The beacon of youth

Let me tell you why the recruiting comrades don't want you?Before recruiting soldiers, Li Yong discussed several conditions with the instructor Wang Chengde. The only child in the family is not allowed, the second family is a member of the military martyrdom, and the third is older than younger. The health is not good, and the age is controlled between 28 and [-].I saw this young man said: "The comrades you recruited said that my family is a martyr. It is true that my family is a martyr. My second brother died in the army, but our eldest brother is still at home. The family is not the only child. The old man is taken care of. I am not married. The daughter-in-law is not concerned, why not?"

When Li Yong heard it, he liked this young man from the bottom of his heart. Northern Shaanxi is really a place where heroes are produced. In the early days, the common people started a revolution together with Liu Zhidan and Xie Zichang. After the Central Red Army arrived in northern Shaanxi, the people firmly supported the Red Expansion Movement. Martyrs, this is also one of the reasons why Li Yong's spy company recruited slowly.

After hearing this, Li Yong said: "My fellow, to be a soldier is to fight, and you will die in a war. It is the rule of our army that people with military relatives at home cannot be soldiers." The young man was anxious when he heard this: "I don't care what you do The regulations, anyway, I want to be a soldier, so I won’t leave today, and I will follow you wherever you go in the future, let’s see what you do?” When Li Yong heard this, he was so stubborn, he thought about it for a while. The young man said: "How about I go to your house with you, and I will chat with your parents. If the old people agree with you as a soldier, how about I accept you?"

The young man said: "Okay, let's go." It turned out that this young man was from the village where the spy company was stationed, and his home was very close to the army. The two soon arrived at the young man's house. , The leader of our army is here." An old man came out in response and let Li Yong into the room. Li Yong went into the room and said to the old man: "Master, I have something to say to you."

The old man laughed loudly: "You don't need to say it, I already know it, don't you want this kid to be a soldier? I know you are Li Yong, the company commander of the company that lives in our village. I say brave, we poor people want to make revolution They are all afraid of death, and if they don’t join the army, how can there be revolutions? Because of the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army, our common people have truly lived a life like a human being. Our family now has houses, land, cattle, and horses. , and sheep, chickens, ducks and geese are not counted, and the food is endless. Do you think we can do it without our troops? Will the enemy let us live like this? Let him go."

Li Yong was very moved when he heard this, and after chatting with the old man for a while, he learned that the old man was an old Red Guard member in Liu Zhidan's time, and he had fought for many years. At that time, Li Yong said: "Yu Ming, you pack up today and report to the army tomorrow morning. We are not with the main force now, and clothing can't solve the problem, so you still have to wear civilian clothes."

Li Yuming came to the company the next day. Li Yong liked Li Yuming very much, he liked this new soldier who was utterly loyal to the party and the army, and asked him to take part in the normal training of the army and then work as a correspondent in the company headquarters, taking over Li Jiangguo's position.Li Jiangguo is a veteran with rich combat experience. It is a pity to let him be a correspondent. Now that there is a suitable candidate, he must be replaced.The veterans sent out more than ten days later came back one after another, and it was almost half a month when the last one came back. These veterans not only brought back a large number of personnel, but also brought back a lot of food. Li Jiangguo and Wang Huo brought back There were the most people, and each person brought back less than twenty soldiers. When Li Jiangguo's group came back, many soldiers were still carrying things on their shoulders. Li Yong took a closer look and found that they were all wolves, so he hurriedly asked what was going on. , A new soldier told Li Yong that they encountered wolves when they came back. Li Jiangguo said, since they encountered wolves, let them do something to serve the people, and if they killed five wolves with five shots, they would bring them back.

At this time, Li Jiangguo stood beside him and said: "I brought back a lot of food, the company commander. These wolves will be used as food for our company. It's a pity that I have five bullets. I am the one with the most bullets in our company. A total of thirty or so, which is no less than five."

At this time, Li Jiangguo had already admired Li Yong very much. He thought that the company commander was a good guy, and he was a good guy. Although he was the one who captured him, he was indeed better than him. The relationship is also very good.Li Yong looked at Li Jiangguo and said, "Jiangguo, a few bullets are nothing. In the future, we will not only have enough bullets, but also shells." When Li Jiangguo heard what Li Yong said, he smiled and said, "The company commander Ah, if only I could be equipped with 170 bullets sometime, I won’t have to worry about fighting.” Li Yong said: “There will be some soon, but now our task is to train recruits, the things you brought back People can't call soldiers yet, they are still ordinary people, so we have to hurry up and train them out. You know the time given to us by the head of the regiment. It's been a month. You brought back more than 50 people this time, and we recruited another [-] people near the station. There are many people, you must hurry up, each of you veterans has to be responsible for ten, and you must be responsible for bringing them out, you don’t need to be a correspondent, there are already people.”

Li Jiangguo: "Don't worry about the company commander. There are more than 20 of us. It's no problem for each of us to bring ten. I guarantee that they will be taught." Then Li Yong arranged for people to arrange the residences of these recruits. More than 450 veterans all participated in the meeting of the Ministry of Expenditure.Li Yong recounted the current situation: "Last year, that is, in 120, the Kuomintang relied on its 100 million troops and its economic advantages, and completely ignored the 100 million People's Liberation Army, which had no planes, tanks, and few artillery pieces. In June last year, starting from the Central Plains Liberated Area, we launched a full-scale attack on our liberated area, and threatened to solve the problem within three months. In order to keep ourselves active, we Communists gave up more than 70 cities that were bought back with blood , but we fought more than 30 times and wiped out more than 20 of them. The enemy had to give up the all-out offensive since March, and started the so-called key offensive. In our northwest, the enemy mobilized more than [-] troops to use in There are more than [-] people on the front line, Hu Zhongnan on the south line, Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui on the west line, and enemies from Yulin and Suide on the north line who are ready to attack us. In a word, the enemy is coming to us from all directions, comrades , There is a bigger test ahead."

At this time, Ma Changsheng stood up: "Company commander, instructor, we gave up Yan'an in order to attack the enemy. Where is Yan'an? It is the place where our Party Central Committee and the Communist Party live. I cried the day I abandoned Yan'an. We are not afraid of anything, and now I beg us to fight the enemy."

The soldier Ma Quanyou also stood up: "Company commander, it is not enough to fight these robbers with a gun. It is better to stab them with a bayonet and go back to their hometown." Li Yong knew that Yan'an was in the heart of these loyal veterans. He also understood their feelings at this time. He said to his comrades: "The decision of the Party Central Committee is very wise. We guard Yan'an and we carry the burden. We abandon the enemy in Yan'an and carry the burden. Don't Hurry up, there are many opportunities to fight, and the enemy will never take advantage of us. It has been like this in the past, it is like this now, and it will still be like this in the future. As long as we fight the battle well and wipe out the enemy's vital forces, Yan'an will recover sooner or later. But now It’s not time to fight the enemy desperately. Comrades, take a look at our company. Our company now has more than 200 people, but there are only twenty rifles and one shell gun. Each person has only twenty bullets. This is still a lot. There are only a dozen, and I, the company commander, do not have a gun. How can we fight the enemy? What should we do to fight the enemy? What we have to do now is to step up the training of the recruits, so that the recruits can produce combat effectiveness one day earlier, so the instructor and I decided to start tomorrow morning. To increase the level of training, personnel must be allocated tonight."

Then Li Yong announced the establishment of six platoons in the company, Li Jiangguo as the leader of the first platoon, Ma Quanyou as the leader of the second platoon, Ma Changsheng as the leader of the third platoon, Ning Jinshan as the leader of the fourth platoon, Wang Huhu as the leader of the fifth platoon, and Zhang Jinsong as the scout Communication platoon leader, and then six veterans as deputy platoon leaders. Each platoon has three squads with 12 people in each squad. There are 38 people in the whole platoon including the platoon leader and deputy platoon leader. Squad leader and deputy squad leader, you yourself According to the training situation, due to the increase in personnel, the cooking team will also be expanded. Ten older recruits will be selected to join the cooking team. The cooking team will be expanded to 14 people. The original old cook is the deputy squad leader, and the remaining 23 people are the reconnaissance and communication platoon. These recruits will be selected by your five combat platoons first, and it will be fine to leave the younger ones, and the rest will be the soldiers of the reconnaissance and communication platoon.Finally, Li Yong emphasized that Li Yuming among the recruits is not in the scope of your selection, and I have other uses.

After Li Yong announced the order, Zhang Jinsong, the platoon leader of the reconnaissance and communication platoon, said first: "Company commander, instructor, why are we picking the leftovers?" Li Yong said with a smile: "Jin Song, why are you in a hurry? The reason for these young soldiers is that their bodies have not yet grown up, and some of them are not yet ready. It is not good for them to go directly to the combat platoon, and it will also affect the combat effectiveness of our company. The geography is very familiar, after training, they are the best reconnaissance and communication soldiers, and it will be even better when their bodies grow up for two years, you and the deputy platoon leader must train them, understand?"

After listening to Li Yong's explanation, Zhang Jinsong and the deputy platoon leader also sat down happily. At this time, someone was anxious again, and Li Yong knew that they would be anxious. Only the eight veterans who were not assigned tasks stood up: " Company commander, what are we doing?"