march to victory

"Didn't I just say it?"

Li Xueshan said with a smile on his face: "We only need to go south to escape the encirclement of the enemy."

"But you just said that the enemy will be surrounded from all sides. If we go south, it seems that there is no way to jump out."

"Look back at the group of enemies. They are not in a hurry to catch up. This means that their deployment has not been completed, otherwise..." Li Xueshan looked back at the group of enemies and said to Zhang Qingshan: "Otherwise, they should not have given us the time and opportunity to think about it at this time, but rushed over with all their brains."

Zhang Qingshan thought about it and felt it made sense.

Nodding to Li Xueshan, he said: "Brother Li, what you mean is that the enemy from the south has not yet completely surrounded us. Now, what we have to compete with the enemy is a race, not only in terms of time, but also in terms of geography. .”

"Yes! That's why I asked you to take everyone to the south immediately."

Zhang Qingshan immediately gave Xiang Tao an order: "Go and send the order to let everyone move at a faster speed. You must jump out of the enemy's encirclement before the enemy closes in."

After Xiang Tao went to deliver the order, Li Xueshan still smiled and said: "Actually, there is no need to be so anxious. If we really have to wait for the enemy to encircle, I think their life will be difficult."

Zhang Qingshan led the horse and moved forward quickly. When he heard this, he couldn't help being taken aback. He looked up at Li Xueshan in surprise, but he didn't stop talking: "Brother Li, what do you say? Can you give me some pointers?"

"According to the information provided by Guan Yumin, the main force of our Second Red Army had already passed through the safe passage opened by the support troops a few days ago. Immediately, the support troops began to walk along the water and grass field in order to meet single comrades like us. The fringe area extends to both sides... Even if the support troops extended to both sides from yesterday, their speed should not be slow. By now, they should have walked tens of miles to our side. And our march last night No matter how far we walked twenty or thirty miles, the distance between us and the supporting troops is at most thirty miles, maybe even less than twenty miles... In this plain area, the sound of gunfire, especially the sound of artillery , we traveled very far, and we didn't hear the sound of guns and guns all night, which shows that the comrades who responded to the troops walked very smoothly. In this way, after the enemy completely surrounded us, we only need to hold on until the comrades who responded to the troops arrived If you arrive, you can create an anti-encirclement for the enemy, or bloom in the center...Of course, there is also a very small chance that the support troops will go back after only walking a few dozen miles to both sides, or in other words, they will be blocked in dozens of miles. Inside and outside, I can’t get through.”

"However, everything is up to us! In order to prevent such an extremely small chance, we should try to break through the encirclement in the south..." Speaking of this, Li Xueshan put away his smile for the first time, and looked at him with a trace of worry in his serious face. Looking ahead, he said lightly: "If you really can't rush out, then simply do the opposite, and go directly to the northwest, and then we will see if there is a supporting force."

Zhang Qingshan nodded and didn't speak, because he understood very well: whether it was good or bad, Li Xueshan had thought of it all.It's still what Li Xueshan said just now: Everything depends on oneself!

However, the facts have proved that without the support of accurate and comprehensive information, the analysis made by the wise and experienced people will not be completely correct.Even if Li Xueshan told the best and the worst, the facts proved that his guess was still not accurate enough.

As opposed to what Li Xueshan said, when Zhang Qingshan and others suddenly turned their direction and headed south at full speed, the enemy suddenly accelerated and started shooting towards this side.Although this kind of shooting is destined to have no effect, it only serves to frighten people and embolden oneself, but it also clearly shows that the enemy is in a hurry.

The distance of about ten miles has long exceeded the effective killing range of rifle bullets.Zhang Qingshan hurriedly ordered everyone not to fight back, speed up, and try to get rid of this enemy behind his butt as soon as possible.

"Brother Li, what do you think of the situation now?"

"Lacking accurate information, I can't make an accurate judgment. But one thing is certain: the enemy started to panic because of our sudden turn, which means that even if they set up an ambush, the ambush circle must not be completed. We have There's a good chance of jumping out. And, personally, I think it's possible the enemy is just driving us south instead of laying an ambush."

Zhang Qingshan was a little confused by what he said, and he vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he could only ask: "Why?"

"One is because the enemy has always been intriguing; second, I reckon that the enemy would not dare to go so deep into the water and grassland; third, because I always feel that there must be many stragglers like us, and most of them followed the route that the main force walked. Go forward, then, if they encounter the enemy laying an ambush here from the south, they will definitely fight the enemy a few times, then there will definitely be gunshots, but listen, are there gunshots over there?"

Seeing Zhang Qingshan shaking his head, Li Xueshan continued: "There is another point, that is, we appeared in front of the enemy suddenly, even if the enemy had made preparations before, then they would walk into the water grass field, and then penetrate behind us, that is, If we go to the south, we will have to travel far more than us. Moreover, although we are exhausted, we are far more familiar with aquatic grasslands than they are. Although they are well prepared, they are unfamiliar with aquatic grasslands. , they must be more cautious when walking than us. Comparing the two, everyone's marching speed should be about the same, so, I think, they are still far from completing the encirclement of us. Therefore, the enemy behind us speeded up their march when they saw us Go south at a high speed, in order to hold us back, they will get anxious."

After such an analysis, Zhang Qingshan completely understood. Immediately, one person led the horse and walked forward quickly, and the other rode on the horse, chatting and laughing, and more than half an hour passed.

There was no shadow of the imagined enemy in front, but a large number of enemies appeared in the left rear, chasing them together with the enemy in the right rear.

As soon as he saw the enemy on the left rear, Li Xueshan on horseback pointed at them with a smile, and said to Zhang Qingshan: "Xiao Zhang, look, my analysis is correct in one point, right? The enemy is really only on the two sides. They set up an ambush instead of setting up an ambush in the south. Now they just want to drive us to the south, and want to drive us to the depths of the water grass again, so as to trap us to death. Ha! Ha..."

Even if there was no ambush, but the enemy drove us to the depths of the water and grass again, as we are exhausted now, if we want to eat or burn, we may be trapped to death, I don’t know if you are happy What kind of strength.

I thought so in my heart, but I asked for advice: "Brother Li, they really want to drive us to the depths of the water grass. We don't need what we want now, but it will be a troublesome thing at that time... Seeing you smiling so happily, don't you think so?" Do you have any good solution?"

Li Xueshan patted the horse under his crotch, looked at Zhang Qingshan with a smile, but did not answer, but the meaning was very obvious.

Zhang Qingshan was taken aback, looked around, and luckily Zhou Ping was not here, otherwise, to let him know that he was going to kill the horse, he would have to do his best: last night, Zhou Ping was as distressed as a relative who died. He couldn't even eat anymore, and now if he knew the idea of ​​killing the remaining three horses, he might even have the desire to die.

"Brother Li, please don't talk nonsense! Otherwise, when Lao Zhou fights you hard, it will be difficult for me."

"idiot!"

He never expected that what he said casually as a joke would attract Li Xueshan's glaring glare.

"We are the army, and we must put our mission first in everything, and our own lives second." Li Xueshan glared at Zhang Qingshan, his tone was blunt, and he seemed very angry and angry: "Our main task and purpose now is to lead everyone Going out together, for this goal, what else can we not give up? Not to mention a horse, even us Communists, when necessary, can give up our lives for everyone... Besides, isn’t it just A horse? After Victory walks out, I will specially raise horses for him, and return ten or a hundred horses to him! But on the other hand, if everyone can’t eat enough to protect a horse, it will cause everyone’s physical strength to be serious At that time, not to mention these three horses, even our lives have become enemies, and when the time comes, what is the use of horses?"

Speaking of this, the corner of Li Xueshan's mouth twitched slightly, and said with a sneer: "Do you still want to keep the enemy?"

Seeing that Zhang Qingshan didn't speak, Li Xueshan's tone softened a little, and said: "Xiao Zhang, you are the commander, you have to remember that every decision, every order, and even a look in our eyes are likely to make decisions. The life and death of the more than a hundred people below... Therefore, no matter in peacetime or on the battlefield, as long as they do not violate the party, government and military regulations, there is no need to pay so much attention to other things. How to do it in the same way, what horses are not horses. Let alone horses, even if it is human life, when necessary, we have to be ruthless to take human life, including our own life. If there is any woman's kindness , Then we still need to command farts, it is better to let everyone move freely like ducks, so that we can save a few deaths."

Hearing Li Xueshan's angry words revealed a bit of military style, Zhang Qingshan couldn't help but frowned, couldn't help but took out a cigarette, and was about to put it in his mouth, but Li Xueshan bent down and snatched it away. past...

"Brother Li, did you figure this out on your own, or did someone else teach you?"

"After I participated in the revolution, I attended a training course, and then I learned the truth through continuous exploration and learning in the battle. I will give it to you for free today."

Zhang Qingshan nodded slightly, and decided in his heart: If there is a chance, he must go to a training class and learn how to march and fight. Otherwise, how long will he have to explore and accumulate experience on his own?It’s been a long time, but the key is that my own cultural level is not high, so it’s hard to sum up these things. It’s better to learn from other people’s experiences, sum them up, and finally form your own set of empirical theories.

With the enemy shooting and chasing, they walked for more than ten minutes, suddenly!

"Beep! Beep! Beep..."

I don't know who heard the bugle first and looked back, and the pace under his feet slowed down.

However, soon, the entire army stopped, and everyone's face became excited, because everyone could vaguely hear the sound of the bugle, and the most important thing was that the military song of the Red Second Front Army came from the sound of the bugle. How can we not get everyone excited...