march to victory

"Squad leader, it's okay. I know you're doing it for my own good, so that I can become a qualified Red Army soldier as soon as possible." Zhou Baoyu's nervous expression disappeared all of a sudden. Instead, he smiled at Zhang Qingshan with some emotion, and then Touching the back of his head, he said, "Squad leader, what he said is actually wrong. I don't blame you at all, really."

Zhang Qingshan touched Zhou Baoyu's head, nodded with a smile, and Lao Xu laughed loudly behind him: "A man dares to act boldly, and he must admit his mistakes. You are a good boy, it is the style of our Red Army soldiers."

The laughter was a bit annoying, so Zhang Qingshan turned around and asked without words: "Old Xu, since the company commander wants to put me in confinement, why did he give me credit and let me be the squad leader?"

One of the purposes of the Self-Defense Forces is to train recruits.The casualties of the Red Army battle this time were a bit heavy, so among the current members of the Self-Defense Forces, except for a dozen backbones who are ready to lead new members, the rest are all enriched into the Red Third Company.Zhang Qingshan won another third-class merit, and became the squad leader of the third row of the Red Three Company (the squad leader and the deputy squad leader of the first squad were killed at the same time), Qi Zixuan became the squad leader of the third squad, and the old squad leader Huang Debao became the squad leader of the third row. Captain Luo Ping was promoted to deputy company commander and platoon leader. The former captain of the first squadron of the Self-Defense Force died in battle, and Li Guowei became the instructor of the self-defense force captain.Due to the heavy casualties in the first squad, there were only five people left, so Zhang Qingshan took the opportunity to supplement all the second squadron of the Second Squadron of the Self-Defense Forces into the first squad (in fact, there were only seven people left, plus the original five people and Zhang Qingshan himself, the first squad A total of 13 people), Zhou Baoyu was also brought over by the way.He was very happy to get the consent, but he couldn't figure out why he had to be punished since he was promoted, and now he happened to ask Lao Xu, an old revolutionary, for advice.

"What's wrong with this? Our Red Army has always been very clear about rewards and punishments. Of course you will be punished for making mistakes, but you will naturally be rewarded for your meritorious service. This is not in conflict."

Zhang Qingshan thought about it and smiled.He picked up the rice bowl and handed it to Lao Xu: "Old Xu, come, eat."

"Don't eat!" Old Xu went to the bed: "You have figured it out, but I still feel sorry for those comrades, but I don't even give a chance for revenge. It's not happy to think about it, don't eat..."

Speaking of this, Old Xu sat up, looked at Zhang Qingshan with a smile, and shouted: "That little brat outside, your squad leader wants to celebrate, can you go get a bottle of wine?"

As soon as the words fell, Wang Xingfa's voice was heard: "Squad leader, I knew you wanted to drink. I got you two bottles of good wine. Look, there is a big bowl of meat."

Turning his head to look, he saw Wang Xingfa smiling at himself holding a basket, and a large group of soldiers behind him were watching from the window.There are a few people who are familiar with them, but they don't know each other. After a little thought, they understand that these are all veterans of the original squad. They came to see me to respect me as the new squad leader.

Before Zhang Qingshan got up, Old Xu strode over to pick up the basket, and saw two bottles of wine, a bowl of meat, and a pack of Lao Sicheng cigarettes.Old Xu smiled, but looked behind them, seeing the person he wanted to see, he looked back a little disappointed.

Wang Xingfa quickly laughed and said, "Platoon Leader Xu, the comrades in the first and second platoons had originally agreed to come with us, but halfway through, an emergency order was issued to them to set off immediately and go into the mountains to destroy the Zhanshan tiger. This big bandit has no choice but to ask us to bring a gift. You see, this cigarette was given to you by them."

In the attack on Guitang Town, although the Red Army suffered heavy losses and could only be regarded as a disastrous victory, it gained two obvious benefits: First, the bandits left nearly two hundred guns, which greatly enriched the Red Army Now, there is still a lot of weapons in hand, so we can prepare weapons for the next expansion of popularity. It can be said that there are many benefits; second, the reason why we set off immediately to drill the mountain tiger's lair is to strike while the iron is hot and make a big effort Wipe out the largest bandits around Guitang Town, so as to deter Xiaoxiao and lay a solid foundation for carrying out revolutionary activities in the countryside in the future.You must know that in other places, some Red Army commanders and fighters went to the countryside to carry out revolutionary work, and they needed at least a platoon to protect them. Otherwise, they would easily become attacks by local tyrants and evil gentry and various local armed forces.Now, to destroy this group of bandits, the armed forces in various places have to consider the consequences if they want to attack the Red Army soldiers arbitrarily.

Old Xu didn't care whether the gift was heavy or not, what he cared about was whether his comrades were blaming him, whether they still cared about him as an old platoon leader.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Old Xu had a smile on his face again. He put down the bottle while biting the lid of the wine bottle, picked up the cigarette, tore it open, took out two packs and handed it to Wang Xingfa: "Come! Let Comrade Let's all taste it."

Then, with a cigarette in his hand and a basket in his hand, he sat at the small table, put the bowl of meat on the table, bit off the lid of the wine bottle, raised his head and drank half of the bottle, and let out a long mouthful of alcohol, Another piece of meat was put in his mouth, and he yelled "Happy!"

"Hello, squad leader, I'm Qian Jiang, the deputy squad leader."

In the same platoon, those who looked up and saw each other knew each other, but now they are my assistants. This is the first time we meet formally, we must be serious. After returning the salute, we shook hands with each other and smiled: "Old Qian , What’s wrong with you, comrades, join us in the revolution, don’t be a stranger, from now on, you can just call me Xiao Zhang.”

"That can't be done. You are the squad leader, so you shouldn't be called that."

Old Xu, who was eating at the side, laughed when he heard it: "I said you two don't give up because of the same title, I will make the decision for you, one is called Lao Qian, and the other is called Lao Zhang."

When the two heard this, they smiled with satisfaction.

"Old Qian, I can't get out here. These boys have no proper profession before. If there is something wrong, you just need to educate."

Although separated by the window, everyone gathered together and chatted lively until dark before leaving.

After the comrades went back, Zhang Qingshan felt a little lost for a while. After eating, he sat by the window and looked at the bright stars in the night sky, without saying a word for a long time.

"Xiao Zhang, what are you thinking?" Lao Xu lay on the bed, hummed a song for a long time with a straw in his mouth, and felt that no one responded, so he had nothing to say.

"I was thinking about how to lead my class."

Old Xu turned his head to look at Zhang Qingshan, and asked, "Have you ever been the deputy squad leader?"

"No."

"How long have you been in the revolution?"

"More than a month."

Upon hearing this, Old Xu sat up and gave Zhang Qishan a thumbs up.

"Old Xu, what do you mean?"

"I admire you boy. I have climbed up step by step from deputy squad leader, squad leader, deputy platoon leader, etc. You kid can actually leapfrog promotion in more than a month. If you have no skills, it is impossible possible."

Zhang Qingshan was taken aback for a moment, then rubbed the back of his head and smiled without making a sound, because everyone knew that what Lao Xu said was a bit flattering: as long as a hard battle is over, it is common for the line of fire to rise.Not to mention Zhang Qingshan, who participated in the revolution for more than a month and made two military exploits before he became the squad leader. There are even recruits who became the squad leader only two days after joining, because the whole squad is only left with him and a guy who is bigger than him. Recruits who joined one day late.

"Old Xu, you haven't pointed out yet, how can you be the squad leader?"

"You just need to remember three things: you have to be thick-skinned when dealing with others, you must protect your face when dealing with external parties, and you must be able to let go of your own face when dealing with internal affairs."

"How to say?"

"You have to be thick-skinned when dealing with superiors, which means: orders can be implemented, but principles must be clearly stated; externally, you must be able to protect your face, which means that you can maintain the reputation of your class; internally, you must let go. Shameless, this one is easy to understand: you kid should get along with your comrades, don't think that being a squad leader is so great."

Zhang Qingshan still wanted to ask more carefully, but seeing that Lao Xu rolled over and fell asleep, it was very obvious that he didn't want to discuss this question in depth, so he had no choice but to give up.In fact, what Lao Xu said was not deep enough, but he could only express it to this extent—some things can only be experienced, not expressed in words.

The next afternoon, Lao Xu was free and became the captain of the Guitang Town Self-Defense Force.Even Zhang Qingshan felt that it was a pity that a grassroots commander like Lao Xu with rich combat experience was made an instructor.But Lao Xu was very happy, patted Zhang Qingshan on the shoulder, and repeatedly said that he had earned it.Asked what he earned, Lao Xu shook his head and didn't say anything.In the end, Lao Xu gave an explanation after being drunk once: because of his momentary self-satisfaction, five comrades sacrificed in vain, and he was burdened with the burden of five lives. If it was not for the revolution, he would have wanted to commit suicide.Therefore, for him, every day he lives is earned.These words sound simple, but if you understand them carefully, you can understand the great pain and suffering in Lao Xu's heart.

For Zhang Qingshan's confinement, say five days, there will be no less than a moment.

It was not until the evening of the fifth day that Zhang Qingshan was freed.The platoon leader Huang Debao and the soldiers greeted him, returned to the company, and specially prepared a bowl of meat for him-the life of the Red Army soldiers was hard, and everyone pooled money to buy this bowl of meat. The company commander Zhang Guozhi came here by chance.

However, what surprised Zhang Qingshan the most was that he actually got a box cannon.It turned out that the remnants of Zhanshanhu and Tian Dalong instinctively returned to the lair of Zhanshanhu after their defeat, but they were chased by the Red Army soldiers overnight, and they seized more than 100 guns and thousands of bullets. Surprisingly, [-] of them, including two of the light machine guns, and tens of thousands of catties of grain and other supplies, the Red Army soldiers counted as distribution this time.

Because there are hundreds of miles away from the battalion headquarters, there are many bandits along the way, the situation is floating, and there is no telegraph, it is indeed inconvenient to communicate only by correspondents. Even the party committee happily decided to digest it internally.Zhang Qingshan won the third-class merit, and it is not surprising that he was rewarded with a box cannon.

For Zhang Qingshan, the next task is to become one with the soldiers.

Regarding the revolutionary work in Guitang Town, the old said that there are two urgent tasks to be completed: first, take advantage of the overwhelming power of eliminating Tian Dalong and Zhanshanhu, and take advantage of the excellent opportunity when all kinds of local forces are deterred. Carry out the revolutionary work to various villages in Daguitang Town to further consolidate the fruits of the revolution.Second, since so many were seized from the dens of the Zanshan tiger, there must be a lot of good things in the dens of local tyrants and evil gentry hidden in the mountains and forests. No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat!At the very least, at this time when food is scarce, their dens are absolutely indispensable for the most important food. Instead of letting them eat enough to fight the Red Army, it is better to take it and distribute it to the poor...