filled trench: "First of all, I want to say that filling it in is what we should do. This is the responsibility of soldiers, but we do not have to leave immediately after filling it in.
So far, we have not received any notice from our superiors. Secondly, this fortification is completely an experiment. Due to the lack of building materials, it has no strength at all. It can be used as a temporary position, but it is not suitable as a permanent fortification. It only needs to be
A heavy rain or a few days of drizzle will make this fortification useless. However, if the fourth brother wants to build such a fortification by himself, it is very simple. It only takes half a day for the younger brother to draw the drawings for the fourth brother, and it is better than
The filled-in one is more reasonable and scientific."
Lin Xudong finally calmed down: "Is that so... you really won't leave right away?"
"How is it possible to leave right away? I don't believe it... Lao Zhang, Jianguang, come here."
An Yi and other two people came to the side and said seriously: "Fourth brother and the villagers thought we were leaving. They didn't believe me when I explained. You two can help me tell me. Am I hiding it from them?"
Lao Zhang smiled and said: "We have to leave, but we won't leave today. However, we have not received any transfer orders yet, and it is estimated that we will not leave until three to five days or even longer."
"If we leave, we will say hello to the folks in advance." Huang Jianguang said honestly.
Lin Xudong breathed a sigh of relief, and the smile returned to his face: "Big brother misunderstood, I'm sorry brothers, haha! I really thought you would leave quietly tonight, so the village decided to wait until all the brothers left.
Let’s get together for a drink. I’m afraid the banquet has been prepared at this moment. The village has also prepared a small gift for each brother. It’s not disrespectful, haha! Because you are all our good brothers. What you have done since you moved in
It deserves our respect..."
"Report to the acting district captain: The traffic ship 'Nanyang' is heading towards us and is expected to dock at the dock in three minutes." The sentry's report interrupted Lin Xudong's words.
An Yi responded: "I know, let's go back!"
"yes!"
"Fourth brother, I'm sorry, I have to greet you at the pier." After An Yi said that, he turned to Zhang Tianyi: "You go with me, Jianguang, you will be responsible for the time being."
Lin Xudong shook his head helplessly, and led his people to the river embankment to wait by the wooden bridge. He saw An Yi and the two saluting the two officers on the ship on the dock. One of the middle-aged officers said a few words and the two nodded quickly.
Then he ran up, and the two officers on the boat jumped out of the boat to follow.
An Yi and the others did not stop when they passed by Lin Xudong and others. They ran to the front of the hay shed and blew the whistle. The soldiers who were eating and fetching food put down their rice bowls and quickly formed a team.
The middle-aged officer came to the front of the team, nodded after listening to An Yi's report, and announced loudly to everyone: "Emergency order: The second area team of the fourth phase engineering brigade must withdraw to the school headquarters before 8 pm today and wait for the next order!
Brothers, I will give you ten minutes to prepare, and we will set off immediately when ten minutes are up!"
"yes!"
An Yi ran up from the front of the team and divided the work of preparing for the retreat to each group of brothers in an orderly and concise manner, which made the two officers who came to deliver the order nod frequently. When An Yi gave the order, the brothers were very excited.
They were about to disperse. In less than ten minutes, everyone packed their backpacks. Even the two marching pots, which were still hot, were firmly fixed on the wooden frame and carried on the backs of the two big men.
"Stand at attention, turn left! Walk together!"
The neat team walked towards the river embankment. An Yi whispered a few words to Zhang Tianyi and trotted up to the middle-aged officer. After saluting, he whispered for a while. The officer glanced at the dozens of young men at the head of the wooden bridge and nodded in agreement.
An Yi strode to Lin Xudong and explained apologetically: "Fourth brother, I didn't expect the order to come so quickly. If you hadn't been watching from the side, I wouldn't be able to explain it clearly with a hundred mouths. Alas! As a soldier, just
In this way, you don't know when and where to go for how long, and you will gradually get used to it. I don't know when I will have time to come back to visit the villagers, but I will always remember the friendship between the old patriarch, my fourth brother, and all the villagers.
Please apologize to the old patriarch for me. I dare not disobey the military order, so I have to leave!"
An Yi saluted solemnly, and then looked at Lin Xudong, whose eyes were red, for a while. Knowing that this elder brother had already shown affection for him, An Yi turned around and left without saying anything, caught up with the team and lined up at the back to wait to board the boat. Waiting.
An Yi didn't look back for several minutes. He was worried about seeing those sad faces. When he boarded the steamer and turned around to look at the wooden bridge at Xikou, he found that there was no one left. An Yi sighed heavily, as if
Said to himself: Goodbye, Lincun!
"An Yi, are those young men from Lincun just now?" The middle-aged instructor walked up to An Yi and asked kindly.
"Yes, sir." An Yi replied.
"As far as I know, the people of Lin Village have always been fierce and vigilant, and have never allowed any military to enter their territory. For decades, every government has had a headache with them but they have nothing to do, because in addition to their tough village rules,
, there is never a shortage of taxes that should be paid, Lin Village has never opposed the government, there has been no riots or crowds, and there is no political tendency. It can be said that this is an extremely closed small world, but I just saw you saying goodbye to them
The relationship was very good when we were there, and I could clearly see the regret and reluctance on their faces. However, you and your team were stationed here for only more than ten days, how could you establish such a deep relationship with them? I am very curious,
Can you tell me?" The officer smiled expectantly.
An Yi smiled bitterly and said: "I can't explain clearly. This world is very strange. Just like love at first sight between men and women is not uncommon, there is also a similar emotion between men, which is called falling in love at first sight. Sir, this is just a student's opinion. It's wrong.
Please correct me, sir."
"We felt like we were friends at first sight! Haha...well said! An Yi, can we have a discussion with each other when we have time in the future?" The middle-aged officer looked at An Yi with interest.
"As ordered!" An Yi puffed out his chest and looked solemn.
At this time, the engineer at the stern of the boat shouted, "What's going on? What's going on with so many fishing boats catching up?" There was a sudden commotion on the steamer. The brothers of the second district team shouted to An Yi, look, An Yi passed through the people.
I walked to the back of the ship's side and saw a dozen familiar fishing boats chasing after me quickly. Familiar figures were rocking the boat desperately to catch up. The person standing majestically on the boat among them was none other than the affectionate Lin Xudong.
The distance between each other is less than fifty meters.
When Lin Xudong saw An Yi appear, he immediately raised his hand high to signal, with that confident and kind smile still on his face.
An Yi's nose was sore and his eyes were hazy. He raised his head and shouted: "Fourth brother, go back! I will definitely visit you again. You still owe me a meal of wine!"
Lin Xudong didn't answer. He put down his hands and stood firmly on the bow of the ship and followed him to the military school pier. He ignored the guards' inquiries and obstructions, and loudly directed the strong men of more than a dozen boats to carry a cage with his unmistakable loud voice.
Cages of fat pigs, chickens and ducks, baskets of sausages and local specialties. After everything was done, he jumped on the boat without looking back and led a dozen boats up the river.
All the officers and soldiers on the dock stood quietly in silence. Only the screams of pigs, chickens and ducks could be heard from time to time. Zhang Tianyi left An Yi standing by the water, ran a few steps back and gave an order loudly:
"The second district team gathers... Stand at attention! Salute the folks of Lincun——"