From 1953 to 1955, a group of former Soviet Union experts in surveying and mapping equipment to bring to our country, they are both based on an agreement with the Soviet Union to China to help develop the work of surveying and mapping, including the organization and leadership cadres, logistics personnel and engage in field astronomy, Triangle , baselines, standards and adjustment within the industry, computing experts in various fields.
         They are a non-uniformed officers of the Soviet Union, many of whom had taken part in World War II. The arrival of our government for their warm welcome to Premier Zhou Enlai instructed to absolutely guarantee their personal safety. Departments and the provincial leaders made a very careful and meticulous arrangements, in addition to security guards equipped, but also specially equipped for their translation and Western catering personnel.
         The spring of 1954, I learned from People's Liberation Army Institute of Astro-geodetic surveying and mapping department graduated from secondary special training, was assigned to the People's Liberation Army General Staff Land Surveying Practice Team (the Soviet Union team of experts) of any team in Nanjing district interns, to follow the Soviet Union experts to learn first-class triangular field observation services. Check with the other two post-graduate students with the school earlier encounter, that is, XU Xi is the right of Shaanxi Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, Zhang Wanjie comrades, the three of us to follow the aff, Xia Nicou a husband (Lieutenant Colonel observer) and Pulau ancient Shao-fu ( Captain assistants) trainee. Observer is a person who half a century, he was of medium build, dark hair, the two have whitish hair on the temples, a pair of God's blue eyes looked very lean whole person. Although he has some age, but very robust, work extremely seriously. I remember once we moved to stand Wujin County, Jiangsu Province, called a point of Zhuangzi village, which is a 33 meters high steel standard, steel standard built on the wheat farmers. Our security experts, the platoon leader to make the Soviet Union, subscript, more convenient and less walking path, let the soldiers in the Base Price of wheat under the tent erected inside. Reviving long wheat seedling was more than 10 cm tall, and for the tent again in waterproof trench dug around the tent, so a result, a large wheat field were destroyed. After the arrival of the old experts, a look, he suddenly called guard platoon leader to translate to. A smaller platoon leader Wang hurriedly walked over. Translation of the speech did not wait for the old experts to Wang platoon leader asked: "This tent is that you let soldiers take it?" Wang platoon leader A. Yes. Old experts also say, "Do you know you make a mistake? You destroyed the wheat fields of farmers, you violated the discipline of the masses ... ... the" old expert added, "You are a soldier, the wheat fields are destroyed, what you eat? What to eat people? "This is a series of questioning and asked questions in the face of leakage of the beads of sweat Wang platoon leader, kept highly Answer yes, I was wrong. Senior experts finally raised his voice: "I order you to immediately put away tents, to dig up the wheat seedling to be planted back to wheat seedling overwhelming Fu up a one way." This is the first time I saw the Soviet Union expert angry.
         Experts born optimist old open-minded, they did not suffer, but I do not know why, he never mentioned his family, which with other Soviet specialists form a clear difference.
His assistant plau ancient Shao-fu is a cheerful and lively young man, meter eighty high head, a soft golden hair, the high bridge of the nose, plus a pair of God's blue eyes, appears to be very handsome. Pulau ancient Shao-fu usually love to whistling, not at work often photos of his wife and little daughter out to enjoy for a while, showing that he is a man much attached to his wife and children. In the business of learning he is my teacher, from the first-class preparation before the triangular observation, observation conditions, the choice of observing the outcome of the trade-off adjustment to the final calculation of 11 he taught me. He not only taught me the business knowledge at the same time taught me a lot of Russian.
         That year we have three trainees and experts get along very well, a study, one taking notes, and sometimes a singing and had a lively year.
         In 1955 I was to stay in the team of experts in Guangzhou area teams, to the expert cloth-Lin (Lieutenant Colonel observer) when his assistant were then left there now Shaanxi Bureau of Surveying and Mapping Kun Zou, Comrade, I have two groups, he was four groups of . Cloth-Lin more than 30-year-old meter eighty high over head, body symmetry, but a little bit of water Yi Yao. He has a smart and capable, high efficiency, the same assigned task, he was always ahead of 20 days or a month to complete. For this reason, he was a bit arrogant, but like his boss. His life passion is dancing and drinking. He danced well, not only a social dance, but will jump the Russian folk dance; he likes to drink, but rather measured, in the banquet occasions, from a small cup, in the field measurement point in case of bad weather are unable to work, he was heavy volume booze, one can drink white wine 2 samgun not drunk.
         I was given to him as assistant, be honest and say that he is not very happy, this is deputy head of the Soviet Union to check the work after that I was aware of. To think carefully, this was also normal, because when I first probationary year, the business are not familiar with; Secondly, I will be a small amount of a few simple Russian, although there are translation, can be translated very little presence at work, so that he had little communication with others opportunities for communication, natural loneliness. However, there is a feature of the Soviet soldiers, and that is an absolute obedience to superior orders, I gave him the decision when the assistant is a superior, so while he satisfied, it had to implement.
         I remember a test shortly after a point in Jiangxi Province lies the problem. Work ago he told me what he was reading from a few observations I would remember what the number. In one observation, when he read 19, I would certainly remember the 19, could be exhausted in mind I have found that should not be 19, should be 12, I immediately told him that should be 12. In Russian, 19 and 12 sounds almost similar to China's 1 and 7. Under normal circumstances, this test may be set aside, and then it wants to re-test once. But he quit, hard to say what is wrong I will be 12 recorded a 19, while the first was not present, there is no circumstantial evidence, and he was furious. He later reported the matter to the superiors. About a month later, the Soviet deputy captain (colonel) came to the forest after the first conversation with the cloth too for a while, then he talks about me alone. Deputy Commander is a more than 50-year-old is often of a very good, amiable, when they meet face full of smiles. At first I thought he was just a general to check the work and later learned that he was to address the problem, or say to my assistant called incompetent to conduct any appraisal. When the two of us sat down, he began to ask me what name? What's your name? How old? Who lives where? Parents are not, and so on. I answered 11. Then we talk about life things, finally he asked me a few 1-20 in Russian and other figures, I counted over again. Talk about ten minutes, he returned to the tent and fabric-Lin conversation. I was just passing something happens to their tents, I heard the deputy head of speaking, "according to my conversation with him, he not only will not hear me wrong, but also speaks Russian very accurate, nice-sounding." I hear it is speaking for me, then immediately walked away.
         Since then, the cloth-Lin has changed my attitude, manifested in more conversation with me until I am close to, and work is also smiling, every time he read the wrong number, I would say re-read once, The two work together so well-coordinated. Kong Xijian at work, we talk to each other, he said that during the Second World War, he used prior to resection methods to calculate targets for the artillery in the distance.
         He also cared about me in life. I remember that time, local leaders often invited him to dinner, we have a paternity, he always pulled me sit beside him, and whisper tell me that many do not drink, drunk unsightly. He believes that the food delicious, always put into my bowl.
         At that time the Soviet Union experts in order to ensure the safety of the general not allow them to easily move around. No matter where I should go out Guangyi Xia, any encounter any type of fresh fruit on the buy back, let him taste. One orange just down, I bought a samgun back, he was a good one to try to eat, so he took out five dollars let me buy, I said too much can not eat it, he said everyone to eat. Results buy a big basket, we ate a good time.
         At that time things are very cheap, only four corners in our daily food money. Corners of money can be a very good fish to eat meat. I remember that the first guest houses in the Guangzhou Military Region-off "51" section, he said to me can help him check his personal food expenses invoices. He took several months of shopping vouchers, from beginning to end, I carefully checked again, the average monthly expenditure for food is about 170 yuan. He said: "how do I spending so much?" Later, I discovered that he bought something to waste too many give him a chicken chicken thigh, breast, small parts; a fish, eat only a small part of the back. I talk about Western cooks, experts said his food costs too much, chicken, fish do not waste so much, it really was spending has reduced by one half, he was very satisfied and thank me for. He once asked me how much I pay each month? I told him 80 yuan. I asked him how much? He said that more than 3000 yuan, he said half of the money sent to him, the other half to his wife.
         It should be said, I get along with them two years is very happy, and I learned a lot of business knowledge, to me the growth was greatly affected. I do not know the Soviet Union experts, whether it is now alive? I wish them good health! Happy life!