Australian Storm 1876

   Chapter 984 No one wants to live a mediocre life

  Borneo

   Balikpapan

  This emerging petrochemical city is full of high-rise buildings and a prosperous city, but there is always a strange smell in the air, which is unique to chemical plants.

On the outskirts of the city, more than 100 chemical plants, large and small, were built, and the discharged sewage dyed the nearby rivers dark red, exuding a pungent smell, and all the fish in the river were dead. Residents also dare not use the river water here.

   If you drink it, it's a trivial matter, and it's not uncommon for people to die.

  If you use the river water here to wash your clothes, then the clothes will be useless, and they will be corroded and tattered after a few times. Wearing them on the body will cause serious skin ulcers and skin diseases, and the consequences are quite serious.

   While the city is prosperous, the environment has paid a huge price.

Balikpapan and several nearby towns have developed a water supply business, that is, water trucks bring clean water from distant lakes and ponds for drinking, daily rinsing, and calculating money according to buckets, which is also a local feature. Bar.

Captain Yu Hongyun drove his second-hand Volkswagen brand sedan to return to the military camp. He was blocked by a water truck on the street. He craned his neck to take a look. He saw many residents lining up with water buckets, and a group of people gathered in front of him. Pushing and shoving together, it seems that there is a contradiction again.

   Nine times out of ten, someone wants to jump in the queue, and the person in front will not let the disputes happen. This kind of thing happens every day in Balikpapan, and he has already seen it.

  Therefore, Captain Yu Hongyun retracted his head, sighed, and said to Lieutenant Zheng Daxi, who was sitting in the co-pilot; "Comrade Zheng, it seems that the two of us have bad luck. We have to wait here for a while."

Zheng Daxi is a lieutenant staff officer of the regiment's staff department. He is a junior of the Army Whampoa University a year later. His home is next door to Captain Yu Hongyun. The two are neighbors and officers of the same regiment. They have a good relationship on weekdays. A hitchhiker is a little Kiss.

Hearing what Captain Yu Hongyun said, Lieutenant Zheng Daxi looked forward and looked back indifferently, sitting comfortably in a chair and answering, "This kind of thing happens every day, when the police arrive, it will be cleared up, and some Citizens just don’t have rules, they only know how bad they are when they suffer, so let’s just wait.”

   "That's the only way, do you want one?" Captain Yu Hongyun took out a pack of cigarettes, shook his hand and took one, then handed it over.

   Lieutenant Zheng Daxi glanced at the sign, stretched out his hand and took one out, and said with a smile, "Hehehe... Or you are a rich and rich landlord, and all you smoke are high-end golden dragons. Then I have to get one."

   The two lit cigarettes on fire, and began to puff up the clouds, chatting casually.

   "Brother Yu, I heard that you have telegraphed from your family. Are you afraid that you will go to war?"

   "Well, the old man at home is just worrying about it. The European war is 108,000 miles away from us. I just want to go and who wants it?"

"That's not possible. This year, 420,000 new recruits have been recruited. I think that I don't have any ideas to go to the peak, so I won't make such a big move. How much military pay for hundreds of thousands of recruits a year? This is not a small sum of money. what!"

"Not necessarily. The conscripts are just giving some pocket money. If they don't fight for three years, they will retire. According to the annual training and equipment maintenance cost of a Class A division is 3.8 million Jinyang, the increase in various expenses is almost 100 million Jinyang. The security environment of the empire, this money is still affordable, not to mention that there are several royal guard divisions, and the Holy High has allocated special funds from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to build the troops, so the financial pressure is much less."

   "It makes sense, mainly because the armored battalion is too budget-conscious."

   "Oh... by the way, Staff Officer Zheng, when will the armored battalion equipment attached to our division arrive? Is there any news on it?"

"This has to be equipped according to the establishment of the Ministry of the Army, because the scale of this expansion is relatively large. Only the 18 field A-level divisions are equipped with armored tank battalions, and the B-level infantry divisions are only equipped with artillery battalions to enhance firepower. One thing to say, because of the restrictions on the production plan of the military industry, it will be our division’s turn to at least get to the end of the year, and if all 18 Class A divisions are equipped, then it will be the end of next year.”

   "Didn't it say that a batch of tanks and armored vehicles ordered by Germany and Austria-Hungary were intercepted, so why not give us priority?"

"Brother Yu, that batch of equipment has been given priority to the Royal Guard Division. I heard that several armored divisions are now equipped with super-powerful T-5 heavy tanks, which is really called "Iron Armored Heavy Fist", these little witches we have assigned See the great witch!"

   "Is that so, you are still well-informed at the regiment headquarters. Our company has dark eyes and knows how to train new recruits all day long. You are so busy that you don't know if there is a battle to fight?"

   "Hey, Brother Yu, isn't the old man worried about you going to the battlefield?"

"The old man doesn't know the situation. Where do soldiers get merits without fighting? Where does glory come from? It's safe to hide in the back, but there's nothing in your life, you can only watch other people seal their wives and sons, get promoted and promoted. Your Majesty, how can you be willing to spend your whole life being mediocre!"

"This is also true. After graduation, a classmate of mine was assigned to the Fourth Armored Division. He was fortunate to participate in the Wool War. After the war, 65 acres of meritorious fields were recorded in the military merit book. As long as he is demobilized and leaves the army, he can do it happily. Small farmers, this is often the case."

   "So ah, soldiers still have to fight to be happy."

   "Brother Yu is right, so now I'm worried that it's too late to join the army. Those battles have been finished by the seniors in the army, and that would be terrible."

   "Hey, probably not?"

  The two chatted for a while, and after a while, they saw the crowd in front of them commotion, and two patrolmen in big pants rushed over and were clearing the road.

  Look at this, you will be able to pass in a while.

  Borneo is located in the tropics, and the temperature is above 15 degrees all year round, so the standard police uniform is short-sleeved and enlarged trousers police uniform, leather belt with police gun, police whistle, and baton, which is very tropical.

as expected

  Under the police maintaining order, the road ahead was soon cleared, and the blocked vehicles moved forward slowly. Captain Yu Hongyun followed behind, and soon came to the place where the crowd gathered.

Behind the **** of the water tanker, five people, three men and two women, were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands. Yinzi squatted there with a sullen face and was very honest, not showing any signs of arguing.

  Captain Yu Hongyun smiled knowingly when he saw this situation. He knew the following things very well.

   Anyone who quarrels will be reprimanded. It is a normal punishment to squat there with their hands and their heads in the afternoon. It means that they have to be in the sun all afternoon, which is not a good feeling!

   The penalty for jumping in the queue and causing a dispute is a little heavier, starting with a fine of 10 jinyang, up to 50 jinyang, and also squatting there for an afternoon with both hands on your head, that is the penalty of long memory.

  If you dare to do it, it will be bad, and you will definitely be taken back to the police station for serious treatment, ranging from imprisonment for a few days, or whipping in the worst case.

If the injury is more serious, it violates the criminal law and is a crime of disturbing social order. into a hard labor camp.

   So before making trouble, you have to think about whether you can bear such consequences?

   The Kalimantan 4th Division 3rd Regiment is stationed more than ten kilometers away from the city. Captain Yu Hongyun drove his car through the gate to check the documents and successfully entered the barracks.

   At this moment, on the large playground of the military camp, the squad training is in full swing.

  Captain Yu Hongyun parked his car in the small square in front of the regimental headquarters building. There are dozens of cars parked here, all of which are private cars of officers at all levels in the regiment.

Just after the car was parked, Captain Yu Hongyun was about to return to the company when Lieutenant Zheng Daxi grabbed him, stretched out his hand and pointed to the front left and said, "Brother Yu, look at how many cars are parked over there, maybe It's the head of the division who has come down to inspect."

   Looking in the direction he pointed, Captain Yu Hongyun's expression became serious.

   In the shade of bushes

   A row of 5 black Crown sedans was parked. Looking at the streamlined and beautiful car body, you knew that it was the latest model. It was an eight-cylinder high-horsepower thing with a top speed of 135 kilometers per hour, which was really a speeding speed.

  This thing is expensive, you must have a noble title to be eligible to enjoy it, it must be a senior officer above the regiment.

   Officers above the regiment may not all have noble titles, but those with noble titles must be high-ranking officers above the regiment, there is no doubt.

  The commander of the 4th Division of Kalimantan is Major General Duan Shixun who participated in the Wool War. He is a resolute professional soldier. Because of his outstanding military exploits, he was awarded the title of Viscount after the war. He was transferred to the commander of the 4th Division Major General half a year ago.

   In terms of age, the division commander is only 14 years older than Captain Yu Hongyun. He is a very promising young general. It is said that he is very favored by the Imperial Field Marshal and has a bright future in his career.

   After taking office, Major General Duan Shixun paid close attention to military training, and he really complained that the officers and soldiers below were training to death, but no one dared to raise any objection.

   These generals who came down from the battlefield have a strong murderous aura on their bodies, and their majesty is extremely heavy, and it makes people tremble when they look at them.

Just when the two were hesitating, they saw a few officers from the regiment walking towards the regiment building not far away, and they stepped forward to stop them and asked. It was indeed the division commander Wu Shixun who came down to inspect the training with several senior officers of the division. The results were obtained, and on-site random inspections were required, and an enlarged meeting of officers of the regiment headquarters was to be held soon, and officers from the deputy company and above were required to participate.

  Captain Yu Hongyun and Lieutenant Zheng Daxi hurriedly checked the appearance of their military uniforms with serious expressions, and even took out handkerchiefs to polish their leather shoes, and then walked towards the regimental headquarters together.

  The two walked in unison, and it felt like they walked out of the entire line of soldiers.

   was about to face the demanding teacher, none of them dared to slack off, for fear of being reprimanded if something went wrong.

   The armored battalion personnel of the 4th Division are now preparing, which is a good job that officers are eager to go to. At this juncture, we must not leave a bad impression on the division commander!

   (end of this chapter)