Chapter 57: Ambush

If a person has no money, they are not as good as a ghost; if soup has no salt, it is not as good as water.

In the world of rivers and lakes, you will slowly discover that a good heart is not as good as a good mouth. A good heart can never compare to a good mouth.

Therefore, when Li Xuewu is not handling official business, he always flatters people three points when he meets them. A good mouth will never let himself suffer first.

After driving for more than an hour, passing a station, Wang Yimin took Li Xuewu to stand on the guard car platform and watched Liu Guoyou exchange safety signal flags with the station assistant duty officer, and then returned to the guard car.

Li Xuewu looked at his watch, recorded the passing time of the station in the escort log, then sat sideways, took out Da Qianmen from his pocket, gave Master Wang Yimin one, Liu Guoyou one, and lit them, and also took out one for himself and started smoking.

Wang Yimin also sat sideways, smoking while telling him about the matters that should be paid attention to in the escort mission.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, with a loud bang, Li Xuewu's heart trembled.

The observation window glass on the side where Wang Yimin was sitting was shattered by a flying stone. The broken glass shards splashed all over him, scaring him into falling to the ground immediately.

Li Xuewu jumped, disengaged the safety of the Type 56 semi-automatic, stretched it out through the gap, and looked outside the train sideways.

Liu Guoyou was also startled, and also stood by the window sideways, looking outside with Li Xuewu.

It was very dark outside, and he couldn't see anything, but he heard the cheers of a group of children. Obviously, this stone was thrown by this group of children!

Liu Guoyou rushed out immediately, stood on the passing platform outside, and scolded the group of children.

Unfortunately, the train's speed was not slow, and it drove out very far in the blink of an eye. How far his scolding could reach in the sound of the train's operation, and whether the group of children could hear it, was a problem.

Han Zhan was also woken up by the loud noise. He was about to jump down with his rifle, but was stopped by Wang Yimin. After explaining the situation, he lay down again.

Seeing Liu Guoyou go out to scold, Li Xuewu asked Wang Yimin with concern, "Master Wang, did it hit you?"

Wang Yimin said luckily, "Fortunately, I was sitting sideways. It just splashed some glass shards on me, but it didn't hit me."

Li Xuewu retracted the Type 56, engaged the safety, carried it on his chest again, and helped Wang Yimin, who had just stood up, clean up the glass shards on his body.

Wang Yimin also had lingering fears: "Three years ago, when Little Ma was escorting, he was sitting facing forward, and as a result, a stone thrown by a child broke the glass and hit his face directly. His nasal bone was smashed, and there was glass stuck in his face. He fainted on the spot. You must remember this."

Li Xuewu responded with a broom and shovel in the corner, "You are still experienced. Otherwise, I would have been unlucky today."

Wang Yimin was very humble: "Xuewu, this is nothing. You will understand after walking more. These are all experiences that our Security Section has explored over many years of escorting."

Li Xuewu nodded and said, "It's a false alarm. We will summarize this matter when we go back. I have recorded it."

After scolding for a while, Liu Guoyou came back, picked up the telegram paper, and put it on his duty table, saying he was preparing to send a telegram.

Liu Guoyou didn't care that Li Xuewu was looking at him blankly. Wang Yimin, after cleaning up the broken glass, sat on the side and explained the key points to Li Xuewu.

Why send a telegram when the glass is broken?

When encountering such incidents of stone-throwing at trains and causing losses, a telegram must be sent to declare it. Otherwise, if the guard car window glass is broken, it is the captain's responsibility.

And sending a telegram to declare it means it's none of their business, and the responsibility will fall on the Security Division of the station in the jurisdiction, because they have the responsibility of "protecting the road and protecting the road" for the propaganda and education of the masses along the line.

Sending a declaration telegram mainly depends on the main delivery unit department and the copy unit department. Others just need to write the matter clearly.

Like incidents of stone-throwing at trains, they mainly involve the station Security Division, the branch safety supervision office, the affiliated train section, and the affiliated vehicle section.

After the telegram was written, the train was about to arrive at the second station.

The train entered the station and stopped steadily. Liu Guoyou took the telegram he had just written, and Li Xuewu jumped off the train and went to the station operation room.

Because this train has escorts, it must bring the escorts.

And Li Xuewu had just engaged the safety of his gun because he was scared, so he must write down the detailed situation of the train being attacked and the handling method in the escort log, so he must follow.

Liu Guoyou entered the transfer room and greeted the duty personnel. It seemed they were familiar.

After greeting, he took out the drafted telegram and said, "Old Zheng, just now in the section, a group of children threw stones and broke the glass of the guard car observation window. Please send this telegram to the telegram office for me."

The third-class small station that is currently suspended does not have a telegram office. After the train has a telegram that needs to be sent, it is handed to the station, and they use the phone to read the content of the telegram to the telegram office. The telegram office records it, checks the content with them, and then sends it.

Old Zheng finished reading the content of the telegram and exclaimed, "Oh my, how are the escort comrades? Are they hurt?"

Liu Guoyou replied, "Not hurt, just splashed the escort comrade with glass shards!"

"That's good, that's good!"

Old Zheng continued to look at the content of the telegram while saying. Once he saw that it happened within the jurisdiction of their station's Security Division, he picked up the phone and called the Security Division.

After the call was connected, he told the police officer on duty at the Security Division about the situation.

Not long after, the police officer on duty walked into the operation room in a hurry.

As soon as the police officer entered the operation room, he said to Liu Guoyou, "Captain, don't send this telegram. There have been three incidents of stone-throwing at trains in our jurisdiction this month. If this telegram of yours is sent, our office will be finished this month."

Li Xuewu looked at the police officer who came in suspiciously, not understanding what "finished" meant.

Liu Guoyou shook his head and said, "This won't work. You can't let me take the responsibility because you are afraid of taking responsibility. This is a freight special train with escorts. What is the nature of this? Besides, changing a guard car window glass will deduct 1 yuan from me."

The police officer hurriedly said to Li Xuewu and Liu Guoyou, who were carrying guns, "Comrades, please help. We are responsible for changing the guard car window glass for you, as long as you don't send the telegram."

As he spoke, he stuffed a box of cigarettes to Li Xuewu.

Li Xuewu didn't even look at it and stuffed it back: "Comrade, I understand your situation. We have no problem on the escort side."

Seeing that the police officer had said this, Li Xuewu nodded, and Liu Guoyou had to nod and say, "Alright, as long as you change the guard car glass for me before the train starts, I won't send the telegram."

"Thank you, Master, thank you, Master!"

As soon as the police officer saw Liu Guoyou nod, he expressed his gratitude repeatedly and took out cigarettes to give Liu Guoyou and Li Xuewu one each. This time, both of them took them.

After lighting them, the police officer said, "Master, you go ahead and get busy. I'll go change the glass now, and I guarantee it will be changed for you before the train starts."

After speaking, he went out of the operation room like a gust of wind.

Sure enough, this police officer's work efficiency was very high. I don't know where he got a piece of observation window glass from another guard car and installed it on Li Xuewu's guard car.

Liu Guoyou checked it, and the installation was relatively firm, finally nodding to indicate that he could not send the telegram.

After the train started from the station, the rest of the journey, except for changing the locomotive, did not stop again.

Li Xuewu felt that his escort career was not calm from the beginning, and now it was finally calm. The three of them lit a cigarette each and started bragging. ===== CHAPTER 58 =====

Sure enough, this police officer was very efficient; I don't know which guard car he took it from, but he managed to get a piece of observation window glass and installed it on Li Xuewu and his team's guard car.

Liu Guoyou checked it and found it was installed quite securely, so he finally nodded to indicate that there was no need to send a telegram.

After the train departed from the station, it would not stop again for the rest of the journey except to change locomotives.

Li Xuewu felt that his escort career had not been peaceful from the start, but now it had finally calmed down; the three of them each lit a cigarette again and started bragging and chatting.