march to victory

"Finally climbed to the top of the mountain." Bingchang He let out a breath, and smiled at the two soldiers who supported him all the way: "I'm too tired, let's take a rest before leaving."

Although the two soldiers beside him were physically strong, but they climbed such a high snow-capped mountain in one breath, and they had to support He Bing, so they were already exhausted and about to collapse.Hearing this, although they knew that they had been ordered before: not to take a break in the middle, especially not to sit on the ground.But don't forget that they are not only tired at this time, but more importantly, they have altitude sickness and low oxygen content, which causes their heads to buzz all the time. To put it bluntly, their heads are completely 'empty' at this time , I didn’t forget to think elsewhere at all, the only thought was that I was too tired and had to take a good rest-this is probably the root cause of why some comrades in the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps had already given the order to die, but still some comrades sacrificed. .

The most important thing is that they are a little behind, and the next regiment is about 200 meters away from them-the [-]th Division is the vanguard of the entire Second and Sixth Army.This led to no one to remind them, let alone help them in time.

Seeing He Bing sitting down while talking, they both heaved a sigh of relief and sat beside He Bing.Then, He Bing took out his cigarette panting...

"You don't know the rules? How can you sit here and smoke, get up quickly..." A comrade found the three of them sitting on the ground, and hurried back with a few people shouting.

Seeing that there was no response to their shouts, everyone immediately had a bad feeling in their hearts, and rushed over like the wind, but it was still too late.

When they came to the three of them, they found that the cigarettes on their hands had burned their fingers, but the three of them sat quietly with their heads down.The faces of those two comrades were very calm, but He Bing had a smile on his face, but this face could never be changed... The cold wind blew away and took away the three brave men who followed unswervingly The good comrades and good soldiers of the party are finally buried here-they are the first batch of comrades who died in the snow-climbing mountains of the Red Second and Sixth Army Corps.

"Ah~!" The platoon leader who took the lead grabbed his hat, slapped his thigh angrily, and let out a long sigh, his eyes full of grief and indignation.

Immediately, everyone moved the bodies of the three comrades not far away, and covered them with snow.Saluting collectively, turning around and leaving, they continued the Long March with the will of these comrades who will be buried here forever, and with the belief to carry the revolution to the end.

Afterwards, the platoon leader was demoted for only one reason: he failed to take good care of the comrades below.

The sacrifice of these three people has aroused the great attention of leaders at all levels, and once again strictly ordered everyone not to rest in the middle.Even so, due to various reasons, sacrifices are still inevitable... But in any case, although Zhongdian Snow Mountain is high and large, the Red Army has rested for more than 20 days, whether it is physical recovery or morale. It's not bad, so when facing this first big snow mountain, there is some physical strength to support it, so, compared with the latter, the sacrifice is the least.But everyone knows that for the Red Army commanders and fighters who have to rush to climb over the six snow-capped mountains, the further they go, the greater the sacrifice will be.

The Assault Company is lucky. Although their sacrifice rate in battle is much higher than other companies, but because each of them is a carefully selected elite, their physical fitness is much higher than that of other companies. Therefore, in the face of In this harsh natural environment, their resistance is the highest.Therefore, this also caused the assault company to sacrifice the least when climbing the snow mountain.

After crossing the Zhongdian Snow Mountain and coming to the foot of the mountain, although it was early in the morning, thanks to the surrounding snow, the visibility was still high, not to mention, it was possible to light a torch at this time.

And the 49th Regiment who arrived at the foot of the snow mountain with them was very tired, but fortunately they did not sacrifice, and they were all very happy.Immediately, the assault company and the 49th regiment separated to complete their respective tasks: the 49th regiment quickly set up a cauldron on the temporary camp, lit a fire to cook, and had to prepare for the arrival of the main force behind. At the same time, they had to send people around Gather firewood.And the assault company has also been ranked as a unit. Zhang Qingshan, Hu Yingze, and Peng Peng each took a platoon to hunt wild game around—because the Central Red Army said that they had hunted wild yaks around here.

Just when the [-]th Division basically arrived at the temporary camp at the foot of the mountain and was in the middle of the hustle and bustle, the assault company came back, and the results were not bad. Except that Zhang Qingshan's first platoon got nothing, the second and third platoons each killed a wild yak.Seeing them returning with the results of the battle, huge cheers broke out in the temporary camp, which also gave encouragement and hope to the main force behind.

However, a touching scene happened.

Previously, during the physical and chemical hunting, the hunting team led by Zhang Qingshan had less meat. Although everyone was drooling, they didn't eat a bite of the meat and only drank soup. They even gave the excuse that soup is more nutritious than meat... But Now, the entire Seventeenth Division from bottom to top, although everyone is drooling when they smell the tangy smell of meat, and they say they must have a big meal, but when it comes to the big pot, everyone only eats their own dried meat. Wild vegetables and a handful of highland barley or fried rice are taken aside with a bowl of soup, gathered together, and the food is very sweet.Some people just don't go there, secretly hiding aside, eating fried rice, chewing dried wild vegetables, drinking cold water...

Seeing this scene, Zhang Qingshan couldn't help but think of the scene when he was hunting in Lihua, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart, but he couldn't say what the emotion was.

When Master Liu Yongjiang saw this scene, he did the same as Zhang Qingshan did at the beginning, demonstrated it himself, and ordered everyone to eat meat.As a result, those who had been here before ran away with their bowls in their hands, saying that they were full, or that they had already eaten meat, and left the rest of the meat for the comrades behind.

And those comrades who lined up, although a piece of meat was scooped in a bamboo tube or bowl, they turned around and handed it to the wounded, or poured it into another cauldron, turned around and ran away, so that you can't die no matter how much you shout, give orders It's useless... Liu Yongjiang yelled, but his heart was crying.

At this moment, Zhang Qingshan seemed to understand: Isn’t the spirit of unity of selfless dedication and mutual help the comrade-in-arms of the Red Army soldiers?The Red Army was able to win so many victories in such a difficult environment and with such backward equipment. This spirit of unity is definitely one of the most important factors.

Under the bright starry sky, at the foot of Zhongdian Daxue Mountain, there are countless piles of bonfires, like a sky full of stars connected into one piece, threatening to start a prairie fire.

Because of the existence of the bonfire, this night, everyone can sleep without standing back to back, but they can't lie down, but sit and sleep back to back.

The soldiers fell asleep, but Zhang Qingshan and the leaders of the assault company were still busy discussing how to go tomorrow... Zhang Qingshan also went to visit Lao Wang and persuaded him to go with the main force, but What surprised him was that Lao Wang was in good spirits, at least, the laughter was much louder. Seeing this, Zhang Qingshan couldn't persuade him when Lao Wang firmly opposed it, so he could only tell the two comrades to take care of him. Pharaoh.

At six o'clock in the morning, the troops "woke up" Zhang Qingshan, who had only slept for more than three hours. Like everyone else, when he wiped his face with snow as water, he joked about the convenience of washing his face in the snow.

At 06:30, after breakfast, the assault company was the first to set off.At this time, some troops are still on the top of the mountain, and even at the other end of the mountain, some troops have just begun to climb the mountain-I asked some old Red Army carefully, and they said that the Second Red Army, the Sixth Army and the Central Red Army climbed the snow mountain. The difference: The Central Red Army climbs the snow-capped mountains without interruption, but according to the experience of the Central Red Army, it is best to use divisions or regiments as units—at least at the beginning, when you have enough energy, you can maintain your speed to the maximum. It will not be delayed due to accidents in the middle, resulting in unnecessary losses.Therefore, the Red Second and Sixth Army marched in units of regiments, with a little distance between them.

The discussion in the early hours of this morning was still very useful. They further improved the way of opening the way of the 49th Regiment: the first row took the lead, without a shovel, and stepped on it directly; the second row was in the middle, and their main task was to step on the first row However, on the ground that is relatively not so icy, use a shovel to shovel out anti-slip lines, and the third row will further improve these anti-slip lines.Then, the three rows reincarnate alternately...

Even after a few hours of rest, at the beginning, the advance speed of the assault company was still good, but due to the excessive physical exertion when climbing the Zhongdian Snow Mountain, although they are now somewhat adapted to the altitude sickness, the speed is still the same. Gradually slowed down.In addition, although the second snow mountain is much smaller than Zhongdian Daxueshan, but because its height is two-thirds of Zhongdian Daxueshan, it is steeper in terms of slope and it is very difficult to climb.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this difficulty that everyone is extra cautious. Therefore, when they climbed to the top of the mountain, the assault company did not have any other discomforts except that everyone was sweating profusely and panting tiredly. This reassured Zhang Qingshan and other leaders Many people agree that this is the result of everyone's adaptation to altitude sickness.

However, no one expected that when going down the mountain, the accident came so unexpectedly and made people feel so heartbroken.

At the beginning of the descent, it was the turn of the third row to walk in the front. At this time, anti-skid is the most important. Therefore, according to the information provided by the Central Red Army and the experience gained in Zhongdian Daxueshan, everyone did not walk in a row, but with The class is a unit and walks a little bit scattered, because in this way, it can be bigger for the comrades behind and try not to slip.

But no one expected that the sky, which was still clear just now, would suddenly turn gray. Then, before everyone could guess whether it was going to rain or hail, finger-sized hailstones fell down one after another.

Although a little caught off guard, they are soldiers anyway. Under the hoarse shouts of leaders such as Zhang Qingshan and Hu Yingze, everyone quickly gathered together—they gathered together on the Daxue Mountain in Zhongdian, using their own animal skins, Broken umbrellas and everything that can withstand the hail are held above the head, and they are connected in one piece to resist the hail.

Although this trick is useful, no one would have thought that nothing would happen on a snowy mountain as tall as Zhongdian Daxueshan, but an accident happened here...