Standing guard is the basic responsibility of every soldier and it is also something that every new soldier longs for. The same is true for us. We always hope to join the ranks of guards as soon as possible and realize our long-cherished wish of standing guard for the motherland. This day has finally arrived.

In the early morning, when we finished the morning exercises, the platoon leader told everyone that it was our turn to stand guard this week, the platoons actually made huge cheers, and they did not notice the strange smiles on the lips of the comrades who had participated in the stand guard in front, and they ignored the incomprehensible surprise gazes of the veterans.

However, we soon experienced that standing guard is not a glorious thing, it is actually very bitter and boring.

Since we are the last squad in the entire company, we are naturally at the last rank. Whenever the lights go out at 9 o'clock in the evening, we see our comrades who are about to work, fully armed, with a squad leader, walking towards the sentry with a squad leader, with a strict military appearance, strong and powerful movement, carrying steel guns on their backs, I am very envious. Although I already know that standing guard is very hard and tiring, I have been too deeply imagining about soldiers holding steel guns since I was a child. I always think that one day I can wear military uniforms and steel guns like them, and stand guard for the great motherland. What a glory it would be.

Finally, it was our turn to stand guard. Since it was our first time to work, we were led by the squad leader, and we were in the same position. Shi Yinlin and I were in the same position. We were in the guard post from 3 to 4 o'clock in the second half of the night. After hearing about the night station, we learned that comrades said that 1 o'clock in the middle of the night to 4 o'clock in the morning was the most uncomfortable time. First of all, just when we were sleeping sounded, we were woken up and got up to work in a daze. When we were laid off for two hours, we got into the cold bed again, and it was so cold that we couldn't fall asleep. But when we were about to fall asleep, the number of wake-up calls rang again. This night was enough to make a lot of trouble.

That's it, but without personal experiments, you won't know the hard work.

At first we were still in a high degree of excitement, looking forward to the arrival of work time as soon as possible, but we felt that time was moving too slowly, but the high-intensity training during the day made us unable to hold on soon and we all entered our dreams.

As my comrades said, when I was sleeping soundly, someone shook me hard, and opened my eyes in a daze and saw that it was the squad leader. I immediately realized that it was my time to stand guard. I looked at Shi Yinlin beside me, and he had already sat up. We quickly put on our military uniforms, put on our armed belts, and followed the squad leader to take over the job.

Outside the house, the laid-off Huang Buqing and Gao Guozhu were tied up with us, and took off the military coats and handed them over to us, instructed us to fasten the coats, and finally handed over the rifle to us.

To be honest, I am not very enthusiastic about this kind of rifle, because I have been growing up in the barracks since I was a child and have seen many guns. I asked while carrying the gun: "Squad leader, are there any bullets in the gun?"

The squad leader shook his head with his face tense, and said two words: "No!" After that, he walked forward with powerful steps, and we quickly followed.

The squad leader briefly explained to us the area and precautions for patrol and alert, and then went back. So we started to stand guard in the military camp for the first time.

However, the sacredness and solemnity of standing guard for the first time were quickly shattered by the harsh reality. The temperature at night by the sea was very low. In the cold winter, in the place facing the sea and backing the valley, the biting wind blew through my ears and made terrifying screams. What was even more unbearable was the sea breeze blowing from the sea, accompanied by the roaring waves at high tide, blew over us quickly, and was blocked by the tall valley and blew over us again, like a huge whirlpool, making people's scalp numb and their eyes couldn't open.

Shi Yinlin and I hid under the corner of the wall, wrapped in our coats and shivered. We didn't care about the enemy situation, and the sentry's responsibilities had already been thrown out of the sky.

Suddenly, a howl came from the valley far away, scaring me so much that I quickly pushed Shi Yinlin beside me and signaled him to be vigilant. We both held an empty gun without bullets and looked around nervously. After a long time, there was no movement, we finally took a breath and found a relatively secluded place, standing by a tree.

Shi Yinlin asked me: "What did you hear just now mean? Could it be a wolf?"

I hesitated and said, "I don't know, it's quite scary anyway. Logically speaking, this is a coastal area of ​​Zhejiang, so there shouldn't be animals like wolves."

As we were talking, the howl that had just sounded sounded again. This time we believed it, holding the broken gun like a fire stick, tremblingly watching the place where the sound came, and quickly pondered in our minds how to fight bravely with the wolf if the wolf really came. We couldn't resist the trembling of our whole body, and our upper and lower teeth kept fighting. We turned our heads and looked, haha, our comrade Shi Yinlin shook his neck like me, and I stammered, "What are you... trembling...?"

Shi Yinlin was amused by my stuttering words and stuttered, "I... don't tremble, it's mainly because... it's too... cold." I suddenly felt anxious to pee, so I turned around and prepared for it. Unexpectedly, Shi Yinlin also followed suit. In fact, we all knew in our hearts that coldness is secondary, and urgent urgency is secondary, mainly because we were afraid of being scared, but no one admitted it because of face.

We squatted under a big tree, snuggling each other and keeping warm to each other, and forgot the responsibility of the sentry to the Pacific Ocean, hoping that the old man would arrive soon and save us from the sea of ​​suffering.

After finally reaching the laid-off, the squad leader appeared in front of us on time. When he saw the two of us in a mess, the squad leader did not blame us, but said to us kindly: "Go and sleep for a while, otherwise you will be in a state of energy when you train during the day."

In normal times, the squad leader's words sounded too false, but at this moment, it sounded so kind. The previous grudge against the squad leader turned into love. Thinking of this night, the squad leader had to get up almost every two hours to lead us to hand over the shift. He worked many times harder than us. At this moment, the squad leader was so cute.

I said with no face: "Squad leader, how do you know that we are hiding here? It's not that we are afraid, but mainly because of the wolf cries. Really, we all heard two wolf cries. It's very clear that I didn't lie to you." Shi Yinlin nodded constantly.

The squad leader said with a smile: "There are no wolves here. What you hear is the barking of wolf dogs raised by people in the mountains. This kind of dog will bark once there is any movement. The sound is similar to that of a wolf. If you know in the future, don't be afraid."

It was a barking dog, and we were laid off after the squad leader with a shameless face.

The short double post passed quickly. Next, we will notify us that each time we send a post for one person. In contrast, two people can take care of each other while standing guard, avoid loneliness and loneliness, and will not be afraid. Now standing guard alone, it is even more uncomfortable. But there is no way. In the future, you have to stand guard alone when you go to the company. This level must be passed.

Deputy squad leader Qin Zhongfa was the first to go to work after the lights were turned off. According to the serial number, I will be ranked tomorrow night.

During the training interval the next day, we gathered together and asked about my experience of standing guard last night, but after hearing this, I was so amused and crying.

Deputy squad leader Qin Zhongfa said that it started to snow soon after he started working. It was snowing heavily, and the wind was biting, and there was no fixed post. The military coat was worn on his body without any cold. In order to keep the cold, he had to hide in the pigpen with an empty gun without bullets on his back, enduring the pungent and unpleasant stench. The scene was really something I would never forget in my life. I thought about it.

The others were similar, some hid in the toilet, some hid in the shacks with coal piled up behind the kitchen squad. The people who stood guard were speechless and silent, and we all truly realized what the meaning of a soldier was.

The guard started again after the lights were turned off at night.

In the middle of the night, I was woken up by my comrade Huang Buqing, put on a military coat, took the cold rifle from him, and began my military independent guard career.

Sure enough, there was still heavy snow outside, and the howling north wind blew past my ears, making people shudder. I walked on the patrol and guard road with a deep foot, facing the goose-feather-like heavy snow. In order to hear the movements outside, I did not put down the ear cap of the cotton military cap according to regulations. Otherwise, one would be a violation, and the other would be that I could not hear any sound at all. It was equivalent to a wooden pile.

I keep in mind the warnings of my comrades and do not stand in one place. This will easily expose the target, and the other will cause frostbite. Therefore, I kept rotating around the camp, and finally couldn't resist the invasion of the cold. I wanted to find a place to hide, but I would never go to the pigpen anyway, so I could only squat against the root of a big tree at the corner where I was relatively sheltered from the wind.

I looked up at the stars, looked at the place in my hometown, missed my parents and relatives at home, and missed my brother who was a soldier in Beijing. I had never felt a sense of grievance.

Suddenly I saw a new recruit wearing cotton uniforms coming out of the barracks. I thought it was convenient to come out, so I didn’t care, but after a closer look, it was wrong!

I saw this kid wearing a military uniform, neither convenient nor looking for something, but jogging around on the playground. I was full of suspicion. What happened? This kid was in the middle of the night and it was snowing heavily. What was he going to do? Exercise? No, there was no such exercise. So what does this kid mean? Is his brain sick?

Are you sick? Alas, yes, he must have a problem, but what is it? I fell into deep thought. Suddenly a name flashed through my head: Night travel syndrome. No! No, how could it be this strange problem? I rejected my thoughts.

I hid in the dark and quietly observed his movements. Seeing him running a few laps and entering the barracks, I remembered which barracks were from this barracks and thought to myself: I will report to the squad leader tomorrow.
Chapter completed!