A special "meeting gift" ■ PLA Daily reporter Li Qian and special correspondent Liao Xiaobin Xiangyang Recently, staff sergeant Zhao Kai of an army brigade in the eastern theater ended the training and gave a "gold warrior" medal to his newborn daughter. For this special "meeting ceremony", Zhao Kai worked hard for eight months. The superior organized a special training team in the first half of last year. Zhao Kai was recommended as a candidate by LIANLI because of his excellent training results at ordinary times and was finally selected. I thought I had excellent military quality, so it's nothing to complete the intensive training. Unexpectedly, after entering the training team for a short time, Zhao Kai felt unprecedented pressure: the training intensity was more than three times that of usual, and the average sleep time per day was less than 5 hours; Each team member must master the professional skills of multiple posts and rotate the posts irregularly; The intensive training adopts the method of elimination in the whole process. If the assessment result of any subject fails to meet the standard, it will be eliminated After two months, many members of Zhao Kai's team withdrew one after another, and his leg injury recurred due to long-term high-load training. As the mid-term assessment approaches day by day, Zhao Kai is confused. He is not only worried that he can't keep up with the progress, but also afraid that poor performance will slow down the team. What makes Zhao Kai more worried and guilty is that his wife is about to give birth, but he is not around for a long time. "If I quit, the team's performance may be better." Thinking from left to right, Zhao kaimeng had the idea of quitting the training. An "application for withdrawal from intensive training" was written, torn and written in his hand. A few days later, the training team ushered in a long lost rest day. Turning on his mobile phone, messages from his wife made Zhao Kai feel mixed: "everything is fine at home. Don't worry about it." "I often tell my children that my father is an excellent soldier and he is guarding our peace in a unique way" His wife's encouragement rekindled Zhao Kai's fighting spirit and dispelled his retreat: "I want to win a medal and give it to the upcoming child!" Since then, Zhao Kai seems to have endless strength: practicing sniping, improving his concentration by "piercing rice" every day, and ignoring the puncturing of his fingers; Learn to command, gnaw on the teaching materials as soon as you have time, and ask other team members for advice with an open mind; Use equipment, carefully study weapon performance, and even memorize equipment parameters during dinner time Everything comes to him who waits. After diligent study and hard training, Zhao Kai's comprehensive performance improved steadily and soon ranked among the best in the training team. In the final contest, Zhao Kai achieved the first overall good result and was rated as the "gold medal warrior" by the training team. The day after the training, Zhao Kai couldn't wait to set foot on his way home. Seeing his newborn daughter, Zhao Kai carefully put the "gold medal warrior" medal beside her. At that moment, Zhao Kai felt that all the hardships and tiredness were worth it. (outlook new era)