march to victory

Tiger Cave is located in the northeast of Luoxi Township, at the junction of Shangtianyun Village and Xiatianyun Village, about 50 kilometers away from Luoxi Township Government.On the east and west sides, there is a mountain with a height of more than [-] feet. The distance between the two mountains is more than [-] meters, and there is a small stream in the middle.

The Tiger Cave is located on the mountainside in the east (on the side of Xiatianyun Village). The cave is surrounded by cliffs, and the terrain is very dangerous.

It used to be a place where the villagers of the two villages hid from bandits, but it was occupied by Zhao Wu a few years ago. Many fortifications were built in the cave, and a large amount of weapons, ammunition, food and other materials were stored.

The Red Army attached great importance to the task of encircling and suppressing Zhao Wu and his minions. At the meeting, they even put forward the slogan of "killing the last wave of bandits in Luoxi Township, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment".Not only did the participants have rich combat experience, or they were physically strong and fully armed, but they also specially allocated the only three light machine guns to the bandit suppression brigade.Even, for the sake of secrecy, careful arrangements were made for the route: first go southeast for more than ten miles, then turn to Luoxi Township at the fork, and go straight to the Tiger Cave.

Only Tian Wannian, the mayor of Luoxi Township, knew about this mission.

When we met Tian Wannian halfway, although only Tian Wannian and his two sons were waiting, they gave everyone a big surprise: three earth cannons (pine tree cannons), some gunpowder and a box of earth cannon shells.The irony is that these three cannons were all found from Zhao Wu's house, probably because Zhao Wu couldn't carry them with him when he fled. In the past, Zhao Wu used them to intimidate the people, but now the people use them to fight Zhao Wu. Said, this is retribution.

The third squad is the reconnaissance squad, which is less than two miles away from Xiatianyun Village at about [-] o'clock in the afternoon.

From a distance, a small amount of rifle shots and a large number of musket shots could be heard from the direction of Xiatianyun Village, sometimes dense and sometimes sparse, but the shouts of killing and insulting continued.

"Little ghost, hurry up and inform the platoon leader that there are many people fighting in the direction of Tianyun Village." After speaking, Zhang Qingshan led the whole squad of soldiers to march quickly, and soon reached the top of the mountain.

Shangtianyun Village and Xiatianyun Village are actually located at the foot of the two big mountains, each occupying a mountain, and the distance between them is less than one kilometer.The entire terrain faces south, with mountains on the north and flat land on the right. If it is bigger, it will be a huge basin surrounded by continuous mountains. Rice fields and terraced land can be seen at a glance.

At this time, hundreds of people were fighting in Xiatianyun Village and its surrounding areas. The side with the red cloth strips tied on their left arms had about 300 people, but the side with a larger number of people was relatively weaker.Zhang Qingshan looked through the binoculars and immediately understood the reason: the party with a large number of people basically used muskets and only a few rifles.On the other hand, the smaller group had all rifles and two light machine guns.The effective shooting distance of the musket is only about a hundred meters. How can you not suffer when you shoot at the opponent?

The most surprising thing is: the villagers of Shangtianyun Village are crowded at the entrance of the village. Although many people carry muskets and other cold weapons, they are just watching a show like an audience.The behavior of the villagers in Xiatianyun Village is even more incomprehensible. Although they also have weapons for self-defense, they stand around the village in small groups, as if the battlefield did not happen in their homeland.Even if it was robbery by bandits, such a bizarre drama never happened.

"Damn, what's going on?" This was probably the voice of everyone, because no one could understand.

"Monkey, you go and report the situation here to the platoon leader."

"Squad leader, don't wait any longer, won't we understand everything after we go down and inquire?"

Zhang Qingshan widened his eyes and said angrily: "Where is there so much nonsense, go quickly."

When the monkey ran to report, Qian Jiang, the deputy class leader, lay beside Zhang Qingshan and asked softly, "Squad leader, are you really watching a show here?"

"Old Qian, this scene is too weird. If we act rashly, I'm afraid it will be detrimental to the purpose of our trip. It's better to wait for the platoon leader and the others to make a decision, and it will be safer for everyone to act together in a planned way."

Qian Jiang nodded, took the binoculars from Zhang Qingshan, looked at them for a while, and said: "Squad leader, it's not a good idea for us to wait here, otherwise, I'll take two people down to ask. "

Zhang Qingshan pondered for a while, then nodded: "It's good to find out the situation, but, old Qian, you can't go in military uniform."

"rest assured!"

Old Qian cheerfully took off his coat, revealing his patched single clothes. He looked no different from the poor people—the Red Army was already poor, and even if there were captured, most of them would be distributed to the poor people.Sometimes it is normal not to have a meal of meat for a month or even a few months. Officers and soldiers are equal and there is no specialization. Therefore, everyone's situation is similar, and it is normal to have patches on military uniforms.

"Old money, you take this."

Qian Jiang was also polite, took the box cannon and two magazines handed over by Zhang Qingshan, and smiled at Zhang Qingshan: "Squad leader, I'll go then."

"En! Old Qian, it's not important to find out about the situation, but you must be careful. My comrades and I will meet you at the mountain pass and wait for you to come back safely."

"it is good!"

After Qian Jiang led two soldiers down the mountain quickly, five or six minutes later, the platoon leader rushed over with a large group of people.

"Xiao Zhang, how's the situation?" As soon as he lay down on the top of the mountain, he sweated profusely—this was the consequence of running too fast.The platoon leader, Huang Debao, wiped his sweat with his sleeve, and observed with binoculars while asking.

"It's not clear at the moment, Lao Qian has brought people down to find out the situation." Zhang Qingshan said while watching with binoculars: At this time, the people fighting at the bottom of the mountain have changed a little: the side with more people seems to be unable to stand up The opponent's powerful firepower, if there is no external help, the defeat is a foregone conclusion.Next, they either retreated to Xiatianyun Village and fought with each other in the streets, or they had to retreat.

"Why does this guy look familiar to me...Damn it, the side with the most people is ours."

Zhang Qingshan turned his head suddenly, and looked at Huang Debao with puzzled eyes: No way, you can see so accurately from such a distance?

"What are you looking at? Those red cloth strips on the left arm are the most common means of identification when we are making a revolution... Okay, the squad leader and the squad leader are here for the meeting."

Seeing Huang Debao climbed two steps backwards, got up to leave, Zhang Qingshan hurried to catch up, and asked unwillingly: "Platoon leader, you can't make a mistake, right? If the bandits follow suit, we are also on the left arm Isn’t it troublesome to tie red cloth strips?”

Huang Debao took two steps, turned to look at Zhang Qingshan, and then looked at the curious expressions of the comrades around him, curled his lips helplessly, and said angrily: "Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you. To be honest Let me tell you, Wu Shuibao, the mayor of Wolong Township, was developed by me. When he became the mayor of the people’s government, I personally gave him a box cannon. I happened to see his left arm helping the Red Army through the telescope. Cloth strips, jumping up and down to boost morale."

When everyone heard this, they burst out laughing.

"That's the right one." Tian Wannian, the mayor of Luoxi Township, wiped the sweat from his head. Seeing everyone looking over, he explained with a smile: "Wolong Township is next to our Luoxi Township. Yun Village used to be Sanqiao Village in Wolong Township. Old Wu was born as a bamboo stick craftsman, and he had a big feud with Zhao Wu... Heh! Heh!"

Speaking of this, seeing everyone sitting on the ground and forming a circle, Tian Wannian stopped talking with a wink.But everyone understood the meaning of these words: Although they don't know the specific reasons and process of their enmity, judging from the current situation, this enmity is definitely not small.Wu Shuibao used to be from a poor family, and Zhao Wu was the local overlord, so Wu Shuibao must have suffered a lot.Now, with the help of the Red Army, the poor people have managed to stand up and become masters. How can they let a local tyrant and evil gentry like Zhao Wu be let go.It just so happened that there was a decree in this regard, it would be strange if he didn't take the opportunity to seek revenge from Zhao Wu.Although we can't talk about the public benefiting the private, we can only talk about the public and the private, but we can't say this clearly, so it's no wonder Tian Wannian hesitated to speak.Besides, the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing in the ears did not allow everyone to have time to listen to the story.

After inquiring in private, Zhang Qingshan found out the reason: Wu Shuibao lost his wife in his early years, and finally brought up his only son Wu Jinyu, and married his son a wife. Although his family is not rich, he is the best bamboo craftsman in this area. , lived happily ever after.But that summer four years ago, the son and daughter-in-law went to the town to go to the market together, but they never returned.After several inquiries, I found out that it turned out that I ran into Zhao Wu on the way back.Zhao Wu coveted his daughter-in-law's beauty and harmed her on the spot. The son was so angry that he wanted to go all out, but was shot to death by Zhao Wu.Afterwards, Zhao Wu threw the bodies of the two into the tiankeng, not paying attention at all.

The happy family was shattered, and Wu Shuibao's grief and anger can be imagined. In order to avenge his hatred, he sold his only family property and bought a gun, then burned down the house, and went to Zhao Wu to fight for his life.

Unexpectedly, he did not kill Zhao Wu, but killed Zhao Wu's father. Then, Zhao Wu's father-in-law Wang Weiqing used his power to designate Wu Shuibao as a bandit and offer a reward... Kou, but Zhao Wu is so powerful... The arrival of the Red Army gave him hope.It is said that when Huang Debao took people to carry out revolutionary work in Wolong Township, he actually blocked each person in the middle of the road with a gun, and asked, "Can your Red Army fight bullies?" Huang Debao replied, "Our Red Army is a team of the poor. Bullies and all those who oppress the poor are sworn enemies." Wu Shuibao knelt down and kowtowed on the spot, and then became the most active revolutionary.

"Okay, let's have a meeting."

The environment and tasks were clear. It was a meeting, but it was actually a combat order: the Self-Defense Forces and a temporary independent platoon composed of backbones drawn from each platoon, surrounded from the flat land in the south of Xiatianyun Village, and could not let a single enemy go.During this period, the First Squadron of the Self-Defense Forces quickly intersected to the west, not seeking to kill many enemies, but must stop those enemies fleeing west.After these two sides are under control, the second squadron is stationed in Shangtianyun Village, trying to search for the enemies hiding in the village, the third squadron is on guard, and the independent platoon is ready to attack Tiger Cave, and prevent the enemy from going west and south. The first line of defense in the direction of fleeing; after the third row went down the mountain, they immediately joined the self-defense force led by Wu Shuibao to attack the enemy together, trying to force the enemy into the tiger hole in one go, and then gather and annihilate...