Chapter 19: All-round Talent

(Yao Shao: Everyone says I update too slowly, saying if I could update twice a day, I'd risk my life and throw money on tickets.) Alright! This week, I'll post twice a day. I won't say more nonsense, nonsense, or nonsense to cover my pipa's half-hidden face—I just want votes, so everyone smash them—knock them out, smash them dumb, smash them dumb. That's everyone's level! )
"Report!"
"Come in!" Old General Zheng Xun also lifted his head and tossed a large stack of documents in front of Li Xiangshang, saying, "These are the archival records and reports of the war hero song from the 136th Army over the course of one year. Take a look first!" ”
At the top of this thick stack of files was a personal record of Zhanxia Ge from the 136th Army's military competition.
"Not bad! This kid really has the potential to become a top-tier sniper. In the sport triathlon shooting test, he scored ninety-two rings. For an amateur, he's already quite outstanding. His combat record is pretty good too. Huh, he even earned a third-class merit...... Seeing this, Li Xiangshang's eyes widened sharply. This professional soldier, who never wavered on the battlefield even when facing Mount Tai, finally couldn't help but exclaim, "Raising pigs?!" ”
"Mm!"
General Zheng Xun also looked embarrassed, "According to some unwritten rules of the 136th Army, if you run a side business in the company and make a certain profit, you can earn a third-class merit." When Commander Yang of the 136th Army spoke with me on the phone, he repeatedly praised the talents trained by our Fifth Special Forces Elite Training School as formidable, even skilled at pig farming! To ensure the pigs had enough food, they even dared to steal a whole truckload of freshly cooked buns from the grassroots company's cooking squad. In the end, the pigs raised in the standard private rooms were full, but our soldiers, after hard training, could only eat porridge there! ”
Li Xiangshang cleared his throat. Raising seventeen pigs in the 136th Army's heavily funded barracks, built to standards no less than star-rated hotels, sounded like the twisted style of a chivalrous war song. Li Xiangshang cleverly changed the subject, "Yes, Zhan Xiaoge has repeatedly recognized his bravery, fought thugs and caught thieves. Locally, someone even sent a banner to the 136th Army, praising him as a true soldier of the people. It seems Zhan Xiaoge still has some minor issues, but he has already developed the resolve to become an outstanding soldier......
The veins on Zheng Xun's forehead throbbed continuously. He took a deep breath and whispered, "Don't just focus on his grades. Flip through the pages and read them again!" ”
"Yes!"
Li Xiangshang casually flipped open a file in the middle and read: "Zhanxia Ge, together with Huang Zhipeng, Tao Tai, Zheng Junjie, and other members of the 'Special Service Company,' repeatedly violated military regulations by attempting to take weapons out of the barracks. After repeated obstructions, on May 3, 1997, Zhanxia Ge stole a set of military uniforms hanging in front of the officers' dormitory to dry, walked to the gate of the 136th Military Camp, and demanded that Yu Mingshui, a soldier from the 2nd Platoon, 1st Squad, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, who was on duty, say he wanted to have his weapons inspected." ”
Li Xiangshang slowly opened his mouth wide, his eyes wide enough to be the size of two eggs. At the back of this file was a twenty-eight-page self-criticism letter from the soldier named Yu Mingshui. Although it was only a fax, just by looking at the scattered and smudged marks of writing everywhere, Li Xiangshang could imagine how profound the poor soldier's thoughts and understanding were when writing this self-criticism, and how sincere the tears he shed.
"I was wrong, I really was wrong!" A gun is a soldier's second life. As a soldier, losing my weapon while on duty is an unforgivable dereliction of duty! I failed to complete the honorable task assigned to me by my superiors, and I have lost the dignity of a soldier......
Here's what happened......
At that moment, a captain—Zhanxiage—came up to me and asked to check the weapon in my hand. After saluting him, I handed him the automatic rifle. At that time, Zhanxiage jokingly asked me if I could borrow my gun to play with for a few hours. How could a sentry on guard lend out his own weapon and let him play for hours? I thought he was joking, so I didn't say much.
Zhan Xiaoge took a few steps outside with his automatic rifle, then turned to Yu Mingshui and said, "If you don't object, I'll take the gun with me!" ”
Seeing that Yu Mingshui didn't react, Zhanxiage took a few more steps outside, grinning slyly: "I'm really going to take it now!" ”
Yu Mingshui and his comrade all laughed. A captain was joking with them, and if they didn't laugh a little, wouldn't it make them seem too unhumorous?
"Haha, you all laughed. Looks like you agreed!" Zhan Xiagege walked leisurely onto the street, pulled over a car that had already parked by the roadside, raised his rifle, and shouted, "Thank you then. Once I've had enough fun, I'll give it back!" ”
In front of two sentries and a duty squad leader, Zhan Xiaoge got into the car. Huang Zhipeng, already impatient, tossed aside his cigarette butt and slammed on the gas. The two sentries stared blankly as the car screeched down the street, speeding at over 120 kilometers per hour. Even when the car disappeared around a corner, smiles still lingered on their faces.
After waiting two minutes, Zhanxiage still hadn't returned the automatic rifle. Without even a weapon, Yu Mingshui, facing the officers passing by the camp gate, gradually turned pale. By the end, his calves began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Hey," the sentry standing opposite Yu Mingshui said in confusion, "Why do I feel like something's off?" Could it be that ...... Did he really steal your gun?! ”
……
Isn't this ridiculous?!
Zhanxiage actually used this method—coaxing and deceiving them—to snatch an automatic rifle away right in front of two sentries and a squad leader!
The Zhan Xia Ge self-examination report was much simpler. On such a thin page, clearly lacking basic sincerity, Zhan Xia Ge used his bold and lively style with a bit of Zhang Xu's drunken brushwork, truly writing a somewhat free-spirited and untamed style.
"At the time, I just wanted to give it a try, hoping to play a joke on that sentry. It wasn't until our car left the city that I dared to believe we had truly succeeded! Originally, we were ready to return the guns immediately, but then we thought, we are all soldiers and must be prepared to sacrifice our lives for the country and shed our blood on the battlefield. Of course, we must hone our fighting skills! We called Zheng Junjie, Tao Tai, and more than twenty other brothers to help them find a way to get some ammunition from the barracks. They didn't get much, just three or four hundred rounds. We went together to the mountains in the suburbs to practice shooting, using various birds and beasts to practice our reaction speed and instant reflexive shooting accuracy. After firing 237 bullets, we successfully killed and wounded twenty-seven prey, and returned to the barracks four hours and fifteen minutes later, after which we were jointly enforced by the Military Court, the patrol team, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs......
Behind these two inspection reports, there was a financial report: According to investigations, twenty-three people including Zhan Xiage, Huang Zhipeng, and Ling Zhijie had privately carried weapons to hunt on Tianhua Mountain, killing seven roosters, five hens, four male ducks, two female ducks, five ducklings, two goats, and one pig raised by local villagers on the mountain. An unclaimed stray dog. Hereby compensate local residents 13,500 RMB!
Furthermore: The twenty-three people used open flames to roast two goats and five chickens in a national second-level scenic reserve. According to the forest fire prevention regulations of the second-level scenic area, each person was fined 100 yuan, totaling 2,300 yuan.
Li Xiangshang looked at the last sign on the receipt in confusion and said, "Could it be that this 15,800 yuan was ultimately paid by our Fifth Special Forces Elite Training School?" ”
"We sponsored the person there. Who do you think should pay for this?" Zheng Xun sighed and said, "Over the past year, Zhanxiage has been elected as the company commander by the so-called 'best' special service company members of the 136th Army, and there's also a man named Huang Zhipeng who is no pushover—he was recommended as the company instructor." With these two fearless leaders, the Special Service Company turned the 136th Army into chaos. Now, almost everyone among the children of high-ranking officials knew that the 136th Army was fun. That place had become the main base for high-ranking military officials nationwide, where groups of people gathered and had a great time. In just one year, the number of members in their special service company had surged from the initial forty-seven to one hundred and twenty-eight! Commander Yang just called me to complain, saying that if things kept going like this, within two years, his special service company would be promoted to a special service battalion! ”