On the morning of New Year's Eve, Zhuang Yan woke up early.

Usually, 99% of the soldiers in the "Hunter" team wore camouflage uniforms for 99%, but on this day, everyone changed into winter clothes.

And it's the cleanest and newest one.

Today, there are two great events.

The first is the handover ceremony held at the minefield on the 12th in the morning.

Each minefield must be handed over after the minesweeping force has evacuated the mines, and the target is the local government.

The second is a simple and important wedding held in the company cafeteria in the evening - "Boss" Luo Xing is going to be the groom!

After washing up early, he sat solemnly on the cement flower bed under the big tree waiting for breakfast.

The Hunter team has decided to postpone the departure for one day.

This is the last day Zhuang Yan stayed with the minesweeping force and the first day of great significance.

In the border town in winter, the fog wet the basketball court, the wet ground and a little gray weather, on the road outside the gate of the camp, the sound of simple 3rd Road motorcycles resounded through the streets and alleys.

Sitting solemnly under the tree, I suddenly felt that all this, including the moist air, was so precious.

Looking at the military uniform on his body, he suddenly felt like he was a different life.

I am still solemn, but I am not as solemn as before.

The minefield handover ceremony is scheduled to be held at 10 a.m.

This is the top priority for the entire county town today.

This means that another area of ​​death is about to be lifted out of danger and will soon become a good harvest.

In fact, the people are all happy.

A few days ago, the county issued a notice, especially several villages near the minefield that were deeply affected by it. The grassroots village branches had already started to operate and verbally sent the notice to all the villagers' groups and notified them to every villagers' home.

You can go and see it, the ceremony is open.

At eight o'clock, a whistle rang in the camp of the minesweeping team, and all the soldiers and officers who had breakfast put on camouflage uniforms.

They were not wearing regular clothes, and unlike the "Hunter" team, they had "special missions" today.

The convoy set off from the camp at 8:15 on time and drove along the familiar highway. It reached the No. 12 minefield at 9:50.

This is a minefield less than three kilometers away from the border. It is also the flattest and most conveniently located minefields in the three minefields No. 12, 13 and 14.

It is best used as a handover ceremony site.

After the convoy arrived, as soon as he got off the car, Zhuangyan saw that a door made of wood had been built here, which looked like a wooden door in the form of Arc de Triomphe.

A banner made of red cloth hung above the wooden door, with a line of large characters printed in yellow - a signing ceremony for the mine clearance and handover in xx area, xx Prefecture, xx County, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx Prefecture, xx

After standing on the scene for a while, various vehicles arrived at the scene.

At first glance, they are local government staff.

Some local cadres who were familiar with the minesweeping team came up to greet Lian Yue and shook hands.

Not long after, the familiar bj212 jeep also arrived.

Xu Hanyuan, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Second Border Minesweeping Command, has also arrived.

Immediately afterwards, the people from nearby villages arrived.

Then some officers from the mine-sweeping command came.

The county leaders and people from relevant departments have arrived.

Ma Zhijian, the first secretary of the state, and the director of the minesweeping office also arrived...

The reporters from the TV station and newspaper kept taking photos and recording videos, and the entire handover ceremony suddenly became very lively.

Zhuang Yan saw Lao Feng's family of two people in the crowd, and Huang Lan, who was moving forward little by little with her hands on the small stool, also came...

They're all here...

This minefield has too many memories for them that they cannot look back on.

Zhuangyan didn't know how determined they supported themselves to return to this place that had almost ruined their lives.

When you are taken away by the minefield here, when you stand in front of it again, when the People's Liberation Army tells you that the thunder here has been swept away.

What does Huang Lan think?

What do the Feng family father and son think?

Standing in the line, watching solemnly and quietly.

Looking at the crowd who had one leg or even two legs.

Soldiers!

I am a soldier.

Zhuang Yan suddenly felt that the camouflage national defense green on the body of the officers and soldiers of the minesweeping team was given completely different far-reaching significance in that moment.

He looked down at his epaulette and reached out to silently put the August 1st military emblem on his head.

Zhuang Yan suddenly understood what the red on the military emblem represents.

That means sacrifice.

Why keep that touch of red on the military emblem?

Because it is all the blood of martyrs of all generations.

As a new generation of soldiers, I have just inherited these things.

Whether in peacetime or wartime, soldiers always mean sacrifice and defense of their homes.

Whether in the peace years or the war years, those heroes who knew they were unable to defeat but showed their swords on a narrow road, like today's mine-de-arm soldiers, walked towards the devilish purgatory battlefield with a sense of historical mission and responsibility.

Zhuang Yan understood why some people are willing to do such a fatal job with dozens of yuan in allowances.

It's still because of responsibility.

The mission and responsibility of soldiers.

A beautiful female reporter ran over, came to Lian Yue, raised the microphone in her hand, and the photographer behind her held the huge camera and pointed the lens at the minesweeping captain.

"Excuse me--"

The female reporter smiled very sweetly.

"Are you Lian Yue, the captain of the mine demining team?"

Captain Lian Yue nodded quickly, and a hint of pride appeared on his dark face: "That's right, I am Lian Yue, the captain of the minesweeping team."

"I am Wang Li, a reporter from xx State TV. I am very happy to interview you." The sweet and crisp voice of the female reporter made Lian Yue feel a little embarrassed.

"Comrade reporter, please ask if you have any questions," he said.

"It is said that you took you more than a month to scan this minefield, right?"

"Yes, our minesweeping team has been stationed here for more than two months. The No. 12 minefield did not take too long, because the terrain here is relatively flat and the difficulty of minesweeping is not too great. The No. 14 minefield on the other side of Nakui Village is the most complicated minefield."

"I have a question I want to ask, but it's not just me, but maybe the audience in front of the TV wants to know and ask a question."

"You ask, comrade reporter."

"Are you absolutely sure of every minefield you have swept through?" Female reporter Wang Li still kept smiling, but the problem was very sharp.

Lian Yue nodded with certainty: "Of course there is! I believe in my soldiers, and I also believe in myself. You should believe in us. We are the soldiers of the people and will not use the lives of ordinary people to make jokes."

This question is very sharp, so Lian Yue answered it very seriously.

Zhuang Yan discovered the interview with the female reporter and stood aside and watched intently.

"What if I step on it, what if there is a thunder that cannot be eliminated? I mean, what if."

Wang Li seemed to have not given up on asking questions and still focused on this question. Perhaps, this is a news point that attracts attention enough.

She is chasing her relentlessly.

Zhuang Yan was a little annoyed. He thought why this female reporter was so ignorant!

Lao Su said, "Hey, this girl is evil, this festive place, why are you chasing and asking such an unlucky thing?"

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