In winter, the days are short, and by 6 o'clock in the evening, the gas lamps are already lit on the construction site. The scene in the romance novel of the night battle has become a reality on the construction site.

Everything needs to be prepared, such as the simple process of digging, digging from the dirt and digging from the soft ground, which is a completely different efficiency problem. Naturally, the People's Party did not have the idea of engaging in steam tractors and steam tanks, but it also tried to make full use of the power of the steam locomotive to plow the land in order to improve the efficiency of the day.

After research and experiments, a lot of thick cables are tied to the car body, and the other end of each rope is tied to a large steel plow, and under the careful operation of the operator and the power provided by the slow start of the train, hundreds of deep ditches can be ploughed on the ground every night. With so many trenches, the efficiency of digging is naturally greatly improved.

Winters in Xuzhou are not warm at all. The reason why ploughing is so important at night is not only because it involves a problem of improving the efficiency of excavation, but also because it prevents the ground from being too hard. The place where the soil is not taken from the construction site is trampled back and forth by tens of thousands of people every day, and the ground is relatively soft and can be stepped on very densely. In addition, the cold weather adds a lot of trouble to the excavation. After entering the winter, it is quite troublesome to cool down like this. For example, in order to transport the soil from the large pit excavated at the construction site, dozens of slopes were specially left, and the soil on the slope was still a little soft in the first day or two, and now the ground is so hard that you have to smash it with a shovel, and you can only smash out a few small pits.

As a liaison staff officer, Gu Lu is actually somewhat similar to the chief of staff. Once there is any problem with these big and small matters, or if there is any latest change, he needs to be responsible for commanding the Liaison Section to communicate it in a timely manner. With such a 24-hour continuous rotation of the construction site, Gu Lu is busy.

Chairman Chen Ke came to inspect during the day, and Gu Lu didn't think there was anything. It would be strange if no one inspected such a large project. These days, Gu Lu would lie down and sleep immediately after dinner, sleep for four or five hours, and then wake up at about 12 o'clock to continue working, if there is no special situation, work until four o'clock in the morning and sleep for a while. I slept until half-past six and got up at breakfast, and I would take another nap after lunch. Sleeping three times a day when you are not particularly busy at work is always a good way to keep your energy up.

Of course, this refers to when there are no special circumstances to happen. On the night of Chairman Chen Ke's inspection, Gu Lu suddenly received a notice from the cadres of the army who were in charge of the day shift the next day, hoping to increase the input of ploughing personnel in the evening and work for a while at night. Let Gu Lu liaise with the relevant departments. There are not many related departments that work at night, mainly the logistics department. It is necessary to provide the troops with supper, gloves and other corresponding labor protection equipment. It's okay during the day, but if you don't wear a glove in the middle of the night in winter, it's really cold.

Based on Gu Lu's experience, the logistics department has a natural tendency to delay in case of trouble. Gu Lu had heard an explanation from Chai Qingguo, it was not that the logistics department was lazy, the distribution of logistics materials was a cumbersome job, and if you just listened to the application requirements of the front-line department, how many materials would not be enough. So the logistics department itself has to do some research based on the inventory. In the event of such a problem, the best way is to let the two companies meet in person, and relying solely on the liaison office to contact them is completely self-inflicted.

To solve this problem, a simple telephone network was built on the site. There is a telephone group in the liaison department, and Gu Lu is a little strange, why these people could have called the logistics department directly, but they wanted to convey it to themselves.

"Pick me up for Captain Lu." Gu Lu said to the operator. Watching the operator face the dense pile of terminal frames and accurately insert the wire into the wiring hole, Gu Lu felt an irrepressible sense of curiosity. The telephone is a very novel piece of equipment even for the troops. Not to mention this 120-door telephone terminal.

"It's already connected." The female telephone operator said. Gu Lu didn't think much of coming into the telephone group, but now among the civilian staff, the employment policy is tilted, and those who can use women should use women as much as possible. For example, in the communications sector, most of the people who do non-manual work are women. Even in the non-combat department, women are just like Chairman Chen said, "women can hold up half the sky". In 1910, the base area even established a festival for working women, and designated March 8 of each year as "Working Women's Day". On this day, slogans are hung to congratulate female workers on the festival, and women who have done their best work are commended.

Being next to a group of women, Gu Lu felt uncomfortable. It's just that he can't think too much about it at this time, he picked up the phone and soon the other side was connected. "Only, may I ask if Captain Lu is there? I'm Gu Lu, a liaison staff officer. Gu Lu said.

There was a pause in the earpiece, and the person opposite said, "Commander Lu is not here now." ”

As soon as Gu Lu heard the man's tone, he felt that this was nonsense, if Captain Lu was really not there, he wouldn't have to pause. However, at this time, it was meaningless to expose this nonsense, Gu Lu said according to what Chai Qingguo taught: "Then you tell Regiment Commander Lu that there are still some issues that need to be finalized about the equipment he applied for." If you can't get in touch, I can't prepare it for him. It's better to hurry, the personnel on duty at the logistics department don't have the authority to distribute supplies. ”

When the person who answered the phone heard the news, he seemed to be frightened, "Staff Officer Gu, you wait." I'm going to find Captain Lu. ”

Soon, an Anhui dialect came from the earpiece, "Hey, I'm Lu Kaiwen," this Lu regiment leader is named Lu Kaiwen, and in the plan, the regiment he belongs to will work during the day tomorrow.

"Commander Lu, why don't you contact the comrades in the logistics department directly?" Gu Lu asked straight to the point.

"Huh?" Lu Kaiwen obviously didn't understand what Gu Lu meant, and it took him a while for him to understand what he meant, Gu Lu probably didn't contact the logistics office, Lu Kaiwen asked tentatively: "Staff Officer Gu, what did the logistics department say?" ”

"None of us have been notified of this arrangement, what do you think the logistics department will say?" Gu Lu asked according to what Chai Qingguo had taught.

"This ......" Lu Kaiwen was a little speechless. In this project, the work arrangements have been set a long time ago, and the working hours of each unit have been arranged every day. If Lu Kaiwen's work requirements are arranged by the headquarters, then it should also be Chai Qingguo, at least the cadre in charge of the progress of the project, to inform Gu Lu. It was not Lu Kaiwen's turn to take the initiative to ask for help.

Hearing Lu Kaiwen's reaction, Gu Lu felt that something was wrong. Chai Qingguo explained very clearly at the engineering meeting, "In wartime, for the sake of the progress of the project, it must be completed without sleep for a few days and nights." But in normal times, be sure to obey commands. ”

Gu Lu asked, "Commander Lu, your request for overtime this time is an order from the command headquarters, or is it your own arrangement?" ”

"This ...... is my own arrangement." Lu Kaiwen had to admit it.

Gu Lu asked. "The command demanded that the daily workload, the rest of the soldiers every day, be guaranteed. Why do your troops work overtime? ”

"It's really for the progress of the project." Lu Kaiwen replied in a stiff tone.

"If it's the progress of the project, Commander Lu, you let the command give me an order. I'm definitely going to contact the back office. If it's your own decision, then I can't contact you. Gu Lu replied, "If you really need to work overtime, just contact the command immediately." After speaking, Gu Lu hung up the phone.

After putting down the phone, Gu Lu couldn't help but mutter, "Nonsense!" ”

Lu Kaiwen's thoughts, Gu Lu probably had a judgment. Since he arrived at the construction site in person, although Chai Qingguo had specifically told Gu Lu about the terms of reference and the corresponding regulations. Gu Lu still made several mistakes, and the reason for all the mistakes was that Gu Lu was involved in something that he shouldn't have been involved in.

At first, Gu Lu thought that as a liaison staff officer, he was responsible for communicating the word. He soon realized that his understanding was a big mistake. The liaison staff officer is not a correspondent, this position is responsible for the smooth communication between the various departments, he can not actually solve any problems by himself, what he has to do is to ensure that when a problem occurs, the person in charge can get the news as quickly as possible, because there is more than one department in charge, it is necessary to let the person in charge who can solve the problem meet quickly according to the situation.

But some people just want to take advantage of this loophole, and the things they can't solve are misled through Gu Lu's "contact". For example, this Regiment Commander Lu, if he follows the regulations, let alone organize overtime privately, it will be difficult to even take the troops out of the camp. Even when you are on the construction site, the management of tools on the construction site is arranged. Lighting so many gas lamps at night is not only to light the construction site, but also involves equipment maintenance and equipment safety management.

Soldiers of the army could carry shovels and carry dirt from the pit to the loading and unloading point next to the rails, relying on rack cars. The rack cars are very valuable military supplies, and without the order of the command, before working hours, Commander Lu Kaiwen does not even want to hand over these rack cars.

If it was Gu Lu, like the mistakes he had made several times before, he didn't pay attention to the terms of reference, and just used himself as a "mouthpiece". Then this is a big joke, and the logistics department is likely to think that Gu Lu is conveying the idea of the command. If the logistics department asks the command, Gu Lu, as a guy who "pretends to pass on the holy decree", will definitely be responsible.

It would have been even worse if the logistics department hadn't asked the command. Lu Kaiwen disrupted the arrangement of the command. With Chai Qingguo's personality, this head Lu Kaiwen will definitely not have any good fruits to eat.

"This is really nonsense!" Thinking of this, Gu Lu couldn't help but muttered again.

"Poof!" The female operator next to Gu Lu couldn't help laughing. Gu Lu looked up strangely, only to see the female operator with a smile on her face.

"What's wrong?" Gu Lu asked strangely.