When Tan Shuangxi woke up, it was still dark. Although based on the biological clock he had trained during his five years of service, he could tell that it was less than five o'clock, and the wake-up call would be blown in about ten minutes.
As soon as the wake-up call rang, he got up and tidied up the housework, then followed the assembly call to the playground and gathered for roll call. The day's life in the military camp began without a hitch. But there was no need for it today. He could sleep until the bell rang for dinner. Originally, he wanted to sleep a little longer.
, turned over several times, but he couldn't fall asleep. The constantly shaking bed, the noisy waves and the occasional creaking of the ship's deck were really not a suitable place to sleep. If it weren't for the shaking and wet deck, it would be even worse.
It disgusted him, and he preferred to get up and go for some exercise. The usually daunting five kilometers now inexplicably missed him.
The air in the cabin was dirty and humid. A lantern hanging on the beam emitted a weak light that swayed with the ship's hull, making everything visible blurry.
Judging from the sounds of coughing, yawning, farting and sighing all around, most people are already awake - as long as they stay in the army for one year, their biological clock will be set.
Tan Shuangxi looked around. Most of the people were like him. After waking up, they stared at the deck above their heads with their eyes open, or they turned around with their eyes closed.
The corporal in the next bunk tilted his head and glanced at Tan Shuangxi, "What? Can't you sleep?"
"Yeah." Tan Shuangxi reached out and touched the cigarette in the pocket of the military uniform hanging by the bed. Then he remembered that smoking was strictly prohibited on the ship, so he had to take a photo, "How many days have you been floating around here?"
It was already the fourth day that the company boarded the ship from Hong Kong. The weather was good all the way, and we did not encounter any violent storms. However, the wind and waves became stronger on the second day of sailing. The soldiers began to get seasick and vomited. Because the wind and waves became stronger,
Ventilation and ventilation on the upper deck were also cancelled. The soldiers could only sleep, chat and play cards below the deck where the air was dirty and dark. Every one of them was almost sick from the suffocation.
"Don't worry, we will definitely reach Lingao today." said the corporal. "We walked for four days when we set off, and it happened to be the afternoon when we landed in Hong Kong."
It was nearly two years ago that the entire company landed in Hong Kong, but the memories are as clear as if it was yesterday.
"I don't know how long this break will last. I haven't been home for almost two years." The corporal picked up his military cap, dusted it off, and put it on his face, as if chatting with Tan Shuangxi or himself.
"At least it's okay to take a big vacation," a voice came from above.
"I heard from the people at the battalion headquarters that I will take a three-month vacation when I go back this time!"
"Three months! Why didn't you say you were going back and then retired from the army?"
"It's true," the speaker said anxiously, "I heard it from Xiao Liu. He is the messenger at the battalion headquarters. He knows the news the fastest."
"If I really can take three months off, I'll divorce my wife when I get back! Get a new one." Someone said something different.
The people around burst into laughter.
"Pull him down and divorce your wife. If your wife doesn't divorce you, she'll be in trouble!"
"That's right! After one or two years, I'm sure my head will be a little green..."
Tan Shuangxi did not join in the banter, but silently stared at the upper bunk in a daze. On the bunk, some soldier posted a "Beauty Monthly Card", and the affectionate Xi Shi was looking at him.
"Brother," a head stuck out from the upper bunk, "are you going home to get married this time?"
"Getting married? Nonsense! It's a blind date." Tan Shuangxi laughed and cursed at the upper bunk. The upper bunk was Tan Ende, a new recruit who was recruited last year. He was a Shandong refugee who had been in Lingao for less than a year. Because of the same surname, Tan Shuangxi's affection for Tan Shuangxi was so great.
Always add "brother" to the title.
With the restoration of Guangdong and Guangxi and the continuous influx of immigrants, the gender ratio in Lingao gradually began to become more balanced. The hot items in dating activities were no longer limited to senior officers and naturalized civilians. Ordinary sergeants also began to have access to women.
Opportunity of favor. Every time she retires from the army, the condolence letters sent to young women are quite affectionate and secret. This also makes many old bachelors who have served in the army for many years eager to give it a try.
Tan Shuangxi secretly calculated that this time he had been awarded the title of platoon leader. But because he was not an officer, he could only be regarded as an "acting platoon leader" - such a sergeant was called a "sergeant in charge" in the army.
Although the "head sergeant" also performs the duties of the platoon leader, he is an "agent" after all. According to the witty saying, "the boss takes the keys, but the boss does not make the decision." When a new officer is assigned to the company, he can directly replace him.
The company commander told him to submit his diploma as soon as possible. As long as he has a Category B diploma, he can apply for officer candidate status.
Although the candidate officer is only a "substitute", there are many vacancies for officers in the army now, and there is a high probability that it will not take too long to be promoted to the rank of warrant officer. It can be regarded as stepping into the ranks of officers, and wearing a command knife instead of a non-commissioned officer's dagger. Appointment by the platoon leader
That is to say, it is real.
So he planned to take advantage of this break to sign up for a cram school in the army and take the class B diploma exam.
When an officer goes on a blind date and a sergeant goes on a blind date, the people they can come into contact with are naturally very different. After all, in the eyes of the common people, sergeants are just "soldiers" who get a few more dollars. How can they be compared with "officers"?
While he was daydreaming, Tan Shuangxi's daydream was interrupted by a burst of laughter from around him. He didn't know what they were laughing at. He also laughed a few times.
The laughter gradually dissipated, and almost all the soldiers in the cabin were awake. They could not go to the deck to wash up, and it was not time to eat. The soldiers were lying on the bunks chatting, and the content was nothing more than what they planned to do after returning.
He heard a weak voice speaking intermittently:
"...I was ambushed in Shaoguan, and he was the only one left in the class with a broken leg. I went to see him, but he just cried and said he didn't know what to do when he went back. I didn't know what to say, so I could only comfort him.
The Senate will always give him a bite to eat. He said that he came to serve as a soldier to honor his ancestors, and now that he goes back like this, he is afraid that his wife will not be found..."
"Oh, this is fate!"
Tan Shuangxi sighed silently. Life! This is life! A strange, yet elusive life!
He tilted his head and asked the sergeant in the next bunk: "Old Ma, what are you going to do when you go back?"
"Me?" the sergeant lowered his voice, "I plan to apply for discharge."
"What?" Tan Shuang was so surprised that he almost fell off the bed. The horse sergeant, like him, was promoted recently. He is an honest fisherman's son, a well-known good man in the company, a kind uncle in the eyes of the soldiers, and a kind uncle in the eyes of the officers.
The dull sergeant is actually going to be discharged from the army at this time.
"You have fought for two years and earned this little future. Why do you want to retire?" asked the soldier next to him.
"My family is a fisherman, and our family has been doing well in the past few years. My father and several uncles sold all their old boats, took out loans, and scraped together the money to buy a new boat to go fishing in the deep sea. The extra money is that.
There are not enough manpower, everyone is uneducated, and they are not able to do the work effectively. So they asked me to go back early and work together."
"Isn't that a pity..." Tan Shuangxi felt regretful.
The horse sergeant turned over, changed his posture, and continued: "It's not a pity. I first came to serve as a soldier because I was sent by the village, and then I attacked bandits and soldiers. These are all good things to ensure the peace of the place. We can't
Hide. Now that Guangdong has been liberated, the world will soon be at peace. Like Lingao, everyone can work and live a peaceful life. I just thought, we are not made to be soldiers, no matter what we do in the team
Even though I am a sergeant, I wouldn’t dare to be given the job of a company commander. I’d better go back to sailing and fishing. I just like fishing.”
A soldier asked curiously: "You really don't want to be an officer?".
"It's impossible to say that I don't want to. I also want to wear the command knife, so it's more majestic. Seeing that the new recruit is not walking well, go up and give him a kick." The exaggerated tone of the corporal attracted all the nearby soldiers, and he shouted
A burst of laughter.
"But we are not this material. It is already difficult to command a class, but to command a hundred and eighty brothers, you still have to rush. This is a responsibility that I cannot bear."
"That's right. I don't think I'm a soldier! If I could retire, I would have found a job early! Many factories in Guangzhou are hiring. If I hadn't been allowed to retire, I would have stayed in Guangzhou to recruit workers."
"Retired from the army, you are thinking too well!" Someone sneered, "You think that if we are transferred back to Lingao, we will stop fighting?"
"If you want to fight, just stay in Guangdong. Why are you transporting us back all the way?"
"If you have any inside information, please tell me!"
"I don't have any inside information, but if the Ming Dynasty loses Guangdong and Guangxi, can we just let it go?" The soldier who spoke was a clerk in the company. "The emperor can't make up for it? I think this battle can be fought. Returning to Lingao is just to replenish the team.
.After all, we have lost too many people in the past two years, and we are still short of new recruits after recruiting so many times."
"But the company commander said last time that those who want to retire can do so."
"Only those who have served for more than three years and have been injured twice can apply. It depends on whether Lao Ma can retire." The clerk is well-educated and is a "core" member of the company, so his words will naturally have weight. People around him immediately
It's cold.
"This time of rest will definitely require a long vacation. What are your plans? Let's talk about it." Tan Shuangxi said to the people around him, secretly wondering if this would be a cold one.
"I just want to go home and help my father open up wasteland. He has been saying it for a long time..."
"My family has told me about a daughter-in-law, and they want me to come and meet her. If she's suitable, I'll meet her!"
"I want to go shopping in Dongmen City with Erya from the village..."
"Platoon commander, where are you?" someone finally asked.
Tan Shuangxi laughed and replied: "On vacation, you must go to bed first, sleep until you wake up naturally, and then eat rice, salted fish and vomit until you vomit." This answer caused an even bigger burst of laughter. With Fu Bojun's food supply, there was no
People will regard these two things as life goals. "Take my parents to Dongmen City and have a meal at the cooperative," Tan Shuangxi still gave his plan.