"Moon Buds" that did not appear
Linghu Changsong. Time and space move, the sun and the moon alternate. On a cloudless night, under the beautiful scenery of the starry sky, a crescent moon bud hangs high in the night sky, and the faint light gives people expectations, looking forward to fullness and brightness. The sight of this crescent moon sprout reminded my mind of a past thirty-four years at the Nathula outpost.
It was the end of May 19**, veteran Liu Changxi was transferred from a position to the company headquarters to take over the clerical work, and lived on the right side of my infirmary; within a few days, a special incident occurred in our country, because we were on the front line of border defense, and then entered a state of graded combat readiness, closely observing the movements of the Indian army on the opposite side, and preventing the Indian army from carrying out a surprise attack. During the day, sometimes I went to the fourth or fifth position for medical treatment, and when I passed by the third position, I saw Indian troops standing at their sentry posts and shouting loudly to us while pointing their fingers into the distance"Beijing, Beijing...."From the unscrupulous appearance of the Indian army, there is a suspicion of schadenfreude. We don't dare to be careless at any time, we do our own thing, and at night all the personnel of our company unit take turns to participate in the inspection activities of each position, and I and veteran Liu Changxi have taken turns to check the posts in a group many times.
Liang Maosen, director of the political department of the regiment, came to the Naidula outpost many times to preach to the officers and men of the whole company, and the editorials of the People's Liberation Army Newspaper and the People's Daily were organized Xi and analyzed, requiring all officers and men to maintain a high degree of consistency with the People's Liberation Army Newspaper and the People's Republic of China in words and deeds, and to support the wise decision-making of the people, and to require all officers and men not only to hold the front-line position of border defense, but also to hold the cultural position, firmly grasp the positive right to speak, correct and theoretical orientation, and guide all officers and men to have a correct outlook on life and values.
Inspired by Director Liang's speeches, veteran Liu Changxi began to conceive and plan to create a hand-copied tabloid publication, named "Moon Buds", which integrates poetry, prose, and good people and good deeds and new things in each company within the regiment, and regularly copies it to other companies for circulation.
Liu veteran is a soldier who enlisted in the army in October 1986, a native of Yunnan.
VII.IV"During the exercise, he was punished for the incident of a gun misfire when the recruits were too nervous while standing guard, but he was not depressed by this, and later he was careful in everything, humbly studied and Xi, and published an article in the Battle Banner Newspaper and became a correspondent of the Battle Banner Newspaper.
His idea was supported by some of his company's comrades-in-arms and Director Liang. Liu veteran also said to me, you also write some manuscript to support support, I think I once wrote an essay when I was in middle school, and was commented on by Mr. Dai Lin in the class as an example, as long as you invest in emotion, you can write a good article, I thought about it for a few days, and then wrote a small ** "Tonight The Moon is Full" and handed it to Liu Veteran, he read it and said that he could, and waited until the manuscripts of other companies came to arrange together.
Later, Director Liang told Liu Changxi that the Political Department of the Youth League could support a mimeograph machine, a batch of ink, wax engraved paper and paper, and that the follow-up materials would have to be borne by himself and solved by himself. Veteran Liu returned to Naitula from the regiment headquarters in the dust, and told me about these things, and I told Veteran Liu, this mimeograph is better, so many words, how heavy it is to rely on handwriting alone, you only need to engrave one to print dozens of sheets, and then order it into a book, Liu Veteran said: "This mimeograph machine will not get it.""。I said to Mr. Liu: "As long as you engrave the engraved paper, I will help you print it when you are mimeographed, and when I was at home, I often helped my father use the mimeograph machine to print the examination papers of primary school students"。
Veteran Liu Changxi in those years of burning passion, and confidently went to other companies to contact, and after a period of time, I didn't see Liu Veteran take action again, I asked Veteran Liu what was going on? He said that some comrades-in-arms had carefully calculated the accounts for him, and all his allowances were not enough to spend. The "Moon Buds" he was thinking about did not appear in front of his comrades-in-arms, and it was yellow. He felt guilty for not being able to do what he wanted, and I felt sorry for it. He returned the manuscript I had written, and I immediately submitted it to "Southwest Military Literature" and it was lost in the sea. After thirty-one years, in 2020, I found out and voted for "Snowy Veteran" since the launch of **.
Liu Changxi veteran lean and capable, there are two brushes in writing, but he shouted the one-two-one order when leading us out of the morning exercise, and for a while, it was Liu Veteran who led our company personnel from the company headquarters to the international post at the pass of the road to run the morning exercise, he shouted the password frequency too fast, the running pace stipulated in the queue order was between 170 and 180 steps per minute, and the 121 order he shouted reached more than 200 steps per minute, and everyone's pace could not keep up with his password frequency, a few days down, He couldn't correct it himself, he couldn't slow down, and everyone unanimously asked for a substitution. I didn't let him take the again.
The moon is cloudy and sunny, and people have joys and sorrows. On the road of life, blessings and misfortunes, I don't know who came first? In June of this year, a veteran also asked Liu Changxi's contact in a WeChat group of Naitula's comrades-in-arms**, Fang Sijun veteran told us an unfortunate news, Liu Changxi veteran had passed away last year, and he died while working abroad. No wonder when I asked about the news of Veteran Liu a few years ago, many of my comrades-in-arms didn't know where Veteran Liu was. There was no news. Reminiscing about the past, bits and pieces come to mind.
Note: The illustrations in this article are provided by the author).
About the Author:
Linghu Changsong. Han Chinese. The scenery of the high mountain of the net name. A native of Tongzi County, Guizhou Province. He joined the army in October 1987 and served in the Naitula outpost of the Sixth Frontier Regiment of the ** Military Region as a company health officer, and was transferred to the Sixth Regiment Communication Company in December 1992 as a company health officer, and was discharged from the army in December 1992 and entered the Tongzi Chemical Plant to work, and in December 2005 he became a laid-off worker due to the disintegration of the enterprise, and is now retired.
Author: Linghu Changsong.