Mind Went Blank / 一片空白，心想這下完了

　　Team-killing is not only a phenomenon that happens in the world of FPS games. It is, in fact, everywhere in our world.

　　Such a statement was proven by a new recruit in the Chinese PLA while he was given training in use of hand grenades. That was always supposed to be safe training in which the solider needed only to throw a grenade from a blockhouse and the process was all under a trainer's supervision.

　　However, this time, the new recruit was too nervous and ran out of luck. He threw the grenade from a wrong angle and the grenade hit the wall of the blockhouse and rebounded back to his side.

　　While the whole thing was too sudden for the recruit to react; the trainer swiftly pulled the recruit back  behind a solid concrete wall and bent over him on the floor. Miraculously, no one was injured in the accident.

　　"My mind just went blank, except that I thought 'It's over.' " The new recruit said, when being asked about his "near success in team-killing" .

　　Yet, on the other hand, the life-saving trainer spoke of the accident in a much calmer way as if it was his daily job: "As a trainer, I must watch out for everything when the new recruits throw grenades. "

　　Perhaps the new recruit should at least treat his life savior a meal as a pay back.

　　「Team-killing」(簡稱：TK)是第一身射擊遊戲裡的術語，意即「同隊自殘」。原來那種事情，在現實世界中也隨處可見。

　　中共解放軍一名新兵在一次手榴彈訓練中，就親身說明了這一點。那種投彈訓練中，士兵只須從碉堡內把手榴彈投擲出去，過程中有指揮員在旁監察，一向十分安全。

　　但今次這個新兵實在緊張過頭，也欠一點運。他投擲角度差勁，手榴彈先擲中碉堡牆壁，再反彈回了身旁。

　　意外發生得太突然了，新兵來不及反應，獨是指揮員夠機警，立即把這頭驚弓菜鳥拉到保護牆後，並伏在他背上保護他。奇蹟地，誰都沒因此受傷。

　　「當時大腦一片空白，心想這下完了。」談到是次幾乎成功「TK」，新兵猶有餘悸。

　　但另一邊廂，當了「救人英雄」的指揮員卻視之為日常職責，不以為然：「作為現場指揮員，要時刻觀察新戰士投彈時的一舉一動。」

　　也許這頭菜鳥最少都要請救命恩人大吃一餐以視報答吧？