The beacon of youth

After trekking all the way, covered in dust and dust, on this day, Li Yong and the soldiers of the guard company came to a remote and desolate area.

Weeds were everywhere, nothing was there, and the soldiers with him were only a strengthened guard company. Li Yong felt as if he had changed from a commander of an army of tens of thousands of people to a small company commander back then.

It's like the feeling when the spy company was just established a few years ago. Sanniu, Xiaocheng, and Li Yuming were all with me. The difference is that the women around me changed from Hu Xiaolian to He Cuihua and Li Jia.

There are no landmarks along the way, and there are no iconic man-made objects. Even Li Yong, who is known as the most understanding person in the whole brigade, doesn't know where he is now. Anyway, the temperature is getting higher and higher, and the soldiers took off their cotton coats. It should be from the plateau to the plain area, and I saw a small train station that couldn't be smaller.

The soldiers shouted happily, and the exhaustion from the continuous march was wiped away, because did you see the train? This is a very novel thing, and even Li Yuming, San Niu and others were very excited.

As the new instructor of the guard company, Li Jia had no choice but to stop everyone's behavior in a low voice, because seeing the train shouting and shouting like this really gave people a very rustic impression, very like a dirt bag.

In fact, it is not like that. Compared with Li Jia who came from a big city, the soldiers of the guard company are very earthy earthbags. This is a fact.

There was a long line of military vehicles parked by the edge of the platform. After careful counting, there were more than 30 vehicles. The vehicle bodies had already been installed and were tightly covered with tarpaulins. There were more than [-] vehicles.In the era and environment at that time, this was a very powerful group.

The whole train is pulled by two old-fashioned steam locomotives, and white smoke is gently blown from the locomotives.Wheezing, wheezing, just like a person breathing, it is very rhythmic. This is a symbol that the locomotive boiler has been ignited, but the load has not yet been added.

Li Yong judged from the fact that the few station staff were wearing military uniforms, this place seemed remote and desolate, but it must be a special military-controlled station.Such stations do not handle passenger and freight services, and do not have any intersection with local railways, but just connect the road network.

Several staff members came over.One of the leaders came up to him and asked, "Which one is Brigadier Li Yong?"

The company commander Li Yuming quickly came over and introduced that this is our brigade commander, and asked, what do you do.

Li Yong is still too young, everyone in the ** brigade is used to it.Feel normal.But when it came out, it was always a joke. Many people didn't think that such a young man was a brigade-level commander. Although the cadres of the People's Liberation Army were very young, being so young was a bit too much.

The people who came over were somewhat suspicious, but firstly, there was a telegram from the superior, and secondly, there were so many people watching, it was impossible for them to make a fake one to fool him.

The person who looked like a cadre saluted Li Yong, and said: "Report to the chief. I am the station master, and I have received orders from my superiors. Please board the train from here. The vehicles are ready."

Li Yong understood that the superiors wanted them to board the train from here, and then transport them by train to the northeast border or the North Korean front.

This should be a good thing, at least it saves a lot of trouble and is more economical than transporting them by car.

The commander at the first level of the brigade must be the highest-ranking head here, so the station master led Li Yong and several security personnel to check the train they were about to take. Starting here, I specially prepared a passenger car body as the chief's car, otherwise there would only be a gondola and a van in the truck.

Li Yong knew what he meant. Military transportation is not as particular about personnel transportation. Like ordinary troop transfers, the caravans in the trucks are commonly called stuffy tanks. Just lay some grass and mats in the car. Not to mention the cold in winter and hot in summer, because there is no toilet, it is very difficult to solve the problem of urinating and defecating, and it is very uncomfortable to sit up.

But the dedicated passenger car is different, even the oldest passenger car body is much stronger than the caravan, at least the passenger car has independent water supply and heating devices, as well as special berths and seats, which is much more comfortable than the truck.

Brigadier Li Da thought it would be nice to be an official, at least he would get some treatment when he went out, otherwise, for an officer of his age, he wouldn't even think about taking a bus when the troops were transferred.

After a long circle along the loaded military column, we can see the importance of the military column, because it is pulled by two locomotives, Li Yong didn't ask what was loaded on the vehicle, and the station master didn't say anything, the troops are disciplined , Everyone knows this, Li Yong and one of his guard companies are just part of the military vehicle transportation mission.

Two steam locomotives, two crew members, and all the staff on the railway were wearing military uniforms issued by the army. The difference from real military personnel was that they had no military ranks and no weapons.

Li Yong gave a brief introduction to everyone. The crew of the locomotive consists of three people, a driver, commonly known as the big car, a co-driver, and a fireman, who is specially in charge of the locomotive boiler, commonly known as Xiao Shao. The small burner is the hardest. He is responsible for the combustion of the entire locomotive boiler. A big shovel weighs more than 30 kilograms of coal each time. It takes at least ten years for a stoker to become a driver.

A few simple words shocked the station master and several locomotive crews enough, because outsiders don't know the special vocabulary of these railways at all. This young troop chief is very good. Knowing his mother's common name, this is a pure expert.

Everyone in the ** brigade knows that the brigade commander has a lot of messy things in his head. As for how many things there are, no one thinks about it. Anyway, there are too many things, but the careful girl Li Jia is different. The troops have verified the miraculousness of the brigade commander time and time again, and today they were shocked again.

Li Jia's surprised gaze reveals a lot of information. Brigadier Li Da is very familiar with this gaze, so he can only explain vaguely. Our Commander Wang was born as a railway worker. All I know is from him. It's nothing.

This explanation is also reasonable. Everyone knows that Li Yong and the entire ** brigade are the treasures of Commander Wang and the trump card of the commander. The brigade commander naturally has a good relationship with the commander.

Li Yong and his soldiers were distributed with a few flatbed trucks and an old-fashioned grass-green bus body. The flatbed truck was used to transport the dozen or so vehicles of the guard company. There was only such a passenger car on the train. Li Yong went in and took a look. It was the oldest type 21 bus body, and the approved number of people in the car was less than ten.

There are more than 200 people, and there is only one bus that can hold more than ten people. This is not counting the two overhaul masters accompanying the bus. Li Yong frowned and asked the station master who has been by his side if he can add two more Passenger vehicles, you must know that the temperature in Northeast China and North Korea is already very low. If there are no dedicated passenger vehicles, the soldiers can only take trucks, and they will suffer a great crime.

With a wry smile on his face, the station master told Li Yong, not to mention the passenger car, even the tanks were gone, there were only a few flatbeds left. If it wasn’t for Li Yong’s high rank, the superior would have specially dispatched a passenger car. , the chief can only take a truck.

Li Yong finally figured it out. In future generations, it would not be a big deal to add two passenger cars. But now it is [-] years, and the country has just been established. The strength of the country is still very weak. Let alone passenger cars, even trucks are the oldest. Arched plate bogie body, limited bearing capacity.

This is the difference between an industrial country and an agricultural country. Li Yong, who had not been to the front line, deeply felt the limitations brought about by the country's weak strength.

Li Yuming and a few soldiers who were following Li Yong felt that it was nothing. It was already a great thing to sit on a train. What about passenger cars and trucks? What's wrong.

The soldiers don't know the situation, but Li Yong knows, don't look at it now, when you reach the northeast border, you will know the impact of the cold on the personnel, just like the Corps, singing all the way into North Korea, but after a battle, the entire Corps will be beaten They all lost their fighting power, which is not what Li Yong wants to see.

Since there was no bus body, Brigadier Li had no choice but to settle for the next best thing and asked the station master to prepare some cold-proof materials for them, especially quilts or something.

The station master agreed to this request, and brought a lot of extra luggage before departure, no matter how to use it, let them have the final say.

Li Yong's idea is to use these extra luggage to surround the interior of their truck more tightly when the temperature drops, and make more preparations for cold protection. In fact, there is only so much that can be done, and there is no other way.

With excitement, Li Yong and the soldiers boarded the bus. The company commander Li Yuming and the instructor Li Jia and the deputy company commander He Cuihua followed Li Yong on the bus, while San Niu, Xiao Cheng, and Ning Er were the three platoon leaders. I had no choice but to ride a flatbed car with the soldiers.

"Woo!" The siren sounded for a long time, and the two locomotives spewed out black smoke at the same time. The driving wheels of the red locomotive, which was half the height of a person, slowly turned, and then became faster and faster.

Heck, heck, heck, as the panting locomotive started, the speed of the train increased. According to Li Yong's estimation, the average speed should exceed 40 kilometers per hour, and then gradually stabilized.

The soldiers in the car started yelling again. There were no outsiders watching in the car, so there was no possibility of embarrassment. They were all their own people, and they could vent their excitement without any scruples.

Hehe, it's eight hundred chapters, old bus congratulates himself. (To be continued..)