Chapter 23: Padded clothes with residual warmth(1/2)
Then several people tore off their badges and cap badges and gave them to the two of them to put away. Although they were a little reluctant to part with them, they had to comply with the military order.
Before leaving, Mei Sheng added: "The political commissar said there are other tasks, but they need the company commander to arrive before they can be assigned."
"Then I'll be there right away."
Qianli nodded.
Mei Sheng and Lei Gong then left. In a blink of an eye, only Qianli, Xu Qing and Yu Congrong were left, and they walked towards the political commissar together.
The political commissar's office is not far away.
There are just a few long tables and chairs here, and a partition is slightly surrounded by discarded boxes and fiber cloth, which serves as an office. There are several officers in military uniforms sitting behind the tables and chairs.
They had just sent away a non-commissioned officer who had handed in his cap badges, closed the box full of badges, and looked up to see three people walking over.
Qianli saluted: "Hello, chief! I am the commander of the seventh interleaved company, Wu Qianli."
"Comrade Wu Qianli, I've finally waited for you!"
The officer at the office quickly stood up, saluted, and said with a smile: "I am not the chief, I am the special commissioner of the temporary resident political commissar. We have been waiting for a long time."
"it's the same!"
Qianli also smiled, held his hand and shook it vigorously: "Thank you, Comrade Commissioner!"
Yu Congrong couldn't wait to speak: "I heard that the superiors have assigned a mission to our Seventh Company?"
"Sorry." Qianli introduced: "This is the platoon leader of our company. He is impulsive."
"Nice to meet you!"
The special commissioner nodded and didn't care, "That's right. Your seventh interleaved company dared to fight and fought hard. You successfully completed many exemplary major combat missions in the Huaihai Campaign, and you were also named in the Ninth Corps.
This time when I enter the DPRK, your superiors have specially assigned your Seventh Company to complete a special secret mission. I hope you can go all out!"
Qianli put away his smile and became serious: "Please tell me."
The special commissioner took out a sealed document and handed it to him, repeating in his mouth: "In response to instructions from superiors: the 7th interleaving company will escort four translators and 20 radio stations into North Korea, and they must be delivered to the designated location as scheduled within seven days!
above."
Qianli saluted: "Yes! The Seventh Company promises to complete the mission!"
Xu Qing and Yu Congrong quickly followed suit.
Taking the document, Qianli opened the red clay seal and opened it to see that there was only a piece of white paper inside. He pulled it out and found three words written on it:
Arrive at Shiji.
Yu Congrong wanted to take a look, but he slapped him away.
"this?"
He pointed at the paper with some doubts: "Comrade Commissioner, it only says..."
The special commissioner stretched out his hand to stop:
"Look, it's okay. I can't look at it."
"The radio is to be sent to the North Korean battlefield for command and communication. It is related to the battle situation on the front line. This is a confidential operation. Comrade Qianli, I am only responsible for notifying you of the order. Please follow up on other matters.
"
"good……"
Thousands of miles of silence.
Although there were still many doubts in his mind: where was Shiji, how to get there, and the specific location. But it was his duty as a soldier, so he immediately put away the sealed documents.
"Comrade Qianli, there is no need to worry."
The special commissioner thought for a while and added: "Remember, you will still set off with the large army. After entering the DPRK, there will naturally be designated personnel in the army to provide you with mission follow-up."
Qianli nodded: "I understand."
The special correspondent turned around, pointed at the four young soldiers standing behind the desk and chairs, and said: "These four are the translators who need to be escorted. Twenty radio stations have been packed and they can get on the bus with you at any time."
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"Hello, Captain Wu, I have heard of your name in the Ninth Corps, and I finally meet you this time!"
A young warrior led by him came forward and said happily.
Qianli smiled and shook hands: "Hello, comrade translator!"
The special correspondent introduced: "This is a comrade from Beijing, Zhang Xiaoshan. He is the leader of their electronic translation team. If you have any other questions, you can ask him."
"good!"
After Qianli thanked the commissioner, he left with several translators and the radio station.
Because the task was quite confidential, Qianli did not directly ask the names of the other three translator comrades, but just shook hands one by one.
He said to the leading translator Zhang Shan: "Comrade Xiaoshan, you are all professionals from Beijing. However, the following itinerary and conditions may be somewhat difficult. I hope you can overcome them."
"Don't worry, comrade company commander!"
Zhang Xiaoshan waved his hand, "We have all made complete preparations and have written suicide notes. We will never hold anyone back!"
"I didn't mean this..."
Qianli was stunned for a moment when he heard the words. But he didn't continue. He nodded: "Okay, let's go back first and put the radio on the train and set it up."
"no problem."
All twenty radio stations were packed in boxes. They were not very heavy, but they took up a lot of space. Xu Qing and Yu Congrong each carried a few of them, so they could finish the job in one trip.
The group of people returned to the station platform. Most of the supplies sent by the seventh company from the station had been moved, and only the last few dozen boxes were left.
"Company commander..."
"Why are you pulling off your badge?"
"Yeah, without this, what kind of battle would we be fighting?"
When the soldiers saw company commander Wu Qianli coming back, they surrounded him one after another.
Qianli put down the radio and asked Yu Congrong and Xu Qing to move up first. He looked at everyone and said:
"I understand everyone's feelings, and so do I. But hundreds of thousands of troops in the entire army do this... and we are no exception."
"Remember the oath we swore on the train? We are the Chinese People's Volunteers, and we volunteer to send troops... Then we must bear such consequences."
All the soldiers fell silent upon hearing this.
"Don't worry, everyone, without cap badges and chest badges, we are still soldiers! We are still the Seventh Company! The number of every soldier is in our memory and will never be forgotten."
Talk and criticize. But everyone also knew that military orders must be carried out, and everyone cooperated.
In fact, under the previous call from Lei Gong and Mei Sheng, the mark badges on their bodies had long been gone.
This time everyone just complained.
After calming the soldiers' emotions, Qianli sighed. He actually didn't understand it very well, but military orders were hard to disobey. Turning around, he shook his head, hiding his thoughts.
But just in time, I saw the deputy station chief from before walking over with a large number of people. There were men and women, old and young, there were guards on duty and even ordinary people. They all carried handbags on their shoulders and carried such
Wearing such thick clothes, we rushed to the station with great enthusiasm.
"Webmaster, what are you..."
Qianli stepped forward quickly.
"Hey, don't say it!"
The deputy station chief of Northeast China waved his hand.
"Don't you ask me for cotton-padded clothes? I told our comrades about your situation, and everyone is very concerned about it. But... we really can't find any extra stock of cotton-padded clothes. We discussed it and decided to
Some winter clothes and quilts have been brought here!”
“No—it’s all given to you!”
Qianli hurriedly said: "This is inappropriate, this is something belonging to the folks..."
Deputy Station Manager: "Why is it inappropriate? As long as you don't mind it, we can call again. You are in urgent need - it's going to snow over the river soon!"
Qianli Ning choked: "But this weather... what about you?"
The deputy station director waved his hand: "We still have a house and a kang. Besides, the 50,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes will arrive in two days. Don't worry about us! Isn't that right, comrades?"
"yes!"
"I'm a woman, and I know it's not easy for you to fight, not to mention it's such a cold weather. Don't bore this comrade, the company commander, and accept it quickly!"
"Yes, take it quickly..."
These people immediately threw everything they had on their hands, shoulders, and hunched backs onto the train. Each piece of work seemed to be a huge "hidden weapon," and the soldiers standing at the entrance of the carriage were caught off guard.
It was smashed up.
After throwing away what I had brought with me, it was not enough to see that there were many people in the carriage. The big guys started to shout again and took off their clothes directly, then put on cotton monkeys, scarves, handbags, furs, coats, sweaters...
They are all used to keep warm in those nooks and crannies of the Northeast.
To be continued...