"Cannonballs?!"
Inside the driver's building.
The train had just left the dark tunnel, and Li Aiguo pushed the small gate with his hand and was about to accelerate, when he heard Liu Qingquan's shout and a chill ran down his back.
He wanted to put down Qian at that time, but his hand came into contact with the cold push handle but he didn't push it down.
"What about the explosion? If the shells were coming, there would have been a violent explosion at this time!"
While observing the dashboard, Li Aiguo shouted: "Liu Qingquan, where did the bomb hit?"
Liu Qingquan retracted his head, pointed at the car behind and shouted: "Report to the driver, the bomb hit the rear. Three carriages later, I saw with my own eyes a round and black object smashing through the window."
He also felt something was wrong that the bomb did not explode, and asked doubtfully: "Could this shell be a dumb bomb?"< br>
Li Aiguo was a little confused at this moment.
This is the capital city. No matter how rampant Dieter is, he can't directly shoot at the train, right?
But the glass in the rear car was indeed smashed, and Liu Qingquan did see the shell. What on earth was going on?
Whether it was a shell or not, the smashed window in the back meant that the train Under attack.
According to the old rules of drivers, after a train is attacked, the first thing to do is never to stop, and the second thing to do is to accelerate away from the attacked area.
In the noisy, smoky and dull driver's building, Li Aiguo put aside his doubts and decisively pushed the small gate. The speed of the train suddenly increased a lot, and it roared out of the tunnel.
Li Aiguo breathed a sigh of relief after the train traveled a full two miles and was not attacked again.
"Co-driver, look at the situation in the car to determine whether it is necessary to stop."
There was no radio equipment on the train in these years, and the co-driver was responsible for the important tasks of manual radio, manual camera, and manual navigation.
Liu Qingquan leaned most of his body out of the window and immediately shouted loudly: "Report to the driver, Captain Bai seems to be giving us a signal. There seems to be injured people in the rear compartment!"
< br>Li Aiguo's heart, which had just hit the ground, once again reached his throat.
"How is the condition of the wounded?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Li Aiguo realized that this problem was too complicated for a simple signal.
"Ask Captain Bai if he needs to stop immediately?"
There is a curve ahead. In order to allow Liu Qingquan to better communicate with Captain Bai, who is behind him, Li Aiguo deliberately slowed down the car. .
Liu Qingquan once again stuck out his head and gestured towards the car behind him for a while, then retracted his head, which was red from the cold, and reported: "Report, some passengers are seriously injured and need to be sent to the hospital urgently."
“Tell Commander Bai to let them hold on a little longer.”
Li Aiguo said a word and pushed the valve directly. This time he pushed the valve all the way. As the pointer of the barometer jumped, the speed of the train increased again.
We are still in a closed area. Although it is not dangerous to stop immediately, there is no hospital nearby.
Li Aiguo often runs this line and knows very well that there is a crossing station ahead. Less than one kilometer away from the crossing station is Xizhimen Hospital.
The train roared towards the switching station.
The young switchman at the Xizhimen Switching Station has moved the gate in advance and is standing next to the track, waving a flag for traffic.
The work at the railway station was very leisurely. After the train passed, he could go back to the duty room and bake sweet potatoes with a group of road inspectors.
Suddenly, the train blew its whistle, the wheels rubbed against the rails, sending out little sparks, and the speed began to slow down.
The young switchman realized that something might have happened, and he couldn't help but panic. He shouted into the duty room: "Master Chen, come quickly, the train has stopped!"
Master Chen is the stationmaster of the switching station and also serves as an official switchman.
Hearing the shouting, he immediately threw away the roasted sweet potatoes and ran out with the road inspectors.
The train stopped, Li Aiguo opened the side door and ran to the third carriage.
The second pane of glass in the third carriage was indeed broken, and there was a little blood stain on the glass. It should be the location where the "bomb" just blew up.
At this time, the train door opened, and Captain Bai and two policemen helped a middle-aged passenger out.
The forehead of the middle-aged passenger was covered in blood and flesh, with a deep wound across it.
The edges of the wound were ragged, and the flesh was turned out, revealing the red flesh and blood underneath, which was shocking to see.
Although the flight attendant made a simple bandage with gauze, bright red blood continued to gush out of the gauze, slowly flowing down his cheeks and neck, staining his clothes red.
A middle-aged woman wearing a flowered scarf followed behind and cried: "Master, you have to hold on. If you die, how will I and the children survive!"
< br>Hua Turban was just crying and didn't even notice that it was too hard for the two female stewards to support an adult. The middle-aged man almost fell down when he got off the train.
Li Aiguo rushed forward and grabbed his arm, thus avoiding secondary injury.
Li Aiguo did not bother to ask the reason and shouted to Master Chen who was running this way: "Old Chen, please lead the carriage quickly."
Master Chen ran halfway down the road and before he could see clearly what was going on, he turned around and went back without hesitation when he heard the shouting.
Taking advantage of Master Chen's opportunity to lead the horse, Li Aiguo handed the middle-aged man to the flower turban and asked Captain Bai: "What's going on here?"
Bringing up what happened just now , Captain Bai still looked frightened: "A stone broke the glass."
"Train leader, you don't know, it was so scary at that time. Look at my man being smashed like this, you guys Is someone on the railway responsible? "
Hua Turban was comforting the middle-aged man. After hearing this, he suddenly abandoned his man and came over.
Captain Bai said to Hua Turban, dumbfounded: "The matter has not been investigated clearly. If it is our responsibility on the railway, we will definitely take responsibility to the end."
"We were riding the train well, and suddenly we were hit by a stone. It's smashed, can you say it's not your responsibility?" Hua Turban raised his eyebrows.
"The first thing we have to do is send your man to the hospital and find out what's going on."
Captain Bai just stated the facts, but he didn't expect to attract Hua Hua. She wasn't angry about the hijab's anger and just tried her best to explain.
Hua Turban had already begun to cry about how much money they spent on the ticket. Now that the man’s head was smashed, there might be air leakage from his head in the future, which made Li Aiguo marvel.
If there is a leak in the head, can that person still live?
Li Aiguo looked at the tigress-like floral turban, then turned to look at the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man also felt that his wife was going too far. He endured the pain and smiled bitterly at him, but he did not dare to stop her.
I think the status of flower headscarf in the family is unusual.
Passengers in the car stuck their heads out to see what was strange.
By the time Master Chen came over with the carriage, Hua Turban had already counted the nutritional expenses on her fingers. Captain Bai reminded her several times that she should save people first, but she was interrupted every time.
The flower scarf rolled his eyes and said: "Let's negotiate the price first, otherwise the person will be sent to the hospital and you drive the train away. Who am I going to find?"
Good guy! , turns out to be trying to engage in blackmail!
Li Aiguo smoked a cigarette, walked over with his arms crossed, and interrupted her: "If you want to murder your husband, just delay it. When your husband is dead, we will arrest you and we won't have to pay any compensation. "
Li Aiguo shouted to the policeman standing aside: "Lao Zhang, get the cuffs ready and prepare to arrest someone!"
Officer Zhang had already suppressed his anger and immediately took out the handcuffs from his waist. The bright handcuffs gave off a little cold light under the sunlight.
The flower headscarf was talking enthusiastically, but he was so frightened by the "murdering husband" that he shut his mouth. When he saw the handcuffs again, he immediately stepped aside obediently.
Conductor Bai breathed a sigh of relief. As a train conductor, this was the first time she had seen such an unreasonable woman in her travels.
After the carriage left with the middle-aged man, the white coach went to the train and plugged the holes in the windows with strips of cloth.
Li Aiguo came to the switching station and reported to the director of the passenger transport workshop that the train was attacked by stones through the duty phone.
The director of the passenger transport workshop was shocked. This was the first time that a train in the Qianmen Locomotive Depot had been attacked.
Hearing that the injured had been sent to the hospital, the workshop director breathed a sigh of relief: "Driver Li, you did the right thing. I will report the matter to Duan Lili immediately and ask Duan Lili to handle it."
Hang up the phone, Li Aiguo raised his wrist and looked at his watch. The block time was coming soon.
He didn't delay any more and restarted the train.
The train roared away from the crossing station and headed towards Jincheng.
Along the way, Liu Qingquan and Lao Zheng were analyzing who threw such a big stone at the train.
"Let me tell you, it must be Dieter. They plan to destroy our railway transportation lines."
Li Aiguo felt that the two people's ideas were a bit excessive.
Although Dieter is indeed bad and has indeed done so many unscrupulous things, we cannot put all the blame on others.
But in this special era, the strings in people's heads are tightened.
People who hold this idea account for the majority in the Qianmen Locomotive Depot.
Even Minister Niu and Zhou Ke are investigating, focusing on Dieter.
By the time Li Aiguo drove the train back to the locomotive depot, Minister Niu had already led people and local police comrades to investigate Dieter near the tunnel of the old Xizhimen Railway Station.
Zhou Keze brought several railway police officers to the maintenance workshop to inspect the stone and the broken window.
At this time, some train drivers and railway employees heard that train 131 had an accident, and they also came to the maintenance workshop to join in the fun.
Everyone looked at the bowl-sized hole in the glass and gasped in shock.
After Zhou Ke checked the carriage, he lit a cigarette, came to Li Aiguo, squatted down and asked:
"Aiguo, tell me why Dieter didn't use grenades instead of Where are the stones? Isn’t the power of the stones too small?”
Li Aiguo took the enamel jar from Huang Jing and took a sip of tea.
Oh, sugar is added to it.
This little apprentice is almost like a little cotton-padded jacket. Li Aiguo looked at Huang Jing with admiration, held the enamel jar, turned to Zhou Ke and asked: "Is there a possibility that this matter has nothing to do with Dieter at all?"
< br>"Who else but Dieter could do such a heartless thing!" Zhou Ke said confidently.
Li Aiguo took another sip of tea: "We still lack the necessary information, so we can't make any conclusions."
"We will find out when Minister Niu captures Dieter. ”
Zhou Ke still insisted on his opinion.
Li Aiguo had a vague guess in his mind, but there was no evidence. In order to avoid interfering with Zhou Ke and others' handling of the case, he ultimately did not speak out.
After finishing the journey, Captain Bai went to Xizhimen Hospital and rushed back at this time.
She brought back good news. The injured passenger was not seriously ill because he was sent to the hospital in time. After the doctor bandaged him, he suggested that he go home to recuperate.
His wife wore a headscarf but insisted on staying in the hospital for a while longer.
"It's nothing to be hospitalized. Our railway reimburses the medical expenses in full, but now she is asking for compensation."
Conductor Bai will still lament Ma Zhuying's unreasonableness, "How can that woman be a salesperson from a supply and marketing cooperative?" , He is just a latrine cleaner, his mouth is dirtier than a cesspit."
Li Aiguo also encountered this situation for the first time. He looked at Captain Bai and asked: "Captain, this matter should be handled by someone else. Is the department in charge? "
"Yes, Duan Li has handed over the communication with Ma Zhuying to the education office. It seems that Director Huang is in charge. I just saw Director Huang riding a bicycle towards the hospital. ." Chief Bai said.
Li Aiguo raised his eyes and looked at Zhou Ke.
Zhou Ke's face turned pale.
He stood up suddenly: "I think it's time to get off work, so I won't chat with you today."
The accident that happened today is a rare vicious event in the past six months, Xing The section leader immediately convened a meeting of section leaders and demanded a thorough investigation of the entire matter to ensure the smooth flow of railway transportation and the safety of passengers.
The case is investigated by the Railway Police Station and the Armed Forces Department, and the education room is responsible for communicating with the injured.
Seeing that it was getting late, Li Aiguo said hello to Cao Wenzhi and Captain Bai, considering that Chen Xueru had just become pregnant and needed company.
They knew about Chen Xueru for two days and urged Li Aiguo to come back quickly.
"Driver Li, you have been busy in the locomotive depot all day. Now that your wife is pregnant, if you continue to be the hands-off shopkeeper, Miss Chen should have some objections. Go back quickly."
"Yes, taking good care of Comrade Chen Xueru is to train railway successors. Patriot, your task is important!"
"Goodbye."
Li Aiguo waved to them and got on his bicycle. Wandering back to the courtyard.
Night falls.
When I got home, all the worries were gone.
After Li Aiguo washed up, he pulled Chen Xueru into the back room and laid her down on the bed.
Close to her belly and listen to what’s going on inside.
"It's less than three months old, so you can hear it." Miss Chen has been tutoring Feng Nan a lot these days, and has already surpassed Li Aiguo in terms of pregnancy knowledge.
Li Aiguo chuckled: "Maybe our child is a genius."
Miss Chen realized that Li Aiguo used "child" instead of "son" and asked curiously: "Brother Aiguo, do you want a child?" Do you want a son or a daughter?”
“Son and daughter are the same.”
Li Aiguo doesn’t care about this.
"I want a son. You don't know, we women, if we don't have a son, we won't even be able to raise our heads in the courtyard." Chen Xueru said with her little face raised.
Li Aiguo originally wanted to educate Chen Xueru not to have old feudal ideas.
If you think about it carefully, Chen Xueru grew up before liberation.
I have lived in this kind of education for more than ten years, and the ideas and concepts that have been cultivated subtly over the years cannot be easily changed.
Li Aiguo simply said nothing.
In the evening, the third aunt sent two small clothes. The clothes looked old and had turned white after washing.
"This is what my Yan Jiekuang wore when he was a child. If you don't mind, just keep it for your children to wear."
Yan Jiekuang's old clothes. Good guy, these clothes are five or six years old. .
Chen Xueru happily took it and expressed her gratitude to the third aunt.
After the third aunt left, Li Aiguo looked at the clothes and frowned: "This thing is in such a broken state, can it be worn by a child?"
Chen Xueru carefully picked up the clothes. , said with a smile: "Just patch up the broken places. I heard from the old people that this kind of Baijia Yi is the best for disaster relief. Children will be free from all diseases after wearing it."
Li Aiguo can understand this "old principle".
Many new clothes look very clean, but in fact, harmful substances are inevitably stuck on them during the production process.
Children are fragile and easily affected by harmful substances.
The old clothes have been washed countless times, so there is no need to worry about this.
For example, the bedsheets in the hospital that have been sterilized by high-pressure steam look yellow, and they look like they have messy traces of feces, urine, blood, and phlegm.
But it's cleaner than those white-looking sheets in hotels.
The two are the same.
Many "old principles" and "old rules" sound quite feudal, but in fact they are the experience that working people have experienced in production and life for thousands of years.
Li Aiguo naturally agrees.
The railway is a big stage that never stops. As long as the gongs and drums sound, someone has to perform.
The damaged carriage was left in the maintenance workshop, which replaced it with a new carriage overnight.
In the following days, Li Aiguo still drove the train between Beijing and Jincheng.
The glass fragments and blood stains near the railway tracks were also cleaned up, as if nothing had happened.
But.
The investigation of the attack by the Ministry of Armed Forces and the Railway Police Station further expanded.
They even reported it to the relevant units and invited comrades from the weather station to come forward.
After a week-long investigation, the investigation team has not made any progress.
Although the attack did not happen again, if this case is not investigated for a day, it is like a stone weighing on the hearts of all train drivers and conductors.
No one wants to happily drive a train, gnaw on steamed buns, and suddenly get hit by a brick!
On this day, Li Aiguo came back from driving. As soon as he stepped on the station, he was invited to the office by Minister Niu.
"Comrade Patriot, after listening to what Zhou Ke said, you don't agree with classifying this case as a Dieter case?" Minister Niu said as he handed Li Aiguo a cigarette, then put his hands together, struck a match, and helped him Light the cigarette.
After not seeing each other for just a few days, the wrinkles on Minister Niu’s face seemed to have increased.
Li Aiguo took a puff of cigarette and sat up straight: "I really think this matter has nothing to do with Dieter."
"Is there any evidence?" Minister Niu frowned: "If not If Dieter said it, who would throw a stone at the train? Everyone knows the consequences."
Li Aiguo shook the ashes and said, "What if it's a half-year-old child?"
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As soon as these words came out, Minister Niu's expression froze and his eyes suddenly widened.
"Yes, those gangsters are lawless. There is nothing they dare not do!"
"Patriot, you don't seem to be able to drive tomorrow, right? How about we get there together? Go check it out at the Xizhimen Tunnel?"
Minister Niu stared at Li Aiguo.
Li Aiguo originally planned to accompany Chen Xueru, but seeing this situation, he had no choice but to agree.
After all, he was just guessing. If he guessed wrong, it might mislead the direction of the investigation. It was better to go and conduct an on-site investigation himself in order to feel at ease.
Early the next morning, Minister Niu asked Zhou Ke to drive Li Aiguo in a jeep to the tunnel of the old Xizhimen Railway Station.
Xizhimen Railway Station is one of the oldest railway stations in Beijing. It is also known as Xizhimen Station of Pingsui Railway and is an important station on the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway.
The main building of the station, the platform, and the overpass connecting the two platforms were all designed by Zhan Tianyou.
Before liberation, Xizhimen Railway Station, Deshengmen Station, Andingmen Station, Dongzhimen Station and Chaoyangmen Station formed a ring railway, which was regarded as the earliest "subway" in China.
In 1958, the railway from Xizhimen to Chaoyangmen via Deshengmen, Andingmen, Dongzhimen and Chaoyangmen was dismantled. Xizhimen Railway Station was decommissioned. Only the old tunnel not far from the railway station continued to contribute to Beijing's railway transportation. .
The tunnel has a history of hundreds of years, and cracks have appeared in some places on the top of the tunnel, like wrinkles carved by time. The masonry on the walls is dark in color and has gone through countless wind and rain erosion and polishing of time.
When Li Aiguo came to the entrance of the tunnel, both sides were already blocked.
Zhou Ke pointed to the entrance of the tunnel and said: "This is under the jurisdiction of Xinjiekou District, but there are no residents nearby. The comrades from the street office helped us look for people passing by, but there are no results yet."
Li Aiguo looked at the entrance of the tunnel, then turned to look at the heights. He suddenly turned around and walked towards the top of the tunnel.
"What did you find?"
Zhou Ke quickly followed behind.
(End of this chapter)