Starting from the deputy company commander of the Soldier Assault Team

Twenty minutes later, the two vehicles arrived at the military hospital.

The parents rushed over to check on their children, and they were terrified. If it weren't for the fact that this was a hospital, and the children were also very frightened, they would have already started hitting and scolding them.

"Alright, you parents don't need to worry too much. After observing for an hour, there were no secondary chills, dizziness, nausea, numbness in the hands and feet, etc. Now that the body temperature has risen and the energy is good, there is no need to be hospitalized."

However, you must be careful not to let your children run and jump outdoors recently. Make sure they wear loose-fitting cotton clothes and cover themselves with more blankets to keep them warm.

As for food, give them warm liquids, such as brown sugar water or millet porridge. You must not give them cold water or cold food.

... "

The attending physician went on and on, explaining things, but the parents listened intently, each one more attentive than the last.

Finally, one parent said, "Comrade PLA soldier, we've got this in mind. How much does this cost?"

They'd heard that the hospital sent an ambulance to rescue someone, and that such an ambulance would cost at least twenty or thirty yuan per trip. But since the hospital had saved their little one, it was worth any price; the families could chip in and pay for it.

"Money? Fellow villager, this is an emergency rescue, it didn't take much effort, no need to pay. You six stay here and look after the child for a while, and then someone else come and help me with the formalities."

The attending physician's words were very heartwarming, but the sharp-eyed Zhang Anbang still noticed the words "task instructions" in the notes on the form.

According to the General Logistics Department's "Regulations on the Management of Military Hospitals" and "Regulations on Military Health," military hospitals must unconditionally dispatch ambulances and medical teams to provide assistance when major disasters or accidents occur in local areas.

The military medical service regulations also stipulate that in the event of an emergency disaster or danger, the military hospital can directly respond to requests for help from the local government or the public, and the expenses will be reimbursed according to the mission instructions afterwards, without the individual having to bear the costs.

Of course, governments at the county level and above have special emergency rescue funds that can be used to pay for the rescue costs of military hospitals, thus avoiding the hospitals bearing the losses themselves.

The incident of five children falling into icy water can be considered a major accident and emergency from any perspective. Since it was handled directly by the military, and all aspects complied with regulations, they certainly wouldn't ask the civilians for money.

The attending physician only said it was free, without specifying why. There's a reason for this. The bond between the military and the people has always been important, and many policies can be implemented but are not suitable to be explicitly stated.

Otherwise, some ineligible individuals will come for treatment. If it's not charged, it's against regulations. If it is charged, some people will feel that there are precedents of not charging, which is unfair to them and could easily cause reputational issues.

The attending physician's words were well said; they seemed to have said something, but in reality, they didn't say much.

After settling the children in, Zhang Anbang and his two companions also had them checked out. The results showed that all three were in excellent health and had no injuries.

The only problem was that it was already 5:30 pm, and by the time we got back to the recruit training camp, dinner time would have passed.

The hospital cafeteria was just opening at that time, so Zhang Anbang took the two of them there. Unexpectedly, they got a delicious meal.

The mutton soup was simmering in a large iron pot in the medical team's canteen, with oil droplets floating on the surface of the soup, and the aroma could be smelled from afar.

Ladle two large spoonfuls of piping hot mutton soup into a bowl, add a few pieces of mutton and offal, sprinkle with some chopped green onions and cilantro, and add salt and chili oil to taste. Eat it with the scallion pancakes, and it's incredibly delicious.

The three of them enjoyed a large bowl of mutton soup and each ate a pound of scallion pancakes before heading contentedly to the recruit training camp.

"Deputy Company Commander, this meal is delicious! Even the food served to patients doesn't taste this good."

"Liu Yi is right. Goodness, the fried dough sticks in this hospital canteen are even more delicious than those in our company canteen." Shi Jin agreed with Wu Liu Yi's words.

Zhang Anbang didn't notice such a big difference. He always added chili oil to his mutton soup and ate it with fried dough sticks. His only feeling was that drinking mutton soup on such a cold day was very comforting.

……

It was 5 a.m., an hour before the reveille.

The urgent whistle for emergency assembly shattered the silence of the recruit company.

The new recruits, who were already somewhat used to this, quickly dressed while muttering to themselves, "The deputy company commander is back, isn't he? He's the only one who always calls for emergency drills without backpacks."

When others are called to an emergency assembly, they are asked to bring backpacks.

Soon, all the new recruits stood neatly in front of the dormitory building. As expected, their beloved deputy company commander was standing in front of the dormitory building.

The smiling captain glanced at his watch and said, "Hmm, very good. The assembly time was four and a half minutes, quite satisfactory. However, I think it could be even faster. Can you do that?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" the recruits answered loudly.

"Yes, that's more like it. I calculated that it's been forty-nine hours since I last saw you all. To prevent this time from exceeding fifty hours, I came here early to see you all. I wonder if you comrades have missed me?"

"Yes." This time, the reply was noticeably softer than the last. Many recruits thought to themselves, "I'd be crazy to say I'd like you. You always look all smiles, but you never do anything right."

"You don't seem to miss me, but that's okay. I miss you all. I also brought you some small gifts this time. Your class monitor will give them to you when we get back and tidy up our rooms."

"Let's run for half an hour first, to warm up our bodies. Shi Jin, sing a song, just running is too monotonous."

"This is the deputy company commander. Everyone, turn right, turn left, and march!"

"Everyone, cheer up! Let's sing a song! 'Unity is Strength,' ready—sing!"

"Unity is strength! Unity is strength! This strength is iron! This strength is steel! Harder than iron! Stronger than steel!"

"Shout louder! Keep your pace! One sentence per step!"

Hearing the commotion, Gao Cheng came over. "You little rascal, you've just gotten back and you're already causing trouble for them. No wonder they don't like you."

Zhang Anbang glanced at Gao Cheng sideways and said, "The way you talk about it makes it sound like they like you. In the recruit company, apart from the political instructor, who's a good person? The rest of them, no matter how you look at them, can't be considered good people in the recruits' eyes."

"That's different. Back then, I motivated them to work hard. Just put our Steel Seventh Company there, and which soldier wouldn't want to go? As the spearhead regiment of the T Division, the Steel Seventh Company was the tip of the 702nd Regiment. What is that? It's the tip of the tip."

Whenever Gao Cheng mentions the Steel Seventh Company, his tone unconsciously rises, revealing a pride and sense of honor that comes from the bottom of his heart.

Zhang Anbang increasingly understood why Gao Cheng had initially rejected him. At the time, Gao Cheng hadn't seen his specific file; he only knew that he was a technically trained national defense student.

Logically speaking, as a graduate of Tsinghua University, he was undoubtedly a highly educated talent in this era, and would be welcomed by any military unit. Gao Cheng, who appreciates talent, would also welcome him.

However, Gao Cheng's background was different. Although he never wanted to rely on his father, the background his father gave him made him deeply aware that simply climbing the ranks had its shortcomings, and that he needed grassroots experience to reach a certain high position.

A technical national defense student from Tsinghua University, instead of going to those companies or research institutes with "electronics" in their names, or even those units with "general" in their names, he chose to come to Lao Lu, where he eats dirt all day long. This is clearly a case of coming to gild his resume.

It can't even be called "gilding"; to put it bluntly, it's just a parachuted-in temporary posting with the added effort of artificially inflating political achievements, second only to "picking the peaches" in its severity.

The Steel Seventh Company is a well-known company throughout the entire T Division and even the C Army Group. Coming here for a while and going through the motions is equivalent to directly buying a resume and getting promoted.

It would be strange if Gao Cheng could find him agreeable. In Gao Cheng's view, this was an insult to the Steel Seventh Company and a desecration of the more than 1,000 martyrs of the Steel Seventh Company.

Fortunately, he's not that kind of person. Now he and Gao Cheng are so close they're practically inseparable.

……

At 6:50 a.m., the new recruits finally returned to their dormitories with tired steps. The morning exercise time, which was originally an hour before washing up and tidying up, was extended by an extra hour today because of the deputy company commander.

The squad leaders always told them that when they were assigned to their units, if anyone asked who their squad leader was, they should say that the squad leader had died. At first, the new recruits didn't understand, but now they do. The squad leaders were afraid of losing face.

In response, the new recruits secretly resolved that when they made a fool of themselves after leaving their unit, they would simply say that the deputy company commander was Zhang Anbang, no matter what the question was.

"Everyone come and collect your gifts. The deputy company commander brought you some small presents: two White Rabbit milk candies and two pieces of hawthorn candy for each person."

The sergeant's stern voice sounded incredibly pleasant to the new recruits at that moment. Was it truly a genuine gift? (No need for quotation marks?)

For a moment, many new recruits didn't react. "What are you standing there for? Don't you want to eat? Come and get it. After you get it, hurry up and wash up and tidy up your belongings. You have a total of 20 minutes and 10 minutes. I'll check at 7:20. If you don't meet the standards, you won't get breakfast."

The new recruits quickly stepped forward to collect the milk candy and hawthorn candy. As soon as the squad leader turned around and left the dormitory, an uproar broke out.

"It really is milk candy and hawthorn candy, it's not a dream!"

"We misunderstood the deputy company commander. He's a really nice guy."

"That's right, that's right. From now on, if anyone says anything bad about the deputy company commander, I'll fight them."

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