February 1961, Jiangshan County, Zhejiang Province
Lin Sanqi came out of the guesthouse early in the morning and changed into a formal military uniform. The two bars and three stars on the epaulettes were very eye-catching. The doctor he was going to pick up today was Jia Xuezhen, who had been laid off from the Digital Hospital and returned home.
For a former military doctor, putting on a military uniform is the best way to show respect to Jia Xuezhen.
When passing by the front desk, Lin Sanqi asked with a smile:
"Hello, comrade. Do you have a map of Jiangshan County?"
The two female staff members at the front desk were so scared that they stood up quickly. For a small guesthouse in a small county town, a colonel-level soldier was definitely a big shot.
At the same time, they were also a little puzzled. Why would such a military leader stay at the guesthouse alone? Why didn't the county government even offer to receive him?
"Hello, Chief. We don't have a map here. If you want to go somewhere, we can arrange for staff to accompany you and show you the way."
Lin Sanqi opened his notebook and took a look:
"I'm going to Baoan Commune. I wonder if this place is far away."
"Bao'an Township?"
This place is very special. You should know that there was a big reactionary in the Republic of China, and his hometown is Baoan Township.
The two waiters were on high alert, their hands touching under the table. With smiles on their faces and a smile on their minds, they prepared to call for help.
After all, if a special enemy element sneaks in and they don't call the police, they will be punished.
"Bao'an Commune is quite far, about 50 miles away. How about this, Chief? We can contact the county's armed forces department and have them take you there."
Lin Sanqi thought that was a good idea. Soldiers' affairs should naturally be resolved by the soldiers themselves.
"Okay, then I'll trouble you two comrades."
"It's no trouble, no trouble, dear. Comrades from the capital are different after all. They're so young and already colonels. Ah Hui, go make the phone call quickly..."
The Jiangshan County Armed Forces Department was not far from the guesthouse. The waitress Ahui did not make a phone call, but ran over at full speed.
Nowadays, anyone who can work as a waiter and eat government food is not an ordinary person.
Ah Hui ran into the Armed Forces Department and went straight to the Minister's office:
"Uncle Sun, there's a colonel here at our guesthouse, and he's going to Bao'an Township. Please go and identify him quickly to see if he's an imposter."
Sun Zhiqiang stood up as soon as he heard it: "What's going on? Tell me briefly."
"That's right, there's this 24-year-old guy who registered yesterday with a letter of introduction from the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital. But when he came out, he was wearing a military uniform and was a colonel. He's making a scene, a level higher than you, the minister."
He just said he was going to Baoan Township and asked us for a map. Sister Liu found it strange, so she asked me to inform you. Could it be that the reactionaries are impersonating our People's Liberation Army? I heard that there is a treasure buried in the mountains of that person's hometown.
There has always been a local legend in Jiangshan that a man died in a plane crash in Nanjing Daishan, and the whereabouts of all the gold, silver and treasures he had embezzled during his lifetime are unknown.
The most likely possibility is that he was buried in the mountain behind his hometown. After all, he was very good to his hometown Jiangshan during his lifetime and brought many fellow villagers with him.
Upon hearing this, Minister Sun quickly put on his coat and yelled to his subordinates in the nearby offices:
"I have a mission. Grab your stuff and run with me to the county guesthouse."
"yes!"
Lin Sanqi didn't know anything at the moment. He was sitting in the guesthouse chatting with the front desk clerk:
"The most famous place in your county is Jianglang Mountain, right? The most famous celebrity should be Boss Dai, right? I've heard before that Boss Dai likes to use people from Jiangshan as operators, and when he transmits top-secret information, he always uses the Jiangshan dialect.
No matter how hard the Japanese monitored, they couldn't understand it, and they couldn't decipher the 'code' at all. Boss Dai is truly a master, a talent, to have come up with this method. Haha. By the way, have you heard of this? Is it true or not?
Sister Liu's mouth twitched, and she wondered how she should respond to this.
My goodness, this fellow Dai is stained with the blood of our party comrades and is the person that Jiangshan people are most afraid of. How can you talk about him so openly?
The key point is that you can discuss it if you want, at least curse a few times to make your position clear. Why do you listen to the evidence of this colonel and still admire Boss Dai?
In fact, Lin Sanqi was not admiring, he was just chatting. Who would express loyalty and shout slogans while chatting?
“This, this, that, that…”
Just when Sister Liu was in trouble, footsteps were heard outside the door, and then a group of people in green military uniforms ran in.
Jiangshan Armed Forces Minister Sun Zhiqiang came jogging with his men, each of them with a weapon on their waist and looking nervous.
When Minister Sun saw Lin Sanqi, he had a first impression that this man was most likely a liar.
After liberation, the army has standardized the officer promotion system and clarified conditions such as the minimum number of years of service for officer promotion.
Even if a gifted student from a military school is awarded the rank of second lieutenant (platoon level) after graduation, to be promoted to colonel (registered regiment level), he needs to go through six ranks: lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel, and colonel.
The minimum service period for each military rank level is: 2 years for second lieutenant, 3 years for first lieutenant, 4 years for captain, 5 years for major, and 4 years for lieutenant colonel, totaling 18 years.
In other words, according to the fastest promotion speed, a military academy graduate can be promoted from second lieutenant to colonel 18 years after graduation. Assuming that he is 22 years old when he graduates from the military academy, he can be promoted to the rank of colonel at the earliest when he is 40 years old.
Even an old soldier and comrade like Sun Zhiqiang, who once survived bullets and shells, is now only a lieutenant colonel and enjoys the treatment of a regular officer.
But the young man in front of him was definitely 24 years old, which was about the same age as Sun Zhiqiang's son. However, his military rank was higher than his. This was problematic no matter how you looked at it.
Thinking of this, Sun Zhiqiang lost interest in saluting his superiors and instead asked cautiously:
"Hello, comrade. I am Sun Zhiqiang from the Jiangshan County Armed Forces Department. May I ask what brings you to Jiangshan County?"
Lin Sanqi didn't think too much of it. After all, he was a powerful figure in the city, so who wouldn't give him some face? He had no worries when he went to the local area, and he never dreamed that he had aroused the suspicion of his local comrades.
"Hello, comrade. My name is Lin Sanqi. Last year, a doctor from your Baoan Commune was laid off from the Capital Digital Hospital and returned home. I'm here to invite him to work at a new unit."
Sun Zhiqiang was now even more confused.
He knew Jia Xuezhen, who had retired from the capital and worked in Baoan Commune. After all, he was in charge of retired soldiers. Besides, military doctors who could work in digital hospitals were well-known throughout the area.
But precisely because he knew, he was even more suspicious.
Because Jia Xuezhen was just an ordinary civilian soldier with a low rank, how could he trouble a colonel to come from the capital in person to greet him?
Just like an ordinary teacher, he ended up attracting department-level leaders from the Ministry of Education to come and greet him personally to work. Isn't this going against the will of heaven?
Jia Xuezhen is not a retired general, so how could he deserve such treatment?
Soldiers are straightforward. Once they have their suspicions, they don't mince words. So they asked coldly:
"Comrade Lin, right? Could you please show me your officer ID and work ID?"
Lin Sanqi was stunned and immediately realized what was going on, but he was not angry. He was a well-known person in the city, but who would know who he was in the local area?
This was someone else's job, so Lin Sanqi could only take out two certificates and a letter of introduction from his backpack and hand them over.
"Minister Sun, this is my officer ID, this is my work ID, and this is my letter of introduction."
"Hey, a colonel of the General Staff?"
Minister Sun was a little shocked. Although the difference in military rank was only one level, which seemed not much, the other party was a senior central official of the General Logistics Department and was not something a local soldier like him could compare to.
"Hey, the director of the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital?"
Captain Sun was a little confused after looking at the work ID. A staff officer of the General Logistics Department and the director of the Capital Infectious Disease Hospital, these two things seemed to have nothing to do with each other?
Putting aside the age issue, becoming the director of a hospital at the age of 24 is incredible enough.
The key point is that if you are an active-duty officer in the General Logistics Department, even if you go to the hospital, it should be a numerical hospital such as 301, 302, 304, or 309.
Capital Infectious Disease Hospital, the name sounds like a local civilian hospital, not a military hospital at all. So how could this Lin Sanqi be the director of a hospital across systems?
Finally, Sun Peichang opened the envelope again and saw the official seal on the letter of introduction. His pupils shrank instantly:
"Central Military Wei?"
In Minister Sun’s mind, the Central Military Commission is the highest authority. It is the leader of his leader, the boss of his boss’s boss, and a god-like existence.
How can we offend the God in our own hearts?
Minister Sun became angrier and angrier as he glared at Lin Sanqi and cursed:
"I tolerated you saying you were a colonel, and I tolerated you saying you were the director of the Capital Hospital, but you actually dared to impersonate someone from the Central Military Commission. I can't stand it anymore! Come on, arrest him!"
Lin Sanqi was really at a loss for words at this moment, and wanted to pretend to be cool and say:
"Mr. Sun, it's easy for you to catch me now, but it won't be easy to let me go later."
But he also knew that Minister Sun was a pure person with no bad intentions, so he didn't plan to resist and just accepted the verification obediently.
As a result, two soldiers came up and subdued him in a flash. Their hands were twisted behind their backs, their hair was grabbed, and they were pressed down hard, so that even their military cap fell to the ground.
Lin Sanqi couldn't stand it any longer. He didn't resist, and you let him experience the jet? Is the method so simple and crude?
What's more, he was wearing a military uniform and his hat was almost flattened.
"Mr. Sun, are you crazy? Do you know the consequences of detaining a superior officer without reason?"
Sun Zhiqiang was also unyielding: "The one I'm arresting is an enemy spy. Where does his superior come from? Take him away. I don't believe you won't confess under my iron fist."
Lin Sanqi was about to cry, thinking that facing such a rough guy was like a scholar meeting a soldier. (End of this chapter)
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