He is two meters and five centimeters tall. Who made him a soldier?

Chapter 272 Rest in peace, veteran

Lu Qinglong was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the current battalion commander Zhang Tianqiang was actually an eyewitness to the battle his brother participated in.

"Your brother was really brave at the time. He led two men and charged directly into the enemy camp more than 20 kilometers away. He beheaded an enemy general of the same rank as your father, and another enemy general of a higher rank than your father."

"I can say that he is the most courageous and resourceful soldier I have ever seen."

"It's a pity that the number of enemies is too large. Although I succeeded in breaking through, I was still seriously injured."

"Qinglong, I told you this the day before I was discharged from the army. I hope you won't blame me too much for not stopping your brother."

Chen Ting paused and looked at Lu Qinglong with an apologetic look in his eyes.

Before the surprise attack, he had a bad feeling that if he had stopped Lu Qingtian at that time, the result might have been different.

"Squad leader, I won't blame you. Things have already happened."

"Besides, my brother is very brave. I will pass on his will for him. That's enough, right, squad leader?"

There was no expression of sadness or anger on Lu Qinglong's face.

Some people only have perseverance.

That is a kind of perseverance to complete the task at any cost.

For a moment, Chen Ting looked at Lu Qinglong's face in a trance. He seemed to see the appearance of Lu Qingtian in Lu Qinglong.

After a few seconds of silence, Chen Ting finally reacted and said "OK" three times in a row:

"Good! Good! Good!"

"I believe in you, Lu Qinglong! I am completely relieved now, and I can go home and recover with peace of mind."

"I believe that with you in our army, our army will definitely achieve greater success in the future."

After Chen Ting said this, he felt as if the burden on his shoulders suddenly disappeared, and he felt a lot more relaxed.

The two stood there, and suddenly became silent again.

This situation continued until dawn at around five o'clock, and the originally dark night began to slowly become brighter.

When the company's duty officer came downstairs and was about to blow the wake-up whistle, he was stunned for a moment when he saw Chen Ting standing guard, and hurriedly stepped forward and said:
"Squad Leader Chen Ting, what are you doing? I didn't stand guard for you last night!"

"It's okay. I just want to stand guard for the last time. I haven't done so for a long time."

Chen Ting answered, and the attendant looked a little at a loss. Finally, he sighed, then walked to the open space in front of the building and blew the whistle:

"call out!"

"Yilian, get up!"

After blowing the whistle, he hurried back to Chen Ting's side, and finally persuaded Chen Ting to go back to class to wash up.

The number of people who retired this year is not that large, about twelve people.

Seven of them are privates, three are first-term non-commissioned officers and one is a second-term non-commissioned officer.

Among the fourth-term non-commissioned officers, only Chen Ting retired this year.

To be honest, this discharge rate is acceptable and relatively low.

After all, they have maintained their in-house rate for many years, and the company basically has more than 90 people.

The reason why so many privates retire is that the special operations brigade is indeed much more tiring than other brigades.

Some of them retired because they couldn't bear it anymore.

Then as you go further back, there are plenty of vacancies for first-term non-commissioned officers and second-term non-commissioned officers who want to stay in the team. This is different from other units.

When Chen Ting returned to the classroom, he had taken off his camouflage uniform and changed into the army's summer uniform, which was light green.

Chen Ting has maintained a very good figure. Although he is in his thirties, he shows no signs of gaining weight at all. His whole body is full of lean muscles. After putting on summer clothes, he looks very capable and energetic.

Lu Qinglong followed Chen Ting on duty and returned to the classroom. Ji Baichang looked at Lu Qinglong who was on duty with Chen Ting, and seemed to realize something. He walked up to Lu Qinglong and asked him something.

After getting the answer he wanted, the expression on his face was a little bitter.

If he had known this would happen, he would have swapped shifts with Lu Qinglong. He wanted to spend some time with Chen Ting during the final period of time.

Chen Ting returned to the classroom and made his bed neatly.

You can’t take the mattresses with you, you can only leave them in the class. When you leave, you may need class members to hand them over for you.

He can take the sheets and quilt away.

To be honest, I have been using this quilt for almost sixteen years and I am very familiar with it. I might not be able to sleep without it every night, so I must take the quilt away.

After packing these things and handing them over to his fellow villager who was waiting for the express delivery in front of the building, Chen Ting returned to the company. It was about time for dinner, so he simply did not go upstairs. Instead, he chatted with a few old soldiers with whom he had a good relationship, as well as the clerk of the team headquarters downstairs.

During that time, I also found the company commander and instructor and chatted with them for a while. We were talking and laughing, and he didn't look like someone who was about to retire.

This situation continued until they lined up for dinner. Those who were about to be discharged were separated into a separate team and taken to the cafeteria for a simple breakfast.

When I got back to the company, the small loudspeaker inside the company was already playing Dao Lang's "Camel Bells"

"Send off comrades~"

"Embark on the journey~"

"Silently with tears in my eyes~"

"The sound of camel bells rings in my ears~"

An indescribable feeling inexplicably welled up in my heart.

In the past, I would send off batch after batch of veterans every year listening to "Camel Bells". Now is it finally my turn?
Chen Ting felt a little bitter in his heart, and the feeling could not be described in words.

"Monitor."

Ji Baichang at the side called Chen Ting in a very soft voice.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Chen Ting suppressed the discomfort in his heart and turned to look at Ji Baichang.

Ji Baichang had an awkward expression on his face, his eyes were red, as if he was about to cry in the next second.

"Stop it! Stop it! Why are you crying now? Don't cry! It's embarrassing!"

Chen Ting's scolding made Ji Baichang hold back the tears that were about to fall.

After everyone returned to the company, the officer on duty asked all the veterans who were about to retire to stay in the class to do the final cleanup.

Before veterans retire, the army will record the time of their retirement, where they will go from, and how they will return home. The veterans will then buy their own bus or train tickets, and their travel expenses will be reimbursed.

This is the last warmth belonging to the troops.

Chen Ting took the morning high-speed train back to Anhui. Basically, all veterans booked morning tickets to go home.

There was nothing left for Chen Ting to take away from the class. Everything had been packed up. Chen Ting only needed to carry one suitcase, and everything else had been mailed back home.

"Ding Wei, after I leave, you will be the monitor of Class 1. You may need to put away your playfulness and focus more on your work." "I feel relieved when you become the monitor. You have to lead this class well, understand?"

Chen Ting looked at Ding Wei standing in front of him and said seriously.

Ding Wei nodded seriously.

Then Chen Ting looked at the other three first-term non-commissioned officers and said:
"You three, even if you are in your fourth year this year, you are no longer new recruits. You will need to cooperate with squad leader Ding Wei in the next class."

"Wang Yuan, after I leave, you will be the deputy monitor of Class 1. You will work with Ding Wei to manage the entire class."

"Li Wa, work hard in Class 1. If you encounter something you don't understand, ask Ding Wei. I am very confident in you."

Chen Ting walked to Li Wa's side, reached out and patted Li Wa's shoulder.

"I understand, squad leader!"

Li Wa nodded his head heavily.

Finally, Chen Ting's gaze fell on Lu Qinglong and the other two.

"I am also very relieved about you three. The future belongs to you three."

"The sky is high from now on, so fly freely."

After Chen Ting said these words, Ji Baichang could no longer hold back the expression on his face. He went up to Chen Ting and hugged him, bursting into tears.

He felt so uncomfortable.

My squad leader is leaving.

This kind of relationship of being both a teacher and a friend made Ji Baichang feel very uncomfortable. It was like a hammer hitting his heart hard, making him feel uncomfortable and depressed.

"Why are you crying? Stop crying. I'm not dead."

"OK OK."

Chen Ting reached out and gently patted Ji Baichang's back, and Ji Baichang's crying slowly subsided. Finally, he let go of the hand that was holding Chen Ting. However, his eyes were already red from crying too hard.

"All classes, veterans can come out and assemble now. Take your luggage and get on the bus!"

"Everyone in the company, come down and send them off!"

The voice of the attendant sounded at an inopportune time in the open space in front of the building.

All the people in the company, surrounded by more than a dozen veterans who were about to retire, went downstairs.

"Squad leader, remember to keep in touch after you go home!"

"Yes, squad leader, if you have time, please come to the army to visit us often."

As the group of people talked, reluctance was written all over everyone's face.

Including Chen Ting himself, his heart was filled with bitterness when he heard what the little brothers in his class said.

But there was no way, his military career was over.

Faced with the words of these little brothers, Chen Ting could only force himself to nod his head.

The situation in other classes was the same, but in other classes, the monitors gave more instructions to their subordinates:

"After you're discharged from the army, don't waste your retirement pay! Make sure you save it. Don't goose-step into a nightclub and spend all your retirement pay in one night!"

"If someone asks you to borrow money, don't lend it to them. Just say that you have lent all your money to your squad leader."

"Remember this! Keep your wallet tight, because there are many people eyeing your retirement pay! This is my last request!"

It can be said that the thing that a squad leader fears most is that his subordinates will suffer losses.

Even those who are about to be discharged from the army are still teaching them some coping methods.

"Alright, alright, stop crowding around and give the veterans some space. Their buses are waiting over there!"

Seeing that everyone in the company was surrounding the veteran who was about to retire and couldn't leave for a long time, the duty officer was reluctant to let him go, but still forced himself to shout to the crowd.

With the order from the duty officer, everyone welcomed and saw off the retired veterans to the brigade's bus.

The bus will safely take all the veterans to the airport and station.

At this time, the veterans who remained in the company also hung big red flowers on their chests, just like when they first arrived at the barracks.

The two most important red flowers a man receives in his life.

One is joining the army, the other is retiring, both are blooming on the chest.

Everyone accompanied Chen Ting to the bus, and it was Lu Qinglong who helped Chen Ting carry his suitcase throughout the journey.

The suitcase is not heavy, and it should just contain some basic clothes.

"Okay, just drop it off here, you guys can go back now."

Chen Ting turned around and spoke to everyone with a smile on his face.

At the same time, he reached out and took his suitcase from Lu Qinglong's hand and placed it in the storage space under the bus.

"Captain, let us give you a ride again."

"No, no, you all go back. Just stand by the roadside and give me a ride later."

In order to prevent them from trying to persuade him to stay and to prevent his brothers from feeling too uncomfortable, Chen Ting acted even more ruthlessly and strode directly onto the bus.

He didn't dare to look back, for he was afraid that if he looked back, he would not be able to control himself.

After getting on the bus, he didn't even dare to sit by the window, but just lowered his head and played with his mobile phone.

Under the arrangement of the duty officer, the people outside the bus had lined up in two neat rows along the road in front of the entrance of the brigade.

The total number of people who retired from the special operations brigade this year is nearly two hundred.

So there are five buses in the brigade. These five buses will start from the brigade training ground and drive around the roads in the brigade. This will allow these veterans to take one last look at the place where they used to live.

In front of the five buses, all the retired personnel had already boarded the buses. The veterans in front of the buses nodded and lit the red firecrackers in their hands, symbolizing the beginning of a new journey.

Amid the loud and clear sounds of firecrackers, the bus carrying retired veterans slowly drove along the main road of the brigade and circled the brigade.

Looking at the former training ground, shooting range, auditorium, canteen, dormitory building and familiar environment, and thinking that they would never be here again, many veterans in the car burst into tears.

Finally, after circling the brigade once, the bus headed back towards the brigade’s entrance.

Chen Ting finally couldn't help but look at the road on both sides, watching the familiar faces waving at him and shouting:

“Bon voyage, veterans!”

Two tears couldn't help but slide down from the corners of my eyes.

His military career finally came to an end.

(End of this chapter)