"Meeting adjourned!" Seeing no reaction from anyone, I assumed they hadn't heard me and shouted again.
"What? The meeting's over already?" Everyone stared wide-eyed. Tiger muttered to himself, "We haven't even warmed our seats yet, and the meeting's over?" "
Company Commander, that's not how you conduct a meeting!" The old sergeant also looked surprised.
"Then how do we conduct it?" I said irritably, "Do we have to raise our fists and say, 'Comrades, all imperialism and reactionaries are paper tigers! With our valiant fighting, they have all been defeated!'"
"Good!" The soldiers clapped enthusiastically.
I was taken aback. Looking at the enthusiasm on their faces and the sincerity shining in their eyes, I realized that my earlier joke had actually come true.
"Comrades," I continued,
