Ballistic Silence of Special Years

Chapter 259 An Old Chessboard
A certain provincial capital city, the inpatient department of the General Hospital of the Military Command.

The garden below the inpatient building is full of people in hospital gowns moving their hands and feet, and some are sitting in wheelchairs being pushed to bask in the sun.

In a secluded corner of the garden is a gazebo built next to an artificial rockery. The gazebo looks old, and the red paint on the pillars is obviously newly painted. Compared with the crimson red and the faded roof of the pavilion, it looks a little creepy .

The pavilion is surrounded by green willows, and there is an artificial pond, which can be regarded as being surrounded by mountains and willows.

There are koi carp with thick arms in the green water of the pond. They are not afraid of people and swim around unscrupulously. When they see people on the shore, they dare to come out of the water and open their mouths to beg for food shamelessly.

There is a chess board on the terrazzo round table in the pavilion. It is made of wood. The edges and corners have been worn away, and the patina is flooded. It looks like a dog has chewed it, but the lines reveal the thick and simple handwork.

The most glaring thing is that there is a place on the chessboard that seems to have been smashed and pierced by something. It is repaired with wood to balance it, and it looks different from the surrounding wood.

This chessboard is too old.

Just like his master.

Private Shao Xiaoqian sat across from the owner of the chessboard, old man Wang, and laughed like a flower, her voice was crisper than that of an oriole: "Uncle Wang, you are dead at chess, surrender!"

Mr. Wang didn't have a few hairs on his head, but he was in good spirits. If it wasn't for the wire-like thing passing through the slightly open collar of his hospital gown to remind others, he really wouldn't be a patient.

"Never surrender!" Old man Wang was sweating profusely, with a pair of tiger eyes like copper bells staring at the chessboard, like staring at a battle map.

"In the dictionary of the People's Liberation Army, there is only the word "death in battle, not surrender!"

Shao Xiaoqian stopped laughing, pouted her lips, and reminded old man Wang: "Master Wang, this is not a war, you shouldn't be too excited, you still have a pacemaker on your body! Let me make you angry, I can help you with the dean." Can't explain."

Old man Wang was taken aback for a moment, and was brought back to reality by Shao Xiaoqian's words.

Hearing the word "surrender" just now really stimulated him, and immediately brought his thoughts back to the era of artillery fire on the peninsula, and heard the charge that frightened the enemy...

He looked around.

There is a quiet and peaceful atmosphere, the years are quiet, and the war has long gone.

Old man Wang breathed a sigh of relief, stretched out his hand to wipe his bald forehead with a scar, and said to Shao Xiaoqian apologetically, "Little girl, I'm sorry, your uncle, I was a little distracted just now..."

After speaking, he suddenly became dazed again.

Those sacrificed comrades flashed through my mind like a revolving lantern.

Old man Wang's eyes got wet for no reason.

Seeing this, Shao Xiaoqian got up and went over to pat him on the back, and said softly: "Uncle Wang, do you miss your comrade-in-arms again?"

Old man Wang nodded, moved his lips several times, and finally said: "I really want to play another game with them... This chessboard... was made by the secretary Xiaodongbei..."

He touched the repaired place on the chessboard, as if touching the hand of a comrade-in-arms, soft, trembling, and reluctant.

"We stayed on guard for three days and three nights... the enemy did not know how many times they charged. I thought I would die. Only me, Xiao Dongbei and the instructor were left on the battlefield. Everyone else was gone. The plane came again and it was too late to enter. The air-raid shelter is gone, it’s dead anyway, it’s just the three of us, let’s fight... the bomb fell near me, Xiao Dongbei rushed over and pushed me down, I lived, he was gone..."

The more he talked, the more tears came to his eyes, and finally, they couldn't hold back and fell down.

"The shrapnel pierced the chessboard and entered his chest cavity. I couldn't stop the bleeding, I couldn't save him..."

Seeing that Uncle Wang was a little excited, Shao Xiaoqian became anxious.

You know, old man Wang not only has a pacemaker, but also a heart rhythm monitor, which is connected to the above equipment. With this excitement, the heart rhythm curve on the above monitoring equipment may have to dance disco.

In desperation, she turned her heart away, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, put on a pretty face and said: "Uncle Wang, you are the chief, and the chief doesn't like to cry, especially if someone sees it..."

After finishing speaking, he leaned into Old Man Wang's ear and whispered, "There are many people and common people here."

This said, it really works.

Old man Wang quickly raised his sleeves and wiped away his tears.

Soldiers, you can't cry like a woman in front of ordinary people. This sentence was said by his instructor, and old man Wang remembered it all his life.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

His panic is as interesting and childlike as a child admitting his mistakes.

It is true that the older you are, the more you look like a child.

Shao Xiaoqian brought his attention back to the chessboard: "Hurry up, you're about to lose, you can't get away with crying."

Old man Wang said: "What do you think of me? Am I the kind of person who plays chess if I lose?"

After finishing speaking, he stared at the chessboard for a long time, picked up different chess pieces over and over again, probably imitating how to break through.

In the end, he found that he was indeed dead. He was double-handed and couldn't move at all. He was dead anyway.

"Death is death! When I am dying, I will hold my back!"

After finishing speaking, he ate one of Shao Xiaoqian's chess pieces very stubbornly and cutely, and then put the chess piece aside.

"I have fought to the last moment!"

Shao Xiaoqian giggled, and said to Old Man Wang with a thumbs up, "Well, Comrade Wang Zhongyi is a great hero!"

Old man Wang cracked his mouth with a smile, and was praised by the pretty girl in front of him, as if he had drunk honey in his heart.

"Come, come, have another plate!"

Old man Wang was in a good mood, and began to set up the chess pieces again.

Shao Xiaoqian followed suit, but while doing so, she glanced at the mobile phone next to her several times.

Suddenly, old man Wang said: "Girl, you look absent-minded, do you not like playing chess with me?"

Shao Xiaoqian quickly waved her hand: "No, don't worry too much, I'm just..."

Old man Wang said, "Do you have something on your mind?"

Shao Xiaoqian finally nodded: "En."

Old man Wang said, "Is that your college boyfriend?"

He knew a lot about Shao Xiaoqian.

"Well, he went to Devil Week for training, and it's been a long time since I've called from him." Shao Xiaoqian sighed: "It would be great if I could also go to the special forces! I can benefit from public affairs."

Old man Wang set up the chessboard, changed a foot to support Erlang's leg, looked at Shao Xiaoqian and said, "You are a girl, and you are going to the special forces? That's what men do."

Shao Xiaoqian immediately despised Old Man Wang: "Hey, Comrade Wang Zhongyi, just after I praised you, you are proud and lagging behind? Women can hold up half the sky? Who said that?"

Old man Wang was stunned for a moment: "***..."

Shao Xiaoqian said: "That's right, many special forces now have female special forces."

Old man Wang said: "I can't see female dolls on the battlefield. At that time... I saw a female soldier in the art troupe was attacked by enemy planes. She was bombed while crossing the river. I went to rescue her and tried to drag her away. Going ashore, but when I pulled it, I only pulled back half of my body..."

With that said, his expression dimmed again.

Shao Xiaoqian said: "But you admit it, our girl dolls are not inferior to your male soldiers on the battlefield!"

Old man Wang nodded silently, holding two chess pieces in his hands and knocking lightly, knocking...

Finally, he suddenly said: "I said that if you want to go to a good unit, you will be afraid that others will say that the influence will be bad, but if you want to go to a difficult place like the special forces, can't you go?"

Shao Xiaoqian said: "That's not true... but my mother thinks that I can't bear the hardship, and keeps pouring cold water on me. Even my father dare not provoke her... Alas... I'm so tired!"

Old man Wang knocked the chess pieces a few more times, and suddenly asked Shao Xiaoqian, "Do you really want to go?"

Shao Xiaoqian's eyes lit up: "Do you have a solution?"

Old man Wang was very proud: "Who am I? Didn't you call me something just now?"

"Chief!" Shao Xiaoqian giggled again, but the smile disappeared soon: "But I heard that the current women's special forces team is full of chapters. If you want to transfer, you have to wait for the veterans to retire. After all, there are very few establishments. few."

Old man Wang said: "Of course you can't go to the old ones. There are a lot of new special warfare brigades recently. I know that there is a special warfare brigade that plans to build a women's special warfare squad. Do you want to go?"

Shao Xiaoqian excitedly stood up from her chair: "Really?!"

Old man Wang suddenly sighed: "Oh, if you leave, I won't be able to find anyone to play chess with..."

　Yesterday was Remembrance Day, and today is National Day.

　　I would like to take this chapter to commemorate all the martyrs who have sacrificed for national independence, national liberation, and defense of the interests of the country and the people since the First Sino-Japanese War in the late Qing Dynasty. The heroes are immortal!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)