1949 I am from the future

[196] Gobi God Soldiers

Carloads of materials were transported to the Northwest along the Beijing-Suikou Railway repaired in October 49. Wool, fur, food and medicinal materials from Inner Mongolia and Northwest China were being continuously transported to the Central Plains along this vigorous steel vein.And a large amount of cloth, paper, tea bricks, and weapons refitted by the troops are constantly being transported to the Northwest through this blood of steel.

The Longhai line connecting Lianyungang to Lanzhou is under intensive repair and construction. Historically, this line will be completed in 1952.Only through the connection of this line can the pressure on the Beijing-Suizhou line be relieved and the blood of the west of the motherland truly flowed.

The Lanzhou-Urumqi Lanzhou-Xinjiang Line, the longest railway line built after the founding of New China, which was originally scheduled to start construction in 1952 and be completed in 1958, also started construction just after the Spring Festival in 1950.Once the Lanzhou-Xinjiang line is completed, Xinjiang will no longer be a distant and unfamiliar place on the map for the people of the Central Plains.

Lanzhou, a thousand-year-old city, has gradually become a transportation hub in the west under the planning of the central government. To complete the construction of these two lines, [-] railway engineers have been concentrated here. [

小强带来的大量旧铁轨在这里焕发了生机。这些120吨的重载钢轨虽然已经在2011报废，但拿来应付1950年载重铁轨区区40吨的运载标准绰绰有余，120吨重载钢轨的品质来替代40吨载重铁轨标准，使得这些老货即使再用个50年也妨。

With a large number of steel rails and a large number of scrapped sleepers brought by Xiaoqiang, the railway soldiers of New China no longer have to stay in place and wait for the rails to be delivered, nor do they have to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall like in history——Demolish the 1600 Many kilometers of feeder railways to repair the main line.

Today's railway engineering soldiers only hate having short arms and short heads-only two arms and only 24 hours a day.They braved the wind and sand that was as abrasive as sandpaper in the west, fought hard against the severe winter cold, and worked hard on the railway line day and night.

Fortunately, since the central government decided not to use grain and agricultural by-products to export to the Soviet Union to repay loans or exchange equipment, the food of the railway soldiers has been greatly improved compared to history.

Zhao Shiyuan, an engineer from the Ministry of Railways, took a bite of a big Shandong apple in his hand, squinted his eyes in the dazzling sunlight and shouted, "Old Wang, tell your comrades to rest, your head is too hot at noon!"

The Laowang he was talking about was Wang Jiangnan, the head of the 28th Regiment of the Railway Engineering Corps. Wang Jiangnan was only 38 years old this year. Comb the cadre's head into a [-]-[-] split.It is completely impossible to see that he still has the spirit of the south of the Yangtze River, coupled with the smell of wind and sand in the northwest, and his rough style, it is even more difficult to see that he is still a Suzhou native.

Wang Jiangnan said loudly: "What are you doing? I just ate instant noodles, and they were so oily and watery. I have to let the comrades work and digest it, otherwise it would be a pity to poop at night. It's a bit dry now, but it's freezing at night. People are trembling, the weather in the northwest is really weird."

Zhao Shiyuan looked helpless, and said in his heart, "This old king doesn't speak like a Suzhou person at all, but like a mud monkey born and bred in the sandy Gobi. He is very rough."

However, Zhao Shiyuan also likes the recent food very much. The railway engineering soldiers who are used to eating coarse grains and steamed corn bread only eat salt and white water. Recently, the food has suddenly improved, and there are apples and instant noodles.He heard that the instant noodles were originally prepared for the front-line combat troops. Later, the central government said that these noodles took up space and were easy to break, so they distributed all of them to engineers and railway soldiers as dry food.Don't tell me, this thing is really delicious. In the words of some soldiers, it is "delicious".

There was no word on the milky white plastic bag of instant noodles. When the bag was opened, there were two transparent pouches inside, which contained seasoning powder and oil packets respectively.The instant noodles are distributed once every two days, and all the soldiers love to eat them, and they like them very much.

Everyone eats economically, and every time they squeeze the oil bag clean, they lick the bag again until there is no oil seed left.After eating the instant noodles and drinking the soup, wipe the rice bowl again with the dry steamed bread.There are also some soldiers who are reluctant to wash afterward, saying that the soup is still fragrant at night, and besides, there is still oil and water on the lunch box.

Zhao Shiyuan, who was born in a family of intellectuals in Puhai, could not understand how poor soldiers looked like. No matter how delicious the instant noodles are, there is no need to lick the oil bag and the lunch box, right?Although I also lick the bag, I clean the dishes every time!

After listening to Lao Wang's vulgar words about working and shitting, Zhao Shiyuan shook his head slightly, turned around and walked towards the temporary headquarters.

It is said to be the headquarters here, but it is actually a material storage point on the wasteland. Apart from neatly stacked steel rails and concrete sleepers, there are north wind, rocks, stones, sand, and weeds all around.This headquarters is not a formal house, but a big tent, standing alone on the edge of the steel rails, together with the temporary barracks tent in the distance, it shows that there are human beings here.

Zhao Shiyuan went into the tent and found a bench to sit down, while reluctantly gnawing the apple core in his hand, while thinking about the current construction progress of the line.

"This kind of heavy rail is good, but it is too thick and too long. The rails usually used are only 6 meters long, and at most 8 meters. Who would have thought that the rails shipped by the central government this time would be 125 meters, and even some The length is 25 meters! It’s scary thick, and it’s made of all steel. It takes 50 soldiers to lift a rail, and accidents will happen if you’re not careful. Fortunately, the route map given by the Ministry of Railways is unprecedentedly clear. I don’t know about this map. How did the Ministry of Railways draw it? It looks like a photo taken by an airplane from the sky. It looks real! The scale parameters of the line are clearly written, but some places on the picture are completely covered by black ink, which is also true. Don't know why."

Zhao Shiyuan ate the apple cores until only the stalks and seeds were left, but he heard Wang Jiangnan shouting outside the tent: "The car is coming, Lao Zhao, hurry up and pick it up."

Zhao Shiyuan got up and raised the canvas curtain and walked out of the tent. Sure enough, he saw a train slowly emerging from the skyline in the distance. From a distance, the front of the train was as small as an ant.Because it was driving too slowly, the steam on the nose of the train was almost vertical.

As if greeting the engineering soldiers, the locomotive in the distance blew its whistle. The whistle of the steam locomotive was Zhao Shiyuan's favorite sound. It was long and deep, and there was a kind of heroic power in it. [

Zhao Shiyuan said: "Wangshan runs dead horse, look at the steam braid, you know it will take at least an hour to come here."

Wang Jiangnan said: "I don't know if they brought instant noodles over here this time. Comrades like to eat that stuff."

Zhao Shiyuan said casually: "Tell me about your soldiers, how about cleaning their rice bowls, for the sake of those scattered oily flowers, as for each one of them not washing the bowls after eating instant noodles? You look so poor!"

After saying this, Zhao Shiyuan felt a little regretful, but he is a nerd in science and engineering, and he doesn't know how to speak implicitly.

Wang Jiangnan was taken aback, looked at the slow-moving train in the distance and was silent for a while, then said with a serious expression: "Old Comrade Zhao, have you ever eaten sweet potatoes?"

"I've eaten it, it's sweet, and it's the best when baked."

"Have you tried eating sweet potatoes for eleven months a year?"

This time it was time for Zhao Shiyuan to be silent.

Wang Jiangnan said: "There are many soldiers in our regiment who came out of the ravines, and the family grows barren slopes. The grain produced in a year is only enough for one month after paying the landlord's rent. I eat sweet potatoes for eleven months. I use dried sweet potatoes to cook wild vegetable soup. I can’t see a single star of oil flower seeds for a year. Turning it up, people with sore throats are painful, their internal organs are uncomfortable, and they have no strength. In winter, there are no wild vegetables, and they suffer even more from eating dried sweet potatoes boiled in water. The local poor people, who live over 40, are considered long-lived .”

Zhao Shiyuan's face was as red as a big girl's turban at this time, he lowered his head and whispered softly: "I'm sorry, Lao Wang, I don't know these things. But how did you know, aren't you from Suzhou? ?”

Wang Jiangnan said: "You didn't know it before, so I don't blame you. Before liberation, I went to the mountains to mobilize the masses according to the instructions of my superiors, and lived with these ordinary people for more than a year. I still remember that winter, I was uncomfortable. I almost wanted to vomit out my intestines. That acidic water was more ruthless than any gun in the world. It was so uncomfortable that I just wanted to die. I drank water desperately, and my stomach was bursting to no avail. .

After I pulled the troops out of the mountains, I was happier seeing Hei Wotou than seeing my parents.The instant noodles we eat now are made of real flour!I heard it was fried.The central government gave the comrades such good food, and the comrades felt uneasy, and they dared not waste even a little bit.Old Zhao, don't you also lick the oil bag to the sky! "

When Wang Jiangnan said this, he shivered, as if he had returned to the ravine again, to the days when he was with fellow villagers and vomited sour water that he couldn't stop.

"But what you said is also reasonable. Hygiene still needs to be respected, Lao Zhao. I will give an order later, telling comrades not to keep bowls in the future, and to wash them all after eating."

Zhao Shiyuan simply replied: "Hey."

"But you are not allowed to say that our soldiers are poor in the future. This word is not good."

"Hey." Zhao Shiyuan agreed.

Huffing and wheezing all the way, the train finally stopped not far from the end of the track. The 28th Railway Engineering Corps had assembled here under the command of Wang Jiangnan. The soldiers stood neatly, as if they were about to welcome the chief The review is general.

Just listen to Wang Jiangnan's order: "Attention everyone, start unloading the truck."

The soldiers rushed to the train immediately after receiving the order, and pulled up the iron bolt on the door of the cargo compartment. Several soldiers jumped onto the cargo compartment and passed the boxes one by one. transported to the temporary storage point for materials.

Some staff members in military uniforms came down from the locomotive compartment in front of the train, and handed over to Wang Jiangnan.

Seeing that the leader was Zu Mowu, commander-in-chief of the Railway Engineering Corps, Wang Jiangnan hurried forward to salute. [

"These five comrades are the new drivers sent to your regiment from the northern capital under the personal order of Minister Teng Daiyuan of the Ministry of Railways." The division commander Zu Mowu introduced.

"Driver?" Wang Jiangnan was taken aback.

"Yes, crane driver, the Ministry of Railways has transferred five 5-ton cranes to you this time. These five comrades are drivers and crane operators who have just been trained."

Hearing this, Wang Jiangnan and Zhao Shiyuan were overjoyed immediately, and stepped forward to shake hands with the five comrades warmly.

"Great, great!" Wang Jiangnan could only say this in excitement.