Chapter 2: Deserters
Two bowls of braised noodles were just a filler in Yang Buxing's stomach. Thinking that the village could only eat a little bit of oil star during the Chinese New Year, these thin slices of pork were enough to make him savor the aftertaste.
It's been a long time.
The county office building is two small bungalows built with red bricks, with an area of only about 40 to 50 square meters. When Wang Daniu brought Wang Jianguo and Yang Buxu here, they discovered that there were only two quotas for joining the army in the county.
It's all fucking bullshit.
There was a large group of people standing in the open space in front of the county office building, and there were eight or nine young men in the middle. Wang Daniu pulled the people around him to ask, it was okay if he didn't ask, but he almost cursed when he asked.
It turns out that to join the army, as long as you are old enough, you can come for a physical examination, and you only need to pass the physical examination. There is no quota at all.
"The bastard Xie Guangguo is so jealous. He said that the quota is rare, and he defrauded our family of 200 kilograms of good wheat!"
Wang Daniu suppressed his anger, and now he had no choice but to let his children go for a physical examination first. The several hundred kilograms of wheat were just soaked in water and fed to pigs!
Wang Daniu was still cursing and didn't notice that Yang Buxuan's face turned very ugly at this time.
Only now did Yang Buxu realize that the whole village's one-month ration subsidy had been stolen by the black-hearted county magistrate. He still remembered that when the bald man came to the village arrogantly, the old village magistrate laid eggs at home just to entertain others.
Chickens were stewed as a treat just so that he could get the quota. And he did not hesitate to pay for the whole village's subsidized rations for the next month.
"No, if this soldier wants to join, the rations must come back too!"
Two doctors from the county health center are responsible for the physical examination. Children in the mountains are incomparable with children in the city in terms of passing physical examinations, and their physical fitness is very poor. Not to mention myopia and obesity.
Got it!
There were nine people in total, and all of them passed. After the physical examination was announced as completed, Yang Buxuan also saw the so-called county magistrate.
From a distance, the bald man with a beer belly walked over from the street accompanied by two young men in military uniforms. Looking at the greasy mouth of Xie Guangguo, it was obvious that he had just returned from breakfast! In this mountain, except for the front
For those guys who got liver flukes in those years, it was really hard to find someone with such a big belly.
I don't know if he figured out his identity as the villain, but Yang Buxuan looked even more disgusting when he saw this fat bald man walking with two tall and tall JF army uncles from a distance.
"Please be quiet, everyone. Let me introduce you. The two people beside me are the leaders sent by our city's recruitment office. As long as you pass the physical examination, I will take you back to the city tomorrow and make unified arrangements."
Xie Guangguo stood in front of the flag-raising platform and announced loudly, and the two soldiers around him also saluted everyone at this moment! Wang Daniu, who was very unhappy just now, looked at the two people in military green in front of him and thought of his own situation in the near future.
My son can be like others, and his irritation over being cheated out of hundreds of kilograms of wheat by Xie Guangguo has also dissipated a lot.
The next thing went very smoothly. Since Ping'an County is located in a remote mountainous area, the closest distance to Pingdong City requires more than 5 hours of driving, so the nine people stayed behind under unified arrangements that afternoon.
They stayed overnight in the county and followed two soldiers from the recruitment office to Pingdong City early the next morning to wait for the collective sending of troops in three days. This is also a specific measure taken by the state to deal with the specific situation of some poor counties.
At night, Yang Buxu lay on the bunk and couldn't sleep. He really couldn't think of any way to get the bald and black-hearted county magistrate to return the subsidized rations for this month. Although the village would not starve to death without these rations, but
Yang Buxing just couldn't swallow this breath.
Early the next morning, a group of nine people got on a bus and left Ping'an County for Pingdong City. After a full five hours of mountain road travel, it was already past two o'clock in the afternoon when they arrived at the city's recruitment office.
At this time, meals had been prepared early in the institute. It was only this time that Yang Buxu truly experienced what hiccups felt like. The terrifying amount of food even alarmed the leader, who watched a large pot of rice simmering in the air for a long time.
They were quickly wiped out in a short period of time, and everyone had to admit that this young man from Yangjiatun would not be able to do anything unless he became a soldier. Not everyone could afford to eat like this.
After the meal, we registered our identity information. The person in charge of the registration was a young officer in his twenties. He took a picture of everyone. A computer was used to record the information, as well as face recognition and other things.
Yang Buxian had never heard of it on the radio.
"Okay, from now on you can be regarded as a soldier. All your information has been entered into the system. Go back and collect your military uniforms. In three days, you will gather at the train station and head to the station, so you are not allowed to leave here during this period. Find me then.
If you don't get the right number, something big will happen."
The young officer reminded the nine of them with a serious expression.
"Then what will happen if we can't find anyone?"
Yang Buxu said this out of nowhere.
"What's going on? Something big happened!
According to the provisions of Chapter 36 and 21 of the Military Law: Soldiers who leave the station for more than 24 hours without any reason, or are out of touch for more than 16 hours, are classified as deserters!
Especially for new recruits, as long as there is a deserter, no matter who recruits the soldiers, even the local leaders will be implicated, and the leaders above will have to come down to investigate clearly. And if someone is identified as a deserter, then after being captured
Regardless of whether I can stay in the army or not, I will always be..."
Yang Buxian didn't listen to what was said below. All his attention was on the sentence "The leaders from above came down to investigate."
A ridiculous plan was brewing in Yang Buxuan's heart at this time, and the purpose was of course to provide a month's ration rations for the more than 60 people in Yangjiatun.
That night, something big happened in the guest house of the Pingdong City Recruitment Office. This incident was quickly reported to Zhang Shuanghai, the section chief of the Recruitment Office. Suddenly, the entire Pingdong City Recruitment Office exploded.
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"Playing the piano randomly! How could a good person be lost? He will be sent to the army in three days. At this juncture, you have lost someone. Are you going to be a deserter...
What? You ran away by yourself! Find it for me! Send someone back to the county to find it for me..."
With a bang, Zhang Shuanghai hung up the phone hard. At this moment, two people walked in outside the office.
"Who are you looking for?"
Because his emotions had not calmed down yet, Zhang Shuanghai's tone was not very friendly at this time.
"Hello, comrade, we are from the 199th Brigade Field Camp. My name is Tie Kang."
Only then did Zhang Shuanghai come to his senses. This was the first step for recruiting troops when coming to the army. This was an "unspoken rule" in the army. The destinations of the soldiers recruited every year had generally been decided. Except for a few in Pingdong City this year,
For those who go to the border areas, the rest will go to the Ninety-nine Brigade.
Therefore, some company-level cadres particularly like to come to the recruitment office to see the people first and make an impression on some good prospects. After three months in the recruit camp, they will be selected by some ace troops for key training.
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The person who came to the field camp called Tiekang today had this in mind. The soldiers in the city are not as physically fit as the children in the mountains. Apart from being less educated, they are much better than the children in the city who are hardworking. Culture can be learned, and physical fitness can be improved.
Practice, but this hard-working nature is destined since childhood.
Tie Kangben heard that Jiu Shanli Babies had just arrived yesterday, and he wanted to come over first to take a look, but he didn't expect that before he entered the door, he heard Zhang Shuanghai roaring on the phone, and when he heard the word deserter, he
I couldn’t help but frown!
As a company-level officer, the most intolerable thing is the word "desert". In his eyes, these two words are often associated with treason.
"Chief Zhang, I overheard something outside just now. The word "deserter" cannot be spoken lightly. We haven't sent troops yet, so this is not a deserter."
Tie Kang reminded Zhang Shuanghai kindly, because he knew how lethal these two words were to a soldier, or a person who was about to become a soldier.
"Please sit down, please sit down, make Comrade Tie laugh. This is what happened.
The soldiers who came from Ping'an County yesterday had just entered their information, but they ran away in the evening. This is no better than before, with big data and face recognition. If the soldiers cannot be handed over by then, they will be held accountable."
Zhang Shuanghai obviously hadn't adjusted from the emotion just now, and his nostrils were steaming when he said this.
"This soldier comes from the mountains. It just so happens that I came here specifically to look at a few seedlings today. What is the name of this soldier?"
"Yang Buxu is from Yangjiatun, Ping'an County. The other eight people are from nearby villages, and they are all children from the mountains."
Zhang Shuanghai handed the information to Tie Kang.
At the beginning, Tie Kang thought that the baby in the mountains was curious about the city. Maybe he went out to see something and got lost, so he wouldn't run too far. As long as he sent someone to look for it, he should find it back in less than half a day. But until he
When he left at noon the next day, he hadn't found him yet. Only then did he realize that things might not be that simple.
"Company Commander, we will send out troops tomorrow morning. Isn't that Yang Buxu really going to be a deserter? Although he hasn't arrived at the station yet, strictly speaking he is already a deserter."
Following Tie Kang was a platoon leader named Zhou Bo. At this time, in his mind, Yang Buxu was already regarded as a deserter.
"Turn around and go to the recruiting office guest house!"
Tie Kang read the information, and he didn't believe that such a mountain boy would do anything to desert the army. Moreover, Zhang Shuanghai still hadn't found anyone after a day, which was not normal. So he decided to go to those fellow villagers to look for clues. In his heart
There was a voice that kept telling him that this guy named Yang Buxu was causing trouble.
At this time, the guy who was thought to be the troublemaker was lying on the bed and his eyes were dizzy with hunger. He hadn't eaten or drank for a long time. I wonder when the so-called leader would come down to investigate. If he doesn't come to investigate, I'm afraid he will.
Chapter completed!