In the maintenance workshop.
Zhang Shan wants to talk about what happened on the battlefield.
The members of the charter team and Li Aiguo all became energetic and gathered around.
A look of reminiscence appeared on Zhang Shan's rough cheeks, and the thick fingers holding the cigarette butt trembled slightly. The cigarette butt fell to the ground, and smoke curled up.
The sound of vicissitudes of life spreads along with the green smoke.
[The situation was urgent and there was a shortage of supplies at the front.
When we got to the North Korean side, we were divided into groups of six and put in charge of a freight train.
In fact, they don’t pay much attention to freight trains, they just have two or three carriages hanging on the locomotive.
The carriages contained food, weapons and ammunition.
The train departs from North Korea's east line and pulls to the west line.
After unloading the trucks on the Western Front, they took the empty trucks back to the Eastern Front.
At that time, the Western Front was the most dangerous place
American planes hovered in the sky all day long.
If you spot a train, it's like an eagle catching a chick.
Swooping down, there was a burst of rattling fire.
Armor-piercing bullets as thick as fingertips were fired at the locomotive as if they were desperate.
Be it petrol bombs, explosive bombs or cluster bombs, as long as they are weapons, you can throw them on the train.
Although the train is made of steel, it cannot withstand such abuse.
As long as the lower connecting rod, crankshaft and other key things are hit, the train will have to lie down.
The American devils are very bad.
When they see that the train cannot move, they will drop bombs from the sky and blow the train to pieces.
The driver who went with me.
Several of them were sitting in the driver's building, watching bombs fall from the sky. 】
After saying this, the corners of Zhang Shan's eyes turned red, and he stretched out his dark palms to wipe away his tears.
Li Aiguo's blood surged all over his body, and his throat became choked with sobs.
In later movies, he had seen the tragedy on the battlefield at that time.
The real situation is a hundred times more tragic than what is shown in the movie.
The air gradually became thicker. Zhang Shan took out a cigarette with trembling hands and stuffed it into his mouth.
Li Aiguo stood up, struck a match and helped him light it.
Zhang Shan took a deep breath and continued:
[Later, the leaders above realized something was wrong.
If this continues, if we only order trains like this, will we all be attacked by the Japanese?
So I ordered this train. The cat was in the tunnel during the day.
Wait until night, and if we start moving again, won't your plane be invisible?
At the beginning, a lot of results were indeed achieved, and the damage rate of trains was greatly reduced.
The American devils are very clever, and they soon figured it out.
In order for your train to move, you must burn the boiler, and the chimney of the boiler must emit smoke and fire.
As long as there is fire on the ground, the aircraft will aim at the fire and sweep it accurately.
The loss rate has gone up again.
Now I don’t dare to go out during the day, and I don’t dare to leave at night.
The train was carrying a car full of guns and ammunition, but they could only hide in the tunnel.
Watching helplessly, the comrades on the front line were hungry and risking their lives against the enemy due to lack of ammunition.
If a person dies and the bird faces upward, he will not die for tens of millions of years.
Several comrades in our charter group decided to fight to the death.
Of course, we can't act recklessly, we have to use our brains.
I sent my liaison comrade from North Korea to a nearby village and borrowed more than a dozen quilts to cover the locomotive so tightly that no light could penetrate.
There is a small hole left in the small window next to the driver for ventilation and looking out.
Together with the co-driver and the stoker, the boiler was boiling so hot in the tunnel that the air pressure almost exploded.
Then, taking advantage of the darkness, I got on the train and rushed outside.
The American plane was circling in the sky, but hey, it just couldn't see us.
Of course, things were not going well inside the locomotive either.
Think about it, the smoke can't come out, and it all pours into the locomotive. It's so dark that you can't see your fingers.
In this way, he drove the train for more than two hundred miles.
How about talking about American devils?
Ghostly and ghostly.
They quickly realized something was wrong and began throwing flares down below.
The flares flashed brightly and the train was suddenly exposed.
Just when the American devils were about to strike cruelly.
We had an idea and asked the co-pilot to open the quilt covering the top of the train.
Good guy, the black smoke that had been stuffed inside the locomotive for so long suddenly jumped out.
The black smoke roared and covered the entire train.
The American devils on the plane had never seen this scene before.
His aim was misaligned and he could only fly the plane randomly in the air.
Let's take advantage of this opportunity to drive the train and run away.
Once you get to the next tunnel, hide again.
In the tunnel, burn the boiler for a while, wait until the black smoke is almost gone, and then drive the train out.
In this way, three carriages of weapons and ammunition were completely delivered to the front line.
After the superiors learned the news, they immediately asked me to write a report on my experience and submit it.
Soon, all train drivers adopted this method.
The authorities also gave this method a resounding name, called the Beacon Train. 】
After the words fell, there was silence in the room.
As a train driver, Li Aiguo clearly knows the power of soot.
That's not soot, that's poisonous gas that can kill people.
Train drivers on the battlefield voluntarily created soot in order to deliver supplies to the soldiers on the front line.
In this way, Li Aiguo remembered what Li's father once said: "I can't retreat, because behind me is my motherland and my home!"
It is precisely because of these ancestors that there is no care about gains and losses, only no hesitation.
Only then can one punch be delivered, so as to avoid hundreds of punches, and gain a favorable environment for the development of future generations.
After hearing the origin of the 'Beacon Train', Cao Wenzhi let out a long sigh and said: "Lao Zhang, although I have always felt that I am no worse than you over the years, I still have to give you a thumbs up on this matter. You are a man. Got it!"
"Over the years, when I think about not being able to go to the battlefield, my heart feels empty."
Zhang Shan took a deep breath from his cigarette, and the smoke obscured his face: "It's a pity that the beacon train was invented too late, and so many solicitors couldn't come back."
Li Aiguo was about to stand up when the dispatcher's voice came from outside.
"Comrades of the 131st crew, your steam engine has completed the supply of coal and water. Please set off immediately."
Cao Wenzhi stood up and shook hands with Zhang Shan: "Lao Zhang, I admire you, I will not give in at all. When the competition is held at the end of the year, we will compete again!"
"Okay, I'll wait for you!" Zhang Shan smiled heartily.
Li Aiguo was touched in his heart.
Friendship is friendship and never gives in at work. This is what a man should do.
After leaving the maintenance workshop, we boarded the 131 steam engine head.
Just as the steam engine was about to start, the worker responsible for loading coal called Master Zheng, the stoker, down and muttered something under his breath.
Master Zheng's eyes widened and his face looked a little ugly, but he still nodded: "Don't worry, I will pay attention."
"What's wrong, Master Zheng?"
After he got into the car, Li Aiguo asked casually.
(End of chapter)
