I asked you to repeat your senior year of high school, but did you miss out on joining the military

Chapter 588: Silent Military Soul, Inspection of the Last Stop

“Captain, Captain!!”

When Chen Jun was about to take Wang Jianxing and several accompanying soldiers to climb up the distant watchtower, two captains from the camp came running over.

When Chen Jun was at the regiment headquarters, he had seen the regiment's roster and could remember the names of the battalion and company cadres, but he had never had the opportunity to meet them in person.

Wang Jianxing knew about these situations.

He looked at the two people running over and hurriedly lowered his voice to introduce them: "Captain, the one coming over from the left is Lang Jie, the commander of the 12th Company of the 4th Battalion. The names of the fellow villagers in the snowy area are too complicated for me to remember, so everyone calls them that."

"On the right is Company Instructor Wu Hao."

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Chen Jun pondered the name carefully in his mind. He always felt that it was very familiar. He didn't have this feeling when he was looking at the roster at the regiment headquarters.

After all, there are many people from ethnic minorities joining the army on this border side. People like Langjie, Nuobu, Tashi, Zhuoma, Doji, etc. are very common.

It is similar to the founding of the army and the founding of the country among the Han nationality.

But when he saw the cadre in the distance, wearing an old military coat and running towards him with excitement on his face, Chen Jun couldn't help but smile at the familiar feeling.

"Hello, Commander, Hello, Chief of Staff!!"

Lang Jie and Wu Hao ran up to him, stood at attention and saluted.

Especially Langjie, that guy, the excitement in his eyes was almost overflowing.

"Captain, do you still remember me?"

"I am from the class of 2011, the 15th Conducting Class. When I went to Yancheng to study revolutionary education, I was a sophomore accompanying student, and you were the freshman leading the team."

"Haha, I remember, of course I remember."

Chen Jun suddenly laughed. No wonder this company commander looked so familiar. After being reminded by the other party, he remembered that he had just gone to the Army Academy and was returning to the academy from the training base.

Several military academies in Xijing organized new students to go to Yancheng to experience red education. He was the leader of the freshmen of the Army Academy. At that time, there were also counselors from the academy and some seniors following them.

Obviously, this Langjie was the senior who was accompanying us at that time.

"Hello, senior!!"

When Chen Jun returned the gift, he did not show any airs of a group leader, and the smile on his face came from the heart.

We are both students of Xijing Luyuan. After seven years, we met students from the same school at this place thousands of meters above sea level. The sense of familiarity was not fake.

"No, no, no, Captain, you can't call me senior anymore, I..."

Langjie looked a little flustered. He rubbed his hands on his coat. He wanted to return the gift but felt it was inappropriate. He looked particularly embarrassed.

When he was studying, Chen Jun was the most famous student in Lu College, the president of the Student Union, and a frequent visitor to the office of the vice president of the undergraduate college, which was not something ordinary students could compare to.

Unexpectedly, their new team leader was actually the best student in the Lu Academy.

"It doesn't matter. Seniors are always seniors. You can't deny that."

Chen Jun persuaded with a smile.

Everyone in the accompanying regiment laughed along. The regiment leader was easy-going, which gave people a warm feeling.

"I'm going to check out the watchtower. Go back to your work and don't worry about me."

"Yes, Captain!!"

Langjie saluted excitedly, then watched the captain lead his men up the mountain.

The front-line sentry post is several hundred meters away from the company headquarters. The company commander and instructor do not need to follow the chief of staff.

The main reason was that a letter had just arrived from home in the company, and the two of them needed to be called to work as soon as possible. The platoon leader held a meeting and presided over the subsequent appeasement work.

Border guards may miss their hometown and their loved ones, but they have a responsibility to not allow such emotions to spread in the company for too long.

Doing so would easily lower overall vigilance, which is very taboo among border guards.

Chen Jun continued to lead his men up the mountain. The chief of staff Wang Jianxing next to him looked back every three steps. They walked more than a hundred meters until they could no longer see the 12th Company’s base.

He sighed and said in a low voice: "Captain, there are some things I shouldn't say, but you are the captain and you have the right to know."

"The full name of the garrison of the 12th Company of the 4th Battalion is the Nila Mountain Garrison. Four years ago, a large-scale avalanche occurred here, and dozens of comrades died."

"The original camp is not here. Go up and you will see the original camp. Please don't ask too much later. This is the thing that our 353rd Regiment is most reluctant to mention. It's too tragic."

Chen Jun, who was originally walking forward with big strides, heard Lao Wang's whisper.

He paused, and his heart seemed to be grabbed tightly by someone.

Avalanche, dozens of people died. These few words made the usually strong soldiers burst into silent tears.

Chen Jun slowed down his pace and followed Wang Jianxing. The group of people climbed up the mountain silently. After climbing more than 300 meters, they saw the watchtower in the distance.

Turning around, I saw an abandoned camp standing alone in the snow-capped mountains. The barracks had been uninhabited for a long time and looked very dilapidated.

This place corresponds exactly to the sentry post. The distance between the two points is very close. You can cross the border by walking around the barracks and another hundred meters.

A group of people stood on the snow-capped mountains, silently looking at the barracks in front of them. Wang Jianxing tremblingly took out a gear lighter from his pocket and fanned the lighter outlet several times with his hand.

Then he quickly lit them up, took out a few cigarettes with trembling hands, lit them, and stuck the burning cigarettes into the snow in the direction of the barracks.

I don’t know if it was because Lao Wang’s movements were too big or his bag was not put away properly, but a strong wind blew over and a military map in the bag was blown away.

The strong mountain wind blew the map six or seven meters away in the blink of an eye.

Chen Jun's face changed, he forced himself to suppress the discomfort in his heart, and started chasing according to the map.

Because the mountain wind was blowing in the direction outside the border, he was not afraid that the military map would be blown over there and intercepted by the White Elephant. The locations of the border guards on both sides were not a secret.

The main reason is that once a military map crosses the border, it is equivalent to a political event. Don’t think it’s an exaggeration, this is how it is at the border.

Not to mention the military maps in their hands, even military newspapers are not acceptable. Any items with distinctive characteristics of the troops will become a political event once they cross the border.

The sudden change scared the accompanying soldiers, and Wang Jianxing hurriedly followed behind to catch up.

In the sentry tower behind, the soldier on duty saw the situation here and his heart beat faster. He tightly gripped the steel gun in his hand and subconsciously reached for the whistle with his left hand.

As long as the map goes beyond the border, he will immediately blow the whistle to gather the entire company and prepare for battle.

The sentry was standing high up and could already vaguely see the silhouettes of several White Elephant Soldiers. Crossing the map would be seen as a provocation, and hundreds of people would inevitably engage in battle.

They are not afraid of fighting, but they must be prepared.

Chen Jun was also extremely anxious at this moment. Being involved in political events was no joke. Seeing that the map was flying farther and farther away, it was impossible to catch up.

Wang Jianxing shouted hoarsely from behind: "Lao Chen, come back quickly and stop chasing us."

"You, hold your bayonets tightly and prepare for battle!!!"

Although most of the White Elephant Soldiers do not understand Chinese, they can understand general titles, such as company commander, regiment commander, etc.

Being so close to the border post, Lao Wang didn't dare to shout loudly to the commander, and could only tell the soldiers following him to be prepared.

No matter what, we can't let anything happen to the team leader here.

But just when many people at the scene were ready for battle, with their rifles and bayonets tightly clenched in their hands, ready to fight the enemies who were about to swarm over to cause trouble.

The map that was originally flying in the air suddenly seemed to change the wind direction and flew sideways towards the originally abandoned camp.

Chen Jun was also stunned by this sudden change, but the more heartbreaking and breathtaking thing was yet to come.

The map had originally flown to the camp, but the wind direction changed again, and the map that was about to fall to the ground was suddenly picked up by the strong wind again. It flew in the direction of Chen Jun and stuck the map directly to his chest.

this moment.

Wang Jianxing and the soldiers behind him, including the soldiers on the sentry post who had been paying close attention to the situation here, were all stunned.

Are these the martyred comrades protecting them?

No one responded to them, and all they could hear was the whistling wind.

Soldiers are not superstitious, especially border guards who do not believe in these things.

But the scene before our eyes was inexplicable.

In fact, there is no need to explain. Soldiers do not believe in superstition, but they believe that the heroic spirits of their ancestors have always been protecting the motherland's borders.

Chen Jun was frozen in place, and so were Wang Jianxing and the other soldiers.

After a long while, Chen Jun took a deep breath, folded the map, stood at attention, and saluted the abandoned barracks.

Border defense is hard, but there are many touching stories.

This salute pays respect to our deceased ancestors and also to the soldiers who are fighting on the front line.

Wang Jianxing came back to his senses, sighed silently, turned around and walked to the cigarette holder, looked at the cigarette filter that had been soaked by the snow, and went out.

He repeated the same operation as before, took out all the cigarettes from his pocket, and with the tacit assistance of the soldiers beside him, he lit the cigarettes one by one and stuck them into the ground.

All the soldiers stood up and saluted.

For a long time, everyone did not make any other movements, just like the ice sculptures on the snowy mountains, maintaining the saluting posture for a long time.

. . . . . . . . .

Next.

Chen Jun didn't say another word. Accompanied by Wang Jianxing, he climbed up the watchtower and compared the terrain and topography one by one, imprinting the mountain pass and the locations of the military outposts of both sides in his mind.

That night, a group of people coming from the regiment headquarters rested in the 12th Company.

The next morning, with the farewell of Company Commander Lang Jie and Instructor Wu Hao, Chen Jun led his men to leave Nianla Mountain and continued to patrol the defense line.

Ninth day, tenth day, eleventh day, twentieth day.

They traveled non-stop for hundreds of kilometers, visiting boundary markers 57, 58, and 61. They worked around the clock almost every day, sleeping in the open air.

During this period, Chen Jun discovered a problem. There were villages in places with high altitudes. They went through many places and named them this village or that village. All the names were very interesting.

In fact, it is just a beautiful and moving wish and fantasy like looking at a plum to quench thirst.

There is a village, but there are no people in it. Most of the places are sparsely populated. There is no trace of human beings within a radius of dozens of kilometers. Only their group of people are walking.

After patrolling on the snowy mountain for nearly a month, Chen Jun's body began to show obvious signs of altitude sickness. His face was no longer tanned, but flushed with a bluish-purple tint.

The fingernails of all ten fingers are slightly concave. This gradual change is painful, but not unbearable. What really makes people feel desperate is that there is no trace of other colors at all in the endless snow-capped mountains.

If you don't bring goggles and eye protection equipment in advance, and just keep walking in the snowy mountains, the snow will be dazzling during the day and the projected light will be dazzling at night.

I'm afraid everyone will get snow blindness.

But no one complained. Even a young man like Li Wujie, who had only been at the border for a few months, gritted his teeth and persevered all day long.

In a place like this, all the cravings for cigarettes and laziness disappear.

They inspected the combat readiness along the way in the direction of Junjia, Qukangyi and Babaza, including combat readiness training, duty, inventory of weapons and ammunition, the thoughts of officers and soldiers, health status, etc.

Conduct a comprehensive inspection of the border defense company and the supply stations passed by.

Chen Jun's attitude has always been to humbly help others. He would ask about all the problems of the front-line troops and guarantee to solve them on the spot if he could.

If the problem cannot be solved, the soldiers must be informed and all problems will be brought back to the regiment for study.

Although the conditions in the border defense companies were very difficult wherever we went, the morale of the officers and soldiers was high, and they inspected and understood everything along the way.

Of course, they don’t stay on the snowy mountain all the time. Occasionally they go down the mountain to rest for a few days.

The defense lines that the 353rd Regiment is responsible for are all across the China-Foreign border. Most of the outposts are in uninhabited areas, and the average altitude of the garrisons is above 4800 meters.

The outpost is located on the top of a mountain at an altitude of 5000-6000 meters.

It can be said that all the soldiers here used their flesh and blood to build a Great Wall of Steel for the northwest gate of the motherland.

Of course, not all places on the border are boring, there are also places with beautiful scenery.

For example, along the upper reaches of the Yalu Zangbo River near the Maquan River, the terrain is open and flat, the river channel is wide, and the aquatic plants are lush.

There are probably dozens of islands in the entire water area.

The most famous of these is Bird Island.

When Chen Jun and his team came here for patrol, tens of thousands of birds on the bird island were singing together, and the scene was quite spectacular.

The life of the border defense company stationed here is quite good. There are a few sheep raised on the bird island, and there is an old soldier guarding them. He says he is guarding the duck eggs to prevent other birds from destroying them.

There lives a kind of big gray duck on Bird Island. July and August every year is the egg-laying season for this duck. Strictly speaking, this big gray duck is a bird.

I don’t even know his name, Chen Jun.

Anyway, when he arrived at Bird Island, the sand piles on the island were full of duck eggs. Lao Wang said that the soldiers who stayed here were responsible for guarding the duck eggs and also had to collect a small portion of them and put them in the company to improve their lives.

Don't underestimate this small part. According to Chen Jun's visual observation, this kind of large gray duck lays a very high number of eggs in two months. He alone saw thousands of eggs.

This is only for a few days. You have to know that the ducks stay here for a total of two months.

With only more than a hundred people in a border defense company, they can't eat much.

It is said that after September, these big gray ducks will fly abroad in groups to spend the winter. When the bird island warms up next year, they will fly back, each one of them will be fat and lay eggs.

Chen Jun patrolled along the border, stopping and starting along the way. It took him nearly fifty days to reach the last stop, the Lamujia Border Defense Company.

This last place was deliberately arranged by Wang Jianxing. He had mentioned to Chen Jun before that the Ramujia Border Defense Company was a reinforced company.

There are 192 soldiers stationed in the company.

This is not the place with the highest altitude in the entire regiment, nor is it the place closest to the border, but it is the most complicated area.

Because the Ramujia garrison was right at the forefront of the counterattack.

There are continuous snow-capped mountains on the east and west sides of the outpost, but the north and south sides are like a sunny avenue, with flat ground all around and no barriers at all.

Across the Mus River in Nepal, there are no snow-capped mountains blocking the way, so the border line is a place where the returning elements can come and go as they please.

Every year during the three summer months of July, August and September, the mountains are blocked by heavy snow and the Lamuga garrison loses contact with the regiment headquarters and other border defense companies.

The entire company is about to enter emergency combat readiness and fight against the returning elements at all times. This is where the most fighting takes place.

As the team leader was conducting his inspection, it was now September and the mountain was about to enter the closed period.

Ramuga needed encouragement from the new leader, even though it was risky, there was no other way.

This is Chen Jun’s responsibility as a team leader.

(End of this chapter)