26 A Commendation Order
Standing in front of the mirror and looking at the brand-new green military uniform he was wearing, Xiao Chen outlined a playful smile at the corners of his mouth. This military uniform was sent by Zheng Dahu yesterday evening.
"It fits well." Looking at himself in the mirror, Xiao Chen strode out of the door.
Today is the day of the official end of the exercise, and also the day when the results are announced to the public. This day is not destined to be an ordinary day.
After following Master Zhang Zizhong on Zheng Dahu's jeep, Xiao Chen felt a little nervous. What kind of scene will the place he is going to go? Is it a noisy sea of people? Is it a solemn flag-raising ceremony like Tiananmen Square? Why didn't the other four people attend this conference and let themselves go alone?
"Don't be nervous. It's just a program." Zhang Zizhong, sitting next to Xiao Chen, looked at the man with a little unnatural body and comforted him.
"Ye-huh." Xiao Chen turned his head and smiled.
The conference and award ceremony at the end of the exercise are located at the headquarters of the Beijing Military Region in Baoding City. After showing his ID, Zheng Dahu's car slowly drove into the military headquarters under the salute of the doorman.
As the division commander and Zheng Dahu walked into the auditorium of the military region, Xiao Chen once again felt what a sea of people was and what was silent. Thousands of officers and soldiers sat quietly in the auditorium, with men and women with reporter's license plates running back and forth to take pictures.
In the center of the auditorium is the "Snake Hunting Action Summary and Commendation Conference."
The original meeting time was 9:00 a.m., which is more than 20 minutes away from 9:00 a.m.
The moment Xiao Chen and the three entered the auditorium, countless flashes were aimed at them. Those reporters who had been dealing with the military region all year round naturally knew the identity of the man with a golden star on his shoulder in his fifties. As for the two people next to him, one of them must be the protagonist "Rattlesnake" of the conference. If you talk about magic power alone, reporters deserve it.
The bell rang nine times, and several old people walked out of the backstage of the auditorium. All of them were elderly, and the youngest was over 60 years old. But when these old people just appeared in the auditorium, in the shout of "get up", the whole audience suddenly heard warm applause, and all the people present stood up and saluted. Because these old people have three gold stars on their shoulders, with the rank of general.
"The last leader is General Zhang Cundao, the commander of our military region. The others are the leaders of the Central Military Commission. At the front is General Hu Nankai, who is also the organizer of this 'snake hunting' operation. Admiral Hu Nankai came from the Shenyang Military Region." Zheng Dahu introduced softly next to Xiao Chen, but the last sentence was a little ambiguous.
Xiao Chen is not a fool. Zheng Dahu's last sentence naturally has a deep meaning. The location of this exercise is the Shenyang Military Region, and he has killed so many "hunters" from Lan Fang. I'm afraid that this old man will look at himself differently. Although he doesn't know anything about the military region, Xiao Chen also knows that the people in the military region are the best.
"The ceremony is finished." An officer in the auditorium shouted loudly when he saw that several old people had gone to the seat in the center of the auditorium and sat down slowly.
As the No. 1 leader of the Beijing Military Region, Admiral Zhang Cundao is naturally the well-deserved first to stand up and speak. Zhang Cundao is about 70 years old. He is not tall or even a little short, but his body is very thin. The ghost axe and magic knife of the years only makes the old man look a little old. His spirit is not haggard at all because of the passage of time.
"Comrades." The old but majestic voice shouted from the old man's mouth, and his majestic eyes swept across the auditorium. The reporter who had been running to take photos also stopped his work and stared at the old man, the energetic old man.
"Today is the time for the official end of the 'snake hunting' operation, and it is also the commendation meeting for the 'snake hunting' operation. As soldiers, we should not have paid attention to fame and fortune. Everything we do is for the prosperity of the country and the peace of the motherland, but for those soldiers who perform well, we will never We will be stingy with awards, and we always respect heroes. Next, let General Hu Nankai, the organizer of the 'Snake Hunting', announce the specific process and results of the 'Snake Hunting' operation. The old man Zhang Cun said slowly and righteously, with an unparalleled majesty and domineering in his tone. This is Zhang Cundao. He is a soldier who survived a hundred battles from the war.
After listening to Zhang Cundao's words, Hu Nankai took a look at his old friend beside him. There was a helpless smile in his eyes. For decades, this guy still has this temper. Only this old guy dared to say what he said just now. If another person said that he did not pay attention to fame and fortune, he would definitely laugh. Hu Nankai and Zhang Cundao have known each other for 50 years and have been dealing with each other for 50 years. The feelings of the two have been cultivated from the dead. Zhang Cundao blocked the bullets fired by Hu Nankai, and Hu Nankai also received Japanese bayonet for Zhang Cundao. No one dares to question their feelings. They are real friends of life and death. Even if Hu Nankai, as the vice chairman of the Military Commission at this moment, is half higher than Zhang Cundao in his position, in this public place, Zhang Cundao still uses a nearly commanding tone to let him speak, but Hu Nankai does not mind at all. He has long known Zhang Cundao's temper and has been teaching him for 50 years.
Hu Nankai was medium-sized and slightly fat. After slowly standing up, he looked at thousands of pairs of eyes under the stage staring at him. Hu Nankai picked up a document from the table and said in a low voice:
"On August 1, the 'snake hunting' operation began. The 112th Division of the 38th Army of the Beijing Military Region selected five red soldiers to participate in the exercise with the code names of 'Sea Snake', 'Black Tiger Snake', 'Green Bamboo Snake', 'Red Training Snake' and 'Rattlesnake'. The five people were escorted by Colonel Zheng Dahu, the commander of the 336th Regiment of the 112th Division. On January 2nd, he rushed to Xiaoxing'anling, and a total of 938 soldiers of the Shuguang Special Brigade of the Shenyang Military Region officially launched an exercise to chase the Red side the next day.
After a pause, the old man continued to read:
"In the early morning of August 3, five soldiers of the Red side sniped at the blue side on a hill in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains, killing a total of ten blue side special forces. In the early morning of August 4, Wang Dongzhuo, a blue scout, encountered the 'black tiger snake' in the bush and killed him in the ambush. Wang Dongzhuo was then sniped in the dark by the 'attlesnake'. Soon after, the 'attlesnake' encountered 200 people from the blue side in a jungle full of traps and fought fiercely, killing 53 people on the blue side. After that, he successfully escaped, and then joined hands with the Red Snake to kill 91 people from the Blue Square. The 'Red Snake' was killed, and the 'attlesnake' escaped again. On August 5, Lan Fang killed the 'sea snake' after a rapid run of 50 kilometers, paying the price of killing three people. On August 6, Lan Fang was sniped by the 'green bamboo snake' and successfully subdued the 'green bamboo snake' after paying the price of ten people. In a total of three days, Lan Fang killed four 'poisonous snakes' with the loss of 168 people, leaving only one 'attlesnake' who escaped.
Admiral Hu Nankai stopped when he said this, as if he wanted to deliberately sell a barrier. After scanning the auditorium for a week, he locked his eyes in the direction where Xiao Chen was. The old man had already known the 'Rattlesnake' from the information of the military department as early as 20 days ago. Who is it?
Reporters quickly record the information they need, either with a recording pen, or handwriting, or shooting with a camera. After listening to Hu Nankai's report, thousands of soldiers in the auditorium couldn't help thinking about the deep meaning of Hu Nankai's words. Although the chief did not specify anything, when he mentioned the word rattlesnake several times, there was a trace of divine light in the old man's eyes. Although General Hu Nankai was a justice A private person, but also an extremely protective person, must be able to make him say something like this because he appreciates the person code-named 'rattlesnake' very much.
"General Hu, you haven't announced the final result yet." A beautiful voice sounded, and a twenty-three-four-year-old woman looked at General Hu Nankai and asked her doubts. Women are students of a military university. They have been full of curiosity and respect for the army since childhood. A woman's facial features are very beautiful, exquisite and beautiful. There are two shallow dimples on her white face, and a pair of flexible eyes are like the clearest spring in autumn, with flowing waves. Wearing a women's military uniform, she is quite heroic. She is not tall, only about 160, but this does not prevent women from becoming the focus of the audience at a moment.
Hu Nankai looked at the girl and smiled, then glanced at the audience and said in a low voice, "This exercise lasted for 30 days, a whole day. Why is that? Because a man galloped thousands of kilometers in the deep mountains under the pursuit of more than 700 pursuers, and escaped the pursuit and encirclement of the blue side again and again. On the last day of the exercise, 63 people from the blue side were killed under siege. With only three bullets left, the man hid in the dark and shot with a sniper rifle. After three consecutive attacks, he killed Colonel Ma Changjun, the commander-in-chief of the blue side. Of course, this 'snake hunting' operation was finally won by the blue side.
Everyone relied on their breath. Such a result shocked them, or admired them. How brave a person can escape for 30 days under the pursuit of more than 700 people all the way? And under siege, 63 people were killed and the commander-in-chief of the other party were killed. As for the outcome of victory or defeat, these people no longer care about it.
"Xiao Chen, come here." Hu Nankai was no longer stingy with the appreciation in his eyes and looked at Xiao Chen's direction and shouted loudly.
"Isn't it too ostentatious?" Xiao Chen said softly, got up with a smile, and strode to the rostrum of the auditorium.
Everyone's eyes also looked at Xiao Chen at this moment, with envy and jealousy, but more admiration.
Looking at Xiao Chen's straight but slightly rickety back, Zheng Dahu smiled. This guy is really interesting. What would everyone think if everyone knew that this guy was deliberately surrounded by the other party?
"Come on." Hu Nankai looked at his old comrades-in-arms and companions around him and smiled gently.
General Zhang Cundao nodded gently, and his always majestic face showed some signs of loosening. Looking at the young people who had walked to the front of the stage, Zhang Cundao picked up the commendation order that had already been placed on the rostrum, looked at Xiao Chen and everyone in the audience, and read, "After the resolution of the Central Military Commission, I am now awarded the rank of Second Lieutenant of Private Xiao Chen, and from now on, I will rush to the University of National Defense Science and Technology for further study."
A few short words cover too much content. Whether at home or abroad, who can be promoted from a private to second lieutenant in an instant? And it has received the further education that many people have dreamed of. The University of National Defense Science and Technology is a university full of legends and military elites.
Xiao Chen was also a little confused. Such a reward was so sudden that even the subsequent summary report of several generals did not listen to it.