The heavens start from Changjin Lake

The warm sunshine in winter is exceptionally warm.

After last night's farewell, everyone was extremely tired and couldn't survive this stop.

The voices of other soldiers sounded outside: "Comrades, come out quickly, there is no one outside."

Hearing this sound, the heads of soldiers popped out of each carriage.

Outside the station, firecrackers were blasting and the sound of fireworks was rumbling.

The station was relatively quiet. Apart from the hanging lanterns, no one could be seen. The soldiers who got off the station put their hands in their sleeves and breathed out white mist.

"There's really no one outside. Come down and go to the bathroom. I'm suffocated."

The soldiers then ran outside one after another, some basking in the sun and some going to the toilet.

Old Liu took several comrades from the cooking class and walked outside: "Go to the toilet."

The caller's voice came over: "Ten minutes' rest at the station. Board the train and set off in ten minutes!"

It doesn't take them long to go to the toilet. There is a wild field outside the station, and most people deal with it on the spot. The hygiene discipline of the toilet is relatively strict. After everyone has done it on the spot, they will bury it with soil.

Ten minutes later, we got on the train and continued our journey.

The plan of the 1938th Army is to go to the Yellow River Flood Area. The so-called Yellow River Flood Area is the area where the Yellow River floods. In , the embankment of Huanghuakou of the Nan River was damaged. The Yellow River water flowed along the Jialu River into the Ying River and the Xi Fei River into the Huai River, flooding the Nan River, There are counties in Hui'an and Sujiang provinces.

These areas were hit by disasters, leaving large areas of barren land.

The task of many troops is to reclaim wasteland and grow food.

After taking the train for a day and a night, they finally arrived at the terminal. There was no troop transport vehicle, so they still had to walk to their destination.

They walked for most of the day and finally stopped in front of a low village.

Houses in the village were severely damaged, and many houses collapsed.

Soldiers gathered in small groups, and the company commander and instructor were called to a meeting.

Not long after, Hu Shunchun came back and took the city wall of the training team to the north corner of the village to meet with the civilian cadres of the military department. "You are the training team, right? This is your house. You can stay here for now."

Civilian cadres allocated three rooms to their training team.

There are not many members in the training team, only about two platoons, plus a cooking class.

The members of the training team are quite special. Most of them are outstanding in certain aspects. For example, some soldiers have good marksmanship, some soldiers have outstanding physical fitness, some soldiers are good at fighting, and some soldiers have strong bomb-dropping ability. Their superiors will unify them. Organize and form a training team to focus on developing these aspects of them.

Soldiers who are good at marksmanship should work towards being a sharpshooter.

Fighters who excel in combat and physical fitness will work hard to become scouts.

Those with strong bomb-dropping abilities should work toward long-range fire support.

"Repair the house first. If it rains, I guess it will rain heavily outside and it will rain lightly in the house." Old Liu put the pot behind Xia Yuan on the ground and looked at the messy house and the room with the sky in it. Top, said to Hu Shunchun.

"The superiors gave everyone two days to repair the house, and fix the mattresses, stoves and other things that should be done." Hu Shunchun nodded and motioned for everyone to start working.

"The most indispensable thing here is yellow mud. Get some yellow mud and mix it with the straw."

"I'm going to find some wood."

Everyone quickly got busy, Xia Yuan was not idle, and followed everyone to stir up the yellow mud.

The soldiers of the 335th Regiment were arranged in the village in batches. There were no other tasks scheduled in the afternoon. The leader asked them to repair the houses.

Otherwise, I will freeze to death when I sleep tonight.

The yellow mud was prepared, and together with the picked stones, it was applied to the collapsed wall.

After a while, everyone was so hot that they were sweating profusely. They took off their clothes and worked hard.

By evening, the four walls of the house were almost repaired. The roof needed wood. There was relatively little wood around, and it needed to be pulled from far away.

As night falls, the cold wind blows across the vast land.

The soldiers covered themselves with quilts and fell asleep.

The next day was another busy day.

A new document order was issued from Shangfeng, requiring that all guns and ammunition be stored centrally and that troop transport vehicles be used as agricultural tools.

When handing over their guns, many soldiers couldn't bear it. They had kept their guns for many years, eating, drinking, and sleeping with their guns in their hands. Now that they handed over their guns, everyone felt empty.

A series of reforms came down.

The army's guns and cannons were kept centrally, the gun carriages were converted into beam-carrying vehicles, and the packhorses and horses were used to transport grain or plow the fields.

Firearms were turned in, wasteland was reclaimed, and food was grown.

The soldiers stood there blankly with their hands in their cuffs.

At this moment, they suddenly realized that the war was over.

Contributing to the peaceful construction of New China has become their only thought, and food has become the direction of everyone's efforts.

However, the army suddenly turned from years of intense and arduous fighting life to peace construction, which was a big turn in terms of thinking and living habits. Although it is not like the victorious army in the past, "the swords and guns are stored in the warehouse, the horses are released to the south mountain", However, the task of building the National Defense Force cannot be implemented for the time being.

After the firearms were handed over, the thinking of the troops changed. On the third day after the firearms were handed over, the vigorous reclamation movement began in full swing.

Thousands or even tens of thousands of warriors carrying hoes and rakes poured into the barren land.

Sweat slipped from his cheeks and rolled onto the dirt.

dusty.

The soldiers had their backs turned to the sky and were working feverishly.

Days like this lasted for more than a month.

The reclamation of wasteland has achieved results. With the hard work of the soldiers, acres and acres of fertile land have taken root in the barren land.

The water diversion comrades dug canals and introduced the source of life into the fertile fields.

Night falls.

Xia Yuan saw Instructor Hu sitting at the door with a sad look on his face. He walked up and asked, "Instructor, what's wrong?"

Instructor Hu waved his hand, "It's nothing."

"Oh."

Xia Yuan didn't ask any more questions and walked into the house. Old Liu was heating hot water. When he saw Xia Yuan walking in, he greeted him: "You bastard came at the right time. There's a footbath."

Xia Yuan took out the footbath under the bed and stared at the room: "Monitor, where are the others."

"Oh, I'm going to the company." Old Liu gave Xia Yuan a basin of hot water, "Hurry up and get in bed after washing."

"Oh." Xia Yuan nodded, took off his shoes, soaked his feet in the water, feeling the warm water wrapping the soles of his feet, and asked curiously: "Monitor, is there a letter from home?"

"Yeah." Old Liu glanced at Xia Yuan and said with a smile, "Are you homesick?"

"It's okay." Xia Yuan fell silent.

He doesn't miss home much. He used to run away a lot and didn't go home for a year.

The elder Liu naturally regarded Xia Yuan's state as a sign of homesickness.

"It's normal to miss home. Everyone misses home when they come out for the first time." Old Liu sat next to Xia Yuan. "I'll teach you a way. When you feel homesick, just go outside and look at the sky instead of looking at your house. It’s different, but the sky is the same, especially at night, the stars in the sky are very similar to those at home.”

He smiled and said: "There is also the moon, the moon is the same."

A smile appeared on Xia Yuan's face, "Monitor, I didn't expect you to be quite good at comforting people."

At this time, a young soldier in the class ran over, looking a little anxious.

Xia Yuan recognized him, his name was Xiao Heping.

"Squad leader, Chang Zhenyu wants to be demobilized." Xiao Heping ran in with urgency on his face.

"What, demobilization?"

Demobilization, to them, is a very distant word.

Demobilization means they have to leave the army and return to their hometown.

Many soldiers gathered in front of the company department, and the noise could be heard far and wide.

Old Liu ran over and saw the soldiers from the cooking class surrounding Chang Zhenyu.

Chang Zhenyu squatted on the ground, crying bitterly, holding a letter in his hand.

"What's going on?" Old Liu ran over and pulled away the crowd.

A soldier from the cooking class said: "I received a letter from Lao Chang's family, saying he wants to demobilize and go home."

Old Liu looked at Chang Zhenyu squatting on the ground, blinked, and stared at the others: "What about you, what do you think?"

Others lowered their heads. It was obvious that Chang Zhenyu's demobilization had a considerable impact on others.

Someone said: "Squad leader, there is no war now. My father asked me to go home and get married."

Old Liu didn't say much and simply asked: "Who will build the motherland when you leave?"

Someone took his words and said: "When we return to our hometown, we can stay in our hometown and build our motherland."

Old Liu didn't say anything more, just said: "The superiors agree, I don't have any objections. Now that the war is over and the peaceful era has arrived, I agree with your choice. This request is not too much."

Old Liu turned around and left, feeling a little irritable.

Xia Yuan walked up to him and asked, "Squad leader, where are your family members?"

Old Liu took out his cigarette, struck a match and lit it. He took a sip and exhaled the smoke: "Home, the army is my home."

Passing by the door, Old Liu stopped and looked at Hu Shunchun.

Hu Shunchun was still sitting at the door, looking up at him. Old Liu sat down next to Hu Shunchun, looked down at the cigarette butts under Instructor Hu's feet, suppressed the annoyance in his heart, and asked: "Instructor Hu, it seems that you are all Know it in advance.”

"The battle is over, the troops have settled down, and letters from home are coming one by one." Instructor Hu said: "The situation of our company is pretty good. Most of the people in the company came from Xiguang and Nanhe, which are just a short distance away. The border is relatively far away, so we all send letters. In Hui'an, some family members have come to visit the army."

"The first thought after the founding of New China was to have their children go home for the Chinese New Year, get married and have a child after the new year."

Instructor Hu said slowly: "Actually, the New China has been established and the age of peace has arrived. It's time to go home to spend time with your family and deal with household chores."

The elder Liu smoked a dry cigarette and said, "Chang Zhenyu went home to demobilize. It was the company commander's wish."

Instructor Hu nodded: "Yes, let's take a look at the situation first. The superiors are also preparing related matters."

Old Liu smiled and said, "That's a good thing."

Instructor Hu laughed and said, "Then you still smoke."

Old Liu pointed to the cigarette butts on the ground: "Aren't you the same?"

Instructor Hu said: "It's just emotional that we have been through life and death together, running through the hail of bullets, and we are like brothers. Now that we have returned home to demobilize, I don't know if we will see each other again."

"Yes, I hope they all go home. Going home proves that our sacrifices were not in vain."

Old Liu knocked the dry tobacco on the ground, knocked off the ashes left by the tobacco, and said, "This is a good thing."

"Yes."

Xia Yuan listened with emotion.

Old Liu turned to look at Xia Yuan: "Boy, you listen so carefully, do you understand what we are saying?"

"We are not fools, why can't we understand?"

During the period of reclaiming wasteland, the cadres and soldiers thought more about their future lives and began to wonder how the leaders should arrange the next step. In the past, in order to overthrow the reactionary rule of Bald Chiang and strive for freedom and liberation, they voluntarily joined the revolutionary ranks.

The vast majority of soldiers gave their youth in the Agrarian Revolutionary War, the Anti-Japanese War and the War of Liberation. Now that New China has been established and there are no more wars to fight, some want to stay in the army and participate in building the National Defense Force.

And some want to take advice from their families, demobilize professionally, and go back to their hometowns.

During this period, letters from home were mailed to the army one after another, and old men and wives who came to the army to visit their relatives came one after another, asking the soldiers to return to their hometowns, start families and start businesses, and live the kind of life of "two cows per acre, wife and children on the bed" of peaceful days.

Demobilization has become a matter of great importance to superiors.

In addition, there are also the marriages of some cadres.

Some cadres, especially those at the regiment level and above, have mostly fought with the army for many years. They are not young. They were busy with wars and liberating the whole of China and had no time.

Now that the days of peace have arrived, the family's push for marriage is happening one after another.

Some cadres are busy courting and getting married.

In the long years of fighting in the past, everyone has understood the truth that a country cannot exist without driving away the enemy. Without a peaceful country, there can be no stable home.

Therefore, many cadres have made the decision, 'Unless we liberate the whole of China, we will never get married! 'The oath.

Now that New China has been established and the age of peace has arrived, they have begun to think about having a family.

This request is not excessive, and has even received high support from the military leadership, requiring organizational departments at all levels to take responsibility in this regard.

Someone said to them wittily: "It's time to find a wife."

During the war years, the army implemented a supply system. Whether it was guns, cannons, bullets, or silver coins, they had to rely on superiors to distribute them. The marriage of cadres and soybean oil organization departments made good things happen, and now they are even busier.

Commander Liang of the 38th Army was also anxious about the marriage of his subordinates. Commander Liang was known as a tiger general and was a blacksmith. He acted vigorously and resolutely. He looked very rough, but when the gunfire stopped, he thought very carefully about the cadres below.

Therefore, Commander Liang put a lot of effort into organizing the marriages of the cadres.

At the same time, at the request of superiors, the army is also making adjustments to prepare for the arrival of peacetime and the reduction of some aspects of the army.

Demobilization is a good decision.