The beacon of youth

() After the death of Deputy Commander Luo Shaowei, the telegram personally drafted by Commander Wang Zhen reads as follows:

"April [-]st, at about [-]:[-] in the morning, Luo Shaowei, the deputy commander of the [-]th Division, led the infantry company (truck company), the first staff officer, the first guard officer, the confidential one, and the first reporter, and set off from Hami to the vicinity of Turpan. A certain pass was deployed, and he drove to the east of Qijiaojing in a jeep for thirty miles, and was suddenly attacked by bandits on a sand beam, and unfortunately died. All the clothes of the victims were stripped by the bandits, and the corpses were abandoned around the car. Luo Shaowei carried the continuous defense plan, as well as the relevant combat plans, radio stations, codes, guns and ammunition of our army to suppress the bandits, etc., all fell into the hands of the bandits."

That night, the telegram was sent to Zhong Yang and the Military Commission. No one knew what the mood was when he heard the news, but on behalf of himself and Zhong Yang, he sent a telegram of condolence to the Northwest Military Region and Luo Shaowei's unit (the Sixth Army of the First Corps). The content is as follows :

"Comrade Luo Shaowei is a loyal soldier of our party and an excellent commander of our party and army who has been tested by war. In the long-term revolutionary struggle and practice, he dedicated his short life to the party and the revolution. , for the liberation of China, for the cause of the liberation of the Chinese people made immortal contributions, his sacrifice, let each of us feel very sad......." ..

**I also personally wrote a telegram to the heads of major military regions and major field armies:

"All localities should regard the work of suppressing bandits as the top priority in the current work, concentrate all efforts, complete within a time limit, and thoroughly eliminate all banditry in the territory."

Later, the Military Commission sent a telegram to the First Field Army and the Northwest Military Region:

"It is reported that the Usman Gang is related to the United States and should be resolutely eliminated."

Chen Haihan, Li Yong, Wang Chengde and others are all senior commanders in the field and have access to the confidential messages of their superiors.

"It seems. We're really angry."

These were the words that Chief of Staff Chen Haihan muttered in front of Li Yong and Wang Chengde after hearing the news.

"It's right to be angry. Otherwise, there are still people who have illusions, fantasies about letting the bandits be human again, and some people say that they should use leniency as the main policy to influence the bandits. Fucking leniency is the main thing." Then the staff officer Chen Haihan said At the head, Li Yong also said a few angry words.

According to later intelligence, after the troops set up camp, Deputy Commander Luo Shaowei personally led a guard company to scout the terrain in a jeep and four large trucks, perhaps because he underestimated the enemy.Luo Shaowei ordered the driver to drive the car very fast, leaving the four large trucks of the Jingwei Company far away by seven or eight miles.

And Shaliang, where Luo Shaowei's jeep was going to pass, happened to be a bandit ambushing. This bandit was one of the elite forces under the leader of the bandit, Usman, led by Usman's son Sheldman.

Sheldman is another well-known bandit in Xin Jiang.Usman has a son and a daughter. His daughter Eliel and son Sheldman are habitual bandits who have been with him since he was a child.They are also well-known sharpshooters of the Kazakh nationality.Riding on a galloping horse and shooting with perfect accuracy, this guy is as ruthless as his father. He has honed an extraordinary sense of courage and sense of smell during his years of banditry. According to the description of his bandits, Sheldman's sense of smell, hearing and vision They are much better than ordinary people, and they can spot prey at a long distance.He is most used to chewing a few weeds in his mouth. All actions depend on the movements of this guy's mouth. As long as he sprays the weeds out of his mouth, it is a signal to act.The bandits have to do it.

Like Eliel, Sheldman is one of the right-hand men of Usman, the leader of the bandit. The bandits he leads are also very effective in fighting, and they are the elite of Usman's gang.

On this day, the jeep in which Deputy Commander Luo Shaowei was riding was galloping like a small beetle in the vast sand dunes, just passing the area where the Sheldman gang was going to set up an ambush.

Sheldman has been looting houses in the desert dunes all year round. His years of banditry have given him extraordinary eyesight. Luo Shaowei's jeep was found several kilometers away.

The galloping jeep finally drove into the effective range of the bandits. Since the troops entered Xinjiang, there had been no major battles to fight, which also made Luo Shaowei lose a certain degree of vigilance. Throwing it seven or eight miles away, this distance is completely unable to meet the security mission they want to perform, and Deputy Commander Luo Shaowei also put himself in danger.

The bandits were waiting behind the sandbags with their guns in their hands. Sheld was chewing a weed with his mouth full, and listened to the sound of the car with his ears up. The bandits were staring at their master, the weed in his mouth. The spurt of this weed was their signal for action.

The wheels of Luo Shaowei's jeep ran into the sandbags and the wheels spun, so he had to reduce gear and drive slowly. When he was still about 20 meters away from the top of the slope, the weed in Shield's mouth finally sprayed out, and the bandits came out from behind the sandbags with a huff. Then there is the muzzle of the black hole.

Luo Shaowei and the others were taken aback. They didn't expect to meet bandits behind this big sand dune. They picked up their weapons and prepared to jump off the car, but it was too late, and the bandits opened fire first.

With a distance of only twenty meters, a large group of bandits shot from both sides. The dense bullets formed a crossfire around the jeep. The jeep immediately rolled down the ravine. Deputy division commander Luo Shaowei, staff officers, and confidential soldiers died on the spot. Only the security guards and The driver got up from the ground, picked up the weapon from the ground and prepared to fight back.

None of the soldiers sitting in the same car with Deputy Division Commander Luo Shaowei was a coward. They were all veterans who had seen blood on the battlefield. The weapons and the bandits fought to the end, but it was still too late. Sheldman stood on the hillside and fired two shots. This guy's marksmanship was very precise, and both shots hit the thighs of the two surviving soldiers.

Blood spattered from the thighs of the two soldiers, and the bodies that were just about to stand up staggered and fell down, and the weapons in their hands rolled aside.

Seeing that several People's Liberation Army had lost their combat effectiveness, the bandits jumped down from the dunes one after another and surrounded the two soldiers. Sheldman said in broken Chinese: "As long as you surrender, you will bandage them immediately, and you can save your life." .”

The two soldiers stood up staggeringly, screaming and rushed over, they wanted to avenge the deputy division commander Luo Shaowei and several comrades in arms.

Sheldman waved his hand with a sneer, and the bandits rushed up and stabbed the two soldiers to death with bayonets. The documents, guns and binoculars in the car were looted, and the clothes were stripped off the corpse, and they shot at the fuel tank of the car. , and then walked away in the raging fire.

Li Yong, who came back from the headquarters of the Sixth Army, was extremely angry. As a brigade-level commander, he was entitled to see some reports. At gunpoint, and they all died for nothing.

One was Zhu Xiangli, director of the Political Department of the [-]th Division of the [-]th Army. On his way to Beijing, when he was preparing to serve as an ambassador to a foreign country, he encountered bandits, and all the fifty soldiers accompanying him were killed by the bandits.

The bandits' methods are extremely cruel and outrageous. There was once an instructor of the People's Liberation Army who was caught by the bandits and skinned all over his body. He was skinned alive, and then showed off the human skin as their spoils of war.

Then there is Luo Shaowei, the deputy commander of the Sixteenth Division of the Sixth Army who had just died, and his good comrade-in-arms.

Li Yong, who returned to his own army, was still in a state of restless mood. Luo Shaowei, who had gone through countless battles, big and small rivers and waves broke through, unexpectedly capsized in a small river ditch.

Just when Li Yong was extremely anxious, another news came. The wired telephone line between the first battalion and the brigade headquarters was established. Unstoppable news.

Two and a half platoons of fighters from the first battalion were missing.

Li Yong knew very well the composition of his troops, two and a half platoons, that is to say, more than 250 soldiers were missing.

There are more than 250 soldiers, and this is not counting the personnel of the accompanying work team. The total number is more than 300 lives. Li Yong's hand holding the phone is sweating: "Li Jiangguo, please tell me more about it. What's going on, how long have you been missing, and what measures have you taken?"

"Report to the brigade commander that he has been missing for more than a month and has not been contacted yet."

Li Jiangguo, who has always been articulate, stuttered unexpectedly. His answer almost drove Li Yong crazy. More than 300 soldiers disappeared for more than a month before reporting to their superiors. This seems to be a job that a commander should do. Well, what have you been doing?

He almost dropped the phone, Li Yong roared angrily: "Li Jiangguo, what are you doing, what is the use of you as a battalion commander, the soldier disappeared for more than a month before reporting, your head was kicked by a donkey!!"

Li Jiangguo on the other end of the phone was cowardly and did not dare to say anything. Li Yong, the brigade commander, had never spoken to him in such a tone. All along, Li Yong had always respected these veterans. In order to take care of their face, he usually They rarely criticize them in public. When they fail to do their job well and are punished at home, it is mostly political commissar Wang Chengde who comes forward. There is a reason for today's incident, and with Luo Shaowei's incident, Li Yong can't control his anger.

Political commissar Wang Chengde took Li Yong's microphone over: "Dayong, don't get angry, we still know about Li Jiangguo. This kid's work ability is not bad. There must be a reason why the soldiers didn't report for more than a month. Look at this, let him and the instructor of their battalion come back immediately, and explain the situation clearly, maybe there may be other secrets in it." (To be continued.)