The train driver in the courtyard

Woo hoo hoo, eat like crazy, eat like crazy, eat like crazy
The train ran on the tracks covered with white snow, the black wheels crushing the snowflakes and splashing snow.

The atmosphere in the driver's building was warm.

Above the tall furnace, an iron shelf was set up and a black iron pot was placed.

The soup in the hot pot is sizzling, and red chili oil is floating on the soup base, like a flowing oil painting.

Green vegetables, red and white meat slices, and golden tofu skin are tumbling in the hot soup, exuding a mouth-watering aroma.

A pair of chopsticks picked up the meat slices and stuffed them into his big, unshaven mouth. He tasted them carefully, and Li Aiguo narrowed his eyes in enjoyment.

This is the correct way to open a train in winter.

The boiling hot pot is full of aroma, and when you take a bite of the tender meat, you instantly feel the beauty of life.

Zhang Yingzhang, the deputy battalion commander and several company commanders were all gathered around the hot pot, enjoying themselves.

Tasting the delicious beef, Zhang Yingzhang felt a twinge of joy in his heart.

He finally understood that the song of the guerrillas was true!
After capturing the Taoist temple, Li Aiguo led his soldiers and found a lot of food, guns and ammunition in the Taoist temple.

That pock-marked person is also a good eater, and he is actually equipped with a full set of hot pot ingredients.

Li Aiguo is the best at making things simple, using the furnace as the base fire to make a pot of hot pot.

Recalling this trip to the south, Zhang Yingzhang felt as if he was dreaming.

It was just a transfer, but he was able to catch many bandits. When he arrived at the destination, he might be commended by his superiors.

Originally, Zhang Yingzhang planned to hand over the bandits to local comrades.

But considering that this was an emergency transfer and they needed to arrive at their destination within the specified time, they loaded the bandits into the carriage.

With ropes tied to their feet and hands, and the carriage door locked from the outside, the bandits couldn't escape even if they were extremely capable.

The bandits were lying in the tank car, feeling the vibration from the floor, and they were all stunned.

Hey, did they rob the train? It seems like a robbery, but only half of it.

"Patriotic brothers, come on, come on, let me toast you." Zhang Yingzhang poured a cup of tea.

Li Aiguo picked up the enamel jar while eating meat.

The two enamel jars touched.

The taste of tea and wine are completely different, but they think this is the most mellow wine in the world.

Having experienced battles together, Li Aiguo and Zhang Yingzhang have become brothers of life and death.

During the subsequent trip, beautiful melodies floated from time to time in the driver's cabin.

Of course it was Zhang Yingzhang who sang.

Li Aiguo was also amazed that this tall and thick man actually loved singing and could sing very well.

"Red Star Song". "Defend the Yellow River". "Return from Target Shooting".
Even Zhang Yingzhang can sing the new song "Let's Swing the Oars" which was released just last year.

"Without food and clothing, the enemy sent us forward. Without guns and cannons, the enemy made them for us."

Amid passionate singing and hot pot, Li Aiguo drove the train out of Gan Province.

The train ran on the track for seven or eight hours, and Liu Qingquan also reported the situation ahead.

"Report to the driver, the Yingxia Railway is under construction ahead, and someone has set up a barrier."

Because the construction of railways requires trains to transport materials, the railway tracks are already open to traffic, but general passenger and freight trains are prohibited from passing through.

The 8560th unit of the Railway Corps is responsible for the construction of railways in this area.

The local environment was difficult, so in order to avoid disturbing the people, the railway soldiers set up tents themselves.

Heating depends on the "fire dragon" (use bricks to build a flue under the bed, one end is connected to the stove, and the other end leads to the outdoors, just like a chimney under the bed).

The task of the railway soldiers is to repair the railway. In the harsh climate of "3949, the stone will be cracked by freezing", and "Labaqi and Laba, the crow will be frozen to death", the hands will be frozen stiff and the steel drill will be brittle. Every step forward, It takes a lot of physical effort.

Before Wang Shuangli, who came from the Northeast, joined the railway corps, he was assigned to guard the railway gate because he had gone to school for two years and was literate in arithmetic.

The job is much easier than that of ordinary railway soldiers.

“Each recruit is given six yuan every month.

The second year is 7 yuan, the third year is 8 yuan, the fourth year is 10 yuan, the fifth year is 15 yuan, and the sixth year is 21 yuan.

There is no charge for meals in the army, and meals are priced at 0.56 yuan per person per day, which is 0.11 yuan more than in ordinary troops.

The monthly allowance is basically unspent.

Except for toothpaste, toilet paper and other supplies, there is no other consumption.

Calculating this, how much money will I be able to save when I retire? "

Gatekeepers cannot stay in the tent, otherwise they will get kicked in the butt by the squad leader.

Wang Shuangli wore a fur coat, big leather shoes, leather gloves and a leather hat. He squatted in the snow and scratched the ground with branches.

He wants to figure out how much money he will get in total when he retires.

However, such a complicated calculation has exceeded his ability, and he cannot figure it out clearly.

Woo hoo hoo. Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, eat, there is a roar of wheels hitting the rails in the distance.

With a snap, the stick fell to the ground.

Wang Shuangli looked at the train getting closer and closer in the distance, feeling a little confused.

The dispatch book shows that there are no trains transporting materials today?
The frost on the front of the car emits colorful light under the sunlight, which shines into Wang Shuangli's eyes.

His pupils shrank suddenly, and he woke up. He rushed to the railway track, picked up a small red flag and waved it.

The train slowed down slowly and finally stopped steadily in front of the gate.

Wang Shuangli rushed over quickly, saluted, and said loudly: "Comrade, please show me the dispatch task book!"

Of course Li Aiguo didn't have such a thing, so he turned to look at Zhang Yingzhang.

Zhang Yingzhang opened the car door and jumped out, saluted Wang Shuangli, took out a document from his pocket and handed it over.

"It turns out they are comrades from the north."

Document Wang Shuangli was startled, and returned to the squad leader's tent with the document in his arms, and reported the news of the train's passage to the squad leader.

After a while, he ran out again, handed over the documents, and saluted in return.

"Comrade, I will open the gate immediately."

"It's not busy. Do you have a phone here?"

"Yes, in the signal troop tent. Do you want it?"

"Remember, don't ask what you shouldn't ask."

"Yes!"

Under the guidance of Wang Shuangli, Zhang Yingzhang entered the communications corps tent.

He picked up the phone and drove Wang Shuangli and the correspondent out of the tent. Then he shook the phone and contacted a certain chief in the south through the relay person.

While Zhang Yingzhang was on the phone, Li Aiguo told Liu Qingquan to stay on the train and jumped off the train for a walk.

In the past two days, I have been eating hot pot every time, and I feel a little indigestible. Living in the driver's building with only four or five bungalows, I feel completely rusty.

Wang Shuangli was kicked out of the tent. He was a little depressed at first, but when he saw the train driver jumping down, his eyes lit up and he came over.

"I heard that all of your train drivers graduated from technical secondary schools?"

"Here."

Li Aiguo raised his head proudly.

There is no way, in these years, as a technical secondary school student, he can be regarded as a highly educated person.

"Comrade, can you help me calculate how much allowance I can get in total?" Wang Shuangli explained the question just now.

Li Aiguo: "."

After a while.

Zhang Yingzhang made a call and came out of the tent.

The local company learned that the train was going to the suburbs of Zhangping and would pass through the entire built area. In order to avoid accidents, it also sent a squad leader named Liu to accompany it.

After several people boarded the train, Li Aiguo waved goodbye to Wang Shuangli.

Wuwuwu. Eat wildly, eat wildly, eat wildly. The train roared away, and the snowflakes caught in it fell on Wang Shuangli's face.

He looked at the train disappearing into the ice and snow and scratched his head: "A total of two hundred and ninety-eight yuan, right?"

along the way.

Under the guidance of Squad Leader Liu, the train stopped and walked through the intricate railway lines.

Along the way, Li Aiguo also saw the majesty of the railway soldiers.

In the sky full of snowflakes, railway soldiers wearing rattan hats and hemp ropes tied around their waists slid down dozens of meters along the top of the mountain, hanging in mid-air on the cliff like a "trapeze artist."

Then one person held the steel drill with his hand, and the other person hit it with a sledgehammer.

The sound of "ding-dong-dang-dang" steel hammers shook the valley.

Once, twice, three times...

After drilling the blast hole, fill it with explosives and detonate...

The railway corps cooking class has limited conditions and cannot build a kitchen, so they can only dig holes in the field ridges to make stoves.

Because the moisture in the "earth stove" is too heavy, the fire will go out soon. Once it goes out, it will be lit again...

The smoke was billowing, choking people so much that they couldn't open their eyes and couldn't breathe.

While passing through the tunnel, Li Aiguo encountered a "fighting rack" under construction.

In the tunnel, grinning stones hang from the cave roof, like a mountain monster opening its bloody mouth, which may collapse at any time.

"Building and arranging" must be well supported and erected to ensure the safety of workers who continue to construct.

Just like in a war, before the troops launch a charge, the commandos first blow up the enemy's bunkers and remove the enemy's firepower points.

There was a lot of dust in the tunnel and the lights were very dim. All the "fighters" wore rattan hats and cotton gauze masks, as well as water jackets, water pants and water boots.

In this cold winter month, their bodies were all covered with ice, but they were still climbing up and down on the wooden frame.

Li Aiguo's eyes were already moist as he walked along.

It was the railway soldiers who were not afraid of hardships and dangers, marched forward bravely, made invincible attacks, and were invincible. They sacrificed their blood and even their lives, opened up the domestic transportation lifeline, and changed the face of poverty and poverty. Later generations can develop rapidly and become a powerhouse in infrastructure.

Squad leader Liu is a comrade who is cautious in his words and deeds.

They were silent along the way. Only when negotiating passage with the railway soldiers, would they get off the car to negotiate with the comrades in charge of building the railway.

With the documents carried by Zhang Yingzhang, the train traveled smoothly and finally arrived in the suburbs of Zhangping two days later.

"The front line of railway construction is ahead, and the train has no way to continue moving forward." Squad leader Liu retracted his head from the window to remind Li Aiguo. In fact, he didn't need to remind him. When he saw a group of leaders approaching and dozens of trucks parked nearby, Li Aiguo knew that he had arrived at his destination.

Pull the whistle, put down the whistle, and the train slows down slowly.

Wait until the train stops.

Li Aiguo opened the side door, grabbed the armrest with one hand, and was about to jump out.

Seeing a black-faced man coming towards him, Li Aiguo slipped and almost fell.

His legs crossed and landed on the ground. He staggered to a halt and said in surprise: "Uncle Li?"

That's right, the man walking over was none other than Li Yunlong, and he was grinning at him.

Li Yunlong strode over with excitement on his face. He rushed over and patted Li Aiguo heavily on the shoulder with both hands.

"What a good boy. He is indeed my nephew, Lao Li. He caught dozens of bandits in one move!"

He was so strong that it was like slapping a cloth bag on his face. If Li Aiguo hadn't been strong, he wouldn't have been able to bear it.

"Uncle Li, it's just a coincidence. In addition, Zhang Yingzhang and the soldiers are inseparable from being able to catch all the bandits."

"Hey, you kid, let me tell you, excessive modesty is pride."

While the leaders were stunned, Li Yunlong laughed twice, took Li Aiguo's hand and walked aside: "Aiguo, let me tell you, your RPG can also be used in naval battles. One cannonball can destroy a ship. Motor boat.

If we build a dozen RPGs and ride on gunboats, we will definitely be able to give the opponent's big warship a drink. "

Li Aiguo was stunned when he heard this. As expected of Li Yunlong, he knew how to learn and apply it.

He gave a thumbs up: "Uncle Li, you can be regarded as the pioneer of RPG naval battles."

"Hehe, without your RPG, it would be useless no matter how many ideas we have." Li Yunlong looked at Li Aiguo with admiration: "I have organized several meetings, and the staff members all think it is feasible. That guy Ding Wei seems to be right. I am very interested in this tactic and have come to my place several times to investigate what kind of graduation speech I should give."

Ding Wei?

Li Aiguo was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered.

As one of the Iron Triangle, Ding Wei can be said to have the best commanding ability among the three.

This man has a great vision of the overall situation and is a handsome man.

As a student of his teacher, Ding Wei is talented and has excellent qualities.

It's just because Ding Wei has too many tricks to make people worry.

After liberation, I entered the academy and accepted the teachings of my teacher. I could have soared into the sky.

Who would have thought that in the original work, he listened to Tian Moxuan's instigation and wrote a thesis on the defense of the great northern country at the graduation ceremony.

In the auditorium where stars gathered, Ding Wei said bluntly: "We are all our own people here, there are no old Maozi advisers, so I can speak freely."

He made no bones about it and pointed out clearly that the focus of our country's defense is not Country Y in the southwest, beautiful country in the southeast, or Benzi Country in the east, but Country C in the north of our country!
As soon as he finished speaking, his graduation thesis speech was interrupted, but it still caused an "eighth magnitude earthquake."

Ding Wei's military literacy and overall view are worthy of praise, but he lacks sensitivity.

It's hard for those comrades who fought in the north and south. Don't they know the moral character of Lao Maozi?

It's just that the strength is not as good as others, so we have to give in temporarily.

Ding Wei was lucky enough to flip the table over.

Even later, he criticized mercilessly in his book: "Big Brother is very realistic. While he said he was here to help us deal with the Japanese, he swiftly moved all the equipment from Guizi's factory without a single screw. Leave it to us."

In the original book and TV series, although the teacher helped Ding Wei withstand the pressure in an understatement, his paper was passed.

But Ding Wei’s subsequent experiences are enough to illustrate the harmfulness of this paper.

However, Tian Moxuan was driven back to his hometown by Li Yunlong at this time, and Ding Wei was not poisoned by Tian Moxuan for the time being.

"Is Uncle Ding here?" Li Aiguo asked pretending to be unintentional.

Li Yunlong's eyes widened and he looked Li Aiguo up and down: "Are you a clairvoyant? When Ding Wei learned that the guy who designed the RPG sent troops by train, he insisted on seeing you."

The guard company commander next to him couldn't help laughing.

What about others? As a military commander, didn’t you also run over from the warm beach after receiving Zhang Yingzhang’s call?
Li Yunlong took Li Aiguo's hand and said, "Come on, Lao Ding has wanted to meet you for a long time. Let's drink together tonight."

"Uncle Li, wait a moment, I have to hand over the task."

After the transportation task is completed, Zhang Yingzhang needs to sign on the dispatch form.

This is related to whether you can deliver the task, and you must not be careless.

Li Aiguo is also a person who works in a certain profession and loves his profession.

When Zhang Yingzhang saw Li Yunlong holding Li Aiguo's hand and saying "big nephew", he was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

No wonder Li Patriotic Association is so powerful, his feelings are Li Yunlong’s nephew!

Along the way, Battalion Commander Zhang always felt that this train driver was no ordinary person, and now he finally found the root cause.

Now seeing Li Aiguo approaching, Battalion Commander Zhang hurried over and signed his name on the dispatch book.

He saluted Li Yunlong again.

"Hello, Chief!"

Li Yunlong responded with a salute: "You've done a good job, little comrade. We must not be soft on these bandits. You have already made a contribution before you even reach the front line. I hope you can maintain this spirit when you get to the front line!"

"Yes! Actually it is." Zhang Yingzhang had something to say.

Li Aiguo interrupted him: "Brother Zhang, the materials seized from the bandits still need to be counted."

After speaking, Li Aiguo took Li Yunlong's arm and walked towards the jeep.

Looking at their backs, Zhang Yingzhang scratched his head and whispered: "It was actually Driver Li who made the meritorious service."

He knew that Li Aiguo wanted to give him the credit, but he felt a little guilty.

Railway soldiers have limited conditions.

The place for drinking was the tent of a local railway soldier.

Because it was Li Yunlong and Ding Wei's impromptu idea, the Railway Corps was not prepared.

As for the supplies on the train, they need to be registered before they can be used.

The local metro soldiers were too embarrassed to use other people's supplies.

The local supplies were scarce, so in the end they only found some cabbage, red and white radish, and canned beef.

Fortunately, there was the horse whose leg was broken by Li Aiguo.

Most of the horse meat was given to the comrades of the railway soldiers, and part of it was left to make horse meat hot pot.

The cooks all started to cut the cabbage hearts and radishes into thin shreds and mix them into four small bowls;

He also opened two cans of beef and put them in place;
I don’t know where I got vermicelli and Chinese cabbage. I boiled them in a pot for a while, took them out, cut them into shreds and put them into four bowls.

Several cooks were busy for a while, and in a short time, dishes and hot pots were placed on a broken table.

In these days, there was no Prohibition.

When everyone drinks, they really don’t let anyone in. It’s like fighting.

But what about wine?
Life was hard for the railway soldiers, and there was no inventory in the local company.

Faced with the requests of the two chiefs, the local leaders prepared to go to the town's supply and marketing cooperative to buy, but were stopped by Li Yunlong.

If you do this, the impact will be too bad.

Finally, the hygienist came up with an idea. There was alcohol for disinfection in the infirmary. If you mix it with cold water and boil it, wouldn't it just be alcohol?

Good guy, if you drink alcohol, you are not afraid of poisoning?
Li Aiguo was surprised at first, but then understood.

In these days, high-concentration alcohol was brewed from dried sweet potatoes. It was not industrial alcohol and could be called ultra-high-concentration liquor.

In supply and marketing cooperatives, there is even a kind of synthetic wine prepared by adding three essences (alcohol, essence, saccharin) to water.

This wine smells like "banana water" and is considered the earliest alcoholic beverage in China.

Li Yunlong was also a rude guy. He mixed most of the half bottle of alcohol found by the hygienist with two-thirds of water, and then poured a tea jar first.

He first took a sip into the teapot, and after finishing the drink, he took a few deep breaths from his mouth. He looked like a cow that had eaten chili peppers.

"This thing is really fucking powerful."

Li Aiguo took the alcohol bottle.

Good guy, the concentration is ninety-six.

Even if it is mixed with water, it is still over 70 degrees, so it can probably be lit with a match. Will it be boring?
Also, this thing is not called alcohol.

The trademark says "Taojing" is produced by the state-owned Jinan Taojing General Factory, and the specification is not milliliters, but pounds.

"Let me try it." Ding Wei also stood up at this time and picked up the enamel jar.

He is obviously much more elegant than Li Yunlong.

After drinking, he took a few deep breaths from his mouth, and said "ba-zhi" several times in a very rhythmic way. Then he slurped it carefully like a cow chewing its cud for a long time, and then said slowly: "Good wine, good." liquor!"

After they finished drinking, they both looked at Li Aiguo.

This was the first time Li Aiguo drank this stuff. He picked up the enamel jar and took a sip.

When the spirit enters your mouth, the fiery taste is like a hot anvil in a blacksmith shop, stimulating and direct, bringing a primitive and pure experience.

He felt it tasted much better than some of the cheap wines of later generations.

After a few glasses of wine, the atmosphere in the tent became lively.

Men, when you drink too much, you should brag.

In later generations, we can only brag about how much money we made, but Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were of much higher standard.

What about "Can the People's Liberation Army still be called the People's Liberation Army if it doesn't have our army?", "Can the People's Liberation Army still be called the People's Liberation Army if it doesn't have our army?", "I can sweep away Liao Yaoxiang's army with one division"!
Seeing the two people quarreling with red faces, Li Aiguo laughed.

Halfway through the banquet, Ding Wei suddenly stopped and turned to look at Li Aiguo: "I heard from Lao Li that you created the RPG. I always find this thing interesting. It seems to have some new tactics, but I can't explain it. .”

Li Yunlong also knew that Ding Wei could not come so far to see Li Aiguo because of a weapon.

Seeing that the real show was coming, he also put down the enamel jar.

"Eldest nephew, just tell Lao Ding and let him see the power of the train driver."

In the dim tent.

The incandescent lamp hanging on the wooden stick flickered on and off twice, then suddenly went out.

It was dark inside the tent. After a while, the guard reported: "Chief, the wire seems to have been broken by the strong wind. The railway soldiers are making repairs. Otherwise, let's make do with a kerosene lamp first."

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A match struck the kerosene lamp, and the dim flame flickered from side to side.

Li Aiguo picked up a piece of kelp, cough, salty.

Take a sip of tea.

Suddenly asked: "Uncle Ding, have you heard of asymmetric warfare?" (End of Chapter)