The waiter brought over a sizzling barbecue on a large plate, a cube of skin-on pork weighing a pound. The skin was charred and the meat was brown, and unknown herbs were sprinkled on the crispy skin.
"It smells so good!" Ruan Xiaoqi's throat couldn't stop moving.
There is also a pile of golden-fried potato strips piled on the plate, a few slices of lightly roasted tomatoes and a few blanched green broccoli as side dishes. These vegetables have only begun to appear in the past year."
"Australian cuisine" is available in all Lingao except Australian canteens, cooperative restaurants and commercial shops. The carefully prepared barbecue sauce mixed with the dripping fat flows across the plate, making people feel hungry just looking at it.
move.
The waiter took a double-tipped fork and a table knife and quickly cut the meat into slices. Each slice was skinny, fat or lean.
"This barbecue is so exciting!" Ruan Xiaoer praised, "Even the price is exciting."
"It's rare anyway, and we can't afford it now." Ruan Xiaowu became an officer, and suddenly he became very powerful.
"I still have to leave a few for my wives."
The three brothers were talking when suddenly there was a commotion outside the box, and the sounds of footsteps and voices became chaotic. Then they heard the waiter shouting at the top of his voice: "Guests, don't crowd, don't crowd, please go back and eat and drink. You have to
, this is the chief, don’t watch around, don’t watch around.”
Just as I was wondering, there was a knock on the box door. Just as I was wondering, I heard the waiter say from outside: "Sir, a chief wants to see you."
If the chief wants to see him, the natives have no right to refuse to see him. So the waiter just shouted and the door opened. The person who came in from the outside was none other than Pan Pan.
Pan Pan was still carrying the dark box on his back, holding a pen and a small book in his hand.
"Xiao Wu, I'm here to continue the interview." She took out the letter of introduction and said, "I also got your brother's permission."
The letter of introduction was stamped with the seal of the Navy's Bopu Fortress District and the seal of the Military and Political School. Almost half of the letter of introduction was covered.
So the family dinner of the three brothers turned into Pan Pan's interview show. The three people looked stiff and Pan Pan took turns asking various questions, including what kind of women they like. The interview was finally over.
After that, they were manipulated and took several group photos before letting them go.
After finally waiting for the foreign leader to leave, the three brothers wiped the sweat from their foreheads and sat down.
"Good guy! This foreign woman smells so bad!" Ruan Xiaoer gasped, "It smells either fragrant or coquettish."
"Why did this foreign woman become the leader?" The Ruan brothers were surprised.
"It seems that she is the wife of a chief, but she doesn't know she is the younger wife. It seems that there are many red-haired people in Australia. There are several red-haired people among the chiefs."
"But they all seem to be foreign women."
"The tastes of the chiefs are really special." Ruan Xiaoer is a little older and already knows a lot about men and women, so he talks about it with relish.
The party of the three brothers lasted until 8 o'clock in the evening, when the evening time whistle of the factory in Bairen Industrial Zone sounded before they dispersed - if they didn't leave, the last oxcart back to Bopu would stop running. Ruan Xiaoer and
Xiaowu is going back to Bopou together, while Ruan Xiaoqi is going back to school by himself.
The three brothers said goodbye. Ruan Xiaoer and Ruan Xiaowu took advantage of the darkness and boarded the public oxcart in Bairencheng-Bopu. The two of them were slightly drunk.
"Comrade sergeant and comrade second lieutenant, have you brought your ID? If you don't, you have to buy a ticket." Sitting next to the driver of the oxcart, he was wearing a uniform, a combat/work dual-purpose helmet, and a pair of hoodies on the front and back.
Said the conductor who also served as the bodyguard of the cowhide arrow-proof vest with a steel plate protecting the body.
The guards carried bayonets on their waists and short-barreled Minie rifles on their backs. They were all army soldiers and took turns to go out on duty on the oxcarts. The first was to protect the safety of the traffic lines and oxcarts, and the second was to deter some people who did not want to buy tickets.
Ruan Xiaoer and Xiaowu took out their military ID cards. The guard came closer to the lantern hanging on the front of the car and carefully checked their photos before returning the military ID cards to them. As usual, military personnel ride for free, but they will not enjoy the ride without their ID cards.
Already.
The last bullock cart was very empty, with only half of the seats occupied. The bullock cart started to drive slowly, and after leaving Dongmen City, the lights dimmed. Although there were street light poles set up on both sides of the road, the current street lights were only in use.
They are just candle lanterns. Rather than providing illumination, they mark the boundaries of the highway to prevent pedestrians and vehicles from going outside the boundary of the road. When driving, you have to rely on the horse lanterns hung on the cars to illuminate the road conditions.
Every few kilometers the public bullock cart encounters a blockhouse, a drum will sound from the blockhouse, and then the guard will knock a few times on the small gong used to prompt the departure of the train. The number of knocks varies every day.
Serves as a communication signal for security along the way.
According to the regulations of the police headquarters, all pedestrians driving on the road at night must hold a lantern as a signal. Otherwise, once the blockhouses along the way are discovered, they have the right to shoot at any time, killing them. Of course, in actual operations, no shots will be fired unless there is an emergency.
But it is unavoidable to seize him and stay in a fortress for one night.
The light from the horse lanterns fell on the carriage. It was very dim, and the people were all shadowy. In the distance, Bairen City and the industrial area across the river were brightly lit. The iron melting furnace of the steel plant was probably still in production, and the fire glowed red.
In the sky, the roar of machines and the loud noise of the collision of steel could be heard clearly even from the other side of the river.
These scenes are now very familiar to them, and they no longer have the panic and curiosity of the past. The Ruan brothers vaguely know that the Australians rely on these steel monsters that make loud noises day and night to survive.
Changing Lingao also changed myself and everyone here.
Ruan Xiaowu had a fulfilling holiday. His classmates and colleagues who he had interacted with came to congratulate him, had dinner together, and had a lot of fun for two days. On the last day, he was preparing to go on a mission after picking up the ship tomorrow, so he simply stayed in the barracks of Bo Pu
I stayed in seclusion, recuperating my energy, and thinking about how to manage the ship and the sailors.
Unlike the army, which is mainly composed of honest farmers from Badajiao, most of the sailors come from pirates, are infected with various habits, and are more unruly. It takes more effort to train their discipline than the army. Wei Aiwen and Chen Haiyang
A lot of effort has been put into establishing the concept of discipline and strictly strengthening the concept of superiors and subordinates. Therefore, although the navy is far better than the army in terms of treatment, the hierarchy is stricter and the discipline is much stricter than that of the army. Although the influence of civilization in the 21st century
No one proposes to reinstate the corporal punishment system in the Navy, but the threshold for military justice is very low. The captain has the right to arrest, detain, and interrogate anyone on the ship at any time during the voyage. A military court can be held on the ship, chaired by the captain and an officer.
Or cadets, a committee of soldiers on board the ship. Once convicted by a military court, the captain has the power to sentence the prisoner to death.
Of course, the captain's power is not as great as imagined. Ruan Xiaowu has been in the "Ten-Man Group" and knows that there are secret members of the Ten-Man Group on every ship. The captain's words and deeds will be reported to him at all times. When necessary, the Ten-Man Group will be reported to the captain.
The regiment has the right to take over the ship. Of course, this kind of takeover will be subject to strict review afterwards. When he was attending the training class of the ten-member regiment, the leader repeatedly reminded them that only when the officer has a definite and imminent surrender to the enemy
When a mutiny occurs and there are no other forces nearby that can immediately stop it, the Ten-man Regiment can appear in public to seize command. Nothing else can be a reason to seize command, otherwise it will be punished as disobedience. The consequences will be very serious.
serious.
"You must always remember that you are just spies, not supervisors! The authority of the officers must not be shaken at any time. Fighting for the rights and interests of soldiers is a matter for the soldier committee," Ran Yao said more than once in a training class for members of the Ten-man Regiment
He reminded them, "Once you reveal your identity meaninglessly, you no longer have this identity. You lose the meaning of existence!"
In fact, the General Administration of Political Security is very strict against soldiers who reveal the identity of their own ten-man regiment. Several of Ruan Xiaowu's classmates in the training class were punished for violating the internal discipline regulations of the ten-man regiment and entered politics.
They were punished by the disciplinary team, and some were expelled from the military and sent to the labor reform team.
Unexpectedly, he has now become the subject of surveillance. Of course, his status in the Ten-man Corps does not change just because he became an officer or captain. After joining the Ten-man Corps, it is almost a lifelong position. Now on Linyun 7, it is natural
A ten-man regiment will be added, and he can be responsible for monitoring other captains and even higher-ranking officers.
Last night, an unsigned letter arrived in the drawer of his dormitory - the Political Security Administration asked him to go to the Bopu Naval Officers' Mess during breakfast this morning to wait for the next instruction from the Political Security Administration.
While waiting in the bustling queue in the mess hall to buy breakfast, an indigenous naval officer whom he had never met before came to him. After recognizing a simple code, the other party passed him a document with detailed instructions.
This is a letter with neither an invoice nor an invoice. First, I congratulate him on his promotion to second lieutenant and captain, and wish him to "shine brightly" in his post and "achieve a new career."
Step by step instructions.
His task was changed to be responsible for monitoring other captains in the naval detachment where the Yute 4 was located. The reporting was still once a month, and he could report at any time in case of emergency. The method of reporting, the letter emphasized, would be by mailing a letter.
And attach the mailing address: Box 119, Bairen General Post Office.
Who are the members of the ten-man group on his own ship? According to the size of Yute 4, the number of people should be between 12 and 18, and there should be at least one member of the group. Ruan Xiaowu felt that he would definitely be able to identify it, but if he looked carefully,