Early in the morning, Li Siming got up and ran as usual. It was already the middle of winter. The winter in Beijing was like other northern cities. The air was not good, and there was a faint smell of coal smoke among the buildings in the city.

Li Siming wore a hat and a mask, and jogged on campus. The whistling north wind blew on his face, and he didn't feel cold when he ran. There was a jeep parked in front of him, and an old soldier stood on the side of the road like a javelin, staring at him, although the javelin was a little short. Li Siming pretended not to see it and ran straight forward.

"Li Siming! Stop!" the old soldier shouted.

Damn, can you recognize this? Li Siming had no choice but to stop and pretend to be what he had just seen: "Well, it turns out to be Chief Yang. What a coincidence. I really didn't expect to meet you in this place at this time." Li Siming might have forgotten that he also met in the same place not long ago.

"Nonsense, stop pretending to be garlic. Of course I came here to find you." Chief Yang was very upset.

"If you have something to do, please give me instructions. How can I let you take action yourself!"

"This matter, hey, you have the right to refuse." Chief Yang's expression was obviously a little embarrassed.

Li Siming felt very strange because the other party always gave him a perfect impression, and he still couldn't adapt to it if he had to speak to himself in a negotiated tone.

"Chief, look at what you say, you can only speak up if you need me." Li Siming patted his chest.

"The news I just got yesterday, an unfortunate news, Sun Chang is dead!" Chief Yang said sadly.

"What did you say?" Li Siming was shocked and couldn't believe it, "Sun Chang... is dead?"

"Yes, what happened the afternoon before yesterday."

"Isn't the war started yet? How is that possible?" Li Siming still couldn't believe it.

"He died in a traffic accident. When he was driving a jeep, he was hit by a large truck and died shortly after he was sent to the hospital." Chief Yang said in pain.

"Traffic accident? A joke, it's a big joke. I don't believe it!" Li Siming pointed at Chief Yang's nose and shouted. The guard looked at the chief's reaction nervously.

"That's the truth. What a pity!" Chief Yang's face was expressionless.

"What the hell is this? A well-trained soldier is ready to go into battle to kill the enemy, but he died in a traffic accident before the war! Even the martyr is not a fucking fuck! Why do you come to tell me this? Is it just to let me appreciate what the world is unpredictable? Tell me, who is the fucking murderer? I'm going to tear him apart!" Li Siming roared at Chief Yang with red eyes and crazy.

"Don't worry, the driver who caused the accident has been caught, and the judicial authorities will punish him fairly."

"Fair? So what if you exchange your life for your life? The hard work of an excellent soldier at least six years was wasted? What did he exchange for? Even his ten lives could not be exchanged!" Li Siming cried whimperingly, he was unwilling to accept Sun Chang's misfortune.

"This kind of thing is also an accident, no one wants to see it..."

"Accident? There are so many soldiers in China, why do you send him there? You and Sun Chang are both deceiving yourself. For the sake of such a bullshit military merit, you don't even want your life." Li Siming interrupted him.

"Li Siming, don't be emotional!"

"Hmph, don't tell me what death is glorious and great. Sun Chang didn't even see the enemy, and it's worthless to die!"

"But his special forces will fight, and they will fulfill Sun Chang's last wish!" Chief Yang said calmly.

"You came here to tell me about this accident?"

"Yes, you have the right to know! The members of the Wolf Tooth Special Forces are in a bad mood now. They lost a supreme commander without fighting, which is very unfavorable to future operations."

"Then let's withdraw! They won't be defeated without them!" Li Siming said angrily. He forgot that he didn't have the courage to speak in this tone after his usual routine.

"You said just now that the Wolf Tooth troops also took Sun Chang's six years of hard work. What would Sun Chang think if he saw his troops retreat before the war? This army needs to cheer up and mature quickly on the battlefield. This is not just Sun Chang's wish."

"This is your military business, and it is your business, I don't need to know!" Li Siming was silent.

"You teach them how to fight and kill. Do you think you do what you should do? No, you are very selfish, you don't even have half the courage of Sun Chang. Retreat? Do you think they will have the courage to raise their heads in the future? At present, this army needs a commander, otherwise they will die. And you, you are also the creator of this army. All the tactics are created by you, and they are trained by you. No one can know this army better than you, so only you can lead this army!"

"Is this an order?" Li Siming asked back.

"No, this is not an order, you have the right to refuse. In fact, if you have any accidents, it is also worthless. Think about it carefully? I will send someone to contact you!" After Chief Yang said that, he opened the car door and left.

Li Siming stood alone in the cold wind, looking at the gray sky, allowing the cold wind to pour into his neck like a knife. He stood for a long time, so that the people coming and going couldn't help but look up to the sky with his eyes. There was only a gray sky and nothing there.

Li Siming walked aimlessly on the street, thinking about the little things he had with Sun Chang in the past, the person who was not well educated but very hard to learn new knowledge, the soldier who claimed to be the commander of the strongest troops, left when he was about to be rewarded. When he left, he must be very unwilling to accept it, right?

In the dark, a force pushed him into a restaurant. Not long ago, he and Sun Chang had drunk here. They found the table they sat down last time and asked for two bottles of Erguotou. Under the surprise gaze of the waiter, they poured two large glasses. One of them was his own, and the other one from the person opposite. It was where Sun Chang had sat, as if he was smiling at him with an excited smile. At this moment, it was empty. A glass of strong wine entered his belly, rising like fire. Li Siming drank too fast and couldn't help coughing. The sorrowful wine became even more sad. No matter how strong the wine was, it could not relieve the sorrow.

"By the way, you are not a soldier, you don't know a soldier! I don't expect you to be the same as me."

"Worry? If you want to say nothing, that's a lie, but we are a soldier, I've prepared this day long ago. There's no sacrifice for being a soldier in the war. What I'm worried about is whether our troops can reflect their own value on the battlefield."

"I don't know, but I'll do my best! You know, that little military medal, the military medal that has experienced the baptism of artillery fire, is my dream! With that one, I will be worth it in my life!"

...

Sun Chang's words were still echoing in his mind. This was what he said at the same place just half a month ago. At this time, the person who spoke was no longer there. Fate was really a mess. He had already thought of Sun Chang's ending, either success or failure or glory or heroic, but he did not expect that it would be the ending even if he broke his head. There is a Western proverb: When humans think, God will laugh. Li Siming felt that he was the poor person fooled by God.

Li Siming drank very slowly, and he was unaware of the surprised eyes of the hotel waiter and the guests, talking to the air opposite. From noon until the lights were on, a bottle of wine was in his stomach, but Li Siming couldn't drink the other bottle. Although his mind was still clear, his abdomen was hot. Li Siming paid the bill and staggered out of the hotel. It was snowing outside. It was the second snow in Beijing.

"Forward, forward, our team is facing the sun..." Li Siming shouted at the top of his throat, his voice so loud that it even left the tune until his voice became hoarse. Sun Chang once liked to sing this song the most, but Sun Chang always couldn't sing well. He would always sing a certain sentence suddenly changed its tune, but he didn't realize it, causing the soldiers to laugh.

Li Siming didn't know how he got home, but when he woke up the next day, he felt a splitting headache. He washed his face with cold water and then his mind became clearer.

The parents were very worried. The mother said, "Siming, what's wrong with you? What troublesome things have you encountered? Are you having a conflict with Xiaoyue?"

"Mom, this is not true, it has nothing to do with her." Li Siming explained.

"Then who were you with last night? Are those two soldiers? What's wrong with these people? You don't drink alcohol, but you just let you drink so much!" the mother complained.

"Who is a soldier?"

"You are so embarrassed to say that you can't remember it. Last night, two soldiers sent you back, saying that they were your comrades in the army." The father blamed.

Li Siming really can't remember it. Maybe these two soldiers were arranged by Chief Yang.

"You should be careful in the future and don't drink so much wine outside. You are also an intellectual now, so you should pay attention to the influence. Have you been to Xiaoyue's family? I have talked about you many times, but I just don't have a memory!" The father continued.

"Yes, I remember, Dad!" Li Siming nodded.

"Also, if you don't like Xiaoyue, please suggest it as soon as possible and don't delay others. A man is a real man, and he looks like a timid man." The father did not relax any chance to teach him a lesson.

"What are you talking about? I think Xiaoyue and our Siming are very compatible. They are kind, filial and beautiful. Where can I find such a good girl? Besides, where is the difference between Siming in our Siming?" Mother Shen Fang said dissatisfied.

"I didn't say it's bad either. I mean Siming should be like the People's Liberation Army, bravely and unrestrained. He looks as slow as he is now, and he is like something." My father muttered.

Li Siming was having breakfast, but was thinking about what Chief Yang said: "You teach them how to fight and how to kill people. Do you think you do what you should do? No, you are very selfish, you don't even have half the courage of Sun Chang. Retreat? Do you think they will have the courage to raise their heads in the future? At present, this army needs a commander, otherwise they will die. And you, you are also the creator of this army. All the tactics are created by you, and they are trained by you. No one can understand this army better than you, so only you can lead this army!

"What should I do?" Li Siming kept asking himself in his heart.
Chapter completed!