The last bullet is for me

Author: Liu Meng
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: First and foremost, let me declare that this is not a factual article but a novel. It's just for fun, so please don't take it seriously. If you're bored, give it a read; if not, feel free to critique—it's all good. If you take it seriously, that's on you, but I've already said it's not true. Why wouldn't you believe me? If you enjoy it for a laugh, give it a thumbs-up. But don't take it too seriously. As a line from a Hong Kong TV drama goes—"This story is purely fictional. If it reminds you of something, it's just a coincidence." Don't ask me any questions beyond the novel—I don't know anything else. This novel is published by the China Society Press.
In the dark, I once recalled the days with the Foreign Legion, hiding in the trenches of Bosnia with my comrades, listening to mortars play us a lullaby, chatting with the Swiss guys about edelweiss, and discussing which girls were the most beautiful in the world. After reading the novel, my chest felt as if it were torn apart. I've never regretted anything, but now I truly regret leaving the legion—the place where I went from a kid who only cared about girls to a real soldier. For us, our fellow soldiers were our entire world.
This novel—by Chinese veteran of the French Foreign Legion, James Chen.
At the age of 17, college freshman Xiao Zhuang temporarily dropped out of school to follow his first love and joined the army, thus embarking on an extraordinary experience in the green camp. The entire story revolves around family love, brotherhood among comrades, and paternal bonds, truly documenting the heartwarming journey of a Chinese special forces soldier's growth. The tone of the story is melancholic, yet it also brims with moments of joy and humor. The language with a military flavor and dark humor are among the novel's greatest features, resonating deeply with many veterans and active-duty soldiers when it was serialized online.
This is a military romance novel about youth and love. The rich and complex emotions depicted are relatively rare in Chinese military-themed fiction. Reading through this novel, a bold, passionate, and emotionally rich Chinese special forces soldier named "Xiao Zhuang" leaps off the page, telling people about his own camouflaged youth.