On June 3, 1980, when the first rays of sunlight in the morning paved the green fields, a black "forward" steam locomotive, with the roar of "whirring", spewed dense smoke and dust, and struggled to pull more than a dozen green carriages behind it, along the straight iron line, towards the destination that was not far away - Beijing, galloping rapidly

In the hard sleeper car at the rear of this train, Lu Jiadong rubbed his slightly tired face, looked at the boundless wilderness outside through the window, and was slightly distracted. ，

Wanshan Factory was originally a military factory under the dual leadership of the General Staff Equipment Department and the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, and the entire system also implemented semi-military management, and then such a sudden and urgent order, Wanshan Factory naturally did not dare to slack off, and immediately prepared Lu Jiadong's ticket and other necessary procedures, and Lu Jiadong was an active soldier before the crossing, and the sentence of the military order like a mountain has long been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, so after getting this order, he hurriedly packed his downpack, took the sleeper ticket prepared for him in the factory, and stepped on!

In the early 80s, China's civil aviation industry was not very developed, and the main force of long-distance travel was naturally carried by the well-known "iron boss", but at this time, the trains running on the iron were basically old-fashioned steam locomotives, and the slightly more advanced diesel locomotives could not even be seen, and the speed was as fast as you could imagine.

But even so, a train ticket to Beijing is difficult to get, and the complexity of the procedures makes Lu Jiadong, who came after crossing over, have a headache when he hears it, but fortunately, Wanshan Factory has close business ties with the iron department as a military factory, and the factory office is familiar with the procedures of such business trips, so it didn't take much effort to get a train ticket to Beijing, and it is the most sought-after and rare sleeper ticket!

In the late 70s and early 80s. For those who often travel on business, it is extremely comfortable and comfortable to be able to lie in the sleeper car to complete the journey, but Lu Jiadong did not feel anything comfortable and comfortable, only felt the huge noise of the train, the slow speed and the endless vibration and the turbid air in the stuffy tank car, so Lu Jiadong stayed up all night in the train. Facing the rising sun in the morning, we are finally about to reach our destination!

Watching the green fields outside the window gradually replaced by rows of low bungalows, Lu Jiadong couldn't help but sigh with a hint of relief in his heart:

"It's finally here!"

Thinking that the ordeal of this day was about to end, Lu Jiadong couldn't help but get up, but then his brows couldn't help jumping a few times, and his mental face just now was shrouded in a layer of confusion, and this confusion has been haunting Lu Jiadong's mind since he received this order, that is, what is the new task of transferring himself to the General Staff Headquarters in such a hurry?

The order is not clear in this regard. In fact, not only the people of Wanshan Factory, but even Lu Jiadong himself thought so, after all, during the same period, the country had several key weapons and equipment projects in full swing, and it was very likely that he would be transferred to participate in the development.

However, in addition to this habitual speculation that ordinary people can think of, Lu Jiadong also has another inference in his heart that is different from ordinary people, that is, this transfer to the headquarters may not be for the research and development of weapons and equipment. But for the sake of foreign arms sales, the reason why Lu Jiadong would speculate so much.

It's because of the military industry expert who came after the crossing. He knew very well that during this period of time, the Soviet army had been deeply trapped in Afghanistan, and Pakistan had procured weapons and equipment around the world in order to support the Afghan anti-Soviet forces, and China, which had a traditional friendship, had become an important procurement object for Pakistan, so he submitted a request to China for the purchase of weapons and equipment. This has also become a precedent for China to start large-scale foreign arms sales.

Lu Jiadong was once seconded to the Eighth Foreign Liaison Office of the General Staff Department, participated in several foreign arms sales negotiations, and reached a sales agreement of tens of thousands of dollars with Blomberg, so he can have rich experience in foreign arms sales. Lu Jiadong felt that his transfer to the headquarters was very likely to be arranged to participate in arms sales to Pakistan.

Thinking of this, Lu Jiadong looked at the rows of bungalows speeding by outside, and couldn't help but say to himself: "It would be nice if this was the case!"

From Lu Jiadong's heart, he prefers to sell arms to foreign countries, and you must know that the most important reason for the delay in the approval of the new artillery project he is currently focusing on is the lack of sufficient funds, and the state's funds are so small that even if he tightens his belt, he cannot make up for the huge gap, and the only way to solve the problem is to find new sources of funds.

And foreign arms sales is the best open source way, the previous arms sales with Blomberg are basically not on the table, if you want to really make money, you still have to carry out country-to-country bulk, so as to achieve equipment sales, logistics support personnel training and follow-up development and other one-stop sales, so as to get a steady stream of huge amount of money!

With such a huge injection of funds, not only the new artillery projects that we are focusing on, but also other urgently needed equipment projects can also be developed, and some good projects that have been discontinued due to financial problems in history can also be continued and developed, and such large-scale arms sales can find a good breakthrough from Pakistan!

"It must be foreign arms sales!"

"Comrade, comrade, comrade? What are you?"

"Ugh" Listening to the unfamiliar voice suddenly in his ears, Lu Jiadong couldn't help but be stunned, and followed the reputation to find that a half-year-old conductor was looking at him intently, and saw Lu Jiadong turn his head The conductor did not feel any surprise, because the passengers who enter Beijing for the first time by train will be shocked by the majestic scenery of the capital of the motherland, and the young man in his early 20s in front of him is estimated to be the same, and the old conductor has long been surprised by such a scene, so when Lu Jiadong turned his head, the old conductor still reminded as usual:

"Comrade, the car has arrived, please show your ticket!"

After listening to the conductor's words, Lu Jiadong reacted, he didn't expect that he had been pondering for so long that he didn't even feel the train arriving at the station, so he hurriedly handed over the ticket stub of the sleeper ticket from his body:

"Here, my ticket!"

The old conductor took the ticket and handed it back after checking that there was no problem, and then said proudly: "Man, come to Beijing for the first time, and when you get out of the station, you will know how magnificent and great the capital of our motherland is!"

"Uh" Listening to the old conductor's words, Lu Jiadong was stunned at first, but then reacted that the old conductor probably regarded himself as a passenger who came to Beijing for the first time, but he guessed correctly, this Lu Jiadong was indeed the first time to come to Beijing, thinking of this, Lu Jiadong couldn't help but show a bright smile to the old conductor:

"Thank you, comrade, I'm going to feel it!" Lu Jiadong walked quickly towards the exit of the carriage with his suitcase

On the platform of the station, there were already cadres from the General Staff to greet Lu Jiadong who came from afar, but when Lu Jiadong saw the person in charge of reception, he couldn't help but be very surprised, the person who should have come was none other than Cao Xiaodong, who had served as the head of the security section in Wanshan Factory, Cao Xiaodong was transferred away shortly after capturing Zhang Jianjun, and before that, Lu Jiadong knew that this Cao Xiaodong's identity was not ordinary.

Now seeing Cao Xiaodong in a neat Type 65 military uniform, Lu Jiadong can finally confirm his judgment, but new doubts have sprung up in his mind again, it stands to reason that someone from the Armament Department of the General Staff Department should pick him up, how can he be replaced by a cadre of the secret front? But then a light flashed in Lu Jiadong's mind, could it be

"Chief Master Lu, let's get in the car quickly, the chief is already waiting for us at the No. 1 Guest House of the General Staff!" Before Lu Jiadong came back to his senses, Cao Xiaodong stepped forward politely and enthusiastically, and took Lu Jiadong's suitcase in his hand while picking it up, and it was only then that Lu Jiadong reacted and hurriedly said:

"Oh, let's go quickly!"

The time of arrival of the train is about a quarter past eight in the morning, which is definitely the peak of travel in Beijing, and the vicinity of Beijing Railway Station is a dense place of traffic, but in 1980 the streets of Beijing were very wide, but the vehicles on it were sparse, and most of the people's means of transportation were bicycles.

Or a long bus, there are very few jeeps, there are no traffic jams and restrictions on odd and even numbers, Lu Jiadong's jeep driver has been stepping on the accelerator since starting the vehicle, the speed is even faster to the outrageous, from Beijing Station to Dongzhimen It took less than 20 minutes in total, which is not even daring to think about it later.

In this way, Lu Jiadong soon came to the first guest house of the General Staff, when Cao Xiaodong led Lu Jiadong to a secluded room, after opening the door, Lu Jiadong saw a figure wearing a green military uniform, not tall, but tall standing by the window, but this figure fell in Lu Jiadong's eyes but it was so familiar, for this reason Lu Jiadong quickly remembered the memory in his mind, and soon found the corresponding person, but he quickly shook his head and denied it.

And at this moment, Cao Xiaodong, who had put down Lu Jiadong's luggage, stood up to the figure: "Chief, Chief Lu has arrived!"

"Haha! Lu, I really didn't expect us to meet again!"

When the familiar figure turned around, Lu Jiadong couldn't suppress his surprised look, and said in surprise: "Director Liu, it's really you!" (to be continued......)