The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 326 Shock in Coal Cave
The entrance to the coal cave is dark and silent.

There seems to be an endless abyss hidden.

The cold wind roared out from inside, making several people feel cold all over.

Deputy Section Chief Wu stood at the entrance of the cave, worried, but there was nothing he could do.

In addition to the big pot, you can also hike down the mine tunnel into the coal cave.

It's just that the coal tunnel slopes from the surface to the ground at an angle of [-] or [-] degrees. In addition, there are potholes everywhere inside, and the lighting is poor, making it very dangerous.

In particular, Coal Cave No. [-] was destroyed by the enemy back then.

There had been an explosion inside the hole. There was only a winch and no sidewalk. Even the old miners were unwilling to walk down the hole.

"We can't wait any longer. If we wait another minute, the chances of Donbas Combin being destroyed will increase."

Li Aiguo also knew the dangers of hiking into the cave.

But at this time, he didn't care so much. He turned on the miner's lamp on his hat and strode towards the coal hole.

Deputy Section Chief Wu hurriedly followed.

Even the comrades in the locomotive depot are not afraid, so he, a coal man, cannot be afraid.

Master Zhang and the members of the third excavation team also wanted to go down to help, but were stopped by Li Aiguo.

"The more people there are, the bigger the noise will be. Please guard the entrance of the cave and notify the security department."

Li Aiguo paused for a moment and pointed to the winch room: "Before we come out, the big tank truck must not be moved!"

There is only a winch in the coal tunnel. If the tanker truck is running, pedestrians cannot avoid it.

Master Zhang understood this truth, looked at Li Aiguo worriedly, and nodded heavily:
"Don't worry, I will keep an eye on the winch operator."

Winch Xishi kept staring at this side and quickly raised his hands: "Comrade, don't worry, I will never move!"

Li Aiguo smiled heartily at her, turned his head and strode into the dark coal cave.

Oh, the rough man looks as fierce as if he wants to eat people, but he looks so handsome when he smiles.

Winch Xishi's little heart was beating fast, feeling like she could smell the breath of spring.

Her dark eyes suddenly shone, she raised her chin towards Master Zhang and asked boldly: "Old Zhang, who is that person? Why haven't I seen him before? The clothes he is wearing don't look like they come from our coal mine. "

"He is a train driver from the capital, and he will leave our place soon."

"Oh"

Winch Xishi was so disappointed that she opened and closed her mouth several times, but in the end she didn't say a word and turned her head in despair.

She seems to be lost in love.

"How about you consider my apprentice, Erniu?" Master Zhang took the initiative to joke to dispel the tension in his heart.

"That fool?! Sigh!"

Winch Xishi, who was shy just now, suddenly changed her face, rolled her eyes, and spat: "As stupid as he is, he only knows how to drill coal holes all day long. Even if I take off my clothes and lie on the bed, he can't find the right one." place."

The winch Xi Shi outputted like a wolf and a tiger, making Master Zhang, who had always been honest, speechless.

He almost forgot.

Winch Xishi deals with hundreds of miners every day, but she dares to rush into the men's bathroom and curse at them.

That is, someone like Driver Li can turn her into a shy little girl.

at this time.

Li Aiguo still didn't know that he was being discussed.

He was carefully climbing along the winchway to the bottom of the coal hole.

The coal cave was eerie and deathly silent.

Only the dim miner's lamps on both sides of the pit were filled with a faint vitality, like the phosphorus fire in the cemetery.

The air is filled with the moist smell of coal, making people feel like they can smell the smell deep underground.

Except for the two steel rails, the winchway is full of slippery stones and mud, and you may slip if you are not careful.

During the climb, black coal fell from the cave from time to time and landed at their feet.

Deputy Section Chief Wu grew up in a coal mine. He often went into coal tunnels and was frightened.

Pay attention to Li Aiguo's situation from time to time.

Seeing Li Aiguo's calm expression, he gradually calmed down.

Coal people are no match for train people in coal caves. If word spreads, they will be ridiculed!
Deputy Section Chief Wu took a deep breath and sped up a bit.

The coal cave has twists and turns.

Some places require you to lean down to pass, while other places are enough for square dancing.

It took Li Aiguo half an hour to enter the coal mining area.

At this time, there was a sudden roar in the distance, and dust fell from the top of the coal cave, as if there was an earthquake.

Deputy Wu Ke said with great experience: "Don't worry, it's the gunners of the excavation team firing cannons! We just happened to take advantage of this time to rush in."

He felt that he had to take the lead no matter what.

He pulled out his pistol and rushed into the black coal cave.

Li Aiguo is a bit faster.

In the dark coal cave at this time.

The fifth excavation team is working.

Xu Jiji sat high in the cab of Donbas Combine, staring at the big tank, and his mood gradually relaxed.

There was no movement from the big tank, which meant that the mine was not aware of what he had done.

After this blast, enough coal was collected to fill a large tank.

Even if Donbas Combine breaks down, it can still leave the coal cave smoothly in a large tank.

The continuous destruction of two Donbas Combines is a great achievement.

I can leave Linxi with my father in the evening.

Then there will no longer be a need to live in fear, and there will no longer be a need to drill coal holes.

In addition, according to my father’s introduction, life there is much better than here.

The smoke and dust in the coal tunnel gradually fell. After checking the blasting point, the gunner made a safety gesture and the coal mining operation continued.

Team leader Zhang of the fifth excavation team waved his hand: "Start-up man, start the Donbas Combine quickly. The third group has stopped production. We have to take the opportunity to surpass them."

The hand who turned on the phone reached out and turned the switch after receiving the order.

Snapped!
But his hand was hit hard by an iron rod.

My hands hurt when I turned on the phone, and I wanted to get angry at that time.

Seeing that the person holding the stick was Xu Qi, the anger on his face immediately disappeared.

He scratched his head: "Xu Jiji, why did you stop me?"

"What a fool! It's called the commander. The team I'm acting as the king's technician today is the commander of your fifth excavation team." The corners of Xu Jiji's mouth were slightly raised, and his eyes were slanted.

"Zhang." The hand who turned on the phone yelled obediently.

Team Leader Zhang, who was standing below, saw that the operator of the phone was being blocked by Xu Jiji, and he quickly shouted at the top of his lungs: "Old Xu, what happened?"

"Big deal!" Xu Jiji stood up, pulled the main switch, and the roaring Donbas Combine stopped.

He jumped out of the cab, pointed to the engine room and said: "The operator who started the engine just acted illegally and damaged the parts in the Donbas Combine. Now it needs to be shut down immediately for repairs."

The user who started the phone almost cried.

The 1.8-meter-tall man, who weighed 180 pounds, staggered down from the machine and defended himself: "I, I didn't operate in violation of regulations."

"Are you the foreman, or am I the foreman? Have you studied the operating procedures of Donbas Combin? Have you gone to the Datong Study Class for training?"

Xu Jiji scolded the person who turned on the phone like he was lecturing a child.

Then he waved his hand and said without any doubt:
"Open the cover immediately and start repairs!"

Team leader Zhang and the members of the fifth excavation team felt that there was nothing wrong with Donbas Combine.

But after all, Xu Technique has been specially trained, and he is still the boss of Donbas Combin and is responsible for commanding Donbas Combin.

They could only put down what they were doing and gather around.

The cabin cover opened, Xu Jiji's mouth curled up with a faint sneer, he picked up the iron rod and pointed inside the cabin: "Did you see, there is something wrong with the gear, the central axis is deflected, please remove the gear immediately and hit it with a hammer. .”

Team Leader Zhang picked up the miner's lamp and looked at it carefully for a moment, then said doubtfully: "Technology Xu, there seems to be no problem with the gear."

"Whether there is a problem or not, I have the final say!" Xu Jiji said fiercely: "Old Zhang, you are bound to make mistakes with your serious insensitivity and carelessness. If you don't do what I say, the machine will be damaged later, and you will be the first to make mistakes." Team Five is waiting to be criticized!"

Team leader Zhang felt a little guilty when he saw Xu Qiqi's firm tone.

After all, no one except Xu Technique and Wang Technique understands this stuff.

Wang Jiji suddenly had diarrhea this morning. It was quite serious and he was sent to the hospital.

At this meeting, I can only listen to the technical skills of the substitute.

Team leader Zhang had no choice but to call in a few workers and follow Xu Ji's instructions to remove the gears.

The gear was placed on the ground, and with the hand turned on, the rock hammer was raised high, ready to hit hard.

Sudden.

A cry came from the distance: "Stop!"

The people in the coal cave did not expect that someone would suddenly appear. They were all stunned and turned to look into the distance.

A burly figure strode over from the depths of the coal cave.

The dim and mottled light shone on his angular cheeks, making him look particularly tough.

When Li Aiguo saw that the parts had been disassembled, he didn't care so much. He ran and shouted: "Xu Jiji is Dieter!"

After the words came out of his mouth, he was a little confused. Which one was Xu Qi?
The diffuse coal ash and sweat on the faces condensed on the coal tunnel workers' faces, forming a thick layer of coal, and their hair, necks, arms, and clothes were not spared.

Except for the eyes and teeth, everything was covered in soot.

If the other party hadn't announced their home address, it might be difficult to recognize each other.

Li Aiguo observed the other party's situation while walking.

really.

His words were like a muffled thunder, echoing in the coal cave, shocking everyone's heart.

Xu's skills were superior to those of advanced workers, and he was assigned to study by the mine. How could he be Dieter?

The coal workers were all frozen in place.
Although Xu Jiji didn't recognize the person coming, he knew something was wrong.

He shouted: "Don't listen to his nonsense, hurry up and smash it for me, you idiot!"

When the operator heard this, he subconsciously raised the hammer.

wow.

There was a sound of bullets being loaded.

"Don't move!"

Seeing Li Aiguo raise his pistol, aiming the black muzzle, the hand that fired the gun could only lower the hammer gently.

At this time, Deputy Section Chief Wu, who was following Li Aiguo, caught up.

He was really convinced now.

This little driver really wasn't bragging.

As expected, he was a good driller, burrowing in and out of holes like a rat.

Deputy Section Chief Wu saw the hand holding the phone carrying a sledgehammer.

I felt happy in my heart. If it had been a little later, No. 2 Donbas Combine would definitely not be saved.

He strode over and shouted at the top of his lungs: "What the hell, put the hammer down quickly."

The person who turned on the phone didn't know Li Aiguo, but he knew the identity of Deputy Section Chief Wu. He released his hands and the hammer fell to the ground with a clanking sound.

The team members also understood and took two steps back to distance themselves from Xu Qiqi.

Xu Technician was a little confused.

According to the action plan he designed, these people who are not technical will not even notice that he has tampered with it.

How could it be exposed?
but.

He was not unprepared.

Xu Jiji suddenly sneered twice, took out a ball of yellow-brown stuff from his arms, lit the fuse and threw it towards Donbas Combine's cabin.

He took the opportunity to sneak into the coal hole next to him.

It happened so fast that no one could react.When Deputy Section Chief Wu saw the sparking detonator flying towards Donbas Combain, his face suddenly turned pale.

He tried his best and sped over, but it was already too late.

The members of the fifth excavation team saw that the explosion was about to happen. Instead of lying on the ground, they all rushed towards the engine room.

I hope to use my body to block the detonator.

Unfortunately, the speed is still too slow.

The detonator is about to sink into the cabin, and the Donbas Combain worth hundreds of thousands is about to turn into a pile of scrap metal.

Everyone looked ashen.

at this time.

Whoosh!
A black light shot through the air and hit the detonator.

Under the influence of the huge impact force, the detonator turned several somersaults in the air, flew more than ten meters, and landed in the corner of the coal hole.

boom!
There was a violent explosion, cinders flew out in all directions, and Li Aiguo fell down quickly.

There was a tremor in the coal cave, and dust fell from the ceiling.

Fortunately, due to the preparation for mechanized coal mining, the coal tunnel was specially reinforced and no collapse occurred.

Things happened very quickly.

It only took a few seconds in total from the time when the detonator was ignited by jumping over the wall, to when the detonator was knocked open, and then to the explosion.

Only after the trembling in the coal cave stopped did everyone react.

They all turned to look at Li Aiguo.

It was Li Aiguo who had just thrown out the May Fourth Movement as a hidden weapon, thus saving valuable property for the country and the Linxi Mine.

Deputy Section Chief Wu put away his pistol and gave Li Aiguo a thumbs up: "Driver Li, good job!"

Li Aiguo couldn't care about this at this time.

I got up and ran straight to Donbas Combain. Seeing that the gear was not damaged, I pulled the handrail and climbed up.

The snow-white light shone inside the cabin, and Li Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief and slumped down on the cabin cover.

"It's okay, Dieter hasn't had time to do anything yet!"

At this time, his back was covered in cold sweat and his calves were shaking a little.

Deputy Section Chief Wu and the members of the excavation team also seemed extremely happy after learning that Donbas Combain had not been damaged.

But the more important task now is to capture Xu Technique.

Deputy Section Chief Wu drew his pistol and rushed into the coal hole.

But he was stopped by Team Leader Liu of the excavation team.

"Zhang Ke, you can't use your pistol in the coal cave, so leave Dieter to us!"

He turned his head and shouted at the members of the excavation team: "Xu Jiji wants to destroy our Donbas Combine. This is the guy who feeds our workers. He just wants to destroy our jobs. Can we let him go?" !”

"cannot!"

The members of the excavation team shouted angrily, picked up the big hammer, drilled the rod, and rushed out along the coal hole with the shovel.

Li Aiguo also calmed down now, jumped off the Donbas Combine, and wanted to follow.

Deputy Section Chief Wu took his arm and said, "Driver Li, don't worry, this coal tunnel was created by the excavation team. No one is more familiar with this place than them."

"You misunderstood. I was afraid that those team members would eat Xu Technician alive." Li Aiguo said: "Don't you think it's strange that a technician who comes from a good background and is important to his superiors suddenly turns into Dieter?"

Deputy Section Chief Wu's face became solemn, and he didn't care to say anything more and chased after the team members.

Despite Li Aiguo's reminder, Deputy Section Chief Wu was almost half a step late.

By the time Xu's technology was brought back to Donbas Combine, the whole person was no longer human.

There were four or five bruises on his face, the bridge of his nose was smashed, two teeth were missing, and his left leg was hanging on the ground and could only be supported by two team members.

When the operator saw Li Aiguo staring at this side, he threw the sledgehammer to the ground with a pop and said in defense: "Comrade, his leg hit my sledgehammer by himself."

Li Aiguo: "."

Li Aiguo has no sympathy for such people.

They are crazy and destroy the hard-won good situation, even if they cut off their heads, it is not an exaggeration.

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After Xu Qi was captured, the coal cave was temporarily closed.

Deputy Section Chief Wu rang the electric bell, and when the group arrived at the entrance of the coal cave in a large tanker, people were already crowding outside.

More than a dozen heavily armed security comrades blocked the entrance to the cave.

Dong Gong, Liu Qingquan and Lao Zheng stood outside the blockade, looking nervous.

Seeing Li Aiguo stepping off the tanker, Liu Qingquan rushed over the obstruction of the comrades in the security department, rushed up and took Li Aiguo's arm and looked up and down: "Aiguo, are you okay?"

"What can happen?" Li Aiguo flicked the dust off his body.

"It's okay. You don't know that I just learned that you were going to catch the bad guys. It scared me to death." Liu Qingquan said with lingering fear: "You are the driver. If something happens, I won't be able to explain to Duan Li when I get back."

Li Aiguo understood Liu Qingquan's worries and patted him on the shoulder: "There is nothing we can do. We can't just watch national property being destroyed by the enemy."

He felt very much like that Wannian primary school student.

Wherever you go, something happens.

But when I thought about it carefully, I felt that I had completely wronged him.

It has just been seven or eight years since the liberation, and there are too many hidden bad guys.

And Li Aiguo is a great detective with an investigative skill of 61 points, and his strength far exceeds that of a ten thousand year old elementary school student.

It is common sense to be able to discover the enemy's conspiracy in time.

Hmm. That’s right!

Liu Qingquan could completely understand Li Aiguo's decision.

If it were him, he would do the same thing.

Even if it costs his life.

Dong Gong also came up at this moment and nodded with admiration: "Driver Li, it's no wonder that Chief Duan thinks so highly of you, you are so talented in both literature and martial arts!"

"You're welcome, I only use wild handles."

While chatting here, Deputy Section Chief Wu had already handed Xu Technician over to the security officers for escort.

He turned around and walked up to Li Aiguo and saluted: "Driver Li, on behalf of the Linxi Mine Security Section, Linxi Mine thanks you for everything you have done."

"This is what I should do." Li Aiguo also saluted in return.

Deputy Section Chief Wu was still anxious to go back to interrogate Xu Jiji, told Director Zhang to entertain Li Aiguo well, and then left in a hurry.

At this time, the sky was getting dark, and Li Aiguo took Liu Qingquan and others to return to the guest house.

Xu Jiji, a technician of the Mechanical and Electrical Department of Linxi Mine, as a boss, maliciously destroyed Donbas Combine, which had a great and bad influence.

After Xu Ji was escorted to the security section, the deputy section chief of the security section realized the seriousness of the problem and went to the Linxi Mine General Management Office to report in person.

The Linxi Mine immediately held an emergency meeting. In addition to the main mine leaders, the leaders of the Linxi Public Security Section also participated in the meeting.

During the meeting.

Deputy Section Chief Wu described the whole story in detail.

After the words fell, there was silence in the conference room.

After a long time.

Mine Manager Wang stood up slowly: "Comrades, this is a mistake in our work. We have seriously underestimated the enemy, paralyzed our minds and decadent bureaucracy, and failed to see through Xu Chaoming, a bad element hidden among the people, in time!"

The chief of the Mechanical and Electrical Department stood up and made a self-examination: "Boss, the responsibility lies with me. It was my decision to choose Xu Chaoming to study in Datong."

The leaders of seven or eight departments, including the Linxi Mine Public Security Department, Management Department, and Education Department, also stood up and made self-criticisms.

To study in Datong, you need to go through layers of review and be approved by leaders at all levels of the coal mine.

Everyone in the conference room felt depressed when they thought that they allowed bad guys to destroy the machine in front of their eyes.

Mine Manager Wang waved his hand: "We will discuss the review later. Now we should first consider how to deal with Xu Chaoming."

He looked at Deputy Section Chief Wu: "Old Zhang, you immediately organize a task force to conduct a thorough investigation of Xu Chaoming and find out his purpose of doing this and whether he has any accomplices."

"Yes!" Deputy Section Chief Wu nodded heavily, turned around and prepared to leave.

Mine manager Wang paused for a moment and called him.

"Lao Zhang, thanks to the comrades from the Qianmen Locomotive Depot this time, you will send a letter of praise to the Qianmen Locomotive Depot on behalf of our Linxi Mine later."

He thought for a moment and then continued: "The other person is our savior, we must treat him well."

The words "savior" aroused the dissatisfaction of several old comrades.

The first person to bear the brunt is the chief of the mechanical and electrical department.

Xu Chaoming was his subordinate and he was personally sent to Datong to study.

That driver is the lifesaver of the coal mine, doesn’t he become the sinner of the coal mine?

The chief of the Mechanical and Electrical Department stood up, frowned and said: "Mine manager, that little driver helped us save a Combine. We should be grateful to him, but the savior was a bit too much. What happened to Xu Chaoming was a complete accident. "

"Lao Zhang, you are good at technology, but you don't have any political sense."

Mine Manager Wang, who rarely smoked, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it with a match, and took two deep puffs, his stern expression gradually relaxing.

“We spent a lot of money to get Combine back.

After the machine was damaged, our mine has reported it to the ministry.

Request to negotiate with Lao Maozi and hold the manufacturer accountable.

If Lao Maozi's engineers came to the mine and found that Combine was damaged by bad guys among us, wouldn't it make an international joke? "

As soon as this word comes out.

The expressions of everyone in the conference room changed drastically.

Diplomacy is no small matter.

Once this oolong incident is spread by Lao Maozi experts, mine leaders like them will have to take responsibility.

After the head of the mechanical and electrical department figured out the joint, he broke out in cold sweat and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, he is a lifesaver. I will go to the guest house in person later to express my gratitude to Driver Li from the locomotive depot."

After Li Aiguo left the coal cave.

I originally thought about going back to the guest house to rest.

His body, face and neck were covered with soot from the coal hole explosion.

We can only go to the coal mine's bathroom first and prepare to take a shower first.

But I found that I need a bath ticket to take a bath.

Li Aiguo doesn't have that kind of thing.

It means that money or national food stamps can be used instead.

But he was ruthlessly rejected by the aunt who was guarding the bathhouse.

"Okay, it seems we have to trouble Director Zhang." Li Aiguo was about to turn around and go to the coal yard.

A playful voice came from the side: "Driver Li, is it really you? Did you come to take a shower yourself?"

Li Aiguo turned his head and saw an older girl walking over with a basin.

Seeing those cute little pockmarks on the girl's face, Li Aiguo suddenly remembered it and smiled at her: "Winch Xi Tzu girl!"

"Did you not bring your bath ticket? I have extra here."

The sudden hearty smile made the little girl's breathing stop. She hurriedly put the bath ticket into Li Aiguo's hand and rushed into the bathroom with a basin in hand.

Hey, he looks really good when he smiles.

Li Aiguo took the bath ticket and handed it to the bathhouse aunt: "Comrade, I want to take a bath."

The bathhouse aunt didn't reach out to take the bath ticket, but looked him up and down: "Are you the driver Li who caught Xiao Xu?"

Good guy, did this news spread too fast?

The bathhouse aunt saw his doubts and explained with some pride: "Just now, the gentlemen from the third team were taking a bath in the bathroom, and I happened to hear it."

Just heard
Li Aiguo decided to stand in the corner while taking a shower.

Watching Li Aiguo enter the bathhouse, the bathhouse aunt sat down on the chair and raised her eyes to look at the leaves swaying in the strong wind in the distance, doubts flashing in her eyes.

"Xiao Xu is a very honest kid, how could he do bad things?!"

"If Xiufen knew this, she wouldn't be able to live peacefully underground."

(End of this chapter)