The beacon of youth

The Han team hurried forward in the snowstorm.A little Zhan Shi seemed to have lost his foot, and he limped on a stick and followed the main army without pulling a step. The expression on the little soldier's face revealed pain and determination, just as the little soldier was limping on one leg and desperately moving forward. As he was leaving, a jeep suddenly stopped beside him with a creak.

As soon as the car door opened, a person jumped out from above. The little soldier looked carefully and hurriedly stood at attention to salute. Who is this person?General Wang Zhen, the commander of our second column, is wearing a coat with his arms open.He shouted at the little soldier who was limping, "Go, get in the car."

The little soldier with a stick glanced at the commander's jeep and shook his head: "I don't take a car, I can walk by myself."

Commander Wang: "It's really bad. Why don't you take a car if you're a limp? What's wrong with you? Get up there

Little soldier: "There are several wounded people sitting in Fengli, it's just such a small place, what will you do if I sit in it again?"

Commander: "What's wrong with this, I've been sitting for a long time, you go up, I can't go down

The little soldier said: "I've never heard of letting the soldiers ride in the car and the commander walk. I can't do such a thing, and I feel ashamed when I say it."

Commander: "Why are there so many problems? Who made the rule that soldiers can only walk, and the commander rides in a car. Let me tell you, I can walk no worse than you. Come here little big man

Following the commander's shout, a big soldier came over. This big soldier was the guard of Commander Wang. The commander and the big guard couldn't help but stuff the little soldier into the car together, and then Commander Wang Pick up the sticks dropped by the little soldiers and march on foot in the snow with the big guards.

The little soldier sitting in the car looked at Commander Wang who was marching forward with the soldiers in the wind and snow. He didn't say anything, but secretly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hand, and hugged tightly rifle.

Commander Wang, who was holding a stick, looked at the guards beside him, and the commander asked casually, "Big man, why did you walk up, where is your horse?"

The big guard shook the snow on his shoulders and said a little unhappy: "I said, Comrade Commander, what kind of memory do you have? Didn't you lend me my horse to the sick soldiers to ride? At this time Why do you want to ask about my horse again? You don’t have to worry about it, you have already finished thinking about my horse. You should stop thinking about lending it. The commander patted himself on the head: “Hey, hurry up Forget it, big man, if you don't have it, you don't have it, let's go together

The big guard: "I'm fine. It doesn't matter if I ride a horse or not. I'll understand in the future. I don't need my horse in the future. I can leave it to the logistics department of the column. I will ride with you on the march. You will ride with me. Just take the car, you walk and I walk too

Commander: "What do you mean? Tell me the reason." Little

The big guard: "Which time I marched, I didn't ask you to lend my horse to the wounded and sick. I couldn't ride a few steps, and I would have to worry about serving the horse when I got to the field. I just don't want the horse, and it saves trouble.

Commander: "Do you have a lot of eyes, kid? But it's not a good idea. You are lazy. I have to criticize you at the party group meeting."

The big guard: "Commander, if you approve it, I can accept it, but to be honest, it would be great if the independent regiment could follow me this time. They have cars, yes, I have been to their regiment, that guy , big and small, the courtyard is full.”

Commander: "I said big man, so don't try to get other people's ideas. They have already supported the avant-garde regiment with [-] cars. The chief of the field must have taken a fancy to their maneuverability by letting them stand by. They are of great use."

The rapidly advancing second column gradually disappeared in the wind and snow.

Another morning.The officers of the Kuomintang Support Corps woke up from their slumbers, and the field tents of the officers were all filled with large red stoves glowing with carbon fire.Soldiers can't do it, it's good to be able to get a tent, some don't even have a tent, they just need to camp in the snow.

Liu Kan, the commander of the reorganized No. 20 Ninth Army and the highest officer of this army, stretched himself wrapped in a military blanket and sat up from the camp bed.Following his movements, an orderly handed over a jar of moderately warm saliva, Liu Kan raised his neck and gurgled the water in his mouth a few times, then spit it into the basin brought by the orderly, and asked another staff officer : "Has the Chief Executive's Office in Xi'an called back?"

The staff officer: "The telegram you just returned requires us to go out at the same time without delay. Whether you can go to the military law

"Small part-time trips, no delays, easy to say, a full man doesn't know how hungry a man is hungry, do they know the difficulty of the Huanglong Mountain Road? Do they know the blizzard? Do they know how cunning the Communist Army in the Northwest is? This telegram The tone doesn't sound like Chief Hu. Little Liu Kan's tone has some doubts.

Staff officer: "Mr. Zuo,...: This classmate is a confidential officer in Chief Hu's office. He knows me and Mr. Junzuo Towaki, so there is more content in the telegram this morning."

Liu Kan sat up from the bed, and seemed to be a little interested in what the officer said: "Tell me. What did your classmate report to you?"

Staff officer: "After receiving our telegram in their confidential room yesterday afternoon, they didn't dare to neglect it. They also knew that it was a major military incident that could not be delayed, but they searched the entire chief's office and couldn't find Chief Hu. Since they couldn't find Chief Hu They went to look for the chief of staff Sheng Wen, but the chief of staff Sheng Wen couldn't be found, and none of them knew the whereabouts of the two officers. They didn't know until this morning that Sheng Wen went to dance last night, and he hasn't come back yet. The telegram was sent by one of Sheng Wen's directors."

Liu Kan sighed: "An, tens of thousands of soldiers in the front are working hard in this bitterly cold place, and the rear is still singing and dancing, so how can we not wrong the party and the country, the party and the country!!"

"The Military Seat. What shall we do?"

Liu Kan: "What else can I do? Soldiers take it as their bounden duty to execute orders, and follow orders. Order troops to act after breakfast, and the vanguard troops to attack and move forward. They must be there." Liu Kan looked at his watch here: "Definitely We must arrive in Yichuan before three o'clock this afternoon."

After a night's rest, the Kuomintang support corps accelerated its march the next morning, rushing towards Yichuan City, which was besieged by the Northwest Field Corps, like a flood.

At this time, the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army, including Boss Peng, were all relieved.One said with a long smile, "Elder Zhang is finally sure, this Hu Zongnan will definitely order Liu Kan to come."

Boss Peng shook his gray head: "Where is my calculation? I know Hu Zongnan too well. Is it possible to know yourself and the enemy and win a hundred battles? If the Kuomintang changes a different commander, I'm not sure how to order the troops to fight well Prepare, don't be afraid of wind and snow, and don't be afraid of severe cold, there is no difficulty in this world that we ** people can't overcome."

A horse stopped in front of Liu Kan's jeep with small steps, and an officer reported to Liu Kan who rolled down the window: "The military seat, the place in front of it is called Wazi Street, which is part of the entire Huanglong Mountain Range. It’s dangerous, shall we stop the advance first? Then send the clumsy troops to find out the situation before we act?”

Liu Kan: "That would be too slow to stop advancing. I ordered the avant-garde troops to send two regiments to pull cables to the peaks on both sides, and the main force of the regiment continued to advance."

The enemy's avant-garde troops broke away from the main force and searched for the mountains and valleys on both sides. A soldier held a big gun behind his back, shrunk his hands, and muttered in his mouth: "***, where are we going to search? It's so cold. My God, can the communist army survive in this heavy snow? If there is a communist army, I don’t think we need to fight it, even if it freezes, it will freeze to death.”

Another soldier: "You know what, it's called a fart at the top, and a show at the bottom. When the officials move their mouths, we have to run away, okay, let's not go up, follow this Let’s go to the place where the wind is behind.”

In a hidden trench not too far from the enemy's cable troops, the soldiers were lying in the heavy snow with white cloth sheets, not daring to breathe.It was almost one night, and although the weather was cold, the soldiers were sweating profusely on their foreheads.Seeing the enemy's search force turn around and walk towards the leeward valley, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Kuomintang soldiers were not very good, these guys unknowingly made a contribution first.

The soldiers waited patiently in the trenches. About two hours later, the main force of the enemy's corps had all entered the mountain road of Wazi Street. Suddenly, there were violent gunshots from more than ten kilometers away. , and the explosion of the grenade.

An enemy officer handed a telegram to Liu Kan, commander of the corps: "Army seat, there is a call from the brigade in Yichuan. The communist army has stopped attacking them since last night. Now our army's avant-garde troops are encountering the main force of the communist army. Fighting fiercely with the communist army. In addition, at the military seat, a large number of communist troops have also appeared on the two wings of our army, and they have the tendency to encircle us."

Liu Kan: "Heh, it's still the old-fashioned method of besieging and fighting for reinforcements. It seems that the communist army has a lot of appetite and wants to eat our entire regiment in one bite. Hmph, I, Liu Kan, am not such a soft persimmon, so I ordered the troops to seize On the commanding heights on both sides of the valley, the avant-garde troops must carry out a resolute attack on the communist army, and send reserves to encircle the communist army ahead, the communist army wants to eat us, and we also want to eat the communist army.”

At the headquarters of the Northwest Field Army, a commander reported to Mr. Zhang: "Boss, the third and sixth columns of our army have already attacked the enemy. But the enemy is not panicked, except that the enemy's vanguard troops are entangled with our army. The enemy also dispatched troops to attack the enemy. Surrounded on both sides. Trying to eat up our army's attacking troops."

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