Quartermasters can also fight the devils

After getting up the next morning, Zhang Wenjun and Liu Ping had breakfast and went out to work.

Zhang Wenwu was also busy. He used the phone at his eldest brother's home to call the communications group assigned to the 102nd Division. He did not forget the order from Deputy Division Commander Qi to take the communications group members back to the division headquarters.

After the call was connected, Zhang Wenwu explained the situation to the other side and asked the communication team to be ready after noon, and he would go to pick them up with the convoy at that time.

After the call, Zhang Wenwu changed into his clean military uniform and rushed to the warehouse. He had no choice but to leave early. He calculated that it would take about an hour and a half.

Zhang Wenwu first took the city bus, then a rickshaw, then bus No. 11, and finally, he took a bullock cart to get there. He looked at his watch and realized that it took more than two hours. His military uniform was already stained with sweat.

At the warehouse door, after showing his ID and proof from outside, the guard walked into the sentry box as usual and called the officer in charge of Zhang Wenwu and his team, asking the person inside to come out to pick them up and sign for record.

Zhang Wenwu stood by the gate, smoking and taking a rest. He would watch the military vehicles coming in and out, guessing what each vehicle was used for or what was transported on it, just to kill time and amuse himself.

After waiting for nearly 30 minutes, Huo Guoguang finally saw him hanging on the door of a truck's cab, heading towards the gate. When the truck was almost at the gate, it slowed down significantly, and Huo Guoguang jumped off the truck and waved to the driver inside to express his gratitude.

"Deputy Director Zhang, I'm sorry. It takes a little time to come out from inside. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time." As soon as Huo Guoguang met them, he apologized quickly, took the record book from the guard and signed his name.

"It's okay. I'm really sorry to bother Quartermaster Huo to come out to pick me up. I wonder when the batch of supplies for my unit will be shipped." Zhang Wenwu followed Huo Guoguang into the warehouse. After exchanging polite words with Huo Guoguang, he wanted to learn about the progress of the shipment of supplies so that he could arrange the time to pick him up later.

"It's almost done, Deputy Director Zhang. I estimate that the shipment should be completed by noon." Speaking of the shipment progress, Huo Guoguang said a little embarrassedly. There was nothing he could do. The group of people in the shipping team would work so slowly when there were no red envelopes. If it weren't for "Li Tiemian" to urge them, it is estimated that these materials could not be loaded until tomorrow.

When Zhang Wenwu heard that the loading could be completed by noon, he felt relieved, as long as it would not delay picking up the people in the afternoon.

"Quartermaster Huo, your warehouse is quite big, and there are quite a lot of storerooms. You guys should be busy with them during the normal time." Zhang Wenwu followed Huo Guoguang, took the "11" route, and walked towards the previous lounge. He was just chatting for fun.

"Hey, Deputy Director Zhang, what you said is half right and half wrong." Huo Guoguang said with a smile.

"Oh? Which half is right and which half is wrong? I'd like to trouble Quartermaster Huo to explain it to me." Zhang Wenwu also became curious.

"Deputy Director Zhang, you are too polite. You are one of us, so it is okay for me to tell you. This is not a secret in the military warehouse." Huo Guoguang said with a bit of complacency: "This warehouse is indeed very large, and it has not been fully built yet. It is said that it will be expanded. You have seen the warehouses inside, and there are many of them. These are all correct."

"We need to expand the space further. How big will that area have to be? Will we be able to manage it all?" Zhang Wenwu sighed when he heard this. The warehouse is already big enough now. If it is expanded further, it will be beyond imagination.

Huo Guoguang pointed to the warehouse next to him as he walked. "Deputy Director Zhang, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me. We are not as busy as you think, because many warehouses are empty. There is nothing in them. How busy can we be? As far as I know, there are only more than 20 warehouses with supplies in the entire warehouse, and none of them are full."

Zhang Wenwu was stunned. He had walked all the way through the warehouse. Although he had not counted how many warehouses there were, he estimated that he had passed by at least 40 or 50 warehouses. This was only part of the warehouse. It turned out that it was basically empty.

Seeing Zhang Wenwu's face was a little confused, Huo Guoguang also smiled helplessly, "I am dissatisfied with Deputy Director Zhang. When I heard the news, I was also shocked, but there is nothing I can do. This is the fact. The reason is very simple. The country has no money. And the gap in the demand for materials of the troops below needs to be solved. Just like the materials your department received this time, the basic materials will be quickly distributed and taken away when they arrive at the warehouse. There is no inventory at all, especially weapons and equipment. All the troops are fighting hard for them."

Zhang Wenwu felt awe in his heart, and he knew that Huo Guoguang was telling the truth. It was possible that the reports of more than 20 warehouses with supplies were exaggerated just to comfort himself.

The country is weak, and the central government can actually fully control only a few provinces in the southeast, and the central government can only command about thirty divisions of its own troops. Even so, many of the so-called own troops are still in a state of insufficient equipment. There is a gap in the equipment of the existing troops, let alone the inventory.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wenwu suddenly felt that he should find more ways to get some things from the warehouse. He should have the attitude that as long as something is useful, the more the better, and he should never "scorn the poor and love the rich."

"Quartermaster Huo, you see, our division is newly formed, and we don't have anything we need. We are short of everything. You are in the quartermaster warehouse and have many connections. If there are good things, please help keep an eye out for them. I will be very grateful to you, brother, and will definitely reward you handsomely." Zhang Wenwu hurriedly tried to get in touch with Huo Guoguang. Since Huo Guoguang worked in the quartermaster warehouse, he must have more timely information. Maybe he could get more things out of the warehouse through him.

When Huo Guoguang heard about the "generous reward", his heart suddenly became hot. He was working in the military supply warehouse, earning a fixed salary. If he wanted to earn more, he had to rely on people like Zhang Wenwu. This also gave him more options.

"Okay! Okay! Deputy Director Zhang, you're too polite. Don't worry, I, Huo Guoguang, still have some say in this military supply warehouse." Huo Guoguang hurriedly made the promise.

Zhang Wenwu didn't say much, but took out a small red envelope with a smile and stuffed it into Huo Guoguang's pocket. Huo Guoguang was so happy that he kept saying, "You're welcome, you're welcome."

As the two of them were having a happy and friendly "communication", they unknowingly walked out of the lounge.

Zhang Wenwu lit a cigarette outside the lounge and started smoking. Inside the lounge, the soldiers of the transport company chatted and joked. Huo Guoguang did not continue chatting with Zhang Wenwu. He had to be on duty in the duty room next to the lounge. Once the warehouse was finished loading, he would receive a call to inform him.

Zhang Wenwu needed to think about what supplies he could get and what were urgently needed. Fortunately, before leaving, he told Huo Guoguang to notify him as soon as he found a way.

Zhang Wenwu was not disappointed by the speed of the transport team. It was not until he had eaten the radish and cabbage lunch provided by the warehouse in the lounge that Huo Guoguang received a call informing him to take Zhang Wenwu and his team to the door of warehouse No. 6 to deliver the materials.

When Huo Guoguang, Zhang Wenwu and others arrived at the warehouse door, "Li Tiemian" Li Huaizhong was already waiting for them at the door. As soon as they met, Li Tiemian didn't say anything polite. He pointed directly at the materials already loaded on the truck and said, "Deputy Director Li, all the equipment received by your department has been loaded. Please check it. If there is no problem, please sign for record."

Zhang Wenwu also knew Li Huaizhong's character and didn't care. After saluting, he didn't say anything else. He took the list handed over by Li Huaizhong, called Company Commander Bao and others, and started counting.

After the number was counted, Zhang Wenwu signed his name on the handover form. Li Huaizhong gave Zhang Wenwu a pass, which stated the number of trucks leaving the factory and the units they belonged to.

Zhang Wenwu saw that the delivery was complete, thanked Li Huaizhong politely, and then got in the car with Huo Guoguang and led the convoy to the gate. Huo Guoguang needed to lead them and send them out of the warehouse to complete the task.

In the car, Huo Guoguang gave Zhang Wenwu his office phone number so that Zhang Wenwu could contact him when he needed something. As for Zhang Wenwu's phone, sorry, the 102nd Division has not yet installed the required phone. This time, Zhang Wenwu took over the communications team to install and debug the army's telephone network cable.

The guard at the warehouse door checked the information on the release note and then let it go. As for the release note, it was collected and kept for record.

Zhang Wenwu exchanged a few pleasantries with Huo Guoguang at the door and told him everything he needed. Huo Guoguang was stunned. This deputy director was simply amazing. He wanted everything, even quilts, military uniforms, and socks. In short, he wanted whatever was available, and if the warehouse didn't have it, he should be notified as soon as it was available.

However, what Huo Guoguang cares about most is that the young deputy director Zhang clearly stated that the kickback would not be small. With this guarantee, there would be no problem. For Huo Guoguang, as long as the money was in place, nothing else would be a problem.

After bidding farewell to Huo Guoguang who was looking expectant, Zhang Wenwu led the convoy to the location of the communications team.

In the southern suburbs of Jinling City, Zhang Wenwu drove his convoy to the rendezvous point according to the address given to him by the communications team. This was a large courtyard of a typical landlord's home during the Republic of China period, but now there were guards standing guard at the gate of the courtyard, and a sign that read "Special Training Class of the Political Department" was hung next to the gate.

Zhang Wenwu got out of the car and walked straight to the gate. After showing his ID to the guard and explaining his purpose, the guard asked him to wait at the door first, and the people in the communication team would come out on their own after receiving the notification.

When Zhang Wenwu heard this, he went back to the door of the first truck and asked Captain Bao to get off. The two of them started smoking and asked about what happened in the warehouse yesterday.

In less than five minutes, a group of soldiers carrying backpacks ran out of the gate in a line and stood in front of an open space outside the gate. Zhang Wenwu saw them and thought they were the communication team he was going to pick up, so he threw away his cigarette butt and walked towards the group of soldiers.

Why can Zhang Wenwu be sure that these people are from the communications team? Well, because there are rare species in the army, "female soldiers"

As soon as Zhang Wenwu walked to the door of the group of officers and soldiers, he saw a female officer standing in the first row. She looked familiar to him. Before he could figure out what was going on, he heard a question:

"Hello, you must be Deputy Director Zhang. I am Liao Qian, assigned to the Political Department of the 102nd Division, and the person in charge of this team." A man in his thirties with a major badge asked Zhang Wenwu.

Zhang Wenwu saluted immediately after seeing this and said, "I am the Deputy Director of the Quartermaster Department of the 102nd Division. I am here to greet Commander Liao and all my colleagues on orders from the commander."

"Thank you, Deputy Director Zhang. It's hard for you to come all the way here." Liao Qian returned the salute.

There was no way. Zhang Wenwu was only a lieutenant, so he had to salute Liao Qian first.

"Deputy Director Zhang, let me introduce you. This is the leader of the communications team, Lieutenant Kong Lina." Liao Qian introduced her to Zhang Wenwu enthusiastically.

Zhang Wenwu was stunned. This was too much of a coincidence!