That year, I returned to the SAM forces to visit relatives .

Mondo Military Updated on 2024-01-28

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When it comes to returning to visit relatives in the military, people will naturally think of the scene of active-duty soldiers returning to their hometowns to visit their relatives, but in fact, the mood of veterans returning to the barracks to get together is as exciting as going home to visit relatives during their service, and it will be unforgettable many years later.

When I was a soldier, the 13th Ground-to-Air Missile Battalion was stationed in Yanqing County, Beijing, all year round. In 1975, after I returned to northern Shaanxi after I was discharged from the army, the department store in Yan'an assigned me to be a permanent buyer in a department store in Beijing. When I heard the news, I jumped with joy and immediately bought a direct ticket to Beijing. After arriving in Beijing, he did not rest for a moment, so he changed to a long-distance bus and went straight to Yanqing, and after getting off at Sanchakou Station, he walked five miles like a rapid march, and finally saw the figure of the 843 radar on the position.

When I came to the gate of the barracks, the sentry happened to be a fellow villager from northern Shaanxi who had joined the army in the same year as me. When he saw me, he was immediately stunned, "Little stone, why are you?"I excitedly said, "I'm homesick, come back and see!."”

Everything is so familiar, and this time is especially intimate. Standing beside the crystal clear spring pool, my heart is like a spring gushing out, and the scenes of playing and washing clothes with my comrades-in-arms here in the past appear in front of my eyes one after another.

At this moment, it was noon time for dinner, and I first came to the door of the canteen. When my comrades-in-arms saw me, they were very surprised, and they got up one after another to salute each other, and their hands were clenched and could not bear to let go. Then to the second company, it was another warm scene, when several Yan'an comrades-in-arms hugged me, it was really "the villagers saw the villagers, and the tears were in their eyes".

Finally, I came to the 4th Company, where I was before I was discharged, because most of this return to the barracks will be spent in this home. As soon as I entered the cafeteria, I couldn't help but shout: "Comrades-in-arms, I'm going home!."Company Commander Li immediately dropped the dishes and chopsticks and hugged me tightly, and greeted the cooking squad leader repeatedly: "Quick, add vegetables!."Hurry up and add vegetables" ......This feeling of coming home, the familiar taste of the company's food, immediately softened the heart of me, a tough guy in the northwest, and tears rolled in my eyes.

When I came to the dormitory where I once lived, sat on the bed I once slept on, and saw the military quilt stacked like tofu blocks, I remembered that the squad leader taught me how to tidy up housekeeping, sew quilts, bring me sick meals when I was sick, and put a big red flower ...... on me when I was discharged from the army

When I came to the command post where I had been on duty for more than three years, standing in front of the distant plotting board, I heard the ticking sound in the headphones, I couldn't help but pick up the pencil to read the code, and hit the electric keys a few times. The hand is a little raw, but the camaraderie is still so strong.

Time flies, and I'm going to catch the last train back to town. Before leaving, the squad leader asked me, do you know why this time back caused a sensation?Because you are the first veteran to return to the army to visit your family this year!

In an instant, my eyes ...... teary again

Stone sea boats, a native of Mizhi County, Shaanxi, born on October 12, 1953, is a member of the middle school and a college student. In December 1969, he enlisted in the North Air Surface-to-Air Missile Unit. After retiring in March 1973, he was assigned to work in Yan'an department store, and served as salesman, transferee, purchaser, general salesman, deputy section chief, manager of Yan'an department store, and manager of Yan'an Finance and Trade Corporation.

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