Siheyuan: I am Banggeng's uncle

Chapter 27: A show of force!
Jia Dongming knew that supplies were very scarce now, but this was not an excuse for Chen Jianfei to oppose his ideas. Seeing Chen Jianfei and Zhang Guoping singing the same tune and pouring out their grievances to him, Jia Dongming vaguely understood something.

Jia Dongming did not show his dissatisfaction on his face. He said to Chen Jianfei with a serious face: "Comrade Chen Jianfei! When we fought the Japanese in the past, we not only lacked nutrition, but also lacked guns and ammunition. In such a difficult environment, we not only drove away the Japanese, but also established New China. Are we not going to train just because of lack of nutrition?"

Just as Jia Dongming guessed, although Director Lin was the head of the Security Department, due to Director Lin's illness, the work of the Security Department had always been in charge of three captains. The three also heard that the higher-ups decided to select one person from among them to serve as the chief of the Security Department.

Because of this, over the past year or so, the three captains have been getting along well on the surface but competing secretly. What they didn't expect was that when Director Lin was about to retire to the second line, a security chief was parachuted in from above, which directly cut off their hopes of promotion.

The main reason why Chen Jianfei didn't give Jia Dongming face was because he was the one with the greatest hope of promotion among the three. Facing Jia Dongming's rebuke, Chen Jianfei not only did not back down, but instead argued with reason: "Chief Jia! I am the captain of the second team, and I need to be responsible for my team members."

"You want us to resume normal training without any problems. As long as you can solve the problem of nutrition supplementation, our Second Brigade can resume routine training at any time."

Guo Jianguo, the captain of the first team, saw Chen Jianfei fighting against Jia Dongming. Although he did not show any expression on his face, he felt extremely happy in his heart. He cooperated with him and said, "Chief Jia! It's not that we don't want to cooperate with you. Because of the great famine in the past two years, and the fact that most of the team members have families to support, their physical fitness is not as good as before. If they can't keep up with the nutrition during training, it will not only affect one person, but the whole family."

When Captain Li Aijun of the third team saw that Chen Jianfei and Guo Jianguo both stood up to oppose the first decision made by Jia Dongming after taking office, he secretly cursed the two men as idiots.

Considering the original agreement between the three, Li Aijun said tactfully: "Captain Jia! I suggest that we let the team members do formation and shooting training first. As for physical training, we can do it after we can get some meat."

Jia Dongming looked at the four people sitting opposite him and secretly decided in his heart that he would replace these four people after he had established himself in the Security Department.

With this thought in mind, Jia Dongming said seriously, "I will find a way to solve the problem of the team members' lack of nutrition. As for the team members' training, we will follow Comrade Aijun's suggestion just now and conduct formation and shooting training first. As for physical training, we will decide after we get meat."

Chen Jianfei was so pleased to see Wu Aiguo finally compromise that he even thought to himself, "Jia Dongming! No matter if you are a dragon or a snake, if you want to stay in the security department, you must stay here obediently."

While thinking about it, Chen Jianfei asked Jia Dongming, "Chief Jia! Do you have anything else to do? If not, then we will go back first."

When Jia Dongming heard what Chen Jianfei said and saw the other party's aggressive attitude, he replied calmly: "Okay! Then you can go back first. I will find you if there is anything." Wu Aiguo watched the four people walk out of his office together, and his face suddenly became gloomy. At this time, Jia Dongming knew clearly in his heart that if he could get meat and implement his first decision after taking office, he would be able to successfully gain a foothold in the security department. On the contrary, if he could not get meat, he, the chief of the security department, would definitely be sidelined by the three captains and completely become a decoration.

At this time, Jia Dongming's first thought was to find Li Huaide and ask the steel rolling mill to give them some meat. However, when he thought of the situation just introduced by the logistics section chief Zhang Guoping, Jia Dongming quickly gave up this idea. So Jia Dongming was thinking in his mind who to find to solve this problem.

Jia Dongming filtered through all the people he knew, and a name quickly popped up in his mind. "How could I forget Xiao Heping? If I remember correctly, when he was demobilized, the brigade commander told me that after Xiao Heping was demobilized and returned to the local area, he worked in Changping Commune as the deputy director of the commune."

Thinking of his old comrade, Jia Dongming quickly reached out and pressed the phone on the desk, shook the handle vigorously a few times, then picked up the receiver and said politely: "Comrade! Hello! Please transfer me to Changping Commune and let Comrade Xiao Heping answer the call."

"This is Changping Commune. Who are you looking for?" Jia Dongming didn't have to wait long before the call was connected. A middle-aged man's rough voice came from the phone immediately.

When Jia Dongming heard the inquiry coming from the phone, he immediately introduced himself with a smile: "Hello, comrade! I am from the security department of the steel rolling mill. I am looking for Comrade Xiao Heping from your commune. Please ask him to answer the phone."

The middle-aged man who answered the phone heard Jia Dongming's self-introduction and learned that Jia Dongming was from the security department of the steel rolling mill. He immediately replied, "Comrade! Wait a moment. I will help you get our Deputy Director Xiao to answer the phone."

"Hello! I'm Xiao Heping. Who is looking for me?" Jia Dongming waited for about two or three minutes, and then he heard footsteps on the phone, followed by Xiao Heping's puzzled voice.

When Jia Dongming heard Xiao Heping's puzzled question, he immediately smiled and asked Xiao Heping: "Xiao Ermao! Guess who I am?"

Xiao Heping, who was on the other end of the phone, heard Jia Dongming's question and felt that the voice was very familiar, especially his nickname Xiao Ermao. Several figures suddenly appeared in Xiao Heping's mind. He blurted out with surprise, "Lao Jia! You are Lao Jia! Aren't you in the army? Why are you calling me from the steel mill? Have you also been demobilized? This is not right! I heard that the division is going to promote you to the position of regiment commander."

When Jia Dongming heard what Xiao Heping said, he thought of the reason why he changed his job, and a complicated expression appeared on his face. He replied, "Old Xiao! I was on the plateau, and I didn't like those Indian prisoners, so I took a gun and shot them. The old leader let me change my job and go back to the local area."

(End of this chapter)