march to victory

"Old Peng, tell me, Lao Hu and the others have been at the headquarters for two days, why haven't they received any confirmation yet?" Late at night, in Zhang Qingshan's dormitory, Zhang Qingshan and Peng Peng chatted while peeling peanuts while drinking.

Seeing that Peng Peng frowned slightly, Zhang Qingshan was startled, and said, "Will you not be ambushed by bandits or reactionaries?"

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Qingshan shook his head again, and said to himself: "Probably not, otherwise, there would have been news about this. But... oh! I'm really worried about Lao Hu."

Two days ago, Hu Yingze took the little tiger and another female nurse to the headquarters under the protection of the same class... Because Longshan County was not captured, and the old Jiang's soldiers pressed the border, the arrogance of the reactionaries became arrogant again. The bandits or local reactionary forces who were driven out of the base area to hide in the deep mountains and old forests have resurged. Recently, there have been several sneak attacks on the Red Army soldiers and peasant association cadres who have been alone.In order to ensure the safety of Hu Yingze and the others, just in case, Zhang Qingshan forcibly sent a squad to Lao Hu and the others.

It was originally agreed that regardless of whether there is any result, I will go there on the same day and come back the next day, but now two days have passed, Hu Yingze and the others are like nothing, gone forever, without any news, Zhang Qingshan can't sit still .

"I think you are restless. I am afraid that you are not only worried about Lao Hu, but also worried about your family?"

"Old Peng, don't talk nonsense, I have nothing to do with her..."

"Pretend! Keep pretending! Not to mention our assault company, everyone in the regiment knows: the two of you just need to get a certificate."

"Old Peng, it doesn't matter if you say I don't care, but she belongs to a girl's family, so she can't ruin her reputation."

"That's true." Peng Peng nodded slightly, touched the wine bowl with Zhang Qingshan, was about to drink, but suddenly recalled, put down the bowl, and said with a smile: "Old Zhang, what you said is not authentic Well, it's obviously your two faults, how could it be my fault instead?"

"In the first place. She and I have nothing to do with each other. It's you who insist on bringing us together. I... Forget it, come and drink."

Peng Peng took a sip of his wine, wiped his mouth, and said, "However, it's good for you two to get together. Do you dare to be a company now? I believe it won't take two or three years. You can become the deputy head anyway. By then, You can apply to the organization for marriage in an open and aboveboard... They are all revolutionary comrades, and there will be a few more small revolutions in the future..."

Seeing that Zhang Qingshan was about to open his mouth, Peng Peng began to gossip in a low voice: "Tell me, what stage has it developed?"

Zhang Qingshan was very happy in his heart, and he drank a little hesitantly, and when he was excited, he didn't know what to say.Get closer, and start bragging in a low voice: "Actually, I haven't developed any further, I just hold hands, and..."

"Ha! Ha! I heard it, I heard it, what else, tell me... Hey! Xiao Xiang, don't run away! Unmarried men, unmarried women, and revolutionary comrades, walked to the Together, this is a great thing...Xiao Xiang, don't run over there...What are you laughing at? Go and stop it, or you will really fall into the latrine."

As soon as he heard Hu Yingze's 'crazy' laugh, Zhang Qingshan knew that Hu Yingze did it on purpose.In addition, after Peng Peng was stunned, he covered his stomach and squatted and laughed, which made Zhang Qingshan angry from embarrassment. He stood up abruptly, pointed at Peng Peng, but glared at Hu Yingze who pushed the door open.

"Old Zhang, what are you doing looking at me like that?" After Hu Yingze entered the door, he ignored Zhang Qingshan's murderous gaze with great awareness, put down his satchel, and said solemnly as he walked over: "I didn't hear anything, but I just wanted to Remind Xiaoxiang, there is a latrine over there, and if you run around covering your face, if you fall into the latrine, it will be..."

"Ha ha……"

Hu Yingze, who was originally stern and deliberate, heard Peng Peng's uncontrollable laughter, and his stern face collapsed in an instant. He kept laughing, and Zhang Qingshan's face turned rosy when he laughed. The two guys kicked out.

Sitting down, with a stern face on purpose, he looked at the two scoundrels with a half-smile but not a smile. For a while, there was really nothing he could do.I can only peel the peanuts, and chew the peanuts with a "crack! Crack!", as if chewing a bone.

Waiting for the two guys to laugh so hard that their stomach hurts and try their best to sit on the chair, Zhang Qingshan handed Hu Yingze a bowl angrily, poured wine and asked: "Have you had dinner yet?"

"I ate on the way back."

Peng Peng asked, "Did the journey go smoothly?"

"very smooth."

After greeting a few words, touched the wine bowl, and took a sip, Zhang Qingshan asked: "What news did you find out?"

Unexpectedly, Hu Yingze, who was about to put the peeled peanuts in his mouth, put down the peanuts, and said with a wry smile: "I am not here to inquire about news at all, but to send them to my door to be inquired."

They said they were going to inquire about the news, but in fact, all three of them knew in their hearts: this was to entrust relationships, go through the back door, and wanted to fight for it again, so as to make up for the lost mission.Because Master Wu Zhengqing told them almost clearly at that time: Originally, he wanted to assign a task to the assault company, but after understanding the situation, it was gone.

After Master Wu Zhengqing returned, he handed in the investigation report.But what people didn't expect was that the next day's meeting held a discussion, and there was an argument.Just in time, when I heard that Hu Yingze was coming, I invited him to speak... In the end, this task did not fall into the hands of the assault company.

This task is: due to the enemy's heavy troops pressing down on the territory, we will take every step of the way, trying to squeeze the space in the base area, and swallow the entire Red Second and Sixth Army Corps in one last gulp.In order to break the enemy's strategic deployment, the headquarters decided to send the main force of the Second Red Army to break through the enemy's heavy siege and jump out of the enemy's encirclement... The headquarters originally wanted the assault company to serve as the vanguard company, and it was also a kind of training and preparation for the Long March. inspection method.But with the result of the investigation, there was nothing anyone could do about it. The sharp blade of the assault company had to continue to be hidden in the snow—the troops closest to it had received orders this morning, so there was no need to keep it a secret.

However, Hu Yingze took a trip to the headquarters, and it still had some effect after all, and won a learning opportunity for the assault company: Zhang Qingshan, as a special commissioner, will accompany the Pioneer Group of the Second Red Army, mainly to study and observe brother troops , in order to learn the shortcomings of the assault company.

No matter how careless Xiang Xueqin was, Zhang Qingshan's bragging last night caused her to be talked about by her sisters for a long time, which made her 'resentful' all night.

Early the next morning, he planned to vent his anger on Zhang Qingshan aggressively, but as soon as he entered the door, he saw Zhang Qingshan packing his backpack, and then he knew that Zhang Qingshan was going to travel far.Immediately, all the shame and anger were gone, and instead she acted like a housekeeper, helping him tidy up while telling him to be careful when going out, which made Zhang Qingshan feel a little sour.

When Zhang Qingshan came out of the gate, Xiang Xueqin ran over and handed Zhang Qingshan a pair of cloth shoes, and said with a blushing face, "You just wear them. If you wear them out, I'll make you a new pair." The Red Army is poor, and almost all of them wear straw sandals Even if they occasionally get cloth shoes from the common people, they are reluctant to wear them.

While everyone was booing, Xiang Xueqin didn't run away like yesterday. Although she was still shy, she still watched Zhang Qingshan leave with red eyes and bit her lip tightly.

After successfully jumping out of the enemy's encirclement, the Second Red Army went to Jinshi, Changde, and Taoyuan in Hunan Province. Taking advantage of the enemy's main force to react, they continued to attack and rush, driving the enemy's local armed forces and landlord Lao Cai to run around like sheep.

Zhang Qingshan's identity is special and cannot be disclosed, and he came as a special commissioner. Although he is in the vanguard regiment, the regiment treats him as a big shot, carefully protects him, and never gives him any chance to shoot. .However, Zhang Qingshan knew how difficult this opportunity was and how heavy the burden was on him, so he cherished it very much and did not want to let down the expectations of his comrades at all.

Don't look at him being protected, he didn't charge the enemy's artillery like the soldiers, and his life was not in danger, but in other respects, he worked very hard: when fighting, he was on the front line to observe; when not fighting, he While walking, he interviewed commanders and soldiers, listened to their experience, ate and lived with the soldiers, and offered to help the soldiers get shot... At night, when everyone else was asleep, he began to sort out the interviews or observations during the day, almost all night long In Dadan, the average daily sleep time is less than three and a half hours.Others advised him to take a good rest, and his health would be too much for him to continue like this, but he always smiled and said that the opportunity was rare, if he didn't grasp it well, he was sorry for the expectations and trust of his comrades, and he would have no face to go back.

According to the original plan, the Second Red Army walked a semicircle on the map, then suddenly changed direction, and went directly to Sangzhi County, Xiangxi Prefecture.At the same time, the Red Sixth Army also voluntarily withdrew from the revolutionary base areas in Hunan, Hubei, Sichuan and Guizhou, and arrived at Sangzhi County first.

Because the people in the base areas were reluctant to part with the Red Army and wanted to march together, tens of thousands of people followed the Red Army closely.In addition, the Red Army worried that after they left, the reactionaries would retaliate against the people.I also want to send a soldier to contain the enemy, so that the enemy cannot tell the whereabouts of the main force of our army and other reasons. Therefore, the Red Eighteenth Division temporarily stayed in the base area.Persuading the people, leaving enough ammunition for each guerrilla, and cooperating with the Red Eighteenth Division to pretend to be the main force to fight guerrillas... According to the legend of the local people (because there is no way to verify it, so it can only be said to be unofficial history), the most famous is that Commander He Long personally He wrote a letter to Commander Chen, King of Xiangxi, in which he clarified the point of view of the Red Army's departure, and hoped that Commander Chen would take good care of himself. Commander Chen's site (for some reason, the Red Army has not moved Commander Chen's hometown, Fenghuang County, Xiangxizhou), and cited several examples of when Chiang Kai-shek hunted down the main force of the Central Red Army last year.

As a result, Commander Chen was really fooled, or in other words, this is the nature of warlords - they regard their own territory as their lifeblood.Not only did he not take the opportunity to hunt down the Red Army according to Chiang's order, but instead sent soldiers and horses to various counties in western Hunan, in the name of saving the people from fire and water, in fact to prevent Chiang's soldiers and horses from taking the opportunity to annex his territory.It is said that Lao Jiang was so angry that he repeatedly called "Niang Xipi", but there was nothing he could do, because Xiangxi had high mountains and dense forests, and there were as many bandits as cow hair. ... No matter how the reactionaries bite dogs, one thing is for sure: Commander Chen was on guard against Chiang and at the same time appeased the people due to the situation. As a result, after the Red Army left, the people in the base areas did not suffer as much from the reactionaries as they did in other base areas. crazy killing.The local people said that this is the power of a letter from Commander He.

Everything went as expected, but something unexpected happened to Zhang Qingshan...