Soldiers Assault: Starting from the 7th Steel Company

Chapter 50 What’s supposed to come has come.

Although the original intention of this farewell party was to be a festive gathering and to let the veterans leave with a smile, in the end, it turned into a gathering full of sorrow and sadness.

Although the noise was very loud, the other people in the 702nd Regiment seemed not to hear it, and no one came up the stairs to the second floor to inquire.
Even the patrolmen who are usually the most annoying stayed away from here on their own initiative today.

This is the regiment’s final understanding and respect for these veterans.

After a night of sentimentality, Gao Cheng gave a strict order to the entire company: Those who leave tomorrow must leave quietly, and no one is allowed to see off those who don’t leave!
Hong Xingguo agreed with this order, because the separation and sadness like yesterday could not happen again, and he could not bear it.

Before daybreak, Bai Tiejun got up on tiptoe.
In order not to wake up others, he didn't even brush his teeth or wash his face.

I just wanted to quietly pack my bag, pick up my suitcase and leave.

Everyone in the room seemed to be asleep, but when he walked to the door, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

Because the third shift is usually filled with loud snoring at night, why is it so quiet today?

He turned his head and looked,
Good guy!
Everyone actually stood up straight, looking over here with tears in their eyes.

There is still emotion!

After all, I have been here for almost three years!

"Brothers, don't be like this. I'm not 'going in', I'm 'going out', you have to laugh!"

In theory, this joke is quite good.

Bai Tiejun's face was indeed full of smiles.

If it were usual, everyone would have laughed out loud at his amusement, but today, no one could laugh.

He just stared at Bai Tiejun blankly.

"Boring! Our mountains and rivers are evergreen, so goodbye, brother!"

Bai Tiejun tried hard to hold back the tears that were about to fall, quickly said the last sentence, and solemnly saluted everyone in the room.

Although his epaulettes and collar are no longer there,
But this military salute is probably the most standard one Bai Tiejun has performed since he joined the army.

Everyone jumped out of bed and returned the greeting seriously.

Bai Tiejun couldn't hold it in any longer, so he turned around and ran out.

Because he knows,
If he stayed any longer, his tear glands would be unable to hold back their tears.

Soldiers from each class who were about to leave would wait in the square in front of the dormitory.

The bus to pick them up had actually arrived a long time ago, but the driver did not urge them. He just watched these passionate men who had dedicated many years to the military camp say their final goodbyes.

It was not until Gao Cheng reminded everyone that if they did not leave now they would miss the train that all the soldiers started looking back at the road they had come from.

The dormitory windows were crowded with heads. Although no one sent or said anything, they all had the same thought at the moment:

Brothers, bon voyage!
The soldiers of the Seventh Company had already formed a tacit understanding and lined up one by one to get on the bus.

When passing under the company flag, they would salute the flaming red flag for the last time in the barracks.

Once they walk out of this door, they are no longer an active-duty Army soldier.

In the following days, the soldiers of the 7th Steel Company left one after another.

Although the number of casualties was serious, the training of the Seventh Company never slackened.

But everyone understood that this was the last time for the Seventh Company. Finally, the last few people were leaving. The remaining people were all top students from their classes.
They will be disbanded and assigned to other companies as backbones.

The military trucks of each company were parked neatly in the open space outside the gate.

Gao Cheng stood at the door of the Seventh Company, gazing at these top students whom he regarded as treasures.

He picked these out one by one, and now they are just being "given away". He feels really bad about it.

But he was a soldier, the last commander of the 7th Steel Company.
He can't collapse, he must hold on!

He read out loudly the heavy list in his hand under the flagpole:

Shi Jin, 1st Company, 702nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment;
Wu Liuyi, 1st Company, 702nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment;
Ma Xiaoshuai, 3rd Company, 702nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment;
Gan Xiaoning, Division Headquarters Communications Battalion;
……

Every soldier whose name is called will pick up the bag at his feet and follow the recruiting officer to line up in front of the truck that will pick them up.

After the list was read out, the huge playground was empty.

Although the recruiting officers came over one by one to offer cigarettes, Gao Cheng would never be interested in such a small thing.

He said sourly to the recruiting officers, "I've been saving up top talent for so many years, and you've all taken it all. You're really just making things easier for others!"

"Okay, you have to be nice to them, do you hear me? Otherwise I..."

Gao Cheng suddenly realized that it was meaningless for him to say these things, because the top students of the 7th Steel Company were treasures wherever they went, and no one would ignore them. Besides, wouldn’t saying these things make him look even more uncomfortable?
Thinking of this, Gao Cheng ignored the recruiting officers and walked straight to his soldiers, oh no, his former soldiers.

"Let me just say this: just because you leave the Seventh Company doesn't mean you're no longer a member of the Seventh Company! Work hard out there, and if you encounter any difficulties, remember to look for me."

He originally wanted to tell me to remember to look for him, but his current plans were still unfinished.

And his eyes were really a little sore, so he couldn't continue speaking and waved his hands vigorously.

The recruiting officer could not bear the heavy and depressing atmosphere, so he said a simple goodbye and left with these "babies" of the Seventh Company.

"Damn, the sun is really strong today." Gao Cheng said self-deprecatingly, wiping away the tears that were about to burst out.

Ok?
Why are there still two soldiers who haven’t left?
"Oh, by the way, I said that when I was reading the names just now, it seemed like you two were not included."

The person standing in the square was Chen Jiang, the deputy squad leader of Class 3, and the other one was naturally Xu Sanduo.

"Report to the company commander, the seventh company's troops have not been disbanded yet!" Chen Jiang reported loudly.

"Huh? There are not many people left in the Seventh Company, and you are still guarding the Seventh Company?" Although Chen Jiang was one of the soldiers Gao Cheng admired the most, he was in a very bad mood today, so his tone was not very good.

Especially when he saw Xu Sanduo behind him, he became extremely angry.

Although Xu Sanduo's grades were outstanding, in the 7th Steel Company, judging from all the results, Chen Jiang ranked first, and he was most likely second.

But he still looked down on him in his heart. On the one hand, Gao Cheng was still brooding over Xu Sanduo's gesture, and on the other hand, this soldier was too sentimental.

Just now when Shi Jin got on the car to go to the 1st Mechanized Infantry Company, Xu Sanduo wanted to rush out of the queue and grab his former squad leader several times, but was stopped by Chen Jiang.

From this point alone, Gao Cheng felt that Xu Sanduo only had the appearance of a soldier but not the substance of a soldier.

"Okay, okay, the Seventh Company is disbanded!"

Chen Jiang and Xu Sanduo both stood at ease, but judging from their posture, they were still in a regular formation of two people.

(End of this chapter)