One Thousand Sixty-Three, One Hundred and Seventy-Eight Outposts

Before this, Ren Xiaosu had never been to the west of Fort 178.

The places outside the fortress were not as desolate as imagined. Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin walked in the wilderness and saw many Northwesterners farming and grazing in the wilderness.

Zhang Jinglin explained: "The factories are all within the protection area of ​​the fortress. You should have seen those factories when you came from the No. 144 barrier, but for farming and grazing, the northwest is more suitable. The significance of the existence of the outpost is not only to advance Inform the fortress to prepare for battle, and buy time for the civilians engaged in production to evacuate."

Ren Xiaosu nodded silently. Fortress 178 has a special environment, and there are relatively few places where farming and grazing can be done, so it must be fully utilized.

He suddenly asked: "When did the person who takes over as the commander have to go all over the outpost?"

"It was a long time ago," Zhang Jinglin said calmly, "The outposts are very bitter. Some soldiers stayed there for many years. Personally, this is not too lonely, but there are only two people in some outposts, so we must endure loneliness."

Zhang Jinglin continued: "Of course the commander stays comfortably in the fortress, but you must understand that those 178 outposts carry the most dangerous responsibility in the war, and what they are going through. Just like when I let you enter the sharp knife company The reason is the same, you can only understand what each of your decisions means when you have been to the most dangerous places. Only those who have been born and died with everyone are qualified to be the commander.”

It has to be said that fortress 178 is able to attract Ren Xiaosu, probably because of this people-oriented spirit.

Zhang Jinglin said with a smile: "And this also has a psychological effect. I don't know if you can understand it. Hardworking people will look down on lazy people from the bottom of their hearts. If a commander has been to the Sharp Knife Company and walked through all the outposts, he will From the bottom of my heart, I look down on those bureaucrats who are greedy for life and fear death, and do nothing. I didn’t notice it at first, but later I found out that if I found out that a general was cheating, I would subconsciously say, ‘Think about those who are suffering Lonely sentry soldier, think about those brothers who were born and died on the front line, won't you be ashamed like this'."

"Generally speaking, this is to let the commander of the fortress understand what the responsibility of a commander is," Zhang Jinglin said.

Going to the outpost and entering the sharp knife company, these two things are like a unique inauguration ceremony.

In fact, Ren Xiaosu didn't quite understand it at first. Since he was a candidate for the commander, what would happen if he were to be sent to the Sharp Knife Company if he really died? You must know that the battle order of the Sharp Knife Company is almost impossible in a war. is very normal.

It usually takes two months to go to the outpost on foot, and the new commander still needs to be accompanied by the old commander. Isn't it afraid that something will go wrong during the delay?

But now he suddenly realized that the practice of Fort 178 is to select a person who is worthy of a great position from the most difficult road, and then carry the fate of the entire Northwest.

When Daxing Northwest 2.0 turned refugees, Da Huyou told Ren Xiaosu about the time when he went to the outpost.

Da Huyou said that when he was at the outpost, his job after waking up every day was not to stay at the outpost, but to go out on patrol with his guns on his back.

In the cold winter season, a person walks on the mountain road for a day with a gun on his back, starts before dawn, and it is already dark when he returns to the outpost at night.

The runny nose will be frozen on the face,

There will be thin smoothies in the shoes, and the cheeks will be flushed from the cold.

When warming up in the outpost at night, I dare not get too close to the bonfire, because sudden heating will make my whole body swell.

On the patrol road, the only chance he had to communicate with the outside world was to walk up to a hill called Tiger Ridge at 12:00 noon and wave to the sentry on another hill.

The patrol routes of the two sides did not overlap, and the two hills were the closest places.

Everyone tacitly arrived at the top of the mountain at 12 noon every day, then waved their hands and continued on their respective patrol paths.

Regardless of wind, rain, or snow, the two sentries must arrive at the top of the mountain at 12:00 noon. Only when they see each other is there can they get some spiritual comfort.

It's not that everyone is too busy, it's because they are too lonely.

If the term of service of this Sentinel is over and he is about to leave, he will definitely tell the new Sentinel: You must arrive at Tiger Ridge at 12:00 every day, and wave to your comrades on the other side of the mountain, because he is waiting for you.

In the past hundred years, since the establishment of the 178 fortress, there have been 178 outposts. These 178 outposts are like lonely stars and torches in the wilderness.

Ren Xiaosu asked curiously: "At the beginning, Mr. Zhang probably didn't understand my strength, did you send me to the sharp knife company, are you afraid that I will die like this?"

Zhang Jinglin said calmly: "I'm only in my early forties, and I'm still relatively young in terms of the commander's age, so if you really die in the war, I should still have plenty of time to choose the next one. You know Some commanders find suitable candidates in their 70s, and I'm lucky."

Ren Xiaosu raised his eyebrows: "Is there still time for me to run away?"

"Of course it's too late," Zhang Jinglin laughed, "Didn't you tell me not to turn back?"

Many people thought that Zhang Jinglin was serious and upright, but Ren Xiaosu had seen Zhang Jinglin's appearance in the market town, and he actually understood that this guy could be the commander of Fortress 178 because he was also a gangster at heart.

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The first outpost is 80 kilometers northwest of Fort 178. Ren Xiaosu and Zhang Jinglin are expected to set off in the morning and arrive in the evening.

Then Zhang Jinglin realized that he was exhausted to the point of exhaustion, but Ren Xiaosu was fine.

The plan of going all over the outpost was also to hone the minds of previous commanders, so it was required to go on foot.

But I guess the old commander who made this rule before did not expect that there would be such a transcendent man with the same physical strength as livestock and beasts in this commander. The so-called mental training will not play its due role at all...

In Zhang Jinglin's plan, Ren Xiaosu had experienced too many battles and killed many people in recent years. He hoped that Ren Xiaosu's temper would calm down this time, so that Ren Xiaosu would have a chance to settle down.

In the end, Ren Xiaosu had nothing to do, and this hike was more like training Zhang Jinglin himself...

In the afternoon, Zhang Jinglin looked at the lively Ren Xiaosu and finally couldn't help it: "Go and carry a rock!"

Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment: "There was no such rule before, right?"

"Now we have it," Zhang Jinglin said seriously.

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There are two more chapters tonight