march to victory

"Old Luo, you don't know. When I saw you coming alone, I thought you had a miserable life here, and you were the only one left."

Needless to say, Luo Yingjie was able to lead the county guerrilla brigade to fight guerrillas in Sanqiao County for so many years without falling.

No, he immediately understood the true meaning of Zhang Qingshan's words: Lao Luo!Let's not mention any organizational regulations, just say that the environment here is also quite complicated. You come here alone, this is a long way, and there are many bandits, so you are not afraid of any small accidents on the road?In that case, how can you come to join us? This is not only irresponsible for your own safety, but also irresponsible for the tasks assigned to you by the organization.

To put it more bluntly, just one sentence: Lao Luo, explain: why did you come alone, and other comrades?Otherwise, we suspect that you had an accident, and even delivered us under treason, leading us into the ambush circle you designed long ago, which is not impossible.

"Leader, I am not here alone. I asked Li Hua to take everyone to Qinglong Mountain five days ago to cut wood to build houses and prepare daily necessities such as food and clothing..." He pointed to the opposite side Shantou smiled and said: "I brought a squad of soldiers and waited there in case of any accidents, so that someone would respond. In this way, even if I was sacrificed, someone could report a letter to the organization no matter what, that way, I don't...not count...Eh~! Something's wrong!"

The words were also euphemistic, but everyone could tell that Luo Yingjie was afraid of being fooled, so he decided to come here by himself.Of course, everyone felt understandable for him to do so.Think about it, for a revolutionary fighter who has persisted here for eight years, one can imagine the dangers and hardships involved. Without such vigilance and the fearless spirit of taking risks and seeking proof, he would have been arrested and beheaded long ago.

As Luo Yingjie spoke, he stared at the opposite mountain with wide eyes. He said something was wrong, which caused everyone to follow his eyes to look at the opposite mountain in doubt.He himself quickly took out a monocular from his pocket and looked towards the opposite mountain.

The mountain on the opposite side is about 500 meters away from them. Although there are few trees on the top of the mountain, it is still easy to hide a few people without being discovered.

Zhang Qingshan took a look through the binoculars hanging on his chest, and saw that on the opposite side of the mountain facing them, under the biggest tree, there were two men with guns on their backs, wearing patched clothes: one was holding a long The branch swayed from side to side; the other leveled the branch in his hand and swayed from side to side.

Although I can't understand what they are trying to express with the branches, it is certain that they are using the branches as flags, and they are signaling to this side.

Zhang Qingshan, who was watching, couldn't help but put down the binoculars, and after glancing at Luo Yingjie, he looked at Hu Yingjie who happened to be watching with a heartbeat, and had to sigh in his heart: the power is in the people!This is our guerrilla's unique method of transmitting signals created by long-term combat in a difficult environment-ordinary people, who would have thought of it?

"Old Luo, what do they mean?"

"Political commissar, our guerrillas don't have any fast communication tools, but fighting is all about time. There is really no way, we are forced to come up with this method: the one holding the branch and shaking it from side to side means that the enemy is approaching This way. And the other says that the enemy is coming from them along the road."

"This method is good, and it is worth learning and learning from." Hu Yingze praised with great joy.But Zhang Qingshan turned to Xiang Tao with a solemn face and said: "Go and inform the comrades, come and gather."

Then he asked Luo Yingjie: "Lao Luo, I have never heard of your communication method before... I wonder if you can ask them how many enemies have come? How long will it take to reach the foot of our mountain?"

"Yes! But you have to ask one by one..." Luo Yingjie broke off a thumb-thick twig from his side when he heard this, and his mouth was not idle: "Besides, you can't ask too much when sending signals like this. Specifically, sometimes, you have to guess.”

Zhang Qingshan nodded: They can think of this method and achieve such a level, which is already impressive.

"Old Zhang, the transmission method created by Lao Luo and the others is not only convenient and fast, but also very confidential... I think, after going back, let the semaphore soldiers combine this method, so that it can be transmitted in a short distance like this Messages are more effective than radio stations. Radio stations will inevitably be intercepted and deciphered by local authorities, but in this way of transmission, the enemy has nothing to do unless they catch people."

"Well! I thought so too."

Zhang Qingshan nodded, and after replying, he looked at Luo Yingjie, only to find that Luo Yingjie was holding the twig and drawing circles in front of him with all his might.And among the people on the opposite side, there is another person who is also holding a monocular, and he is holding up the binoculars to look this way.

After seeing Luo Yingjie's signal, the man put down the binoculars and said a few words to the two people holding the branches.

Then, I saw the person holding the branch on the left, thrusting the branch hard into the ground, pulled out a butcher's knife, turned around and cut a section of branch not far away, and came back.Put it upright and insert it into the ground about two meters away from the previous vertical branch.

Then, he took the branch from another person, and inserted another branch two meters away.

Under the command of the man holding the telescope, he stood still next to the branch on the far left.

And after the other person handed him the branch, when he stood up, he drew a big circle with his right hand, and then made a gesture of riding a horse with both hands, and soon changed into a gesture of driving a car... just doing these three times repeatedly action.

When Luo Yingjie saw it, he frowned, and said in a deep voice, "The people who came were all little devils. There were more than 2000 to 3000 people. Not only were there people on horseback, but there were also big cars. Of course, they could also be tanks or armored vehicles. It’s time to see it.”

At this time, Zhang Qingshan and the others were all attracted by Luo Yingjie's new way of transmitting information, but time was running out. Although everyone was extremely curious, everyone knew the importance, and no one asked for specific details.But on the way to Qinglong Mountain, they finally knew the secret: put up a branch to represent 1000 people—if there were only a hundred people, they would cut off the top of the branch and use only the trunk to represent it.Ten people are expressed by raising arms, and ten people are expressed by raising one hand.

How many thousands of people are there depends on the signal of the comrade standing in the middle of the branches: if he wants to stand behind the first branch, it means that there are about a few thousand people; if he stands between two branches, it means There are thousands of people.For example, just now, if the person stood between the second and third branches, it depends on whether he is closer to the second branch or the third branch. If he stands in the middle of the distance between the two branches, it means that the enemy There are about 500 people.If you stand next to the third branch, it means close to 3000 people, if you stand behind the third branch, it means about 3000 people.As for the number of 2000 people, it depends on which side the person leans when standing between two branches.Of course, a more specific number depends on eyesight and experience, plus guesswork.

Later, Luo Yingjie used this method to ask the other party how long it would take to reach the foot of the mountain here.

The one with the binoculars among the other party turned around and said a few words to Lin Zili.Soon, the answer was given over there, and there was about a quarter of an hour... At this moment, the assault group was assembled.

"Leader, political commissar, what should we do?"

Zhang Qingshan glanced at Li Honghui who was asking the question, then looked at Hu Yingze, and asked, "Old Hu, what do you think should be done?"

"You are in charge of the military, don't ask me, just make up your own mind."

Zhang Qingshan looked at Luo Yingjie again, and asked, "Old Luo, do you think so?"

"Political commissar, head, although we are not afraid of devils, there are far more devils than us now. I think it's better to hold back for a while and go back to Qinglong Mountain first. We will kill these devils when we are strong and strong."

What he said is pertinent, and it is also the best way at present.

But, he is not Zhang Qingshan, among other things, his vision is not as far-sighted as Zhang Qingshan.

Zhang Qingshan nodded with a smile, then looked at the soldiers, and asked: "Comrades, we have always fought with Lao Jiang before, and we have never fought with devils. However, I heard that devils are very good at fighting, and their training is better than that of the devils." We force... Let me ask you now, if I ask you to set up an ambush here and catch the devil by surprise, do you dare to fight the devil with your life?"

This is reality: Although the [-]th Division has already fought against the devils, the assault company and several companies that were specially transferred to prepare to expand and form a new regiment were all protected. The devils focused their attention on the battle, ignoring the space and time behind them, allowing them to intersperse into the enemy-occupied area.Therefore, the Assault Company, not to mention that they have never fought against the devils, did not even have time to listen to how the comrades who came down from the battlefield to temporarily repair their evaluations of the devils' combat effectiveness.

It's just that when we set off, some gossip said that the devils were good at fighting, and that they were much better than the national army in terms of individual quality and weaponry, not to mention the Eighth Route Army, whose weapons and equipment were even inferior to the national army.

But now, Zhang Qingshan has other purposes, so longing for other people's ambition to destroy his own prestige.

"dare!"

Whether it is Hu Yingze, Li Honghui and others, they have not been together with Zhang Qingshan for a day or two, and they all understand Zhang Qingshan's temper: they will never do business at a loss!

Seeing what Zhang Qingshan said, although they were somewhat puzzled, out of trust and understanding of Zhang Qingshan's personality, they didn't open their mouths.

On the contrary, it was Luo Yingjie who was in contact with Zhang Qingshan for the first time. Without knowing Zhang Qingshan's personality, seeing Zhang Qingshan's attitude and tone, it was obvious that he really planned to fight the devil here, so he was in a hurry...