Author: Bingshanxuefeng
That day, during my lunch break, a sudden ringtone from my cell phone woke me up from my dream. It turned out that the call was from his old comrade Wang Guohua who was far away in Zhuhai. He rubbed his eyes and hurriedly opened the video. A handsome old man appeared on the screen. He was still so energetic and spoke to me in a soft voice, hey! Are you OK? I have read your articles about regimental commanders and chiefs of staff. They are really interesting and speak my mind. Yes, you have the ability to write more about our soldiers and the lives and friendships of our comrades in the army.
What a great idea! What he said was exactly what I was thinking. My thoughts about my old comrades-in-arms were immediately connected with his reminder, and many images of my comrades-in-arms came out of my heart. It seems that my blood is boiling and burning, and there is a feeling that is spitting out flames. Suddenly, a dear comrade-in-arms stood in front of me with a smile...
一
Wang Guohua, a native of Pingquan, Chengde, speaks standard Mandarin, and joined the army in 1977 . When I was in the anti-aircraft artillery regiment, I was a comrade in the headquarters. I joined the army a year before him. We were together day and night, and we were as close as brothers.
Anyone who has served in the military is familiar with this "Song of Comrades in Arms": "Comrades in arms are as close as brothers, and the revolution has called us together. You are from the border and he is from the mainland, and we are all children of the people." Comrade-in-arms, this affectionate term, this noble friendship unites us into a steel collective, a steel collective..."
My dear comrade-in-arms! Once a comrade, we are brothers forever. Since I changed my career and separated from Wang Guohua, we have been in contact. I will call him when I get a new house, and I will notify him when I ring the phone at home.
In the early 1990s, it was considered a luxury to have a landline phone in my home. Although we don’t keep in touch often, we know each other’s contact information. Gradually, BB machines came along, and then mobile phones appeared. I basically follow the trend of these two "advanced devices".
Speaking of comrades-in-arms, those who have served in the military have an unforgettable emotion. They will remind us of that unforgettable military career. Every time we call, we can’t hide the long-lost excitement... We both He has always spoken casually and unrestrainedly. In the army, I was considered a 76-year-old soldier, but compared with Guohua, he was considered a "new recruit."
Guohua is a handsome, shy, steady and elegant young man. We have been our companions for three years.
It was 1986. I was transferred back to the Anti-aircraft Artillery Regiment and served as deputy battalion staff officer at the headquarters. At that time, Guohua was helping in the Political Department.
Guohua's major is communications maintenance, and his maintenance skills are quite good. He is familiar with the communication equipment of the anti-aircraft artillery regiment, such as communication radio stations, position intercoms, wired switchboards, etc. He is very familiar with them. I proposed to the head of the regiment that Guohua be transferred back to the headquarters to assist me in my work, and the head approved it.
At the headquarters, I am responsible for communication command, and he is responsible for business maintenance, and also assists me in other tasks. To be honest, I am more "official" than him, so I am considered his leader. But in front of him, I am just a colleague, there is no distinction between an officer and a soldier. Our friendship is very deep.
The mutual understanding and mutual care between comrades deepened our emotions. In fact, I have always felt a debt to Guohua in my heart. I thought that my return to the anti-aircraft artillery regiment delayed his progress. When I occupied the position of communications staff officer, he was restricted and suppressed, so I always considered him, and sometimes I even acted based on his expression.
Talking about this matter many years later, Guohua laughed and said, No, you were the deputy battalion at the time, and I was still the technical deputy company, so there was no problem of delay or not. Once, Guohua accidentally said, thank me for taking him back to the headquarters, and thank Chief of Staff Zhao Tuhuan for letting him go back, otherwise there would be no room for his future development. It is this mutual understanding that allows us to always have deep emotions.
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In the military family home, although Guohua’s family members did not join the army, they had a vacant house and moved in with the army. Row. At work, we are in the same office, and in life, our children and their families are together, just like a big family, harmonious and beautiful.
Guohua is introverted and not good at words, but he is very serious about his work. He never puts any conditions on the work he arranges and tries his best to do it well. That year, not long after I was transferred to the anti-aircraft artillery regiment, I changed regiment switchboards. We didn't sleep all night. Guohua was the master and I was the assistant. Guohua was proficient in his business and strived for perfection in technology.
In life, Guohua can be regarded as a "wine bag", and he likes to drink a few sips when he has nothing to do. When I went out for a walk in the evening, I could see his red face from a distance. When I got closer, he smelled of alcohol, and when he spoke, his mouth smelled of alcohol.
It is said that a handsome man is a kind of pride. Guohua is very handsome, and I am a little dissatisfied with him. Whether we are in the barracks or out for target practice, we like to come together and take photos when we have the opportunity. In 1988, we were awarded the rank of captain in the army. As soon as the awarding ceremony was over, we couldn't wait to run to the photo studio on the street and take a group photo wearing our brand-new military uniforms. When the photo was taken out, we both talked down to each other, saying we were handsome, and then laughed a lot.
Every time I think of the past, what kind of sweetness fills my heart. When I hold up the photo and look at it, the fresh us are swaying in front of my eyes, and the long-lost breath is floating with today's spring.
Guohua speaks humorously and is often as elegant as a scholar. Whenever I finish performing, red clouds will fly on my face. His unique performances are often: telling the truth, saying the right thing, saying the truth, and telling the truth. Hidden beneath his introverted appearance is a humorous heart that makes you laugh and secretly admire his intelligence and wisdom.
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With happiness, our friendship becomes even more intoxicating. The three-year friendship with Wang Guohua has become the most beautiful memory in my life. I changed my career in 1989. When we parted ways with him at that time, I felt really reluctant to part with him. The poem Li Bai sent to Wang Lun happened to apply to me. It was so appropriate and perfect. "The water in Peach Blossom Pond is a thousand feet deep, and it is not as deep as Wang Lun's love for me."
When I changed my job in 1989, I secretly handed the key to the house where I lived to Wang Guohua when I was leaving, but I didn't take it back quickly. , pressed the key hard, and stared at him without blinking. I wanted to show him my heart right now, but Wang Guohua's eyes were full of sadness and he squeezed my hand tightly, holding on for a long time. The radio waves spread, and a voice sounded in each other's hearts...
Military Family Home There are three houses in a row, with the two ends being colder and the middle warmer. Living in the middle will be more comfortable in winter. Later, Guohua told me that the logistics assistant Zang was not happy. He had already taken a look at your house and was waiting for you to move out. The house is allocated by the military barracks department and cannot be moved in privately. But fortunately, I also came to cut it off first and then leave it behind, so he moved in and let it go.
Four
Napoleon said: "A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier..." In our time, wanting to be a general was a common idea among us rural soldiers. But at that time, I didn't dare to say such things. I was just afraid that my motives would be impure, so I just worked hard. Our signal corps is also a "minority" in the army, with few promotion positions, many veterans, and strong technical skills. It turns out that I am in the communications battalion directly under the division. The director of our repair center is a soldier who has been in the army for 1959 and is about the same age as me. There are still many soldiers who have been in the army for 1989 and 1989. It is more difficult to lift a soldier than to reach the sky. It just so happened that the army was reforming the promotion system, so soldiers could not be promoted directly. At that time, there were very few military academies, and examinations were required to recruit military cadres. Because of my outstanding performance at the division's communications station, the communications department asked me to take the exam. I got the first place among several soldiers who took the exam, and I became an officer as I wished. Coincidentally, Guohua was also in this group. I don’t know what major he took the exam. Our names were on the order, but we didn’t know him at the time.
Thinking of the past, there is a poem that resonates most with me: "How can you get the fragrance of plum blossoms without a bone-chilling cold?" Looking back on the years of Tiigan, there have been ups and downs along the way. The taste of it is knowing whether it is warm or cold. On the way to lift the bucket, Guohua and I were just like a small boat in the sea. Although we were swaying, we did not drift with the current. The journey was long, but we finally seized the opportunity to lift the bucket and fulfilled our dream of becoming an officer. In those years, I was the only one promoted to the post of our division's communications repair shop, but Guohua and I had similar fates.
Five
There is always a love that will amaze me and give me a beautiful place to stay; there is always a person who will warm me and make me know each other, which is the most beautiful fragrance in the years. . After Guohua changed his career, he went to Zhuhai Customs, took off his military uniform, put on a police uniform, and became an anti-smuggling policeman. In 1997, a Hengshui leader and I took entrepreneurs from various counties and cities to Hainan for a meeting. After the meeting, I decided to buy Zhang Zhuhai's plane ticket to visit him.
He Guohua has not been seen for more than ten years, and the feeling of missing him is indescribable. The moment they met, the two hands held each other tightly, and there was an embrace that refused to let go. Ask about the cold and warmth, and tell the feelings of longing. I went to Guohua's new house and met Mrs. Guohua and his handsome son. Everything was so warm, and I missed him even more deeply.
In 2016, I made a special trip to Zhuhai. Guohua, riding a bicycle, with a shaved head, wearing a casual T-shirt and shorts, greeted me at the high-speed rail station with a smile. I curiously asked why I had shaved my head, and he said that it was hot in the south and baldness was easy to take care of. There are wrinkles on Guohua's cheeks, and the cheeks that used to be free and youthful also have some vicissitudes. Yes, time is not forgiving, after all, we are about to enter the age of Jiazi.
By the way, Guohua and I are the same age, and his birthday is one month older than mine. His wife has always called me brother. This time I became the younger brother. I am very happy. Ying shouted.
Guohua arranged for me to stay in the customs guest house. It happened that Peng Zhou, an old comrade from the anti-aircraft artillery regiment, was spending the winter in Zhuhai. The three old comrades talked and drank freely and talked about their friendship as comrades.
Two years ago, the child of a comrade-in-arms Yuan Zhanfang got married, and Guohua came to Xushui, where the army is stationed. When we got off the bus in Baoding, I drove a special trip to pick him up and we went to Xushui together. To be honest, our mouths were not idle along the way. I really wish this road was longer so that we could talk enough.
Time flies, and the command room flies. The young people who were in their prime at that time are now grey-haired old men. It is our blessing to gather together old comrades who have not seen each other for many years and recall those unforgettable years together. Modern communication tools allow people thousands of miles away to talk face to face, and those passing years are recalled in videos. Thanks to the modern era, former comrades-in-arms are no longer strangers due to separation.
Unforgettable days in the military camps, familiar figures of comrades, and cute young faces, it seems that we have returned to the era when our comrades were together and the era when they lived together day and night. Whenever these scenes of the past open the floodgates of memory, When the water flowed down, my heart surged, and I became the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning instead of the setting sun today.
Memories are beautiful. Memories can turn back time and bring us back to our youthful years and the beautiful barracks era.
Friendship is forged by being together for a long time, and emotion is due to the mutual help and mutual respect between brothers. Guohua, my comrade, my brother.