Chapter 4 third chapter

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year in 1959, although the streets of Beijing were still icy and cold, the atmosphere of celebrating the Spring Festival was still strong among the citizens. This morning, a group of people knocked on the door of He Changgong, the old general, vice minister of the Ministry of Geology, and party secretary.The neighbors noticed that for several days, groups of people paid New Year's greetings to the old general, always staying for a few minutes before giving way to a new group of visitors.But today's New Year's greetings are strange: after a burst of joyful New Year's greetings, no one came out, and the door of the old general's house was tightly closed...

Many years later, this secret was revealed: all the ministers, vice ministers and experts from the Ministry of Petroleum, the Ministry of Geology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences came to visit the New Year.The leader is Yu Qiuli, and behind him are Kang Shien, Kuang Fuzhao, Meng Jisheng, Gu Gongxu, Shen Chen, Zhang Wenzhao... This is a "New Year's greeting" that was greeted in advance. This is a "national meeting" attended by the "Three Kingdoms and Four Parties" that the old general He Changgong is very proud of. Some explanation is needed.Since the central government decided to focus on the strategic decision to achieve oil self-sufficiency, the task of finding oil has been placed on the Ministry of Petroleum, the Ministry of Geology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.The Ministry of Geology was established earlier than the Ministry of Petroleum, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences gathered a group of top scientists. The central government asked the three teams to find oil as soon as possible, so the "Three Kingdoms" were formed in this way. They are respectively based on geology. The Ministry of Petroleum, the Ministry of Petroleum, which specializes in oil exploration, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which specializes in scientific and technological research.The so-called "four directions" refers to the four main links of oil development: census, geophysical prospecting, exploration, and scientific research.

The "National Conference" of the "Three Kingdoms and Four Parties" was held again at He Changgong's home, which means that China's oil industry is launching an unprecedented great battle. The two "commanders" who commanded this campaign were Yu Qiuli from the Ministry of Petroleum and He Changgong from the Ministry of Geology.Compared with He Changgong, Yu Qiuli belongs to the "junior generation" among the founding fathers.He Changgong's qualifications are too old. When Yu Qiuli was a member of the Red Guards in his hometown in Ji'an, Jiangxi Province, He Changgong was already the political commissar of the military and political colonel of the Ruijin Soviet Central Government and the commander of the Red Army.At that time, Lin Biao was still serving as the battalion commander under He Changgong!The point is that the old general He Changgong had special historical merits: when Mao Zedong and Zhu De met in Jinggang Mountains, he was the link.If this "Zhu Mao" matchmaker in Jinggangshan was missing, the Chinese revolution would not know where it would go!He Changgong's meritorious service is so great that he is qualified to call Mao Zedong "Old Mao" in public for decades. This is unique among all senior CCP cadres.

Yu Qiuli respects such seniors.Since He Changgong became secretary of the party group and deputy minister of the Ministry of Geology, he also admired Yu Qiuli very much on the issue of oil industry construction.Young people, with great drive and courage.He Changgong praised Yu Qiuli face-to-face more than once, and said: On the issue of finding oil, as long as you ask me, an old man, Qiuli to help, I will turn to you! From the moment he stepped into today's old general's house, Yu Qiuli's face was full of joy and ambition. "Old general, Kang Shi'en and I wish you a happy new year. I wish you a long life like the South Mountain and prosperity like the East China Sea!" Yu Qiuli only had one arm, so he couldn't bow, he could only salute.

He Changgong smiled and pulled Yu Qiuli and others into the living room: "You are all members of my 'National Conference', don't be polite. Sit down, sit in." Together with Yu Qiuli and others, it is old What the general is most proud of is that he can preside over the vast "national meeting" - the affairs of the country are held at home, which is He Changgong's "invention". "Husband, serve tea quickly, our 'National Conference' is about to start again!" The old general called out to the back room, and asked Yu Qiuli and the others to sit down with a smile.

When Yu Qiuli took the teacup from the old general's wife, Yin Qingping, He Changgong had already launched an offensive against him: "Qiuli, you got a 'black card' from the Ministry of Petroleum in your first year in office, congratulations!" Yu Qiuli blushed: "Old General, are you praising me or scolding me?" He Changgong seriously: "During the '1st Five-Year Plan' period, your Ministry of Petroleum did not complete the task. Didn't you complete the national crude oil task for the first time last year?" Kang Shi'en interjected: "It's only a few tens of tons more, we have used the strength of breastfeeding!"

He Changgong smiled: "This is not easy." He asked Yu Qiuli again: "Hey, I heard that you are not going well in Sichuan?" Yu Qiuli shook his hand: "Don't mention it, we were tricked by cunning enemies!" After hearing this, He Changgong looked at Yu Qiuli with kind and somewhat sly eyes, then burst out laughing, and said to Yu Qiuli in a different tone: "Qiuli, you have already blown your horns in front of Chairman Mao." Go out, if you don’t pump oil this year, the old man will spank your ass!” When Yu Qiuli heard this, he stood up from the wooden chair with a "bass", crossed his thighs, and replied unambiguously: "I said, old general, your bragging is no less than ours! You are in front of the chairman and All the members of the Central Committee said, 'We can find China's Baku'!"

When He Changgong heard this, his eyes straightened, staring at Yu Qiuli who was much younger than him.As for Yu Qiuli, he stared at the old general without showing weakness. Suddenly, the two of them looked up to the sky and laughed.Kang Shien, Kuang Fuzhao and others who were sitting on the side laughed and pounded each other's fists.Because everyone present knows that the leaders of the Ministry of Petroleum and the Ministry of Geology are "bragging" at the central government—— As we mentioned above, shortly after Yu Qiuli took office, Mao Zedong held the second meeting of the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China in Zhongnanhai.On that day, Wang Heshou from the Ministry of Metallurgy said, "This year our national steel output will reach 8.5 million tons! We will strive to catch up with the UK in seven years, and catch up with the United States in the eighth year at most in ten years!" After that, Yu Qiuli asked Li Renjun to come on stage to "fight" , released the slogan of the Ministry of Petroleum to compete with the Ministry of Metallurgy, "One ton of steel, one ton of oil".The Ministry of Petroleum is a newly established small ministry. Since the Ministry of Petroleum is so bold, He Changgong, who was sitting under the stage at the time, was covered in cold sweat.

Suddenly, a voice came from the rostrum through the microphone: "He Changgong, the representative of the Ministry of Geology, will speak next." what happened?He Changgong, who was thinking, raised his head blankly, and found that everyone around him was staring at him.He looked at the rostrum again, and it turned out that the host Premier Zhou was signaling to him: "Comrade He Changgong, please come to the rostrum!" Oh, it's my turn!He Changgong hurriedly stood up, his already lame legs were now even more lame than usual. There was a slight snicker—a friendly smile.

"Changgong, do you have any satellites to launch?" The old general had just walked to the microphone before he had time to calm down.The voice of the Hunan native in the center of the rostrum rang out unhurriedly.It's "Old Mao"!The old general does not have to look back like Li Renjun, He Changgong is too familiar with this voice: Counting from the first time in Changxindian in 1918, he has known "Old Mao" for more than 40 years!He Changgong called Mao Zedong "Old Mao" in private and in general occasions, but in this kind of meeting he had to call everyone the same, so he said——

"Report to the Chairman: I dare not release the satellite, but on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of employees of the Ministry of Geology, I can report the good news to the Chairman and all representatives here..." He Changgong is an old general who is almost sixty years old after all, and he cannot The few young ministers who spoke were impulsive, but their strength is still not small. "Well, tell me your good news." Mao Zedong was very happy today. "That's it." He Changgong put the manuscript prepared by the secretary aside, followed the atmosphere of "Old Mao" and the whole venue, and said: "After several years of hard work by us geologists, we have already conducted a survey of the 'underground' across the country. The enemy' has a clearer understanding, not only captured a group of 'regiment commanders' and 'division commanders' of the 'enemy', but also captured several 'corps commanders' and 'commanders'!" This kind of analogy suits the taste of most veterans on and off the stage, so He Changgong continued after receiving warm applause: "...By the way, we can't become strong without oil. If we can't find oil, it's a big problem." Our shame! If we can't find any oil, we'll have to get the hell out!" After He Changgong finished speaking, he turned his head to look at the rostrum.He saw that Mao Zedong had no expression on his face, only staring at him and He Changgong with piercing eyes. "Yes, foreigners used to say that China is 'poor in oil'".He Changgong continued: "Is it poor or not? Our scientists don't believe it, and our workers don't believe it. Neither does Chairman Mao!" Petroleum, isn’t it weird that our great China doesn’t have oil? We don’t believe this! Absolutely don’t believe it! I can tell you here responsibly: China can not only have oil fields, but also find large oil fields! China's Baku!" "Baku?" Hearing this, Mao Zedong turned sideways and whispered softly to Zhou Enlai who was beside him. "It's a big oil field in the Soviet Union." Zhou En said.Mao Zedong nodded immediately: "Oh, I heard what Kang Shien said before." "Okay, let's applaud Changgong and the others for finding China's 'Baku'!" Mao Zedong said loudly and took the lead in applauding.Then the whole audience burst into stormy applause again... "Old General, what are you thinking? Let's see if this 'overall design' works?" Yu Qiuli gently poked He Changgong with his arm, who was still immersed in the past of a year ago. "Oh, let's hold our 'National Conference'!" The old general felt that he had lost his composure, and quickly withdrew his thoughts.He said seriously to Yu Qiuli: "You and I have blown out, now there is only one way: go all out to find the big guy of the 'enemy'!" "That's right, I came to you today because of that big 'enemy' in the Songliao Plain!" Yu Qiuli said. When He Changgong heard about the "big enemy" under Songliao, he became very emotional, and hurriedly greeted the representatives of the "Three Kingdoms": "Okay, everyone, let's talk about the situation over there first." Yu Qiuli modestly asked Kuang Fuzhao, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Geology, to speak first.Kuang Fuzhao is also a veteran of the Red Army, with the rank of lieutenant general, and the rest of his hometown in Jiangxi. Kuang Fuzhao raised his eyebrows and said: The situation over there should be said to be gratifying!Our geological work has been carried out relatively smoothly, and the harvest is not small.Since Huang Jiqing, Xie Jiarong and Weng Wenbo and other comrades of the "General Committee" delineated the Songliao area as the direction of the key geological survey in 1955, in August of that year, the Northeast Geological Bureau began to survey the Songliao Plain after receiving the "task letter". They took action, especially the six-member team in Han Jingxing's belt, and found oil-bearing shale samples in northern Jilin and along the Songhua River a few months later.After research by Minister Li Siguang, Huang Jiqing, Xie Jiarong and other experts, it was determined that the entire Songliao Plain is a basin with huge thick sediments and large oil-bearing structures.In mid-April last year, the 501 drilling rig of the Songliao Petroleum Census Brigade of the Ministry of Geology was the first to drill oil sands, and then the census team saw oil sands in several shallow wells, the most famous of which is South 14 Hole, Kunjing Well In Wujiashan, located in Huaide, Jilin, oil sands began to be seen from the well depth of 300 meters, and heavy oil was also seen in the fractures of metamorphic rocks that were more than 1,000 meters deep. There were more than 20 layers of oil-bearing sandstone in the whole well, reaching 60 The thickness of rice! He Changgong smiled and said to Yu Qiuli: I dared to report to "Old Mao" in Zhongnanhai that China has "Baku" only after I heard about this situation. Yu Qiuli smiled at the old general in admiration.Then I asked Gu Gongxu, a physics expert from the Chinese Academy of Sciences: Gu, tell me, what does geophysical prospecting think about the prospect of Songliao underground oil reservoir reserves?At this moment, Yu Qiuli already knows that oil exploration is a huge systematic project.This system engineering can be summarized as: census first, geophysical prospecting conclusion, drilling to produce oil.The Ministry of Geology has done a good job in the census of Songliao. If the geophysical survey can confirm the geological conditions of the census and make a conclusion, then his oil exploration team can make the oil from the Songliao underground come out as soon as possible! Gu Gong said it very simply and definitely: According to the geophysical prospecting work that has been carried out, Huang Jiqing and I and other experts believe that the Songliao Basin is a Cenozoic sedimentary basin with an area of ​​about 260,000 square kilometers.The deepest part of the basin is in the central and western regions, with a depth of more than 5,000 meters. There are relatively good oil source layers and oil reservoirs within the demarcated area.Moreover, according to the work carried out by the Changchun Geophysical Exploration Brigade of Geology, it can be concluded that there are several structures in the Songliao Plain that are rich in oil resources!The key now is to find it, but the situation of the two reference wells we have set is not good at the moment.You know the Ministry of Petroleum. Yu Qiuli exchanged glances with Kang Shien and said, "Lao Kang, tell me about the two reference wells." Kang Shien rubbed his bloodshot eyes to cheer himself up. He Changgong found out and said: Kang Shien, did you drive late again last night? Yu Qiuli explained: During the three days of Chinese New Year, he never took a day off, and was discussing with several technicians about the benchmark well every day. He Changgong hurriedly shouted to the back room: "My wife, quickly serve up the box of cakes given by others!" His wife, Sister Yin Qingping, entered the living room with a big cake while answering. He Changgong put the first cut cake into Kang Shien's hands: "Eat quickly, if you don't eat and sleep well, how can you find the oil?" Kang Shi'en: "Thank you, old general, for your care." After eating the cake, Kang Shi'en suddenly felt refreshed.He originally wanted to add the preliminary geological survey work done by the Ministry of Petroleum in the Songliao area, but he omitted it later, because in terms of division of labor, the Ministry of Geology did a lot more preliminary geological survey work in Songliao than the Ministry of Petroleum. In terms of technical strength, they have great geologists such as Li Siguang, Huang Jiqing, and Xie Jiarong, and they also have backbone forces such as Zhu Dashou, Lu Hua, Zhu Xia, Guan Shicong, and Wang Maoji. Needless to say, Han Jingxing was the first to venture into the Songliao Plain. , the fact that the oil sands can be found on the Great Northern Wilderness in the barren mountains is itself an outstanding performance.Whether Songliao has oil is not just a matter of which department, but a major issue that the whole of China, including Mao Zedong, is concerned about.In the past, the Americans and Japanese also conducted geological surveys in the Songliao area, but the conclusion was that "Songliao has no oil".It was Li Siguang, Huang Jiqing, Xie Jiarong, and Weng Wenbo who first pointed out the theoretical direction of "Songliao has oil", especially the theory of oil generation in continental strata, which contributed a lot to the theory of oil prospecting in Songliao Basin. With regard to the discovery of the Songliao Oilfield, which later became the Daqing Oilfield, there was an epic controversy, which is still not over.I am afraid that no one can really say who made the most contribution, but one thing is clear: the discovery of Daqing Oilfield was not based on the theory of mechanical structure, but the theory of continental oil generation.Ten years ago, I had the honor to write a reportage for the discovery of the Daqing Oilfield. This reportage was criticized by a vice premier in charge of the industrial department at the time because it involved the issue of "a red flag". The deputy prime minister did not really know what theory was used to discover the Daqing Oilfield, and out of helplessness, he tried to calm down this "old story".However, the scientific and technological debate surrounding the discovery of the Daqing Oilfield is itself a major scientific issue. Failure to clarify it will be harmful to the history of China's scientific development and the history of the petroleum industry.It's a pity that some people don't want to do this. Kang Shien was born in geology, and he knew in his heart, at least two things: First, the theoretical basis for the discovery of the Songliao, later Daqing Oilfield, was the theory of continental oil generation, which was first proposed by Professor Pan Zhongxiang and Mr. Huang Jiqing.Professor Pan Zhongxiang died early and failed to participate in the specific work of the Daqing oilfield discovery, so Huang Jiqing, Xie Jiarong and Mr. Weng Wenbo became the main practitioners and decision makers of continental theory of oil exploration.In particular, in the "Guidelines and Tasks for the 1955 Petroleum and Natural Gas Census Work" agreed upon at the first national petroleum census work meeting held on January 20, 1955, the Songliao area has been identified as a key petroleum geology area. The object of the census, and the first "China's Oil and Gas Prospect Zoning Map" participated in by Huang Jiqing, Weng Wenbo and others a year later, more clearly and unmistakably delineated the Songliao area as China's main source of oil exploration in the future. In this direction, only one copy of this "China Oil and Gas Prospect Zoning Map" is kept in the library of Tsinghua University.Ten years ago, I interviewed Huang Jiqing dozens of days before his death. He told me about this matter and confirmed it clearly: "The census of several large oil fields in eastern my country was carried out by the Ministry of Geology in early 1955. It started under the direct auspices of the Census Committee (referred to as the "General Census Committee"). At that time, as one of the main persons in charge of the "Census Committee", I proposed to integrate the North China Plain, Songliao Plain, and Ordos Basin (that is, Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Basin) and the Sichuan Basin are the four key oil-seeking areas of the "General Committee". The "General Committee" adopted my suggestion, and quickly deployed and started work. 'Theory (this theory was proposed and developed by Chinese geologist Professor Pan Zhongxiang and myself in the early 1940s) and my view of tectonics combined with our country's geological work practice for many years. This history The fact is known to all the cadres and technicians of the General Committee. After that, I compiled the "Zone Map of China's Oil and Gas Prospects", and clearly circled the above four major areas in orange..." "Quoted from Huang Jiqing's letter to Deng Xiaoping on January 11, 1978".In fact, there is a passage on page 162 of the book "Hundred Years of Petroleum" published by Contemporary China Publishing House about Huang Jiqing's use of tectonic theory, the earliest affirmation that my country, including Songliao and other plains, has oil historical records: "I came back from studying in Switzerland. Huang Jiqing was one of the earliest geologists involved in the oil field in my country. He pointed out in 1935: "According to the theory of tectonics, I think that China's northeast, north, northwest and southwest regions are all likely to store oil." The significance of the leading role of scientific theory can be understood without further explanation. Therefore, history and later practice have proved that the discovery of the Songliao (that is, Daqing) oil field was undoubtedly based on the old batch of Huang Jiqing, Xie Jiarong and Weng Wenbo. There is an undeniable direct relationship between the continental oil generation theory of geologists. In the same year that I interviewed Huang Jiqing, I had the honor to interview Mr. Weng Wenbo from the Ministry of Petroleum. Tell me: The theory of continental oil generation really determines and guides the discovery work of Daqing Oilfield.” Huang Jiqing and Weng Wenbo were the most important geologists in the 1950s and 1960s of the People's Republic of China. They had a good relationship. In addition to the common career pursuit, there was also a very deep and special relationship: one of Huang Jiqing's mentors was Weng Wenbo When Weng Wenbo graduated from the Department of Physics of Tsinghua University in 1936, when faced with what to learn and what to do next, he got advice from Huang Jiqing, who was the acting director of the Central Geological Survey at the time. If you major in physics, you should make yourself world-class knowledge. Go abroad to study geophysical prospecting. China's geological career has great prospects, but there are very few talents in geophysical prospecting.Weng Wenbo was admitted to the geophysical prospecting major of Imperial College London, UK, and has since embarked on a career of geophysical prospecting to serve the motherland.Huang Jiqing and this "brother" fought side by side in the Yumen Oilfield discovery before liberation.After the founding of New China, Huang Jiqing was the first to hold two positions: he was the chief engineer of the Petroleum Geology Bureau of the Ministry of Geology, and he was also the main technical director of the National Petroleum Exploration Administration led by Kang Shien.Weng Wenbo is the Chief Engineering Department of the Exploration Department of the Ministry of Petroleum.Huang Jiqing told me personally: He said that if it wasn’t because he was a “rightist” at that time, his political fate was in the hands of others, and because the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences forced him to take up the post, he might have been Yu Qiuli and Kang Shien’s subordinates. people! Speaking of Huang Jiqing and Weng Wenbo's contributions to Songliao's geological theory, I naturally thought that there are two more people who must be emphasized, because their contribution to PetroChina and their final fate are in great contrast.The first one is Chen Ben, the first chief geologist of the Ministry of Petroleum. This outstanding geologist who has made special contributions to the discovery and development of Yumen Oilfield and sprinkled his blood in many oilfields in New China is just as he is ambitious to contribute to the Song Dynasty. When the Liao Oilfield was about to do a big job, he was labeled as a rightist, and then he was sent to the Qinghai Petroleum Administration Bureau to supervise the labor. In 1966, when the Cultural Revolution storm came, Chen Ben, who was hit again, could not bear the humiliation, and committed suicide on June 12 of that year. In a dilapidated hut.Another great geologist, Xie Jiarong, had almost the same fate as Chen Ben. He was the chief engineer of the Ministry of Geology, and he was also labeled as a rightist in 1957. ended his own life.Master Xie's wife also bid farewell to the world in the same way a few days after her husband passed away... We can't bear to look back at that scene. Another thing that Kang Shien wants to make clear is that I was not clear about it before, that is, at the same time as the census work of the Ministry of Geology, the former General Administration of Petroleum under his leadership and the geologists of the Ministry of Petroleum have also been in the Songliao area. Carrying out fruitful work.For example, in 1953, according to reports from the masses, Kang Shien sent Zong Pisheng, Qiu Zhenxin and others from the General Administration of Petroleum to Shangzhi County, Heilongjiang to conduct four surveys of oil seedlings. In 1954, Zhang Chuangan, Chen Lianghe, Tang Zukui and others from the General Administration of Petroleum conducted geological surveys in Fuxin, Liaoning, Antu, Jilin, and Yilan, Heilongjiang.These surveys also confirmed the existence of oil seedlings, bitumen and oil shale in these places, and provided a preliminary understanding of the stratigraphy and structure of the eastern edge of the Songliao Basin.Beginning in 1956, experts and leaders of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry, as well as members of the party group of the Ministry, either wrote articles, made speeches at meetings, or wrote official reports, calling for the Songliao Basin to be a key area for oil exploration; for example: in January 1956, in At the "First National Petroleum Exploration Conference" held by the Ministry of Petroleum, Kang Shien pointed out that the Songliao Basin is one of the oil-bearing areas in the country, and "the geological survey should be started immediately."On the 20th of this month, Kang Shien specially wrote a 16,000-word letter titled "How to Find Oil in China" to the first National Petroleum Exploration Conference held by the Ministry of Petroleum.This is a "search for oil" that combines theory and practice, which he completed with his heart in the light of China's geological conditions after visiting and studying in the Soviet Union for three full months under the order of the old Minister Li Jutao. guide".In February of the same year, the Party Group of the Ministry of Petroleum clearly stated in its official report to the Central Committee: "The Songliao Plain is a possible oil-bearing zone" and listed it as one of the reserve areas for oil resources. In March, the Party Group of the Ministry of Petroleum put forward a specific strategy for its own department in its report to Chen Yun, director of the Central Finance and Economics Commission and Vice Premier of the State Council: strive to find oil in North China (Bohai Bay Basin) and Songliao Basin within two to three years. One or two large oil fields; for example: in 1957, Chen Ben, the chief geologist of the Ministry of Petroleum, made a report on "Exploration Experience in the Past Seven Years and Future Direction" at the Ministry of Petroleum Exploration Conference that year.Among them, the work deployment during the second five-year plan suggested that the Songliao Basin should be regarded as one of the five key areas to strengthen exploration forces.And just at the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Petroleum instructed the Xi'an Geophysical Research Office to form a comprehensive geological research team to be responsible for the petroleum geological survey and research work in the Songliao Basin.The team was named Team 116 and consisted of 7 geologists including captain Qiu Zhongjian.Starting in March 1957, they braved the rain and severe cold and traveled all over the mountains, rivers, swamps and lakes in the Northeast.In places such as Beijing and Changchun, they worked around the clock and collected relevant information extensively.After repeated comparison and analysis, it was finally concluded that the Songliao Basin is a very promising oil-bearing area. At the end of 1957, the oil-bearing prospect map of the Songliao Basin was compiled, and the deployment and deployment of geophysical exploration in this area were proposed. Drilling reference well well location advice. There are many different "versions" regarding the contribution of Songliao's early discovery, but among these different "versions" there is one issue that is surprisingly common, namely: the achievements of the scientific and technical personnel of the Ministry of Petroleum, the Ministry of Geology and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Each has its own strengths, and no one can obliterate them.And it needs to be pointed out that: At that time, the "three countries" were closely related, regardless of you and me, because they had a common goal: to find a large oil field as soon as possible for the construction of the republic, and this was what they really wanted. "I haven't thought about other things, and I don't have time to think about them." An old oilman said to me. One day in May 2004, under the guidance of Mr. Li Xueheng from the Daqing Federation of Literary and Art Circles, I came to a staff dormitory of the Daqing Petroleum Administration Bureau and met Mr. Yang Jiliang sitting on the bedside.Yang is the second person in the Ministry of Petroleum among the 23 scientists officially confirmed by the state to have made outstanding contributions to the "Daqing Oilfield Discovery".In the early days of the discovery of Daqing Oilfield, Yang Jiliang was a young man who had just married. When I saw him more than 40 years later, he couldn't even speak, and a mouth full of dirt flowed out of his mouth - he suffered a stroke half a year ago.When I looked at the home of this scientist who made outstanding contributions to the Republic, I felt very sad: the old couple lived in an old house that was only a few tens of meters away, without any decoration, and the thin wife was also looking for oil in Daqing. A female geological team member who works with qigong to heal her husband every day—seeing how thin the old lady is, I wondered whether she could use qigong to help her, but she was very confident and said that she would definitely be able to cure Yang Jiliang.Back then, when the young couple came to Songliao, the child was only eight months old. In order to find the oil field as soon as possible, they put the child at a relative's house in Tianjin. The two came to the front line of the battle and lived apart for two years. At that time, there was no house for the family members on the front line of the battle, so the couple could only do their own thing, and the only chance to see each other was once in a while when the headquarters was in a meeting, and at the same time, it was like doing underground work. Find a place to make out for a while.This is how they passed through the difficult years.Now decades have passed, they can stay together day and night, but the old couple live in such poverty and hardship. I was surprised and shocked that when Mr. Yang Jiliang heard that I asked him to talk about the discovery of the Daqing Oilfield, he said clearly to me word by word while spitting dirt: "Da, Qing, You, Tian , found, found, is, big, family, of, credit, labor..." In the face of such a hero, in the face of what such a hero said and the situation he is in now, what else can we say?In today's Daqing, apart from the image of "Iron Man" Wang Jinxi and tangible objects such as "Iron Man Memorial Hall", "Iron Man Square", "Iron Man Village" and so on, we really rarely see those buildings built for the construction of the Republic back then. Any trace of a person who contributed significantly.what does this mean?The meaning is extremely profound. I remembered someone once said such a thing: During a city reconstruction project in Daqing, due to construction needs, the cowshed where Yu Qiuli lived when he was commanding the battle had to be demolished.Some people suggest that this is a "cultural relic" that must be preserved.When the matter got to Yu Qiuli, Yu Qiuli immediately instructed: Don't keep it, it is enough to have "iron men" in Daqing as a commemoration! This is the other side of the greatness and nobility of the heroes of the Republic.Looking at some leading cadres nowadays, things have not yet been done, and there are many "image projects" to build a monument for themselves.I am ashamed of some people today compared to the revolutionaries of the older generation. Let's turn our attention back to the "National Conference" held by He Changgong's family. Yu Qiuli watched Kang Shien gobble up the cake given by Sister Yin, so he gave him the piece he had in his hand, and said to He Changgong jokingly: "Old General, you still have plenty of food and clothing here!" He Changgong laughed: Your Petroleum Department is a little hungry now, but when you find a big oil field, don't forget to give our Geology Department a bite to eat! Yu Qiuli got excited, stood up, and shouted loudly: "Old General, remember, our Ministry of Petroleum is about to drill a big oil field that is booming. I will be the first to treat you to braised pork!" He Changgong's eyes widened: Oh, you Yu Qiuli have been so stingy after a long time?Just give me a meal of red meat to get rid of me, an old man! Yu Qiuli corrected immediately: What a meal!Whenever your old general wants to eat, I will wait at the gate of the Ministry of Petroleum!No, I will ask Comrade Kang Shien and the others to pick you and Sister Yin to our place in person! The dispute between the two ministers about "eating braised pork" made all the guests laugh. "Eating braised pork" was one of the best dishes in Chinese family banquets before the 1950s and 1960s, especially in the south.Mao Zedong liked to eat braised pork, and so did Mao Zedong and his fellow patriarchs who were mostly southerners.Rewarding a meal of braised pork is a mantra among their generation.Yu Qiuli is no exception, and loves braised pork all his life. However, this piece of "braised pork" in Songliao is not so easy to eat.Geologists have concluded through their own investigation and research that there are oil resources in the Songliao Plain, but no matter how great the theory is, it is just a matter of theory, and no oil is equal to zero. What Yu Qiuli and the people from the Ministry of Petroleum want to achieve is to catch the "big enemy" and put the real "braised pork" in their mouths.This is no ordinary kung fu.It needs to be dedicated, and even exhaust the power of the country. Since the first day of artillery fire on the Kinmen front line, the United States and the "Chiang" on the island of Taiwan became red-eyed. The Americans transferred aircraft carriers from the Middle East, and the "Chiang" also recruited troops everywhere to prepare for another showdown with Mao Zedong.Marshal Peng Dehuan, who is in command of our People's Liberation Army and front-line national defense, is actually very anxious at the moment. One of the reasons is that the troops and tanks dispatched from all over the country consume hundreds of tons and thousands of tons of oil every day.For this reason, the foreign exchange in the pocket of Vice Premier Chen Yun has been strained again and again, so the central government had to focus on Yu Qiuli and the Ministry of Petroleum in the end.Yu Qiuli knew these situations better than anyone in the Ministry of Petroleum, so the pressure was much greater.What are you afraid of when you are stressed?There is no pressure, and the country does not urgently need oil. What do you want the Ministry of Petroleum to do, Yu Qiuli?It's not an important position, it's not a heavy responsibility like Mount Tai, Mr. Peng is willing to draw his favorite general from the army to the local industry?How can this be a simple industry!Oil is not only the "blood" of the national economy, but also the "blood" of the modern army.Boss Peng knows it! Yu Qiuli also understands it! where is the oilThe vast Great Northern Wilderness, the vast land of Songliao.Geologists circled the rooster-shaped map of the People's Republic of China with a red pen. The geological soldiers carrying the tripod and the oil workers carrying the drilling rig did not know how many legs they had to run and sweat to find. A piece of sedimentary rock, a piece of oil sand! When Yumen and Karamay were investigating and researching this, Yu Qiuli was moved to tears several times when he heard a few things there: The incident happened on August 18 of this year. Dai Jian, the female captain of the 113 Geological Team, who was conducting regional surveys in the Yiqikeli field, was leading two teammates across the Yikelike ditch and marched towards another barren mountain. All the way forward, she tapped with a geological hammer, observed the landforms, and collected specimens.At noon, the sky suddenly changed color, followed by heavy rain.The three girls hurriedly packed up the geological materials and specimens they had obtained, and sought shelter against the sharp rock wall.Under their feet, a raging flood has formed.The specimen bag carried by someone on his shoulder fell into the water. Dai Jian said it was too late or too soon, and was about to lean over to grab it. People break up.Xiao Zhang, who was the first to emerge from the vortex, was lucky enough to hug a stone and survive.After more than an hour passed, the rainstorm gradually stopped.Sitting on the rock, Xiao Zhang shouted the names of captain Dai Jian and another teammate.Dai Jian and his teammates didn't hear back, Xiao Zhang suddenly smelled a thick oil fragrance, and then looked into the valley where the floodwater receded, and saw a lot of oil sand scattered around her.Xiao Zhang was very excited. She thought it was the result left by the captain and the others, so she raised her voice and shouted "Captain——Captain Dai—" but no one answered her except for a few echoes in the empty valley. "Captain, where are you, Captain?" Xiao Zhang cried, crying with regret.But she also failed to wake up Captain Dai Jian and another female teammate.The next day, the construction team from the neighboring country arrived after hearing the news. Dozens of people lined up and searched the Yiqilike Valley like a net. Finally, Dai Jian's body was found more than ten kilometers downstream of the valley. , the scene was horrible: the girl's original hair was completely stripped by the rocks, and her legs were also scratched to pieces by the sharp gravel, revealing a skeleton... Later, another girl was found not far away. The corpse of a girl, it was a naked corpse... The teammates couldn't bear such a tragic scene, they took off their clothes, wrapped Dai Jian and another female petroleum geology team member named Li Yueren, and wrapped them with rocks from the valley Two tombs were built and set on fire, and then all the comrades who were looking for the missing comrades sat silently beside the graves of Dai Jian and Li Yueren, and kept vigil for two days.A few days later, Dai Jian's brigade held a grand memorial meeting. The entire content of Dai Jian's eulogy was a long letter written by her father, a professor at Wuhan University, after learning of her daughter's death.Professor Dai's letter said: Mo Dao is young, and the flower buds bloom early and wither early.The little girl's loyal bones are buried in the frontier, and she sheds tears while looking at the northwest.White-haired parents send green silk, athletes go to heaven, how precious... On September 25th, Team 117, which was conducting field surveys in another area, was engulfed by a sudden snowstorm. The female team leader Yang Zhenglu and intern Xiao Zhang had just completed a survey line when the temperature suddenly dropped to minus 40 degrees on an unnamed mountain. The extreme cold temperature froze to death... Captain Yang Zhenglu is only under 22 years old this year. She is the daughter of the famous patriotic general Yang Hucheng.It is also the youngest "Pearl in the Palm" of General Yang Hucheng.When General Yang was assassinated by Chiang Kai-shek that year, Zheng Lu happened to go to Xi'an with his two sisters and escaped death. In 1955, Zheng Lu listened to the guidance of his elder brother who was the deputy director of the Yumen Oilfield Administration Bureau. After graduating from Northwest University, he voluntarily assigned to work in the Xinjiang Geological Survey Team.As worthy of being the daughter of a general, Zheng Lu was entrusted with the position of captain at a young age.She works hard and never complains. People think she must be a poor child who has suffered a lot in the old society.The teammates later discovered the first petroleum geological structure in that area at the place where Zhenglu died, and named it the "Zhenglu Anticline" geological structure. Yu Qiuli held the photos of two beautiful young girls, Dai Jian and Yang Zhenglu, and murmured repeatedly with trembling hands: "It's a pity, my baby, it's a pity!" But the children smiled and said to their ministers in the photo: We don't feel sorry, we feel honored and proud, because we sacrificed singing "Song of Geological Team" and "Song of Karamay". "Students, I really want to hear how "The Song of the Geological Team" is sung!" Zhongnanhai said a year ago.State Vice-President Liu Shaoqi asked the graduates of the Institute of Geology who gathered around him in a loud voice with rare enthusiasm.He (she) will go to various parts of the motherland to search for oil and mine tomorrow. Then a group of vigorous young people sang: "Okay, this song is very good. Classmates, what kind of job is geological prospecting?" Liu Shaoqi lit a cigarette and raised his eyes to ask the young people around him. The young people then scrambled to answer.Some say: Geological prospecting is clairvoyance, one can see the mineral deposits under the ground at a glance; some say geological prospecting is the pioneer, and we are at the forefront of the construction of the motherland. Liu Shaoqi smiled, took a puff of his cigarette, and then walked up and down habitually: "Geological exploration—let me use a metaphor! It's like we used to fight guerrillas, carrying guns, drilling caves, walking through forests, and spending many years in the wild. , eating, dressing... are all very difficult. Today's geological exploration work is similar to this, and we have to travel through mountains and rivers. We can't eat well, sleep well, and suffer a lot... But why do we have to suffer? " There was no reply, only a pair of focused gazes and the rustling of notes... "In the past, our generation was a guerrilla during the Revolutionary War. We endured hardships in order to build a People's Republic of China. Today, you go to endure hardships in order to build a beautiful People's Republic of China." Comrade Shaoqi patted his seat He Changgong, an old general on one side, doubled his voice: "There is a price to pay for guerrilla warfare. Do you know how this old general's legs are lame? It is the disability left by fighting guerrillas! Now it's your turn to fight." Are you afraid of the guerrilla attack? Are you afraid of suffering? Are you afraid of sacrificing your life?" "Not afraid—!" The students replied in unison. "Yes, don't be afraid! Because you are the guerrillas, scouts, and vanguards during the construction period!" "Wow -" the thunderous applause lasted forever.The young college students present in this special way repay the leaders' lofty praise and hopes for themselves. "In a few days, the students will go to all directions to find treasures for the motherland and fight guerrilla warfare. I really want to give you a gift." Comrade Shaoqi's words immediately enlivened the solemn and solemn atmosphere. "Uncle Liu, you have been talking to us for three hours, which is the best gift!" Some students stood up excitedly and said. "No, the gift must be given, otherwise someone will cry!" Shaoqi's witty words elicited bursts of laughter. "Yes, I will give you the pig gun that Comrade Voroshilov gave me. When I was fighting a guerrilla, I really wanted a gun, but I didn't have one. Now that you are fighting a guerrilla, you should have a gun. If you have a gun, you are not afraid. It's dangerous!" "It can drive away wild thoughts and wolves!" He Changgong's interjection made the students laugh again. What a happy and unforgettable moment this is.Among the older generation of oil prospectors I interviewed who took part in the Daqing Oilfield Battle under the leadership of Yu Qiuli, many of them were despised by Mao Zedong, Liu Shaoqi and other leaders because of an inscription, a pig gun, or a handshake. Dedicated his life to the arduous petroleum industry. While Yu Qiuli was holding the above two photos of the young female captain who sacrificed his life as a hero, he also knew that the other two male members of the oil exploration geological team had indeed set off to the field with shotguns, but they did not return—then He is a camel member of the water delivery camel team of the 115th team, only 18 years old.That night when the storm blew, more than a dozen camels ran away, so the team member took a shotgun and immediately followed the fresh footprints left by the camels.But two days later, the comrades on the team still hadn't waited for his answer.The captain was in a hurry, and mobilized the whole team to search everywhere, and finally found the camel on the side of the mountain more than 200 kilometers away from the team headquarters, and at the same time, he also found the camel in front of a yellow mound 50 kilometers away from the camel group. The corpse of a young team member - there is no water, no grass and no one there, only the endless desert.The team member's chest was covered with his own finger marks, which were the scars left by him due to thirst, chest tightness, and unbearable pain.Seeing this scene, the team members hugged his body and cried loudly... A male member of another geological survey team adjacent to the 115th team went out to fetch water for his comrades and never returned. .队友们找遍了整个大盐滩，除找到点点遗物外连遗体都未见…… 这就是昨天的建设者。这就是余秋里领导下的石油战斗中的战士们。 松辽找油战斗比这要惨烈得多！我从好几个人那儿知道，余秋里曾经作过这样的心理准备：松辽找油大战中或许要牺牲几千人…… 现在不是谈论牺牲多少人的问题，而是油在哪儿的事。 油，能在哪儿呢？ 余秋里已有些日子在为此松辽的找油前景焦虑和着急了。自他上任石油部长后，部里已经向松辽平原派去了一支又一支队伍。康世恩从地质业务的角度告诉他：要想在一个不见油砂露头、不见明显地质构造、又不见任何前人留下的原始资料的“三无”地区逮住“地下大敌人”，就必须不断加强那儿的普查和勘探队伍。余秋里是谁？什么仗没打过？在用兵问题上，他有娴熟的指挥艺术。 那个后来为大庆油田发现作出特殊贡献的从西安地质调查处的杨继良，被抽调往松辽石油勘探处途中，石油部机关有人托他带一枚“石油部松辽石油勘探处”的图章，说是那边宋世宽他们正等着用章“开张”工作呢！杨继良兴冲冲地带着公章带到当时还在长春的宋世宽他们。 “呃，宋处长，我把章给你带来了。”杨继良一直是名技术干部，他哪见过“处级”大公章呀？从北京的一路上他视这枚“石油部松辽石油勘探处”的大章比自己生命还宝贵。年轻的小媳妇几次在北行的火车上让他帮着照看一下随行的几个包裹，他杨继良双手插在衣袋里就是不理不睬，一副大少爷的架式，惹急了他瞪大眼珠，朝小媳妇吼一声：你以为我闲着呢啊？看小媳妇楞在一边，他就悄悄露一下口袋里的那枚红色公章给她看看：明白吗，知道我在干啥了？小媳妇只好自个儿大包小包的独自看管。 “哈哈哈，杨地质师，你的那枚已经要进历史博物馆啦！”宋世宽朝新来报到的杨继良直乐。杨继良被笑得双眼发楞：咋，你们连公章都可以不要啦？ “余部长已经把我们松辽石油勘探处提升为松辽石油勘探局啦，他宋处长现在是宋局长啦！”有人告诉杨继良。 “这、这不到一个星期时间就、就……”杨继良拿着那枚他视其为生命的公章，怎么也转不过弯来。 “小杨同志，余部长等部里领导每天都在等着我们松辽这边的找油进展，如今松辽大地上的石油勘探一天一个变化。你一年前要是到这儿来，我们石油部的地质勘探人员加起来也就几十来个人，现在已经有一千多人了，余部长他们还在不断往这儿派人哪！这说明啥？说明我们松辽方面能不能早日找到油，成为北京方面天天都在盼往的大事啊！年轻人，甩开膀子痛痛快快干吧！”宋世宽一番话，说得初来乍到的杨继良热血沸腾。 杨继良在这之前没有见过部长余秋里，他区区小地质队员，自然不知身经百战的将军是如何指挥一个又一个大战役的。但“公章事件”让他多少了解自己的部长原来真的是“干大事”的人啊！ 余秋里那个时候当然更不知道杨继良是何人。而他关心的是如何迅速打开一直在雾里观花的松辽找油局面。所谓“雾里观花”，就是开始外国人一直说，中国“贫油”，后来地质学家们——包括苏联大专家们都说“东北有油”、“松辽前景可观”，再后来地质部何长工他们先是送来韩景行他们野外采集到的油砂，再后来是“南17孔”的岩心含油喜讯，而石油部自己的队伍也相继获得一份份“松辽有油显示”报告，可油到底在哪儿？余秋里要的不是两军对峙前那些侦察员向他报告的有关敌方的捕风捉影的虚玩艺。 “'有预料，便有希望。有希望，便有光明。'这话我不反对，可我更想能逮到就早逮到，逮到了就早吃掉！”秦老胡同夜深人静后，李人俊他们几个副部长都走了，秘书们也一个个在隔壁的房间睡倒时，会客厅里就剩下余秋里和康世恩时，余秋里把脚上的鞋子往边上一甩，双腿盘在屁股下面，拿起烟盒朝康世恩甩过一支烟后，张大嘴巴、仰着头这样说。 康世恩笑了，说：“根据目前已经掌握的第一手资料，以及我跟苏联专家分析的结果看，逮到'大敌人'是早晚的事，到时候我还担心你余部长还吃不掉呢！” 余秋里“噌”地又从木椅上放下脚，光着在地上来回跑起来，然后突然停在康世恩面前，大声说：“那我们俩个再回部队去，向主席提个请求，让我们俩联手跟台湾的老蒋干一仗！到时把所有的大炮、军舰，都他妈的装满装足我们的油，然后直杀那边去，省得老蒋和美国佬总在那边吵吵嚷嚷的，害得毛主席和全国人民不得安宁。” 康世恩又笑了：“怕真到那时，毛主席还是不会让我们回部队的。国家建设那么快，用油的地方太多，他老人家还不希望我们再多逮住几个'大敌人'嘛！” 余秋里耸耸肩，甩一甩那只空洞洞的左胳膊袖，自己也笑了：“那到是。” 这时，秘书手持一份电报进屋：“报告部长，松辽那边来电说，松一井今天正式开钻了。” 余秋里和康世恩几乎同时伸手捏住电报，兴奋地：“好啊，终于要看结果了！” “走！”只见余秋里的右胳膊向前一甩，便直奔院子外。 秘书着急地：“部长您干啥呀？” “回部里去呀！”黑乎乎的院子外传来爽脆的声音。 康世恩拉着秘书，笑：“走吧，你还不知道他的脾气。今天晚上让他睡也睡不着了。我们上部里给松辽那边打长途问问情况！” 古城北京的东方已欲晓，一轮霞光正透过天安门城楼，射向四方。 一辆苏式轿车越过安定门时，车内传出余秋里的声音：“老康啊，松基一井是我们松辽勘探战役的第一炮，关系重大，这个钻井队是哪儿派去的？” “是玉门那边调去的32118钻井队。这是我们的王牌钻机了，苏式的超级深井钻机，能打四五千米呢！”这是康世恩的声音。 “不是一共调了两个钻井队嘛？” “是，还有一个钻井队是32115队。这个队的任务是准备打松基二井，过些日子也马上要开工了。” “噢。这两口基井都很重要，但第一口井意义更大些，我建议派个得力的队长去！” “好的，我把你的意见马上转告给松辽局他们。” 余秋里和康世恩在车内的这段对话是俩人正准备赴玉门和新疆等西北油田调查考察之前说的。 搞石油勘探的人都知道，要探明地下生储石油的情况，就先得钻上那么几口基准井。大松辽平原，从南到北，从东至西，茫茫几十万平方公里，一亿万年前，这儿曾是一个风景秀美如画的水乡泽国，气候温暖潮湿，河湖的四周岸头，树木参天，绿荫成林……随着亿万间的地质变化，这里的湖河以及在此滋育成长的生物也跟着沉积在厚厚的封尘之中，折叠成松辽盆地这本叠叠层层的地质构造巨著。基准井的目的就是通过钻探获得这部“巨著”的每一个时代留下的科学符号，也就是说科学家们通过钻探手段取上的岩心来判断地下宝藏到底有没有、在哪个位置，有多少储量。松辽还原找油初期，根据石油部和地质部的约定，俩个部门在地质调查和地震物探方面的工作有分有合，主要以地质部为主，而在钻探和施工方面则主要由石油部的队伍来完成。基准井决定着当时松辽找油的直接前景，加上只有石油部才具备深井钻探的技术与设备条件，因此在两个部门的技术人员确定基准井方案后，石油部迅速调集了两个“王牌”钻井队，来到松辽。 这时间因是在余秋里执掌石油部帅印后首次赴四川前后与康世恩共同在东北地区布下的一着战略棋子。 松辽第一口基准井确定在黑龙江安达肢建设乡，距安达县城47公里处，简称松基一号井。松基二号井确定在松辽盆地的东南部的隆起区域，即前郭尔罗斯蒙古族自治县登娄库构造上。这两口基准井说是重要，但当时石油部在松辽前线工作的技术队员少而簿得可怜。像承担基准井研究队队长的钟其权、参与确定基准井位置的地质工程师杨继良他们，都才是二十四五岁的年轻人。余秋里有些不放心，便让康世恩从石油部研究院调了相对资历老一些的余伯良等人过去。后来在关键时刻又搬出了翁文波这样的大家坐镇前线，进行技术决策，当然康世恩在这样的重大技术问题是跑不了的。 何长工在松辽基准井准备开工之前，向余秋里叫苦，说秋里你虽来石油部几天，但论装备我还得叫你石油部是“老大哥”，说地质部搞普查和打浅井没问题，可打几千米的深井，连台机器都没有。这份功劳你余秋里尽管一个人捞着，我何长工尽管很眼红，但也只能望尘莫及。 余秋里新来乍到，很一阵得意，可当他一问康世恩，心里也有些凉：原来石油部的家底也可怜得很。比如32118队，只有二名正副队长和4个钻井班，其他方面的干部和工人——应该还配有非常重要的钻井、地质和泥浆技术员等，可都没有。32118原来在玉门油田，接到命令赴几千里之外的松辽平原后，同志们下火车一看，要路没路，要运车没运车，要吊车没吊车，这咋办？几十吨重的钻探设备怎么才能搬到四五十公里之外的目的地呢？ “楞着干啥？没有吊车还没有肩膀嘛？学着我的样——抬！”八路军骑兵连长出身的老队长李怀德将外衣一脱，赤裸裸的肌肉在阳光下闪闪发亮。 石油战士的人拉肩扛是从这个时候就开始的。安达火车站很小，但它的历史不短，俄罗斯人、日本人早在这儿驻足。时过百年后的今年五月，我来到安达火车站时，仍见到俄罗斯人留下的许多建筑原物，特别是那座一度被余秋里作为大庆会战指挥部开会用的车站俱乐部建筑，百年过去后仍然风貌依旧，令我颇为惊叹。四十多年前，32118队的石油勘探队员来到这儿，把重达二十多吨的钻机和两台同样份量的泥浆泵靠肩膀从火车上抬下时，引起小小安达站不小赞叹：这石油工人就是牛啊！咋都是肉蛋蛋捏成的人，他们就那么大本事？ 运输、安装，两个月的蚂蚁搬骨头精神，一座钢铁钻塔耸立于千里平展展的北大荒草原上，震撼了那儿的百姓。41米高的铁塔，现在看起来也就是半座普通住宅楼房的高度，可那会儿的松辽大地上人们似乎像看到了一个巨人出现一样，多么好奇和振奋啊！ 7月9日，骄阳似火的日子，头顶万里无云，地上锣鼓喧天。32118钻井队举行了隆重的开钻仪式，大队长一声“松基一井——开钻！”令下，飞旋的钻机顿时隆隆响起，沉静的北大荒上从此没有宁静过…… “报告！”长春。石油部松辽石油勘探局局长办公室的门口，来了一位英姿朝气、全身装的年轻军人。 “请进。” 正在伏案批阅前线发来的一份份报告的宋世宽抬头见向他毕恭毕敬行军礼的年轻人，疑惑地：“你是……” “原人民解放军少校官员、转业军人包世忠前来松辽石油勘探局报到！” “你就是包世忠同志啊！好好好，来得正是时候。”宋世宽就爱看到一身雄纠纠气昂昂的军人。他笑嗬嗬对包世忠说：“我们俩个的名字里都有一个'世'字，知道为什么吗？” 15岁就参加抗日游击队、21岁是四野营长又刚从硝烟迷漫的朝鲜战场上下来的包世忠被眼前这位笑嗬嗬的中年领导问住了：“首长，这个……” 宋世宽哈哈大笑起来，说：“那是因为你参加过小八路，我当过老红军，我们俩一生下来就有一个解放全世界的共同任务！所以爹妈给我们的名字里都添了个'世' 字，你说对不对？” 包世忠一下被这位第一次见面的领导的幽默所感染。“是首长。”包世忠又一个军礼。 “听说你的家眷就在本市？怎么不先回家看看？”宋世宽亲切地问。 “报告首长，听说这儿要找到油田啦，我着急呀！请首长快给我安排工作吧！” 不知怎么的，才见面两分钟，宋世宽就喜欢上了这位少校转业军人。 “首长你不知道，我这个人性子急，闲着就难受。这不我刚从部队转业就赶上了全国人民都在大跃进，我可不能回到家里睡大觉去！首长你放心，我参加过许多大仗，像攻克四平、锦州战役和朝鲜战场上的鸭绿江保卫战等我都参加过，我喜欢打硬仗！”包世忠像是怕首长真让自己回家休息似的，急着掏了一心窝的话。 “好啊！”宋世宽大喜。只见他稍加恩索，便说：“我们马上要打一口基准井，就像打仗一样，要取得一个大战役的胜利，就先要拔掉敌人的第一个据点，这找油也得先钻个窟窿，基准井起的作用就是这