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

Chapter 665: Master Zhong Xing has outstanding achievements!!!
On this day, the sun in Sishilipu, Ping County in the northwest was so hot that it made people feel uneasy.

Company commander Lei Jun and quartermaster Wu Liuyi were riding in a jeep that was bumpy all the way, and a high cloud of yellow soil was raised behind the car.

These two people came to the regiment headquarters specifically to watch the fun.

When they heard that the group army was going to hold a grassroots logistics meeting in their regiment, even Director Yi Yuanchao of the General Logistics Department came in person.

"Wow, this is quite a scene!"

As soon as Lei Jun got off the car, he saw more than a dozen military vehicles parked on the playground, and the young men from the kitchen team were busy there.

Regiment commander Li Zhengwu was talking with several senior officers. When he saw them coming, he waved from a distance.

Their regiment commander was a down-to-earth man who usually loved to hang out in the company's canteen. The soldiers secretly called him "the cook commander."

When Lei Jun approached, he found that several chief officers of the regiment were accompanying the division commander and leaders from the headquarters to inspect the work.

Seeing so many leaders present, Lei Jun and Wu Liu looked at each other and silently followed the team.

Wang Chunzheng, the regiment's logistics chief, introduced as he walked: "Our regiment has had several changes of chief officers over the years, but the enthusiasm for logistics has not slackened at all."

He pointed to the kitchen team that was cutting vegetables and said, "See, that squad leader, Zhao Dazhi, used to be a 'model instructor' and is still a good hand at managing logistics."

As he was speaking, a whistle suddenly sounded over there.

The cooking crew of the Second Machine Gun Company started moving quickly. Three young men cut vegetables, lit a fire, and cooked all in one go, as if by magic.

Yi Yuanchao took out his pocket watch and looked at it. Wow, he only managed to prepare four dishes and a soup in 28 minutes.

The accompanying division commander Zhong Xingguo slapped his thigh with joy when he saw this: "With this speed, are you still afraid of going hungry during a battle?"

The logistics of this regiment are really good.

Their "logistics information room" is set up like a small library, with combat maps covering the walls and foreign military logistics manuals on the tables.

Zhao Dazhi was not nervous when he saw so many senior officers present. He touched the back of his head and smiled innocently: "We soldiers have to study too, otherwise we won't even be able to find a way to deliver food during a war." These words made everyone laugh.

What is most eye-catching is their "local equipment".

The multi-cutter can cut potatoes into shreds with just a few clicks, more skillfully than the knife skills of a master chef.

The tofu grinding machine is even more magical. When the beans are put in, white soy milk comes out.

Yang, the head of the regiment's quartermaster section, boasted: "Last year, our regiment produced 136 million kilograms of vegetables. We sold the leftovers to our fellow villagers and made a lot of money!"

The night training ground is more lively.

The armorer disassembled the gun with his eyes blindfolded, and in no time he completely disassembled the Type 81 submachine gun.

The farrier shoed the military horse without even tying a rein. The horse stood there obediently, as if it had understood human nature.

Director Yi Yuanchao from the headquarters nodded his head as he watched: "This is called training for combat, not for show."

The parking lot of Lei Jun's regiment is so grand.

The 22 garages are neatly arranged, equipped with car wash stations and maintenance trenches.

Wang Chunzheng, the regiment's logistics director, introduced as he walked: "Our regiment raised more than 30 yuan on its own and completed all the repairs and constructions that needed to be done."

He pointed to the newly built meat inspection station and said, "Now it only takes 40 minutes to slaughter a pig, and we can guarantee that there are no "four things" and "four things that are not brought in."

The vegetable fields are thriving.

More than one hundred acres of land were arranged like a chessboard, with ditches and ridges.

The lotus leaves are starting to form a heart, and the chives are bright green.

Yi Yuanchao squatted on the ground, picked up a cucumber, rubbed it on his clothes and started to eat it: "Hmm, not bad, this thing is crispier than the ones bought in the supermarket."

In the dormitories of the grassroots companies, the soldiers' personal belongings are neatly arranged according to the "three-thirds and four-fourths" rule.

The stove was polished to a shine and even the chimney was wiped clean.

The running water in the dishwashing sink at the entrance of the canteen made a loud sound, and the soldiers washed their bowls after eating.

The on-site meeting lasted a whole day and the delegates were dazzled.

Yi Yuanchao wrote more than ten full pages in his notebook, muttering to himself: The logistics of this 1X8 Regiment is more solid than the combat training of some troops.

No wonder Liu's troops heard about it and wanted to promote their experience throughout the army!

As it grew darker, the third company's kitchen staff became busy again.

Tonight's extra meal, in addition to the usual four dishes and one soup, also includes fragrant tofu and freshly picked vegetables.

Division commander Zhong Xingguo personally served the food to the group, saying, "Only when you are full will you have the energy to train!"

The soldiers burst into laughter, and the cafeteria was bustling with activity, just like New Year's Day.

Before leaving, Yi Yuanchao took a special walk around the vegetable garden.

In the setting sun, the green vegetable fields were glowing golden, and several soldiers were watering them.

He suddenly remembered what his leader Liu Zhiye had said: "Modern warfare is fought with logistics, and this regiment has set an example for us on how to build the grassroots."

This is absolutely true.

Looking at this prosperous scene before our eyes, who could have imagined that this was a feat created by the logistics department of an infantry regiment?

In recent years, Zhong Xingguo and his colleagues in the 1X8 Division's regiments, battalions and companies have carried out in-depth activities to strive to become "Advanced Logistics Departments", pushing grassroots logistics work to a new level.

This time, Zhong Xingguo and his division held an on-site meeting on advanced logistics.

What I saw and heard was refreshing.

Yi Yuanchao and Staff Officer Qi came to the 1X7 Infantry Regiment.

Regiment commander Wang Yuhang told them that after the streamlining and reorganization of the troops, the chief steward was replaced by a soldier, and new problems such as “unwilling to manage, not knowing how to manage, and not daring to manage” had emerged, affecting the company's life management.

In response to new situations, in addition to rotating training for chief stewards, a collective office system for chief stewards has also been established.

Yi Yuanchao followed the conference delegates into the collective office of the regiment's chief steward.

There were 8 drawing boards hanging around the walls, on which were drawn pictures, tables and texts depicting the company's logistics standard systems, management knowledge, and work in peacetime and wartime.

In a corner of the room are various books, magazines and journals on logistics business.

The most eye-catching thing is the "quartermaster's filing cabinet".

Yi Yuanchao picked it up and took a look. It recorded in detail the moral character, ability, diligence and performance of each quartermaster.

Director Xu of the regiment's logistics department saw that they were watching with great interest, and smiled and said, "We use one day a week to gather the quartermasters of each company here to learn business knowledge, deal with difficult problems in their work, and exchange experiences.

Comrades from the Finance and Quartermaster Divisions also provided consulting services on account keeping, food management, and part-time production, teaching them methods, passing on experience, and delivering information.

He paused and said: "This is both a work system and a form of training, which is indeed very helpful in improving the work ability of the quartermaster.

At present, the quartermasters of the whole regiment have basically achieved four skills: keeping accounts, adjusting meals, supervising spare-time production, and organizing life support. "

At this time, the divisional logistics chief Shao Jiawang, who was standing nearby, took over the conversation: "Logistics is responsible for managing money and materials, how can we manage it well?

The key lies in people.

Therefore, it is extremely important to build a grassroots logistics backbone team with good ideas, professional skills and strong technical skills. "

Immediately afterwards, Minister Shao Jiawang told Yi Yuanchao and others that all regiments in the division had established study rooms for logistics personnel and had made great efforts to train logistics cadres and various types of professional soldiers.

For example, the teaching regiment built "eight rooms as one family", namely the logistics information room, barracks information room, financial information room, talent training room, driver training room, repairman training room, planting and breeding training room, carpentry training room, and the quartermaster's home.

The group has allocated 34 yuan to subscribe to kinds of newspapers and magazines, purchase more than books, teaching materials, technical materials, as well as some experimental equipment and repair tools, etc., providing good learning conditions for all kinds of professionals.

The teaching group held 30 training courses to train logistics personnel.

It is also linked with Pingcheng Experimental Canteen for a long time, and cooks are trained in batches. This year, more than 100 people have passed the assessment and obtained completion certificates.

At the same time, in order to address the problem of grassroots cadres being new and lacking in logistics knowledge, a 15-day training was conducted for battalion and company commanders, taught by regiment leaders and comrades from the logistics business department, to improve their logistics management capabilities.

At present, 78.5% of the division's logistics cadres and professional soldiers have received relatively systematic professional training.

A backbone team of logistics personnel who are willing to work, able to do work and good at management has been initially formed, laying the foundation for fundamentally changing the face of grassroots logistics.

When Yi Yuanchao was at the headquarters, he had already heard that Zhong Xingguo and his division had done an excellent job in logistics management.

This time, after Yi Yuanchao personally led the team to visit some grassroots companies of the division, they could not help but give heartfelt praise: "It really lives up to its reputation!"

The group arrived at an infantry company, and Yi Yuanchao followed the crowd into the company's equipment storage room. The leaders who came to inspect the shiny chimneys, the stoves that looked like new, and the repaired dining tables and stools were full of praise.

The division's logistics chief Shao Jiawang introduced that none of the 345 pieces of camping equipment used by the company in the past four years were lost, and the company was rated as an advanced unit in camping equipment management by the division for four consecutive years.

A leader from the military region asked the company commander Wu Lei: "How do you manage these camping equipment so well?"

Captain Wu said: "The key is to implement various management systems.

Our approach is mainly to enforce a strict management responsibility system, with companies having battalion management teams and squads having battalion management soldiers;
The company has a general ledger, the squad has a card, and each person has a camp equipment certificate. Whoever loses or damages it will be punished."

Upon hearing this, Yi Yuanchao praised it highly, saying that this method was very effective. The company ensured that every piece of equipment was managed by someone, and if it was lost, there was someone to find it, and if it was broken, there was someone to repair it.

For example, in terms of the storage of chimneys, as soon as the baking period ends every year, the company will specially arrange time to wipe, oil, and seal them according to maintenance regulations, and then store them in a centralized warehouse.

In this way, nothing is lost and the service life is extended. No wonder this company has not purchased a new chimney in six years.

Afterwards, Yi Yuanchao and his party walked through the barracks and visited several company and platoon dormitories, clothing warehouses, kitchens, and vegetable cellars in turn.

Wherever he went, he saw complete facilities, clear markings, orderly arrangement, and clean and tidy, which left an unforgettable impression on Yi Yuanchao.

The green lawn, the tall and thriving XJ poplars, and the colorful flowers are even more refreshing.

What most interested Yi Yuanchao and other people from the headquarters were the rows of barracks that looked as new as new.

Minister Zhang of the Military Region Barracks Department said: "Some of the houses built at the same time as this division have now become dilapidated barracks.

But due to the regular maintenance and enhanced management of this division, it looks like a new building.”

Shao Jiawang from the division's logistics department said with emotion: "If we only build but don't care, if we only supply but don't care, no matter how much money we spend, the problem won't be solved.

The key to good management lies in whether the work of the regiment logistics department is solid. "

The inspection team then came to the division teaching group.

What comes into view is: the more than 200 mu of vegetable fields in the regiment, a sea of ​​green, with thick and long green radishes, plump big peppers, bulbous cabbages, and purple eggplants, all growing well.

Yi Yuanchao smiled and asked Director Li of the Logistics Department of the Training Corps to talk about their experience in improving planting in the company.

Director Li said: "Only by focusing on the grassroots, unifying the planning, doing a good job in backbone training, strengthening technical guidance, implementing the responsibility system management, and doing these basic work well, can we create good conditions for the company's planting."

In order to help the grassroots to improve breeding, the Logistics Department of the Teaching Corps raised more than 10 yuan in funds and built a good pigpen, a good rabbit pen, and a good chicken coop for each company, and also set up a data room, an epidemic prevention room, and a training room.

It has realized integrated services including complete facilities, backbone training, scientific breeding, disease prevention and treatment.

Here, the fat and plump American Berkshire pigs, the meaty and thick-haired German Angora rabbits, and the big and fat Leghorn chickens opened Yi Yuanchao and his team's eyes.

Director Li of the Training Corps' Logistics Department also told Yi Yuanchao and his team, "Based on the low survival rate of chickens in the company in the past, the regiment will raise chickens and distribute them to the company when they grow to about half a pound.

Our group implemented a scientific and rapid fattening method, with each pig gaining more than one kilogram a day, and making a profit of more than 4000 yuan in five months."

Yi Yuanchao smiled and said, "In terms of production and operation, it is necessary for units above the regiment level to carry out some key projects.

However, how to help the company develop agricultural and sideline production, do a good job in planting and breeding, improve economic efficiency, and enhance the company's ability to develop itself and solve problems on its own is a very important task that our logistics agencies at all levels, especially the regiment logistics department, must focus on.

The logistics departments of your division’s training regiment, 1X8 regiment, and artillery regiment have set an example for our logistics system.”

After inspecting the teaching regiment, the next step is the artillery regiment.

The temperature at the division's artillery regiment's base was relatively low, and due to the lack of planting technology, the tomatoes grown by the company for many years were all green and bumpy. But this year they grew red and big.

What is the secret?
Representatives from a division stationed in the mountainous and cold areas of the Northwest Region were very interested.

They solved the mystery at the Artillery Regiment's Planting Experiment Guidance Center.

The logistics director of the artillery regiment told the inspection team that in order to help the company carry out spare-time production, they established a regiment planting experiment guidance center including a production backbone study room, thousands of square meters of plastic greenhouses and 25 acres of experimental fields.

Here, the company's production backbones are organized to learn planting techniques, conduct scientific experiments, and provide information and technical consultation.

This year, comrades from the Artillery Regiment's Experimental Guidance Center adopted measures such as selecting high-quality varieties, growing seedlings in greenhouses, planting in advance, and strengthening field management, and finally ended the history of tomatoes not turning red, allowing the soldiers to eat the red tomatoes they grew themselves for the first time.

Finally, Yi Yuanchao came to the booth of “XXX Unit Donkey-hide Gelatin Factory” of the division, carefully watched the process diagram of donkey-hide gelatin, and was amazed at the amber-colored donkey-hide gelatin tablets.

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Zhong Xingguo told Yi Yuanchao that in recent years, the logistics construction of grassroots troops has also undergone many changes, which are reflected in a series of major decisions made by the headquarters, and can also be felt in the "cells" where officers and soldiers live.

During a field trip to the grassroots level with Zhong Xingguo and his division, Yi Yuanchao heard many new topics about hard work and struggle.

For example, in order to make the soldiers' lives more scientific, a new life service community was built in the division.

On this day, squad leader Sun Pengfei asked the dry cleaner to take apart and wash the quilt for him.

Their instructor Yang Wenjing was a little uncomfortable when he found out: "Squad Leader Liu, you've been elected as a non-commissioned officer and received a salary. Do you know how to spend money?"

Squad leader Sun said, "Instructor, I spend 8 yuan and can free up a day to study. Isn't that more worthwhile?"

Instructor Yang also felt that what he said made sense.

In the past, the company would criticize anyone who went to the laundry to unpack clothes and quilts for losing the tradition of hard work.

Now, with the change of concepts, the practice of cherishing time and arranging life scientifically is advocated.

These subtle changes, first of all, are the liberation of ideas and concepts - how we should understand the meaning of soldiers' lives.

In the past, soldiers "demanded progress" and wasted a lot of time on "competing for performance."

Zhong Xingguo told a joke about life in the company back then: in winter, the stove was burning in the dormitory and the soldiers scrambled to remove the ashes.

As a result, you and I try to light the stove, and often the stove goes out.

"Today, the important thought of 'Three Represents' emphasizes the all-round development of people. Soldiers learn knowledge and hope to become talents. Time is the most precious.

Logistics construction should make the soldiers’ daily routine more scientific.”

This led to a new way of thinking about the understanding of hard work by the division party committee, and the company’s living habits changed a lot.

In the past, when cleaning and wiping windows, everyone would rush to do the work, holding old towels and waste newspapers.

Now, the company has bought magnetic glass wipers, which can make the glass as bright as a mirror in a short time, saving time and effort.

As for eating dumplings, in the past the whole company would do it, and it would take half a day to make them and still not be enough to eat;

Now people have changed their mindset. They spend a few dollars to go to the life service center to use a dumpling machine to make dumplings. They can make thousands of dumplings an hour, and only one cook is needed.

In fact, the new concept of cherishing time and living scientifically has been accepted by leadership organs at all levels of our army.

In their division, there are 27 sets of "cooking machinery and equipment for the regular division life service center" distributed by the headquarters in recent years alone.

With bread machines and grinders, cooks no longer have to get up in the middle of the night when the roosters crow to cook.

At that time, many company cadres criticized the new recruits: "If you can't even sew a button on your clothes, how can you learn to fight?"

Nowadays, recruits sometimes don't have to button their own clothes.

On that day, the Northwest Region Plateau Military Supply Service Team came to the door, and the communications officer of the 4th Artillery Company quietly pulled out the buttons that the instructor had helped him sew, and asked the service team to use a machine to press the iron buttons directly onto the training uniform.

Afterwards, the correspondent said with a smile: "Instructor, modern life is becoming more and more socialized, and there is no need to do everything by ourselves."

The "new argument" of this communicator made the comrades in charge of logistics think more.

Yes, hard work does not conflict with the social security of the military.

Faced with the general trend of change, we cannot always equate the old style of security with hard work.

To illustrate this concept, Zhong Xingguo used the example of a "pasted envelope".

In the past, each company had a good tradition of hard work, which was to paste envelopes by themselves, and even turn old envelopes over and use them again.

Now that the national postal system has adopted postal codes, envelopes are printed in a unified manner to facilitate sorting.

It's no use trying to be vague.

If we don’t integrate social security, it will not work anywhere.

As the vision broadened, the company's logistical support methods became more diverse.

The company no longer brings instant noodles when going out for training, but instead buys "Master Kong" noodles at the base.

The grassroots companies pickled their own sweet and sour garlic, chili sauce, spiced peanuts and other fine side dishes, but they went bad every year.

Now, we hire local professionals to do the work, the food tastes delicious, and their remuneration is much lower than the losses in previous years.

(End of this chapter)