Starting from the deputy company commander of the Soldier Assault Team

Two more days have passed in the blink of an eye. The reconnaissance battalion has completed its review and rectification of the sudden safety incident, and the battalion commander has taken the report to the division headquarters for a briefing.

Gao Cheng, meanwhile, was directing a group of soldiers at the training camp to pack up their belongings and prepare to return to their base.

Several hours passed quickly, and it was already 5 p.m. Ma Xiaoshuai ran over and saluted, saying, "Reporting to the deputy battalion commander, all supplies have been loaded onto the trucks. Please give instructions on whether to depart immediately."

Gao Cheng leaned against his command vehicle, smoking with Zhang Anbang. After hearing the report, he slowly said, "Little Shuai, I heard that many troops have been stationed at point 936 recently. What's going on?"

When Ma Xiaoshuai heard this question, he felt that the deputy battalion commander was asking a question he already knew the answer to, after all, this matter had been going on for more than a day or two, almost two years.

Point 936, also known as the Fifth Platoon of the Grasslands, was a marginalized and neglected post recognized by the entire regiment and even the entire division in its early years. It was remote and desolate, and no one checked it or cared about it.

The sky is vast, the wilderness is boundless, beside the grassland, the training ground, the graveyard of all the squad leaders, the paradise of all the bad soldiers, this is a jingle about the grassland fifth squad that the whole regiment knows, even the privates who have just joined the company are no exception.

In the eyes of all the soldiers in the 702nd Regiment, the Grassland Fifth Platoon was a place of exile. Except for those who wanted to stay in the army for two years and then leave, no one wanted to go there.

After all, even the entire 702nd Company was quite famous, and even the veteran squad leader Lao Ma in the Third Company couldn't survive in the Fifth Squad of the Grassland.

Xu Sanduo was the first soldier to emerge from the Fifth Platoon of the Grassland. Thanks to the road he built, he caught the attention of Wang Qingrui, the commander of the 702nd Regiment, and was transferred to the Steel Seventh Company.

The second one to emerge was Li Meng, the one who planned to write a 200 million-word novel and also included the story of the old horse and the shepherdess.

Thanks to his relationship with Zhang, a staff member he had become somewhat acquainted with during the road construction incident, he was transferred to the publicity department. This Mengerstai had some writing skills, but they were not high, and he especially lacked the perseverance to work diligently and in-depth.

After suffering some setbacks following Officer Zhang, he failed to advance to the second term and retired last year.

The Grassland Fifth Platoon, which had become even more famous because of Xu Sanduo's road-building incident, returned to being ignored after Xu Sanduo left.

It's not entirely true that the selection process was completely different. Later, during the Old A selection, the Grassland Class 5 was targeted again, and several cameras were installed in the kitchen.

I was just trying to see if I could catch a few unruly bighead carp, but I only managed to catch one and it got away.

After that, Class 5 of the grassland fell into complete silence, which lasted for three or four months.

But just three months after the first sergeant in the history of the Steel Seventh Company to switch jobs was brought up by the Old A Base, the Grassland Fifth Platoon began to slowly become famous again.

And as time went on, they made it possible for all the teams from the entire T Division that went out for training, whether they were at the company, battalion, or regimental level, to rest at the Fifth Platoon on the grassland, even if it meant taking a longer route.

The small, scattered troops that used to be ignored now occupied three-quarters of the grassland 5th Platoon. From then on, armored vehicles, troop transport trucks, and tanks came one after another.

The transformation from deserted to bustling was so remarkable that everyone in the T Division had heard about it; it was impossible that Gao Cheng hadn't.

However, Ma Xiaoshuai dared not say this, especially since Gao Cheng had asked so formally.

Thinking of this, Ma Xiaoshuai looked at Gao Cheng and Zhang Anbang, whose expressions remained unchanged but who definitely knew the situation, and then at Wu Liuyi, who was probably clueless and looking confused.

After considering it for a moment, Ma Xiaoshuai spoke directly, "Well, Company Commander, that guy, after he came back from there, he stayed quiet for a month or two before settling down to reform the Fifth Platoon."

Taking advantage of the geographical location along the grassland, the simple barracks were organized in a neat and orderly manner, and comprehensive support was provided in terms of supplies, rest, drinking water, food and lodging.

After the barracks and supplies were all sorted out, the Fifth Platoon was transformed into the preferred rest stop for troops conducting field training and marches. Many troops would also rest here for one night when returning to camp from training.

Moreover, as more and more troops rested and lodged here, passing officers and soldiers had the opportunity to exchange ideas and observe each other. What was once a small, scattered place is now thriving.

Seeing Ma Xiaoshuai's somewhat cautious look, Gao Cheng smiled and said, "Well, since that's what you've said, let's go to 936. Let's see what this once-thriving Class 5 of the Grassland is like now."

"Yes, Deputy Battalion Commander," Ma Xiaoshuai saluted and turned to inform them.

Wu Liu scratched the back of his head, he was really confused. "Company commander, deputy company commander, what's going on?"

"Grassland Class 5, if I remember correctly, isn't that where Cheng Cai is? I think he was the class monitor there more than two years ago."

Gao Cheng nodded without saying anything.

Zhang Anbang looked at the bewildered Wu Liuyi and grinned. "Liuyi, you're right. It's Cheng Cai, the one who was kicked out of the base when we trained together."

I found out that after that kid came back, he stayed quiet for a month, and then started to take care of the entire Fifth Platoon of the Grassland little by little. Old Wei, Sanduo's former comrade-in-arms who loved to give people nicknames, retired from the army.

Xue Lin is still here, and his term as a first-term sergeant is almost up. He has performed very well in the last two years, so there should be no problem signing a second term contract.

Besides him, there were two other privates who had been transferred there, making it completely different from the small, scattered, and remote Fifth Platoon on the grasslands of the past.

Wu Liuyi listened quietly, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Then how is Cheng Cai now?"

"That kid, he's being stubborn again. His first term is about to expire. I've talked to him once, but he's a bit inflexible now. He says he doesn't want to renew and wants to be discharged and go home."

"Retired from the military?"

Wu Liuyi was a little surprised. "Deputy Company Commander, are you telling the truth? That kid was always acting back then. I told him back in recruit training that every time I glanced at him, he knew I was looking at him."

Regarding what Xiaoshuai just said, I know that if that kid wanted to, he could definitely do it, even refuse to renew the contract. But this time, is that kid really not faking it?

Wu Liuyi's concerns were not unfounded. After all, once a first-term sergeant completes his service, he has to retire. An application is not enough; it requires review and approval at the platoon, branch, battalion, and regiment levels.

If someone is a top trainee, the organization will do everything in its power to retain them.

Although in principle, if a person is determined to leave, the unit has no right to force them to stay, the company, battalion, and regiment will repeatedly talk to them to persuade them to stay, do ideological work on them, and take turns to encourage them to transfer to the second phase of service.