Chapter 23 The Bitter Years on the Mobile Whistle

Located on East Chang'an Avenue on the east side of Tiananmen Square, there are two mobile stations of our company: one is from the portraits of Ma and Enwei to the east, through the north gate of the Revolutionary History Museum to the entrance of the Public Security Department; Head east, pass through the entrance of Nanchizi Street to the entrance of Nanheyan Street.In principle, the horizontal guard range of these two posts is divided by the centerline of Chang'an Avenue, and extends to the edge of the forest belt outside the sidewalks on all sides.I have not only stood guard on these two posts, but also led the squad.

The guard duties of the two outposts are basically the same: to ensure the safety of party and state leaders and important foreign guests driving on the street, to improve social security in the guarded area, and to correct the military style of the soldiers. The biggest feature and attraction of these two floating whistles is that they are relatively free compared with fixed whistles, and can be stood, walked, checked, and seen.As long as they are within their own jurisdiction, they can handle various issues that should be dealt with according to their sentinel duties.Of course, standing must have a standing appearance, walking must have a walking posture, and dealing with problems must be within the scope of authority.In the unbearable summer, the sentry can also be moved to the shade of a tree or a place with a cool breeze without affecting the work. It has a certain degree of flexibility, which cannot be "enjoyed" by fixed sentries.There is another interesting thing about the sentry at night in midsummer, that is, when the sentry is off, they catch a cicada monkey that just got out of the soil and is slowly climbing a tree.After returning to the dormitory, let it catch on the mosquito net, and watch it gradually transform into a flying cicada, which is quite childlike.

Every winter, when the north wind is raging, the swimming whistle enters a difficult period.The sentinels on the north side of Chang'an Avenue were better, because they faced east or west when walking, and faced the road (south) when standing, so they could turn their backs to the wind direction, avoid its sharp edge, and deal with the wind.After adding, there is a tall and thick long red wall, which blocks the wind and reduces the suffering of the sentinel's long winter.The sentries on the south side are not as advantageous as the sentries on the north side.When he was standing, he was also facing the road (north) as required, and his face was directly "fighting bayonet" and "hand-to-hand combat" with Da Beifeng.Once I was on the south side of the whistle at zero o'clock, and the cold north wind carried sand and dust like a tide, dancing all over the sky. The street lights on Chang'an Street were so dim that I couldn't see clearly, and the big trees that were crumbling here and there were whining. Voice.I was staggered by the wind.The flying dust made it hard to open the eyes, and the howling cold wind hit the face like needles. "The enemy often takes advantage of bad weather to sabotage."Thinking of the words often said by the superiors, I was suddenly shocked. I chose a position with a good view, tried my best, and stood there firmly like a nail, facing north and observing the place where there are almost no pedestrians. On the broad street, I was still silently chanting my poem like Gorky's praising Haiyan: "Storm, come more violently." Comparing with the wind test.After more than two hours of fighting, although my face was purple from the cold, my tongue was stiff and my limbs were stiff, I still successfully completed the task.This kind of unsupervised self-seeking may be an unimaginable "stupid" thing today, but at that time, we, the descendants of peasant families from poor families, were cultivated in a great and noble atmosphere with a simple class feeling. Under the burning of mission and passion, in order to defend the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao, we will do our best to complete our security work without fear of hardship or tiredness.The most important task of the mobile post on the route is to ensure the smooth flow and safety of the chief's vehicles.Although we are walking or standing on the sidewalk, our main energy is still on the road. Especially when the convoy arrives, our thoughts must be highly concentrated. Once we find any abnormal situation, we must eliminate it as quickly as possible.One night, on Chang'an Avenue at the entrance of Nanchizi Street, a convoy of foreign guests sent by state leaders to the airport was passing by from west to east.At this time, a cyclist who had been stopped by the side of the road saw that the red light in the direction of Nanchizi Street turned into a green light (because the traffic lights are unmanned, and the traffic police will direct the traffic when passing the convoy), he suddenly rode his bicycle towards the convoy. When I rushed over, a traffic policeman jumped up and pushed him to the ground with people and a car. I ran over and sent him to the entrance of the public security department.Because it is winter, this person is not wearing thin clothes, even if he was thrown, it is not a serious problem.After questioning by several police officers, it was confirmed that this person had no malicious intentions, but was anxious to go home and broke the warning line, so they educated him and released him.

To improve social security on Chang'an Avenue, we must do a good job in joint military-police defense, military-civilian joint defense.For this reason, every major festival of "May 1st" and "October" and when important foreign guests visit, we take the initiative to go to the local units such as the Working People's Cultural Palace Police Station and Nanchizi Neighborhood Committee to understand the social situation, exchange the social security situation that they have mastered, and grasp the situation. Be aware of the new situation and new problems in social security.At that time, the strings of class struggle between the army and the localities were tense, and even a romantic relationship that went wrong was afraid of affecting social order.One year before the National Day, according to the arrangement of the company, I took a new soldier to the Nanchizi Neighborhood Committee to learn about the social situation.After the director of the neighborhood committee introduced the situation of some released prisoners in the jurisdiction, he suddenly changed the subject and said: A few days ago, a young woman in our area had been in love with a man for several years, but the man moved on. angry.But she pretended not to know, invited her boyfriend to Zhongshan Park for a kiss, caught him off guard, bit off his nose, and ran home.The man in pain couldn't find the nose that his girlfriend spit into the grass everywhere. He asked someone to ask the young woman before he found it.However, due to missing the best time, the hospital was unable to suture it and became a broken nose.The young woman was also in a trance and became a mental patient.It's really a tragedy.We also reported this matter to the company leader very seriously.While expressing sympathy, everyone also agreed that it is necessary to do a good job in transforming the contradictions among the people. If the contradictions intensify, it may also affect social security.At that time, due to the high pressure on social security, generally no one dared to make troubles near Tiananmen Square, but occasionally there were armed gang fights, and these were stopped by the plainclothes police and our sentries when they first appeared, and they were turned over to Tiananmen Square. The police station of the Working People's Cultural Palace handles it.Once, I was on duty about 100 meters east of the statues of Ma and Enwei. A young woman got off the No. 10 bus and yelled at a well-dressed man for stealing her money on the bus.I first took the man to the history museum, and after being questioned by the company leader, he was determined to be a serious suspect, so I took him to the police station of the Working People's Cultural Palace and handed him over to the police.Another important task of the mobile sentry is to seize weapons.At that time, it was stipulated that no one, except the security forces, should bring guns into the Tiananmen Square area.Therefore, once someone is found with a gun, he is taken to the company headquarters.The public security personnel from other places asked him to hand over the gun and the gun certificate to the company headquarters for safekeeping. After finishing his work, he brought the return air ticket or train ticket to the company headquarters to collect the guns.

Correcting military discipline is the most common task for traveling sentries.The superiors require that soldiers who enter the Tiananmen area must be well-groomed and well-groomed in order to maintain a good image of soldiers.Once we find those who smoke, don't wear hats, don't wear discipline buttons, and open their sleeves, we will show them to correct.Those who are being corrected can be modest and make corrections quickly as required.This kind of correction of military discipline, every sentry will encounter ten or twenty cases, but the sentries have handled it relatively properly, and there have been no conflicts and disputes between the corrector and the corrected.Here I would like to specifically mention the Deputy Commander Zeng of the garrison that I admire.At that time, he lived in Xidan, and every day when he went to work, he asked the driver to drive the car to the west side of Tiananmen Square, and walked from Tiananmen Square to the Garrison Command Headquarters on Zhengyi Road; Home.The purpose of his doing this is to check on the spot how the sentry corrects the military discipline, and to know whether there are any soldiers who disobey the management when we correct the military discipline.Once, a military officer and his newlyweds were sitting in the woods east of Tiananmen's East Viewing Platform to enjoy the shade. They took off their shoes and threw them aside, which was very indecent.I walked from the east and saw him from a distance. I was about to step forward to make him put on his shoes, but Deputy Commander Zeng who had already walked up to him stepped forward and kicked one of his shoes more than two meters away.The soldier saw that an old chief with two temples like frost had kicked his shoes, and immediately knew that he had violated military discipline, so he quickly put on his shoes, saluted Deputy Commander Zeng with a standard military salute, and admitted that he was not paying attention Mistakes in military appearance.

In short, there are both hardships and joys in the swimming whistle, but it is more of a responsibility.