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

Chapter 667 The backbone!!!

Although the enrollment time for Wang Wei's new students at Jiangcheng Logistics College had already reached the end of summer or the beginning of autumn, the hot weather at night still prevented everyone from falling asleep.

Especially northern soldiers like Wang Wei, who found it difficult to adapt when they first arrived.

In desperation, these students from all over the country could only run to the washroom again and again in the middle of the night to take repeated cold showers to cool down their bodies.

The summer weather in Jiangcheng is extremely hot, with very little temperature difference between day and night.

Especially the mosquitoes along the Han River are generally larger in size and have sharp teeth. They can bite several big bumps on your body even through the mosquito net.

But the city is quite cold in winter.

Because it is located in the middle of the river and the municipal construction has no heating facilities, the house is sometimes even colder than outside.

More than 300 cadre students from the three student teams of the General Staff Department ate together in a dining hall that looked like a row of large warehouses.

The food was very ordinary, with coarse rice and stale grains, and big pot dishes with clear soup.

Although there was meat on the table, Wang Wei felt that the quality of the meat and the cooking techniques were not as good as those made by their company's kitchen team.

Because Wang Wei couldn't get used to the food here and his study and life were stressful, his weight dropped sharply to over 100 kilograms not long after he arrived here. In his second year at school, he was even hospitalized for several days due to anemia.

Fortunately, the school’s infrastructure began to be upgraded and renovated the year after they enrolled.

Entering the second semester, students from the Academy's Command Department and Staff Department were the first to move into a new modern teaching building to attend classes, and their learning conditions were greatly improved.

The study at the Logistics College is very intense.

Wang Wei, a student of the Command and Staff Department, is the first batch of military officers to implement the academic education reform in the logistics system led by Liu Zhiye. The academic qualification test starts from a college diploma and the study period is tentatively set at two years.

However, the courses that Wang Wei and his classmates studied in the two years were basically designed according to the undergraduate degree.

There are more than twenty courses ranging from basic theory, subject knowledge, professional courses to practical operations, including graduation thesis.

Basic theoretical subjects include: basic principles of Marxism; philosophy; political economy; modern history; principles of statistics; computer theory and technology, etc.

Military theory subjects include: strategic thinking of great men; research on foreign armies; campaign science; campaign logistics; tactics; tactical logistics; logistics staff science, etc.

Basic military subjects include: military history; military topography; knowledge of military services; military operations research; military document writing; computer operation; and knowledge of various military logistics support professions.

Military application subjects include: command principles and methods for offensive and defensive battles of infantry divisions and regiments; logistics support principles and methods for various types of offensive and defensive battles of infantry divisions and regiments; graduation thesis, etc.

Field practical operations include: on-site simulation of divisional offensive and defensive tactical exercises; live-fire shooting of various light weapons; reading maps using icons; moving according to maps and azimuths; tactical sand table construction; car driving; military physical training; swimming training, etc.

Two years and four semesters are obviously not enough to complete these theoretical and practical courses.

In order to resolve this contradiction, after Wang Wei entered the school, the school decided to cancel their winter vacation system.

This will provide more than a month of extra class time.

Unexpectedly, not long after entering school, Wang Wei and his classmates encountered two emergencies in Jiangcheng City one after another, which directly brought new shocks to their course schedule!

The first incident occurred in October of that year. Due to continuous heavy rains, serious flooding disaster occurred in the urban area of ​​Jiangcheng City.

The ground in the city was flooded everywhere, and even the dormitory where Wang Wei and his friends lived was flooded with ankle-deep rainwater.

At this time, the water level of the Han River outside the school wall suddenly rose sharply and exceeded the warning level.

The school responded to the mobilization call of the Jiangcheng Municipal Government. Classes were suspended across the school and all officers and soldiers were engaged in the tense battle to fight the flood.

Wang Wei and other students transported soil and sand, filled in stones to stop leaks, and stood guard on the levee for more than ten days. Finally, after the flood receded to a safe level, they withdrew from the Han River levee and returned to school for classes.

The second incident occurred at the end of November. In order to solve the problem of urban waterlogging, the Jiangcheng Municipal Government launched a massive municipal engineering campaign to dredge the Huangxiao River, a flood drainage channel in the urban area that had almost dried up due to years of siltation.

The headquarters requires the garrison units in Jiangcheng City to fully support and cooperate with the local government in this work.

As a result, the Advanced Logistics School temporarily suspended classes, and all students and faculty members were involved in the dredging project of the city's rivers.

Wang Wei and other PLA cadets, together with personnel from various units across the city, dug soil and carried mud on the Huangxiao River, sweating profusely.

Everyone worked hard on the construction site for more than half a month, and only after the project was completed did Wang Wei and his classmates return to school to continue their classes.

In order to make up for the lost study time, the school, the staff department and the student team leaders took a multi-pronged approach and further shortened the vacation and holiday rest time for Wang Wei and his classmates.

A series of incentives and reward and punishment measures have been adopted to ensure that the teaching syllabus tasks are completed on time.

Among the more than 20 learning subjects set up by the Staff Department, most courses are graduation examination subjects, and a small number of auxiliary courses are graduation assessment subjects.

The school stipulates that students who fail one subject in the graduation examination will not be issued a graduation certificate.

Those who fail to meet the requirements in two examination subjects will not be able to obtain a graduation certificate.

Since there is not enough study time during the day, Wang Wei and his classmates make up for it at night.

After dinner and before lights out, all the classrooms in the school are brightly lit.

The teachers give lectures seriously in the classroom during the day, and they come to the study room at night to provide careful guidance to the students.

During this period, Wang Wei and other cadre trainees established good teacher-student relationships with many teachers in the school.

Even during holidays, Wang Wei and his classmates often went to some teachers' homes in groups of three or five to eat.

In order to strengthen the incentives for learning, the leaders of the student team took an even more radical approach.

On the entire back wall of the Second Staff Team Club, there is a "public list" of all the students' grades in various subjects.

On this wall, whenever the exam results of a course are released, the scores of all students are posted on the list with numbers in different colors.

90分以上为红字；80至90分为黄字；70至80分为蓝字；70分以下为黑字。

This wall of achievements remained up for two years until Wang Wei and his classmates graduated.

These guys are all elites from various units. The achievement is a small matter, but the face is a big matter.

In order to get the red words on the wall and eliminate the black words, every student has devoted all their physical and mental energy and spare time to study.

After enrolling in school, Wang Wei, a veteran in the military who had served in logistics for many years, initially thought that the learning pressure of these courses would not be too great.

I am also quite confident that I can handle these exams and examination subjects with ease.

However, under the influence of these incentive competition measures of the school and the student team, Wang Wei also felt a sharp increase in pressure and no longer dared to take it lightly.

I could only work overtime like everyone else to consolidate my knowledge and memorize conceptual theories day and night.

Otherwise, if Wang Wei, an old logistics veteran and two-time squad leader of the NCO academy cadet team, actually fell off the red list on the performance list, wouldn't that be a very embarrassing thing?
Regardless of holidays, in the school library and on the campus boulevards, there are military cadets like Wang Wei holding books, looking focused, and memorizing theoretical concepts.

At night, inside the dozen or so mosquito nets in the large dormitory, there was a flickering flashlight light.

Most of the students were still sweating profusely in their mosquito nets reviewing their lessons long after the lights-out signal was blown...

The examination system of the Logistics Academy is quite strict, sometimes so harsh that it is almost inhumane.

Wang Wei is a company-level student in the student team. He was an old staff officer in a certain army unit before entering the school. He had always had good academic performance in all subjects and was very strict with himself.

In a graduation course examination, in order to get a score of 90 and be on the list, he just sneaked a glance at a piece of review paper he brought with him during the break of the exam. Unexpectedly, he was discovered on the spot by a staff officer from the school's Academic Affairs Office who came down to inspect the examination room.

This academic advisor is young and energetic, and extremely serious.

The student was immediately judged to have cheated in the exam, his score was reset to zero, and he was not allowed to retake the exam.

This affected the final issuance of this cadre trainee's graduation certificate.

This logistics academy not only has intensive study and training, but of course interesting things also happen.

There was an incident in the Finance Department where a student candidate suddenly "disappeared" because of an exam.

On this day, the Finance Department was organizing a professional subject examination.

When calling the roll in the examination room, it was suddenly discovered that a student had "disappeared" for no reason.

Therefore, the invigilator urgently asked people to look for him everywhere, but there was no trace of him...

The department team leader was shocked when he heard the news, so he sent people to search every corner of the campus. Finally, he was found unconscious in a small cubicle in the toilet of the teaching building.

It turned out that in order to get good grades, the student felt so much pressure before the exam that he stayed up all night reviewing his lessons in bed the night before.

Before entering the examination room the next day, he wanted to use the time he had to go to the toilet to memorize a few more passages.

Unexpectedly, due to mental stress and overwork, he suddenly fainted in the toilet.

Fortunately, after being treated at the college's affiliated hospital, the student was finally safe and sound.

Such "fun" also led to a thrilling episode during the swimming training assessment of Wang Wei and his staff team 2.

The standard of excellence in the swimming training test is to cross the Han River;
The passing standard is that the students can swim at least 50 meters in the swimming pool without any clothes.

However, Lao Chen, the leader of the second squad of the second staff team, was born a landlubber. Although he had practiced for a period of time with a lifebuoy, it was still quite difficult for him to swim the 50-meter distance unarmed.

However, the school’s examination requirements are very strict, and no one can be left behind in any examination or test subject.

When it was Lao Chen's turn to take the test, he mustered up his courage and plunged into the water...

Unexpectedly, something unexpected happened.

Wang Wei saw that he had only swam a dozen meters in the water, then suddenly rolled a few times in the water and disappeared.

Seeing only bubbles but no one on the surface of the swimming pool, Teacher Xiao, the examiner of the swimming class, felt that something was wrong and quickly jumped into the water to save people.

When Lao Chen was pulled ashore from the bottom of the water, he closed his eyes and lay on Teacher Xiao's legs, spitting out several large mouthfuls of water from his stomach...

Fortunately, there was no danger in the end.

The logistics staff professional course cannot just be taught on paper in the classroom; the syllabus also includes a large number of field training subjects.

During the two years of studying in the military academy, Wang Wei's team of students went to the rear school training base in Changxuanling, Huangpi County twice.

In this training base in the Beihu Mountain area, every student personally experienced two months of field training life.

Wang Wei and other students spent the New Year's Day of that year at the base in Changxuanling, accompanied by the biting cold wind at the foot of Mulan Mountain.

Here, Wang Wei and his team conducted field exercises of tactical exercises;

Field work and mapping assignments for military topography courses;
We completed on-site operations such as traveling by vehicle, on foot according to the map, and at night according to the azimuth;
A tactical sand table construction competition was also held in classes;
In particular, the live-fire shooting drills with various light weapons and Type 40 rocket launchers seemed to bring Wang Wei and other students back to the battlefield of the Two Mountains.

Although the living conditions at the training base are quite difficult, this kind of learning and drills close to actual combat have really improved the ability of staff trainees like Wang Wei to adapt to future battlefields.

This batch of students is the first batch to implement the logistics reform. The age range of this batch of cadre students in the Second Staff Team is very wide.

There are both "old cadres" like Wang Wei, who are 26 or 27 years old, and "young guys" who have just been promoted.

The students originally worked in different units.

There are staff officers from headquarters, regions and military agencies at all levels, as well as grassroots cadres from front-line companies.

Everyone's work experience is different.

There are participants in the "Two Mountains War" and cadres working in local logistics bases.

When Wang Wei graduated in 1995, the academic performance of their Second Staff Team had always been among the best in the department.

Not only that, many athletes and cultural and artistic backbones of the Second Staff Team always win surprising honors for their group in various cultural and sports competitions organized by the school.

In addition, in many military-civilian joint activities organized by the school, such as voluntary blood donation, helping civilians with labor, and tutoring and educating children in local schools, the students of the Second Staff Team are always at the forefront of these activities.

What Wang Wei didn't know was that among the students in their Second Staff Team, there were many hidden talents.

Many years later, many people have demonstrated outstanding talents in their respective fields of work.

Among these people, some grew up to become military commanders at the army or division level;

Some of them were transferred to serve as leaders at the department or division level in local areas;
Some have become experts and scholars with many publications; some have become famous calligraphers and painters; some have become successful business owners; some have become well-known professional backbones in the local workplace...

Wang Wei graduated from the Advanced Logistics College with excellent results and returned to the division logistics department to report.

As soon as he put down his luggage, he received an urgent summons from Minister Shao Jiawang.

Walking into the director's office, Shao Jiawang was reviewing documents at his desk. When he saw Wang Wei coming in, he immediately put down his pen and smiled with satisfaction: "Comrade Wang Wei, you have performed very well in the college! Not only are your grades in various subjects among the best, but you also won honors for our division in the logistics system competition."

Wang Wei straightened his back and looked determined: "Report to the Minister, this is all the result of the organization's training! I don't know about my work arrangements..."

Shao Jiawang stood up and took out a red-headed document from the filing cabinet: "The Party Committee of the Division has decided to give you a heavier burden." He paused and said earnestly: "Director Song of the 1X7 Regiment is about to retire, and the organization has decided that you will act as the logistics director of the regiment.

This regiment is stationed in the snowy mountains. The environment is harsh and the mission is arduous. You must be mentally prepared."

Wang Wei was shocked when he heard this. The 1X7 Regiment was a well-known "hard bone" in the division. Its base was at a high altitude and had a harsh climate, making logistical support extremely difficult.

But he did not hesitate at all, and immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Please rest assured, Chief, I will definitely live up to your expectations!"

Shao Jiawang nodded with satisfaction and took out a brown paper file bag from the drawer: "This is the logistics status analysis report of the 1X7 regiment.

They have just completed the rotation, and they are facing challenges in terms of material storage, barracks repairs, and medical support.”

Shao Jiawang walked to the window and pointed to the snow-capped mountains in the distance. "Especially as winter is approaching, the heating pipelines are seriously aging. Last year, some soldiers suffered frostbite."

Wang Wei took the heavy file bag and his fingertips touched the thick data tables and on-site photos inside.

He noticed a photo frame on the minister's desk. In the photo, a young Shao Jiawang was standing in front of a sentry post with snow in the background.

"I also stayed in the snowy mountains ten years ago." Shao Jiawang followed his gaze and explained, "Remember, the warmth and coldness of border guards is their combat effectiveness.

Next week, Lao Song will come to the division headquarters to take over, you two can have a good chat. "

The sound of training slogans came from outside the window, and Wang Wei felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was heavier than he had imagined.

But he remembered his teacher's advice before graduation: the more difficult the place, the more it can train true logistics pioneers.

Wang Wei opened the first page of the file bag and saw a defense zone map densely marked with red warning marks.

He noticed that next to the highest altitude outpost No. 3, someone had written in pencil the words "Supply cut off for up to 47 days in winter", and the handwriting was a little blurred.

"Minister, I saw that the report mentioned the issue of equipment upgrades for the transport company." Wang Wei had just started to speak when Shao Jiawang raised his hand to interrupt him: "The division party committee has specially approved two new all-terrain transport vehicles, which will be in place next month."

He turned around and took out a yellowed "Alpine Region Logistics Manual" from the bookcase. "This is what I compiled back then, and I'm passing it on to you now."

There were hurried footsteps in the corridor, and Staff Officer Zhang from the Training Department pushed the door open and said, "Report! The 1X7 Regiment just sent an urgent message, saying that a tornado caused a certain outpost..."

Shao Jiawang immediately picked up the phone and said, "Order the emergency support company to set off immediately and take Comrade Wang Wei with them."

"Wang Wei, it would be a good opportunity for you to go with us so that we can get to know the details of the 1x7 regiment in advance."

"Yes!" Wang Wei immediately followed the division's logistics support company when he saw there was a mission.

Lao Guo, the company commander of the support company of the division’s logistics department, is an old acquaintance of Wang Wei.

When Wang Wei served as a staff officer in the Logistics Department, the two often visited each other for work and established a deep comradeship with each other.

Lao Guo was busy directing the company's officers and soldiers to prepare the transport convoy and allocate supplies for the upcoming mission.

He was dressed in a neat training uniform, holding a list of supplies, patrolling back and forth between the convoys, and giving orders loudly from time to time.

Just then, Wang Wei walked over with steady steps.

Old Guo looked up and was stunned at first, then he smiled in surprise: "Hey! Isn't this Staff Officer Wang? I heard that you went to the military academy for further studies. Are you back after graduation?"

Wang Wei smiled and nodded in response: “Yes, Lao Guo, I just finished my studies and came back to report.

The commander specially arranged for me to carry out this mission with your company."

Hearing this, Lao Guo looked at Wang Wei carefully and frowned, "Officer Wang, why are you going to the snowy mountains with us wearing this autumn outfit?"

(End of this chapter)