Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 481: Educated Youth Militia

Yang Xiaole waited there for a while, and soon someone else came over.

These people are obviously educated youth.

After everyone arrived, Director Chen began to give a brief introduction.

"Okay, all the people from the six brigades of Baishan Commune are here."

He looked at the people present and continued, "Time is tight, so let's briefly talk about it. According to an emergency order, all militiamen in Baishan Commune will conduct a training exercise. Some people may have heard of the target. There used to be a grassland in the Xingshui River area, but it is not here, but five kilometers away from there.

Our goal is to arrive at the designated location before 6 a.m. tomorrow."

After hearing this, someone asked a question: "Director Chen, this place is quite far! If we want to go there, we have to take the usual route through the mountains for more than 30 kilometers, which takes about seven or eight hours.

This was before snow. Now there is snow on the road. We have been driving for so long. I don’t think the speed will be very fast. It may take ten hours. If so, we will have to travel overnight.”

The person who spoke was naturally Xie Hongbing.

Obviously he knew the place.

But no matter which way we go, we have to travel overnight. After all, we have to arrive at the destination at 6 o'clock in the morning. It's around four o'clock now and it's almost dark.

Yang Xiaole also understood that it was near the regiment headquarters where Zhang Shaoting was.

But I don’t miss the roads connecting every village in later generations.

It is more than 30 kilometers, which would only take more than half an hour to drive in later times, but now it takes seven or eight hours.

Director Chen nodded slightly, pointed at the map and said, "Indeed, if we bypass the mountainous area, it will take seven or eight hours, or even ten hours to take our usual route. This does not include the five kilometers we have to travel after arriving at the destination."

After all, he was not a real soldier, and he was a little tired after rushing all the way here.

If we continue on this journey, we won't be going very fast.

Then he pointed to a place on the map and said, "So, we have to go in a straight line, cross the Yadan River, climb over the mountains and forests, and directly reach the designated location."

Yang Xiaole looked at the map. It was very simple and obviously not a regular map.

Just a rough idea.

But think about it, the map of the mainland is fine, but the map here must be very important.

The commune has maps of the surrounding area, but they are not used casually.

This made everyone else frown.

Some people understood it, while others didn’t.

Amid the confusion among the crowd, Director Chen spoke directly, "Because of the special nature of this matter, I will lead the team myself. After the meeting, everyone will go to the warehouse to get tents. I guess everyone has brought food with them. Just make sure you have food tonight. Our logistics people have already driven over with food."

"We need to bring a tent? How long will it take?"

Someone still asked a question.

Because they didn't say how long it would take.

"If nothing unexpected happens, it will take three days, or rather two days. We will return from there on the morning of the last day."

At this point, he paused and said, "Of course, this is a tentative situation. If there is an emergency, we will notify you at that time."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone asked, "What about us educated youth? We don't have guns either. What if a fight breaks out?"

Until now, no one knows what these educated youth were supposed to do.

Director Chen put away his pencil and said, "This is why I asked you educated youth to come here."

In the puzzled eyes of the crowd, he continued, "We have received a notice that all communes under the jurisdiction of Luo B County must set up educated youth militia companies. You will be equipped with guns and participate in training with the militia of the brigade. In your spare time, you will be farmers. Once there is a war, you will be qualified soldiers when you pick up a gun."

(As for whether the educated youth had militia companies, you can check. They were only available in communes near the border.)
When everyone heard this, they were immediately furious.

"Is this true? They even gave him a gun."

In this day and age, there are probably few men who don't want to touch a gun.

Director Chen smiled and nodded: "Well, the educated youth militia company is under the charge of the militia company commander of the brigade and the unified management of the commune armed department. You are all educated youth point leaders recommended by each brigade, and you are all tested comrades. You will temporarily be the leaders of the educated youth militia companies of each brigade.

As for the others, they will have to go through an audit before they can join. Of course, whether you can sit firmly in the position depends on your performance. This time, it will be a test for you."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was eager to try it out.

Yang Xiaole understood that only people with a good background could join.

At least in his opinion, among their team of educated youth, only a few men and women were qualified.

Zhao Weibing, Liu Jinlian, Liu Yan, and himself.

There are only four of them who are pure red.

There are many things that are just barely acceptable.

But we have to leave out three people, Song Wenhui, her family is rich.

Feng Xue, and Bai Zishan.

These three definitely won’t work.

Then he shook his head. That shouldn't be the case. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to gather that many people. After all, there were only more than seventy people in their team.

Sure enough, Director Chen said, "Of course, we have a class background theory, but it is not the only one. Performance is important! The specific details will be notified and reviewed after we come back. Now you follow behind and do the logistics work."

Everyone nodded when they heard this.

So this is ah!

Yang Xiaole also understood that those who were evaluated by the educated youth as representatives of the group leaders were all people of good family background.

Such people will basically be hired as soon as possible.

Because the commune doesn't want to cause trouble.

With so many people, only the ones who are selected first will be selected, and then the rest will be examined slowly. Those who are qualified will secure the position of militia company commander.

Those who fail to meet the requirements will be removed.

Next, he talked about some other situations, mainly about things to pay attention to on the road and what to do after passing it.

The meeting was over and most people left.

Because I need to go to the warehouse next door to get a tent.

Just as Yang Xiaole was about to follow the others out, he heard Director Chen shout, "Yang Xiaole, wait a moment, I have something to ask you."

Then he waved to the other people.

Seeing this, several people went out directly.

After everyone left, Yang Xiaole looked at him curiously: "Director Chen, is there something wrong?"

Director Chen took out a cigarette from the table and handed it to him.

Yang Xiaole took it without hesitation.

But he also took out a match and lit the other person's cigarette.

After lighting it for himself, he flicked the match and threw it on the ground without saying anything.

Perhaps he had guessed something by now.

Zhang Shaoting.

The unit that Zhang Shaoting served in was in the Northeast, and many of the people here are retired from the army.

People are not necessarily from the Northeast.

After all, in the later stages of the war, the troops included people from all over the country.

Sure enough, Director Chen smiled and said, "Don't be nervous, just talk casually. The old leader greeted me and asked us to take care of you here. Now it seems that I don't need to take care of you anymore!"

Yang Xiaole was puzzled for a moment, then asked directly: "Director Chen, are you talking about Zhang Shaoting?"

Although Director Chen looks a few years older than Zhang Shaoting.

But he had no doubt that Zhang Shaoting's rank was higher than his. After all, before liberation, rank could not be calculated purely by age.

Director Chen nodded and said, "Yes! I used to be a member of the guard company, but later I was transferred to the company and then transferred to the local area. I haven't seen him for many years. He had to find our company commander Wu before he found me."

Yang Xiaole suddenly realized.

That's it!
Then he laughed and said, it’s good to have someone you know!

Director Chen used to be the commune secretary, but he became deputy director due to special circumstances.

If Director Gao slips one day and can no longer use his remaining energy, then Director Chen can...

Then he thought of what he had said before and asked curiously, "Captain Wu?"

Director Chen had no idea what he was thinking.

Then he said, "Oh, it's Deputy Captain Wu. It was Captain Wu who led us to the company. At that time, I was just a platoon leader of the guards! Captain Wu has gone to work in the city now."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole nodded. "Is that so?"

Director Chen took a deep puff on his cigarette butt and threw it on the ground.

Then he smiled and said, "Originally, the old leader asked me to take care of you! Now it seems that it is no longer necessary! When you go back, work hard."

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole thought about it for a moment and smiled.

We didn't talk too much. After all, he was Zhang Shaoting's friend. To put it bluntly, I wasn't doing this for Zhang Shaoting's sake.

I am really nothing.

Don't treat others as leaders.

To put it bluntly, even though Xie Laosi is already in his fifties, if he were a little shameless.

No matter which female educated youth in the brigade took a fancy to, they would take them all and no one could escape.

Is it okay for men?

same!
Anyway, he had seen it before. There were seven people in total from a production team, three men and four women, and none of them came back.

It is said that they were all "bitten to death" by wolves in the mountains.

He is not afraid of the other party, he is just not very familiar with him.

However, with Zhang Shaoting's relationship, as long as the other party is not a beast, he will naturally be closer to him.

Yang Xiaole nodded and said with a smile: "Then Director Chen, if everything is fine, I will go back first."

"Well, go back. If you have something to ask, come to me. If you have nothing to do, come to the commune and have dinner at my house. Don't be so polite."

"Oh, well, I'll bother you then!"

After agreeing, he left here directly.

When Yang Xiaole came back, the scene was even more chaotic than before.

Soon he found Xie Hongbing and his people.

They were lining up there to count the tents.

"…Tent poles, ground nails, and wind ropes, make sure the numbers are correct. Don't pull them down. And don't forget the hemp ropes."

Xie Hongbing was getting things from the people in the warehouse, while communicating with Xie Honglin and others.

As for the educated youth, they just watched from the side and took the things that were handed to them and looked at them carefully.

The scene was chaotic.

Yang Xiaole came closer and asked Feng Aijun who was holding the canvas: "How many tents are there? How are we going to live here?"

"Our team was given five tents, which can accommodate more than 20 people. We can sleep there if we squeeze together."

Feng Aijun looked inside and said something.

Yang Xiaole nodded and looked at the canvas.

There was no special waterproof cloth like in later generations, but the surface was made of waterproof canvas.

This thing is also sturdy, but the downside is that it is very heavy.

But it is also lighter than linoleum.

The rack is made of wood, and is used as support and roof according to its thickness.

Xie Honglin also had an electrician's bag on his back, which contained pieces of cut wire and a pair of pliers.

And it seems that the wire should be straightened as much as possible after use.

You can see traces of bends and scars.

While thinking, I heard Feng Aijun asking, "Hey, Xiaole, I heard them say that our educated youth are also going to set up a militia company. Is that true?"

This couldn't help but excite him.

This way you can touch the gun!
Although he had participated in military training in the army before, he was poor before!
The amount of actual combat target shooting is limited, and it is more of a physical training.

Not only him, but others were also watching there curiously.

Yang Xiaole looked around and nodded: "Well, Director Chen just said in the meeting that the notice has been issued, but it has not been conveyed yet. Did Hong Bing say that?"

This was his first reaction.

Feng Aijun shook his head: "No, it was someone from another educated youth site who said that the militia company commander has been decided, and the remaining people will be assigned positions based on their performance when the militia company is established."

After saying that, he looked not far away and said, "Look, how positive."

Yang Xiaole also took a look and found it quite positive.

However, even if there was no such thing as the educated youth militia company, these people would still be active.

After all, I have never experienced a training camp.

"Hey, Xiaole, look, can I be a militia platoon leader?"

Wang Laoer asked with a smile beside him.

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole's mouth twitched and he said with a smile: "You! With your hands, I guess you won't have a chance to show off. Look at others, they are all carrying something."

Although Wang Laoer has well water, nothing serious happens to him.

No inflammation either.

But the wound is just a piece of skin that has been lost, and it won’t heal in a day or two.

Wang Laoer looked around, then looked at his own hands: "Damn it, I didn't perform well at the critical moment. It wouldn't have broken earlier or later, but it's broken now."

Everyone smiled when they heard this.

Feng Aijun frowned and asked in a low voice: "Xiao Le, do I have a chance to get in?"

He knows his situation.

If nothing happens at home, there will be no problem for him to join the army.

In fact, if you really want to go, there probably won't be any problem.

It shouldn't be a problem for his grandfather to find a connection.

But his grandfather did not agree, otherwise he would not have joined the team here, but would have joined the army.

Yang Xiaole thought for a moment and said, "I don't know the details, but from what Director Chen said, it's not a big problem. He also said that there are elements, but it's not the only element. So it's not hopeless. We'll know after the training is over."

Hearing him say this, Feng Aijun was naturally very happy.

Many people came to inquire about this matter.

Yang Xiaole also gave a brief account of it.

But he didn’t go into detail, just said to wait until the training is over and see how the commune arranges things!
He can't make the decision either.

As for Feng Xue, his face was gloomy.

She was definitely not going to make it; the problems at home were too serious.

"Xiao Le, hold the rain cloth."

While he was thinking, Xie Hongbing greeted him and handed him a pile of rain cloths.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole ran over.

There isn't much, just one volume.

I took it and weighed it, it weighed about thirty or forty kilograms.

Xie Hongbing said to him, "This tarp is a bit heavy. You will take turns carrying it. Even if you can only lift it, it will be very painful to carry it for dozens of kilometers. Don't try to show off."

The meaning of the words is very clear, he has experience.

Yang Xiaole took the things and looked at them, then nodded: "I see, everyone is doing it, this way it won't be so tiring."

Xie Hongbing naturally agreed and smiled: "Don't worry."

The registered people received a bunch of things and returned to their own venues.

At this time, the sky was gradually entering dusk.

After a long while, when everyone was ready and made sure that nothing was missing, Director Chen came out, said a few words, and led the way outside.

Others also left one after another.

With torches in hand, they disappeared into the darkness.

It doesn’t matter who makes the decision. What matters is that you arrive at the meeting place on time.

(End of this chapter)