march to victory

"Okay, Comrade Zhiping, please take a few comrades to bury Comrade Xiang Bangguo's body beside Xiaopingtou, so that they can be companions so that you won't be alone." After asking his name, Zhang Qingshan told everyone: "The remaining comrades hurry up and get some sleep again, it will be dawn soon."

Saying this in front of the corpse of a comrade-in-arms sounds ruthless and iron-blooded enough, right?But this is the reality, an extremely cruel reality - he has to be responsible for the entire team, and besides the current situation, he has no other choice.

Some comrades couldn't figure it out, they were angry, they didn't want to leave, and they didn't dare to directly object. After all, Zhang Qingshan's reputation and position were there, so they looked at Zhang Qingshan angrily.

Zhang Qingshan was also in a bad mood, but as the captain, he not only had to use reason to restrain his anger, but also to appease the emotions of his comrades.After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Comrades! Hold on, sooner or later, we will return this kind of grief to the enemy, let them also taste what it is like to lose a comrade-in-arms, and taste the helplessness of a comrade-in-arms... But before that, everyone must live well, this is my order as the captain."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for everyone's reaction, he limped out with his cane on his hands—his midnight sentry hadn't finished yet.

It's troublesome if this leg is injured, not to mention it's inconvenient to be limping, and it's a lot of effort to walk.

After finally arriving at the post and letting the previous soldier go back, he breathed a long sigh of relief, looked around with the binoculars, then lay on his back, looking at the bright stars, he couldn't help but think of his mother saying to himself when he was a child The story: People will turn into stars after death... I don’t know which star Xiaopingtou and Xiang Bangguo turned into?Are the stars transformed by those comrades who died gathered together...

Maybe he was a little absorbed in his thoughts, until he felt someone approaching not far away, and he suddenly woke up.However, seeing that he was coming from this side of the hill, he relaxed again.Turned over and observed with binoculars, seeing nothing unusual, then lay down on the ground again, waiting for someone to come.

"Captain, comrades are very depressed, you have rich experience, do you have any good solutions?"

Zhang Qingshan knew what he meant at a deeper level: before, everyone had nothing to eat and drink, and they persisted. Now, with at least a hundred catties of grain and other supplies, two of them died one after another, and one of them committed suicide. It's too shocking, it's normal not to figure it out.

"Not for the time being, but no more dead people, especially no more suicides... That old Tian, ​​you send someone to keep an eye on him in secret, and you must take care of his food and drink, and he can't keep weapons on him. Don’t let him follow the old path of Comrade Bang Guo.”

Lao Tian was shot in the abdomen and was the only seriously wounded man who could only lie on a stretcher——Xiao Pingtou did not commit suicide, it was better, at least it had little impact on him, but Xiang Bangguo's suicide must have dealt a great blow to him. Da, especially at this time, no matter how good others treat him, he will definitely not be at peace.

"Well! I have sent two comrades to take turns taking care of him."

Zhang Qingshan nodded, but did not speak.

Sun Zhiping didn't talk much about sex either, lying beside Zhang Qingshan, watching the bright starry sky silently.

But both of them know that not talking about sex doesn't mean that they will feel at ease. On the contrary, both of them are thinking about how to go next, especially how to appease everyone's current emotions and boost everyone's morale.

Zhang Qingshan has been thinking: If the old partner Hu Yingze is here, what will this political cadre do?

After two or three minutes, Zhang Qingshan slapped his thigh suddenly, sat up and asked Sun Zhiping, "Zhiping, how many party members are there in the team?"

"I don't know much about this, but I can ask..." Sun Zhiping was also thinking about the question, and after he replied casually, he suddenly came to his senses and did the same, asking: "You want to organize a party branch, okay?" Take the lead?"

Even some guerrillas have party branches or party groups, not to mention, in such a difficult environment, it is normal to think of this-cohesion and leadership are very important at any time.

After that, the two discussed it enthusiastically and carefully.

But the idea is good, the actual situation is more important.

In the morning, when everyone got up, Sun Zhiping asked everyone to ask, and the situation in the report was shocking, yes! Among the 26 people, there are five party members and seven probationary party members. This is more than half, and there is no need to establish this party branch. In such an environment, the probationary party members are qualified to observe the party members for the purpose of linking the past and the future. meeting.

By the way: in this era, at this time, people generally do not have any substantial evidence to prove that they are party members or probationary party members, but as long as they say it, comrades will believe it.To put it bluntly, his family doesn't bother to lie, not only because of discipline, but more importantly because of their excellent ideological quality.

After discussing with each other, the two decided to treat special situations specially. For soldiers, sometimes being too democratized may not be a good thing, so Zhang Qingshan was the main one, and Sun Zhiping was the assistant.After breakfast, call everyone for a meeting.

Now that the two highest-ranking people have made a decision, this meeting is equivalent to an announcement, and it will end after only half an hour or so: First, it is confirmed that the name of this temporary team is "Long March First Team"; the second announcement is Everyone is required to take care of each other and encourage each other, and no comrades can be left behind, especially party members, who must take the lead; third, set up a three-person team and determine their respective duties: Zhang Qingshan is in charge of directing the overall situation, and Sun Zhiping is in charge of opening the way , the logistics were all handed over to Comrade Zhou Ping, the oldest and veteran party member (he himself was the squad leader of the cooking squad, and his situation was similar to that of Pharaoh Wang of the Assault Company)...

After the meeting, the three-person group met for the first time and had a small meeting. In fact, Zhou Ping raised a situation: whether the supplies brought by Zhang Qingshan and the previous ones were carried by horses, or were the necessary things , such as food, bullets, etc., distributed to everyone?

Zhou Ping thinks that it is better to distribute it: if it is kept in a unified way and distributed in a unified way, it seems fair, but the problem is that if all the eggs are put in one basket, in case the horse is frightened and runs away, or is attacked by the enemy, it will be killed. Enemies are scattered in a single charge - the odds of this happening are high, especially in this environment.So, what do those scattered comrades eat?Besides, the main purpose proposed by Zhou Ping was that there were many wounded in the team and the speed was not fast, so he thought, use a stretcher to make a simple raft for the only seriously wounded man, drag the raft with a horse, and then, other wounded, such as People with leg injuries like Zhang Qingshan can take turns riding horses.In this case, one horse is obviously not enough, two horses are almost enough, and the speed will naturally increase.There are many advantages. For example, it is much faster than helping the wounded forward. Moreover, the physical strength is also much better, which is conducive to any sudden situation.

When Zhang Qingshan and Zhou Ping heard it, they felt that it made sense, so they agreed to do so.

When they were about to discuss the specific details of the distribution, someone came to report: Lao Tian refused to leave anyway.

Upon hearing this, everyone knew clearly: it must be the situation of the two seriously injured last night that stimulated Lao Tian.

"You two discuss it, I'll go and have a look. But, hurry up, time waits for no one."

Lao Tian is relatively old, he looks about 25 years old, but he is actually only [-] years old.At this time, he was lying on a stretcher, staring straight at the sky, no matter what the three people beside him said, he would not be moved. If he hadn't blinked his eyes occasionally, he could have mistaken it for a corpse.

"What are you all doing around here?"

"Captain, Lao Tian doesn't want to leave."

"Don't want to go?" Zhang Qingshan looked at Lao Tian with a smile, and seeing that Lao Tian still didn't respond, he nodded: "If you don't want to go, then use the horse to drag you away."

This sentence finally attracted Lao Tian to look over, but instead, Zhang Qingshan didn't look at him, but told others: "You go and bring a horse here... you two go find two ropes, it should be thicker."

When the three left, Zhang Qingshan took out a pack of cigarettes and handed one to Lao Tian. After Lao Tian shook his head and refused, he lit it himself.

"You really don't want to leave?"

"kindness!"

"Are you afraid of death?"

Lao Tian glanced at him and didn't answer, but the meaning was obvious: If I was afraid of death, why would I stay alone waiting to die?

"Don't stare at me, tell you, I am very afraid of death, but sometimes I have to die. Lao Tian, ​​let me tell you a story. Before, when I was injured, I was lying on a stretcher. The comrades who were tired and out of breath, and the trip was particularly delayed, I felt at the time that I wanted to die, so that not only would I be happy, but it would not hurt other comrades..." After speaking briefly, he looked at Lao Tian : "Do you think the same way now?"

Lao Tian looked at him, and Zhang Qingshan stared at him without giving in.

After a while, Lao Tian nodded slightly.

"This is human nature. It is also the noble quality of every Red Army soldier. However, Lao Tian, ​​if I can make you not delay everyone's schedule or consume everyone's energy, would you still want to die here? "

Lao Tian's eyes lit up, and he looked at Zhang Qingshan suspiciously.

"See what I do, I just ask you, do you want to?"

"Captain, if this is the case, who the hell wants to die."

"That's fine." After finishing speaking, Zhang Qingshan beckoned to the three people standing not far away, feeling a little proud in his heart: It seems that I am also a political cadre.kindness!If you see Lao Hu one day, you have to brag to him.

The horse was brought, but there was no rope.Zhang Qingshan thought for a while, and untied himself and Lao Tian's leggings. The two were combined into one, twisted into a rope, tied to the stretcher, and then connected to the saddle, so that the horse could drag the stretcher... …

"Old Tian, ​​why are you crying?"

"It's nothing, I got sand in my eyes."

After tidying up and saluting Xiaopingtou and Bangguo's tomb, the team—start!