Chen Yuanwu once went to the No. 9 oil depot to refuel.
When they go on a mission, this is a must-go place. If the journey is long, they will refuel here and also bring a few large bottles of gasoline as a backup.
Now is an extraordinary period, and all vehicles are deployed together. He doesn't know whether the equipment department's vehicle will pass by or when it will pass by.
The incident happened suddenly, and he didn't have time to carefully instruct Jiang Yun not to leave the army's area along the way and not to act on his own.
Chen Yuanwu's heart was in his throat. He knew that he would not be able to let it go until he saw Jiang Jun return safely!
Jiang Jun, who was used to being alone, successfully got on the truck and began to nervously calculate the distance and approximate time along the way. He did not expect how worried Chen Yuanwu would be.
She felt that since she was able to get a ride, Chen Yuanwu should be happy for her good luck.
The truck stopped and the soldier driving it opened the back door: "We're here!"
Jiang Jun jumped out of the car. It was pitch black everywhere. It looked just like the communications company barracks where she used to stay. "Is this the place?"
Apart from the strong smell of gasoline, there was no equipment to refuel.
The oil depots of this era were completely different from the modern gas stations that could be seen everywhere fifty years later. There were no underground oil depots, no gas pumps, just metal barrels of diesel piled up in the yard.
Jiang Jun watched curiously as the car soldier ran to a metal barrel with a flashlight in one hand and a fuel can in the other. Another soldier put one end of the leather tube in his hand into the gasoline barrel and the other end into his mouth. He sucked hard, pulled it out quickly and stuffed it into the mouth of the fuel tank, then twisted the head and spit on the ground.
The advantage of using the most primitive method to guide oil is that it is convenient and fast, but the disadvantage is that it will be sucked into the mouth if it is not done properly.
At that time, gasoline was basically low-purity diesel. The engine would emit black smoke and the exhaust smell was particularly strong.
The soldier on duty at the oil depot, leading Station Master Shi, ran over. After reading Jiang Jun's letter of recommendation, he slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, you should have come half an hour earlier. A car just passed by your college."
Jiang Jun pretended to be regretful: "What should we do then? Will there be any cars left?"
Stationmaster Shi shook his head. "It's hard to say. Just wait here. We'll wait until a car is available to take you away." The place was under martial law, and even those who could normally hitchhike were no longer allowed to do so. "Luckily, you brought your college certificate, otherwise you wouldn't have waited three days for a car from your college."
Jiang Yun was delighted: "Is there a car passing by here in the middle of the night?"
Stationmaster Shi glanced at Jiang Jun and said, "You think all cars are like you, working during the day and sleeping at night, right?"
Jiang Jun pointed at the gate and said, "Then I'll go over there and find a discreet spot to squat for a while. If there's a car coming, I'll ask. If it's going to our college, I'll just leave and not disturb your rest."
The oil depot was full of male soldiers. There were only two large rooms. One was the stationmaster's office with a camp bed, which was where the stationmaster rested at night. The other was the soldiers' dormitory.
A female soldier came, and it was night time, and she had nowhere to stay.
Stationmaster Shi said in a high-spirited manner: "I'm going to lie down in the dormitory next door for a while. You can rest in my room. If there is a car, they will come to call you.
I'll give you a flashlight, so don't turn on the light randomly at night.
Don't you have any matches? Remember, you must not use open flames in this oil depot!"
Jiang Jun took the flashlight, turned it on and then turned it off: "No matches!"
Stationmaster Shi threatened her, "Someone is secretly lighting a cigarette with a match, secretly lighting up the place. The gasoline will catch fire if it gets a spark. You mustn't go near those oil drums!"
Jiang Jun saluted: "Yes! Thank you, Station Master!"
It was mid-September and the nights were already very cold. Jiang Jun was only wearing two layers of clothes, so he could still bear it if he sat and walked around. But when he felt sleepy and wanted to close his eyes and take a nap, he couldn't bear it anymore.
She didn't bring a backpack, only a military satchel containing a water bottle, biscuits and a towel. She didn't even bring a tooth mug, toothpaste or a change of clothes.
What was even worse was that she wanted to go to the toilet, but it was pitch dark and she was too embarrassed to ask the guard, so she just pricked up her ears to listen to the noise outside.
After finally hearing footsteps, Jiang Jun guessed that it was someone changing shifts, so he quickly opened the door and asked where the bathroom was.
She turned on the flashlight and bravely walked in the direction the soldier pointed.
It was a very crude dry toilet. Before you even got close, you could smell a suffocating odor.
Jiang Jun hesitated for a long time before walking in. She was almost nauseated to death. She covered her nose and backed out. She bumped into someone and was so scared that she almost screamed.
The man behind her reached out to cover her head. Jiang Jun felt disgusted and angry. She bent her elbow and thrust hard backwards. She turned quickly and took advantage of the man's bending over to raise her knee and knock him upwards again. She clenched her fist and hit him hard in the face, shouting, "There are bad guys!"
The person who was beaten struggled to run away, and some of the soldiers who heard the shouts were already running over here with guns in hand.
Stationmaster Shi rushed to the front and shone his flashlight on the person lying on the ground. He was shocked and said, "Da Huang, weren't you sleeping in the house?"
Da Huang stood up, holding his stomach and covering his face with one hand: "I wanted to go to the toilet, and I saw a dark figure in front of me, and I thought it was a bad guy."
Actually, Da Huang heard a female soldier coming and asked where the toilet was, so he suddenly thought of following her to check it out. But he was discovered as soon as he approached.
Jiang Jun was furious. This guy was clearly a peeping Tom, yet he had the audacity to come up with such a sacred excuse. "Stationmaster, I was walking over here with a flashlight, why didn't he ask earlier? I realized I didn't have any paper and hadn't even gone in yet. I just turned around and bumped into him. I thought there was a thief in the oil depot!"
Stationmaster Shi waved his hand and said, "Let's go. This is all a misunderstanding. If nothing else, go back and rest!"
Dahuang followed a few soldiers back to the dormitory.
Jiang Yun was so frightened that she lost all desire to defecate. As soon as the male soldier left, she felt aggrieved and stood there unable to move.
Stationmaster Shi said helplessly: "Don't be afraid, I'll go to the front and guard for you. If you want to go up, go quickly. There will definitely be no one else this time."
Jiang Jun felt extremely upset. He hadn't even left the house when he encountered such a disgusting thing. He was so angry that he was shaking.
If she hadn't known how to defend herself, if she hadn't dared to speak out, she would have suffered in silence, right?
Stationmaster Shi was not good at coaxing people. He just told the truth. It would have been fine if he hadn't said it, but once he did, it drove Jiang Jun crazy:
"A female soldier, after all, is a woman, so she needs to go out with a companion. We're all soldiers here, so if you just yell, there's someone to help you. Otherwise, if you go to a village and run into those hooligans, no matter if you're in uniform or not, you'll be bullied if you're alone!"
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