The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 664: Ordinary post, extraordinary logistics soldier!!!
The young company commander is named Lei Jun, and his hometown is also Yanjing.

In the autumn of 1985, Lei Jun had just turned 18 and graduated from high school. With a longing for the military camp in his heart, he bid farewell to the hustle and bustle of Liujiazhuang in western Beijing.

Nowadays, joining the army is a matter of bringing honor to the family.

Lei Jun remembered that on the day he was leaving, the neighbors in Liujiazhuang, led by his grandfather Lei Laoliu, beat drums and gongs and sent him to the district armed forces department.

Their "Yangshi Lei" Lei family can be considered a prominent family in the Liujiazhuang area. The entire family moved here as early as when Liujiazhuang was just rising.

Nowadays, their "Yangshi Lei" style can be seen in all construction projects, big and small, in Liujiazhuang area.

Lei Jun's mother couldn't bear to leave her child and wiped away her tears, holding tightly in her hands the new sweater she had knitted for him, fearing that he would catch a cold.

It was not until he arrived at the army that Lei Jun realized the difference between reality and imagination.

This batch of soldiers was recruited at the end of the autumn conscription, but according to the army regulations, their military service still starts from January 1st of the following year.

However, the enlistment notice was stamped with the year 198, which gave Lei Jun some advantage in the subsequent calculation of his length of service.

After three months of hard work in the recruit company, Lei Jun was assigned to the logistics team of a base deep in the northwest Gobi Desert.

When he heard that it was a logistics team, Lei Jun's heart skipped a beat, wondering if he would have to deal with pots and pans.

When we arrived at the place, we found out that their logistics team was mainly responsible for the material support, vehicle transportation and barracks maintenance of the entire base.

The logistics kitchen where Lei Jun and his colleagues eat charges a daily fee of 0.55 yuan.

Although prices were not high at that time, this amount of food money was just enough to provide enough food and clothing.

Lei Jun had just arrived at the logistics team for a few days when he encountered al-Qaeda's assessment of new recruits.

The assessment content is varied, including formations, shooting, physical fitness and theory.

During the physical fitness assessment, a comrade in Lei Jun's class who usually had good physical fitness gritted his teeth and persisted on the horizontal bar, but in the end he failed to meet the standard. When he came down, his eyes were red.

In the evening, the squad leader held a squad meeting, criticized them for not training seriously, and told them the combat stories of veterans to encourage them to train hard.

In the logistics team, Lei Jun and his colleagues are mainly responsible for the loading, unloading and transportation of fuel.

Every morning, before daybreak, we would follow the veterans to the oil depot to load oil.

The morning in the Gobi Desert is freezing cold. The biting northwest wind carries sand and hits your face painfully.

When filling the oil barrel for the first time, Lei Jun was clumsy and not only made the barrel ping-pong, but also got himself covered in grease, causing him to be laughed at by the veterans.

The old squad leader was an experienced veteran. He taught Lei Jun how to properly carry oil drums and how to prevent oil leaks. He also patiently explained to them the types and characteristics of oil.

There is an aircrew kitchen in the base, which is specially opened for pilots, and the food standard is 3.5 yuan per person per day.

This standard was an astronomical figure at that time.

Although the food in Lei Jun's logistics team was a bit poor, they could eat steamed buns and porridge every day, and occasionally an egg or minced meat.

In addition to the flight crew kitchen, there is also a maintenance kitchen, and the food standard is 1.2 yuan per person per day.

The maintenance kitchen is prepared for the maintenance personnel who are responsible for aircraft maintenance. Their work is very hard and they often stay up late to repair aircraft, so the food is relatively better.

There are all kinds of people in Lei Jun's logistics kitchen, including soldiers from the logistics team and personnel from other departments.

Every day at mealtime, everyone crowded together and it was lively and noisy.

Although the food was not very good, Lei Jun ate it with gusto.

In fact, Lei Jun is different from other soldiers. He has never suffered hardship since he was a child. What has he not experienced in Liujiazhuang?
But when he arrived at the army, Lei Jun found that the meals were just ordinary ones, and he also liked the delicacies from other families.

I remember one time, the kitchen staff stewed a big pot of cabbage and tofu. Everyone rushed to eat it, and in a short while, the bottom of the pot was upside down.

Lei Jun and his colleagues were also wearing the uniform winter training uniforms, with a thick cotton coat on the outside and cotton shoes on their feet.

The Gobi Desert is very cold in winter, with temperatures of minus 20 to 30 degrees Celsius being common, so cotton-padded clothes and shoes are essential.

They were also given cotton hats, cotton gloves and earmuffs, so they could be fully armed to protect themselves from the cold wind.

Shortly after arriving, Lei Jun and other new soldiers were given a pair of sheepskin gloves.

At that time, other soldiers thought sheepskin gloves were rare and cherished them very much.

Only Lei Jun is disdainful of it, as he already has things that are more advanced than this one.

However, not long after, Lei Jun discovered that the veterans' gloves had turned black and the leather had become hard, as if they had been coated with oil.

Lei Jun asked the old squad leader curiously, and the old squad leader smiled and said: "We treat these gloves as treasures. We usually wear them when moving oil drums. They are non-slip and warm. Over time, they naturally become like this."

Only then did Lei Jun realize that the veterans were using the sheepskin gloves as work tools.

Although the conditions in the Gobi Desert are harsh, the cultural life of the troops is still relatively rich.

There is a small auditorium in the base, where movies are shown every once in a while and sometimes cultural performances are organized.

Once, Lei Jun and his friends went to see a movie called "The Garland under the Mountain". They were deeply moved by the soldiers' spirit of bravely killing the enemy and not fearing sacrifice, and it also inspired their enthusiasm to defend their country.

In addition to watching movies, the logistics team also organizes some cultural and sports activities, such as basketball, tug-of-war, singing competitions, etc.

Although everyone is very hard at training, they actively participate and relax when it comes to activities.

There was a comrade in Lei Jun’s class who sang very well. He always won first place in every singing competition and became the pride of their class.

In the Gobi Desert, the logistics team also had contact with the local villagers.

There are some scattered villages around the base. The locals live a hard life, but they are all warm and simple.

Whenever they needed help, the troops would send people to help them.

Once, Lei Jun and his colleagues went to help the villagers harvest wheat. The wind in the Gobi Desert was very strong and the wheat ears were almost blown down. They braved the scorching sun, using their hands and feet to help the villagers harvest the wheat.

In the evening, the villagers warmly entertained Lei Jun and his friends. They drank their homemade beer and ate steamed buns, feeling warm in their hearts.

The logistics team also invites fellow villagers to the base to watch movies and attend parties, and the relationship between the two sides is very harmonious.

Lei Jun remembered one time, when fellow villagers heard that they were short of vegetables in winter, they spontaneously organized themselves and brought us cabbage, radishes, potatoes and other vegetables, which were piled up like a small mountain.

At that time, Lei Jun and his friends felt that their fellow villagers were so nice.

In addition to helping the villagers with farm work, the officers and soldiers of the logistics team also helped them build roads, houses and solve their difficulties in life.

Fellow villagers will also provide some help to the logistics team within their capacity.

Once, Lei Jun and his team went on a mission and got lost in the Gobi Desert. Fortunately, they met a fellow shepherd who kindly took them back to the base.

In the logistics team, Lei Jun and his colleagues are not only responsible for the loading and unloading of fuel, but also for the maintenance and repair of the barracks.

On that day, the heating pipes in the barracks broke down, and Lei Jun's comrades in the class were busy repairing them overnight.

Everyone knows that only by repairing the heating can we have a warm winter.

After a whole night of hard work, Lei Jun finally fixed the heating. Everyone was so tired that they lay on the ground and didn't want to move, but they felt at ease.

In the Gobi Desert, besides the wind and sand, the most annoying things are mosquitoes and fleas.

In the summer, there are a lot of mosquitoes, and people are bitten all over the body.

The officers and soldiers of the logistics team use mosquito nets and mosquito coils to repel mosquitoes, but they are still difficult to prevent.

Fleas are also a headache for people. They often jump onto our bodies and bite us, causing unbearable itching.

Lei Jun and his friends use sulfur soap to wash clothes and take baths to kill fleas.

The days in the logistics team are busy every day, but everyone is united, helping each other and making progress together.

Lei Jun sweated in the Gobi Desert, tempered his will, and gained growth.

Two years later, Lei Jun was admitted to the military academy while in the logistics team.

Four years later, Lei Jun was transferred to a certain division and a certain regiment as a company commander...

Before dawn, Wu Liuyi stood at the door of the company's warehouse. He rubbed the key in his hand several times, but he didn't dare to open the door.

"What? Are you scared on the first day of your new job?" Company commander Lei Jun stood behind him at some point.

Wu Liuyi clenched the key tightly, feeling a sense of suffocation in his chest: "Captain, I am really not suitable for this job."

"Who said that? You've worked on the construction site for so many years, you know all the materials well, isn't that just right?"

"But."

"No buts. You want to rush to the construction site before your wounds have healed yet? Do you think you have too long to live?"

Wu Liuyi looked down at his left leg which was still in plaster and stopped talking.

Three months ago, he encountered a landslide at the construction site. Although he avoided the vital part in time, his left leg was still broken. The doctor said he needed at least half a year to recuperate, but he couldn't sit still after only one month and insisted on going back to the construction site.

As expected, the injury worsened.

"Go ahead and get familiar with the job first. The job of a custodian is no easier than that of a construction worker." Lei Jun patted him on the shoulder.

"Okay!" Wu Liuyi sighed and opened the door of the warehouse.

The sun shone through the windows, and the dust in the warehouse danced in the light.

Various tools and supplies were neatly arranged, but they looked particularly unfamiliar to him.

"Old Wu, come here, this is the list of supplies." A middle-aged man wearing glasses walked out of the warehouse. It was Old Chen who was about to retire.

"Brother Chen, I..."

"Don't say any more. I know everything. I was also transferred from the construction site back then, and I was just as reluctant as you are." Lao Chen said with a smile, "Come, I'll take you to get familiar with the working environment."

In the next few days, Wu Liuyi followed Lao Chen to learn various tasks.

Counting materials, registering incoming and outgoing goods, and organizing the warehouse may seem like simple tasks, but they are actually quite a task.

"These steel drills must be stored in different categories, and the temperature and humidity must be taken into consideration. The explosives storage over there is even more important, and must be checked every day."

Old Chen kept talking, but Wu Liuyi was absent-minded.

Through the warehouse window, he could see his comrades busy at the construction site in the distance.

"Want to go back?" Lao Chen suddenly asked.

"Yeah." Wu Liuyi did not deny it. "Brother Chen, do you think I am escaping by doing this?"

"Escape?" Lao Chen laughed, "You think logistics work is unimportant?"

"That was not what I meant."

"I know what you want to say. When I was injured and transferred here to be a custodian, I also felt that I was being excluded. Until one day."

Lao Chen told a story.

That winter, the company was carrying out emergency construction and a sudden breakdown occurred in the middle of the night, requiring a batch of parts with special specifications.

The only stockpile in the entire regiment was in the warehouse, so Lao Chen drove there overnight, traveling for four hours in the blizzard.

"If that batch of parts had not been delivered in time, the entire project would have been delayed," Lao Chen said. "Since then, I have understood that logistics support is like the blood of the company, invisible and intangible, but without it, it will not work."

Wu Liuyi seemed to be thinking about something.

The next day, Wu Liuyi took the initiative to start tidying up the warehouse.

After a few days, the originally messy materials became orderly, and he also prepared the materials that might be needed in advance according to the construction progress.

A week later, it suddenly rained heavily at night.

"It's bad!" A soldier came running to report, "The drainage pump at construction site No. 3 is broken, and the groundwater level is rising!"

Wu Liuyi immediately responded: "Where is the backup pump?"

"It's at the innermost part of the warehouse, but..." Before Old Chen could finish his words, Wu Liuyi rushed out with the key.

In the rain, Wu Liuyi limped as he carried the equipment and worked with his comrades to repair it overnight.

By the time the drainage pump was running again, it was almost dawn.

"Well done!" Company Commander Lei Jun came over, "If you hadn't prepared backup equipment in advance, this would have been troublesome."

Wu Liuyi wiped the rain off his face and suddenly felt warm in his heart.

Since then, Wu Liuyi gradually fell in love with this job.

Wu Liuyi began to study methods of material management, and even taught himself computers and set up an electronic ledger.

A year later, before retiring, Lao Chen approached him and said, "The organization is planning to transfer you to the regiment as the chief steward. This is a good opportunity."

To everyone's surprise, Wu Liuyi refused.

"Why?" Company commander Lei Jun talked to him.

"Captain, I want to stay in our company," Wu Liuyi said. "I am familiar with every tool and every screw here. If I leave, I am afraid that my work will be interrupted."

Lei Jun laughed: "You have changed, kid. Do you remember who was the one who refused to be a custodian?"

Wu Liuyi also laughed: "Yes, at that time I always thought that logistics work was boring. Now I understand that support work can also be outstanding."

Later, Wu Liuyi worked in this company for many years.

He managed the warehouse in an orderly manner and created many good methods.

The new soldiers all said that it was very convenient to find things in the warehouse managed by Wu Liuyi.

Once, the division organized a visit and the logistics director Shao Jiawang asked Wu Liuyi what he thought.

Wu Liuyi thought for a moment and said, "I used to think that soldiers should charge into battle and logistics work was dispensable.

Now I understand that in peacetime, quietly doing a good job of support is also protecting national defense. "

Shao Jiawang patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well said! In peacetime, logistics is combat effectiveness."

Wu Liuyi always kept these words in mind.

Many years later, his son joined the army and was also assigned to a logistics position.

His son was a little disappointed, but Wu Liuyi smiled and said, "Son, remember, there are no small roles in the army. As long as you work hard, every position can shine."

The logistics soldiers are also versatile.

After Shao Jiawang took office as the division's logistics chief, he discovered that there were many talented people among their logistics soldiers.

Senior non-commissioned officer Li Jianguo graduated from an agricultural machinery technical secondary school at the age of sixteen and was assigned to the county agricultural machinery station as a large tractor repairman and driver.

Just when the agricultural machinery station was enjoying great success, there happened to be a winter conscription, and Li Jianguo gloriously joined the army!
Joining the army is an opportunity in life, but this journey of life is also full of ups and downs and challenges.

After three months of recruit training, Li Jianguo was assigned to a military hospital.

Although it was a hospital, this was not the place for him to fulfill his original dream, but to join the kitchen team.

As a new recruit, he was looked down upon at first. However, one incident shocked him!
That day, late at night, the rows of street lights in the military hospital were like strings of bright pearls, decorating the huge hospital like a poem.

Most people were fast asleep, but the lights were still on in some corners of the hospital's inpatient wards, and groans and whispers could be faintly heard coming from the wards.

This is a doctor or nurse still caring for the bedridden injured.

Suddenly, the lights flashed, and the sky was instantly filled with thick ink, shrouding the entire hospital in the pitch-black night.

Several nurses in white clothes ran out of the yard, chattering and asking each other, "Why is there no electricity? How can there be no electricity?"

The director of the duty room came running over and said that the electrician in the electrical room was negligent and burned out the 400-kilowatt electric engine!
A lot of people suddenly gathered in the yard, including the dean and the political commissar, and they were discussing how to restore normal power supply as soon as possible.

However, repairing generators is technically difficult, and when such a situation occurs, we usually ask highly skilled craftsmen from Chinese shipyards to repair it.

The two estimated that the maintenance budget would be 18 to 20 yuan, and the repair time would be 20 to 25 days.

Maintenance funds are not a big problem, but there are more than 800 injured people in the hospital living and eating day and night, so how can the power be cut off for such a long time?

The two hospital leaders and all the employees were extremely anxious!
In the darkness, Li Jianguo suddenly said loudly: "No need to ask the big factory master to repair the generator, let me do it! But there are two conditions. First, give me two teams of people;
Second, immediately purchase the parts I requested. Three days and three nights, I guarantee the task will be completed!"

With the flashlight flashing, the hospital leaders and everyone looked at the young recruit in the kitchen squad in surprise, feeling puzzled. However, Li Jianguo's firm gaze and confident demeanor dispelled people's concerns.

"Well, let's give it a try!"

After careful consideration, the leader agreed to Li Jianguo's request.

Soon, the hospital set up an electric motor repair team with Li Jianguo as the main member, and the dean served as the team leader.

Li Jianguo and his assistants worked swiftly and completed the dismantling of the machine overnight.

The next day, accessories were installed and new crankshafts, connecting rods, pistons, steel sleeves, etc. were replaced.

All debugging was completed successfully on the third day!

The young recruit Li Jianguo led 20 non-professional comrades and spent only more than 4 yuan on parts and 48 hours to complete a task that would take professional staff from a large factory 20 days and 20 yuan to complete!
Li Jianguo, his assistants and the staff of the electrical workshop were awarded the third-class collective merit for this.

The new recruit Li Jianguo impressed the division leaders and comrades.

Don’t say that the kitchen team can’t achieve results. Even gold buried in the soil can shine!
(End of this chapter)