Globe Trekker

Chapter 97 Things Are Getting More Complicated
At 45:[-] p.m., [-] kilometers south of Mao Pailing, the frontline headquarters of the Independent Fourth Division of the Red Army.

Together with everyone, the two political workers experienced a series of earth-shattering explosions in all directions around Mao Pailing Village. After discussing with Guo Tianming and others for a long time, they could not reach a clear conclusion, so they had to call the villager who delivered the letter to ask again:
"Fellow, don't panic, speak slowly. I remember you said just now that when the Kuomintang bandits took you out of the village and forced you to deliver a letter to us, you saw with your own eyes that they planted ten thousand trees on the only way to the south of the village. A few mines, right?"

"That's right! It's a mine. It's round like a small millstone. It looks like it's made of iron. When they sent me out, they just dug a hole, and the mine was placed beside the hole."

The villagers, who are about 25 or [-] years old, have feelings for the Red Army, so they are not afraid at all, but very excited.

Another tall, thin officer asked, "How did you know it was a landmine?"

The villagers immediately replied: "I saw them when they first entered our village. I also saw their engineers bury the same landmines on the ditch road outside Xiaoting Village. Later, I heard that it was blown up. I and the people in the village A few people sneaked to see, and a big deep hole was blown up!"

The two officers looked at each other, and the tall and thin officer asked again: "When you left the village, what else did you see?"

The villagers thought for a while, and remembered one thing: "Yes, I saw more than 200 of their soldiers looking for dry straw everywhere, and even paid for dry firewood from various households. I don't know what they want these things for? They used to He cooks by himself going up the mountain to collect firewood."

The two officers were taken aback, and the short one suddenly asked, "Are they going to set fire to the village when they are at the end of their road?"

"Ah!? Burn the village? Probably not? Although they are white dogs, they are different from other white dogs. The officers and soldiers are very kind. They asked me to deliver the letter, and their company commander gave me two oceans." Seeing that I didn't want it, they said to send it to my house, and I guess they really did... They always keep their word, and they always pay less than a penny when buying things, which is different from other white dogs, which is strange." The villagers are very down-to-earth and talk about what they have.

The two officers couldn't sit still, and immediately went out to tell Guo Tianming and Xie Weijun about the situation.

Guo Tianming was so angry that he scolded Wu Ming for being cruel and reactionary. Now that he couldn't escape, he was showing his true colors. Xie Weijun was even more anxious. Wu Ming's letter was hard at first and then soft. A series of big explosions to demonstrate must be threatening the lives of nearly a thousand innocent people in the village. Although people have been sent to the village to negotiate at this moment, the result is not known until the people come back. No matter how angry they are, they can only wait.

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At [-]:[-] p.m., at the headquarter of the Fifth Regiment, East Dashaiping, Mao Pailing Village.

In the tent, the young officers sent to negotiate were well received. There were cigarettes, tea, and a handful of rare fruit candies. The two reception officers were also very polite, but they didn’t see the culprit, Wu Ming. I sent someone to call and inspect the defense line in the west of the village. I guess I have to wait a while.

Wu Ming was in the main hall of the old village head's house at the moment. The inside of the main hall, the two side rooms and the back hall were crowded with villagers who came to inquire about the situation, but no one blamed Wu Ming at the moment.

Wu Ming, who produced a series of earth-shattering explosions and scared the whole village away, had already put a canvas bag full of oceans on the incense table, then stepped back to the place where the door was three steps in, took off his hat, I respectfully apologize to the folks:

"I really feel sorry for my folks. In order to save my life and prevent more than 5000 Red Army troops from rushing in from various crossings, I must not order the three roads outside the village to be blown up. The most terrible thing is to use the remaining 700 catties of explosives. Half of the earth hill at the Liuli Bend downstream of the mouth of the Sancha River was blown up, and the earth mountain collapsed and blocked the river channel. I heard from my subordinates a quarter of an hour ago that the area was too narrow, with high mountains on both sides, and the river had overflowed and flooded both banks. There are more than 100 mu of paddy fields, and it is estimated that more fields will be flooded tomorrow, but it will never be flooded to the Sanhekou in the east of the village, because the terrain is high there.”

"Brother, the reason why I did this was purely to save my life, not to intentionally harm the folks. In order to compensate the loss of the folks, the younger generation sent this 500 yuan ocean. I beg the pardon of the folks, brothers and sisters! During these days, I Wu Ming and the brothers have received great hospitality from the folks. We want to thank you all! No matter what happens tomorrow, or where we are in the future, whether we live or die, Wu Ming and the brothers will never forget the kindness of the folks! "

When the villagers saw Wu Ming bowing deeply again, many of them were so moved that they quietly wiped their tears. The old village head was a sensible person, and he was also tearful at this time, sobbing hard.

Wu Ming straightened up and told the villagers in a loud voice: "Before we leave, I promise that no matter what happens tomorrow, even if the Red Army invades, we will not resist. We would rather hand in our guns and surrender than let the villagers suffer. Injury. But not tonight. Although the Red Army has sent people here, they haven’t negotiated yet. The Red Army’s scouts may have reached the edge of the village. We need to light the fire outside the village to prevent them from sneaking in in the dark. So please go back quickly, close the door and don't come out, so as not to be shot coldly. Goodbye folks, I have to go!"

After Wu Ming finished speaking, he respectfully paid a military salute, and under the gaze of countless pairs of dim tears, he turned around in pain and sorrow, and strode out without looking back.

After walking a few steps, I heard a suppressed crying sound from behind, and soon there was a mess of footsteps, obviously the villagers who were afraid of being accidentally injured ran back to their homes.

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The young officer who had come to take on the important task of negotiating, but waited for more than an hour, finally saw Wu Ming.

The moment Wu Ming walked into the tent and apologized with a smile, the young officer couldn't believe his eyes. The tall, elegant and gentle man in front of him, wearing a gray short padded jacket military uniform was exactly like an ordinary soldier, but with a friendly smile on his face. It turned out to be the heinous leader of the White Bandit in his mind.

Wu Ming pulled an empty suitcase, and sat across from the young officer: "I'm sorry to make the distinguished guest wait so long for the first meeting! I'm neglecting you, haha! What's your surname?"

The young officer cheered up and replied very seriously: "My name is Zhao Tiemin, the officer of the Political Department of the First Corps of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army. I am here this time..."

"Understood! Comrade Zhao, right? Haha, your accent is from Hunan, right? Judging by your temperament, you should be an intellectual. Which university did you graduate from?" Wu Ming asked very kindly.

Zhao Tiemin had no choice but to answer patiently: "I am from Hunan, and I have been in a normal school for two years. Head Wu, can we talk about what is going on?"

Wu Ming nodded, stood up and walked towards the kettle:

"No problem, but please wait a moment. I just came back from inspecting the defensive position in the west of the village. I didn't even have a sip of water. I'll make a cup of tea to quench my thirst. Actually, speaking of it, I'm the same as your Red Army here, Battalion and Company Commander We don't have our own orderlies, we have to do everything ourselves..."

"It's not easy to recruit a soldier these days. No one comes when the salary is low, and four sets of clothes and four pairs of shoes are issued a year. They have to eat meat every three days, and they have to ask their husband to teach them how to read and sing. Otherwise, if you don’t understand military law and firearms maintenance regulations, an ordinary soldier needs to pay eight yuan a month, and if you add a month’s food and drink, it’s more than ten yuan! It seems that you must be an officer and a family member, only the head of the family I know Chai Mi is expensive..."

Zhao Tiemin looked in astonishment at Wu Ming, who was chattering about making tea elegantly, and felt that this was a sticky little man, a poor scholar with no promise, not the leader of the reactionary warlord that the entire army feared and hated. ah?
After being stunned for a long time, Zhao Tiemin asked doubtfully, "Are you really Wu Ming?"

Wu Ming was stunned, looked around and immediately came back to his senses: "I'm not Wu Ming, who is Wu Ming? Oh! I forgot, you don't know about our internal affairs, but until now, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, we Not the regular army, we are the security forces of Zhejiang Province..."

Speaking of this, Wu Ming pointed at his body, "So you see, our military uniform is not as good as that of the regular army, and it's fine without collar badges. There should be a white cloth on the left chest, and there should be a clear number and position on it. But we don’t have one, and I guess you don’t even know that soldiers don’t have identity certificates issued by local governments, so I don’t seem to be able to prove myself for a while... Eh, what’s that voice?”

The adjutant Han Tiecheng from outside ran in: "Reporting to the group, gunshots came from the direction of the east pass, and it seems that there has been another fight."

Wu Ming was taken aback. He stood up and asked sternly, "Didn't I order over and over again not to fight with the Red Army brothers? What happened? Who took the lead?"

Han Tiecheng lowered his head and explained: "We didn't fight. The river bend in the east collapsed and blocked the river. The rice fields and roads on both sides were all flooded, which was three feet deep. Who would dare to fight in the dark? It was outside the East Pass. Our friendly forces and the communist forces above the pass are fighting again."

"Our friendly army? Isn't Nancheng surrounded by the main force of the Red Army? At this time, they have the courage to come out to help us turtles in the urn? Could it be that they came from Fuzhou?"

Wu Ming thought hard and ignored Zhao Tiemin who had already stood up and was nervous.

At this moment, the short communication company commander hurried in. He wanted to report verbally, but after glancing at Zhao Tiemin next to him, he didn't speak, and directly handed the message to Wu Ming.

Wu Ming approached the lantern and quickly read it, and hastily ordered the communication company commander: "Pingzhang, call the chief of staff immediately and ask which part of the brothers came to rescue us. In addition, in addition to my opinion, night battles are not what we are good at. , Dongkou Pass, where one man guards the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it, is not something that can be defeated by one or two regiments... We can't let more brothers suffer because of our [-] people! Just pretend that we don't exist, Go, go!"

Zhao Tiemin strode up to Wu Ming: "Regimental Commander Wu, let me ask you, are you planning to threaten us with the lives of nearly a thousand innocent people, thinking that our four-way army would not dare to attack your mere regiment?"

Wu Ming returned to his seat in pain: "Comrade Zhao, in fact, I wanted to put down my arms and negotiate, but these... are all done by the brothers below. If it is another group, maybe you can still listen to me, everyone. We all know that the Red Army treats prisoners preferentially, but our regiment can't..."

"Before I found out that I was surrounded by you, I panicked. For a while, the battalions and companies made their own plans to shoot sniper everywhere and explode everywhere, not to mention making you feel ashamed. They also planned to burn all the houses in the village and all the roads entering the village. Landmines were planted, and I tried hard to stop them, so they didn't burn down the house."

"Let me tell you clearly, the first battalion commander Yin Dizhong and the chief of staff of the regiment are not my people. One of them is a close friend sent by our division commander, General Yu Jishi, and the other is an old man in the Zhejiang Army. His father's name is Li Gang. The Public Security Bureau Chief of the Provincial Security Department, and a combat staff officer named Dai Ziran, he is a special commissioner of the Central Party Headquarters, he forced me to write the letter I wrote to you!"

Zhao Tiemin was dumbfounded, and it took him a while to come back to his senses: "Teacher Wu, I think the negotiation between us is meaningless, please leave!"

"Hey! Slow down, no one will take you, can you get out? They are stacking hay and firewood everywhere, and they are still setting fires outside the village. The smoke is lingering, you can't see the road, what if you step on a landmine? I'll send... Adjutant Han, please send this Comrade Zhao out of the village south position, be sure to send it out safely, the two armies will not be beheaded when they fight, everyone should have this morality, let's go!"

"Comrade Zhao, I still have some fruit candy here, you can take it to eat, I guess your Red Army doesn't have such things... Hey! Slow down..."

Han Tiecheng caught up with Zhao Tiemin who left angrily, and escorted him around the minefields laid by the only thirteen mines left in the regiment.

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