march to victory

"Commander, it's not good."

"Baoyu, what's the matter? It seems to make you flustered." Zhang Qingshan drank wine and ate rice tofu. He was in a good mood, but he talked a little too much. Seeing Zhou Baoyu's panicked expression, he joked. Said: "I didn't say you, what company commander is not good, am I doing well? Baoyu! You have participated in the revolution for more than half a year, and you are considered a veteran anyway, why..."

"Company commander, something happened to your guest (wife)." Because the relationship between Zhang Qingshan and Xiang Xueqin has been an open secret for a long time, even the head of the regiment and the teacher personally said that "after the victory of the Long March, the teacher will be the witness and the head of the team will be the matchmaker." I want to hold a wedding for them." With the endorsement of the teacher and the head of the regiment, naturally no one will pursue this matter-this is not only a kind of expectation of the soldiers for the pursuit of beautiful things, but also everyone is optimistic about Zhang Qingshan's future. A sure sign of cultivation.Therefore, when everyone teased them in private, they all called Xiang Xueqin the company commander's guest.

"Boom boom~!"

The wine bowl he was holding fell on the table all of a sudden, Zhang Qingshan didn't have the composure and awareness of a veteran who was overwhelmed by Mount Tai and his face remained unchanged, and while the wine bowl was still rolling on the table, he grabbed Zhou Baoyu and viciously "Tell me! What happened to her?"

"I heard that she was seriously injured and is being sent to the headquarters hospital for emergency treatment..."

"How do you know?" Wang Wu who was on the side saw Zhang Qingshan's complexion changed and ran out, asking quickly.Zhang Qingshan also stopped and turned around to look at Zhou Baoyu: Although comrades often joke with each other when they have nothing to do, such jokes are not funny at all.In case it was really a joke, Zhang Qingshan decided to beat Zhou Baoyu hard.

In the Battle of Sanchakou, the Assault Company and the Red Third Company combined had about [-] wounded soldiers, among whom there were seven or eight seriously wounded (mainly the Red Third Company, in order to hold back the enemy and give the Assault Company the greatest support, stood up to several The enemy's attack was twice as large as our own, so there were many wounded. The assault company was mainly injured because of the big explosion, but it was relatively easy to recover as long as it was not deaf on the spot.) Several seriously wounded were dying, They could not be transported to the Niulanba Headquarters Field Hospital, because there were not enough medical staff, let alone surgical equipment, so they could only do some simple first aid while asking for help from the Headquarters Hospital, and asked them to send surgeons to Sanchakou with equipment and medicines to rescue critical patients. wounded.

Xiang Xueqin was already worried about Zhang Qingshan's safety, but when she heard that the assault company was injured, she thought she hadn't seen Zhang Qingshan for several days, so she took the initiative to come here.

A group of medical staff rushed here under the protection of a company, originally thinking that this kind of armed escort was absolutely safe.Unexpectedly, in the middle of the walk, there were enemy stragglers who sneered (it was later found out that the local reactionary landlords saw the Kuomintang army coming and thought it was time to shake the sky, so they jumped out and happened to meet this group of people. Front They didn’t dare to compete, but after hiding in the dense forest and firing a few shots, they still dared to take advantage of the terrain and take credit for the Kuomintang afterwards).Unfortunately, a female nurse surnamed Xiang died on the spot... and the fellow soldier Zhou Baoyu met came to send an order to the 49th Regiment, reminding the 49th Regiment not to be careless, especially pay attention to the disturbance of the enemy stragglers who were just defeated , we must try our best to protect the lives and property of the people...

As soon as Zhang Qingshan heard it, he ran out.Several soldiers hurried to catch up. After Wang Wu dropped a few cents to the boss, he chased Zhou Baoyu and asked, "Are you sure it's your sister-in-law?"

"I don't know, my fellow countryman can't pronounce her name either, but everyone calls her Xiao Xiang."

Zhang Qingshan was very anxious, wishing he could fly to Xiang Xueqin's side all at once.After running for 30 to [-] meters, Zhang Qingshan felt slower and more irritable as he ran.Coincidentally, there were two people riding two horses coming towards him, Zhang Qingshan was overjoyed.

He rushed forward, grabbed the rein of the horse on the left with his left hand, and grabbed the horseman with his right hand, shouting: "Let me use your horse."

Unexpectedly, the other party's riding skills are good, Zhang Qingshan's pull not only failed to pull the other party off the horse, but the other party raised the whip and yelled: "What are you doing?"

Zhang Qingshan, who just wanted to rush to Xiang Xueqin's side one step earlier, would not talk nonsense to him. He quickly took out the box and pointed at the other party, his eyes widening. Maybe the other party was frightened by Zhang Qingshan's aura, or he was really afraid of resistance Next, Zhang Qingshan would shoot, and Zhang Qingshan pulled him off the horse and fell to the ground very smoothly.

"You're robbing in broad daylight, I'm going to sue you!"

Zhang Qingshan didn't answer at all, turned the horse's head, clamped the horse's belly, and whipped down, the horse neighed and rushed forward.

At the same time, Wang Wu also rushed to the other horse. This knight was very self-aware, knowing that a scholar met a soldier—there was a reason that couldn't be explained, and he dismounted consciously without Wang Wu's hands.

Don't look at Wang Wu usually has a bad temper, but after all, it has nothing to do with him, so he should be more rational.

Hearing the yell from the guy who was pulled off his horse by Zhang Qingshan, he knew something bad was going on, but the horse was ridden away by Zhang Qingshan, no matter how he explained it, it would be useless.He touched his body, overjoyed, took out the pocket watch issued by his superiors to tell the time during combat command, handed it to the other party, and said: "It's urgent, I will borrow your horse for use, this pocket watch will be used as a mortgage Here you are, turn around, you go to the 49th Regiment Assault Company to get the horses."

Without giving the other party a chance to speak, he told several other soldiers: "You don't have to follow, go back and tell the instructor about the matter, and I will follow the company commander to have a look."

"Brother Wu, take me with you."

Wang Wu bent down and pulled Zhou Baoyu onto the horse, and the two rode away.Leave the two people who were robbed of their horses, and ask who these two guys are?

Interestingly, if it was elsewhere, perhaps the soldiers would deliberately conceal it for the chief, and probably would not tell them the names of Zhang Qingshan and Wang Wu.But the assault company is a proud hero, and a hero should be a hero when doing things!I told the two of them directly, and even the position was clearly stated, if you have the ability to come to trouble, I will continue to be proud.

He hurried all the way to Niulanba, asked about the temporary location of the headquarters field hospital, and rushed to the gate of the hospital without even tying the horse. He jumped off the horse and galloped in, shouting: "Xiang Xueqin! Xiang Xueqin..."

It happened that a female nurse was carrying a plate with a pile of blood-stained cotton balls passing by. Hearing his yelling, she angrily reprimanded him: "Comrade, this is a hospital, and the patients need to rest quietly. please be quiet."

Zhang Qingshan didn't care about this, instead he asked: "Comrade, where is Xiang Xueqin?"

I don't know whether it was because I didn't know him or didn't like his recklessness just now, but the nurse replied directly: "I don't know!" After speaking, she turned around and left.

Zhang Qingshan had no choice but to run inside, and met a woman covered in blood, who was running past him with several boxes of medicines in her arms. Zhang Qingshan quickly stopped her: "Comrade, where is Xiang Xueqin?" ?”

The female nurse pouted inside and ran away.

I asked two nurses one after another, and they both said it was inside.

When he came to a small lawn, Zhang Qingshan was stunned for a moment, staring fixedly at the right side, where five corpses covered with white cloth were parked, and several women were putting some wild flowers on each corpse to express their gratitude. tribute.Although their bodies and heads were covered with white cloth, their feet were exposed. Four of the corpses showed big feet wearing straw sandals, which looked like men.But the body closest to Zhang Qingshan had relatively small feet, and the white cloth covering its head was not completely covered, revealing two braids, so it could be seen that it was a woman.Thinking about what Zhou Baoyu said earlier, Zhang Qingshan immediately decided that this was Xiang Xueqin's body.What's more, when a female nurse happened to pass by, she paused for a moment, cried out "Sister Xiang, please go", wiped away her tears, and left in a hurry-there were so many wounded that these good sisters didn't have time to come here To pay homage, you can only cry so simply when passing by, express your grief, and then endure the sorrow to save people.

Zhang Qingshan gritted his teeth, clenched his fists, his whole body was tense, and the bits and pieces of being with Xiang Xueqin kept appearing in his mind: her pungentness, gluttony, and cheerfulness...especially when they parted on the eve of the Long March At that time, the phrase "goodbye! See you again", but now, how do you still meet?The more he thought about it, the more grief and regret Zhang Qingshan felt.

Looking at it, Zhang Qingshan suddenly opened his mouth, wanting to shout up to the sky, but he felt a whirlwind, and suddenly became soft to the ground.

People around were looking at this guy rushing in suspiciously. Seeing that he fainted all of a sudden, they hurried forward to help him in an exclamation.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Qingshan immediately stood up again, pushed away the crowd, and stumbled to the corpse.He stretched out his hand to uncover the white cloth, but when he was about to grab the white cloth, Zhang Qingshan's right hand retracted as if encountering invisible resistance.He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.The eye sockets are reddening rapidly, tears are shining...

There were also a few comrades who were afraid that something would happen to him.

Looking at it, Zhang Qingshan seemed to gather enough strength, knelt down in front of the dead body, beat the ground with his fist and cried out in pain: "Xiao Xiang, I'm sorry for you! I failed to protect you well, even if you sacrificed I haven't seen you for the last time before, listening to you... I regret it! If I knew this, I shouldn't have transferred you back to the headquarters. If you stayed by my side, how could something happen to you, how could you let me... God, you are so cruel, you took away my favorite things, why? Why did you treat me like this... woo~! woo~!"

At the end of the shout, Zhang Qingshan was sobbing.His head touched the ground, his hands were pulling his hair tightly, and he cried loudly.

The comrades on the side also wiped away their tears as if they felt the same way. Not to mention the women who were presenting flowers all surrounded and cried with them, even the wounded and nurses passing by also surrounded and cried.

At this moment, there are no policy or military regulations, only grief for the sacrifice of comrades-in-arms, grief and indignation at the unfairness of God, and deep regret for a pair of beautiful lovers who are separated forever... Although the policy and military regulations are clear According to the regulations, if you don't reach the level, you are not allowed to fall in love.But nurses are treasures in the hearts of soldiers, who doesn't have a few admirers?Who doesn't yearn for beautiful things?Since the object of admiration has died, it is natural for the admirer to express his admiration to her at this time, and it is better not to mention anything else, otherwise, the grieving person will do something bad in his rage , then you can only be considered unlucky.

It is not uncommon for a Red Army soldier to have a crush on a female nurse, but after the female nurse died, she came to kneel and cry in disregard of policy and military regulations. People come to watch...