Chapter 56: Train Captain Liu

Wang Yimin followed Zhang Changshun's words and said, "Old Zhang, Li Guzhang joined the army early and is a military cadre who fought his way up. He was wounded in battle before transferring to our factory. We in the Security Division all admire him very much. Old Zhang, you must take care of Li Guzhang in the future!"

Zhang Changshun said with a smile, "No problem. Since Master Wang has spoken, what else is there to say! Li Guzhang, let's help each other in the future."

"Please take care of me."

After asking that the vehicles were about to leave, Wang Yimin led Li Xuewu out of the vehicle number room and met Han Zhan, who had come out of the toilet, to go to the guard car.

Wang Yimin led Li Xuewu and the other two to the guard car, just in time to see the guard car captain taking out the spare items one by one to check, ensuring that the spare items required for execution were not missing! After classifying and summarizing, they were packed into the cross-body bag.

《Sword Immortal of Qinghu》

Wang Yimin and the three entered without disturbing the captain, but placed their bags and lunch boxes.

Li Xuewu opened his bag, took out the pistol he had previously placed in the space, unloaded the bullets, pulled the slide, reloaded the bullets, chambered a round, engaged the safety, and stuck it in the holster on his waist.

The Type 56 semi-automatic rifle was handled the same way—chambered, safety engaged, and carried on his chest with the muzzle down.

The captain finished tidying up his items before introducing himself to the three.

The captain's surname was Liu, named Liu Guoyou, a railway worker, not in the same system as Li Xuewu and the others.

The four of them were polite to each other and briefly talked about the situation.

Li Xuewu followed Captain Liu to the dispatch station operation room to wait.

The station duty officer was very accurate. In about ten minutes, Li Xuewu heard the rumbling sound of the train outside.

Looking out from the window of the operation room, he saw the People-type locomotive of the 168 train and a Construction-type steam locomotive coupled together, pulling a long train of carriages out from the loading and unloading workshop along the special line.

Li Xuewu estimated that this freight special train had about 40 carriages.

Captain Liu saw Li Xuewu looking curiously and explained, "This looks like an extra-long train. Because the length limit of this line in Beijing is 42, which is the length of 31 or 32 carriages, 40-plus carriages must be extra-long."

Li Xuewu nodded. He hadn't been exposed to this thing, and it was useless to understand it.

Among these 40-plus carriages, there was 1 passenger carriage, and the rest were closed box carriages.

The parts that needed to be transported to Spring City this time should be loaded in these closed carriages.

Li Xuewu was escorting for the first time and didn't understand the doorway here. It was all Han Zhan and Wang Yimin who had just walked over reminding him from the side.

As soon as the train stopped on the arrival and departure line, several people got off the front car, carrying bags and walking towards this side.

A middle-aged man wearing factory work clothes walked into the operation room, asked the station duty officer about the situation, and then turned to Li Xuewu and asked, "I am Yu Hanyang, the director of the dispatch office. Are you the comrades responsible for this escort?"

Li Xuewu replied, "Yes, I am the person in charge, Li Xuewu."

Dispatch Office Director Yu Hanyang looked at Li Xuewu and said, "Please show your work IDs."

Li Xuewu knew this was a necessary procedure. He took out his work ID from his bag along with Han Zhan's and Wang Yimin's work IDs and handed them over.

Yu Hanyang took the work IDs and checked them carefully, then looked at the photos on the work IDs and compared them with the three of Li Xuewu. After confirming they were correct, he handed them to the duty officer to make a registration, and then returned the work IDs to Li Xuewu and the others.

Yu Hanyang began the normal notification before the handover with Captain Liu, and then explained the mission to Li Xuewu and the others.

"I think you all know the discipline and regulations for escorting such freight special trains. We hand over the vehicles before they leave the station to avoid problems. If problems occur after leaving the station, your train crew and security responsibilities will be investigated."

Hearing this, the expressions of the three Li Xuewu also became serious, and they replied decisively, "I understand!"

Dispatch Office Director Yu Hanyang took out the freight bill and the train marshalling order from his document bag and handed them over with the station duty officer.

The duty officer tore off one of the three copies of the train marshalling order and handed it to the field duty officer, who checked the existing vehicles of the freight special train and handed the remaining two copies of the train marshalling order and the freight bill to Liu Guoyou.

A freight train has one freight bill per freight car. These 40-plus freight bills are sealed in a special small envelope. The cover of the envelope is written with the car numbers of these 41 carriages, as well as the destination and the name of the goods.

After Liu Guoyou checked the car numbers on the freight bill and the train marshalling order, he took the three people from the Security Division, two from the Sales Section, and the field duty officer to close the doors and apply lead seals to each carriage one by one. It took more than an hour to seal 40 carriages.

Taking advantage of this time, the guard car had already been coupled to the rear of the train.

In fact, escorting such freight trains, except for being a bit restrained, is actually very easy.

There is no need to check loading reinforcement or whether they are sealed. Just check the car numbers clearly. Moreover, the railway will prepare food and drink along the way, and it is free. Many people are willing to escort freight special trains.

This special train basically doesn't stop. The passenger carriage and the guard car at the front and back will monitor the entire train, so the lead seals will not be broken at all.

The cadres of the Sales Section responsible for the transportation mission sit in the passenger carriage, and the guard car is for Li Xuewu and the others and the captain.

The reason why the Security Section is willing to escort freight special trains, besides saving food and drink, is that they can bring some local specialties back from other places. Generally, business trips will bring all kinds of novel things.

The guard car and passenger carriage have large spaces, so there are situations where some private items are carried, but no one dares to make it too big. Small things don't matter.

Li Xuewu and the three checked the train and got on the guard car. There were two berths in the guard car, and the telephone had been set up in the guard car. Li Xuewu and the three would perform guard duties in the guard car with the captain.

The telephone connects the locomotive, the passenger carriage in the freight special train, and the guard car. The purpose of the telephone is to report and communicate in time if there is any situation.

After all checks and preparations were completed, the train started towards the Northeast.

The train passed the position of the assistant duty officer, and Liu Guoyou signaled to the outside.

Wang Yimin told Li Xuewu that this was the captain exchanging safety signals with the assistant duty officer, indicating that the vehicle started safely.

After the train left the turnout area, the two returned to the guard car from the observation platform. After recording the departure time of the Rolling Mill freight station in the escort log, Wang Yimin asked Li Xuewu to sit in the seat in the direction of the train's operation, letting Li Xuewu be responsible for the escort, while he sat in the opposite seat of the observation window to guide.

Liu Guoyou sat on the other side.

After the train traveled more than ten kilometers, it entered the section through a turnout, and the speed increased.

Han Zhan went to sleep on the bed first and would replace Li Xuewu in a while.

Wang Yimin saw Li Xuewu sitting in front of the observation window, staring at the front of the train without moving, so he stood up and walked over, saying, "Xuewu, you'd better sit sideways and check the situation outside every once in a while. If you sit straight like this, and a naughty child throws a stone and breaks the front observation window, the stone and glass shards will hit your face, which will be miserable. Sitting sideways makes it less likely to hit you."

Li Xuewu was very moved when he heard this and thanked him with a smile, "Okay, Master Wang, I know. Thank you for your reminder!" ===== CHAPTER 57 =====