march to victory

"Old Zhang, what do you plan to do with the last five watermelons?" Hu Yingze lit a cigarette after eating the portion of watermelon he was given, thought for a while, and said, "This thing is rare, so I really have to give some to everyone, but The problem is that these five watermelons are too few. If they are given to the regiment, the division commander will treat our assault company well. It’s gone. Alas~! Thinking about it makes my head hurt.”

Speaking of this, he smiled wryly: "I finally understand why the rich man in our village would always say, 'There are more wolves and less meat, but why are you so lucky~!'"

Zhang Qingshan and other comrades also had some headaches and didn't know what to do for a while.

On the other hand, Tian Guozhong thought about it and said with a smile: "Instructor, company commander, do you think this is okay?"

"Old Tian, ​​everyone is your own comrade. Don't just call me Lao Hu. By the way, what can you do?"

"In my opinion, instead of giving us a headache, it's better to throw the problem directly to our superiors and let them have a headache."

"Old Tian, ​​do you mean to give all the five watermelons to the regiment and let the regiment make arrangements?"

"That's right! In this way, when others hear that it was sent by our assault company, they will count this favor on our assault company. But if some people get less or no allocation, they will also say that it is 49 The Regiment Headquarters doesn’t know how to do things, and won’t blame our assault company. In this way, we get the benefits, but the responsibility is borne by the top.”

"Okay! This method is good, let's do it like this." Hu Yingze clapped his hands excitedly, and smiled at Tian Guozhong: "Now, I finally know why Lao Zhang recommended you so strongly. It seems that your ability is really not small."

Immediately, he took out a cigarette, offered it to Tian Guozhong, and lit it for him... But don't look at this small respect and lighting, its meaning is huge to Tian Guozhong: because it represents the leadership headed by Hu Yingze. The assault company officially accepted him as a member of the assault company.Otherwise, if Zhang Qingshan or Hu Yingze did not respect and light cigarettes, even though you were assigned to the Assault Company on the surface, in the heart of the Assault Company, you are still an outsider.This is the rule of each company to accept people. Although some methods are different, the meaning is similar.

Later, thanks to the love and affection of the people this time, Zhang Qingshan received many gifts, most of which were food and drink, allowing more than 100 people in the assault company to let go of their stomachs and eat two hard meals.And Zhang Qingshan also offered Tian Guozhong a cigarette and lit a cigarette in public. Everyone understood at a glance, and stepped forward to toast Tian Guozhong, including a few people who said before that they didn't know where Zhang Qingshan was. Assault Company, become one of them.

Just when Tian Guozhong was drunk, Zhang Qingshan carried two watermelons and Zhou Baoyu, who was holding a large bag of gifts specially selected by the seven treasures, went to the headquarters hospital.

Needless to say, most of these doctors and nurses graduated from medical schools in big cities.Even Gen's best friends with Xueqin sighed with envy: It's great to have someone who cares about her all the time, and you can eat all kinds of delicious food.Among other things, let's take watermelon as an example. This is a rare item, especially in this remote mountainous area, especially at this time of year, it is difficult to buy in big cities, but Company Commander Zhang insisted on getting two on purpose.

Said Xiang Xueqin like a little hen, giggling happily.And Zhang Qingshan boasted more triumphantly.

But after all, there were only two watermelons, one was reserved for the wounded, the other was cut in half and given to the doctors, and the remaining half was for Xueqin and her girlfriends to enjoy.But this time Zhang Qingshan received not only a large number of gifts but also a rich variety. All kinds of toffee add up to [-] catties. The most surprising thing is that there are two catties of toffee with chocolate, which is definitely a rarity .Those seven treasures were considered interesting, and they were merciful, knowing that Zhang Qingshan wanted to use these things to please Xiang Xueqin, so they specially packed a large bag of things for Xiang Xueqin: four catties of toffee, one catty of chocolate toffee, a mixture of apples and pears. Such fruits are even more measured by the catty.

Looking at Xiang Xueqin's face flushed, it also made the girlfriends next to her even more envious.Naturally, these things can't be like watermelons. Xiang Xueqin only saves a little of each item, and distributes the rest to everyone. He also specially asked to keep some for the wounded...

The attraction of toffee is huge, even if they know that staying is the treatment of light bulbs, but these gluttonous foodies bravely thicken their skins and insist on staying.Just like the little girl who snatched toffee from Zhou Baoyu last time, she tried her best to eat toffee and said, "My torch is light, so I have to eat faster, otherwise, sister Xueqin will not be able to stand me sooner or later." Hit me with light..." But the problem is, even though she said that, she didn't have the slightest intention of walking away, which shows how powerful the attraction of this toffee is.

Only when sending Zhang Qingshan out, did the two have time to be alone.When we parted, Xiang Xueqin asked specifically: "You really don't plan to stay? As far as I know, if you stay, I'm afraid that the people in the county, whether rich or poor, would be willing to support you for a lifetime. Many families have prepared their daughters and will send them to you after you nod."

"What did you say? You are enough for me in this life."

Xiang Xueqin nodded with a smile, and took the initiative to hold Zhang Qingshan's hand.The two of them stood like this for a long time without speaking, it was true that silence speaks louder than words.

However, no matter how good a play is, there will be a moment when the curtain ends, and no matter how wonderful a life is, there will be a day when it returns to mediocrity. After all, Wanxian is only one of the counties that the Red Army's Second and Sixth Army passed by. Tomorrow, the Red Army will leave Wanxian and continue the Long March.And Zhang Qingshan becoming a member of the cooking class will eventually become a reality.

The people flocked to the gate of the city to bid farewell to the Red Army with tears in their eyes, especially when they saw Zhang Qingshan riding on a tall horse, they cheered even more. It can be seen that although Xiang Xueqin's words were teasing Zhang Qingshan, it also showed that Zhang Qingshan was in the county. How high is the image among the common people... Hu Yingze found such a big white horse from nowhere, and insisted on asking Zhang Qingshan to ride out of the city.Zhang Qingshan strongly disagreed, saying that Lao Tzu is now a cook, not a soldier, let alone a leader.The leaders all walked out of the city, and I was the only one riding a horse. What did you say?

In the end, Hu Yingze begged him, saying that it was for the sake of the Red Army and the assault company. Even if you don’t care about the overall situation, you have to think about your future. You can’t really be a cook for the rest of your life. In that case, what will your wife do?Follow you as a cook too?When Zhang Qingshan heard it, he had to consider Xiang Xueqin and the comrades in the assault company, not for himself, so he reluctantly agreed.

Zhang Qingshan felt that the crime this time was too serious. At the beginning, he himself was prepared to be shot, but now, it is a blessing to be able to save his life.Even though deep down in his heart he was extremely unwilling to be so lonely and thought about how to turn himself around, but he felt that with the big turmoil and few opportunities, at least he would have to wait until the end of the Long March to have a chance to rise.

However, he never dreamed that he had only been a cook for a month before being reinstated by the direct fire officer on the battlefield.

After the Second Red Army and the Sixth Army left Wanxian, on January 1936, 1, the leaders of the Second Red Army and the Sixth Army He Long, Xiao Ke, and Xia Xi held a meeting in Shiqian. According to the current situation, they decided to abandon the original plan and strive for the Establish a base in the Northwest.Subsequently, the Red Second and Sixth Army broke through the enemy's blockade, pretended to attack Guiyang, rushed across the Yachi River, and captured Qianxi, Dading (now Dafang), Bijie and other counties.And on February 19, the Revolutionary Committee of the Sichuan-Yunnan-Guizhou Province of the Chinese Soviet People's Republic was established in Dading, and a vigorous regime construction and armed struggle was launched.

The Red Army's entry into Guizhou and the revolutionary activities carried out in the revolutionary base areas in northwestern Guizhou made Chiang Kai-shek feel like a stick in his throat, and he was eager to get rid of it quickly.In order to strengthen the forces to encircle and suppress the Second and Sixth Army Corps of the Red Army, Chiang Kai-shek personally flew from Nanjing to Guiyang for deployment on January 1, and ordered Gu Zhutong to command the five columns of the Kuomintang Central Army and the Wan Yaohuang Column, which was fighting against the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army in Sichuan. He was transferred back to Guizhou to encircle and wipe out the Second and Sixth Army Corps of the Red Army, and ordered the Sichuan Army, Yunnan Army, and Guizhou Army to garrison closely on the periphery.A total of 28 regiments were deployed.

At this time, the First Red Army and the Third Red Army had reached northern Shaanxi on the Long March, and the Fourth Red Army withdrew from western Sichuan due to Zhang Guotao's separatism and entered the Ganzi area of ​​Xikang.In this way, Chiang Kai-shek was able to mobilize heavy troops in the southwest to encircle and suppress the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps, making the strategic transfer of the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps in Guizhou a key target of the enemy's encirclement and suppression.

At that time, the organizational system of Red 6 and 15 was incomplete. There were only 6 divisions and 6 regiments. Among them, only the 1th, [-]th and [-]th divisions were well equipped and had strong combat effectiveness. It was formed temporarily during the transfer, and its equipment and combat effectiveness were relatively weak.From the perspective of the total strength, the ratio of the strength of the enemy and the enemy is [-]:[-].However, the enemy had artillery on the ground and planes in the air for reconnaissance and bombing. In addition, when the Second and Sixth Red Army entered Northwest Guizhou, due to unfamiliarity with the geographical situation, they made strategic mistakes and only occupied the Yachi River Ferry, the gateway from Guiyang to Northwest Guizhou. , did not seize another traffic artery, and entered Daguxinchang (now Jinsha County), the gateway to northwest Guizhou from Zunyi, and was preempted by the vanguard of Wan Yaohuang's column.

At the beginning of February 1936, after the Red Army occupied Qianxi, it did not occupy the strategically important Sanchongyan and other key areas in Qianxi County, and did not take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold to destroy it... In addition to being unfamiliar with the geographical situation, there is another important The reason was that there was a strategic shift going on at that time.

The enemy Hao Mengling's column followed and flocked to the northwest of Guizhou, and the follow-up enemy reserve force also came to the Yachi River.Although the Red Army was brave and good at fighting, the difference in strength between the enemy and ourselves was too great to engage in positional warfare with it. It had to adopt flexible and maneuverable strategies and tactics in order to deal with the enemy and encircle the base areas.

In order to smash the enemy's encirclement and suppression, to protect the new red revolutionary regime, to mobilize the enemy and create conditions for destroying the enemy in mobile warfare, He Long and Xiao Ke personally commanded the three main divisions of the Red Army to meet the enemy.