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After everything was settled, Xiao Li finally remembered to send a telegram to Beijing.
The 8147th Regiment is a three-three regiment. It has three battalions, each with three companies, each company with three platoons, and each platoon with three squads. Because it is an independent regiment, it has a logistics platoon.
The third platoon under the third company of the third battalion is the logistics platoon of the regiment. The first squad is the cooking squad, and the remaining two squads are radio operators.
If Xiao Li wanted to send a telegram, he had to find the regiment's radio operator, so he went directly to the regiment's simple telegraph station.
When Xiao Li arrived, several female soldiers were practicing sending telegrams on an idle machine. He knocked on the door and went in: "Are you busy?"
A female soldier with two ponytails stood up, saluted, and said, "Report, no rush. We are using our free time to practice sending telegrams."
There is not much work to do at the telegraph station, and the whole day is often free of work. Except for emergencies, the soldiers in the regiment will come to send telegrams, and generally they will choose to write letters. Therefore, the telegraph machine is often idle, and the telegraph operators with nothing to do will choose to use their free time to practice sending telegrams.
"That's perfect! Send me a telegram to this address." Xiao Li pulled out a small slip of paper from his pocket. On it was written the Xiao family's address and Wang Xuemei's name. "Just write on the telegram: Everything is fine, don't worry!"
The female soldier took the note and began to tinker with the telegraph machine. The telegraph used in the regiment was a "Morse Express" telegraph machine with a wooden shell. It was the simplest telegraph machine that relied entirely on manual operation.
Xiao Li walked over and took a closer look, and found that the telegraph machine was composed of three parts: the key, the code printing mechanism and the paper strip disk.
The female soldier used her hand to press the telegraph signal on the electric switch, pressing the keys long and short, and the telegraph machine made a "beep, beep" sound as she moved. Since it was all manual operation, the transmission rate was very low. Xiao Li waited for a long time before sending out a few words.
Sending a telegram is sometimes not convenient. Xiao Li doesn't know how to operate the telegraph machine and can only send a simple message to report that he is safe. He has to write a letter to say the rest.
Nowadays, transportation is backward, and writing a letter takes at least ten days, and at most twenty days. In other words, Xiao Li's letter might not be seen until more than ten days later. Because it was too troublesome, Xiao Li decided to write more, and wrote a lot.
"You've written quite a lot of letters." Dong Shiyi sat across from Xiao Li and saw him writing one letter after another. He joked, "Why are you thinking about your wife? You two are newlyweds, and you're running off to this remote mountain village. Aren't you afraid that Doctor Wang won't let you have sex the next time he sees you?"
"Don't worry, our comrade Wang is a big fan of my career. He's obedient and sensible, and he really supports my career." Xiao Li rolled his eyes at him. "People's emotions need to be cultivated. We're away from home all day. If you don't write to him, don't let him alienate you when you go home. You'll be the one who suffers then."
When two people are apart for a long time, due to lack of time for communication, they will lack common language over time, their feelings will gradually become more and more distant, and their relationship will naturally not be as good as before.
It is temporarily impossible for Comrade Wang Xuemei to be transferred to their regiment hospital. The two will face a long period of separation. He doesn't want them to be strangers with nothing to talk about when they meet next time.
After hearing this, Dong Shiyi felt that there was some truth to it. He took out some letter paper and began to write a letter, talking about some things in the team.
After the two finished writing the letters, Dong Shiyi picked up the list beside him and handed it to Xiao Li, saying, "The organization wants to select some outstanding soldiers from the basic level to study at the military academy. Our regiment has two vacancies. The regimental commander asked us to carefully select them and apply during this period."
Xiao Li had just arrived and didn't know much about the basic situation of each soldier in the regiment. Dong Shiyi could only talk to him one by one, "The soldiers on the list are the best soldiers in our regiment in the past two years. This opportunity to study and train is rare. We have to make a comprehensive selection based on the actual situation."
In the past two years, the leaders above have opened a N Beijing Military Academy in N Beijing. In order to improve the cultural and professional level of grassroots cadres and soldiers, one or two recommended admission places are given to the grassroots every year. As long as you get this place, you can enter the academy to attend classes without taking the entrance examination.
The regiment political commissar Lao Zheng will also go to the military academy for further training in two months, but his quota is different from that of the grassroots soldiers. He was personally requested to go there by the organizational leaders. Like many regimental and division-level cadres who followed the Eighth Route Army in the War of Resistance, they were required to participate in the training. After the war, everyone can't just turn a blind eye. Therefore, the leaders above implemented compulsory training for these cadres who had no intention of learning, hoping that they would take the lead.
If you don’t want to learn, no way!
Once you enter the military academy, there will be special administrators watching over everyone's studies. No matter how high your original position was, the administrators in the academy will ignore it. Anyway, as long as you go to the academy, you are all students and you have to salute when you see the instructor.
Every student had to tidy up his or her room like an ordinary soldier, line up for drills, and take turns serving as the platoon leader on duty. Those with higher positions were not allowed to bring guards.
The guards brought by high-ranking students are all incorporated into the college's guard company for systematic training. Anyone who dares to help the students will be severely punished if the college administrators find out.
After hearing this, Xiao Li felt that he was quite suitable for the position of instructor. The thought of a group of army commanders and division commanders who were higher in rank than him saluting him was a very refreshing feeling.
But these were just thoughts. Their current task was to select the two most suitable people. Xiao Li pointed to the name at the top of the list and said, "Wang Dahai, I know this guy."
The 8147th Regiment is a newly established regiment. When it was established, it absorbed the best soldiers from various corps. Excellent people always have a kind of arrogance. It is conceivable how difficult it is to manage a group of excellent people together.
Wang Dahai is a thorn among the excellent ones, and he hates evil like an enemy!
He hated the most those paratroopers who had no ability and could only rely on their family. He felt that Xiao Li had no ability and had gotten in by relying on connections. He was disdainful of Xiao Li and could not hide his disdainful expression.
Dong Shiyi also knew that Wang Dahai was dissatisfied with Xiao Li, so he smiled and said, "This kid is good in all aspects, but he is a bit straightforward. In fact, he is a very honest person."
"He is not a straightforward person, he is just a brainless idiot." Which soldier would show disdain to his superior? Even if other soldiers were dissatisfied with Xiao Li, they would pretend in front of him. Only Wang Dahai could be so arrogant.
He acts like an idiot all day long, and even turns his head away when he sees Xiao Li.
This only happened if he met Xiao Li. If he met someone else who was difficult to talk to, let alone giving him a place to study and further his studies, I'm afraid that if he showed that kind of expression on his face, he would be asked to pack up and leave tomorrow.
Absolutely no room for negotiation.
However, people like Wang Dahai are easy to deal with. As long as you let him find out that the person he has always looked down upon is better than him and is someone he can never surpass, he will change his attitude instantly and may even become a little fan of him.
Xiao Li, who has experienced a lot, has become less ostentatious and low-key. He has always ignored Wang Dahai.
Xiao Li looked at the list and pondered, then knocked on the table and said, "Can a fool like Wang Dahai really lead troops? Is he suitable to be a good military leader?"
"Wang Dahai is now the platoon leader of the 3rd Platoon, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion. He gets along very well with his soldiers, and there are very few soldiers who don't like Wang Dahai as their platoon leader."
"That's different." Xiao Li also likes superiors who are not arrogant, but this is different from whether he can manage people well.
"Send the notice to everyone, tell everyone in the group that there will be a competition in two days, and the top two will go to the military academy for further training." Xiao Li thought for a moment and said, "Those who don't want to go don't have to participate. I won't force anyone."
"Great!" Dong Shiyi slammed the table and said, "This method is good and fair. Let them compete on their own, based on their own abilities. This will prevent them from causing any trouble when we choose them."
Xiao Li and the other man were both serious college students and did not need this quota. They both felt that this was a rare opportunity and that everyone wanted to go, but the number of places was limited and there were too many outstanding soldiers, making it too difficult to select the best one. In the end, the two of them had no choice but to resort to this last resort.
The notice was passed down layer by layer, causing a slight ripple in the group, but this ripple was not as huge as Xiao Li had imagined.
The training session took place as scheduled two days later. Xiao Li looked at the 200 people standing on the training ground.
He laughed in anger, "I'm giving you one last chance. If you want to participate in the competition and win a place in the Military Academy, now's the time to step forward. Otherwise, you'll miss it forever. Now that the opportunity is before you, it depends on how you choose."
As Xiao Li finished speaking, Wang Dahai's voice rang out from the crowd: "Do you need to learn to fight? Anyway, I'm not going. I think things are good now. I don't need to learn from those tadpoles. If you want to go, go by yourself. Why go through so much trouble?"
Xiao Li seemed to walk casually in front of Wang Dahai, and suddenly threw him to the ground with a shoulder throw.
Normally, Xiao Li didn't care what he said or did, but today, he didn't give him face in front of the entire regiment. No matter how good-tempered Xiao Li was, he couldn't let him go.
Wang Dahai was thrown out and became angry and embarrassed: "Damn it..." He swallowed the rest of the curse before he could even finish it, because he found that the deputy head who they had secretly said was a relative of the deputy head suddenly revealed a very terrifying aura, which frightened him.
Dong Shiyi came over and pulled Xiao Li back: "Lizi, don't bother with this fool."
Then he kicked Wang Dahai, who was still on the ground, and cursed a few times, pointing at a few soldiers and saying, "You guys take Wang Dahai to the solitary confinement room."
"Idiot!" Xiao Li turned around and walked to the front with his hands behind his back. "Military affairs are an art and a science. Only those with rich professional knowledge can operate them. Soldiers like you who don't want to make progress will always be soldiers. Don't even think about getting promoted in this life!"
After being recommended to a military academy, you will study in a two-year crash course there. After two years, you will have your academic qualifications certified, and then you will be reused and promoted. The funny thing is that most people have not thought of this more than you.
Each of these soldiers is excellent and has his own strengths. Some of them have even been on the battlefield. People who have fought in wars will have a mentality that learning is useless. They are arrogant and not humble. For such people, the best lesson is to open their eyes.
As soon as Xiao Li showed off his skills, the group of people became obedient. Some people also understood what Xiao Li meant and felt sad that they had missed this opportunity.
After the competition, two places were decided, namely the instructor of the third company of the second battalion and the battalion commander of the first battalion.
The quota was determined, and Wang Dahai's punishment was also decided. As a soldier, Wang Dahai's behavior was tantamount to seeking death. However, Xiao Li had no intention of returning him. Instead, he held a meeting with Liu Shijun and others, removed him from his position as platoon leader, and sent him to the kitchen squad for reflection.
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