Chapter 162: I graduated

A first-class heroic model in the entire army. This military achievement is definitely the most top-notch military achievement in contemporary history!

Basically, those who can get this military honor are either those who died or are disabled!

There are almost no people who can get this military medal safely and healthily!

It can be said that Tang Ming is a miracle!

"Principal, isn't this military achievement too great! I deserve it!"

Tang Ming said in a deep voice.

The principal smiled and said: "No! We all think this is the reward you should get!"

"From the time you took your platoon to rescue villagers in various villages, to the ones carrying sandbags on the dam behind you, your efforts and achievements are obvious to all!"

"Without your excellent command and desperate rescue efforts in various villages, I don't know how many villagers would have been washed away by the flood!"

"These are only secondary, the most important thing is that at the last and most dangerous moment, you resolutely shouldered the heavy responsibility, carrying more than 300 kilograms of explosives, and blew open the dam gate!"

"If you hadn't been there at that time, the three lines of defense of the entire dam would have collapsed within half an hour. The consequences would have been that more than 200,000 people in the middle and upper reaches would have been hit by floods, and the consequences would have been unimaginable!"

"The headquarters will award you such a first-class hero model medal based on your achievements! Tang Ming, you paid for this with your life. You deserve such a reward from the headquarters!"

"Our First Army Command College is proud to have students like you! You are a role model for all the teachers and students of our Army Command College!"

Other school leaders also nodded in agreement.

Tang Ming was a little embarrassed by the praise, "Then I would like to thank the headquarters and the school."

Tang Ming said, holding the military medal in his hand. It felt extremely heavy. He also felt that the burden on his shoulders was even heavier!

To be honest, he had no hope of surviving the blasting of the dam gate.

I have never regretted being a soldier.

Because in his opinion, a good man should go to the battlefield and serve his country.

Being able to survive in the end, he felt, was the best gift from God.

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A week later, Tang Ming's body had basically recovered and he returned to school.

When the school leaders and people in the company saw that he was back, they were all pleasantly surprised.

"You boy, your resilience is amazing, isn't it? Only half a month has passed, and you have fully recovered! It's incredible!"

Company Commander Wang Zhan patted Tang Ming's thick shoulder and said with a smile.

The rest of the company also laughed, but their eyes were still filled with admiration when they looked at Tang Ming.

"Company Commander, brothers, I may have to go back to the army."

Tang Mingchong said to the company commander and everyone.

The smiles on the faces of Wang Zhan and the Seventh Company suddenly froze.

"So fast? It's not even enough for you!"

Squad leader Zhao Tao said reluctantly.

Tang Mingdao: "With my results, I can actually go back before the flood fight. I just happened to catch up with the flood fight task, so I stayed for two or three months longer."

"Now, the school has approved my graduation early. It just so happens that my army has a heavy mission and I have to rush back."

Wang Zhan also knew Tang Ming's identity and sighed in his heart.

"Iron-made camps and flowing soldiers. We people will be separated sooner or later. It's just a matter of who is sooner or later."

"After you leave, in two or three months, other people in the fourth platoon and some people in the other three platoons will also graduate and leave."

For a moment, everyone showed expressions of reluctance and sadness.

After all, we have trained together for so long and participated in flood rescue and rescue operations together. We have been through thick and thin together to some extent, and there is naturally a lot of affection.

The next day, Tang Ming packed his luggage. When he walked out of the company barracks, he found that all the teachers and students in the school were lined up on the main road, one company after another, to see Tang Ming off.

Tang Ming was startled by their enthusiasm, "Principal, isn't this too grand?"

The principal smiled and said, "I didn't ask them. They heard that you were leaving and asked to see you off."

"Your farewell ceremony has never been treated like this since the establishment of our military academy! Even when the previous principals left, it was just a farewell from the school leaders."

The vice principal also smiled at Tang Ming and said, "The main reason is that when you taught tactical knowledge to all the teachers and students in the school, they admired you and learned a lot. They all regard you as their teacher."

"Furthermore, in this flood fighting and rescue operation, not only did you make great contributions, you won the first-class hero model medal of the army, which brought glory to our school. It also allowed our school's efforts and achievements to be seen by the headquarters. In this time During the flood fighting and rescue operations, our school also won the second-class collective merit of the entire army, so the teachers and students are grateful to you."

"All right."

Tang Ming smiled bitterly.

Now that everyone is here, he can't say anything more.

But I was still very moved in my heart.

There are many emotions that are difficult to express among soldiers.

Maybe it's hard for you to see it when you get along with the troops.

But when they are separated, this emotion will burst out instantly.

This is why, every year when soldiers retire, all units in the army will be shrouded in a sad moment of separation.

A good man who usually never sheds tears despite working so hard and suffering so many grievances, cried like a child when he was discharged from the army.

The feeling of comradeship in that era was really strong.

Tang Ming got on the principal's special car. Every time he passed a company, the company commander would yell and salute.

Then, the entire company would stand at attention and salute to the military vehicle and Tang Ming.

Looking at the faces that were once familiar and yet unfamiliar, Tang Ming felt quite heavy.

However, it was exactly as Wang Zhan said.

Soldiers with hard drives and flowing water must leave when it is time to leave.

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