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In 1955, the army began to implement the military rank system.
This military rank system has six grades and nineteen levels.
Among them: two levels of marshal, Grand Marshal and Marshal of the People's Republic of China;
There are four ranks of generals: general, lieutenant general, major general, and major general;
There are four grades of officers: senior colonel, lieutenant colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major;
There are four ranks of lieutenant: captain, lieutenant, lieutenant, and second lieutenant. The ranks correspond to the administrative ranks of the local demobilized personnel. In addition, to accommodate hundreds of thousands of deputy platoon-level cadres, a warrant officer rank has been temporarily established.
Sergeant Grade 3, Staff Sergeant, Sergeant Major, Corporal;
There are two levels of soldiers: corporal and private.
With the reduction of military ranks, Liu Shijun is about to officially transfer to the local area, and Xiao Li has been promoted to the rank of regimental commander. Regimental commander-level cadres are generally awarded the rank of colonel or major general. Because of the characteristics of the independent regiment, Xiao Li, Dong Shiyi and other regimental commander-level cadres were awarded the rank of major general.
When Liu Shijun awarded Xiao Li the title, Xiao Li wanted to rub his eyes and pinch himself.
Oh my god, I heard it right!
Colonel!
This is a luxury that Xiao Li would never dare to think about in his lifetime.
Xiao Li never thought that one day he would be so successful. He glanced at the four school-level star badges on his shoulders, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and the smile in his eyes could not be concealed.
Especially when the school officer uniforms were distributed, Xiao Li was very happy for a while, holding the clothes in his hands, which seemed to weigh a thousand gold.
After the awarding ceremony, Dong Shiyi, who had also received a formal attire, ran back to the dormitory excitedly: "Come on, let's change into it and try it out."
The new military uniform hat is a big top hat with a sea blue cap band and bright red floss on the upper and lower edges of the cap. The dress style is modeled after the Soviet style, made of blue woolen fabric, with bright red floss on the collar, sleeves, and trouser seam, and elastic-top half-high leather boots made of calfskin.
The two vertical lines on the shoulders, the four school-level star badges and the August 1st Medal with golden wheat ears and gears on the chest on a sea-blue background complement each other, making the wearer look majestic and handsome.
After putting on the formal gown, Xiao Li took the only small square mirror in the dormitory and looked at himself up and down for a long time. He was so proud that he exclaimed, "So handsome!"
"My TN is so handsome, how can there be such a handsome guy in this world!"
"Ah~~ I can't take it anymore. I'm about to cry because of my own handsomeness! I wonder if Comrade Wang Xuemei will love me even more when she sees me like this!"
Dong Shiyi felt a chill in his throat: "Get lost, narcissist!"
Xiao Li propped his chin up in his hand, looking up and down at Dong Shiyi, who was also wearing a military uniform. He raised his eyebrows and said with a smug look on his face, "Damn you, why do you always look like this? You're not handsome at all."
Dong Shiyi always has the unique temperament of an intellectual, and he exudes an air of profound knowledge, which is something Xiao Li can never learn.
Dong Shiyi then directly asked, "Logically speaking, you've been studying longer than I have. Why don't you look knowledgeable at all? You act like an illiterate bandit. Have you read so much that it's all gone to waste?"
Thinking of Xiao Xinghua's appearance, Dong Shiyi nodded directly and said: "Yes. Master Xiao's genes are really strong." Intellectual influence is completely useless!
Xiao Li: "Get lost!"
With the promotion, Xiao Li's salary also increased accordingly.
With the return of the volunteers, China's wars became less frequent and everything developed in a positive direction. Correspondingly, the treatment of soldiers was improved. This year, the army abolished the rank of military commission members, changed the salary method of the army, and implemented a military service allowance.
10% of the supplementary salary for those with more than 5 to 10 years of enlistment, 15% of the supplementary salary for those with more than 10 to 15 years of enlistment, 20% of the supplementary salary for those with more than 15 to 20 years of enlistment, 25% of the supplementary salary for those with more than 20 to 25 years of enlistment, and 30% of the supplementary salary for those with more than 25 years of enlistment.
Xiao Li's salary at the colonel level is 190 yuan, plus the military service allowance, he received 209 yuan this month. Xiao Li's hands were shaking after receiving the salary.
Get rich!
He doesn't even know what to do with the money!
The allowance has increased, and the 8147th Regiment is celebrating today like it's New Year. Everyone has a smile on their face and is clamoring to go hunting in the back mountain to celebrate.
The veterans got a raise, and the new recruits with less than five years of service will definitely get a raise as well, but their raise is not much, only from six yuan a month to eight yuan.
Not much. But it gave people hope, and many new recruits secretly vowed to work hard and strive to join the party and become cadres.
In the afternoon, the kitchen staff prepared a big meal using the pheasants and rabbits hunted today.
A few rabbits and a pheasant weren't enough for the entire regiment, so the kitchen staff came up with a plan: cook them into a soup. It didn't matter whether there was this dish or not; the main thing was to give everyone a taste of the meat and to send Liu Shijun off at the same time.
"Last time, it was just a few of us who saw Old Zheng off. I didn't expect it would be my turn so soon." Liu Shijun has been a soldier his entire life. It would be a lie to say he wasn't sad to be leaving. Turning to look at the soldiers around him, his heart was filled with emotion: "I've been in the army for most of my life, and have seen off many of my comrades. I never thought I'd have to leave one day, but today I didn't expect that I'd have to leave too!"
Liu Shijun always remembered that after the victory of the war, one of his old squad leaders returned home. The old squad leader had made many sacrifices and contributions for the victory. At that time, he was young and didn't understand why the old squad leader left. He ran to ask him, "Is it because you were injured that you were abandoned?"
The old squad leader tapped his bald head and said with a smile: "It's not that the country has abandoned me, it's just that it's time for me to leave. You are still young now, but you will understand when you grow up."
Later, many veterans who had made contributions quietly recovered and returned home. When they left, the country arranged their future life and work. The veterans did not want to cause even a little trouble to the country, so after leaving, most of them chose to hide their identities and return to their hometowns to farm.
They give silently and never ask for anything in return.
There are fewer and fewer wars. China needs talents to grow and develop, and the army needs outstanding military talents to lead it. Liu Shijun finally understood what the old squad leader said and made up his mind to leave his favorite army and retire and return home.
The regiment commander was going to retire and return home, but the soldiers in the army didn't know about it except Xiao Li and a few others. When they suddenly found out, the atmosphere became a little sad, and the meat soup didn't taste good anymore.
Liu Shijun scolded with a smile, "What are you doing? Don't look so sad. It's like I'm dead and you're holding a funeral for me. I'm just going home to be with my wife and children. If you miss me, write to me. If you pass by J Province on vacation, please come and see me. Don't be so sad."
Liu Shijun's rank was not low. After he retired and returned home, he was directly appointed as the director of the Public Security Bureau of Z City, J Province. According to him, thanks to D, he was a rural peasant and became a city dweller with his wife and children. It was glorious.
The next day, Xiao Li and Liu Shijun completed the handover, and it was time for him to leave.
The 8147th Regiment was founded by Liu Shijun and Lao Zheng. It was like his child. Before leaving, Liu Shijun took one last walk around the 8147th Regiment, his eyes full of reluctance. With tears in his eyes, he patted Xiao Li's shoulder and said, "Xiao Li, do your best and don't bring shame to our 8147th Regiment."
Xiao Li saluted solemnly: "Yes!"
Liu Shijun is gone.
When the old soldier who had spent half his life in the military camp left, he only packed a few sets of military uniforms, a quilt, a washbasin and a ceramic pot, packed a simple marching bag, and left his favorite unit without looking back.
The soldiers of the 8147th Regiment stood in a neat line at the entrance of the unit to bid farewell to their old commander. They watched him leave and could not put down their saluting hands for a long time.
Xiao Li and Dong Shiyi ignored Liu Shijun's objections and escorted him all the way to the city's train station. They watched him get on the train and said, "Captain, please send us a telegram when you arrive. We will write to you often when we have time."
Liu Shijun's seat was right by the window. He waved at the two of them, "Alright, go back now. You two should cooperate well with each other and work hard to make our group develop better. Take good care of yourselves, and I will take good care of them as well."
Xiao Li nodded solemnly: "Captain, don't worry. Everything in our group's future will develop in the way you hope!"
"Okay." The train started slowly. Xiao Li and the other man stood on the platform and watched the train slowly move to a place where they could no longer see it before leaving.
On the train, Liu Shijun leaned against the window and tilted his neck to try to look out. When he finally could no longer see the two people, he slowly sat down.
Covering his face with his hands, tears streaming from between his fingers, he murmured, "Goodbye!"
Goodbye, the place where I once struggled!
Goodbye, my favorite military camp!
Xiao Li officially took up his post. After becoming a regular regiment commander, a position became vacant in the army. They selected the one with the best qualifications from the three battalion commanders and applied to their superiors. After the application was approved, the former second battalion commander was officially promoted from regular battalion commander to deputy regiment commander level and served as deputy commander of the 8147th Regiment.
The position of battalion commander was vacant and he was promoted from the company commander at the back. Finally, a platoon leader position became vacant and was given to Wang Dahai, who had made great contributions. After receiving the notice, Wang Dahai jumped for joy and almost lost his mind.
By mid-June, everything was on track and everything was finally ready.
Dong Shiyi shook the application form in his hand and said, "The family compound of the regiment has been built and is ready for occupancy. Many cadres have already applied. What's wrong with you, Lao Xiao? Why aren't you in a hurry at all?"
There are not many family compounds built in the regiment this time, only less than twenty small compounds. Their regiment deputy company commanders and above can meet the conditions for accompanying the troops. After the family compounds were built, Dong Shiyi notified the people below that they could apply, and they would reasonably allocate the only small compounds according to their official positions and military service.
"I'm the boss of the group now, what if you don't let me stay?" Xiao Li said with an attitude that if you don't let me stay, I won't approve it. "I have already written the application a long time ago, I'll give it to you right away."
He had long been looking forward to having his own little home here. How could he forget such an important matter when he asked Wang Xuemei to come? He found the application from a pile of documents and handed it to Dong Shiyi. "Our courtyards are next to each other. After they get to know each other, they will have someone to talk to."
Dong Shiyi nodded: "Okay."
"Oh, my baby's due date was in May and it's already June. He's probably been born, but I don't know if it's a boy or a girl. I've already thought of a lot of names." Xiao Li pointed at a piece of paper with a melancholy look on his face. The paper was filled with names he had given to his children.
I want to go back but I can’t.
Uncomfortable!
After Wang Xuemei gave birth, she asked Xiaoming to send a telegram to his brother, but Li Cuihua stopped her and said, "Didn't your brother say he has something to do recently? Don't tell him yet. I'll send a telegram to your brother another day."
As the child grew more and more handsome, Xiao Ming completely forgot about this telegram, which resulted in Xiao Li not knowing that his baby was already two months old.
Beijing City.
"Grandma, let me hold you." Xiao Ming looked at the fair and tender little girl who was sucking her fingers in Li Cuihua's arms with envy, and stretched out his hand to hug her.
"No, who thinks we are ugly?" She hasn't hugged him enough, how could she give him to that brat Xiao Ming? Li Cuihua has no sense of being the head of the family, and she is ruthless when bullying her grandson.
"How would I know? Children do change." It is said that a newborn baby looks different every day, and it is not an exaggeration at all. In two months, Xiao Ming watched her transform from a little old woman with swollen eyes, a swollen face, and wrinkled skin into a cute doll with big eyes.
From a confused little kid who ate and slept and couldn't open his eyes every day, to a smart little kid who woke up every day, turned his head around, looked around, and smiled for no reason.
Ever since Guaiguai became more handsome, Xiaoming no longer goes out to play. He stays at home every day, just wanting to find time to hug Guaiguai.
Guaiguai is the baby's nickname. Grandpa Xiao felt that the child did not cause her mother much suffering and was an obedient and filial child, so he decided on the nickname directly.
When the moon was full, Old Man Xiao found a tattered dictionary from his treasure box and coaxed Guai to look through it. "Come on, Guai, we are going to give you a name today. Guai, we can choose any word you like."
The child didn't understand anything and didn't cooperate. He used his hands and feet to gesture back and forth, and the dictionary fell to the ground, and it happened to land on the page with the word nuo. From then on, the child's name was Xiaonuo.
Wang Xuemei felt that the name was too casual, but Grandpa Xiao thought that the word "Nuo" was quite good.
Wang Han pulled Wang Xuemei, who was hesitant to speak, and said, "Xiao Li and Xiao Ming were named in the same way. I thought it was too casual at the time, but your father told me that this is the tradition of their Xiao family."
Li Cuihua laughed so hard she couldn't stop. "This isn't a tradition of our Xiao family at all. It's obvious that the old man was trying to name his descendants, but all he could think of were cheap names like Goudan, Gouwa, and Tiezhu. So he had no choice but to come up with this trick."
Wang Han patted his chest with a look of relief and exclaimed, "That was a close call!"
Wang Xuemei instantly imagined her own little boy with a cute face, being called by her: "Xiao Gousheng, come home for dinner!"
Wang Xuemei: ...I suddenly feel that Xiaonuo is pretty good.
The family happily decided on the child's nickname and formal name, completely unaware that Guaiguai had a father who was worried about naming her.
They even forgot to send a telegram to Xiao Li.
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