The first step in starting a steam locomotive: filling the coal.
The stoker received Li Aiguo's signal.
He picked up the coal shovel, turned 180 degrees, bent down, and shoveled a shovel full of coal.
Turn around again and press the furnace switch with your left foot.
The moment the furnace was opened, his left hand was in front and his right hand was behind.
He gripped the handle of the shovel tightly, pushed it forward, flicked his wrists, and the coals flew evenly into the furnace like a goddess scattering flowers.
With a 'tang', the flames jumped out.
The stoker gently raised his feet and the furnace door closed instantly.
The movements and postures are free and elegant, which cannot be achieved in more than ten years.
Before Li Aiguo could say anything with emotion, he suddenly noticed that the light in the cab seemed to be dimmed a lot.
The originally clear instrument became hazy.
He sniffed and smelled the pungent smell of soot.
Looking back, I saw thick smoke billowing out of the furnace as the stoker kept filling coal.
The driver's building soon filled with smoke, just like Taishang Laojun's alchemy furnace.
Li Aiguo looked out of the left window, but it was all blurry and he couldn't see anything clearly.
The middle-aged driver had long been accustomed to this and was smoking a cigarette in the thick smoke.
The two examiners also looked like this.
All right.
The working environment of train drivers is so harsh.
They come, the security.
Li Aiguo stood up and blew the whistle. After sitting firmly, he grabbed the ring handle on the upper left side. The bottom of the train made an exhaust sound of whirring, whirring, whirring.
Instantly, thick white smoke rose from both sides of the train.
Under the shroud of smoke, the huge train looks like a mount in the world of immortality.
Just can't fly...
As the train moved, the smoke in the driver's building dissipated a lot, and the vision gradually became clearer.
Li Aiguo took a deep breath, pushed the handle forward, loosened the small brake, and pulled the steam valve...
Feeling the push from the steel chair behind him, Li Aiguo became highly concentrated and stood up from time to time to look ahead.
Especially when passing through the wild entrance, I stood up in advance.
Seeing Li Aiguo's demeanor, the middle-aged driver nodded with satisfaction: "You are a man who cherishes his life."
"There is nothing we can do. We haven't seen the country become prosperous and prosperous, and we haven't seen the fall of imperialism, so naturally we have to spare a small life."
Li Aiguo said jokingly while skillfully operating the gate.
"..."
The middle-aged driver was silent for a moment, then turned to look at the two examiners behind him: "Xiao Wang, is poor talking a point deduction?"
"Master Zhang, there is no such item in the project list. Please be more patient." The young examiner's mouth twitched to suppress a smile.
The middle-aged driver smiled bitterly and shook his head. This young man named Li Aiguo had never made any mistakes since he got on the bus.
The driving level he showed was even higher than that of an experienced driver like him who had been on the Korean battlefield.
Every operation is so decisive and just right.
It's just that... there is no precedent for achieving perfect scores in practical exams.
However, don't worry, you can always find opportunities to deduct points when you park and get off the car.
Li Aiguo's heart was not as relaxed as it seemed.
Although he has superb driving skills in his mind with the help of the system.
But it is not an easy thing to realize the ideas in your mind with your hands.
This is called.
Brain: "I know it!"
Hand: "No, you won't."
Tall buildings rise from the ground,
To become a real train driver, you still need to make progress in actual operations.
The journey of more than ten kilometers took almost only a blink of an eye. After passing through the gate and turning the corner, the train quickly headed towards the starting point.
Hearing the roar in the distance, all the candidates on the scene looked up in unison.
The middle-aged driver straightened up, joined the two examiners, and turned his attention to Li Aiguo.
Now comes the most crucial step - parking.
Along the way, they didn't find any points that could be deducted.
Now we can only hope for the hardest part.
Li Aiguo smiled faintly, stood up and looked ahead, calculating the braking distance in his mind instantly.
The hands that had been waiting for a long time decisively grasped the two brake handles.
There was a harsh sound of wheels rubbing against the rails from the bottom of the train, and the speed of the train gradually slowed down.
Slower and slower, slower and slower...
Everyone's eyes were fixed on the first row of wheels.
The jet-black wheels gradually approached the white lime line.
A little, a little...
Stop.
Wow!
The crowd was like boiling water.
The front wheels of the train actually stopped firmly on the white lime line.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" Liu Erfeng rubbed his eyes.
Liu Chunhua frowned: "This kid is really lucky."
The happiest person is Zhang Dahua.
She rushed to the locomotive and shouted to Li Aiguo: "You have to treat me this time."
Li Aiguo: .....
Inside the locomotive.
The two examiners looked at each other.
Could it be that the first full score in the practical examination of the general engineering section is about to appear?
The middle-aged driver smiled strangely and winked at them, indicating not to worry.
He tightened his collar and stood up. He took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Li Aiguo.
"Come on, little comrade, behave well and get one."
Li Aiguo was upright and waved his hand to refuse: "Sorry, I am a train driver. According to the driver's regulations, you cannot smoke while driving."
"..."
The middle-aged driver was silent for a moment: "That's not what you just said."
"I haven't passed the test just now. I am not an official train driver, so I don't need to hold myself to the standards of a train driver." Li Aiguo said confidently.
Yes, this guy is a slippery boy, and he passed another item with points deducted.
Don't worry, there is still a chance.
The middle-aged driver took a deep breath, calmed down, and said in a friendly manner: "Comrade, congratulations on passing the practical test. You can get off the car now."
"Thanks!"
The moment Li Aiguo opened the door, the middle-aged driver and the two examiners stared at him with wide eyes.
Just waiting for him to jump out of the car, he picked up the pen and deducted ten points from him.
But he saw that Li Aiguo did not jump out of the car.
Instead, he grabbed the two handles on the driver's roof and swung down like a monkey.
At the moment of landing, facing the locomotive.
Middle-aged driver: ....
Two examiners: ....
Li Aiguo smiled at them and said, "Sorry, my father taught me that train drivers should not turn their backs to the locomotive when getting off the train. Do you think it is appropriate for me to do this?"
"suitable..."
The middle-aged driver suddenly burst into laughter: "I didn't expect that the first perfect score in practical operation in our section was born in the hands of Zhang Shan."
"Zhang Shan, Zhang Shan, you are impressed. As long as your skills are high, it doesn't matter if you get a perfect score!"
Zhang Shan... Li Aiguo tasted the name, his heart skipped a beat, and he raised his head and looked at the middle-aged driver.
"Are you the Zhang Dache sent by our General Engineering Section to the Korean battlefield?"
Li Aiguo once heard his father talk about it.
When the war broke out, in order to quickly transport materials, the main section dispatched a large number of outstanding train drivers from various sections to North Korea.
Li Aiguo's father bit off his finger and wrote the application, but it was rejected because Li Aiguo was still young and needed company.
A total of twenty train drivers were selected,
Only five came back in the end.
Zhang Shan is the only one who is fully alive.
and.
He came back with military medals.
Zhang Shan has since become a legend in the general section.
Zhang Shan was silent for a moment after hearing this, looked at Li Aiguo and said: "What Zhang Dache? The real Zhang Dache has died on the battlefield with those old guys. My name is Zhang Shan, and I am just an ordinary train driver. .”
His face, covered with vicissitudes of life, looked particularly solemn and desolate under the golden sunset.
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