Updated: 202-02-

On the evening of a certain day in May 79, the building of the Zhongnan Railway Construction Supervision Headquarters in Kunming was brightly lit.

In the small conference room of the building, Shen Yue, Minister of Railways of the People's Republic of China and Director of the Construction of the Central South Railway, is discussing with his subordinates the problem of the slow progress of railway construction.

"The construction of the railway has been going on for almost a year, and as a result, you have only built less than 5 kilometers, an average of only 7 kilometers per month, and the total length of the Kunhe section of the planned Central South Railway is 469 kilometers, and at your rate, it will take nearly 7 years to complete?" Looking at the construction progress report in front of him, Shen Yue couldn't help frowning, and there was a hint of sternness in his words.

"Knock knock", there was a knock at the door.

"Come in." With the words, Shen Yue's permanent secretary Xiao Song walked into the conference room, and then handed a green envelope to Shen Yue tremblingly: "Minister, your letter." ”

"Huh? Letter from the Yunnan-Burma Highway Supervision Department? What kind of reputation does Lin Dejia have? Can't you call directly if you have something to do in Kunming? When it came to the sender's name, Shen Yue couldn't help but be puzzled. Because the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and the Yunnan-Burma Highway started almost at the same time, and the starting point of the two projects is Kunming, the two supervision offices are also located in Kunming. Usually, if there are any problems, Shen Yue communicates with Lin Dejia, who is the director of the Yunnan-Burma Highway, on the phone. Correspondence is a novelty.

"Brushing" to tear open the envelope, Shen Yue unfolded the letter paper and began to browse the contents of the letter. As his gaze moved downward, Shen Yue's face became darker and darker, and the hand holding the letter paper began to tremble.

"Lin Dejia, you girls are too deceitful!" Shen Yue, who had most of the content, suddenly crumpled the letter paper in his hand into a ball and threw it heavily on the table. The face, which is usually a group of amiable, is now covered with dark clouds.

"Your work efficiency, the progress of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway has lagged behind the Yunnan-Burma Highway by nearly 0%, and that guy from Lin Dejia actually sent a congratulatory letter for this. Shame, utter shame. This is a shame for our Ministry of Railways, a shame for us railway people. Shen Yue, who was so angry with the contents of the letter that he almost went crazy, no longer had a trace of his usual elegance at this time, he propped up the table with his hands, leaned forward and roared at his subordinates, so that everyone in the conference room deeply felt his anger. From today onwards, I will ask the construction units of each subordinate section to increase the construction speed to 0 kilometers per month, and whoever can't complete it will go back to my hometown to farm. ”

"However, the minister, the construction site of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway has complex terrain and poor geological conditions, even according to the current construction speed, it still causes a large number of casualties among construction personnel, if the speed is accelerated............" Although the anger of the boss, Li Xuhui, the director of the engineering department who was only 2 years old, still couldn't help but raise objections.

"Construction casualties? Are we Chinese or Vietnamese killed or wounded? Shen Yue raised his head fiercely, stared at Li Xuhui and asked.

"Well, our main staff are technical instructors, and the specific construction personnel are Vietnamese natives and prisoners of war. Among the casualties, 2 of our personnel have died in the line of duty so far, and others have been injured to varying degrees, but the construction personnel..."Li Xuhui was about to reply to specific data, but was interrupted by Shen Yue's wave. "Okay, I got it. In the future, the safety protection of technical personnel will be strengthened. In addition, it was strictly ordered to speed up the construction. The construction unit under China Railway must increase the construction speed to 0 kilometers per month. There are only the deaths and injuries of the Vietnamese, I don't want to know, and there is no need to know. ”

After listening to Shen Yue's words, Li Xuhui couldn't help but be taken aback: "But minister, now the casualties of the construction personnel are already very large, if you speed up again,"

"Bang", "Shut up!" Shen Yue slapped the table heavily, and interrupted Li Xuhui's words with a gloomy face, "I have already said that the construction unit under China Railway must increase the construction speed to 0 kilometers per month." There are only the deaths and injuries of the Vietnamese, I don't want to know, and there is no need to know. ”

"But"

"No, but, I'm stupid to read. The country now urgently needs to open up the transportation line from Yunnan to the Indochina Peninsula, so as to better control the entire Indochina Peninsula, and also make the resources of the Indochina Peninsula can be transported to all parts of the country more quickly. This is the demand of the country, and we must speed up and complete it with quality and quantity. As for the Vietnamese monkeys, they are the vanquished, and they are not citizens of our country, but just civilians. Our country guarantees only basic food and clothing for these civilians, and these food and clothing need to be paid for by their own labor. I don't care about their deaths or injuries, neither do the people above, and you don't have to care as the people below. We want speed, efficiency. Don't say anything more about human rights or human rights, human rights are given to our citizens, not to those Vietnamese. I'm stupid at reading books. If I hear something like this again, I will directly throw you to the 427 Brigade of the Special Forces stationed in Liangshan, and let the female devil surnamed Chen who can't name educate you well. Shen Yue, who was completely annoyed by his subordinates' "benevolent heart", roared again, scolded Li Xuhui fiercely, and finally smashed the pencil in his hand directly on the map spread on the table.

"Hu ........." let out a sigh, Shen Yue loosened the button on his neckline, recovered his mood, lowered his voice, and continued to reprimand his subordinates, "I know that you young people are full of compassion, and I am also young. But I want you to be clear that our compassion is for our fellow citizens in our homeland. The above words are not allowed to be recorded in the case or disseminated. In addition, I have never said and you have never heard the above words, that the death of a large number of Vietnamese during construction is caused by their irregular operation and the non-standard management of the 'individual' construction contractor, and we can only express our regret and give deep condolences. Then, immediately re-plan the construction schedule for me. Strictly order all units to work according to the construction schedule, the fastest will be rewarded, and the slowest will be given to me to the 427 unit for military training for a month. Do you get it?! ”

"Yes, Minister."

Postscript, the Yunnan-Vietnam section of the South-Central Railway (i.e., the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway) started construction in May 7 and was completed in May 92, with a history of 4 years and a total mileage of 469 kilometers. The terrain conditions along the railway line are complex, and the address conditions and construction conditions are extremely harsh. Due to the negligence of some individual contractors during the construction, more than 50,000 Vietnamese workers were killed and injured. In this regard, China's construction supervision department conducted an in-depth investigation and formulated effective construction specifications, which led to a significant reduction in the mortality rate of various domestic engineering personnel in the future. These codes became the world's earliest construction codes, and some of them are still in use today.