Two-thirds of the first list were about to leave. The company commander and instructor who came to pick up the people could sense that Gao Cheng was feeling unhappy, so they had to give him cigarettes guiltily.

Gao Cheng held a cigarette in his mouth, stammering as he tried to make a joke, but was afraid he would burst into tears, so he ended up just laughing and cursing, "These bastards are dividing my meat."

By the time the second list of names came out, Gao Cheng had already become numb from the pain.

Basically all the people from the 7th Steel Company had left, leaving only three people, Gao Cheng, Rosen and Xu Sanduo.

The company commander is still the company commander, Rosen, who was once jokingly called the deputy squad leader by everyone in the third squad, became the acting squad leader, and Xu Sanduo became the only soldier under his command.

Gao Cheng looked at the two of them, and after a moment's silence, he suddenly said, "Good job, leave two soldiers for me. From now on, I will be your company commander and also your buddy."

"Yes, company commander." Xu Sanduo said.

"Hello, buddy." Rosen said with a smile.

The three people's mission was to stay behind. After all, although the dormitory in the company was empty, the supplies were still there and the new equipment had not yet been received, so there were people guarding it.

The next people who came came to distribute the supplies.

Holding the list, bunk beds, tables and chairs, a pool table, a TV, a desk lamp, and even a stool...

Gao Cheng, Luo Sen and Xu Sanduo led them to get the things like sleepwalkers. When everyone had left, the three of them found that the Seventh Company was empty, with only the three of them and a wall full of banners and medals.

"Just now I felt that they were like vultures, coming to devour the bodies of our Seventh Company." Gao Cheng's eyes were red, and he said, "I wish I could beat them to death with one punch."

After saying that, he left angrily.

In the empty company, Gao Cheng lived in a room by himself, while Rosen and Xu Sanduo still lived in the much more spacious third squad dormitory.

In the middle of the night, Luo Sen was pushed awake by Xu Sanduo, who then said in the tone of an old village woman telling a ghost story: "Squad leader, there are strange noises in the captain's room. Is he sick?"

"What a squad leader, you are embarrassing me, huh?" Rosen patted his head and said, "Call me Rosen from now on, do you hear me?"

"I heard it." Xu Sanduo nodded.

This guy's greatest strength, besides being stubborn, is that he's obedient.

Especially when it comes to people who convince him, he will listen to whatever they say.

There was no doubt that Rosen was the person who convinced him, so he obeyed Rosen's words without hesitation.

Rosen got out of bed and sneaked through the dark corridor with Xu Sanduo, pushing open the door that Gao Cheng had not locked for many years to make it easier for soldiers to find him.

Then they saw Gao Cheng biting the corner of the quilt and crying. The 1.80-meter-tall man curled up on the bed, exuding sadness.

After more than ten seconds, he realized something was wrong. He rolled off the bed and wiped away the tears on his face. He tried to defend himself, "I just have a stomachache."

"Company commander, how about I carry you to the infirmary?" Xu Sanduo said very honestly.

"Captain, if you have a stomachache, drink some hot water." Rosen said, tugging at Xu Sanduo's clothes and said, "Let's go too."

"But Captain..."

"Walk."

Although he was very worried about the company commander, Xu Sanduo still followed Rosen.

As soon as the two of them went back to the house and lay down, Xu Sanduo asked worriedly, "Luo Sen, is the company commander okay?"

"It's okay." Rosen said, "The company commander is a real man. Do you know what a real man is?"

"do not know."

"A real man can withstand any amount of hardship and won't be crushed. He just has to grit his teeth and persevere," said Rosen.

At this time, the door was pushed open, and the company commander walked into the room holding a quilt, found a bed and lay down, and said, "Rosen, I'm not as good as you say."

He lay on the upper bunk, lit a cigarette, and said as he smoked, "I'm not going to hold on any longer. I did cry just now, but it's no big deal. I'm just very sad. Really, I feel ashamed of the martyrs of the 7th Steel Company. I personally abandoned the 7th Steel Company that they built with their lives and blood."

At this point, his voice choked up again.

"If they were still here, they wouldn't blame you." Rosen said, "If you want to be reborn from the ashes, you have to die once and then throw your body into the fire, right?"

"But the Seventh Steel Company..."

"When we gather together, we are a ball of fire; when we disperse, we are a sky full of stars." Rosen said, "The people of the 7th Steel Company have been separated, but their spirit is still there. Besides, as long as we are here, the 7th Steel Company will not fall."

"You're right." Gao Cheng breathed a sigh of relief, extinguished his cigarette and said, "I can see that you are a good candidate for being an instructor."

"I don't want to be anything else. I just want to be a soldier." Rosen said firmly.

Then the two of them started chatting with each other.

The two of them could talk about anything and everything, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign. As they talked, a smile appeared on Gao Cheng's face.

Xu Sanduo seldom interrupted, but just listened quietly beside him.

Gao Cheng slept very soundly, perhaps because of what Rosen said yesterday, or maybe he was really relaxed, and he didn't wake up until dawn.

Soon he saw that Rosen and Xu Sanduo had put on sand leggings and sand vests as usual and were ready to go out for a run.

"Wait a minute, I want to go too." Gao Cheng suddenly felt ashamed of his relaxation and quickly got up to run with them.

There were only three people left in the 7th Steel Company, but because of Rosen and Xu Sanduo's insistence, Gao Cheng had to follow, so they still walked in rows of two or three as before.

Although the 7th Steel Company is in name only, the three of them still maintain its status.

At first Gao Cheng was just forced into it, and even felt that this was a humiliation and revenge against him by the two men, but when he got used to it, he suddenly felt that this was what the 7th Steel Company should be like.

Pride is not about showing off when you are at your strongest, but about maintaining your character and majesty when you are at your weakest.

On the training ground, veterans who were assigned to other companies would shout their slogans even louder when they saw the three of them.

It seems to prove that the 7th Steel Company is still there.

A company with only three people could not cook, so the two had to eat at the 1st Mechanized Infantry Company according to the regiment's assignment.

Gao Cheng originally wanted to just invite Rosen and Xu Sanduo.

But Xu Sanduo was unwilling to do so and said that a company commander should not be so willful.

Rosen smiled and said, "You can treat me, I'll do it, because I have the most money among the three of us."

Gao Cheng looked at Rosen, thought about the little money in his pocket, and finally admitted that he was indeed lacking in this regard.

Therefore, Gao Cheng’s generosity ultimately came to nothing, and the three of them continued to eat their own food.

Gao Cheng led the way, Luo Sen was in the middle, and Xu Sanduo was at the end. The three of them lined up in a row and went to the cafeteria.

Although the 7th Steel Company was reorganized, it was not disbanded and the number remained, so even though they only had three people, they still stood alone in a team and shouted commands and sang songs just like the 6th Company next to them.

The Sixth Company couldn't help but laugh and said, "Seventh Brother, please stop torturing yourself."

Gao Cheng, who was originally feeling a little embarrassed, became excited after hearing this.

He suddenly felt that he had been a bit pretentious before. Even if the Seventh Company was gone, he could not lose his dignity and he still had to do what he had to do.

So Rosen started, and the three of them began to sing at the top of their lungs.

After the song was over, no one could laugh anymore and the whole place was completely silent.

The commander of the Sixth Company said with deep conviction: "Seventh Brother, I admire you. Two of you killed our entire company."

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