march to victory

"Grandma! Isn't the one who was arrested, the mayor, Uncle Wang?"

At this time, although the people in the town supported the Red Army, most of them still had some concerns: Although the Red Army captured some reactionaries and ransacked the homes of some landlords and bullies whom the people hated the most, they did not capture the mayor of this town. The biggest one only swatted a fly, not suspected of beating a tiger.To put it bluntly, everyone still wants to see what the Red Army's attitude is towards the national army, and whether they dare to hit the KMT officials hard?In case, like the Kuomintang, I only do superficial articles, or if I am cowardly and dare not do anything serious, then if I report and expose Mayor Wang's various evil deeds at this time, wouldn't I be seeking my own death?

Therefore, the common people pretended not to see at first, and only dared to point and point in a low voice, but the child shouted loudly, yes!Everyone has to face it directly.

"Yes! The mayor, Mr. Wang, was arrested."

"I don't know what they will do to the mayor, Mr. Wang?"

"If they dare to kill him, then I believe that the Red Army is our common people's team, otherwise... Hey! Hey! I still have an old house in the country, so I just go back and have a look."

All kinds of discussions immediately rose up, but they all just stood aside, even their eyes were a little dodged, so that people could understand at a glance: the various questions they asked were actually hoping that the Red Army could give them the clearest and most direct answers. answer.

However, these Red Army soldiers couldn't answer directly, so they could only ignore everyone's questions and silently escort Wang Weiqing to the town hall.And this increased the suspicion of everyone, and they followed suit.

This is exactly what Xiang Jiafu is currently worried about: Many teachers and ordinary people who have expressed their support for the Red Army have expressed this concern in private.Some people even said frankly: It doesn’t count if you ransacked the mayor’s house. If you can capture and kill the mayor, I will support you with all my might—the people don’t listen to your explanation that you didn’t catch the mayor. They only believe what they see.Therefore, for the criticism meeting at [-] p.m., he was a little worried that the people's response would not be enthusiastic enough, which means that he did not do his job well.After all, with the scene when entering the town, it shows that the people here are more or less different from other places.

When he was feeling a bit uncertain, he suddenly heard that the mayor, Wang Weiqing, had been caught. Xiang Jiafu was really excited like rain after a long drought, and ran straight to the school.

Seeing the Red Army soldiers escorting a person from a distance, the people followed and asked loud questions, but the soldiers did not dare to give direct guarantees. He was really excited and anxious.After running over to ask, it was confirmed that the mayor Wang Weiqing was arrested. He waved and shouted: "Folks! Please listen to me."

"Our Red Army will never wrong a good person, and we will never let a bad person go. If Wang Weiqing is a good mayor who makes decisions for the people, our Red Army will naturally respect him and ask him to continue to be mayor... But if he harms the relative If he is a bully and evil gentry who oppresses the neighbors and oppresses the people, then our Red Army will also make decisions for everyone and severely punish him. Please believe that the Red Army will definitely make decisions for the villagers.”

"Excuse me, sir, to what extent does the Red Army want to make decisions for us?"

"Criticism! Imprisonment! Confiscated house, even shot. This depends on the extent of his crimes. And his crimes have to be reported by the villagers. But please rest assured that the Red Army will uphold justice for everyone. Therefore, After dinner, all the villagers are invited to go to the school playground when they hear the school bell ringing, and actively report and expose the past crimes of Wang Weiqing and his accomplices."

The people smiled and nodded in agreement, but Xiang Jiafu could see some worry in their eyes.It's still the same: no matter how fancy you say, the common people only look at what you do.

Judgment Assembly!Many people in the town have participated in it. However, in the past, the judges were presided over by the people in power in the town, but today it is presided over by the Red Army, and the people who are judged are those in power in the past. This has never happened before.Therefore, no matter those who sincerely supported the Red Army, those who held a wait-and-see attitude, or even those with ulterior motives, all had dinner early, and flocked to the school playground with their families to watch the excitement.

On the temporary stage, members of the Red Army Propaganda Team sang and acted: songs about the Red Army caring for the common people and the common people supporting the Red Army (excerpt from a section of the Red Army mobilization song in "Longshan County Literature and History": Every soldier must be a Red Army, Cooperate with the workers and peasants to defeat the enemy and the reactionaries, everyone has the land, those who can work will have jobs, and those who can plow the fields will have the fields, and they will hunt down the local tyrants and catch the evil gentry, and kill them without mercy...); The story of fighting the Kuomintang for the people.Thanks to the communication during the day, the common people more or less understood some of the policies of the Red Army, and gave some support to these performances: only applause, no one applauded, and the scene was definitely not lively.

"Captain, are you looking for me?" Zhang Qingshan smelled his sleeves as he walked over, although he didn't smell any peculiar smell, he couldn't help but smell it to feel relieved.

"Qingshan, come." Xiang Jiafu dragged Zhang Qingshan to the backstage, looked at the uncrowded scene of the audience under the stage, and asked with a slight frown: "Look at this scene, it's not lively enough! "

"Captain, please give the order, I promise to complete the task."

"That's right. Originally, I wanted to strike while the iron was hot. I wanted to bring all the minions of the Kuomintang reactionaries to the stage for criticism one by one. Putting Wang Weiqing at the end was a big climax. But now I feel that I am a little anxious to do this... So, I Decided to do the opposite, first give everyone a strong dose of medicine to dispel the concerns of the people in one fell swoop, and after showing our Red Army's policy, the rest will be easier... Do you think this will work? Wait, your first One came to power and sued Wang Weiqing."

"Captain, I... I'm a little scared." Zhang Qingshan had seen the scene of denouncing the Kuomintang reactionaries in Zhaotou Village, and knew how to proceed. Besides, before coming to Guitang Town, because he had to speak on behalf of the recruits at the whole regiment commendation meeting, I just gave a speech in front of the whole class of soldiers. It was useless at the time, but it just makes up for it now.But when he thought of giving a speech in front of so many people, he still felt a little guilty.

"Our Red Army soldiers are not even afraid of death. Are you afraid of saying a few words in front of everyone? Qingshan, this is an organizational test for you... As you know, our revolutionary work in Guitang Town has only just begun , The Kuomintang reactionaries and their minions are still eyeing all around, the situation is very serious, if you don't do it, you will fall short... Just do me a favor, okay?"

As soon as Zhang Qingshan heard this, he knew that he couldn't refuse. As soon as he became angry, he answered bravely: "Yes!"

Xiang Jiafu patted him on the shoulder excitedly, and encouraged him: "Actually, you don't need to say anything else, just tell everyone your real experience, especially Wang Weiqing's persecution of you. Leave the rest to me."

Zhang Qingshan couldn't help but think of his godfather's death, and Wang Weiqing was the biggest accomplice, a little anger rose in his heart immediately, and he was not so afraid.With a straight chest: "Leader, please rest assured that the task will be completed."

Soon, the performance on the stage was over. At this time, the stage was full of darkness, and the entire playground was covered. Many people had no place to stand. They just climbed to the wall and sat, waiting, but the scene was still deserted.

A female propaganda team member walked onto the stage with a megaphone made of cardboard...