Ship No. 53 is berthed at berth No. 7 of Pier 3. This is a berth next to the trestle that only main ships are eligible to enjoy.
For soldiers, what do they most want to do when they come back from a trip?
Set foot on land and have a good rest.
The problem is that it is impossible for all people on the same boat to go to land. In many cases, even if they can go to land, except for those with families and those who have settled locally, they can go home on vacation. Others can only apply to go out, and the outing can usually only be one day. .
Therefore, the advantages of berths are highlighted. You can go ashore after walking down the gangway. As for those at far berths, you must rely on traffic boats to land. Traffic boats are not available at all times. They have to be driven according to time nodes. One comes and two go. After spending two or three hours out of the day, there is naturally less at my disposal.
Therefore, sailors all hope that their ships can be parked at the berth.
As more and more cutting-edge third-generation ships enter service, the construction of military port facilities has been unable to keep up with the pace. Many old ships are arranged to far berths in the middle of the harbor, leaving the near berths for main ships to berth. Of course, the position is exclusive to the most important ships.
Generally speaking, tonnage is king.
Therefore, we can often see tens of thousands of tons of Type 071 dock landing ships berthing, 052C and 052D berthing, and 054A frigates are also okay. Two or three frigates berth next to each other, such as the No. 53 frigate and other old frigates that served in the 1980s. The ship can only park at the far berth.
The chain of contempt exists objectively.
The No. 53 frigate has its own berth, and there are no brother ships next to it, which shows the special status of the ship.
At this time, in the engine room of the No. 53 ship, the engine squad soldiers, Corporal Gu Xiaohui and his squad leader and master Wang Fugui completed the last process, and the last maintenance work of the power system was declared completed.
After packing up the tools, Gu Xiaohui said, "Squad leader, I want to apply for leave. As I told you last time, if I continue to stay, I have to go home. I haven't been home for five years."
Wang Fugui glanced at Gu Xiaohui. He did not speak, but carefully counted the tools. Gu Xiaohui is the main operator. He has already done the inventory. According to the operation requirements, the leader on duty must also do the inventory and confirm that it is correct before returning to his position.
After confirming that everything was correct, Wang Fugui signaled Gu Xiao to return the items to their proper places, and he supervised the entire process.
They have carried out this process thousands of times, but every time they follow the requirements strictly, no matter how small the details are, they cannot take it lightly.
After taking off his labor protection gloves, Wang Fugui said, "Your family is from Xinhui, Guangdong, right?"
"Yes, Jiangmen Xinhui is not far from Wuya." Gu Xiaohui said.
The master and apprentice climbed up from the engine room to the deck. The opportunity to breathe fresh air was only available when berthing. Most of the time on the ship was enclosed in the engine room. Hot, noisy, and unable to see the sun, this is the daily life of an engineer soldier.
Wang Fugui said, "Now the new trainee captain is responsible for the work on the ship. I'm not sure whether he will approve your leave."
"I heard that a young man who flies a plane didn't know that his superiors did this. He hired such a person to be our trainee captain. The captain is hospitalized. Shouldn't he be in charge of the Spring Festival duty? What about brothers? What should I do?" Gu Xiaohui was filled with resentment.
His grievances represent the grievances of the officers and soldiers on the ship, especially the soldiers. Not to mention that every other line is like a mountain. The key is that Li Hai is too young. The captain is hospitalized. If he cannot be on duty during the Spring Festival, it will not be the turn of such a young man to take charge.
Vice Captain Chang Haizhou is the most hoped-for candidate for the officers and soldiers of the No. 53 ship. With him, everyone can rest assured.
Wang Fugui waved his hand to signal Gu Xiaohui not to talk nonsense, and said, "The superiors have considered it and can transfer him here and let him be responsible for the work on the ship, which shows that he has this ability."
"Then what about my leave? We were still at sea when it was confirmed that I would stay on leave, and the vice-captain verbally agreed." Gu Xiaohui said.
He enlisted in the army on December 18, 2014. As of today, January 11, 2020, Gu Xiaohui has served for five years and twenty-three days. During this period, due to the heavy tasks of the 53rd ship, he did not take family leave.
I was 18 years old when I came in, and now I am 23 years old, and I have never been back home once.
Is it possible for family members to visit even though I'm in jail?
Wang Fugui is someone who has been there. He can understand his apprentice's homesickness very well and said, "Have you written your leave application?"
"I've written it down a long time ago. I'm just waiting for the maintenance work to be completed before I dare to mention it." Gu Xiaohui quickly took it out of his pocket.
Wang Fugui said, "You and I will go find Captain Li for approval."
The two of them had just walked to the gangway. The navigation, gunnery, radar, electromechanical and other departments were led this way by their squad leaders as if they had made an appointment.
"Old Wang, what are you doing?" Zhang Huo, the leader of the gun squad, is a tall man of 1.8 meters. He walks like a tiger and has a loud voice. He is five years younger than Wang Fugui, but he is already two years old. He was in his last year as a sergeant major. He pointed at Wang Fugui and asked.
Wang Fugui said, "Look for Captain Li."
"That's a coincidence. We soldiers are all looking for Captain Li. It's about vacation. I guess, although it's only ten days of vacation, it's better than nothing, right." Zhang Huo laughed.
Wang Fugui waved his hand and said nothing more, leading Gu Xiaohui down the gangway first.
This is a first-come, first-served basis. If the leader feels that there are too many people taking leave, those who apply later will have no choice but to express regret.
Zhang Huo also knew that there was a soldier in their main artillery squad who was in the same situation as Gu Xiaohui, so he took three steps at a time and two steps to keep up with Wang Fugui, leaving the rest behind him. The squad leaders led by the others were not qualified enough. First of all, they did not dare to compete with the two senior squad leaders, especially Wang Fugui, so they could only follow behind them honestly.
Many people who have served in the military tell their younger generations that when they get to the army, if they have the chance, they must choose a capable squad leader. As long as your squad leader is strong, even the platoon leader can't do anything to you.
It's a rough statement, but it's true.
Li Hai sat in the standard office and looked through the relevant information of the 53rd ship, starting from getting familiar with the weapons under his command. When flying a plane, you have to manage two poles and two rudders so that one person has enough to eat and the whole family is not hungry. But it is different now. There are 200 people on the ship. According to the army infantry force, this is almost two companies of troops. If it is according to the aviation force, In total, there are not even 200 pilots in one division.
So he was surprised to find that he was now in charge of more soldiers than Colonel Zhang Xueyang, the chief instructor of the Flying Shark Training Team.
Li Hai couldn't help but pick up the phone and dial the Feisha Army to find Dang Weimin. He wanted to show off to Dang Weimin that he was in charge of the affairs of Soldier No. 200, but he was told that Dang Weimin was training.
After a moment of self-pity, Wang Fugui and others appeared at the door.
