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Chapter 2: A long way to go (1)

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"I have to focus on the Sihai Industrial business, and I have to be busy relieving the victims. I have not been to the base for more than half a year. However, Gu Haichuan and others communicate regularly through radio stations and have a general understanding of the situation of the base." Li Yuntian explained, "As far as I know, the population of their base is considered to be the base. At the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, they told me that the current population of the base has reached 1.71 million. In addition, Haichuan and others also reported that although the base has many difficulties, the development situation is very good. As for the more specific situation, I don't know."

"I have been in Dazhu Mountain in the past six months and have never been to the base. However, I have heard from Chenglin, who has guided the construction of the project in the base area, say some news." Liu Chengshan said, "Chenglin told me last month that the main roads between counties in the base area have been basically communicated, and roads between townships and villages in towns are being built. With the defense projects under Chenglin's responsibility and the construction of water conservancy to solve the construction problems of new population housing, the entire base area has now become a large construction site. Chenglin said that the nearly 300,000 victims taken in this year can move into the built housing before the Spring Festival, and the highway construction will come to an end by the beginning of next spring. Only the defense projects under his responsibility will take longer to complete."

"Compared with the end of last year, the population of the base area increased by 280,000. In addition to those engineering construction, it seems that Gu Haichuan, Jiang Yishan and others are not idle either." Zhao Zhenzhong laughed, "However, with so many new populations and so many engineering constructions being carried out at the same time, have they not raised any difficulties in food and materials that need help to solve?"

"No," Liu Chengshan shook his head and said, "Uncle Master also knows that the water conservancy facilities in the base area are being improved year by year. Although the drought this year is severe, our summer grain harvest is not bad. In addition, we have not suffered from locust plagues, and the autumn grain is also a bumper harvest. In addition, Uncle Master used to store a large amount of supplies in the base area, so it is normal for Haichuan and others not to mention difficulties. Unfortunately, Cheng Lin went to the base area again at the beginning of Yuechu, so why would the uncle Master Master ask him carefully?"

"It's no pity. I'll just take time to see it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." I heard that the base area is developing well, and Zhao Zhenzhong's mood is obviously much more relaxed.

"It's the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, and the New Year will be celebrated the day after tomorrow. Is the uncle going to celebrate the New Year with Haichuan and the others?" Li Yuntian asked.

"I didn't spend the Spring Festival last year with my master and the others. I'd better come back to accompany my master this year. Master and the other party will have fun together." Zhao Zhenzhong explained, "In the early morning, I will go to the Dazhushan base with the rotation personnel, and then go to Yishui from there via Wulian Mountain. According to my journey, it's okay to arrive at the base before tomorrow evening. The night after tomorrow I will return to Dazhushan from the base, and Liu Chengshan will prepare a sailboat to send me back to Nanyao."

"In this case, Uncle Master can only stay in the base area for one day and one night, and he has to travel back and forth. It's really a bit too hasty. Can't you wait until the holidays are over before you go there?" Li Yuntian hesitated.

"There are still things to do after the festival." Zhao Zhenzhong shook his head, "I went to the base this time to understand the details of the developments in various aspects over the past six months, and at the same time, I will first communicate with Gu Haichuan and the others for the future period so that they can also make a decision in advance. We are still busy after the festival."

"Uncle Master, is there any trouble with the Dazhushan base? I'm almost bored there." Liu Chengshan said with a shy face.

"What's wrong with being bored?" Zhao Zhenzhong said seriously, "Chengshan, you are all married now, and you're still so rough? Although the Dazhushan base is not as much as the base, it is also a crucial place. It's not a boring place to be there. In addition to the daily affairs of the base, you can't hurry up and use this rare time to read more books? Decorate more things in your head? This will benefit you for a lifetime. You see, Lin, a few months younger than you, and now you can take the lead in the engineering construction of the Dazhushan base and base. It's Yuntian, who is responsible for the Sihai Industry and is also taking the time to study. Can't you learn from your two brothers?"

"Uncle Master, look, Chengshan misses his wife." Li Yuntian teased, "Chengshan got married at the end of last year. His wife Zhang Xiulan originally taught children at the Dazhushan base, but the children in the base were transferred to the base last year, so Zhang Xiulan naturally followed him. I heard that when you were not abroad, Chengshan ran to the base every month, but he had been staying at the base during the period when Uncle Master was away."

"Yuntian, don't talk nonsense." Liu Chengshan blushed and argued, "I don't miss my wife." Just looking at his blushing and shy face, coupled with his lack of confidence in speaking, it seemed to be a bit more obvious.

Looking at Liu Chengshan's embarrassment, Zhao Zhenzhong was happy: "I'm a little unconsidered. But wouldn't Chengshan ask her to return to the base?"

"Xiulan said that those children who have no father or mother need her care even more." Liu Chengshan blushed and said in a muffled voice.

"That's it, then I'll go to the base this time to see if I can solve your problem." Zhao Zhenzhong pondered, "Okay, Chengshan and I will go back to the base in the early morning. Let's stare at us first. Yuntian, go to sleep for a while and wait for us in the early morning before replacing us. In addition, after dawn, Yuntian should not forget to send a telegram to the United States through James, tell Xiaotian, Xiaohao and the others, and say that I have returned safely."

Seeing that Zhao Zhenzhong had made up his mind to go to the base tomorrow, Li Yuntian didn't say much. After agreeing, he went to a room where the dock staff could rest and found a place to go to bed first. Zhao Zhenzhong and Liu Chengshan continued to direct everyone to unload the ship, loading medical equipment, medical supplies and those radio stations onto the sailboat first, and preparing to transport them to Dazhushan in the early morning. As for other machinery and equipment, they were first moved to the dock warehouse for storage, and then they found ways to transport them into the base area.

Although the weather in Qingdao was cold in winter nights, the hundreds of people carrying supplies were sweating profusely. At one or two o'clock in the second half of the night, Zhao Zhenzhong saw that everyone was a little tired and tired, so he and Liu Chengshan took everyone to a warehouse at the dock to eat the midnight snacks made by the Sihai Restaurant.

The midnight snack is some pastry and soup filled in more than a dozen large iron buckets. Because the midnight snack is placed next to the fire and a layer of chicken oil is floating on the soup to keep it warm, although a few hours have passed, the pastry and soup are still warm. Each of the guard soldiers who participated in the transport drinks a large bowl of soup. After eating some pastry, they recovered physically and mentally, and then continued to unload the ship.

At 3 a.m., Zhao Zhenzhong woke up Li Yuntian and said to him: "The rest of the boat is all large equipment and disassembled cars. Let's continue to transport the replacement personnel when they come after dawn. You should stare here first, Chengshan and I will go to the Dazhushan base first. I guess the people who come to Dazhushan to replace are not too late to have breakfast, so you can prepare more here."

After getting up, Li Yuntian washed his face with cold water, and his mind became much clearer. After listening to Zhao Zhenzhong's instructions, he said, "Don't worry, Uncle Master, I will make arrangements here. In addition, do I need to notify Gu Haichuan and the others in advance? Although I told them yesterday that you were back, we didn't expect Uncle Master to go to the base so soon."

"Let the notification telegram be sent from Dazhushan. After dawn, don't forget to send a safety telegram to the United States for me. In addition, tell your master and your aunt that I will come back to celebrate the festival with them." After Zhao Zhenzhong finished instructing, he and Liu Chengshan took a boat to Dazhushan while the night was falling.

Halfway through, Zhao Zhenzhong and others met a sailboat sailing from Dazhu Mountain to Qingdao.

"Chengshan, is the replacement personnel on the boat opposite here going to Qingdao?" Zhao Zhenzhong asked.

"Yes. At around 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, we had already transported a batch of supplies to the base. According to the time calculation, after they return to the base and unload the supplies, they should be allowed to return to Qingdao Pier between 3 and 4 o'clock in the morning, just before dawn." Liu Chengshan explained.

"If this happens, the personnel who replace us should arrive in Qingdao at around 7 o'clock." Zhao Zhenzhong calculated, "It's winter now, it's a little late, so this arrangement is pretty good, but it's best to use the night to rotate personnel. So many of us enter and exit Qingdao Port in broad daylight, after all, it's a bit noticeable."

"Uncle Master said," Liu Chengshan nodded and admitted, "The day is starting to grow a little longer now, so it would be great if we had an hour earlier."

After arriving at the Dazhushan base, Liu Chengshan arranged for people to unload the ship's supplies. Zhao Zhenzhong had some breakfast and asked Liu Chengshan for two Mauser twenty sounds, an m1911, a pair of Chase telescopes, and several magazines. After packing up his luggage, he prepared to head towards the Yimeng base.

Before leaving, Zhao Zhenzhong said: "Liu Chengshan, you sent a report to Gu Haichuan and the others, telling them that I was going to the base today, and said that I would check the alertness of their defense line to see if they could detect my infiltration."

"Uncle Master, I'd better send two more people to escort it, so there's something to take care of it on the way," Liu Chengshan suggested.

"No need, it's easier for me to move alone and my footwork is faster." Zhao Zhenzhong waved his hand and said.

Thinking about Zhao Zhenzhong's skills, Liu Chengshan admitted that what he said was the truth, so he had to agree. Looking at Zhao Zhenzhong's back as he quickly left, Liu Chengshan muttered to himself: "Haichuan and the others are suffering now."

After Zhao Zhenzhong left the base, he walked along the mountains, rushed to the southwest, passed through the Wulian Mountains, then turned to the northwest, crossed the Gaoxu Highway, crossed two blockade lines, and sneaked into the base area.

The blockade line of Shandong authorities was cold and the Spring Festival was about to be celebrated, so the entire blockade line was useless.

The blockade line set up by the Guards was tightly controlled, especially when Gu Haichuan and others received a telegram from Liu Chengshan. After knowing that Zhao Zhenzhong would personally check the effect of the blockade line, they even raised their alert level to the state of war. Even though it was New Year's Eve the day after tomorrow, there were still many open and secret posts, as if they were facing a great enemy. However, despite the strict surveillance of the Guards, Zhao Zhenzhong still penetrated with the help of the terrain and the blind spots of the post observation.
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