march to victory

A group of people happily returned to the village, and were warmly welcomed by everyone. They had already done slaughtering and slaughtering cattle, and we were waiting for them to come back to celebrate...

Of course there is no need to say more about this, but what surprised Zhang Qingshan was that they didn't even eat, but went to deal with the wolf's body first.

During Zhang Qingshan's stay here, he happened to see a "burial" with Tibetan characteristics - the well-known sky burial.

For Zhang Qingshan who is familiar with burials or cave burials, this is not only strange, but also very shocking. After all, his hometown is afraid that the remains of relatives and friends will be eaten by animals, but here, it is the first time for him to see relatives who are very welcome The eagles in the sky come to eat the remains of relatives.

Therefore, he was absolutely curious about how to deal with the corpses of these wild wolves, so he couldn't help following them, but in the end, he was a little disappointed.

The way people here treat wild wolves is actually cremation.

Out of curiosity, I asked Ah Sang, only to learn that, according to the local customs, wild wolves are the dogs of the great gods. After they die, they are burned, and their souls will ascend to the side of the great gods in the sky along the green smoke... In this way, the great gods will not blame them , will not bring disaster.

After disposing of the corpses of wild wolves and Tibetan mastiffs killed in battle, it was a time of celebration in the village. After eating, drinking and playing, there was a bonfire party.

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On the [-]th, the assault company left the small village.

The villagers were very reluctant. They not only took out the best things from home to the assault company, but also rode horses and sent them for more than ten miles. Send it to regiment headquarters.

But even with such reluctance, Zhang Qingshan was very puzzled by one thing: they were unwilling to join the Red Army.

Later, I mentioned it when I saw Captain Tian Jingshan, and only then did I solve the mystery in his heart: after thousands of years of serfdom, the local people's thinking is very closed, even deeply rooted, no matter how much they trust and support the Red Army. , but deep down, they dared not go against the will of the serf owners (large and small chieftains and chieftains).Because in their eyes, the words of the serf owners are the imperial decree—the only one who can break this imperial decree is the god, that is, the local spokesperson temple of the god.Yes, only temples too.For example, the temple said that a certain chieftain violated the wishes of the gods and was raped by the devil, so they dared to stand up against their masters. Otherwise, according to superstition, if they dared to resist, they would not only be severely punished by the serf owners, but also Reincarnated as a human being in the second life after death, he will also become a serf, even life and death.

Of course, the cruel punishment of serf owners was also one of the main reasons why they did not dare to act rashly.

So, don't look at them now using the Red Army, and the serf owners have all run away, but if they are asked to follow the Red Army, unless they are relatives and friends, otherwise, they will leave by themselves, not to mention relatives, even friends will be implicated, popular To put it bluntly, this is where the constraints of Lianzao lie.

And Zhang Qingshan was very depressed, not because of what was mentioned above, but because Uncle Asantoka gave Zhang Qingshan some herbal ointment.Because when Zhang Qingshan was besieging wild wolves, he was bitten by a fleeing wild wolf. Although it was only scratched, Ah Sang cared about it very much. He insisted on giving him a bottle of ointment, and Zhang Qingshan could not accept it.But in Zhang Qingshan's eyes, he didn't know how many times he had been through bullets and bullets, even when he was dying twice, and he was afraid of this little injury—wasn't it just a scratch?It's enough to smear it with saliva, and there's no need to go to war like this.

But it was such a trivial matter that was not worth taking to heart at all, but it doomed Zhang Qingshan's ups and downs on the road of the Long March.

After the 49th Regiment assembled, everyone had lunch. Taking advantage of this time, the Regiment Headquarters summarized the experience of the Central Red Army crossing the grassland and distributed it to each company to read it out. We must let everyone understand the items that need to be paid attention to... ...Zhang Qingshan deeply remembers a summary of everyone's private conclusion about the Long March's crossing of the grassland: the military and civilians have a "fish and water situation", fish cannot live without water, and we cannot survive without the common people!Grassland is suffering because there are no other people——one or two families of herdsmen you meet occasionally don’t count.

After lunch, in the same way as the previous march, the assault company set off first with the flag of the Second Front Army of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.

From Ganzi to Gannan, it takes a long time or even no road and no man's land with thin air.The grassland stretches as far as the eye can see, including dry grassland and water grassland: dry grassland from Ganzi to Aba, and water grassland from Aba to Baozuo.

To be honest, marching on dry grass is much better for Red Army soldiers who are good at marching, but this is only relative: there is no house to live in, and everyone spends the night around the campfire.But when it rains, everything is over, everyone is wet and cold by the rain.This is secondary, the main problem is the lack of food: at the beginning, no one brought fried noodles with them, but the most was only 30 catties, which is the best, and the worst is that some people even I couldn't find fried noodles at all, so I could only rely on the dried wild vegetables allotted.You know, it was not easy to find food in Xikang at that time.At this time, the spirit and quality of the Red Army's solidarity and mutual assistance were revealed: no matter whether you have food or not, as long as someone has it, they will generously grab two handfuls and put it in for you when cooking.

As the saying goes: People are iron, food is steel, if you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry!

When we set off from Ganzi, because we had just entered the vast grassland, we had to rest for more than ten days. First, everyone recovered a little physically. Second, they felt strange. Third, they walked on dry grassland. Therefore, the morale was high and we marched. The speed is naturally very fast.

However, because of the experience of the Central Red Army on the grasslands, everyone who has long experienced the preciousness of food, naturally has strict regulations on the distribution of food. Although everyone can distribute according to the situation, it must be determined by the squad leader, platoon leader, The company commander came to preside over how much rice and how much wild vegetables (or dried wild vegetables) should be put in this meal.

Take the assault company as an example, when it was time to eat, the assault company first went around to dig wild vegetables.Then several leaders are in charge of a platoon, and the rules are rigid. Each person stretches out the ring finger, middle finger and index finger of his right hand, scoops fried noodles from each person's bag three times and puts them into the pot-calculated by the current scale, at most two about two.Then, put a lot of wild vegetables in and cook.For this reason, everyone also made up a jingle: "The wild vegetables are fragrant, and the Red Army will go north after eating them; as long as they can satisfy their hunger, walking out of the grass is victory..."

Aging said: Half a child, eat me to death.It's talking about Red Army brats like Zhou Baoyu who are growing up.Because I didn’t have enough to eat, even if I drank a full stomach of wild vegetable soup, I was full at the time, but because there was no oil and water, my stomach would growl after a while. Therefore, although Zhou Baoyu carried twenty catties of fried noodles, when this kid came One is hungry, and the other is greedy. I can't help but secretly pinch a pinch from the dry food bag and chew it in my mouth.

Zhang Qingshan happened to see this situation, and immediately warned everyone: "Didn't you listen to what the chief said? There is still a long way to go, so I will eat it now, and the plan will be fast, but I will go to the uninhabited grassland behind, where are we going?" Looking for food? What if there is no food? That will starve to death.”

Zhang Qingshan was in the vanguard, and it was good enough to dig wild vegetables. Later, I heard that the people at the back didn't even have to dig wild vegetables.In the beginning, I left Ganzi because of everyone. Fortunately, even if I have opinions, I can bear it.But later, the comrades in the back couldn't help it: there were no wild vegetables, and the food they carried with them would be eaten up in a few days, so how could we go on the road behind?

Besides, there are no large groups of enemies here, so there is no need for pioneers, so let's take turns.

Reluctantly, considering the actual situation, the headquarters decided to let the comrades from the back replace them to the front—this is also impossible, everyone takes turns, otherwise, the comrades in the back will always have no food to eat, and sooner or later there will be big problems.It's better to take turns, so that everyone helps each other, and can get half full with the help of wild vegetables.

But Zhang Qingshan and others quit, and went to the division headquarters to reflect: What do you mean that there is no need for vanguards without a large number of enemies?Even so, does it mean that there is no need for reconnaissance, vigilance, or even direction identification?

But Liu Yongjiang knew that Zhang Qingshan and others were playing tricks on their strengths: without the siege and interception of a large number of enemies, other companies can do well in reconnaissance, security, etc. If you are the entire Second Front Army, only your assault company can do this well. live?Everyone else eats dry food?There is no need to cross rivers and build bridges, and everyone just needs to move forward.Besides, anyone who knows a little bit about how to tell the direction knows it. At least, we can use the North Star to tell the direction... To put it bluntly, there is really no need for the assault company to be the vanguard.But at this moment, what is most needed is to take care of the overall situation, let everyone take turns, and allocate resources well, instead of letting a small group monopolize the advantage.

However, the Pioneer Company came all the way, and it was indeed outstanding performance and outstanding military exploits. Liu Yongjiang couldn't refuse directly, so as not to hurt people's hearts. Therefore, after thinking about it, he did not put the Assault Company in the back, but put it in the team The right side is mainly to deal with the enemy cavalry who come to harass. For this reason, each of them is specially equipped with a war horse-this war horse was collected in Ganzi.

And Zhang Qingshan also knew about his family's affairs, so he had no choice but to agree: at least he would not mix directly with the big army, and he would gain some points, at least, the wild vegetables could be dug far away, and more.Besides, they said they were cavalry, but in fact, there was a cavalry company of the division headquarters at the outermost edge, and the cavalry battalion of the headquarters was on guard back and forth, so there was a relative guarantee of safety.

In this way, no matter how much he had ideas, he reluctantly accepted the reality.

However, Zhang Qingshan didn't expect that an accident that he never expected - came!