"Sergeant, how many years have you been in the army? Have you ever been to the battlefield?" the recruits asked Liu Danyang curiously.
Liu Danyang said: "I joined the army during the Zhenbao Island self-defense counterattack.
I have been in the army for more than four years.
It’s a pity that I still haven’t had the chance to go to the real front line.”
Xie Wan remembered that the Zhenbao Island self-defense counterattack was in 1969. During the four years in between, we were only on the southwestern border and there were some military operations. It was normal for a medical soldier like Liu Danyang not to have the opportunity to go to the battlefield.
Later, Liu Danyang explained the housekeeping regulations to everyone and taught everyone how to tidy up their housekeeping.
Before I knew it, it was evening.
A loud military bugle call sounded and everyone gathered on the playground.
Xie Wan has already changed into a brand new military uniform.
The company commander of the female soldiers' company in the recruit camp was actually a male officer named Gao Jian.
The instructor is a female named Fang Dongling.
Gao Jian shouted in front of the queue: "Female soldiers, line up in the standard formation! Turn left! March in step! One, two, one! One, two, one..."
So the girls started chattering and pushing each other, taking uneven steps. Xie Wan walked at the front of the team with her head held high, and Sun Yueya behind her kept stepping on her heels.
Liu Danyang, who was being escorted back, wanted to wipe off his cold sweat.
Captain Gao shouted, "Stand still!"
Because some people stopped quickly and some stopped slowly, a good team almost fell down halfway.
"Look at what you look like?
Do you think we are going to the vegetable market?
Whoever spoke just now, step out of line!"
The girls were intimidated by Captain Gao's aura. Those who had just spoken all took a step timidly and stepped out of the line.
Captain Gao turned to instructor Fang Dongling and said, "Write down the names of all these people.
I will run an extra three kilometers tomorrow morning."
The girls were so frightened that they were silenced, and no one dared to speak in the queue anymore.
The banner "Welcome New Comrades" was still swaying in the afterglow of the setting sun, and the new recruits had already begun their first training.
Gao Jian stood in front of the queue in an inviolable manner, looking at the female soldiers in front of him with cold eyes.
He said: "Once you join the army, regardless of your gender, you are all soldiers and must hold yourself to the standards of a soldier.
If you can't bear the hardship and pain, get out of here now!"
The female soldiers were speechless, especially the arts soldiers, many of whom showed disapproving expressions on their faces.
Then, Gao Jian talked about the assessment standards for the new recruits’ training. Those who failed to meet the assessment standards would be returned.
Those female soldiers who didn't take it seriously then showed solemn expressions.
But there are still some people who did not take Gao Jian's words seriously.
After the speech, the team marched into the cafeteria and lined up.
The troops eat in the order of their company numbers.
Those companies whose turn it was not yet were waiting outside the cafeteria.
At this time, other companies had already started singing military songs.
Gao Jian shouted, "You who are standing first in the row, start singing the 'Song of the Women's Army'."
Xie Wan didn't realize that the person Gao Jian was talking about was him.
It was not until Gao Jian walked up to Xie Wan and watched her give orders again that Xie Wan reacted.
"The Women's Army Song"?
It seems to be an episode of "The Red Detachment of Women".
Xie Wan has heard of it, but she doesn’t know how to do it!
Xie Wan started to get nervous.
There were few movies in that era, and "The Red Detachment of Women" was a very popular movie. If she said she couldn't do it, would she be regarded as an enemy spy?
This is equivalent to in later generations, if you ask someone "How much is a glass of Palace Jade Wine", and the other person cannot answer "One hundred and eighty per glass", you will most likely be reported as a spy.
"Report to the company commander, I can't sing!"
Gao Jian was stunned.
He glanced at Xie Wan and realized that he had not noticed that the female soldier was a medic.
I just thought this female soldier was so white that it was blinding, and I thought she was an arts soldier.
When they first gathered, Xie Wan stood among the medical soldiers, but she was more dazzling than the arts soldiers, so many of them paid attention to her.
Many people are curious about why Xie Wan was not selected as an arts soldier when she is so beautiful?
Now when they heard her report that she couldn't sing, they all looked at her with disdain.
In the army, female soldiers and arts soldiers have a sense of superiority. They are beautiful, their work is not dangerous, their pay is high, and they have the opportunity to marry higher-ranking officers.
In their eyes, medics are the ones who do hard and tiring work, and most of them look very ordinary.
The female soldier who greeted Xie Wan in the afternoon was named Liu Shiqi, and she was an arts soldier.
She also stood at the head of the team and raised her hand and said, "Captain, I can sing the Women's Army Song."
Gao Jian was a rough man who didn't understand the little thoughts of these female soldiers. He waved his hand and said, "Then you take the lead."
Liu Shiqi's neck was originally very slender, and now it was even more raised like a proud green swan.
"Go forward, go forward. Soldiers have a heavy responsibility, and women have deep grievances..."
As the song started, cold sweat began to drip down Xie Wan's forehead.
Xie Wan sang along quietly in the team.
She felt the gazes behind her and felt nervous, fearing that others would mistake her for an enemy spy.
So when everyone finished singing the last sentence, the whole audience fell silent.
Then--
Only Xie Wan was still humming to fill in the gap: "...women's grievances are deep."
"Gao Jian, resentment value +99;"
"Liu Danyang, resentment value +199;"
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