Chapter 15 Chapter Thirteen

one During the stormy two days and two nights, Liang Shuguang and the others fought in the Great Lakes. After leaving the lakeside village that night, Liang Shuguang, Shi Baolin and Lao Lu were all on the first boat.Led by Lao Lu, one boat followed another, zigzagging, rowing quietly, without sound or light, everything was lost in the silence of the night.The air is filled with the fragrance of reeds and lotus roots, and the stars in the sky are like countless sparkling diamonds inlaid on black velvet. The boat gradually rowed into the reeds.There are reed jungles standing densely on both sides, and the waterway is like a winding alley. Occasionally, a small flying insect flies past in front of you, like an erratic dream, coming and going. , The reed leaves occasionally hit the body with a rustling sound.After paddling for more than two hours, I hid myself in a small river deep in the reeds.

In this area of ​​Hubei, the lake is surrounded by lakes, swaying and swaying, and it is boundless. Although it has entered the lake, it is still on the edge, and it is still far away from the real center of the lake. As soon as the boat was moored, Liang Shuguang said: "Let's sum up the matter of crossing the lake!" However, Shi Baolin didn't immediately respond to discuss major issues. Shi Baolin was not someone Liang Shuguang knew well.This time the division commander personally entrusted him with this task, and he shouldered the mission of ensuring that the political commissar completed the task safely.It was the first time for Liang Shuguang to act together with Shi Baolin, and he immediately felt that this person was meticulous and thoughtful, so he respected him at first.

At this time, what Shi Baolin was thinking about was: whether he could defeat the lake bandits and rush across the lake, the key was to block the news, keep it strictly confidential, and then enter the lake in a big way, catching the lake bandits by surprise.So he asked Lao Lu: "Will the fishers and shrimpers come here?" "I chose a dead end, and no one came." But Shi Baolin was still worried, what would happen if someone came? Liang Shuguang wanted to discuss important issues right away, so he quickly interrupted Liang Shuguang and said: "Political commissar! Let me arrange the arrangement first and then talk about it!"

Liang Shuguang readily agreed: "Okay, you go, we'll wait for you." Shi Baoling's body was very flexible and flexible, and he jumped up like a cat without making a sound. He jumped from one boat to the other with a little kick.Sure enough, Shi Baolin found that the soldiers were crowded at the bow and stern of the ship, taking advantage of the wind to enjoy the cool air.Shi Baolin immediately called several battle team leaders to discuss and made several regulations: first, all soldiers should go down to the cabin, and they are not allowed to speak or smoke; The contact signal after the situation is discovered.Finally, he said in a serious tone: "Concealment is the first step in completing the mission, and it is also a decisive step. Don't be careless!" Go to Liang Shuguang and report that everything has been arranged.

Liang Shuguang nodded approvingly, then walked down from the cabin with Shi Baolin and Lao Lu, sat cross-legged on the board, and discussed the plan to fight across the lake.After the discussion, Shi Baolin slowly put forward another suggestion, which was obviously carefully considered by him: "Comrade Lu and I will observe the situation on the first ship, and the political commissar will control the overall situation on the second ship." Liang Shuguang immediately agreed: " That's good." Finally the three of them walked out of the stuffy cabin with their waists bowed.

Liang Shuguang saw that the two black figures disappeared. He stood alone on the bow of the boat without moving, wearing only a vest and a military uniform. He wanted to smoke a cigarette, but he touched the pipe in the cloth bag and thought of Shi Baolin. The ban, or hold back.Once you calm down, you will find that under the night of the dark lake, there are still all kinds of active and tumultuous life.The clamor of field frogs from far and near was like torrential rain, and the sound of large groups of mosquitoes was like faint thunder. However, despite this, there was still a silence on the lake. Somewhere, a fish jumped out of the water and made a splashing sound. Then there was no more movement.

Liang Shuguang didn't want to sleep, not even a trace of sleepiness. He was anxious and worried. His biggest worry is, what if the enemy blows up the Shashi dam? He also worried that if he entangled with the lake bandits in the lake, he would lose his chance. He looked up and looked around, and suddenly saw many fireflies flying, they made no sound at all, but were like countless little blue raindrops, lighting up here and there, it was really like a strange dream world, which touched his heart for a while. Bring a burst of light-hearted pleasure.But after a while, anxiety still surged up from his heart... He thought about it carefully, and his heart rushed to Chen Wenhong's side again.He counted the time with his fingers, the troops should be marching in a battle posture, but he was standing quietly in the big lake, waiting for the dawn.At this time, he really felt isolated from the world. In the next few days, he would not receive information or see battle reports. In this way, he found himself immersed in loneliness and hardship.

... A sound jolted him awake.It turned out to be a flock of waterfowl flying out of the reeds.He looked up, first he heard chirping birds, then saw a black shadow passing by, and then fell into the reed pond in the distance.The moon has risen, illuminating the surrounding greenery.At this moment, I suddenly heard someone yelling in the distance, the sound was not loud, but it slid along the water skin, like throwing a stone on a calm lake, and the vibration rippled in circles, the farther away, the lighter , the farther away the light becomes.Liang Shuguang immediately held his breath and observed vigilantly.It turned out that there was a small boat swinging from afar, with a starlight on board, and a long red shadow swaying on the water.Liang Shuguang couldn't help feeling nervous. "Could it be that the news has been exposed in the town, attracting the spies of the Lake Bandits?" But the light was getting closer and closer with the rippling of the boat.At this time, there were three light applause from Shi Baolin, and for a while, the people on several ships were eagerly entering the battle state.But the boat just babbled—babbled and rowed straight.Could it be that the target has been found?Could it be that they followed it? ...The shadow of the lamp illuminated the hazy outlines of the wooden boat and the rowers. At this critical moment, I suddenly heard Lao Lu shouting in his native accent:

"What's the matter with you? Came here and smashed my shrimp cage?" "Don't worry, your brother has taken the throne, I won't come." The boat brought the sound of a person humming a ditty tune, and it turned a corner and rowed away slowly. The singing sound became thinner and smaller as it got farther away, and finally disappeared. At this time, Liang Shuguang realized that he was covered in cold sweat. He suddenly felt the hull of the boat rippling. It was as light as a Shi Baolin swallow. He floated over and stood in front of him. Liang Shuguang asked: "You can clearly see that they are fishing and catching shrimp?"

"How dare the lake bandits shine like this?" Shi Baolin advised Liang Shuguang to get out of the cabin and rest for a while. When Liang Shuguang returned to the cabin, he realized that his shoulders were already wet with dew. He lay down, and the moonlight shining through the hatch fell on his face. He turned over, and he felt a kind of distress penetrated deeply into his heart, but what is this distress?Just the loneliness away from the troops?It seems that there is something else, but I can't figure it out at once.The melancholy that once enveloped his heart when he was young has disappeared for many years, but now it arises spontaneously and cannot be suppressed. Is it because he is eager to see his relatives?No, he hasn't thought about it since accepting the mission, because he doesn't believe that in this boundless lake, there will be such a coincidence to meet his mother.Is it because everyone is sleeping soundly and I am alone awake?However, Shi Baolin and Lao Lu didn't sleep when they were guarding on the first boat!So he got up again helplessly, went to the bow, and sat on the deck.The reeds wet with dew give off a strong green air.

Suddenly someone put on the military uniform that had been left beside him, and he turned around and asked: "Who?" "Strict Su." As soon as he found Yan Su by his side, he suddenly felt a burst of joy, but his face turned red, and he immediately blamed himself in his heart. He felt that this should not be done, or even allowed. However, Yan Su was calm and composed, suddenly smiled and said to him: "I'm doing ward rounds, and I'm looking for people like you who are greedy for cold and cold. This lake is so flashy!" The moon was already slanting to the west, and she walked lightly to another boat after she finished speaking. According to the deployment of crossing the lake, they acted during the day.Now that they entered the lake by surprise, they would have to bluff and confuse the enemy with great fanfare.Because the lake network is staggered and the harbor is densely covered, the night is undoubtedly only beneficial to the lake bandits who are familiar with the terrain.In the daytime, they opened up gaps and lined up a long fleet, but all the soldiers stood at the bow of the boat with sophisticated weapons, and threatened all the way: "The liberation army enters the lake, and the follow-up troops will arrive soon." They used this method to force the enemy to attack. Don't dare to do it easily. Unexpectedly, the storm came at this moment. At first, dark clouds gathered from all directions and landed in the center of the lake.Hu Xiang was originally a person pretending to be smiling, but now he suddenly showed his ferocious face.The heavy rain turned the emerald green lake into a brownish-yellow lake. From a distance, it didn't look like the water waves were turbulent, but it looked like a large reed pond floating up and down.A while ago, there were a group of black wild ducks rippling on the water surface, and then, the wind and rain, the rain and the wind, in the eclipsed sky, the lightning flashed like a dancing dragon snake, with red and red light, suddenly brought Come to Perak, those black wild ducks and white water birds are gone.The surface of the lake seemed to be a boiling cauldron, the lake water condensed into a thick fog and steamed upwards, the clouds and rain condensed into a thick fog and poured down, and the waves seemed to be unable to withstand the pressure and roared.The wooden boat bumped on the top of the waves, as if it could be smashed into the center of the lake by the strong wind and waves at any time. They drove half a day in the wind and waves, and camped on a small island. The next day, the weather was still the same, and they anchored on another island. This island is bigger than yesterday's, not too far from the center of the lake. Spauling immediately adopted a vigilant deployment: one-third of the people were assigned to land, and two-thirds of the people stayed on the ship to support.In the center of the island, he chose a vast paddock without walls. One of the three rooms on the front side opened the doors and windows, and placed a few bamboo beds. Before it was dark, he lit two bright horse lanterns. Liang Shuguang's camp is also the command post.Along the way, there was a lot of people shouting and shouting.The residents on the island didn't know where they came from. At first, the doors and windows were closed, and no one showed up. Gradually, a few people wearing bamboo hats and coir raincoats approached.Seeing the bright blue submachine guns on the soldiers' backs, some busy setting up sentries in the whole village, and more people shuttling back and forth between the paddock and the fleet, the battle was really majestic, so I nodded and believed it. half.Sure enough, in an instant, rumors spread everywhere, one to ten, ten to a hundred, and they all said: "It is true that the liberation army has entered the lake." !"...Actually, these words are not conjectures from the folks, they are all the rumors that Shi Baolin ordered Lao Lu and a few soldiers from Hubei to release. This night was the night when Spoulin felt the heaviest on his shoulders and the most anxious in his heart, because they had broken into the area controlled by the Lake Bandits. He believed that most of the people who came to listen to the words were well-intentioned, spreading the word and smiling happily, but there were also spies sent by the Lake Bandits or people who were in league with the Lake Bandits.They didn't know the truth for a while, so they secretly passed it back as important information.Liang Shuguang also personally talked to a few people. They were overjoyed when they saw that he was a high-ranking official and his accent was from a fellow countryman, so they believed even more that the People's Liberation Army had entered the lake.Shi Baolin was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and on the entire island, he was armed with live ammunition, preparing for a fierce battle in case the lake bandits attacked.He didn't stop for a breath, his whole body was dripping with rain, taking advantage of the cover of the storm, he kept patrolling and exhorting everywhere. When it was getting dark, Lao Lu hurriedly stepped into the house, dragged Liang Shuguang away, and was too excited to speak. Liang Shuguang was stunned, and sat still. Old Lu repeatedly said: "Found it! Found it!" "What did you say you found!" "Oh, mother Liang is here." Liang Shuguang stood up from the bamboo chair as soon as he heard it.At this time, the rain was a little thinner, and the electric light kept flickering. He looked at the light, and there was a light shining in his heart.He couldn't speak for a while, only felt his heart beating suddenly.He asked in a low voice: "Where?" "follow me." Liang Shuguang did not move.He immediately sent guards to find Shi Baolin for emergency consultation, and immediately decided that the staff should sit in the main room and Shi Baolin go to cover. I set up an alarm phone, just in case something happens, so that I can dispatch troops to respond.In order not to surprise the eyes and ears, Lao Lu only took Liang Shuguang, Yan Su and a guard to go.All four of them put on coir raincoats and bamboo hats, and quietly entered the night. They walked through some muddy ridges, through the stormy woods, came to a small courtyard, and entered a dark and lightless hall, where the guards were hiding and guarding the door. Along the way, Liang Shuguang's mood was extremely complicated.I was happy for a while, for so many years, in the wind and rain, night and day, I was looking forward to seeing my mother whom I missed, but then I was worried, why, will I really see my mother soon? A sudden strong desire: Mother, mother, the child has come back to you!What is the mother like? Is she aging?The old man will cry bitterly, I will be calm and not make the old man sad... When Old Lu whispered in his ear: "Here we are." His heart suddenly jumped up to his throat, and his heart constricted violently and ached... In the dark, I heard Lao Lu knocking on the door a few times. It turned out that there was another room in the main room. First, he entered the door of the main room, and then opened the small door of the inner room with a babble. The three of Liang Shuguang walked into the small room, and then closed the door behind them.The room is dark, only a tung oil lamp flower the size of a soybean grain, it was very dim at first, but after walking in the dark for a long time, I felt that the light was still very dazzling, but Liang Shuguang had already taken off the bamboo hat and threw it away. Coir raincoat hurriedly ran towards mother. This is the moment when life's greatest joy meets its greatest sorrow. Regarding the arrival of this sudden moment, among all the people present, Yan Su was more excited than Liang Shuguang.Because of women's sensitivity and sympathy, at the moment when mother and child met, she couldn't restrain herself and shed tears. She was at a loss and didn't know when to do what a doctor should do. In fact, she had already forgotten her duty as a doctor. And only diffusely permeated in the overflowing river of love. When she saw Mama Liang, she was not as flustered as she had imagined. The old man sat calmly and peacefully beside the bamboo bed. When Liang Shuguang rushed to his mother and knelt down, she hugged him in her arms, his snow-white hair was trembling slightly, and it was the old man who spoke first: "Shuguang, it has been thirteen years!" "Your old man Suffering!..." A teardrop gleamed on the corner of her eye, and she held it back. "Don't talk about this, just meet today." She stood up tremblingly. She was old, but her thin and bony body was still tall and tough.From the first glance, Yan Su felt that this was a kind and benevolent old mother, no, not only that, there was a solemn expression between the old man's delicate brows.It is such a person who has endured suffering all her life, and she has melted the suffering with the deepest maternal love.The wind, frost, rain and snow, the vicissitudes of the sea of ​​people, the hard life she lived, was darker than hell!The tears she shed were deeper than the river, and it was all these trials that made her no longer an ordinary woman, but an old man who is well-versed in the world and understands human feelings.Liang Shuguang also feels that his mother is still the mother of the past, but the mother is not the mother of the past, because it was after he left that the mother embarked on the revolutionary road of a Communist Party member. In his demeanor, the perseverance of the revolutionaries shines. Mother Liang opened the crow's feet at the corners of her eyes, looked at her son carefully, and asked softly: "Son, are you all right?" She trembled her hands so affectionately, stroking her son's face and shoulders, her movements were so careful and gentle. The son finally couldn't help it, buried his head in his mother's arms and cried. Mama Liang said: "Son, there is one thing, I'm sorry for you!" "mother!" "I, an old man, have lived to this day, but I haven't supported Ju Xiang to this day!" "Mother, please speak slowly." "No, this is a problem of mine. I think day and night about how to tell you when we meet. Juxiang is a good girl. She is your friend, and she is not destined for life, but she replaced you after you left. She treats me more dearly than her own daughter, and she doesn’t feel relieved if she doesn’t look at me every day. One day it snowed heavily, and she taught for a whole day during the day, but at night she ran for more than ten miles to see me in the wind and snow, and her hands were so cold. Purple. I put her hand on my chest. It’s not a hand, it’s ice!... She saved food and money for me, and was sick from overwork. The last time she came to me, her face was like wax slag The same white, swollen to a pit, she was out of breath, and tried to persuade me: "Dawn will come back one day, and everything will be fine at that time." She was still laughing, looking forward to this day But, she didn't wait until this day...she was still smiling before leaving..." Mother Liang didn't tell her son about her ups and downs, but when she mentioned Juxiang, she burst into tears. Yan Su, who was originally controlled by the old mother's solemn demeanor, couldn't help sobbing at this moment, turned around and quietly walked out the door. The storm whirls and beats on the roofs.The room was unusually quiet, so quiet that even the sound of the wick burning and cracking could be heard clearly. Mother Liang poured out all the pain that had been accumulated in the deepest part of her heart, and she seemed to have calmed down a bit.After Liang Shuguang comforted her for a while, her mother had a happy smile on her face.Yes, happiness, how can you know the value of joy without sorrow?How can you know the sweetness of happiness without pain?When the mother and son talked about the dawn, Liang Shuguang suddenly remembered that Qin Zhen sent Yan Su to check his condition, so he said: "Deputy Commander Qin of the Corps is very concerned about my mother's health, so he specially sent a military doctor here." "There is a distinguished guest, why didn't you tell me earlier, please!" Liang Shuguang pushed open the door and walked out of the outer room, only to see Yan Su sitting in the dark alone in a daze, motionless.Liang Shuguang felt very sorry for making her wait alone for so long, so he couldn't help being startled: "You didn't rest?" "Do you want to check the old man now? If you don't leave tomorrow, do it tomorrow?" "Our mission is urgent, we can't delay, let's do it now." They go inside.At this time, Liang's mother was a completely different person in Yan Su's eyes, her eyes were so gentle and clear.She held Yan Su's hands graciously.Yan Su felt that although those two hands were old people's hands, they were thin and trembling, but the trembling seemed to say: "Look how happy and tough I am!" There will be a sense of intimacy when you meet.Mama Liang's wrinkled face shone with a kind of brilliance.From her eyebrows and appearance, Yan Su can see how handsome she was when she was young, and now this kind of handsomeness is reflected in Yan Su's eyes like sunshine.In the old man's house, looking from top to bottom, from bottom to top, Yan Su, a girl with a pungent personality, suddenly blushed.Yes, she is happy, I don't know why?Is it because the political commissar finally found his mother?Or is it infected by the happiness of this dying and shining revolutionary old mother? Mother Liang asked, "This comrade is..." "Military doctor Yan from our division." "It's a mouthful, but I'm still called a child, do you want to?" Yan Su put his hand on the old mother's hand and said, "I am Mama Liang's child..." Mama Liang clapped her hand on the back of Yan Su's hand boldly and said: "Seeing you, I love you from the bottom of my heart, like a flower!" Yan Su leaned over Liang's mother's shoulder in embarrassment, just giggling, then quickly restrained her smile, quickly took out her stethoscope, measured her blood pressure, and listened to her heart sounds.When she carefully unbuttoned the placket, Yan Su was a little dizzy as if she touched her mother's nipples and smelled the warmth of her body when she was a child.She first bent her fingers, tapped lightly on the back of the old man's chest, and listened carefully to the back of the chest with a stethoscope for a while, then checked every part of her body, and finally Yan Su stood up straight, and she got down diagnosis: "Heart sound is normal, blood pressure is low, are you dizzy? Also, the trachea is a little inflamed." "No, as soon as winter comes, you will cough endlessly. When you are old, you will not be able to withstand autumn and winter." Yan Su opened the medicine box to take the medicine.Here, Liang's mother asked Liang Shuguang a few words.When Yan Su turned around, he put several packs of medicine on the small wooden table.Mother Liang's eyes always followed Yan Su's every move silently. At this moment, she suddenly showed a desolate expression on her face. She grabbed Yan Su's hand and pulled her to sit side by side. She said: "In these years, day and night, wind and rain, I am used to tossing and tossing, and I am afraid that I will be alone without a companion." Her eyes were moist again.Yes, what a long and lonely life she had lived! "At the beginning, I only thought about the dawn, but then the chrysanthemum disappeared. I joined the party, but my mother's heart is always empty!" "Mother Liang, I will accompany you after the battle." As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he felt a slip of the tongue, and his face turned red with embarrassment. Mama Liang said: "Okay, I'll let you stay with me for the rest of my life." The old man opened her heart, her soul is so transparent and pure... At this time, the sound of the violent wind and rain outside the house seemed to be inaudible. It seemed that this small house was a quiet and peaceful world, which only accommodated the sounds of three people's heartbeats. The old man said: "I sometimes think that I am old, and I am afraid that I will not see the new country." Yan Su: "No, your old man can live to be a hundred years old." "Can live, can live, child, you are right." The old man smiled kindly. Liang Shuguang looked at his watch, it was almost dawn, he hesitated to speak, he was in a dilemma. After more than ten years of separation, we met for an hour, and now we have to say goodbye again. How did he say this, his heart felt hot, and the circles of his eyes turned red again, but his mother called out: "Shuguang..." Liang Shuguang said to his mother: "At dawn, we have to leave. You old man has been wronged here for a while, and I will send someone to pick you up." "No, Shuguang, I'm a member of the organization, and the organization will take care of me, but you are away from home..." He couldn't help but feel a little sad. "That's right. You are a member of the team. If you have a disaster or illness, ask the doctor to take care of you!" Liang Shuguang smiled. Mama Liang smiled. Yan Su laughed at the end, her voice rang like a silver bell: "Mother Liang, our political commissar is so strong, we haven't even stayed in the hospital for a day." Yan Su and Liang Shuguang exchanged glances. He was very satisfied and thankful because she had concealed the fact that she was injured on the Liaoshen battlefield and was hospitalized in Harbin. Suffering is often long, Happiness is always short-lived. It was windy and heavy rain again, Liang Shuguang's mind suddenly appeared in the past on the snowy night of the Han River Bridge.And when Yan Su stepped into the storm in the mud, she felt a little warmth in her heart, a little warmth. Liang Shuguang walked into the Pingchang mansion, and Shi Baolin and Lao Lu were waiting for him.Shi Baoling took a step forward and said in a low voice: "Political commissar, there is a situation!" Liang Shuguang listened quietly. "The Lake Bandits have assembled thousands of people to destroy us." Liang Shuguang thought for a while and said slowly: "They didn't attack us right away, which shows that they were timid." Spauling said: "I thought so too, but..." "However, there will be a fierce battle tomorrow!" Four The storm passed.The sun is bright red, heralding the arrival of a sunny day.The morning breeze blew across the endless reeds, and the reeds swayed gently with the wind, like cloud shadows here and there, one bright and one dark, floating indefinitely.The boat passed by the reeds, whose leaves were still wet on people's shoulders.The sky, the lake and the reed pond are all green, so thick, so bright, and so shining.The boat swayed in the gentle lake water, dragging out a long black belt trembling on the lake surface.In the reed pond, at this time, it is a world full of vitality, excitement and joy.Many white-feathered birds were chirping, chasing, and flying, and countless red dragonflies stopped on the reed leaves, fluttering their wings slightly, and then suddenly flew away together, like a piece of red clouds disappearing with the wind.Every reed leaf is sprinkled with raindrops, shining brightly in the sun. Shi Baoling stood on the bow of the first ship. Liang Shuguang stood on the bow of the second boat. Liang Shuguang was delighted by the clear lake and sky.However, the two of them were immersed in the same thought at this moment.Because today is the most dangerous day for them, they have to pass one of the largest islands before they can go further across Long Lake.Judging from the information obtained last night, the lake bandits are likely to carry out a neck attack on the side of the island.Therefore, everyone on the fleet is ready to go into battle at any time.Liang Shuguang kept his eyes on Shi Baolin, paying attention to the signals he sent at any time.The coolness on the lake disappeared as the fleet sailed slowly, and the people who started to be sunny soon suddenly became overheated.The green of the lake surface was dimmed by the strong reflection, white and hot like fog.The greenness of the reeds and the coolness of the lake seemed to have dried up; on the contrary, a particularly sultry heat evaporated from the reed pond. The fleet came to a large piece of naked land.Shi Baolin beckoned and led a group of soldiers and jumped onto the land. Shi Baolin walked in the forefront with a shell gun, and the others kept a distance behind. They formed a barrier and protected the fleet from the high embankment. Liang Shuguang looked out from the bow with a telescope.This piece of land is indeed very vast. There is a gray-white hill in the distance. From the edge of the lake to the foot of the hill is a flat green field. Everything is very quiet, as if there are no creatures on it, let alone any accidental sniping. The reed pond receded gradually, and the lake surface became wider. Suddenly, a small wooden boat appeared on the lake in front of it, driving fast like an arrow. It rushed towards the convoy at full speed, but stopped for a moment about two arrows away from the convoy, then suddenly turned around again and hurried away. The speed of the boat flying around was astonishing, almost like a bird in flight. This was obviously sent by the Lake Bandits to check on the movement. Liang Shuguang issued an order to Shi Baolin to prepare for the battle. At this moment, Liang Shuguang noticed some figures appeared on the hill.The figures are very clear under the strong sunlight, but due to the distance, they all look like some moving black dots, like a handful of black beans scattered on the white tabletop, they are jumping and running.Then, a large number of people ran down from the mountain. There were quite a lot of people, and they ran towards the lake in a wide array.From the binoculars, we can clearly see the people running in front, one by one with open white coats and red chests, shaking their guns and shouting.Behind, there are still people rolling down from the hill. The boat was speeding up and rowing forward. Although Shi Baolin and his party walked calmly, they were already ready for battle.Those lake bandits had neither formation nor formation, they were just such a messy group, with buzzing shouts, but they couldn't make out what they were shouting, they just got closer and closer to the lake. The air suddenly became tense, just like the sun suddenly turned into a raging fire, the air was full of gunpowder, as long as the fuse was ignited, the whole sky would suddenly burst open. Liang Shuguang saw that Shi Baolin and his party turned into a skirmish line at this time. Shi Baolin snatched the machine gun from the soldiers, fell on the embankment and fired, and saw the tongue of flame sweeping out in a fan-shaped pattern.Those lake bandits running at the forefront were suddenly attacked and stopped for a while.After a brief pause, they seemed petrified and jerked back to life, but stooped down and fired too.The gunshots from both sides echoed on the lake, on the land, and on the hills. The echo on the lake was dull, the echo on the land was crisp, and the echo on the hill was hollow.When the gunshots from both sides became more and more intense in the fiery air, Liang Shuguang saw through the binoculars a few men on horseback appearing on the top of the hill. They stood there for a while, pointing and watching, as if They were discussing something, and afterward, the men on horseback ran down the mountain and rushed into the crowd.They were yelling and shouting, driving people towards the lake. Liang Shuguang judged based on this situation: "They think we are a small army, and it looks like they are going to cast a big net to catch big fish!" Spauling was very calm, he didn't let the people on the ship participate in the battle, he spread the skirmish line widely, and fired gunshots from different places, so that the enemy didn't know the truth, and was unpredictable.The old shooter, Shi Baoling, took a step forward, seized a high ground covered with basil, aimed at the enemy with his sharp eyes, and fired bursts skillfully.I saw the enemies one by one running, running, suddenly fell to the ground like a bundle of straw and stopped moving. Innocently hot. Spauling's hat flew off at some point, and he tore the neckline with one hand, and his whole chest was covered with hot sweat. There was a sudden silence from the machine gun. Liang Shuguang was startled unconsciously, What a terrible stillness it is! This tranquility crushes one's heart! It turned out that Spauling intended to confuse the enemy, and when the bare-armed man rode ahead and led the troops to charge, the machine guns burst out with extra violence.At this critical moment, Shi Baolin felt a violent shock in his body, and then his left arm became numb, and blood dripped down the torn sleeve.He was very annoyed and ignored the matter, just staring at the front with his two big shining eyes, the bullet belt turned rapidly like a snake, and the brass bullet casings bounced down like countless yellow beetles. Shines in the sun.The blood on the shoulder has been soaking through the left skirt, and then trickled down to the ground, dyeing the grass bright red. Yan Su kept watching everything with the medicine box on her back, her heart was pounding, and her eyes were looking around rapidly. When she found that Shi Baolin was dead, she jumped off the boat, fell to the ground without a foothold, and got up quickly. Passed through the bullet fire, jumped to Spoulin's side, and stretched out his hand to stop him from shooting.Unexpectedly, the normally taciturn and mild-tempered Shi Baolin suddenly pushed her away viciously, and shouted angrily: "Don't you see what time it is?!" He continued to fire uninterruptedly, and every time the machine gun vibrated, a stream of blood gushed out of the wound. Yan Su also got angry: "I'm a military doctor. If you're injured, you have to listen to me." Perhaps it was the unique majesty of women that overwhelmed Shi Baolin.He stretched out his left arm to her silently, his face was still pressed against the machine gun, and he squeezed the trigger tightly with one hand. The machine gun shook the ground with dust, and even the basil turned into withered gray. Yan Su checked and found that a bullet had penetrated into her arm. She quickly took out a first-aid kit, tore it open with her teeth, and bandaged it up for Shi Baolin.Unexpectedly, at this moment, the enemy's machine gun also fired, and a gust of flame blocked the line of fire. Seeing that Shi Baolin's left arm was injured and his movements were not flexible, Yan Su leaned on Shi Baolin tightly and fell to the ground, and she loaded the bullet belt. , fired by him. Liang Shuguang was staring at the battlefield for a moment, when he suddenly heard someone calling him, and when he looked back, his eyes immediately became sharp, and the boats that had been intentionally left behind for support were about to come up. There was a man in a white coat on the hill, who seemed to have seen the arrival of the follow-up ships, and waved his hand quickly. The enemy's position immediately became chaotic, and then stabilized quickly.Obviously the enemy did not believe that this was the army entering the lake.Although Shi Baolin and Lao Lu kept making rumors and pretending to be confused along the way these days, Yichang and Shashi were still on the enemy at this time, and these lake bandits were still dreaming of a partial counterattack in Jiangbei.Therefore, they attacked more violently instead, trying to annihilate the fleet quickly. Seeing that the fire had come, Liang Shuguang immediately ordered decisively: "Mortar landing operations!" The boat was still floating forward, and several soldiers carried the gun body, gun mount, and shells, jumped into the water one after another, and waded to land. With a flash of fire, the shell fell into the enemy's line and exploded. A thick yellow smoke mixed with black billowed into the sky, spinning like a fireball. The lake bandits panicked at the sound of the cannon. Immediately afterwards, the second shell just hit the riders, and a man flew up from the horse's back, not like a person, but like a cracked clod. fall down. A smile appeared on Liang Shuguang's face, as if to say: "This is what it's like to liberate the army!" A few more shells exploded.Gunpowder smoke hangs in the air like clouds, shining silver-gray light.The entire camp of the enemy was in disarray, receding towards the hill like a returning tide.In Liang Shuguang's binoculars, these people retreated to the hill, like a swarm of wasps or an ant nest in disorder, and then quickly disappeared behind the hill. At this time, Yan Su and Shi Baolin had a fierce dispute.Liang Shuguang jumped off the boat and ran towards them. It turned out that Yan Su insisted that Shi Baolin go to the ship to recuperate his wounds, but Shi Baolin refused anyway.His left skirt and trouser legs were dyed a large area of ​​bright red, his face was a little pale, covered with black gunpowder smoke, and was steaming with hot sweat.He insisted on taking his combat team and continuing to escort the fleet on land. Yan Su raised her eyebrows upside down hotly: "I want to perform the task of a field doctor!" Spoulin said angrily: "What is this injury? Let's talk after crossing the lake." Liang Shuguang grew more and more respectful and fond of Shi Baolin from the contact these few days.He understood that at this moment, this taciturn and docile person couldn't be more stubborn than him.于是，就向严素使了个眼色，便顺着史保林的性子说：“好，一言为定，过了湖就休息。同志！在伤员面前最高的首长是军医呀！”也就给严素圆了场。 中午过后，他们离开岛屿，进入长湖。 离陆地远了，茫无边际的苇塘也消失不见了。大湖茫茫荡荡，由于太阳西斜，已没那么强烈的反光，湖面变成深蓝色，柔和、轻缓，在小风里微微抖动，像刚从染缸里取出的蓝色丝绸，这丝绸一直迤逦向远方，与看不清楚的淡蓝天空连接一片。 湖匪挨了炮击，以为后续大军来到，没敢再轻举妄动，进行骚扰，只在湖上放几只船，时出时没，不急不缓地从远处追随着、监视着。 所有战士一齐动手，奋力划船，船像一条条大鱼在一俯一仰，急速浮游。湖上发现白色的长翅膀的鸥鸟，在上下翻飞了，一阵阵喜悦掠过每人心头。再向前，又看见一群张着白帆的小船，在悠荡着捕鱼。 当晚霞把湖面照成一片紫色，他们来到一个水上集市，湖中有些高脚竹屋，很多很多木船、舢板拥挤在竹屋下面，有卖米的，有卖布的，有卖烟油杂货的，卖鱼虾、卖菱藕、卖竹笋、卖青菜的。雪白的嫩藕摆在碧绿的大荷叶上，真是好看。一阵阵喧哗迎面而来，一阵阵清香迎面而来，好一片热闹的水上集市。梁曙光率领着满载欢乐的船队一直划进木船、舢板阵中。狂风暴雨从他的心头上飞掠过去了，最大喜悦与最大悲恸从他的灵魂中消失了。史保林、严素都是北方人，那些小贩手上举着的扭摆身子的活鱼使他们感到新奇可喜。梁曙光只默默微笑着，从南下以来一直瞭望着而一直没有见到的故土的水乡，一下见到了。何等的甜蜜！何等的温馨！落日余晖在他的脸上像涂了一层淡淡的红色，他的两只笑眼里闪耀着获得了至高无上的幸福的光辉。